Yeah, but Windows works after it's installed. When I installed Redhat I had to compile a custom kernel before it would even think about seeing half my hardware/disk partitions, change about 9 configuration files (including having to tell XWindows that resolutions my monitor can run at and what GFX card I have - even though they're both PnP) recompile Netscape and ask about 4 people for help. *OR* I could install Windows and everything will be working in about 20 minutes.
You can look at this 2 ways... 1: I'm a fucking idiot and I need idiotproofness. 2. I have work to do and/or a life - so I don't want to spend ages getting an operating system working.
That's just me - some people might find a broken (new) installation a really fun exciting challenge that they can fix. I don't.
I haven't tried a large Linux distribution recently, so I'll give it another go before complaining again, but I'm pretty sure I still won't want to use it as my main OS (yet).
Ever noticed how only Linux users complain about Windows' instability? I've never seen a BSOD in my life (apart from machines with fscking ATI cards/drivers on them) - and I've been using Windows nearly every day since Windows 95 RC1. Win2K seems pretty stable out of the box - and my XP machine hasn't crashed yet *at all* (4 months of daily usage).
> Yet another reason to like compact apps, and OS's....like Windows. Which comes on just one CD and installs to a couple of hundred megs. As opposed to Redhat Linux 8 (Bloatware edition) which now comes on 5 (five) CDs and won't even fit on my Linux box anymore with a standard install. It now runs Windows until I can be bothered to get bigger hard disk.
CRT screens are blurred - even if you could add the extra layer to allow each eye to see different pixels, I'm pretty sure the effect wouldn't be all that good as the CRT will blur the two pixels together slightly - more so at higher resolutions.
Fundamentally, this is new technology which won't be prevailant for years. By the time it happens, CRTs will be dead and buried. TFT screens are getting so good/cheap that the CRT will become obsolete over the next couple of years. The colour reproduction in some TFT screens is pretty much as good as CRTs and the resolution of others is way higher than that of a CRT. Combine the two with a good viewing angle and you'll never want a CRT ever again...
Rubbish... nobody would make a digitial recording device these days without firewire in/out (IEEE1394).
It's got *nothing* to do with taking away accessibility! That happens by accident - digital is more advanced, has more data, and thus is harder for us to 'mess with'. They're not actually trying to prevent us stealing it - it's just that *you* can't see how to do it!
And since when was DIV-X invented by the movie industry?! That's madness - the movie industry hates DIV-X - it allows people to make near DVD quality copies of DVD's and make them easily redistributable!
"No real gain in underlying technology". What?! You mean you don't think that digital, interference free, exteremely high resolution, non-deteriorating video with 5 channel digital sound doesn't consititute an advancement in technology over very low resolution VHS analog tape with analog stereo sound?! You obviously didn't read the article.
How did DIVX have no technically new features? (apart from it's entire self!). How is it restricted accessibily? Do you not know how to go and downloaded it? It's free for all!
Since when did DIVX go under? It's more popular than ever at what it was designed for! The only thing that went under was some lame attempt to manufacture a hardware divx player.. which is conceptually stupid when DVD is so prevalent.
I've never seen such a stupid post in all my life...
Nick...
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> whoose stupid ? the guy was doing local file > searches and not on the internet. so why > should his search data go to M$ ?
The article specifically says that local searches *do not* send your search terms to microsoft and that "there's nothing here for users to worry about".
You can't just make stuff up!
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No sorry, you're not quite right here; The Register says that a local search only results in the search agent doing a quick version check on some XSL files - it doesn't send your search terms. Hardly an invasion of privacy.
It's only when you do an internet search that it sends your search terms.
It even says "For now it appears that there's nothing here for users to worry about." - and this is The Register talking!
When you do an internet search, it sends your search terms (so it can do the search!). This is hardly an invasion of privacy... If you really want privacy - don't connect your computer to a public network.
Nick...
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This is stupid. Why are people being so paranoid? Of course a search engine needs to know what you're searching on! You reckon Google doesn't log what you searched on? Or your IP? Of course it does... Stats are valuable - even if you don't sell them to anyone. The Register is known for spamming it's own front page with poorly written "non-event" news stories written by poorly informed editors feasting on hype from other news sites.
I'm disappointed in any slashdot editor who thinks we need these stupid articles pointed out to us.
Yes, but if you build a canard aircraft, you have to sort out stability in other ways. I mean, just look at the massive sweep on the wings of your aircraft - compared to zero sweep on a modern F/Glass glider (the only aircraft I can think of that has a similar wing length/profile - but non carnard).
The main trouble is - they flew it backwards. If they turned it around a flew it the other way, then they wouldn't have all the instability problems you get with carard configuration aircraft... IMHO.
I wonder whether turning it round counts as a "consession to safety"....:)
I put it to you that the company who owns this site probably doesn't even exist. They just made up a story for people to cry over about a poor non-profit organisation. The site, and slashdot submission were both created by the porn company, who recognise that being slashdotted by millions of under sexed male geeks who work in companies with male/female ratios of about 10:1 couldn't possibly be a better market to sell their porn services! They are now lauging hard as their cunning plan is working out perfecty for them. Their server can probably barely cope with being slashdotted at the moment...
OK, so I'm joking - but I bet they're loving the publicity right now...:)
Read the article again... This is not part of the 'controlled burn' of all the satellites that was originally planned before the recent takeover, this is a single satellite that failed ages ago and was always doomed to crash...
Nick...
You'd have to do something like sign your GPS signal, but at the end of the day, it's only a text stream which could easily be faked. You'd have to somehow prove that that stream came from a GPS that you're holding.
I can't see how it could easily be done, without building authentication into the GPS system.
Actually, you can have GPS phones, so GPS's could be bidirectional, maybe you could somehow authenticate their position by getting the GPS to transmit the identity of the person back to the system. Again - I'm not sure how you could secure this - it could easily be spoofed.
You'd also have no idea if the person was actually there, unless they'd signed the transmission every few minutes - someone could mug you for the GPS and make off with it:)
Clearly the only solution is to take a digital camera, and photograph yourself at your location, and upload it to the person concerned using wireless networking:)
Nick...
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Yeah, but Windows works after it's installed. When I installed Redhat I had to compile a custom kernel before it would even think about seeing half my hardware/disk partitions, change about 9 configuration files (including having to tell XWindows that resolutions my monitor can run at and what GFX card I have - even though they're both PnP) recompile Netscape and ask about 4 people for help. *OR* I could install Windows and everything will be working in about 20 minutes.
You can look at this 2 ways...
1: I'm a fucking idiot and I need idiotproofness.
2. I have work to do and/or a life - so I don't want to spend ages getting an operating system working.
That's just me - some people might find a broken (new) installation a really fun exciting challenge that they can fix. I don't.
I haven't tried a large Linux distribution recently, so I'll give it another go before complaining again, but I'm pretty sure I still won't want to use it as my main OS (yet).
Ever noticed how only Linux users complain about Windows' instability? I've never seen a BSOD in my life (apart from machines with fscking ATI cards/drivers on them) - and I've been using Windows nearly every day since Windows 95 RC1. Win2K seems pretty stable out of the box - and my XP machine hasn't crashed yet *at all* (4 months of daily usage).
> Yet another reason to like compact apps, and OS's. ...like Windows. Which comes on just one CD and installs to a couple of hundred megs. As opposed to Redhat Linux 8 (Bloatware edition) which now comes on 5 (five) CDs and won't even fit on my Linux box anymore with a standard install. It now runs Windows until I can be bothered to get bigger hard disk.
...quelle surprise!
What a stupid argument. How did that get on to the front page of Slashdot?
Nick...
CRT screens are blurred - even if you could add the extra layer to allow each eye to see different pixels, I'm pretty sure the effect wouldn't be all that good as the CRT will blur the two pixels together slightly - more so at higher resolutions.
Fundamentally, this is new technology which won't be prevailant for years. By the time it happens, CRTs will be dead and buried. TFT screens are getting so good/cheap that the CRT will become obsolete over the next couple of years. The colour reproduction in some TFT screens is pretty much as good as CRTs and the resolution of others is way higher than that of a CRT. Combine the two with a good viewing angle and you'll never want a CRT ever again...
Nick...
I wish he could spell Britain properly... I don't go around writing Amerwika do I? Especially since it's the article title...
Rubbish... nobody would make a digitial recording device these days without firewire in/out (IEEE1394).
It's got *nothing* to do with taking away accessibility! That happens by accident - digital is more advanced, has more data, and thus is harder for us to 'mess with'. They're not actually trying to prevent us stealing it - it's just that *you* can't see how to do it!
And since when was DIV-X invented by the movie industry?! That's madness - the movie industry hates DIV-X - it allows people to make near DVD quality copies of DVD's and make them easily redistributable!
"No real gain in underlying technology". What?! You mean you don't think that digital, interference free, exteremely high resolution, non-deteriorating video with 5 channel digital sound doesn't consititute an advancement in technology over very low resolution VHS analog tape with analog stereo sound?! You obviously didn't read the article.
How did DIVX have no technically new features? (apart from it's entire self!). How is it restricted accessibily? Do you not know how to go and downloaded it? It's free for all!
Since when did DIVX go under? It's more popular than ever at what it was designed for! The only thing that went under was some lame attempt to manufacture a hardware divx player.. which is conceptually stupid when DVD is so prevalent.
I've never seen such a stupid post in all my life...
Nick...
> whoose stupid ? the guy was doing local file
> searches and not on the internet. so why
> should his search data go to M$ ?
The article specifically says that local searches *do not* send your search terms to microsoft and that "there's nothing here for users to worry about".
You can't just make stuff up!
No sorry, you're not quite right here; The Register says that a local search only results in the search agent doing a quick version check on some XSL files - it doesn't send your search terms. Hardly an invasion of privacy.
It's only when you do an internet search that it sends your search terms.
It even says "For now it appears that there's nothing here for users to worry about." - and this is The Register talking!
When you do an internet search, it sends your search terms (so it can do the search!). This is hardly an invasion of privacy... If you really want privacy - don't connect your computer to a public network.
Nick...
This is stupid. Why are people being so paranoid? Of course a search engine needs to know what you're searching on! You reckon Google doesn't log what you searched on? Or your IP? Of course it does... Stats are valuable - even if you don't sell them to anyone. The Register is known for spamming it's own front page with poorly written "non-event" news stories written by poorly informed editors feasting on hype from other news sites.
I'm disappointed in any slashdot editor who thinks we need these stupid articles pointed out to us.
Nick...
This has been out for ages in England. I have a self-heating can on my desk right now.
/. to announce Sliced Bread and the combustion engine...
Hardly worthy of front page news on a supposedly cutting-edge site...
I'm waiting for
Nick...
Yes, but if you build a canard aircraft, you have to sort out stability in other ways. I mean, just look at the massive sweep on the wings of your aircraft - compared to zero sweep on a modern F/Glass glider (the only aircraft I can think of that has a similar wing length/profile - but non carnard).
Nick...
The main trouble is - they flew it backwards. If they turned it around a flew it the other way, then they wouldn't have all the instability problems you get with carard configuration aircraft... IMHO.
:)
I wonder whether turning it round counts as a "consession to safety"....
Nick...
> The albums are sold for a reasonable price,
Only if you live in America. If you live in most other places, music is quite expensive.
Here in the UK we pay around £12-£16 ($18-$24) for a single CD and double CDs can cost more.
Nick...
I reckon it's a conspiracy.
:)
I put it to you that the company who owns this site probably doesn't even exist. They just made up a story for people to cry over about a poor non-profit organisation. The site, and slashdot submission were both created by the porn company, who recognise that being slashdotted by millions of under sexed male geeks who work in companies with male/female ratios of about 10:1 couldn't possibly be a better market to sell their porn services! They are now lauging hard as their cunning plan is working out perfecty for them. Their server can probably barely cope with being slashdotted at the moment...
OK, so I'm joking - but I bet they're loving the publicity right now...
Nick...
It doesn't cover the 'international' form of the number, so people can dial me from abroad royalty free!
eg: 00 44 1234 123456 (which is 14 digits)
These people are evil.
Nick..
Sky news has an article with pictures:
p ic/0,,30000-1029102,00.html
http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytop
..until I post this that is!
Nick...
Read the article again... This is not part of the 'controlled burn' of all the satellites that was originally planned before the recent takeover, this is a single satellite that failed ages ago and was always doomed to crash... Nick...
You'd have to do something like sign your GPS signal, but at the end of the day, it's only a text stream which could easily be faked. You'd have to somehow prove that that stream came from a GPS that you're holding. I can't see how it could easily be done, without building authentication into the GPS system. Actually, you can have GPS phones, so GPS's could be bidirectional, maybe you could somehow authenticate their position by getting the GPS to transmit the identity of the person back to the system. Again - I'm not sure how you could secure this - it could easily be spoofed. You'd also have no idea if the person was actually there, unless they'd signed the transmission every few minutes - someone could mug you for the GPS and make off with it :)
Clearly the only solution is to take a digital camera, and photograph yourself at your location, and upload it to the person concerned using wireless networking :)
Nick...
DivX is just a codec like any other, so can't you just encode to it in real-time from the raw video stream?
What on earth is onigiri?
Genetically modified origami?
Nick...