Comment Wrong question? (Score 1) 199
Perhaps we should be asking: Do people have the right to be wrong?
Comment Oh, so that's why... (Score 1) 21
the FAA is trying to kill the radio control airplane hobby! To give corporations total right-of-way to the lowest airspace!
Comment In related news... (Score 1) 434
Comment Here, watch this. (Score 1) 709
It will explain everything you need to know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_space/
Lenovo On the Future of the Netbook 400
thefickler touts an interview in tech.blorge with Lenovo's Worldwide Competitive Analyst, Matt Kohut, who spoke about his vision of the future of netbooks, which involves Windows 7, bigger screens, built-in 3G, touch integration, and lower prices. Linux fans will be disappointed to hear that Kohut thinks Windows 7 will dominate future generations of netbooks because it offers a better, more familiar solution, with the benefits of touch. Quoting Kohut: "The other challenge has been, in order to keep the price points down, a lot of people thought that Linux would be the savior of all of these netbooks. You know, there were a lot of netbooks loaded with Linux, which saves $50 or $100 or whatever it happens to be, based on Microsoft's pricing and, again, from an industry standpoint, there were a lot of returns because people didn't know what to do with it. Linux, even if you've got a great distribution and you can argue which one is better or not, still requires a lot more hands-on than somebody who is using Windows. So, we've seen overwhelmingly people wanting to stay with Windows because it just makes more sense: you just take it out of the box and it's ready to go."
A Look Back At the World's First Netbook 143
Not-A-Microsoft-Fan writes with this excerpt from The Coffee Desk:
"Netbooks are making huge waves within the hardware and software industries today, but not many would believe that the whole Netbook craze actually started back around 1996 with the Toshiba Libretto 70CT. Termed technically as a subnotebook because of its small dimensions, the computer is the first that fits all of the qualifications of being what we would term a netbook today, due in part to its built-in Infrared and PCMCIA hardware, and its (albeit early) web browsing software. The hardware includes the two (potentially) wireless PCMCIA and infrared network connections, Windows 95 OSR 2 with Internet Explorer 2.0, a whole 16MB of RAM and a 120Mhz Intel Pentium processor (we're flying now!)."
Comment But wait! There's more! (Score 1) 635
I bought some items from Buy.com this summer, completely forgetting about the "Amazon tax". When I received the items I reviewed the taxes and ran the numbers myself. Lo & Behold! They charged me the wrong tax rate for my county! 9.5% instead of 8.625%. Several emails and a phone call later and Buy.com offered to refund an amount that was lower than the original, but still not the correct rate. I accepted. The difference was minimal, but still pissed me off.
I then called the NYS Department of Taxation & Finance to see if they knew about this.
They did. Not only did they acknowledge the practice of companies charging too much, but they had a solution! You simply fill out a form showing the overcharge and they would refund the overtax. Brilliant.
Way to go, NYS. Can't wait to leave ya!
tom
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