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1 year ago
in Function Fun on Jonesieblog
It's never too early to hit 'em with Fourier transformations!
1 year ago
in Guitar Hero or Guitar Player? on Jonesieblog
Can I counterpoint that with the help of the always-hilarious xkcd?
<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rock_band.png" alt="xkcd"></img>
<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/rock_band.png" alt="xkcd"></img>
1 year ago
in Is robert.jones.name worth $12 a year? on Jonesieblog
I've yet to be convinced that the .name tld is ever going to be a success - I think a lot of the newer tlds are going to struggle to ever gain traction.
But on the other hand, six quid isn't too much to pay for a gamble!
But on the other hand, six quid isn't too much to pay for a gamble!
2 years ago
in Weird Blog Behaviour on Jonesieblog
Dunno, but whatever it was caused Bloglines to think every article since May 14 had been updated at 11.17.
2 years ago
in Pre-installed Linux is what Dell customers want on Jonesieblog
Why bother? So their PR people can say "Look! We're speaking to our customers!" Whether they'll act on any of it is another matter entirely...
And the distro choices are the main problem with Linux - there are just too many forks. It's just too confusing for most people, who would far rather have Windows, "just like I have at work" - the Linux fans are still nothing more than a very vocal minority. Sadly, unless the forks start to be replaced by re-unifications, I don't see Windows being hugely threatened any time soon, which is a shame - a competitive marketplace between Windows, MacOS, and maybe no more than two or three Linuces would be a far more interesting dynamic.
And the distro choices are the main problem with Linux - there are just too many forks. It's just too confusing for most people, who would far rather have Windows, "just like I have at work" - the Linux fans are still nothing more than a very vocal minority. Sadly, unless the forks start to be replaced by re-unifications, I don't see Windows being hugely threatened any time soon, which is a shame - a competitive marketplace between Windows, MacOS, and maybe no more than two or three Linuces would be a far more interesting dynamic.
2 years ago
in Pre-installed Linux is what Dell customers want on Jonesieblog
Not sure Dell will put too much store in an online poll - they are far too easily manipulated by special interest groups. For example, the group-thinkers at /., who are also the sort of people who write about "M$" and "Windoze" and then wonder why people don't take them seriously... still an entertaining forum, though.
The trouble with online opinion polls is that they are far too easy to corrupt - look at the time (1994?) when the BBC allowed online voting for the Sports Personality of the Year, and a prank campaign led to Justin Fashanu being the run-away leader until he was disqualified. Or this year's NHL All-Star fan vote, which nearly saw a mediocre grinder named as one of the top players in the game.
That's not to say that Dell shouldn't be looking at offering Linux... question is, which distro? How many sales would they get vs increased tech support issues? There seems a lot of risk for potentially not much reward.
The trouble with online opinion polls is that they are far too easy to corrupt - look at the time (1994?) when the BBC allowed online voting for the Sports Personality of the Year, and a prank campaign led to Justin Fashanu being the run-away leader until he was disqualified. Or this year's NHL All-Star fan vote, which nearly saw a mediocre grinder named as one of the top players in the game.
That's not to say that Dell shouldn't be looking at offering Linux... question is, which distro? How many sales would they get vs increased tech support issues? There seems a lot of risk for potentially not much reward.
