"many of the right-wing psychopaths there would like to rant and rail about this type of deal. "
It is better to be double cautious than sorry after the fact. I would rather have bunch of "right-whatever" be "psychopathic" about it than get my ass enslaved because another bunch of "left-whatever" was not willing do to shit about our security.
"Admittedly, part of their success may be attributed to a willingness to detonate an explosive near the target - rather than just trying to hit it, but their systems are very advanced. "
Big fucking deal. That is how 90% of aa weapons work.
You are acting like 11 years old...
Is there any chance you will ever grow up and start acting like a responsible adult?
Assholes like you make everything more expensive for all of us.
"We should have a right to modify this equipment that we have paid money for"
You did not pay for that piece of hardware, it was leased to you.
"It's mine now"
I wonder if you try to argue things like that when you are at Blockbuster or other rental places..
Ever had any luck with them , arguing for "your now" stuff ?
"and if an Australian thinks the law is bogus it wont be followed up on if the person who has to enforce it thinks it is bogus too. "
Well, that is one way to solve the problem but quite wasteful one. Why bother with laws, the government all this extremely expensive stuff when people don't really care for it?.
I would even say this borders on anarchy -> laws are followed when it suits people etc...
Strange country.
No, you are like sheep getting raped by EVERY kind of government you have.
First it was gun possession, now this..
Yeah, keep perfecting your "ignoring act". That will do you a lot of good.
And RedHat and most of other OS companies have seen their stock decrease from >$100 to less than $10.
"On the desktop, KDE can still win if it keeps a consistent user interface while Microsoft completely changes their interface from one OS release to the next, making it cheaper to retrain employees on KDE once, rather than every time Redmond tries to shove a new OS down thier throats..."
Dude, you are missing the point. KDE is almost just as polished as Windows , what is preventing it from attainig the same level of usability is a whole idea of X where there are hardly any standards beyond simple WM interaction.
You can create incredible interface within KDE and Gnome but until people are able painlessly paste basic Mime types between two apps running on the same box, you will not be able to even come close to the level of integration offered by MS OS.
$1300 is a lot. This thing would be viable at around $800. At least I would consider it a reasonable purchase at this level ( and I am not a cheap guy by any means)
"I think you're off by a significant amount on the price difference. Make sure you're comparing machines with equivalent features. "
No , I think he is right on the target.
Apples are terribly overpriced , especially when one compares technical side of their products.
You might have a point as far as external design is concerned but internally Apples are , well, overpriced junk ( at least when compared to newer Athlon based systems)
Hell, so unless you prepay $250 you will have to pay to have your box diagnosed as a bad unit and possibly replaced ?
No shit Apple has %5 of the market.
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You are right. It is not "stupid" to consider looks of something that will sit on my desk.
However, the trick is to create nice looking system WITHOUT sacrificing essential functionality which Apple never managed to do.
Their systems are way overpriced and deliver substandard performance ( in almost all aspects) as compared to PCs.
Hell yeah.
Do you feel so morally superior to go and make these people change their ways?
You, who lives in society that considers killing unborn (and sometimes born) children an essential right...
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"many of the right-wing psychopaths there would like to rant and rail about this type of deal. "
It is better to be double cautious than sorry after the fact. I would rather have bunch of "right-whatever" be "psychopathic" about it than get my ass enslaved because another bunch of "left-whatever" was not willing do to shit about our security.
"Admittedly, part of their success may be attributed to a willingness to detonate an explosive near the target - rather than just trying to hit it, but their systems are very advanced. "
Big fucking deal. That is how 90% of aa weapons work.
"and have democracy. "
You are not serious, right?
"middle-american who knows nothing of the world except what they're told by their government. Get a clue."
And you know so much more. Tell who do you learn all this from? I am somewhat doubtful that you manage to verify all the information firsthand.
You are embarassing.
What's wrong with promoting US industry ?
Even freeloaders like you will get the benefits.
You are acting like 11 years old ...
Is there any chance you will ever grow up and start acting like a responsible adult?
Assholes like you make everything more expensive for all of us.
Telocity is NOT bankrupt.
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"We should have a right to modify this equipment that we have paid money for"
You did not pay for that piece of hardware, it was leased to you.
"It's mine now"
I wonder if you try to argue things like that when you are at Blockbuster or other rental places
Ever had any luck with them , arguing for "your now" stuff ?
"and if an Australian thinks the law is bogus it wont be followed up on if the person who has to enforce it thinks it is bogus too. "
...
Well, that is one way to solve the problem but quite wasteful one. Why bother with laws, the government all this extremely expensive stuff when people don't really care for it?.
I would even say this borders on anarchy -> laws are followed when it suits people etc
Strange country.
Well, yeah. Make sure you don't make mistake mentioning this fact somewhere in the public for you will be sorry for the rest of your life.
No, you are like sheep getting raped by EVERY kind of government you have. ..
First it was gun possession, now this
Yeah, keep perfecting your "ignoring act". That will do you a lot of good.
What a stupid answer....
Sure it can be made but in reality 90% of it is made either by Russia or China.
Heh, considering how they whored themselves during the last war, one should not worry much about these "Viking descendants" ...
And you blame us for inability of these people to keep up with he rest of the world ?
You are watching X-files to often.
"from $115 to to $40 during 2000... "
And RedHat and most of other OS companies have seen their stock decrease from >$100 to less than $10.
"On the desktop, KDE can still win if it keeps a consistent user interface while Microsoft completely changes their interface from one OS release to the next, making it cheaper to retrain employees on KDE once, rather than every time Redmond tries to shove a new OS down thier throats..."
Dude, you are missing the point. KDE is almost just as polished as Windows , what is preventing it from attainig the same level of usability is a whole idea of X where there are hardly any standards beyond simple WM interaction.
You can create incredible interface within KDE and Gnome but until people are able painlessly paste basic Mime types between two apps running on the same box, you will not be able to even come close to the level of integration offered by MS OS.
Which is very inconvenient if one wants to replace highlighted text with contents of the clipboard.
X implementation of clipboard is a mess.
Is this a real bill ? ...
The guy on it looks like a cartoon character
You can't compare but I can assure you dual Celeron running at 850 Mhz will run circles around G4.
$1300 is a lot. This thing would be viable at around $800. At least I would consider it a reasonable purchase at this level ( and I am not a cheap guy by any means)
Since Cube turned out to be almost complete failure, what you saying is not much more than your guess at how things would be if so and so ...
"I think you're off by a significant amount on the price difference. Make sure you're comparing machines with equivalent features. "
No , I think he is right on the target.
Apples are terribly overpriced , especially when one compares technical side of their products.
You might have a point as far as external design is concerned but internally Apples are , well, overpriced junk ( at least when compared to newer Athlon based systems)
"OSX has done
what NT was trying for last 10 years and with
no gasping. "
Frankly , we have no idea what OSX has done to our industry. For all we know it might be colossal failure.
Hell yeah, I remember that. The problem was that it was extremely hard to do something useful with it ( of course beyond displaying static images.)
Hell, so unless you prepay $250 you will have to pay to have your box diagnosed as a bad unit and possibly replaced ?
No shit Apple has %5 of the market.
You are right. It is not "stupid" to consider looks of something that will sit on my desk.
However, the trick is to create nice looking system WITHOUT sacrificing essential functionality which Apple never managed to do.
Their systems are way overpriced and deliver substandard performance ( in almost all aspects) as compared to PCs.
Hell yeah. ...
Do you feel so morally superior to go and make these people change their ways?
You, who lives in society that considers killing unborn (and sometimes born) children an essential right
Yeah, yeah. The real reason is that these companies were taking away too much business from their European counterparts.