Employment law varies state to state in the US. In my state we a have an "at will" employment law. I can leave, or they can fire me, at any time for any reason, except discrimination. The employers don't need a reason to let someone go.
I see your point, but a piece of software lives and dies by the GUI to the average user. That is what they see, and hence, understand.
I have built PCs for the grandmothers of my friends -- for emailing those grandkid pix and redneck jokes. All they want are two shortcuts on the desktop: firefox and solitare. Training them on the finer points of spyware avoidance is a lengthy, excruciating waste of time. Telling them about security holes and memory usage is enough to make the sweet old ladies curse at me with the skill of a sailor.
This is the kind of person TFA was geared toward. How does vista feel. I agree that it was largely a "puff" piece to the/. crowd, but it has its place.
I have never had any system, OEM or home-built, that didn't crash windows. I am not alone in this, read your other replies. You are one person, one success story. Statistically there must be people, like you, that have no problems -- just as there must be people that have nothing but problems. Neither of those are the norm. It is the folks in the middle of the curve, the average, that you have to think about. They are the ones who "define" whether the OS is stable or not, because they are the largest group. The fringes don't matter.
You still have to route power, right? Maybe you can find a plug a little more local to the speakers, but you still have wires.
This will always be the trade-off, IMHO. More devices and speakers make for a better theatre experience, but the 4inch diameter cable bundle under the floor is a bit unwieldy.
As a manufacture looking out for your Shareholders, what are you going to build?
I will announce a cheaper BluRay system, maybe $350, then unload my stock as prices soar. Then I will move to Africa and use my ill-gotten gains to fund Ubuntu developement.
In all honesty, though, you have a very compelling point. Console makers traditionally sell their consoles at a loss, recouping money on the game licenses. I don't know how this model works exactly, but a repercussion such as you mention could be a side effect.
I suppose if you don't value your time at all, your argument makes sense.
A hobbyist does not think of his hobby as a waste of time. He engages in it because he enjoys it. I also enjoy building PCs and do so at cost for friends and family, strictly because I find it fun.
Although, I admit, anymore I recommend an Apple -- they provide better hardware than I can get on newegg or at frys.
Another reason: non-admin users in a large corporation whos request for alternatives are denied. I am one of those. At home I use firefox and opera under Ubuntu. At work I am forced to use IE under WinXP. On the plus side, if the work PC gets slammed I am less likely to care. It would benefeit the IT department most if this company used a more secure browser than IE. It is hard to change culture, impossible to change corporate culture.
I have priced apple hardware (laptops and desktops) with comparable (read as close as I could get) dell, gateway, lenovo, etc configurations. If comparable options are choosen the macs are always cheaper, buy a couple hundred dollars in some cases. And the other systems price includes mail-in rebates, so your initial out-of-pocket is pretty high.
Here is a company site on the subject of cleaning water:
http://www.hydrationtech.com/
They use a forward osmosis process to pull water through a membrane "filter". It has interesting implications. They have tried to sell to the UN for third world applications, but have had little response.
I think that you are missing the point.
You are right: "...that there are so many anonymous cowards, who troll, spam and lie." And the comments on the blog seem to indicate that the individual who wrote them is one of that group. But that does not mean that an owner of a blog should be held liable for what other people write to him - or even in continuation of his own ideas. He can (and should) be held responsible for what he has said, but he should not (nor should anyone) be held responsible for the comments of others.
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Employment law varies state to state in the US. In my state we a have an "at will" employment law. I can leave, or they can fire me, at any time for any reason, except discrimination. The employers don't need a reason to let someone go.
I see your point, but a piece of software lives and dies by the GUI to the average user. That is what they see, and hence, understand.
/. crowd, but it has its place.
I have built PCs for the grandmothers of my friends -- for emailing those grandkid pix and redneck jokes. All they want are two shortcuts on the desktop: firefox and solitare. Training them on the finer points of spyware avoidance is a lengthy, excruciating waste of time. Telling them about security holes and memory usage is enough to make the sweet old ladies curse at me with the skill of a sailor.
This is the kind of person TFA was geared toward. How does vista feel. I agree that it was largely a "puff" piece to the
Sensing a troll, and replying AC? Whatever. I use XP pro. I use decent hardware. I use opera/firefox. EVERYONE searches porn.
I have never had any system, OEM or home-built, that didn't crash windows. I am not alone in this, read your other replies. You are one person, one success story. Statistically there must be people, like you, that have no problems -- just as there must be people that have nothing but problems. Neither of those are the norm. It is the folks in the middle of the curve, the average, that you have to think about. They are the ones who "define" whether the OS is stable or not, because they are the largest group. The fringes don't matter.
You still have to route power, right? Maybe you can find a plug a little more local to the speakers, but you still have wires. This will always be the trade-off, IMHO. More devices and speakers make for a better theatre experience, but the 4inch diameter cable bundle under the floor is a bit unwieldy.
As a manufacture looking out for your Shareholders, what are you going to build?
I will announce a cheaper BluRay system, maybe $350, then unload my stock as prices soar. Then I will move to Africa and use my ill-gotten gains to fund Ubuntu developement.
In all honesty, though, you have a very compelling point. Console makers traditionally sell their consoles at a loss, recouping money on the game licenses. I don't know how this model works exactly, but a repercussion such as you mention could be a side effect.
Whatever, I am getting a Wii. Zelda rocks.
I suppose if you don't value your time at all, your argument makes sense.
A hobbyist does not think of his hobby as a waste of time. He engages in it because he enjoys it. I also enjoy building PCs and do so at cost for friends and family, strictly because I find it fun.
Although, I admit, anymore I recommend an Apple -- they provide better hardware than I can get on newegg or at frys.
You're not worth every penney- you're worth the $2.50/hr your job can be done in India for.
Not if your 4-5 times more efficient.
Another reason: non-admin users in a large corporation whos request for alternatives are denied. I am one of those.
At home I use firefox and opera under Ubuntu.
At work I am forced to use IE under WinXP.
On the plus side, if the work PC gets slammed I am less likely to care. It would benefeit the IT department most if this company used a more secure browser than IE. It is hard to change culture, impossible to change corporate culture.
I have priced apple hardware (laptops and desktops) with comparable (read as close as I could get) dell, gateway, lenovo, etc configurations. If comparable options are choosen the macs are always cheaper, buy a couple hundred dollars in some cases. And the other systems price includes mail-in rebates, so your initial out-of-pocket is pretty high.
Satan also despises Creed.
Here is a company site on the subject of cleaning water: http://www.hydrationtech.com/ They use a forward osmosis process to pull water through a membrane "filter". It has interesting implications. They have tried to sell to the UN for third world applications, but have had little response.
Actually, the metric prefix can still be used for both. If you want to be specific you use GiB.
I think that you are missing the point. You are right: "...that there are so many anonymous cowards, who troll, spam and lie." And the comments on the blog seem to indicate that the individual who wrote them is one of that group. But that does not mean that an owner of a blog should be held liable for what other people write to him - or even in continuation of his own ideas. He can (and should) be held responsible for what he has said, but he should not (nor should anyone) be held responsible for the comments of others.