I bought of these recently, intending to wipe linux off it and install Windoze (a new computer for my boss). I booted it up once to take a look at the linux...and it has a "uninstall linux" option in the start menu. Just pick that and it erases the partitions and reboots the machine. Just have a windows CD in the drive and you're ready to go.
On top of that, in the documentation, they expressly state that there is no support what-so-ever for Thizlinux.
So this is just a way to sell an assembled, tested PC w/o windows. And good for Fry's, for offering a way to get around the "Microsoft tax".
In the world of business, there is no right and wrong in the moral sense
Which means, the world of business is amoral. Since an amoral person is a psychopath, and businesses are in some legal senses people, businesses are therefore psychopathic. Works for me.
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Well, OK, it's not literally sticking your head in the sand, but it amounts to the same thing. Your action of sharing Walden, well-intentioned as it is, is a drop in the ocean vs. multi-million dollar advertising, marketing, economic pressures etc. A drop in the ocean is better than nothing, but in the long run it will probably amount to nothing.
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The introduction of television is going to change the culture, i.e. what most people think about and dream about. This WILL affect everyone in the culture profoundly, because of its influence on neighbors, employers, co-workers, politicians (the 1960 election, anyone?), etc. An individual's decision to turn the TV off does not change that- it's a "head in the sand" response.
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I bought of these recently, intending to wipe linux off it and install Windoze (a new computer for my boss). I booted it up once to take a look at the linux...and it has a "uninstall linux" option in the start menu. Just pick that and it erases the partitions and reboots the machine. Just have a windows CD in the drive and you're ready to go.
On top of that, in the documentation, they expressly state that there is no support what-so-ever for Thizlinux.
So this is just a way to sell an assembled, tested PC w/o windows. And good for Fry's, for offering a way to get around the "Microsoft tax".
Just one more step towards a nation of snitches...
In the world of business, there is no right and wrong in the moral sense
Which means, the world of business is amoral. Since an amoral person is a psychopath, and businesses are in some legal senses people, businesses are therefore psychopathic. Works for me.
Well, OK, it's not literally sticking your head in the sand, but it amounts to the same thing. Your action of sharing Walden, well-intentioned as it is, is a drop in the ocean vs. multi-million dollar advertising, marketing, economic pressures etc. A drop in the ocean is better than nothing, but in the long run it will probably amount to nothing.
The introduction of television is going to change the culture, i.e. what most people think about and dream about. This WILL affect everyone in the culture profoundly, because of its influence on neighbors, employers, co-workers, politicians (the 1960 election, anyone?), etc. An individual's decision to turn the TV off does not change that- it's a "head in the sand" response.