I wonder what it would be like playing chess stoned. You'd probably make amazing insights into the other players strategy (they're basing their attack from Darth Vader's plan in The Empire Strikes Back!)... all wrong of course.
Alternatively we could numb the grand masters brain cells with alcohol. http://www.firebox.com/product.php?id=115
I understand what you're saying but there's a point you haven't considered. The publisher can release the book in whatever format they want but what happens when that format causes a drop in sales. Companies only live because of profit. No profit, no company hence companies can only ignore a drop in sales for a limited amount of time. Say for example the publisher of John Author books decides, "We're only going to provide these books in electronic format." At that point they have lost a large amount of revenue which comes from someone browsing a bookshelf. Now if you were an author, would you sign with a publishing company that didn't sell your book effectively? I wouldn't. I would sign with a different publisher.
And as for textbooks, if the textbooks are in an unwieldy format and are not easy to use then the teachers feedback to the people who choose the textbooks who apply pressure to the publisher to provide in a correct format or switch to another textbook.
You're under-estimating the power of the consumer. Usefulness to the consumer is the sole reason for the existence of a product. Not the other way round. That is the exact mistake that created the collapse of the dotcoms. They tried to sell products without any justification of the product. Here's Z! We're not sure what it does but we've got a nifty new way to sell it!
Better end my rant there. Thank you for reading. Please come again.
Obviously I joined the wrong company. MY company never had fancy Aeromajiggy chairs... although I do think we really needed them cause we were too busy sitting on our Futon playing on our Playstation. True story.
Rubbish argument. The imutable law of supply and demand will force the companies to model their business around our requirements.
Even if a publishing company tried to remove from consumers the ability to buy physical books, demand for those books would allow a new/alternative company to fill that niche and offer those books.
Of course all that changes if everyone starts wanting to rent books.
I would agree that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly is central to this debate but I do feel that other OS's do provide competition. I used Mac's and Linux for a year and had not one problem. We even networked Q3A.
Look. My basic argument is that if I design a product and sell it then I should not have to be held accountable to anyone for what I ship with that product. Obviously I run the risk of alienating the users but this product is NOT a neccessity and there are other competing products out there. It just seems extremely unfair from Microsoft's point of view.
Main Entry: analogy
Pronunciation: &-'na-l&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Date: 15th century
1 : inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will prob. agree in others
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Stupid dick that I was I went and clicked on the link without checking it first!
Luckily only one word of that link was goatse and the rest is actually a spell checker link and I missed the goatse link by about four pixels.
As for the word, I didn't look it up cause I was pretty sure I had spelt it right and seeing as it was one word, and probably correct, I couldn't be bothered opening a new window to check my spelling...as it was I did spell it right. Phew.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
And what if the manufacturer decide to carve a design around the edge of the desktop and incorporate a built in pencil holder. Does he or doesn't he have the right to do that?
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I'm probably going to be ostracised (spelling?)from/. for saying this but that seems like a fair compromise. When it comes down to it Windows is Microsoft's OS and they should be able to do what they want with it. The only reason that it's such a problem when MS fsck's with Windoze is that there are companies trying to compete with MS Products on MS ground.
I can whoop a shark on land but don't expect me to swim with it.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
That was the first thing I thought of. Increment a number to the end of each email.
Only problem would be in a couple years when you recieve emails where the number doubles the size of your message.
Come and get your free pr0n! All your dirty fantasies at http://www.all_the_sex_in_the_world.com
39834902094802304032943089535908345039475987345987
34958739458798375398475938475983759348573948573498
57394587394538479320384293857057
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
but five seconds is a little unsettling for translation.
Yeah I can see future news stories, 'A new species of aliens have been wiped out because their greeting, which is pronounced "Schlalaxk", translates roughly to:
"Hello, please acknowledge my greeting within four seconds or my sense of shame will force me to kill you."'
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
"Before you use our death match as a reason to run out and buy a new dual-processor G4, though, let us remind you that this matchup is all in good fun. If you're making decisions about operating systems and even entire platforms--especially for your business--you should do your research. Check out CNET's reviews of both Windows 2000 and Mac OS X and decide for yourself."
Nuff said.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
The writer of that article makes me think of a woman analysing a man. He is not someone who likes Tolkein, he is not a geek and as such has completely missed the point.
*watches a blind archer shooting at a non-existent target*
*swish*
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Slashdot Mirror
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I admit it. I should have checked first. Couldn't edit my post afterwards. *sniff* I'm sorry! =)
...but don't you hate it when all sorts of Theories are tought as fact (chough...darwin..chough).
;)
Tell me about it. I spent years thinking it was spelt 'cough'.
Whoops there goes my karma!
I love you google cache!
o :www.vmyths.com/fas/fas1.cfm+&hl=en (remove the space that /. so helpfully adds. ;)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:ahVwga1Oq1
I wonder what it would be like playing chess stoned. You'd probably make amazing insights into the other players strategy (they're basing their attack from Darth Vader's plan in The Empire Strikes Back!)... all wrong of course.
Alternatively we could numb the grand masters brain cells with alcohol. http://www.firebox.com/product.php?id=115
I don't even know if MS IIS supports this, but luckily I'm not running IIS.
FYI - it does.
I understand what you're saying but there's a point you haven't considered. The publisher can release the book in whatever format they want but what happens when that format causes a drop in sales. Companies only live because of profit. No profit, no company hence companies can only ignore a drop in sales for a limited amount of time. Say for example the publisher of John Author books decides, "We're only going to provide these books in electronic format." At that point they have lost a large amount of revenue which comes from someone browsing a bookshelf. Now if you were an author, would you sign with a publishing company that didn't sell your book effectively? I wouldn't. I would sign with a different publisher.
And as for textbooks, if the textbooks are in an unwieldy format and are not easy to use then the teachers feedback to the people who choose the textbooks who apply pressure to the publisher to provide in a correct format or switch to another textbook.
You're under-estimating the power of the consumer. Usefulness to the consumer is the sole reason for the existence of a product. Not the other way round. That is the exact mistake that created the collapse of the dotcoms. They tried to sell products without any justification of the product. Here's Z! We're not sure what it does but we've got a nifty new way to sell it!
Better end my rant there. Thank you for reading. Please come again.
Obviously I joined the wrong company. MY company never had fancy Aeromajiggy chairs... although I do think we really needed them cause we were too busy sitting on our Futon playing on our Playstation. True story.
Rubbish argument. The imutable law of supply and demand will force the companies to model their business around our requirements.
Even if a publishing company tried to remove from consumers the ability to buy physical books, demand for those books would allow a new/alternative company to fill that niche and offer those books.
Of course all that changes if everyone starts wanting to rent books.
I would agree that whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly is central to this debate but I do feel that other OS's do provide competition. I used Mac's and Linux for a year and had not one problem. We even networked Q3A.
Look. My basic argument is that if I design a product and sell it then I should not have to be held accountable to anyone for what I ship with that product. Obviously I run the risk of alienating the users but this product is NOT a neccessity and there are other competing products out there. It just seems extremely unfair from Microsoft's point of view.
Main Entry: analogy
Pronunciation: &-'na-l&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Date: 15th century
1 : inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will prob. agree in others
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Stupid dick that I was I went and clicked on the link without checking it first!
Luckily only one word of that link was goatse and the rest is actually a spell checker link and I missed the goatse link by about four pixels.
As for the word, I didn't look it up cause I was pretty sure I had spelt it right and seeing as it was one word, and probably correct, I couldn't be bothered opening a new window to check my spelling...as it was I did spell it right. Phew.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
And to use your completely unrealistic analogy:
And what if the manufacturer decide to carve a design around the edge of the desktop and incorporate a built in pencil holder. Does he or doesn't he have the right to do that?
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
I'm probably going to be ostracised (spelling?)from /. for saying this but that seems like a fair compromise. When it comes down to it Windows is Microsoft's OS and they should be able to do what they want with it. The only reason that it's such a problem when MS fsck's with Windoze is that there are companies trying to compete with MS Products on MS ground.
I can whoop a shark on land but don't expect me to swim with it.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
You are definitely NOT allowed to talk about any of that. You are guilty of breaking the Official Secrets Act.
Now tell me your address so I can come over and arrest you.
*listens*
Yes. Unhuh. 123 Fake Street. I'll be there in an hour. Don't try and run away either. I know how you criminals think.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
That was the first thing I thought of. Increment a number to the end of each email.
7
34958739458798375398475938475983759348573948573498
57394587394538479320384293857057
Only problem would be in a couple years when you recieve emails where the number doubles the size of your message.
Come and get your free pr0n! All your dirty fantasies at http://www.all_the_sex_in_the_world.com
3983490209480230403294308953590834503947598734598
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
So yeah, during night flying pilots could use their instruments to tell them they were going up, down, or sideways -- but the coffee never lied.
;-)
More like your Dad's scalded bollocks never lied.
I am Jack's boiled testicles.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Nah. I figure:
Microsoft used to hack Whitehouse
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
The 10-day race ... teams will cross the finish line on the afternoon of July 25th.
Unless it clouds over in which case it can take much longer to get to the finish line. Guess that's why it's held in the summer.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
but five seconds is a little unsettling for translation.
Yeah I can see future news stories, 'A new species of aliens have been wiped out because their greeting, which is pronounced "Schlalaxk", translates roughly to:
"Hello, please acknowledge my greeting within four seconds or my sense of shame will force me to kill you."'
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
"Gee, here I thought most Linux users migrated from Windows. I haven't met one yet that actually migrated to it."
Duh. That's because the user wouldn't be a linux user anymore.
placido - being pedantic since 1977
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Quote from the article:
"Before you use our death match as a reason to run out and buy a new dual-processor G4, though, let us remind you that this matchup is all in good fun. If you're making decisions about operating systems and even entire platforms--especially for your business--you should do your research. Check out CNET's reviews of both Windows 2000 and Mac OS X and decide for yourself."
Nuff said.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
The writer of that article makes me think of a woman analysing a man. He is not someone who likes Tolkein, he is not a geek and as such has completely missed the point.
*watches a blind archer shooting at a non-existent target*
*swish*
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Umm...
Uh...
Time travel? Plan9?
Mommmm!! My head hurts!
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
IBM has also filed a lawsuit against all Operating Systems for infringement of their second patent.... deleting data from a hard drive.
OK it wasn't funny but it's not far off.
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Search google
7 .html
Click on second or third link
Ta da
Solution
(for the paranoid goats)
http://www.zdnetindia.com/help/howto/stories/1902
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"
Please don't. Just leave it be. Why do we have to rummage through his stuff. It was unfinished.
*sad*
Pinky: "What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?"