"I can see some good money in hardware, support, and bandwith with VOIP, but client software doesn't seem like a winning game for long. Maybe I'm just missing out on the revolution."
The'll probably make their money selling phone calls to land lines and mobile phones; VoIP make that cheap so the'll be able to undercut all the traditioal operators, and they have brand recognition. I can see google using VoIP to enter the telecommunictions market.
Yep, I saw this story on Google this morning (UK) luckily the Official Google Talk client (which had been released by the time I woke up) seems to work well.
This is a very similar model used in our household with PC's. it works well. I get my dad's old PC, and my younger brother gets my old one. Of course there are execptions to this like when my dad wants a new PC but neither I nor my brother need one, this being almost always true results in computers multiplying like tribbles and being given to grandparents, cousins etc.
Why a laptop? My 14yr old brother has a PC in his room; my old one. PC's are much better than laptops, both in price and to teach about technology. BTW I'm cr*p at typing fast, but I ususlly type correctly* whych is much more important IMO (at least that's my excuse:p)
*few typos, proper english
Good point, but it's also the way they've been brought up, I didn't pay for my first PC because I was too young to work at the time; however I'd been brought up to respect property; thus I didn't automatically wreck it, despite being quite young at the time, all kids arn't automatically morons and yobs.
"I think in today's society you're doing your kid an injustice if you wait until their high school years to introduce them to this technology." I taotally agree, but I don't think that a laptop is nessecerally the best way to do this. Prsonally I think a desktop PC is a much better way, I don't use laptops, I don't see the reason. I find tht a desk top PC, is a much better use of resourses because it allows for everything a laptop can do added to the fact that it's cheaper to upgrade (can you upgrade a laptop?). and the portability of a laptop can be achieved with the addition USB of a flash drive; usually for data, but IMO soon we'll be installing Operating systems and applications on them, and running everything from there, using esentially dumb terminals to run them off. You'll essentially have a PC the size of a large key fob.
Interesting, google.co.uk gives:
Yahoo
Altavista
MS
Amazon.com
*Google.com*
etc...
Where as google.com gives results as you describe. Google UK isn't on the first page either, although the rest of the results are similar, perhaps google dosn't list itself? As it would be kind of pointless as you obviously have no need for a search engine to to find a page you are already on.
The "main stream" dosn't really need a profesioal quality graphics package, if they want one, there's paint shop pro which does most things well, or GIMP, which is free, as well as being of good quality.
It's more like they're playing "catch up" again, or at least trying to. If they keep going, MS will end up as a jack of all trades: master of none. If they're not already at that point, that is.
"I grew up so immersed in British comedy"
British comedy is the only comedy.;) In all seriousness I find much American Comedy dull, formulaic (sp?), and repetitive. All your exported sitcoms sort of blend into one after a while.
You do realise that "this kind of humour" was invented over here. Monty python is British; it's humour doubly so. I'm just supprised that you get it over there.
Google's not evil, it's a big and cuddly company, that just happens to be taking over the world. M$ on the other hand is a big, evil company bent on world domination.;-D
You do realise that M$ will probably use that quote in the official Longhorn publicity; What users say about Longhorn: " Longhorn is the best operating system I have ever used [etc.]"
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"I can see some good money in hardware, support, and bandwith with VOIP, but client software doesn't seem like a winning game for long. Maybe I'm just missing out on the revolution." The'll probably make their money selling phone calls to land lines and mobile phones; VoIP make that cheap so the'll be able to undercut all the traditioal operators, and they have brand recognition. I can see google using VoIP to enter the telecommunictions market.
Yep, I saw this story on Google this morning (UK) luckily the Official Google Talk client (which had been released by the time I woke up) seems to work well.
First, your link is broken, but with the help of google, you're absolutley right, with the execption of O2 the other carrier have blanket coverage of Germany: http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_de.sht ml m l
and some other countries: http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.sht
You're right, also it's availble free here: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/d#a507 Project Guttenberg is great for that.
Yes, IIRC IE is the least WAI standard compliant web browser.
This is a very similar model used in our household with PC's. it works well. I get my dad's old PC, and my younger brother gets my old one. Of course there are execptions to this like when my dad wants a new PC but neither I nor my brother need one, this being almost always true results in computers multiplying like tribbles and being given to grandparents, cousins etc.
Why a laptop? My 14yr old brother has a PC in his room; my old one. PC's are much better than laptops, both in price and to teach about technology. BTW I'm cr*p at typing fast, but I ususlly type correctly* whych is much more important IMO (at least that's my excuse :p)
*few typos, proper english
Good point, but it's also the way they've been brought up, I didn't pay for my first PC because I was too young to work at the time; however I'd been brought up to respect property; thus I didn't automatically wreck it, despite being quite young at the time, all kids arn't automatically morons and yobs.
"I think in today's society you're doing your kid an injustice if you wait until their high school years to introduce them to this technology." I taotally agree, but I don't think that a laptop is nessecerally the best way to do this. Prsonally I think a desktop PC is a much better way, I don't use laptops, I don't see the reason. I find tht a desk top PC, is a much better use of resourses because it allows for everything a laptop can do added to the fact that it's cheaper to upgrade (can you upgrade a laptop?). and the portability of a laptop can be achieved with the addition USB of a flash drive; usually for data, but IMO soon we'll be installing Operating systems and applications on them, and running everything from there, using esentially dumb terminals to run them off. You'll essentially have a PC the size of a large key fob.
Interesting, google.co.uk gives:
Yahoo
Altavista
MS
Amazon.com
*Google.com*
etc... Where as google.com gives results as you describe. Google UK isn't on the first page either, although the rest of the results are similar, perhaps google dosn't list itself? As it would be kind of pointless as you obviously have no need for a search engine to to find a page you are already on.
The "main stream" dosn't really need a profesioal quality graphics package, if they want one, there's paint shop pro which does most things well, or GIMP, which is free, as well as being of good quality.
It's more like they're playing "catch up" again, or at least trying to. If they keep going, MS will end up as a jack of all trades: master of none. If they're not already at that point, that is.
"I grew up so immersed in British comedy" British comedy is the only comedy. ;) In all seriousness I find much American Comedy dull, formulaic (sp?), and repetitive. All your exported sitcoms sort of blend into one after a while.
Sorry, althought I use it alot IRL I often fail too spot Irony and sarcasm on the net. esp. here at /. :)
You do realise that "this kind of humour" was invented over here. Monty python is British; it's humour doubly so. I'm just supprised that you get it over there.
Google's not evil, it's a big and cuddly company, that just happens to be taking over the world. M$ on the other hand is a big, evil company bent on world domination. ;-D
No, I can't stand them either; most are extremly badly written, and about as intresting as watching paint dry
You do realise that M$ will probably use that quote in the official Longhorn publicity; What users say about Longhorn:
" Longhorn is the best operating system I have ever used [etc.]"
Microsoft Windows
So sue me.
Actually, it's not as outragious as you might think, according to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.a spfirefox usage trends are heading that way. At least in the web development community anyway.