I do, I fix a lot of peoples PC's, the worst of which I have fixed in the last year, was 800MHz Duron, the next up from that was a 1.6GHz Laptop...
And they aren't kids/teens/gamers or anything, most of them are 35 to 60 years old, anyone with a PC older than 6 years, probably isn't going to try and put Win7 on their PC anyways, however, even if they did try, it would surely run better than Vista... even if it's just a 210 second boot time, compared to 220...lol
Also, I'm sure there will be tell-tale signs of who is wearing this, and you could fire at them, not necessarily for a hit, but to make them move into an area where you do want to hit them, or even fire a burst, to make someone wearing it move out of the way so you can hit the guy behind him, etc, etc...
Actually it does, however superficial the changes may be, but I cannot stand Vista, SP1 or not, even on a Q6600 with 2GB's of Ram (not the best machine, but certainly enough), it is intolerable for me, however, Win7 (as it currently stands) runs quite well even on my P4 2.6GHz with 1.5GB's of RAM, which is well below most peoples PC's these days.
The copy/move/delete dialogs, and the missing information/links panel in folders (ie: XP Explorer, the new ones are a huge waste of space) are about the only thing that annoys me. That and ATI's *beta* drivers (at the time), crashed it.
It's by no means the perfect OS, but a lot of us seem to prefer it far more than Vista, which, is at least more on the upswing than a backstep. But it is all just preference, and expectations.
I realize that most, if not all people are not fond of the idea of having limited processes.
But seriously, XP came with a Starter edition to, limited to 3 processes, yet you are perfectly happy running an XP VM, because it is not Starter Edition.
No one ever said that every single Win7 is limited to 3 processes, only the lowest of the low edition, which is nothing new, XP and Vista both came with it, both limited to 3 [user] Processes [with windows].
Windows XP Starter Edition is a lower-cost version of Windows XP available in Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, India, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low-end hardware, can only run 3 programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default.
Personally, I consider "batfuck insane" as an admirable attribute and adds greatly to character...
However, he lost me at "I resist change as much as I can." which, as far as I am concerned, removes his batfuck status.
None-the-less I still generally point people who are curious about their Windows services to his site, even though many of his suggestions are questionable.
I don't think so, definitely not threaded applications, but even Chrome, and IE, and others that have multiple processes per task, shouldn't (but may) be limited by this, because it was the first process that started the child processes.
Although, that would probably depend on how the processes are started, if they are called from the first, or if they are just arguments passed to the OS... either way, I am positive there will be by-passes made legitimate or otherwise.
Granted, this is targeted at "emerging" markets and what-not... (which is not an excuse, still not fond of the idea)... I'd like to have the option from time to time to limit the number of processes my OS can run, I know its possible, but it would be nice to have it more simplified, CheckBox + NumericUpDown somewhere in a dialog.
I don't know where you are from, but chances are you won't have to worry about it anyways. Outside of PC stores, I have never seen a copy of XP, or Vista 'Starter' editions running (although I am in Canada, not Tuvalu or something)
That, and we shouldn't have to take those measures in the first place.
"**** to drop several nuclear bombs on March 1st"
"It doesn't really matter, we can just live underground"
Exaggerated, sure... but just because we may be able to cope with the problem, doesn't mean we should just sit back and wait for the problem to happen.
That or editing your firewall, but that will only block contact with the servers, the update application will still run, and continuously try and establish that connection which could cause a lot of problems.
"NO you do not want to write into program files. UNLESS you are an installer. Period."
Personally, I like to think of myself as a continuously modified script, running a bio-mechanical machine.
Far more often than not (nearly always) you do not want applications to write into the./Program Files/. folder, however, I am not a program, and I need to write to various (program files) folders for many reasons, what if I need to install a plug-in that does not have an installer, perhaps a file got corrupted, and I need to edit it, or maybe I am just bored and/or curious and feel like poking around, it is "My Computer" which includes every file and folder contained on any of its hard drives, I am not renting it from the OS, or the applications on it.
Although, you generally do not want your average e-mail checking user to be able to do those things, not because it is some mysterious taboo, but because they will generally fuck it up and not know how to fix it, but even then, if it is their personal/home use computer, they should still be able to do so, given enough dialogs/warnings... trial, error, money spent, they'l learn, but never completely locked out.
You may be doing fine with what you currently have, but you may not even comprehend the benefits of what you don't have, because... you don't have it.
Your living room might work really well with a couch and a chair, but it might improve a lot of things to have a loveseat, and 2 chairs... or you might be doing fine with your Dodge Dakota, but it could be far more practical/useful to get a Dodge Caravan... etc, etc.
You shouldn't go out and buy the newest alternative, but considering both KDE and Win7 are free to test (always free in one case) then there isn't a reason not to bother (provided you have time)
Granted, as far as just work goes, if your OS runs the apps you need at their maximum capability, and your network/peripherals all work at 100%, then no, there isn't a reason provided that the OS is still (and will be) supported for some time to come (internally or externally), because thats a finite environment (no time for play/experimenting).
Iran builds first Iranian car... The USA stops building the Abrams tank...
I'm not saying that they will not use their new found technology for malicious purposes, only that... you know... maybe they just want some TV, and their own Google Maps.
What? you think the CDC isn't already aware of Malaria? Wouldn't that be preaching to the choir?
If they don't, I hope Bill's next speech is about how inadequate, and incompetent the CDC is...
The idea behind giving a speech to people who are celebrities and/or have money is, they in-turn can help bring attention to, or fund groups and organizations who (perhaps) need more funding such as the CDC.
Secondly, I'm sure that the mosquito's were grown/breed/harvested from tested mosquito's in a sanitary environment, do you think he just hired some guy with a net to go scoop some up?
No, but it could make it *really* easy for them to do so, no more triangulating cell phones, or the GPS in your car, just a simple web browser and a name/id, the secretary hired earlier in the morning is capable of doing that.
Plus, unlike [most] other methods, you are agreeing to be tracked, and there is/will probably be various clauses in the agreement allowing for in-roads for X group/agency/org.
If it's less than ("ceasing publication", "declining circulation") then assume the first, if it is more than (ie: "new publication") assume the second.
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You should be confined to a small room, without food, until you are no longer alive.
I do, I fix a lot of peoples PC's, the worst of which I have fixed in the last year, was 800MHz Duron, the next up from that was a 1.6GHz Laptop...
And they aren't kids/teens/gamers or anything, most of them are 35 to 60 years old, anyone with a PC older than 6 years, probably isn't going to try and put Win7 on their PC anyways, however, even if they did try, it would surely run better than Vista... even if it's just a 210 second boot time, compared to 220...lol
Also, I'm sure there will be tell-tale signs of who is wearing this, and you could fire at them, not necessarily for a hit, but to make them move into an area where you do want to hit them, or even fire a burst, to make someone wearing it move out of the way so you can hit the guy behind him, etc, etc...
"Dance fucker dance"
"It fixes NOTHING..."
Actually it does, however superficial the changes may be, but I cannot stand Vista, SP1 or not, even on a Q6600 with 2GB's of Ram (not the best machine, but certainly enough), it is intolerable for me, however, Win7 (as it currently stands) runs quite well even on my P4 2.6GHz with 1.5GB's of RAM, which is well below most peoples PC's these days.
The copy/move/delete dialogs, and the missing information/links panel in folders (ie: XP Explorer, the new ones are a huge waste of space) are about the only thing that annoys me. That and ATI's *beta* drivers (at the time), crashed it.
It's by no means the perfect OS, but a lot of us seem to prefer it far more than Vista, which, is at least more on the upswing than a backstep. But it is all just preference, and expectations.
Ok
[it] is pointless, like suing the gun companies if a murderer killed some one [in a car] with one of their guns.
Print? you mean Input some more digits for it.
Yes?
It's just not as easy to start your own topics, but otherwise it has pretty much all the features a (normal?) forum has.
I realize that most, if not all people are not fond of the idea of having limited processes.
But seriously, XP came with a Starter edition to, limited to 3 processes, yet you are perfectly happy running an XP VM, because it is not Starter Edition.
No one ever said that every single Win7 is limited to 3 processes, only the lowest of the low edition, which is nothing new, XP and Vista both came with it, both limited to 3 [user] Processes [with windows].
XP Starter Edition
Windows XP Starter Edition is a lower-cost version of Windows XP available in Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, India, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low-end hardware, can only run 3 programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default.
Personally, I consider "batfuck insane" as an admirable attribute and adds greatly to character...
However, he lost me at "I resist change as much as I can." which, as far as I am concerned, removes his batfuck status.
None-the-less I still generally point people who are curious about their Windows services to his site, even though many of his suggestions are questionable.
I don't think so, definitely not threaded applications, but even Chrome, and IE, and others that have multiple processes per task, shouldn't (but may) be limited by this, because it was the first process that started the child processes.
Although, that would probably depend on how the processes are started, if they are called from the first, or if they are just arguments passed to the OS... either way, I am positive there will be by-passes made legitimate or otherwise.
Granted, this is targeted at "emerging" markets and what-not... (which is not an excuse, still not fond of the idea)... I'd like to have the option from time to time to limit the number of processes my OS can run, I know its possible, but it would be nice to have it more simplified, CheckBox + NumericUpDown somewhere in a dialog.
I don't know where you are from, but chances are you won't have to worry about it anyways. Outside of PC stores, I have never seen a copy of XP, or Vista 'Starter' editions running (although I am in Canada, not Tuvalu or something)
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(Sorry, but I had to.)
http://www.buzzhumor.com/videos/2936/Mythbusters_CDROM_Shattering
That, and we shouldn't have to take those measures in the first place.
"**** to drop several nuclear bombs on March 1st"
"It doesn't really matter, we can just live underground"
Exaggerated, sure... but just because we may be able to cope with the problem, doesn't mean we should just sit back and wait for the problem to happen.
That or editing your firewall, but that will only block contact with the servers, the update application will still run, and continuously try and establish that connection which could cause a lot of problems.
"NO you do not want to write into program files. UNLESS you are an installer. Period."
Personally, I like to think of myself as a continuously modified script, running a bio-mechanical machine.
Far more often than not (nearly always) you do not want applications to write into the ./Program Files/. folder, however, I am not a program, and I need to write to various (program files) folders for many reasons, what if I need to install a plug-in that does not have an installer, perhaps a file got corrupted, and I need to edit it, or maybe I am just bored and/or curious and feel like poking around, it is "My Computer" which includes every file and folder contained on any of its hard drives, I am not renting it from the OS, or the applications on it.
Although, you generally do not want your average e-mail checking user to be able to do those things, not because it is some mysterious taboo, but because they will generally fuck it up and not know how to fix it, but even then, if it is their personal/home use computer, they should still be able to do so, given enough dialogs/warnings... trial, error, money spent, they'l learn, but never completely locked out.
Agreed.
This sounds like a TV version of the Internet, and I haven't watched TV in 2 years largely because of it's limitations.
It's almost, if not always worth checking out.
You may be doing fine with what you currently have, but you may not even comprehend the benefits of what you don't have, because... you don't have it.
Your living room might work really well with a couch and a chair, but it might improve a lot of things to have a loveseat, and 2 chairs... or you might be doing fine with your Dodge Dakota, but it could be far more practical/useful to get a Dodge Caravan... etc, etc.
You shouldn't go out and buy the newest alternative, but considering both KDE and Win7 are free to test (always free in one case) then there isn't a reason not to bother (provided you have time)
Granted, as far as just work goes, if your OS runs the apps you need at their maximum capability, and your network/peripherals all work at 100%, then no, there isn't a reason provided that the OS is still (and will be) supported for some time to come (internally or externally), because thats a finite environment (no time for play/experimenting).
I'll just laugh, and spit in their faces!... wait... damnit.
Yer right, I had a beautiful blue ball, until I clicked "Block Content" then clicked on the ball, followed by "Done"...
Opera took it upon itself to add "http://www.adimpact.com/webapp/*" into its blocked list, that's the last I'll see of the "blue balls"...
Iran builds first Iranian car...
The USA stops building the Abrams tank...
I'm not saying that they will not use their new found technology for malicious purposes, only that... you know... maybe they just want some TV, and their own Google Maps.
What? you think the CDC isn't already aware of Malaria? Wouldn't that be preaching to the choir?
If they don't, I hope Bill's next speech is about how inadequate, and incompetent the CDC is...
The idea behind giving a speech to people who are celebrities and/or have money is, they in-turn can help bring attention to, or fund groups and organizations who (perhaps) need more funding such as the CDC.
Secondly, I'm sure that the mosquito's were grown/breed/harvested from tested mosquito's in a sanitary environment, do you think he just hired some guy with a net to go scoop some up?
No, but it could make it *really* easy for them to do so, no more triangulating cell phones, or the GPS in your car, just a simple web browser and a name/id, the secretary hired earlier in the morning is capable of doing that.
Plus, unlike [most] other methods, you are agreeing to be tracked, and there is/will probably be various clauses in the agreement allowing for in-roads for X group/agency/org.
Nightmare at 20,000 Miles Per Hour?
You forgot WinFLP (Windows [XP] Fundamentals for Legacy PCs) which rounds the XP list out to 8...
If Win7 stays to 6, then its doing better than the 2 previous. Although I do think that Home Prem/Basic should be merged, aswell as Pro/Ent.
Context.
If it's less than ("ceasing publication", "declining circulation") then assume the first, if it is more than (ie: "new publication") assume the second.
But you already knew that.