Apparently my employer makes that type of decision on who has the ugliest sales staff. Just for once I'd like a cute sales rep to take me out to lunch.
If you are running a domain, there needs to be some sort of accountability and identification. Sure its a hassle, but if its that bad you don't want people knowing your home address, get a PO BOX
I switched because of function not style. I use a Mac because it does everything I want and more. I don't have to have 2 or 3 computers to do what I want.. just 1 Mac. So called analysts need to get their head out of their ass.
Please proof read submissions before they get posted. It is called an ISBN number. ISDN is a telco circuit.
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You had a universe? Back in my day there was nothing. You had to be God to come up with matter and energy just to log in to the system first. Ever wonder why there are so many different variations on string theory? God used a buggy copy of Fortran to write those functions and never bothered to fix it since "the old way was good enough".
My point wasn't that you shouldn't whine like an ass, which feel free to continue doing, but that if don't like the product or the price, don't buy it. If the extra money is worth it to you, then go for it. There are alternatives out there. If people are willing to pay the extra money to get a brand name because it works with Linux and is supported by the manufactuer, I see no harm done. The only way they are going to lower the price is because of competition, not a couplee of whiny ass consumers who turn around and buy the product anyway.
If you don't like the product, or don't agree with the company, don't buy it. Problem solved. If it is worth it to you to spend the extra money, then buy it. Problem solved.
In certain urban areas, it might be hard to tell the difference between a McDonald's employee carrying a gun and a McDonald's employee who's actually a field agent.
That's *IF* you are looking for a financial return. Besides, solar isn't as expensive as it used to be and also is a lot cheaper when you are talking about mixed grid/solar. It gets really cost prohibitive when you start putting in batteries and whatnot to live off grid. There are financial incentives from some power companies too, which is something I was eluding to in my previous post. In the end if you don't make back your investment in solar equipment, think about it as a premium for cutting out foreign oil and/or nuclear power (if you are against such things, this might justify the cost right out of the gate.)
You don't have to live off-grid to make use of solar power. You already have electricity piped in from generating plants... solar is a supplement to that, to cut down on the need for additional power plants and lines to come in to growing areas. There are some areas that the electric company has realized its cheaper to get a lot of their customers to install solar than it is to build new power plants to supply the energy they'd use, and also with excess energy being sold back to the grid, it helps produce some of the electricity for them, out in the areas that consume the power.
Maybe this is a sign that you should start accepting lower pay for the same job. While I don't agree with letting H1B's come in and take our jobs, I also realize this is a free market doing what it does... evening itself out. If 2 people are qualified to do the same job, why wouldn't an employer choose the one accepting a lower salary?
I love crime drama, and the CSI series are no exception. I'm not crazy about CSI: Miami, but I still watch it.
Here's my crime related season passes on Tivo...
3) CSI: NY 4) NCIS 5) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 6) CSI: Miami 7) Crossing Jordan 8) Law & Order: Criminal Intent 9) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 12) Monk 14) NYPD Blue 15) Without a Trace
That makes up a good chunk of my 24 total Season Passes...
I forget what news program this guy is on, but thats the first thing I thought of. haha Living in NJ where the highest concentration of Indians live outside of India, I'm quite used to having my healthcare outsourced. A big problem in NJ is insurance for doctors. NJ has the worst (read: liberals and lawyers gone wild) insurance records anywhere. Nobody is really doing anything to fix it. You have some doctors leaving the state because they can't afford the insurance because they provide a service which is higher risk. Its no wonder you have patients leaving the US for better/cheaper healthcare too.
I would not ever pay more for my OS than the computer. $100 computer doesn't mean I'm going to spend the $100+ for Windows. Don't rape me on software pricing so you can buy another private jet and I won't pirate your software so I can use my computer.
After the way they've ALWAYS treated their customers, and now have banned so many of us for conducting legitimate business they think isn't up to their standards, I hope they stay down. Maybe everyday users will get a clue and start looking elsewhere.
I have a 1.2Ghz dual G4 and it is much faster than any PC I've used. Sometimes the interface isn't quite as "instantaneous" as on my PC (1.2Ghz thinkpad running XP), but thats the eye candy doing its thing instead of just popping up. The same could be said of the XP eye candy versus Windows 2000 as well though.
But in the end we use applications, not just launch them. The hardware and the OS on a Mac does make a huge difference. Throwing MacOS X on intel hardware might sound like a good idea to you but I don't see that being all that feasible. You probably don't remember, but Apple tried doing third party hardware before, and the experience sucked so bad they quit.
I personally wouldn't pay $3k for a top of the line G5. I paid around $1500 or so for my dual 1.2 g4 when it was still new. But I don't do anything *that* high end with it so I don't need a screaming G5. I do agree that 512Mb of RAM is very weak. My G4 only came with 256Mb and I quickly upgraded it with memory from Crucial.com (Apple branded memory is EXPENSIVE. Don't bother paying for extra RAM factory installed.) Spec for spec though, x86 costs more than a Mac. Mac's seem more expensive because they tend to have a much higher starting price. For those only concerned about the bottom line, (hey, some people are frugal, others just don't have the cash.) an x86 box might be the better choice. But have you looked at mac prices really? $799 gets you a eMac that *includes* the monitor. The equivalent Dell unit costs the same and comes with a smaller monitor (albeit LCD). Thats certainly along the lines of affordable for most households looking to buy a computer. $1100 gets you a brand new iBook. Dell's equivalent notebook is around the same price too. Not all that cheaper is it? Hell, even getting a used Mac thats cheaper will still rival equivalent cost brand new PC's.
I'm not saying that Apple is always right, always best. I will say that saying that buying a PC because a G5's interface seems sluggish is like buying a Yugo because the Ferrari takes longer to roll the engine over.
FYI, I bought a Mac because Linux just wasn't doing the whole desktop system thing for me but was sick of fixing Windows problems all the time too. My Mac does everything my old Linux and windows machines did, and I don't have to dual boot or keep multiple computers around anymore. Game/app choices are a bit more limited compared to Windows but for me it was worth the tradeoff for getting a reliable easy to use system that has all the power of Unix under the hood. Oh and if you want to see sluggish interfaces you should try using Sun equipment. You could be on a 64 processor server with 256Gb of RAM and still feel like you were on your antique 386. But damn can it crunch some numbers.
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Apparently my employer makes that type of decision on who has the ugliest sales staff. Just for once I'd like a cute sales rep to take me out to lunch.
Like any tech company, they went with the biggest platform first. Gmail works on non-Windows browsers now. It just took them a while.
I hate to tell you this, but most people already are listed somewhere. Ever hear of the White Pages?
The real question should be though, what kind of website are you running that makes you a big target for stalkers?
If you are running a domain, there needs to be some sort of accountability and identification. Sure its a hassle, but if its that bad you don't want people knowing your home address, get a PO BOX
I switched because of function not style. I use a Mac because it does everything I want and more. I don't have to have 2 or 3 computers to do what I want.. just 1 Mac. So called analysts need to get their head out of their ass.
Please proof read submissions before they get posted. It is called an ISBN number. ISDN is a telco circuit.
You had a universe? Back in my day there was nothing. You had to be God to come up with matter and energy just to log in to the system first. Ever wonder why there are so many different variations on string theory? God used a buggy copy of Fortran to write those functions and never bothered to fix it since "the old way was good enough".
My point wasn't that you shouldn't whine like an ass, which feel free to continue doing, but that if don't like the product or the price, don't buy it. If the extra money is worth it to you, then go for it. There are alternatives out there. If people are willing to pay the extra money to get a brand name because it works with Linux and is supported by the manufactuer, I see no harm done. The only way they are going to lower the price is because of competition, not a couplee of whiny ass consumers who turn around and buy the product anyway.
If you don't like the product, or don't agree with the company, don't buy it. Problem solved. If it is worth it to you to spend the extra money, then buy it. Problem solved.
Heaven forbid a for-profit corporation do something in an attempt to make money.
In certain urban areas, it might be hard to tell the difference between a McDonald's employee carrying a gun and a McDonald's employee who's actually a field agent.
I pay US$25 a month from Vonage and get unlimited local and long distance for all of North America. Thats better than AOL Canada's offering.
More specifically, SpikeTV targets 20-30 something men who still think fart jokes and girls with big hooters are still entertaining.
That's *IF* you are looking for a financial return. Besides, solar isn't as expensive as it used to be and also is a lot cheaper when you are talking about mixed grid/solar. It gets really cost prohibitive when you start putting in batteries and whatnot to live off grid. There are financial incentives from some power companies too, which is something I was eluding to in my previous post. In the end if you don't make back your investment in solar equipment, think about it as a premium for cutting out foreign oil and/or nuclear power (if you are against such things, this might justify the cost right out of the gate.)
You don't have to live off-grid to make use of solar power. You already have electricity piped in from generating plants... solar is a supplement to that, to cut down on the need for additional power plants and lines to come in to growing areas. There are some areas that the electric company has realized its cheaper to get a lot of their customers to install solar than it is to build new power plants to supply the energy they'd use, and also with excess energy being sold back to the grid, it helps produce some of the electricity for them, out in the areas that consume the power.
Have at it.. when you make the big bucks let me know.
Maybe this is a sign that you should start accepting lower pay for the same job. While I don't agree with letting H1B's come in and take our jobs, I also realize this is a free market doing what it does... evening itself out. If 2 people are qualified to do the same job, why wouldn't an employer choose the one accepting a lower salary?
I love crime drama, and the CSI series are no exception. I'm not crazy about CSI: Miami, but I still watch it.
Here's my crime related season passes on Tivo...
3) CSI: NY
4) NCIS
5) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
6) CSI: Miami
7) Crossing Jordan
8) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
9) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
12) Monk
14) NYPD Blue
15) Without a Trace
That makes up a good chunk of my 24 total Season Passes...
No I haven't seen a porn baby. Thats sick. They have laws against that ya know.
I forget what news program this guy is on, but thats the first thing I thought of. haha Living in NJ where the highest concentration of Indians live outside of India, I'm quite used to having my healthcare outsourced. A big problem in NJ is insurance for doctors. NJ has the worst (read: liberals and lawyers gone wild) insurance records anywhere. Nobody is really doing anything to fix it. You have some doctors leaving the state because they can't afford the insurance because they provide a service which is higher risk. Its no wonder you have patients leaving the US for better/cheaper healthcare too.
I would not ever pay more for my OS than the computer. $100 computer doesn't mean I'm going to spend the $100+ for Windows. Don't rape me on software pricing so you can buy another private jet and I won't pirate your software so I can use my computer.
No, my next car WILL NOT run Windows. I wouldn't buy that shit even if it was the nicest car out there.
Besides, I prefer imports. Not no stinkin' POS out of Detroit.
After the way they've ALWAYS treated their customers, and now have banned so many of us for conducting legitimate business they think isn't up to their standards, I hope they stay down. Maybe everyday users will get a clue and start looking elsewhere.
I have a 1.2Ghz dual G4 and it is much faster than any PC I've used. Sometimes the interface isn't quite as "instantaneous" as on my PC (1.2Ghz thinkpad running XP), but thats the eye candy doing its thing instead of just popping up. The same could be said of the XP eye candy versus Windows 2000 as well though.
But in the end we use applications, not just launch them. The hardware and the OS on a Mac does make a huge difference. Throwing MacOS X on intel hardware might sound like a good idea to you but I don't see that being all that feasible. You probably don't remember, but Apple tried doing third party hardware before, and the experience sucked so bad they quit.
I personally wouldn't pay $3k for a top of the line G5. I paid around $1500 or so for my dual 1.2 g4 when it was still new. But I don't do anything *that* high end with it so I don't need a screaming G5. I do agree that 512Mb of RAM is very weak. My G4 only came with 256Mb and I quickly upgraded it with memory from Crucial.com (Apple branded memory is EXPENSIVE. Don't bother paying for extra RAM factory installed.) Spec for spec though, x86 costs more than a Mac. Mac's seem more expensive because they tend to have a much higher starting price. For those only concerned about the bottom line, (hey, some people are frugal, others just don't have the cash.) an x86 box might be the better choice. But have you looked at mac prices really? $799 gets you a eMac that *includes* the monitor. The equivalent Dell unit costs the same and comes with a smaller monitor (albeit LCD). Thats certainly along the lines of affordable for most households looking to buy a computer. $1100 gets you a brand new iBook. Dell's equivalent notebook is around the same price too. Not all that cheaper is it? Hell, even getting a used Mac thats cheaper will still rival equivalent cost brand new PC's.
I'm not saying that Apple is always right, always best. I will say that saying that buying a PC because a G5's interface seems sluggish is like buying a Yugo because the Ferrari takes longer to roll the engine over.
FYI, I bought a Mac because Linux just wasn't doing the whole desktop system thing for me but was sick of fixing Windows problems all the time too. My Mac does everything my old Linux and windows machines did, and I don't have to dual boot or keep multiple computers around anymore. Game/app choices are a bit more limited compared to Windows but for me it was worth the tradeoff for getting a reliable easy to use system that has all the power of Unix under the hood. Oh and if you want to see sluggish interfaces you should try using Sun equipment. You could be on a 64 processor server with 256Gb of RAM and still feel like you were on your antique 386. But damn can it crunch some numbers.