No one can deny that, but even the text based installer that was being used before that was extremely user friendly. Just because you can use a mouse and click on buttons doesn't necessarily mean something is useful.
Read the report.
This brief paper analyzes the vulnerability
disclosures and fixes for the first 6 months of
Windows Vista and looks at it in the context
of its predecessor, Windows XP, along with
several other modern workstation operating
systems including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Novell
and Apple products.
The results of the analysis show that, as it did
at the 90 day mark, Windows Vista has an
improved security vulnerability profile over
its predecessor and a significantly better
profile relative to comparable modern
competitive operating systems.
I've crashed a mac before. It was one of the most bizarre experiences I've ever had. It was on an iMac at the local university, and I was trying to copy files between two of my flash drives when all of a sudden the mac equivalent of the BSOD flashed over my screen. In four different languages, it told me that I needed to power down my computer. After booting, everything was fine, except one of my thumb drives was now read only. Except there's no data on it, nor any apparent way to format it or change the read only status (at least from windows).
Looking back, I think I may have unplugged a scanner without dismounting it and then plugged one of the flash drives into that port. User error strikes again!
I can't speak for modern Greek, but in classical Greek the letter (gamma) always has a hard g sound. Seeing as the SI prefixes were probably stolen from classical Greek, I'd argue that the hard g sound would be correct.
A little look at Wikipedia shows me that this letter in modern Greek has both the sound of a hard G and the sound of a Y, depending on usage.
And here I thought I'd never get any use out of my Greek.
One thing I find with English speaking people, is that they don't care so much about the pronunciation, or even if you use the correct grammar. And then, you found slashdot.
But if the GBA can play ROMs off of SD cards (which it can, if you buy the appropriate adapter), then so too can the Wii. A third-party adapter that can be used for piracy? Don't get me wrong, playing roms from an SD card is cool and all, but it's hardly something we should expect Nintendo to push themselves.
Let's not forget the fact that once you've purchased something from the VC, you OWN it. Even if you delete it from your system, you can download it again. Not to mention the fact that I believe you can back up some of your channels to an SD card, allowing you to free up space if you need to.
Manhunt 2 may end up never being available in any form. If it is anything like Thrill Kill, the full version will be leaked and distributed amongst pirates anyway.
Yeah, that would work.
If Rockstar only released titles on PC, anyway. However, most of their titles (including this one) at least start out on consoles (from what I see on google, it should be out on the Wii, PS2, and PSP) . Paying to download it, and then play it on your console brings up many different problems. An AO rating can and will kill a console game's sales, for the reason stated in the summary.
The more recent Final Fantasy games (I'd say from VII on) have been increasingly driven by technology while not expanding significantly on gameplay. Sure, XII had a number of changes, but by making the game more or less play itself (or, if you prefer, drastically changing the player's role in battle to being more of a coach) it had gone too far in the other direction. The possibility exists that motion-sensitive control would also be too radical of a change, but the Wii would allow them to refocus on game design as opposed to making some very pretty cinematics. Talking about recent Final Fantasy games, you quote from VII on? Doesn't anyone realize that game is now ten years old? While I agree that it is a trend, it's hardly anything recent. I'd also like to note that the gameplay of Final Fantasy XII is nearly identical to the MMO gameplay of Final Fantasy XI, so it's not really as much of a change as most would say. Personally, I really enjoyed XII, because it was the first one since VII to have a story worth mentioning without solely (the key word here, of course) relying on pretty cinematics.
Square's changes in gameplay usually have less to do with how the game is controlled (i.e. which controller is used) and more to do with how the game has control (the introduction of the Active Battle System, the various different magic systems, job systems, the License Board). The gameplay has always been essentially a bunch of menus, but what effect those menus have on the game is what changes from game to game. I highly doubt Square will be diverting from a format which has given them success for twenty years.
Never mind the fact that the Crusades are one of the bloodiest time periods in history, a time when Christians slaughtered countless people (trying to convert muslims) in the name of their Lord and Savior.
'"More and more governments are realising the utility of controlling what people see online and major internet companies, in an attempt to expand their markets, are colluding in these attempts,"' said Tim Hancock, Amnesty's campaign director.
Possibly but they wouldn't be able to do as much if any damage because of the security model. Microsoft made some epically bad architectural decisions when they designed Windows that will always mean windows is realtively wide-open compared to Linux. Except for the fact that, as I stated before, not every user of a computer necessarily knows all of the ins and outs of an OS. All it would take is for someone to write a script that asks for your root password in a friendly looking prompt, and they could run the rest of their malicious code. If Joe User who has no experience with computers sees it, they're going to enter it. Someone who uses a computer just for email and browsing his family's myspace pages has no reason to know anything further than that. Any security model can be bunk if the user doesn't know what they're doing.
Examples of two fatally terrible decisions are the existence of the registry, and that installing apps under windows usually puts DLLs in the windows directory, thus extending/modifying the operating system itself. I agree with you on this one, and I do agree that Linux is safer than Windows. I just have extreme faith in the stupidity (and gullibility) of users.
1) Viruses - I no longer worry and I no longer need to check my PC - that's a relief. You can pick nits here about security but the bottom line is Ubuntu is orders of magnitude better.
If Linux were to instantly become the most used OS in the world, there would be viruses. You can avoid viruses just fine in Windows by practicing good habits (not using IE, not running suspicious files, emails etc). I run anti-virus software maybe twice a year on my windows system, and rarely, if ever, do I find an active virus.
2) Vulnerabilities - Windows is like Swiss cheese with so many vulnerabilities that it's sick - you can't connect XP to a public Internet connection (i.e., behind a router is OK but direct to the net isn't). Ubuntu? It's Linux - no worries.
That last line has to be the thing I hate most about Linux newbies. Just because it's Linux does not necessarily mean you are 100% safe. Your data is never completely, entirely safe unless you're not connected to a network of any kind. It's generally good practice to put your system behind a firewall or router these days anyway, regardless of your OS.
3) Thanks to #1 and #2, I'm free from products like Symantec and Norton and the dollar expense, the complexity of administering them (those pop-ups are annoying and a productivity hit), and wondering when they expire next.
Maybe if you'd look for a better third party alternative, there are plenty out there, and avoid putting viruses in your system in the first place, this problem would be moo. That's right. It's a moo point. A cow's opinion.
4) Software updates for the entire collection of software on the machine are simple in Ubuntu.
Synaptic has always ultimately ruined my system, and is one of the things I hate most about Ubuntu. Maybe I'm 'picking nits' as TFA said , but if you're going to use GNU/Linux, you should be prepared to use the command line at some point or another (but I'm biased, as I like Debian a lot more than all the prepackaged stuff that comes with Ubuntu)
5) Backups are automatic.
How? I think this statement is deceiving, because there are many ways that you can make 'backups' automatic, but I highly doubt it's something that's ingrained into the OS. If you're talking about using a separate / and/home partition, you can do that just as easily in windows as you can in a GNU/Linux system.
As another reader on slashdot once said, Windows and Linux are not the same thing. They're alternative means for achieving some of the same ends, but migrating from one OS to the other is never going to be easy. Why do half the computer-illiterate people I know use Windows? Because it's what they already know - they don't have the time or capacity to invest in trying to fix a breaking system, even if it's something they did themselves. And it's a lot easier to break a Linux system when you don't know what you're doing than it is on a Windows platform.
Before I forget:
1) Buy OEM Install disks from Lenovo because my rebuild partition was corrupt - $51.
If you have a legitimate key, it should be legal for you to download an OEM install disc, or make a copy of one if you know someone who has one. Seeing as how just about everyone has windows, I hardly think this is a valid argument.
2) Buy a Symantec subscription because I was done with the 90-day free trial - $49.
Once again, Symantec sucks. Get a better, free (as in beer) antivirus like AVG.
3) Buy an extra 512MB of RAM because XP couldn't run Firefox, Thunderbird, MS Word, MS Excel, and SSH all at once with 512MB of installed RAM - $104.
Turn off the bloat in Windows XP like the graphical themes for the start menu and taskbar, as well as other animations and your Explorer.exe will stop eating up all your ram for more necessary operations. Not having many (or any) icons on your desktop helps, as d
You guys go from using a word like 'ignorance' to equating it with 'incompetence'? You know that's hardly the same thing, right? I don't like Bush and all, but using obtuse logic to push that agenda is just as ignorant as he is.
Just bringing out the definition of a sociopath and going 'OOOOOOOooooooooo!' (or doing that with any word) is hardly an argument. Every single one of the definitions you brought out was subjective.
Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. Just because what Bush may decide to do isn't something YOU or I like, it is something that a vast majority of Americans did like (at least at one time). That doesn't make him a sociopath. Misguided, perhaps, but not a sociopath.
It happens. A good foam carrying case for an xbox runs about $25 at Toys-R-Us or similar places. It cuts down on the abuse while in your trunk. I never put anything on there I can't afford to lose. But I wasn't abusing it. It was normal use, just sitting by my TV, transferring files. I think I just ended up with a bad HD, which sucks, because I haven't had one die on me in ages (maybe I'm lucky?) 10gb is plenty of space for other homebrew programs to run off the xbox, anyway, and most of them support grabbing data via network, which is fine by me.
If you're wondering why anyone would give a damn about the original Xbox or this program, the upshot is this... for $129 you could buy a P3 system (xbox) Check.
hack it with software exploits (fairly easily) Check.
install a hard disk up to 1TB in side to replace the original Check. (I used a 300GB maxtor)
and have a portable media player box that could hold hundreds of hours of content and play it back in 480p/720p/1080i and DTS And then scream with terror after the hard drive you just filled with files from your PC via ftp dies, losing 200+gb of movies, roms, and other crap.
Don't let it happen to you! To be fair, I should have seen it coming, the hd being a maxtor and all.
And without the Electoral College, one might actually feel like their vote was being represented. But it's not. If you live in Texas, the whole Electoral College is going to vote Republican whether or not you vote Democrat. If my 'vote' in the Electoral College will effectively go toward the same candidate regardless of who I vote for, what is the point in voting in the first place?
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No one can deny that, but even the text based installer that was being used before that was extremely user friendly. Just because you can use a mouse and click on buttons doesn't necessarily mean something is useful.
Type in "apple".
Wow, only 1476!
Hmm, let's try "bsd".
Wow, only 145.
"unix"
862
"buzz word"
No results were found for your search.
Okay. What do these numbers prove again?
Microsoft is bad, mmkay?
The results of the analysis show that, as it did at the 90 day mark, Windows Vista has an improved security vulnerability profile over its predecessor and a significantly better profile relative to comparable modern competitive operating systems.
I've crashed a mac before. It was one of the most bizarre experiences I've ever had. It was on an iMac at the local university, and I was trying to copy files between two of my flash drives when all of a sudden the mac equivalent of the BSOD flashed over my screen. In four different languages, it told me that I needed to power down my computer. After booting, everything was fine, except one of my thumb drives was now read only. Except there's no data on it, nor any apparent way to format it or change the read only status (at least from windows).
Looking back, I think I may have unplugged a scanner without dismounting it and then plugged one of the flash drives into that port. User error strikes again!
Not if it's actually just "free for 6 months" :)
I can't speak for modern Greek, but in classical Greek the letter (gamma) always has a hard g sound. Seeing as the SI prefixes were probably stolen from classical Greek, I'd argue that the hard g sound would be correct.
A little look at Wikipedia shows me that this letter in modern Greek has both the sound of a hard G and the sound of a Y, depending on usage.
And here I thought I'd never get any use out of my Greek.
Yeah, that would work. If Rockstar only released titles on PC, anyway. However, most of their titles (including this one) at least start out on consoles (from what I see on google, it should be out on the Wii, PS2, and PSP) . Paying to download it, and then play it on your console brings up many different problems. An AO rating can and will kill a console game's sales, for the reason stated in the summary.
Did you even read the interview?
Monster leveling like that only works in single-player games, like Oblivion.
Square's changes in gameplay usually have less to do with how the game is controlled (i.e. which controller is used) and more to do with how the game has control (the introduction of the Active Battle System, the various different magic systems, job systems, the License Board). The gameplay has always been essentially a bunch of menus, but what effect those menus have on the game is what changes from game to game. I highly doubt Square will be diverting from a format which has given them success for twenty years.
Never mind the fact that the Crusades are one of the bloodiest time periods in history, a time when Christians slaughtered countless people (trying to convert muslims) in the name of their Lord and Savior.
This thing reminds me of Dog from Half Life 2 - albeit a more cutesy version, but hey.
1) Viruses - I no longer worry and I no longer need to check my PC - that's a relief. You can pick nits here about security but the bottom line is Ubuntu is orders of magnitude better.
If Linux were to instantly become the most used OS in the world, there would be viruses. You can avoid viruses just fine in Windows by practicing good habits (not using IE, not running suspicious files, emails etc). I run anti-virus software maybe twice a year on my windows system, and rarely, if ever, do I find an active virus.
2) Vulnerabilities - Windows is like Swiss cheese with so many vulnerabilities that it's sick - you can't connect XP to a public Internet connection (i.e., behind a router is OK but direct to the net isn't). Ubuntu? It's Linux - no worries.
That last line has to be the thing I hate most about Linux newbies. Just because it's Linux does not necessarily mean you are 100% safe. Your data is never completely, entirely safe unless you're not connected to a network of any kind. It's generally good practice to put your system behind a firewall or router these days anyway, regardless of your OS.
3) Thanks to #1 and #2, I'm free from products like Symantec and Norton and the dollar expense, the complexity of administering them (those pop-ups are annoying and a productivity hit), and wondering when they expire next.
Maybe if you'd look for a better third party alternative, there are plenty out there, and avoid putting viruses in your system in the first place, this problem would be moo. That's right. It's a moo point. A cow's opinion.
4) Software updates for the entire collection of software on the machine are simple in Ubuntu.
Synaptic has always ultimately ruined my system, and is one of the things I hate most about Ubuntu. Maybe I'm 'picking nits' as TFA said , but if you're going to use GNU/Linux, you should be prepared to use the command line at some point or another (but I'm biased, as I like Debian a lot more than all the prepackaged stuff that comes with Ubuntu)
5) Backups are automatic.
How? I think this statement is deceiving, because there are many ways that you can make 'backups' automatic, but I highly doubt it's something that's ingrained into the OS. If you're talking about using a separate / and /home partition, you can do that just as easily in windows as you can in a GNU/Linux system.
As another reader on slashdot once said, Windows and Linux are not the same thing. They're alternative means for achieving some of the same ends, but migrating from one OS to the other is never going to be easy. Why do half the computer-illiterate people I know use Windows? Because it's what they already know - they don't have the time or capacity to invest in trying to fix a breaking system, even if it's something they did themselves. And it's a lot easier to break a Linux system when you don't know what you're doing than it is on a Windows platform.
Before I forget:
1) Buy OEM Install disks from Lenovo because my rebuild partition was corrupt - $51.
If you have a legitimate key, it should be legal for you to download an OEM install disc, or make a copy of one if you know someone who has one. Seeing as how just about everyone has windows, I hardly think this is a valid argument.
2) Buy a Symantec subscription because I was done with the 90-day free trial - $49.
Once again, Symantec sucks. Get a better, free (as in beer) antivirus like AVG.
3) Buy an extra 512MB of RAM because XP couldn't run Firefox, Thunderbird, MS Word, MS Excel, and SSH all at once with 512MB of installed RAM - $104.
Turn off the bloat in Windows XP like the graphical themes for the start menu and taskbar, as well as other animations and your Explorer.exe will stop eating up all your ram for more necessary operations. Not having many (or any) icons on your desktop helps, as d
RIAA: "Itty bitty baby, itty bitty boat."
User: "I don't believe it!"
RIAA: "Habeeb it!"
USER: "TWINKIE HOUSE!"
Just bringing out the definition of a sociopath and going 'OOOOOOOooooooooo!' (or doing that with any word) is hardly an argument. Every single one of the definitions you brought out was subjective. Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. Just because what Bush may decide to do isn't something YOU or I like, it is something that a vast majority of Americans did like (at least at one time). That doesn't make him a sociopath. Misguided, perhaps, but not a sociopath.
Don't let it happen to you! To be fair, I should have seen it coming, the hd being a maxtor and all.
Never. The ones who are older and more irresponsible just die at a faster rate when mommy and daddy aren't there to look after them.
And without the Electoral College, one might actually feel like their vote was being represented. But it's not. If you live in Texas, the whole Electoral College is going to vote Republican whether or not you vote Democrat. If my 'vote' in the Electoral College will effectively go toward the same candidate regardless of who I vote for, what is the point in voting in the first place?
Hail Eris.
Developers.