You're right. People only care about money these days. People don't care about supporting good companies or not supporting bad ones. They rarely care about quality, how and where something was manufactured. They don't care about service. It all comes down to The Almighty Buck. I'd be willing to bet that Jeff Bezos could rape your mother, but you'd still shop there if you could find another digital gadget for $0.10 less than another web site (or god forbid, an actual store!).
Yeah, of course I use copy paper. So then inkjet is even MORE expensive if you have to buy the ridiculously overpriced ink AND paper. Wow. Definitely not useful for day-to-day business use, it sounds like. Interesting.
I was comparing b/w to b/w. I can get 1000's of pages on one $30 thing of toner, vs. maybe 100-200 pages from a $45 inkjet cartridge. Then they get gummed up... they run if they get wet... you have to wait for one with a lot of ink to dry...ugh. What a PITA. I'd go back to daisy-wheel before I'd go anywhere near inkjet.
On professional archival quality paper, using professional quality ink, ink jet (particularly pigmented ink jet, though dyed is improving) is archival quality and will last longer than many lightjet-style prints, to say nothing of simple laserjet prints. Many museums and artists use epson 9600s and what not for their display prints. I know I do.
I've never seen an ink jet printer that prints out anything that 1. Doesn't get deformed from massive quantities of wet ink when printing large filled areas or 2. Holds up to even the tiniest amount of moisture. So either ink jet technology is 100% different from a few years ago or your definition of "archival" is different than what most people's definition of it is.
From everything I've seen, ink jet technology is more expensive, slower, produces lower quality, and less durable printed pages. With the cost of laser/LED (Okidata uses LED instead of laser) technology so low, why would anybody, especially in a professional setting, consider ink jet?
What I don't understand is why people put up with going to the store to rent a movie that turns out to be unusable so much of the time.
You should probably find a better video rental store. Our local stores (NOT a nationwide chain) do a *great* job keeping their DVD's in good shape, and giving refunds when any of it is fucked up. So, I don't know how big of a problem it is, or how difficult it is for a store to work around, but we have a local chain that handles it just fine.
Simple solution:
1. Tie this problem in with "Terrorism" in some way.
2. Bush bombs the companies into oblivion in an attempt to distract voters.
3. Haliburton, with no competition whatsoever, gets the contract to rebuild said companies.
4. Bush & Cheney & friends profit!
Between #2 and #3, you'll have GREAT cell phone privacy!
The new world of no privacy anywhere is getting ridiculous.
That depends on the society you live in. It doesn't bother me, but I'm in the process of moving to a very remote place where people don't even own cars (they still exist!). This is one of the unexpected consequences of living in massively overcrowded societies. You just become a number. It's only going to get worse as long as people keep breeding like fucking rabbits.
Could somebody please summarize what in the hell an "XML Form" is? XML is, quite simply, a way of formatting flat data. Saying "XML Form" is like saying "Comma-delimited Form". What in the hell does this mean?
This is the same as proprietary software: you pay for new features, bug fixes, etc. It's funny how the whole OSS movement is starting to look more and more like traditional software all of the time. Maybe this is yet another sign that selling software was a non-problem that didn't need fixing?
Linux is supposed to be an enterprise-class secure, stable operating system regardless of whether it's being sold, given away or traded for cheezy knobs. Or so I've heard around here.
Actually, I've found that Kingdom of Loathing is exactly what I was looking for: a fun game that has plenty of casual gamers and hardcore players, but it honestly doesn't matter. The game is fun for everybody to play, and people *do* get sucked in, but the creators make it a priority that new players have as much fun as long time players. Of course, it may also help that the new breed of caffinated, medicated "twitch" kids aren't going to be too excited about a web-based black and white game. But more than anything, the creators work very hard to level the playing field, while the long time players still get fun goodies. The most telling aspect of the levelling is that player vs. player combat is set up so that it's unlikely that you'll get totally and completely spanked by some 9 year old that spends 12 hours a day in front of the tube.
My point is that it *can* be done. This is at least one example.
I cant get over that telcos are happy to pass them onto their consumers. That'd be like McDonalds adding 11c to your bigmac to pay for trash collection.
No, not really. This is a tax that is per person or per broadband user. It makes sense to pass it on, just like sales tax. If anything, the companies *should* pass this on to consumers so that the consumers can know what they're paying for. If the consumers are pissed about high prices for broadband, they should know why.
Oh, they do. But unions only help short-term. Long term, unions drive jobs out of the country due to artificially inflated labor costs. We've seen it happen with steel, textiles, and lots and lots of other manufacturing industries.
How naive are you, exactly? That kind of thing is quite common everywhere (yes, even in the US, Jimmy). And, that kind of thing is desperately needed for US workers if we're even going to attempt to compete with companies around the world.
Fine by me. I've already cut all communications with Chinese servers due to spam. I'm not the only one to do this, either. I'm willing to be that we will very soon have a Chinese Internet, and a rest-of-the-world Internet.
OK, so if you die and leave a car to your family, then the public gets to use it after x amount of time, right? You saying that a creative work is not an asset is ridiculous, and again, insulting to people who create non-physical products.
That isn't protecting distribution to make back profit, that's protecting big business to control every facet of their holdings while fucking the public out of what should have been rightfully theirs.
Oh really? "Rightfully theirs"? I dare you to say that to the face of a musician or an artist or an author. I dare you.
The problem, to some extent extent, thus perhaps lies with the quality of content.
Unfortunately, I'd say it's the quality of the code too. Recently (past few months), Slashdot has been going down more than a cheap Las Vegas hooker (no offense intended to any cheap Las Vegas hookers who may read Slashdot).
But MS SQL and DB2 don't deserve to be linked into the same category.
I was actually giving Postgre the benefit of the doubt by lumping it in with SQL Server and DB2. I've never used it, but I've heard good things about it. I was planning on giving it a shot once a version of Toad came out that supports it.
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You're right. People only care about money these days. People don't care about supporting good companies or not supporting bad ones. They rarely care about quality, how and where something was manufactured. They don't care about service. It all comes down to The Almighty Buck. I'd be willing to bet that Jeff Bezos could rape your mother, but you'd still shop there if you could find another digital gadget for $0.10 less than another web site (or god forbid, an actual store!).
Yeah, of course I use copy paper. So then inkjet is even MORE expensive if you have to buy the ridiculously overpriced ink AND paper. Wow. Definitely not useful for day-to-day business use, it sounds like. Interesting.
I was comparing b/w to b/w. I can get 1000's of pages on one $30 thing of toner, vs. maybe 100-200 pages from a $45 inkjet cartridge. Then they get gummed up... they run if they get wet... you have to wait for one with a lot of ink to dry...ugh. What a PITA. I'd go back to daisy-wheel before I'd go anywhere near inkjet.
On professional archival quality paper, using professional quality ink, ink jet (particularly pigmented ink jet, though dyed is improving) is archival quality and will last longer than many lightjet-style prints, to say nothing of simple laserjet prints. Many museums and artists use epson 9600s and what not for their display prints. I know I do.
I've never seen an ink jet printer that prints out anything that 1. Doesn't get deformed from massive quantities of wet ink when printing large filled areas or 2. Holds up to even the tiniest amount of moisture. So either ink jet technology is 100% different from a few years ago or your definition of "archival" is different than what most people's definition of it is.
Still totally unrealistic for businesses, but nice try.
From everything I've seen, ink jet technology is more expensive, slower, produces lower quality, and less durable printed pages. With the cost of laser/LED (Okidata uses LED instead of laser) technology so low, why would anybody, especially in a professional setting, consider ink jet?
What I don't understand is why people put up with going to the store to rent a movie that turns out to be unusable so much of the time.
You should probably find a better video rental store. Our local stores (NOT a nationwide chain) do a *great* job keeping their DVD's in good shape, and giving refunds when any of it is fucked up. So, I don't know how big of a problem it is, or how difficult it is for a store to work around, but we have a local chain that handles it just fine.
Simple solution:
1. Tie this problem in with "Terrorism" in some way.
2. Bush bombs the companies into oblivion in an attempt to distract voters.
3. Haliburton, with no competition whatsoever, gets the contract to rebuild said companies.
4. Bush & Cheney & friends profit!
Between #2 and #3, you'll have GREAT cell phone privacy!
The new world of no privacy anywhere is getting ridiculous.
That depends on the society you live in. It doesn't bother me, but I'm in the process of moving to a very remote place where people don't even own cars (they still exist!). This is one of the unexpected consequences of living in massively overcrowded societies. You just become a number. It's only going to get worse as long as people keep breeding like fucking rabbits.
Could somebody please summarize what in the hell an "XML Form" is? XML is, quite simply, a way of formatting flat data. Saying "XML Form" is like saying "Comma-delimited Form". What in the hell does this mean?
This is the same as proprietary software: you pay for new features, bug fixes, etc. It's funny how the whole OSS movement is starting to look more and more like traditional software all of the time. Maybe this is yet another sign that selling software was a non-problem that didn't need fixing?
Linux is supposed to be an enterprise-class secure, stable operating system regardless of whether it's being sold, given away or traded for cheezy knobs. Or so I've heard around here.
Come with me... I have a bridge to sell you...
Actually, I've found that Kingdom of Loathing is exactly what I was looking for: a fun game that has plenty of casual gamers and hardcore players, but it honestly doesn't matter. The game is fun for everybody to play, and people *do* get sucked in, but the creators make it a priority that new players have as much fun as long time players. Of course, it may also help that the new breed of caffinated, medicated "twitch" kids aren't going to be too excited about a web-based black and white game. But more than anything, the creators work very hard to level the playing field, while the long time players still get fun goodies. The most telling aspect of the levelling is that player vs. player combat is set up so that it's unlikely that you'll get totally and completely spanked by some 9 year old that spends 12 hours a day in front of the tube.
My point is that it *can* be done. This is at least one example.
I cant get over that telcos are happy to pass them onto their consumers. That'd be like McDonalds adding 11c to your bigmac to pay for trash collection.
No, not really. This is a tax that is per person or per broadband user. It makes sense to pass it on, just like sales tax. If anything, the companies *should* pass this on to consumers so that the consumers can know what they're paying for. If the consumers are pissed about high prices for broadband, they should know why.
Well, then make them stop breaking the law!!!
How about we get some reasonable laws on the books, and get rid of some unreasonable laws.
Oh, they do. But unions only help short-term. Long term, unions drive jobs out of the country due to artificially inflated labor costs. We've seen it happen with steel, textiles, and lots and lots of other manufacturing industries.
How naive are you, exactly? That kind of thing is quite common everywhere (yes, even in the US, Jimmy). And, that kind of thing is desperately needed for US workers if we're even going to attempt to compete with companies around the world.
Fine by me. I've already cut all communications with Chinese servers due to spam. I'm not the only one to do this, either. I'm willing to be that we will very soon have a Chinese Internet, and a rest-of-the-world Internet.
So then, people can't own non-material things? I don't see the difference between a table that I build and a book that I write.
OK, so if you die and leave a car to your family, then the public gets to use it after x amount of time, right? You saying that a creative work is not an asset is ridiculous, and again, insulting to people who create non-physical products.
Do you think that the relatives of Shakespeare should be allowed to control his works ?
Yes I do. Do you believe that all of your assets should be given away once you die, leaving nothing for your family?
Let's get this straight... you have no rights to somebody else's work, any more than I have a right to break into your house and steal your stereo.
That isn't protecting distribution to make back profit, that's protecting big business to control every facet of their holdings while fucking the public out of what should have been rightfully theirs.
Oh really? "Rightfully theirs"? I dare you to say that to the face of a musician or an artist or an author. I dare you.
The problem, to some extent extent, thus perhaps lies with the quality of content.
Unfortunately, I'd say it's the quality of the code too. Recently (past few months), Slashdot has been going down more than a cheap Las Vegas hooker (no offense intended to any cheap Las Vegas hookers who may read Slashdot).
But MS SQL and DB2 don't deserve to be linked into the same category.
I was actually giving Postgre the benefit of the doubt by lumping it in with SQL Server and DB2. I've never used it, but I've heard good things about it. I was planning on giving it a shot once a version of Toad came out that supports it.