Comment Re:Stay classy (Score 1) 290
Of course not, this is Slashdot after all, bitch first, RTFA later (if ever) and bitch more. Bonus points (bitch points?) if they do not own a Mac or a Palm device.
Comment Re:Here's what's impressive (Score 1) 187
Well think about it. If you write a book on motorcycle racing, how many prospective buyers do you think you will have? Not nearly as many as a book on Ruby. Perhaps now with micro publishing we will see more. Also there is a wealth of info in the intarweb, well maybe not so much on actual chassis design, but you can get quite a background just from reading some of the amateur racing websites.
Have you read Kevin Cameron's "Sportbike Tuning Handbook"?
Comment Re:Our terrible terrible secret... (Score 1) 335
same way you make a pig fly
but, the swine flu
Comment Re:Shouldn't happen..... (Score 1) 262
So what are you going to do when Windows 7 comes out and all the software updates again, which probably won't run on your XP machine from 2001? Since you say you want 10 years use, that is about 2.5 years from now, based on when XP came out.
I will take back what I said before about getting over it, as you do have a point. Really though is 129 too much to spend to get Leopard? To use the popular car analogy here, do you expect to get 10 years out of your car without ever buying tires or changing the oil?
Comment Re:Shouldn't happen..... (Score 1, Offtopic) 262
BZZZT Wrong, your OSX 10.2 is still upgradeable to 10.2.x. Your XP is not upgradeable to Vista for free, which is what you are asking for. You want Leopard for free because some new software requires it. Your 10.2 has not stopped working. Any software that requires Vista would "Stop working" on your XP-PC as well.
In other words, get over it.
Comment Re:Offer the Ebook for free. (Score 1) 987
The builder and grocer sell each item one time, and then have to produce more. Slightly different I would say.
Comment Re:Since when does McDonald's want 'sticky' custom (Score 4, Funny) 500
Well then.. what do you call a Quarter pounder in Chile?
McRoyale with cheese, motherfucker?
Nintendo Asks For Government Help To Fight Piracy 296
Nintendo, in its annual report to the USPTO, has requested help in dealing with piracy overseas, both from the US government and from several other countries in particular. China, Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Paraguay are listed as the greatest contributing nations to piracy of the company's products. Nintendo suggests, for example, that "Chinese customs officials must stop shipments of game copiers and other infringing products out of China, and China should work in the coming year to eliminate barriers to its enforcement laws," and that "the Spanish government implement laws protecting the creative copyright industry and enact laws against Internet piracy."
Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity 489
holy_calamity writes "After launching in a blaze of publicity that even warmed Slashdot, Google's browser grabbed a 3% share of the market, but has been slipping ever since, and now accounts for 1.5%. Google has also stopped promoting the browser on its search page. Assuming they wanted it to grab a significant share of the browser market, have they dropped the ball, or is this part of the plan?" On Slashdot, Chrome is still the #4 browser (after FF, IE, and Safari) but it was ahead of Safari for a few days, hitting almost 10% of our traffic.
Comment Re:Be warned.... Don't lose your iPhone (Score 1) 420
Only if they are not eligible for an upgrade. This is the case with any phone AT&T sells. If you are not eligible for an upgrade, you do not get the subsidized price.
