I guess Bill had a quiet word with them about how much they like their business and wouldn't it be a shame if it went bust because of a sudden rise in Windows licence costs across their whole non-netbook range.
In Australia the Linux 10" eeepc is more expensive than the Windows one because they will only sell the Linux one with about twice as much SSD storage as the Windows box... even though Linux requires less space, not more, than Windows. It is *deliberately* anti-competitive - designed to make Linux unattractive, while all along Microsoft can say: "Well, the OEM tried to sell Linux but no one wanted it."
Me thinks Valleywag focused on what they wanted to hear, not what was actually said overall.
So what you're saying is, you are going to give me a thousand dollars.
(Russell's paradox: if I don't focus on what you say but on what I want to hear, when you say people aren't focussing on what you say but on what they want to hear, does that mean I really *was* focussing on what you said?)
If they are that old, there should be some unpatched security holes in the installed kernels that you could exploit to get root access.
Then you can tell chicks at parties that you are a hacker who breaks into secure systems for a living.... that solves the "I couldn't care less" problem.
See? Come to/. and we explain how to do your job AND why it is worth doing. All part of the friendly/. service.
They are a corporation that exists to make its stockholders rich. That's it.
Unless you are a stockholder (and unless you love money - which is another problem again) why would you *love* them?
It is a totally one-sided relationship: you love them; they are after your money. They don't love you. They don't respect you. They just want to separate you from your money.
They may be useful. They may be tolerable. But I just don't understand this "love" of corporations. I really don't.
Corporations are amoral. They are about as lovable as a psychopath.
One day, some contract manufacturer will notice that most people are using their hardware, but with a Dell badge.
So they will start selling the same product with their own badge - slightly cheaper. And drive Dell out of the market when people realise that they are the same product.
Plus: who is in the best position to know the bill?
The telecom knows the exact bill at all times, but doesn't inform the customer. The customer may very well not know the bill at all (because of convoluted billing systems) until too late.
So the onus *should* be on the telecom to keep the customer informed of the bill. For example, my ISP usage is capped (Australia) so my ISP provides a usage meter so I can see exactly how much bandwidth I have used this month. Any time I want, I can check the meter to see if I am running out of bandwidth quota. The same thing should apply to any open-ended billing account - e.g. I can find out my current credit card bill any time I like.
A "hidden" billing system is a form of entrapment: "Come and use our system - you'll have to guess what your bill is until we hit you with it at the end of the month."
We (family of four) have a cap of 18GB (plus 7GB "offpeak"). We don't do bit torrents or IPTV, but do watch YouTube, download software (Debian), and surf the web. Online games? No.
We rarely use much above 5GB a month. Our 18GB cap is way more than we need.
It all depends on how you use the Internet. Not everyone is a bandwidth hog. And that is why some of us think that caps are fair: big users pay bigger bucks; small users pay smaller bucks. Sounds good to me.
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I'd say that McDonald's attacks more countries with its obesity bombs than the US government attacks with its more conventional military weapons.
I could buy a copy of Mac OS X now and use it as a doorstop without violating copyright (or its license for that matter).
If you check the Apple EULA you can only use MacOSX as a doorstop on an Apple door with the Apple logo on it.
I guess Bill had a quiet word with them about how much they like their business and wouldn't it be a shame if it went bust because of a sudden rise in Windows licence costs across their whole non-netbook range.
In Australia the Linux 10" eeepc is more expensive than the Windows one because they will only sell the Linux one with about twice as much SSD storage as the Windows box ... even though Linux requires less space, not more, than Windows. It is *deliberately* anti-competitive - designed to make Linux unattractive, while all along Microsoft can say: "Well, the OEM tried to sell Linux but no one wanted it."
You left out:
The Chick with the glasses
these lawyers should be de-barred (or whatever the correct term is).
spayed?
Pardons are not laws.
Try gooderest.
Then you can have positive, comparative and superlative all at once.
Hollywood called. They want you to film Tom Cruise breaking through the sun-roof.
What was the topic again?
Government monitoring private citizens = BAD.
Private citizens monitoring government = GOOD.
This is called democracy.
Government monitoring private citizens = GOOD.
Private citizens monitoring government = BAD.
This is called fascism.
Me thinks Valleywag focused on what they wanted to hear, not what was actually said overall.
So what you're saying is, you are going to give me a thousand dollars.
(Russell's paradox: if I don't focus on what you say but on what I want to hear, when you say people aren't focussing on what you say but on what they want to hear, does that mean I really *was* focussing on what you said?)
If they are that old, there should be some unpatched security holes in the installed kernels that you could exploit to get root access.
Then you can tell chicks at parties that you are a hacker who breaks into secure systems for a living.... that solves the "I couldn't care less" problem.
See? Come to /. and we explain how to do your job AND why it is worth doing. All part of the friendly /. service.
So you have writing Slashdot posts on your list then?
"iTunes ain't done until Windows can't run."
Mission accomplished.
I do love Apple
Why?
They are a corporation that exists to make its stockholders rich. That's it.
Unless you are a stockholder (and unless you love money - which is another problem again) why would you *love* them?
It is a totally one-sided relationship: you love them; they are after your money. They don't love you. They don't respect you. They just want to separate you from your money.
They may be useful. They may be tolerable. But I just don't understand this "love" of corporations. I really don't.
Corporations are amoral. They are about as lovable as a psychopath.
I also have a macbook and a linux server. All have their drawbacks, all have their strengths.
Yeah, they are all the same.
With Windows you are enslaved to Bill Gates, helping him make his billions.
With MacOSX you are enslaved to Steve Jobs, helping him make his billions.
And with GNU/Linux, you are enslaved to Linus Torvalds and RMS, helping them make their, um, their um, helping them make everyone free.
Yep, they are all the same.
Cool stuff. Now I'm waiting patiently for someone to mention the global warming comment.
Um, you just did.
Why would you want to try it on a *short* list of lawyers?
Damn. So now I have to add tardigrades to the list of new overlords that I must gladly welcome.
Interesting since they haven't been "running on Microsoft technologies" for "the past six years"...
Or the past six hours...
It won't be long before the RAM available in a commodity sever is larger than many shops' database.
First law of data: data always expands to fill all available storage.
Second law: doubling your storage only buys you half the extra time you expected.
Final law: no storage is ever enough.
And the one-use, throw-away young ensign.
You take him down to an unknown planet, run into trouble, he dies dramatically, and you get to come back alive to star again in the next episode.
Star Trek was full of such devices.
So if I understand this right and thinking people put on weight, then thoughtless people should lose weight.
I'll go around being rude to other people and when they complain, I will tell them it is my special thoughtless diet.
The good news is, I didn't have to think very hard to work this one out. I can feel those pounds coming off already!
One day, some contract manufacturer will notice that most people are using their hardware, but with a Dell badge.
So they will start selling the same product with their own badge - slightly cheaper. And drive Dell out of the market when people realise that they are the same product.
Plus: who is in the best position to know the bill?
The telecom knows the exact bill at all times, but doesn't inform the customer. The customer may very well not know the bill at all (because of convoluted billing systems) until too late.
So the onus *should* be on the telecom to keep the customer informed of the bill. For example, my ISP usage is capped (Australia) so my ISP provides a usage meter so I can see exactly how much bandwidth I have used this month. Any time I want, I can check the meter to see if I am running out of bandwidth quota. The same thing should apply to any open-ended billing account - e.g. I can find out my current credit card bill any time I like.
A "hidden" billing system is a form of entrapment: "Come and use our system - you'll have to guess what your bill is until we hit you with it at the end of the month."
Another Australian.
We (family of four) have a cap of 18GB (plus 7GB "offpeak"). We don't do bit torrents or IPTV, but do watch YouTube, download software (Debian), and surf the web. Online games? No.
We rarely use much above 5GB a month. Our 18GB cap is way more than we need.
It all depends on how you use the Internet. Not everyone is a bandwidth hog. And that is why some of us think that caps are fair: big users pay bigger bucks; small users pay smaller bucks. Sounds good to me.