Slur your name, indeed. Did you even read the damned thing you quoted? "calling the owners a bunch of racist inbreds" -- are you the owner? No? Just admit it -- you would find an American on a non-American site who made the same sort of complaints you are making to be an oafish boor.
This is a quote taken out of context, here is the full quote:
If you saw Americans on a site run by French or Japanese calling the owners a bunch of racist inbreds for not explaining every cultural reference, you'd scoff at them. Yet you so self-righteously do the same.
OK, so I not the owner, no. But the second sentence in that paragraph? "Yet you so self-righteously do the same.". What do I do the same as? From the first sentence: "you saw Americans on a site run by French or Japanese calling the owners a bunch of racist inbreds for not explaining every cultural reference". Do I need to connect the dots?
And you, sir, are an oafish boor.
And opinions are like a$$hole$, my good friend. Why should I care for yours?
Does any site that might have American content have to be branded with a star, lest you contaminate yourself? Why should it need a disclaimer? Why can't you just read and decide if you like it? Do other people from other cultures need to post a disclaimer before you will allow them to post on the web?
Because I don't know what the article is about! Right, lets start again. I didn't know slashdot was U.S. centric, hence, I did not know that this particular article was about U.S. television (I can infer this information from the first fact, obviously). What would have solved this problem? Putting Slashdot under the.us tld, changing the slashdot slogan / presentation, or even just putting it in a U.S. section! It's not that difficult!
This is the same sort of mentality that stops people from coding their sites in xhtml. "But badly coded html 4 renders correctly in IE6 on a PC". Yes, but that's not the point, blind people cannot access the content. I am the same, I am blind to your U.S. centric content, and do not know what that particular part of the page is about. And it's so easily fixable! Just tell me it's a U.S. centric content... On the home page!
As for your not knowing the site was run by Americans, I simply do not believe you. How did you suppose the topic got posted in the first place? The front-page post says nothing about America, yet you knew enough to call "US-centrism". Could it be because you knew Slashdot was run by Americans?
We have yet another chicken and egg situation here. I now know that slashdot is run by Americans. When I was looking through the story, I did not. I gathered the show was U.S. based, from some of the posts. I then criticise slashdot for it's American bias on what should be a global site. I then have the FAQ linked as evidence that slashdot is supposed to be U.S. centric, and I criticise it again, but this time for not making the point clear. That's this conversation in a nutshell.
Now, back to your quote. This is again all taken out of context, because you are quoting from different parts of the conversation that were written at different times. This is what big companies do when they spread FUD about their competitors products, they take everything out of context. I would be grateful if when you quote me it's in its entirety and in context.
And why do you insist that a site run by Americans must either disguise their nationality [or?] be exclusively "for Americans"?
Because non Americans don't care about American TV, and it's not just Americans who visit this site (it is, after all, under the org tld). If there is going to be stuff that non-Americans won't care about, I think it should *at least* be marked as such! I also never said it has to be exclusively for Americans, I said it has
I have no intention of getting pulled any further into a flame war with an anonymous troll, as if you read my previous posts, I've answered all your questions, and I don't see any point in repeating myself. I do, however, take exception to this:
If you saw Americans on a site run by French or Japanese calling the owners a bunch of racist inbreds for not explaining every cultural reference, you'd scoff at them. Yet you so self-righteously do the same. Your attitude is arrogant and vile.
I infer from this that you are calling me a racist. I'd like you to point out at any point when I put a slur against Americans in general. My criticisms were always specific, and they were specifically against you, one person (at least I think your one person, obviously I don't know as you are anonymous), not against an entire race. Racism has nothing to do with it, and I am offended that you would slur my name in such a way. I don't have a problem with Americans, I do have a problem with arrogance.
As a side note, the quote in question is a moot point too, as I've already stated, how was I to know this was a U.S. based site? OK, here's the challenge. Go to the homepage, and tell me where it once says that this is a site for Americans? Does it? No. Should it? Yes, as this is indeed the case, and as you've stated, this is an American site, with American culture. I repeat (and I said I wasn't going to, damn it) how was I supposed to know that this was a U.S. centric site? See my previous posts for a continuation of this argument! (Clue, it involves tlds, slogans and the identity of slashdot in general).
Slashdot is a U.S. site. See faq. Now will you keep your end of the bargain?
The FAQ? I hate to retread old ground, but if it's a U.S. site, then why doesn't it a) Say so in a clear and obvious manner or b) Move itself to a U.S. domain?
And to quote the FAQ:
We're certainly not opposed to doing more international stories, but we don't have any formal plans for making that happen.
God, this misses the point so widely. We don't want more international stories, we want less U.S. specific stories. Or at least put them in their own section! And this:
[T]he vast majority of our readership is in the U.S.
Maybe if you posted less U.S. specific stories, you would have a wider international acceptance? We have a chicken and egg situation here. The whole FAQ answer is so arrogant!
Back on with the reply to my post:
Of course it doesn't say "News for U.S. Nerds". Be interested or don't be.
Why doesn't it say "News for U.S. Nerds"? I came to slashdot, and I thought "Oohhh... news for nerds, that applies to me!". Except, today, I have found out that it doesn't wholly apply to me, because I am not American. Now then, if it said "news for american nerds", this misunderstanding wouldn't have happened, and we wouldn't be wasting our time with this here argument.
Do you think everyone in the U.S. cares about the show?
Good god man, you've missed the point again. Of course not. My point is, I don't even know what the hell the article was on about (which is why I clicked it, because it perked my interest), and the fact that the authors assumed the slashdot crowd would is just know is, once again, just plain arrogant.
Do you think noone outside the U.S. cares?
Missed the point again. If people are interested in U.S. culture, they will read a U.S. centric web site. Obviously now, I know that slashdot is a U.S. centric web site, but I didn't when I made the post, and the fact that I didn't know that slashdot is a U.S. centric web site I think is a fault of the designers for not making clear. (See slogan argument above).
Do you think that every story must be custom-tailored with your decerning tastes in mind?
Again, you've missed the point. Of course I don't read every story on slashdot, but I at least the stories should have potential to be relevant to me. This article has no potential relevance to me what-so-ever, so it should either be put in a U.S. section, or I should be able to filter it out with my preferences (should be turned on by default).
Do you think at all?
This from somebody who can't see past his own nose, let alone outside of his own country? Please.
Quit being such a bratty twit.
(Included because I have now quoted the post wholly, but I won't dignify with a proper response)
Going to a US website and whining about US-centrism is like going to Paris and whining for a McDonalds.
Oh, and if you're ever in the US, be sure to check out google while you're here. You'll find that simply looking up the answer to your question is a much faster (and more polite) resolution. Maybe they have something similar where you live, so you don't have to play the "Ugly Euro" every time you visit.
To understand why your anology is incorrect, please see my previous post. Slashdot.org is on international ground, not owned by the U.S.. So, it would be like walking into a resturant that is advertising food from all around the world (curries, stir fry, pasta, etc), only to find that they only serve food from the U.S. (steak(!?)).
Then why is it in a worldwide generic top-level domain? Why is slashdot not hosted at slashdot.org.us, or even just slashdot.us? Here is a Wiki on tlds, so you can better understand why people don't expect slashdot to be US centric.
Indeed, even transending the url issue, I've never read anywhere on slashdot mention that it was "News for U.S. Nerds. Stuff that matters to U.S. residents". If slashdot is a U.S. site, please, somebody tell me, and I'll stop reading it, and find a more appropriate news source. If not, don't waste my time with U.S. centric stories that mean nothing to me. Obviously, my time has now been wasted trying to work out what the story was going on about, and is now wasted explaining your ignorance to you.
Slashdot should either put up or shut up (move to a US domain, or stop the US centric stories). Otherwise it could loose a lot of readers out of pondering what the hell it is going on about!
The FFL series was actually SaGa in Japan (thus their similarity to the SaGa Frontier series). And have you actually played FFMQ?
It's not a particularly deep or difficult game, but I'd hardly characterize it as "god-awful."
Worst
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Now for the part of your statement which I have emphasised. My bellybutton is deeper than MQ, and it's more difficult to do my shoelaces up in the morning. The game was utterly pointless. A waste of my time and money. It should never have been made. It was actually released in the U.S. before Japan, as Square thought U.S. gamers wouldn't get the complexities of a full blown RPG (it was released in Japan because of the Japanese want for all things FF). Coincidentally, this is also the reason IV and VI were dumbed down slightly in the U.S., and V was never released (although it was planned, those plans were scrapped).
FF7 was the first I played. Then I played FFX, and then FF4. So far, FF4 is my favorite. I've beaten FF7, I'm probably very close in FFX (the cloister of trials in zanarkand), and in FF4... I forget at the moment -_- But I like it much better than FF7 and FFX.
Sadly, Final Fantasy VII was the first real FF game us Europeans *could* play! Yeah, we had the original, the game boy titles, and Mystic Quest. One of those wasn't actually a FF game, (Adventure), one was the worst game ever (Mystic Quest), one was relegated to frustrating history lesson (akin to the original Metroid) (the original), and the other three game boy games don't even really bother mentioning.
So you can imagine what European gamers experienced when they finally got their hands on FF7? All the evolution of the other titles, all experienced in one glorious game.
Having said that, Future Play, an old (fantastic) U.K. SNES magazine, still managed to rate FFVI as the 6th best SNES game of all time, and IV in the top 20 (iirc that one), despite the fact that most readers didn't stand a chance of getting hold of a copy! Hell, they even ran an article every issue on the secrets of the Final Fantasy games! I didn't know what they were talking about until I picked up my playstation with VII bundled, of course...
The FF series is made by Square, now Square-Enix (or Squenix). Nintendo was, iirc, the publisher for the first one in the states.
The first three FF games were for the NES. 4-6 were for the SNES, and 7-9 for the Playstation.
Square jumped the nintendo boat because they wanted to do tons of cinematics and FMV and stuff like that, which wouldn't have been possible on the N64.
There have also been off-shots... Final Fantasy Adventure (actually the first Seiken Densetsu (Secret of Mana) game, re-branded for release outside of Japan) (GB), Final Fantasy Legends 1-3 (GB), the god awful Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (released to the U.S. audience because the head of Square said that they wouldn't "get" a full fledged FF game) (SNES), Final Fantasy Tactics (PS), Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA) and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (this should have been a Seiken Densetsu game(!)) (GC).
Apart from this, there has also been Ehrgeiz, which starred Cloud, and Final Fantasy Tactics also had Cloud in, although it wasn't directly related to VII (whereas Ehrgeiz was).
I still don't get why it's so revolutionary or difficult. Apple did it under a year.
You mean it was a year between the time 10.3 was released, and 10.4 was announced? The time between when 10.3 is released, and 10.4 was released, is probably going to be the thicker end of a year and a half, and even then, Apple was probably working on it way before 10.3 was released. Hell, maybe it was originally planned for 10.3? The difference between Microsoft and Apple is, Apple doesn't promise what it doesn't think it can deliver... The only notable exception being (as far as I remember) Home on iPod.
I'm sure MS marketing would still like a bite of that sliver of pie but the majority of Windows users don't even give a fart, let alone a shit, about OSX.
I'm sure what the parent meant to say, was the fact that technologically, Mac OS X is more advanced than Windows. I don't think anybody would even dare claim that there are more Windows users than Mac users, because, like you state, it's not even close.
I do think that the fact that Windows was ever going to overtake Mac OS X a bit bizarre, considering the release dates of 10.4 and Longhorn, and considering the state of the current versions now, but that's beside my current point...
It's interesting that all the next gen consoles are rumoured to run on IBM processors. So what's to stop the running of a Revolution game on a NextBox, a NextBox game on a PS3, or a PS3 game on a Revolution? Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft of course.
That's not to say that this is a parallel, because you can still play your DVD's anywhere, but it's this sort of device lock-in that allows the vendors to do anything with the embedded DVD player on your machine. How do you think the Microsoft supported equivalent is going to behave? They will probably play Microsoft technology music and movies. And what then happens to the Mac market (as an example) which doesn't have access to this embedded player, and can't play the aforementioned CD / DVD content?
Urrgghh... No! I often want to do something quickly in some other directory, but without physically moving directory (the current directory is where I do *most* of my work). This way, all the commands in the history I have typed out are use relative paths are still relevant, and when I come back to it from some other terminal session, I don't wonder where I am, because I haven't been jumping around all over the place!
If I want to change directory, I will explicitly say so!
The real question is, whose technology will Dell copy if Apple and HP fall apart?
Well, Dell would have to innovate itself, otherwise the market would because stagnant, and Dell would sell no more gear. But wouldn't it be interesting, if when Dell is forced to innovate itself, another cheap knock off company starts a-fresh (Dell 2) and starts copying Dell's ideas? What would it do then? It couldn't stop innovating, because there is still no-one to copy, and this would mean death for the company. Yet, they are being undercut by "Dell 2".
And so the vicious circle would continue.
(Apple and HP's falling apart being the prerequisite of course...)
Hmmm... Slashdot seems to filter out the <humour> tags... Oh well.
Then how did you manage to print it there? You probably used
<
and
>
entities, which is exactly what you should have done wherever you wanted the humour opening and closing tags to appear, surely? If you type the literal tags in the message, Slashdot will either honour that if it is in the list of allowed HTML, or rip it out otherwise to prevent abuse!
This was back in '98, when spam was a joke, not a fact of life. I recently turned down a job reverse engineering a web-database of a certain annoying industry to generate targetted mailing lists.
And that was from my brother.
So Skippy is the mastermind spammer, eh? I knew it all along, damn it! And nobody would listen to me! I also told you people that the Tooth Fairy invented Linux, but you all laughed at me!
the iTunes design is by no means entirely original. it contains elements that we all recognize from Real Jukebox, Musicmatch Jukebox, and Winamp 3... which predated iTunes.
iTunes was originally SoundJam, so although I couldn't find the original release date for SoundJam, the interface may have been developed for longer than you think
Remember that Apple have both the consumer and professional range in both portables and desktops? The iBook vs. the PowerBook, and the iMac vs. the PowerMac (educational desktop not originally intended to have a full place in line up).
Let's take this way of thinking back to Nintendo's camp. They have the GameBoy Advance SP vs. the Nintendo DS, and the GameCube vs... Hang on a minute, there is a hole in their line-up! Does that mean we are going to get a re-released SNES, or an all singing über-console? Or does the iQue already fit the spot of consumer model here? Consumer machine beginning with an i? Coincidence? I think not!
(Brought to you via the sacrificing of two mod points well spent...)
Drop a 2GHz processor down to 800MHz and you probably won't need a fan.
Oh, so you want a your system without a fan to be fast, eh?
No! That's exactly the point! 800MHz checks my e-mails, browses the Internet, creates text documents, and runs the terminal all just fine, thank you very much! A silent 800MHz processor would be heaven! I don't have the time / money, but maybe soon...
Slashdot Mirror
This is a quote taken out of context, here is the full quote:
OK, so I not the owner, no. But the second sentence in that paragraph? "Yet you so self-righteously do the same.". What do I do the same as? From the first sentence: "you saw Americans on a site run by French or Japanese calling the owners a bunch of racist inbreds for not explaining every cultural reference". Do I need to connect the dots?
And opinions are like a$$hole$, my good friend. Why should I care for yours?
Because I don't know what the article is about! Right, lets start again. I didn't know slashdot was U.S. centric, hence, I did not know that this particular article was about U.S. television (I can infer this information from the first fact, obviously). What would have solved this problem? Putting Slashdot under the .us tld, changing the slashdot slogan / presentation, or even just putting it in a U.S. section! It's not that difficult!
This is the same sort of mentality that stops people from coding their sites in xhtml. "But badly coded html 4 renders correctly in IE6 on a PC". Yes, but that's not the point, blind people cannot access the content. I am the same, I am blind to your U.S. centric content, and do not know what that particular part of the page is about. And it's so easily fixable! Just tell me it's a U.S. centric content... On the home page!
We have yet another chicken and egg situation here. I now know that slashdot is run by Americans. When I was looking through the story, I did not. I gathered the show was U.S. based, from some of the posts. I then criticise slashdot for it's American bias on what should be a global site. I then have the FAQ linked as evidence that slashdot is supposed to be U.S. centric, and I criticise it again, but this time for not making the point clear. That's this conversation in a nutshell.
Now, back to your quote. This is again all taken out of context, because you are quoting from different parts of the conversation that were written at different times. This is what big companies do when they spread FUD about their competitors products, they take everything out of context. I would be grateful if when you quote me it's in its entirety and in context.
Because non Americans don't care about American TV, and it's not just Americans who visit this site (it is, after all, under the org tld). If there is going to be stuff that non-Americans won't care about, I think it should *at least* be marked as such! I also never said it has to be exclusively for Americans, I said it has
I have no intention of getting pulled any further into a flame war with an anonymous troll, as if you read my previous posts, I've answered all your questions, and I don't see any point in repeating myself. I do, however, take exception to this:
I infer from this that you are calling me a racist. I'd like you to point out at any point when I put a slur against Americans in general. My criticisms were always specific, and they were specifically against you, one person (at least I think your one person, obviously I don't know as you are anonymous), not against an entire race. Racism has nothing to do with it, and I am offended that you would slur my name in such a way. I don't have a problem with Americans, I do have a problem with arrogance.
As a side note, the quote in question is a moot point too, as I've already stated, how was I to know this was a U.S. based site? OK, here's the challenge. Go to the homepage, and tell me where it once says that this is a site for Americans? Does it? No. Should it? Yes, as this is indeed the case, and as you've stated, this is an American site, with American culture. I repeat (and I said I wasn't going to, damn it) how was I supposed to know that this was a U.S. centric site? See my previous posts for a continuation of this argument! (Clue, it involves tlds, slogans and the identity of slashdot in general).
Lets break this down:
The FAQ? I hate to retread old ground, but if it's a U.S. site, then why doesn't it a) Say so in a clear and obvious manner or b) Move itself to a U.S. domain?
And to quote the FAQ:
God, this misses the point so widely. We don't want more international stories, we want less U.S. specific stories. Or at least put them in their own section! And this:
Maybe if you posted less U.S. specific stories, you would have a wider international acceptance? We have a chicken and egg situation here. The whole FAQ answer is so arrogant!
Back on with the reply to my post:
Why doesn't it say "News for U.S. Nerds"? I came to slashdot, and I thought "Oohhh... news for nerds, that applies to me!". Except, today, I have found out that it doesn't wholly apply to me, because I am not American. Now then, if it said "news for american nerds", this misunderstanding wouldn't have happened, and we wouldn't be wasting our time with this here argument.
Good god man, you've missed the point again. Of course not. My point is, I don't even know what the hell the article was on about (which is why I clicked it, because it perked my interest), and the fact that the authors assumed the slashdot crowd would is just know is, once again, just plain arrogant.
Missed the point again. If people are interested in U.S. culture, they will read a U.S. centric web site. Obviously now, I know that slashdot is a U.S. centric web site, but I didn't when I made the post, and the fact that I didn't know that slashdot is a U.S. centric web site I think is a fault of the designers for not making clear. (See slogan argument above).
Again, you've missed the point. Of course I don't read every story on slashdot, but I at least the stories should have potential to be relevant to me. This article has no potential relevance to me what-so-ever, so it should either be put in a U.S. section, or I should be able to filter it out with my preferences (should be turned on by default).
This from somebody who can't see past his own nose, let alone outside of his own country? Please.
(Included because I have now quoted the post wholly, but I won't dignify with a proper response)
To understand why your anology is incorrect, please see my previous post. Slashdot.org is on international ground, not owned by the U.S.. So, it would be like walking into a resturant that is advertising food from all around the world (curries, stir fry, pasta, etc), only to find that they only serve food from the U.S. (steak(!?)).
Then why is it in a worldwide generic top-level domain? Why is slashdot not hosted at slashdot.org.us, or even just slashdot.us? Here is a Wiki on tlds, so you can better understand why people don't expect slashdot to be US centric.
Indeed, even transending the url issue, I've never read anywhere on slashdot mention that it was "News for U.S. Nerds. Stuff that matters to U.S. residents". If slashdot is a U.S. site, please, somebody tell me, and I'll stop reading it, and find a more appropriate news source. If not, don't waste my time with U.S. centric stories that mean nothing to me. Obviously, my time has now been wasted trying to work out what the story was going on about, and is now wasted explaining your ignorance to you.
Slashdot should either put up or shut up (move to a US domain, or stop the US centric stories). Otherwise it could loose a lot of readers out of pondering what the hell it is going on about!
Worst
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Ever
Now for the part of your statement which I have emphasised. My bellybutton is deeper than MQ, and it's more difficult to do my shoelaces up in the morning. The game was utterly pointless. A waste of my time and money. It should never have been made. It was actually released in the U.S. before Japan, as Square thought U.S. gamers wouldn't get the complexities of a full blown RPG (it was released in Japan because of the Japanese want for all things FF). Coincidentally, this is also the reason IV and VI were dumbed down slightly in the U.S., and V was never released (although it was planned, those plans were scrapped).
Sadly, Final Fantasy VII was the first real FF game us Europeans *could* play! Yeah, we had the original, the game boy titles, and Mystic Quest. One of those wasn't actually a FF game, (Adventure), one was the worst game ever (Mystic Quest), one was relegated to frustrating history lesson (akin to the original Metroid) (the original), and the other three game boy games don't even really bother mentioning.
So you can imagine what European gamers experienced when they finally got their hands on FF7? All the evolution of the other titles, all experienced in one glorious game.
Having said that, Future Play, an old (fantastic) U.K. SNES magazine, still managed to rate FFVI as the 6th best SNES game of all time, and IV in the top 20 (iirc that one), despite the fact that most readers didn't stand a chance of getting hold of a copy! Hell, they even ran an article every issue on the secrets of the Final Fantasy games! I didn't know what they were talking about until I picked up my playstation with VII bundled, of course...
There have also been off-shots... Final Fantasy Adventure (actually the first Seiken Densetsu (Secret of Mana) game, re-branded for release outside of Japan) (GB), Final Fantasy Legends 1-3 (GB), the god awful Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (released to the U.S. audience because the head of Square said that they wouldn't "get" a full fledged FF game) (SNES), Final Fantasy Tactics (PS), Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA) and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (this should have been a Seiken Densetsu game(!)) (GC).
Apart from this, there has also been Ehrgeiz, which starred Cloud, and Final Fantasy Tactics also had Cloud in, although it wasn't directly related to VII (whereas Ehrgeiz was).
You mean it was a year between the time 10.3 was released, and 10.4 was announced? The time between when 10.3 is released, and 10.4 was released, is probably going to be the thicker end of a year and a half, and even then, Apple was probably working on it way before 10.3 was released. Hell, maybe it was originally planned for 10.3? The difference between Microsoft and Apple is, Apple doesn't promise what it doesn't think it can deliver... The only notable exception being (as far as I remember) Home on iPod.
I'm sure what the parent meant to say, was the fact that technologically, Mac OS X is more advanced than Windows. I don't think anybody would even dare claim that there are more Windows users than Mac users, because, like you state, it's not even close.
I do think that the fact that Windows was ever going to overtake Mac OS X a bit bizarre, considering the release dates of 10.4 and Longhorn, and considering the state of the current versions now, but that's beside my current point...
It's interesting that all the next gen consoles are rumoured to run on IBM processors. So what's to stop the running of a Revolution game on a NextBox, a NextBox game on a PS3, or a PS3 game on a Revolution? Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft of course.
That's not to say that this is a parallel, because you can still play your DVD's anywhere, but it's this sort of device lock-in that allows the vendors to do anything with the embedded DVD player on your machine. How do you think the Microsoft supported equivalent is going to behave? They will probably play Microsoft technology music and movies. And what then happens to the Mac market (as an example) which doesn't have access to this embedded player, and can't play the aforementioned CD / DVD content?
Urrgghh... No! I often want to do something quickly in some other directory, but without physically moving directory (the current directory is where I do *most* of my work). This way, all the commands in the history I have typed out are use relative paths are still relevant, and when I come back to it from some other terminal session, I don't wonder where I am, because I haven't been jumping around all over the place!
If I want to change directory, I will explicitly say so!
Fantastic! When can we expect a Mac version?
I think some emphasis is needed here:
Then, they could open-source the whole thing! THAT would be cool!
And what are the chances that they will do that? There are a lot of things that could happen, but just because it would be cool, doesn't make it so
The rules have changed now. The playing field in no longer in the hackers back yard, it's in the RIAA's.
Well, Dell would have to innovate itself, otherwise the market would because stagnant, and Dell would sell no more gear. But wouldn't it be interesting, if when Dell is forced to innovate itself, another cheap knock off company starts a-fresh (Dell 2) and starts copying Dell's ideas? What would it do then? It couldn't stop innovating, because there is still no-one to copy, and this would mean death for the company. Yet, they are being undercut by "Dell 2".
And so the vicious circle would continue.
(Apple and HP's falling apart being the prerequisite of course...)
Then how did you manage to print it there? You probably used
and entities, which is exactly what you should have done wherever you wanted the humour opening and closing tags to appear, surely? If you type the literal tags in the message, Slashdot will either honour that if it is in the list of allowed HTML, or rip it out otherwise to prevent abuse!Just FYI
EvilTwinSkippy says:
So Skippy is the mastermind spammer, eh? I knew it all along, damn it! And nobody would listen to me! I also told you people that the Tooth Fairy invented Linux, but you all laughed at me!
Well who's laughing now?
Bwahahaha
iTunes was originally SoundJam, so although I couldn't find the original release date for SoundJam, the interface may have been developed for longer than you think
The similarities go even deeper, my friend!
Remember that Apple have both the consumer and professional range in both portables and desktops? The iBook vs. the PowerBook, and the iMac vs. the PowerMac (educational desktop not originally intended to have a full place in line up).
Let's take this way of thinking back to Nintendo's camp. They have the GameBoy Advance SP vs. the Nintendo DS, and the GameCube vs... Hang on a minute, there is a hole in their line-up! Does that mean we are going to get a re-released SNES, or an all singing über-console? Or does the iQue already fit the spot of consumer model here? Consumer machine beginning with an i? Coincidence? I think not!
(Brought to you via the sacrificing of two mod points well spent...)
Point not taken, if you watch the trailer, you would see that it is "undubbed"!
No! That's exactly the point! 800MHz checks my e-mails, browses the Internet, creates text documents, and runs the terminal all just fine, thank you very much! A silent 800MHz processor would be heaven! I don't have the time / money, but maybe soon...
(Brought to you by a 800MHz G4)
You don't think they will have computers that could break our passwords using brute-force if they are trying to study us historically?
If the data is still in a good state at that point of course
It would have been if you hadn't of taken the time to type the above text!
Can someone explain why I can't install it through my preferred medium?
Cheers!