As a matter of fact I installed it on two laptops recently. A (now more or less) brandspanking new Samsung X50 and on a fairly ancient Dell C600. Except for a few very minor quirks (specifically suspend to disk) both work like a charm; this includes the widescreen at its designated resolution and WLAN.
As a matter of fact, while I spent an entire afternoon installing W2K on the Dell (drivers, reboot, loads of hotfixes, reboots, newer version of software, reboot, hotfix for the new version, etcetc...), Ubuntu took less then an hour in order to be installed and fully updated.
I'm not claiming that Microsoft sux and Linux rox, but in this specific case installing Windows was definitely a pain in the butt as compared to Ubuntu.
I'm not a whiney mac fanboy, and even I get very very little spam. It's just not a day-to-day nuisance for me.
Fine, I'm happy for you. You obviously don't own an active domain, or a business. Because otherwise I could guarantee that it gets to be a problem for you.
But the problem is not you, it's not me, it's not my little kid sisters dog.
The problem is that a couple of hundred big time spammers are getting rich by shitting into the communal water supply!
If you think that's acceptable within a society then you will apologise that I have no respect for you and the likes of you.
"When the company's founders first approached the broader anti-spam community and asked them what they thought of the idea, everyone said this was a terrible idea and that they would eventually cause a lot of collateral damage," Underwood said. "But it's also extremely unfortunate, because it shows how much the spammers are winning this battle."
Hell, the idea of flooding the spammers network is older then a reasonably aged Armagnac and was discounted even when it came up.
Building a business model on such an innane idea looks as if the company execs are a few fries short of a happy meal. Speceifically since they where warned by more experienced people.
Yeah, I think I'd pretty much wait for you in the parking lot after work. And I wouldn't be there to give you a hug, ifyaknowwhatimean.
It's better for your carreer and for your outlook (pun intended) in court (due to a lack of witnesses), when you shift the waiting place to the dark corner of an underground parking at 2:30am.
An alternative may be a crouded subway station at rush hour. That would be the more, uh, final approach to solving this little issue.
'We believe that IE 7, even at this beta stage, is a significant improvement and we want as many people as possible to try it and use it,'
That it's a significant improvement to IE 6. What I don't quite get is why it should be a significant improvement to the competition; specifically Opera & Firefox.
Well, I'm not an Apple fanboy. I need Linux as a solid platform to run four or five industry strength databases concurrently and I need Windows, since my clients don't know better.
That said, I totally agree.
My blizzing new Samsung X50, which comes in cool metal, is a beauty and about totally tops of the line when it comes to laptops pales whenever it sees my sweeties 15 month old 12" Power Book.
This is metaphorically speaking, of course. But there's no doubt that Apples gear is not only incredibly cool, but it also feels right.
In terms of design and engineering it's about what Nikia does for cell phones.
That's really a pretty rotten analogy. For starters: the article doesn't mention if the web server logs (which would be the primary lever into any such investigation) where checked at all. But let's look at your analogy a little further:
So a bank notices an employee key card is missing,
How did they notice that? Did the employee report the loss?
and it was used to open the front door and the vault door.
Either the card was missing and used by thives or it was not missing in the first place. Would you mind making up your mind?
a review of the security cameras reveals the offender
So, was it the employee with the missing or not missing key card caught on tape or was it the thieve of the key card and if it was the thieve would you mind telling us why a warrant for the employees premises should be issued?
Besides that: I wouldn't know of any bank, which permits access to the vault based on a key card without additional security measures. Which is another reason why your analogy sucks.
Besides a class in logic 101 would be probably a good idea.
it is not possible to reliably prevent any and all database corruption
Sheesh! That's crass, not to say unbelievable.
I once worked with a flat file database system called Quadbase. That was on a commercial client server application, which was actually quiet nifty. It could use MS SQL Server (actually Sybase at that time), Oracle, or this Quadbase crap.
Some cheapnics in the customer base, who didn't want to shell out 1000Euro for a reliable database went with this piece of crap, often running on NT under FAT (!).
Let's put it this way: They found out in short order and rather painfully that this wasn't their best business decision.
I have seen bad things happen on industry strength databases, mostly due to flaky hardware, but bugs happen. Usually however - if it's a bug in the software - this is communicated rather swiftly by the vendor and only happens under very specific, rare circumstances.
But a database, which claims upfront that it couldn't give a flying fuck about transactional integrity, let alone that it won't corrupt your data is, well, interesting.
There's one area where Office still wins - Base sucks compared to Access. I also don't do much powerpoint, so can't comment there.
Access seems to be a real selling point for Office to a lot of people. To a certain amount I understand why; it's incredibly easy to set up a "database-application" within hours.
From a practical, DBA perspective Access is the devil though. It's absolutely horrid as a database engine and I'd bet you that umpteen companies curse Access on a daily basis, since that "clever hack" somebody implemented 10 years ago is unreliable, crashes, is virtually impossible to maintain, corrupts the data and for some unfortunate reason it's "business critical" nowadays.
Another horror is the Access front end when it's abused by end users to connect to a real database. The queries submitted are just dreadful and I've seen numerous times ghost locks on pages, or even tables by such applications, which only could be released by rebooting the database server and that's pretty bad news in a production environment.
While MS SQL Server is a pretty fine product, Access really, really sucks shit from a database perspective.
The problem is that the phone operators deliberately disable functionality to, for example, copy files to the device or download them off the web if it has a browser.
Actually that really seems to be a US problem. I've never had a phone that disabled me to do anything, with exception of bluetoothing DRMd stuff to another phone, like games.
Methinks, or at least it's my distinct impression, that the US cellular carriers didn't quite get it yet that we're no more in the 50s with total Über-controll of the system by Ma-Bell. You really don't get a lot of this shit in Europe, save for SIM locks, but those are usually attached to extremely cheap pre-paid deals.
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Yep!
I think you'll find that the scavenger hunt for drivers is similar to what Gary experienced.
Nope!
As a matter of fact I installed it on two laptops recently. A (now more or less) brandspanking new Samsung X50 and on a fairly ancient Dell C600. Except for a few very minor quirks (specifically suspend to disk) both work like a charm; this includes the widescreen at its designated resolution and WLAN.
As a matter of fact, while I spent an entire afternoon installing W2K on the Dell (drivers, reboot, loads of hotfixes, reboots, newer version of software, reboot, hotfix for the new version, etcetc...), Ubuntu took less then an hour in order to be installed and fully updated.
I'm not claiming that Microsoft sux and Linux rox, but in this specific case installing Windows was definitely a pain in the butt as compared to Ubuntu.
Color me impressed.
Fine, I'm happy for you. You obviously don't own an active domain, or a business. Because otherwise I could guarantee that it gets to be a problem for you.
But the problem is not you, it's not me, it's not my little kid sisters dog.
The problem is that a couple of hundred big time spammers are getting rich by shitting into the communal water supply!
If you think that's acceptable within a society then you will apologise that I have no respect for you and the likes of you.
"When the company's founders first approached the broader anti-spam community and asked them what they thought of the idea, everyone said this was a terrible idea and that they would eventually cause a lot of collateral damage," Underwood said. "But it's also extremely unfortunate, because it shows how much the spammers are winning this battle."
Hell, the idea of flooding the spammers network is older then a reasonably aged Armagnac and was discounted even when it came up.
Building a business model on such an innane idea looks as if the company execs are a few fries short of a happy meal. Speceifically since they where warned by more experienced people.
etoys.com
Disclaimer: I am the logistics - and database agent of etoy.
It's better for your carreer and for your outlook (pun intended) in court (due to a lack of witnesses), when you shift the waiting place to the dark corner of an underground parking at 2:30am.
An alternative may be a crouded subway station at rush hour. That would be the more, uh, final approach to solving this little issue.
Well, give me an eco-terrorist organization anyday as opposed to the current terrorist organization that inhabits the white house.
There is no need to thank me.
That it's a significant improvement to IE 6. What I don't quite get is why it should be a significant improvement to the competition; specifically Opera & Firefox.
I took the liberty to add you to my friends.
That said, I totally agree.
My blizzing new Samsung X50, which comes in cool metal, is a beauty and about totally tops of the line when it comes to laptops pales whenever it sees my sweeties 15 month old 12" Power Book.
This is metaphorically speaking, of course. But there's no doubt that Apples gear is not only incredibly cool, but it also feels right.
In terms of design and engineering it's about what Nikia does for cell phones.
But seeing anything statistical based on a sample of whopping 66 sort of leave my hemerroids itching.
The EU Data Protection Directive has a rather diametral stand then you on this is issue. In essence: Your data belongs to you; period!
This is like you selling me a book and then trying to dictate what tone of voice I use while reading it aloud because it's your poetry.
There are a lot of hilarious, if not rediculous analogies on /., but this one is a sure contester for first price.
There is no need to thank me.
Looking at Microsofts history and some of their stunts they pulled off I wouldn't put it beyond them to indeed produce unusable crap.
Alas I don't believe that pick 2 quite works out.
Free hint to Visa regarding Captain Zapps first axiom of software projects:
Cheap, within scope, within time: Pick one!
So a bank notices an employee key card is missing,
How did they notice that? Did the employee report the loss?
and it was used to open the front door and the vault door.
Either the card was missing and used by thives or it was not missing in the first place. Would you mind making up your mind?
a review of the security cameras reveals the offender
So, was it the employee with the missing or not missing key card caught on tape or was it the thieve of the key card and if it was the thieve would you mind telling us why a warrant for the employees premises should be issued?
Besides that: I wouldn't know of any bank, which permits access to the vault based on a key card without additional security measures. Which is another reason why your analogy sucks.
Besides a class in logic 101 would be probably a good idea.
HTH HAND
This seems to me like impounding your car to take it apart to prove that you drove 7Mls over the speed limit.
Or in other words: Harrassement!
'operation too complicated to perform'
(Clippy popping up): It seems you want to perform a join query. Try the query on your 2Gig database without a join statement
I think I stick with Postgresql; even though Access is easyer to pronounce.
Sheesh! That's crass, not to say unbelievable.
I once worked with a flat file database system called Quadbase. That was on a commercial client server application, which was actually quiet nifty. It could use MS SQL Server (actually Sybase at that time), Oracle, or this Quadbase crap.
Some cheapnics in the customer base, who didn't want to shell out 1000Euro for a reliable database went with this piece of crap, often running on NT under FAT (!).
Let's put it this way: They found out in short order and rather painfully that this wasn't their best business decision.
I have seen bad things happen on industry strength databases, mostly due to flaky hardware, but bugs happen. Usually however - if it's a bug in the software - this is communicated rather swiftly by the vendor and only happens under very specific, rare circumstances.
But a database, which claims upfront that it couldn't give a flying fuck about transactional integrity, let alone that it won't corrupt your data is, well, interesting.
Thanks for your interesting post.
Access seems to be a real selling point for Office to a lot of people. To a certain amount I understand why; it's incredibly easy to set up a "database-application" within hours.
From a practical, DBA perspective Access is the devil though. It's absolutely horrid as a database engine and I'd bet you that umpteen companies curse Access on a daily basis, since that "clever hack" somebody implemented 10 years ago is unreliable, crashes, is virtually impossible to maintain, corrupts the data and for some unfortunate reason it's "business critical" nowadays.
Another horror is the Access front end when it's abused by end users to connect to a real database. The queries submitted are just dreadful and I've seen numerous times ghost locks on pages, or even tables by such applications, which only could be released by rebooting the database server and that's pretty bad news in a production environment.
While MS SQL Server is a pretty fine product, Access really, really sucks shit from a database perspective.
Actually that really seems to be a US problem. I've never had a phone that disabled me to do anything, with exception of bluetoothing DRMd stuff to another phone, like games.
Methinks, or at least it's my distinct impression, that the US cellular carriers didn't quite get it yet that we're no more in the 50s with total Über-controll of the system by Ma-Bell. You really don't get a lot of this shit in Europe, save for SIM locks, but those are usually attached to extremely cheap pre-paid deals.
Do I get bonus points for using a 9300, even though it folds, but it doesn't have a camera?
Actuallly the 9300 is the first Nokia Communicator which comes in a useful size and weight, alas, they don't call it a Communicator any more.
The old Communicator type models where called Communicators by Nokia and a Brick, by everybody else.
Owners however seem to love them about as affectionately as I like my 9300.
Being a service provided by the fine folks of the Sony Corporation this makes sense of course.
That's so they can provide you with some free software.
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