Not if you go to a java type solution like oracle did with their Application Server. Very nice and very fast. Not free but there might be something out there like Oracle Forms?
flatfile and perl equal to mysql?!?!? I don't think so. However, mysql vs. postgresql is getting more interesting by the day. Fortunately since I use perl's DBI interface I don't have to change much in my programs to switch to postgresql if I need to jump ship.;-)
2 MP pictures do NOT work fine for 8x10 or 8.5x11. Unless you really don't care about what you picture looks like. What real live magazines? Certainly not a photo magazine or anyone else who cares what their images look like.
I agree that for most people 3-4MP is good for most people... most people take pictures that are blurry/horribly underexposed. For these people it really doesn't matter what kind of camera you give them, their pictures will always come out crappy (Even if they had a $3k DSLR) because they don't understand some basic principles of photography.
That said, this is a "news for nerds" site... I'd be willing to bet there are a few photography nerds on here that want more than a simple point and shoot. While some people may be fine with grainy, pixilated 8x10s taken with a 2MP camera, I'm not! In fact, my new D70 takes a LOT better pictures than my little 3.1MP point and shoot.
From midwiferytoday.com (did a quick google search): "To print a full-bleed image inside the magazine, a photo must be 9 inches wide by 11.25 inches tall, at 200 dpi minimum resolution. That is well within the range of a 5 MP camera"
They then say that a 2MP camera is fine for "small" pictures. No respectable magazine is going to print a 2MP picture fullpage.
Actually realizing that the D70 came out and is a better camera will hurt their sales more.;-) (Sorry, had to get a Nikon jab in there somewhere)
Interestingly enough, Nikon decided to make their entry level digital SLR (D70) a better camera (in most respects) than the D100. (of course the D100 came out first)
As for the 10D vs Rebel decision there are some things that firmware can't hack: (stolen from here)
"The 10D has a rear control dial (QCD) which can be used to set functions such as exposure compensation or shutter speed/aperture in manual mode, in conjunction with the main command dial. This means you can make these adjustments quickly, with the camera still up to your eye. With the digital Rebel (EOS 300D) there is only one command dial and are buttons you have to press to access functions controlled by the rear QCD on the 10D. You can get used to this, but if you're used to shooting with a body with a rear QCD (anything except a film Rebel), you may miss it. "
"The 10D is based on a metal (magnesium alloy) frame, while the digital Rebel (EOS 300D) is plastic. Many cameras are plastic of course and plastic is fine, but metal is stronger and more dimensionally stable."
"The 10D is black and the button functions are labeled in white and light blue. The Digital Rebel (300D) has a silver body with black and light blue button labels. Under some lighting conditions it can be hard to read the labels on the 300D since light blue on silver isn't very high contrast."
"The camera settings display screen on the Digital Rebel is on the back of the camera, above the LCD screen, whereas it's on the top of the camera on the 10D. I prefer the top of the camera display on the 10D (and it's probably no coincidence that all professional SLRs and DSLRs put there too). I'm usually looking down on the camera when I'm making changes to things like shutter speed, aperture, ISO setting, shooting mode, white balance etc., With the 10D I can see what I'm doing more easily, especially when the camera is mounted on a tripod below eye level. "
"The viewfinder display is also larger on the 10D."
Of course the site is now slashdotted so I couldn't look at the actual changes that the hacked firmware provides but I don't know if they will be able to do other things like make the write speed faster, etc...
So just remember, this doesn't mean you can go out and buy a rebel, upgrade new firmware and have a 10D. Of course if you couldn't decide which to get because of something the firmware enables, then you will probably get the Rebel now over the 10D. Therefore, Cannon just made a sale rather than have you sit on the fence for another year to see what comes out.
Do you actually check your drives? I just got a laptop with XP and I've been using it for less than a month now. After reading this thread I though well my computer is fairly new but I'll see how it looks anyway. After running Disk Defragmenter and clicking analyze I get: Analysis is complete for: (C:) You should defragment this volume.
I then looked at the report and found the following: Total fragmentation = 21% File fragmentation = 42% Free space fragmentation = 1%
Pretty bad especially considering I've only had the laptop for less than a month and that I still have over half the 40 gig drive free. Oh and HFS+ in panther is journaled so no loss of file system integrity there. So compared to HFS+ in panther, I'd say that NTFS in XP sucks! It would be interesting if someone has done similar research on ext3.
They cannot, at gunpoint, force consumers to purchase their products.
No but they can market a competing browser which they then give away for free and then when the other browser is free claim that their browser is "integrated" into the OS. Oh and they can make Computer retailers pay through the nose and not get the usual discounts if they supply another OS or even offer a computer with no OS. I could go on and on and while it's not at gun point, it's the next best thing. Besides, most people don't know or really care about Microsoft's ethics.
to say Microsoft is blatantly trying to create a crappy product in order to make more money is, at best, bizarre logic. I don't think they are blatantly trying to make a crappy product but they definately made a crappy product and once they got their monopoly they did everything in their power to stay there.
Microsoft made computing mainstream Microsoft was just in the right place at the right time. Lower prices really made computers mainstream.
1.) Supporting a $100 O.S. for 6 years with official updates and patches. Quite a deal, one that you certainly won't see from redhat.
This is just a stupid comment. First, I am very disapointed in Red Hat lately. Second, Linux is essentialy the same OS with a bunch of patches. (With vendor differences of course) I've installed debian on my server and I haven't had to get a new OS since I installed it. I just upgrade it. Unless all the Debian developers vanish, this isn't going to change.
2.) Allowing pirated copies of windows XP to install service pack 2. A clip from the article: "Microsoft group product manager Barry Goffe told ComputerTimes that [...] it was more important to keep user safe than to be 'concerned about the revenue issue.'"
a quote: "MS Clarifies: No SP2 For Pirated XP Copies PingXao writes "Unlike earlier reports, this eWeek story says MS will not be allowing pirated versions of Windows XP to install SP2."
another quote: "... using genuine software is an important part of keeping systems secure and running smoothly because it means continued access to the latest security enhancements and product updates."
Not that I really expected them to do it but you gave it as an example so I just had to tell you that you were wrong... because that's what slashdot is all about!
If you run linux and have a web server, odds are you are running apache. Now if there is an apache virus *anyone* running apache will be affected. Same with mysql, perl, bash, csh, gnome, kde, sendmail, etc...
The difference is that all these tools work together. So while you may be running KDE, I am running gnome. So if you get it I may not. It really has nothing to do with the distro other than they decide what programs to include. (and a lot of them were built off of another... like mandrake was built off redhat) It then comes down to the end user who can install whatever they want.
Linux is built on open standards and choice. However, it is still basically one kernel. Certain distros will patch it to do things they want but deep down it's the same. If we have a kernel virus everyone will get it. However, most of the linux vulnerabilities are programs and they usually get patched fairly quickly. While not everyone inspects the code, as the user base goes up, so does the ammount of people looking at the code. Hence more people able to spot/fix problems.
So no OS is immune however, when things are open, people can fix it without having to wait for Microsoft to fix it. The internet is built on open standards and I think that will be microsoft's downfall... not complying with open standards. Of course, it could also lead people back to MS and give them back their monopoly.
Yes but if Microsoft sells their OS with all but say 80 and 25 (the web and mail) disabled then a lot of people will complain and not be able to figure out why aim, , etc doesn't work and suddenly Microsoft isn't userfriendly anymore.
I've never had a virus... ever... not once in my 20 years or so of computing. Why? Well I don't use windows except at work (where I'm forced to), I don't use outlook, I don't use IE, I'm always behind a firewall of some sort and I don't do stupid things like run all sorts of attachments that people send me.
Now, if you can't teach someone to not click on the attachment that your virus scanning software says I THINK THIS IS A VIRUS, DON'T OPEN IT!!!! How do you teach them to close off all but uneeded ports and practice other safe computing practices?
Now a lot of companies that I heard got the latest virus should have had firewalls in place. However, for joe sixpack, patching really is the only way to get rid of a vulnerability because he wouldn't know a port from a packet. Trust me... I've delt with some pretty stupid people...
.NET has become a catch-all phrase to describe Microsoft's development stuff... from their c++ compiler to the actual.NET internet framework. Which of course caused some confusion and why it still hasn't cought on as much as say J2EE. (The java version of.NET)
I'd agree with you except for the "nerdier section of the population" bit. Most people I went to school with (CS majors mostly... hence the nerdier section) all had ftp and web space.
However for smaller files (less than a few meg) the usb drives are taking off. For larger files, like a collection of mp3s, isos, movies and a large collection of photos (more than a few megs) you are still better off with an ftp server to always have them available rather than carry around several usb drives.
Yeah that's great and maybe Britney Spears get's all the perks of getting the recording company to pay for her own jet, radio time, all those posters, music videos and such but why do I have to pay for all that when I'm buying an old Pink Floyd Album where they aren't paying for anything they haven't already recouped 100x over? For an artist like Britney Spears, they probably make more than they spent in the first month (maybe week).
So I know... let's say that all these people downloading mp3s are stealing our music. Then we'll jack up the price of a cd and wonder why cd sales have fallen. Who get's the extra money? Certainly not the artists but the manager needs a new summer home.
I mean come on... I can find dvds that are cheaper than cds. Movies have million dollar budgets which include better advertising, Food for a heck of a lot more people, trailers for the bigger stars in addition to room and board if it's needed. (not for everyone obviously) By payola I'm assuming you mean paying the artist. Yeah, there are a lot more actors in a movie than there are artists. Photographers, camera guys, lighting guys, sound guys, special effect guys, etc... Instead of a music video there's the previews. Producers, engineers, etc also involved in movies, same with travel expenses.
Obviously a lot of people will go see a movie in the theatres and then buy it when it comes out on dvd but do you really think this happens a lot? On a typical movie someone will *either* go see it in the theatres, buy the vhs/dvd, or rent the movie. So $7-$8 per person... not too bad but you don't get to watch it again and if more than one person is watching it, it gets expensive.
DVDs... Kill Bill on amazon: $19.49, "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (cd) by the Pogues is $18.99 from amazon. So a movie is a dollar more than a dvd. Which do you think costs more to make? Oh and the Pogues cd was released in 1992... Do you remember any advertising or the Music Video? Not every cd costs a lot to make. So let's have a pricing scheme where the albums that take millions of dollars to make costs more than the album that takes a few thousand dollars to make. But who is going to buy a $50 Britney Spears album when they can buy a flogging molly cd for $10?
Since then I have yet to hear something on the radio I bothered to remember the name of, nevermind download or buy.
Check out the band Flogging Molly... Their record label isn't part of RIAA and they are a great band. While not really "new" per se... I have just gotten turned on to them. The best way to describe them is Irish Punk... they sound a little like the Pouges. Just a suggestion if you are looking for something different. Their web page is here
Damn straight I will. Why? Because one group represents the best interests of a bunch of fat asses who got rich off the rest of us, and the other not only represents the best interests of my community, it IS COMPOSED OF MY COMMUNITY. Just because they are part of your community, doesn't necessarily mean they have your best interest in mind. Most of them (with the exception of Debian) are still a company trying to sell a product. I'm not saying they don't have our interests in mind, I'm just saying your logic is flawed.
The biggest problem with "reports" like these is that Microsoft has huge pockets that often help to "fund" them. Fortunately the linux organizations aren't that unethical. (or at least they haven't done anything to date that we know about)
The biggest problem is "activists" like you who ruin it for the rest of the linux advocates. Or you could just be a troll and I just wasted my time.
There are alternatives... unfortunately they require $$$$$$$
There's the geothermal option to heat your house which basically runs a pipe down into the earth where it's warm and then takes the warmth and pumps it to the house.
Then there is solar power. Unless you live out in Arizona or somewhere that get's lots of sun you can't really run entirely on this but you can use it to suppliment your power. Plus if you go away or something, you can actually give power back to the power company and build up a credit. (but then you still need power lines) Of course you have to pay to have the solar panels installed and it usually isn't economical.
If you had a waterfall or a stream with a strong enough flow you could probably rig up something to get power but that would take up lots of space and probably be very noisy.
The only real way to get rid of powerlines is to get rid of all the devices that need electricity or spend a lot of money on disposable batteries which would do wonders for the earth. Or maybe we could all run smelly, loud generators and pollute the earth even more?
I've never had a problem paying bills or anything in firefox. In fact since my credit card company changed it's web page I can't use safari anymore. Thanks to Firefox's ability to mimic other browsers, I now use that. Tell me I can't use anything other than IE or netscape...
I think you must have your numbers reversed... no one still uses OS9 do they?!?!?
Spend the money and get OS X... 10000000x better than OS9 and if you can't run it, when you get a new mac it comes with OS X. The old mac OS is dead and has been for some time. Fortunately apple realized this and ditched it for a UNIX based OS. I hate OS9 more than I hate windows... and that says a lot.
+4 Interesting?!?!?!?!? I think slashdot needs to rethink it's moderation system.
Google was founded in 1996 so how could they have sold computers to nazis? Hitler committed suicide in 1945. Since the founders of google were in college in 1996, that would have made them really old college kids.
Moderators can be really stupid sometimes. -1 troll for the parent post would have been a lot better
I think you underestimate users. People will double click, unzip and spend however long it takes to run any attachment they get. Even if their e-mail program or ISP or whoever says something like "The attachment is a virus... do not open it." They will still open it.
Now, for most users, It's not the 2 clicks away is too far rule... it's called you need an administrator password to install anything rule. This is why people tell you to not log in as root. (and why the root account is disabled by default in OS X) Now when you double click that attachment and instead of opening a document, it prompts you with the password dialog box, alarm bells should start ringing.
Oh and most archival programs will save rwx flags. So while it's harder to get a virus, never underestimate how stupid people can be.
Yes because word processing, e-mail and web browsing *have* to be done with windows.
So what does the average user... even the average business user need that OS X, BSD, Linux, etc... can't supply? Sure there are some specialty apps like AutoCAD but the majority of users need to check their e-mail, do some word processing and possibly doing some spreadsheet work. People don't want to switch partly because of zealots, partly because of misconceptions but mostly because "everyone" uses windows.
They certainly don't use it because it's more secure... everyone knows it's not. (A good reason M$ is pushing the security angle recently) I say do vote with your wallet... It's the only way to send a message.
I've recommended everyone I know to get an apple because they are easier to use than linux for most people. (I realize this) Some have listened and some have not. When those that don't tell me about the lastest virus they got I just say "That sucks." I don't offer help and I don't spout my zelotry. (Like I once did) Now I just let that little smile on my face say it.
Seriously... if you worked for 2 years straight fixing y2k bugs then I have one word to describe you... Sucker!
Y2k was WAY over hyped. I mean you would have to be really retarted to believe that a plane would crash if it thought it was 1901. Sure, if some code wasn't fixed some bad things would happen but certainly not to the extent that people were predicting.
I certainly would have written a program to do the work for me.
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Not if you go to a java type solution like oracle did with their Application Server. Very nice and very fast. Not free but there might be something out there like Oracle Forms?
flatfile and perl equal to mysql?!?!? I don't think so. However, mysql vs. postgresql is getting more interesting by the day. Fortunately since I use perl's DBI interface I don't have to change much in my programs to switch to postgresql if I need to jump ship. ;-)
2 MP pictures do NOT work fine for 8x10 or 8.5x11. Unless you really don't care about what you picture looks like. What real live magazines? Certainly not a photo magazine or anyone else who cares what their images look like.
I agree that for most people 3-4MP is good for most people... most people take pictures that are blurry/horribly underexposed. For these people it really doesn't matter what kind of camera you give them, their pictures will always come out crappy (Even if they had a $3k DSLR) because they don't understand some basic principles of photography.
That said, this is a "news for nerds" site... I'd be willing to bet there are a few photography nerds on here that want more than a simple point and shoot. While some people may be fine with grainy, pixilated 8x10s taken with a 2MP camera, I'm not! In fact, my new D70 takes a LOT better pictures than my little 3.1MP point and shoot.
From midwiferytoday.com (did a quick google search):
"To print a full-bleed image inside the magazine, a photo must be 9 inches wide by 11.25 inches tall, at 200 dpi minimum resolution. That is well within the range of a 5 MP camera"
They then say that a 2MP camera is fine for "small" pictures. No respectable magazine is going to print a 2MP picture fullpage.
Actually realizing that the D70 came out and is a better camera will hurt their sales more. ;-) (Sorry, had to get a Nikon jab in there somewhere)
Interestingly enough, Nikon decided to make their entry level digital SLR (D70) a better camera (in most respects) than the D100. (of course the D100 came out first)
As for the 10D vs Rebel decision there are some things that firmware can't hack: (stolen from here)
"The 10D has a rear control dial (QCD) which can be used to set functions such as exposure compensation or shutter speed/aperture in manual mode, in conjunction with the main command dial. This means you can make these adjustments quickly, with the camera still up to your eye. With the digital Rebel (EOS 300D) there is only one command dial and are buttons you have to press to access functions controlled by the rear QCD on the 10D. You can get used to this, but if you're used to shooting with a body with a rear QCD (anything except a film Rebel), you may miss it. "
"The 10D is based on a metal (magnesium alloy) frame, while the digital Rebel (EOS 300D) is plastic. Many cameras are plastic of course and plastic is fine, but metal is stronger and more dimensionally stable."
"The 10D is black and the button functions are labeled in white and light blue. The Digital Rebel (300D) has a silver body with black and light blue button labels. Under some lighting conditions it can be hard to read the labels on the 300D since light blue on silver isn't very high contrast."
"The camera settings display screen on the Digital Rebel is on the back of the camera, above the LCD screen, whereas it's on the top of the camera on the 10D. I prefer the top of the camera display on the 10D (and it's probably no coincidence that all professional SLRs and DSLRs put there too). I'm usually looking down on the camera when I'm making changes to things like shutter speed, aperture, ISO setting, shooting mode, white balance etc., With the 10D I can see what I'm doing more easily, especially when the camera is mounted on a tripod below eye level. "
"The viewfinder display is also larger on the 10D."
Of course the site is now slashdotted so I couldn't look at the actual changes that the hacked firmware provides but I don't know if they will be able to do other things like make the write speed faster, etc...
So just remember, this doesn't mean you can go out and buy a rebel, upgrade new firmware and have a 10D. Of course if you couldn't decide which to get because of something the firmware enables, then you will probably get the Rebel now over the 10D. Therefore, Cannon just made a sale rather than have you sit on the fence for another year to see what comes out.
[or whatever, I ain't no expert but I ams a canadian].
you can't be a canadian... you forgot the eh!
Do you actually check your drives? I just got a laptop with XP and I've been using it for less than a month now. After reading this thread I though well my computer is fairly new but I'll see how it looks anyway. After running Disk Defragmenter and clicking analyze I get:
Analysis is complete for: (C:)
You should defragment this volume.
I then looked at the report and found the following:
Total fragmentation = 21%
File fragmentation = 42%
Free space fragmentation = 1%
Pretty bad especially considering I've only had the laptop for less than a month and that I still have over half the 40 gig drive free. Oh and HFS+ in panther is journaled so no loss of file system integrity there. So compared to HFS+ in panther, I'd say that NTFS in XP sucks! It would be interesting if someone has done similar research on ext3.
They cannot, at gunpoint, force consumers to purchase their products.
No but they can market a competing browser which they then give away for free and then when the other browser is free claim that their browser is "integrated" into the OS. Oh and they can make Computer retailers pay through the nose and not get the usual discounts if they supply another OS or even offer a computer with no OS. I could go on and on and while it's not at gun point, it's the next best thing. Besides, most people don't know or really care about Microsoft's ethics.
to say Microsoft is blatantly trying to create a crappy product in order to make more money is, at best, bizarre logic.
I don't think they are blatantly trying to make a crappy product but they definately made a crappy product and once they got their monopoly they did everything in their power to stay there.
Microsoft made computing mainstream
Microsoft was just in the right place at the right time. Lower prices really made computers mainstream.
1.) Supporting a $100 O.S. for 6 years with official updates and patches. Quite a deal, one that you certainly won't see from redhat.
This is just a stupid comment. First, I am very disapointed in Red Hat lately. Second, Linux is essentialy the same OS with a bunch of patches. (With vendor differences of course) I've installed debian on my server and I haven't had to get a new OS since I installed it. I just upgrade it. Unless all the Debian developers vanish, this isn't going to change.
2.) Allowing pirated copies of windows XP to install service pack 2. A clip from the article: "Microsoft group product manager Barry Goffe told ComputerTimes that [...] it was more important to keep user safe than to be 'concerned about the revenue issue.'"
Geeze man... don't you read slashdot?
a quote:
"MS Clarifies: No SP2 For Pirated XP Copies PingXao writes "Unlike earlier reports, this eWeek story says MS will not be allowing pirated versions of Windows XP to install SP2."
another quote:
"... using genuine software is an important part of keeping systems secure and running smoothly because it means continued access to the latest security enhancements and product updates."
Not that I really expected them to do it but you gave it as an example so I just had to tell you that you were wrong... because that's what slashdot is all about!
Ok, this misconception is rampant here at ./
If you run linux and have a web server, odds are you are running apache. Now if there is an apache virus *anyone* running apache will be affected. Same with mysql, perl, bash, csh, gnome, kde, sendmail, etc...
The difference is that all these tools work together. So while you may be running KDE, I am running gnome. So if you get it I may not. It really has nothing to do with the distro other than they decide what programs to include. (and a lot of them were built off of another... like mandrake was built off redhat) It then comes down to the end user who can install whatever they want.
Linux is built on open standards and choice. However, it is still basically one kernel. Certain distros will patch it to do things they want but deep down it's the same. If we have a kernel virus everyone will get it. However, most of the linux vulnerabilities are programs and they usually get patched fairly quickly. While not everyone inspects the code, as the user base goes up, so does the ammount of people looking at the code. Hence more people able to spot/fix problems.
So no OS is immune however, when things are open, people can fix it without having to wait for Microsoft to fix it. The internet is built on open standards and I think that will be microsoft's downfall... not complying with open standards. Of course, it could also lead people back to MS and give them back their monopoly.
Yes but if Microsoft sells their OS with all but say 80 and 25 (the web and mail) disabled then a lot of people will complain and not be able to figure out why aim, , etc doesn't work and suddenly Microsoft isn't userfriendly anymore.
I've never had a virus... ever... not once in my 20 years or so of computing. Why? Well I don't use windows except at work (where I'm forced to), I don't use outlook, I don't use IE, I'm always behind a firewall of some sort and I don't do stupid things like run all sorts of attachments that people send me.
Now, if you can't teach someone to not click on the attachment that your virus scanning software says I THINK THIS IS A VIRUS, DON'T OPEN IT!!!! How do you teach them to close off all but uneeded ports and practice other safe computing practices?
Now a lot of companies that I heard got the latest virus should have had firewalls in place. However, for joe sixpack, patching really is the only way to get rid of a vulnerability because he wouldn't know a port from a packet. Trust me... I've delt with some pretty stupid people...
.NET has become a catch-all phrase to describe Microsoft's development stuff... from their c++ compiler to the actual .NET internet framework. Which of course caused some confusion and why it still hasn't cought on as much as say J2EE. (The java version of .NET)
That and it's a no-fault state so no insurance company in it's right mind wants to be there... NJ really needs to do something about car insurance.
I'd agree with you except for the "nerdier section of the population" bit. Most people I went to school with (CS majors mostly... hence the nerdier section) all had ftp and web space.
However for smaller files (less than a few meg) the usb drives are taking off. For larger files, like a collection of mp3s, isos, movies and a large collection of photos (more than a few megs) you are still better off with an ftp server to always have them available rather than carry around several usb drives.
Have any of the companies who outsource considered offering a lower salary to a local programmer instead of outsourcing?
If they have considered it, how did it work or why did they reject it?
Yeah that's great and maybe Britney Spears get's all the perks of getting the recording company to pay for her own jet, radio time, all those posters, music videos and such but why do I have to pay for all that when I'm buying an old Pink Floyd Album where they aren't paying for anything they haven't already recouped 100x over? For an artist like Britney Spears, they probably make more than they spent in the first month (maybe week).
So I know... let's say that all these people downloading mp3s are stealing our music. Then we'll jack up the price of a cd and wonder why cd sales have fallen. Who get's the extra money? Certainly not the artists but the manager needs a new summer home.
I mean come on... I can find dvds that are cheaper than cds. Movies have million dollar budgets which include better advertising, Food for a heck of a lot more people, trailers for the bigger stars in addition to room and board if it's needed. (not for everyone obviously) By payola I'm assuming you mean paying the artist. Yeah, there are a lot more actors in a movie than there are artists. Photographers, camera guys, lighting guys, sound guys, special effect guys, etc... Instead of a music video there's the previews. Producers, engineers, etc also involved in movies, same with travel expenses.
Obviously a lot of people will go see a movie in the theatres and then buy it when it comes out on dvd but do you really think this happens a lot? On a typical movie someone will *either* go see it in the theatres, buy the vhs/dvd, or rent the movie. So $7-$8 per person... not too bad but you don't get to watch it again and if more than one person is watching it, it gets expensive.
DVDs... Kill Bill on amazon: $19.49, "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" (cd) by the Pogues is $18.99 from amazon. So a movie is a dollar more than a dvd. Which do you think costs more to make? Oh and the Pogues cd was released in 1992... Do you remember any advertising or the Music Video? Not every cd costs a lot to make. So let's have a pricing scheme where the albums that take millions of dollars to make costs more than the album that takes a few thousand dollars to make. But who is going to buy a $50 Britney Spears album when they can buy a flogging molly cd for $10?
Since then I have yet to hear something on the radio I bothered to remember the name of, nevermind download or buy.
Check out the band Flogging Molly... Their record label isn't part of RIAA and they are a great band. While not really "new" per se... I have just gotten turned on to them. The best way to describe them is Irish Punk... they sound a little like the Pouges. Just a suggestion if you are looking for something different. Their web page is here
Damn straight I will. Why? Because one group
represents the best interests of a bunch of fat
asses who got rich off the rest of us, and the
other not only represents the best interests of
my community, it IS COMPOSED OF MY COMMUNITY.
Just because they are part of your community, doesn't necessarily mean they have your best interest in mind. Most of them (with the exception of Debian) are still a company trying to sell a product. I'm not saying they don't have our interests in mind, I'm just saying your logic is flawed.
The biggest problem with "reports" like these is that Microsoft has huge pockets that often help to "fund" them. Fortunately the linux organizations aren't that unethical. (or at least they haven't done anything to date that we know about)
The biggest problem is "activists" like you who ruin it for the rest of the linux advocates. Or you could just be a troll and I just wasted my time.
There are alternatives... unfortunately they require $$$$$$$
There's the geothermal option to heat your house which basically runs a pipe down into the earth where it's warm and then takes the warmth and pumps it to the house.
Then there is solar power. Unless you live out in Arizona or somewhere that get's lots of sun you can't really run entirely on this but you can use it to suppliment your power. Plus if you go away or something, you can actually give power back to the power company and build up a credit. (but then you still need power lines) Of course you have to pay to have the solar panels installed and it usually isn't economical.
If you had a waterfall or a stream with a strong enough flow you could probably rig up something to get power but that would take up lots of space and probably be very noisy.
The only real way to get rid of powerlines is to get rid of all the devices that need electricity or spend a lot of money on disposable batteries which would do wonders for the earth. Or maybe we could all run smelly, loud generators and pollute the earth even more?
I've never had a problem paying bills or anything in firefox. In fact since my credit card company changed it's web page I can't use safari anymore. Thanks to Firefox's ability to mimic other browsers, I now use that. Tell me I can't use anything other than IE or netscape...
I think you must have your numbers reversed... no one still uses OS9 do they?!?!?
Spend the money and get OS X... 10000000x better than OS9 and if you can't run it, when you get a new mac it comes with OS X. The old mac OS is dead and has been for some time. Fortunately apple realized this and ditched it for a UNIX based OS. I hate OS9 more than I hate windows... and that says a lot.
+4 Interesting?!?!?!?!? I think slashdot needs to rethink it's moderation system.
Google was founded in 1996 so how could they have sold computers to nazis? Hitler committed suicide in 1945. Since the founders of google were in college in 1996, that would have made them really old college kids.
Moderators can be really stupid sometimes. -1 troll for the parent post would have been a lot better
Too bad this doesn't work anymore
I think you underestimate users. People will double click, unzip and spend however long it takes to run any attachment they get. Even if their e-mail program or ISP or whoever says something like "The attachment is a virus... do not open it." They will still open it.
Now, for most users, It's not the 2 clicks away is too far rule... it's called you need an administrator password to install anything rule. This is why people tell you to not log in as root. (and why the root account is disabled by default in OS X) Now when you double click that attachment and instead of opening a document, it prompts you with the password dialog box, alarm bells should start ringing.
Oh and most archival programs will save rwx flags. So while it's harder to get a virus, never underestimate how stupid people can be.
Yes because word processing, e-mail and web browsing *have* to be done with windows.
So what does the average user... even the average business user need that OS X, BSD, Linux, etc... can't supply? Sure there are some specialty apps like AutoCAD but the majority of users need to check their e-mail, do some word processing and possibly doing some spreadsheet work. People don't want to switch partly because of zealots, partly because of misconceptions but mostly because "everyone" uses windows.
They certainly don't use it because it's more secure... everyone knows it's not. (A good reason M$ is pushing the security angle recently) I say do vote with your wallet... It's the only way to send a message.
I've recommended everyone I know to get an apple because they are easier to use than linux for most people. (I realize this) Some have listened and some have not. When those that don't tell me about the lastest virus they got I just say "That sucks." I don't offer help and I don't spout my zelotry. (Like I once did) Now I just let that little smile on my face say it.
Seriously... if you worked for 2 years straight fixing y2k bugs then I have one word to describe you... Sucker!
Y2k was WAY over hyped. I mean you would have to be really retarted to believe that a plane would crash if it thought it was 1901. Sure, if some code wasn't fixed some bad things would happen but certainly not to the extent that people were predicting.
I certainly would have written a program to do the work for me.