Interesting, My first notebook was a compaq, even with all the other issues, they didn't complain or void my warantee when I replaced the crappy Windows ME it came with, with 2000. However within a week after the warantee died, everything started falling apart. No support whatsoever. I also had to backpedal out of saying I had Linux installed at one point.
My next notebook was a Sony Vaio. It worked ok, until one day the touch pad and went flakey, and the power button kept slipping and getting stuck under the casing. I sent it in, fully functional except for what was mentioned, and the returned it, saying there was water damage to the motherboard, and they wouldn't replace it. The machine wouldn't even turn on after I got it back.
Those are two companies I won't deal with ever again for a personal computer. The annoying thing is, I bought the Sony before all this idiocy with the DRM and user abuse was known/public. Had I known, I would have expected that from them. As it is, I'll not buy another Sony product again.
I guess your post just made me think of my own experiences, althought they were a bit different, I used both of those vendors, in that order (although I only got the Sony from BB, another 'never again'...). My current notebook is a Toshiba, and the tech guy was utterly dumbfounded that I was worried putting a non-windows OS on my computer would void the warantee, he though the idea was ridiculous.
As much as I like my current notebook and the rest of the support, they say that taking out the HD and/or replacing it voids the hardware warantee.
I asked them if I could put Linux or FreeBSD on it, and not loose the warantee. The support agent litterally said "Why the hell would that void the warantee, that's software... We cant give you any software support for either of those though. Oops, sorry for the profanity."
or cut down on heating bills by just making sure the computers have good fans... Well not necessarily heating bills, but when computer power and heating combine, the overall bill could be lower.
Yes, but right now they sue you for obtaining their stuff without purchase (or at least appearing to)
Now, they might sue you for not purchasing, even if you don't obtain. Ex:
Me: Sweet! My new ??????? notebook is here! Sony: Sir! Me: Yes? Sony: You made a bad purchase, you didn't buy a Vaio. Me: Huh? This is most suitable for me. Sony: We don't agree to that, we are suing you. Me: But I've owned a Vaio before, it was horrible, I've also owned one of these ??????? before, it was great. Sony: Your oppinion doesn't matter, as long as we get money. See you in court.
Umm, you need to look up the definition of sealed: Main Entry: 3seal Function: noun Etymology: Middle English sele, seel, from Anglo-French seal, sel, from Latin sigillum seal, from diminutive of signum sign, seal -- more at SIGN 1 a : something that confirms, ratifies, or makes secure : GUARANTEE, ASSURANCE b (1) : a device with a cut or raised emblem, symbol, or word used especially to certify a signature or authenticate a document (2) : a medallion or ring face bearing such a device incised so that it can be impressed on wax or moist clay; also : a piece of wax or a wafer bearing such an impression c : an impression, device, or mark given the effect of a common-law seal by statute law or by American local custom recognized by judicial decision d : a usually ornamental adhesive stamp that may be used to close a letter or package; especially : one given in a fund-raising campaign 2 a : something that secures (as a wax seal on a document) b : a closure that must be broken to be opened and that thus reveals tampering c (1) : a tight and perfect closure (as against the passage of gas or water) (2) : a device to prevent the passage or return of gas or air into a pipe or container 3 : a seal that is a symbol or mark of office - under seal : with an authenticating seal affixed
The underlined chunk shows that sealed can be a permanent seal, as you seem to imply is required for a seal, however, using the highlighted chunk, just because you can open it, does not mean it isn't sealed. If it leaks, then you can safely say that it isn't sealed, but as you put it, only some of the non-specialty batteries car leak (I've not see this myself). A seal does not mean it's permanant or that it cannot be undone/redone
Typically batteries are sealed (permanently or otherwise)
hmmm, so you are saying that the cap leaks in the battery? That if you hold the battery at the right angle, lid on, the liquid would come out (and/or the lid will come open on it's own?)
Just because you open them, doesn't mean they aren't sealed. Tupperware containers are a very good example of something that seals that you can open trivially.
I've used FC3 and 4 vs. my Windows XP desktop at home, but were similar except my home machine (Win XP) had weaker CPU, yet on a given task my home machine was much faster.
Conversely, for similar tasks, my home machine is on par with another home machine running Ubuntu, with similar quality hardware, and couldn't touch that same machine in terms of performance, when the machine ran FreeBSD (not Linux, yes I know, but it's my OS of choice, and it is OSS), or Gentoo.
I'm sure the Ubuntu or FC's could be sped up quite a bit with some work, but that costs money, countering the "green"-ness I think.
Agreed. Independantly, I Robot wasn't bad. But you had to completely ignore any of the references to Asimov's work for it not to suck. Independantly it was good, but on the lines of Asimov, the butchered it. It would have been a better movie, if (1) It had a different title (2) It didn't have a character named Susan Calvin
or (1) Susan Calvin was the main hero and actually solved the problems (2) The solution was through thought and insight, not action and computer virii
but I wouldn't get those thigns from amazone any more than I would get them from borders. Then again, I'm only willing to buy multimedia (hard only, not pure digital) and computer components online...
The problem with that statement is there is no one UNIX OS.
My favorite OS (best OS ever IMO) is a UNIX class of OS. My most hated OS isn't UNIX (not Windows either) My second two most hated however are UNIX derivatives.
The problem with saying things about UNIX is that UNIX operating systems are so variant. They have a lot of things in common, which can make moving applications between them easier, but that can be misleading. When working under the hood, I've found FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS X, True64 and Solaris to all be quite different for a lot of administrative and use tasks.
The food chain implys there are no cycles and cross-linkages so to speak.
Mosquitos eat plant matter normally, only the females drink blood, and then only when they are pregnant. So most of the time they are quite low, and plenty of stuff eats them. Actually, the only mosquitos that are truely carnivorus for at least part of their life cycles (and in both genders), only eat other mosquito species at that stage...
Just beacause it's a predator in some cases, doen't mean it can't be prey in others: Consider that a wild dog/wolf will eat a a samller cat (or would be eaten by a lion or other big cat). In all of these cases of eating, it is a predator that eats another predator.
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Interesting, My first notebook was a compaq, even with all the other issues, they didn't complain or void my warantee when I replaced the crappy Windows ME it came with, with 2000. However within a week after the warantee died, everything started falling apart. No support whatsoever. I also had to backpedal out of saying I had Linux installed at one point.
My next notebook was a Sony Vaio. It worked ok, until one day the touch pad and went flakey, and the power button kept slipping and getting stuck under the casing. I sent it in, fully functional except for what was mentioned, and the returned it, saying there was water damage to the motherboard, and they wouldn't replace it. The machine wouldn't even turn on after I got it back.
Those are two companies I won't deal with ever again for a personal computer. The annoying thing is, I bought the Sony before all this idiocy with the DRM and user abuse was known/public. Had I known, I would have expected that from them. As it is, I'll not buy another Sony product again.
I guess your post just made me think of my own experiences, althought they were a bit different, I used both of those vendors, in that order (although I only got the Sony from BB, another 'never again'...). My current notebook is a Toshiba, and the tech guy was utterly dumbfounded that I was worried putting a non-windows OS on my computer would void the warantee, he though the idea was ridiculous.
As much as I like my current notebook and the rest of the support, they say that taking out the HD and/or replacing it voids the hardware warantee.
I asked them if I could put Linux or FreeBSD on it, and not loose the warantee. The support agent litterally said "Why the hell would that void the warantee, that's software... We cant give you any software support for either of those though. Oops, sorry for the profanity."
Horse zombies scare me. I prefer it when dead things act as they should...
In Soviet Russia, the obvious belatedly states you!
or cut down on heating bills by just making sure the computers have good fans... Well not necessarily heating bills, but when computer power and heating combine, the overall bill could be lower.
Yes, but right now they sue you for obtaining their stuff without purchase (or at least appearing to)
Now, they might sue you for not purchasing, even if you don't obtain. Ex:
Me: Sweet! My new ??????? notebook is here!
Sony: Sir!
Me: Yes?
Sony: You made a bad purchase, you didn't buy a Vaio.
Me: Huh? This is most suitable for me.
Sony: We don't agree to that, we are suing you.
Me: But I've owned a Vaio before, it was horrible, I've also owned one of these ??????? before, it was great.
Sony: Your oppinion doesn't matter, as long as we get money. See you in court.
I just don't want the above to go through.
On that note, I really hope this farce doesn't go through...
Last thing I want to see is Sony getting a precident to sue people for not buying their stuff...
Umm, you need to look up the definition of sealed:
Main Entry: 3seal
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English sele, seel, from Anglo-French seal, sel, from Latin sigillum seal, from diminutive of signum sign, seal -- more at SIGN
1 a : something that confirms, ratifies, or makes secure : GUARANTEE, ASSURANCE b (1) : a device with a cut or raised emblem, symbol, or word used especially to certify a signature or authenticate a document (2) : a medallion or ring face bearing such a device incised so that it can be impressed on wax or moist clay; also : a piece of wax or a wafer bearing such an impression c : an impression, device, or mark given the effect of a common-law seal by statute law or by American local custom recognized by judicial decision d : a usually ornamental adhesive stamp that may be used to close a letter or package; especially : one given in a fund-raising campaign
2 a : something that secures (as a wax seal on a document) b : a closure that must be broken to be opened and that thus reveals tampering c (1) : a tight and perfect closure (as against the passage of gas or water) (2) : a device to prevent the passage or return of gas or air into a pipe or container
3 : a seal that is a symbol or mark of office
- under seal : with an authenticating seal affixed
The underlined chunk shows that sealed can be a permanent seal, as you seem to imply is required for a seal, however, using the highlighted chunk, just because you can open it, does not mean it isn't sealed. If it leaks, then you can safely say that it isn't sealed, but as you put it, only some of the non-specialty batteries car leak (I've not see this myself). A seal does not mean it's permanant or that it cannot be undone/redone
Typically batteries are sealed (permanently or otherwise)
Ooh, lets patent it! Don't tell the slashdotters though, they might get mad...
*looks around*
*runs*
hmmm, so you are saying that the cap leaks in the battery? That if you hold the battery at the right angle, lid on, the liquid would come out (and/or the lid will come open on it's own?)
Just because you open them, doesn't mean they aren't sealed. Tupperware containers are a very good example of something that seals that you can open trivially.
Oh, I can see it now...
The birds chirping, dew on the grass, notebooks, PDAs and iPods taking flight...
And electronics with corrosive/highly-conductive metal-ion/acid water are better?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, even with the -1 redundant it will incur.
SEALED CONTAINERS. Last I've checked, outside of a chem lab I've never seen an open-container battery.
and the stuff that's in a lot of batteries would be as bad or worse.
The trick is... Like normal batteries, they'd keep it in a sealed container!
Honestly, I think it depends on distro though.
I've used FC3 and 4 vs. my Windows XP desktop at home, but were similar except my home machine (Win XP) had weaker CPU, yet on a given task my home machine was much faster.
Conversely, for similar tasks, my home machine is on par with another home machine running Ubuntu, with similar quality hardware, and couldn't touch that same machine in terms of performance, when the machine ran FreeBSD (not Linux, yes I know, but it's my OS of choice, and it is OSS), or Gentoo.
I'm sure the Ubuntu or FC's could be sped up quite a bit with some work, but that costs money, countering the "green"-ness I think.
You know what would be even better than that, at least if you asked the astronauts?
In-suit coffee makers.
Agreed. Independantly, I Robot wasn't bad. But you had to completely ignore any of the references to Asimov's work for it not to suck. Independantly it was good, but on the lines of Asimov, the butchered it. It would have been a better movie, if
(1) It had a different title
(2) It didn't have a character named Susan Calvin
or
(1) Susan Calvin was the main hero and actually solved the problems
(2) The solution was through thought and insight, not action and computer virii
but I wouldn't get those thigns from amazone any more than I would get them from borders. Then again, I'm only willing to buy multimedia (hard only, not pure digital) and computer components online...
Ahh, ok. maybe that was it. I think Alabama's sales tax was ridiculous then.
Pretty sure there isn't one in Florida. Of course, that may only be on food.
When my family went to Alabama for a while, we were near the Florida border, and we always got food there due to a lack of sales tax.
Borders sells DVDs and CDs as well. Also, I've seen random music related electronics at my local borders as well...
I would have added "All applications must run in Wine under BSD or Linux", or have a version in BSD or Linux, to the requirements to prevent lock-in
specifically the one of the customers who's information is requested? It couldn't hurt to hire a consultant on the legality of this letter.
And some people may feel strongly of the invasion of rights it implys. Maybe even enough to provide the service at a discount rate...
The problem with that statement is there is no one UNIX OS.
My favorite OS (best OS ever IMO) is a UNIX class of OS.
My most hated OS isn't UNIX (not Windows either)
My second two most hated however are UNIX derivatives.
The problem with saying things about UNIX is that UNIX operating systems are so variant. They have a lot of things in common, which can make moving applications between them easier, but that can be misleading. When working under the hood, I've found FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS X, True64 and Solaris to all be quite different for a lot of administrative and use tasks.
Actually, they are low on the food web
The food chain implys there are no cycles and cross-linkages so to speak.
Mosquitos eat plant matter normally, only the females drink blood, and then only when they are pregnant. So most of the time they are quite low, and plenty of stuff eats them. Actually, the only mosquitos that are truely carnivorus for at least part of their life cycles (and in both genders), only eat other mosquito species at that stage...
Just beacause it's a predator in some cases, doen't mean it can't be prey in others: Consider that a wild dog/wolf will eat a a samller cat (or would be eaten by a lion or other big cat). In all of these cases of eating, it is a predator that eats another predator.
s/school/rule/
I was thinking "school of thought" when I wrote that.