on that page there
must
be bookbut I hardly think that is a tactic by Microsoft.
My solution? Just give more business to Amazon. Sooner or later BN will come
around.
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through those who are going with
collaboration. FOSS has gotten to where it is by convincing people that
it is the way to go, not just standing back and yelling at them.
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comfortable
using the external mouse.
All of the pictures seem to have a touchpad and some buttons below it,
indicating a built-in mouse.
Cheers,
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by
Frye's.
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this, then
the system automatically costs more than the $159.
Another loss leader technique is bait and switch. Advertise a low-cost
computer, and when it looks like a dog in the store, sell a higher priced one.
I can not be sure that this is Frye's tactic, but if it smells like
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or an
Intel P4. So for $40. more they said it became a quite capable office
system, although noting that serious gamers would probably still be a bit
disappointed. Then again, serious gamers spend way over 4000 USD for a machine.
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for Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and all the
other things she is used to?
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on for the hard drives after
installation.
Warmest regards,
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, it would be nice if the computer had a small video camera
and microphone built in, or a small scanner, but these could be tools that
would be shared among the users, to keep the costs down. Let them record the
stories and songs of their cultures and spread them to the world.
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won the deal for the laptop).
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are relatively free
o hardware you need to have a signal analyzer, and that costs money
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for lots of companies that had designs, but no FABs.
When it comes to FABs, there may be very strange bedfellows.
I agree, this is a non-issue.
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it is your decision, and that decision may be to apply for the
grant even if these limiting conditions exist, but you should go in eyes wide
open, and not having blinders due to large amounts of money.
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, then single pages.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I second Dave's sentiment. What about all of us Mac OSX users? I'd be
cranking away at it if it was available. Shucks.
Or the 60,000,000 Linux and *BSD users?
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Ami,
I forgot to mention that I also observed a young girl in the Telecentro
running a program which taught her the proper way to brush her teeth.
So learning C was not the only lessons being taught.
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the same software in their homes. Most of them
can not afford proprietary software, so they would have to pirate it,
if proprietary software were used to instruct them.
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to predict the future) a bit simple
and fairly useless.
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this
capability.
If you get a chance you might want to try it in this configuration as part
of your evaluation.
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laws for those who decide that living
in polite society is below their needs.
Good article. Thank you for inspiring me to find it on the web. :-)
I try to inspire people. :-)
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Well, SPAM is employing a lot of people. That's probably the real problem.
I think that the real problem is that people reply and react to SPAM. That
is what makes SPAM profitable. Unfortunately it is also a hard habit to
break in the general population.
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to the box, which increases power consumption, and these low
power requirements usually mean a Flash disk as the hard drive (which is
not necessarily bad in dirty or salty climates).
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volunteered to put all of their materials up on the web
and make them available to everyone.
I have hopes that cool heads will prevail, and we should praise the
progressive institutions and decry the draconian ones.
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from multiple hardware vendors, across
multiple versions, once an exploit is known.
Regards,
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down considerably in higher volumes
o this is not really a PDA, but a complete computer system, and its
costs could be shared
Take a look at it, and let me know what you think.
I congratulate the team that designed, built, and brought this to market.
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So what technology will they do without? Computers? Cell Phones? Lights?
Heat? Running water? Flush Toilets? Books (Printing Press is Technology)?
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are only estimated, completely prejudiced and totally
without any practical measurementthey just feel right. :-) ]
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should hold
the next WSIS there...at this time of year.
The point that I am trying to make is that we DON'T even have the machinery
and infrastructure in place, much less all the other stuff.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Perhaps strong individualistic tendencies are part of the lists. :-)
They certainly are a part of New England Yankees (not to be confused with the
New York Yankees).
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so it's not just for Linux geeks like Taran and Mad Dog. :-)
Unfortunately Jon maddog Hall:
* programmer
* systems administrator
* product manager
* educator
* author
* businessman
* collector of antique clocks, Edison Phonographs
to the discussion. A smaller group could always meet later.
Although it is late in the planning cycle, I am fairly sure they might
accommodate us.
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to attend the BoF, please send me a note PRIVATELY
(without copying everyone else on the list) so I can hold out enough coupons
to give to everyone. Please only ask for the coupons if you need them and
intend on using them.
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Digital Divide.
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