Anyone who disses on the gameboy needs to take a look around. I see these all over, on the subway, bus, libraries, cafeterias, etc. Anywhere people need to wait, but dont want to be bored, you will probably see one.
One of the cool things about the slick look of the SP is that most people assume it is a PDA, MP3 player, or something similiar. Not that there is anything wrong with the gameboy, but since this one is more aesthetically pleasing, it has (as the guy at EB put it) a far lower geek-factor.
Hello American friend. I have recently been arrested, and need to come up with bail.
In return for lending me $5,000 - the amount of my bail - I will be happy to repay you $50,000 once you help me transfer my embezzeled money from Nigeria...
Can somebody tell me exactly where bluetooth's niche is?802.11 is also overkill for many uses. While you would want to connect your computer to a LAN with 802.11, having all your keyboard traffic go into the same broadcast range would be jamming too much chatter into the airwaves.
A better analogy is comparing USB to Ethernet. While you want your peripherals to use USB, you use the Cat-5 for your networking.
And, as has been mentioned several times, BlueTooth also has the low power advantage.
1) admin/ditchdigger - I guess my point is that I try and get out of being an admin when I can; as far as networking goes, its really just data processing work. Better to get a networking neophyte to do it (as long as they can follow directions, that is).
2) GUI- you can do a lot more in Windows now with the features they threw into active directory; the problem is that a lot of people dont know about it or have experience with it, as most people still think of 'Windows' networks as the NT4 domain structure.
Even so, however, it takes very little know-how to set up users on a network with restricted rights. There are, however, far too many people who log in as 'Administrator', but I dont view that as a Windows-only problem, as someone who doesnt know better will log on to *nix as 'root' (stupidly enough, one place I was at this year just set up a new Sun server and were giving everyone the root password to do routine tasks. Doh! You can lead a horse to water...)
I cant really account for the relative time spent on troubleshooting unix and windows, since I have no point of reference (as far as Unix is concerned). However, I will say that when I was doing architect/admin, I really dont spend that much time troubleshooting. I think thats an issue of experience and ability; I just happen to be very good. To tell you the truth, I would be at this level regardless of which OS I went with, but I happened to get in with Windows.
The sad, and thankless, perception is that anyone can work with Windows. Its about as true as anything, but it takes me far less time to fix problem than the majority of my 'peers'. I dont think the issue is the OS, I guess is my point.
It is a scam. There is zero impact on Microsoft's bottom line by making the donation. Microsoft already earned money off the PC when it was purchased. Usually, they get to double-dip by getting companies to pay for Windows a second time. Instead, Microsoft gets to double-dip the government by donating "millions of dollars of software" which does not cost them anything to deliver. Then they file with the government for a tax break equal to an amount that very few people ever pay for the software. In this way, Microsoft has just made more money off of the government than they would have made off of a sale.
I wouldnt personally claim the problem is MS. You may want to remember that sour deal Sun did in California recently. They also did quite a scammy job with the City of Chicago, but the City seems to fall for scammy people quite easily (its quite disgusting, I hear quite a bit about what goes on there)
The fact of the matter is that none of these companies are 'donating' stuff; they are all using it as leverage. But I dont accept the rationale that it costs MS nothing- thats the same logic as saying Gates should just give everyone he sees a thousand dollars, just because he's worth so much. The fact of the matter is that everything costs something, and they just because they have already recouped their development costs doesnt mean it they didnt spend money on the product.
Another reason I dont accept the common 'Micro$oft tax' argument is that OEMs purchase Windows licenses in bulk. So it costs them (and by extension, the consumer) no more to make 10,000 Windows boxes than it does to make 10,001; its all done on estimated sales, not on actual sales.
Drats. And here I thought I might know you. BTW, Wacker wraps around, so that Michigan is probably the closest you've ever been. Oh well, I suppose I could always invite you out for a drink to argue the finer points of computing.:-)
NP. I would give you my email address, but I would rather not give it out to all the Slashdot'ers. Some of them are rather nasty (unlike me, haha).
But the Merchandise Mart is about a block from where Wacker bends (its on the other side of the river). So I was *pretty* close =)
Im sure I'll hit that street one of these days. BTW, the certification center in the city is that pink marble building across from the Sears Tower, on the other end of Wacker. *Beautiful* building- if you are over that way, go on the first floor and take a look at their fountain. Its incredible!
I guess its preference, becase everything about UO annoyed me, including the trade skill system. Not that this is a slam on anybody else, but having to shear sheep, etc, didnt seem heroic or interesting, two things I look for in adventure games.
Also, the whole MMO thing just really doesnt excite me either; its probably because Ive been playing single player RPG games since "Adventure" for the Atari, and actually having someone else there doesnt add anything to the game.
My opinion? Both the MMO aspect and the complexity are used to mask the real lack of depth in the game itself. The more I read about Worlds of Warcraft, the more I think they will be the first people to actually do something new (I could be wrong, though, since I need to try out FF XI still).
This is highly amusing. Games based on genre films being made into genre films...
I guess it just confirms that Hollywood has, indeed, run out of ideas. Or maybe its just that the most creative medium right now is video games (which I personally think).
No, you *are* an administrator. As in, "you are a driver because you can drive".
This is sematics. Im physically able to dig ditches, but that doesnt make me a ditch digger.
What servers? Been to a library lately? They have a couple of PCs all hooked up to a hub or switch which in turn is hooked up to a Cisco router for their VPN. Any and all library servers are usually handled at a state level. The desktops are for people to do research on.
Ya, Ive been to a library lately. The city provides tech support for them. Im cant make a statement regarding how every jerkwater town does it, but they have professionals doing it where *I* live.
So, in your company does everyone have their own personal admin to flush the toilet for them? Because, you know, it's not like anyone would ever expect a computer to be constructed so that it can perform its function without an admin.
I dont know what to say; you are the one playing semantic games with the term "admin". Which way do you want it? That the librarians are or arent admins? You are arguing both sides of the issue.
Riiigghhhttt. You know, they do have these thing-a-majigs called "Unix Machines". These "Unix" thing-a-majigs are designed so that multiple people can use the system. Each person uses a cute little mini-computer called a "terminal". These "terminals" range from simple keyboard and text machines, to fully graphical with mouse and sound. Now you see, these "Unix Machines" are designed around this multi-user concept. As a result, when a user is added to the system, they are immediately given only enough privileges to work in their own world. To do more stuff, permissions have to be added.
Riiiight... and your average user runs screaming like their hair is on fire if they see a CLI... Riiiight.... and every user knows how to create users in Unix.... Riiiight.... See, Windows has this little thing called a grapical user interface... its really neat, it displays little icons and everything! And in it, Windows has this thing which shows all the users, and you can even create users, too! AND, get this, you can click a different area, and it can sort the users into GROUPS!! WOW!!! And it does it all with little icons and stuff, in one interface!!!! ISNT THAT AMAZING?!?!?!?!?!?!
Also, your statement displays your ignorance regarding Windows user management. You are claiming that, by default, every user is created with Administrator rights. This is VERY, VERY false. Users are created being members of the "Users" group. And thats it. If they need more rights, they need to be ADDED. Thus making your statement VERY false, VERY FUD-filled, and VERY uninformed, indeed.
Let me get this straight. You want people to "think about it", then instantly agree with you, because... well... you know... umm... you invented the Internet! Yeah! That's it! Oh wait, Al Gore did that. Damn.
Or, like you, where you want to tell people what to think, even if it is a lie. You must be George W!!
Lies? Silly me. I guess that Microsoft really does spend more money on their donations than CD duplication fees. Sun and Apple are figments of my imagination too. Mein got! All Hail Microsoft!
Oh, thats right. That software just wrote and debugged, then packaged and shipped itself! MS is selling something which didnt cost them any money or effort to create... what a fuckin scam!
There are far too many systems out there that function far better to spend all my time thinking that it's "the one true OS" like you seem to think about Windows.
Thats funny, you were spouting "everything but Windows". I dont personally think Win is the be-all and end-all of OS's, but you must sure want me to.
Sorry, you will have to find your nemesis elsewhere.
BTW, you wouldn't happen to work in Chicago, would you? On Wacker drive maybe?
No, but I work all over downtown. LaSalle, State, Michigan, etc. The closest Ive been to Wacker was Fox Sports, which is next to the Merchandise Mart.
Considering Intel developed the first microprocessor, you could swing the statement around toward them as well. Perhaps its best if we just stick to the present.
Personally, this isnt too much of a surprise. Consoles generally use a chip specialized for their specific needs (much like the architecture of the XBox was specialized for it, rather than being a straight PC). Intel is most likely too big to do something that is both relatively (to Intel) small scale and essentially a single-purpose chip.
IBM, on the other hand, is hungrier than Intel, and is also the only company set up with the necessary chip fabrication resources to create a high volume of very specialized chips.
Honesly, the only other way this could work out is if the XBox2 were going to stick with the Pentium line; since the XBox2 is most likely going to aim much higher than the XBox (maybe with integrated PVR and expanded multimedia features), they seem to have outgrown their original product design.
Oh well, maybe Intel can nab that lucrative contract selling chips for Infinium Lab's "Phantom"
I *could* be an administrator, but I would rather not take the pay cut.
A teacher or librarian generally has very little knowledge of computer administration.
Then I would recommend they not be put in charge of servers. I dont ask my librarian fix my car, either.
and call in a very expensive consultant to remove the virus/spyware/configuration change that some kid accidentally added/changed.
It doesnt take an expensive consultant (or one at all) to install VirusScan, Ad-Aware, and set up logins with restricted rights. In fact, I would say that last part is probably a ton easier under Win2k/XP than it is in ANY other operating system.
Look, you asked a question, I answered. If you didn't *actually* want an answer, you should have said so
I wanted someone to honestly think about it, and realize they are acting with hypocritical bias. Instead, I get some braggart trying to justify lies.
and I'll go back to working on my Solaris/OS X/FreeBSD/Win2000 boxes creating next-gen software
You go, girl!
WTF does Linux have to do with jack shit? I don't even like Linux, you insensitive clod!
Insensitive? Is saying people here like linux an insult? You talk lik I just dropped an N-bomb on somebody.
Im saying that people shouldnt spread lies about something of which they are unqualified to speak on. I wasnt pointing it at you, specifically, but maybe I hit a little to close to home for ya!
Translation: "I'm very good at sticking my foot in my mouth, then pretending that I didn't." Balmer? Is that you?
I find that when most people around here cant find a justification for their anti-MS FUD, they usually assume the person is getting paid by MS. Nice try.
Because Sam and Scott have personalities, but Bill doesn't (as any well-aimed custard tart will demonstrate)
Ah, I see. So if Bill were running for Homecoming King, than he wouldnt have your vote. Very astute observation; I always base my technical decisions on the CEO popularity contest, too. Not.
And he bases his opinion on what, exactly? I can administrate hundreds of Win2k servers and clients from a remote site. So what exactly is this "easier" quantified as? Does it take a few less mouse clicks or keystrokes?
Im just tired of hearing no-nothings bash MS for things they know nothing about. Just because you have your overclocked crappy Packard-Bell running Lunix in your dorm room doesnt mean you know anything about networking or administration.
I dont make claims about what Linux can and cant do, because Im not a Linux expert. Therefore, I dont think you (or most people here) are qualified to tell other people what Windows can and cant do.
Thats what I base my "dumbest and nonsense filled" comment on, and I stand by it.
On a side note, as far as practical applications go, I really dont see nanotech leaving controlled environments. This will limit its use to manufacturing (where it will see the most usage), military, and eventually medical (in some form).
However, in no way will it ever reach the hype generated for it several years ago; its not much of a coincident that the crazy ideas envisioned for nanotech were thought up at the same time as the crazy ideas of the 'new economy'.
Most slashdot people are high school students and office monkeys who think computers are 'k3wl'. Aside from the occasional poster, I see very little here in the way of credible technical information.
Yelling "M1cr0$loth Su>Personally, I dont see any signs that companies are recovering, or spending more. If they ARE spending anything more, they are just giving raises to the people who havent been fired. In the last place I worked, ALL the competant people have been let go. Its funny, because I still have friends there in other departments, and I get to hear how nothing gets done anymore. Somewhat satisfying, but I would rather be gainfully employed, and not have the network/department I helped build slowly decay.
If they're this desperate to stop anti-spammers, they gotta be in their throws of death
I wish that were the case, but I seriously doubt it.
What the spam filters need to do is borrow a page from the spammer's book, and distribute their lists out to different locations. That way, if one IP gets DDoS'ed, it doesnt stop the spam from being blocked...
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Oh, I see. Well, that makes it alright, then.
Now I can learn to enjoy being ruled by a detached, wealthy elite. Thanks for the link!
Look man, just come out and say you dont want to hear anything remotely good regarding MS, and you dont want to hear anything remotely bad about MS's competitors.
Macintosh has a wide variety of educational products available, plus an interface that is easy for teachers to administrate in a school environment
Nice FUD. Mac is no eaiser/harder to learn than WinXP.
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Its funny, the first thing I noticed when seeing all the new systems was the lack of a paper trail.
IMO this is by design: 2000 set a precident that in the USA elections could be rigged, and now they are just following that logic. Its all downhill from here.
are there any general speculations as to why this move will make a difference in the office software market (if not just for the bottom line of the software company)?
Ability to their investors: Oh ya, guys, we are going toe to toe with 'The Man', and, uh, we are gonna beat them! Ya, thats right, because we are better than they are! Um, we estimate that at least 100% of Americans will be using our software in about six months! Ya!
Its nice to see all this GC-hacking info here. Now all we need is some links to a few warez sites, and Slashdot's takeover by the script kiddies will be complete.
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One of the cool things about the slick look of the SP is that most people assume it is a PDA, MP3 player, or something similiar. Not that there is anything wrong with the gameboy, but since this one is more aesthetically pleasing, it has (as the guy at EB put it) a far lower geek-factor.
I for one welcome our new Sparkle overlords.
In return for lending me $5,000 - the amount of my bail - I will be happy to repay you $50,000 once you help me transfer my embezzeled money from Nigeria...
A better analogy is comparing USB to Ethernet. While you want your peripherals to use USB, you use the Cat-5 for your networking.
And, as has been mentioned several times, BlueTooth also has the low power advantage.
2) GUI- you can do a lot more in Windows now with the features they threw into active directory; the problem is that a lot of people dont know about it or have experience with it, as most people still think of 'Windows' networks as the NT4 domain structure.
Even so, however, it takes very little know-how to set up users on a network with restricted rights. There are, however, far too many people who log in as 'Administrator', but I dont view that as a Windows-only problem, as someone who doesnt know better will log on to *nix as 'root' (stupidly enough, one place I was at this year just set up a new Sun server and were giving everyone the root password to do routine tasks. Doh! You can lead a horse to water...)
I cant really account for the relative time spent on troubleshooting unix and windows, since I have no point of reference (as far as Unix is concerned). However, I will say that when I was doing architect/admin, I really dont spend that much time troubleshooting. I think thats an issue of experience and ability; I just happen to be very good. To tell you the truth, I would be at this level regardless of which OS I went with, but I happened to get in with Windows.
The sad, and thankless, perception is that anyone can work with Windows. Its about as true as anything, but it takes me far less time to fix problem than the majority of my 'peers'. I dont think the issue is the OS, I guess is my point.
It is a scam. There is zero impact on Microsoft's bottom line by making the donation. Microsoft already earned money off the PC when it was purchased. Usually, they get to double-dip by getting companies to pay for Windows a second time. Instead, Microsoft gets to double-dip the government by donating "millions of dollars of software" which does not cost them anything to deliver. Then they file with the government for a tax break equal to an amount that very few people ever pay for the software. In this way, Microsoft has just made more money off of the government than they would have made off of a sale.
I wouldnt personally claim the problem is MS. You may want to remember that sour deal Sun did in California recently. They also did quite a scammy job with the City of Chicago, but the City seems to fall for scammy people quite easily (its quite disgusting, I hear quite a bit about what goes on there)
The fact of the matter is that none of these companies are 'donating' stuff; they are all using it as leverage. But I dont accept the rationale that it costs MS nothing- thats the same logic as saying Gates should just give everyone he sees a thousand dollars, just because he's worth so much. The fact of the matter is that everything costs something, and they just because they have already recouped their development costs doesnt mean it they didnt spend money on the product.
Another reason I dont accept the common 'Micro$oft tax' argument is that OEMs purchase Windows licenses in bulk. So it costs them (and by extension, the consumer) no more to make 10,000 Windows boxes than it does to make 10,001; its all done on estimated sales, not on actual sales.
Drats. And here I thought I might know you. BTW, Wacker wraps around, so that Michigan is probably the closest you've ever been. Oh well, I suppose I could always invite you out for a drink to argue the finer points of computing. :-)
NP. I would give you my email address, but I would rather not give it out to all the Slashdot'ers. Some of them are rather nasty (unlike me, haha).
But the Merchandise Mart is about a block from where Wacker bends (its on the other side of the river). So I was *pretty* close =)
Im sure I'll hit that street one of these days. BTW, the certification center in the city is that pink marble building across from the Sears Tower, on the other end of Wacker. *Beautiful* building- if you are over that way, go on the first floor and take a look at their fountain. Its incredible!
Also, the whole MMO thing just really doesnt excite me either; its probably because Ive been playing single player RPG games since "Adventure" for the Atari, and actually having someone else there doesnt add anything to the game.
My opinion? Both the MMO aspect and the complexity are used to mask the real lack of depth in the game itself. The more I read about Worlds of Warcraft, the more I think they will be the first people to actually do something new (I could be wrong, though, since I need to try out FF XI still).
I guess it just confirms that Hollywood has, indeed, run out of ideas. Or maybe its just that the most creative medium right now is video games (which I personally think).
Exactly. I dont see how hard it is to do this, considering all sports have either separate heats or brackets.
They can even throw a little zinger in there, and say that only the survivor advances to the next round. Make it like "Battlebots"!!!
This is sematics. Im physically able to dig ditches, but that doesnt make me a ditch digger.
What servers? Been to a library lately? They have a couple of PCs all hooked up to a hub or switch which in turn is hooked up to a Cisco router for their VPN. Any and all library servers are usually handled at a state level. The desktops are for people to do research on.
Ya, Ive been to a library lately. The city provides tech support for them. Im cant make a statement regarding how every jerkwater town does it, but they have professionals doing it where *I* live.
So, in your company does everyone have their own personal admin to flush the toilet for them? Because, you know, it's not like anyone would ever expect a computer to be constructed so that it can perform its function without an admin.
I dont know what to say; you are the one playing semantic games with the term "admin". Which way do you want it? That the librarians are or arent admins? You are arguing both sides of the issue.
Riiigghhhttt. You know, they do have these thing-a-majigs called "Unix Machines". These "Unix" thing-a-majigs are designed so that multiple people can use the system. Each person uses a cute little mini-computer called a "terminal". These "terminals" range from simple keyboard and text machines, to fully graphical with mouse and sound. Now you see, these "Unix Machines" are designed around this multi-user concept. As a result, when a user is added to the system, they are immediately given only enough privileges to work in their own world. To do more stuff, permissions have to be added.
Riiiight... and your average user runs screaming like their hair is on fire if they see a CLI... Riiiight.... and every user knows how to create users in Unix.... Riiiight.... See, Windows has this little thing called a grapical user interface... its really neat, it displays little icons and everything! And in it, Windows has this thing which shows all the users, and you can even create users, too! AND, get this, you can click a different area, and it can sort the users into GROUPS!! WOW!!! And it does it all with little icons and stuff, in one interface!!!! ISNT THAT AMAZING?!?!?!?!?!?!
Also, your statement displays your ignorance regarding Windows user management. You are claiming that, by default, every user is created with Administrator rights. This is VERY, VERY false. Users are created being members of the "Users" group. And thats it. If they need more rights, they need to be ADDED. Thus making your statement VERY false, VERY FUD-filled, and VERY uninformed, indeed.
Let me get this straight. You want people to "think about it", then instantly agree with you, because... well... you know... umm... you invented the Internet! Yeah! That's it! Oh wait, Al Gore did that. Damn.
Or, like you, where you want to tell people what to think, even if it is a lie. You must be George W!!
Lies? Silly me. I guess that Microsoft really does spend more money on their donations than CD duplication fees. Sun and Apple are figments of my imagination too. Mein got! All Hail Microsoft!
Oh, thats right. That software just wrote and debugged, then packaged and shipped itself! MS is selling something which didnt cost them any money or effort to create... what a fuckin scam!
There are far too many systems out there that function far better to spend all my time thinking that it's "the one true OS" like you seem to think about Windows.
Thats funny, you were spouting "everything but Windows". I dont personally think Win is the be-all and end-all of OS's, but you must sure want me to.
Sorry, you will have to find your nemesis elsewhere.
BTW, you wouldn't happen to work in Chicago, would you? On Wacker drive maybe?
No, but I work all over downtown. LaSalle, State, Michigan, etc. The closest Ive been to Wacker was Fox Sports, which is next to the Merchandise Mart.
Personally, this isnt too much of a surprise. Consoles generally use a chip specialized for their specific needs (much like the architecture of the XBox was specialized for it, rather than being a straight PC). Intel is most likely too big to do something that is both relatively (to Intel) small scale and essentially a single-purpose chip.
IBM, on the other hand, is hungrier than Intel, and is also the only company set up with the necessary chip fabrication resources to create a high volume of very specialized chips.
Honesly, the only other way this could work out is if the XBox2 were going to stick with the Pentium line; since the XBox2 is most likely going to aim much higher than the XBox (maybe with integrated PVR and expanded multimedia features), they seem to have outgrown their original product design.
Oh well, maybe Intel can nab that lucrative contract selling chips for Infinium Lab's "Phantom"
I *could* be an administrator, but I would rather not take the pay cut.
A teacher or librarian generally has very little knowledge of computer administration.
Then I would recommend they not be put in charge of servers. I dont ask my librarian fix my car, either.
and call in a very expensive consultant to remove the virus/spyware/configuration change that some kid accidentally added/changed.
It doesnt take an expensive consultant (or one at all) to install VirusScan, Ad-Aware, and set up logins with restricted rights. In fact, I would say that last part is probably a ton easier under Win2k/XP than it is in ANY other operating system.
Look, you asked a question, I answered. If you didn't *actually* want an answer, you should have said so
I wanted someone to honestly think about it, and realize they are acting with hypocritical bias. Instead, I get some braggart trying to justify lies.
and I'll go back to working on my Solaris/OS X/FreeBSD/Win2000 boxes creating next-gen software
You go, girl!
WTF does Linux have to do with jack shit? I don't even like Linux, you insensitive clod!
Insensitive? Is saying people here like linux an insult? You talk lik I just dropped an N-bomb on somebody.
Im saying that people shouldnt spread lies about something of which they are unqualified to speak on. I wasnt pointing it at you, specifically, but maybe I hit a little to close to home for ya!
Translation: "I'm very good at sticking my foot in my mouth, then pretending that I didn't." Balmer? Is that you?
I find that when most people around here cant find a justification for their anti-MS FUD, they usually assume the person is getting paid by MS. Nice try.
Ah, I see. So if Bill were running for Homecoming King, than he wouldnt have your vote. Very astute observation; I always base my technical decisions on the CEO popularity contest, too. Not.
Im just tired of hearing no-nothings bash MS for things they know nothing about. Just because you have your overclocked crappy Packard-Bell running Lunix in your dorm room doesnt mean you know anything about networking or administration.
I dont make claims about what Linux can and cant do, because Im not a Linux expert. Therefore, I dont think you (or most people here) are qualified to tell other people what Windows can and cant do.
Thats what I base my "dumbest and nonsense filled" comment on, and I stand by it.
On a side note, as far as practical applications go, I really dont see nanotech leaving controlled environments. This will limit its use to manufacturing (where it will see the most usage), military, and eventually medical (in some form).
However, in no way will it ever reach the hype generated for it several years ago; its not much of a coincident that the crazy ideas envisioned for nanotech were thought up at the same time as the crazy ideas of the 'new economy'.
Yelling "M1cr0$loth Su>Personally, I dont see any signs that companies are recovering, or spending more. If they ARE spending anything more, they are just giving raises to the people who havent been fired. In the last place I worked, ALL the competant people have been let go. Its funny, because I still have friends there in other departments, and I get to hear how nothing gets done anymore. Somewhat satisfying, but I would rather be gainfully employed, and not have the network/department I helped build slowly decay.
I wish that were the case, but I seriously doubt it.
What the spam filters need to do is borrow a page from the spammer's book, and distribute their lists out to different locations. That way, if one IP gets DDoS'ed, it doesnt stop the spam from being blocked...
Now I can learn to enjoy being ruled by a detached, wealthy elite. Thanks for the link!
Macintosh has a wide variety of educational products available, plus an interface that is easy for teachers to administrate in a school environment
Nice FUD. Mac is no eaiser/harder to learn than WinXP.
IMO this is by design: 2000 set a precident that in the USA elections could be rigged, and now they are just following that logic. Its all downhill from here.
Ability to their investors: Oh ya, guys, we are going toe to toe with 'The Man', and, uh, we are gonna beat them! Ya, thats right, because we are better than they are! Um, we estimate that at least 100% of Americans will be using our software in about six months! Ya!
Do ya think they bought it?
Thats about the dumbest, most non-sense filled explaination Ive heard.
Just remember to salt the fries.
The second rule of Slashdot: Nothing good regarding MS can be mentioned on Slashdot.
That INCLUDES the XBox, people!
(this is what I generally post in anime threads, for those not in on the joke)
Its nice to see all this GC-hacking info here. Now all we need is some links to a few warez sites, and Slashdot's takeover by the script kiddies will be complete.