but it also doesn't work on non-Intel machines since you can't recompile for your architecture.
That's really not much of an issue though since you can always wrap the binary codec in an x86 emulator or disassemble and reassemble for your architecture.
That's the price they and apparently the market places on their office suite. OpenOffice is free, why not use that instead? Also there is the issue of perceived value. If MS sold it for less, people might think it's not as good as it used to be and perhaps not buy it. You could say the same for Photoshop, 3DSMax, Maya, Autocad, etc.
This is similar to to wine. I've read of one vineyard that charged a low amount for it's wine which caused people to think it was a cheap wine. So they didn't sell as many as they had hoped. Then they decided to raise the price. And guess what? People bought much more of it because of the perception that higher price = better wine.
"Competition in the market for Intel-based PC operating systems has not been restored by the five-year term of the Final Judgment," he concluded.
Pondering that quote, I really don't want the world of computing to go back to the way things were back in the early 1980s. There were so many types of computer systems and operating systems to choose from. Shall I buy a TRS-80? IBM PC? Amiga? Apple Macintosh? Atari ST? It was really annoying. Right now, we're realistically down to Windows and Mac OS (Yes, I'm typing this on a Linux machine), and that's much better than the jungle we had back then.
Microsoft is a convicted abusive monopolist (which is different from a plain old monopolist). Alright fine. Personally I don't agree that they are, especially now with the resurgance of Apple as a viable alternative. But really, compared with the old AT&T, Standard Oil, and especially the British East India Company, Microsoft is an amateur.
Didn't Microsoft pay for SCO to do sue IBM? And didn't Microsoft make a deal with Novell? So in some sense, Microsoft is battling itself! And only one will prevail... Microsoft!
Yes. And GMail is still beta as of 11/26/2007. You don't think people would be pissed off if Google made an update that wiped everyone's gmail account clean?
"Sorry guys, it's been beta for more than 3 years. You should have known!"
Yeah, no kidding. A Squircle? I've never even seen these on this side of the ocean. The only things that most people would know in the USA are Windows Vista, Sony rootkit, Atari Jaguar, Tamagochi, and puck mouse. Although, personally, of those 4 things, I think Sony rootkit is the only one that deserves to be there by itself from 1 through 10.
What makes Mac OS X special is not the glitz and glamour on the surface, it's what's underneath.
Except that the average Joe only sees the surface and that the "cool" kids have this new-fangle Mac thing and iPods.
Simply skinning XP with an' aqua' style skin and adding a dock does not make it anything like OS X. Any more than putting a Ferrari shell on top of a ford doesn't make it a Ferrari.
Tell that to Rolls Royce. Their cars were complete crap for several decades, but they were a Rolls, so people wanted them for some reason. Most people only go for the superficial things. That's why marketing works.
If we start redrawing these lines according to our convenience, what will prevent us from using human embryos to grow food?
I still don't see the issue with that unless the embryos grew central nervous systems first. Otherwise, who cares? People eat placentas, and those are composed of human genetic material.
As someone pointed out earlier, if the most viable route to get stem cells is harvesting embryos, the demand will be so huge as to create an economic incentive for people to make as many of them as they can sell stem cells.
Go to your local fertility clinic. They toss out quite a few unused embryos with the remaining placed in cryopreservation. So, tossing them out or experimenting on them? Which one do you think is more useful?
If we cross that barrier, how long until we start using human stem cells to make (forgive me, Arthur) beef?
I think it would be infinitely better than what we have now: systematic massacre of semi-sentient living organisms for inefficient food. Growing edible skeletal muscle, which is what beef is, from embryos bypasses creation of a brain and other central nervous system components that are able to feel pain and other unpleasant stimuli during the manufacture of beef and other edible animal foodstuffs.
Sure. So tell me, what is the percentage of people with a BMI > 30 who are actually very muscular and not obese? The answer is: miniscule. Over a large population, especially for those in an industrialized nation, BMI > 30 practically means obese.
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E.T.? His name is Clebore...
That's really not much of an issue though since you can always wrap the binary codec in an x86 emulator or disassemble and reassemble for your architecture.
I don't think Xlib is very easy to program with.
Wife and mistress perhaps?
That's the price they and apparently the market places on their office suite. OpenOffice is free, why not use that instead? Also there is the issue of perceived value. If MS sold it for less, people might think it's not as good as it used to be and perhaps not buy it. You could say the same for Photoshop, 3DSMax, Maya, Autocad, etc.
This is similar to to wine. I've read of one vineyard that charged a low amount for it's wine which caused people to think it was a cheap wine. So they didn't sell as many as they had hoped. Then they decided to raise the price. And guess what? People bought much more of it because of the perception that higher price = better wine.
Microsoft is a convicted abusive monopolist (which is different from a plain old monopolist). Alright fine. Personally I don't agree that they are, especially now with the resurgance of Apple as a viable alternative. But really, compared with the old AT&T, Standard Oil, and especially the British East India Company, Microsoft is an amateur.
Didn't Microsoft pay for SCO to do sue IBM? And didn't Microsoft make a deal with Novell? So in some sense, Microsoft is battling itself! And only one will prevail... Microsoft!
Here you go: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=itunes+exploits&btnG=Google+Search
I don't know. But IE gets blamed for similar sorts of situations as well (but not this particular instance).
That's complete rubbish. Linux and the BSDs are stable on the same hardware that Windows is supposedly unstable on.
Do you thoroughly read the EULA of all your software?
Amazing isn't it? Microsoft does the same thing, which makes them evil. Apple does this and people defend them to no end.
Yes. And GMail is still beta as of 11/26/2007. You don't think people would be pissed off if Google made an update that wiped everyone's gmail account clean?
"Sorry guys, it's been beta for more than 3 years. You should have known!"
Yeah, no kidding. A Squircle? I've never even seen these on this side of the ocean. The only things that most people would know in the USA are Windows Vista, Sony rootkit, Atari Jaguar, Tamagochi, and puck mouse. Although, personally, of those 4 things, I think Sony rootkit is the only one that deserves to be there by itself from 1 through 10.
Except that the average Joe only sees the surface and that the "cool" kids have this new-fangle Mac thing and iPods.
Tell that to Rolls Royce. Their cars were complete crap for several decades, but they were a Rolls, so people wanted them for some reason. Most people only go for the superficial things. That's why marketing works.
Speak for yourself. My teachers keep telling me I'm special because I am...
I still don't see the issue with that unless the embryos grew central nervous systems first. Otherwise, who cares? People eat placentas, and those are composed of human genetic material.
And how are we supposed to call you since you posted as an AC???
Go to your local fertility clinic. They toss out quite a few unused embryos with the remaining placed in cryopreservation. So, tossing them out or experimenting on them? Which one do you think is more useful?
I think it would be infinitely better than what we have now: systematic massacre of semi-sentient living organisms for inefficient food. Growing edible skeletal muscle, which is what beef is, from embryos bypasses creation of a brain and other central nervous system components that are able to feel pain and other unpleasant stimuli during the manufacture of beef and other edible animal foodstuffs.
At least you get to eat pancakes now...
You're practically the only one. Almost everyone else opposed to embryonic stem cell research has a religious affiliation.
Or better yet, if each node ran a small neural net. with each node connected to many other nodes, the whole system might gain consciousness!
Sure. So tell me, what is the percentage of people with a BMI > 30 who are actually very muscular and not obese? The answer is: miniscule. Over a large population, especially for those in an industrialized nation, BMI > 30 practically means obese.
why, almost any medical residency of course! nothing like overworked, sleep-deprived medical professionals taking care of your health!