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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Anyone who would give Windows 7 as a Christmas gift doesn't deserve a family in the first place.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    From here: [www.microsoft.com]

    Thank you for your interest in Windows 7. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer has ended. Please check our other offers. And, to receive helpful articles, tips and tricks, and the latest special offers, subscribe to the monthly Exploring Windows Newsletter.

    Damn. I shouldn't have put it off.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Microsoft can't even fart without it becoming negative world news. Like nobody else ever puts out a limited time offer. But if it's Microsoft it's some freakin' evil underworld plot.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Well, that's tacky. Good one, Microsoft.
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    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: Why is it tacky? It was known to be a limited time offer and it makes sense to time them to run out around holidays.
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    12/04/09

    @Nathan Obbards: it's tacky because they didn't say how "limited" the limited time was, and that mysterious limited time conveniently ran out when people were most likely to take advantage of it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: So no one should ever run a limited time, limited supply offer? For all you know, it was a limited number and other people were smart and bought it in advance. MS is not running around pulling stock from shelves, stores are running out of them and they're no longer being sold online. In no way is this tacky. That's like saying Apple is being tacky for not saying how long specific free songs on iTunes are going to remain free for. That's like saying a car dealership is being tacky for while supplies last offers.
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    12/05/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Dude, come on. You're just being an apologist. They knocked off a good offer right before the holidays with no warning. That's lame. It would be lame no matter who did it.

    And since you asked, yes, it IS tacky when other companies have "limited time" offers and don't say when that time ends.
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    12/05/09

    @lostarchitect: I think in this case it wasn't a "limited time" per se. You could limit time if you plan on selling the product beyond the end date. However here supplies are gone, never to return. We give MS a lot of credit, but I really don't think they hire psychics. If they did, we would've never been given Clippy.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/05/09

    @lostarchitect: Trust me, I'm not being an apologist. I'd say it if it was fucked up. It's just how businesses work though. If you didn't get it before Christmas, too bad for you, it's your own fault, not Microsoft's. If Apple offered a limited time free upgrade to the latest version software for an iPod Touch and they didn't say when it would end and I missed out on it, I wouldn't blame them, I'd blame myself. It is in no way tacky. I think you just dislike MS so much that you are willing to view everything they do as intentionally evil. Limited supply, limited time offers are contingent upon the consumer using their brain and getting the product early, not bitching that supplies ran out at an inconvenient time or that it ended at an inconvenient time for you.
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    12/05/09

    @Nathan Obbards: OK, If you're assuming that I "dislike MS so much", and not that I have a general dislike of horseshit so-called "limited time offers", then I think the problem here is really yours. Have a good one.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Gboard is the Colorful Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts That You Need Now
    Isn't this just a USB numpad with colored buttons?
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Gboard is the Colorful Gmail Keyboard For Shortcuts That You Need Now
    OK, now make each one of those keys a miniature OLED screen and I might bite.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them
    Holy mother of god this is an incredible article. I've always wanted to know who made these ridiculous interfaces - never imagined that it would be mostly one guy.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them
    Enhance... Enhance... Enhance... En... hance...

    Best fake (Mac) UI = The Net. I was so jealous of it when I first saw that movie. God, I'm old.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
    I saw this pop up yesterday on my iPod Touch! It freaked me out... I just want my free integrator.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Mirror's Edge Coming to the iPhone In January
    Keep an eye on this one. I can't think of a way the controls will be any good, but maybe I'm lacking some vision on the whole accelerometer thing.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
    dear wolfram alpha,

    10,000 downloads at $5 a piece is better than 1,000 downloads at $50 a piece. and when i say better, i mean, makes you not seem so inconsistently dick-like while netting identical profits.

    xoxoxo

    nutbastard.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
    Maybe they should have gotten a little bigger before getting so greedy?
    Way to bump yourselves from relative obscurity into total obscurity, guys... I think WA is super neat, and showed a bunch of coworkers what it could do, but none of us use it because it's so specialized. I pull it up every month or two when I have a specific scientific question and that's about it.
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    12/03/09

    @fuchikoma: Wolfram are already a huge name in the scientific computing business.
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    12/03/09

    @fuchikoma:
    @jepzilla:
    I don't think anyone who is familiar with Wolfram the company or Wolfram the founder was surprised by the $50 app price. It's not like there's a Mathematica for Kids or a Mathematica for Personal Finance. Wolfram doesn't make money by appealing to the masses.
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    12/03/09

    @cobaltage: I think the huge number of people who are surprised by the price show that hardly anyone is familiar with them then... Not that I'm suggesting that they're running on the edge of bankruptcy or anything, just that they're very very obscure to the general public.

    Anecdotally, seeing what Mathematica can do and what it costs, I'm surprised there's not a single copy on any of the thousands of computers at the college I work at... I think if I had those very specialized needs it would be a godsend.
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    12/04/09

    @fuchikoma: Mathematica is commonly used in colleges
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    12/04/09

    @miburo: That's why I mentioned that there are no copies on campus here. I'm not holding my college out as representative of the majority, but given what Mathematica can do, maybe no one has heard of it.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them
    It's the kind of stuff you take for granted in action and sci-fi films

    whoa, there. i have never taken that stuff for granted. i always catch myself wondering who was in charge of creating all those UIs and where they get their ideas from. definitely a talented fellow.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
    Is this for iPhones only? What about Android devices? Does the app exist there?
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Wolfram Alpha Is Tired Of People Not Paying $50 Dollars For Their iPhone App
    50$ is slightly ridiculous, especially since you can just plop your ass down at a computer and get the same thing free. I would pay 10$ - 20$ for the convenience of using it on my iPhone that I don't own.
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