You say that useability is the leading cause of failure among adoption, yet KDE brings it and then you say it works like XP. That's a big smack in the face for the KDE developers, and I've been following the CVS. The verdict is in:
What's wrong with this? There are no cards out there that are perfect in every respect. Not all games work the same. If a vendor chooses to include optimizations that increase the performance of a game and simultaneously doesn't degrade visual appearance, I'm all for it. Especially if I don't need to do anything and it is all auto-detected. I don't consider this 'cheating', it's called adapting their product to meet the needs of their buyers. The only people going out and buying the super high end cards are gamers, and that is what they are designed for. Shouldn't it be reasonable that they attempt to make the game faster?
If these changes work not just under benchmarks, but at all times during the game, shouldn't you be satisfied?
Considering what some people make and the number of people involved with a corporate security breach, this isn't unreasonable. I bet the labor costs for everyone involved is easily more than $25K.
Although he had good intentions, I can't agree with his methods. He may have just been having fun, but even he has to realize the legal implications for everything he has done.
It's just rediculous. SCO stated in their latest SEC filing that if they don't receive any money from their lawsuits, they may end up laying people off because their revenue is down so much. Hmmphh. -snickers to himself-:)
God damn. This is one big trollfest. According to the Associated Press article that was in my newspaper, this wasn't done by Microsoft. It was done by the Gates Foundation, a non-profit fund run by Bill G. and his wife. They give out millions every year in educational grants. This is actually a good deed, probably the best thing Bill has ever done.
The only reason why waiters are an angry bunch is because they're such losers.
Slow down there, you just insulted several million americans. Did you know that in some states in the US like Florida and Ohio, federal minimum wage doesn't apply? They are paid just over $2 per hour. If they weren't tipped, they would walk home with almost nothing.
They're just doing their job, I guess you don't tip Taxi cab drivers either? The gratuity is for going above and beyond doing their job. I could just bring a person a drink and their food and probably get by with saying 20 words or less. Isn't it nice to go out to a restaurant and get nice service, someone who will help guide you through the menu while being friendly and courteous? Most people around here seem to agree with me, as 9 out of 10 people tip 10% or more on the price of their meal.
Maybe you just don't understand the value of appreciation.
When I was a waiter at The Olive Garden, I actually despised the people who didn't leave a monetary tip because if it wasn't money, they gave the verbal tip: 'Thank you so much. We had a really good time'. When they are overly nice about thanking me, it was always a sure sign of either $2 or $0.
PS: Don't ever piss off the waiter. We are an angry bunch.
I highly recommend QNX real-time OS. It is top notch. We have embedded devices here where I work that have *never* failed and some of them are running QNX. Just amazing stuff.
The word 'Sky' is an Old Norse word. It mean's cloud. It came into the common english language around the year 1100. You are absolutely correct that they aren't synonymous. 'Sky' is usually referring to our atmosphere from the vantage point of earth, but in either case, it is referring to the same thing.
THE SKY IS NOT BLUE. Ok? The sky is composed of nitrogen and oxygen in large proportions. Both are transparent materials in gaseous form. They do, however, refract light like a prism. The fact that it appears blue is a matter of where on earth you are in relation to the sun. During a sunset, the sky is not blue and red, it is some shade in-between. As the light is refracted through the atmosphere, the color changes. If the sky were really blue, the moon and the stars at night would also look blue. Conversely, if the sky really were blue, the earth viewed from space would look like one solid blue ball.
If you look at a blue ball through the edge of a prism and it looks red, is the ball still blue? I think so.
Now, as to your general attitude: I'm really not important, and neither are you. I am however, not ignorant. I rarely open my mouth or hit the keys without really knowing what I'm talking about. I often attempt coy humor, which I'm obviously not very good at.
I would call you a pedant, if you were right. I would also welcome you to come back and talk with me after you pass a couple of High School science courses. This seems unlikely though because of your low user id. The only conclusion I can come up with: It is you who are ignorant.
Anything I'm not actively interested or involved with goes in one large folder called Archived. Even with over 14,000 emails spanning the last 3 years, a few keywords and a month or year will find me anything I want. It rarely takes me more than two or three minutes to find an old message and usually less than 30 seconds with any message I've seen recently.
I understand that. That was my point. I distrust SCO far more than the Canopy Group, which is just a holdings company. SCO is owned by Canopy but SCO is the dangerous, insidious bastard to worry about.
On Trolltech's website, they plainly state that SCO Group(technically, it's the Canopy Group) holds 1.6% of Trolltech. The employees quite obviously have a controlling interest in the company.
It's not just Microsoft, they are just really prevalent. With new laws coming like UCITA, software makers can disclaim all liability while making false advertisements about the softwares ability to perform a certain function. Notice how every software maker has advertised that their product is the very best, most secure product on the market? How can everyone be the best all at once? It would also allow for far more draconian licensing clauses.
A little regulation would be nice. Obviously, the free market isn't going to regulate itself when the consumer and even the government has decided that this is normal and that they will just 'put up with it'. Well, some of us have had enough.
You know something? That's a great deal. Seeing as few semantics in C are line-break sensitive(excluding macros and directives), I bet I could squeeze it all on 999 lines exactly. Including trailing line break on EOF!
That'll be $999 please. I'll get that software to you by the end of the day.
Part of capitalism is the existence of contracts that people are free to engage in or not. If you don't like it, use some other software. It's hard to envision a EULA under typical contract law because it isn't. In what other industry can someone be forced to agree with a contract that they haven't read and aren't given the option of reading until after you've paid. Now, the legality of this practice is questionable, but it is a free market. And for people who actually care about the licensing, there are alternative. Things will change. Companies with draconian licensing terms will slowly learn that people won't put up with it.
I won't mod you down. I don't disagree on one point: There is no magic cure for user stupidity. On the other hand, Outlook and Outlook Express shouldn't be executing code found in attachments. Never. When a user previews or opens an E-Mail, what they do with the attachment should be their choice. Part of the problem here is that OE defaults to preview E-Mail messages and most people don't know about the inherent danger that can cause.
You weren't modded down because people disagreed with what you had to say. You were modded down for being combative.
What does user stupidity with regard to e-mail attachments have to do with Windows? Absolutely nothing. First off, I wasn't talking about Windows. That's why I said 'Microsoft software'. I was talking about Outlook and Outlook express, although the difference here is debatable because they both render through mshtml.dll which is arguably part of the Windows Operating System. You say you want an answer, then you put the answer in my mouth. Do you even want to learn? Ask me a question, I'll answer it. I know.
Win16 So it's you. Microsoft said there was still 2 people left using 3.1x software. Seriously! That dates your software back to the mid nineties at least. WTF could you possibly need that bad? USB devices, when plugged in, make the CPU usage instantly shoot up to 100% The USB problem is quite odd; possibly not related to Windows. Do me a favor... Try three things: 1) Update your BIOS 2) Make sure your chipset drivers are correct and up to date 3) Find updated USB drivers for your device.
the USB hub driver from Microsoft often causes blue-screen "stop" messages and forces rebooting Why should Microsoft release USB Hub drivers for something they didn't make? They did that as a courtesy, so USB would work out of the box. You know what? I bet you can get updated hub drivers from the motherboard manufacturer. USB support is tricky business. Do you realise how long it's taken to get the USB support for Linux where it is today? It's taken years. It must be your particular mobo, or broken device. I use XP Pro at home. I've never had a USB problem.
The guy could burn a dollar bill every second until the year 3450 A.D. and he'd still have more in his pocket than I will probably make in my entire life. How's that for perspective.
There are I am sure some cases of actual lost real money, but if they totalled billions I'd be surprised
I'll rescind a few earlier statements I said right now. There is evidence that SoBig might have been a factor in the power outage a couple of weeks ago. In which case, SoBig's damage probably is over $14 billion.
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You guys are so incredible it's just funny.
You say that useability is the leading cause of failure among adoption, yet KDE brings it and then you say it works like XP. That's a big smack in the face for the KDE developers, and I've been following the CVS. The verdict is in:
It rocks.
What's wrong with this? There are no cards out there that are perfect in every respect. Not all games work the same. If a vendor chooses to include optimizations that increase the performance of a game and simultaneously doesn't degrade visual appearance, I'm all for it. Especially if I don't need to do anything and it is all auto-detected. I don't consider this 'cheating', it's called adapting their product to meet the needs of their buyers. The only people going out and buying the super high end cards are gamers, and that is what they are designed for. Shouldn't it be reasonable that they attempt to make the game faster?
If these changes work not just under benchmarks, but at all times during the game, shouldn't you be satisfied?
Considering what some people make and the number of people involved with a corporate security breach, this isn't unreasonable. I bet the labor costs for everyone involved is easily more than $25K.
Although he had good intentions, I can't agree with his methods. He may have just been having fun, but even he has to realize the legal implications for everything he has done.
No you don't. You also don't live in China.
At least Steve Jobs has a *product*!
:)
It's just rediculous. SCO stated in their latest SEC filing that if they don't receive any money from their lawsuits, they may end up laying people off because their revenue is down so much. Hmmphh. -snickers to himself-
They could falter and die the SCO way :)
What, file thousands of lawsuits and be crushed under their weight?
I hope so.
God damn. This is one big trollfest. According to the Associated Press article that was in my newspaper, this wasn't done by Microsoft. It was done by the Gates Foundation, a non-profit fund run by Bill G. and his wife. They give out millions every year in educational grants. This is actually a good deed, probably the best thing Bill has ever done.
The only reason why waiters are an angry bunch is because they're such losers.
Slow down there, you just insulted several million americans. Did you know that in some states in the US like Florida and Ohio, federal minimum wage doesn't apply? They are paid just over $2 per hour. If they weren't tipped, they would walk home with almost nothing.
They're just doing their job, I guess you don't tip Taxi cab drivers either? The gratuity is for going above and beyond doing their job. I could just bring a person a drink and their food and probably get by with saying 20 words or less. Isn't it nice to go out to a restaurant and get nice service, someone who will help guide you through the menu while being friendly and courteous? Most people around here seem to agree with me, as 9 out of 10 people tip 10% or more on the price of their meal.
Maybe you just don't understand the value of appreciation.
When I was a waiter at The Olive Garden, I actually despised the people who didn't leave a monetary tip because if it wasn't money, they gave the verbal tip: 'Thank you so much. We had a really good time'. When they are overly nice about thanking me, it was always a sure sign of either $2 or $0.
PS: Don't ever piss off the waiter. We are an angry bunch.
I highly recommend QNX real-time OS. It is top notch. We have embedded devices here where I work that have *never* failed and some of them are running QNX. Just amazing stuff.
The word 'Sky' is an Old Norse word. It mean's cloud. It came into the common english language around the year 1100. You are absolutely correct that they aren't synonymous. 'Sky' is usually referring to our atmosphere from the vantage point of earth, but in either case, it is referring to the same thing.
Hold still and this won't hurt a bit:
THE SKY IS NOT BLUE. Ok? The sky is composed of nitrogen and oxygen in large proportions. Both are transparent materials in gaseous form. They do, however, refract light like a prism. The fact that it appears blue is a matter of where on earth you are in relation to the sun. During a sunset, the sky is not blue and red, it is some shade in-between. As the light is refracted through the atmosphere, the color changes. If the sky were really blue, the moon and the stars at night would also look blue. Conversely, if the sky really were blue, the earth viewed from space would look like one solid blue ball.
If you look at a blue ball through the edge of a prism and it looks red, is the ball still blue? I think so.
Now, as to your general attitude: I'm really not important, and neither are you. I am however, not ignorant. I rarely open my mouth or hit the keys without really knowing what I'm talking about. I often attempt coy humor, which I'm obviously not very good at.
I would call you a pedant, if you were right. I would also welcome you to come back and talk with me after you pass a couple of High School science courses. This seems unlikely though because of your low user id. The only conclusion I can come up with: It is you who are ignorant.
I know. My sig isn't a joke. That's how all my posts work out! I think it's time for a change though.
Unfortunately. I would much prefer a more sophisticated color like red or blue. Green just isn't a very pretty color.
That's why I never listen to the news.
The sky isn't blue at all. Sunlight shining through our atmosphere makes it appear blue. Evidence of this is any sunset; then it isn't blue at all.
Anything I'm not actively interested or involved with goes in one large folder called Archived. Even with over 14,000 emails spanning the last 3 years, a few keywords and a month or year will find me anything I want. It rarely takes me more than two or three minutes to find an old message and usually less than 30 seconds with any message I've seen recently.
I understand that. That was my point. I distrust SCO far more than the Canopy Group, which is just a holdings company. SCO is owned by Canopy but SCO is the dangerous, insidious bastard to worry about.
You fucking troll. Do some research.
On Trolltech's website, they plainly state that SCO Group(technically, it's the Canopy Group) holds 1.6% of Trolltech. The employees quite obviously have a controlling interest in the company.
It's not just Microsoft, they are just really prevalent. With new laws coming like UCITA, software makers can disclaim all liability while making false advertisements about the softwares ability to perform a certain function. Notice how every software maker has advertised that their product is the very best, most secure product on the market? How can everyone be the best all at once? It would also allow for far more draconian licensing clauses.
A little regulation would be nice. Obviously, the free market isn't going to regulate itself when the consumer and even the government has decided that this is normal and that they will just 'put up with it'. Well, some of us have had enough.
You know something? That's a great deal. Seeing as few semantics in C are line-break sensitive(excluding macros and directives), I bet I could squeeze it all on 999 lines exactly. Including trailing line break on EOF!
That'll be $999 please. I'll get that software to you by the end of the day.
Part of capitalism is the existence of contracts that people are free to engage in or not. If you don't like it, use some other software.
It's hard to envision a EULA under typical contract law because it isn't. In what other industry can someone be forced to agree with a contract that they haven't read and aren't given the option of reading until after you've paid. Now, the legality of this practice is questionable, but it is a free market. And for people who actually care about the licensing, there are alternative. Things will change. Companies with draconian licensing terms will slowly learn that people won't put up with it.
I won't mod you down. I don't disagree on one point: There is no magic cure for user stupidity.
On the other hand, Outlook and Outlook Express shouldn't be executing code found in attachments. Never. When a user previews or opens an E-Mail, what they do with the attachment should be their choice. Part of the problem here is that OE defaults to preview E-Mail messages and most people don't know about the inherent danger that can cause.
You weren't modded down because people disagreed with what you had to say. You were modded down for being combative.
What does user stupidity with regard to e-mail attachments have to do with Windows? Absolutely nothing.
First off, I wasn't talking about Windows. That's why I said 'Microsoft software'. I was talking about Outlook and Outlook express, although the difference here is debatable because they both render through mshtml.dll which is arguably part of the Windows Operating System.
You say you want an answer, then you put the answer in my mouth. Do you even want to learn? Ask me a question, I'll answer it. I know.
Win16
So it's you. Microsoft said there was still 2 people left using 3.1x software. Seriously! That dates your software back to the mid nineties at least. WTF could you possibly need that bad?
USB devices, when plugged in, make the CPU usage instantly shoot up to 100%
The USB problem is quite odd; possibly not related to Windows. Do me a favor...
Try three things:
1) Update your BIOS
2) Make sure your chipset drivers are correct and up to date
3) Find updated USB drivers for your device.
the USB hub driver from Microsoft often causes blue-screen "stop" messages and forces rebooting
Why should Microsoft release USB Hub drivers for something they didn't make? They did that as a courtesy, so USB would work out of the box. You know what? I bet you can get updated hub drivers from the motherboard manufacturer. USB support is tricky business. Do you realise how long it's taken to get the USB support for Linux where it is today? It's taken years. It must be your particular mobo, or broken device. I use XP Pro at home. I've never had a USB problem.
The guy could burn a dollar bill every second until the year 3450 A.D. and he'd still have more in his pocket than I will probably make in my entire life.
How's that for perspective.
There are I am sure some cases of actual lost real money, but if they totalled billions I'd be surprised
I'll rescind a few earlier statements I said right now. There is evidence that SoBig might have been a factor in the power outage a couple of weeks ago. In which case, SoBig's damage probably is over $14 billion.