It's amazing how fast modern computers are when they're not bogged down to 1990 era speeds by AV.
I dual boot my laptop with Win 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. Usually I use Linux, but every now and then I'll boot Windows for a change of scenery. I keep thinking something is wrong with my computer when I'm running Windows. It just seems to sluggish. When I switch back to Linux it seems like I upgraded the CPU. It is truly amazing how fast this €400 laptop is.
Any PC Vendor would risk putting itself at a performance disadvantage to it's Intel using competition.
That might be true at the very high end, but in the middle and low-end, AMD enjoys a significant price/performance advantage. I had a chance to compare an AMD Athlon 640 against our Xeon 3440 at work and the AMD came out on top for our DB application (a full DB restore). We are kind of wondering why the machine isn't as fast as Intel seems to claim. YMMV.
Sorry to hear about your Son's cancer but it is encouraging to see people devote their lives and energies to help others. You've made the world a better place.
It's much cheaper to manufacture products when you control every aspect of most of the primary components being used.
That would give Dell the ability to compete with Apple at least in the sense that they would control all the critcal hardware. I haven't been overly impressed with Dell, though I'll admit, our last server with them was up for 4 years straight, 24x365, and we only shut it down when we bought a more powerful server (all using Linux).
I would love to hear all the reasons this is such a bad thing.
I used WP7 for the first time last weekend. It was very clunky, non-intuitive and buggy. To enter text in the field, you have to tap another button on the screen, rather than tapping on the field. It refused to load the second site I went to. The facebook app posted a message on my wall, without telling me or asking for my consent, that I had installed and was now using WP7, which caused all kinds of responses, usually along the lines of "say it isn't so".
I tried an IPhone a few months ago. It worked intuitively without instructions and did what I expected it to do. It didn't send or post any messages in my name. I hear similar comments about Android.
The bottom line is that you couldn't give away WP7. The only reason people would use it is because they are MS fans or think that since it's MS then it must be at least ok.
It's been my impression that partnerships with Microsoft often don't turn out very well for the other party. I don't doubt this is a great deal for Microsoft, but I'm not so sure about Nokia.
I remember MS's partnership with Sybase. Shortly after MS canceled the friendship, they came out with their own DB, which, interestingly enough, used exactly the same syntax as Sybase and you could use a Sybase driver to access MS Sql Server and vice versa. Those who partner with MS deserve what they get. But, the CEO of Nokia is a ex-MS exec. Coincidence?
What you are overlooking is that in fact WP7 is a pretty good mobile OS
I don't have a smart phone (I have a Samsung S5230). I used WP7 for the first time last weekend. It was clunky, didn't respond well to my finger gestures (I had to do a lot of things twice or press harder). I tried the Facebook app, which didn't seem at all intuitive. But, it also decided that it was okay, without my permission, to post a message that "My Name" has installed Windows Phone 7, including punctuation errors to make it look like it was typed. Very deceptive and typical MS.
When you enter text into a field, you have to press a separate button to be able to enter text, rather than just tapping the field.
As a comparison, I tried an IPhone a couple of months ago and everything just seemed to work the way I would expect it. It didn't do any sneaky things like post messages in my name. I needed no instructions from anyone to use it. It was intuitive and the finger gestures worked as you would expect.
IMHO Win Mobile 7 is a joke. It's not even close to the IPhone or Android and the only reason people would use it is ignorance of what's available.
Damn, I'm glad I live in Germany. Things just seem so out of control and ridiculous back in the states now. Of course, every place has its wierdness, but filling out a form for a haircut? Come on.
It certainly doesn't seem like Hotfile is encouraging pirating:
"... It is Hotfile's policy to: (1) accommodate and not interfere with standard technical measures (as defined by the DMCA) used to identify and protect copyrighted works; (2) disable access to or remove content that it believes in good faith may infringe the copyrights of third parties; and (3) discontinue service to users who repeatedly make such content available or otherwise violate HotFile’s Terms of Service...."
I wonder if it is clearly labeled as such. I use Linux and Chrome most of the time, so I don't know what kind of agreement I would have to agree to for IE.
The original Google press release tries to spin this as if MS is stealing info from Google
Yep, because they are. They are copying user interaction with another party (google) and sending those results home and using them without permission. Actually sounds illegal, if you ask me.
All Google discovered is that Microsoft does exactly what they said they did--improve their result rankings by analyzing their users browsing.
The problem with that argument is that they used users' input and results to google and not their own bing. If you use IE (or perhaps even Windows), MS will be copying your input and sending it home. It's that simple. Not something I want any company to do, but, the MS fanbois seem to think this is okay. I'll stick to chrome or firefox and linux.
I find it even more troubling, and perhaps illegal, that ms is taking my activities with another party and sending them, without my knowledge back to themselves and using it for their benefit.
If it were research, the google results wouldn't have shown up in their results. Just typical ms. They can't innovate themselves, so they use other's technology. Borland C++, Sybase, Visicalc, etc.
Did you RTFA? The outages occurred on the Microsoft.NET system, not on the Linux system. The linux system isn't even on line yet. You MS fanbois really aught to learn to read.
Agreed. Facebook benefits from your presence and your information. In exchange for this, they offer services.
If they cut off that service without a valid reason, they have breeched their end of the contract. I suppose they do have the right to so what they want within the terms of the agreement, but a good lawyer and a sympathetic jury will have a field day with this.
I didn't RTFA but I assume this is not that black and white. FB probably had their reasons for disabling the account.
But that would make us exactly like Europe and our states would be declaring bankruptcy.
Well, that depends on which Europe you are talking about. Germany does that and is in better economic shape than the US with much less debt than the US (total public debt per capita). I'm not saying it's the best way to do things, but the economic argument doesn't hold true in that case.
Same thing with national healthcare. I've worked in countries with it and it kicks ass.
Couldn't agree with you more on that one. I live in Germany and the mixture of private/public health care is a huge quality of life bonus here and an huge help for businesses competing on the world market. Germany is the biggest exporter in the world despite western wages and that is one of the reasons.
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From the headline: 'There may be consequences for that decision, but you can do it.'"
Let's face it, if you use Windows, there are consequences.
It's amazing how fast modern computers are when they're not bogged down to 1990 era speeds by AV.
I dual boot my laptop with Win 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. Usually I use Linux, but every now and then I'll boot Windows for a change of scenery. I keep thinking something is wrong with my computer when I'm running Windows. It just seems to sluggish. When I switch back to Linux it seems like I upgraded the CPU. It is truly amazing how fast this €400 laptop is.
Any PC Vendor would risk putting itself at a performance disadvantage to it's Intel using competition.
That might be true at the very high end, but in the middle and low-end, AMD enjoys a significant price/performance advantage. I had a chance to compare an AMD Athlon 640 against our Xeon 3440 at work and the AMD came out on top for our DB application (a full DB restore). We are kind of wondering why the machine isn't as fast as Intel seems to claim. YMMV.
Sorry to hear about your Son's cancer but it is encouraging to see people devote their lives and energies to help others. You've made the world a better place.
Dell, combined with AMD, could actually make Dell a takeover target by some other cash rich company, perhaps, even a Chinese company, such as Lenova.
It's much cheaper to manufacture products when you control every aspect of most of the primary components being used.
That would give Dell the ability to compete with Apple at least in the sense that they would control all the critcal hardware. I haven't been overly impressed with Dell, though I'll admit, our last server with them was up for 4 years straight, 24x365, and we only shut it down when we bought a more powerful server (all using Linux).
I would love to hear all the reasons this is such a bad thing.
I used WP7 for the first time last weekend. It was very clunky, non-intuitive and buggy. To enter text in the field, you have to tap another button on the screen, rather than tapping on the field. It refused to load the second site I went to. The facebook app posted a message on my wall, without telling me or asking for my consent, that I had installed and was now using WP7, which caused all kinds of responses, usually along the lines of "say it isn't so".
I tried an IPhone a few months ago. It worked intuitively without instructions and did what I expected it to do. It didn't send or post any messages in my name. I hear similar comments about Android.
The bottom line is that you couldn't give away WP7. The only reason people would use it is because they are MS fans or think that since it's MS then it must be at least ok.
It's been my impression that partnerships with Microsoft often don't turn out very well for the other party. I don't doubt this is a great deal for Microsoft, but I'm not so sure about Nokia.
I remember MS's partnership with Sybase. Shortly after MS canceled the friendship, they came out with their own DB, which, interestingly enough, used exactly the same syntax as Sybase and you could use a Sybase driver to access MS Sql Server and vice versa. Those who partner with MS deserve what they get. But, the CEO of Nokia is a ex-MS exec. Coincidence?
What you are overlooking is that in fact WP7 is a pretty good mobile OS
I don't have a smart phone (I have a Samsung S5230). I used WP7 for the first time last weekend. It was clunky, didn't respond well to my finger gestures (I had to do a lot of things twice or press harder). I tried the Facebook app, which didn't seem at all intuitive. But, it also decided that it was okay, without my permission, to post a message that "My Name" has installed Windows Phone 7, including punctuation errors to make it look like it was typed. Very deceptive and typical MS.
When you enter text into a field, you have to press a separate button to be able to enter text, rather than just tapping the field.
As a comparison, I tried an IPhone a couple of months ago and everything just seemed to work the way I would expect it. It didn't do any sneaky things like post messages in my name. I needed no instructions from anyone to use it. It was intuitive and the finger gestures worked as you would expect.
IMHO Win Mobile 7 is a joke. It's not even close to the IPhone or Android and the only reason people would use it is ignorance of what's available.
Damn, I'm glad I live in Germany. Things just seem so out of control and ridiculous back in the states now. Of course, every place has its wierdness, but filling out a form for a haircut? Come on.
You know, if you're bothered by a letter out of place, that makes you the week one.
I didn't see it at first.
For some reason this reminds me of Back to the Future. My answer would be, trying my best Christopher Lloyd immitation:
You don't need zip codes where we're going.
It certainly doesn't seem like Hotfile is encouraging pirating:
" ... It is Hotfile's policy to: (1) accommodate and not interfere with standard technical measures (as defined by the DMCA) used to identify and protect copyrighted works; (2) disable access to or remove content that it believes in good faith may infringe the copyrights of third parties; and (3) discontinue service to users who repeatedly make such content available or otherwise violate HotFile’s Terms of Service. ..."
I wonder if it is clearly labeled as such. I use Linux and Chrome most of the time, so I don't know what kind of agreement I would have to agree to for IE.
they're second-sourcing ~everyone's~ results without giving them credit.
Google references every site they find by name and URL. How can you say they are not giving them credit?
The original Google press release tries to spin this as if MS is stealing info from Google
Yep, because they are. They are copying user interaction with another party (google) and sending those results home and using them without permission. Actually sounds illegal, if you ask me.
He's a windows apologist. Did you expect anything else?
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All Google discovered is that Microsoft does exactly what they said they did--improve their result rankings by analyzing their users browsing.
The problem with that argument is that they used users' input and results to google and not their own bing. If you use IE (or perhaps even Windows), MS will be copying your input and sending it home. It's that simple. Not something I want any company to do, but, the MS fanbois seem to think this is okay. I'll stick to chrome or firefox and linux.
I find it even more troubling, and perhaps illegal, that ms is taking my activities with another party and sending them, without my knowledge back to themselves and using it for their benefit.
If it were research, the google results wouldn't have shown up in their results. Just typical ms. They can't innovate themselves, so they use other's technology. Borland C++, Sybase, Visicalc, etc.
The answer to that is in the article. It was the Microsoft .NET system which failed. The Linux system isn't even on line yet.
Did you RTFA? The outages occurred on the Microsoft .NET system, not on the Linux system. The linux system isn't even on line yet. You MS fanbois really aught to learn to read.
Agreed. Facebook benefits from your presence and your information. In exchange for this, they offer services.
If they cut off that service without a valid reason, they have breeched their end of the contract. I suppose they do have the right to so what they want within the terms of the agreement, but a good lawyer and a sympathetic jury will have a field day with this.
I didn't RTFA but I assume this is not that black and white. FB probably had their reasons for disabling the account.
But that would make us exactly like Europe and our states would be declaring bankruptcy.
Well, that depends on which Europe you are talking about. Germany does that and is in better economic shape than the US with much less debt than the US (total public debt per capita). I'm not saying it's the best way to do things, but the economic argument doesn't hold true in that case.
Same thing with national healthcare. I've worked in countries with it and it kicks ass.
Couldn't agree with you more on that one. I live in Germany and the mixture of private/public health care is a huge quality of life bonus here and an huge help for businesses competing on the world market. Germany is the biggest exporter in the world despite western wages and that is one of the reasons.
With HTML so important, where is IBM in this process?