Sadly, no. I've seen the retail markup of most computers and computer accessories. While the accessories might approach 20%, computers are usually about 1%-10% markup, tops. Mostly in the lower single digits, though. Really.
That's why no one can seem to stay in the retail computer business very long. Aside from a few protected channels, like the Apple Store, direct PC makers like (Dell), and power buyers like WalMart who carry like 2 different machines at any one time, tops, the markup on most computers is very, very thin.
No specifications were revealed but DNA, a daily newspaper, has mentioned that it will be small and portable, will feature Wi-Fi, LAN, and expandable memory, and will operate on 2 watts of power.
A little critical thinking here: How, exactly, would anyone build that for $10? How much is the cheapest of cheap WiFi adapters at retail? $30? $20? Okay, now how thin are those margins?
I just don't see how they can pull all that off for $10.
Because supporting a property in JavaScript that returns the HTML string with in an element isn't going to break anything else. Just because something doesn't come from a standard doesn't mean it's not a good idea to adopt it. It's only when you adopt something that breaks a standard or is in conflict with a standard that it becomes a problem. Supporting extensions on top a standard that break nothing else isn't a problem.
Most of the problems around MSIE in terms of standards compliance have been fixed in IE 8. The other half of the problem, though, is ActiveX, which other browsers cannot implement on platform other than Windows. If ActiveX where implemented aa true open standard, without moving targets, without reliance on the underlying platform, then it would be possible to produce browsers on competing platforms that supported ActiveX.
Since Microsoft has deliberately chosen to keep certain details of ActiveX a complete an utter secret and tie it into Windows, there's no way for anyone to implement on a non-Windows platform.
This deliberate tie-in is an effort by Microsoft to create vendor lock-in. Microsoft can either compete fairly or they can fight dirty. They've consistently chosen to fight dirty and until they stop, they're always going to face criticism for it.
Yeah. I get real tired of these GIMP arguments. "Oh! The GIMP is SO hard to use."
I sat my wife, who happens to be a semi-pro photographer (serious hobbyist), down with both Photoshop and The GIMP. I even told her I thought Photoshop might be easier for her to learn. She'd never used any photo editing applications. Ever.
I thought the GIMP might be a bit hard for her.
Imagine my surprise when, after going through the online tutorials for both and trying them each for a week or so she said "Yeah, I think The GIMP is going to be a lot easier for me."
This guy is a professional photographer, but that doesn't mean he knows how to use a computer. For all I know he didn't go to System Prefs and calibrate the thing.
Did you RTFA? Did you look at the website it was on? The guy is clearly into digital photography and clearly knows a thing or two about graphic design and web design. Just look at the layout and photos for TFA! Galbraith obviously knows his stuff.
BTW-- do you know how many professional digital photographers I know? Quite a few. Most of them are, out of necessity, expert users of computer technology. Several even know how to code.
Who do you think writes all those open source photo manipulation tools like The GIMP and Krita? Geeks living in their parents' basements?
I used to be subscriber. I haven't renewed for a couple of months due to a tightening of my budget as a result of the economic crash. Surely you can understand that.;)
It got Slashdotted: caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(AppletClassLoader.java:265)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(AppletClassLoader.java:43)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(AppletClassLoader.java:152)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:149)... 9 more
I STILL don't think the LHC will kill us all but the fact we're debating it says something.
It says that there are STILL people trying foil my evil plan to create a giant, planet-sucking blackhole by controlling the minds of the LHC scientists! Curses!
Editors: Would somebody PLEASE create a FAQ on this? A red title thread has been in several articles every day.
Answer: A red title is what appears on articles subscribers see in "The Mysterious Future!" previews. For some reason, as an article is taken out of "The Mysterious Future!", the flag that makes the article a subscriber-only preview seems to come off some period of time ahead of the flag that makes the title red, so what you are seeing is what subscribers see when the article is in subscriber preview mode.
Either they did this on purpose to indicate that the article is 'hot off the presses' or there's some sort of race condition in their new styling code.
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Nope. That's a symlink. less is 'symlinked' to more. If it were a hard link, then 'less is more' would literally be true.
Yep. My wife is a psychology grad student and aside from the practicums (which are, in and of themselves, real, live case studies), even the classes that are regular classes consist of a bunch of case studies.
So she's up to her ears in case studies. All I hear about all day are things like "More case studies! Argh!"
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In Soviet Russia, Dells get YOU!!!!
Sadly, no. I've seen the retail markup of most computers and computer accessories. While the accessories might approach 20%, computers are usually about 1%-10% markup, tops. Mostly in the lower single digits, though. Really.
That's why no one can seem to stay in the retail computer business very long. Aside from a few protected channels, like the Apple Store, direct PC makers like (Dell), and power buyers like WalMart who carry like 2 different machines at any one time, tops, the markup on most computers is very, very thin.
Damn. Way to burst my bubble.
Standards compliancy != no additional features.
Standards compliance == no additional features that break the standard.
And it's still made in the USA!
Guess it won't have enough power to hit 88.5 MPH, then huh?
No specifications were revealed but DNA, a daily newspaper, has mentioned that it will be small and portable, will feature Wi-Fi, LAN, and expandable memory, and will operate on 2 watts of power.
A little critical thinking here: How, exactly, would anyone build that for $10? How much is the cheapest of cheap WiFi adapters at retail? $30? $20? Okay, now how thin are those margins?
I just don't see how they can pull all that off for $10.
Because supporting a property in JavaScript that returns the HTML string with in an element isn't going to break anything else. Just because something doesn't come from a standard doesn't mean it's not a good idea to adopt it. It's only when you adopt something that breaks a standard or is in conflict with a standard that it becomes a problem. Supporting extensions on top a standard that break nothing else isn't a problem.
Most of the problems around MSIE in terms of standards compliance have been fixed in IE 8. The other half of the problem, though, is ActiveX, which other browsers cannot implement on platform other than Windows. If ActiveX where implemented aa true open standard, without moving targets, without reliance on the underlying platform, then it would be possible to produce browsers on competing platforms that supported ActiveX.
Since Microsoft has deliberately chosen to keep certain details of ActiveX a complete an utter secret and tie it into Windows, there's no way for anyone to implement on a non-Windows platform.
This deliberate tie-in is an effort by Microsoft to create vendor lock-in. Microsoft can either compete fairly or they can fight dirty. They've consistently chosen to fight dirty and until they stop, they're always going to face criticism for it.
No Microsoft paycheck for you.
Yeah. I get real tired of these GIMP arguments. "Oh! The GIMP is SO hard to use."
I sat my wife, who happens to be a semi-pro photographer (serious hobbyist), down with both Photoshop and The GIMP. I even told her I thought Photoshop might be easier for her to learn. She'd never used any photo editing applications. Ever.
I thought the GIMP might be a bit hard for her.
Imagine my surprise when, after going through the online tutorials for both and trying them each for a week or so she said "Yeah, I think The GIMP is going to be a lot easier for me."
Go figure.
Yes. They make high-end color-accurate tuned LCDs specifically for digital photo editing.
BTW--geeks on a budget should look for S-IPS panels like my Dell 2007WFP. These are the most color accurate TFTs on the market, currently.
You can pick them up refurbished for about $150-200
This guy is a professional photographer, but that doesn't mean he knows how to use a computer. For all I know he didn't go to System Prefs and calibrate the thing.
Did you RTFA? Did you look at the website it was on? The guy is clearly into digital photography and clearly knows a thing or two about graphic design and web design. Just look at the layout and photos for TFA! Galbraith obviously knows his stuff.
BTW-- do you know how many professional digital photographers I know? Quite a few. Most of them are, out of necessity, expert users of computer technology. Several even know how to code.
Who do you think writes all those open source photo manipulation tools like The GIMP and Krita? Geeks living in their parents' basements?
Get a grip.
It's Privacy Day. They were trying to keep it, you know. Private. Like your name.
Either that or this is just some stupid thing so that these companies can say "See? We're doing something about privacy! We had a Data Privacy Day!"
Or both.
I used to be subscriber. I haven't renewed for a couple of months due to a tightening of my budget as a result of the economic crash. Surely you can understand that. ;)
It got Slashdotted:
... 9 more
caused by: java.io.IOException: open HTTP connection failed.
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.getBytes(AppletClassLoader.java:265)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.access$100(AppletClassLoader.java:43)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader$1.run(AppletClassLoader.java:152)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:149)
I STILL don't think the LHC will kill us all but the fact we're debating it says something.
It says that there are STILL people trying foil my evil plan to create a giant, planet-sucking blackhole by controlling the minds of the LHC scientists! Curses!
Editors: Would somebody PLEASE create a FAQ on this? A red title thread has been in several articles every day.
Answer: A red title is what appears on articles subscribers see in "The Mysterious Future!" previews. For some reason, as an article is taken out of "The Mysterious Future!", the flag that makes the article a subscriber-only preview seems to come off some period of time ahead of the flag that makes the title red, so what you are seeing is what subscribers see when the article is in subscriber preview mode.
Either they did this on purpose to indicate that the article is 'hot off the presses' or there's some sort of race condition in their new styling code.
Nope. That's a symlink. less is 'symlinked' to more. If it were a hard link, then 'less is more' would literally be true.
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Maybe burying him in that old Indian burial ground a short hike from my back yard... But that just seems like I'd be asking for trouble.
Don't do it. Those Indians couldn't even SPELL sematary!
Having run motion picture film for 20 years,
You've been working in the projector room for 20 years? Damn. That sucks! ;)
*ducking*
Thompson had a career at ... Seagate Technology.
OMFG! Nobody reboot ANYTHING at the Dept. of Commerce!
Without the Bush, I would never have been a father.
Oh, you can get a girl pregnant without the Bush. Trust me. Shaving doesn't change one damn thing in that regard!
Yep. My wife is a psychology grad student and aside from the practicums (which are, in and of themselves, real, live case studies), even the classes that are regular classes consist of a bunch of case studies.
So she's up to her ears in case studies. All I hear about all day are things like "More case studies! Argh!"
The real question: Why would you want to do that?
$ bzip2 -f9 foo