There is one other problem with this integration - Security. By integrating IE so deep into the O/S, Microsoft has providing the ultimate hacking platform: A program designed to run someone else's code without authentication, and its buried deep into the O/s? No wonder Windows is PWNED so much.
We had a large merry-go-round at the park, that was tilted about a few feet. You could get that bad-boy going really fast, and G-forces at the bottom were really cool. I tried to hang off at the bottom, but kept hitting the ground.:)
Have you ever rode a skateboard at 30mph or a bicycle at 50mph, without a helmet?
I once wanted to remove Office 2000 from my computer because it was hosed, and I couldn't because I didn't have the original CD it was installed with (years before by someone else). Go figure. Eventually, I removed it using one of my own utilities:
startup: Before installing the service pack it took my computer (Hell laptop with 1.6ghz dual core AMD processor, 4GB RAM) 20 minutes to become usable. Now I can use my computer within 2 minutes of logging in to my domain.
The only complaint I have is that installing the Service Pack took alittle over 4 hours.
Is is just me, or does anyone else find a anything wrong with the above statements? BTW, I have a 5 year old 1.6 AMD with 384m RAM. It is now in use for my Arcade cabinet using the latest version of Lincard/Gentoo. The GUI desktop is ready to play games in about 10-15 seconds of hitting the switch.
I have used all of the versions of Windows except Vista extensively. Today I saw a Dell running Vista on the end cap. It had a command prompt and another window on it:
Maybe TSA could hire these guys. Every casino in Las Vegas is open to outside with no doors, and anyone can enter. When you are in one, you never notice any security until you do something not allowed ("Sir, children under 18 are not allowed in the slots area")
That would be classic. The Democrats jumped the shark in the '70s, and the Republicans jumped the shark when they forgot their "Contract with America". I would love to see a viable 3rd party.
I wish I had mod points. We reboot our Windows servers all the time, but hadn't rebooted a Linux server since it was originally put into production a year previously, and we didn't have procedures for what to do when rebooting the server. An important part of putting any system into production is to reboot it, develop startup scripts and document everything required to reboot it.
I saw this on the Wall Street Journal screen we have in our building today. My first thoughts: WTF? SCO? $100 Million? It can't be that SCO. Oh, well, I guess it is. Maybe I'll be seeing Duke Nukem Forever on Linux soon...
A recent Washington post article had a good quote concerning Vista:
"Meh."
I have another saying for it: SSDD (Same Shit, Different Day).
The rest of the article pretty much summed up: While Vista has some nice new features, it also has some new annoyances, and complained about DRM (not the "I can't play my media on unauthorized hardware" kind, but the DRM concerning Windows itself (activation, WGA, etc)). This article was in the dead tree paper and distinctly non-technical. Most Windows users would relate.
Having never used Vista, but based on what I have read, I believe it doesn't usually suck on realistic hardware. The problem for Microsoft (at least from my own perspective), is that I have no reason to upgrade to it, and a lot of reasons not to:
XP runs all of my old games just fine. Vista may not.
The rest of my apps run just fine on Ubuntu, without worrying about viruses, malware, and the rest.
I really don't feel like buying a new computer anytime soon. I suppose if I buy a new Windows one, it will have Vista on it. However, I have a Wii for any new games I might want, and everything else I do runs at least as well on Linux.
The new Windows DRM (WGA, activation) makes it impossible to transfer my copy of Windows to new hardware. My only options are to pay through the nose for something I already have, bittorrent a cracked copy from somewhere, or forget it and install Ubuntu.
I don't really hate Microsoft (I bought Windows 95 the day it came out, and never really did any serious work on Linux until about 5 years ago), but now, I just don't really care anymore. As the Post article summed it up, "Meh."
I do. I just spent 10 minutes at a grocery store finding apple juice which is not made in China (hint, avoid most concentrates, even those with American flags on them). I routinely check the labels, and do base my purchase on that. I prefer the U.S., but any decent democracy will do.
4. Cleartype. I can't imagine how this dude managed to get lost turning off Cleartype. I just opened IE 7, pressed F1 for help, typed Cleartype into the box, and pressed enter. The very first link goes to a help section detailing what Cleartype is, and how to turn it on and off system-wide. (It's been my experience that Vista's help system is actually capable of being useful, in start contrast to previous versions of Windows.)
It is probably because he has been very well trained by previous versions of windows to not use help. A few days ago, I was trying do export some tax records on a Linux computer when the webserver download function crapped out and would no longer return any records. I could display them in an HTML table on the website, but couldn't export them. In the past, every time I tried to copy an HTML table from IE into an Excel spreadsheet, it failed spectacularly. It never even occurred to me to try it in Open Office. Much to my surprise it worked perfectly. The next day, I was talking to a co-worker and we tried it on Excel 2003. Even more to my surprise it worked there too. The fact is, it had been broken for so many versions of office that I simply assumed it would be broken forever.
In 1988, Ollie North found out the hard way that there are backups of emails:P
I have always valued email for the fact that it is backed up and can be retrieved (sometimes years) later. In fact, I send emails for precisely that reason. I recently found a 2000 email from our client concerning a policy that was relevant to a current issue.
Email is a form of writing, and should be treated as such. I always prefer email for technical support, where I can send the commands or procedure to use a lot easier than the phone. Email also works great for order confirmations, meeting minutes, and the like.
If I need to discuss something private, I'll call the other person, or if I am truly paranoid, I'll meet them in person. That way, there is no record of the conversation that someone can use against us later.
I have never had the pleasure of watching a Concorde land or take off. However, I can see your point.
When I was 6, I got to look at an SR-71 up close at Palmdale, and knew all about the Concord, SST, and the Soviet bird.
These days in Arlington, when a B-52 or a Warthog (or even a B-2) flies over, ever single one of us rushes to the window to watch it, just like we were kids. A great way to end meetings early:)
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There is one other problem with this integration - Security. By integrating IE so deep into the O/S, Microsoft has providing the ultimate hacking platform: A program designed to run someone else's code without authentication, and its buried deep into the O/s? No wonder Windows is PWNED so much.
You could also "upgrade" the Win95 upgrade CD to the full version by pretending to have WinNT:
C:\> dir > NTLDR
I got this little tip from Microsoft support themselves after my Win95 upgrade FUBARed and I had to reinstall.
I have one of these, but haven't used it yet. Perhaps tomorrow...</shameless_ostc_plug>
I once played a version of this joke - on myself.
We had a large merry-go-round at the park, that was tilted about a few feet. You could get that bad-boy going really fast, and G-forces at the bottom were really cool. I tried to hang off at the bottom, but kept hitting the ground. :)
Have you ever rode a skateboard at 30mph or a bicycle at 50mph, without a helmet?
Thats probably the most insightful comment I have seen here. Too bad I don't have mod points :(
Thanks, I just got the CD. :)
TFA has a poll:
Will you wait until Vista SP1 is released before upgrading to Vista?
Yes 12%
No 2%
I have already upgraded to Vista 17%
I have no plans to use Vista 69%
startup: Before installing the service pack it took my computer (Hell laptop with 1.6ghz dual core AMD processor, 4GB RAM) 20 minutes to become usable. Now I can use my computer within 2 minutes of logging in to my domain.
The only complaint I have is that installing the Service Pack took alittle over 4 hours.
Is is just me, or does anyone else find a anything wrong with the above statements? BTW, I have a 5 year old 1.6 AMD with 384m RAM. It is now in use for my Arcade cabinet using the latest version of Lincard/Gentoo. The GUI desktop is ready to play games in about 10-15 seconds of hitting the switch.
I have used all of the versions of Windows except Vista extensively. Today I saw a Dell running Vista on the end cap. It had a command prompt and another window on it:
Skynet (Not responding)
Have we all been Pwned?
That reminds me too much of algebra. Ouch, my brain hurts!!!
Maybe TSA could hire these guys. Every casino in Las Vegas is open to outside with no doors, and anyone can enter. When you are in one, you never notice any security until you do something not allowed ("Sir, children under 18 are not allowed in the slots area")
I know about the radio series, but have never seen it for sale. Where can I get the CDs?
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That would be classic. The Democrats jumped the shark in the '70s, and the Republicans jumped the shark when they forgot their "Contract with America". I would love to see a viable 3rd party.
I wish I had mod points. We reboot our Windows servers all the time, but hadn't rebooted a Linux server since it was originally put into production a year previously, and we didn't have procedures for what to do when rebooting the server. An important part of putting any system into production is to reboot it, develop startup scripts and document everything required to reboot it.
An old saying from the Army, which definitely applies to software development:
"There is never enough time to do it right, but always time to do it again."
If it can run Battlezone, Roller Coaster Tycoon, and Shockwave games on the internet, that it for me.
I saw this on the Wall Street Journal screen we have in our building today. My first thoughts: WTF? SCO? $100 Million? It can't be that SCO. Oh, well, I guess it is. Maybe I'll be seeing Duke Nukem Forever on Linux soon...
A recent Washington post article had a good quote concerning Vista:
"Meh."
I have another saying for it: SSDD (Same Shit, Different Day).
The rest of the article pretty much summed up: While Vista has some nice new features, it also has some new annoyances, and complained about DRM (not the "I can't play my media on unauthorized hardware" kind, but the DRM concerning Windows itself (activation, WGA, etc)). This article was in the dead tree paper and distinctly non-technical. Most Windows users would relate.
Having never used Vista, but based on what I have read, I believe it doesn't usually suck on realistic hardware. The problem for Microsoft (at least from my own perspective), is that I have no reason to upgrade to it, and a lot of reasons not to:
I don't really hate Microsoft (I bought Windows 95 the day it came out, and never really did any serious work on Linux until about 5 years ago), but now, I just don't really care anymore. As the Post article summed it up, "Meh."
I do. I just spent 10 minutes at a grocery store finding apple juice which is not made in China (hint, avoid most concentrates, even those with American flags on them). I routinely check the labels, and do base my purchase on that. I prefer the U.S., but any decent democracy will do.
4. Cleartype. I can't imagine how this dude managed to get lost turning off Cleartype. I just opened IE 7, pressed F1 for help, typed Cleartype into the box, and pressed enter. The very first link goes to a help section detailing what Cleartype is, and how to turn it on and off system-wide. (It's been my experience that Vista's help system is actually capable of being useful, in start contrast to previous versions of Windows.)
It is probably because he has been very well trained by previous versions of windows to not use help. A few days ago, I was trying do export some tax records on a Linux computer when the webserver download function crapped out and would no longer return any records. I could display them in an HTML table on the website, but couldn't export them. In the past, every time I tried to copy an HTML table from IE into an Excel spreadsheet, it failed spectacularly. It never even occurred to me to try it in Open Office. Much to my surprise it worked perfectly. The next day, I was talking to a co-worker and we tried it on Excel 2003. Even more to my surprise it worked there too. The fact is, it had been broken for so many versions of office that I simply assumed it would be broken forever.
In 1988, Ollie North found out the hard way that there are backups of emails:P
I have always valued email for the fact that it is backed up and can be retrieved (sometimes years) later. In fact, I send emails for precisely that reason. I recently found a 2000 email from our client concerning a policy that was relevant to a current issue.
Email is a form of writing, and should be treated as such. I always prefer email for technical support, where I can send the commands or procedure to use a lot easier than the phone. Email also works great for order confirmations, meeting minutes, and the like.
If I need to discuss something private, I'll call the other person, or if I am truly paranoid, I'll meet them in person. That way, there is no record of the conversation that someone can use against us later.
I have never had the pleasure of watching a Concorde land or take off. However, I can see your point.
When I was 6, I got to look at an SR-71 up close at Palmdale, and knew all about the Concord, SST, and the Soviet bird.
These days in Arlington, when a B-52 or a Warthog (or even a B-2) flies over, ever single one of us rushes to the window to watch it, just like we were kids. A great way to end meetings early :)