I think he made sense, just that he could have been more civil.
Here are some of the points he made that i think were pretty valid:
Evil and good are subjective adjectives.
The mystical powers bestowed upon the pope may not be relevant in this age
+Official linux support (Based on debian)
+800x480 Resolution
+Long battery life (2 weeks standby, 6 hours active use)
+Mozilla-based browser (Runs youtube and other ajax sites well)
+Just USD329
-It has official linux support, developed by Maemo (Which is part of Ubuntu's OE Development Team)
-xterm is just a apt-get away
-Has the potential to run every single linux software available
-Higher screen resolution than the iPhone
-Buy a Thinkoutside bluetooth keyboard and you'll have a uber cool laptop everywhere you go
Of course, there are ways in which iPhone is way better. I definitely can't say the N800 has better UI, or it has a faster processor and nicer design. But I think for the tech-savvy out there, iPhone is honestly too restrictive and not hacker-friendly enough.
I would never willingly purchase a device with such a misfeature. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Way to squirt yourselves in the foot, Microsoft and Apple.
Yes, but at least you will be able to retrieve it back from the new "owner".
IANAL, but i know in many countries, it is illegal to be in possession of stolen goods.
Well envision this - I am eating breakfast at the table, and while i eat, my chair vibrates gently and now my MP3 player starts playing the latest news. I get out of the house, and boarded the train. I held on the handgrip and when my station arrived, my handphone gave me a nudge, telling me to get down. In the office, I spotted this really hot chick outside the pantry. I hurried towards her, and as i pass her I "accidentally" bumped into her. I muttered a sorry and left. In the toilet, i whipped out my phone and checked out her myspace.
and so on and so forth... The possibilities are endless!
I think the bigger problem here is market segmentation.
As more and more SL servers are set up, the market will be widely partitioned. While more competition may be good, it also means that there will not be a single one-stop place where you can find everyone.
Also of great concern, will such operators allow inter-server transfer of Lindens? Who will determine the exchange rate? Is it possible for all derivative SL server to use Linden's central database?
All in all, i think that there is some good and some bad to come out of it.
Microsoft isn't some public service that needs to be "fair." If consumers start to feel like Microsoft's self-promotion degrades the quality of the service they provide, then they will stop using it.
People need to stop treating really good ideas like something that we have a right to have.
Deja Vu anyone?
If these matter to you 1. Contrast Ratio 2. Dark Room Viewing 3. Colour Depth 4. Accuracy of colour reproduction
Choose Plasma
Else If these matter to you 1. Being able to view in a bright room, without having to max contrast n brightness 2. Pixel Count 3. Saving energy cost 4. Longevity
Then take a LCD.
I know many people shun Plasma due to the burn in issue, all i can say is that choose Panasonic and you won't go wrong. Now, one year later, after plentiful abuse, i can't find a single hint of burn-in. Look through any A/V forums and you'll find the same thing - Pannys are almost insusceptible to burn-in.
When i game with friends, we go all out to insult each other, mock them at every move and prank on them (e.g. giving them wrong direction in MMORPG) but at the end of the day, it's all good fun. We all laugh it off and are still cool. I don't really see what's so bad about acting all mean unless you game with people who can't even hold an insult without killing off half a continent. RAWRR.
and then i realize IT WASNT EVEN HIS IDEA! He wasn't the first to create this, infact, he didnt even create it.
The whole engine running this site is developed by Jamit Software PTY LTD and the script is sold at http://www.milliondollarscript.com./ If you go there and take you look, you'll see that there are a dozen of such page which were created long before his site. So it wasn't his idea technically and i'm surprised the Press didn't even check.
Well, for one, i live in Singapore (no, it's not in China!) and is guilty of being SP2less. But it's not because of ignorance or complacency in my case. I have downloaded it before, and have installed it. Now all is good, until i rebooted. No, not really. I guess i should say, "until i tried to reboot". The damn thing just wouldnt boot. I tried everything from jumper reset to good old babaric bashing. Then i did a check online and i found my asnwer -- SP2 was incompatible with several MotherBoards. Now that's fcuked. What kinda beta testing/ QA did Microsoft carry out. It wasn't just one brand of motherboard but almost every HT-enabled motherboard (If my memory did not fail me, yes that was the cause).
So after a painfully boring reinstallation, i grabbed the latest BIOs which was said to fix the problem. So i did a BIOs flash and shit happened, again. The flashing failed and killed the motherboard. I had to do a RMA for the motherboard which wasn't a fast thing.
Now, i pretty much don't give a shit about SP2 anymore. Honestly, a dead motherboard or the possibility of being infected, which would you choose?
P.S. i have yet got infected by any worms or spyware without SP2.
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I think he made sense, just that he could have been more civil.
Here are some of the points he made that i think were pretty valid:
Evil and good are subjective adjectives.
The mystical powers bestowed upon the pope may not be relevant in this age
Much naming the Wii. Everyone thought it was silly and Nintendo wouldn't really call it Wii.
Nokia N800 Internet Tablet
+Official linux support (Based on debian)
+800x480 Resolution
+Long battery life (2 weeks standby, 6 hours active use)
+Mozilla-based browser (Runs youtube and other ajax sites well)
+Just USD329
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N800
Sell your iPhone and buy the Nokia N800.
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-It has official linux support, developed by Maemo (Which is part of Ubuntu's OE Development Team)
-xterm is just a apt-get away
-Has the potential to run every single linux software available
-Higher screen resolution than the iPhone
-Buy a Thinkoutside bluetooth keyboard and you'll have a uber cool laptop everywhere you go
Of course, there are ways in which iPhone is way better. I definitely can't say the N800 has better UI, or it has a faster processor and nicer design. But I think for the tech-savvy out there, iPhone is honestly too restrictive and not hacker-friendly enough.
Do yourself a favour, ead up more on the N800 at http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=3
I would never willingly purchase a device with such a misfeature. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Way to squirt yourselves in the foot, Microsoft and Apple.
There, fixed!
Yes, but at least you will be able to retrieve it back from the new "owner". IANAL, but i know in many countries, it is illegal to be in possession of stolen goods.
Or the fingers of a poor Mexican migrant who thought he had found a good deal at the flea market.
Well envision this - I am eating breakfast at the table, and while i eat, my chair vibrates gently and now my MP3 player starts playing the latest news. I get out of the house, and boarded the train. I held on the handgrip and when my station arrived, my handphone gave me a nudge, telling me to get down. In the office, I spotted this really hot chick outside the pantry. I hurried towards her, and as i pass her I "accidentally" bumped into her. I muttered a sorry and left. In the toilet, i whipped out my phone and checked out her myspace.
and so on and so forth... The possibilities are endless!
Well, sounds like an apple to orange comparison again pal. You can't go around comparing overclocked to non-overclocked performance.
I think the bigger problem here is market segmentation.
As more and more SL servers are set up, the market will be widely partitioned. While more competition may be good, it also means that there will not be a single one-stop place where you can find everyone.
Also of great concern, will such operators allow inter-server transfer of Lindens? Who will determine the exchange rate? Is it possible for all derivative SL server to use Linden's central database?
All in all, i think that there is some good and some bad to come out of it.
Yes, but did you know what collision caused this comets? Mars and Earth obviously didn't collide to form comets.
But now, after reading TFA, we know it's the Kuiper's belt.
"Hey, guys, I'm using KMail in Konqueror on my Kubuntu Kinky Kiwi! REVEL IN THE BRANDING!"
Microsoft isn't some public service that needs to be "fair." If consumers start to feel like Microsoft's self-promotion degrades the quality of the service they provide, then they will stop using it. People need to stop treating really good ideas like something that we have a right to have. Deja Vu anyone?
and i say, each has it's own merit.
If these matter to you
1. Contrast Ratio
2. Dark Room Viewing
3. Colour Depth
4. Accuracy of colour reproduction
Choose Plasma
Else If these matter to you
1. Being able to view in a bright room, without having to max contrast n brightness
2. Pixel Count
3. Saving energy cost
4. Longevity
Then take a LCD.
I know many people shun Plasma due to the burn in issue, all i can say is that choose Panasonic and you won't go wrong. Now, one year later, after plentiful abuse, i can't find a single hint of burn-in. Look through any A/V forums and you'll find the same thing - Pannys are almost insusceptible to burn-in.
So hot it burns a hole in my wallet!
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When i game with friends, we go all out to insult each other, mock them at every move and prank on them (e.g. giving them wrong direction in MMORPG) but at the end of the day, it's all good fun. We all laugh it off and are still cool. I don't really see what's so bad about acting all mean unless you game with people who can't even hold an insult without killing off half a continent. RAWRR.
Maybe and hopefully linux apps can run on windows too.
and then i realize IT WASNT EVEN HIS IDEA! He wasn't the first to create this, infact, he didnt even create it. The whole engine running this site is developed by Jamit Software PTY LTD and the script is sold at http://www.milliondollarscript.com./ If you go there and take you look, you'll see that there are a dozen of such page which were created long before his site. So it wasn't his idea technically and i'm surprised the Press didn't even check.
Well, for one, i live in Singapore (no, it's not in China!) and is guilty of being SP2less. But it's not because of ignorance or complacency in my case. I have downloaded it before, and have installed it. Now all is good, until i rebooted. No, not really. I guess i should say, "until i tried to reboot". The damn thing just wouldnt boot. I tried everything from jumper reset to good old babaric bashing. Then i did a check online and i found my asnwer -- SP2 was incompatible with several MotherBoards. Now that's fcuked. What kinda beta testing/ QA did Microsoft carry out. It wasn't just one brand of motherboard but almost every HT-enabled motherboard (If my memory did not fail me, yes that was the cause). So after a painfully boring reinstallation, i grabbed the latest BIOs which was said to fix the problem. So i did a BIOs flash and shit happened, again. The flashing failed and killed the motherboard. I had to do a RMA for the motherboard which wasn't a fast thing. Now, i pretty much don't give a shit about SP2 anymore. Honestly, a dead motherboard or the possibility of being infected, which would you choose? P.S. i have yet got infected by any worms or spyware without SP2.