If you ever go to an electronics market in China (and probably in a lot of other places), you buy a printer that's been hacked with a large inkwell practically taped to the side. The ink's cheap as anything, can't comment on the quality, though the prints I saw were fine. There's also the ease of use factor. You can see right there how much of each color you have left, since the container is clear and it's on the outside, and you don't have to open the printer up or even stop printing to change the ink. Someone needs to start selling these things in the West.
Honestly, I've heard this argument so many times and there always seems to be something wrong with it.
What you are doing here is comparing two entities with the direct knowledge that it is theoretically impossible for any of them to be perfect. You then use this as a basis for your attack, essentially stating that since none can be perfect, that they must all be the exact same.
What you are missing is degrees. Do you honestly believe that a system founded under the notion of absolute power is essentially the same as one where at least some running it believe in limitations? Where in one people discuss ways to prevent abuses of power, and in the other they take it for granted?
No system will ever be perfect, but some are trying harder than others.
I'm in the same situation that you were, and have not had the same experience. Skype's performance under Windows is absolutely horrendous for me (as well as others I know who are using it). Funnily enough, I'm dual booting and it is markedly better under Ubuntu on the same laptop. Both versions are inferior to Google Chat, which I am happily using now. Unfortunately there is no *nix version yet, but I hear Google is working on it.
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I'm looking forward to seeing this appear in a James Bond movie.
If you ever go to an electronics market in China (and probably in a lot of other places), you buy a printer that's been hacked with a large inkwell practically taped to the side. The ink's cheap as anything, can't comment on the quality, though the prints I saw were fine. There's also the ease of use factor. You can see right there how much of each color you have left, since the container is clear and it's on the outside, and you don't have to open the printer up or even stop printing to change the ink. Someone needs to start selling these things in the West.
I see they conveniently omitted this.
I hear that the electric blanket mobile is coming along nicely though.
Honestly, I've heard this argument so many times and there always seems to be something wrong with it. What you are doing here is comparing two entities with the direct knowledge that it is theoretically impossible for any of them to be perfect. You then use this as a basis for your attack, essentially stating that since none can be perfect, that they must all be the exact same. What you are missing is degrees. Do you honestly believe that a system founded under the notion of absolute power is essentially the same as one where at least some running it believe in limitations? Where in one people discuss ways to prevent abuses of power, and in the other they take it for granted? No system will ever be perfect, but some are trying harder than others.
I'm in the same situation that you were, and have not had the same experience. Skype's performance under Windows is absolutely horrendous for me (as well as others I know who are using it). Funnily enough, I'm dual booting and it is markedly better under Ubuntu on the same laptop. Both versions are inferior to Google Chat, which I am happily using now. Unfortunately there is no *nix version yet, but I hear Google is working on it.