Even if that were true (which I highly doubt), it doesn't change the fact that a student is paying to go to college. If I buy a product, it doesn't matter to me how profitable it is for the company that makes it, I still expect to get my money's worth for it.
What I don't get is why you would take the time to write out such a post without actually finding out anything about the topic of your post.
This will be much faster than satellite, as it is many thousands of miles closer.
These things land every long while for maintenance and upgrades. This will be staggered so that connectivity isn't lost. Maintenance won't be as bad as you think.
Your post is simple ignorance and fear of the unknown. This is not meant as a flame, but it's true. Just because you don't know anything about the subject, don't assume that the company making the Stratellites hasn't thought of these issues.
While I agree with the verdict, the case isn't nearly as silly as you make out. If you looked under Geico in the yellowpages and the things you found under that heading were Geico's competitors, I could understand Geico being a bit upset.
In that case, what is there about movies that makes them inherently more serious than games (which take as long to make as, have similar budgets as, make more money than, and can have plots/characters/visuals at least as good as movies)?
Neither Symphony Orchestras nor Blockbuster Moovies[sic] have *ANY* practical value whatsoever.
I wouldn't agree with that necessarily. It's like saying that chairs with cushions have no practical benefit over hard chairs. You can live your life without movies, games, and music, but I wouldn't want to.
Seriously. I mean, this is Linux people trying to pull a Microsoft trick. The point of open source software isn't to move people to Linux. Linux should move people to it based on its own merits, not because it's got all the best software. That approach is exactly why people hate Windows.
It just goes to show that people are people everywhere even if they're FOSS developers.
You don't even need to read the fine article to know it's not just America. Read the fine Slashdot post and notice it says worldwide. Britain, Australia and Canada have all done similar things.
But then, perhaps you meant to include those countries in the designation "anglo-american?" If so I know at least three of those countries would probably be rather offended.
I was being non-judgmental because I wasn't talking about their abilities to speak English as relating to doing any job. The point was made that India probably has the most English-speakers in the world, and I was simply commenting that it's not their native language and I think that the statistics might be skewed because people being counted as English-speakers might only barely qualify as such.
While it's true and annoying about the padding in Firefox, I have to firmly disagree that IE is the most CSS compliant. I don't have any concrete examples, but I can recall many times when I've been annoyed by the random things IE does that are most definitely not up to standard.
What I really don't get though is your claim that MS doesn't invent new crap and start pushing it as a standard. That is patently false. How about colored scrollbars? How about filters? Not that I don't like those things, but they're not standard.
Remember the days of the browser wars when so many people warned that if IE became the dominant browser MS would take over the Internet. Well it did and they didn't.
In a sense MS did take over the internet. The biggest hurdle for many people switching to FF or another non-IE browser is sites that were built only to work in IE.
(Wow... that's a lot of two-letter abbreviations.)
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To an average joe, IE is free and works enough also, just ask my family.
Sure, but Firefox isn't the only thing on the cd. Microsoft Office, for instance, is pretty far from free.
I'm not sure it counts as "clearly" if you're the only one who thinks so.
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If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?
I think for the average Joe, the fact that it's free and works is pretty much enough (especially for programs that don't have free, closed source alternatives).
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You didn't know? He and Zach played this great trick on Principle Belding and now Screech is a nano scientist.
Even if that were true (which I highly doubt), it doesn't change the fact that a student is paying to go to college. If I buy a product, it doesn't matter to me how profitable it is for the company that makes it, I still expect to get my money's worth for it.
What I don't get is why you would take the time to write out such a post without actually finding out anything about the topic of your post.
This will be much faster than satellite, as it is many thousands of miles closer.
These things land every long while for maintenance and upgrades. This will be staggered so that connectivity isn't lost. Maintenance won't be as bad as you think.
Your post is simple ignorance and fear of the unknown. This is not meant as a flame, but it's true. Just because you don't know anything about the subject, don't assume that the company making the Stratellites hasn't thought of these issues.
As soon as universities start being free, I'll agree with you.
And surprisingly enough, there was little wailing and the general amount of teeth-gnashing raised only a small amount.
While I agree with the verdict, the case isn't nearly as silly as you make out. If you looked under Geico in the yellowpages and the things you found under that heading were Geico's competitors, I could understand Geico being a bit upset.
In that case, what is there about movies that makes them inherently more serious than games (which take as long to make as, have similar budgets as, make more money than, and can have plots/characters/visuals at least as good as movies)?
Well I can write "Pointless story" in one line.
So... you agree that your parent post had no point?
>These are video games.... you really think that this should be as serious as the Oscars.
Perhaps /. editors need to set up a CVS repository of articles so they can better coordinate posts?
And movies don't have scantily clad females?
Whoa... that makes me want to buy a snowboard, dude.
Neither Symphony Orchestras nor Blockbuster Moovies[sic] have *ANY* practical value whatsoever.
I wouldn't agree with that necessarily. It's like saying that chairs with cushions have no practical benefit over hard chairs. You can live your life without movies, games, and music, but I wouldn't want to.
Seriously. I mean, this is Linux people trying to pull a Microsoft trick. The point of open source software isn't to move people to Linux. Linux should move people to it based on its own merits, not because it's got all the best software. That approach is exactly why people hate Windows.
It just goes to show that people are people everywhere even if they're FOSS developers.
A ban from the internet for me would be tantamount to a death sentence.
You don't even need to read the fine article to know it's not just America. Read the fine Slashdot post and notice it says worldwide. Britain, Australia and Canada have all done similar things.
But then, perhaps you meant to include those countries in the designation "anglo-american?" If so I know at least three of those countries would probably be rather offended.
I was being non-judgmental because I wasn't talking about their abilities to speak English as relating to doing any job. The point was made that India probably has the most English-speakers in the world, and I was simply commenting that it's not their native language and I think that the statistics might be skewed because people being counted as English-speakers might only barely qualify as such.
In my experience though, many of them don't speak English very well.
This is not meant in a derogatory way, simply an observation. I don't speak Punjabi or Hindi at all so I'm hardly in a position to judge.
I'm all for using Flash when it makes sense, but I can't even make myself read an article presented in such a way.
What I don't get is what exactly their strategy is in making this browser as well as the new Firefox-based Netscape they're working on.
While it's true and annoying about the padding in Firefox, I have to firmly disagree that IE is the most CSS compliant. I don't have any concrete examples, but I can recall many times when I've been annoyed by the random things IE does that are most definitely not up to standard.
What I really don't get though is your claim that MS doesn't invent new crap and start pushing it as a standard. That is patently false. How about colored scrollbars? How about filters? Not that I don't like those things, but they're not standard.
Remember the days of the browser wars when so many people warned that if IE became the dominant browser MS would take over the Internet. Well it did and they didn't.
In a sense MS did take over the internet. The biggest hurdle for many people switching to FF or another non-IE browser is sites that were built only to work in IE.
(Wow... that's a lot of two-letter abbreviations.)
To an average joe, IE is free and works enough also, just ask my family.
Sure, but Firefox isn't the only thing on the cd. Microsoft Office, for instance, is pretty far from free.
I'm not sure it counts as "clearly" if you're the only one who thinks so.
If i'm an average joe, my first question is 'why should i use open-source?" not where do i get it from?
I think for the average Joe, the fact that it's free and works is pretty much enough (especially for programs that don't have free, closed source alternatives).