Sorry.. But you can get good performance with few registers. As someone who worked in the Arospace industry working on F15/F16 engine controls I can attest to this. We had CPU's that didn't even have STACKS and had 2 registers (yes.. 2). We have 64K programs running 4 times a second doing 255 A/D conversions.. So don't blame bad performance on lack of registers. Blame it on bad programming/bad compilers.
They control the master whois records and they control all (I think) of the TLD's (Top Level DNS Servers) so effectively they DO own (or at the very least, control) every domain.
The idiots there are forcing me to create/maintain a record for a DNS server that exists on a domain registered/maintained with Register.com.. They want control. Too many people just stay with them because it will possibly be less hassles in the long run.
Baloney.. This will allow people trying to register names for a valid use to actually get the names they want.
The reason NSI has been doing this (holding onto expired domains) is because they think that it will be more profitable for them to auction off the site instead of selling it at the "normal" rate...
I'm on a business trip and I want to listen to my legally purchased and legally owned CDs.. I have them on my.mp3.com and its going to force me to insert my CD ? They can insert this.
They will die a quick and painful death (as the RIAA intended them to).
I pulled out copy of Dune and did some checking.. Paul is s'posed to be 16 (And Jessica about 30ish-14 when the Duke took her).. The movie meeting of Paul and the Reverend Mother was more accurat(dialog/the voice/etc.) than the MS is.. It was raining in the book (as it was in the movie).. Ane prolly lots more *reading book as quickly as I can and still comprehend it*
That's their strength currently... As for desktops, its a matter of time. And since FreeBSD supports Linux applications many apps are available too. Its hard to determine use though since you don't need to register FreeBSD either (and since it only started to show up at places like CompUSA and BestBuy you don't have that aspect either). I bett that more people are using BSD than you think. They are also used in a few firewall boxes/routers/etc. too.
A NIC not supported in the basic generic kernel ? I've been a BSD user since 2.2.5 and its always found my NIC's (even some pretty funky ones). Was it setup in a strange way or non-standard IRQ/Memory settings ?
DirectX - people devel for DX, thus games don't get developed for OGL, and we Linux users don't get a port, since one would take a total conversion of the engine. Would you blame them? Linux has.. what, 5% of the desktop marketshare? Its a simple application of supply and demand.
Well.. what about BeOS.. what about Solaris.. what about Mac ? Those have a decent market share..
Office - 'if you don't use the latest version, you can't read anybody's documents, and they can't read your's. This also crushes presentation software, site design software, and most other 'productivity' software, since if people have something that 'does the job,' they generally aren't willing to shell out money for another program that does something similar, even if it does it better. Not many people get office for much more than being able to read those horrid Word documents, but use all the other parts of it, because they would rather not pay more money. (Possibly why MS hiked the price of MS Office/again/?) Not so... the formats of Office 2000 are backwards-compatible with Office 97. Nearly every Linux distro comes with Netscape by default... shouldn't I complain that such a practice is hurting Opera for Linux sales? You are the worst type of hypocrite-- your blind to your own hypocrasy.
Umm.. MS can READ the older Word formats.. but by default it writes out the newest ONE... not a backwards compatible formatted file (Only readable in the current version).. THIS is the the problem...
Browser - this has already been overly stated. Including IE in Windows is no different than preloading Redhat with Netscape. It is the EXACT same thing. If you can't see that, then you must be blind
No.. you DON'T have to use Netscape.. With MSIE you have to use it inorder to use their update features and install some software...
SMB - constantly mutating the protocol. Well, they own it so they can do whatever the heck they want to with it. I'm sure Microsoft programmers have nothing better to do than modify SMB in order to thwart the SAMBA programmers who will have to release a new version a few weeks later to catch up... oops except for the fact that all MS SMB clients are backwards compatible so you only have to upgrade to get new features. Are you sure about that ? Even Windows 2000 machines WON'T work with the neighborhood networking (SMB) in their old OS's (Win95/Win98/WinNT)...
Media - Windows Media Player. Crappy product at it's most recent release, and comes bundled and installed. BFD. Windows has always come bundled with a built-in media player. Are you actually saying that RealPlayer or Quicktime are better products?
No.. but if you install it.. it WILL take over as the default player (without asking you if you want it to)...
Utilities - a miriad of utilities that have increased in abundance since the Dark Beginning of Windows, which have over time decreased the demand for other company's products, such as defrag tools, editors, etc. Like the 100s of packages that come in the average Linux distro? More of the same
No.. In Linux you have a choice as to what tools you want to use.. You don't have no choice about what tools you use...
Servers - all their lovely servers which constantly change protocols, requiring the latest OS or software package from MS in order for them to work properly together. *ahem* All clients are backward compatible. I can setup a w2k machine and w98 clients can access it no problem.
Umm.. MS-SQL 2000 and MS-SQL 7.x ? I don't belive THOSE work/play well with each other.. MS Project Server (it DEMANDS that you have SQL 2000 installed)...
Never mind that they're inferior server products and cost a lot more - businesses 'need' them because they offer new 'features' which other programs are cross dependant on. Upgrade the server, you have to upgrade the client. Proof? And no, you do not have to upgrade the client. Spewing FUD no more becomes you than it does Microsoft.
See above..
Email - everyone using windows has either OE or Outlook that comes w/ Office. Lovely, formatted email that nobody else can read without having to search through the message for meaningful content. Nevermind the address books, etc, that go alongside the Exchange server. Different from Notes? Nope. Get with the times. If your email program can't handle MIME or HTML, get a new email program or stop your b*tching. Nobody's going to hold your hand.
no.. The email generated in Outlook doesn't work with OTHER email packages.. Hell.. it can't even handle HTML formatted emails properly... If I send a message from outlook with any images (embedded not attachments) the images get lost by the recipient.
Its still available.. you just need to install it before you install IE 5.x ( I know.. I just did it at work in my NT 4.0 SP 6 machine )...you have to find a copy if ie4_setup.exe then install the active desktop feature THEN install IE 5
I can do it now.. When I move a URL, I create a Redirect with Apache and it goes to the new location.. Nothing fancy there.. and no new architecture is needed.
The problem will be that someone needs to maintain this mapping.. and for how long do you keep it ? (1 year, 2 years, 5 years, forever ?)
Sorry.. those are both illegal in most countries. They would be shutdown rather quickly and the owners/creators of the sites would be arrested before the power on the server is at 0volts.
Well.. at one time you could have dropped winblows documentation into the water (since it was paper it would have floated) but now.. Geeze.. you don't even get a magazine worth of documentation - *remembering the 30 pounds of documentatuion with MS C++ 7.0*
Why do I worry ? Its because they violate any/all amounts of due process. Do you actually think that they WILL have the court orders before or AFTER they find something ? Whats to stop them from fabricating stuff and inserting it into carnivore ? Prove you didn't create it. What about you sending out a picture of your grandchild in the bathtub (nothing rude) to a friend ? Do you want to be arrested for child pornography (you COULD)... What about the fact that with wiretaps, they have to have the order BEFORE they go searching.. here they will always have the info and can get the warrent and then search the old data..
What I meant was that Corel was given a (as part of the deal with Microsoft) license to port.NET to Linux. If Corel stops their distribution and development of Linux, then they won't be using Linux (and then won't be porting Linux).
I mean, why would Microsoft want.NET on Linux ? If that happens, then who would use Windows 2000/Windows ME to do stuff with.NET ?
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Sorry.. But you can get good performance with few registers. As someone who worked in the Arospace industry working on F15/F16 engine controls I can attest to this. We had CPU's that didn't even have STACKS and had 2 registers (yes.. 2). We have 64K programs running 4 times a second doing 255 A/D conversions.. So don't blame bad performance on lack of registers. Blame it on bad programming/bad compilers.
But recovering alcoholics don't go out and have near beers or alcohol free wines.. I think that is the point the person was trying to make..
The idiots there are forcing me to create/maintain a record for a DNS server that exists on a domain registered/maintained with Register.com.. They want control. Too many people just stay with them because it will possibly be less hassles in the long run.
The reason NSI has been doing this (holding onto expired domains) is because they think that it will be more profitable for them to auction off the site instead of selling it at the "normal" rate...
I thought that P4 had No SMP support ? ( No circuitry for it )... I may be wrong though...
Or the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (of 4 or is it 5 books) ?
Its slated (from Amazon) to come out in January.. Didn't see any date for the DVD though
Because.. maybe my sound skill's aren't there.. I don't know how to do it so 45 bucks ISN'T a big issue
They will die a quick and painful death (as the RIAA intended them to).
I pulled out copy of Dune and did some checking.. Paul is s'posed to be 16 (And Jessica about 30ish-14 when the Duke took her).. The movie meeting of Paul and the Reverend Mother was more accurat(dialog/the voice/etc.) than the MS is .. It was raining in the book (as it was in the movie).. Ane prolly lots more *reading book as quickly as I can and still comprehend it*
3 words... Major League Baseball
That's their strength currently... As for desktops, its a matter of time. And since FreeBSD supports Linux applications many apps are available too. Its hard to determine use though since you don't need to register FreeBSD either (and since it only started to show up at places like CompUSA and BestBuy you don't have that aspect either). I bett that more people are using BSD than you think. They are also used in a few firewall boxes/routers/etc. too.
A NIC not supported in the basic generic kernel ? I've been a BSD user since 2.2.5 and its always found my NIC's (even some pretty funky ones). Was it setup in a strange way or non-standard IRQ/Memory settings ?
Really ? Can you show anything to back this up ? Any documentation ? Anything ?
Would you blame them? Linux has.. what, 5% of the desktop marketshare? Its a simple application of supply and demand.
Well.. what about BeOS.. what about Solaris.. what about Mac ? Those have a decent market share..
Office - 'if you don't use the latest version, you can't read anybody's documents, and they can't read your's. This also crushes presentation software, site design software, and most other 'productivity' software, since if people have something that 'does the job,' they generally aren't willing to shell out money for another program that does something similar, even if it does it better. Not many people get office for much more than being able to read those horrid Word documents, but use all the other parts of it, because they would rather not pay more money. (Possibly why MS hiked the price of MS Office /again/?)
Not so... the formats of Office 2000 are backwards-compatible with Office 97. Nearly every Linux distro comes with Netscape by default... shouldn't I complain that such a practice is hurting Opera for Linux sales? You are the worst type of hypocrite-- your blind to your own hypocrasy.
Umm.. MS can READ the older Word formats.. but by default it writes out the newest ONE... not a backwards compatible formatted file (Only readable in the current version).. THIS is the the problem...
Browser - this has already been overly stated.
Including IE in Windows is no different than preloading Redhat with Netscape. It is the EXACT same thing. If you can't see that, then you must be blind
No.. you DON'T have to use Netscape.. With MSIE you have to use it inorder to use their update features and install some software...
SMB - constantly mutating the protocol.
Well, they own it so they can do whatever the heck they want to with it. I'm sure Microsoft programmers have nothing better to do than modify SMB in order to thwart the SAMBA programmers who will have to release a new version a few weeks later to catch up... oops except for the fact that all MS SMB clients are backwards compatible so you only have to upgrade to get new features.
Are you sure about that ? Even Windows 2000 machines WON'T work with the neighborhood networking (SMB) in their old OS's (Win95/Win98/WinNT)...
Media - Windows Media Player. Crappy product at it's most recent release, and comes bundled and installed.
BFD. Windows has always come bundled with a built-in media player. Are you actually saying that RealPlayer or Quicktime are better products?
No.. but if you install it.. it WILL take over as the default player (without asking you if you want it to)...
Utilities - a miriad of utilities that have increased in abundance since the Dark Beginning of Windows, which have over time decreased the demand for other company's products, such as defrag tools, editors, etc.
Like the 100s of packages that come in the average Linux distro? More of the same
No.. In Linux you have a choice as to what tools you want to use.. You don't have no choice about what tools you use...
Servers - all their lovely servers which constantly change protocols, requiring the latest OS or software package from MS in order for them to work properly together.
*ahem* All clients are backward compatible. I can setup a w2k machine and w98 clients can access it no problem.
Umm.. MS-SQL 2000 and MS-SQL 7.x ? I don't belive THOSE work/play well with each other.. MS Project Server (it DEMANDS that you have SQL 2000 installed)...
Never mind that they're inferior server products and cost a lot more - businesses 'need' them because they offer new 'features' which other programs are cross dependant on. Upgrade the server, you have to upgrade the client.
Proof? And no, you do not have to upgrade the client. Spewing FUD no more becomes you than it does Microsoft.
See above..
Email - everyone using windows has either OE or Outlook that comes w/ Office. Lovely, formatted email that nobody else can read without having to search through the message for meaningful content. Nevermind the address books, etc, that go alongside the Exchange server.
Different from Notes? Nope. Get with the times. If your email program can't handle MIME or HTML, get a new email program or stop your b*tching. Nobody's going to hold your hand.
no.. The email generated in Outlook doesn't work with OTHER email packages.. Hell.. it can't even handle HTML formatted emails properly... If I send a message from outlook with any images (embedded not attachments) the images get lost by the recipient.
Its still available.. you just need to install it before you install IE 5.x ( I know.. I just did it at work in my NT 4.0 SP 6 machine ).. .you have to find a copy if ie4_setup.exe then install the active desktop feature THEN install IE 5
The problem will be that someone needs to maintain this mapping.. and for how long do you keep it ? (1 year, 2 years, 5 years, forever ?)
I would think so .. He is considered by many to be a "father figure" to robotics designers with his 2 laws (the 3rd being added later).
Sorry.. those are both illegal in most countries. They would be shutdown rather quickly and the owners/creators of the sites would be arrested before the power on the server is at 0volts.
Well.. at one time you could have dropped winblows documentation into the water (since it was paper it would have floated) but now.. Geeze.. you don't even get a magazine worth of documentation - *remembering the 30 pounds of documentatuion with MS C++ 7.0*
Be afraid.. be very afraid..
Since AMD's licensed the SMP from DEC [from the ALPHA's] (and If memory serves me right, that can support upto 14 CPU's).
What I meant was that Corel was given a (as part of the deal with Microsoft) license to port .NET to Linux. If Corel stops their distribution and development of Linux, then they won't be using Linux (and then won't be porting Linux). .NET on Linux ? If that happens, then who would use Windows 2000/Windows ME to do stuff with .NET ?
I mean, why would Microsoft want
Probably "not doable"... since SMP support requires circuitry on the CPU to handle the synchronization of the CPU's.