If they claim an equivalent Mac is more expensive, then they need to be able to justify this.
I would never claim that a Mac is more expensive than an equivalent Windows PC (or even Linux PC).
I would claim that there ARE no equivalent Macs for the PCs I can buy - much cheaper than any Mac.
A Rolls Royce may be value-for-money, for all I know, and it may last for decades and keep its resale value. But I don't NEED a Rolls Royce for the things I use a car for (i.e. I am not transporting royalty or billionaires). My 5-year old cheapy desktop box running Debian Testing still meets my needs for surfing the web, programming, and watching DVDs and TV.
And I can easily spec out a new box that is much cheaper than the Mac Mini and yet has more storage, more RAM and a faster CPU - and the entire software range of Linux at the touch of a mouse (in synaptic). That is why I don't bother with Macs - they are Rolls Royces.
Russia - which used to be the bad guy - is adoptng Linux - which is the good guy - while the US - who is supposed to be the good guy - keeps hanging onto Microsoft - which are the bad guys?
So who are we supposed to support if they ever go to war?
PS: are they going to change the name of the capital of Tatarstan to Linuxgrad? And they could also have a Stallmangrad. Think of the tourism income from geeks...
If you use Debian add the debian-media site to your/etc/apt/sources.list and...
apt-get install handbrake-gtk
(This works on Debian testing)
It is very easy to use. Even I can use it. Want a movie in mp4 format for an ipod? No problems. Anime with Japanese soundtrack only - must get the English subtitles? No problem.
Look. Apple controls a little market that is profitable to *them*.
They don't offer cheap machines because that would reduce their overall profit. They could easily license OEMs to put out cheap MacOSX boxes, without Apple having to handle the warranty issues caused by using cheaper components.
Apple chooses not to do this, because it would make less profit that way. Apple is not being noble and refusing to compromise on quality. It is being a highly successful business and refusing to compromise on profit.
All these attempts to prove that Apple computers are superior ignore the fact that Apple is not giving consumers what they want, it is giving consumers what will maximise Apple's profits.
When I was an exchange student in France, for example, I remember my host family having conversations at the dinner table about grammar, and the 12-year old kid correcting her father on his improper use of the Subjunctive. And she was right!
That kind of thing just doesn't seem to happen in the English-speaking world.
Thankfully, the English-speaking world dropped the Subjunctive. That might explain the lack of dinner conversations in which daughters correct their father's misuse of the Subjunctive in the English-speaking world.
I see way more grammar nitpicking on slashdot than I did on book forums.
Could that be because here there's more need for it?
Or could it be: You come to a nerds' gathering and you are amazed to find nerds?
Perhaps Slashdot should contain a warning: This site may contain nerdish nitpicking. Enter at your own risk. May contain flames, in-jokes, and monomania.
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Microsoft SQL server
I guess MS SQL Server would be "My SQL" if your name were Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer.
Good grief. I just used the subjunctive.
With all these propellers spinning, don't they make the earth rotate faster?
Um, guys. You must have missed this: Bill Gates once said:
The obvious mathematical breakthrough would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers
Of course it is stupid. I was making a JOKE.
I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
I suppose he is not quite old enough to remember the Reformation.
Are there any other problems that criminal crowdsourcing could help with?"
Factoring prime numbers?
If they claim an equivalent Mac is more expensive, then they need to be able to justify this.
I would never claim that a Mac is more expensive than an equivalent Windows PC (or even Linux PC).
I would claim that there ARE no equivalent Macs for the PCs I can buy - much cheaper than any Mac.
A Rolls Royce may be value-for-money, for all I know, and it may last for decades and keep its resale value. But I don't NEED a Rolls Royce for the things I use a car for (i.e. I am not transporting royalty or billionaires). My 5-year old cheapy desktop box running Debian Testing still meets my needs for surfing the web, programming, and watching DVDs and TV.
And I can easily spec out a new box that is much cheaper than the Mac Mini and yet has more storage, more RAM and a faster CPU - and the entire software range of Linux at the touch of a mouse (in synaptic). That is why I don't bother with Macs - they are Rolls Royces.
I'm still compiling the system you insensitive clod!
Clearly we need a new version of Gentoo called "Urgentoo".
Russia - which used to be the bad guy - is adoptng Linux - which is the good guy - while the US - who is supposed to be the good guy - keeps hanging onto Microsoft - which are the bad guys?
So who are we supposed to support if they ever go to war?
PS: are they going to change the name of the capital of Tatarstan to Linuxgrad? And they could also have a Stallmangrad. Think of the tourism income from geeks...
Perhaps they will import Australian democracy - after all, even America copied our practice of voting by secret ballot.
We do NOT suck up to Americans. Our politicians do. We get drunk and verbally abuse Americans.
You lot get drunk and verbally abuse everyone.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=handbrake
If you use Debian add the debian-media site to your /etc/apt/sources.list and ...
apt-get install handbrake-gtk
(This works on Debian testing)
It is very easy to use. Even I can use it. Want a movie in mp4 format for an ipod? No problems. Anime with Japanese soundtrack only - must get the English subtitles? No problem.
I've been a nerd since I was born. Grew up with early computers. Watched them evolve until now.
I keep watching my computer, but I have never seen it evolve. Mind you, I am not so sure that it was intelligently designed either.
embrace HTML 5.
This is the only HTML I'll embrace:
<object type="girl">
PS: Microsoft should have a new marketing slogan:
"100% of consumers choose Microsoft Windows on netbooks ... when they have no choice."
Out of their free will, no doubt...
Nah, it's out of the kindness of their hearts ... they're kind of scared of Microsoft.
Look. Apple controls a little market that is profitable to *them*.
They don't offer cheap machines because that would reduce their overall profit. They could easily license OEMs to put out cheap MacOSX boxes, without Apple having to handle the warranty issues caused by using cheaper components.
Apple chooses not to do this, because it would make less profit that way. Apple is not being noble and refusing to compromise on quality. It is being a highly successful business and refusing to compromise on profit.
All these attempts to prove that Apple computers are superior ignore the fact that Apple is not giving consumers what they want, it is giving consumers what will maximise Apple's profits.
That is the Apple tax.
do long filenames waste disk sectors?
(Answer: not as much as long files do).
In a democracy, you get the government you chose.
Moral: God doesn't have to punish the people; they punish themselves by being stupid.
After eight years it comes out cheaper than any PC.
And slower.
I dunno. It might cause a reunion of The Village People, if they can figure out a way to handle the extra syllable.
"Y (Gross times Ten)"
Where's the extra syllable?
You can pay teachers all you want, but it wont inspire students to learn and retain knowledge.
Well, pay the teachers enough (like $1,000,000 per year) and it will inspire all the students to study hard to become teachers.
Oddly enough, "diamondy" is harder than "woody", but no man ever says he has a "diamondy".
When I was an exchange student in France, for example, I remember my host family having conversations at the dinner table about grammar, and the 12-year old kid correcting her father on his improper use of the Subjunctive. And she was right!
That kind of thing just doesn't seem to happen in the English-speaking world.
Thankfully, the English-speaking world dropped the Subjunctive. That might explain the lack of dinner conversations in which daughters correct their father's misuse of the Subjunctive in the English-speaking world.
Could that be because here there's more need for it?
Or could it be: You come to a nerds' gathering and you are amazed to find nerds?
Perhaps Slashdot should contain a warning: This site may contain nerdish nitpicking. Enter at your own risk. May contain flames, in-jokes, and monomania.
That's stupid. All those pre-1950s references to a "moon" were written by old people.
Who'd believe them?
(As part of full disclosure, I should point out that I was born in the 1950s)