Actually they've tried it for themselves and found out that the majority of the time, something doesn't work. Sure, you're supposed to check the hardware support for yourself, but this doesn't apply on Windows because everything has drivers unless it's really old.
Note: I'm saying this as someone owning a laptop that works perfectly fine under Linux. I'm just not fanboyish enough to ignore the truth and know this doesn't apply to most people.
No, you're entirely wrong. The version number has been chosen specifically in regard to applications which check the first number (6) only, in order to not break them (since Windows 7 remains compatible with mostly everything Vista, this is a good thing).
It still remains a major performance/stability/feature upgrade, thus why it is NT "7" theoretically.
X really is a pain in the ass to deal with. Ever tried to get dual monitors working? OK, ever tried to get dual monitors with differing resolutions working? My standard work configuration when at my desk is two widescreen monitors, one 1280x800 (my laptop panel--I don't use a desktop right now) and a 1440x900 LCD monitor, oriented vertically (great for reading or code listings, I can't recommend that enough!). I spent far too much time trying to make this system work under Linux. All indications were that it's just not possible. Which is a shame, because I find it to be the best way for me to work.
Yes. I got it working. With different resolutions. It works fine.
The NVidia Settings Manager was just broken beyond all hopes, though. I had to save the config (because it wouldn't apply it even if it was perfectly valid), copy it over my old one, then reboot X. And it worked perfectly fine.
Can't say it would be as easy with an ATI card, never tried one.
On Slashdot, yes, but it's a lot more moderated than 4chan is. They're two different websites, and 4chan sees a lot more content and probably traffic than Slashdot does, so the level of bullshit is higher.
Just because you're not able to deal with the BS doesn't make everyone else a pedophile. That's a dumb way to see it.
Right, but it only takes one image to land you in jail because the jury is probably stupid when it comes down to IT, and doesn't understand how image caching works.
By your stupid logic, me posting a picture of a naked child on Slashdot would make you a "child porn apologist" because you mistakenly clicked the link.
The difference here is that 4chan uses a technology called "Thumbnails". I'm not sure if you've ever heard of it, but they're typically loaded by your browser whether you like it or not, regardless of whether you click the bigger image or not.
But then again, I'm replying to a stupid troll, so I doubt my logic applies here.
Not to mention the fact that it's nearly impossible to browse certain high-visibility sites (4chan) without some dumb-witted idiot posting a 8 year old child getting molested.
One blogger noted that it wouldn't compile the standard "Hello, world!" program without fiddling with the properties. Apparently, it didn't like having a main() function, and wanted something like _tmain(). That should be fixed by the next available version.
Probably, since this doesn't happen in the 2008 version. It can be fixed by making an empty project instead of a Win32 Console one, I think.
He already has a sane programming language. It's called C#. What he needs is to wake the hell up and figure out what the "using" keyword is for and how Visual Studio will automatically offer you to add it at the top of your files when needed.
System is the package containing the 'out' object, which is of type "PrintStream". println() is simply the method that outputs a line of text to the standard output, followed by a newline character for the current system.
Now, compare this to C++: std:: is the namespace, which is the same as "System". However in C++, this code: "using std::cout;" will allow you to omit the name space when you use the object. "cout" is an object of type ostream, like "out" in Java. And then, "operator So in both languages, we're dealing with 3 different things: a namespace, an object, and a function call. Some people think C is better because you can just write printf(), but I disagree because I cringe whenever I need to type silly things with libraries such as BASS_DoThis(), BASS_DoThat(), etc. Namespaces are *way* better.
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Actually they've tried it for themselves and found out that the majority of the time, something doesn't work. Sure, you're supposed to check the hardware support for yourself, but this doesn't apply on Windows because everything has drivers unless it's really old.
Note: I'm saying this as someone owning a laptop that works perfectly fine under Linux. I'm just not fanboyish enough to ignore the truth and know this doesn't apply to most people.
No, you're entirely wrong. The version number has been chosen specifically in regard to applications which check the first number (6) only, in order to not break them (since Windows 7 remains compatible with mostly everything Vista, this is a good thing).
It still remains a major performance/stability/feature upgrade, thus why it is NT "7" theoretically.
He meant gaming. Not shitty not-supported almost-works-properly retrogaming.
What summary? Is there anything past the headline? Must be those new Javascript changes...
Why the fuck did you post that as AC. Honestly. You made my day.
Yeah, that one. I think it just used my previous settings when I installed IE8 so I could be wrong.
This isn't how you usually add it. It's labelled as Google.com when you first setup IE7/8.
It's very much relevant. My problem was a file permission issue, not a X issue.
Let's be glad you're not a regular user, then.
Who writes NVidia's settings manager anyway? I assumed it was NVidia.
Well, OK. Let's start with X.
X really is a pain in the ass to deal with. Ever tried to get dual monitors working? OK, ever tried to get dual monitors with differing resolutions working? My standard work configuration when at my desk is two widescreen monitors, one 1280x800 (my laptop panel--I don't use a desktop right now) and a 1440x900 LCD monitor, oriented vertically (great for reading or code listings, I can't recommend that enough!). I spent far too much time trying to make this system work under Linux. All indications were that it's just not possible. Which is a shame, because I find it to be the best way for me to work.
Yes. I got it working. With different resolutions. It works fine. The NVidia Settings Manager was just broken beyond all hopes, though. I had to save the config (because it wouldn't apply it even if it was perfectly valid), copy it over my old one, then reboot X. And it worked perfectly fine.
Can't say it would be as easy with an ATI card, never tried one.
There's something you didn't try, and it was reading the fucking article.
On Slashdot, yes, but it's a lot more moderated than 4chan is. They're two different websites, and 4chan sees a lot more content and probably traffic than Slashdot does, so the level of bullshit is higher.
Just because you're not able to deal with the BS doesn't make everyone else a pedophile. That's a dumb way to see it.
Right, but it only takes one image to land you in jail because the jury is probably stupid when it comes down to IT, and doesn't understand how image caching works.
By your stupid logic, me posting a picture of a naked child on Slashdot would make you a "child porn apologist" because you mistakenly clicked the link.
The difference here is that 4chan uses a technology called "Thumbnails". I'm not sure if you've ever heard of it, but they're typically loaded by your browser whether you like it or not, regardless of whether you click the bigger image or not.
But then again, I'm replying to a stupid troll, so I doubt my logic applies here.
Not to mention the fact that it's nearly impossible to browse certain high-visibility sites (4chan) without some dumb-witted idiot posting a 8 year old child getting molested.
They're all UNITED, though!
You're right! Let's head at Warp 9.975 into that direction!
That's a Firefox feature you ignorant idiot.
Damn, you must have a pretty nice house under that rock if you've stayed there that long.
Refuses to film copyrighted content!
One blogger noted that it wouldn't compile the standard "Hello, world!" program without fiddling with the properties. Apparently, it didn't like having a main() function, and wanted something like _tmain(). That should be fixed by the next available version.
Probably, since this doesn't happen in the 2008 version. It can be fixed by making an empty project instead of a Win32 Console one, I think.
He already has a sane programming language. It's called C#. What he needs is to wake the hell up and figure out what the "using" keyword is for and how Visual Studio will automatically offer you to add it at the top of your files when needed.
Just wait until the next time it happens and we'll discuss that rule a second time.
Yep, exactly like the Java VM. Idiot.
It's *not* several layers of objects.
System is the package containing the 'out' object, which is of type "PrintStream". println() is simply the method that outputs a line of text to the standard output, followed by a newline character for the current system.
Now, compare this to C++: std:: is the namespace, which is the same as "System". However in C++, this code: "using std::cout;" will allow you to omit the name space when you use the object. "cout" is an object of type ostream, like "out" in Java. And then, "operator
So in both languages, we're dealing with 3 different things: a namespace, an object, and a function call. Some people think C is better because you can just write printf(), but I disagree because I cringe whenever I need to type silly things with libraries such as BASS_DoThis(), BASS_DoThat(), etc. Namespaces are *way* better.