What does the iPhone use for maps? Google Maps. That means the vast majority of iPhone users if they're doing transit directions are using it. That's almost certainly true of Android phones. It was once true of Palm/HP phones, and it is probably still true of Blackberry's. That's just mobile. Who else has any good data on this that includes multiple transit systems in one query? Bing has some of it but it generally sucks.
The result I've seen from this is that now normal people "can" look up transit directions (they could before, but didn't).
Incidentally, you want to see someplace really sad: the area along the northeast corridor rail tracks just north of the Baltimore station. Blocks and blocks of abandoned and falling down rowhouses. Sad to look at -- must have one day been bustling.
The industrial part of Newark looks like an industrial wasteland. I suspect you have not actually seen the city -- driving by on the Turnpike does not suffice.
Newark was a hub for breweries back in the day and realized it would have a need for lots of high quality water. All of Newark's water comes from north-western-ish NJ: http://ejmeeker.org/water.aspx
Get a clue. NYC has some of the best water in the country, and Newark's water (where I live) is no slouch either. Bottled water is wasteful (plastic, shipping, etc.) and is in many case convincing you to pay for someone else's tap water that's been filtered. If you really have a concern, treat your water. If not, you're buying into something that's fucking all of us over and that is a waste of money and resources.
How much does that stuff cost anyway? A friend used to use it for humidifiers as our water has a mineral problem that messes up the ultrasonic humidifiers.
The alternative to comprehensive sex education is knocked up teenage daughters. The sooner you realize that, the sooner we'll have fewer of your bloodline procreating and we can get shit back to normal.
Does your daughter not know those substances exist or something? BTW... there's a bit of a difference between YOU being mad that your teenager sees those links vs. them being pissed off at finding that during research. The latter is a stretch, I think.
I didn't know what Revo was, but I Google'd a little and see that it is a 3rd party uninstaller. Really, why should there need to be software that only exists because the operating system is so completely shitty at uninstalling software? And it's been that way for years -- there have pretty much always been third party uninstallers for Windows. In Revo's case, I imagine there is a free non-Pro version, but think about this for a second: a PAY product exists because so frequently you can't even cleanly delete shit from your computer, something that should be a basic function. I mean, just wow. I'm not trying to spread FUD or something, but doesn't that strike you as a little crazy to have to hunt for and maybe even buy software for that purpose? I completely understand this software being useful to someone who has to deal with Windows and must be able to fix problems like this, but for an end user it's unacceptable that it is ever needed. And the consequences for not doing something like that are ugly. I am VERY reluctant to install anything on Windows because I know that most of the shit I install is going to be around damn near forever and slow the machine down over the course of a year to the point where there's a noticeable difference between an install of the base OS and how the machine is running now. I have really never seen that on any other OS
The.NET thing was awhile back. I think I eventually got it fixed after screwing around with it for hours and rebooting like 20 times. I can't remember what machine it was even, I just remember thinking "if this were Linux, I could have figured out in 5 mins why it wasn't working, or forcefully ripped out the problem software" Almost everything logs to all the same places, you can run a strace on something if you want to see what the heck it's doing, you can see what files something has open to figure out if one of them might be corrupt (or have a lock file that is stale or something)... and it's all built into the OS. For the times I can't figure something out, I Google it and it's almost always fine. And yes, I've spent a lot of time trying to get Linux drivers working right (in the past), but never the crazy type of shit where on Windows 98 some device would have the picture of a device with the yellow (!) icon over it where there was no further info to be had on what was wrong. In my experience, it's relatively easy to get Windows into a state where you just CAN'T do something no matter what, without hacking the registry or something. Like who ever heard of software failing to remove, really? On Linux it will tell you it is a bad idea to remove some package, but it will remove it if you insist with an override. I find far too frequently that there is no method to do what I want to do with Windows, or no way to find out what is wrong so that I can fix it because the information just is not provided.
The mindset I see is that the Windows people run out and buy something when something isn't working or they need a new tool. With the Linux folks, generally there is a tool that does part of anything you'd ever need, and using several of them can basically get you what you want. Sometimes to be able to do that thing more than once, you write a script or a program... but the idea of paying for something that does not add functionality is completely foreign to me. Everything you need to use and maintain the base OS (eg. apart from software that is ancillary, like graphics editors, etc.) should be included already.
The guy at Best Buy will surely take your money. And for your information, the car guy was not my analogy, I was merely pointing out that, yes, it does matter.
No, he doesn't laugh at you, but many of them will take your money if it's clear you don't know the difference between what they should be doing and what they are doing.
The difference and IMHO why Windows is worth the money is this...when something goes wrong in Windows you can fix it IN THE GUI and in Linux its bash or you're SOL, period. Driver for sound not working? Open up bash and type, screen resolution won't stick? open up bash and type, latest upgrade crapped all over your wireless card? open up bash and type. oh and you had damned well better be skilled enough to tweak said bash typing because the code you will be given WILL NOT WORK if you don't. that is because it is written for driver B, rev D, firmware H and you have Driver H, rev l, firmware q.
Pure bullshit. If there's something REALLY wrong with Windows, fuck if you can fix it because it's totally unclear what the hell is wrong. I recently had a problem where.NET framework got screwed up during updates somehow. It kept telling me I needed an upgrade, but that the upgrade depended on something I didn't have installed (even though it was). That thing would not uninstall, because there was a dependency. I got odd DLL type errors, and the only fixes involved trying out some program that someone had written to gut the whole thing and start over. Virtually impossible to debug, no log files, no access to override what Windows wanted if you knew something needed to be done whether or not Windows would let it. Who ever heard of not being able to uninstall something with Linux? Now how many times have you ended up with a Windows install that's just "not quite right." It's almost always more worthwhile to blow it away and start over than it is to try to fix something. That's almost never the case with Linux.
I would expect they may have to be returned "in-warranty" and opening most drives would void the warranty. There would be no way for them to tell when the warranty was voided.
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What does the iPhone use for maps? Google Maps. That means the vast majority of iPhone users if they're doing transit directions are using it. That's almost certainly true of Android phones. It was once true of Palm/HP phones, and it is probably still true of Blackberry's. That's just mobile. Who else has any good data on this that includes multiple transit systems in one query? Bing has some of it but it generally sucks.
The result I've seen from this is that now normal people "can" look up transit directions (they could before, but didn't).
Well, if it's a tight connection you have to check it... which you can do.
I know you're trolling, but why? Now EVERYONE I know basically uses Google instead of the agency website.
Incidentally, you want to see someplace really sad: the area along the northeast corridor rail tracks just north of the Baltimore station. Blocks and blocks of abandoned and falling down rowhouses. Sad to look at -- must have one day been bustling.
Yeah, that is not Newark. That is an industrial area that happens to be inside city limits (lots of it decaying/disused that was much better looking before the US basically lost all of its manufacturing). This is Newark: http://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/newJersey/NewarkSkylineAtDuskPanoramic.jpg
The industrial part of Newark looks like an industrial wasteland. I suspect you have not actually seen the city -- driving by on the Turnpike does not suffice.
Newark was a hub for breweries back in the day and realized it would have a need for lots of high quality water. All of Newark's water comes from north-western-ish NJ: http://ejmeeker.org/water.aspx
Get a clue. NYC has some of the best water in the country, and Newark's water (where I live) is no slouch either. Bottled water is wasteful (plastic, shipping, etc.) and is in many case convincing you to pay for someone else's tap water that's been filtered. If you really have a concern, treat your water. If not, you're buying into something that's fucking all of us over and that is a waste of money and resources.
Read a water test. This stuff is safe.
How much does that stuff cost anyway? A friend used to use it for humidifiers as our water has a mineral problem that messes up the ultrasonic humidifiers.
I had heard that if it is that color, the infection is passing, and that clear was a sign that the infection was still live.
FUD.
No, don't buy anything from Walmart.
Oh awesome. I know that when I feel like shit, the first thing I want to do is drag myself out into the cold to get antibiotics EVERY DAMN DAY.
The alternative to comprehensive sex education is knocked up teenage daughters. The sooner you realize that, the sooner we'll have fewer of your bloodline procreating and we can get shit back to normal.
Does your daughter not know those substances exist or something? BTW... there's a bit of a difference between YOU being mad that your teenager sees those links vs. them being pissed off at finding that during research. The latter is a stretch, I think.
And you're saying a teenager would be pissed?
Hah. I go with Underrated when I can't figure out what something should be but know what direction.
Anonymous Coward will be the term for a racist asshole who hasn't received the memo that it's 2012?
I'll bite: why?
I didn't know what Revo was, but I Google'd a little and see that it is a 3rd party uninstaller. Really, why should there need to be software that only exists because the operating system is so completely shitty at uninstalling software? And it's been that way for years -- there have pretty much always been third party uninstallers for Windows. In Revo's case, I imagine there is a free non-Pro version, but think about this for a second: a PAY product exists because so frequently you can't even cleanly delete shit from your computer, something that should be a basic function. I mean, just wow. I'm not trying to spread FUD or something, but doesn't that strike you as a little crazy to have to hunt for and maybe even buy software for that purpose? I completely understand this software being useful to someone who has to deal with Windows and must be able to fix problems like this, but for an end user it's unacceptable that it is ever needed. And the consequences for not doing something like that are ugly. I am VERY reluctant to install anything on Windows because I know that most of the shit I install is going to be around damn near forever and slow the machine down over the course of a year to the point where there's a noticeable difference between an install of the base OS and how the machine is running now. I have really never seen that on any other OS
The .NET thing was awhile back. I think I eventually got it fixed after screwing around with it for hours and rebooting like 20 times. I can't remember what machine it was even, I just remember thinking "if this were Linux, I could have figured out in 5 mins why it wasn't working, or forcefully ripped out the problem software" Almost everything logs to all the same places, you can run a strace on something if you want to see what the heck it's doing, you can see what files something has open to figure out if one of them might be corrupt (or have a lock file that is stale or something)... and it's all built into the OS. For the times I can't figure something out, I Google it and it's almost always fine. And yes, I've spent a lot of time trying to get Linux drivers working right (in the past), but never the crazy type of shit where on Windows 98 some device would have the picture of a device with the yellow (!) icon over it where there was no further info to be had on what was wrong. In my experience, it's relatively easy to get Windows into a state where you just CAN'T do something no matter what, without hacking the registry or something. Like who ever heard of software failing to remove, really? On Linux it will tell you it is a bad idea to remove some package, but it will remove it if you insist with an override. I find far too frequently that there is no method to do what I want to do with Windows, or no way to find out what is wrong so that I can fix it because the information just is not provided.
The mindset I see is that the Windows people run out and buy something when something isn't working or they need a new tool. With the Linux folks, generally there is a tool that does part of anything you'd ever need, and using several of them can basically get you what you want. Sometimes to be able to do that thing more than once, you write a script or a program... but the idea of paying for something that does not add functionality is completely foreign to me. Everything you need to use and maintain the base OS (eg. apart from software that is ancillary, like graphics editors, etc.) should be included already.
The guy at Best Buy will surely take your money. And for your information, the car guy was not my analogy, I was merely pointing out that, yes, it does matter.
I don't know why it's installed. Clearly something wanted it.
That fix did not work, FYI. I found that too. Did not work on my machine. You are very quickly out of options if things don't work out on Windows.
No, he doesn't laugh at you, but many of them will take your money if it's clear you don't know the difference between what they should be doing and what they are doing.
The difference and IMHO why Windows is worth the money is this...when something goes wrong in Windows you can fix it IN THE GUI and in Linux its bash or you're SOL, period. Driver for sound not working? Open up bash and type, screen resolution won't stick? open up bash and type, latest upgrade crapped all over your wireless card? open up bash and type. oh and you had damned well better be skilled enough to tweak said bash typing because the code you will be given WILL NOT WORK if you don't. that is because it is written for driver B, rev D, firmware H and you have Driver H, rev l, firmware q.
Pure bullshit. If there's something REALLY wrong with Windows, fuck if you can fix it because it's totally unclear what the hell is wrong. I recently had a problem where .NET framework got screwed up during updates somehow. It kept telling me I needed an upgrade, but that the upgrade depended on something I didn't have installed (even though it was). That thing would not uninstall, because there was a dependency. I got odd DLL type errors, and the only fixes involved trying out some program that someone had written to gut the whole thing and start over. Virtually impossible to debug, no log files, no access to override what Windows wanted if you knew something needed to be done whether or not Windows would let it. Who ever heard of not being able to uninstall something with Linux? Now how many times have you ended up with a Windows install that's just "not quite right." It's almost always more worthwhile to blow it away and start over than it is to try to fix something. That's almost never the case with Linux.
This is idiotic. I know two people who have been badly injured in taxi accidents not wearing a seatbelt in the back.
I would expect they may have to be returned "in-warranty" and opening most drives would void the warranty. There would be no way for them to tell when the warranty was voided.