This is very different for them... In my experience from selling Sony mp3 players, they were usually very expensive and targeted to a smaller customer base. Most of their focus was, in my observation, on their MiniDisc Players.
Example from yesterday:
Friend of mine uses her computer for MSN, Email, browsing, wordprocessing. I set up an XP system for her with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, etc. but she was not interested in Trillian or Gaim. The computer is behind a firewall and a router. None the less, I spent all last night trying to recover her system from an MSN Messenger exploit that trashed the computer.
I'm tired of rebuilding Windows computers week after week for stuff like this.
I agree. They're amazing for servers and secure systems, if you know what you're doing. They're still a long way away from having a user-friendly non-l33t installation and configuration process, and this just makes the BDSs another faction going off in their own direction.
This is my problem when I'm trying to convert my friends, family, or co-workers over to Linux. There are many good package distribution systems (apt, rpm, etc.), and many very solid distros, but that's part of the problem...
I just switched from a land line to a cell phone only when I moved. It seemed like a good idea, and I wasn't too worried about the radiation because I hadn't read anything about it in a year or two. Good timing for this article, *looks at his two year contract*...
I guess I'll just use a headset and speaker-phone as much as possible.
I don't agree. It's the intent that's important. They weren't helping anyone but themselves. You pay the telco to provide you with service.
If they were given the right to block it, you can just switch to another provider right? Well what happens when that provider blocks you out? Eventually you'd get locked out. After that they'd offer to open that port for you if you requested it, for a price....
IANAL, but I assume the fine goes way up from there, right? If it cuts into the telco's bottom line so much $15,000 isn't a big price to pay to block it.
I'm glad to see that phishing is being taken seriously! Just because it happens on the internet, doesn't mean it's not as serious as any other type of scam.
That's exactly what I've been thinking. I don't think they'd undertake building an OS from the ground up, it would be too hard and risky to get software to run on it. But if they could give us a Linux with the user-friendly, clean, simple, free-ness of Google's products...
I'd be happy to see a Google OS. The only thing that worries me is how long will it be before the company becomes evil? Hopefully adding a key MS architect doesn't taint them.
... but it'll have the same issues as online music stores. Some people pay to get their content in a legit way, but most still prefer the free route.
Problems? How bout bandwidth? Effective DRM? Who would be licensed to sell it?
How about demand? Online music stores took off at the same time as the iPod and iTunes. There is still no viable option for effective and efficient storing and viewing of video (not for the average consumer at least).
Don't misunderstand me though, I hate TV and commercials and would be more than happy to see a move away from the current system.
This flag is going to be like any copy protection that we've seen to date. Those who want to steal will just get around it, and those who don't steal will be extremely inconvenienced.
That's my point though is that not all cards can support a 12 hour gaming session. Not to mention that if you're talking OS, you need to be able to run for days/weeks/months, not just a mad Quake sesh...
Maybe I'm remembering back in the day of my first "good" video card. I was running rendered screen savers (cause it was uber-cool at that point) and the card was having heat issues. Guess things have changed eh?
To me this says all show and no productivity. I'll get a live CD and play with it, but I doubt it'll be worth using to actually get something accomplished.
Isn't it rough on the video card to have it 3D rendering at any point the the OS is loaded?
I grew up watching Star Trek with my family. As each series ended there was always a new one that was just starting up...
Enterprise is good, but not that good. I'm pretty sure all these donations are coming in to keep any new Star Trek on the air. Odds are way better that you can renew an old show as compared to start production of a new one!
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This is very different for them... In my experience from selling Sony mp3 players, they were usually very expensive and targeted to a smaller customer base. Most of their focus was, in my observation, on their MiniDisc Players.
... then why isn't it designed to work with an ergonomic keyboard?
Kinda hard to wreck a distro from a normal user account... Not to mention that she would have to hose it, Windows will hose it's self for you!
Please keep in mind that I'm looking at this from a layman's point of view.
./config, make, make install if you're new.
sudo apt-get install mozilla-firefox
Not hard...
And RPMs are the light from god compared to
Example from yesterday:
Friend of mine uses her computer for MSN, Email, browsing, wordprocessing. I set up an XP system for her with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, etc. but she was not interested in Trillian or Gaim. The computer is behind a firewall and a router. None the less, I spent all last night trying to recover her system from an MSN Messenger exploit that trashed the computer.
I'm tired of rebuilding Windows computers week after week for stuff like this.
I agree. They're amazing for servers and secure systems, if you know what you're doing. They're still a long way away from having a user-friendly non-l33t installation and configuration process, and this just makes the BDSs another faction going off in their own direction.
This is my problem when I'm trying to convert my friends, family, or co-workers over to Linux. There are many good package distribution systems (apt, rpm, etc.), and many very solid distros, but that's part of the problem...
I just switched from a land line to a cell phone only when I moved. It seemed like a good idea, and I wasn't too worried about the radiation because I hadn't read anything about it in a year or two. Good timing for this article, *looks at his two year contract*...
I guess I'll just use a headset and speaker-phone as much as possible.
Some parents have been genuinely shocked to discover what their children have been up to
If that's all your kids have been up to on the internet when you're not watching, you're in OK shape...
I don't agree. It's the intent that's important. They weren't helping anyone but themselves. You pay the telco to provide you with service.
If they were given the right to block it, you can just switch to another provider right? Well what happens when that provider blocks you out? Eventually you'd get locked out. After that they'd offer to open that port for you if you requested it, for a price....
IANAL, but I assume the fine goes way up from there, right? If it cuts into the telco's bottom line so much $15,000 isn't a big price to pay to block it.
I'm glad to see that phishing is being taken seriously! Just because it happens on the internet, doesn't mean it's not as serious as any other type of scam.
That's exactly what I've been thinking. I don't think they'd undertake building an OS from the ground up, it would be too hard and risky to get software to run on it. But if they could give us a Linux with the user-friendly, clean, simple, free-ness of Google's products...
I'd be happy to see a Google OS. The only thing that worries me is how long will it be before the company becomes evil? Hopefully adding a key MS architect doesn't taint them.
... but it'll have the same issues as online music stores. Some people pay to get their content in a legit way, but most still prefer the free route.
Problems? How bout bandwidth? Effective DRM? Who would be licensed to sell it?
How about demand? Online music stores took off at the same time as the iPod and iTunes. There is still no viable option for effective and efficient storing and viewing of video (not for the average consumer at least).
Don't misunderstand me though, I hate TV and commercials and would be more than happy to see a move away from the current system.
Agreed, but to make it effective you'd need a drinking bird that could do hundreds of refreshes a second. *pictures that bird in action*
That's now how google does it! This is their REAL secret:
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
This flag is going to be like any copy protection that we've seen to date. Those who want to steal will just get around it, and those who don't steal will be extremely inconvenienced.
That's my point though is that not all cards can support a 12 hour gaming session. Not to mention that if you're talking OS, you need to be able to run for days/weeks/months, not just a mad Quake sesh...
Maybe I'm remembering back in the day of my first "good" video card. I was running rendered screen savers (cause it was uber-cool at that point) and the card was having heat issues. Guess things have changed eh?
To me this says all show and no productivity. I'll get a live CD and play with it, but I doubt it'll be worth using to actually get something accomplished.
Isn't it rough on the video card to have it 3D rendering at any point the the OS is loaded?
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/24/19122
I grew up watching Star Trek with my family. As each series ended there was always a new one that was just starting up...
Enterprise is good, but not that good. I'm pretty sure all these donations are coming in to keep any new Star Trek on the air. Odds are way better that you can renew an old show as compared to start production of a new one!
They must still be recovering from their power failure.
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