This is probably not a good idea, because there is no anonymity with Skype
1) They have a normal number in addition to the skype links. 2) You can anonymously use skype from an internet cafe (most have it installed, with mic + headphones these days) 3) Its for convenience sake, so someone who doesn't think it's worth calling (for the little thing they remember seeing walking past) will just click on the link when reading a story.
I am amazed that so few slashdotters (reading the first 10 posts or so) are unfamiliar with that term. (Do you all live under rocks or something?)
Its basically a superset of prostitute - including people in the industry who don't actually fuck for money, ie strip dancers, porn stars, topless waiters, dominatrixes (sp?) etc.
You do realise you included two comment IDs, not user IDs right? Are you really surprised that there was only a short time between someone submitting a comment & someone else replying to it?
*sighs* - reading your other comments, you're clearly a robot or a troll, so I'm wasting my time replying to you.
Maybe the author of the blog should have considered asking RIM what the problem is?
I guess the point of the blog (and the trollish/. headline) is to generate plenty of hits to a page which extolls the virtues of the software & software house in question.
The bigger question, though, is this: Does Apple really care?
Errrrr, according to the article, sales are dropping. So I'd say yes - Apple probably do care
If the article is correct in the assumption that sales are dropping due to DRM (which would seem to hold true in my experience), then I'd say Apple would care alot - nothing worries a company more than a division's future earnings collapsing.
Futhermore, ITMS music shackles a consumer to an iPod. A portion of future iPods sales rely on ITMS sales right now.
Macs are IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computers and also a brand - is that really so hard to understand?
But you can't always use PC standard hardware with it
What are you saying? Because you can't use all generic hardware on a Dell with a riser card (due to physical restraints) that its not a PC? That a PC that's fussy with its RAM requirements is no longer a PC? That Sony vaio Desktop series (which feature some werid compatability issues) are also not PCs?
Face it - by your own definition, a mac is a PC. Utterly, utterly stupid.
then there's really no reason for Zune owners who have purchased PFS music to not simply fire up their preferred P2P client and download MP3
There's plenty of reasons.
1) PFS customers are not the sort of group that have heard of p2p. 2) P2P is a pita. 3) P2P downloaded music varies in quality, tag naming conventions (tagging silverchair as "christrian rap"), etc. 4) P2P exposes you to legal risk regardless of whether its legal in your jurisdiction or not.
"PC", used in context (as it was previously), also has a specific meaning - it refers to IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computers.
Idiot. A mac is an IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computer. You can run windows, linux, and all your standard IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible software with it!
drop any piece of standard PC hardware in into it without having to worry about weird compatibility issues (eg: "non-Mac" video cards)
The same does hold true for non-Mac PCs. Can you buy any video card & drop it in any x86 machine? No. You've got to check AGP, PCI-X, etc compatability. Same holds for RAM, other cards, in fact nearly everything.
The x86 architecture has fragmented hugely, you cannot buy any piece of hardware, drop it into an x86 and expect it to work
Please post the dictionary definition of "Mac". Don't forget to cite your source.
Utterly stupid. A Mac is a brand. It has no dictionary definition.
When you can buy a Mac without OS X, and drop any piece of standard PC hardware in into it without having to worry about weird compatibility issues (eg: "non-Mac" video cards), then you can call it a PC.
PC is short for "Personal Computer" - all your compatibility issues hold true for any pc.
Macs are Personal Computers - PCs. Change the dictionary definition of PC if you think differently.
...the Mac Pro and MacBook Pro are thousands less than their Dell equivalents.
Utterly stupid!
1) Dell is not the only manufacturor of non-mac PCs. 2) Dell is not the cheapest manufacturor of non-mac PCs. 3) What is this obsession Mac fanboys have with Dell? Surely you could pick someone a little classier as your competition yardstick? 4) Look at Asus notebooks. Better specced, lighter, smaller, cheaper. Same chinese 60hrs/week factory Macs come from
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The "overpriced hardware" troll died a long time ago.
Nowadays people say "no better hardware for the price"....
And I'm still amazed Mac fanboy's use Dell as their quality/price yardstick (Wow! better value than a dell!!!!!!121!!!! Amazing!!!!1!!!)
still relying on the 25+ year old BIOS.
Ouch! Mac fans can only point to the bios these days as the Mac/"PC" differentiator. I guess Macs really ARE just PCs with a different bios.
prostitution is illegal in most parts of the country
Seriously? Illegal? (not just regulated?)
Why is it illegal to sell a (much in demand) service in the land of the free?
What kind of boring non-fucking porn do you watch?
Point taken, but there's plenty of solo/etc porn out there - and it was merely an example of non-fucking-for-money.
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John Carmack fan, browsing at +5 since 1999.
How did you read my comment (rated +3 at time of writing)
> Nothing PC about it.
An ironic comment from someone with a web address of http://whineymacfanboy.googlepages.com/
I actually think it would've been more appropriate to link to my diary Why is Apple afraid of being PC
This is probably not a good idea, because there is no anonymity with Skype
1) They have a normal number in addition to the skype links.
2) You can anonymously use skype from an internet cafe (most have it installed, with mic + headphones these days)
3) Its for convenience sake, so someone who doesn't think it's worth calling (for the little thing they remember seeing walking past) will just click on the link when reading a story.
Sex worker, is that the PC term for prostitute?
I am amazed that so few slashdotters (reading the first 10 posts or so) are unfamiliar with that term. (Do you all live under rocks or something?)
Its basically a superset of prostitute - including people in the industry who don't actually fuck for money, ie strip dancers, porn stars, topless waiters, dominatrixes (sp?) etc.
Nothing PC about it.
but no patent-based addition to an established standard would ever get accepted anyway.
You're kidding right? Patented standards & additions to standards are accepted constantly.
Even the w3c accepts patented standards.
You do realise you included two comment IDs, not user IDs right? Are you really surprised that there was only a short time between someone submitting a comment & someone else replying to it?
*sighs* - reading your other comments, you're clearly a robot or a troll, so I'm wasting my time replying to you.
Maybe the author of the blog should have considered asking RIM what the problem is?
/. headline) is to generate plenty of hits to a page which extolls the virtues of the software & software house in question.
I guess the point of the blog (and the trollish
The bigger question, though, is this: Does Apple really care?
Errrrr, according to the article, sales are dropping. So I'd say yes - Apple probably do care
If the article is correct in the assumption that sales are dropping due to DRM (which would seem to hold true in my experience), then I'd say Apple would care alot - nothing worries a company more than a division's future earnings collapsing.
Futhermore, ITMS music shackles a consumer to an iPod. A portion of future iPods sales rely on ITMS sales right now.
GrandParent: Extrapolate the relative improvements in Windows and KDE and Linux to 2010.
Parent: You assume the rate of improvements will remain constant. A shaky assumption at best.
Hmmmmn, maybe the GP should have said:
Extrapolate the relative improvements in Windows and KDE and Linux to 2010, assuming MS's rate of development slows down.
Better?
Becuase the only really useful feature unix nerds see in X is the higher resolution allowing them to fit more xterms on the screen...
Errrr right. Spoken like a true windows fanboy.
The killer feature for X for unix nerds is network transparancy (something the MS fanboys just don't understand).
Geckos probably lick their feet clean every once in a while, or have some other bio-mechanism to decontaminate their feet.
According to this science news article, gecko feet are self cleaning. It's one of the properties that makes synthetic gecko adhesive so attractive.
Such are the consequences of giving human rights to corporations.
What good is karma if you don't spend some now and again?
You're kidding right? You really think you're going to take a karma hit for saying MS copies Apple on slashdot?
What's the weather like on your planet?
I've never really understood why people felt the need to add others to their "enemies" list....
To stop from hearing viewpoints that contradict their own I guess - but thats a little sad.
And this is relevant to the article how?
Please make up your mind.
Macs are IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computers and also a brand - is that really so hard to understand?
But you can't always use PC standard hardware with it
What are you saying? Because you can't use all generic hardware on a Dell with a riser card (due to physical restraints) that its not a PC? That a PC that's fussy with its RAM requirements is no longer a PC? That Sony vaio Desktop series (which feature some werid compatability issues) are also not PCs?
Face it - by your own definition, a mac is a PC. Utterly, utterly stupid.
then there's really no reason for Zune owners who have purchased PFS music to not simply fire up their preferred P2P client and download MP3
There's plenty of reasons.
1) PFS customers are not the sort of group that have heard of p2p.
2) P2P is a pita.
3) P2P downloaded music varies in quality, tag naming conventions (tagging silverchair as "christrian rap"), etc.
4) P2P exposes you to legal risk regardless of whether its legal in your jurisdiction or not.
"PC", used in context (as it was previously), also has a specific meaning - it refers to IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computers.
Idiot. A mac is an IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible computer. You can run windows, linux, and all your standard IBM (or intel x86, if you prefer) compatible software with it!
By your own definition, a mac is a subset of PC.
False? Just like that? With no counterargument?
You said:
The same does hold true for non-Mac PCs. Can you buy any video card & drop it in any x86 machine? No. You've got to check AGP, PCI-X, etc compatability. Same holds for RAM, other cards, in fact nearly everything.
The x86 architecture has fragmented hugely, you cannot buy any piece of hardware, drop it into an x86 and expect it to work
Please post the dictionary definition of "Mac". Don't forget to cite your source.
Utterly stupid. A Mac is a brand. It has no dictionary definition.
"PC" is a generic term, it does have a dictionary definition - "Personal Computer"
Do you disagree that a mac is not a personal computer? Or do you disagree with the dictionary definition of PC?
from paying homeless people with crack to go in and vote
Do you have anything at all to back that up? Or are you just full of shit (as usual?).
Enjoy the midterms!
When you can buy a Mac without OS X, and drop any piece of standard PC hardware in into it without having to worry about weird compatibility issues (eg: "non-Mac" video cards), then you can call it a PC.
PC is short for "Personal Computer" - all your compatibility issues hold true for any pc.
Macs are Personal Computers - PCs. Change the dictionary definition of PC if you think differently.
Technically, Macs are PCs (in the general sense of "personal computer") but so are Amigas, SPARCstations, and PDAs.
Yes, but slashdot is a technical site.
They're not PCs in the sense of "IBM PC and compatibles", which is what people are usually talking about when they talk about "Mac vs. PC".
People who say Mac vs PC in the age of wintel macs are self deluded.
Look up PC in the dictionary.
...the Mac Pro and MacBook Pro are thousands less than their Dell equivalents.
Utterly stupid!
1) Dell is not the only manufacturor of non-mac PCs.
2) Dell is not the cheapest manufacturor of non-mac PCs.
3) What is this obsession Mac fanboys have with Dell? Surely you could pick someone a little classier as your competition yardstick?
4) Look at Asus notebooks. Better specced, lighter, smaller, cheaper. Same chinese 60hrs/week factory Macs come from
Hope thats cleared up any confusion!