Secondly, Iron Maiden doesnt use the label formerly known as Sanctuary... THEY formerly used Sanctuary - which was their label... and now is not (Someone else said it was sold to Universal? Dont know how true that is).
Right. They're no longer using Sanctuary as their label. Their newest album, A Matter of Life and Death, was released instead by EMI.
...and while EMI was one of the first RIAA members to offer DRM-free music earlier this year, the fact remains that EMI is still a RIAA member...
Does average joe care about optimizations? Probably not. Are they important? To people like you and I, sure, but not to average joe.
Yes, it DOES matter to Joe. Joe, however, won't call it "code optimization". Joe will simply say that "Vista runs slower than my XP did!" He doesn't care WHY it's so, but even Joe can tell the difference in speed.
We have a lot of Joes come through our shop. They notice.
Your objection (deaf people? seriously?) just goes to show that no matter what you do someone will make up a fake, contrived, ridiculous situation to complain about.
Since I'm 70% deaf, no fakies here. "Accessibility" does not mean "accessibility for the blind only". Thanks for playing our game, and feel free to try again when you have something useful to contribute!
This mode would emphasize voice dialing and whatnot and have the 911 alarm, but could be turned off by people who do not need it.
What amuses me is that they call a loud SOUND an "accessibility feature" for the disabled, ignoring the fact that it does us deaf folks no good... In fact, it might be MORE dangerous; I might not have heard the "alarm" and left it going... and for those asking what a deaf guy has a phone for, 911 is it. Even if I can't hear the operator, I can keep repeating the important info {location, problem, situation} until someone shows... assuming the bad guys don't hear me or my phone first.
If the jerks had really considered the entire subset of disabled, they might have realized that a "vibrate" pulse every 3-5 seconds is the only solution for both deaf and blind people.
I'm not asking them to bend over backwards for me; I'm just asking the FCC to put more thought into these regulations.
Out of state companies will probably be taxed for goods and services that they provide to companies and individuals doing business in MD.
How? AFAIA, your sales tax is reported to the state and then collected in-state. What legal authority does Maryland have over the denizens of another state?
None from what I can tell, but then again I'm definitely not lawyer-shaped.
Try a dictionary if you don't believe wikipedia. Aspirin for treating preventing a heart attack didn't meat the definitions I found in REAL dictionaries.
Remember to check against MEDICAL resources people...Example: After hearing stories from a nurse friend, I found "digital stimulation" is nothing I want ANYTHING to do with...
Well... it does find network printers by itself and in general has far more network savvy than ole' XP.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but XP *also* auto-detects network printers...
As for network tools, I have to agree that MS is years behind on their GUI and command-line tools compared to vanilla Linux...even more so when compared to a security-centric distro.
Bah, I guess your client had no problem as he surely knew she could restore the information from THE BACKUP.
...and if he'd not given *all* material pertaining to that PC {as per court order}, he might've had that backup. Too bad the judge didn't consider that...
Creating that kind of bad will and then complaining that you might not get your computer equipment back for years, well what do you expect?
He might not get the PC back working at ALL.
A client of mine had to give a medical server over for discovery in an insurance case. After much "analysis" {which turned out to be a bunch of guessing} they returned the box 6 months later... minus hard drive. To this day, neither the insurance company nor "expert witness" will admit that they lost 10 years of patient info and charting.
Stories like this kill me. If we had a better-informed society, the call wouldn't be "get the hacker!"... It'd be "get the idiot that thought non-encrypted communications between embassies was a good idea"...
The will of the people will never be unfiltered 100%, another reason why I think democracy needs to revised.
After reading a bit of Heinlein, I came across a description of law-making that I liked. It's been a while, but goes something like this:
ANY citizen can submit a bill to enact a law, or repeal one. It matters not just HOW loony it might seem; every citizen has a shot, barring criminals or the clinically insane. You can go out to vote, or do it at home with state-issued voting boxes. Picture a list of the "laws of the day/week/month" being listed on screen/paper, with three {mayhaps four} choices: Yes, No, Abstain, and possibly Abstain/Protest for those looking to make a point with the politicos. Once enacted, a law can be immediately repealed on the next vote, but stands until. Various infrastructure bills might be passed at a higher level for stability, but otherwise, it's up to us.
I found it attractive for a variety of reasons.
Potential for reduction of voter apathy, for one. If I decided that I should have the right to wear gag Groucho Marx glasses at my job, I submit it for a vote. Next voting cycle, the "Marx-Friendly Workplace Bill" comes up for a round. If it passes, the next day I show up in with 'em on.
Of course, my boss then can submit a proposal to repeal that law, and it once again goes before the people.
People will pay more attention. Voting that frequently, if you miss a submission or two, you could be in trouble. Picture a resolution mandating all lawyers, henceforth and 24/7, must wear a rainbow clown wig.
Funny to most... unless you're a lawyer. When folks realize they could be negatively impacted directly, it'll tend to motivate 'em more than a flurry of activity every so often from people they've usually not met, that usually don't listen to them, and that could care less about them.
It's about as close as you might be able to get to "the Will of the People". How many armchair politicians do you know? Just about everyone has an opinion on how their locality should be run; now they have the chance, from their house, to make those changes by taking the time to type out a bill. It might even cut down on protests, as well... Rather than rail at politicians and hope you've the publicity to force a change, you can simply put it up for a vote yourself. THAT is power, my friend.
The caveat here is that you might just get what you asked for: the will of the masses just might not be too pretty...
Pick the nearest bare XP install. Export the registry. Change the min/max swap file sizes. Export registry to second file. Compare those two registry exports, and you'll have found the keys needed to change. Pound out a standard.reg file using those values and you'll have a file you should be able to import at your leisure.
BTW, I've yet to meet someone who hates Microsoft Office (the "junk" as you call it, lol), as per your assertion.
Agreed. "Hate" might be too strong a word.
However, tell a small business client that they've got to buy a separate license for EACH station for MS-Office. While you might not get "hate", you're sure not going to get any "sweet sweet lovin' ", either. Typically, they next ask for workarounds to install one copy on multiple machines.
Personally, that's my big gripe with Office and Vista. MS marketing aside, I can't see the value in paying $400 for a software package that does what its parent company wants. Heck, I have installed an OS that didn't cost a dime and uses an office suite of the same cost... and it does what *I* want.
Any references? It was supposed to expire in the sense that people would have to re-register.
Anecdotally speaking, it's quickly becoming a moot point...
A friend that used to work at a call center said this is what happens now:
1. Gov't collects DNC list.
2. Gov't sends list to telemarketing firms, via registered mail.
3. Telemarketing firm DENIES delivery. It gets sent back.
4. ???
5. Profit!
I've not verified that m'self, but I've noticed one difference since the DNC list went into effect, and especially in the last year:
MANY more automated calls. Where in the past, I could tell the human on the line to "take me off their list", a robo-call doesn't allow the same.... and I've not heard many telemarketing calls of the human variety calling here recently...
What disappoints me is that every time I choose a Linux OS to install on my systems, another brand comes up with some cool tricks that I wish I had.
So why not dynamically resize your drive partition{s} to include some free space with GParted and then dual-boot?
You could also tri-boot with two partitions for stable "keepers" and a third as a "scratch install" space, just for testing... 'Bout 20GB oughta be plenty.
I'm not suggesting that with ALL your systems, but on at least one, and on as many different hardware combinations as possible...
If the people have already paid for the development (through NIH funding) then who should benefit from the patent?
The whole ethics of patenting is a seperate subject, but in general, I'd think that if public money funded the development then the fruits should be put in the public domain.
Here's a possibility:
Establish a trust fund, whose purpose is paying OUR income tax. Individuals and couples ONLY; no business or corporate entities need apply. Any monies gained from any publicly-paid patents goes to this account, and right back to pay our taxes FOR us. Any "extra" assets {if any} can be used toward a universal health care system, Pell grants, or even to shore up Social Security.
Personally, around our 3 PCs in a smoke-laden environment, I've only seen a {mobo-measured} temp increase of at most 4-5 degrees C {and usually only 2-3 degrees, on systems ranging from a PIII with XP Pro to a Athlon XP 2000+ dual-booting Ubuntu/XP Pro...}
BOINC seems to run a wee bit hotter on Ubuntu, but I've not benchmarked the two clients yet. I'm just guessing more efficient code allows for more ops per cycle meaning more CPU use and thermal waste, but that's all it is: a guess. Anyone else have any insight/numbers on this?
Ditto. I'm 59.1Kg, {130 lbs}, and 1.828m tall {6' even.} With a BMI of 17.6, I've been told I'm underweight more times than I can count. They don't even let models on the runway at my size... and yet I'm told by friends whose girth has expanded over the years that they'd rather be in my shape.
The health community needs to stop using a "one size fits all" approach to medicine.
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Right. They're no longer using Sanctuary as their label. Their newest album, A Matter of Life and Death, was released instead by EMI.
...and while EMI was one of the first RIAA members to offer DRM-free music earlier this year, the fact remains that EMI is still a RIAA member...
Yes, it DOES matter to Joe. Joe, however, won't call it "code optimization". Joe will simply say that "Vista runs slower than my XP did!" He doesn't care WHY it's so, but even Joe can tell the difference in speed.
We have a lot of Joes come through our shop. They notice.
Since I'm 70% deaf, no fakies here. "Accessibility" does not mean "accessibility for the blind only". Thanks for playing our game, and feel free to try again when you have something useful to contribute!
I'm impressed! Using the Force to post on /. is totally geek!
{You would've HAD to; no link from nerve to muscle, or even from one neuron to another.}
...you mongoloid mo-ron!Hey, even Mongo knows "moron" is spelled without a dash... Shoulda used the Force on this one!
What amuses me is that they call a loud SOUND an "accessibility feature" for the disabled, ignoring the fact that it does us deaf folks no good... In fact, it might be MORE dangerous; I might not have heard the "alarm" and left it going... and for those asking what a deaf guy has a phone for, 911 is it. Even if I can't hear the operator, I can keep repeating the important info {location, problem, situation} until someone shows... assuming the bad guys don't hear me or my phone first.
If the jerks had really considered the entire subset of disabled, they might have realized that a "vibrate" pulse every 3-5 seconds is the only solution for both deaf and blind people.
I'm not asking them to bend over backwards for me; I'm just asking the FCC to put more thought into these regulations.
Thanks for the flashback to l0pht's old page....! For those who don't remember it before it got rolled into @stake:
"'That vulnerability is entirely theoretical.'-- Microsoft;L0pht, making the theoretical practical since 1992."
How? AFAIA, your sales tax is reported to the state and then collected in-state. What legal authority does Maryland have over the denizens of another state?
None from what I can tell, but then again I'm definitely not lawyer-shaped.
How about using medical information instead?
Remember to check against MEDICAL resources people...Example: After hearing stories from a nurse friend, I found "digital stimulation" is nothing I want ANYTHING to do with...
...'cause in this case, it *doesn't* mean Aussie p0rn...
Sorry to burst your bubble, but XP *also* auto-detects network printers...
As for network tools, I have to agree that MS is years behind on their GUI and command-line tools compared to vanilla Linux...even more so when compared to a security-centric distro.
...and if he'd not given *all* material pertaining to that PC {as per court order}, he might've had that backup. Too bad the judge didn't consider that...
He might not get the PC back working at ALL.
A client of mine had to give a medical server over for discovery in an insurance case. After much "analysis" {which turned out to be a bunch of guessing} they returned the box 6 months later... minus hard drive. To this day, neither the insurance company nor "expert witness" will admit that they lost 10 years of patient info and charting.
Stories like this kill me. If we had a better-informed society, the call wouldn't be "get the hacker!"... It'd be "get the idiot that thought non-encrypted communications between embassies was a good idea"...
...and who makes those shiny boxes at Best Buy? The large OEMs.
Even if by OEM you mean VAR, the point still remains that the Vista numbers are not driven by the mom 'n' pop shops, but by the larger retailers.
After reading a bit of Heinlein, I came across a description of law-making that I liked. It's been a while, but goes something like this:
ANY citizen can submit a bill to enact a law, or repeal one. It matters not just HOW loony it might seem; every citizen has a shot, barring criminals or the clinically insane. You can go out to vote, or do it at home with state-issued voting boxes. Picture a list of the "laws of the day/week/month" being listed on screen/paper, with three {mayhaps four} choices: Yes, No, Abstain, and possibly Abstain/Protest for those looking to make a point with the politicos. Once enacted, a law can be immediately repealed on the next vote, but stands until. Various infrastructure bills might be passed at a higher level for stability, but otherwise, it's up to us.
I found it attractive for a variety of reasons.
Potential for reduction of voter apathy, for one. If I decided that I should have the right to wear gag Groucho Marx glasses at my job, I submit it for a vote. Next voting cycle, the "Marx-Friendly Workplace Bill" comes up for a round. If it passes, the next day I show up in with 'em on.
Of course, my boss then can submit a proposal to repeal that law, and it once again goes before the people.
People will pay more attention. Voting that frequently, if you miss a submission or two, you could be in trouble. Picture a resolution mandating all lawyers, henceforth and 24/7, must wear a rainbow clown wig.
Funny to most... unless you're a lawyer. When folks realize they could be negatively impacted directly, it'll tend to motivate 'em more than a flurry of activity every so often from people they've usually not met, that usually don't listen to them, and that could care less about them.
It's about as close as you might be able to get to "the Will of the People". How many armchair politicians do you know? Just about everyone has an opinion on how their locality should be run; now they have the chance, from their house, to make those changes by taking the time to type out a bill. It might even cut down on protests, as well... Rather than rail at politicians and hope you've the publicity to force a change, you can simply put it up for a vote yourself. THAT is power, my friend.
The caveat here is that you might just get what you asked for: the will of the masses just might not be too pretty...
...but that's a different discussion...
Try this, as I forgot where MS stores this:
Pick the nearest bare XP install. Export the registry. Change the min/max swap file sizes. Export registry to second file. Compare those two registry exports, and you'll have found the keys needed to change. Pound out a standard .reg file using those values and you'll have a file you should be able to import at your leisure.
You shouldn't need more than that...I hope.
Agreed. "Hate" might be too strong a word.
However, tell a small business client that they've got to buy a separate license for EACH station for MS-Office. While you might not get "hate", you're sure not going to get any "sweet sweet lovin' ", either. Typically, they next ask for workarounds to install one copy on multiple machines.
Personally, that's my big gripe with Office and Vista. MS marketing aside, I can't see the value in paying $400 for a software package that does what its parent company wants. Heck, I have installed an OS that didn't cost a dime and uses an office suite of the same cost... and it does what *I* want.
....and I donate to support those. THAT is value.
Anecdotally speaking, it's quickly becoming a moot point...
A friend that used to work at a call center said this is what happens now:
1. Gov't collects DNC list.
2. Gov't sends list to telemarketing firms, via registered mail.
3. Telemarketing firm DENIES delivery. It gets sent back.
4. ???
5. Profit!
I've not verified that m'self, but I've noticed one difference since the DNC list went into effect, and especially in the last year:
MANY more automated calls. Where in the past, I could tell the human on the line to "take me off their list", a robo-call doesn't allow the same.... and I've not heard many telemarketing calls of the human variety calling here recently...
Has anyone else seen this pattern?
So why not dynamically resize your drive partition{s} to include some free space with GParted and then dual-boot?
You could also tri-boot with two partitions for stable "keepers" and a third as a "scratch install" space, just for testing... 'Bout 20GB oughta be plenty.
I'm not suggesting that with ALL your systems, but on at least one, and on as many different hardware combinations as possible...
Not always. Enormous demand + high competition + low supply == high prices...usually.
Try the ones on the highway...
Naah. Didn't want to narrow it to just politicians.
Heck, one look at drivers, TV, and movies today could've told ya that for a LOT less money.
The whole ethics of patenting is a seperate subject, but in general, I'd think that if public money funded the development then the fruits should be put in the public domain.
Here's a possibility:
Establish a trust fund, whose purpose is paying OUR income tax. Individuals and couples ONLY; no business or corporate entities need apply. Any monies gained from any publicly-paid patents goes to this account, and right back to pay our taxes FOR us. Any "extra" assets {if any} can be used toward a universal health care system, Pell grants, or even to shore up Social Security.
Personally, around our 3 PCs in a smoke-laden environment, I've only seen a {mobo-measured} temp increase of at most 4-5 degrees C {and usually only 2-3 degrees, on systems ranging from a PIII with XP Pro to a Athlon XP 2000+ dual-booting Ubuntu/XP Pro...}
BOINC seems to run a wee bit hotter on Ubuntu, but I've not benchmarked the two clients yet. I'm just guessing more efficient code allows for more ops per cycle meaning more CPU use and thermal waste, but that's all it is: a guess. Anyone else have any insight/numbers on this?
Ditto. I'm 59.1Kg, {130 lbs}, and 1.828m tall {6' even.} With a BMI of 17.6, I've been told I'm underweight more times than I can count. They don't even let models on the runway at my size... and yet I'm told by friends whose girth has expanded over the years that they'd rather be in my shape.
The health community needs to stop using a "one size fits all" approach to medicine.
Never underestimate the ability of a redneck to try ANYTHING drunk.
Myself, I'm partial to riding a bicycle drunk; it's FAR more of a challenge to stay upright for some odd reason...