What do you mean 'would be', have you been watching MS for the last year? They are spending and working very hard to get windows 7 out the door because since Vista sales are just not there.
We forget that netbooks still use XP (not Vista...), which is probably the #1 reason MS is selling so good on this platform, there is no downgrading after a purchase. And I'm sure many folks were unwilling purchasers of linux, or just wanted to try it out and went back to windows. But that doesn't change the fact that many retailers (at MS request) are not stocking netbooks with Linux, nor explain the numbers.
Well around these parts it's nearly impossible to find a linux based netbook, since the retailers simply don't carry them.
When they first arrived on the scene it was about 50/50 in stock, now it's 100% XP based. Oh they are happy to order you one, but it does take time. And I have to ask, who shops retail to 'order and wait for deliver?' No one, you use mail order for that...
I think this is Microsoft playing hardball with retialers to insist they market the Windows version.
I feel so privileged that my comment makes more sense to you. Perhaps you may want to tell/. not to allow posting replies in threads you participate in until you log out so we avoid any confusion in the future.
Let me clue you in further, even the 3000 used a kickstart 'floppy', and the 500 and 2000 had kickstart ROM's.
This was the beauty in that the kickstart was enough to get the hardware running so if you didn't need an OS (you were playing a game...) you didn't have to.
Actually you are incorrect, kickstart was a bootstrap protocal and many games used this this bring the machine up without the entire AmigaOS (something many designers did to improve the amount of ram for the application since RAM was still a premium back then.
So the kickstart was the OS as far as the gamer was concerned since they typically never loaded any 'userland' OS features.
Almost ALL the games used the kickstart exclusively. Very few (until much, much later) started running on a fully booted with AmigaOS system. This was also true of demo's that wanted to run in 880k.
I'm not sure what drugs the moderators were using to determine this to be funny, but c'mon...share!!
Seriously, tho (since I think you were) since this behavior is already clearly ok in the eyes of the Canadian government thanks to the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy
Private copying levy tax we currently pay, you are on the money.
Contrary to the 'disclaimer' at the beginning of this article, in Canada this begat's 'behavior' hence even 'copyright infringement' under the current definition does not substantiate 'illegal'. Proof wikipedia is not always accurate or truthful.
No, no. eldavojohn YOU are WRONG.
since Lars downloaded it for free and 'justifiably so', I also tagged his DHT and took his 'FREE' copy so I am fully entitled to have a copy of this and any of the other albums Lar's also downloaded that day.
Actually, Mr. Pompus they DID equate it to many of the evils that men do, but this should NEVER affect the ability to speak ones mind.
They KNEW that later on folks who 'think they know better' than the rest of the world start infringing their lessor opinion in hopes that others will change they're mind.
If you don't like violent/sexy video games, or anything else for the matter then you don't buy it. But where would hollywood aka California be without this. Yes the double-standard is quite evident here.
You can buy phase bridges that plug into a dryer or stove (220v) receptical and effectively merge the two phases. This has worked well for years with various powerline technologies.
Any master electrician could also install a professional one also.
OS Hardening is exactly that, risk mitigation. If you know that you don't need to run certain processes or your can run them with reduced variables not only will your systems run with less risk, they can also be more stable. Less updates and patching, less dealing with new variables (because someone enabled some feature that was disabled), adding new functions only after approval and ensuring they meet your requirements.
So yes, I'd say OS hardening is an essential part of your good security practices.
The flaw with this logic is that you should get what you pay for. So if you have a 7MB connection, then logically you should be able to download the exact amount of data that a 7MB connection would provide if you used it for 24/7/365. I mean just because you have a ferrari doesn't mean you HAVE to drive 300km/h, but it BETTER mean you can if you bought the car under that impression. So lets stick to the 'impression' vs. the reality since the reality is all 'telco/cable' based ISP's oversell their features to be competitive, but once you're a customer then it doesn't matter. Real ISP's are far more upfront, but then you pay more for it also.
The reality is that most providers are 'presuming' you won't use it all (and heck they'll complain if you do).
As for passing the charges to leechers, well most leechers I know are more than willing to pay for bandwidth, heck they probably have more than one internet access provider. Really having cable AND DSL isn't that expensive, not much of an improvement but does give you closer to 100% uptime for a very reasonable cost.
Bittorrent was created to solve the leeching problem, except it means ISP's have to consider improving UPLOAD speeds, and this they are totally against doing since it will reflect highly in overall service performance. It would also (with some providers) mean increasing the down rates too. So they don't really want to address the real issue.
I honestly don't know of any desktop operating system that Microsoft has released as a "replacement" that did not require more resources than its predecessor. Vista requires more resources than XP, which required more than Win9x, which required more than Win3.1. People that have made their career testing operating systems should bloody-well know that by now. *I* am not surprised, so why are they?
I think the real issue you claim here is true, all OS's whether MS or not have typically required more resources than their predecessor, but with Vista there was not only this claim, but the real validity of the fact that "All things equal, Vista requires more"
So, I can understand that Vista brings more to the table but if the SAME machine runs 'better' under XP than with Vista (assuming both work fine) then WHY would someone need to 'upgrade'? I don't think you would. YET, the majority of Vista sold retail are 'upgrades'.
I've seen many boxes with Vista pre-installed that run very nicely. I've also see the same boxes get downgraded and run better.
I think Vista is much more like ME, than XP in this regard. For an 'upgrade' you'd be better off just forgetting about Vista. The 'features' that make Vista stand out just plainly are not there.
I still think it's funny that many companies have either redeveloped their product for Vista, or given up. Is this testament to the greatness of Vista, or the crappiness of developers? Regardless of the reason, people are starting to understand that a OS is just a cog in wheel called a 'means to an end', and not some uber-duper software to get all righteous about.
If it works use it, if it doesn't dump it. Simple.
I think as an American you should just get used to not having any rights, unless you are a criminal. Then you get awarded certain inalienable rights. But as a average joe/mary you're just screwed since trying to defend your rights either make you look guilty of something, or the government will just say 'the laws don't apply to us', and violate your rights anyway.
I wonder if I could claim refugee status and immigrate to Norway?
Quite frankly, this kind of searching is really needed. Many of these big companies with extensive web sites are removing much of the material from the bots so we can't get a reliable index anyways. Now if I do want to know that they have TV's with 3 HDMI connections, and if I can't get that page delivered properly using the normal query I can now enhance that query to possibly get it. Oh, and if I get 10 competitors links instead of BB, then who am I to care? I'd rather shop at (insert here) than BB anyday!
Car commercials that focus entirely on emotions. A car is an emotional purchase? Really? That's an awful lot of money to be spending on emotions.
Give a customer a perfectly factual presentation of a car's features, controls, options, economy and safety equipment/ratings and you'll get a blank stare and a brochure request. Show the person how this car will make them look (vanity), feel (happiness), and protect what's important to them (love) and you've got yourself a sale. As the old saying goes, "The feel of the wheel will seal the deal."
I so think that even the advertisers have decided to not even bother trying to convince you otherwise. Unless it's a Hybrid vehicle (even these...) the stats go out the window opposed to how I look with the vehicle to others. There is even a commercial in our market where a saleswoman is selling a car to a rather average guy and the guy asks 'so, who do I look?' and she points over to the window where a bunch of girls are looking his way smiling and flirting. He says he'll take it. Behind the guy is some famous country singer (don't remember the name) who tips his hat to the saleswoman.
I think this takes all doubt out of the question.
The percentage of people who buy purely based on factual data? Probably hovers somewhere in the 1-2% range.
Do you buy your vehicles based on technical data or do you look it around first, spend some time driving (feeling) it out? Do you buy a home based on measurements and number and dimension of windows, or do you look around and envision yourself in the space and get a feeling or vibe about it?
Our emotions are a major, if not the major cause of most of our decisions in life. Show me someone who's never done or specifically avoided something because of a gut feeling and I'll show you a liar.
All true, but most of these decisions would be affected better without an emotional requirement. Getting back to car examples, the best cars I've had were all cars that I didn't buy because 'I had to have that car!', but because 'It will do what I need it to do'. It's funny but reality. Of course I can also honestly say the cars I had the most fun with were the more emotional ones.
Same with home buying, I don't think I've ever bought a house on the specs, but it certainly reduces the choices I look at, so in a indirect way I will weed down the views to my 'needs', then pick as you stated 'what looks good'. I do think a home/car is much like a suit/dress, and the purchasing and advertising aspects of these purchases will obviously have an emotional attachment I don't think you can eliminate. But we can try to reign it in a bit, and I think avoiding advertising is an effective way to do this. More planning based on real needs vs. the 'window shopping' approach certainly works. But I also think some people cannot be effective consumers this way. I've seen some people that simply cannot resist/avoid impulse purchases. Sure everyone is guilty from time to time but for some it's like food, an essential part of the day.
...and "Sales" are just another form of advertising. It used to be that retailers would put old stock on sale to eliminate it, but these days it's become it's own way of advertising, after all 'who doesn't like buying stuff on sale?'.
So that would make you 1 years old officially. Happy belated birthday.
It does appear there was a Feb 30th this year and I missed it, at least according to this post about some guy who used to be in Kiss playing in Buffalo that day.
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What do you mean 'would be', have you been watching MS for the last year? They are spending and working very hard to get windows 7 out the door because since Vista sales are just not there.
We forget that netbooks still use XP (not Vista...), which is probably the #1 reason MS is selling so good on this platform, there is no downgrading after a purchase. And I'm sure many folks were unwilling purchasers of linux, or just wanted to try it out and went back to windows. But that doesn't change the fact that many retailers (at MS request) are not stocking netbooks with Linux, nor explain the numbers.
Well around these parts it's nearly impossible to find a linux based netbook, since the retailers simply don't carry them. When they first arrived on the scene it was about 50/50 in stock, now it's 100% XP based. Oh they are happy to order you one, but it does take time. And I have to ask, who shops retail to 'order and wait for deliver?' No one, you use mail order for that... I think this is Microsoft playing hardball with retialers to insist they market the Windows version.
Oh, well 679911 says this is BS so it must be true!! Come on now, everyone retract your BS comments now, you've been caught and called out!
A G&R fan actually learned something!! This should be a /. story itself!
I feel so privileged that my comment makes more sense to you. Perhaps you may want to tell /. not to allow posting replies in threads you participate in until you log out so we avoid any confusion in the future.
Actually now you are, since you misattributed my comment to you, when it was geared at the other fellow. No harm no foul they say.
Let me clue you in further, even the 3000 used a kickstart 'floppy', and the 500 and 2000 had kickstart ROM's. This was the beauty in that the kickstart was enough to get the hardware running so if you didn't need an OS (you were playing a game...) you didn't have to.
Ah, Amigans....the first true jihadists of the OS Holy war.
Actually you are incorrect, kickstart was a bootstrap protocal and many games used this this bring the machine up without the entire AmigaOS (something many designers did to improve the amount of ram for the application since RAM was still a premium back then. So the kickstart was the OS as far as the gamer was concerned since they typically never loaded any 'userland' OS features. Almost ALL the games used the kickstart exclusively. Very few (until much, much later) started running on a fully booted with AmigaOS system. This was also true of demo's that wanted to run in 880k.
I'm not sure what drugs the moderators were using to determine this to be funny, but c'mon...share!! Seriously, tho (since I think you were) since this behavior is already clearly ok in the eyes of the Canadian government thanks to the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy Private copying levy tax we currently pay, you are on the money. Contrary to the 'disclaimer' at the beginning of this article, in Canada this begat's 'behavior' hence even 'copyright infringement' under the current definition does not substantiate 'illegal'. Proof wikipedia is not always accurate or truthful.
No, no. eldavojohn YOU are WRONG. since Lars downloaded it for free and 'justifiably so', I also tagged his DHT and took his 'FREE' copy so I am fully entitled to have a copy of this and any of the other albums Lar's also downloaded that day.
Actually, Mr. Pompus they DID equate it to many of the evils that men do, but this should NEVER affect the ability to speak ones mind. They KNEW that later on folks who 'think they know better' than the rest of the world start infringing their lessor opinion in hopes that others will change they're mind. If you don't like violent/sexy video games, or anything else for the matter then you don't buy it. But where would hollywood aka California be without this. Yes the double-standard is quite evident here.
You can buy phase bridges that plug into a dryer or stove (220v) receptical and effectively merge the two phases. This has worked well for years with various powerline technologies. Any master electrician could also install a professional one also.
I'm sure 'air' would work well in the Martian environment.
OS Hardening is exactly that, risk mitigation. If you know that you don't need to run certain processes or your can run them with reduced variables not only will your systems run with less risk, they can also be more stable. Less updates and patching, less dealing with new variables (because someone enabled some feature that was disabled), adding new functions only after approval and ensuring they meet your requirements. So yes, I'd say OS hardening is an essential part of your good security practices.
The flaw with this logic is that you should get what you pay for. So if you have a 7MB connection, then logically you should be able to download the exact amount of data that a 7MB connection would provide if you used it for 24/7/365. I mean just because you have a ferrari doesn't mean you HAVE to drive 300km/h, but it BETTER mean you can if you bought the car under that impression. So lets stick to the 'impression' vs. the reality since the reality is all 'telco/cable' based ISP's oversell their features to be competitive, but once you're a customer then it doesn't matter. Real ISP's are far more upfront, but then you pay more for it also.
The reality is that most providers are 'presuming' you won't use it all (and heck they'll complain if you do).
As for passing the charges to leechers, well most leechers I know are more than willing to pay for bandwidth, heck they probably have more than one internet access provider. Really having cable AND DSL isn't that expensive, not much of an improvement but does give you closer to 100% uptime for a very reasonable cost.
Bittorrent was created to solve the leeching problem, except it means ISP's have to consider improving UPLOAD speeds, and this they are totally against doing since it will reflect highly in overall service performance. It would also (with some providers) mean increasing the down rates too. So they don't really want to address the real issue.
Got weed?
--Okokok I'm pushing it. (stolen from Joe Pesci)
Hmm, so if we just go overseas then and get Microsoft products for free and then bring them back, does that make us pirates?
I think the real issue you claim here is true, all OS's whether MS or not have typically required more resources than their predecessor, but with Vista there was not only this claim, but the real validity of the fact that "All things equal, Vista requires more"
So, I can understand that Vista brings more to the table but if the SAME machine runs 'better' under XP than with Vista (assuming both work fine) then WHY would someone need to 'upgrade'? I don't think you would. YET, the majority of Vista sold retail are 'upgrades'.
I've seen many boxes with Vista pre-installed that run very nicely. I've also see the same boxes get downgraded and run better.
I think Vista is much more like ME, than XP in this regard. For an 'upgrade' you'd be better off just forgetting about Vista. The 'features' that make Vista stand out just plainly are not there.
I still think it's funny that many companies have either redeveloped their product for Vista, or given up. Is this testament to the greatness of Vista, or the crappiness of developers? Regardless of the reason, people are starting to understand that a OS is just a cog in wheel called a 'means to an end', and not some uber-duper software to get all righteous about.
If it works use it, if it doesn't dump it. Simple.
I think as an American you should just get used to not having any rights, unless you are a criminal. Then you get awarded certain inalienable rights. But as a average joe/mary you're just screwed since trying to defend your rights either make you look guilty of something, or the government will just say 'the laws don't apply to us', and violate your rights anyway.
I wonder if I could claim refugee status and immigrate to Norway?
Quite frankly, this kind of searching is really needed. Many of these big companies with extensive web sites are removing much of the material from the bots so we can't get a reliable index anyways. Now if I do want to know that they have TV's with 3 HDMI connections, and if I can't get that page delivered properly using the normal query I can now enhance that query to possibly get it. Oh, and if I get 10 competitors links instead of BB, then who am I to care? I'd rather shop at (insert here) than BB anyday!
Regardless, you will not use that port again.
Give a customer a perfectly factual presentation of a car's features, controls, options, economy and safety equipment/ratings and you'll get a blank stare and a brochure request. Show the person how this car will make them look (vanity), feel (happiness), and protect what's important to them (love) and you've got yourself a sale. As the old saying goes, "The feel of the wheel will seal the deal."
I so think that even the advertisers have decided to not even bother trying to convince you otherwise. Unless it's a Hybrid vehicle (even these...) the stats go out the window opposed to how I look with the vehicle to others. There is even a commercial in our market where a saleswoman is selling a car to a rather average guy and the guy asks 'so, who do I look?' and she points over to the window where a bunch of girls are looking his way smiling and flirting. He says he'll take it. Behind the guy is some famous country singer (don't remember the name) who tips his hat to the saleswoman.
I think this takes all doubt out of the question.
The percentage of people who buy purely based on factual data? Probably hovers somewhere in the 1-2% range.
Do you buy your vehicles based on technical data or do you look it around first, spend some time driving (feeling) it out? Do you buy a home based on measurements and number and dimension of windows, or do you look around and envision yourself in the space and get a feeling or vibe about it?
Our emotions are a major, if not the major cause of most of our decisions in life. Show me someone who's never done or specifically avoided something because of a gut feeling and I'll show you a liar.
All true, but most of these decisions would be affected better without an emotional requirement. Getting back to car examples, the best cars I've had were all cars that I didn't buy because 'I had to have that car!', but because 'It will do what I need it to do'. It's funny but reality. Of course I can also honestly say the cars I had the most fun with were the more emotional ones.
Same with home buying, I don't think I've ever bought a house on the specs, but it certainly reduces the choices I look at, so in a indirect way I will weed down the views to my 'needs', then pick as you stated 'what looks good'. I do think a home/car is much like a suit/dress, and the purchasing and advertising aspects of these purchases will obviously have an emotional attachment I don't think you can eliminate. But we can try to reign it in a bit, and I think avoiding advertising is an effective way to do this. More planning based on real needs vs. the 'window shopping' approach certainly works. But I also think some people cannot be effective consumers this way. I've seen some people that simply cannot resist/avoid impulse purchases. Sure everyone is guilty from time to time but for some it's like food, an essential part of the day.
...and "Sales" are just another form of advertising. It used to be that retailers would put old stock on sale to eliminate it, but these days it's become it's own way of advertising, after all 'who doesn't like buying stuff on sale?'.
So that would make you 1 years old officially. Happy belated birthday.
It does appear there was a Feb 30th this year and I missed it, at least according to this post about some guy who used to be in Kiss playing in Buffalo that day.
http://www.hardrockin80s.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=14097