I wouldn't go so far as to use the comparison to in band signalling for this particular problem. After all, that comparison might be more fitting for the notoriously sloppy way modern PCs fail to distinguish between program storage and data storage.
Nice computer you got there. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it. My buddy Vinny here, he sells "protection" against these kinds of problems. You pay every week, and there ain't gonna be no problems, capiche?
Speaking of heavy users, if there was an unlimited alcohol plan at the grocery store, they'd probably want to charge extra for the guy I ran into the other day who was drinking a homemade cranberry juice and vodka cocktail out of a 2 liter bottle at 3pm.
But how long of a useful life does software even have? Once I'm done with a copy of say, Microsoft Office, it's probably at least a couple versions out of date.
With games I'm less likely to hold on to them, but it's still not going to be a new release by the time I've played it.
Unless it has something to give that isn't better-known on another platform, there's no incentive for users to switch.
But that's just the thing; if it's on Ubuntu it's free/open software, and therefore will be on other distros if not other platforms, if not now then eventually. The very idea of a "killer app" for Ubuntu is in many ways contrary to the idea of free/open software because such software can always be modified, forked, and/or ported.
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LSD messes with your mind, not with your vision.
(Don't ask me how I know this.)
Imagine only being able to see fractals everywhere you look. I think I'd go crazy!
The last time I heard "Btrfs" was from right behind me, after eating too many beans.
Maybe it was commissioned in 1951... or so *they* want you to think!
This is needed. The package management in Kubuntu has always been half-baked compared to its Gnome-based counterpart.
Now if they could just make the other system utilities as robust as the ones in Ubuntu...
...we're also one of their largest investments.
Vaseline is radioactive?! So you're saying I shouldn't be using it to, you know, wax my carrot?
I wouldn't go so far as to use the comparison to in band signalling for this particular problem. After all, that comparison might be more fitting for the notoriously sloppy way modern PCs fail to distinguish between program storage and data storage.
The Application String Interface was a poor idea from the start. It's the 21st century, we shouldn't be building strings to do DB queries.
Oops! Yes, you're right -- $100 per user. That's 10x as absurd!
Facebook claims they have 500 million users. That's $10 per user.
If I paid you $10, would you sign up for my new social networking site? We could do away with Facebook.
AT&T's warrantless wiretapping technology would be a perfect fit for the Dear Leader.
North Korea is entering the information age? Perhaps the rapture really IS coming!
Nice computer you got there. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it. My buddy Vinny here, he sells "protection" against these kinds of problems. You pay every week, and there ain't gonna be no problems, capiche?
Speaking of heavy users, if there was an unlimited alcohol plan at the grocery store, they'd probably want to charge extra for the guy I ran into the other day who was drinking a homemade cranberry juice and vodka cocktail out of a 2 liter bottle at 3pm.
You do realize it will be Gnome 3 though, right?
If you don't like Unity, don't use it; Gnome Shell 2 is still in Natty, and it works fine.
If you really want the modem experience, just get a router that has throttling abilities.
And I'll make the appropriate modem sound for you. "REEEEEErrrrrr kssshhhhhh KSSSSHHHHH!"
I'd think the "soul" would be in the game content itself, not the grinding of a 40 MB hard drive struggling to load Commander Keen.
But how long of a useful life does software even have? Once I'm done with a copy of say, Microsoft Office, it's probably at least a couple versions out of date.
With games I'm less likely to hold on to them, but it's still not going to be a new release by the time I've played it.
Ford, Toyota, etc. would LOVE it if the only option was to buy new.
But that's just the thing; if it's on Ubuntu it's free/open software, and therefore will be on other distros if not other platforms, if not now then eventually. The very idea of a "killer app" for Ubuntu is in many ways contrary to the idea of free/open software because such software can always be modified, forked, and/or ported.
...just buy a copy of the US Constitution on your Kindle and read it for yourself.
As long as we're turning humans into batteries, we need to start pharmaceutical research on developing blue and red pills.
...it's boring.