What are they guilty of? Hosting ~30kb plaintext files? Fuck, most of the web does that. Quick, shut down all the ISPs for facilitating copyright infringement. And the people who laid the cables. And Tim Berners Lee. And Microsoft/Apple/Linux community. They are all participants in this evil.
How exactly was I being pompous or boastful? I was merely stating my opinion on OS X ( which no-one refuted ) and therefore the reasons why I wouldn't buy an Apple machine..
I was recently in a situation ( rented apartment ) where the WiFi would have been a mandatory cost as I wasn't allow to run cables anywhere ( through the wall or otherwise ). Perhaps the GGGP was/is in a similar situation?
OS X is a very good alternative to both Windows and Linux
Personally, I regard OS X as a(n expensive) mash-up of disadvantages from Windows ( proprietary software, at the whims of a company ) and Linux ( lack of support from hardware and software manufacturers ).
I did say rough guess. I'm completely disinterested in Vista so I just went off what I had heard previously. Obviously was mistaken. Let me remedy with a quick google search:
I can very well understand why people feel that Microsoft should open source ( at least older ) Windows.
I think the reason why is because what they do with their code affects *everyone* ( if not everyone, very close ) with a computer. Even ones not connected to any other computer! For example, the BIOS re-ordering of drives to work-around the fact Windows can only boot from the "first" drive can cause issues when installing Linux.
I do agree that open source should be voluntary because it undermines the core concept if it is forced.
Okay, so you have a Windows XP machine and you have to upgrade because it is EOL. ( prices are rough guesses ) Windows Vista: £300 New PC: £300 New software: £150 Total: £750
Same for an upgrade to the next version of *insert favourite Linux disto here* Distro: £0 New PC: £0 ( don't need one ) New software: £0 Total: £0
This post may sound zealoty but it is to illustrate that once Linux was brought into the comparison, it became apple and oranges.
And there probably are already games that won't run on XP. If not, there will be soon. So your statement would become "They should just patch Vista/Windows 7".
( I hate it when I can't think of how to word something so the next bit probably doesn't convey what I actually mean. ) You say they should have just patched XP. Your reason for not doing it to 2K was some games don't run on it but if they had just patched it, XP wouldn't exist and you wouldn't have that problem. So why do you say XP ( especially if you prefer 2K, as I do )?
After all patents are to promote innovation, partly by revealing it. Other people can build the invention (that is fully allowed, you are just not allowed to sell/distribute a product based on the invention), and improve on it: this is how innovation is promoted.
I don't understand how this works. What is the point on improving on a patented invention if you won't be able to distribute it because doing so would infringe on the original patent?
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Once a customer is in a "vendor lock-in" position, do the vendors really still listen?
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Microsoft/Apple don't *have* to listen to you either. What's your point?
I've installed 'preload' on my laptop ( Ubuntu 8.10 ) and it almost makes the OOo splash screen obsolete ( it only shows for a second or so ). Isn't that the same sort of thing as 'prefetch' but maybe without aiding boot times?
[quote]Windows 7 will have the advantage of supporting countless items of consumer hardware, as well as the tremendous decades-long back-catalog of games and productivity software.[/quote] Don't forget the countless items of hardware, games, and software that won't work:)
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And knife manufacturers help commit knife crimes but they haven't been prosecuted for it.
What are they guilty of? Hosting ~30kb plaintext files?
Fuck, most of the web does that.
Quick, shut down all the ISPs for facilitating copyright infringement. And the people who laid the cables. And Tim Berners Lee. And Microsoft/Apple/Linux community. They are all participants in this evil.
Despite not infringing any copyright. Grrreat.
Then punishing people who do not have this "conscience" is unfair because they don't know the rules.
How exactly was I being pompous or boastful? I was merely stating my opinion on OS X ( which no-one refuted ) and therefore the reasons why I wouldn't buy an Apple machine..
Troll?! Damn, I'm not entirely sure who I upset!
I was recently in a situation ( rented apartment ) where the WiFi would have been a mandatory cost as I wasn't allow to run cables anywhere ( through the wall or otherwise ). Perhaps the GGGP was/is in a similar situation?
Only idiots buy all their equipment from high street retailers and pay full price, I expect better from /.ers
Most of the consumer market isn't made up of /.'ers, let alone the informed.
OS X is a very good alternative to both Windows and Linux
Personally, I regard OS X as a(n expensive) mash-up of disadvantages from Windows ( proprietary software, at the whims of a company ) and Linux ( lack of support from hardware and software manufacturers ).
The price tag clearly displays it before the 1,000 unit separator..
*scratches head*
I did say rough guess. I'm completely disinterested in Vista so I just went off what I had heard previously. Obviously was mistaken.
Let me remedy with a quick google search:
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
£183.99
I can very well understand why people feel that Microsoft should open source ( at least older ) Windows.
I think the reason why is because what they do with their code affects *everyone* ( if not everyone, very close ) with a computer. Even ones not connected to any other computer! For example, the BIOS re-ordering of drives to work-around the fact Windows can only boot from the "first" drive can cause issues when installing Linux.
I do agree that open source should be voluntary because it undermines the core concept if it is forced.
Okay, so you have a Windows XP machine and you have to upgrade because it is EOL. ( prices are rough guesses )
Windows Vista: £300
New PC: £300
New software: £150
Total: £750
Same for an upgrade to the next version of *insert favourite Linux disto here*
Distro: £0
New PC: £0 ( don't need one )
New software: £0
Total: £0
This post may sound zealoty but it is to illustrate that once Linux was brought into the comparison, it became apple and oranges.
any future bugs found in the platform will not be fixed unless customers pay
Does that mean they will fix all the bugs that have been found in the past? No.
Can someone else fix them? No.
+1 for open source
And there probably are already games that won't run on XP. If not, there will be soon. So your statement would become "They should just patch Vista/Windows 7".
( I hate it when I can't think of how to word something so the next bit probably doesn't convey what I actually mean. )
You say they should have just patched XP. Your reason for not doing it to 2K was some games don't run on it but if they had just patched it, XP wouldn't exist and you wouldn't have that problem. So why do you say XP ( especially if you prefer 2K, as I do )?
Microsoft should keep XP as a basic core OS for normal people and just add SPs and upgrades to it to make it work with newer hardware.
Why not with Windows 2000? It does all the things you listed and in my experience was very stable.
hugely varying HTML standards
Doesn't that make it, by definition, not a standard?
repeating the same mistakes
At my workplace, we call that progress! :'( )
( Sadly, I do not jest
After all patents are to promote innovation, partly by revealing it. Other people can build the invention (that is fully allowed, you are just not allowed to sell/distribute a product based on the invention), and improve on it: this is how innovation is promoted.
I don't understand how this works. What is the point on improving on a patented invention if you won't be able to distribute it because doing so would infringe on the original patent?
Once a customer is in a "vendor lock-in" position, do the vendors really still listen?
Microsoft/Apple don't *have* to listen to you either. What's your point?
My father gave me some HTML that was decoded with Javascript. To get the raw HTML was pretty simple IIRC..
1) Load page in Firefox
2) Open DOM explorer/inspector
3) Export as HTML
4) ???
5) PROFIT!!
If there is, it would be impossible to get it :(
I've installed 'preload' on my laptop ( Ubuntu 8.10 ) and it almost makes the OOo splash screen obsolete ( it only shows for a second or so ). Isn't that the same sort of thing as 'prefetch' but maybe without aiding boot times?
[quote]Windows 7 will have the advantage of supporting countless items of consumer hardware, as well as the tremendous decades-long back-catalog of games and productivity software.[/quote] :)
Don't forget the countless items of hardware, games, and software that won't work