I had to stop reading.... You bore me. But I'll respond a little for grins.
Windows 2000 is my favorite OS. I've used Advanced Server(AS), with all the server components stripped. I found this ~$1700 version of Windows in a Sony CD-ROM drive I purchased, used, for $20. They key was, of course, on the disc.
My last installation of Windows 2000 AS lasted 5 stable, and efficient years (I fucked it up, BTW). I recently downgraded to XP due to drivers...(you're fucking stupid if you think this doesn't matter) but I think I'll be going back anyway, or atleast dual-boot. Plan to customize an install with nLite and then image the disc after I set everything up right.
Yup, that's it. Go show someone else how far your head goes up your ass. I'm not impressed.
Ok, Mr. Insightful, heh (no personal offense intended!)
Well now. We have specialized linux distros, made simple enough to be used by the typical user, or even a new user. This is great. But it leaves the user at the mercy of what might as well be a proprietary OS (only less stable, reliable, etc?)! So they CAN modify the source... 90% atleast will never even comprehend C syntax ever.
Writing in C reminds me of typing out a long bash script. At that level of complexity... mastery takes a long while. Especially because both are fairly strict. This results in an end-user only using what is easily provided.
Ok... anyway...
When Linux gets wide-spread telephone support, extensive driver support(yes, it's always getting better... even Vista may be toppled... but otherwise Windows supports the most consumer-used hardware).
I have three parts in my PC that I'd be atleast somewhat shocked to see Linux run without any hassles: 5 Port USB PCI Card, a Universal Controller Adapter (PS2/XBOX/GC to USB plus 2 USBs), and my Sansa MP3 player software config/control via USB. Well? Inform me!!!
Yea, I don't communicate very well, I'm at work and have limited time to reply. Sure there's basic POSIX... and it defines how an OS should work at certain levels... not really a standard for GUI(afaik) unless you consider the command line a GUI.
Who wants to use a shell when using a desktop? Not many (fully acknowledges the perhaps 10% of people who still love an intelligent prompt over a intelligent GUI).
You think the internet boom would of been such a big pop if people weren't so backed by cheap hosting provided by Linux-power? Sure, UNIX has always been a choice, and still is, but I also can't help but think there wouldn't be so much crap out there without something similar to Linux(FLOSS), if it did not exist.
Complicated tasks.... Lets see.... Maya on Linux! I love 3D movies. Huge cluster farms... Google..! Audio mixing.... Whatever you want.
But that's what these are, single-mission set-ups! There's a service to be provided, a task to be performed, and it can do this great.
Not general purpose, do everything, run a bunch of crap that this guy who knows nothing about what a command prompt is, does'nt know what print "Hello world" does in basic... and barely feels confident about clicking all those 'Next' buttons when installing an app.
That guy is what Desktop PCs are made for. Most end-users do not have a single mission or purpose. They are not requiring a specialized set-up. Be it CAD, audio recording, web serving, etc. Linux lets you do a single-task very efficiently. More so than any other OS, atleast for the price (to my knowledge). Windows was coded from the ground-up for multitasking business work, and this works very well for general usage. Take the continued evolution of Windows... with this almost always the mantra of the OS (til XP? Which is Windows for dummies.)
I didn't mean to convey GUI-code is inside the Windows kernel (I don't know). Simply that Windows integrates the modular NT structure very seamlessly, resulting in the product called Windows. Sorry for confusion.
Sure a server booting without a GUI would be great. A DESKTOP OS doing this? I think it's a bad idea. No there's need... nor desire. Atleast not without an option. (where's the desktop???)
Windows, to my knowledge, has the most advanced threading model for a desktop multi-threading/tasking OS (no, I'm not going to explain why, Google it, there are better references out there).
I use Windows XP and 2K... I get enough patches for (paraphrasing) "Microsoft has discovered a vunerability in that may allow a remote attacker to take complete control of a Microsoft Windows-based system"
Linux has always been an oddity in the desktop market. And I, for one, think it will be this way for quite a while. Sure there's 'intelligent phone' replacements... browsing, email, a few other general purpose apps... but Linux is highly specialized.
There's no standardization for interaction. You have different shells, different window managers, different distros. All with their own pros and cons.
Now don't get me wrong.... I like Linux as much as I like surfing the web. Without it much of the web wouldn't exist as it now does, and I see Linux as having been crucial in making it better, as well as sadly making it worse. Given the powerfulness of the kernel to tackle complicated tasks, but usually is best fitted for single-mission services.
Compared with a mature GUI model, with a tight integration with the kernel, a highly sophisticated, and highly extensible threading model, as well as other modular subsystems, would be Windows NT-based (2k & XP)... exclusively. Then again... I wouldn't even dare hosting a critical web service on Windows, regardless of version.
That's not very insightful. A pound of high-grade cannabis can fetch thousands of dollars (enough tax to end world hunger, if you please, and provide universal healthcare). And costs little more than dirt and water to grow. Besides, wtf do you know of that costs THOUSANDS of dollars per pound?! But yet so many people do it, and legalizing it would probably only increase use, and make it more beneficial, as it would be regulated. And you could avoid the possibility of bad chemicals: fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, or whatever. Think of the hydro!
And not one proven bad thing about it! Only the method(s) of ingestion. You can eat it, and it's *only* beneficial. That's right, marijuana is healthy!
Plus do you realize how much longer a hemp pair of pants or a shirt would last compared to cotton? Several factors!
Possibilities... endless.
Right... forcing them to lease, BUT in a competitive manner would be best. This is not the case, unfortunately. So small ISPs have little chance against the larger ISPs.
I've thought for quite a while that forcing telecoms to lease bandwidth to 3rd party providers has been a bad idea.
Look at Qwest's leasing options with MSN. MSN has a contract that states they MUST be the lowest-priced Qwest-backed ISP! This is, of course, only BAD for competition. It's just supporting the huge MS monopoly.
More crap from Ars.... Not surprised... they'll post anything! Panda Security? Hah! I want anti-virus as lame as an animal that won't even procreate on it's own anymore.
FYI: My PC is 6 years old and the BIOS guards against this attack vector.
Businesses are clamoring for 'Support XP indefinately!' So why would this be an issue? They are happy with their workstations.
As for them being rated for Computer Software? They're number 1!
Also, Apple failed to make the list -at all! Same with ever other name-brand PC manufacturer I could think of while searching.
Plus this is solely for businesses. A similar survey with solely consumers would see Microsoft in a much higher position, I'd think.
Company which was number 1? Coca-Cola. Apparently after your daily dose of caffiene and high fructose corn syrup... you move onto Johnson & Johnson's baby wipes (for the nanny), then eat some Hershey's milk chocolate with riding aimlessly on your brand-new Harley Davidson!
Even Visa is 36! And it's everywhere I want to be.
America is a very large country. To roll-out fiber optics (to the curb!) would be very expensive for a nation that still has a very large number of solely dial-up users. Especially compared to the arm-and-a-leg you're being charged for poor service.
Plus it would enable hugely cheap WiFi networks. An entire neighborhood could be connected through one fiber line, and all be enjoying [several] Gigabit WAN. Enabling the ability to host your own fairly large web server.
Unfortunately, these are all very bad for big business!
Businesses model their offerings based not on what they can do... but what they think they can get away with. Establish unreliability as 'standard', establish that 'hosting your own' is cost-prohibitive (or contrary to a service agreement), and that this thing called bandwidth should be ridiculously expensive.
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Windows 2000 is my favorite OS. I've used Advanced Server(AS), with all the server components stripped. I found this ~$1700 version of Windows in a Sony CD-ROM drive I purchased, used, for $20. They key was, of course, on the disc.
My last installation of Windows 2000 AS lasted 5 stable, and efficient years (I fucked it up, BTW). I recently downgraded to XP due to drivers...(you're fucking stupid if you think this doesn't matter) but I think I'll be going back anyway, or atleast dual-boot. Plan to customize an install with nLite and then image the disc after I set everything up right.
Yup, that's it. Go show someone else how far your head goes up your ass. I'm not impressed.
I'd say after you allow an executable to run... well... is like not encrypting your WRG/WAP. =)
Just install Windows 2000 on it. I love the Easy button.
Well now. We have specialized linux distros, made simple enough to be used by the typical user, or even a new user. This is great. But it leaves the user at the mercy of what might as well be a proprietary OS (only less stable, reliable, etc?)! So they CAN modify the source... 90% atleast will never even comprehend C syntax ever.
Writing in C reminds me of typing out a long bash script. At that level of complexity... mastery takes a long while. Especially because both are fairly strict.
This results in an end-user only using what is easily provided.
Ok... anyway...
When Linux gets wide-spread telephone support, extensive driver support(yes, it's always getting better... even Vista may be toppled... but otherwise Windows supports the most consumer-used hardware).
I have three parts in my PC that I'd be atleast somewhat shocked to see Linux run without any hassles: 5 Port USB PCI Card, a Universal Controller Adapter (PS2/XBOX/GC to USB plus 2 USBs), and my Sansa MP3 player software config/control via USB. Well? Inform me!!!
Who wants to use a shell when using a desktop? Not many (fully acknowledges the perhaps 10% of people who still love an intelligent prompt over a intelligent GUI).
You think the internet boom would of been such a big pop if people weren't so backed by cheap hosting provided by Linux-power? Sure, UNIX has always been a choice, and still is, but I also can't help but think there wouldn't be so much crap out there without something similar to Linux(FLOSS), if it did not exist.
Complicated tasks.... Lets see.... Maya on Linux! I love 3D movies. Huge cluster farms... Google..! Audio mixing.... Whatever you want.
But that's what these are, single-mission set-ups! There's a service to be provided, a task to be performed, and it can do this great.
Not general purpose, do everything, run a bunch of crap that this guy who knows nothing about what a command prompt is, does'nt know what
print "Hello world" does in basic... and barely feels confident about clicking all those 'Next' buttons when installing an app.
That guy is what Desktop PCs are made for. Most end-users do not have a single mission or purpose. They are not requiring a specialized set-up. Be it CAD, audio recording, web serving, etc. Linux lets you do a single-task very efficiently. More so than any other OS, atleast for the price (to my knowledge). Windows was coded from the ground-up for multitasking business work, and this works very well for general usage. Take the continued evolution of Windows... with this almost always the mantra of the OS (til XP? Which is Windows for dummies.)
I didn't mean to convey GUI-code is inside the Windows kernel (I don't know). Simply that Windows integrates the modular NT structure very seamlessly, resulting in the product called Windows. Sorry for confusion.
Sure a server booting without a GUI would be great. A DESKTOP OS doing this? I think it's a bad idea. No there's need... nor desire. Atleast not without an option. (where's the desktop???)
Windows, to my knowledge, has the most advanced threading model for a desktop multi-threading/tasking OS (no, I'm not going to explain why, Google it, there are better references out there).
I use Windows XP and 2K... I get enough patches for (paraphrasing) "Microsoft has discovered a vunerability in that may allow a remote attacker to take complete control of a Microsoft Windows-based system"
And those are just the ones it has figured out!
I love the end of the day! Time to go home.
Linux has always been an oddity in the desktop market. And I, for one, think it will be this way for quite a while. Sure there's 'intelligent phone' replacements... browsing, email, a few other general purpose apps... but Linux is highly specialized. There's no standardization for interaction. You have different shells, different window managers, different distros. All with their own pros and cons. Now don't get me wrong.... I like Linux as much as I like surfing the web. Without it much of the web wouldn't exist as it now does, and I see Linux as having been crucial in making it better, as well as sadly making it worse. Given the powerfulness of the kernel to tackle complicated tasks, but usually is best fitted for single-mission services. Compared with a mature GUI model, with a tight integration with the kernel, a highly sophisticated, and highly extensible threading model, as well as other modular subsystems, would be Windows NT-based (2k & XP)... exclusively. Then again... I wouldn't even dare hosting a critical web service on Windows, regardless of version.
That's not very insightful. A pound of high-grade cannabis can fetch thousands of dollars (enough tax to end world hunger, if you please, and provide universal healthcare). And costs little more than dirt and water to grow. Besides, wtf do you know of that costs THOUSANDS of dollars per pound?! But yet so many people do it, and legalizing it would probably only increase use, and make it more beneficial, as it would be regulated. And you could avoid the possibility of bad chemicals: fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, or whatever. Think of the hydro! And not one proven bad thing about it! Only the method(s) of ingestion. You can eat it, and it's *only* beneficial. That's right, marijuana is healthy! Plus do you realize how much longer a hemp pair of pants or a shirt would last compared to cotton? Several factors! Possibilities... endless.
Offtopic? Pshhh. Best tax topic ever. Music download tax? Fucking stupid.
Why don't they just finally legalize marijuana and tax it to hell. Cut out the drug dealer's huge profit margin, and put it into humanitarian efforts.
Quality/density increase by a factor of over 5!!! Worth the extra money??? Not for me -yet.
Apparently you haven't heard about the lady in Sweden enjoying 224(?) mbit for what was it.. ~USD$1.58 a month?
Next upcoming Comic Book to Big Screen Movie... for instance.
Telecoms are forced to lease to cable companies.
Right... forcing them to lease, BUT in a competitive manner would be best. This is not the case, unfortunately. So small ISPs have little chance against the larger ISPs.
I've thought for quite a while that forcing telecoms to lease bandwidth to 3rd party providers has been a bad idea. Look at Qwest's leasing options with MSN. MSN has a contract that states they MUST be the lowest-priced Qwest-backed ISP! This is, of course, only BAD for competition. It's just supporting the huge MS monopoly.
Insightful?
Actually my BIOS supports Trend Chipaway Virus protection, so I should be protected.
More crap from Ars.... Not surprised... they'll post anything! Panda Security? Hah! I want anti-virus as lame as an animal that won't even procreate on it's own anymore. FYI: My PC is 6 years old and the BIOS guards against this attack vector.
I could go for some terrorism. Lets start with One Infinite Loop. Surely there are no engineers there.
florescent lighting.
As for them being rated for Computer Software? They're number 1!
Also, Apple failed to make the list -at all! Same with ever other name-brand PC manufacturer I could think of while searching.
Plus this is solely for businesses. A similar survey with solely consumers would see Microsoft in a much higher position, I'd think.
Company which was number 1? Coca-Cola. Apparently after your daily dose of caffiene and high fructose corn syrup... you move onto Johnson & Johnson's baby wipes (for the nanny), then eat some Hershey's milk chocolate with riding aimlessly on your brand-new Harley Davidson!
Even Visa is 36! And it's everywhere I want to be.
Plus it would enable hugely cheap WiFi networks. An entire neighborhood could be connected through one fiber line, and all be enjoying [several] Gigabit WAN. Enabling the ability to host your own fairly large web server.
Unfortunately, these are all very bad for big business!
Businesses model their offerings based not on what they can do... but what they think they can get away with. Establish unreliability as 'standard', establish that 'hosting your own' is cost-prohibitive (or contrary to a service agreement), and that this thing called bandwidth should be ridiculously expensive.
It is basically a criminal mentality.
IE would have been a better choice. That has got to hurt!
4 GB of RAM not enough? You must be running the most elegant interface ever!