Ok, sure. Certainly the new PC manufacturers will start to offer this as soon as possible. But seriously, who in the heck is going to actually take the time to actually go out and buy an upgrade for any of these editions?!?! Especially if one already has Windows XP? I mean, I've been using WinXP since it came out a couple years ago, and for the most part, it's pretty decent. Why would I want to make radical changes to my existing PC just to get the latest version of windows, when my computer is working fine right now.
Of course, Microsoft could circumvent this by telling everyone they have to upgrade for security reasons, and start a little scare with their lack of security. But in that case, they should just fix the problems with XP, instead of making us all send them more money to upgrade to a newer version.
Wouldn't it have made more sense, instead of getting rid of the Hubble, to instead focus the thing on Iraq to search for those WMD?! I mean, with the power to see distant galaxies like that, we probably ought to have been able to pick out the mole on Saddam Hussein's left testicle! Finding WMDs would have been no problem whatsoever!
Great! Now, instead of just being able to blame scientists on giving them evolution which destroyed the creationism theory of the bible, now they're going to be all up in arms about advancing so far as to give gays and lesbians the ability to procreate! Once the gays and lesbians can procreate, they'll surely want to get married?!?! With Bush in office, looks like all science funding will be eliminated in the not so distant future,...
Seriously though, two or three of these, stationed off the California coast, might actually come in handy. In addition to helping the state meet its increasingly heavy energy demands, they might actually be safer in the ocean than on land, near the San Andreas fault or something.
Also, did anybody notice that talk.google.com redirects to www.google.com/talk? Could mean something.
Interesting. I tried to go there myself, and saw their message that says, NOT FOUND. Didn't look at the URL above, but indeed, it has changed to www.google.com/talk.
So next I tried a few bogus google URLs, like wmd.google.com or gwbush.google.com, and those subdomain URLs don't go anywhere. They result in a pop-up that says the URL could not be found. So apparently, this could be evidence that google is already planning to roll out the Gtalk service!
And who are we to say that cow's don't enjoy the conditions we put them in? Who knows, maybe cows actually like those living conditions. We don't really have a good frame of reference here,... what's unpleasurable to a human may not necessarily be unpleasurable to a cow (or vice versa). Which of course, would probably shoot down my original theory about turning the cow on by yanking its tits!;-)
Except that vegans generally are vegans because of the cruelty to animals. When you take a single cell and make a steak out of it, you remove the cruelty, except maybe for a shot.
Of course, the way I see it, drinking milk is hardly being, "cruel to the cow." Heck, if anything, pulling on the cow's teats to get the milk out probably turns her on, to say the least. The ol' cow's probably lovin' it every time we want to get more milk, for all we know!
Cloning meat to produce an infinite supply? Hmmm, that rings a bell. But I think it was with fish... and loaves...
Great! What a wonderful idea! Now, instead of just a bunch of left-wing, peta-loving wackos telling us we can't eat meat, we'll now have a bunch of right-wing, anti-abortion, right-to-life wackos telling us we can't eat meat!
Looks like all our old astronomy textbooks will have to be thrown away...
They threw all those so-called "science" textbooks away many years ago in Cobb County, Georgia,... No one down there believes that cock-a-mamie bullcrap about the universe being created by some kind of, "Big Bang," and taking millions upon billions of years to create. They all believe that the heavens and earth were created in 7 days by God himself.
It's just fascinating how the average person in China doesn't buy, "quality consumer goods," (by U.S. stands), yet in the U.S., 90% of our, "quality consumer goods," are manufactured in China. Either that, or it just proves that our standards aren't as high as we originally thought,...
Personally, I don't see upgradeability as a significant reason to buy a desktop PC anymore. 10+ years ago or so, this was a factor, since computers were relatively new and still a bit pricey. It was best to buy a good system with lots of empty slots for future expansion, and even room for processor upgrades (anyone remember CPUs soldered to the motherboard?).
But today, much upgradeability can be done quite simply. RAM is perhaps the simplest to add, and even notebooks can get up to 2 GB or more of RAM. For many years, it's been commonly known that if you wanted to increase your system performance, the easiest and cheapest way to do it was to buy more RAM! Also, thanks to the wonders of USB (and firewire), many features can be added to PCs using add-on, external devices. new printer? more hard disk space? CD-writer? DVD-writer? scanner? You name it, no problem!
Granted, if you want the best and fastest solution, it's still better to go with internal upgrades, but the vast majority of users aren't interested in that type of performance. They just want what they need to get their job done. And external devices that they can pick up at Wal-Mart or Circuit City or Best Buy and plug into their USB port is what they want.
Heck, most people are perfectly happy using an old celeron from five years ago with upgraded memory and USB. If it ever does become necessary for them to upgrade their processor, they'll just buy a new computer!
Ok, that was scary. I just re-read my article right after posting and read, "Slashdot Toolbar," as, "Slashdot Trollbar." Methinks a slashdot trollbar would probably be bad,... very, very bad,...;-)
//What does it take to get a darned FIRST POST around here anyways?!?!
You know, if every popular website/search engine released some sort of toolbar to be added to your web browser, it might make it a bit difficult to see the actual content of the website we're viewing,... When does this all end?
I mean, currently in Firefox, I have the FF Bookmark toolbar, the BioBar (a FF add-on for biomedical research; PDB, etc), and the google toolbar. Now they want me to add the Yahoo! toolbar?!?! Please!
Now, a Slashdot Toolbar could be pretty cool, on the other hand,...;-)
Slashdot Mirror
Oh wait! We already have a beowulf cluster of these in our own cells! Damn! God must be a real genius! :-)
Of course, Microsoft could circumvent this by telling everyone they have to upgrade for security reasons, and start a little scare with their lack of security. But in that case, they should just fix the problems with XP, instead of making us all send them more money to upgrade to a newer version.
Wouldn't it have made more sense, instead of getting rid of the Hubble, to instead focus the thing on Iraq to search for those WMD?! I mean, with the power to see distant galaxies like that, we probably ought to have been able to pick out the mole on Saddam Hussein's left testicle! Finding WMDs would have been no problem whatsoever!
Flame war in: 3 ... 2 ... 1!
Seriously though, two or three of these, stationed off the California coast, might actually come in handy. In addition to helping the state meet its increasingly heavy energy demands, they might actually be safer in the ocean than on land, near the San Andreas fault or something.
Interesting. I tried to go there myself, and saw their message that says, NOT FOUND. Didn't look at the URL above, but indeed, it has changed to www.google.com/talk.
So next I tried a few bogus google URLs, like wmd.google.com or gwbush.google.com, and those subdomain URLs don't go anywhere. They result in a pop-up that says the URL could not be found. So apparently, this could be evidence that google is already planning to roll out the Gtalk service!
Hmm, did I just coin the word, "Gtalk?"
Mod parent DOWN! Let's not give George W. Bush any ideas!!!!
And who are we to say that cow's don't enjoy the conditions we put them in? Who knows, maybe cows actually like those living conditions. We don't really have a good frame of reference here,... what's unpleasurable to a human may not necessarily be unpleasurable to a cow (or vice versa). Which of course, would probably shoot down my original theory about turning the cow on by yanking its tits! ;-)
Of course, the way I see it, drinking milk is hardly being, "cruel to the cow." Heck, if anything, pulling on the cow's teats to get the milk out probably turns her on, to say the least. The ol' cow's probably lovin' it every time we want to get more milk, for all we know!
Great! What a wonderful idea! Now, instead of just a bunch of left-wing, peta-loving wackos telling us we can't eat meat, we'll now have a bunch of right-wing, anti-abortion, right-to-life wackos telling us we can't eat meat!
Whew! Thank god the internet country code .mw is already taken by Malawi!
They threw all those so-called "science" textbooks away many years ago in Cobb County, Georgia,... No one down there believes that cock-a-mamie bullcrap about the universe being created by some kind of, "Big Bang," and taking millions upon billions of years to create. They all believe that the heavens and earth were created in 7 days by God himself.
It's just fascinating how the average person in China doesn't buy, "quality consumer goods," (by U.S. stands), yet in the U.S., 90% of our, "quality consumer goods," are manufactured in China. Either that, or it just proves that our standards aren't as high as we originally thought,...
But today, much upgradeability can be done quite simply. RAM is perhaps the simplest to add, and even notebooks can get up to 2 GB or more of RAM. For many years, it's been commonly known that if you wanted to increase your system performance, the easiest and cheapest way to do it was to buy more RAM! Also, thanks to the wonders of USB (and firewire), many features can be added to PCs using add-on, external devices. new printer? more hard disk space? CD-writer? DVD-writer? scanner? You name it, no problem!
Granted, if you want the best and fastest solution, it's still better to go with internal upgrades, but the vast majority of users aren't interested in that type of performance. They just want what they need to get their job done. And external devices that they can pick up at Wal-Mart or Circuit City or Best Buy and plug into their USB port is what they want.
Heck, most people are perfectly happy using an old celeron from five years ago with upgraded memory and USB. If it ever does become necessary for them to upgrade their processor, they'll just buy a new computer!
Oh goody! More dogs for Bob Barker to spay and neuter! ;-)
Oh, and next Friday,... is Tux the Linux Penguin Day,... so, you know, if you want to you can go ahead and wear a tuxedo, or dress like a penguin."
The question is; is "she" anatomically correct?
They forgot to mention that their definition of "old" is "anyone over the age of 25."
How much would it cost Drew Curtis to rename one of the old Soviet nuclear missiles the UFIA Rocket ?
In Communist China, Science Owns You!
All Your Toolbar Are Belong To Us (or Yahoo!)
I mean, currently in Firefox, I have the FF Bookmark toolbar, the BioBar (a FF add-on for biomedical research; PDB, etc), and the google toolbar. Now they want me to add the Yahoo! toolbar?!?! Please!
Now, a Slashdot Toolbar could be pretty cool, on the other hand,... ;-)