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Marge: [voice over] It all started on the thirteenth hour, of the thirteenth day, of the thirteenth month. We were there to discuss the misprinted calendars the school had purchased. Homer: [shivering, looking at the calendar] Oh, lousy Smarch weather. [spies the thermostat with a note from Willy over it] [reads] "Do not touch Willy." Good advice! [cranks it]
Why, you ask, is Gates opposed to this powerful volley in the war on world poverty when he has been on the same side for years now? What, in God's name, could motivate this man, who has donated billions upon billions to humanitarian causes, to publicly critisize such a worthy project?
The answer is simple: That was Bill Gates the businessman talking.
Think about it. Windows Vista was just delayed the bazillionth time due to compatibility issues, because it's forced to include drivers for countless hardware vendors and existing software bases, just so it can install on most PC's. Meanwhile, here's an incredibly cheap laptop, of which there will be millions of exact copies; a ready development platform for the world's greatest open source developers to converge around. Sure the third world will benefit greatly from these bad boys, but just wait and see how red hot Bill gets when these things take 20-50% of the American market. Who needs proprietary, crashing software and overpriced, overheating hardware which lasts for 2 hours after a charge, when you can buy a $150 laptop at Wal-Mart and THAT'S IT! Never buy anything else until the next laptop. Microsoft will be gutted.
I, for one, will stand in line for one of these Ubun-tops at $200.
I don't think a weird controller is going to awe enough people to their platform. It might. Wasn't it weird when they came out with a touchscreen on the DS? That's selling huge (fastest ever to reach 5 million in Japan), and creating entirely new genres, including Nintendogs, which sold a quarter-million in the first week, and the new Brain Age game which has done incredibly well with people who have never played a video game in their life.
I suppose Nintendo is trying to either fill or a niche market or impress a disappointed crowd. They made the most money in the last console wars. This time around, Nintendo might be mass-market while Sony and MS are forced into the comparatively "niche" hardcore gamer market.
It was modded insightful because it was insightful. The iPod is the new Walkman and it's helpful to make comparisons between the two.
Despite all that, your points are valid and yes, all the whining about this is childish and unnecessary.
I like the moderation here, except when a "gang of four" with an agenda decide to push up a certain post. But such posts usually don't make it through the bullshit filter and make good "foe" fodder anyway.
Has anyone cracked WMA yet? Cuz I have an empty mp3 player and a Yahoo Unlimited account, and I'm not in the mood to use the analog hole. So what's the verdict?
But what if I want to send my users to "mail.domain.com" instead? Doesn't work. Using.htaccess to forward to the above address goes straight to vanilla Gmail instead. No fun!
I just wonder how long it will take Google to get like that, or if they have discovered some way around it.
From the Google IPO filing: ... Following this offering, our two founders and our CEO, Larry, Sergey and Eric, will control approximately 38.5% of our outstanding Class B common stock, representing approximately 37.9% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Larry, Sergey and Eric will therefore have significant influence over management and affairs and over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets, for the foreseeable future.
When Apple finally debuts its version of "Origami" and prospective buyers get to try out both versions, I suspect they will audibly laugh after going from the Apple to the Origami.
Unless of course Apple's device still recommends that they "eat up Martha."
How expensive will be a 3Meg song that way? Waaaaay beyond the current prices in iTMS.
Perhaps, but what about in 5 years, when Google starts offering free WiFi/WiMax, and VoIP handets w/ 10GB of Flash RAM are a dime a dozen?
WiFi packets: $0 (video may be a different story) Price of song: $1-2 (or free with P2P-over-WiFi) Mobile phone companies sent to the graveyard: Priceless.
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Although what else could one expect from a Musicopoly/Softwareopoly collaboration?
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I am mostly libertarian and even I support having a national ID system.
Unfortunately, the Libertarian Party card spontaneously combusts when placed in the same wallet as the National ID card. So take your pick.
and that the metric being used isn't actually usability, but rather familiarity.
Usability = Familiarity * Awesome
Linux better get a whole lot more awesome, s'all i'm saying
Guess Mac might rule the day, eh?
More geekery:
Among Rich Hall's sniglets is "Decembuary", which is defined as the time in January when you continue to write the number of last year on checks.
And from Treehouse of Horror VI:
Marge: [voice over] It all started on the thirteenth hour, of the thirteenth day, of the thirteenth month. We were there to discuss the misprinted calendars the school had purchased.
Homer: [shivering, looking at the calendar] Oh, lousy Smarch weather.
[spies the thermostat with a note from Willy over it]
[reads] "Do not touch Willy." Good advice! [cranks it]
You can use it to run gnu/linux apps? How?
Why, you ask, is Gates opposed to this powerful volley in the war on world poverty when he has been on the same side for years now? What, in God's name, could motivate this man, who has donated billions upon billions to humanitarian causes, to publicly critisize such a worthy project?
The answer is simple: That was Bill Gates the businessman talking.
Think about it. Windows Vista was just delayed the bazillionth time due to compatibility issues, because it's forced to include drivers for countless hardware vendors and existing software bases, just so it can install on most PC's. Meanwhile, here's an incredibly cheap laptop, of which there will be millions of exact copies; a ready development platform for the world's greatest open source developers to converge around. Sure the third world will benefit greatly from these bad boys, but just wait and see how red hot Bill gets when these things take 20-50% of the American market. Who needs proprietary, crashing software and overpriced, overheating hardware which lasts for 2 hours after a charge, when you can buy a $150 laptop at Wal-Mart and THAT'S IT! Never buy anything else until the next laptop. Microsoft will be gutted.
I, for one, will stand in line for one of these Ubun-tops at $200.
I don't think a weird controller is going to awe enough people to their platform.
It might. Wasn't it weird when they came out with a touchscreen on the DS? That's selling huge (fastest ever to reach 5 million in Japan), and creating entirely new genres, including Nintendogs, which sold a quarter-million in the first week, and the new Brain Age game which has done incredibly well with people who have never played a video game in their life.
I suppose Nintendo is trying to either fill or a niche market or impress a disappointed crowd.
They made the most money in the last console wars. This time around, Nintendo might be mass-market while Sony and MS are forced into the comparatively "niche" hardcore gamer market.
Sorry, I'm not used to seeing these non-user-submitted book reviews. Was Slashdot paid to have this as a story?
It was modded insightful because it was insightful. The iPod is the new Walkman and it's helpful to make comparisons between the two.
Despite all that, your points are valid and yes, all the whining about this is childish and unnecessary.
I like the moderation here, except when a "gang of four" with an agenda decide to push up a certain post. But such posts usually don't make it through the bullshit filter and make good "foe" fodder anyway.
Has anyone cracked WMA yet? Cuz I have an empty mp3 player and a Yahoo Unlimited account, and I'm not in the mood to use the analog hole. So what's the verdict?
He also had a problem with absenteeism, and raising the wage to $5 a day made sure people showed up.
Also worth mentioning is that Ford's professed love for his employees resembles the paternalistic rhetoric embraced by a certain regime he admired.
This is Fast Company copyright. It should not be up on Slashdot without permission.
Right now if you want to use the hosted gmail you have to point your browser to:
.htaccess to forward to the above address goes straight to vanilla Gmail instead. No fun!
http://mail.google.com/hosted/domain.com
But what if I want to send my users to "mail.domain.com" instead? Doesn't work. Using
I just wonder how long it will take Google to get like that, or if they have discovered some way around it.
... Following this offering, our two founders and our CEO, Larry, Sergey and Eric, will control approximately 38.5% of our outstanding Class B common stock, representing approximately 37.9% of the voting power of our outstanding capital stock. Larry, Sergey and Eric will therefore have significant influence over management and affairs and over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of our company or its assets, for the foreseeable future.
From the Google IPO filing:
I learn something every day
And it worked.
True dat. Apparently, XP went break-even in six weeks.
Posts like this should be moved to the top of the page. I don't need to read on, I'm clicking the back button.
But I could give a shit about OpenBSD.
I think you mean you couldn't give a shit about OpenBSD.
When Apple finally debuts its version of "Origami" and prospective buyers get to try out both versions, I suspect they will audibly laugh after going from the Apple to the Origami.
Unless of course Apple's device still recommends that they "eat up Martha."
Oooh, zinger. The term podcast now encompasses a wide range of audio downloading activities.
there are a number of bugs ... Their Flight 5 CD is out. It should be quite stable for normal use.
Wait. What bugs, how do they affect stability, and how do you know they will be addressed within the extended schedule?
How expensive will be a 3Meg song that way? Waaaaay beyond the current prices in iTMS.
Perhaps, but what about in 5 years, when Google starts offering free WiFi/WiMax, and VoIP handets w/ 10GB of Flash RAM are a dime a dozen?
WiFi packets: $0 (video may be a different story)
Price of song: $1-2 (or free with P2P-over-WiFi)
Mobile phone companies sent to the graveyard: Priceless.
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