I'd like to live in your world where $1,700,000,000 isn't a "reasonable amount of money"..
It may not be enough by itself, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be considered among other solutions. A paltry billion here and there - pretty soon you start to see savings!
Eliminating jobs would be a good thing by the sounds of it, unless you'd rather another "bailout" situation.
Here in the UK I don't think we even have Saturday delivery from the Royal Mail..
Beer. The context was ge7 was talking about people saying "omg free stuff". Saving money is nice, but it's not why I personally don't use Windows. I have a valid XP Pro license, I just don't use it any more.
Apart from the mods bit. I just noticed that, and he's being as bad as the OP when he says that. If nobody gave a shit about mods, Counter-Strike would not have been one of the most successful games ever..
Why does someone's hobby suddenly need to have a point or be validated against some kind of level of usefulness when it involves computer parts, electronics and little LED lights?
When it's posted on a site marked "news for nerds"? Hmm, let's see..
Well, people keep saying that Steam works fine under WINE, and has for a long time. I'd use it myself if I hadn't already switched to consoles for now because dual booting destroys my soul. I've still got the notion that I'll buy/build another gaming PC at some point, but there's been no real reason to so far. Maybe if Minecraft starts to look more interesting and polished.
I switched to Mint from Ubuntu - it's slightly nicer than Ubuntu was before Unity.
Just because someone has "experience", doesn't make them good. Especially if they're clearly and terrifyingly ignorant. Usually I don't give a fuck about politics, but if I were American, I would have voted for Obama. I would have voted for a mouldy lump of cheese over Palin. The only person I'd trust less than her is that beauty pageant woman talking about "the Iraq and such as like".
Thankyou. I've never heard this put quite so well before. You have succinctly defined what it is that I don't like about people who buy Windows or iDevices without ever seriously considering the alternatives.. and why the cycle can perpetuate such godawful products for so long.
How is anyone who hasn't seen an iPad before to know how big the thing is? I had people asking me if my 5 inch Dell Streak and 7 inch Android 1.x devices were iPads..
You're right that the whole who-copied-who's design thing is stupid though. For one thing, Samsung has had digital photo-frames with the same gloss-flat-black-with-curved-corners design as an iPad long before the iPad was announced, and second.. how many fucking ways are there to make a "tablet" shape?
What's wrong with the built in Android desktop/launcher? o_0
Whenever I've used iPhones and iPads, I've hated them simply for the lack of a "back" button, which is my most used button on Android, both in 2.x when it was an actual button, and 3.x where it's a soft-button in the corner.
. It has become so complex and relies on so many differing pieces that it is getting increasingly difficult to differentiate between products. That leaves functionality and design as a product differentiator.
That makes no sense. If things are complicated, it's easy to differentiate. It's because the design of a tablet is so simple that all tablets look the same (barring colours, and whether to round off certain edges or not).
Here's another choice Apple had: not suing other companies for using a shape that was around before the iPad..
Yes, but that doesn't mean that they only speak one language. All of my friends can speak English, but some of their posts are in Norwegian, French, Portugese, Dutch, German, etc.. a translate button would be much more convenient than copying and pasting into a translation site (sometimes I can figure out what they're saying without one, but not often..).
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If they're Windows servers, then yes..
Okie dokie. I certainly won't miss it. I usually just get packages delivered to work.
I'd like to live in your world where $1,700,000,000 isn't a "reasonable amount of money"..
It may not be enough by itself, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be considered among other solutions. A paltry billion here and there - pretty soon you start to see savings!
Eliminating jobs would be a good thing by the sounds of it, unless you'd rather another "bailout" situation.
Here in the UK I don't think we even have Saturday delivery from the Royal Mail..
Beer. The context was ge7 was talking about people saying "omg free stuff". Saving money is nice, but it's not why I personally don't use Windows. I have a valid XP Pro license, I just don't use it any more.
Apart from the mods bit. I just noticed that, and he's being as bad as the OP when he says that. If nobody gave a shit about mods, Counter-Strike would not have been one of the most successful games ever..
No, he's criticising him for being detached from reality.
Why does someone's hobby suddenly need to have a point or be validated against some kind of level of usefulness when it involves computer parts, electronics and little LED lights?
When it's posted on a site marked "news for nerds"? Hmm, let's see..
They should have put this in idle.
Well, people keep saying that Steam works fine under WINE, and has for a long time. I'd use it myself if I hadn't already switched to consoles for now because dual booting destroys my soul. I've still got the notion that I'll buy/build another gaming PC at some point, but there's been no real reason to so far. Maybe if Minecraft starts to look more interesting and polished.
I switched to Mint from Ubuntu - it's slightly nicer than Ubuntu was before Unity.
Just because someone has "experience", doesn't make them good. Especially if they're clearly and terrifyingly ignorant. Usually I don't give a fuck about politics, but if I were American, I would have voted for Obama. I would have voted for a mouldy lump of cheese over Palin. The only person I'd trust less than her is that beauty pageant woman talking about "the Iraq and such as like".
Windows might now work as intended, but it hardly works well. Have you ever used another OS?
It's not just because Google's stuff is free, so much as that it's free and works well.
I wouldn't use Windows on a home computer even if it was free. I do have a Hotmail account, but it's no longer my primary address.
I for one welcome our new AnonCowardix kernel overlords..
Most consumers feel good about choosing a winner.
Thankyou. I've never heard this put quite so well before. You have succinctly defined what it is that I don't like about people who buy Windows or iDevices without ever seriously considering the alternatives.. and why the cycle can perpetuate such godawful products for so long.
How is anyone who hasn't seen an iPad before to know how big the thing is? I had people asking me if my 5 inch Dell Streak and 7 inch Android 1.x devices were iPads..
You're right that the whole who-copied-who's design thing is stupid though. For one thing, Samsung has had digital photo-frames with the same gloss-flat-black-with-curved-corners design as an iPad long before the iPad was announced, and second.. how many fucking ways are there to make a "tablet" shape?
What's wrong with the built in Android desktop/launcher? o_0
Whenever I've used iPhones and iPads, I've hated them simply for the lack of a "back" button, which is my most used button on Android, both in 2.x when it was an actual button, and 3.x where it's a soft-button in the corner.
. It has become so complex and relies on so many differing pieces that it is getting increasingly difficult to differentiate between products. That leaves functionality and design as a product differentiator.
That makes no sense. If things are complicated, it's easy to differentiate. It's because the design of a tablet is so simple that all tablets look the same (barring colours, and whether to round off certain edges or not).
Here's another choice Apple had: not suing other companies for using a shape that was around before the iPad..
Did you even look at 2003?
Are you trying to say that the iPhone was the first touchscreen device..?
Actually no they didn't [...] yes those picture aspects were changed to make them look more familiar
Which is it?
It's sad that you guys are so brainwashed as to defend a company that's lying to a court, while at the same time admitting that they lied.
Yes, but that doesn't mean that they only speak one language. All of my friends can speak English, but some of their posts are in Norwegian, French, Portugese, Dutch, German, etc.. a translate button would be much more convenient than copying and pasting into a translation site (sometimes I can figure out what they're saying without one, but not often..).
But it just doesn't feel like science that way..
You have a point! I'm off to wrestle that bear that's been bullying me for my lunch money. Will report back on my success later.
Just your UID :)
Old is a state of mind.
No. If everyone thought like that, we'd still all be sleeping in caves and dying at 25.
I agree, but I've yet to need to use the SDHC slot on my Xoom..
Which tablet is it?