But that means nobody will be able to make a living writing applications for these netbooks — they already have all the software their users need. Most desktop applications will continue to be coded against Microsoft's convoluted, inconsistent, and buggy APIs and platforms.
My nephew runs commercial games on his ipod touch.
The big problem here is whether you'll be allowed to buy
a mini notebook with 1GB and a 120-160 MB hard disk without
Windows. Microsoft certainly does not want notebook vendors selling them
that way, and has effective strategies to induce them not to do so.
I
expect they start with legal bribes, price structures
effecting both the vendors larger systems and the smaller ones, and if
that doesn't work the patent portfolio comes out and they discuss whether
you'd like to cross-license on their terms or be sued.
That won't mean anything to a chinese company willing to sell a netbook online for a hundred bucks.
well, 500 AUD = 329.85 USD. which is also the list price for the Asus Eee PC in Australia (for the Linux version, i'm assuming).
shipping/customs shouldn't be a issue since it's being ordered by the Australian government, and in such bulk that the per unit shipping cost would be negligible.
The 701 model eee is advertised in the paper here in.au for $350 aud but I have seen it for 300 in a different store and I would expect to pay no more than 250 given that you can get better models now.
We had the Apple ][ and a knock off called the Orange. If you wanted software you had to write it in basic. There were a few games floating around and I spent some time adapting them to do different things and sharing them with other students.
I would much rather do that than waste my time with word processors.
OK, granted there are a lot of Americans on this site, and we sometimes have a reputation of being ignorant of geography and other countries, but I think most people have heard of Portugal. I mean, for goodness sake...the *pope* gave you guys half a continent...
From now on I will describe myself as being from Australia (a small country near New Zealand).
Maybe he is Vietnamese or Cambodian. I wonder if they hate the Japanese as much as the Malaysians?. Brings to mind Ng from Snow Crash who had a virtual Japanese girl servant.
Classic quote #2...."Theres no way a computer could be that small, unless you're some sort of hacker or spy".
Since they believe that you should tell them to look out. You are obviously a force to be reckoned with and they should stay out of your way lest you reprogram their DNA or something.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
When you have (say) five or six people who could respond to an issue the difficult ones seem to get a Somebody Elses Problem field around them.
In our case their call handling system should have had some metrics attached to it. Measure the response time to calls and identify problem areas offline.
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But that means nobody will be able to make a living writing applications for these netbooks — they already have all the software their users need. Most desktop applications will continue to be coded against Microsoft's convoluted, inconsistent, and buggy APIs and platforms.
My nephew runs commercial games on his ipod touch.
The big problem here is whether you'll be allowed to buy a mini notebook with 1GB and a 120-160 MB hard disk without Windows. Microsoft certainly does not want notebook vendors selling them that way, and has effective strategies to induce them not to do so.
I expect they start with legal bribes, price structures effecting both the vendors larger systems and the smaller ones, and if that doesn't work the patent portfolio comes out and they discuss whether you'd like to cross-license on their terms or be sued.
That won't mean anything to a chinese company willing to sell a netbook online for a hundred bucks.
No, just flying chairs
There really should be a screen saver for that.
No bucks, no buck rogers. NASA management need headlines to justify budgets.
Wow, you had John McCain's blackberry.
It was clear to management that the mission scientists had stuffed up and were not to be trusted.
And that would lead me to be from New Zealand (a small country near......Oh, $%#@!)
Norfolk Island!
well, 500 AUD = 329.85 USD. which is also the list price for the Asus Eee PC in Australia (for the Linux version, i'm assuming).
shipping/customs shouldn't be a issue since it's being ordered by the Australian government, and in such bulk that the per unit shipping cost would be negligible.
The 701 model eee is advertised in the paper here in .au for $350 aud but I have seen it for 300 in a different store and I would expect to pay no more than 250 given that you can get better models now.
I read the post by MikeyistheDevil as sarcasm. It doesn't sound serious to me.
We had the Apple ][ and a knock off called the Orange. If you wanted software you had to write it in basic. There were a few games floating around and I spent some time adapting them to do different things and sharing them with other students.
I would much rather do that than waste my time with word processors.
One way pagers did exist, and so did cameras, but they required this non-digital stuff called "film"
What kind of "film" did you use in your pagers?
No I think the "pager" used a carrier pigeon.
Wow, do people honestly not know what Portugal is?
Not that it actually matters. The airline takes care of finding my destination for me. I just have to know what it is called.
(a small country near Spain)
OK, granted there are a lot of Americans on this site, and we sometimes have a reputation of being ignorant of geography and other countries, but I think most people have heard of Portugal. I mean, for goodness sake...the *pope* gave you guys half a continent...
From now on I will describe myself as being from Australia (a small country near New Zealand).
This is probably the best thing I've seen on Idle so far.
Or least worst, anyway.
He just wants a Unit to Sample and Hold.
Maybe he is Vietnamese or Cambodian. I wonder if they hate the Japanese as much as the Malaysians?. Brings to mind Ng from Snow Crash who had a virtual Japanese girl servant.
I don't understand the application of a robot like this
Something about deeper understanding.
I mean, he had the chance to design his own wife, and look how flat-chested he made her.
Some of us like women like that ;)
Does the protocol droid speak the binary language of moisture vaporators?
Classic quote #2...."Theres no way a computer could be that small, unless you're some sort of hacker or spy".
Since they believe that you should tell them to look out. You are obviously a force to be reckoned with and they should stay out of your way lest you reprogram their DNA or something.
Yeah at the moment it looks like it will die like the Australia Card
You've never tried Censoring the Internet until you've tried Australian-Rules Censoring!
With or without Tony Lockett?
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw
He seems to have discovered advanced html techniques such as and so maybe he is learning.
When you have (say) five or six people who could respond to an issue the difficult ones seem to get a Somebody Elses Problem field around them.
In our case their call handling system should have had some metrics attached to it. Measure the response time to calls and identify problem areas offline.