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Microsoft cries netbook victory against Linux
Microsoft may be on its way to vanquishing Linux in the war to dominate netbook operating systems, but the ground could be shifting against Windows. An NPD Retail Tracking Service report states the Windows installation rate on netbooks has grown from 10 per cent in the first half of 2008 to 96 per cent in February 2009. With …
powerful netbooks
Netbooks need to be more powerful. Upgrade the screen to 17" and the keyboard to one with numeric keypad. RAM should be 8GB, 600GB HD, quad core 6GHz liquid cooled CPU, top end games graphics. A decent battery. Blue Ray player. Surround sound 5 speaker system, gaming chair, games sticks and steering wheel. A wheeled trolly to carry it round in and full Windows Vista.
People are not so much after the Windows Quality as the familiarity. They need to realise that a Netbook is not a notebook or desktop. Obviously many people are attracted by the smaller price, however the number of MASSIVE laptops I see people enjoying means that actually they just want a proper computer that is not stuck to a desk.
The netbook needs to downgrade further. It needs to be even smaller. The battery to last longer. But the screen should be super super sharp and bright. If it becomes challenging to get an operating system to run fast on it then that will be linux.
Linix vs. Windows on netbooks
The problem with this is:
1. People expect Linux to work like Windows. It doesn't matter if Linux is a better or worse user experience, it's what they have become used to.
2. Getting hold of a Linux loaded netbook these days is not so easy. Why? If you have to wait for a Linux netbook, but can immediately buy a Windows one then it doesn't take much imagination to understand what will be bought first.
3. Windows loaded netbooks often come with a better hardware spec' than Linux equivalents at little extra cost (more RAM, more hdd capacity). Never mind the fact that the Windows equivalent probably needs the extra hardware to run acceptably, but when a buyer looks at the spec' they will see more computer for not much more money and will naturally gravitate towards it.
4. Nebook OEMs don't help the cause by loading crappy distros or highly limited distros on them. If they loaded something like Ubuntu 8.10 it would be an entirely different user experience. Ubuntu just works out of the box on my Dell Mini 9 and has all the functionality of a desktop install. By comparison the flavours of Linux on earlier EE's or Acer's just looked and worked awfully.
5. People enlightened enough to buy netbooks with Linux are pretty much on their own unless they are of a geeky persuasion. Manuals are often poor or non-existent. People who have become used to Windows need less help if WIndows is installed, but if they are to make the jump to Linux then they need some sort of assistance.
A perfect example of this is a friend who recently bought a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu on it. She phoned me to complain that she couldn't find Windows to do her Excel spreadsheets on! Never mind that Windows is an o/s and Excel is an application (she and many other do not understand the difference). She is a typical user and she's also a very clever woman (a police detective with a distinguished career), but she is not a geek and she is not interested in computers (they're a tool to her). The fact that Mini 9 had Open Office on it with a perfectly capable spreadsheet app' that could read Excel files never occurred to her because documentation was poor.
Once I had shown her how to open, read and convert file formats she was very happy. Now she wants to install Photoshop and does not understand that Windows apps can't be installed under Linux (let's not get into the discussion about Wine)..... This is the kind of problem that prevents a wider acceptance of Linux in the marketplace.
OSX again!
Like someone else up here I bought a Dell Mini 9 with only one idea: to get OSX on it. I ran into some trouble installing it at first, but now it works like a dream. With some rough edges, but still quite dreamy. Now I have a small light portable and affordable Mac (in addition to my iMac at home) for on the go. If you look at the MyDellMini forums you can see a LOT of people installing OSX on it, so if 16% of the people buy a Linux netbook, then I would posit that at least another 20% go to OSX netbooks. As soon as Apple comes out with an ARM based OSX laptop, complete with app store, they will demolish any marketshare that Windows now might enjoy.
Missing the Point
There are a number of comments here complaining that the version of Linux installed is the problem, which I think is missing the point of the netbook machine entirely.
They're meant for a bit of email, browsing and light office work at low cost and low weight and without the set-up hassles.
I bought my wife an AA1 with the locked down Linux and it does what it was bought to do perfectly. If anything more heavyweight needs doing there's an iBook sitting around and a desktop with Debian testing on it, but the times when they're needed are vanishingly small.
I think the manufacturers have done an admirable job of understanding their target user population and designing accordingly. The fact that those who need to can always install something with a bit more poke is more of a bonus added extra than a damming indictment of the installed OS.
I dont believe it...
I dont believe half of the statistics that are published any more,
I mean 10% to 96% in how many months?
I would have loved a quick booting, long battery life, cheap linux eeePC, however one of the main considerations was to run my memorymap 3d mapping and walk planning software on it while sat in a tent. Unfortunatly this software only runs on windows. So I had to get a windows one.
That is why MS worries so much about obtaining an over 90% market share. They need to ensure developers never see market sense in developing drivers/software for linux. As soon as a windows competitor gets say a 10% market share it may be econmically viable for a software house to build two versions. Then it is a slippery slope as a wave of people itching to leave the horrible buggy world of windoze but are locked in by apps or drivers finally can.
@Nick Davies
I don't think people are missing the point. These locked down Linux flavours are not a nice experience. I've seen people look at the UI and say "Ugh!". And if you need to delve a bit deeper then it's not always that easy.
Samsung NC10
The NC10 is the pick of the current crop of netbooks, but I could only buy one with a Windows license. However, several hours after I bought it the machine was running Ubuntu Linux. Anyone know how I can return an unwanted Windows license for a refund, as I don't recall agreeing to the EULA (there wasn't one in the box, and I never booted Windows so I didn't agree to one if it's presented first time you boot the machine)?
"I also see they have changed the EULA so we couldnt even get a refund for the crud we didnt want."
Huh, what? You can't claim a refund from the retailer for an unused MS license?
Reg! We need this investigated!
RE: Pocket sized netbook
It's called a BlackBerry. It's already fully compatible by design with M$ Office, it is secure and employs the best encrypted push email solution available, and is a decent phone too. For years I have used a BlackBerry with a number of external keyboards (via mini-USB) to complete real MS documents out on the road. I've tried BB-compatible mini keyboards, a folding keyboard, a roll-up keyboard, even tried an inflatible keyboard (not a success!). The iBone is just playing catch-up.
If I have the space or desire to carry a netbook then it is only slightly more effort to carry around a proper laptop, which offers a better screen (nice for DVDs) and much better performance, with much larger drives allowing dual- or even triple-boot options. With a BlackBerry available for when the laptop has been left at home, I still see no reason to buy a netbook.
tmobile eee 904hd
I got my Asus EEEPC 904HD "free" for signing up for another 18 months with tmobile. It only came with Windows XP; but I just installed fedora 10 and it works out the box with the tmobile dongley things.
+1 sale for MS, +1 user for Linux, +1 for monopolistic behaviour
Linux is great - but not the ones on Natbooks
I bought an Acer Aspire One, with Linpus Linux. It was awful. I did not get the administrator password, when I created one (using Terminal) I could not download Firefox 3, searched for hours how I could upgrade to Openoffice 3, and used the Terminal for everything. In the end, I wiped it, put Xubuntu on - still had to change one driver for the wireless - and it worked.
Why do Netbook producers believe that buyers cannot be trusted with a normal version of Linux? I do not need big buttons that compartmentalise my life into "Work" and "Play" - and if they want to do that, market research would show that a specialised "Porn" button would be just as much appreciated.
Dell is right selling their Netbook with Ubuntu. That system is much, much better. If Dell wasn't so expensive.
Refunds for unused Windoze? You're having a laugh.
The hardware seller will say "The description said it included windows, if you didn't want windows you should have asked for a non-windows machine."
M$ will say "talk to your hardware seller."
Count me in with the "bought windows machine, wiped it, installed Linux" crowd.
The Power
Oh the power of effective marketing. It's not a matter of which is better, Windows or Linux, it's a matter of which is "marketed" properly to the target population. And MS is very, very good at this.
On the "home turf" of corporate marketing, Linux is at best a distant second and always will be until all the fanboys and hacks get truly organized and learn how to properly "sell" their product.
@ Mark Wolstenholme
The MS EULA states (or, at least, used to state) that you can claim the cost of the unused license back from the retailer. People have done this and there have been cases where it has gone to court.
Is the MS EULA ha changed, then this is a very serious matter.
If retailers are not fulfilling their part of the EULA then this is also a serious mater.
Er Reg - how about buying an XP netbook, slapping some *nux distro on it and seeing if you can claim the MS license fee back?
Switched my Aspire One to Windows
And why?
Because the supplied version of Linux sucked. The update procedure was horrible and many applications had not been updated by Acer in months - even though they contained known security issues. Patching some of them by hand using standard Linux procedures caused other things to break.
Windows XP is a horrible OS, but at least I can keep my machine relatively secure and I'm not spending all my time in the console sudoing away.
@Nick Davies
If there is any truth in the "people return more Linux netbooks" and "people buy Linux to install XP" statements then it would appear that you are wrong.
As someone has stated above -- the default OS installs on netbooks makes people say "ugh". Put it this way: If you saw a netbook with a horrid six-huge-icon display and one next to it with XP, which would you think was the best?
pictures of ballmer
Please, stop using pictures of Ballmer. The man's face makes my coffee taste several levels of wrong.
I think that's all the cliches aired now...
Linux is for geeks?
Well, yes and no. What many folk who say this sort of thing tend to forget is that, in order to run a computer properly, they need to know what they are doing. Windows is no different in this respect to Linux. I spend most of my days sorting out problems for Windows users and, believe me, the sort of questions being raised there are no different from those folks I see griping about the mysteries of Linux. Certainly, Linux was once a pretty unfriendly beast if you didn't have a solid lump of shell and admin training behind you at the very least, but there are now various distros out there that can be used by any oik. Ubuntu has already been mentioned, and I'd add a few to that, including Puppy, for example.
Linux machines being returned?
Well, I think El Reg already debunked that myth. The Microsoft pundits really need to do their homework.
Windows 7 for netbooks?
Maybe. However, I have a few niggles about that. I've been giving this "new" OS a going over and find that, although it seems to work, it is still more power/memory hungry than XP. Enough to make it unusable on a netbook? Not too sure about that. If it will run on my PIII test kit, then it may well do it, but it will be a matter of how much it can do.
Netbook is dead?
This is the clincher, though I'm not convinced that it will be the OS that kills it. One of the ideas behind the netbook originally was that it was supposed to be cheap, yet I notice that the price of so many new machines coming onto the market are such that you could go and buy a low spec laptop for close to the same money. This is what could, IMHO, kill the market.
Oh, and for the folks that are touting the ARM as a possible contender, may I just remind you of a little machine called the Acorn A4? I still have mine. It doesn't get any use these days since the PSU needs replacing. Yes, it's possible to put an ARM based machine together, but is there a will to do it?
What has he gots in his pockets, then, precious?
@Peter Day
Try using your Epson printer on Windows *WITHOUT* using the supplied CD or downloaded driver from Epson. I think you would probably have more problems than on any mainstream Linux.
Badger the printer providers to give you either an install CD for Linux, or instructions to configure the excellent built-in Linux printer subsystem (like CUPS) to work with a new printer.
Don't use different rules to compare Linux with Windows.
Mind you, I do agree on other peoples comments about Xandros. My (very early) Eeepc 701 is running Ubuntu Hardy (I've standardised on an LTS release), because I got tired of re-installing Xandros each time the UnionFS filled up. Don't think it's a generic UnionFS problem, more a problem with the way it was configured.
@ 'Windows is too crufty for an architecture port'
You should realise that Windows is already on x86, x86-64 and itanium - both client and server. Whilst you could argue that x86 32 and 64 bit aren't /that/ different, Itanium certainly is!
Porting to a different architecture is not an issue - the lack of applications is the problem.
Just as Linux suffers badly (assuming you get past the technical recovery tools and sometimes limited set of drivers) from not being able to run the apps many people expect right away, Windows ARM would suffer from precisely the same problem. I can't see Microsoft wanting to port to and support an OS and many of its popular apps on an entirely different platform.
ARM is a false dream - learn from the history of transmeta. Low power, slow, and hot. The reality was that no-one cared about the low power usage as the processor is only one of the power sucking components : chipset, memory, graphics, video, i/o etc.. You'd better hope it's fast enough, too, as slow does not sell. See Atom vs VIA or Celeron, for instance.
i'm not alone in buying XP version and dual booting - the linux implementation was very poor with ubuntu eee being much better.
Bring on the touch screens and we'll see how the cheap edition of XP does.
missing the vital point "support"
The problem with the netbooks was the rush to push them out with linux clients on them, now I am not getting into the fanboy windows v's linux garbage.
what the issue was was support most people who bought the netbooks early on really got their first glimpse and trail of linux, now as it is "different to windows " and has "different issues" users where unfamiliar with the product ,now the problem being most high street retailers selling the netbooks had little or no exprience in linux sales or after sales support.
This gave paople a very uneasy and confusing introduction to linux and probably did more damage linux than good , thought i do have to agree with many posters that netbook now are just cheap laptops and as such are to pricey.
it is the push the button and it works syndrome that is what the market wants ,linux needs to make up ground in the backend support for the "General public" to get to that point
@ Nigel Wright, @Cameron Colley
A couple of observations. It's probably fair to say that Reg readers have more than a little bit of extra tech knowledge over and above what exists in the general population, so their expectations aren't the same as those of normal users. So installing A.N.Otherlinux or <shudder> XP is what you'd expect. This isn't the area of the market that the manufacturers were targetting and the fact that techy folks can quite happily take care of themselves anyway suggests it's the right approach.
UIs are often a highly individual preference - witness the ability to customise the bejesus out of KDE, Gnome and (to a limited degree) Windows. Personally I've seen people look at the standard UI on the AA1 and go Ooh! - they're relieved that it's so easy to find the functions they're after and not need to click through some K -> Internet -> KMail (insert preferred options here) that only makes sense _after_ you've adapted to it.
The splitting of tasks into areas of related functionality is a complete change from the way that PCs have worked pretty much since day one. It was a relief to see someone trying something different from the desktop metaphor and actually structuring the UI around the tasks that people want to do - turning the PC more into an appliance. It's not going to be to everyone's taste but there are at least some people that prefer it that way and for the rest there's the ability to install whatever else you want.
@By Mike Kamermans
It's Steve Jobs, not Ballmer's face, that was removed as it made children cry, caused calves to be still born, bread to go mouldy and your wallet suddenly get pilfered by some bit fat bloke from Redmond with a bald head.
@The BigYin
I know what the EULA _says_.
I also know that _some_ people have managed to claw back refunds through the courts.
But frankly, although my refund claim is currently "being processed" I'm not holding my breath.
AA1 & Linpus - OK With My Kids
"I bought an Acer Aspire One, with Linpus Linux. It was awful. I did not get the administrator password, when I created one (using Terminal) I could not download Firefox 3, searched for hours how I could upgrade to Openoffice 3, and used the Terminal for everything. In the end, I wiped it, put Xubuntu on - still had to change one driver for the wireless - and it worked."
I bought the AA1, followed the tweaks given here last December, referenced sites like Macles to install other apps & left the 4 original windows.
Then bought a second AA1 & cloned it from the above.
2 AA1's configured for kids both with learning difficulties to use without problems.
No waste of printer paper\toner with them constantly printing every 5 minutes, forced them to e-mail it to me before I would print it.
Able to connect & access schools server for homework.
Skype for their friends.
Media playback.
Minimal requests for tech support from dad (see below) initially - None since January.
No pratting about with updates for AV, M$, firewalls or complaints about speed\lockups.
Administrator password is set up at initial setup & IIRC easily changed with sudo.
I do wonder how many Linux machines were reformatted with ahem illegal copies of XP.
Well, out of 7 domestic computers, only 2 run MS.(I'm mean!) The Dell Linux netbook which we ordered on the 5th March 09 was finally delivered on the 2nd April after 3 delivery promise revisions. Some customers are still waiting. Dell appear not to be able to keep up with Linux demand. Dell claim that 33% of shipments are Linux! I do note that many buyers are installing OSX instead of / as well as, Linux. Some are also parallel installing old copies of XP on a usb drive, which is a loss of sales for MS. My impression of Ubuntu Linux on the Dell is very favourable. It was childs play to add Sea Monkey to the desktop---easier than trying to do so with XP! Adding it into the network was also easier than with XP.
I wouldn't buy MS shares!!
Here' s another user who was "forced" to buy XP, only to install Ubuntu (Easy Peasy 1.0, more specifically) soon after. Very pleasantly surprised by it, actually. The UI is quite nice, and I can always use the Desktop Switcher to use it as a regular desktop. But I found out there's little reason to have all that empty screen on such a small device. On the other hand, some apps (GIMP) behave a bit weirdly out of the traditional desktop mode.
Interesting, I had no clue people were installing OSX on these little beasts! That's cool.
When I got the mini-laptop, I did let it boot XP. First, I wanted to make sure the hardware had no problem, which it didn't, before I tried installing Linux (also used Asus utility for updating the BIOS). So, if the Linux install borked at some level, I would know it was not a hardware problem. Then, a quick download of Easy Peasy 1.0, install it to a USB stick and install the the Eee 1000HE. Worked perfectly, wireless, camera, everything (so it seemed at first). Later I discovered the sound was very low, but that was documented on the website for the distro, and it was easily (for me) fixed. Just in case, I let it be a dual boot option, with 10 GB for XP and the rest for Linux. You know, just in case. I'm getting about 6 hours use out of it, with WiFi on all the time. Maybe Ubuntu is not as efficient, or maybe I must lower the screen brightness to ridiculous levels, but I can't see this machine doing the 9.5 hours advertised. That said, for me 6 h is more than good enough.
Yes, as I ranted in another thread a while ago, I believe netbooks don't exist anymore. What I am typing on right now from Chicago airport is a mini-laptop. The 701 was a netbook; this is not. I'm sure both MS and the manufacturers want the netbook to disappear and the good ole days of selling fat-margin, overspecced (for most people) machines to be back. This because, as I've noticed, as many must have, a mini-laptop is enough for almost all the computer time.
Am I the only person here intrigued by all those saying "I bought a Linux netbook but it was crap so I put XP on it.". Presumably, having declined the OEM licence for XP at the time of purchase, these good people have paid full whack for their XP and thereby almost doubled the price of their netbook, and yet they *still* think it is worth the money.
Would any one of you care to confirm that presumption, or provide an alternative explanation?
Mine's the one with the FAST ID badge in the inside pocket.
Numbers Game
I still have my original Eee 701 4G around somewhere, sadly it sees nowhere near as much use as my N800. Aside from issues it has with certain websites (BBC, I'm looking at you) a version of the N800/N810 with twice the battery capacity and an 8.4" screen would be ideal. Funnily enough, that's Linux on ARM with proper industrial design and it basically 'just works'.
oh no :(
It began as a promising look, due to the tech stuffed into those netbooks, but tech has allowed windows to gain a foothold.
Linux will now never win, because with all that is microsoft - no one can argue they have the worlds most aggressive sales system, its the one thing microsoft has working 100% if its a computer then microsoft will target it, adapt and resistance is futile you are installation number 95893
And it hasnt stopped now borg gates has left. I guess he told them how to do it before he went. Bill gates has that legacy - he was a sales genius.
If only Linux had a marketing department
Most people say they want windows because they have no idea what Linux involves. Everyone I've showed the GUI on my eee pc 901 has had no problems using it at all.
The OS X on EEE PC guide. Vanilla kernel from a stock install disk, everything supported, no issues at all.
Actually, I think if anything is going to take over from XP on netbooks, it will be some sort of BSD-derived OS.
NetBSD, OpenBSD and FreeBSD all have the "BSD loophole" in their licencing agreements (which pre-date the GPL): anyone is free to take the software, modify it just enough to make it thoroughly incompatible with the original and treat it as closed-source. (Back in the days, that wouldn't have been such a problem as it is today, because almost no two computers could run code compiled for each others -- so you pretty much needed the Source Code.)
Once a company is building cheap clones of first-generation ARM processors (now patent-free; and since memory has become cheap, thanks to Windows, it doesn't matter anymore about a simple MOV instruction taking 4 bytes) they can simply compile a customised BSD variant with a few applications, burn it into a non-replaceable one-time PROM and not have to worry about their competitors ripping them off. Even better, from their point of view, they can ensure *in hardware* that future versions are incompatible -- past versions of your own products are always a greatest threat than other people's products.
Just upgraded my kids eeepc701...
...to ubuntu "easypeasy" (intrepid), and it's deadly. Well done to the creators, everything works flawlessly. I never used the xandros installed distro coz it was crap.
Now I'm mosning when she asks for it bck -- stupid small keyboard...


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The speculation on the fate of a proposed downtown entertainment and sports arena is officially over. The Sacramento Kings have thrown in the towel — No new arena.
A late meeting today between Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and the Maloof family, the majority owners of the Kings, went nowhere.
"Despite best efforts to negotiate an agreement with the City of Sacramento, and at the conclusion of a meeting this afternoon with Mayor Johnson, he advised us that there is nothing to be gained by continued discussions at this time," the Kings said in a statement Friday.
Less than two hours earlier, National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern told reporters Friday that he was "hopeful but not optimistic" that the city and the Sacramento Kings owners can come to an agreement.
"I am extremely disappointed, on behalf of both the Maloofs and the city of Sacramento, but I think that there's nothing further to be done," Stern said. "This is a situation the Maloofs will have to make judgments on and the city will have to make judgments on. I think we've done as much as we can do."
Stern's comments followed a rambling 80-minute news conference Friday morning in which Kings co-owner George Maloof blasted a perceived deal with the city and suggested that they renovate Power Balance Pavilion in North Natomas.
Maloof said he and his brothers "never agreed" to the term sheet with the city of Sacramento, the NBA and AEG Facilities LLC because of numerous problems they perceive with the proposed site for a downtown arena.
"We only received a non-binding term sheet regarding a complex $400 million transaction eight days before the Mayor's deadline of March 1st," the Kings said in their statement. "From the moment we received it, we expressed our serious concerns with many of the proposed terms and conditions. Even now, these concerns have yet to be addressed by the City.
"The negotiations that have occurred surrounding, as Commissioner Stern said repeatedly today during his news conference a "non-binding framework", never resulted in a deal that was good for the City or good for the team."
The Kings statement thanked "our loyal fans" and went on to say "We love Sacramento and we will continue all of our civic and charitable involvement that over the past 15 years has resulted in more than $20 million in cash and in-kind donations to more than 200 community organizations."
The Kings organization said they "are committed to remaining the Sacramento Kings."
Earlier in the day, George Maloof, joined in the news conference by a team of advisers, reiterated a long list of concerns about the proposed downtown arena first aired earlier this month in a long letter from the family's attorney to the city of Sacramento. That 11-page memo and Maloof's testimony today goes far beyond the family's refusal to pay pre-development costs.
Chief among those concerns: the city's ability to pay for its share of the project, the tight timeline to approve an environmental impact report, and the ability to complete traffic improvements on time. The Maloofs want the arena ready for action before the 2015 season begins. On Friday, Maloof said city officials have yet to respond to those concerns and many others they have raised.
All the parties involved, including the Maloofs, in February celebrated the tentative agreement, and left the public with the perception that only a few details were left to be worked out.
One of those details turned out to be $3.2 million in pre-development fees, which the Maloofs refused to pay, citing their new status as tenants only in the downtown arena. The NBA, within hours, quickly stepped up with $200,000 to keep the project rolling.
The Sacramento City Council voted earlier this month to keep the project moving forward for at least two weeks, despite the pre-development funding flap. The council approved using the NBA's advance, but if there's no resolution by April 17, work on the project will cease, city manager John Shirey said at the time.
Johnson also just sent an open letter to the Maloofs saying that the term sheet of the proposed arena is not negotiable.
George Maloof on Friday defended his family's actions throughout the negotiations saying "Our intention was to get a deal done, not to kill a deal."
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Two great posts on the role of faith/religion/spirituality in David Foster Wallace's life:
Ignoring David Foster Wallace's religion:
It is very interesting, from the stand point of biography, that Wallace's writing struggles are so important to so many. I wish, though, that Max found Wallace's struggles with and attempts at religion important too. What does that say? What does it say that Wallace dedicated some time trying to be a part of church communities? How did that work and how did it play out?
and DFW and Religion:
[DFW responding to a question about the role of religion in his life] "Now look, I am not being the slightest bit sarcastic AT ALL when I just say… 'Ditto.'"
It remains a dream of mine to someday do doctoral work on this very topic: How did religion and the life of faith shape Wallace as a person? How did it influence his writing? Seems like a gaping hole in the still-developing field of Wallace Studies.


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"Hell is other people's families. The problem's squared with a pair of families — four adults locked in close conversation, pretending to be oblivious to the mayhem around them."—Jon Ronson: Have you spotted any cultural relics like 'no children' policies in restaurants recently?
"Most people know in their heart of hearts that sell-by-dates are little more than a supermarket invention to encourage shoppers to buy more and best-before dates are generally a shield against lawsuits from the kind of people who need "warning: contents hot" labels on their takeaway coffee. But there's something about those digits that can make even the most fearless foodie paranoid - "If I eat that past its sell-by-date yoghurt, killer bacteria is going to sweep through my guts like a pathogenic panzer division."—Food waste: Has 'best before' reached its sell-by date?
"Fast internet was now "an essential service, as indispensable as electricity, gas and water"."—BBC NEWS | Technology | BBC licence fee 'could be shared'
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"Understand also that just because nobody has complained directly to you does not mean that a complaint is not justified, or pending."—25 And Over
"After all, this business of journalism is about pure entertainment, not a search for truth, particularly when it comes to radio and television."—Fooled By Randomness
"On average, suicide bombings kill four times as many people as other acts of terrorism. Up to 40 percent of these attacks are carried out by women."—When the Suicide Bomber Is a Woman
Adolphe Quetelet
- He was keenly aware of the overwhelming complexity of social phenomena, and the many variables that needed measurement. His goal was to understand the statistical laws underlying such phenomena as crime rates, marriage rates or suicide rates. He wanted to explain the values of these variables by other social factors. These ideas were rather controversial among other scientists at the time who held that it contradicted a concept of freedom of choice.
- He describes his concept of the "average man" (l'homme moyen) who is characterized by the mean values of measured variables that follow a normal distribution. He collected data about many such variables. When Auguste Comte discovered that Quetelet had appropriated the term 'social physics', which Comte had originally introduced, Comte found it necessary to invent the term 'sociologie' (sociology) because he disagreed with Quetelet's collection of statistics.
- Among his findings were strong relationships between age and crime, as well as gender and crime. Other influential factors he found included climate, poverty, education, and alcohol consumption, with his research findings published in Of the Development of the Propensity to Crime.
- Principal among these, in terms of influence over later public health agendas, was Quetelet's establishment of a simple measure for classifying people's weight relative to an ideal weight for their height. His proposal, the body mass index (or Quetelet index), has endured with minor variations to the present day,
"Capitalism is the revitalisation of the world thanks to the opportunity to be lucky"—The Black Swan - Nicholas Nassim Taleb
"The rank-dependent expected utility model (originally called anticipated utility) is a generalized expected utility model of choice under uncertainty, designed to explain the behaviour observed in the Allais paradox, as well as for the observation that many people both purchase lottery tickets (implying risk-loving preferences) and insure against losses (implying risk aversion). A natural explanation of these observations is that individuals overweight low-probability events such as winning the lottery, or suffering a disastrous insurable loss. In the Allais paradox, individuals appear to forgo the chance of a very large gain to avoid a one per cent chance of missing out on an otherwise certain large gain, but are less risk averse when offered to chance of reducing an 11 per cent chance of loss to 10 per cent."—Rank-dependent expected utility
"The Opera House was formally completed in 1973, having cost $102 million. The original cost estimate in 1957 was £3,500,000 ($7 million). The original completion date set by the government was 26 January 1963 (Australia Day)."—
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Sarasota County, ever vigilant of our every tiniest need or desire, just like our federal government, wants to license and regulate tree-care workers.
That's in addition to already licensing and regulating tree-farm sales, tree services and tree surgeons.
Tree-care workers would be the fourth category of tree-related work requiring a license by the county.
Is there an epidemic of mangled trees that I've missed? Perhaps a bevy of injured tree-care workers?
Not really. What there is, apparently, is a lack of uniform standards in tree-trimming, and the Sarasota Tree Advisory Council wants to remedy that oversight.
"We want to raise the level and standard of care and make it more uniform throughout the county," said Demetra McBride, manager of Urban Forestry Operations. Licensing also allows the county to know who the people are doing this work.
McBride is an earnest and sincere advocate of the value of healthy trees in a community. No one argues with the idea that healthy trees are better than sick trees.
But is there no nook or cranny of life that government does not want to control and "improve"?
By my estimate, according to a drop-down menu of regulated industries and positions on the Sarasota County Tax Collector's site, there are more than 1,300 types of jobs that require a license. To put it another way, to list all of them like the few listed in the adjoining chart would require more than three, full, open pages in The Sarasota Observer.
Frankly, most anything that you can think to do in business requires you to pay the county for the right to do it. For many, you also need to be licensed by the state.
Some of us have been all worried that the government is going to end up getting involved with every aspect of our lives. Wrong-o. It already is involved with every aspect. The accompanying charts give just the slightest, tiniest, little glimpse into this reality.
It's groovy if you are a big-government type, the kind of person who wants the cradle-to-grave care that worked so well in the Soviet Union.
Now the dirty little secret about licenses is that many industries want to be licensed because it creates a barrier to entry for competitors. It is certainly an anti-competitive device, and that is just fine with an established enterprise.
But for a long time we have been ruled on the County Commission by 100% Republicans, supposedly the party of small government and more freedom. Doesn't really look like it.
Rod Thomson is executive editor of the Gulf Coast Business Review and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The following are some of the industries that Sarasota County licenses and regulates that range from absurd to just flat funny. They include:
Alterations — for protection from high hems?
Rubber stamp store — so the School Board won't run out when voting on superintendent proposals.
Authors — for protection from bad prose and mangled syntax?
Flag shops — there is such a thing?
Clock repair — for protection from poor timing?
Disc Jockeys — to protect the public from the misuse and abuse of the Bee Gees.
Gardeners — for protection from badly trimmed azaleas?
Wig, toupee and wiglet stores — naturally.
Spiritualists — surely this is a church and state issue for the ever watchful ACLU.
Lamp shades — words fail.
Perhaps this offers a clue as to why local government is so big. The following is a start on the list of businesses, individuals and industries that are licensed and regulated by Sarasota County:
A/C equipment and sales
A/C contractor
Acoustical contractor
Adult day care
Adult congregate living
Advertising agency
Advertising space sales
Advertising specialities
Aerobics classes
Agricultural consultant
Air compressor sales
Air purifier
Aircraft leasing and sales
Alarm contractor
Alarm system sales
Alcoholism counselor
Aluminum work (six licenses)
Ambulance service
Ammunition retail
Amusement recreation facility
Animal clinic
Animal husbandry
Antique auto dealer
Antique repair
Aquarium sales
Art sales
Arts and crafts
…This is just more than halfway through the As.
Source: Sarasota County Tax Collector's office
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One-third of the eco-labels use same standards as conventional or average practice in the industry
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY —So-called eco-seafood may not be as environmentally friendly as the labels claim, according to a new study from the University of Victoria.
The researchers assessed 10 environmental factors to assess the eco-labels, including antibiotic use, the ecological effect of farmed fish that escape from pens, sustainability of the fish that serve as feed, parasiticide use, and industrial energy needed in aquaculture production.
"Our research shows that most eco-labels for farmed marine fish offer no more than a 10 percent improvement over the status quo," said John Volpe, Ph.D., a marine ecologist at the University of Victoria and lead author of the report. "With the exception of a few outstanding examples, one-third of the eco-labels evaluated for these fish utilize standards at the same level or below what we consider to be conventional or average practice in the industry."
The study is the first to evaluate how eco-labels for farmed marine fish compare to unlabeled options in the marketplace, and it's aimed squarely at helping consumers sort through competing sustainability claims and better identify those labels that result in farming methods with less damage to the ocean. Key findings include:
- "Organic" labels lead the pack, although a few fall noticeably short;
- Many eco-labels are not much better than conventional farmed seafood options when it comes to protecting the ocean environment;
- Scale is a big challenge for eco-labels: For the most part, eco-labels are awarded based on an individual farm's environmental footprint. However, the cumulative environmental effects of many farms can quickly overwhelm the benefits of reductions in impacts by a single farm or small group of certified farms.
Supported by the Pew Environment Group, the study, which was reviewed by several independent experts, uses a well-established quantitative methodology derived from the 2010 Global Aquaculture Performance Index to determine numerical scores of environmental performance for 20 different eco-labels for farmed marine finfish, such as salmon, cod, turbot, and grouper. These scores were used to rank performance among the various eco-labels.
The assessment did not look at eco-labels for freshwater farmed fish, such as tilapia or catfish.
"Eco-labels can help fish farmers produce and consumers select environmentally preferable seafood, but only if the labels are based on meaningful standards that are enforced," said Chris Mann, director of Pew's Aquaculture Standards Project. "Seafood buyers at the retail or wholesale level should demand that evidence of sustainability be demonstrated, not merely asserted."
The report concludes that government policies and regulations, as well as effective eco-labels, are necessary to limit the environmental impacts of production.
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Boston- based singer/songwriter Katrin recently returned from a successful twenty date European tour in support of her fourth self-released studio disc, Frail to Fearless. Marking her first international release, the new record features some of the most respected players in the industry - legendary drummer and producer Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Hall & Oates, among others); bassist Tony Levin (John Lennon, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson); guitarist Bill Dillon (McCartney, Robbie Robertson, Sheryl Crow, King Crimson); and guitarist/harmonica player John Sebastian (Lovin' Spoonful).
Described by Metronome Magazine's Douglas Sloan as having a voice "thick and resonating with body and soul, Katrin sings with the passion of a woman using her last breath on earth", her career highlights include opening for Joan Armatrading, Chris Isaak, Huey Lewis and The News, and the Fixx, plus touring through Europe multiple times and to the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She also played the Sunset Jazz Club in Paris, and won a songwriting award from the Mountain Stage Newsong Festival.
The essence of a self-made musician, Katrin (last name Roush), grew up in the Boston area and started performing in local clubs with her band and as a busker in Harvard Square and Faneuil Hall, where she stayed and played for three summers. "It toughened me up and made me more comfortable interacting with people,'' she recalls. That journey is reflected in her voice and pure, raw and honest songs.
Frail to Fearless was produced by Jerry Marotta, who was first introduced to Katrin in 2009. In addition to producing the disc, Marotta plays drums throughout, as well as bass on a few songs. The record was recorded in West Hurley, NY at his Dreamland Studios, (whose clients have ranged from the B-52s, Fleet Foxes to Sheryl Crow), as well as Jersville in Woodstock. Mastered by Chris Athens, engineered by Matt Cullen, Adam Armstrong, Peter Caigan, Eli Walker, Russ McCay and Patrick Dicenso and mixed by Joe Blaney, the tracks "Home" and "Cobblestones" were mixed by multi-Grammy winner Tchad Blake, the man behind a number of Tom Waits and Pearl Jam records, aswell as The Black Keys' latest album, Brothers. Read Katrin's full press release.


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Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant with the first child of Prince William, and it's safe to assume that THE big money photo of the year will be the ultrasound photo of the royal tot.
So- assume you're an enterprising fetal paparazzi- how would you go about capturing the image that the public demands? I called up KenQuest Medical Equipment, a Nevada-based company that sells and rents ultrasound machines, and spoke to a guy named Walter. He didn't give me his last name, but he did give me the skinny on how an aspiring fetal paparazzi can get the tools he needs.
Hi Walter, thanks for talking to us.
My pleasure. I love truTV. You guys do Bait Car, right?
That's us.
So here's the deal- assume I'm a fetal paparazzi, and I want to get the first picture of the unborn royal. Could I rent the equipment from you?
I'm afraid not. We only rent to accredited hospitals or established places of business. We rent to mostly surgery centers, hospitals or those sneak-a-peek places, where they charge you too much money to get a first look at your baby.
Hmmm. Could I buy it?
Sweet. Let's talk turkey. First off, do you have any training operating ultrasound equipment?
No, I'm not specifically trained, but I know a lot about these machines, I've been selling medical equipment for years.
Do you have anything portable?
Yeah, you'd want either the Vivid I, or a Logiqe. They're both light, and portable.
How big?
About the size of a 15-inch laptop.
Nice. Are either one of those models weatherproof? I figure I may have to be waiting outside Kate's home or hotel for quite a while. It's rainy in England.
Neither one of those units are weather-proof and they don't like moisture. You'd want to be careful to keep it dry.
Would it be possible to get an ultrasound image from across the street, or through the window of a speeding car? Do they have any kind of a zoom lens available?
Again, no. The key to getting an image is you'd have to get close to her. I'd be afraid of being tackled, or shot dead.
Thankfully, Walter, fetal paparazzi are made of sterner stuff than you are. How does it work?
Well, the transducer has to be be touching her her body.
Would I need to squirt that gel stuff on her stomach?
Either the stomach, or wherever the baby is hanging out that day. Using the gel would be better, but you don't need it. Without the gel it's harder, and could muffle the picture.
That's good intel. Does it have to be on bare skin, or can it be through clothes?
Again, you could do it through clothes, but I wouldn't recommend it. It causes more friction,and that could make the photo more difficult to come out clearly.
And this is a 3D image we'd get?
Actually, 4D is what they call it. There's an extra D now.
How does that work?
That's just what they call it.
And what does a 4D image do? What does it look like?
It makes the baby look…creepier. Some of my friends have posted their babies on Facebook and it's so weird.
I'm sold. How much money are we talking here?
You could get a used, refurbished unit for anywhere from 18 to 25 thousand dollars. New, you're looking at 40 to 50 grand.
I'd easily make that back for this picture. Are the used machines good enough? What do you recommend?
I think the used ones are perfectly fine. Hey, maybe you get a used one on a paparazzi budget, and then once you get paid for the image, you come back and buy a new one.
I like the way you think, Walter. Do you have any other advice for aspiring fetal paparazzi?
I'd say you should be very, very careful what you take a picture of.
Are you saying it's a bad idea to attempt to take an ultrasound of the unborn child of the Duchess of Cambridge without her consent?
I think you know exactly what I'm saying.
Thanks for your time.
Thank you.
Note: This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Giving this a shot as a good friend listed it as the best Earl Grey they had ever tried. I already tried Pain Quotidien's Masala Chai and had good results, so I'm expecting something great here too!
Has a wonderful warming scent to it, not overly floral/bergamot-y as some tend to be, like the black tea base is dominant here. The bergamot seems to be more of an edge than a main scent. As I brewed this until it's dark brown I expect simply brewing it for that amount of time may have let the black tea steep fully…
It's an interesting tea when black! I think I might brew this less strong if I'm going to drink it without milk as the mouthfeel is rather dry afterwards and the bergamot seems to bite at the end of the sip. Having added milk, however, the bergamot's come out all floral and sweet and bold but not too assertive, and it's become a hearty, delicious cup! There's just the right balance of flavours and neither the tea nor the bergamot are getting lost (as I might expect from Twinings). High rating on this one, shame I only have 14 more teabags of this!!
Got this as a free sample from Rosie Lee's Tearoom in Canterbury (thanks, guys!)… it's not helping the overcrowding of my tea cupboard but then again, it's only a small packet, so I can't complain :)
It's got a mysterious aroma, I can smell the rich green tea much better than I can any other flavours, apart from possibly the lime? I've rarely had teas with lime in them so perhaps I just can't recognise it? By the smell the green tea could maybe be a chun mee or something similar, and the colour is a nice rich gold.
Tastewise, this is wonderfully mellow! There seems to be a hint of mint flavour and the apple and lime are equally balanced (nothing artificial or too strong in the apple, either), especially sweet at the start of a sip and becoming a little astringent and fruitier towards the end. Nicely robust and sweet; I like it! Might use it for my morning pick-up once I run out of plain green tea! :D
Hi, glad you enjoyed this tea. i was suprised to find a review of our great tea on Steepster, but pleased. It is one of our best sellers over the last year. We have over 65 teas including two which won awards in the 2013 Great Taste Awards in the UK. Check out our website at www.rosieleatea.co.uk to see these and the rest of our range.
Hi everybody! I haven't been on Steepster lately for two reasons: 1, I'm now incredibly busy at university; and 2, I simply haven't gotten round to trying new teas! I have such a vast quantity in my cupboard that it would be silly to open even more boxes when I haven't used up what I already have. Slowly but surely, I'm making space, and will soon have some lovely new teas to try :)
Starting up this habit again, I happen to be making this breakfast tea of which I took a few teabags from the hotel breakfast buffet last time I went to Paris (shhh, don't tell anyone). The water I've used is unfiltered since I'm just making it in my room while I write my essay- not sure if this will affect the taste significantly.
In colour… like any good English Breakfast tea, this has gone straight to a deep brown in no time at all, the smell is rich and oaky, I feel like I might be heading for a classic breakfast tea here. And it really is "sturdy" like in the description! Very slightly dry (which I suspect is the Ceylon), strong and with a slightly roasted, wood aftertaste that gets more intense with every sip- but somehow, I wouldn't call the flavour "rich". It might be because of the water; but it's so delicious I might drink this without milk! Thank you, Dammann!
Found the very last teabag of this in my cupboard (I'm at home, meaning the majority of my tea collection is at uni: I'm scavenging a little through my old blends here!) so I'm giving it a shot as I'm craving white tea.
Last time I had this I'm not sure my white tea brewing methods were too great, so I took extra care not to use water that was too hot here. It's smelling a lot more fragrant than I ever remember; the rose and bergamot are certainly distinguishable, the rose more so. But it's beginning to smell like a bath soap.
Taking care with the water temperature and brewing time here has definitely helped- it's now soft, rather than harsh, although it still tastes like a Lush product! The white tea is hardly present at all except maybe in a slightly toasty background but the rose tastes all-consuming here! Even the bergamot seems to have tossed in a vaguely citrusy edge and run from the perfume-y flavour of it all. Ah well – it wasn't such a bad experience this time. It was good while it lasted but I don't think I'll be making an effort to buy more of this. Cheers, Will and Kate!
Very tasty and refreshing, wow! I thought I wouldn't like this because I'm not fond of Assam or mint at (why try it then, me??) but the mint really is sweet! It's nicely balanced out with other flavours too and is much sweeter than regular peppermint tea- I can see myself actually having this as a snack. Delicious!
Merry Christmas, everybody! I acquired some of this from a little market stall along the Champs Elysées on an art history trip- could it be any more romantic? :) It was between this oolong and the salted caramel flavour, and as it was coming up to Christmas, I picked this one!
I haven't managed to do a proper gradual sit-down tasting but for this one: the first time I brewed it and drank it piping-hot, the first taste was definitely roast chestnuts. But not just a nutty taste… the soft mellowness and rich flavour of the chestnuts, working with a subtle and very tasty oolong. The dry leaves smell delicious too and look gorgeous with the sunflower petals.
Just a quick note while I'm finishing my Christmas lunch :)
Another tea from cteresa after my bad luck with another Melissa (lemon balm) tea. I have a cold right now so I hope hot lemon-y tea with honey helps and I think the website recommends some honey with this too :) Unlike the tea I'd previously tried, this one is more lemony, and certainly more delicate. The taste is grassy and a little smoky, and with a spoonful of meli (honey)… perfect. Definitely a herbal tea for me :D
I am glad you liked it! This is nothing special just the supermarket´s own lemon balm tea and what I had at hand at home. But you had mentioned the other lemon balm tea has being sort of musty, and noooo lemon balm is not musty at all, it is very nice herb indeed! Glad I could send you a better one, even if it was a very ordinary take on it!
Haha, wouldn't think I'd find this tea here considering I got it from a local little tearoom in Canterbury! Actually discovered this during our Tea Society's Christmas social where we had a "mystery tea tasting" competition: usually we are all served a little of a tea without knowing what kind it is or what's in it and have to guess, but this time round, we were given a scorecard… And my team won ;) all because I guessed "peony" for this one, prominent as it is in Coquelicot Gourmand, I've come to recognise it in other places too.
And wow, did the flavours surprise me at first! Plenty of people said the aroma was like cherries, maybe cherry bakewell tart (with wild cherries it almost smells like… cough syrup? still delicious!); I found it tasted very much like frangipane, or almonds, or maybe amaretto, as well as rose and peony, but I couldn't guess chilli at all.
This time round, brewing it at home, I was so fascinated by the miniscule chillies and rosebuds in the loose-leaf tea that I decided to use one of the tiny chillies in my brew. Big mistake. I'm terrible with spiciness. This absolutely burns on the way down, but only while I'm actually drinking it. All the other beautiful flavours are still there though! Cherry, still some marzipan there, peony, with a very smooth, fruity sip as though the chilli had never been there in the first place.
I definitely, definitely recommend giving this try if you can, it's a really unique experience. I might just toss out all the chillies in my bag of this so I don't burn my mouth off though!
Hi everyone! Been a little quiet lately despite having bought some new teas, mainly because I'm trying to get through my opened teas before opening the new ones. My Strawberry Rooibos,Strawberry Sencha, Afternoon at the Palace, China Oolong and Rose Petal are all looking for loving homes. Also, I changed my username from melanchocolate, hope that doesn't confuse anyone!
This tea has been in my cupboard for so long I can't believe I've only just added it to my Steepster cupboard! They serve it in the cafés on campus here actually, and it's so good I had to order some of my own at the start of the year. It's brilliantly mellow and smooth, as a white tea, and the elderflower and apricot give it a natural sweetness. The elderflower's not hugely noticeable but it is definitely present and goes perfectly with the white tea. Even when scalded slightly, this is delicious.
Over the past few days I've really gotten into cold-steeping my tea: leaving a bottle of water with tea leaves in the fridge overnight and straining it in the morning so I can take it to work or class with me later. I tried it with this tea but in a hurry, with chilled water in the bottle and the teabag still floating in it- but it's managed to steep deliciously in barely two hours! With no risk of scalding the tea the elderflower has a chance to really come out over the apricot and tea flavours, and the resulting iced tea is a little dry but very very sweet. This is one of my favourites :D
awwwwwwwwwwwwww I loved Melanchocolate ! No worries I'll be happy with meliorate as well :)
This iced tea seems really delicate as only good apricot can be.


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That's the error of capitalism: When it is assumed that capitalism was the answer, when that happens, anything goes. And that's what has happened. Everything is allowed within the neocon framework of the economy. And in the case of the United States, the country of private initiative and free-market competition, these companies' large debts will be paid by the American people. Now the taxpayers are paying for the crisis.
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