I get so tired of this close minded reasoning. If Windows was not installed by the OEM's and if all computers were sold without an OS you can say the exact same thing for all Windows flavours.
My personal experience is, that I found Linux very easy to install and had no problems with driver issues. After supplying a password it was connected to the net via my pocket wifi. I am not some whizz-bang nerd kid, I'm an old grandfather.
I found connecting XP laptop to the wifi a real problem, I gave up.
I think there are a lot out here like you. In my case, I enjoyed using Microsoft products until I bought a Vista laptop, it looked great but ran very slowly. Then I had to jump through activation hoops to install XP on the laptop which improved the laptop greatly although it didn't look as nice as Vista did. A few years ago my son and grandkids visited and he said "You have to try Linux Dad, it's made me interested in computers again." I have been using it since not giving Microsoft another thought until I read about this secure boot nonsense which I believe is to force people to use only their product and not the OS we choose. With the Vista experience and knowing I have no choice but to buy a Windows machine to replace this one with a locked down BIOS was the last straw. I no longer wish to be a Microsoft customer. Thankfully my son said he can build me a computer without that nonsense and with the OS I like.
SP1 will also remove from Vista the so-called Kill Switch -- a feature that deactivated key components of the OS if Microsoft detected users were not running a properly licensed copy of Vista. The feature was plagued by false alarms that flagged thousands of legitimate Vista users as software pirates. I'm shocked! Do people really pirate Vista?
Your comment confirms my understanding that the Celeron was the low end CPU. Yet, my Celeron M440 1.8Ghz kicks my Pentium 4 3.2Ghz HT CPU all over the room computing PI. Both in laptops.
Hang on a second, This makes no sense! I go and buy a new laptop that comes with Vista and I decide I do not want or like it. To downgrade to WinXP entails buying a copy of WinXP. Doing that I have just bought a license to use WinXP... I have now bought two licenses! Where does this using the Vista license come in? Makes no sense to me.
Does this mean that every scale in the world (excluding those "morons" that still use imperial measurement - America, UK, etc) will need to be recalibrated? Then again I doubt any of the scales at butchers or green grocers have ever been calibrated.
Though take the word Kilogram, gram is the base unit, so why not work on that? My guess is that it is probably too small and not impressive enough to look at.
Not deliberately, but our space vehicles were made on a water soaked planet, somehow some water went along for the ride, no matter how small, it's still water. If you don't believe me, go up and check.
You paid good money for your CDs, and you expect to be able to play them anywhere, or transfer them to your iPod - or whatever cool gadget comes out next year. However, if the American music companies get their way, such transfers will be illegal. That's right: you won't be able to play your CDs on your music player! What's going on here?
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement requires new laws which prevent "circumvention of technological protection measures". Some companies want the government to go further and ban any access that the copyright owner doesn't allow. This means the music companies can decide how, when and where you listen to your music. Worse still, this law would apply to more than just CDs: games, software and movies are all included under the "technological" umbrella.
Will the record companies give you the choice? For their perspective, we quote Tommi Kyyrä, of IFPI Finland:
"Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. Normally people listen to music on their car or through their home stereos," said Kyyrä. "If you are a Linux or Mac user, you should consider purchasing a regular CD player."
But I'm no criminal!
Exactly! However, if the Australian Government caves in, you will be breaking the law by transferring songs from any "copy protected" CD you own. Instead, we want the law aimed clearly at piracy, by only banning things which actually infringe copyright. Act now!
Tell the Government that you want control of your music, now and in the future. Linux Australia has made this easy by preparing a petition (PDF, 470kb) that you can download. By getting as many signatures on the petition as you can, and posting it to the address below you'll be helping ensure that consumers have rights over digital content. The petition
Follow these 3 easy steps to make your voice heard:
1. Download and print the petition.
2. Collect signatures from friends, family and colleagues - but make sure they haven't already signed it elsewhere.
3. Post the signed petition to:
Don't Ban Innovation Petition
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2100
AUSTRALIA
More information
This petition is being coordinated by Linux Australia. For more information, contact petition@iownmymusic.org or phone 0417 451 212 (international: +61 417 451 212).
Right now I am using simple Batch files to execute the programs, is there a better way to do this? some kind of interface? Some kind of program that can create an executable shortcut that works with relative paths?
It's worse than you think, if you format your system 3 times, you have to activate HL2 before you can play it 3 times, try doing it a 4th time and they refuses to activate you because it assumes it's a pirated copy being passed around.
April this year while sitting out the back about 2am writing an email to my sister the wind blew the bamboo sunblind tipping a freshly made cup of tea over my Toshiba laptop. I screamed in terror snatching up the laptop and holding it upside down as tea ran over my arm and on my feet, I hit the power off button and headed to the kitchen dripping tea all over the floor, my mind was numb with fear from the prospect of losing my precious NEW laptop. I removed the keyboard and ran it under the cold water tap till only water was coming off it, then left it on the sink to drain, to my surprise I could only find a little stain on the metal under the keyboard and a few drops on the battery. After the keyboard was as dry I re-installed it and tried to boot the system. It booted up fine but the battery was just about flat because I was using it out back for two hours, when I plugged in the power to charge the battery the led lights blinked and the system just died, with tears in my eyes I tried again with the same result, 12 hours later I tried again and except for the touchpad buttons being sticky (isopropyl alcohol freed them up) it has worked perfectly since.
I was 23 when I bought my first computer back in 1980, a Tandy TRS-80 pc2, It's a pocket sized single line LCD computer with 2K of memory and basic in ROM. I remember shelling out $AU100 for a 4K memory expansion plug. I fondly remember my Tandy model 100 laptop too, then I had the dream machine, a Sperry 8088 XT with CGA monitor.
I taught myself to program on that PC2 with no more help than the owners manual. One thing that I remember very well was the abuse I received from family for spending time on something so stupid as a computer, I was wasting my time I was told over and over. 20 years ago I knew no one who knew as much about computer hardware and software as I did, now days I cannot keep up with the change, my 20 year old son leaves me for dead.
According to the site, the flight will take 80 hours. How does the pilot plan to stay awake that long?
I agree staying awake that long is a big problem, but humans over a three day period also need to answer calls of nature. Anyone with any idea how he can solve that problem?
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I get so tired of this close minded reasoning. If Windows was not installed by the OEM's and if all computers were sold without an OS you can say the exact same thing for all Windows flavours.
My personal experience is, that I found Linux very easy to install and had no problems with driver issues. After supplying a password it was connected to the net via my pocket wifi. I am not some whizz-bang nerd kid, I'm an old grandfather.
I found connecting XP laptop to the wifi a real problem, I gave up.
I cannot believe no one has said choice yet.
I think there are a lot out here like you. In my case, I enjoyed using Microsoft products until I bought a Vista laptop, it looked great but ran very slowly. Then I had to jump through activation hoops to install XP on the laptop which improved the laptop greatly although it didn't look as nice as Vista did. A few years ago my son and grandkids visited and he said "You have to try Linux Dad, it's made me interested in computers again." I have been using it since not giving Microsoft another thought until I read about this secure boot nonsense which I believe is to force people to use only their product and not the OS we choose. With the Vista experience and knowing I have no choice but to buy a Windows machine to replace this one with a locked down BIOS was the last straw. I no longer wish to be a Microsoft customer. Thankfully my son said he can build me a computer without that nonsense and with the OS I like.
I said the 'Police' wont be able to connect to it. I said nothing about anyone else.
The police maybe able to see my wireless network as unsecured, but unless their mac address is in my router they have no chance of connecting to it.
The feature was plagued by false alarms that flagged thousands of legitimate Vista users as software pirates. I'm shocked! Do people really pirate Vista?
Your comment confirms my understanding that the Celeron was the low end CPU. Yet, my Celeron M440 1.8Ghz kicks my Pentium 4 3.2Ghz HT CPU all over the room computing PI. Both in laptops.
Hang on a second, This makes no sense! I go and buy a new laptop that comes with Vista and I decide I do not want or like it. To downgrade to WinXP entails buying a copy of WinXP. Doing that I have just bought a license to use WinXP... I have now bought two licenses! Where does this using the Vista license come in? Makes no sense to me.
Does this mean that every scale in the world (excluding those "morons" that still use imperial measurement - America, UK, etc) will need to be recalibrated? Then again I doubt any of the scales at butchers or green grocers have ever been calibrated.
Though take the word Kilogram, gram is the base unit, so why not work on that? My guess is that it is probably too small and not impressive enough to look at.
Not deliberately, but our space vehicles were made on a water soaked planet, somehow some water went along for the ride, no matter how small, it's still water. If you don't believe me, go up and check.
I'm sure there is water there too, I'm also sure it's water we have taken there, non indigenous.
Guantanamo crater perhaps?
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You paid good money for your CDs, and you expect to be able to play them anywhere, or transfer them to your iPod - or whatever cool gadget comes out next year. However, if the American music companies get their way, such transfers will be illegal. That's right: you won't be able to play your CDs on your music player!
What's going on here?
The Australia-US Free Trade Agreement requires new laws which prevent "circumvention of technological protection measures". Some companies want the government to go further and ban any access that the copyright owner doesn't allow. This means the music companies can decide how, when and where you listen to your music. Worse still, this law would apply to more than just CDs: games, software and movies are all included under the "technological" umbrella.
Will the record companies give you the choice? For their perspective, we quote Tommi Kyyrä, of IFPI Finland:
"Now, we need to understand that listening to music on your computer is an extra privilege. Normally people listen to music on their car or through their home stereos," said Kyyrä. "If you are a Linux or Mac user, you should consider purchasing a regular CD player."
But I'm no criminal!
Exactly! However, if the Australian Government caves in, you will be breaking the law by transferring songs from any "copy protected" CD you own. Instead, we want the law aimed clearly at piracy, by only banning things which actually infringe copyright.
Act now!
Tell the Government that you want control of your music, now and in the future. Linux Australia has made this easy by preparing a petition (PDF, 470kb) that you can download. By getting as many signatures on the petition as you can, and posting it to the address below you'll be helping ensure that consumers have rights over digital content.
The petition
Follow these 3 easy steps to make your voice heard:
1. Download and print the petition.
2. Collect signatures from friends, family and colleagues - but make sure they haven't already signed it elsewhere.
3. Post the signed petition to:
Don't Ban Innovation Petition
GPO Box 4788
Sydney NSW 2100
AUSTRALIA
More information
This petition is being coordinated by Linux Australia. For more information, contact petition@iownmymusic.org or phone 0417 451 212 (international: +61 417 451 212).
Right now I am using simple Batch files to execute the programs, is there a better way to do this? some kind of interface? Some kind of program that can create an executable shortcut that works with relative paths?
Yes, Windows
It's worse than you think, if you format your system 3 times, you have to activate HL2 before you can play it 3 times, try doing it a 4th time and they refuses to activate you because it assumes it's a pirated copy being passed around.
Eccl 8:9 All this I saw, as I applied my mind to everything done under the sun. There is a time when a man lords it over others to his own hurt.
April this year while sitting out the back about 2am writing an email to my sister the wind blew the bamboo sunblind tipping a freshly made cup of tea over my Toshiba laptop. I screamed in terror snatching up the laptop and holding it upside down as tea ran over my arm and on my feet, I hit the power off button and headed to the kitchen dripping tea all over the floor, my mind was numb with fear from the prospect of losing my precious NEW laptop. I removed the keyboard and ran it under the cold water tap till only water was coming off it, then left it on the sink to drain, to my surprise I could only find a little stain on the metal under the keyboard and a few drops on the battery. After the keyboard was as dry I re-installed it and tried to boot the system. It booted up fine but the battery was just about flat because I was using it out back for two hours, when I plugged in the power to charge the battery the led lights blinked and the system just died, with tears in my eyes I tried again with the same result, 12 hours later I tried again and except for the touchpad buttons being sticky (isopropyl alcohol freed them up) it has worked perfectly since.
Apart from a clock and scratch pad, what has this desktop got that FireFox doesn't? Don't think I need it.
The keyboard on my Toshiba A30 Laptop.
Wait till our bodies break down? bugger that mate, I want this now because I'm bone lazy!
I was 23 when I bought my first computer back in 1980, a Tandy TRS-80 pc2, It's a pocket sized single line LCD computer with 2K of memory and basic in ROM. I remember shelling out $AU100 for a 4K memory expansion plug. I fondly remember my Tandy model 100 laptop too, then I had the dream machine, a Sperry 8088 XT with CGA monitor.
I taught myself to program on that PC2 with no more help than the owners manual. One thing that I remember very well was the abuse I received from family for spending time on something so stupid as a computer, I was wasting my time I was told over and over. 20 years ago I knew no one who knew as much about computer hardware and software as I did, now days I cannot keep up with the change, my 20 year old son leaves me for dead.
According to the site, the flight will take 80 hours. How does the pilot plan to stay awake that long?
I agree staying awake that long is a big problem, but humans over a three day period also need to answer calls of nature. Anyone with any idea how he can solve that problem?
Perhaps if we were to become the 51st state
Oi, Australia is the 51st state and don't you forget it mate!
Thank you for the Slashdot page rendering bug fix for Firefox.