It would allow every programmer to work with files using their own preferences for indenting and usage of curly-braces.
Why you would want this, I don't know. It makes it harder for multiple programmers to work on the same project. You want developers to spend their time fixing bugs and adding features, not trying to parse their way through an informal mess.
The comment I was replying to implied that it continuously uses CPU cycles even when you aren't playing DRM'ed content. My point was that, while it does require some CPU time, it isn't an issue that impacts the user. Superfetch uses far more CPU time and has even more drastic effects on disk utilisation, but no-one seems to complain about that. It's always the DRM.
I obviously can't tell you exactly how Vista does it as I don't have access to the source code. However, my best guess is that it does a preliminary check to see if the content is protected when you first load it, which will uses a small amount of CPU time. If it is not DRM'ed, it is highly unlikely that the DRM module is going to sit in an infinite loop polling the same content again to make sure it hasn't magically changed to DRM content in the mean time.
Even if there is a process that is always running and watching for DRM, I've never noticed it churning away as my CPU is idle most of the time.
Requires big beefy CPUs and wastes cycles on DRM and other assorted nonsense? Check.
DRM isn't an issue when it comes to CPU utilisation. Especially when you aren't watching anything DRM'ed.
Constantly "optimizes" the disk in background, thereby disabling a power-saving measure? Check.
Well, you got that one right. The optimisation engine is awful, it keeps preloading some DVD ISO's into RAM (6GB worth) and I only have 2GB RAM, so it's obviously overwriting a large chunk of the stuff it just preloaded.
So in other words, you would be fine with customer service reps randomly looking up your account records to answer this sort of question?
Yes. Yes I would. It's not like my account records has naked pictures of myself embedded in them or anything. It is just a bunch of numbers signifying how much I pay them. Surely they should be able to know how much I pay them for their accounting records.
What about the games with bad graphics and bad gameplay?
What about them? No-one cares about them. They get ignored completely such that no-one bothers to dignify them with a complaint about one particular aspect.
It would cut it down a lot, but a significant amount of the boot process is timeouts waiting for devices/services etc to finish initialising. The hard drive is still being accessed by other processes as multiple tasks load at the same time to reduce the effects of waiting for timeouts. Reducing the need to access the disk during boot will require a rethink to paralleling the boot process.
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It's a reference to The White Stripes song "Little Acorns".
I was merely making a joke about the above-acceptable hardware requirements to run Vista.
You play with fire, you are bound to get burnt.
But at least we have access to the Moonlight source code to fix bugs when needed.
Is it also cool to hate people who happen to have bought a computer with an MS OS on it (i.e just about everything out there), and require assistance?
Sadly, that is how a lot of MS opponents feel. I don't approve of the MS hate, but many do.
To be fair, it is harder to maintain geosynchronous and/or geostationary orbits for the satellites. This wouldn't be a requirement for an asteroid.
Assuming this is even possible what are the chances of the asteroid's orbit decaying and having it plummet to the earth anyway?
Probably quite similar to the chances of the Moon's orbit decaying and having it plummet to the Earth, if we set it up right.
That's because it is "cool" to hate Microsoft.
I almost cried when I noticed you beat me to it...
That's assuming there is competition in the area...
It would allow every programmer to work with files using their own preferences for indenting and usage of curly-braces.
Why you would want this, I don't know. It makes it harder for multiple programmers to work on the same project. You want developers to spend their time fixing bugs and adding features, not trying to parse their way through an informal mess.
Moderators can't comment as the mod points will be invalidated. You can't blame them for using the points in the only way possible.
The comment I was replying to implied that it continuously uses CPU cycles even when you aren't playing DRM'ed content. My point was that, while it does require some CPU time, it isn't an issue that impacts the user. Superfetch uses far more CPU time and has even more drastic effects on disk utilisation, but no-one seems to complain about that. It's always the DRM.
I obviously can't tell you exactly how Vista does it as I don't have access to the source code. However, my best guess is that it does a preliminary check to see if the content is protected when you first load it, which will uses a small amount of CPU time. If it is not DRM'ed, it is highly unlikely that the DRM module is going to sit in an infinite loop polling the same content again to make sure it hasn't magically changed to DRM content in the mean time.
Even if there is a process that is always running and watching for DRM, I've never noticed it churning away as my CPU is idle most of the time.
Then again, it could always be using magic.
Requires big beefy CPUs and wastes cycles on DRM and other assorted nonsense? Check.
DRM isn't an issue when it comes to CPU utilisation. Especially when you aren't watching anything DRM'ed.
Constantly "optimizes" the disk in background, thereby disabling a power-saving measure? Check.
Well, you got that one right. The optimisation engine is awful, it keeps preloading some DVD ISO's into RAM (6GB worth) and I only have 2GB RAM, so it's obviously overwriting a large chunk of the stuff it just preloaded.
... and a bus might do it to you before the end of the day. It's called: LIFE. Now go out and get one.
Chances are, if I go out I will get hit by a bus. I think I will stay at home.
So we should all get our iPhones in Oakland???
The comment that I replied to had everything to do with iPhones...
No time for the old in-out, love, I've just come to read the meter.
I wouldn't rely on the cost of a companies stock to determine how well they have been doing lately, the whole stock market is unstable at the moment.
IT MEANS WE CAN'T. STFU AND GTFO ABOUT IT.
A fine example of the type of person employed at the major US cell companies.
So in other words, you would be fine with customer service reps randomly looking up your account records to answer this sort of question?
Yes. Yes I would. It's not like my account records has naked pictures of myself embedded in them or anything. It is just a bunch of numbers signifying how much I pay them. Surely they should be able to know how much I pay them for their accounting records.
No, you just shouldn't get iPhones.
What about the games with bad graphics and bad gameplay?
What about them? No-one cares about them. They get ignored completely such that no-one bothers to dignify them with a complaint about one particular aspect.
No to what?
The question, silly. Read the title again.
It would cut it down a lot, but a significant amount of the boot process is timeouts waiting for devices/services etc to finish initialising. The hard drive is still being accessed by other processes as multiple tasks load at the same time to reduce the effects of waiting for timeouts. Reducing the need to access the disk during boot will require a rethink to paralleling the boot process.