Housewives - buying Linux version of the EeePC cause it is CHEAP.
Students - buying Linux versions cause they will promptly replace it with a pirated Windows version. Why pay for an OS when its available FOR FREE?
Geeks - buying XP cause they DON'T WANT TO BUY VISTA and they DO want to buy a computer with stronger/better components. Such machines usually come with a OEM version of Windows whether you like it or not.
BTW... article is crap. It fails to even say if it is the case of Linux and XP versions of EeePC or are they talking about Linux EeePCs and XP preloaded PCs in general.
If the operating system (OS) doesn't need to emphasize business use, Linux is a good choice, because its graphical user interface (GUI) software is quite mature. Retailers and contract manufacturers in Taiwan say that novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP. The Linux version comes with a launcher providing pre-installed applications, Web services and other features at a click. The design was probably adopted to make the system even easier to use.
Maybe because that was NOT THE POINT of the article? Something about the title... I don't know... ("Ultra Low-Cost PCs Dominate the Market")
It will be more like dancing or martial arts. Learning to move your body (and it's individual parts) in a particular way. Doing a shitload of simple, repetitive exercises until you learn to do it with grace that makes it look natural.
A note to whoever will be developing this technology: Making the training moves "danceable" (following a rhythm or a tune) will probably greatly reduce the duration of "the learning period".
Then again, I think what she did should be criminal - psychological harassment - but, I don't write the laws...
Cause I find your view on the subject as psychological harassment. It upsets me greatly.
Should I get to sue you based on that? Although... it is not like I am FORCED to read your comment. Quite like that girl that got upset by other people's comments on an internet site. Maybe I am suicidal too? Maybe I am cutting myself because of your comments right now.
If she had used her real name and even her real age and just said "Hi-hi.. *gigle* I'm not really 40.. I'm a teenager... like you." to the girl that killed herself - all would be fine. No case.
Ever hear about them pre-paid cards? Also... As we are talking communication here... NOBODY asks for your address when you mail something. You know... like a letter.. on paper...
MySpace is not a bank that is giving you money based on your collateral or an employer that hires you based on your credentials. MySpace is giving nothing of value and is giving it FOR FREE.
MySpace requires nor deserves my private information any more than a guy giving away leaflets in the street. Both the service and the requirements for service they are offering have exactly 0.00$ value. So why should I give my personal information (that DOES have value) in exchange for something that is free?
Do you want MySpace/Newegg/TigerDirect to call references, run a credit report, or take additional measures to verify your identity
Sure. Let them do that. When they get the legal right for that. In the entire world. Including running reference on minors. Lets see how it will go.
Let me put it this way. Say MySpace is a free concert. Only, they are not the people at the concert, or the bands, or tech crew, or even the guy selling peanuts (grass more likely but never mind that)... They are the guy that provides the land the concert is held on. They start "taking names" and criminalizing people at the concert - people start leaving and the music eventually stops.
So, the state they're in needs to pass a new law, saying that creating a false identity for the express purpose of harassing someone else is illegal. BOOM, problem solved for the future. Does it suck that she gets off? Yeah, it does, but that's how law is supposed to work.
Yeah... sure. And should someone kill themselves by being an idiot and sticking a fork in the plugged-in toaster state should pass a law that would make it illegal to own a toaster.
And will you please stop contradicting yourself? Its confusing.
The protection of "everyone is equal in the eyes of the law" is that laws shouldn't be jury-rigged to punish someone for something that was otherwise something not illegal.
Presumably it's so you can take photos, while you videoconference.....
1.3 for photos, on the outside of the device, pointing away from you, aimed through the screen. 0.3 for video, on the inside of the device, pointing at you, again aimed through the screen.
You don't need much bigger than 0.3Mp for video-conferencing, while every extra pixel would be useful for photos. And having only one camera would make one of the options unusable - unless the screen or camera was rotatable so you can aim the camera for photos AND again aim at yourself so you see the person who you are video-conferencing with while they see you too.
The movie ain't bad, but it is simplified at some points to make it more understandable to the "western viewers" I guess. Books are far deeper. BTW... movie got shafted at this years Oscars. A talking rat took the little golden statue. A work of great cultural importance I am sure, as cartoons with talking animals usually are.
1 - It's a 1 person car 2 - It's going into limited production 3 - Marketing is talking about it 2 years in advance
1 - No. Its a two-seat car. You know. Like all those other penile extensions out there. 2 - You did get that one right. Still... Again with penile extensions. How many Porsches and Ferraris are made each year? 3 - Actually - it is 4 years in advance since they were planing to push it out in the market in 2012. But carbon fiber price dropped enough so they can start making it 2 years earlier.
Apparently they don't want to massproduce this, just enhance their brand, without actually jeopardizing their relationship with Big Oil(TM)
You do realize its the same company that made those small economic VW Beetle cars? And all those Golfs later on...
I liken it to a king tossing silver coins to the rabble around his carriage--but doing it only when the press is around.
Right... Like all those kings that created their software companies and made money actually building something instead of "collecting" it from that very same rabble or stealing it from their neighbors.
Yeah... sure... If Bill Gates used his money to make himself a giant golden pyramid. Or Taj Mahal. Instead, motherfucker is giving away money to strangers. That is so fucking evil.
Stallman exhibits a breathtaking level of paranoia and probably believes Gates AND Microsoft black helicopters are flying around him with super-sensitive microphones so they can be in a position to dominate the world with their cabal of confederates and governments.
But if you don't have Linux, you're definitely NOT in control. Windows keeps "calling home", prevents you to copy a legitimately purchased DVD or CD thanks to all that DRM stuff. If you can still power off your computer and install Linux, you should be grateful that Bill and Steve haven't found yet a way to prevent you from doing that.
I am writing this on my Windows box. It is also my primary Linux box, but I use that part of it very rarely. I have like... ummm MAYBE a dozen "legitimate" DVDs and about... uhh... ah lets say a couple of thousand (although its probably way more) of those other DVDs and CDs. And out of ALL those "legitimate" disks only 2 are software. A Counterstrike CD I bought to be able to play online and a Battlefield 2 DVD I won in some online game.
And when Security and the police shot him to death...
And as Linus Torvalds held Stallman's dying body in his hands, RMS looked over his shoulder at the pages of code flying in the air and with his dying breath whispered: "Perfect... They are all... perfect..."
Therefore, if problems are solved using free software instead of proprietary software, society will have a lot of money left over to spend on fixing disease, starvation, etc.
Newsflash!
You can find it all (pay-ware and free-ware) for next to nothing on torrents. And yes - "society" does that.
You think third world countries give a flying fuck about RIAA and Microsoft (no.. wait...) Micro$oft (thats better) and whoever else it is that is the target of the day because they demand that you keep paying for your electrons over and over?
Ummm.. NO!
Why is that mythical "Year of Linux on Desktop" not coming yet? Because it is simpler to get pirated software. It costs the same. AND - it is more compatible. Yes - COMPATIBLE. With those proprietary "industry standard" file formats every single software and hardware company keeps trying to push. From.DOCX and.XLS to.PSD and.DWG. Its there. For free. Download it. Use the crack or serial you got with your rared install. It works. Free software? As in speech or as in beer? Who gives a fuck? All software is for free!
Illegal? Where? Somewhere in Russia? Sure... you go and explain it to them door to door. Or implement a lock that a 12 year old hackers will crack over weekend. I'm sure half of India and China is losing sleep over it too. And all those Africans without electricity and drinking water... oh boy... they must be thinking day and night about the illegality of software piracy and problems proprietary software causes to the "society". They probably wake up screaming "AAAH! Bill Gates is coming to eat our children and make us use Office 2007!! RUN! RUUUUN!!!"
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Housewives - buying Linux version of the EeePC cause it is CHEAP.
Students - buying Linux versions cause they will promptly replace it with a pirated Windows version. Why pay for an OS when its available FOR FREE?
Geeks - buying XP cause they DON'T WANT TO BUY VISTA and they DO want to buy a computer with stronger/better components.
Such machines usually come with a OEM version of Windows whether you like it or not.
BTW... article is crap.
It fails to even say if it is the case of Linux and XP versions of EeePC or are they talking about Linux EeePCs and XP preloaded PCs in general.
If the operating system (OS) doesn't need to emphasize business use, Linux is a good choice, because its graphical user interface (GUI) software is quite mature. Retailers and contract manufacturers in Taiwan say that novice PC users there, like students and housewives, tend to buy the Linux version of the Eee PC701, while geeks go for Windows XP. The Linux version comes with a launcher providing pre-installed applications, Web services and other features at a click. The design was probably adopted to make the system even easier to use.
Maybe because that was NOT THE POINT of the article?
Something about the title... I don't know... ("Ultra Low-Cost PCs Dominate the Market")
Really guys... Why this flamebait?
Well, heros are usually only good at the one thing they are touted for... im not asking kobe to fix my car for sure.
Michael Jordan might be able to fix it though...
He IS a robot from another galaxy after all... Or was it from the future?
What proof would remain, if youa ate Nina's body?
Bones, teeth, hair, implants, kidney stones, DNA traces...?
Now that he is locked up for a long, long time with nothing better to do... Just imagine the stuff he will code in the future.
And it will be MADE IN PRISON.
Now if that ain't hardcore - I don't know what is.
They call it Audeo.
It was discussed here at Slashdot couple of months ago.
It will be more like dancing or martial arts.
Learning to move your body (and it's individual parts) in a particular way.
Doing a shitload of simple, repetitive exercises until you learn to do it with grace that makes it look natural.
A note to whoever will be developing this technology:
Making the training moves "danceable" (following a rhythm or a tune) will probably greatly reduce the duration of "the learning period".
You call THAT a troll?
Someone obviously never saw me troll.
Then again, I think what she did should be criminal - psychological harassment - but, I don't write the laws...
Cause I find your view on the subject as psychological harassment. It upsets me greatly.
Should I get to sue you based on that? Although... it is not like I am FORCED to read your comment.
Quite like that girl that got upset by other people's comments on an internet site.
Maybe I am suicidal too? Maybe I am cutting myself because of your comments right now.
You can't just throw blanket judgments like that.
Like... I don't know... French Mailman?
Talking people into despair that causes bunch of people to kill themselves and then getting arrested for misspelling your name on the tax forms.
Quite!
If she had used her real name and even her real age and just said "Hi-hi.. *gigle* I'm not really 40.. I'm a teenager... like you." to the girl that killed herself - all would be fine. No case.
NONSENSE!
Ever hear about them pre-paid cards?
Also... As we are talking communication here... NOBODY asks for your address when you mail something. You know... like a letter.. on paper...
MySpace is not a bank that is giving you money based on your collateral or an employer that hires you based on your credentials.
MySpace is giving nothing of value and is giving it FOR FREE.
MySpace requires nor deserves my private information any more than a guy giving away leaflets in the street.
Both the service and the requirements for service they are offering have exactly 0.00$ value.
So why should I give my personal information (that DOES have value) in exchange for something that is free?
Do you want MySpace/Newegg/TigerDirect to call references, run a credit report, or take additional measures to verify your identity
Sure. Let them do that. When they get the legal right for that. In the entire world. Including running reference on minors.
Lets see how it will go.
Let me put it this way.
Say MySpace is a free concert.
Only, they are not the people at the concert, or the bands, or tech crew, or even the guy selling peanuts (grass more likely but never mind that)...
They are the guy that provides the land the concert is held on.
They start "taking names" and criminalizing people at the concert - people start leaving and the music eventually stops.
So, the state they're in needs to pass a new law, saying that creating a false identity for the express purpose of harassing someone else is illegal. BOOM, problem solved for the future. Does it suck that she gets off? Yeah, it does, but that's how law is supposed to work.
Yeah... sure.
And should someone kill themselves by being an idiot and sticking a fork in the plugged-in toaster state should pass a law that would make it illegal to own a toaster.
And will you please stop contradicting yourself? Its confusing.
The protection of "everyone is equal in the eyes of the law" is that laws shouldn't be jury-rigged to punish someone for something that was otherwise something not illegal.
Great. I am happy for you.
But there ARE people out there that DO need larger screens, optical drives, full-size keyboards etc.
Presumably it's so you can take photos, while you videoconference.....
1.3 for photos, on the outside of the device, pointing away from you, aimed through the screen.
0.3 for video, on the inside of the device, pointing at you, again aimed through the screen.
You don't need much bigger than 0.3Mp for video-conferencing, while every extra pixel would be useful for photos.
And having only one camera would make one of the options unusable - unless the screen or camera was rotatable so you can aim the camera for photos AND again aim at yourself so you see the person who you are video-conferencing with while they see you too.
It contains both volumes.
http://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Boxed-Set-Marjane-Satrapi/dp/0375423966/
Or this one. Newer edition and slightly cheaper:
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Persepolis-Major-Motion-Picture/dp/0375714839/
And for the lazy ones, or those who can't read, there is a movie:
http://www.amazon.com/Persepolis-Chiara-Mastroianni/dp/B000YAA68W/
The movie ain't bad, but it is simplified at some points to make it more understandable to the "western viewers" I guess.
Books are far deeper.
BTW... movie got shafted at this years Oscars.
A talking rat took the little golden statue. A work of great cultural importance I am sure, as cartoons with talking animals usually are.
They are in IRAN you insensitive clod!
You try tweeting through the UK number for "anywhere else" for a while and let us know how that goes.
Das hier ist der Slashpunkt. Wir sprechen nur English hier - kein andere Sprache.
Und Bork, Bork, Bork!
1 - It's a 1 person car
2 - It's going into limited production
3 - Marketing is talking about it 2 years in advance
1 - No. Its a two-seat car. You know. Like all those other penile extensions out there.
2 - You did get that one right. Still... Again with penile extensions. How many Porsches and Ferraris are made each year?
3 - Actually - it is 4 years in advance since they were planing to push it out in the market in 2012. But carbon fiber price dropped enough so they can start making it 2 years earlier.
Apparently they don't want to massproduce this, just enhance their brand, without actually jeopardizing their relationship with Big Oil(TM)
You do realize its the same company that made those small economic VW Beetle cars?
And all those Golfs later on...
I liken it to a king tossing silver coins to the rabble around his carriage--but doing it only when the press is around.
Right... Like all those kings that created their software companies and made money actually building something instead of "collecting" it from that very same rabble or stealing it from their neighbors.
Yeah... sure... If Bill Gates used his money to make himself a giant golden pyramid. Or Taj Mahal.
Instead, motherfucker is giving away money to strangers.
That is so fucking evil.
Stallman exhibits a breathtaking level of paranoia and probably believes Gates AND Microsoft black helicopters are flying around him with super-sensitive microphones so they can be in a position to dominate the world with their cabal of confederates and governments.
Also, he sleeps with a katana under his bed.
http://xkcd.com/225/
From http://www.stallman.org/
"Richard Stallman" is just my mundane name; you can call me "rms"
He lets people refer to him as RMS.
Something tells me he has quite liberal views on the matters of proper protocol and titles.
Its not like he referred to Bill Gates as Billgatus of Borg. You know... as Slashdot still does?
But if you don't have Linux, you're definitely NOT in control. Windows keeps "calling home", prevents you to copy a legitimately purchased DVD or CD thanks to all that DRM stuff. If you can still power off your computer and install Linux, you should be grateful that Bill and Steve haven't found yet a way to prevent you from doing that.
I am writing this on my Windows box. It is also my primary Linux box, but I use that part of it very rarely.
I have like... ummm MAYBE a dozen "legitimate" DVDs and about... uhh... ah lets say a couple of thousand (although its probably way more) of those other DVDs and CDs.
And out of ALL those "legitimate" disks only 2 are software. A Counterstrike CD I bought to be able to play online and a Battlefield 2 DVD I won in some online game.
WHO is stopping me doing WHAT?
And when Security and the police shot him to death...
And as Linus Torvalds held Stallman's dying body in his hands, RMS looked over his shoulder at the pages of code flying in the air and with his dying breath whispered:
"Perfect... They are all... perfect..."
Therefore, if problems are solved using free software instead of proprietary software, society will have a lot of money left over to spend on fixing disease, starvation, etc.
Newsflash!
You can find it all (pay-ware and free-ware) for next to nothing on torrents.
And yes - "society" does that.
You think third world countries give a flying fuck about RIAA and Microsoft (no.. wait...) Micro$oft (thats better) and whoever else it is that is the target of the day because they demand that you keep paying for your electrons over and over?
Ummm.. NO!
Why is that mythical "Year of Linux on Desktop" not coming yet? .DOCX and .XLS to .PSD and .DWG.
Because it is simpler to get pirated software. It costs the same. AND - it is more compatible. Yes - COMPATIBLE.
With those proprietary "industry standard" file formats every single software and hardware company keeps trying to push. From
Its there. For free. Download it. Use the crack or serial you got with your rared install. It works.
Free software? As in speech or as in beer? Who gives a fuck?
All software is for free!
Illegal? Where? Somewhere in Russia?
Sure... you go and explain it to them door to door. Or implement a lock that a 12 year old hackers will crack over weekend.
I'm sure half of India and China is losing sleep over it too.
And all those Africans without electricity and drinking water... oh boy... they must be thinking day and night about the illegality of software piracy and problems proprietary software causes to the "society".
They probably wake up screaming "AAAH! Bill Gates is coming to eat our children and make us use Office 2007!! RUN! RUUUUN!!!"