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2008-10-22
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Its the definition of 'computer' which is the culprit.
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2008-10-22
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Those talking of the NIT as a computer (a Linux one at that) is in the same class (or nearly) as Steve Jobs when he says the iPhone is Apple's netbook.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/read-my-lips/
No the definition of a computer is not a problem at all. The definition of anything is based on what the general understanding of its function and form and context is to most of the people in the world.
A computer by that definitiopn means in generic terms - a PC like computer to most people. I get your point that a Voting machine is a computer and so is so many other things (like this for example), But just having a chip in a device doesn't make it a computer in general terms. Its the function that it serves that defines it more.
In that sense I don't think the iPhone is a Netbook or the NIT a Linux computer.
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2008-10-22
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Those talking of the NIT as a computer (a Linux one at that) is in the same class (or nearly) as Steve Jobs when he says the iPhone is Apple's netbook.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/read-my-lips/
No the definition of a computer is not a problem at all. The definition of anything is based on what the general understanding of its function and form and context is to most of the people in the world.
A computer by that definitiopn means in generic terms - a PC like computer to most people. I get your point that a Voting machine is a computer and so is so many other things (like this for example), But just having a chip in a device doesn't make it a computer in general terms. Its the function that it serves that defines it more.
In that sense I don't think the iPhone is a Netbook or the NIT a Linux computer.
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2008-10-22
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Those talking of the NIT as a computer (a Linux one at that) is in the same class (or nearly) as Steve Jobs when he says the iPhone is Apple's netbook.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/read-my-lips/
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2008-10-22
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2008-10-22
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2008-10-22
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2008-10-22
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2008-10-22
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the way i see it, osx is a closed source DE running on top of a open source kernel. this means they could in theory toss it onto just about any unix like kernel in the future, without having to change much.
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