Why should they be forced to buy two computers just so that they can preserve their "entire Mac experience"?
So what? That's how it's done currently. Most people I know buy a Mac for fairly specific purposes, games not being one or them. Honestly, if you want to run Windows software, buy a machine with a "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" sticker. You'll be much happier.
Most europeans are quite happy with their californian-bred search engines. Plus, they don't have awkard names.
Maybe so, but as an american (who translates for a living) I think this really could be a good thing. Eurodicautom (and the soon-to-be-released IATE) are invaluable for intergovernmental documentation within Europe.
Slashdot seems to be full of self-hating Americans who have never flown oversees and think a crumbling socalist economy is utopia, and smug Europeans who think all Americans are rednecks, despite all of their entertainment & IT coming from SanFran/Boston/NYC/LA.
Then again, there are many slashdot folk who are from either place that would disagree with you. Though these are probably the people that you would ever hear from, since they tend not to bitch about each other's differences. They just recognize the differences and go on with life.
Automated vote counting of any kind - electronic or mechanical - makes fraud considerably easier, puts a mystery shroud around the counting process and as such is incompatible with democracy. In the UK we count all the votes in our elections within 12 hours including the odd recount. Why are Americans obsessed with diluting their democracy by using machines to do it ?
I don't disagree with you at all. I will, however, add that the difference in population size may have something to do with the US wanting to automate things.
I'm also unfamiliar with the UKs various measures et al that are put to a vote. In the US, a RIDICULOUS number of things are put to ballot.
... and can't admit it when things actually work out just fine.
While your rant has some truth to it, your above-quoted statement is almost never true in the long run. Once you're lulled into a sense of things being secure/working just fine, someone will invariably come along and change it. This isn't just retail or any other business. It's life in general.
Probasbly not wise to be jaded and curmudgeonly about it, but it certainly IS smart to be aware.
... designed to compete with for-pay commercial products...
Not really. Neither MySQL nor PostgreSQL were "designed" to compete with commercial databases. That they do on some level is nice, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a DBA that really believes that they compete (OK, well, PostgreSQL is there in a lot of ways).
We complain that the marketing people took over the numbering at Microsoft and other companies--like Oracle "10g" when there was no a, b, c, d, e, or f.
I can't speak for other pieces of software, but the "g" in Oracle 10g actually stands for something. It's not just from a series of letters.
Where's all the microsoft bashing now that the EU is actually doing something about their monopoly. All that the slashdot crowd has been crying about for all those years, all gone now? Suddenly linux is crap? Linux is growing bigger than ever before.
Relax. It's just one guy's opinion. There are plenty of us, in the US and around the world that use Linux successfuly all the time.
Just chalk it up to someone hwo hasn't actually used Linux in a long while.
A seven-year-old Mountain View, Calif., company, Narus Inc., has devised a way for telephone companies to detect data packets belonging to VoIP applications and block the calls. For example, now when someone in Riyadh clicks on Skype's "call" button, Narus's software, installed on the carrier's network, swoops into action. It analyzes the packets flowing across the network, notices what protocols they adhere to, and flags the call as VoIP. In most cases, it can even identify the specific software being used, such as Skype's.
Eh. The way I chose to stick it to SBC was to not use them at all, directly, anyway. I went with Speakeasy's Onelink and added their VoIP. As far as SBC is concerned it's a data pipe I purchase from Speakeasy. If there were any problems, Speakeasy would take appropriate measures on my behalf. I would much rather have another company doing my bidding against a corp such as SBC than to deal with them myself.
She sounds like a teenage girl. "... our building, like our north building" and "... our senior top, top, top executives".
I know it's a minor nit, but you'd think that when you're actually talking with the press you could say something more intelligent than "I was all like totally surprised".
Yeah, except for that chip on your shoulder, you seem to be doing quite well.
Possibly, but he does have a point. There really isn't much accountability with ebay sellers, or buyers, for that matter.
When you purchase from a reputable online retailer, the rules are always in the buyers favor - meaning there's clear recourse should something go wrong.
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So what? That's how it's done currently. Most people I know buy a Mac for fairly specific purposes, games not being one or them. Honestly, if you want to run Windows software, buy a machine with a "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" sticker. You'll be much happier.
Then again, there are many slashdot folk who are from either place that would disagree with you. Though these are probably the people that you would ever hear from, since they tend not to bitch about each other's differences. They just recognize the differences and go on with life.
Relax. It was only one moderator, and as you can now see, someone usually comes along and moderates things back up.
Just repeating the post verbatim dosen't help the moderation process.
This is why machine translation will never completely work (although for technical and other more rigid writing forms it someday will).
Different cultures place emphasis on different things. A minor example would be where his age is mentioned in the article.
The one time we actually WANT to hear from ESR, where is he?
I don't disagree with you at all. I will, however, add that the difference in population size may have something to do with the US wanting to automate things.
I'm also unfamiliar with the UKs various measures et al that are put to a vote. In the US, a RIDICULOUS number of things are put to ballot.
While your rant has some truth to it, your above-quoted statement is almost never true in the long run. Once you're lulled into a sense of things being secure/working just fine, someone will invariably come along and change it. This isn't just retail or any other business. It's life in general.
Probasbly not wise to be jaded and curmudgeonly about it, but it certainly IS smart to be aware.
That was my thought too. The domain directionsonmicrosoft.com is registered to Redmond Communications. Anybody know anything about them?
Once you get out of college, the names aren't quite so cute anymore.
Not really. Neither MySQL nor PostgreSQL were "designed" to compete with commercial databases. That they do on some level is nice, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a DBA that really believes that they compete (OK, well, PostgreSQL is there in a lot of ways).
I can't speak for other pieces of software, but the "g" in Oracle 10g actually stands for something. It's not just from a series of letters.
Relax. It's just one guy's opinion. There are plenty of us, in the US and around the world that use Linux successfuly all the time.
Just chalk it up to someone hwo hasn't actually used Linux in a long while.
Do you know how big the EU market actually is? Add the fact that it's a single trade zone.
That's pretty attractive for any business, public or private.
I'm just sayin'.
Eh. The way I chose to stick it to SBC was to not use them at all, directly, anyway. I went with Speakeasy's Onelink and added their VoIP. As far as SBC is concerned it's a data pipe I purchase from Speakeasy. If there were any problems, Speakeasy would take appropriate measures on my behalf. I would much rather have another company doing my bidding against a corp such as SBC than to deal with them myself.
Maybe because it's now a constant, daily thing. Maybe you've not noticed the days where the dupe is actually on the same page, two links down.
It has nothing to do with anybody thinking they're better than Taco. It may have something to do with Taco not doing something basic, though.
And that would be when we all start to tunnel everything through ssh. Then it goes back to how much bandwidth is being used.
that taxes are a benevolent reason to give.
I know it's a minor nit, but you'd think that when you're actually talking with the press you could say something more intelligent than "I was all like totally surprised".
Not to mention the tie-ins to Time Warner's assets.
Have you ever tried to cancel from them? Their tactics 1) keep you from jumping ship and 2) continuing to charge your credit card are pretty evil.
Possibly, but he does have a point. There really isn't much accountability with ebay sellers, or buyers, for that matter.
When you purchase from a reputable online retailer, the rules are always in the buyers favor - meaning there's clear recourse should something go wrong.
Guess you didn't follow your own link, then. :-)