Specifically though, I like the way the answers "battle" against each other, so when you go there you can see the answers ranked in order of "goodness."
Sounds like Stephen Colbert's idea of "wikiality" or truth by consensus.
All copy protection will be cracked eventually. Although satellite TV isn't reliably cracked... The copy protection does keep 95% of people from copying dvds...
If they were forced to release the format of their drivers, then the other OSes would be on a level playing field hardware wise. Microsoft uses their dominance to dictate what functions drivers implement among other things. They're controlling the direction of the hardware market with their requirements to have your driver "certified" You never hear drivers mentioned in the monopoly cases. Documentation to write your own drivers would be nice, but your talking months before a driver can be written.
I'm not saying Windows drivers cant be a nightmare. Far from it. Can you even use Windows 95 drivers on Vista? Come to think about it, maybe people don't expect their old hardware to be supported by the new windows version. But at least you don't need to compile them before they don't work.
Of all the reasons given on this site for the dominance of Microsoft over the mainstream OS market. I think lack of drivers is the main cause. You know your hardware is going to work with Microsoft. If other OS's were able to use drivers written for windows I think you might actually see some competition. Right now companies write drivers for Windows, and maybe Mac Linux if they think its worth it. Its a catch 22, no one writes drivers for an OS with a relatively small number of users, and people don't like not being able to easily use their hardware on an unsupported OS.
That and lack of knowledge. Hard to find subjects are best found in my experience with the "exact phrase" searches using the quotes and -minus to remove common unwanted results. Of the people I help with their computers I've never seen any of them use these. Or click the advanced search to learn about them. Most people just type How do I do X, and like most things with computers, just expect it to work.
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I wonder how much the Hubble pictures cost on a per picture basis.
Specifically though, I like the way the answers "battle" against each other, so when you go there you can see the answers ranked in order of "goodness."
Sounds like Stephen Colbert's idea of "wikiality" or truth by consensus.
an international team of experimentalists has detected four of those atoms
What kind of equipment can detect these? Seems like it would be harder to detect them than to create them
All copy protection will be cracked eventually. Although satellite TV isn't reliably cracked... The copy protection does keep 95% of people from copying dvds...
If they were forced to release the format of their drivers, then the other OSes would be on a level playing field hardware wise. Microsoft uses their dominance to dictate what functions drivers implement among other things. They're controlling the direction of the hardware market with their requirements to have your driver "certified" You never hear drivers mentioned in the monopoly cases. Documentation to write your own drivers would be nice, but your talking months before a driver can be written.
I'm not saying Windows drivers cant be a nightmare. Far from it. Can you even use Windows 95 drivers on Vista? Come to think about it, maybe people don't expect their old hardware to be supported by the new windows version. But at least you don't need to compile them before they don't work.
Of all the reasons given on this site for the dominance of Microsoft over the mainstream OS market. I think lack of drivers is the main cause. You know your hardware is going to work with Microsoft. If other OS's were able to use drivers written for windows I think you might actually see some competition. Right now companies write drivers for Windows, and maybe Mac Linux if they think its worth it. Its a catch 22, no one writes drivers for an OS with a relatively small number of users, and people don't like not being able to easily use their hardware on an unsupported OS.
-1 Troll? That was gold man, gold.
I didn't realize there were so many Santa believers in here.
Ive got a bridge and a Messiah to sell you.
...with lack of basic critical thinking skills
That and lack of knowledge. Hard to find subjects are best found in my experience with the "exact phrase" searches using the quotes and -minus to remove common unwanted results. Of the people I help with their computers I've never seen any of them use these. Or click the advanced search to learn about them. Most people just type How do I do X, and like most things with computers, just expect it to work.
validity of the underlying concept doesn't matter at that point.
Sad, but true.
The above is provided for educational purposes only. I do not advocate breaking the law.
I do.
... concentrate on solutions! Gotta develop 'prozac for pedophiles'.
They have that, its called prozac.
Actually I have 1.5.0.9 that auto downloaded just when 2.0b came out.
Cant Windows do this if you share your,say usb hard drive, over your network?
A dump truck for of DVDs does at least 5 Terra-bytes a second.
I'm sure they'll make a civilian version of this http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/13/18 47255 soon.
I've had it one hour and it crashed already. Not that outlook is any better.
CNETs sexiest animals list:
1: Sheep 2: Snakes 3: Donkeys
Topping CNET's evilest animal list is:
-1 Hitlers Dog
-2 Stalins Hampster
-3 Osamas Poodle
Man. thats the scariest playground I've ever seen. I'm going to have trouble sleeping tonight.
iDemand
I remember when if you got hit in the head with a swing, you got a concussion. Now that was a playground.
Worst article ever.
Funnier cause Id be a stereotypical "ignorant American"?