WTF? Dealers complaining that Tesla may be deceiving customers about the true cost of their cars? Have they tried to purchase a car at their own dealerships?
You're lucky you can get close to knowing what the final price will be before you start to waste hours in the salesperson "office" wondering why after all these decades they still perform the "Wizard of Oz" maneuver of having to ask the boss for a better price...
What? If anything we're old school. Our desktop UI hasn't drastically changed, X server is available to run our Unix programs, and we have command line interface just like you. It also works very well with Linux servers.
Just because you're pissed at Ubuntu doesn't mean you have to start ragging on us Apple users.
Because those of us who value privacy would like our phones to remain locked until we unlock it ourselves. I'd hate to have my email accounts and photos read or copied simply because I misplaced my phone and someone else found it.
The Samsung has a MicroSD card slot where the Nexus 4 does not. Unlike the more expensive more recent phones, the Nexus 4 at $250 comes with only 16GB storage and no LTE support. The build quality of the Nexus 4 has been questioned. I know my coworker has one and he loves it, but his rear glass panel is shattered.
LG's successor to the Nexus 4's twin the LG Optimus G Pro now includes LTE, removed the rear glass panel, larger screen, a MicroSD expansion slot, a higher resolution camera, and is much higher in price (around the same price as the HTC one and Samsung S4).
The Nexus 4 only sold 1 million units and Google is trying to liquidate its inventory by selling them $100 cheaper. If you can live without the LTE, I'd recommend getting one while they're still available.
I however like the LTE performance of my HTC one. The build quality is much better than the Nexus 4, and the camera takes better pictures indoors. Of course, I paid $200 more for 32 GB, LTE, Aluminum Body, and a lower res camera with better low light performance.
If men in general were politically dominant, then it wouldn't be the case that 75% of all homeless people are male while there are numerous homeless shelters that cater strictly to women.
Numerous is not equal to majority.
The percentage given by the 2011 Annual Homeless Assessment report show 62.7% are male and 37.2% are female. 71.7% of the male homeless population are individuals leaving 20.7% of them being part of a family of homeless. Contrast that with only 28.3% of the female homeless populations are sheltered as individuals leaving 79.3% of them being part of a family of homeless.
Yes there are a number of single women only shelters but they do not come near the number of men's only homeless shelters. Where do you think the homeless single women should stay?
While circumstances can vary, the main reason people experience homelessness is because they cannot find housing they can afford. It is the scarcity of affordable housing in the United States, particularly in more urban areas where homelessness is more prevalent, that is behind their inability to acquire or maintain housing.
By the numbers:
There are 633,782 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the United States.
Of that number, 239,403 are people in families, and
394,379 are individuals.
Slightly fewer than 16 percent of the homeless population are considered "chronically homeless,"and
About 13 percent of homeless adults- 62,619 - are veterans.
These numbers come from point-in-time counts, which are conducted, community by community, on a single night in January every other year. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires communities to submit this data every other year in order to qualify for federal homeless assistance funds. Many communities conduct counts more regularly.
Those are battered women shelters. Domestic abuse is still heavily skewed towards women being victims, largely because they are on average physically weaker.
Wrong. There are homeless shelters that specialize in single homeless women and women with children. These are not spousal abuse shelters which requires abuse to have taken place and actively involve local law enforcement.
I agree that some feminist claims, as well as laws designed to deal with male supremacy need to be revisited. But your examples aren't helping your argument.
I don't understand how homelessness counters feminist claims but you really need to research your answers.
I agree the Nexus 4 is a nice phone at a great price, but it isn't "high end" either. There are other similar priced smart phones with similar features. We don't really need to have the most bleeding edge phone but if you want one, you'll need to spend more money than what the Nexus 4 cost.
I do agree that your paying per episode with Amazon. However the amount that you paid for Season 5 on Amazon and Season 5 on iTunes is practically the same. You still have to order a season pass for the "Final Season" on both to get the last 8 episodes and the amount of money spent still remains the same.
Your price difference non-fact is 100% wrong. The $2.99/episode cost is for the HD version. That was the price of the HD version for the first half of season 5. You can buy the non-HD version for $1.99/episode (Ignoring, of course, the discount per episode if you buy a "season pass".)
Yep my bad. Amazon sent me to the SD version on Season 5. I double checked and it is the same price. $2.99/ep HD.
See, you pay per episode on Amazon. The "season pass" charges you for what is out now (you know EXACTLY what you're getting) then per episode as they come out.
Actually it doesn't. I just checked and Amazon has the final 8 episodes as Season 6 in their catalog.
Let's pick it up again when you are smart enough to continue it; in other words, never. Plonk.
Oh okay insane dude. FYI in the middle of your insulting rants I didn't mention a couple of things you let slip.
My system currently dual boots to Windows 7 and Linux so that I can use some audio hardware that lacks Linux drivers. On the rare occasion when I want to use a Windows specific application that won't run under WINE or Crossover I run Win 7 in a VirtualBox VM.
If Linux was so ready for your desktop then why did you need to dual boot into Windows 7 at all? I understand the need to run a specific Windows application, but you couldn't get some audio hardware to work? I thought you freed yourself from the "horror of windows".
And that's the crux of the argument. If people can be satisfied by either OS but need a specific OS to run some of their applications then why should they bother trying to run both? The lack of popular commercial applications and the inability to use some devices natively is why people consider Linux to not be ready for the desktop. It may also be due to the fact that once useable desktop GUIs went off the deep end with their latest versions and drove people to fork into yet two more choices of desktops.
I laugh at your delusional thoughts and maybe one day you'll pull your head out of your ass.
Yes. Which is why I mentioned the price difference between the first and last half of the same season. The argument is that there are 16 episodes in Season 5 therefore you should be able to get all 16 episodes for the same rate as "Season 5" not the higher rate as "Final Season".
It is called Empirical evidence. As I said, the reason your experience differs is because your experience with real operating systems is severely lacking. If you knew what you were doing as a Linux system admin your users wouldn't be coming back to you asking to switch them back.
I think you meant anecdotal evidence but please go on...
For the record I used DOS when it first came out; Apple DOS before that, and had a good look at the source for Apple BASIC, written by Gates and Allen. I used Windows/286 [wikipedia.org] prior to becoming a VAX./VMS System manager in a network environment that included PCs running Windows. I have written Windows device drivers. My system currently dual boots to Windows 7 and Linux so that I can use some audio hardware that lacks Linux drivers. On the rare occasion when I want to use a Windows specific application that won't run under WINE or Crossover I run Win 7 in a VirtualBox VM. I recently set up multiple Windows Servers with M$ SQL-Server in a redundant configuration. In other words, I know Windows, and I know it well.
Yawn. Guess what. We are close to the same age and have very similar experiences... next.
OTOH, I have used Linux as my desktop OS for more than 15 years It was almost on a par with Windows 10 years ago. It has since far surpassed Windows in every way. (You can't blame the device driver issue on Linux developers like I'm sure you are trying to in your head right now. That is 100% a result of illegal business practices on the part of Gates and crew.)
Yes Linux has a GUI that is serviceable. I'm sure you won't find any complaints about Gnome3, KDE4, or Unity on the Internet. I never said Linux was unusable, just that it really isn't ready for the average desktop. It may be ready for *your* desktop. There is a reason people dual-boot into windows or run it in a VM. It's to play a popular game or use a device that only supports Windows or OS X.
Adding anti-Microsoft rhetoric to your argument isn't making the case or on topic. No one is forcing device drivers to only be available on Windows. Since Linux has only a 2% share of the desktop market, I can fully understand why some device manufacturers don't spend money producing a driver or support software that runs in Linux. I'm sure most commercial applications are available on the Windows platform for the exact same reason. That said, the OS is becoming irrelevant for a lot of people with mobile applications and web applications assuming a larger role. It's not completely irrelevant which is why some people need Windows.
You seem to have been under the delusion that there are people who only know how to use Linux and they are the ones that don't get it. The fact is that I have never met a person who understood and was competent with both who preferred Windows.
Actually I made no such assertion.
Also, my mother is not particularly computer savvy, but she has been using Linux for more than ten years as well, and thanks me to this day for getting her away from "that awful Windows", and from time to time relates to me stories of her friends difficulties with Windows and how she is so happy she doesn't have all those problems.
Good for your mother. I'm glad Linux fulfilled her home usage needs.
It seems like you simply aren't happy unless you are spewing stupid and ignorant comments. Big surprise there I guess.
You haven't demonstrated the ability to have a rational discussion without insulting people who are trying to converse with you. Besides your original premise was:
I have never see anyone use Linux on their personal machines, at least long term once they've played around for a bit then moved back to Windows/OS X."
I have yet to see a single person who switched to Lin
Truth be told. AMC is set up for DVD sales and not digital distribution. They made a decision to sell the first half of Season 5 on DVD and whatever. The problem being that they decided to name the second half of the DVD set as "The Final Season". It helped DVD sales because you can buy the first half of the season while you waited on the second half to air later in the year. It doesn't hinder DVD sales because they can sale a "Complete Season 5" edition as well as "Final Season" edition of the DVD after the season finale airs.
It appears AMC unwittingly created a problem for their digital distribution vendors by labeling Season 5.1 as "Season 5" and Season 5.2 as "Final Season".
When the customer sued Apple for non-delivery of goods he gave Apple ammunition to go after AMC for damages resulting from their own screw up. I'm sure in the end, there is enough fine print in the iTunes user agreement or seller agreement to cover Apple's legal expenses.
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Much less than linux.
I would mod you funny!
WTF? Dealers complaining that Tesla may be deceiving customers about the true cost of their cars? Have they tried to purchase a car at their own dealerships?
You're lucky you can get close to knowing what the final price will be before you start to waste hours in the salesperson "office" wondering why after all these decades they still perform the "Wizard of Oz" maneuver of having to ask the boss for a better price...
What? If anything we're old school. Our desktop UI hasn't drastically changed, X server is available to run our Unix programs, and we have command line interface just like you. It also works very well with Linux servers.
Just because you're pissed at Ubuntu doesn't mean you have to start ragging on us Apple users.
Because those of us who value privacy would like our phones to remain locked until we unlock it ourselves. I'd hate to have my email accounts and photos read or copied simply because I misplaced my phone and someone else found it.
Amen!
Well the way you were QQ about it made me think otherwise.
Dude. Enjoy your Nexus 4. From the beginning I said it was a nice phone.
The NSA had my fingerprints for years... nothing bad happened yet.
If Rockstar had no developers then how would Grand theft Auto V be completed? ;)
Not really. I think there is a quad core version in the EU. Samsung for a while was sending only the dual-cores to the US.
The Samsung has a MicroSD card slot where the Nexus 4 does not. Unlike the more expensive more recent phones, the Nexus 4 at $250 comes with only 16GB storage and no LTE support. The build quality of the Nexus 4 has been questioned. I know my coworker has one and he loves it, but his rear glass panel is shattered.
LG's successor to the Nexus 4's twin the LG Optimus G Pro now includes LTE, removed the rear glass panel, larger screen, a MicroSD expansion slot, a higher resolution camera, and is much higher in price (around the same price as the HTC one and Samsung S4).
The Nexus 4 only sold 1 million units and Google is trying to liquidate its inventory by selling them $100 cheaper. If you can live without the LTE, I'd recommend getting one while they're still available.
I however like the LTE performance of my HTC one. The build quality is much better than the Nexus 4, and the camera takes better pictures indoors. Of course, I paid $200 more for 32 GB, LTE, Aluminum Body, and a lower res camera with better low light performance.
Samsung Galaxy S II
It has everything that the Nexus 4 has except no NFC. There are others out there. The Nexus 4 is an old phone after all.
And yet they sale quite a few $600+ Samsung G4 phones.
Numerous is not equal to majority.
The percentage given by the 2011 Annual Homeless Assessment report show 62.7% are male and 37.2% are female. 71.7% of the male homeless population are individuals leaving 20.7% of them being part of a family of homeless. Contrast that with only 28.3% of the female homeless populations are sheltered as individuals leaving 79.3% of them being part of a family of homeless.
Yes there are a number of single women only shelters but they do not come near the number of men's only homeless shelters. Where do you think the homeless single women should stay?
Yes physical and mental issues do contribute to homelessness but the overwhelming cause of homelessness is the lack of affordable housing.
From National Alliance to End Homelessness:
While circumstances can vary, the main reason people experience homelessness is because they cannot find housing they can afford. It is the scarcity of affordable housing in the United States, particularly in more urban areas where homelessness is more prevalent, that is behind their inability to acquire or maintain housing.
By the numbers:
There are 633,782 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the United States.
Of that number, 239,403 are people in families, and
394,379 are individuals.
Slightly fewer than 16 percent of the homeless population are considered "chronically homeless,"and
About 13 percent of homeless adults- 62,619 - are veterans.
These numbers come from point-in-time counts, which are conducted, community by community, on a single night in January every other year. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires communities to submit this data every other year in order to qualify for federal homeless assistance funds. Many communities conduct counts more regularly.
Wrong. There are homeless shelters that specialize in single homeless women and women with children. These are not spousal abuse shelters which requires abuse to have taken place and actively involve local law enforcement.
Here is a directory of homeless shelters.
I don't understand how homelessness counters feminist claims but you really need to research your answers.
I agree the Nexus 4 is a nice phone at a great price, but it isn't "high end" either. There are other similar priced smart phones with similar features. We don't really need to have the most bleeding edge phone but if you want one, you'll need to spend more money than what the Nexus 4 cost.
You mean like the Samsung 4S or the HTC One?
I do agree that your paying per episode with Amazon. However the amount that you paid for Season 5 on Amazon and Season 5 on iTunes is practically the same. You still have to order a season pass for the "Final Season" on both to get the last 8 episodes and the amount of money spent still remains the same.
Yep my bad. Amazon sent me to the SD version on Season 5. I double checked and it is the same price. $2.99/ep HD.
Actually it doesn't. I just checked and Amazon has the final 8 episodes as Season 6 in their catalog.
Oh okay insane dude. FYI in the middle of your insulting rants I didn't mention a couple of things you let slip.
If Linux was so ready for your desktop then why did you need to dual boot into Windows 7 at all? I understand the need to run a specific Windows application, but you couldn't get some audio hardware to work? I thought you freed yourself from the "horror of windows".
And that's the crux of the argument. If people can be satisfied by either OS but need a specific OS to run some of their applications then why should they bother trying to run both? The lack of popular commercial applications and the inability to use some devices natively is why people consider Linux to not be ready for the desktop. It may also be due to the fact that once useable desktop GUIs went off the deep end with their latest versions and drove people to fork into yet two more choices of desktops.
I laugh at your delusional thoughts and maybe one day you'll pull your head out of your ass.
We'll just put a pin in this discussion and return to it when Linux finally reaches 5% of the desktop market.
Yes. Which is why I mentioned the price difference between the first and last half of the same season. The argument is that there are 16 episodes in Season 5 therefore you should be able to get all 16 episodes for the same rate as "Season 5" not the higher rate as "Final Season".
I think you meant anecdotal evidence but please go on...
Yawn. Guess what. We are close to the same age and have very similar experiences... next.
Yes Linux has a GUI that is serviceable. I'm sure you won't find any complaints about Gnome3, KDE4, or Unity on the Internet. I never said Linux was unusable, just that it really isn't ready for the average desktop. It may be ready for *your* desktop. There is a reason people dual-boot into windows or run it in a VM. It's to play a popular game or use a device that only supports Windows or OS X.
Adding anti-Microsoft rhetoric to your argument isn't making the case or on topic. No one is forcing device drivers to only be available on Windows. Since Linux has only a 2% share of the desktop market, I can fully understand why some device manufacturers don't spend money producing a driver or support software that runs in Linux. I'm sure most commercial applications are available on the Windows platform for the exact same reason. That said, the OS is becoming irrelevant for a lot of people with mobile applications and web applications assuming a larger role. It's not completely irrelevant which is why some people need Windows.
Actually I made no such assertion.
Good for your mother. I'm glad Linux fulfilled her home usage needs.
You haven't demonstrated the ability to have a rational discussion without insulting people who are trying to converse with you. Besides your original premise was:
Truth be told. AMC is set up for DVD sales and not digital distribution. They made a decision to sell the first half of Season 5 on DVD and whatever. The problem being that they decided to name the second half of the DVD set as "The Final Season". It helped DVD sales because you can buy the first half of the season while you waited on the second half to air later in the year. It doesn't hinder DVD sales because they can sale a "Complete Season 5" edition as well as "Final Season" edition of the DVD after the season finale airs.
It appears AMC unwittingly created a problem for their digital distribution vendors by labeling Season 5.1 as "Season 5" and Season 5.2 as "Final Season".
When the customer sued Apple for non-delivery of goods he gave Apple ammunition to go after AMC for damages resulting from their own screw up. I'm sure in the end, there is enough fine print in the iTunes user agreement or seller agreement to cover Apple's legal expenses.