50 bucks is 50 bucks. That's still real money. And if you don't have 15G worth of music and don't even listen to all that you DO have, then that 50 bucks is simply a wast of money.
Talk about extra space all you want, but when you can choose what to put on and take off and you're actively syncronising, it doesn't matter. Or at least it doesn't matter 50 dollars worth.
You can't tell me that Linux is easier to use and install hardware drivers for than Windows.
I can and will tell you just that. I have had quite a number of occasions where I have had to look all over for a driver for a pcmcia card for windows that "just worked" under linux or one of the BSD's.
Have you ever installed windows from scratch? XP is better than 95/98/ME, but I still have nightmares fumbling through disks finding the correct driver for the motherboard, disk controler, integrated audio, ethernet "card". Installing linux drivers simply isn't that hard. At the very least I know that I have the option to compile kernel modules or even a new monolithic kernel as a final backup plan.
Oh and before you come up with the "Joe Blow User" smack, imagine "Joe Blow User" editing a.inf file in order to get their device driver to work with their hardware.
I was travelling with my family to Brussels for a weekend holiday and after we left the check-in desk I realized my knife was with me. I went to one of the shops in the airport and bought an envelope and a few stamps. I had my knife waiting for me when I got home. A lot cheaper then buying a new damn knife!
For those in the US, David Blunkett is the Home Secretary for the current UK government. Labour.
He has rather controversial plans to bring in ID cards for everyone in the UK which will contain biometric information on the card holder. This makes a large majority of people in the UK decidedly unhappy.
For a little more background, in the UK you don't actually have to have your driving license when you are driving. You can just go to the local police station within two weeks to show your license after you've been pulled over. On the other hand with all the speed cameras you're more likely to just receive your citation in the mail without any human interaction anyway. Which is another can of worms.
No, not flamebait. Just ignorance on your part. You misunderstand how the english language grows and expands. It's not like the French or German or Italian which have their own institutions to determine the specifics of the words that are allowed. With English we expand the vocabulary as it is used. See email. Or many other words. You may not like virii, but if enough people use it, it is a word.
Okay, the phrase, "reading devices that go for days without being recharged" makes me wonder if Michael has ever tried a pda running something other than windows. I've been using palms for 4 years and my batteries last for months. Literally. When I got my Toshiba Windows device I was thrilled to find that I didn't have to buy anymore batteries. Until I discovered that the damn thing couldn't even go a week without a recharge. Nice engineering. But at least it has colour. What a nice tradeoff. Colour for power. Whoopeee.
The problems with e-books are not the content restrictions or the "battery problems". It's the price. Why should I pay the same price as for a physical book? There may be infrastructure reasaons, but you know what? As a consumer it's just not worth it to me to pay the same price for an e-book as for a hardcopy! I don't care what the production costs are, if I don't see a discount I'm not going to even bother because I don't like to feel ripped off. Note that this is the way I feel about these things. The truth about productions costs? Screw that. I don't buy things based upon what the production costs are, I buy them on what things cost me. And if I don't like it I won't buy it.
This is of course the electronic equivalent of the "touch it once" technique for paperwork. A friend once explained this method for dealing with paperwork to me and I thought it was cool. Never used it, though. Which explains both my desk and the bills I sent of yesterday that were late.
I actually picked up Michael Crichton's Prey while I was in Edinburgh last weekend. It follows a similar kind of technology. Pretty cool, and quite a tie-in for me personally!
Is this the same Bods that I get on tap in England? If it is I've got to say that Boddingtons is THE most flavorless beer I've ever had in my life. Period. That stuff SUCKS! I'll drink lager before I'll drink a freakin' Bods. No hop bitterness, no maltiness. Nothing. As soon as I see Boddingtons I know I'll be having a Stella or 1664 or something. Unless there's a nice guest ale...
I still get a little tipsy hearing that "Hey,Baby" song. And that was after being at Oktoberfest 2 years ago! So the beermaids really DO deserve a lot just for hearing that damn song!!
I've actually been thinking about this for a while. I think one of the best things for people this age to do would be to combine different hardware, ie i386, mac, whatever. Different os's, win98, win2k, linux, macos etc. And create a usable network system. I was thinking along the lines of having the machines apart, no os installed and having the students plan what they wanted each machine to be used for, which os to use, assemble the correct hardware for each choice etc... Basically the idea is take a bunch of parts and various os's and create a usable system. Of course designing the purpose of the network (boewolf cluster, small office system, web server...whatever) would be a part of the whole process. It may not be a year long project, but it's something I would have fun doing
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Not to mention DNS servers!
50 bucks is 50 bucks. That's still real money. And if you don't have 15G worth of music and don't even listen to all that you DO have, then that 50 bucks is simply a wast of money.
Talk about extra space all you want, but when you can choose what to put on and take off and you're actively syncronising, it doesn't matter. Or at least it doesn't matter 50 dollars worth.
...AOL's e-mail service, long accessible only via AOL's proprietary, monolithic app...
as ...AOL's e-mail service, long accessible only via AOL's proprietary, monolithic crap...
?"...Nader for President..."
Dude! GW wants Nader to run for president again. You get a Double-Check-Mark by your name for that one!
You can't tell me that Linux is easier to use and install hardware drivers for than Windows.
.inf file in order to get their device driver to work with their hardware.
I can and will tell you just that. I have had quite a number of occasions where I have had to look all over for a driver for a pcmcia card for windows that "just worked" under linux or one of the BSD's.
Have you ever installed windows from scratch? XP is better than 95/98/ME, but I still have nightmares fumbling through disks finding the correct driver for the motherboard, disk controler, integrated audio, ethernet "card". Installing linux drivers simply isn't that hard. At the very least I know that I have the option to compile kernel modules or even a new monolithic kernel as a final backup plan.
Oh and before you come up with the "Joe Blow User" smack, imagine "Joe Blow User" editing a
I was travelling with my family to Brussels for a weekend holiday and after we left the check-in desk I realized my knife was with me. I went to one of the shops in the airport and bought an envelope and a few stamps. I had my knife waiting for me when I got home. A lot cheaper then buying a new damn knife!
Hi, Republican spin machine!
Whoops. My Bad. I should've walked next door and asked to see one of my neighbor's passports.
People in the UK are subjects of the queen, not citizens of the United Kingdom.
It's a "mansier"!!!!
For those in the US, David Blunkett is the Home Secretary for the current UK government. Labour.
He has rather controversial plans to bring in ID cards for everyone in the UK which will contain biometric information on the card holder. This makes a large majority of people in the UK decidedly unhappy.
For a little more background, in the UK you don't actually have to have your driving license when you are driving. You can just go to the local police station within two weeks to show your license after you've been pulled over. On the other hand with all the speed cameras you're more likely to just receive your citation in the mail without any human interaction anyway. Which is another can of worms.
That's a rather wordy way to say, "I told you so!"
I know I'll start to implement all your instructions from now on.
No, not flamebait. Just ignorance on your part. You misunderstand how the english language grows and expands. It's not like the French or German or Italian which have their own institutions to determine the specifics of the words that are allowed. With English we expand the vocabulary as it is used. See email. Or many other words. You may not like virii, but if enough people use it, it is a word.
Deal with it.
Okay, the phrase, "reading devices that go for days without being recharged" makes me wonder if Michael has ever tried a pda running something other than windows. I've been using palms for 4 years and my batteries last for months. Literally. When I got my Toshiba Windows device I was thrilled to find that I didn't have to buy anymore batteries. Until I discovered that the damn thing couldn't even go a week without a recharge. Nice engineering. But at least it has colour. What a nice tradeoff. Colour for power. Whoopeee.
The problems with e-books are not the content restrictions or the "battery problems". It's the price. Why should I pay the same price as for a physical book? There may be infrastructure reasaons, but you know what? As a consumer it's just not worth it to me to pay the same price for an e-book as for a hardcopy! I don't care what the production costs are, if I don't see a discount I'm not going to even bother because I don't like to feel ripped off. Note that this is the way I feel about these things. The truth about productions costs? Screw that. I don't buy things based upon what the production costs are, I buy them on what things cost me. And if I don't like it I won't buy it.
This is of course the electronic equivalent of the "touch it once" technique for paperwork. A friend once explained this method for dealing with paperwork to me and I thought it was cool. Never used it, though. Which explains both my desk and the bills I sent of yesterday that were late.
I actually picked up Michael Crichton's Prey while I was in Edinburgh last weekend. It follows a similar kind of technology. Pretty cool, and quite a tie-in for me personally!
Is this the same Bods that I get on tap in England? If it is I've got to say that Boddingtons is THE most flavorless beer I've ever had in my life. Period. That stuff SUCKS! I'll drink lager before I'll drink a freakin' Bods. No hop bitterness, no maltiness. Nothing. As soon as I see Boddingtons I know I'll be having a Stella or 1664 or something. Unless there's a nice guest ale...
Boddingtons. Oh My God.
I still get a little tipsy hearing that "Hey,Baby" song. And that was after being at Oktoberfest 2 years ago! So the beermaids really DO deserve a lot just for hearing that damn song!!
Wow! I managed to patch my system before the announcement got posted to /. Thanks Todd!
I've actually been thinking about this for a while. I think one of the best things for people this age to do would be to combine different hardware, ie i386, mac, whatever. Different os's, win98, win2k, linux, macos etc. And create a usable network system. I was thinking along the lines of having the machines apart, no os installed and having the students plan what they wanted each machine to be used for, which os to use, assemble the correct hardware for each choice etc... Basically the idea is take a bunch of parts and various os's and create a usable system. Of course designing the purpose of the network (boewolf cluster, small office system, web server...whatever) would be a part of the whole process. It may not be a year long project, but it's something I would have fun doing