Comcast rents you a wireless router but they install some firmware that doesn't allow you to use all functionality. I think there is no way to put openDNS on those? I didn't see any menu that said "DNS" or similar...
I think the title "The Pirated Software Problem in the 3rd World" should be corrected:
The problem isn't that of what you call "3rd World". Why would they have a problem? They are not producing that technology. Hell, their resources are robbed of them so fast, they don't have money to produce much of anything.
He should have sent his battery in for the recall instead of ignoring it and convincing himself it couldn't happen to him.
You don't have many friends outside the geek community, do you? Me neither but I know at least three people who owned a Dell laptop and knew nothing about the battery recall. When I told them about the recall, they got really surprised and worried, went online, checked with Dell, and it turns out that their batteries were eligible.
Summary for easy understanding: Dell did not do enough to tell its consumers about the battery recall.
Running Vista on an nvidia 7800GTX and on a Quadro NVS 110M
I would think you would spare us this standard comment of worksforme when people are planning a class action... but then again, maybe you're a software developer;)
I'm sorry, your choice of title sort of confused me there. What do you mean "american consumer" and exactly what are you trying to say?
I mean american + consumer - I have been observing for a few years now, that american consumers (of electronics) expect too little from the manufacturers they shop at (be it Dell, HP, or even BestBuy).
The GP (you;) ) thinks that it's okay for Dell not to support FreeDOS, part of the package they are selling to you. I see this a very good example to my observations, hence the title.
Another example from another poster:
They support what they assembled/installed.
The point I'm trying to make is: they are selling you everything in the box, so they should support whatever is in there, including the OS, regardless of whether they installed it or not.
ps. Your title is kinda cute too though. But I don't know what the situation is in Europe.
hey, here is the code of my new open source program, released under the GPLv3:
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Are you on crack?
Since when a computer with an unformatted hard disk is an open source computer?
Since when a computer that gives you a choice between ATI and NVIDIA as video cards is an open source computer?
It doesn't even seem to come with LinuxBios
I came here somehow thinking that Dell was selling those OLPC laptops... My bad.
But how will I get new cd keys when I call because I swapped around my hardware to much. They usually ask questions like, what color is the cd, what is in the upper left hand corner. My replies, its shinny, and cd's don't have corners. I won that battle.
I disagree with the mods. The parent is more informative than funny.
nevermind, I was in a stupid loop because I was too stupid to see that the website gets you into a loop in order to watch 2 short videos (. stupid me:)
Slashdot Mirror
I want one.
Comcast rents you a wireless router but they install some firmware that doesn't allow you to use all functionality. I think there is no way to put openDNS on those? I didn't see any menu that said "DNS" or similar...
CBS and Fox news would ignore it
Those who came across the news would say "what's Lunox?"
Some others would think "those bastards are pirating Microsoft products."
So not making it public seems to me like better PR... Bad legal and economic decision but still, good pr.
The problem isn't that of what you call "3rd World". Why would they have a problem? They are not producing that technology. Hell, their resources are robbed of them so fast, they don't have money to produce much of anything.
Summary for easy understanding: Dell did not do enough to tell its consumers about the battery recall.
Ordinary people go after Microsoft...
I don't know of any product that has such a label except iAudio / Cowon (portable music player)... Do you?
how do you find out whether it's an ad hoc if you're using linux? iwlist something... ? thanks
The GP (you
The point I'm trying to make is: they are selling you everything in the box, so they should support whatever is in there, including the OS, regardless of whether they installed it or not.Another example from another poster:
ps. Your title is kinda cute too though. But I don't know what the situation is in Europe.
Since when a computer with an unformatted hard disk is an open source computer?
Since when a computer that gives you a choice between ATI and NVIDIA as video cards is an open source computer?
It doesn't even seem to come with LinuxBios
I came here somehow thinking that Dell was selling those OLPC laptops... My bad.
nevermind, I was in a stupid loop because I was too stupid to see that the website gets you into a loop in order to watch 2 short videos (. stupid me :)
can anyone post this "fragmented" and unaccessible interview video to youtube or google video as one or two big file(s)?
apparently, zdnet isn't ready for desktop yet
just below you: http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=216388&c id=17559648 and rated insightful ;)
512MB of RAM? for a server? weird stuff...