Most European schools teach British English while most English media non-British Europeans consume is from America. This tends to result in a mess when people have to write or speak English themselves. This is my experience in the Finnish education system, at least.
There is also great diversity within England. In practice everyone knows that "British English" means some mix of Receieved Pronunciation and London English.
What? The language of Madrid is Castilian. Galician is a separate language, closer to Portuguese than Castilian, spoken in Galicia on the Northwest coast of Spain.
What is your measure of processor speed? CPU makers seem to have run into a wall at < 4 GHz, so they are using the transistors to do multi-core instead. More and more apps are being deisgned with multi-core in mind, so computers are still getting faster.
Wiki says the meaning and epoch of the Unix clock change several times in the early 70s. In fact the clock originally counted time in sixtieths of a second (because the first Unix machine's processor ran at 60Hz), so the wall clock time that 123456789 appeared is ambiguous.
An all-in-one doesn't fold up in a handy package that protects the screen and input devices, nor does it include a keyboard and pointing device. Desktop replacements do have legitimate uses.
With current RAM prices it is cheaper to correct the RAM deficiency in such a system than to add a SSD, unless you're hitting the 4GB limit and can't move to a 64-bit OS for some reason.
You don't need to know where your files are. Why should you? The computer knows. Good search is an essential feature in any desktop environment, free or not.
First and third links cite Gutmann, credibility destroyed.
The alternative to implementing HDCP is not being able to access HD content at all. (No I don't care if your torrents and patent-violating software are ever so convenient. MS doesn't have the luxury of giving the media industry the finger.)
Oh no, your computer fetches a text file from MS to see if your connection works. Dear heavens. Whatever shall we do? Most of the other stuff is opt-in.
Windows Defender is a great service to the Internet community. If you can't see that you should stop using it and move to a shack in Montana.
Many of the apps that used to come with Windows are now part of the Windows Live Essentials bundle so as to decouple the release cycle from Windows and avoid more trouble with anti-trust laws. It is a free download form live.com. Many of them have had significant improvements, such as the mail client. The latest versions also include support for some of the new features in Windows 7.
Why would bundled apps make the system slower? They don't take up any of your precious megarams unless you use them.
Or you could just wait until the game goes on sale. If you only care about single player it doesn't really matter when you play it. I bought four great games on Steam for €20 this Christmas. (Two major titles, Stalker, Bioshock, and two indie games, Trials 2 and Alien Shooter.)
Another advantage is that you can save hundreds of euros on hardware by playing a game once cheap computers can handle it.
MS ought to create a generic update service that would allow programs to register an URL to check for updates and an update program to launch when one is available. I don't see any security implications that don't apply with every program having its own update service.
Hence the difference between "screen font" and "print font". Sans-serif are easier to read at low resolution because the letters are less complex (which is also why they are used in headlines and signs), while serifs make it easier to track a line in long, closely spaced text like a book.
As usual, Slashdot users are oblivious to the existence of a world beyond computer science classes and small web development shops.
There is a lot of niche hardware out there that will never have 64-bit drivers. Many of the users of such hardware, such as big industrial and R&D companies, are very important customers for MS.
MS also want to bring as many users of old hardware as they can up to the NT 6 kernel so they can reduce NT 5 support costs.
In most of Europe taxes on gasoline are much higher than on diesel. This creates an artificial demand for diesel powered cars. Without taxation diesel is actually somewhat more expensive than gas due to a more complex refining process. Today this tax discrimination is partially motivated by lower greenhouse gas emissions, but originally it was a sop to the trucking industry. It was only in the 90s that environmentally friendly diesels were pioneered by VW.
The diesel engines used by GM's European divisions (Opel and Saab) are competitive with VW's and other European manufacturers' engines. Ford also has good diesels in its Volvo cars.
A major barrier to diesel adoption in the US is California's environmental laws. Diesel engines produce more particulates (soot) than gasoline engines, increasing local air pollution. Due to the geography of Los Angeles it is unusually prone to smog, so California's emission controls are particularly strict. US car makers don't like the idea of marketing models that are excluded from the biggest car market in the country.
Taste is not useful to determine water quality. Most waterborne illnesses can be carried in almost pure water, and many toxins are tasteless at low but harmful levels. Regular scientific testing is the only way to be sure of what you are drinking. This is why well water is practically always more dangerous than municipal water.
Yes, but the situation with smartphones is very different. When the PC industry was born there was minimal interest from the major computer makers. There are already very big companies focusing a lot of effort on smartphones.
(I speak of smartphones because I don't think MIDs in their current form have a significant niche. Netbooks and smartphones will keep them outt of the mass market.)
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Only a moron would be logged in as a admin for day-to-day usage. This applies to any desktop OS.
Most European schools teach British English while most English media non-British Europeans consume is from America. This tends to result in a mess when people have to write or speak English themselves. This is my experience in the Finnish education system, at least.
There is also great diversity within England. In practice everyone knows that "British English" means some mix of Receieved Pronunciation and London English.
What? The language of Madrid is Castilian. Galician is a separate language, closer to Portuguese than Castilian, spoken in Galicia on the Northwest coast of Spain.
I think your problem is that you are running McAfee.
What is your measure of processor speed? CPU makers seem to have run into a wall at < 4 GHz, so they are using the transistors to do multi-core instead. More and more apps are being deisgned with multi-core in mind, so computers are still getting faster.
Wiki says the meaning and epoch of the Unix clock change several times in the early 70s. In fact the clock originally counted time in sixtieths of a second (because the first Unix machine's processor ran at 60Hz), so the wall clock time that 123456789 appeared is ambiguous.
Why are you installing Adobe Reader? There are several alternatives, like Foxit, that are far less user-hostile.
An all-in-one doesn't fold up in a handy package that protects the screen and input devices, nor does it include a keyboard and pointing device. Desktop replacements do have legitimate uses.
What DRM are you concerned about? Be specific.
The only DRM that is a real concern to me is WGA, and that is in XP as well.
With current RAM prices it is cheaper to correct the RAM deficiency in such a system than to add a SSD, unless you're hitting the 4GB limit and can't move to a 64-bit OS for some reason.
You don't need to know where your files are. Why should you? The computer knows. Good search is an essential feature in any desktop environment, free or not.
First and third links cite Gutmann, credibility destroyed.
The alternative to implementing HDCP is not being able to access HD content at all. (No I don't care if your torrents and patent-violating software are ever so convenient. MS doesn't have the luxury of giving the media industry the finger.)
Oh no, your computer fetches a text file from MS to see if your connection works. Dear heavens. Whatever shall we do? Most of the other stuff is opt-in.
Windows Defender is a great service to the Internet community. If you can't see that you should stop using it and move to a shack in Montana.
Goddamn this shameless FUD ticks me off.
Many of the apps that used to come with Windows are now part of the Windows Live Essentials bundle so as to decouple the release cycle from Windows and avoid more trouble with anti-trust laws. It is a free download form live.com. Many of them have had significant improvements, such as the mail client. The latest versions also include support for some of the new features in Windows 7.
Why would bundled apps make the system slower? They don't take up any of your precious megarams unless you use them.
Or you could just wait until the game goes on sale. If you only care about single player it doesn't really matter when you play it. I bought four great games on Steam for €20 this Christmas. (Two major titles, Stalker, Bioshock, and two indie games, Trials 2 and Alien Shooter.)
Another advantage is that you can save hundreds of euros on hardware by playing a game once cheap computers can handle it.
MS ought to create a generic update service that would allow programs to register an URL to check for updates and an update program to launch when one is available. I don't see any security implications that don't apply with every program having its own update service.
Is this some sort of reverse cultural chauvinism? All the world has been dominated by the Anglo-American culture and language for a century or more.
Hence the difference between "screen font" and "print font". Sans-serif are easier to read at low resolution because the letters are less complex (which is also why they are used in headlines and signs), while serifs make it easier to track a line in long, closely spaced text like a book.
Early 80s diesel cars were pretty nasty. My dad used to have a 1978 Opel Rekord, and its engine was loud and dirty.
As usual, Slashdot users are oblivious to the existence of a world beyond computer science classes and small web development shops.
There is a lot of niche hardware out there that will never have 64-bit drivers. Many of the users of such hardware, such as big industrial and R&D companies, are very important customers for MS.
MS also want to bring as many users of old hardware as they can up to the NT 6 kernel so they can reduce NT 5 support costs.
In most of Europe taxes on gasoline are much higher than on diesel. This creates an artificial demand for diesel powered cars. Without taxation diesel is actually somewhat more expensive than gas due to a more complex refining process. Today this tax discrimination is partially motivated by lower greenhouse gas emissions, but originally it was a sop to the trucking industry. It was only in the 90s that environmentally friendly diesels were pioneered by VW.
The diesel engines used by GM's European divisions (Opel and Saab) are competitive with VW's and other European manufacturers' engines. Ford also has good diesels in its Volvo cars.
A major barrier to diesel adoption in the US is California's environmental laws. Diesel engines produce more particulates (soot) than gasoline engines, increasing local air pollution. Due to the geography of Los Angeles it is unusually prone to smog, so California's emission controls are particularly strict. US car makers don't like the idea of marketing models that are excluded from the biggest car market in the country.
The gain is 1000 lives/year. Can you show that your conjecture will result in more than 1000 lives/year lost? That's a rather tall order.
Many sites turn that off due to the obvious security implications of people passing around links containing credentials.
Taste is not useful to determine water quality. Most waterborne illnesses can be carried in almost pure water, and many toxins are tasteless at low but harmful levels. Regular scientific testing is the only way to be sure of what you are drinking. This is why well water is practically always more dangerous than municipal water.
Yes, but the situation with smartphones is very different. When the PC industry was born there was minimal interest from the major computer makers. There are already very big companies focusing a lot of effort on smartphones.
(I speak of smartphones because I don't think MIDs in their current form have a significant niche. Netbooks and smartphones will keep them outt of the mass market.)