Don't worry. Anybody who spends more than $1000 for a laptop is a fanboy in my opinion. It's the only reason why they'd throw their money away like that (or else they are doing CGI for the next star wars film). Same applies to those who buy $30,000+ luxury cars that are just $15,000 Civics with new badges on them.
>>>You're paying for OS X, for an aluminum unibody
That'll come in useful when I take my Mac off-roading this summer. None of that shoddy welded crap to break when the wheels hit ruts. I wonder if the rubber wheels/suspension will hold up.
Damn straight! This whole Slashdot Summary should be modded troll. Apple would never, ever, never have "build quality problems" in their $1800 machines. Everybody knows their laptops are better quality than my - I mean those half-price $900 PC laptops.
That's why we Apple users pay so much for them!!! It's like buying Lexus/Acura instead of Toyota/Honda, even though they are made by the same engineers in the same factory with identical engines & chassis.
(kneels before porcelain Jobs) Did I do alright master?
>>>There is no "installing updates, wait and watch the browser restart" dialog, because the on disk change to update is instant.
Yep.
Just wait until Google fraks-up and the program is no longer bootable, ashappened with that recent Virus program that made users' computers refuse to turn on. (The company solution was to burn a CD - how do you do that if your computer is inoperative?) There is no such thing as a "flawless" update to software. Eventually some programmer somewhere will insert the wrong code, and the update with break.
>>>find it rather interesting to be living when computer software is undergoing an evolutionary explosion...
Hardly.
The explosion was the 70s and 80s. Today's software is really just the same 70s/80s inventions (word processors, spreadsheets, hyperlinks) going through minor changes in an attempt to convince people they MUST upgrade (and hopefully spend money).
Me - I still use Office 95 without any problems and see no reason to update (or spend money). And in the world of games, most of the genres were invented 30-40 years ago.
What did Comcast do to these companies, and why is it a "bad thing" in your opinion?
What about ESPN360 and Disneyconnection.com charging ISPs extra fees to access their websites (or else blocking them). Is that also a bad thing? Personally I think it's worse, because customers should be charged individually to access websites, not in one collective fee (I don't want either of these websites & yet I'm paying for them).
Care to rephrase that? The US Constitution is a law. Ditto the State-level constitutions.
>>>They can't just say "The internet must be FREE!!!" and then deny or approve the merger.
They can under antitrust laws. They held the same power to deny the Sirius and XM merger. It's one of the side effects of anti-monopoly legislation passed by the Congress in the late 1800s.
Someone else wrote: >>>wants to make NBC content available only on its distribution network so as to make subscribers who want to watch NBC shows have to come over to Comcast's distribution system
And nothing of value will be lost.
But seriously: I don't see why this is a big deal. NBC already withholds its content from cable companies if they fail to pay the monthly fees. Ditto Disney Channel, FOX News, Discovery Networks, and so on. They don't "have" to sell their content.
Aside- I watch NBC for free - screw cable and its ~$1000/year billing.
>>>edit your install.rdf file and change the MaxVersion to 3.6 (or wildcard)
(blank look) How do I open my hood again? Pull which lever??? And which one of these buttons lets me check my email? - Oh forget it. I've not a clue what you're talking about. (walks off)
Actually I think you just proved my point about How I have better things to do than fix the Breaks caused by software updates. Those 30 minutes per day (or whatever) spent editing my Firefox Version Number would be better used watching the latest Dr. House episode. Seeya!
>>>This has to be one of the more ridiculous statements...you don't want them to do bugfixes, improvements and overall making it even better, because you dislike keeping your OS up to date?
I guess I have a life that doesn't revolve around beating my disco stick to "you have new updates and will waste 20 minutes downloading/installing them" popups.
I'd rather spend that time beating off to playboy.com. And bugfixes don't require jumping from 4 to 5 to 6 to 7. All it requires is moving from 4.0 to 4.01 to 4.02 et cetera.
>>>Then you can quit whining about browser innovation
Strawman argument. I've never felt any need to whine. Nor do I feel a need to go round like a bible-pounding Jimmy Swaggart asshole denigrating people who use Windows. "And verily I saw to you that you shall BURN IN HELL for using windows you filthy dirt-wearing heathen!" See? I can create strawman arguments too.
Even AFTER I understood the headline the thought, 'Mozilla is imploding like Netscape did, with stupid browser decisions,' was still running through my head. - BTW this article is a dupe. I read about Mozilla doing rapid FF5, FF6, FF7 updates around three weeks ago.
I don't want my browser going through a bunch of revisions so that I'm always fucking with my computer software/updates, instead of doing actual work (or play). I can't help thinking this is just Mozilla panicking because Chrome is challenging their #2 position, and it will end up being a major PITA for the user.
Something like this, but much more thorough (and focused on linux of course). Perhaps one page of listed apps per category, with ads on the side to support the cost of the page
"What's that?" - thousands of journalists and their professors. I don't think this is a deliberate misuse of the word trojan - just non technical people getting confused between DarkComet and BlackHole. Similar to how some non-tech people call megabits per second a "bandwidth" or 9.8 meters per second the "force" of gravity.
The breakup of the ATT Monopoly did allow other companies to connect their devices to the lines. That led to a boom in different phones to buy, and modems went from 1200 bits/second (stagnant for 40 years) to 56000 as companies competed to outdo the others.
>>>They only provide this protection if they can withdraw the funds from the seller's account
That's why you should always, always, always pay with credit card. If Paypal claims they can't recover the funds, then you call Visa/Mastercard/whoever and they suck the money directly from paypal.com. I've done that a few times.
"There are plenty of people who think that they donâ(TM)t like science fiction or fantasy because they think itâ(TM)s all stupid stuff like mutant sharks and the Chupacabra on the Love Boat. They think genre films and books are incapable of saying anything intelligent or genuine, and who can blame them when theyâ(TM)re blowing through the channels and see descriptions like this?
Mansquito
While trying to find a cure for the West Nile virus, a scientist turns herself and her subject into mutant insects."
Friday is called the "death slot" because that's where networks/channels send shows to die. It's where they shoved Star Trek, and Firefly, and Smallville, and -- Well there's a whole page about it on wikipedia.
SCI-FI Channel is the only channel that seemed to thrive on Fridays.
>>>I turned off my fucking cable and disconnected the antennae.
Why on earth? Antenna TV isn't the greatest thing but it is FREE so you might see something worthwhile, like reruns of Outer Limits, Stargate, or new episodes of....um... yeah can't think of anything. (shrug) I like supernatural.
>>>MST3K was the only reason I watched them ever.
The Twilight MSTie was hilarious. Better than the actual movie. Sci-Fi Channel was my favorite channel back when they aired these shows: Voyagers, Buck Rogers, the Hulk, Dark Shadows, Quantum Leap, Sci-Fi Trader, and the Zone (like a news show about cons, movies, and behind-the-scenes special effects).
SFC also produced a few good originals. Like Stargate when it was resurrected from the dead, Sliders (years4-5), Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Sanctuary, Lexx.
Slashdot Mirror
That bad guy looks nothing like Walt.
>>>Revenge is a dish best served cold.
LOIS LANE is a dish.
>>>Do I need a badge? To join some kind of club?
Don't worry. Anybody who spends more than $1000 for a laptop is a fanboy in my opinion. It's the only reason why they'd throw their money away like that (or else they are doing CGI for the next star wars film). Same applies to those who buy $30,000+ luxury cars that are just $15,000 Civics with new badges on them.
"A fool and his money are soon parted." - Barnum
>>>You're paying for OS X, for an aluminum unibody
That'll come in useful when I take my Mac off-roading this summer. None of that shoddy welded crap to break when the wheels hit ruts. I wonder if the rubber wheels/suspension will hold up.
>>>Lets try open an equivalent HP/Dell then eh?
Damn straight! This whole Slashdot Summary should be modded troll. Apple would never, ever, never have "build quality problems" in their $1800 machines. Everybody knows their laptops are better quality than my - I mean those half-price $900 PC laptops.
That's why we Apple users pay so much for them!!! It's like buying Lexus/Acura instead of Toyota/Honda, even though they are made by the same engineers in the same factory with identical engines & chassis.
(kneels before porcelain Jobs)
Did I do alright master?
>>>There is no "installing updates, wait and watch the browser restart" dialog, because the on disk change to update is instant.
Yep.
Just wait until Google fraks-up and the program is no longer bootable, ashappened with that recent Virus program that made users' computers refuse to turn on. (The company solution was to burn a CD - how do you do that if your computer is inoperative?) There is no such thing as a "flawless" update to software. Eventually some programmer somewhere will insert the wrong code, and the update with break.
>>>find it rather interesting to be living when computer software is undergoing an evolutionary explosion...
Hardly.
The explosion was the 70s and 80s. Today's software is really just the same 70s/80s inventions (word processors, spreadsheets, hyperlinks) going through minor changes in an attempt to convince people they MUST upgrade (and hopefully spend money).
Me - I still use Office 95 without any problems and see no reason to update (or spend money). And in the world of games, most of the genres were invented 30-40 years ago.
>>>Comcast should not be charging another network any money for traffic which is destined for Comcast customers.
So businesses like netflix.com or google.com should just be able to connect to the internet without paying a fee? Hmmm.
Maybe I should start a business (of one) so I too can get free internet access.
>>>Level 3 and Netflix
What did Comcast do to these companies, and why is it a "bad thing" in your opinion?
What about ESPN360 and Disneyconnection.com charging ISPs extra fees to access their websites (or else blocking them). Is that also a bad thing? Personally I think it's worse, because customers should be charged individually to access websites, not in one collective fee (I don't want either of these websites & yet I'm paying for them).
>>>"Freedom of Speech" isn't a law.
Care to rephrase that? The US Constitution is a law. Ditto the State-level constitutions.
>>>They can't just say "The internet must be FREE!!!" and then deny or approve the merger.
They can under antitrust laws. They held the same power to deny the Sirius and XM merger. It's one of the side effects of anti-monopoly legislation passed by the Congress in the late 1800s.
Someone else wrote:
>>>wants to make NBC content available only on its distribution network so as to make subscribers who want to watch NBC shows have to come over to Comcast's distribution system
And nothing of value will be lost.
But seriously: I don't see why this is a big deal. NBC already withholds its content from cable companies if they fail to pay the monthly fees. Ditto Disney Channel, FOX News, Discovery Networks, and so on. They don't "have" to sell their content.
Aside-
I watch NBC for free - screw cable and its ~$1000/year billing.
>>>edit your install.rdf file and change the MaxVersion to 3.6 (or wildcard)
(blank look) How do I open my hood again? Pull which lever??? And which one of these buttons lets me check my email? - Oh forget it. I've not a clue what you're talking about. (walks off)
Actually I think you just proved my point about How I have better things to do than fix the Breaks caused by software updates. Those 30 minutes per day (or whatever) spent editing my Firefox Version Number would be better used watching the latest Dr. House episode. Seeya!
>>>This has to be one of the more ridiculous statements...you don't want them to do bugfixes, improvements and overall making it even better, because you dislike keeping your OS up to date?
I guess I have a life
that doesn't revolve around beating my
disco stick to "you have new updates and will waste 20 minutes downloading/installing them" popups.
I'd rather spend that time beating off to playboy.com. And bugfixes don't require jumping from 4 to 5 to 6 to 7. All it requires is moving from 4.0 to 4.01 to 4.02 et cetera.
>>>Then you can quit whining about browser innovation
Strawman argument. I've never felt any need to whine. Nor do I feel a need to go round like a bible-pounding Jimmy Swaggart asshole denigrating people who use Windows. "And verily I saw to you that you shall BURN IN HELL for using windows you filthy dirt-wearing heathen!"
See? I can create strawman arguments too.
And you call me a dumbass???
You don't know jack shit about bulbs.
>>>a 130V lamp instead of a 120V, which is a common "trick" for decreasing the lifetime of the lamp. Undervolting harms the lifespan
So if you put 2 volts across a 130V lamp it'll no longer work after that?
>>>P=VI. If you attempt to flow the proper wattage through the lamp at 2 volts you're going to burn out the filament
>>>"Mozilla to have faster release schedule"
Even AFTER I understood the headline the thought, 'Mozilla is imploding like Netscape did, with stupid browser decisions,' was still running through my head. - BTW this article is a dupe. I read about Mozilla doing rapid FF5, FF6, FF7 updates around three weeks ago.
I don't want my browser going through a bunch of revisions so that I'm always fucking with my computer software/updates, instead of doing actual work (or play). I can't help thinking this is just Mozilla panicking because Chrome is challenging their #2 position, and it will end up being a major PITA for the user.
>>>I'll have to write a plugin that disables auto-update
That option already exists in the Firefox menu. For example I'm sitting at 3.5 now because some of my plugins didn't work with 3.6
>>>There needs to be more of the busty princess is rescued by the over 40 pervy earth guy-type stories.
Twilight.
Vampire Diaries.
Buffy.
Angel.
Strictly speaking, not princesses, but they are busty.
Something like this, but much more thorough (and focused on linux of course). Perhaps one page of listed apps per category, with ads on the side to support the cost of the page
http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
>>>do some damn fact checking
"What's that?" - thousands of journalists and their professors. I don't think this is a deliberate misuse of the word trojan - just non technical people getting confused between DarkComet and BlackHole. Similar to how some non-tech people call megabits per second a "bandwidth" or 9.8 meters per second the "force" of gravity.
The breakup of the ATT Monopoly did allow other companies to connect their devices to the lines. That led to a boom in different phones to buy, and modems went from 1200 bits/second (stagnant for 40 years) to 56000 as companies competed to outdo the others.
Our Federal Reseve is not run by chimps - it's run by the Megacorps in a monopoly format.
Yep that's what they stepped in.
>>>They only provide this protection if they can withdraw the funds from the seller's account
That's why you should always, always, always pay with credit card. If Paypal claims they can't recover the funds, then you call Visa/Mastercard/whoever and they suck the money directly from paypal.com. I've done that a few times.
Here's another article along the same lines (And they provide free Science-based Fiction)
http://suvudu.com/2011/02/the-syfy-channel-hates-sci-fi-and-its-all-your-fault.html
"There are plenty of people who think that they donâ(TM)t like science fiction or fantasy because they think itâ(TM)s all stupid stuff like mutant sharks and the Chupacabra on the Love Boat. They think genre films and books are incapable of saying anything intelligent or genuine, and who can blame them when theyâ(TM)re blowing through the channels and see descriptions like this?
Mansquito
While trying to find a cure for the West Nile virus, a scientist turns herself and her subject into mutant insects."
Friday is called the "death slot" because that's where networks/channels send shows to die. It's where they shoved Star Trek, and Firefly, and Smallville, and -- Well there's a whole page about it on wikipedia.
SCI-FI Channel is the only channel that seemed to thrive on Fridays.
>>>I turned off my fucking cable and disconnected the antennae.
Why on earth? Antenna TV isn't the greatest thing but it is FREE so you might see something worthwhile, like reruns of Outer Limits, Stargate, or new episodes of....um... yeah can't think of anything. (shrug) I like supernatural.
>>>MST3K was the only reason I watched them ever.
The Twilight MSTie was hilarious. Better than the actual movie. Sci-Fi Channel was my favorite channel back when they aired these shows: Voyagers, Buck Rogers, the Hulk, Dark Shadows, Quantum Leap, Sci-Fi Trader, and the Zone (like a news show about cons, movies, and behind-the-scenes special effects).
SFC also produced a few good originals. Like Stargate when it was resurrected from the dead, Sliders (years4-5), Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Sanctuary, Lexx.