If you don't like being downmodded for flamebaiting and trolling... then quit flamebaiting and trolling!
No one here is disputing Microsoft's right to have a profit. Microsoft would certainly profit if it allowed computer makers to sell either Vista or XP licenses
However, they are requiring you to buy a "Business Vista" license before you can even buy a "downgrade option" for XP
Which is why heroes sometimes close their eyes before they shoot, in an attempt to lower/increase their odds so that they become million-to-one, and thus invoke the Pratcherian Law of Narrative Causality
Well, I have always worked in the Mexican touristic industry.
There's a lot to see here, we have beautiful beaches, colonial cities, rainforests, mesoamerican ruins... All kinds of touristic attractions
A timeshare can be a good investment, when you know what you are buying (read the contract before signing!).
However the sales guy in a hotel in the caribbean and a sales guy in real state or used cars have a thing in common: they will do anything in their power to close the sale, including grossly exagerating the products features...
So yeah, I currently work with these guys (I don't do sales, BTW)... But at least I still have a job, which is important, considering that I support a wife and two kids
Really guys, sometimes I feel glad that I live in a little bit more "socialist" country...
Here in Mexico, we have socialized health care, and all parents get a "national vaccinations card" for their kid along with their birth certificate.
This card has spaces for stamps of all the vaccinations kids have to get, along with the ages when you have to take your kid to get them. As part of the National Vaccination Program, the goverment gives all the vaccinations for free (except for the really new ones, like the HPV vaccine for girls)
"Oh, but I can ignore the card" you say? No, sorry... Your kid will be denied admission in a public school (and basically all the private schools too!) if the parents don't show that the kid has received all of the appropiate vaccinations for his/her age.
I already have a netbook, but I can't really pull up my AspireOne in the subway and try to read on it like I used to do with my Palm
...and I feel like I shouldn't have to spend more money in my palm replacement than I spent on my netbook, but I'll probably bite the bullet and get a 8GB ipod touch [sigh]
Because Cuban Americans were wealthy landowners and beneficiaries of the corrupt banana-republic-goverment of Batista, which was overthrown by the Cuban revolution.
Really guys, its not very difficult to see who were the good guys and the bad in this
"Software Libre de codigo abierto para una Cuba Libre"
And for what its worth, I download my Ubuntu updates from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), long believed by the CIA to be a bastion of communist thinking
I used two Palm Zires (first a 21, then a 72) as ebook readers for the last 8 years.
When my latest one died two weeks ago, I started looking for a replacement, only to find out that PDAs have been dead for years...
Dammit Palm, you had a complete market cornered, why did you have to drop the ball so stupidly? If you had developed a decent OS (with a f**kin filesystem!) for your devices 5 years ago, you would still be relevant today...
Because, contrary to the "People's Front of Judea" and the "Campaign to Free Galilee", Free Operating Systems are not "out to get" anybody... Not Microsoft, not each other.
I'll also join in and say those numbers are just wrong. My Acer AspireOne renders all kinds of webpages with no noticeable difference from my desktop machine
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I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got minix.
Everytime I see this, I don't know whenever I want to laugh or cry...
Or... marry someone who isn't a total shite and respects your interests. -Taylor
This.
There's no way you are going to be able to successfully "hide" income from your partner.
You need to be able to sit down and talk about priorities and expenses without it devolving into a shouting match or having one of the parties become an unhappy invertebrate...
Same here, I am using the Netbook Remix interface on top of Ubuntu 8.10 on my Acer Aspire One and it works perfectly
(caveat: I had to install a custom kernel to get all the hardware to work, but it was easy after that... The kernel is found at the Acer Aspire One users group)
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If you don't like being downmodded for flamebaiting and trolling... then quit flamebaiting and trolling!
No one here is disputing Microsoft's right to have a profit. Microsoft would certainly profit if it allowed computer makers to sell either Vista or XP licenses
However, they are requiring you to buy a "Business Vista" license before you can even buy a "downgrade option" for XP
One more time, with feeling!
Microsoft demands that you pay for the upgrade to Windows Vista Business in order to give you "downgrade rights" to install Windows XP
This is why there's a lawsuit
While The Big Bang Theory is funny*, you should really read the Discworld novels if you enjoy this kind of nerdy humor...
* The only thing I can't stomach of that show is the laugh track... Damn TV execs, they insult their audiences inteligence
Which is why heroes sometimes close their eyes before they shoot, in an attempt to lower/increase their odds so that they become million-to-one, and thus invoke the Pratcherian Law of Narrative Causality
So does he work for the discovery institute?
Close, he was employed by Joseph Stalin
Hey, at least I still have a job in this economy!
AAND, at least I did read my contract before committing, whis is more than what some gringos do!
; )
Well, I have always worked in the Mexican touristic industry.
There's a lot to see here, we have beautiful beaches, colonial cities, rainforests, mesoamerican ruins... All kinds of touristic attractions
A timeshare can be a good investment, when you know what you are buying (read the contract before signing!).
However the sales guy in a hotel in the caribbean and a sales guy in real state or used cars have a thing in common: they will do anything in their power to close the sale, including grossly exagerating the products features...
So yeah, I currently work with these guys (I don't do sales, BTW)... But at least I still have a job, which is important, considering that I support a wife and two kids
If they try to get rid of all the rats, then who will sell the cars??
Oh you mean the furry rodent type... Gotcha!
Hah, I see your car dealers and raise you with timeshare sales guys
Believe me, I work with them and I can't believe that kind of crap they make people believe
Also, certain breeds of cats tend to be more receptive to training.
We once had a siamese (one of those heavyset, muscular siamese, not the thin, "evil cat" types) that could fetch keys and walk in a leash
Really guys, sometimes I feel glad that I live in a little bit more "socialist" country...
Here in Mexico, we have socialized health care, and all parents get a "national vaccinations card" for their kid along with their birth certificate.
This card has spaces for stamps of all the vaccinations kids have to get, along with the ages when you have to take your kid to get them. As part of the National Vaccination Program, the goverment gives all the vaccinations for free (except for the really new ones, like the HPV vaccine for girls)
"Oh, but I can ignore the card" you say? No, sorry... Your kid will be denied admission in a public school (and basically all the private schools too!) if the parents don't show that the kid has received all of the appropiate vaccinations for his/her age.
I already have a netbook, but I can't really pull up my AspireOne in the subway and try to read on it like I used to do with my Palm
"Pajero" means someone who masturbates in some countries spanish slang
I probably earned a "whoosh!"
Just to clarify, "Nova" gasoline was the last brand of leaded gasoline sold by Pemex, and it was discontinued at least 10 years ago.
Asi que la gasolina Nova ya no va...
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Because Cuban Americans were wealthy landowners and beneficiaries of the corrupt banana-republic-goverment of Batista, which was overthrown by the Cuban revolution.
Really guys, its not very difficult to see who were the good guys and the bad in this
"Software Libre de codigo abierto para una Cuba Libre"
And for what its worth, I download my Ubuntu updates from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), long believed by the CIA to be a bastion of communist thinking
I used two Palm Zires (first a 21, then a 72) as ebook readers for the last 8 years.
When my latest one died two weeks ago, I started looking for a replacement, only to find out that PDAs have been dead for years...
Dammit Palm, you had a complete market cornered, why did you have to drop the ball so stupidly?
If you had developed a decent OS (with a f**kin filesystem!) for your devices 5 years ago, you would still be relevant today...
Because, contrary to the "People's Front of Judea" and the "Campaign to Free Galilee", Free Operating Systems are not "out to get" anybody... Not Microsoft, not each other.
I'll also join in and say those numbers are just wrong. My Acer AspireOne renders all kinds of webpages with no noticeable difference from my desktop machine
I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got minix.
Everytime I see this, I don't know whenever I want to laugh or cry...
Or... marry someone who isn't a total shite and respects your interests.
-Taylor
This.
There's no way you are going to be able to successfully "hide" income from your partner.
You need to be able to sit down and talk about priorities and expenses without it devolving into a shouting match or having one of the parties become an unhappy invertebrate...
Thanks, I believe I'll look into that PDA you suggested, since Palm's current offerings are awful...
I'll also take a look at the Nokia and Sony tablets, but those are really expensive here in Mexico : (
I used my Palm Zire 72 as a glorified ebook reader until it stopped working a month ago, so I started looking for a replacement.
My requirements are simple:
* .txt, .pdf and comic book format support
* pocket-sized (the new kindle would be the upper limit)
* more than two hours of battery life
Anyone on slashdot have a suggestion?
Relax, dude! My wife is not being verbally abusing!
We constantly throw each other verbal jabs and punches but we do it with a smile.
Same here, I am using the Netbook Remix interface on top of Ubuntu 8.10 on my Acer Aspire One and it works perfectly
(caveat: I had to install a custom kernel to get all the hardware to work, but it was easy after that... The kernel is found at the Acer Aspire One users group)