"For nearly everyone, the $900 Studio XPS is equivalent to the $2750 Mac Pro."

Except that it's /not/ equivalent in any way shape or form. Do the Precision or Studio XPS machines have Xeon processors in them? If they only need a $900.00 machine, they shouldn't be looking at anything like a $2750.00 Mac Pro.

At my workplace we have licensing for Vista, but decided to wait till Windows 7 to upgrade. For us, it has nothing to do with the economy.

That doesn't really contradict my argument, though. It might have gone to the #1 mobile browser, but the mobile browser market is still a tiny sliver of the whole browser market.

Sure, you were looking up flood plain information, but how long did you continue browsing once you found it?

Definitely agreed on the extensions issue. I also wish Google would get moving and do a real release for OS X.

How much browsing does a person do on their iPhone as compared to on a computer? It's still much easier to browse on a computer, so people tend to do a lot more browsing on them. iPhones are good for looking up a quick fact, making reservations, etc.; simple one-action sessions as opposed to just surfing around.

It is in a way. Is there a no-script extension for IE? If not, the argument is valid because you're looking at the full capabilities of both browsers. Just because it's third party doesn't mean it should be discounted.

Wow... that was some bad grammar. That's what I get for editing a comment half way through, I guess.

Marine one isn't one specific helicopter. It's a floating designation given to a transport with president is on board. It changes depending upon what service is providing it, however.

Why can't we farm out the decoding to an external media player that advertises support for the codec? Granted it would be a bit more work to get vendors working together, but it would allow a lot more flexibility in the end.

Actually, Office now allows you to use .Net with VSTO to create add-ins.

Microsoft has given developers a viable platform that will solve the issue of dll hell. That's all that can be expected of them. Complain to the developers of the software giving you trouble if you're still pissed about it.

I like the way Debian is set up. I prefer Aptitude to YUM and I like the way things are modularized with symlinks and includes (/etc/alternatives/, Apache's config, etc.). Overall, I've just had better experiences with Debian style distributions. Ubuntu takes that, puts a bit of polish on it and provides optional paid support. Oh, and I don't run Oracle.

Tell that to any one of these authors:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html

Part of the problem is that iTunes lets you license a perpetual copy of the show, which is more akin to buying the DVD set than watching it on cable. If we're going for a direct payment model, they really need to do something more along the lines of traditional pay per view where you get the content for either a specific amount of time or a specific number of views. I have no interest in watching an episode of most shows more than once. Some time a year or two down the line, if I change my mind, I can always pay for it again.

Some of us don't feel comfortable paying for content twice (direct + advertising). Also, 99% of what's on cable is pure crap. How many hours have you sat in front of the TV waiting for the next 30 minute block of shows hoping that something even remotely interesting will be on? So, not only am I being ripped off on the shows I want to watch, I'm ripped off by paying for content that I haven't even a remote interest in. To hell with cable.