The US lags because we set up our telcom infrastructure the first, and thus have the most primitive last-mile connections.
...and we've decided that instead of investing in some new infrastructure to remain competitive with the rest of the world, we'll just let the phone companies milk the cow dry for as long as they damn well please.
Naw. Since the bonds holding the atom in place are stronger than, say, the bonds holding the skin of a tomato together, the tip would slide in and through the tomato skin almost as if it weren't there.
...cuts tomato slices so thin you can almost see through them! NOW how much would you pay? But wait, there's more!
Isn't this a disincentive to make Mac-native software? Why develop for a tiny fraction of the market when you can develop for the other 95% and wait for the remaining holdouts to install Windows on their Macs?
This may be a calculated risk for Apple. Perhaps users will perceive the Mac as a better PC and just run Windows on it; then software developers will just create Windows versions. On the other hand, users will see the Mac OS first, along with iLife and possibly iWork. They may like the Mac OS better, buy more Mac OS apps, and developers will then create more Mac OS apps. So it could go either way, really.
If they build up anticipation, and try to make it a big event, some people will begin to anticipate it.
But Microsoft has nothing yet.
When you go to an auto show, GM or Toyota actually has a prototype for you to look at and is probably ready to mass produce that car. When you see a movie preview, they've usually actually filmed at least part of the movie. In both cases, they have something. Microsoft has nothing, but they're telling us to wait 6 months. We've all heard that song and dance before.
Besides, if you want hype, Apple is good at getting people to anticipate their new stuff without even telling anyone what it is. And they don't set ridiculous expectations by announcing a new version of OS X that's better than Windows 6 months in advance (some would say they don't have to).
Correction: This is known as "insightful" on any political discussion these days. Political parties manage to do the same thing, but without using phrases like "lying sack of shit," "asshat," or "idotic moron"
That only gives them a couple of options, all bad. Stagnate development on OS X to cut costs: die. Do some funky Open Source gambit: probably die. Adopt Windows: probably die. Do nothing: die slowly.
It's an "Apple is dying" article, but in Slashdot post form--it's actually been a little while since I've seen one of those!
The fruit would probably be free anyway (thanks to text ads for iMacs, Banana Republic, and Orange Savings accounts on the sticker).
That's not targeted enough. More like a little LCD screen on the banana that says "Buy some ice cream and chocolate sauce over on aisle 10 and make me into a banana split! C'mon, it's on sale!"
OK, so... why do fundamentalists get so worked up over this evolution thing? The Bible says not a darned thing about *HOW* God created everything. And it's pretty easy to get around the "well, it says it only took a day to make ____" -- considering it also says "a thousand years are like a day and a day like a thousand years".
Because fundamentalists interpret the Bible literally--if the Bible says God created the Earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th, then, yes, he created the Earth in exactly 144 hours (of course most people should know any written word is open to different interpretations, but don't try to explain that to a fundamentalist).
My observation is also that fundamentalists see everything as black or white, right or wrong--and if you don't agree with them, you are just wrong.
We're a superpower because our land is rich in precious minerals (we wouldn't be the United States today if it weren't for saltpeter), we can feed our people, and we have enough space to diversify our economic sectors.
If that's all it takes, then Canada should pretty much own us, eh?
Application of the scientific method to understanding the universe around us is the reason we have things like cars, refrigerators, indoor plumbing, flu vaccines, computers, and televisions. Over the last several centuries, we've taken a rational, non-religious approach to understanding things and used it to make our life here a lot better. Now a few people want us to ignore what scientists have concluded from observation and experimentation and just say "God did it!"
Teaching religion in science class isn't just a threat to evolution. It's a threat to the process that is critical to our understanding of the world. We're not supposed to question why things are the way they are, even if it could benefit us--just throw up your hands, say it's God's will, and don't ask any nosy questions about His works. But you can't develop a new flu vaccine or antibiotic if you don't ask why things are the way they are (and why wouldn't God want us to ask questions like that, anyway?)
mac has always been about people who dont care enough about computers to want to swap around parts, or learn how they work. maybe they are in competition with dell in that respect, but at least if you buy a dell, you can add SOME new parts without voiding your "magic box" waranty.
Um, first of all, "people who don't care enough about computers to want to swap around parts" make up the vast majority of computer users--Apple (and probably Dell, too) seems to understand this better than a lot of people here on Slashdot, judging by some of the opinions here.
Second, I've installed extra memory and two Seagate hard drives in my PowerMac G4. Most Mac models actually DO allow you to add some new parts (at least some memory). PowerMacs allow you to add and swap out memory, hard drives and even the the DVD burner. No you can't mess with the motherboard, but you can't have everything in life.
American broadband blows because it's hard to wire the 450,000 people in Wyoming using the same deployment strategy that wires the millions that live in Chicago.
The point of TFA is that American broadband blows for the millions that live in Chicago, never mind the 450,000 in Wyoming.
I live just outside Seattle, in a good sized suburb (about 100,000 people), but I can't get DSL in my neighborhood. My only choice is cable broadband from Comcast at $45/month. This while people in Korea and Canada are paying much less. Population density is not the issue here. Also, population density wasn't considered a problem when we were building the railroads in the 1800s and building the interstate highway system in the 50s and 60s, so it shouldn't be an excuse here. If they can have cheap broadband in Seoul and Vancouver, I should be able to get cheap broadband in Seattle, no excuses.
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The US lags because we set up our telcom infrastructure the first, and thus have the most primitive last-mile connections.
...and we've decided that instead of investing in some new infrastructure to remain competitive with the rest of the world, we'll just let the phone companies milk the cow dry for as long as they damn well please.
CRAP! Some guy at Slashdot knows our marketing plan!
Meh, let's go with it anyway.
...cuts tomato slices so thin you can almost see through them! NOW how much would you pay? But wait, there's more!
Yeah, it's just like the time I wrote that Spongebob Squarepants cartoon.....
FLASHBACK: quick cut to Squidward beating Spongebob senseless with a baseball bat.
No they aren't--it's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists.
It's part of Ballmer's workout regimen--throw heavier and heavier chairs until he can toss the golden throne.
Isn't this a disincentive to make Mac-native software? Why develop for a tiny fraction of the market when you can develop for the other 95% and wait for the remaining holdouts to install Windows on their Macs?
This may be a calculated risk for Apple. Perhaps users will perceive the Mac as a better PC and just run Windows on it; then software developers will just create Windows versions. On the other hand, users will see the Mac OS first, along with iLife and possibly iWork. They may like the Mac OS better, buy more Mac OS apps, and developers will then create more Mac OS apps. So it could go either way, really.
How many people have died thanks to Bill Gates monopoly? I'd hate to guess, but surely in the thousands.
Really? What, thousands have gotten paper cuts while opening up their Windows upgrade and bled to death?
So, they gonna construct a Steve Ballmer replica?
No, that would be a furniture killer......
If they build up anticipation, and try to make it a big event, some people will begin to anticipate it.
But Microsoft has nothing yet.
When you go to an auto show, GM or Toyota actually has a prototype for you to look at and is probably ready to mass produce that car. When you see a movie preview, they've usually actually filmed at least part of the movie. In both cases, they have something. Microsoft has nothing, but they're telling us to wait 6 months. We've all heard that song and dance before.
Besides, if you want hype, Apple is good at getting people to anticipate their new stuff without even telling anyone what it is. And they don't set ridiculous expectations by announcing a new version of OS X that's better than Windows 6 months in advance (some would say they don't have to).
Let me guess....because it's actually a vacuum cleaner?
proven yourself to be an idiotic moron.....
This is known as "insightful" on Slashdot....
Correction: This is known as "insightful" on any political discussion these days. Political parties manage to do the same thing, but without using phrases like "lying sack of shit," "asshat," or "idotic moron"
(usually)
Did President Bush recommend this guy?
Yep, and today he said, "Harry, you're doing a heckuva job!"
That only gives them a couple of options, all bad. Stagnate development on OS X to cut costs: die. Do some funky Open Source gambit: probably die. Adopt Windows: probably die. Do nothing: die slowly.
It's an "Apple is dying" article, but in Slashdot post form--it's actually been a little while since I've seen one of those!
The fruit would probably be free anyway (thanks to text ads for iMacs, Banana Republic, and Orange Savings accounts on the sticker).
That's not targeted enough. More like a little LCD screen on the banana that says "Buy some ice cream and chocolate sauce over on aisle 10 and make me into a banana split! C'mon, it's on sale!"
That's just air escaping from the folds of his fat!
You read it, you can't un-read it!
No terrorist attacks since 9/11. How can anyone say it doesn't do its job?
It's not the Patriot Act, it's this rock I have that keeps terrorists away.
OK, so... why do fundamentalists get so worked up over this evolution thing? The Bible says not a darned thing about *HOW* God created everything. And it's pretty easy to get around the "well, it says it only took a day to make ____" -- considering it also says "a thousand years are like a day and a day like a thousand years".
Because fundamentalists interpret the Bible literally--if the Bible says God created the Earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th, then, yes, he created the Earth in exactly 144 hours (of course most people should know any written word is open to different interpretations, but don't try to explain that to a fundamentalist).
My observation is also that fundamentalists see everything as black or white, right or wrong--and if you don't agree with them, you are just wrong.
We're a superpower because our land is rich in precious minerals (we wouldn't be the United States today if it weren't for saltpeter), we can feed our people, and we have enough space to diversify our economic sectors.
If that's all it takes, then Canada should pretty much own us, eh?
I may sound rather strident on this issue
Actually, you may not be strident enough.
Application of the scientific method to understanding the universe around us is the reason we have things like cars, refrigerators, indoor plumbing, flu vaccines, computers, and televisions. Over the last several centuries, we've taken a rational, non-religious approach to understanding things and used it to make our life here a lot better. Now a few people want us to ignore what scientists have concluded from observation and experimentation and just say "God did it!"
Teaching religion in science class isn't just a threat to evolution. It's a threat to the process that is critical to our understanding of the world. We're not supposed to question why things are the way they are, even if it could benefit us--just throw up your hands, say it's God's will, and don't ask any nosy questions about His works. But you can't develop a new flu vaccine or antibiotic if you don't ask why things are the way they are (and why wouldn't God want us to ask questions like that, anyway?)
Oh for crying out loud. Windows is fast becoming the toilet with a toaster, cordless drill, leaf blower, and pencil holder built in.
Windows Vista is a floor wax and a dessert topping!
mac has always been about people who dont care enough about computers to want to swap around parts, or learn how they work. maybe they are in competition with dell in that respect, but at least if you buy a dell, you can add SOME new parts without voiding your "magic box" waranty.
Um, first of all, "people who don't care enough about computers to want to swap around parts" make up the vast majority of computer users--Apple (and probably Dell, too) seems to understand this better than a lot of people here on Slashdot, judging by some of the opinions here.
Second, I've installed extra memory and two Seagate hard drives in my PowerMac G4. Most Mac models actually DO allow you to add some new parts (at least some memory). PowerMacs allow you to add and swap out memory, hard drives and even the the DVD burner. No you can't mess with the motherboard, but you can't have everything in life.
His comment is like saying he wants a piece of online gambling profits because people are using 'his pipes' to play.
Or that he wants a piece of iTunes revenue because people are using 'his pipes' to download the latest Gwen Stefani video.
I hope to see Apple's new PowerBooks use this technology to make up for their current lacklustre G4s!
Actually, I think the PowerBooks are going to use speed holes instead.
American broadband blows because it's hard to wire the 450,000 people in Wyoming using the same deployment strategy that wires the millions that live in Chicago.
The point of TFA is that American broadband blows for the millions that live in Chicago, never mind the 450,000 in Wyoming.
I live just outside Seattle, in a good sized suburb (about 100,000 people), but I can't get DSL in my neighborhood. My only choice is cable broadband from Comcast at $45/month. This while people in Korea and Canada are paying much less. Population density is not the issue here. Also, population density wasn't considered a problem when we were building the railroads in the 1800s and building the interstate highway system in the 50s and 60s, so it shouldn't be an excuse here. If they can have cheap broadband in Seoul and Vancouver, I should be able to get cheap broadband in Seattle, no excuses.