In any event I apologise for my levity and will attempt to be deathly serious in future. I had hoped by putting stars around *everyone* i would manage to convey a lack of seriousness.
But frankly if you don't have a mobile, and don't want one, then why are you browsing the comments on this story??
I used to know people who didn't have a mobile but they never answered when I called because they weren't near their phone.
Frankly if you live in an area with good coverage you're being grossly inconsiderate to your friends and family by NOT having a phone and forcing them to leave messages. (you do have voicemail right?)
Frankly not owning a phone (and carrying it with you charged and on) in areas they work is downright rude.
Sure turn it off if you're watching a movie and set it to vibe during dinner by all means.
A reason why the British Army loves training young nepalese to be gurkhas is that they haven't seen too many action movies.
The average western youngster has a whole lot of ideas in their head about jumping around and firing from the hip which have to be de-programmed before they can be taught anything usefull.
I found when changing from windows to linux that my previous knowledge often held me back.
Could it be that an experienced linux user would struggle with a different system where a naif would take the docs as read and breeze through unaware of the pitfalls on either side?
Bugger open source witha brick, no make that a breeze block.
Open source's functionalist arguments only apply to open source software which is demonstrably better than the alternatives. That is by no means all of it.
Free software on the other hand has the virtue of all of the above. Plus it's about the freedom baby.
It started out as a dry discussion of software licences, swung by the establishment of a center to give free legal advice to free software developers (funded by the industry players who want to use free software in their products), and finished with a rousing explanation of why it all matters.
As someone who was there I can tell you that the highlight of the conference was Eben Moglen from the FSF's speech, and the double standing ovation that followed.
It implies speed and mass, it implies a point where those responsible can see there is going to be a problem, and yet due to the speed, mass, and linear nature of railroad lines, are unable to do anything about it.
And then of course there is the unholy mess to clean up once the wreck has finished.
I recall seeing some stress testing showing the shape of the coke botle actually makes it stronger than conventional bottle shapes. Not a minor consideration when selling a product, at pressure, in glass, to the public.
So there is some function there too (or at least was in the days before cheap plastic bottles).
Please explain how an economic argument "holds more water" than an ethical/ideological one.
They mean that having examined the ethical routes they find it will cost them money.
Stallman says things that make a great deal of people uncomfortable (me included). Most people want to think they're "good" and react violently and unthinkingly when presented with evidence to the contrary.
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actually the computers on the space shuttle are so obsolete they would probably struggle with ogg.
6310i
I've got one.
Recommend it.
Better reception than anything else I've seen, battery lasts around a week between charges.
The calendar app in my 6310i has literally changed my life for the better.
The phone is always with me and little beeps and reminders wherever I am is damn handy.
In the marketplace a "killer" is not something people swap an item for.
it's something they choose to buy instead of that item.
all the existing ipod users can go on being happy with what they've got but the ipod can be comprehensively killed.
Hell, Apple are planning on future growth of sales. If they just keep selling as many as they are now it's "dead".
To explain it another way, 15 years ago all the kids in my part of the world who played boardgames were playing Battletech.
I met a sales rep at a conference who told me Battletech was dead.
"How can it be dead, everyone is playing it" I asked.
"Everyone's already bought it, so it's not selling" he explained.
Dude, digital cameras. These rank just above crayon drawings in the standard of evidence.
Have you seen security video??
These pix may not secure a conviction, but they can certainly point an investigation in the right direction.
in 1987 no-one else had a phone.
the world has changed.
I've got a 6310i with bluetooth and no camera for that matter.
ooh ad hominem attacks.
how mature!
In any event I apologise for my levity and will attempt to be deathly serious in future. I had hoped by putting stars around *everyone* i would manage to convey a lack of seriousness.
But frankly if you don't have a mobile, and don't want one, then why are you browsing the comments on this story??
if the hour is anti-social to be calling then it's not anti-social to have the phone on silent and not take the call.
perhaps in a third world communications backwater like the USA?
Your head is at about where mine was back in 1995.
Everyone who is anyone my friend.
I used to know people who didn't have a mobile but they never answered when I called because they weren't near their phone.
Frankly if you live in an area with good coverage you're being grossly inconsiderate to your friends and family by NOT having a phone and forcing them to leave messages. (you do have voicemail right?)
Frankly not owning a phone (and carrying it with you charged and on) in areas they work is downright rude.
Sure turn it off if you're watching a movie and set it to vibe during dinner by all means.
Nokia throw ideas at the wall, not all of them are going to stick.
I think in the civilised (GSM) world where your mobile goes everywhere, and we don't even bother with landlines, there is a huge market for this.
Wandering Spider being a proper noun i don't see the problem.
Fair enough, noobs tend (only tend mind you) to have less exotic hardware than power-users though.
the Beeb's analysis is flawed methinks.
4Gb is a sweet spot on storage, but more importantly *everyone* is already carrying a phone.
if the phone means i don't have to worry about keeping and charging an ipod mini then it's a winner for me and mine.
A reason why the British Army loves training young nepalese to be gurkhas is that they haven't seen too many action movies.
The average western youngster has a whole lot of ideas in their head about jumping around and firing from the hip which have to be de-programmed before they can be taught anything usefull.
I found when changing from windows to linux that my previous knowledge often held me back.
Could it be that an experienced linux user would struggle with a different system where a naif would take the docs as read and breeze through unaware of the pitfalls on either side?
Bugger open source witha brick, no make that a breeze block.
Open source's functionalist arguments only apply to open source software which is demonstrably better than the alternatives. That is by no means all of it.
Free software on the other hand has the virtue of all of the above. Plus it's about the freedom baby.
It started out as a dry discussion of software licences, swung by the establishment of a center to give free legal advice to free software developers (funded by the industry players who want to use free software in their products), and finished with a rousing explanation of why it all matters.
there should be video soon.
http://linux.conf.au/
As someone who was there I can tell you that the highlight of the conference was Eben Moglen from the FSF's speech, and the double standing ovation that followed.
Trains use black boxes too in modern rail systems.
Much simpler to record as you already know where they are and which whay they're pointing.
Well in the media we keep hearing that new features in 10.4 will be in longhorn only "more robust".
The difference being that one is here and the other is expensive vapour.
Train wreck is a great phrase where appropriate.
It implies speed and mass, it implies a point where those responsible can see there is going to be a problem, and yet due to the speed, mass, and linear nature of railroad lines, are unable to do anything about it.
And then of course there is the unholy mess to clean up once the wreck has finished.
I recall seeing some stress testing showing the shape of the coke botle actually makes it stronger than conventional bottle shapes. Not a minor consideration when selling a product, at pressure, in glass, to the public.
So there is some function there too (or at least was in the days before cheap plastic bottles).
Please explain how an economic argument "holds more water" than an ethical/ideological one.
They mean that having examined the ethical routes they find it will cost them money.
Stallman says things that make a great deal of people uncomfortable (me included). Most people want to think they're "good" and react violently and unthinkingly when presented with evidence to the contrary.