The company i work for (part of a large corporation with several tens of thousands of employees) plans to begin changing to 7 in the third quarter of 2010, depending on whether the first sp will be out by then.
Well, actually, they were planning to go ahead with Vista, but the IT guys (me and 2 other persons for the national division of the corporation (that is 5 companies)) advised against.
Going for another OS is alas not an option, a lot of official software (i mean software we need to be complaint with regulations in my country) only come in MS flavour.
The problem isn't dying support for XP, but just licensing issues, MS won't continue our licenses for XP forever, we already had it changed automatically to Vista, and had to ask to downgrade that back to XP.
Islam is the filthiest and most savage of the bunch
You have/got/ to be kidding, right?
At this moment they *might* be savage, but the lovely christians killed off other peoples (yes, peoples) by the thousands, and some are still doing so today, under the banner of religion.
The Hindu's despise a large chunk of their own people and use them as serfs for the sake of their religion.
The "orthodox" jews in Israel make it a sport to starve out an entire people because their religion tells them it's their chunk of land.
The animist people who listen to shamans in black Africa are hunting down and chopping apart albino blacks because they are thought to have magical properties.
In conclusion, religion is just plain and simple evil disguised in a robe with a funny hat (why do they all need funny hats to make their statement??)
With you there.
I live in Belgium too, and what they're charging here for bandwith and download limits is WAY of the charts compared to most other western countries in the world:-(
To make it clear: I'm paying 42,91 (that's $56,69) / month for 15 Mbps and 25GB limit...
Let me start by saying that I love playing FPS's, especially those that are "realistic".
But i hate war. I couldn't for the life of me understand why someone would want to go "invading other countries and killing strangers "because they told me to?" " as erroneus said.
OK, i have to admit, i live in a country that can't be accused of having lots of people in it that are patriotic (i live in Belgium), and thus have never been very into the whole army thing.
What i'm trying to say is that it's quite possible to love the game, but hate the reality.
However, i honestly don't think that games will truly help the guys and girls that are attracted to the army to not sign up.
I mean, game violence stays what it is: a lot of different shades of red pixels shattering around on your screen, pretending to be blood. If the moaning or the bombing is too loud, you just tune down the stereo.
If you really want to the message to pass, i'm guessing you'd have to let injured war veterans (physically and psychologically) visit schools to talk about the horrors of war, as they did in our country, and are still doing in UK if i'm not mistaken, since WWII.
I was already checking out if i could preorder one:-)
When you see the video, you notice they're going for cyborgs that "only use the brain".
If there is going to be a terminator anyway, then i want it to have my brain, MUHAHAHAHA.
Why the hell has this been modded as "flamebait"???
Every time someone makes even the smallest bit of bad publicity for the american soldiers (ok, i admit, this one isn't very discrete), it gets modded down...
Damn, stop worshipping your army inconditionally and start critically examining what's wrong, what's good, and what can be changed to make your army truly a great army...
Certainly a nice example of someone who is able to write about what he's experienced, true.
I only wanted to make clear that it's not given to everyone, the possibility to make stories (fiction or non-fiction) that people would want to read, or in this case, play...
They being big ISP's looking for a reason to charge more per kb used, depending on your use of the network.
I can really feel some changements coming in my broadband subscription fee...
Me: Why am i paying more?
ISP: You paid 5 bills this month, if you didn't do that, you would be homeless, so our network had a great value for you. That's why you're now paying 500 bucks / month.
Nothing against those guys, a lot of them are educated, i'm sure, but that doesn't make them writers. Or they would need a ghost writer.. aka developer.
omb, i perfectly agree with you there,
but the bulk of getting linux out there, and not confined to people who read/. or Ars or something, is making it work for people who couldn't give less about how a pc works, it just has to do what they want.
Oh, and on top of that, majority of normal users couldn't care less about security, they just don't want any hassle to get to their favorite recipe, or the pictures of the grandchildren last summer...
So unless the average mom/grandmother/uncle/cousin has a gifted guy/girl in the family that can not only configure what you explained, but make sure it works as THEY want it, you're bound to use Windows...
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Heh, i only know that both flavor and flavour are correct, but never know which one's american english, and which one is oxford english :-S
It's not the legislators that make the software, it's the software vendors that simply don't make a non-MS flavo(u)red one.
The company i work for (part of a large corporation with several tens of thousands of employees) plans to begin changing to 7 in the third quarter of 2010, depending on whether the first sp will be out by then.
Well, actually, they were planning to go ahead with Vista, but the IT guys (me and 2 other persons for the national division of the corporation (that is 5 companies)) advised against.
Going for another OS is alas not an option, a lot of official software (i mean software we need to be complaint with regulations in my country) only come in MS flavour.
The problem isn't dying support for XP, but just licensing issues, MS won't continue our licenses for XP forever, we already had it changed automatically to Vista, and had to ask to downgrade that back to XP.
Islam is the filthiest and most savage of the bunch
You have /got/ to be kidding, right?
At this moment they *might* be savage, but the lovely christians killed off other peoples (yes, peoples) by the thousands, and some are still doing so today, under the banner of religion.
The Hindu's despise a large chunk of their own people and use them as serfs for the sake of their religion.
The "orthodox" jews in Israel make it a sport to starve out an entire people because their religion tells them it's their chunk of land.
The animist people who listen to shamans in black Africa are hunting down and chopping apart albino blacks because they are thought to have magical properties.
In conclusion, religion is just plain and simple evil disguised in a robe with a funny hat (why do they all need funny hats to make their statement??)
Actually, it isn't, i already did exactly that, because the ISPs where i used to live were more expensive.
;-)
Regarding what they charge you: DAMN, where in Europe do you live, so i avoid checking out houses there?
Damn, the euro sign just got lost, i meant 42,91 EUR
With you there. :-(
I live in Belgium too, and what they're charging here for bandwith and download limits is WAY of the charts compared to most other western countries in the world
To make it clear: I'm paying 42,91 (that's $56,69) / month for 15 Mbps and 25GB limit...
I think you you're talking about the Amish there. The mormons i know are very apt at using a pc.
Let me start by saying that I love playing FPS's, especially those that are "realistic".
But i hate war. I couldn't for the life of me understand why someone would want to go "invading other countries and killing strangers "because they told me to?" " as erroneus said.
OK, i have to admit, i live in a country that can't be accused of having lots of people in it that are patriotic (i live in Belgium), and thus have never been very into the whole army thing.
What i'm trying to say is that it's quite possible to love the game, but hate the reality.
However, i honestly don't think that games will truly help the guys and girls that are attracted to the army to not sign up.
I mean, game violence stays what it is: a lot of different shades of red pixels shattering around on your screen, pretending to be blood. If the moaning or the bombing is too loud, you just tune down the stereo.
If you really want to the message to pass, i'm guessing you'd have to let injured war veterans (physically and psychologically) visit schools to talk about the horrors of war, as they did in our country, and are still doing in UK if i'm not mistaken, since WWII.
Cool! Thanks a lot for the info :-)
Where's that site???
I was thinking more like 'some people are going to be very sorry about having pissed me off.'
Just how many british comerdians went to Oxford vs how many US comedians to harvard?
I don't know, but please enlighten me!
I was already checking out if i could preorder one :-)
When you see the video, you notice they're going for cyborgs that "only use the brain".
If there is going to be a terminator anyway, then i want it to have my brain, MUHAHAHAHA.
Why the hell has this been modded as "flamebait"???
Every time someone makes even the smallest bit of bad publicity for the american soldiers (ok, i admit, this one isn't very discrete), it gets modded down...
Damn, stop worshipping your army inconditionally and start critically examining what's wrong, what's good, and what can be changed to make your army truly a great army...
Certainly a nice example of someone who is able to write about what he's experienced, true.
I only wanted to make clear that it's not given to everyone, the possibility to make stories (fiction or non-fiction) that people would want to read, or in this case, play...
Sure.
They being big ISP's looking for a reason to charge more per kb used, depending on your use of the network.
I can really feel some changements coming in my broadband subscription fee...
Me: Why am i paying more?
ISP: You paid 5 bills this month, if you didn't do that, you would be homeless, so our network had a great value for you. That's why you're now paying 500 bucks / month.
Find a marine who can write it...
Nothing against those guys, a lot of them are educated, i'm sure, but that doesn't make them writers. Or they would need a ghost writer.. aka developer.
Meh, i shut up.
Well, i surely didn't expect that "they promptly terminated Mr. Friedman."
After killer dollar penalties, now simply killers on your ass... Watch out PirateBay & Co!
Excellent! Thanks to you, another great day at work!
... her magical leg apparatus...
What magical?
They really exist, check here.
omb, i perfectly agree with you there, but the bulk of getting linux out there, and not confined to people who read /. or Ars or something, is making it work for people who couldn't give less about how a pc works, it just has to do what they want.
Oh, and on top of that, majority of normal users couldn't care less about security, they just don't want any hassle to get to their favorite recipe, or the pictures of the grandchildren last summer...
So unless the average mom/grandmother/uncle/cousin has a gifted guy/girl in the family that can not only configure what you explained, but make sure it works as THEY want it, you're bound to use Windows...
Alas.
That's true, it has critics.
Lots of them.
But none of them are Joe Average who just wants to put his music on his mp3 player, or wants to buy a new printer, plug in the wire, and print...
In terms of idiotproof, linux only passes the security test, not the usability one...
Damn...is there any real story today, apart from the vinyl story? I'm *trying* to get the april fool achievement here guys!!
If he didn't realise that, he wouldn't have been posting this, he would be trying to subscribe...
I for one welcome our new overlord... oh wait, our current overlord to have overthrown our other current overlord... or something...