The day before 7 is released people had 0 copies of Windows 7, the day its released they had 1, so in two years everyone who purchased it should have 730 copies.
That would be probably be the time it takes to image the printing plates. A 16 page (full-colour) broadsheet takes an hour (32 plates). 32 pages takes 2 hours and so on. Once they have the plates it doesn't take a lot of time to get the press going.
Long Time Service release. They have to support it for 4 years, fixing bugs, preventing security problems etc. That would be more difficult to do if the LTS ships with Gnome 2 but Gnome 2 isn't being actively supported by its developers (who are working on Gnome 3).
For the newspaper, it would be the time it took for the journalists to write/gather the stories, the sub-editors to layout the page in InDesign, and most importantly for the advertising department to sell some very expensive ad space.
On the printing side, every 2 colour pages in a Broadsheet newspaper takes 4 printing plates (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), 4 plates take around 5-7 minutes to produce.
It doesn't take anywhere near 2.5 hours to ink the press, more like 10 minutes.
You're correct that it won't be anywhere near as fast as the Internet, but for a very big event they could have a special edition out in an hour or two (depending on pages, number of copies etc.)
I wouldn't say that it's Windows inertia it's more that-... wait... what's an "operating system"? You mean there's computers that say something other than "Windows" when they're booted?
It will surely, er, program our programs to kill us.
No, it'll just optimize out all emergency stop and safety routines. Humans inevitably die anyway so there is no point in slowing down the code to prevent it.
Something that occurred to me while reading was that if they hadn't found it, while there is a way to remotely wipe the data there isn't a way to remotely lockdown the phone.
A way to remotely set the phone to full volume and play a siren-tone non-stop would be nice too.
This is going to turn into another one of those discussions where people who read Slashdot and other tech sites forget that they are amongst a minority of computer users and subsequently the consensus that is reached here won't reflect reality at all.
Do you actually understand that almost all of a newspapers revenue is derived from advertising, not from paper sales? And apparently a lot of companies haven't got the memo that newspapers are dead because they still pay exorbitant prices for advertising spots on the front pages of small hick-town newspapers. And apparently a lot of people that subscribe to newspapers haven't got the memo because they still subscribe to it.
People who read websites like Slashdot will access information from the Internet, the majority of people still read newspapers.
I actually like the newspaper format better, it has a beginning and an end, I can it over breakfast. I'd have trouble even reading the new Slashdot summaries over breakfast, not to mention the articles.
Ubuntu: My wireless card works right out of the box, nothing else needed.
Vista: My wireless card works, after I install the drivers, open the device manager, remove it and re-enable it (a trick which I discovered after Googling around for a while) and it still spits out a warning about being unable to initialise a library on startup (works okay though so I haven't bothered to try and fix that).
Which one of those methods is too complicated for the average user?
Slashdot Mirror
No, but it runs XP.
The day before 7 is released people had 0 copies of Windows 7, the day its released they had 1, so in two years everyone who purchased it should have 730 copies.
6 in 10 companies don't want to needlessly spend money and wish to continue using software that does what they need.
It's gone from 83% that won't to 59.3%.
Based on that, if MS wait nine months there will be people buying two copies.
everything.
That would be probably be the time it takes to image the printing plates. A 16 page (full-colour) broadsheet takes an hour (32 plates). 32 pages takes 2 hours and so on. Once they have the plates it doesn't take a lot of time to get the press going.
It's supposed to be "Inara".
... and it will still be better than Windows.
Long Time Service release. They have to support it for 4 years, fixing bugs, preventing security problems etc. That would be more difficult to do if the LTS ships with Gnome 2 but Gnome 2 isn't being actively supported by its developers (who are working on Gnome 3).
So you're going to give people who don't understand files and folders "A tagged document repository"?
For the newspaper, it would be the time it took for the journalists to write/gather the stories, the sub-editors to layout the page in InDesign, and most importantly for the advertising department to sell some very expensive ad space.
On the printing side, every 2 colour pages in a Broadsheet newspaper takes 4 printing plates (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), 4 plates take around 5-7 minutes to produce.
It doesn't take anywhere near 2.5 hours to ink the press, more like 10 minutes.
You're correct that it won't be anywhere near as fast as the Internet, but for a very big event they could have a special edition out in an hour or two (depending on pages, number of copies etc.)
I wouldn't say that it's Windows inertia it's more that- ... wait ... what's an "operating system"? You mean there's computers that say something other than "Windows" when they're booted?
on the browser.
... until WiFi access is as ubiquitous as mobile-network access and people pay for usage much the same as for mobile phones.
Judge: [Citation needed]
Jury: Speedy delete
It will surely, er, program our programs to kill us.
No, it'll just optimize out all emergency stop and safety routines. Humans inevitably die anyway so there is no point in slowing down the code to prevent it.
This grass is exceptionally green.
* an indiscriminate collection of information
* an Instruction manual
and everything must be backed up with reliable sources.
There is also no way to format the information in a Wikipedia-esque fashion that makes it as easy to find like on this site (when it comes up back up).
what else can go wrong with this service
Battery dies (pushing data constantly uses a lot of power) or they turn the phone off.
Anyone with a clue knows you can trace a stolen SIM.
Generally people with clues don't steal phones.
How much juice does one of these things consume??
While they're constantly pushing data? About as long as a standard phone lasts while browsing the web.
Something that occurred to me while reading was that if they hadn't found it, while there is a way to remotely wipe the data there isn't a way to remotely lockdown the phone.
A way to remotely set the phone to full volume and play a siren-tone non-stop would be nice too.
Or a remote self-destruct feature.
This is going to turn into another one of those discussions where people who read Slashdot and other tech sites forget that they are amongst a minority of computer users and subsequently the consensus that is reached here won't reflect reality at all.
Do you actually understand that almost all of a newspapers revenue is derived from advertising, not from paper sales? And apparently a lot of companies haven't got the memo that newspapers are dead because they still pay exorbitant prices for advertising spots on the front pages of small hick-town newspapers. And apparently a lot of people that subscribe to newspapers haven't got the memo because they still subscribe to it.
People who read websites like Slashdot will access information from the Internet, the majority of people still read newspapers.
I actually like the newspaper format better, it has a beginning and an end, I can it over breakfast. I'd have trouble even reading the new Slashdot summaries over breakfast, not to mention the articles.
Ubuntu: My wireless card works right out of the box, nothing else needed.
Vista: My wireless card works, after I install the drivers, open the device manager, remove it and re-enable it (a trick which I discovered after Googling around for a while) and it still spits out a warning about being unable to initialise a library on startup (works okay though so I haven't bothered to try and fix that).
Which one of those methods is too complicated for the average user?