You haven't breathed real diesel until you go to Madagascar. It's like breathing coal dust. I suspect a lot of the third world is a little lax on pollution controls.
They seldom skipped, due to the light springs holding the mechanism. I never had one, because by the time I got my '59 Dodge 8 tracks were the rage, but cassettes were better.
If you don't like it, there are several main branches of Linux, with 9 or 10 main desktops, and many derivatives of main distros. In all, about 300 different active distros. Download and try a few, or watch the YouTube demos (some of which don't suck) first. Go to Distrowatch.com and click Search, to narrow them down to a few that fit your situation. For most people, that's Mint or Zorin for starters. Bodhi, if you like eye candy. Puppy, if you have an old machine that you want to fly.
I need a humidifier for my basement, which presently costs me $1 a day in electricity and is run with freon 12. A big one of these hydrophilic gadgets to get the humidity below 70%, without (much) electricity. I'll throw out the water.
" MS gets paid either way." Until people stop buying PCs, where you HAVE to buy Windows, or some brave manufacturer breaks ranks, figuring what the shit.
Solar DHW heating technology was available 25 years ago, when I designed and built one. I guess I'm a "Green Conservative", not a "Red Meat Conservative". Hey, I just coined a phrase.
In Germany, the cost (without subsidies) is about half what it is in the US, because of efficiencies (i.e., more competition, less middlemen) in the distribution channel. A large market makes this possible. Large subsidies prime the pump. Sooner or later, they (subsidies) will have to come down. Like Obama did with fossil fuel subsides, as proclaimed in his State of the Union address.
Slashdot Mirror
The SAD part is, we could be drinking all that ethanol ourselves!
Oh come on, it was like that even before Obama.
What about that "unreasonable search and seizure" thing?
"The REALLY effective way to reduce the global population is bat-shit crazy Muslims with nukes."
And short fuses.
You haven't breathed real diesel until you go to Madagascar. It's like breathing coal dust. I suspect a lot of the third world is a little lax on pollution controls.
For the cheapskate/n00b_uncle/websurfer, you can get a low end laptop for $300. Same machine with Windows, an extra $70.
http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/laptops.aspx?c=us&cs=ussoho1&l=en&s=soho&~ck=mn#!facets=53996~0~839326&p=1
And it even comes with a tape drive, according to the spec sheet!
"win9, or win8.5 will be out next year. .."
Suckers! So will Mint 15.
That wastes your time, too. Just put the phone down and walk into another room. If you come back in 10 minutes and they're still talking, leave again.
They seldom skipped, due to the light springs holding the mechanism.
I never had one, because by the time I got my '59 Dodge 8 tracks were the rage, but cassettes were better.
Download Puppy, and see if it runs on that Win2K laptop in the back of your closet.
If you don't like it, there are several main branches of Linux, with 9 or 10 main desktops, and many derivatives of main distros. In all, about 300 different active distros. Download and try a few, or watch the YouTube demos (some of which don't suck) first. Go to Distrowatch.com and click Search, to narrow them down to a few that fit your situation. For most people, that's Mint or Zorin for starters. Bodhi, if you like eye candy. Puppy, if you have an old machine that you want to fly.
Two years ahead of you, although I did get a new computer after 7 years. It came with Windows7, of course, but that was easily remedied.
I need a humidifier for my basement, which presently costs me $1 a day in electricity and is run with freon 12.
A big one of these hydrophilic gadgets to get the humidity below 70%, without (much) electricity. I'll throw out the water.
" MS gets paid either way."
Until people stop buying PCs, where you HAVE to buy Windows, or some brave manufacturer breaks ranks, figuring what the shit.
Solar DHW heating technology was available 25 years ago, when I designed and built one.
I guess I'm a "Green Conservative", not a "Red Meat Conservative". Hey, I just coined a phrase.
If so, I'm happy. It will accelerate the demise of Microsoft. I hope Ballmer stays at the helm right to the end.
.. God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
--Genesis 2:2
The new computer is fine, but it's prone to PEBKAC/1D10T errors.
Sorry, the political ads will now be replaced by Christmas gift ads.
Did you walk home??
"You push the screen to see a 'X' appear by the choices you like,..."
Sounds like something you could do on teh interwebs...
I got a half acre of weeds, in case you want to unload some low-efficiency panels dirt cheap.
In Germany, the cost (without subsidies) is about half what it is in the US, because of efficiencies (i.e., more competition, less middlemen) in the distribution channel. A large market makes this possible. Large subsidies prime the pump. Sooner or later, they (subsidies) will have to come down. Like Obama did with fossil fuel subsides, as proclaimed in his State of the Union address.
Or Linus Torvalds.
You have to pay rent on the Hudson River?