I understand that. If the spec sheet says it's compatible with mini-PCI cards, it should work with mini-PCI cards. If the spec sheet doesn't say that, it can be compatible with nothing in the universe.
All I'm saying is that the computer manufacturer needs to not be picking and choosing what industry-standard hardware they're going to allow to boot.
Er, if it's on the spec sheet, it's advertising. If it doesn't work, it's fraud.
Now, since I don't know which particular models are in question, I can't check. But it seems pretty cut and dried to me: If you sell me something, and it's designed to not work as advertised, you've defrauded me.
Yep, and has a similar land area, yielding a higher population density, making infrastructure development a more attractive financial investment.
The United States is BIG and sparsely populated. That means that things that work well in Europe and Japan are not necessarily economically viable in the United States.
It's not a matter of "My country is better than yours!" It's a matter of "My country is DIFFERENT than yours, and therefore different methods are necessary to achieve the same ends."
Considering that Germany is about the size of one of the medium-to-large states in the US, I think the problems of nationwide rollout are a little different.
But hey, that doesn't feed the anti-American sentiment, so it must be wrong.
As it turns out, I found the article after I replied to your post. The legislation seems surprisingly straightforward, considering its source. What's the problem with the concepts expressed in it? Now, I'm sure that the execution will be absolutely piss-poor (like every other piece of legislation in history) but, in principle, this act seems like a good idea.
I just read a news article about that act. What's wrong with it, apart from the fact that Bush signed it? It seemed pretty sensible in the description I read...
"After the initial PR blowout, Apple doesn't keep their products competitive in terms of price or performance and they quickly become "underwhelming" even to the true believers"
Huh? I must be missing this feature deflation. My iPod still works fine. My Powerbook was still a great deal when I bought it.
I guess they must be more beleaguered than I thought...
If Apple had a "more normal product cycle", they'd be HP. Say what you will about Teh Steve (I happen to think he's kind of a dick), he's got a vision, and he's executing it most effectively.
It wasn't an accident that they've basically been profitable since the release of the iMac.
I'm not saying that IBM isn't part of the Linux community. I don't, however, think that the majority of the community shares IBM's aims.
IBM's aims are IBM's. They do not speak for the Linux community.
There is no hive mind.
Me? I think Linux is way too much like work. I'm delighted to pay Apple to abstract all that grody UNIX-ness under the best GUI on the planet, so if you think I'm a Linux partisan, you're mistargeting a bit.
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Dude.
Paragraphs.
Use 'em.
I understand that. If the spec sheet says it's compatible with mini-PCI cards, it should work with mini-PCI cards. If the spec sheet doesn't say that, it can be compatible with nothing in the universe.
All I'm saying is that the computer manufacturer needs to not be picking and choosing what industry-standard hardware they're going to allow to boot.
Er, if it's on the spec sheet, it's advertising. If it doesn't work, it's fraud.
Now, since I don't know which particular models are in question, I can't check. But it seems pretty cut and dried to me: If you sell me something, and it's designed to not work as advertised, you've defrauded me.
Yep, and has a similar land area, yielding a higher population density, making infrastructure development a more attractive financial investment.
The United States is BIG and sparsely populated. That means that things that work well in Europe and Japan are not necessarily economically viable in the United States.
It's not a matter of "My country is better than yours!" It's a matter of "My country is DIFFERENT than yours, and therefore different methods are necessary to achieve the same ends."
Right. Instead of appealing only to the large states, the politicians only appeal to the states where the electoral college races are close.
It's just changing the set of people whose votes don't mean anything. The electoral college is a bad hack.
Democracy may be stupid and dangerous, but it's rather a lot better than anything else we've come up with.
Apple incorporates a slot that is specific to AirPort. They don't advertise it as a general purpose slot.
IBM says their slot is a PCI slot. That means I should be able to put a PCI card in it. If I can't, IBM is being deceptive.
Seems to me that if they don't want their computer to be compatible with PCI cards, they shouldn't advertise it as being compatible with PCI cards.
But maybe I'm crazy.
Europe is one state. You're confused.
Considering that Germany is about the size of one of the medium-to-large states in the US, I think the problems of nationwide rollout are a little different.
But hey, that doesn't feed the anti-American sentiment, so it must be wrong.
As it turns out, I found the article after I replied to your post. The legislation seems surprisingly straightforward, considering its source. What's the problem with the concepts expressed in it? Now, I'm sure that the execution will be absolutely piss-poor (like every other piece of legislation in history) but, in principle, this act seems like a good idea.
What's the problem? Other than who signed it?
I live in Portland. Houses are expensive. If I decide I don't like it, I'll move.
You don't have the Right to cheap housing.
I just read a news article about that act. What's wrong with it, apart from the fact that Bush signed it? It seemed pretty sensible in the description I read...
Stupid free markets.
I can't afford to. Buying access to legislators is pretty spendy.
Really? I heard that they eat babies.
Care to provide anything like substantiation?
Regardless of the other merits of your post, "irregardless" is the dumbest word ever.
That moist "Thwap!" sound was the point hitting you squarely in the forehead.
Look at the brouhaha that happened when 3000 people died in a fire caused by an (intentional) airplane crash.
You don't need massive destruction to cause massive hysteria. The word "radioactive" is a force multiplier.
"a 300-square-block area"
Hmm. Since a block is a unit of area, a square block would be...what? A tesseract? Where's Madame Which when you need her?
"After the initial PR blowout, Apple doesn't keep their products competitive in terms of price or performance and they quickly become "underwhelming" even to the true believers"
Huh? I must be missing this feature deflation. My iPod still works fine. My Powerbook was still a great deal when I bought it.
I guess they must be more beleaguered than I thought...
If Apple had a "more normal product cycle", they'd be HP. Say what you will about Teh Steve (I happen to think he's kind of a dick), he's got a vision, and he's executing it most effectively.
It wasn't an accident that they've basically been profitable since the release of the iMac.
"dirty tactics to supress the first amendment."
Private entities cannot, by definition, suppress the first amendment. The first amendment binds the government, not citizens or corporations.
It might be not very nice, but it's not unconstitutional.
I'm not saying that IBM isn't part of the Linux community. I don't, however, think that the majority of the community shares IBM's aims.
IBM's aims are IBM's. They do not speak for the Linux community.
There is no hive mind.
Me? I think Linux is way too much like work. I'm delighted to pay Apple to abstract all that grody UNIX-ness under the best GUI on the planet, so if you think I'm a Linux partisan, you're mistargeting a bit.
Since the minimac is very like the Powerbook in performance, I think his comparison is not as bad as you'd like to make it.
But whatever. Use what works for you.
What learning curve? We're talking about a WEB BROWSER. You click on links. There is no learning.
How is having an inexpensive desktop computer and a powerful line of laptops a bait and switch? I'm really kinda confused.