Vista can be reinstalled on a machine with changed components, such as a motherboard. It was on slashdot a bit ago. Less of the windows trolling, plz.
It's not a troll.
How convenient. To get the data back off of my encrypted drive after the motherboard dies, I'll have to reinstall Vista, install all the OS updates, update the keys in the TPM, then read the disk.
Glad Microsoft is working so hard to make things simple.
Hint: TPM doesn't have to be implemented in such a boneheaded manner. Microsoft _chose_ to do it this way.
Windows people seem to be ready for this rogering from Microsoft and they all have the out look of "oh but the DRM will be cracked within a month and we'll be free to continue doing what we do"...
In my experience they're all screaming from the rooftops about how Zune is almost nearly as good as the iPod was two years ago, and that makes it better because Apple sucks.
an even better question would be: "With Microsoft bleeding billion into the Xbox, a billion into the Zune, and with Vista set up for failure, will MCSEs and IT managers finally start looking at other operating systems with anything but disdain?"
Microsoft is working on a Zune phone that will allow you to record something and send it to someone else with a Zune phone. But they'll only be able to listen to this "message" for three days unless you pay Cingular and Universal Music Group each a dollar.
This new product will be called the "Zone". Microsoft's marketing message will be "Welcome to the Zone".
This "record and recall" feature should be added to the Zune within a year, but look for C|Net News.com to buck the trend and to annoint the "Zone" an "iPhone killer" for the next six months, followed by swooning reviews of the Zone, claiming it's "great for phone beginners".
Also, the Zone is slated to be compatible with Windows XP SR2 and Windows Vista only.
Microsoft is working on a Zune phone that will allow you to record something and send it to someone else with a Zune phone. But they'll only be able to listen to this "message" for three days unless you pay Cingular and Universal Music Group each a dollar.
This new product will be called the "Zone". Microsoft's marketing message will be "Welcome to the Zone".
This "record and recall" feature should be added to the Zune within a year, but look for C|Net News.com to buck the trend and to annoint the "Zone" an "iPhone killer" for the next six months, followed by swooning reviews of the Zone, claiming it's "great for phone beginners".
Also, the Zone is slated to be compatible with Windows XP SR2 and Windows Vista only.
Ok, you got modded funny, but why not put a regular USB port on the seat back, and allow people to hook up any USB mass storage device, and play the media from that. Make it a Linux MPlayer thing and it would be able to play just about anything.
Because that's not nearly as simple as displaying iPod content on the seatback monitor and allowing people to use the interface they already know?
Why do companies keep on locking themselves into one device when it would be much easier to support a large number of devices.
Because simple = good? Because a known quantity requires less support? That's the reason people have been arguing in support of Windows' stranglehold on business productivity for years now, so I figure it's just as valid here.
Although the firms at the end of the Internet 'pipes' are spending money, it's dwarfed by the expenditures of those firms that own the 'pipes' themselves.
Duh.
This has been another episode of Short Answers to Slashdot Articles.
Does anyone have a side by side comparison with OS 10.4?
No, but I do have 10.4.8 running on a 1998-vintage PowerBook G3 Series machine with 256MB of RAM. We use it as a wired iTunes station for our studio and a web-browsing machine for in front of the TV.
Subjectively, it's not bad. I wouldn't try to accomplish any photo editing or other heavy-duty tasks, but for e-mail, web, and iTunes, it's snappy enough to be usable. With iTunes and Safari running, it's almost out of RAM, but runs without paging to death for about an hour of web surfing.
Based on this article, 1998 PC hardware is not going to provide the same level of service - if it'll even run Vista. Running Vista on a Virtual PC with 512MB of RAM is unusable, but I can't claim that as a valid comparison.
Now look at it today. It's basically just a tech news site, only with not as good commentary or technical details as most other places. Basically baboons have set up shop in the ruins of the Ars that was.
It's still light years better than the swamp of News.com. Talk about ignorance on display...
Are you kidding? Most cars that advertise "iPod" connectivity do, in fact have a dock connector and integrated head unit that can used to control the iPod, display track names, and recharge the unit while it is sequestered in a cooled glovebox (preserving the battery's long-term life) or armrest.
It's not like this is a new thing...http://www.apple.com/ipod/carintegration.h tml
Boy, the marketing geniuses at Microsoft are really working overtime. Points can only be bought in $5.00 increments? What the hell? This isn't Costco for music - people are already used to two ideals - all you can eat subscriptions (which Zune offers) or a la carte purchases. If i hear one song I want to buy, I sure as hell am not going to go through a lengthy process and spend $5.00 to do so.
What a dumb move. Each Zune review I've read so far has been down on the player, but more importantly on Microsoft's "treat users like idiots" approach.
They were all encrusted with DRM and gave us problems with where we could play them and "authorization". I thought I was "authorized" to watch the crap when I PAID for it.
So Mr. JimDaGeek couldn't figure out how to type his iTunes account password? Wow. Very geeky of you.
So, of the two big DRM providers out there, one has changed the compatibility game in mid-play, possibly forcing many people to forfiet their already-purchased content.
The other player is named Apple. And I think you're trolling - because if you can't figure out the woefully complicated rules around Apple's content authorization (up to five machines, unlimited content from any number of accounts on any machine, type the account name and password once to authorize that content on a new machine), then you really need to start reading some online help guides.
And finally, the new AirPort vulnerability [blogspot.com] announced a couple of days ago requires the card be in promiscuous scanning mode to even be exploited from a practical standpoint.
Of course, that didn't keep the brain-dead 'tards at C|Net from running three headline articles this week about it.
Oh, and they came all over the Zunes Microsoft let them borrow.
I come to Slashdot because as poor as the summaries are sometimes, and as late as the news is sometimes, at least I'll be guaranteed to read more than one opinion.
"And I'm sure you're all wondering when Leopard is going to be available. Well, guess what? We're shipping it today, a whole three weeks before Vista!"
Wouldn't be the first time Apple shipped ahead of schedule to embarass their competitors.
And given the strides OS X has been making, I wouldn't be very surprised to see old Nanook Jobs rub the yellow snow of a leapfrog release in Ballmer's face.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is practically a new operating system..... The decision not to call it a new operating system was Jim Allchin's.
If that's true, then as a shareholder, I think his dumb ass should be fired.
Compared to Google and Apple, Microsoft looks like a drunk trying to remember how to get the key in the ignition over the past five years - and yes, I think that means they're about to make a really stupid mistake by releasing Vista as is.
I don't see business using it for at least a year. Consumers may start buying it in June, when they've paid off their taxes and Christmas bills. Either way, Leopard will already be out and ready to roll well before back to school, when the real buying cycle will start up next year. And Vista will be in the midst of the shakeout we all know is going to come.
How many regular semi-power-user types do you expect will switch to Linux when XPis revealed as the pile of shit its sure to be? I know I will. Actually I'll probably just stick with 2000(a superb OS BTW) for as long as its supported.
Now, how many times do you suppose that was posted about five years ago? And how much has Linux' marketshare really grown?
Seven months is a little long, even by Slashdot standards.
Slashdot. News for Nerds. Be Glad it isn't Bread.
Besides, who shaves with disposables? It's a great way to tear up your face. Shave after your shower with a double-sided blade, a brush, and good shaving powder, and you'll have a far smoother face, no bumps, and fewer cuts.
Multiple-blade shavers are guys who think putting a giant wing on the back of a Civic makes sense. Even at 100 m.p.h., the Civic is still front wheel drive, and even with four blades, disposables are still badly-made, dull, misaligned tools.
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Vista can be reinstalled on a machine with changed components, such as a motherboard. It was on slashdot a bit ago. Less of the windows trolling, plz.
It's not a troll.
How convenient. To get the data back off of my encrypted drive after the motherboard dies, I'll have to reinstall Vista, install all the OS updates, update the keys in the TPM, then read the disk.
Glad Microsoft is working so hard to make things simple.
Hint: TPM doesn't have to be implemented in such a boneheaded manner. Microsoft _chose_ to do it this way.
Windows people seem to be ready for this rogering from Microsoft and they all have the out look of "oh but the DRM will be cracked within a month and we'll be free to continue doing what we do"...
In my experience they're all screaming from the rooftops about how Zune is almost nearly as good as the iPod was two years ago, and that makes it better because Apple sucks.
an even better question would be: "With Microsoft bleeding billion into the Xbox, a billion into the Zune, and with Vista set up for failure, will MCSEs and IT managers finally start looking at other operating systems with anything but disdain?"
Are New DRM Technologies Setting Vista Up for Failure?
Yes.
This has been another episode of Short Answers to Slashdot Questions.
Microsoft is working on a Zune phone that will allow you to record something and send it to someone else with a Zune phone. But they'll only be able to listen to this "message" for three days unless you pay Cingular and Universal Music Group each a dollar.
This new product will be called the "Zone". Microsoft's marketing message will be "Welcome to the Zone".
This "record and recall" feature should be added to the Zune within a year, but look for C|Net News.com to buck the trend and to annoint the "Zone" an "iPhone killer" for the next six months, followed by swooning reviews of the Zone, claiming it's "great for phone beginners".
Also, the Zone is slated to be compatible with Windows XP SR2 and Windows Vista only.
I've also heard that...
Microsoft is working on a Zune phone that will allow you to record something and send it to someone else with a Zune phone. But they'll only be able to listen to this "message" for three days unless you pay Cingular and Universal Music Group each a dollar.
This new product will be called the "Zone". Microsoft's marketing message will be "Welcome to the Zone".
This "record and recall" feature should be added to the Zune within a year, but look for C|Net News.com to buck the trend and to annoint the "Zone" an "iPhone killer" for the next six months, followed by swooning reviews of the Zone, claiming it's "great for phone beginners".
Also, the Zone is slated to be compatible with Windows XP SR2 and Windows Vista only.
Ok, you got modded funny, but why not put a regular USB port on the seat back, and allow people to hook up any USB mass storage device, and play the media from that. Make it a Linux MPlayer thing and it would be able to play just about anything.
Because that's not nearly as simple as displaying iPod content on the seatback monitor and allowing people to use the interface they already know?
Why do companies keep on locking themselves into one device when it would be much easier to support a large number of devices.
Because simple = good? Because a known quantity requires less support? That's the reason people have been arguing in support of Windows' stranglehold on business productivity for years now, so I figure it's just as valid here.
Tubes are ascendant!
Truly, Ted is a technology genius. It's only a matter of time before these "nano tubes" are implemented to speed delivery of Internet content.
Perhaps casual acceptance of blatant bribery won't be so commonplace in the US someday.
Given the state of industry kickback these days, it's doubtful.
Although the firms at the end of the Internet 'pipes' are spending money, it's dwarfed by the expenditures of those firms that own the 'pipes' themselves.
Duh.
This has been another episode of Short Answers to Slashdot Articles.
History To Repeat Itself With PS3?
No.
This has been another episode of Simple Answers to Slashdot Questions.
More like Garish Ass!
Does anyone have a side by side comparison with OS 10.4?
No, but I do have 10.4.8 running on a 1998-vintage PowerBook G3 Series machine with 256MB of RAM. We use it as a wired iTunes station for our studio and a web-browsing machine for in front of the TV.
Subjectively, it's not bad. I wouldn't try to accomplish any photo editing or other heavy-duty tasks, but for e-mail, web, and iTunes, it's snappy enough to be usable. With iTunes and Safari running, it's almost out of RAM, but runs without paging to death for about an hour of web surfing.
Based on this article, 1998 PC hardware is not going to provide the same level of service - if it'll even run Vista. Running Vista on a Virtual PC with 512MB of RAM is unusable, but I can't claim that as a valid comparison.
Now look at it today. It's basically just a tech news site, only with not as good commentary or technical details as most other places. Basically baboons have set up shop in the ruins of the Ars that was.
It's still light years better than the swamp of News.com. Talk about ignorance on display...
It's not just him repeating the column, but provides a lot off context. 11:00, available here:
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Are you kidding? Most cars that advertise "iPod" connectivity do, in fact have a dock connector and integrated head unit that can used to control the iPod, display track names, and recharge the unit while it is sequestered in a cooled glovebox (preserving the battery's long-term life) or armrest.
It's not like this is a new thing...http://www.apple.com/ipod/carintegration.
Boy, the marketing geniuses at Microsoft are really working overtime. Points can only be bought in $5.00 increments? What the hell? This isn't Costco for music - people are already used to two ideals - all you can eat subscriptions (which Zune offers) or a la carte purchases. If i hear one song I want to buy, I sure as hell am not going to go through a lengthy process and spend $5.00 to do so.
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What a dumb move. Each Zune review I've read so far has been down on the player, but more importantly on Microsoft's "treat users like idiots" approach.
David Pogue - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/09/technology/09po
David Ewalt - http://blogs.forbes.com/digitaldownload/
Walt Mossberg - http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB1163028483
Anything that gets IPv6 in use.
Using Mac OS X since 2002? That qualifies.
Oh, wait - this article is about Microsoft innovating or something. I guess I'm not allowed to say Apple's been doing it for four years.
They were all encrusted with DRM and gave us problems with where we could play them and "authorization". I thought I was "authorized" to watch the crap when I PAID for it.
So Mr. JimDaGeek couldn't figure out how to type his iTunes account password? Wow. Very geeky of you.
So, of the two big DRM providers out there, one has changed the compatibility game in mid-play, possibly forcing many people to forfiet their already-purchased content.
The other player is named Apple. And I think you're trolling - because if you can't figure out the woefully complicated rules around Apple's content authorization (up to five machines, unlimited content from any number of accounts on any machine, type the account name and password once to authorize that content on a new machine), then you really need to start reading some online help guides.
MS just fscked everyone who got onboard with their PlayForSure program.
How much you wanna bet Apple licenses FairPlay to Creative and others within the week?
Just thinking that it'd be a nice idea.
And finally, the new AirPort vulnerability [blogspot.com] announced a couple of days ago requires the card be in promiscuous scanning mode to even be exploited from a practical standpoint.
Of course, that didn't keep the brain-dead 'tards at C|Net from running three headline articles this week about it.
Oh, and they came all over the Zunes Microsoft let them borrow.
I come to Slashdot because as poor as the summaries are sometimes, and as late as the news is sometimes, at least I'll be guaranteed to read more than one opinion.
"And I'm sure you're all wondering when Leopard is going to be available. Well, guess what? We're shipping it today, a whole three weeks before Vista!"
Wouldn't be the first time Apple shipped ahead of schedule to embarass their competitors.
And given the strides OS X has been making, I wouldn't be very surprised to see old Nanook Jobs rub the yellow snow of a leapfrog release in Ballmer's face.
Vista's using plain old bitmaps for its interface and scaling through differently sized layers for its resolution independence.
Good God. I didn't realize they were that far behind.
Scaling bitmaps. There's technology leadership for you. Maybe the OS team should talk to the DirectX team once in a while.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is practically a new operating system..... The decision not to call it a new operating system was Jim Allchin's.
If that's true, then as a shareholder, I think his dumb ass should be fired.
Compared to Google and Apple, Microsoft looks like a drunk trying to remember how to get the key in the ignition over the past five years - and yes, I think that means they're about to make a really stupid mistake by releasing Vista as is.
I don't see business using it for at least a year. Consumers may start buying it in June, when they've paid off their taxes and Christmas bills. Either way, Leopard will already be out and ready to roll well before back to school, when the real buying cycle will start up next year. And Vista will be in the midst of the shakeout we all know is going to come.
How many regular semi-power-user types do you expect will switch to Linux when XPis revealed as the pile of shit its sure to be? I know I will. Actually I'll probably just stick with 2000(a superb OS BTW) for as long as its supported.
Now, how many times do you suppose that was posted about five years ago? And how much has Linux' marketshare really grown?
Seven months is a little long, even by Slashdot standards.
Slashdot. News for Nerds. Be Glad it isn't Bread.
Besides, who shaves with disposables? It's a great way to tear up your face. Shave after your shower with a double-sided blade, a brush, and good shaving powder, and you'll have a far smoother face, no bumps, and fewer cuts.
Multiple-blade shavers are guys who think putting a giant wing on the back of a Civic makes sense. Even at 100 m.p.h., the Civic is still front wheel drive, and even with four blades, disposables are still badly-made, dull, misaligned tools.