You think The Economist is alarmist, irrational, and content-free, whereas the blogs of your "favorite analysts" are a better source? I'm not sure if you understand what reporting actually is, as opposed to opinion.
Actually, it's dying because too many PC gamers download games without paying for them. That's why they introduced DRM in the first place. It doesn't really work, but such is life.
No, I meant it exactly the opposite way - BR, one of my personal heroes, knew a shaky presupposition when he saw one, thanks to Godel's destruction of Principia Mathematica.
So to call the original poster "Bertrand Russell" was meant sarcastically, kind of like saying "No shit, Sherlock" when someone states the obvious.
Sorry if you took offense. You seem a bit touchy today.
Doesn't Sweden allow wild camping - "every man's right" or whatever, or is that just Norway?
Perhaps it's only banned on a country by country basis. France bans it, but I find it hard to believe that you can't camp in Poland's Tatra Mountains, for example.
That China is a corrupt dictatorship that brutally oppresses its own citizens and has a history of "cyber-attacks" worldwide? Yeah, real shaky presuppositions there, Bertrand Russell.
I viewed this story to say exactly this. People don't seem to understand the difference between "media appliance" and "general computer". The FSF scaremongering over OS X would be reprehensible if it weren't so dumb.
Other than the lack of a camera, the iPad is a great device for the purpose for which it was designed.
LCD screens are tough to read outside or on transit, where there's a lot of natural light. Even where I'm sitting right now, on my couch with a window behind me, causes readability problems.
There's no question that a good e-ink display like the Kindle is far more restful and natural to read. The real issue is one of cost/benefit: is it worth it to you to give up speedy refresh and colour for enhanced readability?
You are of course correct. Go to any developer's conference and see who is using what, particularly any gathering of Unix people.
Anyway, judging by the comments posted for this story, people are alarmingly bitter and jealous about Apple and its mythical "fanatics". I guess desktop Linux really is that bad.
I know of companies like that too. The best analogy I can come up with is, surprisingly, not one based on cars but instead on Islamic countries: by denying half of their population (women) from meaningful work and positions of power, they hamstring themselves competitively and will never join the first rank of nations.
Similarly, companies that close themselves to open source solutions operate at a competitive disadvantage. It's as simple as that.
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I notice how you left Celine Dion off your list.
The main awesome things about Quebec are QC's beautiful old city and the women. Quebecois women are the most incredible in North America.
You think The Economist is alarmist, irrational, and content-free, whereas the blogs of your "favorite analysts" are a better source? I'm not sure if you understand what reporting actually is, as opposed to opinion.
It strikes those who don't understand apostrophes.
That is indeed a heinous scenario, but don't conflate "obfuscated" with "large".
Wow, most of the scientists you've "meant" in a whole three colleges believed in a Creator? Well, that's got me convinced!
Why are you on Slashdot, by the way?
It's a "head in the sandbox" virtual machine.
Actually, it's dying because too many PC gamers download games without paying for them. That's why they introduced DRM in the first place. It doesn't really work, but such is life.
You are both wrong. But I'm glad you've become friends now.
Yeah, as opposed to that. Get a grip, honestly.
No, I meant it exactly the opposite way - BR, one of my personal heroes, knew a shaky presupposition when he saw one, thanks to Godel's destruction of Principia Mathematica.
So to call the original poster "Bertrand Russell" was meant sarcastically, kind of like saying "No shit, Sherlock" when someone states the obvious.
Sorry if you took offense. You seem a bit touchy today.
Doesn't Sweden allow wild camping - "every man's right" or whatever, or is that just Norway?
Perhaps it's only banned on a country by country basis. France bans it, but I find it hard to believe that you can't camp in Poland's Tatra Mountains, for example.
Where the hell do you live? It sounds horrible.
That China is a corrupt dictatorship that brutally oppresses its own citizens and has a history of "cyber-attacks" worldwide? Yeah, real shaky presuppositions there, Bertrand Russell.
Neither of those links provided any kind of accurate information. Very non-scary, I have to say.
Hobbits would kick your ass to Orthanc!
Actually, it's guys with beards who are also dressed in robes who scare women. If they also happen to be carrying a book, then everyone should run.
Yes, apparently there was a bunch of stuff that you missed. Don't worry about it though.
You don't even understand what a computer is...why are you posting on Slashdot? What a woeful state of affairs.
I viewed this story to say exactly this. People don't seem to understand the difference between "media appliance" and "general computer". The FSF scaremongering over OS X would be reprehensible if it weren't so dumb.
Other than the lack of a camera, the iPad is a great device for the purpose for which it was designed.
I guess you didn't read the article, which is no big surprise.
It's his second offense. The first involved real children.
LCD screens are tough to read outside or on transit, where there's a lot of natural light. Even where I'm sitting right now, on my couch with a window behind me, causes readability problems.
There's no question that a good e-ink display like the Kindle is far more restful and natural to read. The real issue is one of cost/benefit: is it worth it to you to give up speedy refresh and colour for enhanced readability?
You are of course correct. Go to any developer's conference and see who is using what, particularly any gathering of Unix people.
Anyway, judging by the comments posted for this story, people are alarmingly bitter and jealous about Apple and its mythical "fanatics". I guess desktop Linux really is that bad.
That is just ridiculous. "Nearly all developers" make iPhone apps? Haha!
Let me guess, you aren't a programmer, have no idea what it entails, and are talking out your ass.
I know of companies like that too. The best analogy I can come up with is, surprisingly, not one based on cars but instead on Islamic countries: by denying half of their population (women) from meaningful work and positions of power, they hamstring themselves competitively and will never join the first rank of nations.
Similarly, companies that close themselves to open source solutions operate at a competitive disadvantage. It's as simple as that.
Yes, that's correct, particularly when referring to web developers and gui programmers.