But you have to invest in cookware and an oven to make that meal.
If you rent a house, those are usually suppplied. And in reality, very few people don't already have those things. Spices cost very little money, and could be paid for in one meal versus McDonalds. And what of the cost of fuel to get to the McDonalds, or the time it takes, compared to just staying at home and whipping up a meal while watching TV or listening to the radio?
Yes, I know that. But how many non-geeks know that? Furthermore, if you do know what a gnu is, what the hell does it have to do with graphics? And on a nother level - "image manipulation" doesn't sound very appealing. Preferred terms in management and the graphics industry would be "image editing" or "image processing." Manipulating images sounds like you have something to hide, or want to fabricate reality.
"Excel" sounds like it should be a flashcard trainer for standardized tests.
Maybe so, but that image is still more appealing than the total lack of an image connoted by "GNUmetric." Is that a program to measure livestock? Even that image requires familiarity with the "GNU" - which I would not have if I were not a geek.
If I were going to recommend it to my boss, I'd at least try to learn enough about it to know that the name was an acronym for "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
How would that make any difference to the Boss? That name is just as stupid. What's a fucking GNU?
I know you meant that number facetiously, but a quick search of my main XP box at work shows 1472 ".exe" files and another roughly 2000 somewhat-executable files (assorted scripts, dlls, and other extensions generally considered unsafe to allow your email program to open). Of those, oddly enough, over half begin with "w" or "m"
Oh, and what does Exel and Outlook do? Does Outlook Express do it any faster?
Precisely. Microsoft is vulnerable to the same stupid naming problems as the Open Source world. I don't see how this justifies or minimizes the effect that it has on OSS, just because Microsoft also suffers from this problem.
Far more accessable -- we all have cell phones, but we don't all have ipods.
Think that through for a little bit. Almost nobody carried headphones with their cellphone. Nobody wants to hold a phone to their ear the whole time. And museums are supposed to be quiet, so speakerphones are out. Using cellphones sounds like a terrible idea, very distracting.
Microsoft is now in our cars (e.g. BMWs), and before you idiots say it's just windows media player let me stop you. It is not. I own a new 5 series and it controls climate (heat distribution in the seats, individual vent temp and power, etc.), navigation, alarm and lock settings, media, and countless other settings, including pretty good voice activation with cell phone integration.
Boy, you must be a really fun person to hang out with.
You can't possibly be under the delusion that the x86 world is just waiting around for Apple to sell them overpriced x86 boxes?
You can't possibly be so retarded that you have it completely backwards. Or maybe you can. I just saw your user handle. The other poster was talking about running MacOS on non-Apple x86 boxes. You also seem to be so deluded that you think there is an "x86" market. There is not. People buy Windows or MacOS. Nobody (except freaks) buys a computer because it has an "x86" processor. They buy machines to do stuff.
It seems that rampant Xenophobia is alive, well and being modded up on Slashdot.
Yes. This is one of the main reasons I would stop reading slashdot, if it got any worse than it already is. American slashdotters generally have an extremely distorted, America-centric view of the world. The amount of nonsense that gets written about Europe is truly staggering. Can anyone say "uber-mensch"?
One friend has a media center PC that he connects to with his 360, which absolutely blows the Tivo out of the water, too. What's the problem with the marketability and profitability of such a nice consumer device?
I think you hit on the fundamental problem. the only people who buy such things are the kind of people who think of themselves as "consumers" and their life revolves around meaningless shit like TV and video games.
Other people have more meaningful lives and don't think of themselves as consumers. So how sustainable can the business be, given that owning such a device marks one as one of the "losers" in life?
Actually, a lot of people buy McDonalds because it's cheap and they can have "dinner" for about $3.
How can that be considered "cheap" in any meaningful sense of the word? Especially given the poor quality of McDonalds, it is astonishingly easy to put together a better meal than McDonalds for half the price.
I notice that people don't complain that Garage Band is cutting into Reason's profits. Apple is a very forceful bundler, especially when you consider hardware, yet nobody is suing Apple.
The bundling isn't really the major issue. Apple doesn't go around breaking third-party software like Microsoft does.
If you are that close to the office, the real geek solution to move 600MB quickly would be a wireless access point and some Pringles cans.
That's not a safe assumtion. Bicycles have a much greater range than wireless access points. And that's with line-of-sight. Add buildings into the mix (bike ride to the office sounds very urban) and there's probably no chance of the pringles-can solution working.
Wouldn't piracy be happening on the high seas, not at the ranch? Or is this a reference to George Bush wearing a parrot and eyepatch while vacationing?
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Don't you dare mention Sigourney Weaver in public ever again. It's just hurtful.
If you rent a house, those are usually suppplied. And in reality, very few people don't already have those things. Spices cost very little money, and could be paid for in one meal versus McDonalds. And what of the cost of fuel to get to the McDonalds, or the time it takes, compared to just staying at home and whipping up a meal while watching TV or listening to the radio?
Yes, I know that. But how many non-geeks know that? Furthermore, if you do know what a gnu is, what the hell does it have to do with graphics? And on a nother level - "image manipulation" doesn't sound very appealing. Preferred terms in management and the graphics industry would be "image editing" or "image processing." Manipulating images sounds like you have something to hide, or want to fabricate reality.
Maybe so, but that image is still more appealing than the total lack of an image connoted by "GNUmetric." Is that a program to measure livestock? Even that image requires familiarity with the "GNU" - which I would not have if I were not a geek.
How would that make any difference to the Boss? That name is just as stupid. What's a fucking GNU?
1. Why does it even matter if it is not a technical issue?
2. How is it not a technical issue? Language is very technical.
3. If an application's name stops someone from using an application in the first place, then that hinders usage.
Yes, and yes. Both of these are relatively simple tasks.
Yeah, it sucks using Windows or Linux.
And how is that relevant to the topic of naming conventions under Linux?
Precisely. Microsoft is vulnerable to the same stupid naming problems as the Open Source world. I don't see how this justifies or minimizes the effect that it has on OSS, just because Microsoft also suffers from this problem.
Corporations are legal persons, didn't you know? But how does a corporation cut its ear off?
Think that through for a little bit. Almost nobody carried headphones with their cellphone. Nobody wants to hold a phone to their ear the whole time. And museums are supposed to be quiet, so speakerphones are out. Using cellphones sounds like a terrible idea, very distracting.
Are you at all aware of the irony inherent in this statement, given the topic of this thread?
Boy, you must be a really fun person to hang out with.
You can't possibly be so retarded that you have it completely backwards. Or maybe you can. I just saw your user handle. The other poster was talking about running MacOS on non-Apple x86 boxes. You also seem to be so deluded that you think there is an "x86" market. There is not. People buy Windows or MacOS. Nobody (except freaks) buys a computer because it has an "x86" processor. They buy machines to do stuff.
And they still piss off Boss Hogg, to this very day.
Yes. This is one of the main reasons I would stop reading slashdot, if it got any worse than it already is. American slashdotters generally have an extremely distorted, America-centric view of the world. The amount of nonsense that gets written about Europe is truly staggering. Can anyone say "uber-mensch"?
I think you hit on the fundamental problem. the only people who buy such things are the kind of people who think of themselves as "consumers" and their life revolves around meaningless shit like TV and video games.
Other people have more meaningful lives and don't think of themselves as consumers. So how sustainable can the business be, given that owning such a device marks one as one of the "losers" in life?
But that's no fun. Being not-evil is not nearly as interesting as the seat-hurling arts.
How can that be considered "cheap" in any meaningful sense of the word? Especially given the poor quality of McDonalds, it is astonishingly easy to put together a better meal than McDonalds for half the price.
The bundling isn't really the major issue. Apple doesn't go around breaking third-party software like Microsoft does.
That's not a safe assumtion. Bicycles have a much greater range than wireless access points. And that's with line-of-sight. Add buildings into the mix (bike ride to the office sounds very urban) and there's probably no chance of the pringles-can solution working.
Especially if they are 8-track tapes. There are many wide bands available on 8-track.
No. Dell is offensive to humanity and geeks alike. It is a miserable sore on the backside of society. Why would anyone want to empower those assholes?
Wouldn't piracy be happening on the high seas, not at the ranch? Or is this a reference to George Bush wearing a parrot and eyepatch while vacationing?