More to the point, when you leave your laptop or PC with Best Buy, you have to sign a statement that they are not responsible for your data. This is in case of the loss of a hard drive, or if they have to replace the entire system. If you haven't already backed your data up, they can do so for you (in most cases), but they're not responsible for it.
I read it and wondered why Slashdot had an article on motorcycles...BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Back in the day, the bikes were called "beesers", which is why BMWs are now called "beemers" (though, the cars should be called "bimmers", "beemer" only refers to the motorcycles).
I'm guessing you're young, under thirty at least. I only say this because the "the tag may only be removed by the consumer" bit is a change that was made about fifteen years ago, before that they read "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law" in bold, black letters. So most people grew up with these ominous tags on all their pillows and mattresses warning that if they removed them there were stiff penalties involved. Nowadays, not so much. Meh.
The Mac platform, they argue, is more secure because there are fewer attacks against OSX than Windows-based systems
Not that it's more secure because it's better, but because there are fewer attacks? Won't adopting give hackers more incentive to attack it? They shouldn't judge the OS based on how many attacks there are now, but on how secure it can be made since one would assume that anything the government runs is interesting to hackers.
Vista doesn't run well on the hardware it is supposed to run on
I'm not sure you understood my argument, I didn't say that Vista ran well on the hardware it supposedly does based on its system requirements. But that if I take off-the-shelf hardware, hardware that Vista will run well on, and show people how to install it and get it running smoothly, no one will bother me. If you do the same with OSX, though, if you run it on anything but the approved hardware (conveniently sold by Apple) and then show others how to do so, their legal team will descend upon you like a swarm of locusts. All I'm saying, in other words, is that the "hardware requirements" for OSX, that being "only hardware sold by Apple", is more stringent.
That being said, I think the "hardware requirements" list for Vista are as unrealistically vague as the ones for OSX are specific. Just following their list doesn't guarantee a working system, but I never claimed it did. That wasn't the point I was making.
In an average week of work + home computing, I see maybe two or three UAC prompts the entire time, and I'm running with UAC on.
That's three times more than are necessary.
Obviously Vista has to follow certain rules in order to play HD-DVD and/or Blu-Ray content, but that's the fault of the MPAA, not Microsoft. Either you implement the secure pipeline and require hardware to match (HDMI-everything), or you don't get to play that content at full resolution.
And if Microsoft, with 90+ percent of the market, said, "No, if you want to get your movies into our market, you'll get rid of this annoying, overhead causing crap that our consumers hate."
And as for the old, debunked rumor from several years prior to Vista's release you should read this, last updated earlier this year.
and its onerous security notifications, adherence to DRM and general pointlessness, I don't think that "incompatibility with hardware" is really a valid statement. It runs on modern hardware from a wide variety of vendors. If you want to see an operating system with stringent hardware requirements, you need look no further than OSX. At least I can show people how to run the OS on my own hardware without the software's manufacturer coming after me and threatening legal action if I don't stop.
If you looked at the sky through a telescope and saw a tiny robot mining plant there, mining the moon for energy resources, would you be filled with a sense of wonder and pride about the ingenuity and courage of your fellow man, or with forbidding and dread that the moon was being raped?
If I looked at the sky through a telescope and saw a tiny robot mining plant there, mining the moon for energy resources, I'd be filled with a sense of wonder at how far telescope technology had come. Even the most powerful scopes we have here on Earth can't pick out the man-made stuff already on the moon.
It's fairly simple, digitaldc. The Democrats have requirements for candidates. One of those requirements is that the candidate's campaign be "viable". Since Colbert was only running in one state, his campaign was deemed to not be viable.
No, after spending millions of dollars for doing something stupid, they'll increase the monthly price for cable internet access by $10 and recoup their losses.
Just my opinion, but I'd say code that's executable from the stack and internal code addresses that aren't randomized at boot time qualify, especially since those can't be fixed through patches. That's what lead to the first hack and could spell more problems.
What is the possibility that Google gets the 700MHz spectrum and then uses it for their own phone service? I have no idea if that's even feasible, but if so, it would bypass any problem they may have with the current carriers not using their software because they see them as competition for advertising dollars.
FTFA:
Industry analysts say that Google, which has little experience with complex hardware, faces significant challenges.
I'd have to disagree. Now, I'm not saying that the two technologies have any overlap, but that the statement that Google "has little experience with complex hardware" seems a little disingenuous.
Well, there are two things here. First, "fatal design flaws" rarely seem to stop people from purchasing electronics. As an example, see the iPhone. Secondly, what is the known, fatal design flaw anyway? I know my brother's 360 locked up a couple of days after he bought it, but he got it the first day they came out and they shipped him a replacement immediately. Mine has never so much as hiccuped, maybe I'm just lucky.
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More to the point, when you leave your laptop or PC with Best Buy, you have to sign a statement that they are not responsible for your data. This is in case of the loss of a hard drive, or if they have to replace the entire system. If you haven't already backed your data up, they can do so for you (in most cases), but they're not responsible for it.
I read it and wondered why Slashdot had an article on motorcycles...BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Back in the day, the bikes were called "beesers", which is why BMWs are now called "beemers" (though, the cars should be called "bimmers", "beemer" only refers to the motorcycles).
I bet he's kicking himself now
I'm guessing you're young, under thirty at least. I only say this because the "the tag may only be removed by the consumer" bit is a change that was made about fifteen years ago, before that they read "Do Not Remove Under Penalty of Law" in bold, black letters. So most people grew up with these ominous tags on all their pillows and mattresses warning that if they removed them there were stiff penalties involved. Nowadays, not so much. Meh.
So who's the nerd now, huh?
The Mac platform, they argue, is more secure because there are fewer attacks against OSX than Windows-based systems
Not that it's more secure because it's better, but because there are fewer attacks? Won't adopting give hackers more incentive to attack it? They shouldn't judge the OS based on how many attacks there are now, but on how secure it can be made since one would assume that anything the government runs is interesting to hackers.
Now I won't ever have to leave WoW to get food or drinks! Can the avatar shower for me, too?
I'm not sure you understood my argument, I didn't say that Vista ran well on the hardware it supposedly does based on its system requirements. But that if I take off-the-shelf hardware, hardware that Vista will run well on, and show people how to install it and get it running smoothly, no one will bother me. If you do the same with OSX, though, if you run it on anything but the approved hardware (conveniently sold by Apple) and then show others how to do so, their legal team will descend upon you like a swarm of locusts. All I'm saying, in other words, is that the "hardware requirements" for OSX, that being "only hardware sold by Apple", is more stringent.
That being said, I think the "hardware requirements" list for Vista are as unrealistically vague as the ones for OSX are specific. Just following their list doesn't guarantee a working system, but I never claimed it did. That wasn't the point I was making.
In an average week of work + home computing, I see maybe two or three UAC prompts the entire time, and I'm running with UAC on.
That's three times more than are necessary.
Obviously Vista has to follow certain rules in order to play HD-DVD and/or Blu-Ray content, but that's the fault of the MPAA, not Microsoft. Either you implement the secure pipeline and require hardware to match (HDMI-everything), or you don't get to play that content at full resolution.
And if Microsoft, with 90+ percent of the market, said, "No, if you want to get your movies into our market, you'll get rid of this annoying, overhead causing crap that our consumers hate."
And as for the old, debunked rumor from several years prior to Vista's release you should read this, last updated earlier this year.
and its onerous security notifications, adherence to DRM and general pointlessness, I don't think that "incompatibility with hardware" is really a valid statement. It runs on modern hardware from a wide variety of vendors. If you want to see an operating system with stringent hardware requirements, you need look no further than OSX. At least I can show people how to run the OS on my own hardware without the software's manufacturer coming after me and threatening legal action if I don't stop.
If you looked at the sky through a telescope and saw a tiny robot mining plant there, mining the moon for energy resources, would you be filled with a sense of wonder and pride about the ingenuity and courage of your fellow man, or with forbidding and dread that the moon was being raped?
If I looked at the sky through a telescope and saw a tiny robot mining plant there, mining the moon for energy resources, I'd be filled with a sense of wonder at how far telescope technology had come. Even the most powerful scopes we have here on Earth can't pick out the man-made stuff already on the moon.
I'd also take into consideration how much impact the oft-sited idea that Mac has no viruses will have on people's decision to go through those steps.
"Hey, it can't hurt me, there aren't any viruses on Macs..."
It's fairly simple, digitaldc. The Democrats have requirements for candidates. One of those requirements is that the candidate's campaign be "viable". Since Colbert was only running in one state, his campaign was deemed to not be viable.
Plus, on the internet "free gifts" (even if they aren't supposed to be free) and demos are readily available.
No, after spending millions of dollars for doing something stupid, they'll increase the monthly price for cable internet access by $10 and recoup their losses.
FTFP:
An article in the Editor and Publisher describes the plan to ban cross-ownership in the same market
FTFA:
Among the rules that are potentially on the chopping block is a ban on one company owning a newspaper and broadcast station in the same market.
So the post should have read:
An article in the Editor and Publisher describes the plan to no longer ban cross-ownership in the same market
Guns don't kill people. Robotic, automated, 35mm anti-aircraft, twin-barreled guns kill people.
This'll never fly.
That should, of course, have read "What's the big deal?", but I've had a head cold for the last week.
There's been a fix for this problem for a while now.
Whoops, I linked to the wrong reference. Here's the actual exploit for the flaw.
Just my opinion, but I'd say code that's executable from the stack and internal code addresses that aren't randomized at boot time qualify, especially since those can't be fixed through patches. That's what lead to the first hack and could spell more problems.
What is the possibility that Google gets the 700MHz spectrum and then uses it for their own phone service? I have no idea if that's even feasible, but if so, it would bypass any problem they may have with the current carriers not using their software because they see them as competition for advertising dollars.
FTFA: Industry analysts say that Google, which has little experience with complex hardware, faces significant challenges. I'd have to disagree. Now, I'm not saying that the two technologies have any overlap, but that the statement that Google "has little experience with complex hardware" seems a little disingenuous.
Seriously, it has a known, fatal design flaw.
Well, there are two things here. First, "fatal design flaws" rarely seem to stop people from purchasing electronics. As an example, see the iPhone. Secondly, what is the known, fatal design flaw anyway? I know my brother's 360 locked up a couple of days after he bought it, but he got it the first day they came out and they shipped him a replacement immediately. Mine has never so much as hiccuped, maybe I'm just lucky.
You should go back and read the items included in the package you linked to; Halo 3 isn't included with it.