but I read an article about fish farming in huge warehouses in urban environments
Nice idea (and I've read similar ones about Australian farmers taking advantage of saline waters inland). The real trouble is however is that it takes more fish by weight to feed the fish you farm than you get out of it.
Farmed fish don't grow (much) unless you feed them other fish...
It's really too bad the Greenpeace report was thrown around without any criticism from the mainstream media or even from bloggers.
Utter nonsense. You linked to a blog with criticism.
Fact remains that Apple scored very poorly on the same criteria Dell & Nokia scored very highly on.
I'm interested that you value sierra club's opinion as they've labelled Dell "a "Forward Green Leader" as one of the top 10 environmentally progressive companies recognized by the Sierra Club". Just like Apple.
and have been so chastised by Christians that they quit (ever hear of Muslims doing that? Me neither)...
I have heard far, far, FAR more muslims denounce islamic terrorism than christians denounce christian terrorism. That said, I haven't heard much of either. People denouncing something is boring, so it doesn't exactly make the news.
Apple has included...in their contracts...must respect human rights...is simply a PR strategy for the Apple-hostile media.
Anyone who can use the phrase "Apple-hostile media" in the middle of a serious rant deserves a +5 funny!
Explanation of 'swedish liberal'
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saying 'Liberal' in Sweden is not the same as saying 'liberal' in the USA. Of the two major Swedish political parties, the liberals are the more right leaning. In the US however, both swedish parties however would be generally considered to be left of the Democrats.
(Generally, I don't find terms like 'left' or 'right' helpful for a serious political discussion, but it will do for slashdot)
Beyond that, if you were looking at the same survey as I was, Lenovo was last.
Oh right, my apologies, I should have said "Apple scored abysmally on the same survey, for the same green criteria that Dell came second on".
"Why is Apple beating Dell at its own game?"
Apple is beating Dell at its own game - I never said they weren't, but in sacrificing quality (and marketing?) to build cheaper, more Dellish PCs, they've neglected their own game.
Apple's Mac Pro is cheaper than an equivalent Dell
Well, if you want the precise specs of one of the small range of notebooks Apple offers, it's true that they're cheaper than the equivilant Dell. (I guess Apple have dropped their marketing budget & Dell have upped theirs, making for price/advertising BS parity between Dell & Apple.)
I do find it interesting that Mac fans always point to Dell as their preferred price comparision. I mean....Dell? Is that really the space Apple is competing?
FWIW, If I was an Apple guy, I'd look up the Asus notebooks - made in the same chinese factory as the Apples, with very similar specs. Obviously, as a proud mac supporter, I'd be happy that Apple's offering is cheaper....Except they're not! Asusteks notebooks have a larger hdd, better video card, smaller ff, are lighter, have better optical media options, etc etc etc than the equivilant macbook.
The summary's title is incorrect, its not really MS beating Apple at Apple's game. Selling windows for x86 PCs is MS's game. Summary should read "Why Microsoft is beating Apple at Microsoft's game".
The article's opening line & premise the rest of the article is based on is incorrect:
You know, I think OS X has been temporarily pushed to the side right now because I've heard more discussion about Windows running on Macs then even before.
No. Boot camp made a small stir, but the vast majority of people out their still see Mac PCs as very different from WIndows PCs (and don't understand the dual boot process anyway). Macs are still getting far more ipod splashback publicity than they were five years ago.
A more interesting discussion would be "Why Dell Is Beating Apple At Its Own Game"? After all, two years ago I know I certainly wouldn't have expected to see:
1) Apple rushing to join an Electronics Industry Code of practice founded by Dell after sweatshop scandal rumours.
2) Apple scoring lowest on a "Green" survey - when Dell scored second highest.
Both those items are areas I expect Apple's marketing (if not reality) to shine, but instead it's Dell with all the glory.
Since Castro's government is a totalitarian dictatorship, Castro can pull any statistics he likes from his ass, and have them accepted as fact.
I'll just repeat what I said a week ago:
If the statistics don't agree with you, then the statistics are false? Not really much point try to discuss something with you if you just dismiss everything you don't agree with.
And I'll add that perhaps you can backup some of your allegations with a link, or some sort of actual argument, rather than just unfalsifiable statements.
Maybe it's changeable but out of the box, middle-click does not close tabs in firefox in linux.
Depends what you mean by 'linux' - each distro is configured differently. On Ubuntu 6.06, a middle click closed a firefox tab as configured OOTB. (I wonder how many people closed the tab containing your comment testing this out?).
Middle clicking in the location bar will paste whatever's highlighted their.
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You also forgot to correct the GP that Macs are a subset of PCs! (see my diary - "why is Apple afraid of being PC" if you don't understand why)
Good post otherwise! Well done - reasonably coherent.
and people like you have been sneering at the skeptics every time
Errr right, what part of his post are you skeptical about? Global temperatures increasing? Or fish stocks being depleted faster than they renew?
Looneys sneering at people calmly pointing out science are.... deluded.
but I read an article about fish farming in huge warehouses in urban environments
Nice idea (and I've read similar ones about Australian farmers taking advantage of saline waters inland). The real trouble is however is that it takes more fish by weight to feed the fish you farm than you get out of it.
Farmed fish don't grow (much) unless you feed them other fish...
Quite clearly they're looking for "42".
I'm afraid not. One of the criteria was "creative".
the set of "guilds in the world" does not include guilds that used to exist, but no longer do
Hmmmmn, quite right, I'll take my senseless pedantry elsewhere now! thx
I'm not sure I believe that Apple should necessarily be responsible for a chinese manufacturer's choice of operating system for their production line.
f t affects their products, then yes, they should!
a member of the largest council on what is now one of the oldest guilds in the world.
Surely if it is now one of the oldest guilds in the world, it has always been one of the oldest guilds in the world?
That doesn't mean you personally have to believe he's innocent
Did you even read what the parent said? Here it is again, for your reading pleasure, with the important word bolded.
you are presumed innocent until proven guilty!
Noone is asking anyone to believe anything, presumption of innocence is the important thing here.
It's really too bad the Greenpeace report was thrown around without any criticism from the mainstream media or even from bloggers.
Utter nonsense. You linked to a blog with criticism.
Fact remains that Apple scored very poorly on the same criteria Dell & Nokia scored very highly on.
I'm interested that you value sierra club's opinion as they've labelled Dell "a "Forward Green Leader" as one of the top 10 environmentally progressive companies recognized by the Sierra Club". Just like Apple.
and have been so chastised by Christians that they quit (ever hear of Muslims doing that? Me neither)...
I have heard far, far, FAR more muslims denounce islamic terrorism than christians denounce christian terrorism. That said, I haven't heard much of either. People denouncing something is boring, so it doesn't exactly make the news.
Didn't the media harp how Apple used the sweatshop for making iPods without any confirmation?
True - and reading that made me consider a serious response to you, until:
The media as a whole is and always biased against Apple.
Bah! Trolling again. The media loves Apple. Start being serious.
You are correct. Folkpartiet liberalerna are not one of the two major parties. My bad, Feel free to mod down my GP post :-)
Apple has included...in their contracts...must respect human rights...is simply a PR strategy for the Apple-hostile media.
Anyone who can use the phrase "Apple-hostile media" in the middle of a serious rant deserves a +5 funny!
saying 'Liberal' in Sweden is not the same as saying 'liberal' in the USA. Of the two major Swedish political parties, the liberals are the more right leaning. In the US however, both swedish parties however would be generally considered to be left of the Democrats.
(Generally, I don't find terms like 'left' or 'right' helpful for a serious political discussion, but it will do for slashdot)
Beyond that, if you were looking at the same survey as I was, Lenovo was last.
Oh right, my apologies, I should have said "Apple scored abysmally on the same survey, for the same green criteria that Dell came second on".
"Why is Apple beating Dell at its own game?"
Apple is beating Dell at its own game - I never said they weren't, but in sacrificing quality (and marketing?) to build cheaper, more Dellish PCs, they've neglected their own game.
Apple's Mac Pro is cheaper than an equivalent Dell
Well, if you want the precise specs of one of the small range of notebooks Apple offers, it's true that they're cheaper than the equivilant Dell. (I guess Apple have dropped their marketing budget & Dell have upped theirs, making for price/advertising BS parity between Dell & Apple.)
I do find it interesting that Mac fans always point to Dell as their preferred price comparision. I mean....Dell? Is that really the space Apple is competing?
FWIW, If I was an Apple guy, I'd look up the Asus notebooks - made in the same chinese factory as the Apples, with very similar specs. Obviously, as a proud mac supporter, I'd be happy that Apple's offering is cheaper....Except they're not! Asusteks notebooks have a larger hdd, better video card, smaller ff, are lighter, have better optical media options, etc etc etc than the equivilant macbook.
The article's opening line & premise the rest of the article is based on is incorrect:
No. Boot camp made a small stir, but the vast majority of people out their still see Mac PCs as very different from WIndows PCs (and don't understand the dual boot process anyway). Macs are still getting far more ipod splashback publicity than they were five years ago.
A more interesting discussion would be "Why Dell Is Beating Apple At Its Own Game"? After all, two years ago I know I certainly wouldn't have expected to see:
1) Apple rushing to join an Electronics Industry Code of practice founded by Dell after sweatshop scandal rumours.
2) Apple scoring lowest on a "Green" survey - when Dell scored second highest.
Both those items are areas I expect Apple's marketing (if not reality) to shine, but instead it's Dell with all the glory.
I'll just repeat what I said a week ago:
And I'll add that perhaps you can backup some of your allegations with a link, or some sort of actual argument, rather than just unfalsifiable statements.
Not in America...
Maybe it's changeable but out of the box, middle-click does not close tabs in firefox in linux.
Depends what you mean by 'linux' - each distro is configured differently. On Ubuntu 6.06, a middle click closed a firefox tab as configured OOTB. (I wonder how many people closed the tab containing your comment testing this out?).
Middle clicking in the location bar will paste whatever's highlighted their.
Mmmm... so much for the Open Source is better than...
Exactly right! The failure of one Open Source program has ended the debate regarding the superiority of proprietary vs open source software.
May's well close slashdot down now - you've settled the argument.
I need something that I can load onto an mp3 player, because simply using a mechanical metronome doesn't work because I drown it out.
Any suggestions?
Download a metronome program, set it to the beat you want & redirect the sound output to a file, convert that file to mp3 & bob's your uncle!
You could batch up a whole bunch of different BPMs too.
The guitune project seems to do everything your second program does. Linux only at the mo' (but in gtk or qt flavours)
There's loads of metronome free software around too.
so with the windows startup sound, will it play only on boot (rarely, ideally) or when users log in
It plays on login, but at least you can disable it without having to resort to third party software.
(imagine the horror in large computer rooms!) ?
Yes, a room for of mac PCs starting up or windows PCs logging in is awful.
the linux and bsd zealotry that is just as prevalent on places like slashdot
Aaaaah, but the Mac guys combine their zealotry with cluelessness. It's really annoying.
....but as far as the rest of humanity is concerned, there aren't many things that are less cool....
You're kidding right? Do you really think most of the world can tell what particular sub-genus of nerd you fit into?
Clue for you - we're all just computer guys to most people.