You heard wrong. I used to work at CompUSA. No commission. There are "spiffs" from individual manufacturers. Apple being one of the most generous.
The problem is that a Mac costs more, is less powerful, less expandable and has fewer applications at a higher average price than a PC. Why would anyone pay more to do less? The salesmen know this and are just trying to do the right thing for the customers.
I've compressed my entire 13 CD Joe Satrianni collection down to 1 disc of MP3s. I don't own speakers good enough to discern the difference between the original and the copy. Plus, it's so much more portable. Led Zeppelin is next.
It just proves that I haven't been lying. Magnetism flattens space-time. For years, I've been traveling to the far reaches of the universe using my "Space-Folding Anti-Magnets Star Drive" (tm). I'm thinking about doing an infomercial...
I think that we should just put a "K" on every possible computer product, thereby claiming it all as our own. Think of it...KAapple, KSun, KIBM, KUnreal, KExcel, KXWindows. As long as we're keeping the lawyers working, we could expand into the real world with KMart and KCar.
Pardon me. I stand corrected. Next time Europe needs some help, be sure to have them ask the French. Oh, I'm sorry, the French will be too busy collaborating...
The Americans had to bail the French out of trouble in World War Two because of those pesky Germans. Now they have to do it again with all that pesky memorabilia. It seems that they're getting weaker. First, it was an army. Then, it's that army's paraphenalia. What next?
Why is there a measurable delay in nerve impulse speed through the wrists of sufferers? Why do the muscles of the afflicted make a different "sound?" These are symptoms that can be seen on diagnostic equipment that differ from "normal" readings?
I used to think that it was all a concoction by malingerers, until I got it.
Real or imagined, the sypmtoms disappear after surgery. The pain is real, the disease is real.
I used to sell computers. Lots and lots of 'em. 386-20Mhz with 4Mb of RAM, 1Mb video, 40Mb HD and a 15" monitor. Only $2599 plus shipping.
We all wanted computers to be commodity items. Here's the result. More than one hundred times the power and capacity at half the price, not even adjusting for inflation. I don't know why anybody would complain about it.
"The price is a little high today. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get that 1.7Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 100Gb HD, 64Mb video, 5 channel surround-sound, 21" flat panel plasma display."
I didn't start it, now did I? I made a simple observation about the lack of respect for the Constitution that (y)our president shows, a fact that should have been obvious during the election debacle, and someone attacks me. I thought that Slashdotters believed in Free Speach, but apparently there are some among us that must resort to profanity and mud-slinging when they are shown the truth. I tried to take the high road, but was attacked by someone who doesn't even have the guts to post under his own ficticious nickname. At least I have the courage to post using the name that I registered with. I may still be Anonomous, but you sir are the clueless Coward.
Be very afraid. Our right to free speech is almost gone. Even (y)our president thinks that "there ought to be limits to freedom." We can barely express an opinion without the fear that we will offend someone. How long before Bill Gates himself sues everyone here for speaking ill of Microsoft?
I wish that I had the drive, education and intelligence to work for NASA. Unfortunatly, it's vastly underfunded compared to other gov't projects. Let's talk about the military...
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The problem is that a Mac costs more, is less powerful, less expandable and has fewer applications at a higher average price than a PC. Why would anyone pay more to do less? The salesmen know this and are just trying to do the right thing for the customers.
Yeah, right...
I've compressed my entire 13 CD Joe Satrianni collection down to 1 disc of MP3s. I don't own speakers good enough to discern the difference between the original and the copy. Plus, it's so much more portable. Led Zeppelin is next.
It just proves that I haven't been lying. Magnetism flattens space-time. For years, I've been traveling to the far reaches of the universe using my "Space-Folding Anti-Magnets Star Drive" (tm). I'm thinking about doing an infomercial...
Now, about the letter "G".
Oh, how true! Them Frenchies are real fighters, now aren't they. They kicked some Nazi butt. Did I say "kicked?" I meant "licked."
Oh, how true! Them Frenchies are real fighters, now aren't they. They kicked some Nazi butt. Did I say "kicked?" I meant "licked."
Pardon me. I stand corrected. Next time Europe needs some help, be sure to have them ask the French. Oh, I'm sorry, the French will be too busy collaborating...
The Americans had to bail the French out of trouble in World War Two because of those pesky Germans. Now they have to do it again with all that pesky memorabilia. It seems that they're getting weaker. First, it was an army. Then, it's that army's paraphenalia. What next?
The main problem is that I had to get a license from the Atomic Energy Commision to switch it on...
I used to think that it was all a concoction by malingerers, until I got it.
Real or imagined, the sypmtoms disappear after surgery. The pain is real, the disease is real.
I have an existentialist wall map...it says "You are here" ...everywhere. - - Steven Wright.
If I understand the patent law (and IANAL) you can only patent where you are. Unless you're an existentialist, it's not all that useful.
MicroSoft will be filing suit for patent infringement of their X-Box by this "X Architecture."
Maybe Douglas Adams has moved offshore to continue his writings in peace and quiet. It's still working for L. Ron Hubbard.
Now, if you could make a turn-based First Person Shooter, you'd have a hit.
Now we can say that the one button Apple mouse is "half a mouse" and any flavor of Windows "half an OS."
"I have no motto!" has always been my motto.
We all wanted computers to be commodity items. Here's the result. More than one hundred times the power and capacity at half the price, not even adjusting for inflation. I don't know why anybody would complain about it.
"The price is a little high today. I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get that 1.7Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 100Gb HD, 64Mb video, 5 channel surround-sound, 21" flat panel plasma display."
Oh, cry me a river!
Ya' know, I've always wanted a spel cheker for /.. It would come in so handy, sometimes.
Ronald Reagan - Worse than Nixon!
http://www.gwbush.com/gwtv/
"There Ought to be Limits to Freedom!" --George W Bush (at a Press conference at the Texas State House, May 21, 1999. Speaking about this website)
...and while we're on the subject of "silly political views", your courage is commendable. I know that I always post as "AC".
Be very afraid. Our right to free speech is almost gone. Even (y)our president thinks that "there ought to be limits to freedom." We can barely express an opinion without the fear that we will offend someone. How long before Bill Gates himself sues everyone here for speaking ill of Microsoft?
Were where you when the Web was invented? I'll feel really old if most of you say "grade school." I was 38.
I wish that I had the drive, education and intelligence to work for NASA. Unfortunatly, it's vastly underfunded compared to other gov't projects. Let's talk about the military...