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taking notes? how?
writing on the screen with your finger?
typing on it through the onscreen keyboard?
both of which have been shown to suck ass.
a standard netbook with a real keyboard is gonna be much better in most cases for note taking, and if it's complex mathematical note taking, pen and paper will trump your ipad and my netbook.
except you would lose the dispute when Sony promptly sent documentation to the CC company of your fraud. And could likely have you brought up on charges.
Why don't you try this out and tell us how it goes.
this is why people now consider master's degrees to be the equivalent of a high school diploma.
if you want real fun, take the average master's degree idiot and start having them manually add fractions without changing them to decimals. such as adding a bunch of measurements off a tape measure together.
Have you ever actually first booted an OEM machine from a major vendor that has windows pre-installed? If so, you would know that it goes through the end of the install/setup process and asks the user several things, one of which is whether or not they would like auto updates turned on.
it's not the OEM's fault that some asshat "geek" friend has told Joe and Jill Sixpack not to turn on auto updates because "it could hose your stuff dude." or similar.
If the Windows computer does not go through this setup process on first boot, then it's not new.
1. Windows XP, as originally shipped, does not have automatic updates turned on as a default, and most people would not turn it on in the original setup screen.
2. MOST computer users are idiots when it comes to security and maintenance of their systems. Thus they would NEVER go to the windows update site unless explicitly instructed to do so by someone.
3. Combine 1 and 2 and you can easily see how their are many people that would fail to understand that there is a NEW version of Internet Explorer let alone security updates.
I have spent more hours than i care to think about simply updating machines when they are brought to me for reasons of "non-operation".
hell, i had a friend come over last night whose laptop was running XP SP1, as shipped to him by the manufacturer.
When i pointed out that he should update this using the Windows Update site, his response was "how often should i do that?"
he was awestruck when i answered "monthly would be a good idea".
they can only cut larger checks if more people donate to them than were already donating to the project originally and do not switch from donating directly to donating to this pool.
in other words, unless they are radically better at raising money than the individual projects (which i doubt) all it is is a shell game to change where the money comes from and thus allow for PR's to say "look how much money we donated to good code" (note i did not say open source, and note i did not say it was more than the projects were getting when taking donations directly....)
in other words its crap. if you want to donate money, donate money directly.
that way you know it goes directly to the project you wish to receive it and they can do with it what they wish.
the only "codec pack" you ever need for win7 is shark007's.
the others are merely bloated piles of shit.
shark's is lean and only adds those not already natively supported, doesnt try to change you to another player, and is fully customizable via an easy gui.
and the only reason most people even need it is for mkv and flac support.
no. it seems to me he/she is already educated enough to understand that the majority of apps in the app store are banal useless little fart simulator type apps.
maybe he/she should go to school to learn about the "we'll give it away to get highly ranked and then charge for it because sheeple will pay for an app that is highly ranked if they think other people did" marketing campaign that most of these crappy applets use, but then again, maybe not since that wasn't part of his/her original post.
no it did not. if a person was following safe computing practice, they would be logged in as a normal user, not an admin user and thus would have a different user/pass and would thus be required to enter an actual password once they receive a UAC prompt.
failure to configure your computer is not a fault of microsoft. they have enough other things we can blame them for. User stupidity isnt their problem.
and you do realize that the National Electric Code in the USA REQUIRES all circuits in Kitchens, Bathrooms, and Rooms which contain Water sources (like utility rooms) to have GFCI grounded circuits, and that a single GFCI outlet can protect all outlets wired in series after it..... right?
Oh and it has required these for many many moons....
My first response would be: "What type of computers are these being used in? Desktops? Servers? Laptops? Netbooks?"
My second response would be: "What systems settings have been changed so the OS is properly set up for an SSD drive?"
My third response would be: "What exact make and model drives are we talking about here?"
All of this is important in determining whether this is just another typical anecdotal ask slashtards to make me feel better type question, or whether you are seriously asking.
Without specifics, this is nothing more than a waste of time.
If all of the failed drives are of a specific manufacturer's netbook mini pcie based 4GB SSD drives, and all were having the same basic issue, then it's really an indication of a problem with one manufacturer's drives, and not SSD's as a whole now isn't it?
It's like saying all 1.5TB rotational hard drives suck and lose data becuase at one point seagate had tremendous firmware problems with their 1.5TB hdd's.
If on the other hand, it's several different drives, in different environments, from several different manufacturers and across several physically different types of SSD's (mini pcie, full size, etc) utilizing several different types of RAM and several different controllers, then it would suggest a more widespread problem.
You don't even have a large enough data sample to begin to answer these questions.
Me personally, I've got SSD drives in everything from my home desktop, to my work laptop, to a couple of small file servers, to two different Dell Mini 9's running aftermarket Runcore SSD's
All have been in use for at least a year (the work laptop is actually a Dell xps m1330 that is almost 2 years old and has a 64GB Samsung SSD in it). All are working flawlessly and show no signs of dieing.
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taking notes?
how?
writing on the screen with your finger?
typing on it through the onscreen keyboard?
both of which have been shown to suck ass.
a standard netbook with a real keyboard is gonna be much better in most cases for note taking, and if it's complex mathematical note taking, pen and paper will trump your ipad and my netbook.
most routers have a sticker on the bottom with the mac address on it iirc.
except you would lose the dispute when Sony promptly sent documentation to the CC company of your fraud.
And could likely have you brought up on charges.
Why don't you try this out and tell us how it goes.
you don't have to be the original patent holder to currently hold the patent.
this is why people now consider master's degrees to be the equivalent of a high school diploma.
if you want real fun, take the average master's degree idiot and start having them manually add fractions without changing them to decimals. such as adding a bunch of measurements off a tape measure together.
hilarity ensues....................
it's in the same place that unlimited upload/download 100mbit connections to everyones home are.
2002 called, it wants it's rant back.
Have you ever actually first booted an OEM machine from a major vendor that has windows pre-installed?
If so, you would know that it goes through the end of the install/setup process and asks the user several things, one of which is whether or not they would like auto updates turned on.
it's not the OEM's fault that some asshat "geek" friend has told Joe and Jill Sixpack not to turn on auto updates because "it could hose your stuff dude." or similar.
If the Windows computer does not go through this setup process on first boot, then it's not new.
sysprep is a wonderful thing.
HERETIC!!!!!
how is this odd.
let's take a look at some FACTS.
1. Windows XP, as originally shipped, does not have automatic updates turned on as a default, and most people would not turn it on in the original setup screen.
2. MOST computer users are idiots when it comes to security and maintenance of their systems. Thus they would NEVER go to the windows update site unless explicitly instructed to do so by someone.
3. Combine 1 and 2 and you can easily see how their are many people that would fail to understand that there is a NEW version of Internet Explorer let alone security updates.
I have spent more hours than i care to think about simply updating machines when they are brought to me for reasons of "non-operation".
hell, i had a friend come over last night whose laptop was running XP SP1, as shipped to him by the manufacturer.
When i pointed out that he should update this using the Windows Update site, his response was "how often should i do that?"
he was awestruck when i answered "monthly would be a good idea".
and christ, how can i forget adobe and sun (java)?????
we have a surplus.
we can feed africa for a generation!!!!
so could ati's and nvidia's.....
each independently.
now throw in the shit wrong with half the projects included in ubuntu by default and we could wipe out world debt.
they can only cut larger checks if more people donate to them than were already donating to the project originally and do not switch from donating directly to donating to this pool.
in other words, unless they are radically better at raising money than the individual projects (which i doubt) all it is is a shell game to change where the money comes from and thus allow for PR's to say "look how much money we donated to good code" (note i did not say open source, and note i did not say it was more than the projects were getting when taking donations directly....)
in other words its crap.
if you want to donate money, donate money directly.
that way you know it goes directly to the project you wish to receive it and they can do with it what they wish.
the only "codec pack" you ever need for win7 is shark007's.
the others are merely bloated piles of shit.
shark's is lean and only adds those not already natively supported, doesnt try to change you to another player, and is fully customizable via an easy gui.
and the only reason most people even need it is for mkv and flac support.
google hulu destop
it can be made to launch from within wmc and when closed will revert you back to wmc.
my movies backend is second to none for dvd library and metadata control.
it is also possible to use it as a backend for almost all of the popular front ends.
they fixed it for vista with the tv pack
it's been well "fixed" in win 7
engadgethd had a very good rundown on win7 mc
no.
it seems to me he/she is already educated enough to understand that the majority of apps in the app store are banal useless little fart simulator type apps.
maybe he/she should go to school to learn about the "we'll give it away to get highly ranked and then charge for it because sheeple will pay for an app that is highly ranked if they think other people did" marketing campaign that most of these crappy applets use, but then again, maybe not since that wasn't part of his/her original post.
no it did not.
if a person was following safe computing practice, they would be logged in as a normal user, not an admin user and thus would have a different user/pass and would thus be required to enter an actual password once they receive a UAC prompt.
failure to configure your computer is not a fault of microsoft.
they have enough other things we can blame them for. User stupidity isnt their problem.
and you do realize that the National Electric Code in the USA REQUIRES all circuits in Kitchens, Bathrooms, and Rooms which contain Water sources (like utility rooms) to have GFCI grounded circuits, and that a single GFCI outlet can protect all outlets wired in series after it..... right?
Oh and it has required these for many many moons....
I'd be more looking at the fact that all of those are JMicron based controller drives and are shitty examples of SSD's in the first place.
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531&p=17
My first response would be: "What type of computers are these being used in? Desktops? Servers? Laptops? Netbooks?"
My second response would be: "What systems settings have been changed so the OS is properly set up for an SSD drive?"
My third response would be: "What exact make and model drives are we talking about here?"
All of this is important in determining whether this is just another typical anecdotal ask slashtards to make me feel better type question, or whether you are seriously asking.
Without specifics, this is nothing more than a waste of time.
If all of the failed drives are of a specific manufacturer's netbook mini pcie based 4GB SSD drives, and all were having the same basic issue, then it's really an indication of a problem with one manufacturer's drives, and not SSD's as a whole now isn't it?
It's like saying all 1.5TB rotational hard drives suck and lose data becuase at one point seagate had tremendous firmware problems with their 1.5TB hdd's.
If on the other hand, it's several different drives, in different environments, from several different manufacturers and across several physically different types of SSD's (mini pcie, full size, etc) utilizing several different types of RAM and several different controllers, then it would suggest a more widespread problem.
You don't even have a large enough data sample to begin to answer these questions.
Me personally, I've got SSD drives in everything from my home desktop, to my work laptop, to a couple of small file servers, to two different Dell Mini 9's running aftermarket Runcore SSD's
All have been in use for at least a year (the work laptop is actually a Dell xps m1330 that is almost 2 years old and has a 64GB Samsung SSD in it).
All are working flawlessly and show no signs of dieing.
you mean the real world support for TRIM in Windows 7 and supported in Indilinx and Intel controllers?
the one that has been recently tested out on Anandtech and shown to have very positive results?
oh yeah, that one.
actually this would be the dell equivalent:
http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/desktops/desktop-studio-hybrid/pd.aspx?refid=desktop-studio-hybrid&s=dhs&cs=19&~ck=mn
and i hacked one to hold two hdd's easily.