You are correct but the "zealots" don't portray it from a viewpoint of practicality. To them its a epic struggle on par with the quest to free blacks from slavery or to bring voting rights to women. I bet there are some who even think its MORE important than those two great events. You can't reason with such people and they won't accept less then 100% victory even if thats totally off-putting to everyone else.
The PSP isn't killing anything other than itself. Its too big and bulky and only accepts proprietary memory sticks and UMDs.... I see whay more people with an iPod than ith a PSP. And you can watch movies on an iPod without buying limited usefullness UMDs which are anything but "Universal" Movie Discs.
LaRouche? Is that you?!?!? You crazy old coon! Listen, stop having your minions hand out your pamphlets everytime there's an election. All people do is throw them to the ground and its really polluting my fair city.
In a democracy, if people aren't upset about what their leaders are doing and they're not uninformed then the only logical conclusions left are that they 1. Do not care or 2. Approve.
I have used the GIMP so I know firsthand the UI sucks. So no, my opinions are NOT evidence that I don't use it.
Your opinions on the other hand are evident that fans of open source products have a higher tolerance for crappy interfaces just as long as the software remains "free".
You speak of your own intelligence being insulted and then you call others "ignorant" just because they don't want to use GIMP, which has a pretty horrible UI compared to Photoshop.
Don't you think an issue as important as desktop computers, MP3 Players and DVDs requires comparisons to things even more important than salvery and subjugation? Why not compare it to the holocaust as well?
When are we going to get people who can TRULY appreciate the mighty moral heros the FSF are! Without them risking life and limb for our freedoms everyday, we would simply NOT be able to pirate as much media as we currently can!
Those tests were run using Intel's Pentium D dual core chips which are based on the badly performing Pentium 4 design. The Intel Core Duos are based on the Pentium M and perform much better.
Trivial you say? So you are a programmer? Am I? No I am not. I'm just going to go off on a limb here and guess that the type of CPU being similar is less important than the fact that the 360 is a much more paralell system then a Macintosh is. Meaning WoW on the Mac depends mostly on the video card, not the CPU.
To be perfectly candid, I'm shocked that my comment wasn't modded down. It was pretty invective afterall. Perhaps the Slashdot crowd is finally recognizing that Libertarian policies and positions really are as unwise and impractical as others have for some time now.
Did you know that with all the various products that Sony sells that the Playstation division is basically carrying the entire company? And if the PS3 doesn't do well vs the XBox 360 and Nintendo Revolution the company itself may go bankrupt?
Sony keeps trying to force unattractive standards on the market. From the Memory Stick, to Betamax to Blu-Ray it just never fucknig seems to learn its lesson about using open standards. That pisses people off and its why their consumer electronics division is getting its butt kicked by Apple and Samsung.
Entrapment means causing someone to do something they would not normally do in order to get them to break the law. This "service" that the spammers were offering was their daily business. It was their regular mode of operation. All the Secret Service did was send an informant in undercover to pose as a customer. Thus there was no entrapment, this is basic policework.
What the hell is wrong with outsourcing? You got something against the free market that has led to our current high standard of living? You want someone's job to be preserved despite how inefficient and costly doing so might be?
You'd first have to explain how two gay people marrying each other applies to "right or wrong". If an action does not cause harm to others, why should it be outlawed?
I wasn't trolling either. Why do you think your comment should be any more legitimate than mine is? You don't seem to have a problem with the way MY comment was moderated.
Yeah about that free part. Them being free doesn't exactly make up for the fact that they both suck even in comparison to Windows as desktop operating systems. And this ain't the civil rights battle, its just software. Some folks REALLY need some perspective in life.
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You are correct but the "zealots" don't portray it from a viewpoint of practicality. To them its a epic struggle on par with the quest to free blacks from slavery or to bring voting rights to women. I bet there are some who even think its MORE important than those two great events. You can't reason with such people and they won't accept less then 100% victory even if thats totally off-putting to everyone else.
The PSP isn't killing anything other than itself. Its too big and bulky and only accepts proprietary memory sticks and UMDs.... I see whay more people with an iPod than ith a PSP. And you can watch movies on an iPod without buying limited usefullness UMDs which are anything but "Universal" Movie Discs.
LaRouche? Is that you?!?!? You crazy old coon! Listen, stop having your minions hand out your pamphlets everytime there's an election. All people do is throw them to the ground and its really polluting my fair city.
Thank you.
In a democracy, if people aren't upset about what their leaders are doing and they're not uninformed then the only logical conclusions left are that they 1. Do not care or 2. Approve.
Nice way to work in a completely inappropriate reference to libertarian ideals on what is essentially a spat between a company and its founder.
I have used the GIMP so I know firsthand the UI sucks. So no, my opinions are NOT evidence that I don't use it.
Your opinions on the other hand are evident that fans of open source products have a higher tolerance for crappy interfaces just as long as the software remains "free".
You speak of your own intelligence being insulted and then you call others "ignorant" just because they don't want to use GIMP, which has a pretty horrible UI compared to Photoshop.
Amazing.
So why would I want to pay to recharge my laptop on an almost daily basis when I can simply plug it in for free with a rechargable battery instead?
Don't you think an issue as important as desktop computers, MP3 Players and DVDs requires comparisons to things even more important than salvery and subjugation? Why not compare it to the holocaust as well?
When are we going to get people who can TRULY appreciate the mighty moral heros the FSF are! Without them risking life and limb for our freedoms everyday, we would simply NOT be able to pirate as much media as we currently can!
Those tests were run using Intel's Pentium D dual core chips which are based on the badly performing Pentium 4 design. The Intel Core Duos are based on the Pentium M and perform much better.
The thing is, OS X is like Linux only without the headaches and politics.
Linux is like OS X, without the ease of use and reality of actually getting things done in a timely manner.
Trivial you say? So you are a programmer? Am I? No I am not. I'm just going to go off on a limb here and guess that the type of CPU being similar is less important than the fact that the 360 is a much more paralell system then a Macintosh is. Meaning WoW on the Mac depends mostly on the video card, not the CPU.
You are a pretty angry guy there. Happy now that you think you are right?
I am on the other hand emotionally unaffected.
As it stands, the gaming division is carrying the company. If it fails so does Sony.
To be perfectly candid, I'm shocked that my comment wasn't modded down. It was pretty invective afterall. Perhaps the Slashdot crowd is finally recognizing that Libertarian policies and positions really are as unwise and impractical as others have for some time now.
Did you know that with all the various products that Sony sells that the Playstation division is basically carrying the entire company? And if the PS3 doesn't do well vs the XBox 360 and Nintendo Revolution the company itself may go bankrupt?
Sony keeps trying to force unattractive standards on the market. From the Memory Stick, to Betamax to Blu-Ray it just never fucknig seems to learn its lesson about using open standards. That pisses people off and its why their consumer electronics division is getting its butt kicked by Apple and Samsung.
Libertarians are morons!
DIE DIE DIE!
Entrapment means causing someone to do something they would not normally do in order to get them to break the law. This "service" that the spammers were offering was their daily business. It was their regular mode of operation. All the Secret Service did was send an informant in undercover to pose as a customer. Thus there was no entrapment, this is basic policework.
Wouldn't installing the Google Desktop Search help?
Musical tastes are subjective. That means no one has the "right" or "wrong" musical preferences. Thusly there are no sheep in this regard.
What the hell is wrong with outsourcing? You got something against the free market that has led to our current high standard of living? You want someone's job to be preserved despite how inefficient and costly doing so might be?
It really bites some folks asses that most folks just flat out don't want to listen to some no-name indie band doesn't it?
You'd first have to explain how two gay people marrying each other applies to "right or wrong". If an action does not cause harm to others, why should it be outlawed?
There is no reason it could not be though.
I wasn't trolling either. Why do you think your comment should be any more legitimate than mine is? You don't seem to have a problem with the way MY comment was moderated.
Yeah about that free part. Them being free doesn't exactly make up for the fact that they both suck even in comparison to Windows as desktop operating systems. And this ain't the civil rights battle, its just software. Some folks REALLY need some perspective in life.