I'll have to slightly disagree again. 10%, I agree, is really doable, but I would go with that being my top-end. I dunno, maybe I am just not taking into account how long 5 years really is. I know back in 2001 Linux had what 0.25% marketshare? And now, compared to that figure, it's quite a large gain. So, maybe 20% is possible. Unlikely? Yeah, probably. I think it would be really awesome if it happened though. Would I be completely surprised if it did? No, not really.
I agree with your estimates of Visa. I personally never had an interest in XP. I installed 2000 over it on my laptop because it came with it (granted a week later I switched that over to Gentoo because I had to do actual work, but that's beside the point) I dunno about the estimates of Linux penetration though. 10-20%? I'd be a little more conservative and go with 5% and possibly even 10% although I feel that is unlikely. Granted, I would say the same thing for Mactel. I personally am very excited to see OSX on the x86 platform.
and while it was no doubt a significant event for the bird, it caused no obvious damage to the shuttle.
I feel bad for the bird, but that statement in and of itself is funny as hell.
I have had nothing but problems with their Tech Support. The laptop I have works excellently...well, when it works. I've sent it back to them no less than 3 times for issues. First time, my HDD died. I was on the phone for about 2 hours while we discussed ways to test whether it was really dead or just sorta dead and therefore not covered by the warranty...after sending it in, I called for a status update. Response? "We have no record of your laptop." They said they would look around and call back. After three hours of waiting, I called them back and they once again said they didn't know where it was, but to call back the next day. Calling back the next day met with a better response of "We found the laptop, but now the Support request has expired, so we have to file a new one, which may take a while." Are you serious? The support request is supposed to last 10 business days. I sent it in 2 days after getting the RMA (I got it on the weekend) and it arrived on Friday, that was 4 days. That's not 10...Not surprisingly, subsequent calls were met with "We've sent the laptop to the repair depot, so you need to talk to them, we'll connect you." The repair depot didn't know what was going on, but they were able to give me a number I could use to reference my case. At least they knew about my laptop. They apparently got it in and worked on it...for a while... All in all, the first call was not a success, it took exactly 30 days from the date they received the laptop to get it back to me, despite having purchased their special quick repair service that guarantees a turnaround of 3 days (business days) even with shipping. Call 2? My motherboard had just flat up died. The computer refused to boot, it just sorta turned on a lit up. This call went a little better as the tech was convinced that it was the motherboard that was dead within 15 minutes and provided me with a case number and shipping materials (part of the special service) which arrived the next day. Sending it in and getting it back took no time at all, less than 3 days as promised, and my problems were fixed (except my touchpad didn't function correctly, but I didn't use it anyways so it could have been a problem previous to this.) Third time was due to my laptop failing to charge. This was resolved in about 2 hours again, as we went through "we don't support batteries out of warranty" for about an hour while I tried to convince them that it wasn't a battery issue, it was the receptor on the laptop had broken loose (which is apparently a common problem among Toshiba laptops according to the "support" forums.) Overall? Toshiba gets a C-. Their Tech Support people are terrible at diagnosing hardware issues as they definitely read from a sheet of questions and they take forever to get anywhere with. Their repair services are very good though, every time I sent in my laptop it came back as good as new (as far as I could tell). Their hardware (when it doesn't fail on me) works incredibly well, and as a bonus, most of the hardware is fully Linux compatible!
I actually know someone who works at that facility (well, he started there a number of months ago). Wonder what he thinks of this...he's asleep right now:-(
This press release was soon followed by another press release stating I-merge had been pulled from Longhorn but could be expected to be released later.
$50 iTunes Music Store Gift Certificate. Not that my battery holds a charge for any more than 15 minutes but at least I'll have more music that I might be able to listen to...someday.
He knows how bad things have gotten (as if they could get any worse...) and is leaving to pursue bigger and better things that everyone knows he can. If only he could call up Leo and Patrick and have them help out...that would be excellent.
You're correct. They wanted to give the show the feel as if there were actually someone out there in a space suit filming the battles and whatnot. They went over these artistic choices in the little show synopsis Sci-Fi ran before leading up to the first season.
I assume what they mean is Linux on CD, not really a LiveCD like an installation CD, so much as a complete distro so that someone can get a feel for the thing. Gentoo's LiveCD is nothing like Gentoo itself, however all the mentioned LiveCDs are just the distro installed on a single CD.
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Be honest...little has changed with ATi's support for some since those "early days".
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I'll have to slightly disagree again. 10%, I agree, is really doable, but I would go with that being my top-end. I dunno, maybe I am just not taking into account how long 5 years really is. I know back in 2001 Linux had what 0.25% marketshare? And now, compared to that figure, it's quite a large gain. So, maybe 20% is possible. Unlikely? Yeah, probably. I think it would be really awesome if it happened though. Would I be completely surprised if it did? No, not really.
I agree with your estimates of Visa. I personally never had an interest in XP. I installed 2000 over it on my laptop because it came with it (granted a week later I switched that over to Gentoo because I had to do actual work, but that's beside the point) I dunno about the estimates of Linux penetration though. 10-20%? I'd be a little more conservative and go with 5% and possibly even 10% although I feel that is unlikely. Granted, I would say the same thing for Mactel. I personally am very excited to see OSX on the x86 platform.
Yes...damn them for their diction...
and while it was no doubt a significant event for the bird, it caused no obvious damage to the shuttle. I feel bad for the bird, but that statement in and of itself is funny as hell.
To be fair, these things WILL be cutting edge to the masses because the fanciest they have ever seen will be windows XP with a new theme.
I see it also creates spelling errors, too.
I have had nothing but problems with their Tech Support. The laptop I have works excellently...well, when it works. I've sent it back to them no less than 3 times for issues. First time, my HDD died. I was on the phone for about 2 hours while we discussed ways to test whether it was really dead or just sorta dead and therefore not covered by the warranty...after sending it in, I called for a status update. Response? "We have no record of your laptop." They said they would look around and call back. After three hours of waiting, I called them back and they once again said they didn't know where it was, but to call back the next day. Calling back the next day met with a better response of "We found the laptop, but now the Support request has expired, so we have to file a new one, which may take a while." Are you serious? The support request is supposed to last 10 business days. I sent it in 2 days after getting the RMA (I got it on the weekend) and it arrived on Friday, that was 4 days. That's not 10...Not surprisingly, subsequent calls were met with "We've sent the laptop to the repair depot, so you need to talk to them, we'll connect you." The repair depot didn't know what was going on, but they were able to give me a number I could use to reference my case. At least they knew about my laptop. They apparently got it in and worked on it...for a while... All in all, the first call was not a success, it took exactly 30 days from the date they received the laptop to get it back to me, despite having purchased their special quick repair service that guarantees a turnaround of 3 days (business days) even with shipping. Call 2? My motherboard had just flat up died. The computer refused to boot, it just sorta turned on a lit up. This call went a little better as the tech was convinced that it was the motherboard that was dead within 15 minutes and provided me with a case number and shipping materials (part of the special service) which arrived the next day. Sending it in and getting it back took no time at all, less than 3 days as promised, and my problems were fixed (except my touchpad didn't function correctly, but I didn't use it anyways so it could have been a problem previous to this.) Third time was due to my laptop failing to charge. This was resolved in about 2 hours again, as we went through "we don't support batteries out of warranty" for about an hour while I tried to convince them that it wasn't a battery issue, it was the receptor on the laptop had broken loose (which is apparently a common problem among Toshiba laptops according to the "support" forums.) Overall? Toshiba gets a C-. Their Tech Support people are terrible at diagnosing hardware issues as they definitely read from a sheet of questions and they take forever to get anywhere with. Their repair services are very good though, every time I sent in my laptop it came back as good as new (as far as I could tell). Their hardware (when it doesn't fail on me) works incredibly well, and as a bonus, most of the hardware is fully Linux compatible!
I actually know someone who works at that facility (well, he started there a number of months ago). Wonder what he thinks of this...he's asleep right now :-(
The wobble method is nothing compared to the weeble method. Of course, this has severe consequences when the planets fall down.
This press release was soon followed by another press release stating I-merge had been pulled from Longhorn but could be expected to be released later.
$50 iTunes Music Store Gift Certificate. Not that my battery holds a charge for any more than 15 minutes but at least I'll have more music that I might be able to listen to...someday.
Oh, nice. Thanks.
He knows how bad things have gotten (as if they could get any worse...) and is leaving to pursue bigger and better things that everyone knows he can. If only he could call up Leo and Patrick and have them help out...that would be excellent.
Can't wait until I am 121 and I won't have to worry so much about it.
Yeah, but they didn't credit hackaday which is where they got it from
APB plants evidence on you! (sorry, I apologize for that)
No, I think the people who downloaded the ABBA suffered
But without large paperweights, with what shall we hold down the paper?
You're correct. They wanted to give the show the feel as if there were actually someone out there in a space suit filming the battles and whatnot. They went over these artistic choices in the little show synopsis Sci-Fi ran before leading up to the first season.
Ah, thought he was referencing the 3 yen, my mistake.
3 Japanese Yen is roughly 3 American cents...
I assume what they mean is Linux on CD, not really a LiveCD like an installation CD, so much as a complete distro so that someone can get a feel for the thing. Gentoo's LiveCD is nothing like Gentoo itself, however all the mentioned LiveCDs are just the distro installed on a single CD.
Yeah, but Elvis's only good re-appearance was to stop a mummy.