The gadgets introduced in Windows Vista are retained in Windows 7, but they are no longer imprisoned on the far right of the screen, and can be dragged and dropped anywhere you fancy on the desktop.
Apparently the author has never actually tried dragging gadgets in Vista. They are not imprisoned to the gadget column, and that gadget column is not stuck on the far right.
Or perhaps just use a micro and run an embedded application rather than running a pre-emptive multitasking operating system. It doesn't need to do much.
My point was I want to know how often the hard drive is going to be the bottleneck instead rather than USB or firewire
The OP was mistaken in assuming that anyone buying one of these drives for external use (no mention of USB or Firewire in the OP)
Seems there was mention of Firewire and USB in the clarification at least, with a question on likelihood (didn't appear to be an assumption) which this whole thread inherited from.
So to be clear, you were comparing a current USB speed to a future Firewire speed? That's a little misleading, quoting 800 vs 480 would have been sufficient to state your case.
Firewire provides much faster transfer speeds than USB 2.0--3200 Mbps versus 400 Mbps.
Care to post the sources of those numbers? As far as I was aware, USB 2.0 was 480Mbit, not 400. Firewire 800 was 800Mbit/s but wasn't commonly implemented, the common one was 400Mbit/s. USB had a higher bitrate, but the protocol overhead involved in USB brought the effective rate down. Many places say Firewire is faster than USB but from what I have seen it depends on the hardware tested. I've observed that typically there is only around 5% variation between USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 (anecdotal, of course).
Just wait till Debian names the next release after Wheezy, the asthmatic penguin.
They have already used the W letter for naming Warty Warthog. If you are referring to using X, try Xanthic Xerus (a yellowish African ground squirrel).
I noticed the potential for sarcasm, but apparently the moderators didn't. They effectively supported the stance by moderating it insightful. "Funny" would have been a more appropriate moderation.
As for your counter-point, I agree that it can potentially promote economic growth. But "technically competent" end users who feel entitled to free internet are likely to be the main users of the infrastructure (potentially with ad blocking software with no intent to purchase anything). I'm not saying that it shouldn't go ahead, just that the whole entitlement mentality is unhealthy.
I completely agree. In fact, tax dollars are used to fund public roads and streets, and all kinds of people use them. There's pornstars, bar employees, raunchy late-night comedians, atheists, bleeding heart liberal activists, you name it! People engaging in totally inappropriate behaviour, all using public infrastructure for free! Not cool. We need to get over this entitlement mentality.
This comment is the prime example of entitlement mentality issues. Ignoring the stab at atheism et al for a minute [1], comparing the use of roads to "the right to have free wireless internet" (let alone unrestricted) is just ridiculous. Next you will be asking for free internet at home. And then all music/movies for free. And then all software for free. And then all hardware for free. Even if there was some foundation for the comparison, these people aren't typically performing said inappropriate behaviour while using the streets. I initially thought "What do you expect though from someone self-proclaiming to be a fascist" until I noticed the +4, Insightful moderation. Come on moderators, show some dignity.
[1] What's so inherently bad about atheism? I'm assuming that the implied "correct alternative" is Christianity. There is no proof that the Christian teachings are any better or more accurate than other religions. What's wrong with saying "hey, none of these look particularly appealing, I'm not going to choose any"? And what the hell is inherently wrong with bar employees?
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I would also like to see a wider selection of small wireless keyboards (num-pad-less) with integrated track pads or pointing devices.
The diNovo Edge or diNovo Mini from Logitech pretty much cover this (minus the Fn key numpad).
That's fine, give me a 800x1280 portrait screen running XP with the option to rotate it 90 degrees.
As a New Zealand citizen I do not wish to be lumped together with the average internet user from Australia. We have enough bandwidth issues as it is.
And what neumayr was suggesting is that the browser shouldn't crash despite the web pages best efforts to kill it.
Of course they would.
To be fair, if less than 2/3 of the states supports it, it is highly unlikely that 3/4 will support it.
The gadgets introduced in Windows Vista are retained in Windows 7, but they are no longer imprisoned on the far right of the screen, and can be dragged and dropped anywhere you fancy on the desktop.
Apparently the author has never actually tried dragging gadgets in Vista. They are not imprisoned to the gadget column, and that gadget column is not stuck on the far right.
Or perhaps just use a micro and run an embedded application rather than running a pre-emptive multitasking operating system. It doesn't need to do much.
And for those users, the 10,000rpm drives are a better solution. This isn't supposed to be the be all and end all drive.
My point was I want to know how often the hard drive is going to be the bottleneck instead rather than USB or firewire
The OP was mistaken in assuming that anyone buying one of these drives for external use (no mention of USB or Firewire in the OP)
Seems there was mention of Firewire and USB in the clarification at least, with a question on likelihood (didn't appear to be an assumption) which this whole thread inherited from.
Or perhaps it is all automated.
Wrong kind of media.
No, you need some loyal, suicidal servants who will have a nuke strapped to their chest. It's the only way to be sure of a direct hit.
No servants? No problem. Good help is hard to find anyway, just do it yourself.
Wow, a first post worthy of an insightful moderation? I thought I would never see the day.
So to be clear, you were comparing a current USB speed to a future Firewire speed? That's a little misleading, quoting 800 vs 480 would have been sufficient to state your case.
Firewire provides much faster transfer speeds than USB 2.0--3200 Mbps versus 400 Mbps.
Care to post the sources of those numbers? As far as I was aware, USB 2.0 was 480Mbit, not 400. Firewire 800 was 800Mbit/s but wasn't commonly implemented, the common one was 400Mbit/s. USB had a higher bitrate, but the protocol overhead involved in USB brought the effective rate down. Many places say Firewire is faster than USB but from what I have seen it depends on the hardware tested. I've observed that typically there is only around 5% variation between USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 (anecdotal, of course).
Exchange was never meant to be just a web-mail server believe it or not.
So what is Microsoft's solution for users trying to access their email while travelling?
Exchange. It was designed to support web mail, but it isn't the primary purpose.
Just wait till Debian names the next release after Wheezy, the asthmatic penguin.
They have already used the W letter for naming Warty Warthog. If you are referring to using X, try Xanthic Xerus (a yellowish African ground squirrel).
We really need a "-1, twitter" moderation...
I noticed the potential for sarcasm, but apparently the moderators didn't. They effectively supported the stance by moderating it insightful. "Funny" would have been a more appropriate moderation.
As for your counter-point, I agree that it can potentially promote economic growth. But "technically competent" end users who feel entitled to free internet are likely to be the main users of the infrastructure (potentially with ad blocking software with no intent to purchase anything). I'm not saying that it shouldn't go ahead, just that the whole entitlement mentality is unhealthy.
I completely agree. In fact, tax dollars are used to fund public roads and streets, and all kinds of people use them. There's pornstars, bar employees, raunchy late-night comedians, atheists, bleeding heart liberal activists, you name it! People engaging in totally inappropriate behaviour, all using public infrastructure for free! Not cool. We need to get over this entitlement mentality.
This comment is the prime example of entitlement mentality issues. Ignoring the stab at atheism et al for a minute [1], comparing the use of roads to "the right to have free wireless internet" (let alone unrestricted) is just ridiculous. Next you will be asking for free internet at home. And then all music/movies for free. And then all software for free. And then all hardware for free. Even if there was some foundation for the comparison, these people aren't typically performing said inappropriate behaviour while using the streets. I initially thought "What do you expect though from someone self-proclaiming to be a fascist" until I noticed the +4, Insightful moderation. Come on moderators, show some dignity.
[1] What's so inherently bad about atheism? I'm assuming that the implied "correct alternative" is Christianity. There is no proof that the Christian teachings are any better or more accurate than other religions. What's wrong with saying "hey, none of these look particularly appealing, I'm not going to choose any"? And what the hell is inherently wrong with bar employees?
A big, bad customer.
Do they have to know how to fly it as well?
Or network cards losing their memory. I'm looking at you, Intel.
...we might be able to increase the depressingly small fraction of encrypted traffic on the Internet
Wouldn't this effectively make the Internet illegal in countries like France where encryption is illegal?