You may find it as inconceivable as the horseless motorcarriage overtaking the buggy, or that dangerous electric lighting displacing the proven reliability of gas lamps, but I assure your most unimaginative Lordship that people start new businesses all the time. Yes, m'lord, even "capital intensive" businesses like airlines
It's harder, though, when your "society with rules" decides you should have to give the local monopoly $1 million to drive a taxi. Or when your "society with rules" made modems and answering machines illegal until 1968. Or when your "society with rules" decides that one must completely disassemble their automobile upon sight of a horse, out of deference to the local livery lobby.
This is where you tell me to go to Somalia if I want to live in some crazy, libertarian fantasy land where it's not a crime to drive someone to the airport.. Sad that "libertarians are dumbasses" is what passes for +5 Insightful around here.
You aren't one either, are you? Why on earth would you conclude that Kindles are a Giffen good?
The tablet market is very competitive, and Amazon prices their products aggressively--the $200 Fire had anywhere from $150-$201 worth of parts. Absent some extraordinary evidence to the contrary, it's quite reasonable to assume that the purchase price of a Kindle would trend towards its marginal cost, minus whatever per-device ad and sales revenue Amazon expects.
You answered your own question. Supply is rather constrained, and there's a lot more demand for a piece of Square and Nintendo history than there is for old Windows betas.
72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. How do you propose to run something like that on a "wireless global network," and without bourgeois indulgences like "servers" or "data centers"? Is your plan, if you have one, within reach of YouTube's 800 million monthly visitors? Or are mere "consumers" not invited to your ARPANET?
Even pending your apparently forthcoming dissolution of the FCC, that "network we originally designed, full of possibilities" still exists. All of those open protocols are still there for you to use--and mere banner ads do nothing to stop you or anyone else from using them.
But, instead of practicing what you preach, you're here posting on Slashdot. You're using their bandwidth just as much as they are yours. You proudly view no ads, and you're not a subscriber. You'll sit and listen, but won't throw any change into the hat.
I normally enjoy reading your posts, but Massysett is right. If anyone here is a "freeloader," it's you. Blocking ads isn't stealing, and it's not a crime, but it is childish and hypocritical. And it seems the mods are every bit as good at rationalizing this particular tragedy of the commons as you are.
Why do you think you're being cute? The "assault weapon" label was invented exactly so the ignorant would confuse it with "assault rifle." Lobbyists purposefully conflating the two got common, innocuous bits of plastic banned as dangerous military hardware.
So, yes, it really matters. You should call out FUD when you see it, rather than remain complicit in the bullshit--especially when your representatives don't even know what they're banning or why.
You and a lot of posters are confusing "assault rifle" with "assault weapon", a term invented by the Brady Campaign to mean "scary-looking gun."
An assault rifle is simply a fully automatic, low-caliber rifle. An assault weapon, on the other hand, was legally defined as a gun with too much black plastic (pistol grip, barrel shroud, folding stock, others.)
Nobody has to "hack" your medical record. HIPAA guarantees you a copy, so go ask for it.
If, instead, your beef is that the doctors treating you don't talk to each other, find some that do. Electronic health records make this trivially possible, and there are lots of Keysers out there practicing managed care.
Finally, do you really think that "for-profit insurers" are the only reason Americans expect their medical records to be confidential? I understand that you have Nothing To Hide, but "too much patient privacy" is the last thing wrong with healthcare in America.
iOS and Android devices have been around forever. I don't think you can even buy Windows ARM hardware yet.
Besides, why would you purposefully seek out a Windows sticker if you don't want Windows? I bet you'd flip your shit if your Cheerios box had Cheerios in it.
An "ad hominem" would be "HOSTS files are useless, because APK is a Nazi pedo." That you irritate me more than those other groups is just a simple statement of fact.
I had a similar experience with AT&T DSL. After wading through several layers of passive-aggressive phone monkeys, I convinced one that I really, really did want to cancel. They told me to send the modem back, which I did.
Fast forward three weeks--I get another bill in the mail. I call up AT&T again positively livid; got some apologies, was told that it was a mistake, and to ignore the bill.
A month later, I get a $75 bill in the mail for the modem. After a few hours on hold followed by a few hours arguing with the phone monkeys, they found it in a warehouse in Texas, apologized, and told me not to worry about the $75, either.
A few weeks later, they sent a letter threatening to refer me to a collections agency. After I told the phone monkeys I had contacted the Better Business Bureau, and gave them the name of the lawyer I retained, I got transferred up to someone who promised that they don't actually refer anyone to collections, that it was just an empty threat, and that I definitely didn't owe any money. My state is a one-party state, so I was recording the call as evidence of my debtlessness in case they did refer me to collections.
But, after that, I didn't hear from AT&T again, and nothing has showed up on my credit reports. I wish you the best of luck, and highly recommend recording any calls with their phone support (if it's legal in your state.)
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You may find it as inconceivable as the horseless motorcarriage overtaking the buggy, or that dangerous electric lighting displacing the proven reliability of gas lamps, but I assure your most unimaginative Lordship that people start new businesses all the time. Yes, m'lord, even "capital intensive" businesses like airlines
It's harder, though, when your "society with rules" decides you should have to give the local monopoly $1 million to drive a taxi. Or when your "society with rules" made modems and answering machines illegal until 1968. Or when your "society with rules" decides that one must completely disassemble their automobile upon sight of a horse, out of deference to the local livery lobby.
This is where you tell me to go to Somalia if I want to live in some crazy, libertarian fantasy land where it's not a crime to drive someone to the airport.. Sad that "libertarians are dumbasses" is what passes for +5 Insightful around here.
You aren't one either, are you? Why on earth would you conclude that Kindles are a Giffen good?
The tablet market is very competitive, and Amazon prices their products aggressively--the $200 Fire had anywhere from $150-$201 worth of parts. Absent some extraordinary evidence to the contrary, it's quite reasonable to assume that the purchase price of a Kindle would trend towards its marginal cost, minus whatever per-device ad and sales revenue Amazon expects.
If by "these parts," you mean "reddit."
I stopped reading when you picked "Chrome" as an example of poorly-threaded software.
What kind of workload needs more than 16 PCIe lanes, but doesn't similarly need a higher-end processor?
You answered your own question. Supply is rather constrained, and there's a lot more demand for a piece of Square and Nintendo history than there is for old Windows betas.
I, too, hate UAC. And sudo was a terrible idea. That's why I run everything as root.
And what's wrong with the Vista GUI? It's 7 minus the OS X dock.
What are you doing, Usagi-chan? You don't know how to use computers.
72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. How do you propose to run something like that on a "wireless global network," and without bourgeois indulgences like "servers" or "data centers"? Is your plan, if you have one, within reach of YouTube's 800 million monthly visitors? Or are mere "consumers" not invited to your ARPANET?
Even pending your apparently forthcoming dissolution of the FCC, that "network we originally designed, full of possibilities" still exists. All of those open protocols are still there for you to use--and mere banner ads do nothing to stop you or anyone else from using them.
But, instead of practicing what you preach, you're here posting on Slashdot. You're using their bandwidth just as much as they are yours. You proudly view no ads, and you're not a subscriber. You'll sit and listen, but won't throw any change into the hat.
I normally enjoy reading your posts, but Massysett is right. If anyone here is a "freeloader," it's you. Blocking ads isn't stealing, and it's not a crime, but it is childish and hypocritical. And it seems the mods are every bit as good at rationalizing this particular tragedy of the commons as you are.
Not coincidentally, everyplace with a decent standard of living has a very expensive government.
That's like saying, "Every place with pond scum has water."
"Quisling"? First time I've seen a stealth Godwin.
Why do you think you're being cute? The "assault weapon" label was invented exactly so the ignorant would confuse it with "assault rifle." Lobbyists purposefully conflating the two got common, innocuous bits of plastic banned as dangerous military hardware.
So, yes, it really matters. You should call out FUD when you see it, rather than remain complicit in the bullshit--especially when your representatives don't even know what they're banning or why.
You and a lot of posters are confusing "assault rifle" with "assault weapon", a term invented by the Brady Campaign to mean "scary-looking gun."
An assault rifle is simply a fully automatic, low-caliber rifle. An assault weapon, on the other hand, was legally defined as a gun with too much black plastic (pistol grip, barrel shroud, folding stock, others.)
Nobody has to "hack" your medical record. HIPAA guarantees you a copy, so go ask for it.
If, instead, your beef is that the doctors treating you don't talk to each other, find some that do. Electronic health records make this trivially possible, and there are lots of Keysers out there practicing managed care.
Finally, do you really think that "for-profit insurers" are the only reason Americans expect their medical records to be confidential? I understand that you have Nothing To Hide, but "too much patient privacy" is the last thing wrong with healthcare in America.
TL;DR. Take a deep breath and try again, without:
Actually, that's just Firefox. Compare Chrome's new version uptake with Firefox's.
iOS and Android devices have been around forever. I don't think you can even buy Windows ARM hardware yet.
Besides, why would you purposefully seek out a Windows sticker if you don't want Windows? I bet you'd flip your shit if your Cheerios box had Cheerios in it.
If you're turning off UEFI, why are you worried about secure boot?
Why does this keep popping up? XP won't even boot under UEFI.
An "ad hominem" would be "HOSTS files are useless, because APK is a Nazi pedo." That you irritate me more than those other groups is just a simple statement of fact.
3/10, because I responded.
Gee, thanks for posting this in every article. Do you have anything on hosts files and GNAA membership, or should I wait for APK?
APK, you more than klansmen, neo-nazis, and pedophiles, challenge my faith in anonymous expression.
I had a similar experience with AT&T DSL. After wading through several layers of passive-aggressive phone monkeys, I convinced one that I really, really did want to cancel. They told me to send the modem back, which I did.
Fast forward three weeks--I get another bill in the mail. I call up AT&T again positively livid; got some apologies, was told that it was a mistake, and to ignore the bill.
A month later, I get a $75 bill in the mail for the modem. After a few hours on hold followed by a few hours arguing with the phone monkeys, they found it in a warehouse in Texas, apologized, and told me not to worry about the $75, either.
A few weeks later, they sent a letter threatening to refer me to a collections agency. After I told the phone monkeys I had contacted the Better Business Bureau, and gave them the name of the lawyer I retained, I got transferred up to someone who promised that they don't actually refer anyone to collections, that it was just an empty threat, and that I definitely didn't owe any money. My state is a one-party state, so I was recording the call as evidence of my debtlessness in case they did refer me to collections.
But, after that, I didn't hear from AT&T again, and nothing has showed up on my credit reports. I wish you the best of luck, and highly recommend recording any calls with their phone support (if it's legal in your state.)
However, it DID take me over a week of arguing with the satellite company to get it disconnected. (go ahead...ask me about it...please...).
So, how'd disconnecting the satellite go? Was there arguing, and did it take a week?
It's not that bad. Word 2010 uses ~95 MB of memory for an 11,461 page document. I sincerely doubt Word 2013 is much worse.