To add on what others have already pointed out, while those may be similarly priced Dell laptops rule king in the $1,000 market AFAIK.
I'm using a 3 year $1,100 Dell laptop (+$175 WUXGA upgrade) running strong with Ubuntu. I've bought a few Dell laptops for family/friends in the $600 - $1000 range as well. I'm not sure if Apple bothers with the $1,000 laptop market.
Because web browsing/e-mail do use plenty of RAM and occasionally high CPU load doesn't mean it requires lots of RAM or a powerful CPU.
I have set up plenty of PCs/laptops for SMB, student organizations, friends, and family in the 500Mhz-1.5Ghz CPU and 1GB RAM range. What causes computer slowdown more than anything else is crapware from users, which unfortunately cannot be replaced or upgraded. (I've started converting them towards Ubuntu when appropriate.)
On my university most of the computers in on campus labs are similarly spec'ed, including Computer Science and Engineering departments. Assuming undergraduate level, coding and CAD don't require powerful computers.
/ me is using a P3 1.3Ghz laptop / 512MB RAM for daily coding and note-taking.
I know you're not the one making the argument, but I've never heard it before and would like to respond.
If pot can be a gateway drug, why can't Harry Potter books be a "gateway book"? You're exposing kids to reading (the old fashioned way) and they're liking it. Given the current culture of short attention spans and Google/Wiki society I think people need to be happy with any small victory.
UT Austin wireless runs off WPA (TKIP / PEAP) and is significantly larger than Duke. The main reason why this works is because anyone associated with UT has an online account linked to their SSN (disallowed as a form of ID, but UT was grandfathered in) and user role that is used to authenticate them on the network.
I'm not an expert of law, I'm just taking a business law class at the moment.
One of the first things we learned is the majority of laws actually come from judges in the form of common law where judges establish a precedent from a case (only in UK, US, and a few ex-British colonies, other nations have a civil legal system). In the future, judges may interpret case circumstances and subtlety alter precedent to match current standards but rarely overturn it.
Because the government gets to define what's wrong, and they keep changing the definition. In the 1920 the US census added a harmless new field: nationality. Two decades later this information was used to round up citizens into German and Japanese internment camps during WW2.
Instead of people bragging about their high friend count, everybody on/. brags about their low friend count. Isn't that just proving insecurity in another fashion? "Look how not insecure I am by having only 2 online friends!"
Another thing a lot of y'all don't realize, not everyone is exactly like you. Not everyone values a small group of close friends over a large social network of drinking buddies and that's OK. Your way is not the only way to create a social circle, stop looking down on others simply because they have a large social network with shallow relationships.
And you know what? They know their social network is mostly shallow relationships and they're OK with that. They're the ones who built it!
Agreed with everything you said. Any stable government today will not be overthrown by the general armed populace, they need the military on their side. The original intent of the Second Amendment no longer exists. It should be noted that the term "bear arms" in 18th century America referred to the ability to enter military service (against a hostility, domestic or foreign) and not personal security. (1)
The problem lies in the difficulty of changing an existing amendment, especially one as old and established as the Second Amendment.
Although I am not a gun owner myself, I have been to the shooting range with my friends a few times and can understand the guns and shooting as sport. If anything, they are mechanical "gadget geeks" in a certain sense.
Also, as long as guns are easily accessible and prevalently used by criminals they will be necessary for personal defense. There are countries with lax gun control and little crime rate, and countries with strict gun control and high crime rate. In the case of the United States, the cat's out of the bag and people need to adapt and resolve the issue in other ways besides banning all guns.
I'm surprised that you've only had ACs reply, but I'll bite.
I don't think the root of our problems are guns themselves but rather human nature. Violence and murder has existed in human history for thousands of years and will most likely exist for thousands more. Removing a weapon from the hands of the public does not solve the root problem that humans are inherently violent.
Removing guns from society doesn't solve the problem that some humans will resort to physical violence to achieve their objectives.
University of Texas at Austin is beginning to teach swarm theory as business theory under the term Complex Adaptive Systems for management classes. I just finished taking a management final ~60 minutes ago too.:)
The reason people don't stress over Baskin-Robins is because the choices are unimportant and don't impact your life very much. Didn't like your ice cream? You're out a few bucks and can try another one.
Since this is/. let's use a car analogy. Assume you know nothing about cars and the respective market. Buying a car is a fairly large purchase and you can't change cars without incurring significant losses (unlike the ice cream analogy). There are so many makers, models, features, and reliability issues to research.
While Linux distros are free there are still research, testing, and infrastructure costs in implementing an OS change. Yes it is better for the school district in the long run, but the upfront costs are still quite intimidating.
Who the fuck has 200 friends? Who has 20 friends? Who has more than 5-10 close friends? Exactly. Well introverts prefer a small group of close friends. On the other hand, extroverts have a much larger social circle of less close friends.
Please do not assume your personal view of friendship as the "correct" method.
Semantical discussions of "fanboy" aside, fanboyism is the extreme identification with anything (e.g. ideas, cars, OSes, religion, sports teams, country of origin, university).
Identity formation is reflected through personal choices in addition to social, religious, and cultural affiliations. Whether I go out to buy an expensive sports car or a fuel economic hybrid says something about me. In regards to this article, my materialistic choices are a reflection of myself and thus those criticizing my decisions are indirectly attacking my identity.
Whether or not someone feels the need to defend themselves depends on how strongly they identify themselves with that particular choice. Criticize a person's choice in gasoline stations and they won't care. Criticize a Southern Baptist for their religious choices and they'll bite your head off.
Every individual strongly identifies themselves with something, but there are individuals who are more prone to confirmation bias more than others.
What makes Apple more susceptible to fanboyism is that the company not only advertises superior products, but also subliminally advertises a superior lifestyle. "Our products aren't just better than yours, we're better than you."
What is the first thing that comes to mind if I told you there were 3 people with Mac laptops and 2 with IBM laptops in a downtown coffee shop?
Ideally one shouldn't come to any preconceptions, but I instantly thought of the Mac users as snobby creative types and the IMB users as business professionals. This shows my personal biases towards these two companies, and apparently that marketing an image works.
Steve Jobs is the personification and corporate cultural leader of Apple more than Bill Gates ever was. Even though I have no preference for Apple products, after watching the iPhone keynote speech I was "OMFG the iPhone is going to change the world and Apple rocks!". Afterwards I had to remind myself it was just a phone. That man is a modern day Hitler.
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One of my professors was horribly bad at constantly using false myths off Snopes or anecdotal evidence to prove points during class.
Obligatory xkcd.
To add on what others have already pointed out, while those may be similarly priced Dell laptops rule king in the $1,000 market AFAIK.
I'm using a 3 year $1,100 Dell laptop (+$175 WUXGA upgrade) running strong with Ubuntu. I've bought a few Dell laptops for family/friends in the $600 - $1000 range as well. I'm not sure if Apple bothers with the $1,000 laptop market.
Apparently you've already proved Einstein's Spooky Action theory.
Because web browsing/e-mail do use plenty of RAM and occasionally high CPU load doesn't mean it requires lots of RAM or a powerful CPU.
I have set up plenty of PCs/laptops for SMB, student organizations, friends, and family in the 500Mhz-1.5Ghz CPU and 1GB RAM range. What causes computer slowdown more than anything else is crapware from users, which unfortunately cannot be replaced or upgraded. (I've started converting them towards Ubuntu when appropriate.)
On my university most of the computers in on campus labs are similarly spec'ed, including Computer Science and Engineering departments. Assuming undergraduate level, coding and CAD don't require powerful computers.
/ me is using a P3 1.3Ghz laptop / 512MB RAM for daily coding and note-taking.
I know you're not the one making the argument, but I've never heard it before and would like to respond.
If pot can be a gateway drug, why can't Harry Potter books be a "gateway book"? You're exposing kids to reading (the old fashioned way) and they're liking it. Given the current culture of short attention spans and Google/Wiki society I think people need to be happy with any small victory.
UT Austin wireless runs off WPA (TKIP / PEAP) and is significantly larger than Duke. The main reason why this works is because anyone associated with UT has an online account linked to their SSN (disallowed as a form of ID, but UT was grandfathered in) and user role that is used to authenticate them on the network.
I'm not an expert of law, I'm just taking a business law class at the moment.
One of the first things we learned is the majority of laws actually come from judges in the form of common law where judges establish a precedent from a case (only in UK, US, and a few ex-British colonies, other nations have a civil legal system). In the future, judges may interpret case circumstances and subtlety alter precedent to match current standards but rarely overturn it.
Tongue in cheek indeed. This quote has been burned into my mind:
"Why would I need a passport? I don't see a reason to ever leave the United States." --random Anandtech poster
Direct link to video instead of some random blog post that points to the site.
$499 Playstation 3 Confirmed
I don't have karma to spare but what the hell.
/. brags about their low friend count. Isn't that just proving insecurity in another fashion? "Look how not insecure I am by having only 2 online friends!"
Instead of people bragging about their high friend count, everybody on
Another thing a lot of y'all don't realize, not everyone is exactly like you. Not everyone values a small group of close friends over a large social network of drinking buddies and that's OK. Your way is not the only way to create a social circle, stop looking down on others simply because they have a large social network with shallow relationships.
And you know what? They know their social network is mostly shallow relationships and they're OK with that. They're the ones who built it!
Agreed with everything you said. Any stable government today will not be overthrown by the general armed populace, they need the military on their side. The original intent of the Second Amendment no longer exists. It should be noted that the term "bear arms" in 18th century America referred to the ability to enter military service (against a hostility, domestic or foreign) and not personal security. (1)
The problem lies in the difficulty of changing an existing amendment, especially one as old and established as the Second Amendment.
Although I am not a gun owner myself, I have been to the shooting range with my friends a few times and can understand the guns and shooting as sport. If anything, they are mechanical "gadget geeks" in a certain sense.
Also, as long as guns are easily accessible and prevalently used by criminals they will be necessary for personal defense. There are countries with lax gun control and little crime rate, and countries with strict gun control and high crime rate. In the case of the United States, the cat's out of the bag and people need to adapt and resolve the issue in other ways besides banning all guns.
I'm surprised that you've only had ACs reply, but I'll bite.
I don't think the root of our problems are guns themselves but rather human nature. Violence and murder has existed in human history for thousands of years and will most likely exist for thousands more. Removing a weapon from the hands of the public does not solve the root problem that humans are inherently violent.
Removing guns from society doesn't solve the problem that some humans will resort to physical violence to achieve their objectives.
If you're using Windows, there's always PDF Creator which is a FOSS virtual PDF printer.
University of Texas at Austin is beginning to teach swarm theory as business theory under the term Complex Adaptive Systems for management classes. I just finished taking a management final ~60 minutes ago too. :)
Managing Complexity (MIS 382N.5) Syllabus
Complex adaptive systems, attractors, and patching [electronic resource] : a complex systems science analysis of organizational change - Business Administration, Management thesis
The iPhone can play YouTube videos but doesn't support Flash? What gives?
That seems quite odd considering that the iPhone doubles as an iPod.
Lots of choices + large investment = lots of research (which most people don't want to do) and buyer's remorse.
When there is a defacto choice it is easier to simply go with the industry standard, and that is Windows.
I'm not saying it's right or best for the school district, but administrators do it because it's easier.
The reason people don't stress over Baskin-Robins is because the choices are unimportant and don't impact your life very much. Didn't like your ice cream? You're out a few bucks and can try another one.
/. let's use a car analogy. Assume you know nothing about cars and the respective market. Buying a car is a fairly large purchase and you can't change cars without incurring significant losses (unlike the ice cream analogy). There are so many makers, models, features, and reliability issues to research.
Since this is
While Linux distros are free there are still research, testing, and infrastructure costs in implementing an OS change. Yes it is better for the school district in the long run, but the upfront costs are still quite intimidating.
Please do not assume your personal view of friendship as the "correct" method.
In regards to foreign politics, yes. In regards to domestic politics, no.
It's just the latest trend to bash Bush wherever possible whether or not he actually has anything to do with a policy.
Semantical discussions of "fanboy" aside, fanboyism is the extreme identification with anything (e.g. ideas, cars, OSes, religion, sports teams, country of origin, university).
Identity formation is reflected through personal choices in addition to social, religious, and cultural affiliations. Whether I go out to buy an expensive sports car or a fuel economic hybrid says something about me. In regards to this article, my materialistic choices are a reflection of myself and thus those criticizing my decisions are indirectly attacking my identity.
Whether or not someone feels the need to defend themselves depends on how strongly they identify themselves with that particular choice. Criticize a person's choice in gasoline stations and they won't care. Criticize a Southern Baptist for their religious choices and they'll bite your head off.
Every individual strongly identifies themselves with something, but there are individuals who are more prone to confirmation bias more than others.
What makes Apple more susceptible to fanboyism is that the company not only advertises superior products, but also subliminally advertises a superior lifestyle. "Our products aren't just better than yours, we're better than you."
What is the first thing that comes to mind if I told you there were 3 people with Mac laptops and 2 with IBM laptops in a downtown coffee shop?
Ideally one shouldn't come to any preconceptions, but I instantly thought of the Mac users as snobby creative types and the IMB users as business professionals. This shows my personal biases towards these two companies, and apparently that marketing an image works.
Steve Jobs is the personification and corporate cultural leader of Apple more than Bill Gates ever was. Even though I have no preference for Apple products, after watching the iPhone keynote speech I was "OMFG the iPhone is going to change the world and Apple rocks!". Afterwards I had to remind myself it was just a phone. That man is a modern day Hitler.
Influential? He's certainly polarizing, whether or not you think this is a good thing is personal opinion.
I personally think it's a bad thing, as when someone's ideas and beliefs are strongly attacked it is only natural to become defensive and stubborn.