I was responding to this: "it does not follow that everyone in that country is able to buy the products at the higher price."
Well, in the UK that is not an issue, because taxes are proportional to income and the price at point of sale is about 7 UKP if I remember. Of course I realise that it gets paid for by me and all other taxpayers.
you are paying the full cost, you just don't what full cost really is let alone what is really being paid. In other words, if you were getting ripped off you wouldn't know it.
Yep. Just like HEALTH INSURANCE?
In any system, the generally healthy (like me) are going to end up subsidising those who have more health problems.
*snicker* I've been seen by a nurse twice in the last two years - once needed a bandage on my finger, once didn't need any treatment. Sorry for my huge drain on the nation's coffers.
Well, in the UK we have evil socialised medicine, so we don't have to pay the full cost of our medically necessary drugs. (There is a small, flat charge per prescription)
The problem is NOT Windows,okay? It is NOT Windows fault at all. You know why it isn't Windows fault? It is because there are a lot of STUPID people on Windows and as much as you hate Bill Gates I'm afraid he didn't actually invent stupid people.
The fact that is almost bloody impossible to run as a non-privileged user in Windows, partly due to MS and their initial don't-give-a-fuck attitude to it, and partly due to moron application developers who've continued in the same vein, is the problem.
I do security for a living, hold a CISSP and have had to support these sons-of-bitches. What, does getting a Mac give you +20 IQ points all of a sudden? So why did I not have a single fucking incident involving Mac OS X? I had (literally) thousands with Windows and 4 with Linux.
How is jailbreaking an iPhone different from removing DRM from a game?
It's not, and as far as I'm concerned they're both OK. I've stripped copy protection in order to back up games for personal use, and I have no hesitation in putting different firmware on any embedded device.
Whether it's a breach of contract I don't know - that's a different matter.
Virgin Media in the UK is claiming to be able to deliver 50Mbps (no, I haven't even asked the price), so I'd be interested to know where you get your data. Most broadband here is rated 8-16Mbps though.
MSDE (aka SQL Server lite) had exactly this problem. It was embedded in hundreds of fecking products which we only found out when they got infected by Slammer.
"I still hold Microsoft so I still hold hope it will achieve what I think is its potential. By now it should have been $100+ per share. We've seen Apple rise"
That's because - no offence - Mac OS 9 on ppc was a piece of unstable dreck beloved only by graphic design weenies and Mac OS X was a well-marketed work of genius, as was the iPod.
Whereas MS just can't double its market share that much because it is already the major player (>50% market share).
Yes. We had a 233Hz ARM board, including ethernet, USB and serial running at 3.5 Watts under load. Nearest equivalent x86 is more than twice that just for the processor.
Yeah, it would be enclosed. I heard the environment described as a cross between a 19" rack and a portaloo, 1000 of, to be situated on top of various hills.
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I was responding to this: "it does not follow that everyone in that country is able to buy the products at the higher price."
Well, in the UK that is not an issue, because taxes are proportional to income and the price at point of sale is about 7 UKP if I remember. Of course I realise that it gets paid for by me and all other taxpayers.
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Yep. Just like HEALTH INSURANCE?
In any system, the generally healthy (like me) are going to end up subsidising those who have more health problems.
(I put on my pedant hat and robe) No, it applies if you happen to live in England regardless of nationality.
Right on!
I'm holding out for $0.10/image.
*snicker* I've been seen by a nurse twice in the last two years - once needed a bandage on my finger, once didn't need any treatment. Sorry for my huge drain on the nation's coffers.
Well, in the UK we have evil socialised medicine, so we don't have to pay the full cost of our medically necessary drugs. (There is a small, flat charge per prescription)
The fact that is almost bloody impossible to run as a non-privileged user in Windows, partly due to MS and their initial don't-give-a-fuck attitude to it, and partly due to moron application developers who've continued in the same vein, is the problem.
I do security for a living, hold a CISSP and have had to support these sons-of-bitches. What, does getting a Mac give you +20 IQ points all of a sudden? So why did I not have a single fucking incident involving Mac OS X? I had (literally) thousands with Windows and 4 with Linux.
PHOTOSHOPPED!
Apart, from ALL THE SERVERS I'VE EVER BOUGHT?
It's not, and as far as I'm concerned they're both OK. I've stripped copy protection in order to back up games for personal use, and I have no hesitation in putting different firmware on any embedded device.
Whether it's a breach of contract I don't know - that's a different matter.
What, like BCCI or Barings? If you're only thinking of banks that are still solvent, of course they're going to have good balance sheets.
And, er, not good when you get it wet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNdijknRxfU
I can't believe that got modded Funny - that joke is probably older than the transistor.
"If your customers are using Windows, then Powerpoint is the sole reason."
This is not entirely true. Some people are just fucking stubborn assholes.
I worked level 3 support, you know it's true, I know it's true.
Should be "Google to produce hardcopy of Internet"
second prize: two copies of IE8.
As someone who gets to do Mac support for my SO, I heartily endorse Time Machine and think it's worth every penny she paid for it.
Now, if I could get her to jettison that shit-heap that is MS Office on the Mac...
This is not a HOW TO - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
Virgin Media in the UK is claiming to be able to deliver 50Mbps (no, I haven't even asked the price), so I'd be interested to know where you get your data. Most broadband here is rated 8-16Mbps though.
MSDE (aka SQL Server lite) had exactly this problem. It was embedded in hundreds of fecking products which we only found out when they got infected by Slammer.
That's because - no offence - Mac OS 9 on ppc was a piece of unstable dreck beloved only by graphic design weenies and Mac OS X was a well-marketed work of genius, as was the iPod.
Whereas MS just can't double its market share that much because it is already the major player (>50% market share).
RH6.2 failed during an "rpm -i glibc.6.x.rpm" leaving me with no glibc. That was the end of my brief love affair with all things red and hat-shaped.
Yes. We had a 233Hz ARM board, including ethernet, USB and serial running at 3.5 Watts under load. Nearest equivalent x86 is more than twice that just for the processor.
Yeah, it would be enclosed. I heard the environment described as a cross between a 19" rack and a portaloo, 1000 of, to be situated on top of various hills.