Eh, my Vista runs just fine a month or two. I agree that it gets sluggish then, but restarting your desktop pc 6-7 times a year isn't that big a deal. And you can install the updates at the same time.
My Linux box:
[root@anonymous ~]#uptime
08:21:16 up 381 days, 14:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Oh, yeah. Now I remember; the power went out last year.
Years ago, IBM was in a monopoly position as defined by appropriate US law, and the unbundling was a remedy for that.
Very good point. But like IBM then, Apple wants to make money on both the hardware and the software. IIRC Apple beat Microsoft to market with their OS. I've often wondered if Apple had played their cards differently and re-worked their OS to run on PC hardware, would most of the world be running OS X? Sometimes greed can cost you.
No, IBM was forced to license it's mainframe operating systems to run on any hardware such as Amdahl. They, like Apple, wanted to grab all the cookies from the cookie jar.
What other operating systems will run on IBM's mainframe hardware?
To take your book analogy further: That book you buy you can read or use to prop up the short leg on your table. Or even rip it up to start a fire in the fireplace. It's your to use as you see fit.
Years ago IBM was forced to unbundle their mainframe operating systems from their hardware. That let other vendors compete. I think this is the same situation here.
To add to those complaints with an economic one, why should it be that registration fees for.com,.net,.org and friends should be funnelled into the US economy?
Huh? Get real. $12 per domain for a.com,.net, or.org; I think you can afford it. If you can't get a domain for $12 or less you haven't shopped around!
Those fees probably don't even cover the expenses.
OK, I almost I have this straight:
You have to be a horse's ass to purchase Win 7 Starter edition.
Or is that two horses' asses?
Wait, er, you can only buy it if your ass is 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches wide?
Which is it?
When the government "gives" or "spends" it has got to come from somewhere. And that somewhere is your and my wallets. Government spending will result in either higher taxes or increased inflation.
When Big Brother collects information about us, the potential for harm far out-weighs the good. I think only I should decide who has access to my medical records. Not some secretary who gets charmed by an insurance company rep or bribed by a scam artist wanting to take advantage of my medical condition.
And billions of dollars! The President and Congress have no concept of how hard we work to get that money.
"Lost" is the wrong verb. Much like the browser's status line says "Transferring data from blahblah.com". When it reads "Done" does that mean I have the data and blahblah.com doesn't? It should say "Copying data" or "Receiving data" because the data is still in it's original location.
However, I do wish my bank account transfers worked that way.
Some things are so fundamental like: fire.
Me rug sticks together, make fire. Fire make man warm. Good.
Fire make steam.
Steam make train go. Good.
Fire make hot gases. Hot gases make car go. Good.
Fire make steam. Steam make electricity. Electricity make computer go. Good.
I'm not so sure that the computing fundamentals will not be the same 30 years from now.
24/7? Even if you were allowed to do it, it doesn't mean you should do it.
Just think if this guy, plus a few million others, start streaming video of their empty kitchens to each other. Comcast et. al. are already screaming "We have to manage our congestion" so let's all squander our connections to prove them right.
Let's say I'm on vacation, pop into a public library to check my bank balance, and logon to my bank website. How do I know if I'm safe from MITM without a trusted cert?
It's good to know that you're getting a trusted cert on the public library computer that Joe Hacker set up. That key logger he installed probably has all your credentials not to mention that he has replaced all the root CAs with his own.
I spent 20+ years as a mainframe systems programmer. VM/VSE. Since then, I've learned Linux et. al. Man would I love to install Linux in a virtual machine. I'll bet it could fly.
Mod parent up.
I think it's the difference between two attitudes:
1) "Get the job done"
2) "Get the job done well"
Later, when I look at code I've written, I want to say proudly, "Yes, I wrote that."
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Mod this feller up!
If you depend on a GUI you aren't an admin.
first post?
Art is very easy to define.
For something to be defined as art it has to have no purpose or function other than itself.
So congress is "art"?
It's not my fault Linux is very efficient.
Eh, my Vista runs just fine a month or two. I agree that it gets sluggish then, but restarting your desktop pc 6-7 times a year isn't that big a deal. And you can install the updates at the same time.
My Linux box:
[root@anonymous ~]#uptime
08:21:16 up 381 days, 14:59, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Oh, yeah. Now I remember; the power went out last year.
Years ago, IBM was in a monopoly position as defined by appropriate US law, and the unbundling was a remedy for that.
Very good point. But like IBM then, Apple wants to make money on both the hardware and the software. IIRC Apple beat Microsoft to market with their OS. I've often wondered if Apple had played their cards differently and re-worked their OS to run on PC hardware, would most of the world be running OS X? Sometimes greed can cost you.
No, IBM was forced to license it's mainframe operating systems to run on any hardware such as Amdahl. They, like Apple, wanted to grab all the cookies from the cookie jar.
What other operating systems will run on IBM's mainframe hardware?
Mod up.
To take your book analogy further: That book you buy you can read or use to prop up the short leg on your table. Or even rip it up to start a fire in the fireplace. It's your to use as you see fit.
Years ago IBM was forced to unbundle their mainframe operating systems from their hardware. That let other vendors compete. I think this is the same situation here.
My sister opened a computer store in Hawaii. She sells C shells by the seashore.
I think I know her! Is her name is Sally?
/usr/bin?
She keeps them in a bin in her store. Or is it a
Thank you for saying that so well.
However, there is money to be made here in cap-and-trade land and power to be gained.
Let's tax CO2 emissions and raise the cost of energy, goods, and services beyond the price of what some people can barely afford to pay now.
Damn the facts and full speed ahead!
Mod parent +5 Funny
Thanks for the laugh.
The U.S. has a huge nuclear arsenal and your worried about them going berserk and pulling the plug on the DNS.
To add to those complaints with an economic one, why should it be that registration fees for .com, .net, .org and friends should be funnelled into the US economy?
Huh? Get real. $12 per domain for a .com, .net, or .org; I think you can afford it. If you can't get a domain for $12 or less you haven't shopped around!
Those fees probably don't even cover the expenses.
OK, I almost I have this straight:
You have to be a horse's ass to purchase Win 7 Starter edition.
Or is that two horses' asses?
Wait, er, you can only buy it if your ass is 4 feet, 8 1/2 inches wide?
Which is it?
OR
3) Doctor/nurse takes your wallet and finds your allergy card (could also get telephone numbers for your doctor, wife, neighbor, pharmacy, etc.)
yeah the potential harm, if they are out to get you, outweighs the benifit of you not dying.
Where there is money to be made (or for that matter, power to be gained) they are out to get you.
Explain the part about dying.
Mod parent up!
When the government "gives" or "spends" it has got to come from somewhere. And that somewhere is your and my wallets. Government spending will result in either higher taxes or increased inflation.
Mod parent up!
When Big Brother collects information about us, the potential for harm far out-weighs the good. I think only I should decide who has access to my medical records. Not some secretary who gets charmed by an insurance company rep or bribed by a scam artist wanting to take advantage of my medical condition.
And billions of dollars! The President and Congress have no concept of how hard we work to get that money.
"Lost" is the wrong verb. Much like the browser's status line says "Transferring data from blahblah.com". When it reads "Done" does that mean I have the data and blahblah.com doesn't? It should say "Copying data" or "Receiving data" because the data is still in it's original location.
However, I do wish my bank account transfers worked that way.
Some things are so fundamental like: fire.
Me rug sticks together, make fire. Fire make man warm. Good.
Fire make steam. Steam make train go. Good.
Fire make hot gases. Hot gases make car go. Good.
Fire make steam. Steam make electricity. Electricity make computer go. Good.
I'm not so sure that the computing fundamentals will not be the same 30 years from now.
Linus make Linux. Linux make computer go. Good.
24/7? Even if you were allowed to do it, it doesn't mean you should do it. Just think if this guy, plus a few million others, start streaming video of their empty kitchens to each other. Comcast et. al. are already screaming "We have to manage our congestion" so let's all squander our connections to prove them right.
Let's say I'm on vacation, pop into a public library to check my bank balance, and logon to my bank website. How do I know if I'm safe from MITM without a trusted cert?
It's good to know that you're getting a trusted cert on the public library computer that Joe Hacker set up. That key logger he installed probably has all your credentials not to mention that he has replaced all the root CAs with his own.
I spent 20+ years as a mainframe systems programmer. VM/VSE. Since then, I've learned Linux et. al. Man would I love to install Linux in a virtual machine. I'll bet it could fly.
Very simple:
* the user has deep knowledge of perl but not of pythong
Pythong? Isn't that an undergarment that an attractive female programmer wears?
Mod parent up. I think it's the difference between two attitudes: 1) "Get the job done" 2) "Get the job done well" Later, when I look at code I've written, I want to say proudly, "Yes, I wrote that."