Well between "lots of other stuff", and the Tivo, you've got a good opposing article. Answering machines, VCR's... sure. I have no idea what OS's they run, but I didn't see them on "Linuxdevices". What I saw on there were a bunch of very niche market geek things (like the Tivo), that aren't even a blip on the embedded industry because they have such tiny markets. Now show me, say, a company building CNC machines running Linux, or say, digital alarm clocks made by GE running Linux, or Toyota cars running Linux, and I'd say you have a case. The Tivo abd "other stuff" pretty much doesn't say much.
That's great that Taco included the link to Linuxdevices.com, but I went to look, and they were mostly stupid consumer gee-whiz gadgets, or some Net tool (ie: router). What IT people don't seem to understand is that there are many, mayn industries out there that dwarf the IT industry. "Embedded" OS's can be used in all kinds of devices in all kinds of industries. I didn't see a single manufacturing tool using Linux as an embedded OS, for example. So other than the "this is neat, we're using Linux" devices, where are these real world applications?
Since when is counterfeiting equated with terrorism? What's next, Adobe refusing to import pictures of weed (ahh, lovely weed) into PS because everybody knows that's how terrorists make their money to pay for licenses?
You're absolutely right. That was a complete typo. Don't know what I was thinking. "terrorism" is supposed to read "counterfitting". I guess that the fed's doublespeak is finally starting to get to me!
It's not their responsibility to fight terrorism, so any attempt to prevent it whatsoever is a good faith effort on their part. Adobe should in no way be faulted for this.
Just because you choose to leave your house doesn't mean you lose your privacy and personality rights.
And now, what "rights" are these? I haven't seen too many laws priotecting your "privacy and personality" rights in public. You have no reason, whatsoever, to expect privacy in public. That's why it's called being in public. If you want privacy, stay home. Or, go out in public where there aren't cameras, if your tinfoil hat is in the laundry today.
Nah, you can still find zero day screeners at Suprnova.org. I just saw Mystic River and Bad Santa a few weeks ago right here on my 'puter. The only way I could tell that they were screeners was every half hour or so, a line was on the bottom of the picture (completely unobtrusive) that said, "Screener only. Private property of Big Studio"
I don't know what you call weed, but the last thing that I want to do is "go out and buy" anything other than some munchies after I've smoked. I can't imagine a record store. It'd blow my fucking mind.
You used to be able to buy sets that allowed for lots of imagination, such as "pirate", "city", and "space" legos.
When I was a kid, I bought Lego sets that just came with x number of assorted blocks with no theme whatsoever. That took REAL creativity. I don't even know if you can buy just plain ol' regular blocks anymore.
The difference is that this guy has real business experience, and has been successful. Dot-commers wouldn't know how to run a business if they were given a "Business for Dummies" book. This guy has done what he's doing before. Most dot-commers were either fresh-out-of-school marketing types or design types. Huge difference.
What's the point of HD radio when you've got XM that doesn't play ads on most stations for when you're driving, or Net radio for at home & work (which is what I listen to 10+ hours/day). (I like launch.com)
There's nothing locking me into Yahoo. I DO like what I'm getting. There's always a price to be paid for convenience, but my point is that to me, it's very much worth it. I can use whatever site I want. But in exchange for them making a lot of my web surfing easy, I give them a few extra ad impressions and I buy a few premium services. There's nothing to say that I can't pop on over to/. or any other web sites.
Yahoo is the only site that I've found that really uses personalization. The "one login" promise that countless technologies were supposed to deliver on has been delivered by Yahoo. Forget LDAP and various XML schemes. I love Yahoo because no matter where I go in their empire, my login is good and the content is for me. I actually enjoy using Yahoo's various properties. In one day, I use their mail (excellent with spam), launch.com (streaming radio), their auctions, their weather, their finance, etc. I've been using the web since before the web, and Yahoo is the only place I've found that really delivers on that promise of personalization, which happens to be worth a lot to me because it saves me a lot of time and headache.
Seems like a lot of people are telling others to upgrade to Apple computers... That is what I tell people as well, whenever I hear any complaining about viruses, worms, how to fix something or what they should upgrade to.
I agree. I've just never seen anybody actually buying and/or using an Apple. Do Apple users exist outside of rich & trendy urban centers?
If you have to ask, then you're the target of this article. He's saying essentially: "shut up or put up", knowing full well that 99.9999% of all people whining will never do anything about it, and instead just sink deeper into their armchair. I had a customer who bitched and bitched about a product that I wouldn't carry. After she bitched about 10 times, I told her that if she didn't like my store, she could open her own. She quit bitching and is now a regular customer.
...that the market for commodity systems is already saturated.
There's *always* rooom for improvement. That's what competition is all about. It might be a tough fight, but if somebody can find a competitive advantage, it can always be done. Hell, the pizza delivery market was saturated about 10,15 years ago, but Papa John's came right in and kicked ass. It *can* be done. I don't know the computer market well enough to know what that advantage could be, otherwise I'd be doing it, but I don't think it's every time to just call it quits.
Now, you'd better sit down for this one.... but price is NOT the only competitive advantage! In fact any successful businessperson will tell you, it's the WORST way to run a business, because somebody will always be cheaper. Not everybody is looking for cheaper and cheaper. Simple example: MS Windows vs. Linux. Linux is a LOT cheaper, but people still aren't interested. Whatever the reason is, it's very obvious that price is NOT the issue here.
The thing that this jounalist is writing about (very well, I might add) occurs in every industry/walk of life. There are the whiners, and there are the doers. What he doesn't realize is that doers just do it, and ignore these whiners. He ends the article well... "get a grip". Personally, I don't give people like this even that much attention.
I disagree. I think that things are sooo much better today than they used to be. I've got 4 computers at work, and quite literally, I don't do anything but work with them. I don't do updates (automstic updates). I don't have things just randlomly break. I don't have to randomly install drivers for no reason. I don't know what people are spending time doing, but I have to "maintain" my computers about as much as I "maintain" that hammer sitting in my closet. I set them up, install all the shit I need to install, and just use them. Honestly, would somebody explain to me how they break their computers so damn often?
. I actually did something like 90% of my Christmas shopping through Amazon buying sheets, books, bathroom stuff, lingerie, winter coats and more
I worry though that we'll end up with these large super-conglomerates who hold whole market segments, somewhat like Microsoft achieved in computers in the 90's
Am I the only one who sees a bit of conflict in this post? It's kinda like saying you hate pollution while you dump your garbage on the side of the highway. I too am worried about a few multi-conglomerates, which is why I don't shop with them. Imagine that!!
That's easy. Just post their email addresses on a spider-able page, or post it in a usenet posting. As we all know, just one instance of an email address out there will do the trick, since the spammers buy/sell/trade the lists ad infinitum. The only thing is, most politicians don't ever see their "official" email. I'm sure that any of them that use email ones have private, unpublished ones (ie: yahoo).
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AC troll... what does MS have to do with anything?
lots of other stuff
Well between "lots of other stuff", and the Tivo, you've got a good opposing article. Answering machines, VCR's... sure. I have no idea what OS's they run, but I didn't see them on "Linuxdevices". What I saw on there were a bunch of very niche market geek things (like the Tivo), that aren't even a blip on the embedded industry because they have such tiny markets. Now show me, say, a company building CNC machines running Linux, or say, digital alarm clocks made by GE running Linux, or Toyota cars running Linux, and I'd say you have a case. The Tivo abd "other stuff" pretty much doesn't say much.
It's not there. That's probably because MS isn't in the embedded devices market. Troll.
That's great that Taco included the link to Linuxdevices.com, but I went to look, and they were mostly stupid consumer gee-whiz gadgets, or some Net tool (ie: router). What IT people don't seem to understand is that there are many, mayn industries out there that dwarf the IT industry. "Embedded" OS's can be used in all kinds of devices in all kinds of industries. I didn't see a single manufacturing tool using Linux as an embedded OS, for example. So other than the "this is neat, we're using Linux" devices, where are these real world applications?
Since when is counterfeiting equated with terrorism? What's next, Adobe refusing to import pictures of weed (ahh, lovely weed) into PS because everybody knows that's how terrorists make their money to pay for licenses?
You're absolutely right. That was a complete typo. Don't know what I was thinking. "terrorism" is supposed to read "counterfitting". I guess that the fed's doublespeak is finally starting to get to me!
It's not their responsibility to fight terrorism, so any attempt to prevent it whatsoever is a good faith effort on their part. Adobe should in no way be faulted for this.
Just because you choose to leave your house doesn't mean you lose your privacy and personality rights.
And now, what "rights" are these? I haven't seen too many laws priotecting your "privacy and personality" rights in public. You have no reason, whatsoever, to expect privacy in public. That's why it's called being in public. If you want privacy, stay home. Or, go out in public where there aren't cameras, if your tinfoil hat is in the laundry today.
Nah, you can still find zero day screeners at Suprnova.org. I just saw Mystic River and Bad Santa a few weeks ago right here on my 'puter. The only way I could tell that they were screeners was every half hour or so, a line was on the bottom of the picture (completely unobtrusive) that said, "Screener only. Private property of Big Studio"
I don't know what you call weed, but the last thing that I want to do is "go out and buy" anything other than some munchies after I've smoked. I can't imagine a record store. It'd blow my fucking mind.
You used to be able to buy sets that allowed for lots of imagination, such as "pirate", "city", and "space" legos.
When I was a kid, I bought Lego sets that just came with x number of assorted blocks with no theme whatsoever. That took REAL creativity. I don't even know if you can buy just plain ol' regular blocks anymore.
The difference is that this guy has real business experience, and has been successful. Dot-commers wouldn't know how to run a business if they were given a "Business for Dummies" book. This guy has done what he's doing before. Most dot-commers were either fresh-out-of-school marketing types or design types. Huge difference.
What's the point of HD radio when you've got XM that doesn't play ads on most stations for when you're driving, or Net radio for at home & work (which is what I listen to 10+ hours/day). (I like launch.com)
My business also cares about:
Fact#6: Linux requires hiring outside help to get it up and running properly.
Fact#7: W2K Pro is only a few hundred bucks.
Fact#8: The cost of W2K Pro is easily recouped when comparing paying that outside help to set up and configure Linux boxes, never mind maintenance.
There's nothing locking me into Yahoo. I DO like what I'm getting. There's always a price to be paid for convenience, but my point is that to me, it's very much worth it. I can use whatever site I want. But in exchange for them making a lot of my web surfing easy, I give them a few extra ad impressions and I buy a few premium services. There's nothing to say that I can't pop on over to /. or any other web sites.
Yahoo is the only site that I've found that really uses personalization. The "one login" promise that countless technologies were supposed to deliver on has been delivered by Yahoo. Forget LDAP and various XML schemes. I love Yahoo because no matter where I go in their empire, my login is good and the content is for me. I actually enjoy using Yahoo's various properties. In one day, I use their mail (excellent with spam), launch.com (streaming radio), their auctions, their weather, their finance, etc. I've been using the web since before the web, and Yahoo is the only place I've found that really delivers on that promise of personalization, which happens to be worth a lot to me because it saves me a lot of time and headache.
I agree completely. And to anyone who doesn't agree, I'll steal a car, run you down, then get out and shoot you several times, you bastards.
Seems like a lot of people are telling others to upgrade to Apple computers... That is what I tell people as well, whenever I hear any complaining about viruses, worms, how to fix something or what they should upgrade to.
I agree. I've just never seen anybody actually buying and/or using an Apple. Do Apple users exist outside of rich & trendy urban centers?
Reviewing a product is very different from somebody saying "I can build a machine for $$ cheaper". Read the article.
If you have to ask, then you're the target of this article. He's saying essentially: "shut up or put up", knowing full well that 99.9999% of all people whining will never do anything about it, and instead just sink deeper into their armchair. I had a customer who bitched and bitched about a product that I wouldn't carry. After she bitched about 10 times, I told her that if she didn't like my store, she could open her own. She quit bitching and is now a regular customer.
...that the market for commodity systems is already saturated.
There's *always* rooom for improvement. That's what competition is all about. It might be a tough fight, but if somebody can find a competitive advantage, it can always be done. Hell, the pizza delivery market was saturated about 10,15 years ago, but Papa John's came right in and kicked ass. It *can* be done. I don't know the computer market well enough to know what that advantage could be, otherwise I'd be doing it, but I don't think it's every time to just call it quits.
Now, you'd better sit down for this one.... but price is NOT the only competitive advantage! In fact any successful businessperson will tell you, it's the WORST way to run a business, because somebody will always be cheaper. Not everybody is looking for cheaper and cheaper. Simple example: MS Windows vs. Linux. Linux is a LOT cheaper, but people still aren't interested. Whatever the reason is, it's very obvious that price is NOT the issue here.
The thing that this jounalist is writing about (very well, I might add) occurs in every industry/walk of life. There are the whiners, and there are the doers. What he doesn't realize is that doers just do it, and ignore these whiners. He ends the article well... "get a grip". Personally, I don't give people like this even that much attention.
I disagree. I think that things are sooo much better today than they used to be. I've got 4 computers at work, and quite literally, I don't do anything but work with them. I don't do updates (automstic updates). I don't have things just randlomly break. I don't have to randomly install drivers for no reason. I don't know what people are spending time doing, but I have to "maintain" my computers about as much as I "maintain" that hammer sitting in my closet. I set them up, install all the shit I need to install, and just use them. Honestly, would somebody explain to me how they break their computers so damn often?
. I actually did something like 90% of my Christmas shopping through Amazon buying sheets, books, bathroom stuff, lingerie, winter coats and more
I worry though that we'll end up with these large super-conglomerates who hold whole market segments, somewhat like Microsoft achieved in computers in the 90's
Am I the only one who sees a bit of conflict in this post? It's kinda like saying you hate pollution while you dump your garbage on the side of the highway. I too am worried about a few multi-conglomerates, which is why I don't shop with them. Imagine that!!
That's easy. Just post their email addresses on a spider-able page, or post it in a usenet posting. As we all know, just one instance of an email address out there will do the trick, since the spammers buy/sell/trade the lists ad infinitum. The only thing is, most politicians don't ever see their "official" email. I'm sure that any of them that use email ones have private, unpublished ones (ie: yahoo).