I had a 2 GB Micro-SD card in my phone fail on me; it also failed to write, but there was also data corruption of some of the contents that were already on the card.
The first symptom I encountered was that my backup program would report that it had failed to successfully back up the phone to the card. I popped the card out of the phone and into a PC, and noticed the data corruption in several places when trying to back up the contents - not just CRC read errors, but filenames actually turned to garbage, etc. in a couple of directories. After reformatting the card, the symptoms persisted - sometimes writes would fail, etc. Don't know what caused the failure, but that's what it looked like in my experience.
This is weird. If MS wants users to clean install so badly, why not just have the RC refuse to install unless it's clean? This is harder to do than beg users to not do it because they're worried about the damage it might cause?
From the quote of TFA in the summary:
Those who attempt to install the Release Candidate over the beta will find their path blocked.
They are having it refuse to upgrade from 7B1; they're also publicizing this so that they don't get flooded with complaints from users who expect to be able to upgrade from B1 to RC1, when they find out that they can't. IIRC, even when I got B1 to begin with, this warning was included. It's just good public relations to not let people be surprised by the restriction.
A carriage that moves without horses is an idea. A working model/prototype, or schematics to construct one, is an invention.
Mostly correct... a particular invention is necessary as opposed to a general concept, but a working model/prototype and/or schematics are not what makes a valid invention.
In the case of a general concept/idea, it's really only the problem to be solved that's being described, not the invention of how to solve it, so there [should be] nothing to patent. What's necessary for a patent is that a novel way to solve the problem is invented. It must be described in principle, but there need not be a working model or prototype. Heck, it doesn't really even have to even be feasible to build one, though the patent is rather worthless if the invention can't be built, as its only purpose is to prevent others from building it without permission.
Second, I thought AV products don't "stack" well? Our PC tech here is constantly having problems with computers that come in and are running 2-4 AV software, and they're fighting like cats and dogs and crippling the system to where only a fresh install will fix it. From what I read on that Apple post, it sounds like Apple is encouraging you to install multiple AV software. And OS X already runs ClamAV doesn't it? Although I have yet to see such a thing get pushed out, I assume Clam can get updates via SoftwareUpdate? I seriously question where they're going by recommending you install additional (or possibly multiple) AV software.
I don't think they're recommending multiple AV installations on any given system, but rather a variety of AV programs being used by their user base at large. So, a virus writer will not be able to count on everyone having exactly the same configuration, and would have to plan to defeat a variety of AV programs if he wanted to ensure the effectiveness of his malicious code. This wouldn't be because all of them would be installed on a computer, but because any one of several would be installed, and he couldn't predict which.
I'm using FF3b3 and Flash is fully functional here, as are other plugins... You might want to try reinstalling/upgrading to the latest version of Flash Player on your system.
Addons, on the other hand, could use some updating. Fortunately, Adblock Plus works, but few others that I use do, yet.
Blu-Ray does store more per layer, but HD-DVDs can be manufactured with more layers; there's a 3 layer spec there that's comparable to Blu-Ray's 2-layer spec (51 GB vs BR's 50 GB).
But HD-DVD players were full-featured from the get-go, while Blu-Ray rolled out with a limited subset. HD-DVD players could typically upconvert existing DVDs. HDi offered more interactivity "features" than Blu-Ray's Java-based alternative. HD-DVD was inherently region-free. The video and audio resolutions are basically identical between the two formats. And HD-DVD players were much less expensive. So, from a consumer feature perspective, HD-DVD had the early advantage, and "should" have won.
Blu-Ray had two major advantages:
Number of studios offering titles
Better marketing
Getting Warner to jump ship was what gave Sony the victory, plain and simple. From an end-user perspective, Blu-Ray did not offer material advantages, and if anything had a few disadvantages. From the studios' perspective, Sony was offering "more secure" DRM features, and more money to side with them.
From an AI research perspective, there are of course some interesting aspects. However, from a perspective of actual utility, I'm skeptical.
When it comes to actually using a computer for office productivity or other "useful" applications, traditional interfaces (keyboard/mouse) are much more efficient and less intrusive. I suppose for home multimedia applications, Microsoft's smart table idea has some merit, but who really wants a computer/robot following them around and pestering them? I don't get the appeal. I don't want my computer to use me or intrude into human interactions as if it were a guest. I want to use it as a tool.
... it moves its head based on eye movements, and dances around based on EEG data. There's no actual interpretation of the content of the dream, other than that more active EEG and REM periods correspond to more activity from the robot. It wouldn't know if you were dreaming about flying, or about Eva Longoria, or about going for a jog.
It's not free that's the issue. It's user interface. Microsoft spends millions on market research and UI design to develop an intuitive user interface, and besides that has the head start of software compatibility. Those issues will ensure Microsoft's dominance as a desktop operating system.
The free issue could be valid when comparing to other *nix operating systems, except that the major server operating systems such as Solaris and HPUX are typically packaged with large server hardware, while Linux is designed for desktop PC processors.
It's not that the standard itself is patented, but that there is patented material included in the proposed standard. The promise is that Microsoft won't sue for patent infringement when developers use the proposed standard, even though the standard itself would infringe some patents held by Microsoft, if implemented without their permission.
According to MS' official statements, a good portion of the reason they're not releasing it via Windows Update until March is to give hardware manufacturers time to fix the remaining driver compatibility issues. If people have chosen to download a copy via bittorrent or other file sharing networks, it's at their own risk. MS hasn't made it publicly available yet.
From TFA:
Most European composers and lyricists currently receive lifetime copyright protection which is passed on to their descendants for another 70 years. The new EU rules would not change that.
But the change would mean that performers would get the same 95-year copyright period enjoyed by their U.S. counterparts. In other words, composers already have the 70-years after death limits listed in the Wikipedia article, but performers do not; in the EU, performers only get 50 years of protection on the recording. This change would align EU copyright periods with those in the US.
The difference is that in the one case, it's what's written (lyrics, book, etc.) being copyrighted - in that case, it's death of the author + 70 years. In the other case, it's the recording of an actual performance being copyrighted. The time limit is a shorter, fixed period in that case.
Original poster doesn't like that some details of the UI have changed and he now has to find new ways to do things.
Facebook's DNS record was screwed up.
How does this lead to the conclusion that Vista is terrible? There were certainly some changes that I'm not crazy about (I disabled UAC prompts on my own machine), but I'm not seeing where any real flaws were mentioned in the article.
It sounds a lot like the logic of the underwear gnomes:
Collect underpants
?
Profit
If the worst thing about Vista is that Microsoft changed the UI a little in Windows Explorer, that would make it a pretty good product.
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I had a 2 GB Micro-SD card in my phone fail on me; it also failed to write, but there was also data corruption of some of the contents that were already on the card.
The first symptom I encountered was that my backup program would report that it had failed to successfully back up the phone to the card. I popped the card out of the phone and into a PC, and noticed the data corruption in several places when trying to back up the contents - not just CRC read errors, but filenames actually turned to garbage, etc. in a couple of directories. After reformatting the card, the symptoms persisted - sometimes writes would fail, etc. Don't know what caused the failure, but that's what it looked like in my experience.
This is weird. If MS wants users to clean install so badly, why not just have the RC refuse to install unless it's clean? This is harder to do than beg users to not do it because they're worried about the damage it might cause?
From the quote of TFA in the summary:
Those who attempt to install the Release Candidate over the beta will find their path blocked.
They are having it refuse to upgrade from 7B1; they're also publicizing this so that they don't get flooded with complaints from users who expect to be able to upgrade from B1 to RC1, when they find out that they can't. IIRC, even when I got B1 to begin with, this warning was included. It's just good public relations to not let people be surprised by the restriction.
A carriage that moves without horses is an idea. A working model/prototype, or schematics to construct one, is an invention.
Mostly correct ... a particular invention is necessary as opposed to a general concept, but a working model/prototype and/or schematics are not what makes a valid invention.
In the case of a general concept/idea, it's really only the problem to be solved that's being described, not the invention of how to solve it, so there [should be] nothing to patent. What's necessary for a patent is that a novel way to solve the problem is invented. It must be described in principle, but there need not be a working model or prototype. Heck, it doesn't really even have to even be feasible to build one, though the patent is rather worthless if the invention can't be built, as its only purpose is to prevent others from building it without permission.
Does this mean extended support will still end in 2014?
Nah, 12/21/2012.
/me removes tongue from cheek
just look at the subject matter that Apple is patenting: It's a stupid room with windows pasted on the wall!
So would Microsoft Bob count as prior art?
Unaviable ... they can't be made to fly? :)
Second, I thought AV products don't "stack" well? Our PC tech here is constantly having problems with computers that come in and are running 2-4 AV software, and they're fighting like cats and dogs and crippling the system to where only a fresh install will fix it. From what I read on that Apple post, it sounds like Apple is encouraging you to install multiple AV software. And OS X already runs ClamAV doesn't it? Although I have yet to see such a thing get pushed out, I assume Clam can get updates via SoftwareUpdate? I seriously question where they're going by recommending you install additional (or possibly multiple) AV software.
I don't think they're recommending multiple AV installations on any given system, but rather a variety of AV programs being used by their user base at large. So, a virus writer will not be able to count on everyone having exactly the same configuration, and would have to plan to defeat a variety of AV programs if he wanted to ensure the effectiveness of his malicious code. This wouldn't be because all of them would be installed on a computer, but because any one of several would be installed, and he couldn't predict which.
Addons, on the other hand, could use some updating. Fortunately, Adblock Plus works, but few others that I use do, yet.
But HD-DVD players were full-featured from the get-go, while Blu-Ray rolled out with a limited subset. HD-DVD players could typically upconvert existing DVDs. HDi offered more interactivity "features" than Blu-Ray's Java-based alternative. HD-DVD was inherently region-free. The video and audio resolutions are basically identical between the two formats. And HD-DVD players were much less expensive. So, from a consumer feature perspective, HD-DVD had the early advantage, and "should" have won.
Blu-Ray had two major advantages:
- Number of studios offering titles
- Better marketing
Getting Warner to jump ship was what gave Sony the victory, plain and simple. From an end-user perspective, Blu-Ray did not offer material advantages, and if anything had a few disadvantages. From the studios' perspective, Sony was offering "more secure" DRM features, and more money to side with them.By the time they beef the structure up to meet US safety standards, of course, the added weight will give the car about a 3 mile range.
When it comes to actually using a computer for office productivity or other "useful" applications, traditional interfaces (keyboard/mouse) are much more efficient and less intrusive. I suppose for home multimedia applications, Microsoft's smart table idea has some merit, but who really wants a computer/robot following them around and pestering them? I don't get the appeal. I don't want my computer to use me or intrude into human interactions as if it were a guest. I want to use it as a tool.
... it moves its head based on eye movements, and dances around based on EEG data. There's no actual interpretation of the content of the dream, other than that more active EEG and REM periods correspond to more activity from the robot. It wouldn't know if you were dreaming about flying, or about Eva Longoria, or about going for a jog.
The free issue could be valid when comparing to other *nix operating systems, except that the major server operating systems such as Solaris and HPUX are typically packaged with large server hardware, while Linux is designed for desktop PC processors.
It's not that the standard itself is patented, but that there is patented material included in the proposed standard. The promise is that Microsoft won't sue for patent infringement when developers use the proposed standard, even though the standard itself would infringe some patents held by Microsoft, if implemented without their permission.
According to MS' official statements, a good portion of the reason they're not releasing it via Windows Update until March is to give hardware manufacturers time to fix the remaining driver compatibility issues. If people have chosen to download a copy via bittorrent or other file sharing networks, it's at their own risk. MS hasn't made it publicly available yet.
- Original poster doesn't like that some details of the UI have changed and he now has to find new ways to do things.
- Facebook's DNS record was screwed up.
How does this lead to the conclusion that Vista is terrible? There were certainly some changes that I'm not crazy about (I disabled UAC prompts on my own machine), but I'm not seeing where any real flaws were mentioned in the article. It sounds a lot like the logic of the underwear gnomes:- Collect underpants
- ?
- Profit
If the worst thing about Vista is that Microsoft changed the UI a little in Windows Explorer, that would make it a pretty good product.