A couple years ago I was given an assignment to make a flyer. I would have used LaTeX, but the Powers That Were insisted that I use Publisher. Very well, I say, I'll give it a go.
Situation: You must create a graphic advertisement.
Options: You may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Publisher.
You can do this today with plastic, and in some limited cases of small metal parts, but when you can start doing it in significant engineering materials that can be used in functional prototype machines, lots of new opportunities will arise.
There is, after all, no super-material. To design complex machines, the differing properties of materials are often exploited. And in electronics, we still need some pretty rare earth elements.
These problems may be lessened by nanotechnology, where it is possible to create materials that 'behave differently' but made of the same source substance. Rare and difficult-to-work-with materials are still going to be a problem.
Simple example, it's actually difficult to bake a loaf of bread at home cheaper than what you can purchase it at the store, and that's just based on material cost,
No, it's not. You just buy a few cents worth of flour, add water and put in the bread machine. It's much easier and cheaper than buying a loaf from the store. Plus you save the time of going down to the store, and the transport costs.
When was the last time we've seen protesters taking off their clothes because they do not like Teflon-coated frying pans?
That wouldn't make sense. The protest is over pants - hence take off the pants. But protestors have boycotted teflon cookware because of its dangerous properties. What do clothes have to do with cookware?
they'll think "not Windows, but without Linux geek crap".
Apple should use this as a slogan in an advertising campaign. Preferably accompanied by silhouette video of Linux geeks been badly beaten with blunt Powerbooks, accompanied by some nice, soothing death metal.
and the cost of the finished hardware is a function of production volume
Is it? One would think that the actual costs of material and labor to produce the hardware components would have something to do with it.
In your strange economic model, it would be cheaper to buy a computer case made of pure gold, than one made out of plastic, so long as more gold cases were being made than plastic cases.
One would also think that the way the hardware is designed and configured would also affect the price - for example one manufacturer manages to design a cheaper, more efficient machine through good industrial design and optimization. Meanwhile, another company may waste money and produce a more expensive machine, even though they have higher volume.
So I think it's somewhat simplistic and disingenuous, in other words down right wrong, to say that the price of hardware has only to do with the size of production runs.
Admit they are wrong? Fark no. That would be embracing the death of their artificial self they've made of ego straw. They can't face and embrace true emptiness that comes with the finality of true understanding and acceptance. They can't because of fear.
Burt Rutan has actually put a human being in space in the last year.
NASA is so scared to launch there multi-billion dollar meal ticket that we will be lucky if it isn't another year before that thing goes in space.
So what? How does that prove that private industry always trumps government? I could cherry-pick dozens of cases where the government has done a better job than private industry. But it doesn't prove anything.
The original poster was choosing a highly specific, specialized case, and using that to try and show that private industry is always better than government. That's known as a strawman, and illogical reasoning.
Furthermore, what was the benefit gained by putting someone in space by Burt Rutan? That has been done very many times. Not even considering the fact that Burt Rutan is hardly typical of "private industry" as a whole. He's more of an enthusiast.
When will you people get it, capitalism, private industry always trumps government.
Would you care to elaborate? There are many things that the government does that private industry won't, or can't do.
Look at NASA. Now look at Burt Rutan. Now look at NASA again.
Yeah, so what? How is Burt Rutan vs. NASA relevant? The government (and industry) does a lot more than build space vehicles. How would Burt Rutan have been able to do what he did, if government did not provide a stable society and economy for him to perform his experiment in? Burt Rutan (or NASA) does not exist in a vaccuum.
There are any number of irrelevant anecdotes that can be twisted to any ideology. Look at the tobacco industry's lies. Or Enron. Do they trump government? What about slave labor?
Both governments and private industries have their flaws and their benefits. It's not as simple as you make it out to be.
As a resident of downtown Tempe, I hope the rollout isn't successful, as I would much prefer to see a more community-based effort, such as in Seattle, Austin, and New York City."
You hope that something that could be useful to many people will fail, just because you like something else? You want to see money wasted, just to feel superior?
Why does this rollout succeeding, stop you from contributing to community efforts? Maybe you should make an effort to do better yourself, with your community ideas, rather than simply hoping that others fail. What an attitude!
live distro that lets the ISP guy log into the machine remotely (no matter how mangled the OS may be) and fix the machine or even possibly restore the OS back to the default.
Geee, that makes a lot of economic sense for an ISP - to provide free support for your OS, to waste hours of expensive labor costs fixing problems that have nothing to do with the ISP. I can't imagine why they don't do this!
Because OSX is so simple to grasp that it's like learning to drive a golf cart after being a truck driver in the world that The Road Warrior took place in.
Exactly! Where's the clutch? Where's the engine brake? How do I hitch my load? Where's the inflated sense of self-esteem? The rotary machine guns? The carnage? Oh, how I miss the carnage.
These shrill, obnoxious people, I think, turned a lot of people against the Mac, because, as a PC user the basic idea is that PC users are idiots, and buying a Mac is like validating all that BS.
Nothing proves you are an idiot more than choosing a platform because you have personal issues with individual users of said platform.
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This can be the truly ipod killer. You can download movies to play on your HDTV, or time shift or god knows what else they can put on this system.
And how exactly does that help people carry their music around in a small, easy-to-use package?
Today's breakfast: Newborn baby, marinated in the blood of peasants. It was delicious. When dining, I find that no napkin is as good as using the US Constitution to wipe my mouth.
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Is that anything like a hookerbot?
Exactly! It's always so creepy when a building wants to make love to you.
How about gofuckthemselves.com?
Situation: You must create a graphic advertisement.
Options: You may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Publisher.
Conclusion: You must be in hell.
Normal people don't find that a pleasant experience worth laughing about. YMMV.
There is, after all, no super-material. To design complex machines, the differing properties of materials are often exploited. And in electronics, we still need some pretty rare earth elements.
These problems may be lessened by nanotechnology, where it is possible to create materials that 'behave differently' but made of the same source substance. Rare and difficult-to-work-with materials are still going to be a problem.
No, it's not. You just buy a few cents worth of flour, add water and put in the bread machine. It's much easier and cheaper than buying a loaf from the store. Plus you save the time of going down to the store, and the transport costs.
Yeah, I think it should be a sitcom. Do you know if Ray Romano is or Ted Danson is available?
Looks like an ugly, extremely generic PC for playing games on.
Or Alienware, for that matter?
Looks like an ugly, generic PC for playing games on. That has been made shiny in an attempt at "style."
That wouldn't make sense. The protest is over pants - hence take off the pants. But protestors have boycotted teflon cookware because of its dangerous properties. What do clothes have to do with cookware?
Apple should use this as a slogan in an advertising campaign. Preferably accompanied by silhouette video of Linux geeks been badly beaten with blunt Powerbooks, accompanied by some nice, soothing death metal.
Yeah, and they're always walking too slowly in front of you, with the turn indicator stuck on.
Is it? One would think that the actual costs of material and labor to produce the hardware components would have something to do with it.
In your strange economic model, it would be cheaper to buy a computer case made of pure gold, than one made out of plastic, so long as more gold cases were being made than plastic cases.
One would also think that the way the hardware is designed and configured would also affect the price - for example one manufacturer manages to design a cheaper, more efficient machine through good industrial design and optimization. Meanwhile, another company may waste money and produce a more expensive machine, even though they have higher volume.
So I think it's somewhat simplistic and disingenuous, in other words down right wrong, to say that the price of hardware has only to do with the size of production runs.
Have a look at all those teraflops in there. That's why your virtual brain didn't work.
20GB iPod + Voice recording adapter (like Griffin iTalk or other brands)
Do you think you might be wrong about that?
So what? How does that prove that private industry always trumps government? I could cherry-pick dozens of cases where the government has done a better job than private industry. But it doesn't prove anything.
The original poster was choosing a highly specific, specialized case, and using that to try and show that private industry is always better than government. That's known as a strawman, and illogical reasoning.
Furthermore, what was the benefit gained by putting someone in space by Burt Rutan? That has been done very many times. Not even considering the fact that Burt Rutan is hardly typical of "private industry" as a whole. He's more of an enthusiast.
Doesn't sound very cool to me ... more like body-temperature. But if you're into watersports...
Would you care to elaborate? There are many things that the government does that private industry won't, or can't do.
Look at NASA. Now look at Burt Rutan. Now look at NASA again.
Yeah, so what? How is Burt Rutan vs. NASA relevant? The government (and industry) does a lot more than build space vehicles. How would Burt Rutan have been able to do what he did, if government did not provide a stable society and economy for him to perform his experiment in? Burt Rutan (or NASA) does not exist in a vaccuum.
There are any number of irrelevant anecdotes that can be twisted to any ideology. Look at the tobacco industry's lies. Or Enron. Do they trump government? What about slave labor?
Both governments and private industries have their flaws and their benefits. It's not as simple as you make it out to be.
You hope that something that could be useful to many people will fail, just because you like something else? You want to see money wasted, just to feel superior?
Why does this rollout succeeding, stop you from contributing to community efforts? Maybe you should make an effort to do better yourself, with your community ideas, rather than simply hoping that others fail. What an attitude!
Geee, that makes a lot of economic sense for an ISP - to provide free support for your OS, to waste hours of expensive labor costs fixing problems that have nothing to do with the ISP. I can't imagine why they don't do this!
Exactly! Where's the clutch? Where's the engine brake? How do I hitch my load? Where's the inflated sense of self-esteem? The rotary machine guns? The carnage? Oh, how I miss the carnage.
Nothing proves you are an idiot more than choosing a platform because you have personal issues with individual users of said platform.
And how exactly does that help people carry their music around in a small, easy-to-use package?
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