people who need to run Solaris and for some reason can't run it on intel.
i.e., anyone who wants to run Solaris. Solaris on Intel is a joke, most Solaris-only applications are only available for Sparc. It's much worse than the x86-centrism in Linux.
I'm not nitpicking, I'm asserting that your argument is baseless. For me, Mathematica vs. anything else is WAY more useful than Photoshop vs. The Gimp.
Uhh..? High-end applications like Mathematica, Matlab, Maya, Abaqus, MSC.Patran, TCAD and Tecplot are all available for Linux... if you have the money.
Well, you're missing the fact that DVDs use MPEG-2 with inter-frame compression to maximize the number of minutes you can put on a disc, while MiniDV uses independently compressed frames to allow lossless edits (unless, of course, you apply effects). This means that DVD capacity is inadequate for capturing good quality videos of a reasonable length.
I'd like to add to what BitchKapoor said and note that the fact that people are unwilling to learn about and understand their computers today is a travesty, and makes them a total waste in our public schools. Kids are being taught to just use it and it works, or if not, pay up enough money until it does. Clearly, if you're making way more income using your computer than what this strategy costs, the result is a positive cash flow. But for kids and in fact your average home user, paying more rather than learning has a tendancy to just drain money out of our economy without adding as much value. That's because, although naturally some of what you spend goes back to local businesses, most of it goes far away, and by not learning how to do something on your own, you have little reason for the money to come back your way.
Try an NForce2-IGP motherboard with Cinelerra. It's perhaps the best bang for your buck for video editing on the cheap, but if you use Nvidia's closed-source kernel and XFree86 modules, the system quickly crashes when using Cinelerra (X server dead except for mouse cursor, SysReq keys don't work, SSH server doesn't respond). The Free nv drivers don't have this problem, but I don't think they can do TwinView, which seems to be necessary for TV-out (e.g. to record to analog VHS tape).
GNU does force the terms on you, but they don't reserve the right to change those terms at any time. GNU, BSD, etc also restrict fewer behaviors.
Not only that, but the GPL and BSDL allow you everything copyright law allows you, plus granting additional rights. So in comparison, the government by default tries to force more terms on you.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas are also very good (certainly better than Virginia), as are Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and probably New York. Oh, and Georgia Tech is a state school.
I only had to pay for my bachelors' degree. Graduate schools in science and engineering pay you to be a student and researcher and waive tuition. The pay is not great, but it's more than enough for me to live on comfortably.
Actually, yes. The Model M, at least when in good condition, follows the profile I mentioned. Notice that when you press a key to the "breaking point," you can actually press it a little further if you apply more force. Constrast this with cheapo keyboards which end with a hard stop.
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A very valid point.
Okay, how about taking notes or writing out mathematical formulas?
Ever heard of typing? For some people it's faster than writing by hand, and of course there's programming language or LaTeX math notation.
So Tablet PCs must be stupid because you're not in their market segment?
No, they're just expensive. It's easier to justify a more cost-effective laptop and a few 18c spiral notebooks.
No. See others' explanations.
What if we don't even use our computers to play or record sound?
Your point being? Why do people like to insult other people simply for not signing into a lame Slashdot account?
i.e., anyone who wants to run Solaris. Solaris on Intel is a joke, most Solaris-only applications are only available for Sparc. It's much worse than the x86-centrism in Linux.
Atheism is a religion -- the belief in no god.
OMG, I l0ve your n@me, d00d!
I think you're just bitter, butter.
I'm not nitpicking, I'm asserting that your argument is baseless. For me, Mathematica vs. anything else is WAY more useful than Photoshop vs. The Gimp.
Uhh..? High-end applications like Mathematica, Matlab, Maya, Abaqus, MSC.Patran, TCAD and Tecplot are all available for Linux... if you have the money.
What the heck is that supposed to mean?
Unfortunately, some people are too busy laughing at languages like VB to see where it is actually useful.
Well, you're missing the fact that DVDs use MPEG-2 with inter-frame compression to maximize the number of minutes you can put on a disc, while MiniDV uses independently compressed frames to allow lossless edits (unless, of course, you apply effects). This means that DVD capacity is inadequate for capturing good quality videos of a reasonable length.
s/sarcastic/realistic/
I'd like to add to what BitchKapoor said and note that the fact that people are unwilling to learn about and understand their computers today is a travesty, and makes them a total waste in our public schools. Kids are being taught to just use it and it works, or if not, pay up enough money until it does. Clearly, if you're making way more income using your computer than what this strategy costs, the result is a positive cash flow. But for kids and in fact your average home user, paying more rather than learning has a tendancy to just drain money out of our economy without adding as much value. That's because, although naturally some of what you spend goes back to local businesses, most of it goes far away, and by not learning how to do something on your own, you have little reason for the money to come back your way.
Try an NForce2-IGP motherboard with Cinelerra. It's perhaps the best bang for your buck for video editing on the cheap, but if you use Nvidia's closed-source kernel and XFree86 modules, the system quickly crashes when using Cinelerra (X server dead except for mouse cursor, SysReq keys don't work, SSH server doesn't respond). The Free nv drivers don't have this problem, but I don't think they can do TwinView, which seems to be necessary for TV-out (e.g. to record to analog VHS tape).
GNU does force the terms on you, but they don't reserve the right to change those terms at any time. GNU, BSD, etc also restrict fewer behaviors.
Not only that, but the GPL and BSDL allow you everything copyright law allows you, plus granting additional rights. So in comparison, the government by default tries to force more terms on you.
But OS X is much like any other BSD.
You mean it's dying?
No, that's Circuit City.
Wisconsin, Illinois and Texas are also very good (certainly better than Virginia), as are Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and probably New York. Oh, and Georgia Tech is a state school.
I'm still driving my '87 Chevy without any problems.
In my experience, Dell gives what acts like a standard Windows install CD, but it wouldn't boot on a non-Dell PC.
I only had to pay for my bachelors' degree. Graduate schools in science and engineering pay you to be a student and researcher and waive tuition. The pay is not great, but it's more than enough for me to live on comfortably.
No, I had left my self logged into his machine, and he was replying on my account.
Actually, yes. The Model M, at least when in good condition, follows the profile I mentioned. Notice that when you press a key to the "breaking point," you can actually press it a little further if you apply more force. Constrast this with cheapo keyboards which end with a hard stop.