Actually, where I live (admittedly, it's a very small town) and in several of the surrounding communities, there are 2 choices for internet access. You can either get DSL/cable (the communities here that have DSL don't have cable, and those that have cable don't have DSL) or you can get dialup.
There isn't even a cable company that offers cable TV service in my town, let alone cable internet.
I currently pay $45/month (taxes/fees included) for a 384kbps down/128kbps up DSL connection, because I have no other choice for access. I don't consider dialup to be a viable source for my internet access, as I run a small computer repair business.
Don't talk to me about how there are 3 or 4 choices for internet access. I would welcome some competition here. Many of my friends and customers would as well. GP is correct in stating that there are *far* to many mini-monopolies when it comes to telephone and cable companies. And the problem is even WORSE in rural small-town America.
That is a matter of opinion. Need I remind you of Windows ME? And what about Vista? It's so good that Dell started shipping systems with XP on them again. Yeah, better. Riiiiiiiiight.
It's easier.
Easier? How? If i want to install a program on my shiny new PCLinuxOS 2007 install, I just have to open Synaptic, and search for it. The odds are *very* good that an application to do what I'm wanting is right there. Usually 2 or 3 of them. A couple of clicks, and it downloads and installs.
Next point...
It's better quality.
Firefox. Internet Explorer. Need I say more? I think not.
As an only child and a proud father of 5 (ranging from 8 years to 6 months) I know what I went thru as a kid gaming. I had a computer, NES, SuperNES, and, later, a N64. My parents would get me any game that I asked for, as long as we could afford it. I'm doing the same thing with my kids. The oldest has her own computer, with lots of games and PaintShop. Most of the games that she wants are Barbie, Bratz, Trollz, and things like that. My boys also have their own computer, with the same amount of games installed. Their games are mostly SpongeBob, Jimmy Neutron, and things like that. I have a gaming PC, with Grand Theft Auto, DooM 3, Halo, and lots of violent games.
They like watching me play my games, but don't like to play them because there are so many keys and buttons that need to be pressed that they can't play them very well and get frustrated. Now, in a few years when they have better reflexes and motor control, if they want to play GTA or Halo, I most certainly will install them.
The more you forbid a child to do something, the more they are going to want to do it, especially as they reach the teenage years. And I would rather have them play those games here at home where I can monitor them than at a friends house where I have no control at all.
I turned out just fine playing DooM, Quake and the like. I see no reason why my kids can't have the same gaming experience.
... what FLAVOR of jam they want to use. I mean, if it's strawberry, that would be just fine, as would raspberry... any other flavor, however, I would like to be consulted on before its use...
When the big news is that IE's market share has dropped from 97% to 90%, it may be significant, but you know that the product did not get its market share on the basis of open competition on a level playing field.
I hardly think that the OS wars not being on a level playing field is news to... well, to anyone. Furthermore, I don't think that the playing field will EVER be level. Linux has some VERY great points going for it (free, open source, etc., etc.). However, as long as it takes an act of congress to get FULL hardware support from the majority of hardware vendors, MS will always have an edge.
Microsoft's continued monopolization of the end-user computer market does not look (to me, anyway) that it's going anywhere at all... At least not in the near future.
"People who say Windows is easier to install then linux have never installed windows."
Erm, excuse me, but I've been working on computers since the age of 10 (I am now nearly 27), and I have installed nearly every version of Windows (3.x, 9x, ME, 2k, XP and 2k3) as well as several versions of Linux (Slack 9, Kubuntu, Vector, Gentoo (never got that one to install properly however), Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian (Woody) and SuSE) and I must say that unless you do the install in "basic" or "simple" mode, Windows *IS MUCH* easier to install that Linux. I install Windows on at least 5 machines a week at my shop.
Whoever said Linux was easier to install than Windows hasn't installed Linux.
to removing the watermark in an MP3 file (for example) would be to decode it back into WAV format (and normalize it while doing so) and then re-encode it to MP3 (again, normalizing it)
On any modern system, it would take only a matter of minutes to decode and re-encode an entire CD...
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Not to mention rotating the air in the tires...
"Could the US elect a madman?"
That's not the right question... The question is how long will we allow the same madman to remain in office? 4 years, or 8....
Actually, where I live (admittedly, it's a very small town) and in several of the surrounding communities, there are 2 choices for internet access. You can either get DSL/cable (the communities here that have DSL don't have cable, and those that have cable don't have DSL) or you can get dialup.
There isn't even a cable company that offers cable TV service in my town, let alone cable internet.
I currently pay $45/month (taxes/fees included) for a 384kbps down/128kbps up DSL connection, because I have no other choice for access. I don't consider dialup to be a viable source for my internet access, as I run a small computer repair business.
Don't talk to me about how there are 3 or 4 choices for internet access. I would welcome some competition here. Many of my friends and customers would as well. GP is correct in stating that there are *far* to many mini-monopolies when it comes to telephone and cable companies. And the problem is even WORSE in rural small-town America.
Because it's better.
That is a matter of opinion. Need I remind you of Windows ME? And what about Vista? It's so good that Dell started shipping systems with XP on them again. Yeah, better. Riiiiiiiiight.
It's easier.
Easier? How? If i want to install a program on my shiny new PCLinuxOS 2007 install, I just have to open Synaptic, and search for it. The odds are *very* good that an application to do what I'm wanting is right there. Usually 2 or 3 of them. A couple of clicks, and it downloads and installs.
Next point...
It's better quality.
Firefox. Internet Explorer. Need I say more? I think not.
As an only child and a proud father of 5 (ranging from 8 years to 6 months) I know what I went thru as a kid gaming. I had a computer, NES, SuperNES, and, later, a N64. My parents would get me any game that I asked for, as long as we could afford it. I'm doing the same thing with my kids. The oldest has her own computer, with lots of games and PaintShop. Most of the games that she wants are Barbie, Bratz, Trollz, and things like that. My boys also have their own computer, with the same amount of games installed. Their games are mostly SpongeBob, Jimmy Neutron, and things like that. I have a gaming PC, with Grand Theft Auto, DooM 3, Halo, and lots of violent games.
They like watching me play my games, but don't like to play them because there are so many keys and buttons that need to be pressed that they can't play them very well and get frustrated. Now, in a few years when they have better reflexes and motor control, if they want to play GTA or Halo, I most certainly will install them.
The more you forbid a child to do something, the more they are going to want to do it, especially as they reach the teenage years. And I would rather have them play those games here at home where I can monitor them than at a friends house where I have no control at all.
I turned out just fine playing DooM, Quake and the like. I see no reason why my kids can't have the same gaming experience.
... what FLAVOR of jam they want to use. I mean, if it's strawberry, that would be just fine, as would raspberry... any other flavor, however, I would like to be consulted on before its use...
Isn't is "WEB INTERNET"?
At least, that's how I would write it, if I were inventing the internet...
That's amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!!
Now that's amusing. I'm not Christian, and I still know that those are wrong. I wasn't RAISED Christian either. Nor will my 5 children be.
Does the phrase "seperation of church and state" mean anything to you?
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who read that completely wrong. It makes no sense whatsoever the way I read it (Brain Patent...)
And I've got an even better one... SPELLCHECK!
I hardly think that the OS wars not being on a level playing field is news to... well, to anyone. Furthermore, I don't think that the playing field will EVER be level. Linux has some VERY great points going for it (free, open source, etc., etc.). However, as long as it takes an act of congress to get FULL hardware support from the majority of hardware vendors, MS will always have an edge.
Microsoft's continued monopolization of the end-user computer market does not look (to me, anyway) that it's going anywhere at all... At least not in the near future.
For that matter, Windows ME shouldn't be considered at all :)
"People who say Windows is easier to install then linux have never installed windows."
Erm, excuse me, but I've been working on computers since the age of 10 (I am now nearly 27), and I have installed nearly every version of Windows (3.x, 9x, ME, 2k, XP and 2k3) as well as several versions of Linux (Slack 9, Kubuntu, Vector, Gentoo (never got that one to install properly however), Red Hat, Mandrake, Debian (Woody) and SuSE) and I must say that unless you do the install in "basic" or "simple" mode, Windows *IS MUCH* easier to install that Linux. I install Windows on at least 5 machines a week at my shop.
Whoever said Linux was easier to install than Windows hasn't installed Linux.
to removing the watermark in an MP3 file (for example) would be to decode it back into WAV format (and normalize it while doing so) and then re-encode it to MP3 (again, normalizing it)
On any modern system, it would take only a matter of minutes to decode and re-encode an entire CD...