Rubbish. Here in New Zealand, Dick Smith Electronics (which is a chain of electronics stores) does provide information about Linux compatability for many of their products. (Granted, the store staff don't always know themselves, but the information is available).
There's one of these just down the road from my place. A guest lecturer spoke about this to my class. The article didn't go into specifics about how the cow "decides" when to get milked (or at least I didn't see that in my hasty skimming of the article), but the one here works like so:
The center of the paddock has the only water trough fenced off, with three gates to it. The cow can only enter through one specific gate. When it does, a scanner reads a tag on the cow's ear, and the computer checks if it's time for the specific cow to be milked again. If so, the exit gate that leads to the milking machine is opened. If not, then the exit gate that leads to the paddock is opened. One of the implications of this is that better quality milk is got from the cows.
(This is in Waikato, NZ - if anyone was wondering).
I bought a laptop late last year. One of the things I was considering was asking for a refund for windows. However, on opening the cardboard box, I found that the laptop was enclosed in shrinkwrap with a bright yellow sticker attached. The sticker said something to the effect of "This product is sold with Windows, if you don't want Windows, then please return the whole thing unopened. Refunds will not be given for just the software, and by opening the packet you agree to this."
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Rubbish. Here in New Zealand, Dick Smith Electronics (which is a chain of electronics stores) does provide information about Linux compatability for many of their products. (Granted, the store staff don't always know themselves, but the information is available).
You mean the ACM is more than just a drinking club? The way they advertised themselves at my university, one wouldn't have thought so...
There's one of these just down the road from my place. A guest lecturer spoke about this to my class. The article didn't go into specifics about how the cow "decides" when to get milked (or at least I didn't see that in my hasty skimming of the article), but the one here works like so: The center of the paddock has the only water trough fenced off, with three gates to it. The cow can only enter through one specific gate. When it does, a scanner reads a tag on the cow's ear, and the computer checks if it's time for the specific cow to be milked again. If so, the exit gate that leads to the milking machine is opened. If not, then the exit gate that leads to the paddock is opened. One of the implications of this is that better quality milk is got from the cows. (This is in Waikato, NZ - if anyone was wondering).
Same here. I have a p910 which is nice. I would use something on my computer, but I don't take that everywhere I go (yes, it is a laptop).
I bought a laptop late last year. One of the things I was considering was asking for a refund for windows. However, on opening the cardboard box, I found that the laptop was enclosed in shrinkwrap with a bright yellow sticker attached. The sticker said something to the effect of "This product is sold with Windows, if you don't want Windows, then please return the whole thing unopened. Refunds will not be given for just the software, and by opening the packet you agree to this."
this has been going round on email (i hate those forwards) for a few days now. it is interesting tho.