Consequently Microsoft's biannual Windows tax plans are one of the main issues preventing me from buying a new Windows PC.
Just because you decided to feel that way, which has no comparison to reality. I don't have a need for SP1 on my 2 Windows 7 machines and therefore I'm happy to be using 7, which really is the best incarnation of Windows so far.
Just because you needed to wait for a Service Pack on XP and Vista to make them usable it doesn't mean it's the same for 7. I run a lot of intense applications and my 2+ years old custom built machine is filled to the max with HW (even have 4 RAID HD inside and another 6 externals), I don't have a single issue with drivers or SW incompatibility.
Care to explain why Windows 7 is hated by far fewer people then?
To me Windows 7 is Windows Vista with a few UI tweaks and the couple of less annoying default settings (like the UAP settings).
There's few if any fundamental differences (neither user interface wise or code wise) between the two.
Regardless of whether 7 is any good, if you hated Vista, you've got no reason to love 7 in my books.
Well, then you must not have ever used 7. I beta tested it for 7 months and moved to a full release and there's no paragon with Vista. It feels like a totally different OS. I remember in the Amiga days we used to talk about the "feel factor" how the Amiga felt faster and more responsive, 7 is just like that. And it never crashes, opposite to Vista which I could not keep it stable on the same two computers that are now running 7.
... with this release of Windows I feel no need for a Service Pack. I used the RC from July 2009 until a few weeks ago and I can pretty much say Windows 7 is solid under all aspects... finally.
I don't need to be told that it's "billions of times than ever before", or to compare it to the library of congress, I can understand measurements. so how big is the object?
sorry, you made a type. You obviously meant to write, "china makes shit that everyone else in the world buys by the ton, likely because the rest of the world is incapable of making the same shit themselves for similar cost, because for the most part they pay a fair wage to their workers and they don't use children labor"
Same here. I own a business and I do not accept Paypal because too many people got their businesses ruined by PayPal for blocking their funds for reasons PayPal won't even give. Unfortunately they are not a bank and cannot be regulated by current US Laws, but I think that any entity that handles people's money should be regulated for those people's protection.
Agreed. I'd be much happier if they built a Firefox that could perform better with Flash websites. I have to use some pretty Flash intensive websites and my Firefox crashes too often. I don't have that problem with Chrome. Have been using FF since pre-1.0 version but I feel like it's getting slower and slower no matter what they claim and 2.x didn't crash as much as 3.x does (although 3.x seems to be a bit better, just a bit, at handling memory use).
The seven year old might not be a murder today but he could commit a murder 10 years from now and the government, I guess, would still have the DNA sample.
Considering how many innocent people have gone to jail or death row for murders they didn't commit, I'm not sure I'm entirely against the idea of collecting DNA samples.
As a matter of fact the 2nd book was too game oriented as well. While I highly recommend the first book "Halo: The Fall of Reach" If you have not read it yet you're in for a treat, this book is a prequel to the game and tells the origins of Master Chief and the Spartan II project before they even had a Mjolnir armor. Great read (and the 3rd book, Halo: First Strike) is also a great read.
>As the spaceship reached 99.999998 per cent of the speed of light, "hydrogen atoms would seem to reach a staggering 7 teraelectron volts," which for the crew "would be like standing in front of the Large Hadron Collider beam
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Since most of the time the LHC is down that doesn't seem like a big problem:-p
Paypal (an eBay company) has been doing this for a long time. There have been a lawsuit in California which Paypal has settled (meaning all the money went to lawyers and now Paypal can do the same thing again as, once settled, you cannot sue the company for the same reason).
Many people in the US have had accounts with $20,000 or more locked for no specific reasons, for months or years, while the company collects interests on that. This is the kind of behavior that needs to be outlawed in the U.S. (all other developed countries do not allow this). Paypal is NOT a bank and therefore are not subject to banking regulations (which in the U.S. are lax anyway).
And now we only have to figure out how to transform matter into energy and vice-versa in a non-destructive way and we can start building Galaxy Class starships.
Which it really won't make a difference since "No opportunity for export currently exists because the export sale of the F-22 is barred by American federal law." (wiki)
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Yeah sure, and one morning we wake up and we are Borg.
just about anybody in a position of authority in any government wants this
That's not true! I'm not in a position of authority and I want it!
Bu think of the possibilities... humanity beyond slashdot might finally have an incentive to form coherent thoughts
We could finally understand Stephen Hawkins and find out the secrets of the universe.
>Submitted by AmigaMMC on Monday March 22, @11:00PM
How does publication of submission exactly work? I had posted the same article nearly 3 hours before this one and yet it was not picked.
Finally (part of) the U.S. is catching up with the rest of the world with mobile payments. In Europe you can even pay your utility bills on the phone.
Consequently Microsoft's biannual Windows tax plans are one of the main issues preventing me from buying a new Windows PC.
Just because you decided to feel that way, which has no comparison to reality. I don't have a need for SP1 on my 2 Windows 7 machines and therefore I'm happy to be using 7, which really is the best incarnation of Windows so far. Just because you needed to wait for a Service Pack on XP and Vista to make them usable it doesn't mean it's the same for 7. I run a lot of intense applications and my 2+ years old custom built machine is filled to the max with HW (even have 4 RAID HD inside and another 6 externals), I don't have a single issue with drivers or SW incompatibility.
Care to explain why Windows 7 is hated by far fewer people then? To me Windows 7 is Windows Vista with a few UI tweaks and the couple of less annoying default settings (like the UAP settings). There's few if any fundamental differences (neither user interface wise or code wise) between the two. Regardless of whether 7 is any good, if you hated Vista, you've got no reason to love 7 in my books.
Well, then you must not have ever used 7. I beta tested it for 7 months and moved to a full release and there's no paragon with Vista. It feels like a totally different OS. I remember in the Amiga days we used to talk about the "feel factor" how the Amiga felt faster and more responsive, 7 is just like that. And it never crashes, opposite to Vista which I could not keep it stable on the same two computers that are now running 7.
... with this release of Windows I feel no need for a Service Pack. I used the RC from July 2009 until a few weeks ago and I can pretty much say Windows 7 is solid under all aspects... finally.
I don't need to be told that it's "billions of times than ever before", or to compare it to the library of congress, I can understand measurements. so how big is the object?
One Big-O-Meter
So? "UCLA Student wants more weed." How come that never makes a headline?
There, fixed that for you.
I've been waiting for this guide... like... forever. Now I can finally finish that work project
It's ok, cats taste good. I hope they're not too entangled though or they get between my teeth.
The Dogon already knew of the existance of life in Orion centuries ago... http://www.unmuseum.org/siriusb.htm
Same here. I own a business and I do not accept Paypal because too many people got their businesses ruined by PayPal for blocking their funds for reasons PayPal won't even give. Unfortunately they are not a bank and cannot be regulated by current US Laws, but I think that any entity that handles people's money should be regulated for those people's protection.
Agreed. I'd be much happier if they built a Firefox that could perform better with Flash websites. I have to use some pretty Flash intensive websites and my Firefox crashes too often. I don't have that problem with Chrome. Have been using FF since pre-1.0 version but I feel like it's getting slower and slower no matter what they claim and 2.x didn't crash as much as 3.x does (although 3.x seems to be a bit better, just a bit, at handling memory use).
Considering how many innocent people have gone to jail or death row for murders they didn't commit, I'm not sure I'm entirely against the idea of collecting DNA samples.
Yep, that's the Land of the Free (tm) for you
As a matter of fact the 2nd book was too game oriented as well. While I highly recommend the first book "Halo: The Fall of Reach" If you have not read it yet you're in for a treat, this book is a prequel to the game and tells the origins of Master Chief and the Spartan II project before they even had a Mjolnir armor. Great read (and the 3rd book, Halo: First Strike) is also a great read.
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Since most of the time the LHC is down that doesn't seem like a big problem :-p
Ok, big fan of the LHC, but just had to say it
Paypal (an eBay company) has been doing this for a long time. There have been a lawsuit in California which Paypal has settled (meaning all the money went to lawyers and now Paypal can do the same thing again as, once settled, you cannot sue the company for the same reason). Many people in the US have had accounts with $20,000 or more locked for no specific reasons, for months or years, while the company collects interests on that. This is the kind of behavior that needs to be outlawed in the U.S. (all other developed countries do not allow this). Paypal is NOT a bank and therefore are not subject to banking regulations (which in the U.S. are lax anyway).
And now we only have to figure out how to transform matter into energy and vice-versa in a non-destructive way and we can start building Galaxy Class starships.
Good! Less Covenant ships to worry about
Which it really won't make a difference since "No opportunity for export currently exists because the export sale of the F-22 is barred by American federal law." (wiki)