Thanks for the info you shared. It's got more "meat and potatoes" than any press release or Luser admission I've read so far.
Really, it does barcode recognition? I know an ENTIRE company that would purchase them based upon that in and of itself (they use barcode on the manufacturing floor, and have to replace barcode scanners all the time due to shitty equipment / shitty employees sitting on them / losing them).
Another problem with Linux, as someone who spent some time selling it to the CIO, supporting it, installing it, etc. BEFORE companies like Ubuntu (think, late 90s, early 21st century) is stability.
We found it much more economical to bring in a consultant when something broke, and let in-house take care of day to day maintenance. I made sure that any consulting company was fully aware that this wasn't a contract they would retire on, and that any consultants DIDN'T have a problem with someone looking over their shoulder (not as an asshole, asking 29384708274623 questions, but to get the gist of wtf went wrong and how to fix it). If they met those two criteria, they got the third criteria. I paid them.. VERY WELL.
Bottom line is, I learned *nix (coming from AS-OS/400 COBOL and Wintel background), and learned how to admin my (new) servers. Thankfully, Linux just didn't break that often, so I rarely had to call out a tech. And when I did, usually it just became "open the VPN port and I'll get in, look around and see WTF, and such".
My point is: Not a WHOLE lot of money to be made in supporting something that has a great reliability track record. Hence the reason my consulting company didn't JUST support *nix, they did pretty much everything.
Had I had as many Linux servers as I did MS 2K Server and Novell, sure.. I'd have sent myself to school and probably hired at least 1 specialist to admin / engineer those servers. But, with just 4 or 5 servers, it's hard to justify the hundred grand a year it took to hire someone, then... because I could get by with 15K a year in consulting fees.
Anybody that knows how the economy works isn't paying attention to the election, they are taking their butts to work to ensure they have enough money to pay the mortgage they can't afford.
And people who DON'T know how the economy works are people who are going to three jobs to pay the mortgage they NEVER could afford.
Simple, really. And for the people screaming REPUBLICANS FUCKED AMERICA UP, who's in control of the House and Senate, and has blocked nearly every one of Bushes econ related bills for the last 4 years:)
I have, for almost a year, told people that I thought McCain will be president. Not that I thought he would be the BEST pres, but that he would make it. I STILL believe this, only because of the skin color issue.
I have a LOT of friends in the South, as well as the North (lived in Texas, spent 20 percent of my time in our offices in the North). None of them are ready to "put the black man in office", although when you talk to them publicly, they all think He's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Do I now think that The Obamaton will be pres... Probably. This has MORE to do with the media coverage than anything.
My MAIN issue with Obamanation is this: You can "council" or scream, or whatever change all you want, but Obamanation is this: An empty suit. WHAT CHANGE? HOW WILL YOU EFFECT IT?
I stand to "profit" from the Obamanation if he becomes president. How so: I am (unfortunately) on assistance these days, due to a motorcycle accident (Can't walk, stand or sit for any extended period of time, makes even the rehab a challenge, but I'm gettin through it). I don't see how or why I should get "more", though, even though I could use it, and would like it, I have a problem with taxing those who have more to give to people in my position.
Oh wait, before this, I WAS a small business owner, owned a home, etc. I know what his plans are.
Obamanation and Jimmy Carter. One in the same, and it's going to play out about the same way.
We, the people, have no clear cut choice anymore. It's the lessor of two evils. That doesn't mean an empty suit should get elected because he shammed a bunch of people with his screaming of change change change... Change what?
Reminds me of an article I saw on Yahoo.com yesterday. Seems most people that group together do so out of a sense of being either scared or insecurity. Has little to nothing to do with actually wanting to group together for the same ideals....
Simply amazing, how much a group of sheeple the education system has spawned. I can remember my teachers teaching me to think for myself, make my own decisions, even if they where NOT popular.
People today would rather be a "part of something" than learn to think for themselves and make their own decisions. Case in point, every person I am close to now is voting for the Obamanation, but none of them can give me a clear cut reason why..... Even my girlfriend can't, other than "I stand to gain more if Obama is in office"... When I asked her how or why, she got pissed because she couldn't answer the question. Same thing of my friends polled in Oregon, Washington and other leftist states.
My parents and grandparents are literally rolling over in their graves I'd assume... Not because a blaq man is going to be elected, not because a democrat is being elected (I marched in Democratic rallies from before I was 2 years old with my mother, flowers and all), but because an empty suit that promised nothing but a buzzword bullshitted his way into office.
(not that the alternatives where much better, but the American populace CHOSE these idiots to put on the pedestals... THAT one makes you think).
The comment about being laid was a joke. Guess you are above having a sense of humor.
And as far as attacking me personally, dildo, I have a roommate because I was involved in a motorcycle wreck a few months ago, and have sole custody of my kids. Not being able to walk kind of necessitates having some help, at least, here in the real world.
How old am I.... Let's see, I was a Systems Engineer in the 80s, so probably, older than you... More along the lines, of the same age as your parents, give or take.
So, jr. Go to your room. Mommies gonna get mad if she finds out you where using her computer again:)
All these problems you have installing windows, I don't see. Then again, I don't attemp to use outdated crap. To each his own, I suppose... Nor do I prefer to have "bleeding edge" or have to have the best, meaning drivers are nonexistant.
Nice attempt at a troll, however. 3 points for trying.
HP Turion X2 based system. I had NO driver disks, as originally it had x86 based os on it, and I upgraded to Vista Ultimate X64.
Machine booted after install, no problems, touch pad worked, quick keys worked, remote control worked.... Come to think of it, everything worked.
So yes, I have. Ubuntu, I actually had to compile a program to get the drivers to the wifi card. Complete rediculousnous.
Don't get me wrong, I am a HUGE fan of *nix, cut my teeth on SCO XENIX (on a x86 based POS system, Engineering for Tandy in the 80s. I also understand about having proprietary drivers needed (I have an HP printer lol), but I've still had more trouble getting a linux install working on relatively current hardware, vs getting VISTA (of all things) to work flawlessly on this machine (IOW, no driver issues at ALL, on 64 bit install at that).
Ubuntu is worlds ahead, but it still has a steep learning curve.
Like, it took 2 days to get it to reliably connect to my wireless AP.
And that was after having to go get a project, compile it, take a "reading" of my wifi cards bios (or whatever FWCutter does), and get it to run.
Thank GOD I had a working WinTel machine to sit next to the Ubuntu machine.
In Ubuntu's favor, I DID have 100Base Ethernet working "out of the box".... That was something I DIDN'T have in Slack.
Ubuntu automagically WON'T connect to unsecured AP's. This is a pain in the ass.
Windows is set up for the Lusers. Linux is set up for geeks. Until it "just works", it will need work. THAT'S the user experience people want.
Install, it works. If it comes with basic, stripped down versions of everything, so much the better (IE, wordpad, etc).
Don't believe me, look at the sales figures. Giving away a "superior product" that requires becoming a geek just to get your hardware to work (if it EVER does work) isn't what most people want... And most people, unfortunately or fortunately, tend to vote with their wallets. The fact people are STILL purchasing Windows means volumes.
Here's to the next revision of Ubuntu letting ME decide how I want my network set up, instead of the people at Ubuntu deciding how my wifi network should be.
Get the simple shit worked out, and Linux on the desktop will be a reality. But as long as people see the steep learning curve (and it IS there, believe me), it won't. Just common sense here.
To put it in an analogy that people here understand, it's like a girl. Most users here have no ideas about women, as most common computer users have no idea how to make Linux work. Just ask my roommate. He gets laid CONSTANTLY, but couldn't get Ubuntu to install and work.
disclaimer: I was able to get Ubuntu to pretty much work, and I have 3 kids, so I've been laid. I'm one of the minorities here lolol.
IOW, the kernel boots quickly, but to get anything near a usable machine for anyone but a complete geek, it takes about the same amount of time as either a Wintel box or a macintosh.
I'm sorry Slashdotters, but Vista has some genuine improvements, it's not only a huge pile of rubbish and I much prefer it to XP.
I also concur.
I've noticed, most people that slam a new OS when it arrives, and for about 1 1/2 years afterwards, are people that attempt to load the beta onto either OLD hardware, or bleeding edge (read, crappy drivers are the ONLY drivers). If you purchase NAME brand equipment (instead of the graphics card thats the "same" as the 400.00 card, but only costs 79.99 from geeks), quality ram, etc., most OS's are fairly decent.
I'm having problems on my "living room" machine now. It's running an old Athlon 1600+, half a gig of ram, and hard drives over a decade old in it. Ubuntu is shit because it locks up daily. No, in reality, my old hardware is shit, and I know it.
I could load Vista on it, and blame it, though, quite easily. Like what seems to be in vogue.
Yes, Vista has a few annoyances, but if you run it on decent hardware, it works quite well. My uptime is a month (and I reboot because I want to, not because it has to have it, unless it's for "patch Tuesday") usually, and this machine is HAMMERED upon daily.
Take it for what it's worth. All OS's have their place. After playing with Ubuntu, I could NOT give it to my grandmother to use. However, Windows works fine on the her machine now. Getting her to click on the network icon every time the machine boots up (she shuts it down every time she's done, 2 or 3 reboots a day, UGGH) and then click on her wireless network would be a lesson in futility. I know, she asked me why I had to do it each time last time she was here and wanted to use the living room machine.
Sad, but true. Here's to the next revision FIXING that.
Close it when I'm done, it just goes to sleep. Open it when I need a quick weather map, it takes but 2 seconds to connect and fetch the map, then just close it. And it always works just like that.
Let's see Vista do that! PS Windoze really does blow chunks.
Are you really that ignorant?
I mean, seriously. I reboot my machine once a month. And I close the lid on the VISTA X64 powered machine at least daily. It's my TV, my computer and my stereo, so it actually happens, more like, 4 or 5 times a day.
But seriously... Do you NEVER really open your eyes to anything else around you, unless it has an Apple on the front.
And here's a question, which OS had the sleep / hibernate feature first? I > win95, but since I REFUSED to have a laptop until the last couple years, it was never a feature I looked at or cared about until recently.
Also on my HP Turion X2 based x64 system. No problems.
Then again, I had no problems with McAfee, either. The default install from Dell. Only problem was when it expired, I wanted to use ESET, since that's what I had installed on my other laptop. Easier when the caching server already downloads 1 copy of the updates for the next laptop to grab them. (same def updates on x64 and x86).
It's not free, it's not open source, but it's fast as hell.... And catches pretty much everything out there.
BUT, I'd have to say, if your wifes machine has faltered with TWO different products, It's time to format and start anew, cuz dat juss aint rite, rite?
If you don't like it, don't log on. If you don't like it, don't accept it, and go somwehere else.
Are you stupid? I mean, really now. Nobody is FORCING you to get on the internet. Nobody forces you to use ISP (a,b or c).
The internet is NOT a must have. It's a REALLY nice to have, but you don't NEED IT. And if you do, there is ALWAYS more than one way to get on it.
Just because you don't like the way a contract is written doesn't mean you have to accept it, stand for it, or deal with it. Change ISP's, get something in writing, etc.
Simple. Don't like it, find another. Hell, there IS more than one satellite based ISP. There ya go. No matter what, if you don't like 1, go to another. Don't find any that you like the contract, TOS or AUP, it's probably something more alongs the lines of YOUR fault than theirs.
That's the way freedom of choice works. It's not freedom for you to bitch and make a business change it's rules, it's the freedom to choose with your pocket (book).
WTF. Goes to show you don't know what you are talking about.
Their mother pays the delivery guy. Then, she slides the pizza pie under the door.
That way, she doesn't have to see her 30something naked in front of his 4 computer screens. (one with WOW, one with web browser, one with AIM / Yahoo IM / ICQ / Gtalk / insert_IM_here and one with pr0n.
Just a guess on my part, though. Not that I'd ever engage in such lamesauce.
And just a couple days ago, some other gaming vidiot was telling us Lucas doesn't release games worth a shit on the PC platform.
Just goes to show you, one man's shit is another man's treasure... Or that people in power don't know what they are talking about.
Either way, good to see a new game coming out, and the AI (or programming, if you will) sounds kinda cool on this one. I always hated the fact (and it turned me off of gaming, actually, back in the late 80s / early 90s) that if you finished a game, chose a new / different character, you already knew how to beat the system, because the only thing that changed where the clothing on your character, basically.
Giving your ISP your money, logging onto their network, etc. is all part of accepting their TOS and AUP.
The contract is, for the most part, TOS and AUP.
If not, then usually you can find it by ASKING.
It's simple. Being in the dark, then bitching, makes someone a... Well, bitch.
Actually asking questions and getting the answers you (do or don't) want might make you (nosy, arrogant, INFORMED, etc) an educated consumer.
Just like (xbox live, wiiware, ps3 whatever) console stuff. People bitchin about the Wiiware shop today, DON'T USE IT. It isn't you're "renting" your console, if you don't want to get the update that breaks whatever you've done to your machine, don't.
Simple stuff, just takes a bit of common sense.
Oh yeah, and the biggest problem of all, it takes PEOPLE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. Something most people of the world CAN'T seem to grasp as a fact of life.
Anywho, no, I'm not saying people in the UK do anything. But, if you USE the ISP, and don't cancel, then you are accepting the contract... Same thing as putting your signature on paper.
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Yup.
They standardize on a single platform.
And most employees are MUCH more careful with their phones than they are with the barcode scanners.
Phones = out of pocket expense when they break them.
Barcode scanners = not out of employees pockets.
So, smart ass, anything else to add that might be actually helpful?
--Toll_Free
The test was done in the UK.
Somebody DID investigate. You didn't comprehend TFA.
--Toll_Free
Or, website built to load faster on the Android browser.
Simple to skew these results.... Give markup language or use a language the IPhone will have troubles with.
I'd MUCH rather see how they stacked up with a computer tethered to them, to see total BPS throughput.
Oh, what's that, the IPhone won't tether?
Thank GOD I don't believe hype. I have an HTC based phone and LOVE it.
--Toll_Free
Hey man,
Thanks for the info you shared. It's got more "meat and potatoes" than any press release or Luser admission I've read so far.
Really, it does barcode recognition? I know an ENTIRE company that would purchase them based upon that in and of itself (they use barcode on the manufacturing floor, and have to replace barcode scanners all the time due to shitty equipment / shitty employees sitting on them / losing them).
Again, thanks.
--Toll_Free
Another problem with Linux, as someone who spent some time selling it to the CIO, supporting it, installing it, etc. BEFORE companies like Ubuntu (think, late 90s, early 21st century) is stability.
We found it much more economical to bring in a consultant when something broke, and let in-house take care of day to day maintenance. I made sure that any consulting company was fully aware that this wasn't a contract they would retire on, and that any consultants DIDN'T have a problem with someone looking over their shoulder (not as an asshole, asking 29384708274623 questions, but to get the gist of wtf went wrong and how to fix it). If they met those two criteria, they got the third criteria. I paid them.. VERY WELL.
Bottom line is, I learned *nix (coming from AS-OS/400 COBOL and Wintel background), and learned how to admin my (new) servers. Thankfully, Linux just didn't break that often, so I rarely had to call out a tech. And when I did, usually it just became "open the VPN port and I'll get in, look around and see WTF, and such".
My point is: Not a WHOLE lot of money to be made in supporting something that has a great reliability track record. Hence the reason my consulting company didn't JUST support *nix, they did pretty much everything.
Had I had as many Linux servers as I did MS 2K Server and Novell, sure.. I'd have sent myself to school and probably hired at least 1 specialist to admin / engineer those servers. But, with just 4 or 5 servers, it's hard to justify the hundred grand a year it took to hire someone, then... because I could get by with 15K a year in consulting fees.
--Toll_Free
Micheal Jackson gets a large sum of money, and Neverland is no longer in danger of being repo'ed.
Man, how the FUCK did MJ ever come into being?
--Toll_Free
(for those that don't know, M Jackson had/has controlling interest of the Beatles music)
MTV getting out of the Television business, and back into the music business.
As to the Firefox drivel, nice to know click through EULA's are not evil, eh?
--Toll_Free
Anybody that knows how the economy works isn't paying attention to the election, they are taking their butts to work to ensure they have enough money to pay the mortgage they can't afford.
And people who DON'T know how the economy works are people who are going to three jobs to pay the mortgage they NEVER could afford.
Simple, really. And for the people screaming REPUBLICANS FUCKED AMERICA UP, who's in control of the House and Senate, and has blocked nearly every one of Bushes econ related bills for the last 4 years :)
--Toll_Free
I have, for almost a year, told people that I thought McCain will be president. Not that I thought he would be the BEST pres, but that he would make it. I STILL believe this, only because of the skin color issue.
I have a LOT of friends in the South, as well as the North (lived in Texas, spent 20 percent of my time in our offices in the North). None of them are ready to "put the black man in office", although when you talk to them publicly, they all think He's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Do I now think that The Obamaton will be pres... Probably. This has MORE to do with the media coverage than anything.
My MAIN issue with Obamanation is this: You can "council" or scream, or whatever change all you want, but Obamanation is this: An empty suit. WHAT CHANGE? HOW WILL YOU EFFECT IT?
I stand to "profit" from the Obamanation if he becomes president. How so: I am (unfortunately) on assistance these days, due to a motorcycle accident (Can't walk, stand or sit for any extended period of time, makes even the rehab a challenge, but I'm gettin through it). I don't see how or why I should get "more", though, even though I could use it, and would like it, I have a problem with taxing those who have more to give to people in my position.
Oh wait, before this, I WAS a small business owner, owned a home, etc. I know what his plans are.
Obamanation and Jimmy Carter. One in the same, and it's going to play out about the same way.
We, the people, have no clear cut choice anymore. It's the lessor of two evils. That doesn't mean an empty suit should get elected because he shammed a bunch of people with his screaming of change change change... Change what?
Reminds me of an article I saw on Yahoo.com yesterday. Seems most people that group together do so out of a sense of being either scared or insecurity. Has little to nothing to do with actually wanting to group together for the same ideals....
Simply amazing, how much a group of sheeple the education system has spawned. I can remember my teachers teaching me to think for myself, make my own decisions, even if they where NOT popular.
People today would rather be a "part of something" than learn to think for themselves and make their own decisions. Case in point, every person I am close to now is voting for the Obamanation, but none of them can give me a clear cut reason why..... Even my girlfriend can't, other than "I stand to gain more if Obama is in office"... When I asked her how or why, she got pissed because she couldn't answer the question. Same thing of my friends polled in Oregon, Washington and other leftist states.
My parents and grandparents are literally rolling over in their graves I'd assume... Not because a blaq man is going to be elected, not because a democrat is being elected (I marched in Democratic rallies from before I was 2 years old with my mother, flowers and all), but because an empty suit that promised nothing but a buzzword bullshitted his way into office.
(not that the alternatives where much better, but the American populace CHOSE these idiots to put on the pedestals... THAT one makes you think).
--Toll_Free
The comment about being laid was a joke. Guess you are above having a sense of humor.
And as far as attacking me personally, dildo, I have a roommate because I was involved in a motorcycle wreck a few months ago, and have sole custody of my kids. Not being able to walk kind of necessitates having some help, at least, here in the real world.
How old am I.... Let's see, I was a Systems Engineer in the 80s, so probably, older than you... More along the lines, of the same age as your parents, give or take.
So, jr. Go to your room. Mommies gonna get mad if she finds out you where using her computer again :)
All these problems you have installing windows, I don't see. Then again, I don't attemp to use outdated crap. To each his own, I suppose... Nor do I prefer to have "bleeding edge" or have to have the best, meaning drivers are nonexistant.
Nice attempt at a troll, however. 3 points for trying.
--Toll_Free
Windows Vista Ultimate, SP1.
HP Turion X2 based system. I had NO driver disks, as originally it had x86 based os on it, and I upgraded to Vista Ultimate X64.
Machine booted after install, no problems, touch pad worked, quick keys worked, remote control worked.... Come to think of it, everything worked.
So yes, I have. Ubuntu, I actually had to compile a program to get the drivers to the wifi card. Complete rediculousnous.
Don't get me wrong, I am a HUGE fan of *nix, cut my teeth on SCO XENIX (on a x86 based POS system, Engineering for Tandy in the 80s. I also understand about having proprietary drivers needed (I have an HP printer lol), but I've still had more trouble getting a linux install working on relatively current hardware, vs getting VISTA (of all things) to work flawlessly on this machine (IOW, no driver issues at ALL, on 64 bit install at that).
--Toll_Free
OK, I did, except my replaced OS was Slackware.
Ubuntu is worlds ahead, but it still has a steep learning curve.
Like, it took 2 days to get it to reliably connect to my wireless AP.
And that was after having to go get a project, compile it, take a "reading" of my wifi cards bios (or whatever FWCutter does), and get it to run.
Thank GOD I had a working WinTel machine to sit next to the Ubuntu machine.
In Ubuntu's favor, I DID have 100Base Ethernet working "out of the box".... That was something I DIDN'T have in Slack.
Ubuntu automagically WON'T connect to unsecured AP's. This is a pain in the ass.
Windows is set up for the Lusers. Linux is set up for geeks. Until it "just works", it will need work. THAT'S the user experience people want.
Install, it works. If it comes with basic, stripped down versions of everything, so much the better (IE, wordpad, etc).
Don't believe me, look at the sales figures. Giving away a "superior product" that requires becoming a geek just to get your hardware to work (if it EVER does work) isn't what most people want... And most people, unfortunately or fortunately, tend to vote with their wallets. The fact people are STILL purchasing Windows means volumes.
Here's to the next revision of Ubuntu letting ME decide how I want my network set up, instead of the people at Ubuntu deciding how my wifi network should be.
Get the simple shit worked out, and Linux on the desktop will be a reality. But as long as people see the steep learning curve (and it IS there, believe me), it won't. Just common sense here.
To put it in an analogy that people here understand, it's like a girl. Most users here have no ideas about women, as most common computer users have no idea how to make Linux work. Just ask my roommate. He gets laid CONSTANTLY, but couldn't get Ubuntu to install and work.
disclaimer: I was able to get Ubuntu to pretty much work, and I have 3 kids, so I've been laid. I'm one of the minorities here lolol.
--Toll_Free
What a great idea.
That, coupled with the censored Internet, and I can't wait to run to .au.
Sheesh. Good ideas, bad ideas.
Wait, didn't we decide about 30 years ago, these where called cults? And cults are bad, mkay?
lol
--Toll_Free
Thank GOD someone else remembers GEOS.
The ORIGINAL Graphic Environment Operating System.
The FIRST windows. And it ran on the Commode 64.
--Toll_Free
IOW, the kernel boots quickly, but to get anything near a usable machine for anyone but a complete geek, it takes about the same amount of time as either a Wintel box or a macintosh.
New news at 11.
--Toll_Free
I'm sorry Slashdotters, but Vista has some genuine improvements, it's not only a huge pile of rubbish and I much prefer it to XP.
I also concur.
I've noticed, most people that slam a new OS when it arrives, and for about 1 1/2 years afterwards, are people that attempt to load the beta onto either OLD hardware, or bleeding edge (read, crappy drivers are the ONLY drivers). If you purchase NAME brand equipment (instead of the graphics card thats the "same" as the 400.00 card, but only costs 79.99 from geeks), quality ram, etc., most OS's are fairly decent.
I'm having problems on my "living room" machine now. It's running an old Athlon 1600+, half a gig of ram, and hard drives over a decade old in it. Ubuntu is shit because it locks up daily. No, in reality, my old hardware is shit, and I know it.
I could load Vista on it, and blame it, though, quite easily. Like what seems to be in vogue.
Yes, Vista has a few annoyances, but if you run it on decent hardware, it works quite well. My uptime is a month (and I reboot because I want to, not because it has to have it, unless it's for "patch Tuesday") usually, and this machine is HAMMERED upon daily.
Take it for what it's worth. All OS's have their place. After playing with Ubuntu, I could NOT give it to my grandmother to use. However, Windows works fine on the her machine now. Getting her to click on the network icon every time the machine boots up (she shuts it down every time she's done, 2 or 3 reboots a day, UGGH) and then click on her wireless network would be a lesson in futility. I know, she asked me why I had to do it each time last time she was here and wanted to use the living room machine.
Sad, but true. Here's to the next revision FIXING that.
--Toll_Free
Close it when I'm done, it just goes to sleep. Open it when I need a quick weather map, it takes but 2 seconds to connect and fetch the map, then just close it. And it always works just like that.
Let's see Vista do that! PS Windoze really does blow chunks.
Are you really that ignorant?
I mean, seriously. I reboot my machine once a month. And I close the lid on the VISTA X64 powered machine at least daily. It's my TV, my computer and my stereo, so it actually happens, more like, 4 or 5 times a day.
But seriously... Do you NEVER really open your eyes to anything else around you, unless it has an Apple on the front.
And here's a question, which OS had the sleep / hibernate feature first? I > win95, but since I REFUSED to have a laptop until the last couple years, it was never a feature I looked at or cared about until recently.
--Toll_Free
I run Vista X64 Ultimate.
I LOVE ESET NOD32.
--Toll_Free
Except the person posing the original question stated he had to stick to Windows.
Hence, the original, first post, is bullshit. Hence the reason he (probably) posted as anonymous.
--Toll_Free
I like ESET NOD32.
I use it on my Inspiron 9200, with no problems.
Also on my HP Turion X2 based x64 system. No problems.
Then again, I had no problems with McAfee, either. The default install from Dell. Only problem was when it expired, I wanted to use ESET, since that's what I had installed on my other laptop. Easier when the caching server already downloads 1 copy of the updates for the next laptop to grab them. (same def updates on x64 and x86).
It's not free, it's not open source, but it's fast as hell.... And catches pretty much everything out there.
BUT, I'd have to say, if your wifes machine has faltered with TWO different products, It's time to format and start anew, cuz dat juss aint rite, rite?
--Toll_Free
Sounds like he wants Office.
Seriously, what the hell was his problem in finding the latest document someone "misplaced" in their PC.
Recent Documents?
find/locate?
I can think of more ways to find a recent document, but so can any other reader here.
But, this idiot thinks it's a new idea to have... What do they call it, a DOCUMENT STANDARD?
Can't even call this one fake advertising.
--Toll_Free
Yeah, it's called contractual law.
If you don't like it, don't log on. If you don't like it, don't accept it, and go somwehere else.
Are you stupid? I mean, really now. Nobody is FORCING you to get on the internet. Nobody forces you to use ISP (a,b or c).
The internet is NOT a must have. It's a REALLY nice to have, but you don't NEED IT. And if you do, there is ALWAYS more than one way to get on it.
Just because you don't like the way a contract is written doesn't mean you have to accept it, stand for it, or deal with it. Change ISP's, get something in writing, etc.
Simple. Don't like it, find another. Hell, there IS more than one satellite based ISP. There ya go. No matter what, if you don't like 1, go to another. Don't find any that you like the contract, TOS or AUP, it's probably something more alongs the lines of YOUR fault than theirs.
That's the way freedom of choice works. It's not freedom for you to bitch and make a business change it's rules, it's the freedom to choose with your pocket (book).
--Toll_Free
WTF. Goes to show you don't know what you are talking about.
Their mother pays the delivery guy. Then, she slides the pizza pie under the door.
That way, she doesn't have to see her 30something naked in front of his 4 computer screens. (one with WOW, one with web browser, one with AIM / Yahoo IM / ICQ / Gtalk / insert_IM_here and one with pr0n.
Just a guess on my part, though. Not that I'd ever engage in such lamesauce.
--Toll_Free
And just a couple days ago, some other gaming vidiot was telling us Lucas doesn't release games worth a shit on the PC platform.
Just goes to show you, one man's shit is another man's treasure... Or that people in power don't know what they are talking about.
Either way, good to see a new game coming out, and the AI (or programming, if you will) sounds kinda cool on this one. I always hated the fact (and it turned me off of gaming, actually, back in the late 80s / early 90s) that if you finished a game, chose a new / different character, you already knew how to beat the system, because the only thing that changed where the clothing on your character, basically.
When can I download this one :) lol.
--Toll_Free
Giving your ISP your money, logging onto their network, etc. is all part of accepting their TOS and AUP.
The contract is, for the most part, TOS and AUP.
If not, then usually you can find it by ASKING.
It's simple. Being in the dark, then bitching, makes someone a... Well, bitch.
Actually asking questions and getting the answers you (do or don't) want might make you (nosy, arrogant, INFORMED, etc) an educated consumer.
Just like (xbox live, wiiware, ps3 whatever) console stuff. People bitchin about the Wiiware shop today, DON'T USE IT. It isn't you're "renting" your console, if you don't want to get the update that breaks whatever you've done to your machine, don't.
Simple stuff, just takes a bit of common sense.
Oh yeah, and the biggest problem of all, it takes PEOPLE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. Something most people of the world CAN'T seem to grasp as a fact of life.
Anywho, no, I'm not saying people in the UK do anything. But, if you USE the ISP, and don't cancel, then you are accepting the contract... Same thing as putting your signature on paper.
--Toll_Free