I agree thta multimedia is a pointless application. But being able to fill out PDF forms is actually very useful for more formal communication such as with a chamber of commerce. Those forms need to have a consistent layout, so either you have to fill them out on or paper or they make the PDF fillable and you only have to sign it. I know what I prefer...
They're called recumbent bikes, they're not very inventive anymore, and they're disallowed by the UCI.
Also, I'm not so sure recumbent bikes are that much better apart from the aerodynamics (which is a huge advantage, obviously). Fred Rompelberg's absolute speed record was ridden on a normal (i.e. not recumbent) bike. I'm sure he would have used a recumbent bike if it was that much better, they had already been in use for a long time by then.
Well, maybe this time it had something to do with Vinokourov, Ullrich, Mancebo and Basso not starting, Valverde falling early on, and his opponents not believing that he'd be able to close the gap in stage 17 so that they didn't try to pursue him until it was too late (a very costly mistake), among other things... Armstrong was simply the best but Landis could only win because of his opponents' absences and mistakes. This was his first and last Tour de France victory.
Many of publisher's important tools, like TeX, are free software, so I'm not surprised you can build a complete workflow around them, although there will of course always be hurdles to take.
Given that one out of every eight pounds, spent on shopping in the UK goes to Tesco, and the UK has one of the highest broadband takeup rates around, is this the end for the classic telecoms providers like BT?
Fine. Don't belive me then. Sure, the differences between the EU-15 countries (the 15 countries that were members before the rest joined) are probably only about 2 or 3 times greater, but the differences between The Netherlands and the European part of Turkey, for instance, are huge.
But you admit that freedom of speech is not absolute. Now the remaining question is whether we should allow verbal discrimination or not. You say yes, I say no.
So you have freedom of speech, but you can't "say things" that "act on racism". It sounds to me like you don't understand what freedom of speech is.
Oh, we understand it perfectly. It's just that freedom of speech is not absolute over here. We believe that some things, such as equality, should hold precedence over freedom of speech.
And besides, the US doesn't have absolute freedom of speech either. Just watch what happens if you publically announce (in a credible way) that you're going to kill the president. By your logic, that should be okay if you don't actually do so. Thankfully, reality does not reflect your logic.
However, given their history I suppose that that makes sense.
Given the history of the US I suppose it also makes sense that you believe that freedom includes the freedom to invade other countries at will, and to refuse to cooperate with the ICC or ratify the Kyoto treaty?
And I also suppose it makes sense that you believe that freedom does NOT include the right not be held indefinitely without any charges?
The US is an incomprehensible amalgamation of putting freedom before equality, but after a false sense of security. And it's filled with people like you who have nothing better to do than write pointless uninformed rants about Europe and Europeans. And let me add that you, like so many others, make the unforgivable mistake of lumping all European countries together as if they somehow have something significant in common, besides their geographical proximity. The differences between the countries of Europe are at least an order of magnitude bigger than the differences between the states of the US.
Normally I'd defend myself against such an ad hominem attack, but you're so obviously a clueless Sun fanboy that's not necessary - your ignorance speaks for itself. You're the one that's an idiot, not me.
IBM and Sun have a long history of partnering. We've worked on Java together, more recently you joined us in the Liberty Alliance, helping to drive standards around network identity. We, and our customers, appreciate constructive partnership.
As you're no doubt aware, Sun is set to ship the newest release of our Solaris operating system, Solaris 10. It's the most secure OS the world has ever seen
A.TXT file is nothing more and nothing less than a plain text file. Ironically, it's only because of MS, champion of closed standards, that using the.TXT extension for these files has now become a de facto convention, but in the DOS age, other extensions such as.DOC or extensions that were basically part of the name (like README.1ST) or the total absence of an extension were also very common.
SACD players? Isn't this like asking where Apple's DCC players, MD players, and DAT players are?
Yes and no. I'm asking about Apple's capacities when it comes to high-quality consumer electronics devices, as opposed to battery-operated portable players. As anyone with some knowledge of analog electronics can tell you, you're never going to get a very high-fidelity amplifier when you run it at such low voltages.
Do you have a SACD player, or know anyone that does?
Yes, I personally know someone who owns an SACD player, and listens to it every day. The 5.1 remix of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is quite impressive.
Do most people even know, or care, what SACD is (besides stupid "audiophiles")?
They will in a few years. SACD is a relatively new standard. Remember it also took the CD-DA a few years to take off, and that was a much bigger improvement compared to its predecessor.
Can you even buy SACDs at your typical music store?
Yes, and as a matter of fact I own two hybrid SACDs (belonging to the same album, to be fair).
I really fail to see how this is relevant at all.
It's relevant because it shows that, unlike Apple, these companies are active across the entire range of products that can be classified as consumer electronics.
As for plasma TVs, those don't seem to be doing that well either. Most people into big screens now seem to be going for the DLP systems, which have many advantages over plasma. Samsung, not Philips, seems to be a big name in the DLP space.
Apart from the question of whether your assertion is true or not, Samsung is also part of this consortium, so there goes your argument...
These 4 companies are just old has-beens trying to make themselves relevant again.
Calling Philips a "has-been" is probably the most flagrant display of ignorance I have seen in my enitre life. And like the other poster said, consumer electronics encompasses a lot more than just MP3 players. Come back to me when Apple makes SACD players, Plasma TVs and DVD writers.
These companies aren't into music (well, except for Sony). They're into consumer electronics. And they're a hell of a lot better at it than Apple, too.
The system used in the US and UK is inferior. I don't know too much about the way things are in France, but the Dutch system is definitely superior. It puts the well-being of the company ahead of the well-being of the shareholders, who may have entirely different interests.
Your nonsense about "company-saving decisions" clearly shows your ignorance. There have been many examples of major shareholders destroying a company for their own financial gain. If the system prevents this, either by law or by the way the company itself is structured, that's a good thing. Of course the flip side is that you'll have to expend more efforts to motivate your management and to prevent them from "living on the job" , but that's far from impossible.
While not a Silicon Valley company but instead residing in The Netherlands, Philips already has a solar panels division. And it makes a lot of sense, because they're active in both lighting (solar panels are just the inverse of what they've been doing for over a century) and semiconductors (so they have lots of "waste" silicon which is useless for ICs, but not for solar panels).
I still fail to see what's wrong with ICQ, except for the fact that all !geek people have stopped using it... Ah, to think of the time when everybody who used any IM program used ICQ. Those were the days...
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I agree thta multimedia is a pointless application. But being able to fill out PDF forms is actually very useful for more formal communication such as with a chamber of commerce. Those forms need to have a consistent layout, so either you have to fill them out on or paper or they make the PDF fillable and you only have to sign it.
I know what I prefer...
They're called recumbent bikes, they're not very inventive anymore, and they're disallowed by the UCI.
Also, I'm not so sure recumbent bikes are that much better apart from the aerodynamics (which is a huge advantage, obviously). Fred Rompelberg's absolute speed record was ridden on a normal (i.e. not recumbent) bike. I'm sure he would have used a recumbent bike if it was that much better, they had already been in use for a long time by then.
Well, maybe this time it had something to do with Vinokourov, Ullrich, Mancebo and Basso not starting, Valverde falling early on, and his opponents not believing that he'd be able to close the gap in stage 17 so that they didn't try to pursue him until it was too late (a very costly mistake), among other things... Armstrong was simply the best but Landis could only win because of his opponents' absences and mistakes. This was his first and last Tour de France victory.
Many of publisher's important tools, like TeX, are free software, so I'm not surprised you can build a complete workflow around them, although there will of course always be hurdles to take.
No.
No, they don't. They use TeX.
Fine. Don't belive me then. Sure, the differences between the EU-15 countries (the 15 countries that were members before the rest joined) are probably only about 2 or 3 times greater, but the differences between The Netherlands and the European part of Turkey, for instance, are huge.
But you admit that freedom of speech is not absolute. Now the remaining question is whether we should allow verbal discrimination or not. You say yes, I say no.
Oh, we understand it perfectly. It's just that freedom of speech is not absolute over here. We believe that some things, such as equality, should hold precedence over freedom of speech.
And besides, the US doesn't have absolute freedom of speech either. Just watch what happens if you publically announce (in a credible way) that you're going to kill the president. By your logic, that should be okay if you don't actually do so. Thankfully, reality does not reflect your logic.
Given the history of the US I suppose it also makes sense that you believe that freedom includes the freedom to invade other countries at will, and to refuse to cooperate with the ICC or ratify the Kyoto treaty?
And I also suppose it makes sense that you believe that freedom does NOT include the right not be held indefinitely without any charges?
The US is an incomprehensible amalgamation of putting freedom before equality, but after a false sense of security. And it's filled with people like you who have nothing better to do than write pointless uninformed rants about Europe and Europeans. And let me add that you, like so many others, make the unforgivable mistake of lumping all European countries together as if they somehow have something significant in common, besides their geographical proximity. The differences between the countries of Europe are at least an order of magnitude bigger than the differences between the states of the US.
I wouldn't say so, if only because of the speed...
Normally I'd defend myself against such an ad hominem attack, but you're so obviously a clueless Sun fanboy that's not necessary - your ignorance speaks for itself. You're the one that's an idiot, not me.
This is where I stopped reading.
A .TXT file is nothing more and nothing less than a plain text file. Ironically, it's only because of MS, champion of closed standards, that using the .TXT extension for these files has now become a de facto convention, but in the DOS age, other extensions such as .DOC or extensions that were basically part of the name (like README.1ST) or the total absence of an extension were also very common.
Yes and no. I'm asking about Apple's capacities when it comes to high-quality consumer electronics devices, as opposed to battery-operated portable players. As anyone with some knowledge of analog electronics can tell you, you're never going to get a very high-fidelity amplifier when you run it at such low voltages.
Yes, I personally know someone who owns an SACD player, and listens to it every day. The 5.1 remix of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is quite impressive.
They will in a few years. SACD is a relatively new standard. Remember it also took the CD-DA a few years to take off, and that was a much bigger improvement compared to its predecessor.
Yes, and as a matter of fact I own two hybrid SACDs (belonging to the same album, to be fair).
It's relevant because it shows that, unlike Apple, these companies are active across the entire range of products that can be classified as consumer electronics.
Apart from the question of whether your assertion is true or not, Samsung is also part of this consortium, so there goes your argument...
Calling Philips a "has-been" is probably the most flagrant display of ignorance I have seen in my enitre life. And like the other poster said, consumer electronics encompasses a lot more than just MP3 players. Come back to me when Apple makes SACD players, Plasma TVs and DVD writers.
These companies aren't into music (well, except for Sony). They're into consumer electronics. And they're a hell of a lot better at it than Apple, too.
And Cassini undoubdtedly contains European components as well. It's called subcontracting.
The system used in the US and UK is inferior. I don't know too much about the way things are in France, but the Dutch system is definitely superior. It puts the well-being of the company ahead of the well-being of the shareholders, who may have entirely different interests.
Your nonsense about "company-saving decisions" clearly shows your ignorance. There have been many examples of major shareholders destroying a company for their own financial gain. If the system prevents this, either by law or by the way the company itself is structured, that's a good thing. Of course the flip side is that you'll have to expend more efforts to motivate your management and to prevent them from "living on the job" , but that's far from impossible.
Wow, the fourth of Undecember is a Friday? Shocking!
While not a Silicon Valley company but instead residing in The Netherlands, Philips already has a solar panels division. And it makes a lot of sense, because they're active in both lighting (solar panels are just the inverse of what they've been doing for over a century) and semiconductors (so they have lots of "waste" silicon which is useless for ICs, but not for solar panels).
;P
So, yeah: get with the times, Silicon Valley!
I'm glad I don't live in Germany, this is just ridiculous... Let's hope the practice doesn't spread!
I still fail to see what's wrong with ICQ, except for the fact that all !geek people have stopped using it...
Ah, to think of the time when everybody who used any IM program used ICQ. Those were the days...
I'm not sure if it's the reason in this case, but Ariane can lift the heaviest satellites of any rocket currently in use.
Siemens phones are actually quite reliable and durable, and especially their simpler models are almost indestructible.