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  1. Re:Ugh stop this cliche on SCO Wants to License Europe · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Uh-hunh. Yeah. And the South won the war again.

    The Western Front Let's see: In 1914 the German 1st Army went straight for Paris, chasing the British Expedition Force in front of them. The newly formed French 6th Army countered and send them back. It wasn't until much later in the war that the Americans came in, and the Germans were nowhere near Paris at that time.

  2. Re:Why the Mac did not do better on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 1
    If Apple had made the Mac expandable using some kind of external bus (something the Apple II and Commodore 64 and CP/M systems and PCs all did), there would have been a supply of external disks that would have allowed it to compete with the PC.

    If they had made a business version that had a larger case which could be opened and expanded with more memory, they might have cornered the market.

    Something like the Lisa?

    If they had licensed the hardware and software to other manufacturers, they would have been able to compete with the price drops that kept the (IBM) PC the most popular choice.

    You mean like IBM?

  3. Re:Mac's Popularity on Macintosh's 1984 Debut · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I bought a Mac 128K in 1985 new for something like $1,499. It really hurt. That's the most I've paid for a computer, ever.

    Ahh, so you did not buy a IBM PC for more at that time? Yeah, that pricing sure kept those out of the business/office world.

  4. Re:Well how can they safeguard against this? on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1
    It would be equivalent if the drug test were free (it doesn't mention anywhere that the students have to pay anything) and that the job is at a place where the vast majority of applicants do drugs.

    You know, you would be just fine for a job at the UPSTO. "Well Sir, if you say there is no prior art for this wheel thing you want to patent, I guess it's okay."

  5. Re:Swiss Metro on China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev Effort · · Score: 2, Informative

    It works just like a "normal" electric motor (that turns into a alternator on breaking). Check the Transrapid Hompage and click on "Technology" (stupid "clever" link auto-redirects to homepage), or this site. The flywheel is the moving train, just that the momentum of inertia is linear instead of angular.

  6. Re:High speed railroad still on the track on China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev Effort · · Score: 1

    The maglev is still being considered for the Shanghai - Hangzhou and the Shanghai - Nanjing connexions, according to this article (in German).

  7. Re:Inevitable? on China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev Effort · · Score: 1

    Did you ever ride on the ICE 3 connexion Frankfurt - Cologne? Pure roller coaster. One more reason not to drink coffee there.

  8. Re:Swiss Metro on China Abandons Long-Distance Maglev Effort · · Score: 2, Informative

    Errm, basically every modern train generates electrical energy from slowing down, I don't see why this should be different.

  9. Re:Well how can they safeguard against this? on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1

    In most places of learning it is.

  10. Re:There is an important upside to the system on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1

    Psst: the guy in India your IT job is being outsourced to did write that essay himself. Think about it.

  11. Re:Well how can they safeguard against this? on Student Fights University Over Plagiarism-Detector · · Score: 1
    And why would it be better for the student if the professor turned in the paper, taking control of the process away from the student?

    Or do you think that cheating is uncommon? Quote an article:

    Percentage of students in 1988 survey of Who's Who Among American High School Students that admitted cheating: 70

    Percentage of students in 1998 survey of Who's Who Among American High School Students that admitted cheating: 80

    Percentage of cheating students who say they were never caught, same 1998 study: 95

    Percentage of parents of Who's Who students who said they believed their children never cheated, 1997 study: 63

    Hell, not checking for plagiarism is unfair to those not cheating, not the other way around. Mr. Rosenfeld is either very naive about the amount of plagiarism going on, or he knows he wouldn't pass the test.
  12. Re:Apple has the right to do this... on No WMA for HP iPod · · Score: 1

    No, the bad business dicission was to think that cloners who only advertise to the people who already have a Mac would somehow make the total Mac OS marketshare larger.

  13. Re:Apple has the right to do this... on No WMA for HP iPod · · Score: 1
    If people bought Motorola or Power Computing clones instead of Apples the reason is because Apple was doing something wrong.

    Yeah, they didn't use cheaper parts to make the computers a little cheaper. And they actually put money into R&D, to improve the OS and the hardware the cloners sold. And they wasted their money to advertise outside the mac press, unlike the cloners.

    And last but not least, they started cloning.

  14. Re:% of people who upgrade? on Upgrade Your eMac · · Score: 1

    And that was at a time when on the Mac you could use multiple monitors without a hitch, and you couldn't on a PC.

  15. Re:% of people who upgrade? on Upgrade Your eMac · · Score: 1
    I'm pretty sure there aren't enough geeks in the area to keep those departments open.

    No, but there are enough of them to call when the buyer can't manage the upgrade on their own.

  16. Re:No, only 0.9094 TB on A Terabyte In A Cigar Box · · Score: 1

    Apple's? Uh-huhn. Yeah. Whatever.

  17. Re:Word twisting on Hitchhiker's Guide Film Reports · · Score: 1
    For those who still don't get it: How 2 Do Pedestrian Crossing. A Zebra crossing is a path across a road marked with black and white stripes where pedestrians may cross. They have NO traffic lights.

    Now imagine black=white, and man crosses the street ona Zebra crossing.

  18. Re:choice? on Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision · · Score: 1

    What good is buying a WMD player, if that format dies within 12 months?

  19. Re:choice? on Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision · · Score: 2, Insightful

    For all we know, the iPod's market share may be larger than that of all WMA players combined.

  20. Re:DRM? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1
    "If it weren't for copyright law, people could just ignore it."

    And I would be free to break copy protection and not get thrown in jail for it.

    But you still wouldn't have the source. You have just proven that you're just cheap.

  21. Re:DRM? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    Yes, because you think your rights have precedence over those of others. This is a two-way-street.

  22. Re:DRM? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    A) It gives who extra rights over standard copyright law? B) If it weren't for copyright law, people could just ignore it.

  23. Re:stupid formats on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    No, it's supposed to be a compatible format (MP3Pro files should play on any MP3 player) that is better at low bitrates on MP3Pro players.

  24. Re:DRM? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    I feel so sorry for you that others have rights too.

  25. Re:DRM? on HP Working With Apple To Add WMA Support To iPod · · Score: 1

    That there is anything called a "copyright holder" is the only reason RMS can force me to do what he wants me to do with GPLed software.