My Ubuntu box and my OS X box receive updates, sure. But, for example, I am unaware of any Linux-based or OS X-based Botnets. They will not be updated for this Botnet. The easiest target is the target of choice.
No, the most common target is the target of choice. No one is going to bother writing a worm for Ubuntu or OS X because it's not worth the effort.
So, how much of this "change" is there if the VP pick for Obama (let alone most of his cabinet!) is the usual democrat politician?
In order to do anything, you first have to be elected. Biden was a good pick in that regard. He's been in politics a long time, he knows how things work, he has foreign policy experience, and he generally seems like a fun, likable guy. He was the pick to counter claims of Obama's inexperience. Like it or not, people look at the VP thinking, "If something bad happens, would I want this person to be President?" What would have happened had Obama picked another political newcomer?
Look at what happened when McCain picked Palin. A lot of people's first thought was "Who?". Then there was a surge of interest, and then people found out what a dunce she is and interest waned, apart from the comedic value. Many people looked at McCain (72 years old), looked at Palin, and thought, no.
This is something Vista apologists seem to have forgotten: XP was responsive under most workloads on 512MB of RAM. And yes, it would use most or all of it.
I should hope so, because the recommended amount of memory for XP was 128MB. Yes, XP runs great when you give it 4 times the memory MS recommended. And hey, Vista does too!
Because it doesn't give it up when I want to use it for something else? I'd rather that the operating system be leaner, so I can run my heavy duty stuff on top of it. A game can't use the resources that the OS has allowed itself to expand into.
But it does give it up? Every operating system since, well, ever can and does swap itself out when it's not needed.
It doesn't solve the 32-bit 64-bit dilemma that both Linux and OS X are addressing. It doesn't eliminate the behaviour of configuring user accounts to be admin/root by default.
I'll believe they can pull this off only after they can provide a stable OS that runs right out of the box without multiple service packs stretched out over several years.
Ant that would be the first time in history anyone has done that.
and right what what we need is a streamlined, light, fast and unbloated OS
. But, when I bought a brand new laptop, pre-loaded with Vista, that has the Vista logo on the box, I don't want to hear that it's the fault of the network chipset provider that the wireless network works marginally at best. MS and the hardware vendors need to get their shit together, so that they don't tell me that a computer is "Win 7 Compatible" or comes pre-loaded with Win 7 when it really isn't.
You act like this is something that just started with Vista. The machine I'm posting this from is an old 2.8 GHz P4 machine running XP, with a "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" sticker on it, with 256 MB of RAM (double the recommended amount!), and it runs like molasses in January.
Who amongst non-geeks really cares what the desktop looks like?
Probably most people, actually. Apple understands this; this is why everything they make is sleek and pretty. Whether it's the best at doing what it needs to do is almost irrelevant -- it just has to be good enough as long as it looks nice. Microsoft is starting to understand this too.
I think it comes down to why one buys a computer in the first place. Is it to do actual work, or to play with the pretty jellyfish?
This is the only language which allows you to shoot yourself in the foot very, very easily.
This is a joke, right? You can easily shoot yourself in the foot in just about any language. C just assumes that you know what you're doing when you have the gun aimed at your toes, although it may ask you if you're sure if you have the warning level turned up high enough.
No matter what it uses the RAM for it is using it, loading it with programs that you might use at some point. If you don't use any of those cached programs then Vista is wasting RAM and cycles doing nothing that benefits the user.
How the hell can loading things into memory you might want to you be wasting RAM? I don't understand this fascination people have with making the "idle" memory usage number as small as possible. RAM isn't some precious non-renewable resource that you must protect at all costs. Letting the RAM sit there empty is wasting it; loading stuff off the disk into it is not.
a) a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action; b) a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed [the ex-senator was a ~ of the last election]
Excellent point. I'm sure Vista started as a good OS (like XP), but it became so weighed down with extra features that it became slow as a dog.
Please tell us, O Wise One, which features users want and which features users don't want. And remember, your choices must be universal across all users because one person's vital feature is another person's bloat.
My brother has a PC identical to mine, but while my XP-PC runs nice and fast, his Vista PC runs like it has a floppy drive instead of a hard drive.
Yeah man, and my third cousin twice removed has a PC identical to the one I had 10 years ago and while my Windows 3.1 ran blazingly fast his XP runs like it's on a tape drive! XP is so slow and bloated!
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If that's really what you submitted, then no.
Maybe you could try not being a tool the next time.
Yeah, we all like Linux because it doesn't do annoying things like this
Speaking as someone who uses Linux at work every day, this is a flat-out lie.
BSG has nothing to do with science fiction. They don't contemplate the benefits or dangers of science.
Such as inventing a sentient artificial servant class?
My Ubuntu box and my OS X box receive updates, sure. But, for example, I am unaware of any Linux-based or OS X-based Botnets. They will not be updated for this Botnet. The easiest target is the target of choice.
No, the most common target is the target of choice. No one is going to bother writing a worm for Ubuntu or OS X because it's not worth the effort.
So, how much of this "change" is there if the VP pick for Obama (let alone most of his cabinet!) is the usual democrat politician?
In order to do anything, you first have to be elected. Biden was a good pick in that regard. He's been in politics a long time, he knows how things work, he has foreign policy experience, and he generally seems like a fun, likable guy. He was the pick to counter claims of Obama's inexperience. Like it or not, people look at the VP thinking, "If something bad happens, would I want this person to be President?" What would have happened had Obama picked another political newcomer?
Look at what happened when McCain picked Palin. A lot of people's first thought was "Who?". Then there was a surge of interest, and then people found out what a dunce she is and interest waned, apart from the comedic value. Many people looked at McCain (72 years old), looked at Palin, and thought, no.
Seriously, even Vista's default performance monitor will tell you what process is using what resource.
This is something Vista apologists seem to have forgotten: XP was responsive under most workloads on 512MB of RAM. And yes, it would use most or all of it.
I should hope so, because the recommended amount of memory for XP was 128MB. Yes, XP runs great when you give it 4 times the memory MS recommended. And hey, Vista does too!
Because it doesn't give it up when I want to use it for something else? I'd rather that the operating system be leaner, so I can run my heavy duty stuff on top of it. A game can't use the resources that the OS has allowed itself to expand into.
But it does give it up? Every operating system since, well, ever can and does swap itself out when it's not needed.
Try glancing harder.
It's DRM filled, it's slow and it's broken and that's why they can't get the new operating system out quick enough.
Too bad none of this is true.
It doesn't solve the 32-bit 64-bit dilemma that both Linux and OS X are addressing. It doesn't eliminate the behaviour of configuring user accounts to be admin/root by default.
So, you've never actually used Vista x64 then?
I'll believe they can pull this off only after they can provide a stable OS that runs right out of the box without multiple service packs stretched out over several years.
Ant that would be the first time in history anyone has done that.
and right what what we need is a streamlined, light, fast and unbloated OS
Speak for yourself.
. But, when I bought a brand new laptop, pre-loaded with Vista, that has the Vista logo on the box, I don't want to hear that it's the fault of the network chipset provider that the wireless network works marginally at best. MS and the hardware vendors need to get their shit together, so that they don't tell me that a computer is "Win 7 Compatible" or comes pre-loaded with Win 7 when it really isn't.
You act like this is something that just started with Vista. The machine I'm posting this from is an old 2.8 GHz P4 machine running XP, with a "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP" sticker on it, with 256 MB of RAM (double the recommended amount!), and it runs like molasses in January.
Who amongst non-geeks really cares what the desktop looks like?
Probably most people, actually. Apple understands this; this is why everything they make is sleek and pretty. Whether it's the best at doing what it needs to do is almost irrelevant -- it just has to be good enough as long as it looks nice. Microsoft is starting to understand this too.
I think it comes down to why one buys a computer in the first place. Is it to do actual work, or to play with the pretty jellyfish?
Jellyfish.
For example, what the hell was the justification for renaming "Add / Remove Programs" to "Programs and Features"?
Possibly because no one has ever used "Add/Remove Programs" to actually add a program.
If that's the case, maybe Windows 7 will actually be fairly stable and we can try to pretend Vista never happened
Except Vista already is stable. Maybe it's because I only use my PC for games and the Internet, but Vista (SP1) has been nearly flawless.
Yep, I didn't either. I wasn't aware there was some geek mandate about it.
This is the only language which allows you to shoot yourself in the foot very, very easily.
This is a joke, right? You can easily shoot yourself in the foot in just about any language. C just assumes that you know what you're doing when you have the gun aimed at your toes, although it may ask you if you're sure if you have the warning level turned up high enough.
Or they are just kids who don't know how to check fps rating when playing games.
Or they don't care that they're only getting 88 fps as opposed to 90.
The one thing about porting projects is you quickly realize how buggy vista is..
Yes, Vista is buggy because it breaks your poorly-written applications.
No matter what it uses the RAM for it is using it, loading it with programs that you might use at some point. If you don't use any of those cached programs then Vista is wasting RAM and cycles doing nothing that benefits the user.
How the hell can loading things into memory you might want to you be wasting RAM? I don't understand this fascination people have with making the "idle" memory usage number as small as possible. RAM isn't some precious non-renewable resource that you must protect at all costs. Letting the RAM sit there empty is wasting it; loading stuff off the disk into it is not.
Boy I love dictionary arguments.
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casualty (n):
Excellent point. I'm sure Vista started as a good OS (like XP), but it became so weighed down with extra features that it became slow as a dog.
Please tell us, O Wise One, which features users want and which features users don't want. And remember, your choices must be universal across all users because one person's vital feature is another person's bloat.
My brother has a PC identical to mine, but while my XP-PC runs nice and fast, his Vista PC runs like it has a floppy drive instead of a hard drive.
Yeah man, and my third cousin twice removed has a PC identical to the one I had 10 years ago and while my Windows 3.1 ran blazingly fast his XP runs like it's on a tape drive! XP is so slow and bloated!
Vista is crap.
Except it isn't.
You programmers better go back to school and start figuring out how to write code that doesn't fucking suck!
I'll get right on that chief. And I asked you to hold the pickles on this burger.
The government does not have the solution. It is the problem.
The ghost of Ronald Reagan posting from beyond the grave! Hold me, I'm scared!
If you really want to bail out struggling industries, try deregulating and cutting taxes.
What the hell are you talki....
I, as a high school student,
Oh.