On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:53:00 -0500 (EST), Klistvud wrote: > ... > I would go with George Carlin here: When you see how stupid an average > consumer is, consider that half of them are even more stupid than that. > ...
I enjoyed your rant. It reminds me of the "winmodems" which have been rammed down our throats as well. A similar thing is now happening with Ethernet LAN interfaces. The cheap Ethernet LAN interfaces built in to many modern motherboards not only cannot operate at full LAN speed, but they require proprietary non-free firmware to work at all! You might enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page: http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm It's in the "Crucial Background Information" section. Manufacturers are not doing this because the consumer wants it. They are doing it to cut costs. And they think they can get away with it. And sadly, in most cases, they are right. Most consumers can't even tell that they are being ripped off. If consumers stopped buying these inferior items, manufacturers would stop producing them. But they don't. They keep buying them. We're getting what we deserve, I'm afraid. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/820506395.1363641.1293721404818.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
