Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that doesn't
taste like crumbly cardboard.
I wrote:
See? You're picky.
Ron Johnson writes:
Taste pickiness != snob pickiness. (Although snobs like to pretend it
is.)
Didn't say it was. However, if the
Greg Folkert writes:
We buy Bread at Aldi. $0.45 a loaf or $0.15 a loaf when trying to sell
off before tomorrow's shipment. Seem pretty much everything is that way
at Aldi.
My wife shops at Aldi's. It's an interesting company. Most retailers are
terrified of WalMart but Aldi's deliberately
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On 03/30/07 15:14, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that doesn't
taste like crumbly cardboard.
I wrote:
See? You're picky.
Ron Johnson writes:
Taste pickiness != snob
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that doesn't
taste like crumbly cardboard.
I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly
as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to
close, I'll never know.
For the same reason people want SUVs.
For the same reason women like gold and diamond.
For the same reason people want brand
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:40:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
Every time I see a Cajun Cuisine restaurant, I laugh at how stupid
people are. Cajun food is (ok, *was*) about as poor-folks as you
can get.
The same can be said of barbacoa (originally a Mexican peasant food),
paella (originally
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 05:52:14PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
ET: Why do people kill each other and go to wars over this diamond
substance? What is it for?
Me: Well, aside from its industrial applications, people want it for the
precise reason that it is hard to get. If its
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:41:31 -0500
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Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the local store that
doesn't taste like crumbly cardboard.
I
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On 03/30/07 15:52, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
I mean, since the price difference is so HUGE and the quality is mostly
as good or even better, why Aldi is not deluged by people from open to
close, I'll never know.
For the same reason
On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at the
I'll go out on a short limb and say that more than 95% of the stuff Aldi
carries that has direct brand-name equivalents, is better tasting...
This reminds me of restaurants. I like the small, family food ones 10 times
better than the expensive ones. I prefer tasty food over fancy food that
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 06:49:35PM -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
quality), and I tried again. Then with a better recharger. I eventually gave
up and put the batteries away. One year later, I looked at the batteries and
realized why they did not work.
They were Sony batteries. Of
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:13:44AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:38:04PM +1000, CaT wrote:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed
software would be to ship each pc with a
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:11:06AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
tech support folks stop saying 'but you need to use windows for us to
diagnose the problem before we can authorizes this' or similar.
FWIW, the diagnostics, etc CD that Dell ships with servers is Linux
based.
I found
Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
That is awesome news! Thanks for sharing it. Now I just hope that the Dell
systems come pre-installed with Debian!
raju
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All* rechargable AA batteries are 1.2v whilst normal AA batteries are
1.5v.
How embarrassing. I guess the battery was just broken then.
There are a lot of other arguments against Sony still.
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CaT writes:
FWIW, the diagnostics, etc CD that Dell ships with servers is Linux
based.
...
I've just got the actual CDs that I've poked around.
Does it include source? If not did you receive a written offer to provide
it?
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Jim Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm curious why you say that. I'm fairly new to Linux, but I
understand it is more robust and secure than MS Windows. Still, it's
definitely ;)
not totally secure - nothing made by humans could be. So, do you mean
unfortunately :(
that there's no need
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 04:01:41AM EST, Max Hyre wrote:
Dear Debianistas:
John Hasler wrote:
The manufacturer may be paying Microsoft a fixed fee for
every machine he ships rather than for every copy of
Microsoft Windows he ships. This makes sense when nearly
every machine has
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 04:00:48PM EST, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:40:22PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
Every time I see a Cajun Cuisine restaurant, I laugh at how stupid
people are. Cajun food is (ok, *was*) about as poor-folks as you
can get.
Tells you how low
Jim Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Linux will not be commonplace on [desk|lap]tops until major hardware
vendors ship it (not that I care all that much).
attacks against Linux. Linux may be a much more robust and secure
Zbigniew Wiech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(Dell's price)
Doesn't basic economics dictate that given competition, the
equilibrium price is determined by both supply and demand? Even if
I'm willing to pay a great deal, if the cost to produce the item is
low, competition should drive down the
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That is awesome news! Thanks for sharing it. Now I just hope that the
Dell systems come pre-installed with Debian!
As much as I like Debian, but wouldn't Ubuntu make a better option?
Regards,
Andrei
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``Microsoft Tax''.
without representation ..
So when's our Boston Tea Party?
It's in progress courtesy of Richard Stallman.
Free Software Foundation (FSF) *Boston Mass*
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 09:51:16AM EST, Celejar wrote:
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:57:02 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:45:13 -0500
John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Every time I see a Cajun Cuisine restaurant, I laugh at how stupid
people are. Cajun food is (ok, *was*) about as poor-folks as you
can get.
Economics notwithstanding, the food is still double-danged delicious!
That's what counts to me. I like 'soul'
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 01:14:44PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote:
Paul Walsh wrote on Friday, March 30, 2007 2:23 AM -0600:
Seth Goodman wrote:
Most people could not complete a Linux install without a phone call
to tech support. I suspect that's one part of the reason there are
so few
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:02:54PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Jim Hyslop writes:
It seems to me the way to go, if you're willing to risk not having a
warranty, is to demand the refund from the manufacturers. If enough
people demand it, then Dell, HP et al will start getting tired of paying
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:32:38PM EST, John C wrote:
``Microsoft Tax''.
without representation ..
So when's our Boston Tea Party?
It's in progress courtesy of Richard Stallman.
Free Software Foundation (FSF) *Boston Mass*
:-)
You're good ..
:-)
Never made the
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Andrei Popescu wrote:
Jim Hyslop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
attacks against Linux. Linux may be a much more robust and secure
system than Windows, but there are probably still security holes
lurking that nobody (at least, no honest person) has yet
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:43:30PM -0400, Jim Hyslop wrote:
If I had immediately followed with some outrageous claim that Windows is
better and has fewer security holes because insert some stupid reason,
*THEN* you could accuse me of spreading FUD.
Windows *is* better, since Microsoft
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Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson writes:
We buy the cheapest *whole* wheat bread at
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On Friday 30 March 2007 22:43, Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 22:19 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
Greg Folkert wrote:
On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 14:46 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 03/30/07 13:59, John Hasler wrote:
Ron Johnson
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Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
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Information Communication Technology,
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On 03/29/07 08:55, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
expensive (if for no other reason than companies like
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:20:23 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On 03/29/07 08:55, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
There will be a limited number of
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:55 +0100, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
I'm not cheering just yet, but I am being cautiously optimistic. From
reading this, it seems like Dell maybe, maybe, have got the message
right;
On Thu March 29 2007 06:55, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
My laptop has had linux on it for a couple of years already. If Dell can
deliver a laptop/desktop with compatible hardware this will be a good thing.
I've
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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:55 +0100, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
I'm not cheering just yet, but I am being cautiously
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Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:55 +0100, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6506027.stm
*grin*
I'm not cheering just yet, but I am being
Ron Johnson wrote:
There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec can't
sell ad space on a Linux desktop).
Why the devil shouldn't they be able to sell ad space to Symantec?
(I presume that's what you mean.)
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Ron Johnson wrote:
There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec can't
sell ad space on a Linux desktop).
Why the devil
Ron Johnson wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Um, Veritas IS Symantec.
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On 03/29/07 11:31, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Um, Veritas IS Symantec.
OK, I didn't know that one purchased the
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Google? Expedia? ScottTrade? None of those is OS-specific, and all
would benefit from quick links on the desktop.
If the
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On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Google?
Why?
Expedia? ScottTrade?
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:27:36 -0500
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
expensive (if for no other reason than companies like
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:59:35AM -0300, Cassiano Leal wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:55 +0100, Paul Walsh wrote:
Passed to me by a colleague:
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
There will be a limited number of models and they'll be more
expensive (if for no other reason than companies like Symantec
can't sell ad space on
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 03/29/07 11:37, Michael Marsh wrote:
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Google?
Why?
Granted, their market
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:42 -0400, Michael Marsh wrote:
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 03/29/07 11:37, Michael Marsh wrote:
Google?
Why?
Granted, their market penetration is pretty significant already, but I
meant it more to be illustrative. On the other hand, a
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Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 14:42 -0400, Michael Marsh wrote:
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 03/29/07 11:37, Michael Marsh wrote:
Google?
Why?
Granted, their market penetration is pretty significant already,
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 21:52 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, Google have some similar deal with the Mozilla
Corporation, that's why Firefox ships with the little search box set to
Google.
Ah, you mean the same search box that is on iceweasel and on konqueror.
Do you think
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 11:59:35AM -0300, Cassiano Leal wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
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Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
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Ron Johnson wrote:
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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at
Michael Marsh wrote:
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 03/29/07 11:37, Michael Marsh wrote:
On 3/29/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IOW, sure they could try to sell add space on the Linux desktop, but
who would buy it? Oracle? Veritas?
Google?
Why?
Granted,
Celejar wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:27 AM -0600:
That's what I never get about this whole business; I want them to do
linux to *lower* the cost by the cost of the windows license. I
suppose they're targeting people who want the convenience, not the
cost saving.
I think that's exactly
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:00:27PM +0100, José Santos wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
I tend to be cautious when reading such announcements from a major
manufacturer like Dell.
Lets hope for the best.
I agree, I'm pretty skeptical when it comes to big businesses and
GNU/Linux. As far as I
Sven Arvidsson writes:
The Mozilla Corporation is for-profit...
And is wholly-owned by the not-for-profit (and charitable) Mozilla
Foundation. http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=182
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On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 04:20:52PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote:
Celejar wrote on Thursday, March 29, 2007 9:27 AM -0600:
That's what I never get about this whole business; I want them to do
linux to *lower* the cost by the cost of the windows
Kevin Mark writes:
the cost of dell (or other products) includes window support and payments
from Microsoft and other software makers. This is almost the 'profit' to
dell. With an o/s less computer, they would not get this 'profit'...
You are not making sense. Rest assured that there is a
On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 22:31 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
Kevin Mark writes:
the cost of dell (or other products) includes window support and payments
from Microsoft and other software makers. This is almost the 'profit' to
dell. With an o/s less computer, they would not get this 'profit'...
Michael Pobega wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:00:27PM +0100, José Santos wrote:
Anyway, after what happened recently with HP[0] and Dell's unwillingness
to comment on HP's actions I'd be pretty paranoid.
(Not sure if this was posted in this comment yet, but two times
doesn't matter)
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Kevin Mark writes:
the cost of dell (or other products) includes window support and payments
from Microsoft and other software makers. This is almost the 'profit' to
dell. With an o/s
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed
software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with custom Dell test
software. Linux would make a convenient base for such a CD.
This is something I
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:38:04PM +1000, CaT wrote:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed
software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with custom Dell test
software. Linux would make
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed
software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with
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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:38:04PM +1000, CaT wrote:
On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 12:19:39AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
The sensible way to handle hardware support independent of any installed
software would be to ship each pc with a bootable CD with
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