I refuse to participate in a "No to Pizzas" campaign. Furthermore, I want Sardines on my Pizza: My grandmother always used to say "a pizza with no Sardines on it is like - a pizza without sardines". Vote Sardinista
They went to plastic cos the slightest touch and it breaks, and they can sell you a new one.
Long long ago, bumpers were required to survive a 4mph impact without damage. The auto manufacturers lobbied to have the law removed so that disposable bumpers could be used "on safety grounds".
and, of course it has nothing to do with the fact that VCs skill at selecting startups is less than would be achieved by tossing a coin?
When I worked in an incubator, huge numbers of projects were funded that were as daft as a brush, while good ones were rejected because they depended on actual engineering, which is way beyond the understanding of VCs, who would not want to ask an engineer for advice because that would put their ignorance on display.
VCs belong to a different culture , where everything is superficial (Think The Kardasians). It important to arrive in a flash car, and wear expensive designer clothes. Having a good idea counts for zilch.
No. VCs invest in virtual crap because no one can tell how much can be sold to suckers, and therefore the hype can claim the market is infinite. Real crap has only got a limited market, no matter how big the market, even a fool can see there is a limit.
VCs are looking for something they can hype to the stratosphere and then sell through brokers on a percentage who need plausible deniability to protect their asses when the shit hits the fan.
I think the first post war British computer was developed by Lyons,
Then you are very poorly informed. The Leo was preceded by EDSAC 1, EDSAC II, ACE, and several other machines whose names I forget. Leo was, as the article says "The world's first Office computer". However, the Leo was an amazing development (as were the others for their time).
this Australian machine sounds like it was derived from EDSAC I, which dates from 1946.
I have 4 Lenovo laptops of different models running Ubuntu here. All much better supported on Linux than on Windows XP or Windows 7. Have not tried Vista.
I mean with BSD if I experimented and found a way to dramatically improve it (say IO throughput or something) I probably wouldn't tell the world. I'd keep it secret for my project/products or sell the info.
That is probably because you are young and foolish.
If (corporate) you run a major project using your proprietary software on a bunch of BSD based servers, and you get your people to hack the OS code to fix a performance bottle neck, you certainly would (unless thick as two short planks) release it back, because if you do, then the hacks will (a) get thoroughly code reviewed and tested and (b) be introduced to the globally supported codebase, and consequently automatically introduced into all future OS updates, fully tested, and without your staff having to do a stroke of work.
If you are selling a service (VoIP, Money transfer, share dealing, etc), is the not like selling selling the software. The vast majority of OS users are not your competition, and no significant part of your competitive advantage is down to OS performance (if it is, you are doomed: short sell your company now)
Lenovos come with special utilities to create "installation" disks, do backups and other very useful stuff (as well as a ton of trashware).
However, they generally run Ubuntu considerably better than they run Windows. I have four Lenovos, and other emmbers of the family ahve two. The (windows) wireless drivers are very flakey and you cant scroll with two fingers.
What percentage of slashdotters would tell the truth about their age and sex? here? and does that exceed the number that actually know their own real age and sex? How would anyone know, and why would anyone care?
Come on, there is a lifetime supply of slashpolls here just waiting for deployment! Just think enquiring Google wants to know!
What the research actually discovered was "families that are hopeless at decision making often end up poor". This follows a long history of fatuous research, such as previous studies that discovered "alcohol makes students drunk" or "babies learn".
My own discovery is that some people can get grants for stupid research. Please give me a PhD.
Here in the UK, BB ownership is very high. However, most users also have another device.
There are two BB communities:
Teenagers, who want BBM for a variety of reasons, and remote wipe for many reasons.
Business users who want integration into corporate infrastructure.
The remaining markets are babies, the elderly and the unemployed, who are not very lucrative.
BB's current problem is that they have saturated the market with long lived devices, and are trying to sell devices to people who dont want them. They need a strategy that trades on that position instead. An old BB works fine, and there is no need to upgrade. Keep supporting the existing customers, and BB will live on, with a solid market base that will sustain them for a long time to come. Trash their customer base by abandoning the existing devices, and they really will die. Maybe they need a paid software upgrade bringing tangible improvements to the really old units?
Actually, here in the "old world" (UK), a lot of computers are not on the internet at all shock, horror!
There are loads of things you can do on a computer without an internet connection. And quite a few which you would prefer not to have an internet connection. (Can you say "stuxnet"?)
I am shocked that software suppliers cannot understand the concept of a freestanding PC. I am not sure Win7 can even be used without Internet. I still have machines running Win98 in the lab. I believe my sewing machine runs a heavily customised Win98,
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I refuse to participate in a "No to Pizzas" campaign. Furthermore, I want Sardines on my Pizza: My grandmother always used to say "a pizza with no Sardines on it is like - a pizza without sardines". Vote Sardinista
They went to plastic cos the slightest touch and it breaks, and they can sell you a new one.
Long long ago, bumpers were required to survive a 4mph impact without damage. The auto manufacturers lobbied to have the law removed so that disposable bumpers could be used "on safety grounds".
iZune and eZune?
I think you are talking about Nokia, not planes or RIM.
and, of course it has nothing to do with the fact that VCs skill at selecting startups is less than would be achieved by tossing a coin?
When I worked in an incubator, huge numbers of projects were funded that were as daft as a brush, while good ones were rejected because they depended on actual engineering, which is way beyond the understanding of VCs, who would not want to ask an engineer for advice because that would put their ignorance on display.
VCs belong to a different culture , where everything is superficial (Think The Kardasians). It important to arrive in a flash car, and wear expensive designer clothes. Having a good idea counts for zilch.
VCs are looking for something they can hype to the stratosphere and then sell through brokers on a percentage who need plausible deniability to protect their asses when the shit hits the fan.
This is the nature of Ponzi land.
FTFY
Then you are very poorly informed. The Leo was preceded by EDSAC 1, EDSAC II, ACE, and several other machines whose names I forget. Leo was, as the article says "The world's first Office computer". However, the Leo was an amazing development (as were the others for their time).
this Australian machine sounds like it was derived from EDSAC I, which dates from 1946.
"Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage"
Maybe in the USA, but here in London, I doubt it is even 7%
I have 4 Lenovo laptops of different models running Ubuntu here. All much better supported on Linux than on Windows XP or Windows 7. Have not tried Vista.
That is probably because you are young and foolish.
If (corporate) you run a major project using your proprietary software on a bunch of BSD based servers, and you get your people to hack the OS code to fix a performance bottle neck, you certainly would (unless thick as two short planks) release it back, because if you do, then the hacks will (a) get thoroughly code reviewed and tested and (b) be introduced to the globally supported codebase, and consequently automatically introduced into all future OS updates, fully tested, and without your staff having to do a stroke of work.
If you are selling a service (VoIP, Money transfer, share dealing, etc), is the not like selling selling the software. The vast majority of OS users are not your competition, and no significant part of your competitive advantage is down to OS performance (if it is, you are doomed: short sell your company now)
Only if you use a Pentium for the calculations
Is the evil twin the one responsible for the documentation?
However, they generally run Ubuntu considerably better than they run Windows. I have four Lenovos, and other emmbers of the family ahve two. The (windows) wireless drivers are very flakey and you cant scroll with two fingers.
FTFY
Come on, there is a lifetime supply of slashpolls here just waiting for deployment! Just think enquiring Google wants to know!
The first I heard about them opening here was the widespread news coverage of them closing down!
My own discovery is that some people can get grants for stupid research. Please give me a PhD.
Here in the UK, BB ownership is very high. However, most users also have another device.
There are two BB communities:
Teenagers, who want BBM for a variety of reasons, and remote wipe for many reasons.
Business users who want integration into corporate infrastructure.
The remaining markets are babies, the elderly and the unemployed, who are not very lucrative.
BB's current problem is that they have saturated the market with long lived devices, and are trying to sell devices to people who dont want them. They need a strategy that trades on that position instead. An old BB works fine, and there is no need to upgrade. Keep supporting the existing customers, and BB will live on, with a solid market base that will sustain them for a long time to come. Trash their customer base by abandoning the existing devices, and they really will die. Maybe they need a paid software upgrade bringing tangible improvements to the really old units?
There are loads of things you can do on a computer without an internet connection. And quite a few which you would prefer not to have an internet connection. (Can you say "stuxnet"?)
I am shocked that software suppliers cannot understand the concept of a freestanding PC. I am not sure Win7 can even be used without Internet. I still have machines running Win98 in the lab. I believe my sewing machine runs a heavily customised Win98,
A fine approach if its a picture of your dog farting, but I would not want to go that way for mission critical business documents!
The T43p outperforms most current laptops in Dixons, PC world, etc. There is no current laptop that compares with a T61p
You need OpenBSD on your Sparc kit. No need for support.
What are you smoking? and can I have some?