You seem to confuse usable with usability. Just because something can be used, doesn't mean it is the best option. By your logic we would all be using rocks to pound nails because, "It works, you just have to think a little bit." Being intuitive means that people want to use it that is the point. Unless of course you don't want people to use your product and if that is the case, why are you publishing it publicly?
Your second point is rather funny to me. I wonder if you would say, "If someone doesn't know how to design an engine they have no business designing the rest of the car(oblig. car reference)?" People have specialities, that is how society works now.
Finally a red herring is irrelevant, we are talking about Linux not windows. I don't really like windows either but that is another discussion.
Because most people shut up if they are called a snitch or an informer. Did your parents ever tell you not to "tattle" on a sibling? Even if they where doing something wrong? The idea that people don't inform on others is deeply rooted in my upbringing and from what I can tell, I am not the exception. So even if they do know what is right they may be worried about retribution from other dirty cops or even from good ones who don't like a "tattle-tale."
For the record I did look at more than one plane for less than 50k, looks like I just looked at the wrong ones.
Doesn't the engine require overhaul at 2000 hours? One of those did only have 900 hours so I stand corrected about the needing overhaul implication.
I just looked at the specs on the 152 and the 172 and I must say either my friends and I are much fatter then you and yours or your friend played a little looser with the rules. Aside from that, the CO-OP is a good idea because paying for maintenance out of many pockets is much better than paying from one. Especially considering the kind of money pit an airplane is.
Who are these mythical 4 people who fit in a 172? I guess if two of them are small children then yes, but no luggage!:-) A pilot and me in a 172 on a day that is over seventy degrees and the pilot starts thinking about how much fuel he can have and still get off the ground. Also that niche is called Genral Aviation or GA for short. You also didn't mention that a brand new 172 costs one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000). Did I mention that air conditioning adds another $20,000? I went and looked at light sport aircraft a couple weekends ago. None of those where under $100K and LSA is supposed to be the category that gets the general public interested in aviation again. Raise you hand if $100 is less than your yearly income. $100k has been the line for upper class for a long time and here in fly-over country it certainly still seems like a good mark. So the price of this jet pack seems rather reasonable to me. If it is truly under 255 pounds and carries less than 5 gallons of fuel it would also qualify as an ultralight and not need to be certified which would make it more approachable because the pilot would not need to be licensed as a pilot either.
I just looked at your link, none of those under $50k planes list engine time. Don't forget to factor another $20k for the engine rebuild as well. Notice that the new planes are listed at ~$200k. Good luck with your 172. I will spend my imaginary money on a jet pack!:-)
From what I can see, most companies wait until the sensitive data is lost or stolen then they send every customer a letter telling them it is gone and offering to pay someone to keep an eye on their credit. Other than that, I think the policy must be, "ignorance is bliss." That is just my two cents.
Tell me you are trolling. Please? You have managed to confuse usability with compatibility. Not playing all the formats you want is a format problem, not usability. Also when you select "Music" was the "Playlists" option too hard to read? I mean seriously. And exactly what is a, "proper," playlist? Movies not supporting a format is not a usability issue, it is compatibility again. But difficult? When you plug it in there is a tab literally called, "Movies." Select the movies you want and sync. Then there is the oh-so-hard-to-comprehend icon on the ipod called. . . uh, wait. . . Oh shit it's Videos! OH NOES!! Once in there was it too hard to read the name of the movie/video you wanted to watch?
And your WIFI? did you fuck with the settings on it like disabling SSID broadcasting? Because everyone knows my mother(by mother I mean the average consumer) does that first thing after changing the default password on her wireless router.
Also you seem to be incapable of reading the fucking box, right on the back where it says it requires mac OSX or Windows vista or XP and says not a single word about linux. Good work, that shrink wrap it came in must have obscured that fact from you. That or you ignored it for the sole purpose of bitching on slashdot about how big ol' Apple is trying to keep you down. I would put money on the latter.
So good work if you are trolling because I almost fell over when I read your past. Good thing I was already laying down.
Next time read the requirements and open your eyes, the interface may be easy but it doesn't read mind.
HAH, well here in the states it is limited to 9600 baud so good luck with that. I am fairly sure Canada doesn't have the same restrictions but they are not setting up wireless broadband connections either.
Doesn't this fly in the face of article 1 section 9 of the constitution? In paragraph 3 is states, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." That seems rather straightforward to me and since this decriminalizes something after the fact it sounds like an Ex Post Facto law to me.
Correct blood does not prove death, but it doesn't disprove murder, Bringing is the person you are accused of murdering(in a not-dead state) does. I am just saying that one way to prove that the large blood stains in your car is not due to a murder is to, you know, bring that person in to the court room and hold a mirror in front of their face to prove they are still breathing. Mr. Reiser did not and apparently could not do this. Blood alone does not prove someone to be a murderer, all of the evidence together did.
Will he meet Morgan Freeman in jail and then con the warden out of a bunch of money and get locked in solitary for playing a record of some Italian women singing?
Lucky for us companies tend to want to have the lights on all the time so it is not a big deal. also, HP shut off half the lights in one if its call centers for 8 hours during the dead of night to saver money. The result, multiple thousand dollar savings PER MONTH. So $5k will pay off quickly in the summer for companies using these.
You are right, I have not. The point is that companies have to pay for their costs one way of the other. Money to pay for stuff doesn't just appear out of thin air(unless you are a bank). So pointing out that the cost of anything a company does gets passed to the customer is like saying that when we get hungry we try to eat. Of course we seek food and of course a company will pass that expense on. We would be thought to be stupid if we just sat around and did nothing about hunger until we starved. Why shouldn't a company do what is necessary to sustain their profit margin? That is what share holders expect.
One could argue that the current profit margins are too high already but that is a different debate.
When you budgeted for internet access. Would you have accepted a job that did not pay enough for you to have internet access? If you said no, then you are already billing(passing on your costs) it to your employer. When internet gets pricey, you start either not buying internet access or look for way to increase your income(asking for a raise, getting a new job).
Oh FFS I so tired of this stupid ass argument. The same logic says that the consumer passes his or her costs on to one's employer. Get over it, entities make money. then those entities pay that money for services they want. All of these entities budget for what they need and then charge, in actual charges or in salary, what they need to cover those expenses. None of this, IT GETS PASSED TO THE CONSUMER!!!!!!!!1111!one Get over yourself, that is how life works. We all trade something we have for something we want.
a fast GUI is possible but if you are only doing text entry then why do you need Graphics? The point it that a console based system can work on a dumb terminal and any system that came out last week. Just install PuTTY if it is windows or open a terminal on any other OS and your client side install is done. With a decent text interface, the system becomes fast to install and fast to use.
. . . like it is a bad thing. HP used to used a terminal based ticketing system for their 4 hour response tech support, they just HAD to move to a new point and click system. Don't worry it will be waster they said, it wasn't. Even after months of getting used to the system it was still slow because one would have to click through multiple tabs to enter text. The old system you just typed and if you needed another screen your hands where already on the keyboard so you typed a simple keyboard cord and you where there, no moving one hand to the mouse, finding the cursor, movings it over to the little tab, clicking and moving your hand back to the keyboard. It was nice, but then someone thought that GUI was the answer to every interface problem and that was the end of working fast.
I use boostmobile, from nextel. Then phones are OK, you can get them for $50 if they are on sale, the minutes expire after 90 days and I can get the minutes in sizes I like. Incoming text emails and text only sms are free. outgoing messages of any sort will cost and minutes during peak hours are a little pricey at 20 cents a minute but for what I do it works well and there is no monthly fee.
"If Apple loved their customers then Apple would not charge such a premium for their systems."
HAHAHA! You sir need to learn about logic. How does charging more for hardware equate to no loving one's customers?
Apple figures the cost of having someone sit around waiting to answer questions into the price of the hardware one buys. That is not to say they hope you don't have a problem, but the extra cost partially pays for Apple to staff people to answer questions for the customer. So in essence, Apple charges a premium because they love their customers and think that providing adequate service instead of cost cutting will make customers happy.
"he could just drive another mile to any other grade school and commit his felonies there."
Uh, dude? Hello? that IS the point. If this system is a deterrent, then it has stopped an abduction at THIS school and has served it's purpose. So what you are saying, really, is that this system will probably benefit the children and that the other schools should implement this as well.
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You seem to confuse usable with usability. Just because something can be used, doesn't mean it is the best option. By your logic we would all be using rocks to pound nails because, "It works, you just have to think a little bit." Being intuitive means that people want to use it that is the point. Unless of course you don't want people to use your product and if that is the case, why are you publishing it publicly?
Your second point is rather funny to me. I wonder if you would say, "If someone doesn't know how to design an engine they have no business designing the rest of the car(oblig. car reference)?" People have specialities, that is how society works now.
Finally a red herring is irrelevant, we are talking about Linux not windows. I don't really like windows either but that is another discussion.
Because most people shut up if they are called a snitch or an informer. Did your parents ever tell you not to "tattle" on a sibling? Even if they where doing something wrong? The idea that people don't inform on others is deeply rooted in my upbringing and from what I can tell, I am not the exception. So even if they do know what is right they may be worried about retribution from other dirty cops or even from good ones who don't like a "tattle-tale."
damnit, every time I run my mouth off. . .
For the record I did look at more than one plane for less than 50k, looks like I just looked at the wrong ones.
Doesn't the engine require overhaul at 2000 hours? One of those did only have 900 hours so I stand corrected about the needing overhaul implication.
I just looked at the specs on the 152 and the 172 and I must say either my friends and I are much fatter then you and yours or your friend played a little looser with the rules. Aside from that, the CO-OP is a good idea because paying for maintenance out of many pockets is much better than paying from one. Especially considering the kind of money pit an airplane is.
Who are these mythical 4 people who fit in a 172? I guess if two of them are small children then yes, but no luggage! :-) A pilot and me in a 172 on a day that is over seventy degrees and the pilot starts thinking about how much fuel he can have and still get off the ground. Also that niche is called Genral Aviation or GA for short. You also didn't mention that a brand new 172 costs one hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($120,000). Did I mention that air conditioning adds another $20,000? I went and looked at light sport aircraft a couple weekends ago. None of those where under $100K and LSA is supposed to be the category that gets the general public interested in aviation again. Raise you hand if $100 is less than your yearly income. $100k has been the line for upper class for a long time and here in fly-over country it certainly still seems like a good mark. So the price of this jet pack seems rather reasonable to me. If it is truly under 255 pounds and carries less than 5 gallons of fuel it would also qualify as an ultralight and not need to be certified which would make it more approachable because the pilot would not need to be licensed as a pilot either.
I just looked at your link, none of those under $50k planes list engine time. Don't forget to factor another $20k for the engine rebuild as well. Notice that the new planes are listed at ~$200k. Good luck with your 172. I will spend my imaginary money on a jet pack! :-)
From what I can see, most companies wait until the sensitive data is lost or stolen then they send every customer a letter telling them it is gone and offering to pay someone to keep an eye on their credit. Other than that, I think the policy must be, "ignorance is bliss." That is just my two cents.
Tell me you are trolling. Please? You have managed to confuse usability with compatibility. Not playing all the formats you want is a format problem, not usability. Also when you select "Music" was the "Playlists" option too hard to read? I mean seriously. And exactly what is a, "proper," playlist? Movies not supporting a format is not a usability issue, it is compatibility again. But difficult? When you plug it in there is a tab literally called, "Movies." Select the movies you want and sync. Then there is the oh-so-hard-to-comprehend icon on the ipod called. . . uh, wait. . . Oh shit it's Videos! OH NOES!! Once in there was it too hard to read the name of the movie/video you wanted to watch?
And your WIFI? did you fuck with the settings on it like disabling SSID broadcasting? Because everyone knows my mother(by mother I mean the average consumer) does that first thing after changing the default password on her wireless router.
Also you seem to be incapable of reading the fucking box, right on the back where it says it requires mac OSX or Windows vista or XP and says not a single word about linux. Good work, that shrink wrap it came in must have obscured that fact from you. That or you ignored it for the sole purpose of bitching on slashdot about how big ol' Apple is trying to keep you down. I would put money on the latter.
So good work if you are trolling because I almost fell over when I read your past. Good thing I was already laying down. Next time read the requirements and open your eyes, the interface may be easy but it doesn't read mind.
HAH, well here in the states it is limited to 9600 baud so good luck with that. I am fairly sure Canada doesn't have the same restrictions but they are not setting up wireless broadband connections either.
Doesn't this fly in the face of article 1 section 9 of the constitution? In paragraph 3 is states, "No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." That seems rather straightforward to me and since this decriminalizes something after the fact it sounds like an Ex Post Facto law to me.
Correct blood does not prove death, but it doesn't disprove murder, Bringing is the person you are accused of murdering(in a not-dead state) does. I am just saying that one way to prove that the large blood stains in your car is not due to a murder is to, you know, bring that person in to the court room and hold a mirror in front of their face to prove they are still breathing. Mr. Reiser did not and apparently could not do this. Blood alone does not prove someone to be a murderer, all of the evidence together did.
You can also be found, that is the difference.
Will he meet Morgan Freeman in jail and then con the warden out of a bunch of money and get locked in solitary for playing a record of some Italian women singing?
Exactly, now all we need is someone to make us look like newbies.He's not asking for security, just freedom.
Preview is a good thing. It would have saved me from all those spelling errors if I hadn't been in such a hurry.
Lucky for us companies tend to want to have the lights on all the time so it is not a big deal. also, HP shut off half the lights in one if its call centers for 8 hours during the dead of night to saver money. The result, multiple thousand dollar savings PER MONTH. So $5k will pay off quickly in the summer for companies using these.
You are right, I have not. The point is that companies have to pay for their costs one way of the other. Money to pay for stuff doesn't just appear out of thin air(unless you are a bank). So pointing out that the cost of anything a company does gets passed to the customer is like saying that when we get hungry we try to eat. Of course we seek food and of course a company will pass that expense on. We would be thought to be stupid if we just sat around and did nothing about hunger until we starved. Why shouldn't a company do what is necessary to sustain their profit margin? That is what share holders expect.
One could argue that the current profit margins are too high already but that is a different debate.
When you budgeted for internet access. Would you have accepted a job that did not pay enough for you to have internet access? If you said no, then you are already billing(passing on your costs) it to your employer. When internet gets pricey, you start either not buying internet access or look for way to increase your income(asking for a raise, getting a new job).
Oh FFS I so tired of this stupid ass argument. The same logic says that the consumer passes his or her costs on to one's employer. Get over it, entities make money. then those entities pay that money for services they want. All of these entities budget for what they need and then charge, in actual charges or in salary, what they need to cover those expenses. None of this, IT GETS PASSED TO THE CONSUMER!!!!!!!!1111!one Get over yourself, that is how life works. We all trade something we have for something we want.
graduates last in his class at medical school?
Doctor. :-)
a fast GUI is possible but if you are only doing text entry then why do you need Graphics? The point it that a console based system can work on a dumb terminal and any system that came out last week. Just install PuTTY if it is windows or open a terminal on any other OS and your client side install is done. With a decent text interface, the system becomes fast to install and fast to use.
. . . like it is a bad thing. HP used to used a terminal based ticketing system for their 4 hour response tech support, they just HAD to move to a new point and click system. Don't worry it will be waster they said, it wasn't. Even after months of getting used to the system it was still slow because one would have to click through multiple tabs to enter text. The old system you just typed and if you needed another screen your hands where already on the keyboard so you typed a simple keyboard cord and you where there, no moving one hand to the mouse, finding the cursor, movings it over to the little tab, clicking and moving your hand back to the keyboard. It was nice, but then someone thought that GUI was the answer to every interface problem and that was the end of working fast.
Reality check dipshit, Slashdot has always been a blog, before the word blog existed slashdot was a blog, get over yourself.
I use boostmobile, from nextel. Then phones are OK, you can get them for $50 if they are on sale, the minutes expire after 90 days and I can get the minutes in sizes I like. Incoming text emails and text only sms are free. outgoing messages of any sort will cost and minutes during peak hours are a little pricey at 20 cents a minute but for what I do it works well and there is no monthly fee.
"If Apple loved their customers then Apple would not charge such a premium for their systems."
HAHAHA! You sir need to learn about logic. How does charging more for hardware equate to no loving one's customers?
Apple figures the cost of having someone sit around waiting to answer questions into the price of the hardware one buys. That is not to say they hope you don't have a problem, but the extra cost partially pays for Apple to staff people to answer questions for the customer. So in essence, Apple charges a premium because they love their customers and think that providing adequate service instead of cost cutting will make customers happy.
"he could just drive another mile to any other grade school and commit his felonies there."
Uh, dude? Hello? that IS the point. If this system is a deterrent, then it has stopped an abduction at THIS school and has served it's purpose. So what you are saying, really, is that this system will probably benefit the children and that the other schools should implement this as well.