I'm honestly confused as to why Vista was designed to require substantially higher system requirements and consume more resources. It's obvious XP is still the platform of choice because there's crap-all that Vista does which justifies the extra requirements. Yes there are some nice features such as easy resizing of Windows partitions and superfetch, but that doesn't excuse the hangups I feel when pushing my system hard because it's got less to play with than it did with XP.
Did Microsoft really think people would just stop using older, but perfectly functional hardware and buy new gear? Were they totally nuts? They could have had so much more success if Vista was designed to scale well with various grades of hardware. But it doesn't without a lot of work, and you could just as easily save yourself the trouble by slapping on XP (or Linux). Let's hope for their sake Windows 7 will have a readjustment in their perspective.
I hear the primary research assistant for the task, Gordon Freeman, will be at the event. Apparently he's the guy they picked to throw the switch that will start the collider. Make sure to take your camera!
They're using a very talented team of scientists to work with the machine. I hear the guy who's doing the honour of throwing the main switch is some guy called "Gordon Freeman". I'm sure things will be just fine.
Hey, now that's an interesting looking crab. OH SHI
Those predictions of yours are far too positive and uplifting, which makes them unrealistic. Can't you think of anything even slightly depressing? Give it a try, I'm sure you can think of something.
When I bought my Toshiba laptop, there was a folder on the C: drive which contained installers for all the drivers/Toshiba software which had been pre-installed. I made a backup of this folder, wiped all partitions, installed my own copy of Vista and installed the missing drivers from the backup. Presumably a good manufacturer would also be bundling the necessary drivers somewhere on a new laptop.
Took a while, but the end result was a somewhat faster system with far less orphaned files which would have remained after uninstalling the bloatware myself.
Let's face it, no matter how difficult the DRM becomes, there's always, always going to be the analogue component to deal with - the physical images which our eyes see, and the physical sound waves which our ears pick up. Capturing both outside of a digital signal is ALWAYS going to be possible - it's obviously the worst case scenario, and it might not be as elegant as capturing a digital signal directly, but you'll still get the content one way or the other.
The only way I can see this being defeated is if the content providers forced people to bypass these analogue pickups by connecting directly to one's brain. Fucked if I can think of anyone daring enough to then install cracks to bypass the copy-protection in their brain - what if they comes with a trojan?
Or a root-kit? In a brain... Shit, maybe Sony have ulterior motives darker than anyone predicted.:)
Alright, you've snared me, now I have no choice but to comment I suppose.:)
The DRM in Vista is not serious if it has little impact on the end user. It doesn't stop me from playing my movies regardless of format, it doesn't stop me playing my music regardless of format, so what's the big deal?
I've never checked, but I hear it does mean you can't setup a kind of audio loopback ability to record the audio the system makes, but very few people require such capabilities, and hence out of all the potential Windows users, it makes crap-all difference (myself included). If it's a problem, then don't use Vista, simple. Apart from that, I can't think of any Vista DRM that's actually been a serious problem for work or play, so like I said, it's not as serious as suggested.
The PRINCIPLE sucks of course, but the practical implementation isn't really much of a problem except for a few boundary situations.
I'd say that's a fair enough comment. I like Vista, but I sure as hell wouldn't pay money for it (not directly at least). If it was pre-installed on my machine, I'd have no problem, but I can certainly understand why people running a perfectly good copy of XP wouldn't see any reason to spend money on Vista.
I know it would be the Slashdot way to convince you to move to Linux instead, but fuck that - you wanna use Windows, this will help you continue to do so.:)
Like I said elsewhere, SP1 is somewhat significant because a lot of people have stated they will move to Vista once the first service pack arrives. Now we have to see if that will actually happen.
I won't comment on the DRM because it really isn't as serious as a lot of Slashdotters think.
Well I assume you're not using Vista (and to a lesser extent, older versions of Windows). All that prefetching/superfetching/indexing and undocumented accesses that Windows enjoys doing is something that I could certainly do without hearing. A SSD would achieve this quite nicely.
Seriously, am I expected to be jumping for every latest advancement? I can't be expected to buy every new damned piece of technology out there, software included. Sure, I like gadgets, some are useful and some are just fun, but this sure as hell doesn't mean I can afford all of them, and I refuse to get into debt just to satisfy some sort of technolust.
It's an obvious point, but people seem content to ruin their bank balances just to stay on top of this shit.
How exactly is it that one man, the President, has the power to veto any bill that's passed by Congress? What happens when a bill comes along which could threaten him in some way? Didn't someone think about this before granting veto ability for the Prez?
I don't live in the US so please forgive me if there's actually some method to this madness, but frankly, it's still madness.
This is Slashdot, so I better get a good old tradition out of the way before someone else does I suppose...
NASA officials has released a press statement saying the spacecraft will not require any special programming to direct it towards a collision with the Moon. They simply plan to install Windows Vista on the craft and let nature take its course.
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I'm honestly confused as to why Vista was designed to require substantially higher system requirements and consume more resources. It's obvious XP is still the platform of choice because there's crap-all that Vista does which justifies the extra requirements. Yes there are some nice features such as easy resizing of Windows partitions and superfetch, but that doesn't excuse the hangups I feel when pushing my system hard because it's got less to play with than it did with XP.
Did Microsoft really think people would just stop using older, but perfectly functional hardware and buy new gear? Were they totally nuts? They could have had so much more success if Vista was designed to scale well with various grades of hardware. But it doesn't without a lot of work, and you could just as easily save yourself the trouble by slapping on XP (or Linux). Let's hope for their sake Windows 7 will have a readjustment in their perspective.
Rebellion is a lot harder to achieve when the majority of people just don't care.
Microsoft do not know how to develop intelligent solutions. They're too use to getting their way, and old habits die very, very hard.
I hear the primary research assistant for the task, Gordon Freeman, will be at the event. Apparently he's the guy they picked to throw the switch that will start the collider. Make sure to take your camera!
(and a crowbar, just in case)
I can definitely see seismologists not paying attention to their warning equipment while they're busy pwning some n00bs.
They're using a very talented team of scientists to work with the machine. I hear the guy who's doing the honour of throwing the main switch is some guy called "Gordon Freeman". I'm sure things will be just fine.
Hey, now that's an interesting looking crab. OH SHI
They're not afraid of people getting hurt - They're afraid of being sued.
Those predictions of yours are far too positive and uplifting, which makes them unrealistic. Can't you think of anything even slightly depressing? Give it a try, I'm sure you can think of something.
I will physically reach out and strangle the first person to make a joke relating 100GHz to the system requirements of Windows...
Goddamnit where's OUR tribe!
... ...
Apple have got theirs, Linux sure as hell got theirs, but we have to fend for ourselves, and believe me it get's lonely sometimes.
*whimper* Don't leave me!
When I bought my Toshiba laptop, there was a folder on the C: drive which contained installers for all the drivers/Toshiba software which had been pre-installed. I made a backup of this folder, wiped all partitions, installed my own copy of Vista and installed the missing drivers from the backup. Presumably a good manufacturer would also be bundling the necessary drivers somewhere on a new laptop.
Took a while, but the end result was a somewhat faster system with far less orphaned files which would have remained after uninstalling the bloatware myself.
Let's face it, no matter how difficult the DRM becomes, there's always, always going to be the analogue component to deal with - the physical images which our eyes see, and the physical sound waves which our ears pick up. Capturing both outside of a digital signal is ALWAYS going to be possible - it's obviously the worst case scenario, and it might not be as elegant as capturing a digital signal directly, but you'll still get the content one way or the other.
:)
The only way I can see this being defeated is if the content providers forced people to bypass these analogue pickups by connecting directly to one's brain. Fucked if I can think of anyone daring enough to then install cracks to bypass the copy-protection in their brain - what if they comes with a trojan?
Or a root-kit? In a brain... Shit, maybe Sony have ulterior motives darker than anyone predicted.
Tag this article "pewpewpew".
I'm so sorry, really. I'll go now.
Alright, you've snared me, now I have no choice but to comment I suppose. :)
The DRM in Vista is not serious if it has little impact on the end user. It doesn't stop me from playing my movies regardless of format, it doesn't stop me playing my music regardless of format, so what's the big deal?
I've never checked, but I hear it does mean you can't setup a kind of audio loopback ability to record the audio the system makes, but very few people require such capabilities, and hence out of all the potential Windows users, it makes crap-all difference (myself included). If it's a problem, then don't use Vista, simple. Apart from that, I can't think of any Vista DRM that's actually been a serious problem for work or play, so like I said, it's not as serious as suggested.
The PRINCIPLE sucks of course, but the practical implementation isn't really much of a problem except for a few boundary situations.
I'd say that's a fair enough comment. I like Vista, but I sure as hell wouldn't pay money for it (not directly at least). If it was pre-installed on my machine, I'd have no problem, but I can certainly understand why people running a perfectly good copy of XP wouldn't see any reason to spend money on Vista.
Don't worry dude, I like it for the most part as well.
:)
BTW, giving an opinion that counters the Slashdot groupthink is a harmless exercise, so long as you aren't looking for postive karma.
Download the Vista Loader (also known as a softmod):
:)
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/10/vista-loader-20-oem-bios-emu-crack-softmod-update/
I know it would be the Slashdot way to convince you to move to Linux instead, but fuck that - you wanna use Windows, this will help you continue to do so.
Like I said elsewhere, SP1 is somewhat significant because a lot of people have stated they will move to Vista once the first service pack arrives. Now we have to see if that will actually happen.
I won't comment on the DRM because it really isn't as serious as a lot of Slashdotters think.
Now to see how many "I'll wait for SP1 before moving to Vista" people actually follow through.
Well I assume you're not using Vista (and to a lesser extent, older versions of Windows). All that prefetching/superfetching/indexing and undocumented accesses that Windows enjoys doing is something that I could certainly do without hearing. A SSD would achieve this quite nicely.
Seriously, am I expected to be jumping for every latest advancement? I can't be expected to buy every new damned piece of technology out there, software included. Sure, I like gadgets, some are useful and some are just fun, but this sure as hell doesn't mean I can afford all of them, and I refuse to get into debt just to satisfy some sort of technolust.
It's an obvious point, but people seem content to ruin their bank balances just to stay on top of this shit.
How exactly is it that one man, the President, has the power to veto any bill that's passed by Congress? What happens when a bill comes along which could threaten him in some way? Didn't someone think about this before granting veto ability for the Prez?
I don't live in the US so please forgive me if there's actually some method to this madness, but frankly, it's still madness.
Stirke is a perfectly cromulent word.
This message goes out to your legal career:
BOOM HEADSHOT!!!
Sincerely,
Gaming community.