Speeds like that can be disasterous during a printing accident. Recently in the office a young secretary accidentally printed out (on one of our 75 pages/min printers) numerous copies of a document around 400 pages in length. Thankfully it was just black-and-white text, rather than colorful images.
In any case, it took her a full two minute to realize her mistake, and another four or five minutes to figure out how to stop the print job. By that time she had printed off about 500 worthless pages.
When it comes to these machines, printing mistakes can be costly and difficult to deal with. It's unfortuante that many of these printers can hold 5000+ pages of paper. While convenient, it is just screaming for disaster!
Did you even bother to read the article? The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case. Therefore no action will be taken against Lexmark. Therefore their monopoly on the cartridges for their own printers will not be ended.
But what's to say that the open source community won't provide a similar level of support for non-Apple devices? Nothing! The nature of Apple's IOKit framework allows for device drivers to be written extremely easily. I foresee much portage in the next decade as many of the devices that are currently supported only by Windows or Linux are supported by Mac OS X.
People listen to him because he has an amazing grasp and understanding of the computer industry. He was able to call this one years ago. Indeed, he was correct.
This whole situation has basically been a repeat of NeXT. Does anyone remember when they released NeXTSTEP 3.0 for the i486? Well, they also changed their name from NeXT Computers, Inc., to NeXT Software, Inc. That was done to signify their move away from hardware back to being solely a software provider. That is what is happening with Apple today. They are becoming a software-only provider, while moving towards the commoditization of their hardware.
Now the question we should be asking is who will purchase Apple Software, Inc., in five or six years and provide a full-packaged hardware solution again. At this point it would seem to be Sun, since they are amongst the only remaining vendors with their own CPU architecture. But perhaps we may even see a company such as IBM purchasing Apple in half a decade or so to provide the software for a series of high-performance cell-based workstations.
They do have an automated testing system. It's called Tinderbox. In fact, much of the work on the automated testing of the Linux kernel is indeed severely influenced by the work of the Tinderbox crew.
What is the name of the developer who reintroduced this bug? It is often said about the open source community that the level of accountability just isn't enough. This is a main reason why corporations aren't as willing to transition to platforms such as Mozilla or OpenOffice. Corporate types will want to know which developer it was who reintroduced this seven-year-old bug, and what the Mozilla Project plans to do to prevent a similar incident from ever occurring again.
How will the upcoming QT 4/KDE 4 affect Safari? Will Apple continue to base their renderer off of the KHTML 3 widget, or will they rewrite their bindings to take into account the benefits of the new KHTML 4 widget based around QT 4 and KDE 4?
With Apple hedging into Microsoft's PC market through the release of their x86 version of Mac OS X, will Microsoft still be able to maintain their monopoly? Not to mention that there are doubts as to whether or not Longhord will be completed within a reasonable time frame. But still, this is a point we must consider: by the time Microsoft is tried for their monopolistic behavior, will they still be a monopoly, or merely a player in the burgeoning oligopic personal computer market?
But how would they know if the child's clothes have been implanted with such a device? Indeed, it sould be difficult to tell considering the miniscule size of such devices (assuming they were real, and not a complete hoax and fabrication such as described in the linked-to blog). And to have a naked child in the car while driving around Orlando or Miami or some other Floridian city will raise questions, no doubt.
Indeed. But then it will be used on the mentally retarded, and soon after that on criminals (even petty criminals, arrested for jaywalking). Soon enough it will be embedded within the clothing of every law-abiding person, lest they choose to unabide by the law! But of course the Senators and Congressmen will never have to wear such emblazened clothing, for they are of the comptroller class who force such shenanigans on liberty.
What are you talking about? Please try to write in clearer English so we know what you are saying. What is obstructing you from reaching "that panties" you forgot?
Do you think you'd be against this technology if it helped you locate your kidnapped child? Remember, technology is only as "bad" as the person who is using it.
Were this technology to be used against the USA, would it be considered terrorism by the Bush administration? Indeed, it is well-known that the the current regime will not prosecute Israelis for crimes, and if anything, is willing to participate jointly in such acts (ie. the illegal massacre and rape of Iraq).
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Speeds like that can be disasterous during a printing accident. Recently in the office a young secretary accidentally printed out (on one of our 75 pages/min printers) numerous copies of a document around 400 pages in length. Thankfully it was just black-and-white text, rather than colorful images.
In any case, it took her a full two minute to realize her mistake, and another four or five minutes to figure out how to stop the print job. By that time she had printed off about 500 worthless pages.
When it comes to these machines, printing mistakes can be costly and difficult to deal with. It's unfortuante that many of these printers can hold 5000+ pages of paper. While convenient, it is just screaming for disaster!
It's a good thing he didn't download Eminem songs as well. Then he would have been in deep shit.
Did you even bother to read the article? The Supreme Court has refused to hear the case. Therefore no action will be taken against Lexmark. Therefore their monopoly on the cartridges for their own printers will not be ended.
But what's to say that the open source community won't provide a similar level of support for non-Apple devices? Nothing! The nature of Apple's IOKit framework allows for device drivers to be written extremely easily. I foresee much portage in the next decade as many of the devices that are currently supported only by Windows or Linux are supported by Mac OS X.
People listen to him because he has an amazing grasp and understanding of the computer industry. He was able to call this one years ago. Indeed, he was correct.
This whole situation has basically been a repeat of NeXT. Does anyone remember when they released NeXTSTEP 3.0 for the i486? Well, they also changed their name from NeXT Computers, Inc., to NeXT Software, Inc. That was done to signify their move away from hardware back to being solely a software provider. That is what is happening with Apple today. They are becoming a software-only provider, while moving towards the commoditization of their hardware. Now the question we should be asking is who will purchase Apple Software, Inc., in five or six years and provide a full-packaged hardware solution again. At this point it would seem to be Sun, since they are amongst the only remaining vendors with their own CPU architecture. But perhaps we may even see a company such as IBM purchasing Apple in half a decade or so to provide the software for a series of high-performance cell-based workstations.
They do have an automated testing system. It's called Tinderbox. In fact, much of the work on the automated testing of the Linux kernel is indeed severely influenced by the work of the Tinderbox crew.
Has anybody organized a boycott of Lexmark due to their use of these anti-competitive and anti-consumer policies?
Doubt is one thing. But we need answers, my good man. Solid, reliable answers. Can you provide them?
What is the name of the developer who reintroduced this bug? It is often said about the open source community that the level of accountability just isn't enough. This is a main reason why corporations aren't as willing to transition to platforms such as Mozilla or OpenOffice. Corporate types will want to know which developer it was who reintroduced this seven-year-old bug, and what the Mozilla Project plans to do to prevent a similar incident from ever occurring again.
How will the upcoming QT 4/KDE 4 affect Safari? Will Apple continue to base their renderer off of the KHTML 3 widget, or will they rewrite their bindings to take into account the benefits of the new KHTML 4 widget based around QT 4 and KDE 4?
With Apple hedging into Microsoft's PC market through the release of their x86 version of Mac OS X, will Microsoft still be able to maintain their monopoly? Not to mention that there are doubts as to whether or not Longhord will be completed within a reasonable time frame. But still, this is a point we must consider: by the time Microsoft is tried for their monopolistic behavior, will they still be a monopoly, or merely a player in the burgeoning oligopic personal computer market?
Is that why people in Florida always drive trucks when committing crimes?
Is it? I don't know. Do you know?
But how would they know if the child's clothes have been implanted with such a device? Indeed, it sould be difficult to tell considering the miniscule size of such devices (assuming they were real, and not a complete hoax and fabrication such as described in the linked-to blog). And to have a naked child in the car while driving around Orlando or Miami or some other Floridian city will raise questions, no doubt.
Indeed. But then it will be used on the mentally retarded, and soon after that on criminals (even petty criminals, arrested for jaywalking). Soon enough it will be embedded within the clothing of every law-abiding person, lest they choose to unabide by the law! But of course the Senators and Congressmen will never have to wear such emblazened clothing, for they are of the comptroller class who force such shenanigans on liberty.
That's assuming their goal was to rape and molest the child immediately. But that may not be the case, of course.
What are you talking about? Please try to write in clearer English so we know what you are saying. What is obstructing you from reaching "that panties" you forgot?
Do you think you'd be against this technology if it helped you locate your kidnapped child? Remember, technology is only as "bad" as the person who is using it.
Do they embed these into gloves yet?
Were this technology to be used against the USA, would it be considered terrorism by the Bush administration? Indeed, it is well-known that the the current regime will not prosecute Israelis for crimes, and if anything, is willing to participate jointly in such acts (ie. the illegal massacre and rape of Iraq).