I think a valid point can be made for R and D shops and certain types of meetings. The real issue are people that are addicted to Twitter Twaddle, games, Facebook - whatever - and never put the thing down to do actual work.
Owned by an Arab Sheik, Iâ(TM)m sure it will be faire and balanced towards womanâ(TM)s rights in the Arab World, Jewish issues, and of course homosexuals.
why not get her a nice inexpensive laptop as well?
Because such devices don't exist.
I'm not going to do your Google for you, but of course you are absolutely wrong.
If you're talking about "gamer" specs, sure, you will pay the price.
But remember, we are talking about "mom".
There are MANY reasonably priced NEW laptops, and you can buy last year's model on eBay and elasewhere for dirt cheap - "mom" doesn't need "bleeding edge".
I've always used HP calculators, my dad tought me RPN, and that's all I've ever used. When I was in school in the 80's, I paid $400 for an HP41 built in Corvallis. When the keys stopped working, I carefully opened the case, cleaned the contacts with a little Carbon Tet and put it back together. Where can you buy a decent RPN device today? Nowhere.
I'm not a hardware guy so I don't use HP scopes (do they even still make bench equipment?), but for my current job with the DoD, I insisted they buy me an RPN calculator. The upside is that no one will steal it off my desk because they can't figure out how to use it.
Today, HO sucks, and unless they want to continue down the road that many tech giants have gone - to exist as brand names only on cheap junk - they need to do something quick.
At least here in the Department of Defense, we have so many applications that will have to be tested and certified on any new OS before they install across the board, Win9 and maybe Win10 will be out by that time.
We never had Vista, and we only switched from XP to Win7 last year.
I don't expect to see Win8 here... It's not the OS, it's the upgrade path for things that must run on the OS.
Why not do it electronically? You wouldn't even have to stop.
It could be done with RFID tags similar to the kind they use for toll-road "Good-To-Go" passes, but there will be those that object to this type of tracking as well.
You're missing the point: To tax an all-electric (or hybrid) on miles driving in a particular taxing region, you must know when the car is in that region.
Do you propose that every time I drive in or out of Oregon that I stop at a measurement station and have a state official read my odometer?
Without GPS, how do they know when you leave the state?
That's easy. If you've driven an unusually high number of miles without filling up in-state, you were probably out of state.
And you think the State Department of Revenue will be happy with that explanation, and "let you slide" on paying up for the miles you can not prove were not driven in-state?
That's not the way taxing bodies work.
The system *must* be cut-and-dried, the miles driven in and out of state must be absolutely confirmed for the tax to be fare, and the only real way to do that (if the tax is based on miles) is GPS.
The other option is what Washington is doing, which is a flat $100.
Keep in mind that gas or electric, if you drive on the publicly funded roads, you should in someway support their upkeep.
Payphone booths and arcades are. Plain and simple. Too many other options.
Many people today have never seen a movie on a screen 40 feet across (or even 25 feet across), and I'm not talking IMAX.
The "Big Screen" does not exist in most cities anymore, the 25-plex sports screens only slightly bigger than the largest TV you can buy at COSTCO.
And it's a shame, because the "Big Screen" was part of the attraction.
That, and 60 to 70% of movies are throw-away garbage these days, so WHY would someone pay 10$ or more to see that crap anyway?
Theaters (along with the studios) cut their own throats.
In my town (Tacoma, Washington) we have The Grand Cinima, and The Blue Mouse, both of which have a reasonably big screen. But we also have a drive-in that has a simply HUGE screen.
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I think a valid point can be made for R and D shops and certain types of meetings. The real issue are people that are addicted to Twitter Twaddle, games, Facebook - whatever - and never put the thing down to do actual work.
The TSA Thugs in the Cargo Pants and Black Fleece my not be of the same caliber as the drones at the Airport.
I know that I saw TSA guys like these being trained at the Air Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst along side Air Force Ravens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Raven.
As I strap you down blindfolded, I hope you enjoy it as I FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.
Please keep quiet.
Owned by an Arab Sheik, Iâ(TM)m sure it will be faire and balanced towards womanâ(TM)s rights in the Arab World, Jewish issues, and of course homosexuals.
One night it will all crystallize...
For those under 30...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht
Why not just get it over with and change your flag to the swastika, we all know that's where this is heading.
Well, I think the first step is to change their uniform shirts to a sort of a chocolate brown color, that has a "calming" effect...
Not far off.
why not get her a nice inexpensive laptop as well?
Because such devices don't exist.
I'm not going to do your Google for you, but of course you are absolutely wrong.
If you're talking about "gamer" specs, sure, you will pay the price.
But remember, we are talking about "mom".
There are MANY reasonably priced NEW laptops, and you can buy last year's model on eBay and elasewhere for dirt cheap - "mom" doesn't need "bleeding edge".
Mmy grradnma-a-a-a hasz Pakrins-s-s-sons disz-z-z-zeaseee andd typpes liikje sthis-s-s-s-s-s. T-t-t-thatt isz wyhyy tablets-s-s-s re a baadd-d-d ideea.
Let me guess: You're 15 and just discovered Slashdot? Or you're 35 and live in your mom's basement.
One of the two.
I'm sure she would like a Tablet. But you can't do everything on a tablet, why not get her a nice inexpensive laptop as well?
It is sad.
I've always used HP calculators, my dad tought me RPN, and that's all I've ever used. When I was in school in the 80's, I paid $400 for an HP41 built in Corvallis. When the keys stopped working, I carefully opened the case, cleaned the contacts with a little Carbon Tet and put it back together. Where can you buy a decent RPN device today? Nowhere.
I'm not a hardware guy so I don't use HP scopes (do they even still make bench equipment?), but for my current job with the DoD, I insisted they buy me an RPN calculator. The upside is that no one will steal it off my desk because they can't figure out how to use it.
Today, HO sucks, and unless they want to continue down the road that many tech giants have gone - to exist as brand names only on cheap junk - they need to do something quick.
Prediction: Not going to happen.
HP got suckered.
Just Desserts... They've been suckering their customers since at least Carly Fiorina...
They used to be a tech research titan, now they sell printer ink.
This sort of story needs to be tagged "Slow News Day".
Blaw, blaw, blaw...
If you feel that strongly, why not post with you actual User Name, Mr. Anonymous Coward?
At least here in the Department of Defense, we have so many applications that will have to be tested and certified on any new OS before they install across the board, Win9 and maybe Win10 will be out by that time.
We never had Vista, and we only switched from XP to Win7 last year.
I don't expect to see Win8 here... It's not the OS, it's the upgrade path for things that must run on the OS.
...So, Manning's rationalization for exposing many more people and putting them in a much graver situation must be worse, right?
Proven to be false, a complete "red herring".
Why not do it electronically? You wouldn't even have to stop.
It could be done with RFID tags similar to the kind they use for toll-road "Good-To-Go" passes, but there will be those that object to this type of tracking as well.
I think a flat rate is a good half-way.
You're missing the point: To tax an all-electric (or hybrid) on miles driving in a particular taxing region, you must know when the car is in that region.
Do you propose that every time I drive in or out of Oregon that I stop at a measurement station and have a state official read my odometer?
Without GPS, how do they know when you leave the state?
That's easy. If you've driven an unusually high number of miles without filling up in-state, you were probably out of state.
And you think the State Department of Revenue will be happy with that explanation, and "let you slide" on paying up for the miles you can not prove were not driven in-state?
That's not the way taxing bodies work.
The system *must* be cut-and-dried, the miles driven in and out of state must be absolutely confirmed for the tax to be fare, and the only real way to do that (if the tax is based on miles) is GPS.
The other option is what Washington is doing, which is a flat $100.
Keep in mind that gas or electric, if you drive on the publicly funded roads, you should in someway support their upkeep.
Without GPS, how do they know when you leave the state? And with GPS isn't that a serious privacy issue?
Here in Washington State, they are planning a $100 / year fee for these types of vehicles.
Payphone booths and arcades are. Plain and simple. Too many other options.
Many people today have never seen a movie on a screen 40 feet across (or even 25 feet across), and I'm not talking IMAX.
The "Big Screen" does not exist in most cities anymore, the 25-plex sports screens only slightly bigger than the largest TV you can buy at COSTCO.
And it's a shame, because the "Big Screen" was part of the attraction.
That, and 60 to 70% of movies are throw-away garbage these days, so WHY would someone pay 10$ or more to see that crap anyway?
Theaters (along with the studios) cut their own throats.
In my town (Tacoma, Washington) we have The Grand Cinima, and The Blue Mouse, both of which have a reasonably big screen. But we also have a drive-in that has a simply HUGE screen.
So... How are those "special underwear" you're wearing fit? "Ride up" much? Because you clearly have your panties in a twist...
Queue Zenu jokes in 3... 2... 1...
But seriously, is there all that much difference between Scientology and the Mormon Church?
In what market are you proposing Microsoft has a monopoly ?
It's in the sentence you quote. Windows.
Yes. You are quite correct, Microsoft has a "monopoly" on Windows. True statement.
As if you needed another reason.
Exactly. Solution? Don't buy a Surface if you want to run Linux / Android on it.
It's so deliciously simple.
I don't like Win8 either.
Guess what? I haven't bought it.
Another thing I haven't bought:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cadillac_CTS_front.JPG
It's an ugly car... I don't want one.