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  1. Re:$.99 Textbooks? Doubtful but... on Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing · · Score: -1, Troll

    How the fuck is this insightful when Apple has been the one keeping the price of content down traditionally? You forgetting the $1.99 and $2.99 RIAA was asking for, for single tracks?!

    Dumbass.

  2. Re:Magic on Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing · · Score: 1

    This is where you are being stupid. So far, none of the digital content Apple sells dies after X uses. Renting movies is different, of course.

    So, whether this is a rent model or a buy model, we'll see on Thursday. But if the price is right, why not rent?

  3. Re:Magic on Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I disagree. I learnt to install Solaris before I have ever installed Dos/Windows. My computer throughout college was my trusty Apple //gs and the OSF/1 box with the huge black and white 21" monochrome monitor - damn, it was a fine monitor. I learnt to manage VMS, UNIX, installed Slackware Linux from 50+ floppies. I am one of the few rare people to have actually bought a copy of WordPerfect for Linux :) Used Gentoo for years and years, building from stage 1 when that was all that was available.

    I still run OpenBSD at home as my outside facing server.

    And I find Macs easy to use. For the stuff I need to do, it's easy. For the technical stuff, I can get right into the innards of it for the most part. Opensource stuff is downright easy. MacPorts if available. Otherwise, ./configure and make. Built a couple of hackintoshes for fun.

    The OP was just being stupid. MP3s have been un-DRM"ed for quite a few years now - Apple was the one pushing for it, but of course, OP conveniently forgets that.

    Apple also contributes back - they made so much improvements into KDE's browser that KDE just basically re-absorbed back in the entire webkit, among other things.

  4. Re:Eric Schmidt, master of non-answers on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    much better :) :) :)

    seriously, "consume content" sounds like one of those pretentious marketing crap I have to sit through all the freaking time!

  5. Re:Eric Schmidt, master of non-answers on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    "consume content" is silly english and I stand by it, regardless of what the dictionary may say.

  6. Re:Eric Schmidt, master of non-answers on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    You're a lawyer, aren't you? That's why you're posting as an Anonymous Coward, right?

  7. Re:fragmentation not a problem on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    http://bithack.se/news/apparatus-amazon-july-4-2011.html

    Why does he have an issue with point #2 - Device Filter Fail ?

  8. Re:Manufacturers lying about ICS on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    then you should complain to phone company, to google, to BBB, etc.

  9. Re:Eric Schmidt, master of non-answers on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 1

    There is a reason why USA is known as the third world of cell phones since about forever.

  10. Re:Eric Schmidt, master of non-answers on Eric Schmidt Doesn't Think Android Is Fragmented · · Score: 2

    who the hell started with the "wants to consume content which requires Flash" bullshit?

    It's just "she wants to use flash" or "she wants flash to run on her tablet" or some other simpler english, pretty please!!!!!

  11. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 1

    And I didn't realize that making a comment about wanting my mod points was worth a downmod. I mean - really?

  12. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 1

    But it's OK, I've been here long enough that I have karma to burn :)

    It really gets under RedHat lusers skin when I start flaming RedCrap though :)

  13. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 0

    hahaha *grin*

  14. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 1

    You obviously wasn't here early enough when the first comment was modded down. But it's ok.

  15. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    seriously, marked down? well, fuck you then, you stupid moderator.

  16. Re:He's probably right. on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At work, there's a couple of VPs whose passwords expired because they haven't logged in to their windows PC, but have been using their ipad/iphone for everything.

    So, different uses for different people.

  17. Re:Also, if you owned Apple on Michael Dell Dismisses Tablet Threat To the PC Market · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DAMNIT!!!! Where's my fucking mod points when I really *REALLY* want them!!! :) :)

  18. Re:Learn photography. on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 1

    did you not read at all? He discusses at length image quality, sensor size, etc.

  19. Re:I call bullshit on your bullshit on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 1

    OP says MILC is a fad. Trey discusses at length why he, a professional photographer, is not buying any more DSLR bodies or lenses.

    He is very clear on his reasons. I agree with his reasons. Why is it unintelligent I state clearly the reasons are in the article in the URL.

    The original question is not asking for extreme autofocus or high ISO performance.

  20. Re:Learn photography. on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 1

    I think I'm going to have to call bullshit based on what I read here:

    https://plus.google.com/105237212888595777019/posts/fbCZzoFEAz1

  21. Re:ASP.NET and C# on Ask Slashdot: Which Web Platform Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    I do. I also have a 4 digit UID that I lost access to. History of PHP makes me puke.

    Now if you said "similar to..." I might be OK with that.

  22. Mirrorless/3rd Gen cameras are the way to go on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 0
  23. Re:I've wanted deduplication for a long time! on Ask Slashdot: Free/Open Deduplication Software? · · Score: 2

    Even Richard Stallman agreed that there are cases where GPL is not necessary. So stop being an ass.

  24. Re:If you don't know, you can't do it on Ask Slashdot: Writing Hardened Web Applications? · · Score: 1

    who let the kids in here?

  25. Re:So let me get this right on Justifications For Creating an IT Department? · · Score: 1

    If he lacks the skills and experience to make it happen, then he is just pushing for something that benefits him and not the business.