No, no, no. I'm pretty sure the parent was talking about wearing baklava! It's really, really sticky, see, so if someone tries to take a picture of you, they'll probably end up stuck to your face!
As was pointed out by another poster (digitalunity), Ubuntu and Windows handle the USB ports differently. Still, my Windows XP box at work doesn't have a driver installed for my LG Rumor. But maybe the Rumor can get a full charge on 100mA, while the Motorola phones can't. *shrug* So at this point, I don't doubt that the Motorola phones probably need a driver.
No. Are you saying that USB ports put out different amounts of current on Windows vs. Linux? I have a hard time believing this. As they say on Wikipedia, [Citation Needed].
Nonsense. I have been able to charge both my previous phone (Motorola RAZR) and my current phone (LG Rumor) from my Ubuntu-powered PC, no drivers necessary. (Posted from my Rumor, BTW.)
So, donate them to a charitable organization that can use them. My wife and I sit on the board of directors of two such organizations that would use them as webservers in a co-lo. Contact me for full details.
Neither the parent nor myself are saying we don't think that Higgs Boson is nonexistant. We're saying that their bullshitting about their chances of actually observing it.
Thanks for that. That's exactly what I'm saying. I used to think the same things that the parent thought until I read about exactly what you just pointed out: In Stallman's utopia, the GPL would not be necessary.
Exactly. Putting it in perspective. the folks at Fermilab are saying that their odds of finding a subatomic particle that only, currently, exists in the minds of some mathematicians studying theoretical physics that, in theory, only exists for a tiny miniscule fraction of the blink of an eye under exactly the right conditions and then completely blinks out of existence are 50-96%.
Full disclosure: I have Photoshop and at one time used it every day in a professional capacity. I use the GIMP these days mostly because it runs natively on my platform of choice without the use of WINE, VMWare, VirtualBox, etc.
Of course the market says the prices are too high. What matters is if the market is still willing to pay anyways... and since CD sales haven't stopped completely, it's worth saying that people are continuing with paying at the current prices.
Remember that only 50% of US households even have a computer. Of course CD sales haven't stopped completely.
Also, your example of Walmart is flawed. If you're saying that they do believe that lower prices == more sales, try seeing what happens to your profits.
The basic model of Walmart, or any discounter, is that they sell their products cheaper than most of their competition and make up the profits on volume. Walmart's "special twist" is that they initially sell products cheaper than anybody, including themselves, can make money at, knock all their competition out of business, and then use their newfound market power to negotiate ridiculously low prices from their vendors, and then make huge profits selling products at low prices AND high markup. Ingenious, I tell you, if not a bit dirty.
Anyway...
There's also that funny tilt factor of people judging the worth of a product by it's price, and such low (or free) prices often mars their view of it.
You must be a baby boomer. Gen X and younger have figured out that just about everything these days is a commodity. Very few of us ever pay full retail for anything. Some of us have figured out that the old adage 'you get what you pay for' is very often complete bullshit.
Typically, though, the article is talking about servers. Typical application programs on the Windows platform run on the client, not the server. In the case of vertical market applications that do have a server component, most of server-side of the application is fairly platform-independent. J2EE and SQL databases are two very commonly-used technologies in this regard.
When the application runs entirely on the client, what the server runs typically doesn't matter much. Usually these will work just fine with Linux or even a filer appliance.
I understand what you're saying, but at the end of the day, the market is mostly saying that the prices are way too high. $1/song is a rip off. Especially when you consider that of the $1, you're lucky if, on average, $0.01 goes to the artist who actually wrote and/or recorded that song. The rest goes to the middle men, who pretty much do nothing but throw temper tantrums in the media when they don't get their way for their $0.69 share.
Photoshop is overrated. 90% of users don't use the functionality that everyone keeps saying GIMP is 'lacking'.
And don't talk to me about CMYK support or color profiles. GIMP has 'good enough' support for both of these.
And for the 10% that do use things like layer filters, let me ask you: Is it *really* worth the $699 Adobe wants for Photoshop CS4? (Answer: Only if you do this for a living and you spend most of your tube time in Photoshop.)
...Why you would run Windows on top of Linux, given not only the stability history but also since now there are now FOSS alternatives for almost anything Windows can provide, without taking a huge hit to the "total cost of ownership".
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No, no, no. I'm pretty sure the parent was talking about wearing baklava! It's really, really sticky, see, so if someone tries to take a picture of you, they'll probably end up stuck to your face!
As was pointed out by another poster (digitalunity), Ubuntu and Windows handle the USB ports differently. Still, my Windows XP box at work doesn't have a driver installed for my LG Rumor. But maybe the Rumor can get a full charge on 100mA, while the Motorola phones can't. *shrug* So at this point, I don't doubt that the Motorola phones probably need a driver.
You can't get a tax break on Freecycle.
No. Are you saying that USB ports put out different amounts of current on Windows vs. Linux? I have a hard time believing this. As they say on Wikipedia, [Citation Needed].
If you don't want to drop your Sprint contract, dump the Motorola and get a Rumor. Rumor's don't support EVDO but they do use CDMA 3000.
I'm in Florida, but i'll check with my California contacts and see if anyone in your area needs one.
See my other post in this thread, but in a word, no. At least not on Ubuntu 7.04 and later.
Nonsense. I have been able to charge both my previous phone (Motorola RAZR) and my current phone (LG Rumor) from my Ubuntu-powered PC, no drivers necessary. (Posted from my Rumor, BTW.)
Their chances of demonstrating it directly. They made the statistical chances up out of whole cloth.
So, donate them to a charitable organization that can use them. My wife and I sit on the board of directors of two such organizations that would use them as webservers in a co-lo. Contact me for full details.
Errmmm....that was worded awkwardly, but you know what I mean: We're not saying it doesn't exist.
Neither the parent nor myself are saying we don't think that Higgs Boson is nonexistant. We're saying that their bullshitting about their chances of actually observing it.
See this post before you go around spouting off and making yourself look stupid.
Thanks for that. That's exactly what I'm saying. I used to think the same things that the parent thought until I read about exactly what you just pointed out: In Stallman's utopia, the GPL would not be necessary.
Exactly. Putting it in perspective. the folks at Fermilab are saying that their odds of finding a subatomic particle that only, currently, exists in the minds of some mathematicians studying theoretical physics that, in theory, only exists for a tiny miniscule fraction of the blink of an eye under exactly the right conditions and then completely blinks out of existence are 50-96%.
Yeah, they're just making shit up.
It also excludes my personal favorite, the BMT.
Full disclosure: I have Photoshop and at one time used it every day in a professional capacity. I use the GIMP these days mostly because it runs natively on my platform of choice without the use of WINE, VMWare, VirtualBox, etc.
Of course the market says the prices are too high. What matters is if the market is still willing to pay anyways... and since CD sales haven't stopped completely, it's worth saying that people are continuing with paying at the current prices.
Remember that only 50% of US households even have a computer. Of course CD sales haven't stopped completely.
Also, your example of Walmart is flawed. If you're saying that they do believe that lower prices == more sales, try seeing what happens to your profits.
The basic model of Walmart, or any discounter, is that they sell their products cheaper than most of their competition and make up the profits on volume. Walmart's "special twist" is that they initially sell products cheaper than anybody, including themselves, can make money at, knock all their competition out of business, and then use their newfound market power to negotiate ridiculously low prices from their vendors, and then make huge profits selling products at low prices AND high markup. Ingenious, I tell you, if not a bit dirty.
Anyway...
There's also that funny tilt factor of people judging the worth of a product by it's price, and such low (or free) prices often mars their view of it.
You must be a baby boomer. Gen X and younger have figured out that just about everything these days is a commodity. Very few of us ever pay full retail for anything. Some of us have figured out that the old adage 'you get what you pay for' is very often complete bullshit.
Nuclear Sub? Is that a new sandwich from Subway?
"The all new Subway Nuclear Sub: It glows in the dark! Get a lotta green for a little green! Now only $5.99 for a 12-inch! Subway: Eat Fresh!"
Typically, though, the article is talking about servers. Typical application programs on the Windows platform run on the client, not the server. In the case of vertical market applications that do have a server component, most of server-side of the application is fairly platform-independent. J2EE and SQL databases are two very commonly-used technologies in this regard.
When the application runs entirely on the client, what the server runs typically doesn't matter much. Usually these will work just fine with Linux or even a filer appliance.
There is no rule of lower prices == more sales to begin with.
Yeah, it's not like there are any businesses that built an empire on that model or anything.
I understand what you're saying, but at the end of the day, the market is mostly saying that the prices are way too high. $1/song is a rip off. Especially when you consider that of the $1, you're lucky if, on average, $0.01 goes to the artist who actually wrote and/or recorded that song. The rest goes to the middle men, who pretty much do nothing but throw temper tantrums in the media when they don't get their way for their $0.69 share.
Except if it is Digg stylesheets or other bits geeks care about, like GPL violation (the whole notion of GPL rests on copyright law btw.)
Nope. Free software people don't give a rats ass about copyright law. The GPL is actually a hack to circumvent copyright law. Think about it.
Photoshop is overrated. 90% of users don't use the functionality that everyone keeps saying GIMP is 'lacking'.
And don't talk to me about CMYK support or color profiles. GIMP has 'good enough' support for both of these.
And for the 10% that do use things like layer filters, let me ask you: Is it *really* worth the $699 Adobe wants for Photoshop CS4? (Answer: Only if you do this for a living and you spend most of your tube time in Photoshop.)
They haven't added laugh tracks to TV shows in years...
...Why you would run Windows on top of Linux, given not only the stability history but also since now there are now FOSS alternatives for almost anything Windows can provide, without taking a huge hit to the "total cost of ownership".
Two words: Microsoft Exchange.