And if you go read up on the history (as opposed to the 'popular knowledge') of the item you reference, you might be surprised at how much that really applies.
Tip: The car in question wasn't nearly as unsafe as it was made out to be - there was a lot of hype involved. That's true here. Not only of Windows, but also Linux and Mac. Some overhyping of the good points, and some overhyping of the bad points...
I don't think you deserve to be modded down, personally.
It's easy to "vote with your feet" if we're talking about, say, a restaurant. There are enough that it's really easy.
It's not so easy when there are many areas where there *aren't* a lot of mom&pop ISPs... Especially if we're talking broadband, which many/most (not sure where the exact line is, and it doesn't matter) now require for internet... Well, I suppose you *could* do less than broadband, but you could *also* ride a bicycle to work (not like that would be a bad thing, it's just a poor analogy, but it works on the level I mean it to)...
There's also the issue of money - mom&pop outfits typically don't gain direct access to the location of service. As far as I'm aware, the majority of wholesale broadband is DSL; and typically, the phone companies charge end users about the same as the wholesale fees that other companies pay... So you're still in a bind.
In regards to the huge lawsuits - I'm sure some really do mean what they say, but I think the idea is that to get companies' attentions, you have to actually threated with big sticks -- I think the point is to try and get this practice stopped, rather than actually honestly trying to get $150k/pageload...:)
The day your favorite OS dominates the market, it'll be pwned, don't you worry. And I say this as 1) a Firefox fan, hoping that it never gets to be the majority browser for precisely that reason, and 2) a fan of all the OS's. I use Windows for my desktops, Linux for my servers, and Mac sometimes to play. They all have fans, and I don't feel the need to belittle any of them to make one of the others look better. It doesn't work that way.
Hope I don't get modded down - I'm not so much flaming as ANTI-trolling if you catch what I"m trying to say. heh.:P
"Move your head a little to the right... a little more... just a little more... okay, there. Perfect."/ex-tech support who got tired of the "ZOMG can you see my screen!!??!!11" questions - before the days of remote access... heh.
Maybe because it's a valid comment on how these threads usually go? And maybe, just maybe, the post doesn't really read the threads because they're interested in German history and human psychology. Maybe they *do* actually care about the subject at hand. Just a thought.;-)
Nah... see, while your post was funny, the cliche had already jumped the shark - that's why you probably won't get modded up....so I'm posting this "redundant" post to at least acknowledge the humour of your post.;-)
No company is all evil, not even Microsoft. And no company is all angelic, as most think about Google. I know you don't think Google is angelic - but I don't think they're all evil, either.
Companies look out for themselves. Once people realize that, it really helps. They aren't good. They aren't evil. They exist to serve the shareholders (or owners, if not public)...
I like the EFF, but I disagree with them on this one. The recent/. pointer to the "Ten Firefox Extensions To avoid OZMG!11" article - where a lot of slashdotters rightfully said "Yeah whatever" -- I think it applies to the EFF's stance here.
Look, I don't want to *totally* blow you or the EFF off, there are some valid points.... but it's true of any and every business out there.
I'd rather deal with Microsoft AND Google than the federal government. Ponder THAT one for a bit.;-)
This is continuing offtopic, but KFC is re-rebranding back to Kentucky Fried Chicken... you probably missed the news because nobody cares, but I happened to catch it. In fact, our local (crappy) one remodeled (still crappy, just a prettier building now) and has the full name, as well as "KFC". But the major branding is the full name... Go figure.
That's not the problem. Yes, that prevents them from being [successfully] sued.
The problem for them is how to pay for the servers. You need revenue to do that, hence the discussions of advertising.
The discussion isn't how they'll be able to avoid being taken down by a court; the discussion is about how they'll avoid being taken down for non-payment to their providers (datacenter or backbone provider or whatever)
"I suspect having displays on your keys will actually slow you down quite a bit."
Except that it's useful for the times that you'd be wishing you had a keyboard shortcut list handy.
Heck, you could even set this *up* to emulate a das keyboard (i.e. blank keys) until you hit CTRL or ALT or whatever - in which case, you could get those pesky hard-to-remember application shortcuts...:)
First of all, this thing has been a long time coming. It's created a lot of interest. It's a valid story.
Second of all, if you'd read TFA, you'd know that the first three runs will produce a total of 800 keyboards, in December 2007 and January 2008.
I don't expect the price to drop soon.
I can't afford one, otherwise I would be jumping - even at $1500. This is one of those things that would be worth every penny. I desperately crave one of these things, and I have since the time I first learned of it.
The only problem is that it's not ergonomic. Well, okay, and I can't afford it.:P...but I want one. Desperately.
And hey - don't knock any geek's desire of one of these. I'm not into case mods - I don't understand the point (well, I do, I just don't care) -- but I understand how having a custom case or case mod is a valid expression of coolness and/or geekyness... This keyboard is the same thing - only to me, much better.
Practicalities: Since it can be customized to match a particular application - and my understanding is that the keys can change if you hold a modifier key (e.g. ALT, SHIFT, etc), this is handy for keyboard shortcuts...
I read the post, and I didn't find it too long. I also found it interesting. I also think that if you *had* taken the time to read the post, your reply wouldn't have been needed. In other words, "tl; dr" to *you*. *raspberries*;-)
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OH thank you for that, now I'm gonna have nightmares about titanium-shelled cockroaches. Ugh. heh.
"add"
/sorry, not being a grammar nazi... it's a pun, dammit! ;-)
You need to subtract a 'd' there...
Yes, humour noted, but: 1) The ISP wouldn't take the ads, and 2) that would cost money, even if they did.
Yeah, but does it *blend*?
"It's kind of like ... unsafe at any speed."
And if you go read up on the history (as opposed to the 'popular knowledge') of the item you reference, you might be surprised at how much that really applies.
Tip: The car in question wasn't nearly as unsafe as it was made out to be - there was a lot of hype involved. That's true here. Not only of Windows, but also Linux and Mac. Some overhyping of the good points, and some overhyping of the bad points...
I don't think you deserve to be modded down, personally.
:)
It's easy to "vote with your feet" if we're talking about, say, a restaurant. There are enough that it's really easy.
It's not so easy when there are many areas where there *aren't* a lot of mom&pop ISPs... Especially if we're talking broadband, which many/most (not sure where the exact line is, and it doesn't matter) now require for internet... Well, I suppose you *could* do less than broadband, but you could *also* ride a bicycle to work (not like that would be a bad thing, it's just a poor analogy, but it works on the level I mean it to)...
There's also the issue of money - mom&pop outfits typically don't gain direct access to the location of service. As far as I'm aware, the majority of wholesale broadband is DSL; and typically, the phone companies charge end users about the same as the wholesale fees that other companies pay... So you're still in a bind.
In regards to the huge lawsuits - I'm sure some really do mean what they say, but I think the idea is that to get companies' attentions, you have to actually threated with big sticks -- I think the point is to try and get this practice stopped, rather than actually honestly trying to get $150k/pageload...
"The ACLU isn't funded by taxpayers, so how is this a waste of taxpayer money?"
;-)
Because your taxes pay when people win damages against cops.
You can't run DSL down barbed wire, you gotta admit that, though....
Insightful my ass...
:P
The day your favorite OS dominates the market, it'll be pwned, don't you worry. And I say this as 1) a Firefox fan, hoping that it never gets to be the majority browser for precisely that reason, and 2) a fan of all the OS's. I use Windows for my desktops, Linux for my servers, and Mac sometimes to play. They all have fans, and I don't feel the need to belittle any of them to make one of the others look better. It doesn't work that way.
Hope I don't get modded down - I'm not so much flaming as ANTI-trolling if you catch what I"m trying to say. heh.
"Move your head a little to the right... a little more... just a little more... okay, there. Perfect." /ex-tech support who got tired of the "ZOMG can you see my screen!!??!!11" questions - before the days of remote access... heh.
Maybe because it's a valid comment on how these threads usually go? And maybe, just maybe, the post doesn't really read the threads because they're interested in German history and human psychology. Maybe they *do* actually care about the subject at hand. Just a thought. ;-)
So is "IBM", but people knew what one was referring to back in da day...
Let a graphic artists/designer/whatever *design* the pages, but get a real web engineer to actually implement them.
Right. And next time you wanna write a letter to gramma, I'll wait for you to hire a speech writer and print shop.
I don't think the original question is in the same realm you're speaking in...
Nah... see, while your post was funny, the cliche had already jumped the shark - that's why you probably won't get modded up. ...so I'm posting this "redundant" post to at least acknowledge the humour of your post. ;-)
Yeah, whatever.
/. pointer to the "Ten Firefox Extensions To avoid OZMG!11" article - where a lot of slashdotters rightfully said "Yeah whatever" -- I think it applies to the EFF's stance here.
;-)
No company is all evil, not even Microsoft. And no company is all angelic, as most think about Google. I know you don't think Google is angelic - but I don't think they're all evil, either.
Companies look out for themselves. Once people realize that, it really helps. They aren't good. They aren't evil. They exist to serve the shareholders (or owners, if not public)...
I like the EFF, but I disagree with them on this one. The recent
Look, I don't want to *totally* blow you or the EFF off, there are some valid points.... but it's true of any and every business out there.
I'd rather deal with Microsoft AND Google than the federal government. Ponder THAT one for a bit.
I think this *is* a "sane way".
I think Java had some great goals; I don't think it worked as well as it was promised...
Will this follow Java in that? We'll see...
You guys rock. This stuff is awesome.
This is continuing offtopic, but KFC is re-rebranding back to Kentucky Fried Chicken... you probably missed the news because nobody cares, but I happened to catch it. In fact, our local (crappy) one remodeled (still crappy, just a prettier building now) and has the full name, as well as "KFC". But the major branding is the full name... Go figure.
Thank you for your well-reasoned reply to this topic of legitimate debate. I'm so glad you chose not to troll.
That's not the problem. Yes, that prevents them from being [successfully] sued.
The problem for them is how to pay for the servers. You need revenue to do that, hence the discussions of advertising.
The discussion isn't how they'll be able to avoid being taken down by a court; the discussion is about how they'll avoid being taken down for non-payment to their providers (datacenter or backbone provider or whatever)
Yes, amusing, but the point is that *every* key can be any key.
"I suspect having displays on your keys will actually slow you down quite a bit."
:)
Except that it's useful for the times that you'd be wishing you had a keyboard shortcut list handy.
Heck, you could even set this *up* to emulate a das keyboard (i.e. blank keys) until you hit CTRL or ALT or whatever - in which case, you could get those pesky hard-to-remember application shortcuts...
First of all, this thing has been a long time coming. It's created a lot of interest. It's a valid story.
:P ...but I want one. Desperately.
:)
Second of all, if you'd read TFA, you'd know that the first three runs will produce a total of 800 keyboards, in December 2007 and January 2008.
I don't expect the price to drop soon.
I can't afford one, otherwise I would be jumping - even at $1500. This is one of those things that would be worth every penny. I desperately crave one of these things, and I have since the time I first learned of it.
The only problem is that it's not ergonomic. Well, okay, and I can't afford it.
And hey - don't knock any geek's desire of one of these. I'm not into case mods - I don't understand the point (well, I do, I just don't care) -- but I understand how having a custom case or case mod is a valid expression of coolness and/or geekyness... This keyboard is the same thing - only to me, much better.
Practicalities: Since it can be customized to match a particular application - and my understanding is that the keys can change if you hold a modifier key (e.g. ALT, SHIFT, etc), this is handy for keyboard shortcuts...
And hey... it's mondo spiff, man...
I read the post, and I didn't find it too long. I also found it interesting. I also think that if you *had* taken the time to read the post, your reply wouldn't have been needed. In other words, "tl; dr" to *you*. *raspberries* ;-)
Depends. WTF does Jackie Chan have to do with this? /Zing! ;-)