I read that the window skinning download sites are polluted with malware. The good thing about mandatory driver signing in 64-bit Vista and later is that it protects sites like DriverGuide.com etc. from suffering the same fate.
And who stagnated their OS (along with the browser it shipped with) for five years! (the Longhorn delays certainly didn't help here) Actually, there was XP SP2 in 2004 which could be considered a point release.
Personally, I would not go so far to require real names if I was doing a website. I'd prefer people be non-anonymous and use real names if they can (I do). But in the real world I know it is not always possible because of various problems.
The naming of x86-64 has a funny history. Back in 2001 or so, AMD called the 64-bit extensions to x86 simply "x86-64". By 2003 however they decided to change the name to "AMD64". Of course, by then Intel was already trying to copy it. They revealed this to the public in 2004, first calling it "IA-32e", and soon after "EM64T". When they released their Core 2 processor in 2006 as the second processor to support it (first was Prescott and it's variants), they renamed it again to "Intel 64". On the matter of "IA-32", that name was coined I think when they were developing Itanium (before x86-64 even existed). The Itanium architecture was called "IA-64". Later on as x86-64 gained prominence, Intel renamed the "IA-64" architecture to "IPF" (Itanium Processor Family) to avoid confusion.
After doing a lot of research, I can say it is amazing how many people forgot IE6 actually improved standards compliance over IE 5.x. The original name of a Quora question for example was "Why did MS release IE6..." which later was renamed. Most IE-specific features actually came from IE 4.x and IE 5.x. IE6 introduced DOCTYPE switching. The problem is that IE then stagnated for five years, and guess what people did with the IE6 "standard mode" during that period?
Personally I'd encourage people to use their real identities too whatever possible (I do). Yes, I know it is not always possible in the real world. Many of the problems can be fixed, but of course many of the fixes. will take time.
Yea, I have said for a while that UAC and sudo are pretty much close to the same thing, especially in the Vista era when people were complaining about UAC.
What would help is that Win32 and COM did not change much between 2000 and now. Of course, it is not the best solution, partly because Gates being an aggressive businessman is partly why MS got into anti-trust trouble in the first place. This doesn't mean that the good parts of Bill Gates aren't important of course.
FYI: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html Not that it would excuse the anticompetitive crimes, which is partly because of the attribute that business is war that I think Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer helped.
but the speed and nature of such services calls into question China's ability to retain control — especially in combustible, highly emotional situations.
Or they could directly respond and participate, which would be much easier. Of course, the problem is that the Chinese government is not used to doing that.
IE9 finally implemented DOM level 2 and otherwise change it to match other browsers. Previously the DOM has seen little change since IE5, which was good in 1999 but not so good now.
Personally, I always have considered movies and music as different. I mean, music is just sound, so there is no excuse for the cost of creating music to be that ridiculous. Movies are more complex though.
Yea, I know. You can't boycott a patent provider when you are infringing on their patents either. Buying music from a different vendor is easier though, and would be better IMO.
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I read that the window skinning download sites are polluted with malware. The good thing about mandatory driver signing in 64-bit Vista and later is that it protects sites like DriverGuide.com etc. from suffering the same fate.
It wasn't glibc's fault. It was another example of a program depending on undocumented behavior of an API.
And who stagnated their OS (along with the browser it shipped with) for five years! (the Longhorn delays certainly didn't help here)
Actually, there was XP SP2 in 2004 which could be considered a point release.
Personally, I would not go so far to require real names if I was doing a website. I'd prefer people be non-anonymous and use real names if they can (I do). But in the real world I know it is not always possible because of various problems.
For embedded systems.
The naming of x86-64 has a funny history. Back in 2001 or so, AMD called the 64-bit extensions to x86 simply "x86-64". By 2003 however they decided to change the name to "AMD64". Of course, by then Intel was already trying to copy it. They revealed this to the public in 2004, first calling it "IA-32e", and soon after "EM64T". When they released their Core 2 processor in 2006 as the second processor to support it (first was Prescott and it's variants), they renamed it again to "Intel 64". On the matter of "IA-32", that name was coined I think when they were developing Itanium (before x86-64 even existed). The Itanium architecture was called "IA-64". Later on as x86-64 gained prominence, Intel renamed the "IA-64" architecture to "IPF" (Itanium Processor Family) to avoid confusion.
After doing a lot of research, I can say it is amazing how many people forgot IE6 actually improved standards compliance over IE 5.x. The original name of a Quora question for example was "Why did MS release IE6..." which later was renamed. Most IE-specific features actually came from IE 4.x and IE 5.x. IE6 introduced DOCTYPE switching. The problem is that IE then stagnated for five years, and guess what people did with the IE6 "standard mode" during that period?
Personally I think the real problems are in Congress.
Is there some sort of back licensing of the graphics tech and patents from HTC to VIA?
I think they are. There has to be as S3's graphics technology are in VIA's chipsets.
Doesn't mean the claim of all the promises are correct.
Personally, I hope that "shareholder value" based on increasing stock price will end.
Personally I'd encourage people to use their real identities too whatever possible (I do). Yes, I know it is not always possible in the real world. Many of the problems can be fixed, but of course many of the fixes. will take time.
Yea, I have said for a while that UAC and sudo are pretty much close to the same thing, especially in the Vista era when people were complaining about UAC.
The Mighty Mouse that replaced the one-button mouse was introduced in 2005 or so, I think.
Yea, there were a lot of old stories on TechCrunch on exactly this.
What would help is that Win32 and COM did not change much between 2000 and now. Of course, it is not the best solution, partly because Gates being an aggressive businessman is partly why MS got into anti-trust trouble in the first place. This doesn't mean that the good parts of Bill Gates aren't important of course.
FYI:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/06/16.html
Not that it would excuse the anticompetitive crimes, which is partly because of the attribute that business is war that I think Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer helped.
That is partly thanks to Vista being too big to fit on netbooks forcing MS to continue selling XP for them.
but the speed and nature of such services calls into question China's ability to retain control — especially in combustible, highly emotional situations.
Or they could directly respond and participate, which would be much easier. Of course, the problem is that the Chinese government is not used to doing that.
IE9 finally implemented DOM level 2 and otherwise change it to match other browsers. Previously the DOM has seen little change since IE5, which was good in 1999 but not so good now.
The main cause is the new release cycle. Asa's big mouth only helped it a bit.
Though personally I would not go so far to boycott the major labels myself.
But even in movies, having to pay stars etc. ridiculous amounts is still bad.
Personally, I always have considered movies and music as different. I mean, music is just sound, so there is no excuse for the cost of creating music to be that ridiculous. Movies are more complex though.
Yea, I know. You can't boycott a patent provider when you are infringing on their patents either. Buying music from a different vendor is easier though, and would be better IMO.