My issue is not with people who buy SUVs, it's with the manufacturers who refuse to design them properly, because they don't want to cut into their exorbitant profit margins.
I don't really care if you want a 5000 lb Tahoe. I do care if it's going to decapitate me in a crash.
Map your middle mouse button to command-v, and please for the love of GOD don't impose the utterly crappy x-windows copy paste schemes on the rest of us.
"The only real excuse for not making your own cables is not knowing the 568A/568B wiring patterns"
This statement is patently false, and that's what I was arguing against. I know the wiring patterns perfectly well, and that's not the reason I don't make cables.
I DON'T run cable when I can avoid it. I DO buy boxes o' patch cables so I don't have to make them. If you're paying 1000%, time to look for a different supplier.
How much does it cost my boss to have me sitting here crimping cables vs. sending a PO?
Sure, if I need one or two, it's no big deal. But what if I need 200?
And to whom should I be making my excuse? Is there some Authority who decides what is and is not worth my time? If it's you, please give me your contact information so I can decide whether I should bring my lunch to work tomorrow or not.
I express myself in complete sentences, with punctuation and capitalization, in any written communication. Isn't that what we should be encouraging, rather than retro-grouchery about how email is corrupting our communications skills?
Yeah! Never mind the part I actually SEE and USE! I'm only interested in the parts that have no impact whatsoever on anything that happens on the people side of the dashboard!
Who is this "we"? Some of us don't have any issue at all with proprietary software, particularly when that software is superior to other alternatives. In my opinion, that's the case with OSX. Nothing else compares.
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"look at this great new iDevice now available to buy.... um yeah... we sold out in 10 minutes and your lead time is 2-4 weeks."
I don't think there's been an iDevice with a 3Ghz G5. I also don't think they've said "Hey! Updated G4's!" and then sold out of them.
Selling out your available stock of toys is much, much preferable to not having any toys to sell in the first place.
Did you nap through this whole iPod/iTunes thing? Hint: Lotsa people bought stuff from Apple.
Er, how much hard drive do you need to run OSX with any amount of performance?
Sure, more RAM would be nice. That'll cost you, what? Sixty bucks at Fry's?
"The only reason Mac has the Mini is becuase of the inroads these other Case makers have been doing" ...what?
Apple did the first small-form-factor PCs, like, EVAR, but somehow the mini traces its lineage back to the clunky ol' Shuttle lunchboxes?
I mean, I guess you could make that make sense, but I don't know why you'd want to...
My issue is not with people who buy SUVs, it's with the manufacturers who refuse to design them properly, because they don't want to cut into their exorbitant profit margins.
I don't really care if you want a 5000 lb Tahoe. I do care if it's going to decapitate me in a crash.
Map your middle mouse button to command-v, and please for the love of GOD don't impose the utterly crappy x-windows copy paste schemes on the rest of us.
*shudder*
Umm, Slashdot is not a person. It doesn't have an opinion. There's no "you".
There is no hive mind.
I happen to be opposed to software patents. Other people might have a different opinion. That doesn't make Slashdot hypocritical.
"support for Windows integrated security"
WTF?
No, when they're a monopoly, they shouldn't be allowed to bundle anything.
"The only real excuse for not making your own cables is not knowing the 568A/568B wiring patterns"
This statement is patently false, and that's what I was arguing against. I know the wiring patterns perfectly well, and that's not the reason I don't make cables.
I DON'T run cable when I can avoid it. I DO buy boxes o' patch cables so I don't have to make them. If you're paying 1000%, time to look for a different supplier.
You are not the boss of me.
How much does it cost my boss to have me sitting here crimping cables vs. sending a PO?
Sure, if I need one or two, it's no big deal. But what if I need 200?
And to whom should I be making my excuse? Is there some Authority who decides what is and is not worth my time? If it's you, please give me your contact information so I can decide whether I should bring my lunch to work tomorrow or not.
"If so, then by your logic, we should get rid of the vast majority of laws, as they could be abused as often as the Patriot Act is."
Now you're getting it.
How is that the fault of the medium?
I express myself in complete sentences, with punctuation and capitalization, in any written communication. Isn't that what we should be encouraging, rather than retro-grouchery about how email is corrupting our communications skills?
Yeah! Never mind the part I actually SEE and USE! I'm only interested in the parts that have no impact whatsoever on anything that happens on the people side of the dashboard!
Can I see a pic of your cool rig?
Because it's different to download a movie for my personal, non-commercial purposes than to take my work and make a buck off of it.
Better, or worse? I don't know. That's up to you. It's not the same thing, though.
I've never, ever heard or seen anybody conflate Microsoft with Windows.
Who is this "we"? Some of us don't have any issue at all with proprietary software, particularly when that software is superior to other alternatives. In my opinion, that's the case with OSX. Nothing else compares.
Backlit keyboard gooooooood. That's the only thing I wish I had on my 12" Powerbook.
Who is this "Mac" that gives away free upgrades to Apple software? I'd like to talk to him...maybe he can give me a hookup.
Don't worry: Forming your own opinions and thinking for yourself gets easier with practice.
Yeah. I can get internet service through them.
"Jain called Kranzler's home at night and said, "I will destroy your family," according to a Bellevue police report.
Jain admitted to police that he said those words but said that he didn't really mean it, the police report shows. "
I was wondering what ever happened to Kerpal! He was a funny, funny man. He'd threaten to kill you, and then say he was just kidding! Laff riot!
Agreed. So what?