Computers are not supposed to be easy to use. If someone bought a mega-computer, why hide that power from them? If they can't figure out how to use it, then maybe they don't really have a NEED for such a computer?
who cares that it isn't compatible with Sarge? Is Sarge really compatible with Sid?
This is an important question. Ian is complaining that Ubuntu, a released distro, is incompatible with Debian Sarge, an unreleased unstable distro. This is like Bill Gates complaining that Firefox 1.0.2 is incompatible with Windows Longhorn Beta 2. As long as Firefox released first, it is the second-comer who is responsible for playing catch up.
Can Debian Sarge keep up with "standards" created by Ubuntu? I doubt it; Debian is not renowned for its agile development..
It's a farce that Toyota while classified as an "import" could boasted that their cars (manufactured in the United States) contained MORE American manufactured components than American branded cars.
When you say that's a farce, do you mean that Toyota cars do NOT actually contain more American-manufactured components OR that it is sad that an "American" car company's product is less "American"?
btw, when you "tax the oil companies" or "tax the cigarette companies", you are likely taxing the oil and cigarette consumers, not the companies. Who pays the tax depends on the price elasticity of the product. For products like gas and cigarettes, consumers buy them almost regardless of the price. So the companies can raise their prices to pay for the new taxes WITHOUT reducing their profits. So new gas or cigarette taxes are paid for by the consumer.
For products that have inelastic prices (such as new cars), the car companies can't raise their prices because no one would be a new car. Instead the consumer pays the same price, but the tax is paid out of the companiess' profits.
Where the additional revenue goes is wholly unrelated does not reduce the effectiveness of the tax - to encourage better vehicle usage.
Gas taxes increase the consumer's cost, but they do not increase the supplier's revenue. Thus the supplier has no incentive or extra capital to seek out more expensive sources of existing oil (such as Canadian oil shale). The price increase that would give suppliers the incentive and captial to seek more expensive sources of existing oil is going to the gub'mint.
You say taxation is stupid and creates unnecessary burdens, so we need to just wait for market forces to drive up and create the exact same burdens.
Gas taxes increase the consumer's cost, but they do not increase the supplier's revenue. Thus the supplier has no incentive or extra capital to seek out more expensive sources of existing oil (such as Canadian oil shale). The price increase that would give suppliers the incentive and captial to seek more expensive sources of existing oil is going to the gub'mint.
4. VW bus exclusionary zones (so hippies will stop polluting the environment with their huge, low gas mileage, dirty vehicles) 5. Bio-diesel exclusionary zones (so hippies will stop making the environment smelling like Freedom Fries, thus inciting obese Americans to eat at McDonald's)
How soon after a new Mac OS is released does it appear on new Mac inventory? I assume current Mac Minis ship with Mac OS 10.3.8 installed. How soon after Mac OS X 10.4 is shipped will I be able to buy a Mac Mini with Mac OS 10.4 pre-installed?
That was the season where the y kicked out the angry black dude. It was the episode where the roommates get drunk, make out in the showers, and then fight about who is making too much noise.
Please show me one instance of this administration lying to congress. Keep in mind that for them to lie they need to know they're saying something which is in fact false.
Deniable plausibility is why the GOP is trying to prolong Terri Schiavo's life. She is going to head the GOP's 2008 Schiavo/Cheney presidential ticket.
Proving he did not know something is difficult. Proving he DID know Iraq had WMDs should be easy. We know he said Iraw had WMDs, but if no one can prove GWB *knew* that had WMDs, then isn't he lying?
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CHUD is the name of my Dungeons & Dragon character: a lesbian half-orc barbarian who wears a silver glow-in-the-dark thong.
81% hated iCLOD city on 1st day. Can you stand it there?
the vast majority (all?) of the stuff he's bitching about is either GNOME or other specific apps and has nothing to do with Ubuntu.
good point. Ubuntu does not use GNOME, after all, so GNOME problems would not affect Ubuntu's user experience.
They could also "spin off" the hardware business into it's own entity, or sell it outright to an appropriate firm.
You mean like the sale of IBM's PC division to Lenovo of China?
Computers are not supposed to be easy to use. If someone bought a mega-computer, why hide that power from them? If they can't figure out how to use it, then maybe they don't really have a NEED for such a computer?
who cares that it isn't compatible with Sarge? Is Sarge really compatible with Sid?
This is an important question. Ian is complaining that Ubuntu, a released distro, is incompatible with Debian Sarge, an unreleased unstable distro. This is like Bill Gates complaining that Firefox 1.0.2 is incompatible with Windows Longhorn Beta 2. As long as Firefox released first, it is the second-comer who is responsible for playing catch up.
Can Debian Sarge keep up with "standards" created by Ubuntu? I doubt it; Debian is not renowned for its agile development..
It's a farce that Toyota while classified as an "import" could boasted that their cars (manufactured in the United States) contained MORE American manufactured components than American branded cars.
When you say that's a farce, do you mean that Toyota cars do NOT actually contain more American-manufactured components OR that it is sad that an "American" car company's product is less "American"?
btw, when you "tax the oil companies" or "tax the cigarette companies", you are likely taxing the oil and cigarette consumers, not the companies. Who pays the tax depends on the price elasticity of the product. For products like gas and cigarettes, consumers buy them almost regardless of the price. So the companies can raise their prices to pay for the new taxes WITHOUT reducing their profits. So new gas or cigarette taxes are paid for by the consumer.
For products that have inelastic prices (such as new cars), the car companies can't raise their prices because no one would be a new car. Instead the consumer pays the same price, but the tax is paid out of the companiess' profits.
Where the additional revenue goes is wholly unrelated does not reduce the effectiveness of the tax - to encourage better vehicle usage.
Gas taxes increase the consumer's cost, but they do not increase the supplier's revenue. Thus the supplier has no incentive or extra capital to seek out more expensive sources of existing oil (such as Canadian oil shale). The price increase that would give suppliers the incentive and captial to seek more expensive sources of existing oil is going to the gub'mint.
You say taxation is stupid and creates unnecessary burdens, so we need to just wait for market forces to drive up and create the exact same burdens.
Gas taxes increase the consumer's cost, but they do not increase the supplier's revenue. Thus the supplier has no incentive or extra capital to seek out more expensive sources of existing oil (such as Canadian oil shale). The price increase that would give suppliers the incentive and captial to seek more expensive sources of existing oil is going to the gub'mint.
We had an extra hours lock box, but Congress blew those hours adding pork barrel leap year days!
4. VW bus exclusionary zones (so hippies will stop polluting the environment with their huge, low gas mileage, dirty vehicles)
5. Bio-diesel exclusionary zones (so hippies will stop making the environment smelling like Freedom Fries, thus inciting obese Americans to eat at McDonald's)
As a tool to produce vast quantities of precise logical porridge quickly, Slashdot has no equal in today's world.
Strange. Why does http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns link redirect to microsoft.com? http://www.newscientist.com/ goes to the right place.
Was the professor's password "pencil"? If there is anything WARGAMES taught me, it is that you should only give yourself a C, not an A.
Thanks for the suggestion!
How soon after a new Mac OS is released does it appear on new Mac inventory? I assume current Mac Minis ship with Mac OS 10.3.8 installed. How soon after Mac OS X 10.4 is shipped will I be able to buy a Mac Mini with Mac OS 10.4 pre-installed?
re your sig: I believe the joke is supposed to be: "I like my woman like I like my coffee: ground up and in the freezer."
Apple should just rename it to Mac OS 10. Everyone understood what Mac OS 9 meant. Does Mac OS X 10.4 really mean Mac Os "Ten" 10.4? so many tens..
I always throught basing OS-X on BSD was a good move.
Good thrinking.
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That was the season where the y kicked out the angry black dude. It was the episode where the roommates get drunk, make out in the showers, and then fight about who is making too much noise.
Please show me one instance of this administration lying to congress. Keep in mind that for them to lie they need to know they're saying something which is in fact false.
Deniable plausibility is why the GOP is trying to prolong Terri Schiavo's life. She is going to head the GOP's 2008 Schiavo/Cheney presidential ticket.
Proving he did not know something is difficult. Proving he DID know Iraq had WMDs should be easy. We know he said Iraw had WMDs, but if no one can prove GWB *knew* that had WMDs, then isn't he lying?
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