Rather than an age-based approach, a far better solution would be to limit cell-phone ownership and use to anyone who holds, at minimum, a non-MBA graduate degree. One can hope that this group would be intelligent enough to use cell phones both intelligently and politely.
Quite true. It is also another symptom of our scared-to-be-alone society. Many people, especially this up-and-coming generation, don't know what to do when they are by themselves, so they yak on and on about nothing on the cellphones in their car, in the store, wherever they may be. IM is simply another form of yakking on and on so as to not feel alone. It's sad to see. Pick up a book. Think a little about a problem at work or school or in your life. Take a walk.
It's interesting that only A. Coward will admit such animosity towards Apple. This isn't fanboyism --- this is, instead, seeing things as they are. Turning into a software company would be suicidal, and to say such a thing does not require anyone holding such a view to be one of Steve's Drones. Not by a longshot.
Also, take a good look at why you yourself say that Sun is surviving: their userbase. They have one. Going the pure software route would be suicide for them, as well, and they know it. It's not dying; it's changing. There is no twisting of facts; it is rather seeing the facts as they actually are in the world.
How much do you hate Apple? Your suggestion seems to say a whole mega-bytin' bunch. Turning into a software company is suicide; Jobs knows this, as he's seen it happen to company after company that has tried to go that way. Sun survives because they still have hardware that means something; SGI is dying because they have hardware but went the Windows direction. Going with Windows or trying to live alongside it is simply not possible at this point in time. Be as fundamentalist as you like about open source --- it's your opinion, so run with it. Just don't think anyone will listen, especially those who run Apple and would like to see it stay in business.
Actually, according to old-computers.com, the VIC-20 cost $299.95 in 1981, with a whopping 5k of RAM; this could be boosted to a maximum of 32k. If you could have boosted it to 64k (and perhaps you could, given a hit of solder in the right place or some memory-shuffling hacks), then the price would have been around the $400 quoted in the above post.
As for the current value of the 1981 dollar, check out this cool link. You're spot-on with the money, according to this site --- $400 in 1981 is approximately equivalent to $810 2003 dollars.
Saying that Apple "blew it" due to not using open standards is to miss a sizable section of the picture. Large businesses held off from buying computers until they had received the Stamp of Approval from IBM. Apple was picked up by many early adopters (schools, small businesses using VisiCalc, etc.), but there was no way that large corporations would rely on such a small company when IBM could deliver on a much greater scale (at least in the minds of those contemplating computer purchases for said companies). Open standards were barely dreamed of by the time the war was over --- they appeared mainly because the war was over.
That Apple survived when the vast majority of their contemporaries failed shows that they hardly "blew it"; that they are making a healthy profit today says that their guerrilla action won't be ending any time soon.
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ronadams writes: OS/2 compiles your homemade C code faster than you've ever seen before! That would actually be pretty sweet.
Rather than an age-based approach, a far better solution would be to limit cell-phone ownership and use to anyone who holds, at minimum, a non-MBA graduate degree. One can hope that this group would be intelligent enough to use cell phones both intelligently and politely.
...that the terrorists are not the only ones that "hate our freedom".
Seconded. Being able to have glorious text, and not much else on the page, is great. My eyes thank you.
"Franklin' Nuggets"
Just for clarification --- did you mean "Frankennuggets"?
Quite true. It is also another symptom of our scared-to-be-alone society. Many people, especially this up-and-coming generation, don't know what to do when they are by themselves, so they yak on and on about nothing on the cellphones in their car, in the store, wherever they may be. IM is simply another form of yakking on and on so as to not feel alone. It's sad to see. Pick up a book. Think a little about a problem at work or school or in your life. Take a walk.
It's interesting that only A. Coward will admit such animosity towards Apple. This isn't fanboyism --- this is, instead, seeing things as they are. Turning into a software company would be suicidal, and to say such a thing does not require anyone holding such a view to be one of Steve's Drones. Not by a longshot. Also, take a good look at why you yourself say that Sun is surviving: their userbase. They have one. Going the pure software route would be suicide for them, as well, and they know it. It's not dying; it's changing. There is no twisting of facts; it is rather seeing the facts as they actually are in the world.
How much do you hate Apple? Your suggestion seems to say a whole mega-bytin' bunch. Turning into a software company is suicide; Jobs knows this, as he's seen it happen to company after company that has tried to go that way. Sun survives because they still have hardware that means something; SGI is dying because they have hardware but went the Windows direction. Going with Windows or trying to live alongside it is simply not possible at this point in time. Be as fundamentalist as you like about open source --- it's your opinion, so run with it. Just don't think anyone will listen, especially those who run Apple and would like to see it stay in business.
Allow a non-English major to point out that your spelling and use of punctuation both need work.
Have a nice day.
Actually, according to old-computers.com, the VIC-20 cost $299.95 in 1981, with a whopping 5k of RAM; this could be boosted to a maximum of 32k. If you could have boosted it to 64k (and perhaps you could, given a hit of solder in the right place or some memory-shuffling hacks), then the price would have been around the $400 quoted in the above post.
As for the current value of the 1981 dollar, check out this cool link. You're spot-on with the money, according to this site --- $400 in 1981 is approximately equivalent to $810 2003 dollars.
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Saying that Apple "blew it" due to not using open standards is to miss a sizable section of the picture. Large businesses held off from buying computers until they had received the Stamp of Approval from IBM. Apple was picked up by many early adopters (schools, small businesses using VisiCalc, etc.), but there was no way that large corporations would rely on such a small company when IBM could deliver on a much greater scale (at least in the minds of those contemplating computer purchases for said companies). Open standards were barely dreamed of by the time the war was over --- they appeared mainly because the war was over.
That Apple survived when the vast majority of their contemporaries failed shows that they hardly "blew it"; that they are making a healthy profit today says that their guerrilla action won't be ending any time soon.