No... That's wrong: never install software from an untrusted source! This means the RIAA, magazines, "gratis" software, and *anything* that wants to automatically install on your computer.
Always disable the autorun function of your CD.... It is unsafer than the black hole that goatse.cx represents... (/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Serv ices/Cdrom set the value Autorun to 0)
Perhaps it depends where on the world you live. A sixpack of decent pils cost about 3,40€. Of course, if you go for the fancy beers like Leffe, Duvel, Chimay, Chouffe (want me to go on?), then you'll pay more. However, usually, you don't drink a sixpack of any of those beers. None of those actually come in sixpacks;-)
I didn't take it as flamebait. I just tried to make a bit of a sarcastic comment. However, you'd be really surprised how much "servers" running Windows are in use. Okay, probably NT4, 2000 or 2003 server, not XP... but I know many places where they migrated from perfectly fine Unix mailservers to Exchange.
Same thing with fileservers... especially in corporations that have more money that is good for them (I work in banking... don't even ask how much money they waste!)
XP, even the pro release, is designed for the home and small business user,
True... but then you really have to tell me what OS big corporations use on the desktop. As far as I can see it ranges from NT4 over W2K to WinXP. Nothing else... Meaning, that WinXP is also for big corporations. (But then they roll their own installs on corporate machines, and are mostly well-tested and well-protected)
Personally I prefer the non-intrusive icon. It is very very rare that I want popups, and I know pretty well which sites I want to allow (only my ebanking and my webmail). All the rest are probably ads, and I couldn't care less.
So, showing me a line that there is a popup that wanted to show is slightly intrusive. Not as intrusive as the real popup. Yes, I used IE6 with SP2, but I usually use Firefox, but I don't have the latest nightly build. I just hope you can turn that thing of in Firefox.
As mentioned, it works on one XP machine (I could try it out on my girlfriends machine if I think of it). The drivers seem to be the standard ones that come with Windows.
As for the "OEM must be bad" (whatever you mean with that), well, while I'm no friend of Compaq/Dell/HP that sell these boxes, but aren't they supposed to do quality assurance? After all they try to sell "computers that work out of the box". Obviously they don't hold their claims. For me it's either Windows XP at fault or the drivers. The OEMs usually don't do driver tweaks these days anymore.
It could also be hardware: perhaps the USB ports on those machines are bad. Who knows...
I am the last one that will scream that Windows BSoDs every day (but I won't deny that it happens a bit too much, and I think WinXP is a major pain in the ass, inrelated to BSoDs), because it hasn't been true for me since I started using NT4 back in, uhm, a very long time ago.
Anyways: the machines (there are four, all at work) where it bluescreens are two Dell Optiflex GX260 and two HP/Compaq d530SFF. All bluescreen when I connect the device.
The XP machine where it works is a Dell Optiplex GX1.
The problem is: I can't compare with other machines because the above stated models are all over the place, but corporate standard is NT4, which does not support USB. When I stick the reader in my workstation (a GX260 running NT4), it doesn't do anything, which is exactly what I would expect. We only have 4 XP machines for a special project requiring special software that refuses to run on NT4, and fifth is the stated modem test box.
I do not own any other USB devices that I could easily take to work to test whether they work or not.
Checked the patch status of those BSoD-ing machines: WinXP SP1, with about 5 patches. Seems to be OEM install. The BSoD I get is "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" in usbhub.sys.
True, I have not seen a bluescreen on my own machines. They all run Win2000. No lockups, no reboots (which are hidden BSODS as many people said here)
However, I bought a small USB compact flash reader (zMate on the site). Nothing fancy. On my home machine (2x Athlon MP 2400+ with a Tyan motherboard and 1G of registred RAM running Win2000) it is detected immediately and works just fine. It also works on my parents computer (an old Fujitsu-Siemens P-III runninhg Win2000) and it it works on my good old iBook.
Then one day, I wanted to copy some data from one machine to another at work. They have brand-new Dell and HP/Compaq machines. Those run XP (probably not fully patched, shielded network). I insterted the compactflash reader: instant reboot. After disabling the reboot feature, I got the expected bluescreen. I have no clue why these machines refuse my compact flash reader.
Strangely enough, an older Dell (P-III class with 256Meg RAM) that we use as a standalone test machine for modem connections works flawlessly with the compactflash reader. This one is patched with the XP SP2 Beta.
So, while the bluescreens have become a thing of the past most of the time, trivial things like using a compact flash reader can still bring them back.
Of course, you are right. Acrobat does a lot of stuff more. I've used it, but the amount of times I heard the phrase "I need to make PDF files, I need Acrobat" is just sickening. Especially they just mean that as "convert a Word document into a PDF". (Which OpenOffice does, but that is besides the point here)
Yup, it is Celebration, FL. (Look at the bottom of the page "Copyright Disney") I ended up there on my first trip to the States. I needed a post office and just took the first exit to some town. It happened to be Celebration, FL.
When I drove in there my first reaction was "holy shit, US towns really look like on TV". Little did I know what kind of town it really was. It was only later I learned about the nature of the town.
I still don't understand why there is no amazon.lu
Same reason why there isn't a real apple.lu or microsoft.lu. We're too small, if anything we are put into "BeneLux" and that's it. This usally means companies are managed from Brussels. I once had to return a Sony LCD screen because of a broken power supply. It had to go back to Brussels. After 6 *months* I still didn't hear anything. 6 months that I couldn't use a (back then) 1200$ LCD screen. When I went there and slammed my fist on the desk (which I should have done months earlier) they even looked surprised at me.
Being in a small country has many disadvantages.
And you want to know the kicker? amazon-europe's official headquarter is here for fiscal reasons. (Same as AOL-Europe) They are here, but we get no service (not that I want AOL *grin*)
Many 45 rpm records. Jukebox spare parts. Parts for old motorcycles.
Point taken. I have no use for such things, but those hardly will go into 1000$, do they? Of course it's not fun to be ripped off for 50$.
For the rest there is indeed amazon.com (.de in my case). For some stuff I just have to know people in other countries to get it delivered to: amazon doesn't ship all it's products to all countries:-(
Apparently posting negative stuff about ebay makes me a Troll. Good to hear I still can be controversial.
Well, I never understood the craze about ebay. You're dealing with unknown untrusted people, giving them money in advance (as I understood) I just can't trust anyone on such sites. In case I want something I'd rather buy it new. If I can't afford something new, I just won't buy it.
So, buying anything in those priceranges is taking a huge risk. I'm not saying that these scammer should get away with it (they should be thrown in jail), I'm just saying that I prefer not to take risks.
I mean: I would deliver too. However, dear customer, you have to wait till 2204 before it's finished. But that day, it will be *perfect* (bugs excluded of course) Ah, yes, and payment in advance please!
I have a machine way smaller than yours: iBook G3 600Mhz, 384Meg RAM and 20Gig harddisk. I never boot up my PC (which is a frigging AMD Athlon 2400+ MP), unless I need to make my timesheet for work which is a "Visual Basic Enhanced" Excel sheet. The iBook still doesn't feel that slow, but I'll probably be first in line for a G5 notebook... even if that means waiting another 12 to 18 months.
It's nearly what he describes, well that plus a few automations (like the system knows what you like etc...) Uhm, I have news for Mr Gates: Video on demand has been the "next big thing" for at least the last 10 years.
I still don't have it... The first question I think you should ask yourself is "Is there demand for such a technology", if not, ask yourself the following question "Can I create demand for such a technology". If both questions can be answered with a "No", which I think is the case for video on demand, then trash the idea... Nobody seems to want video on demand, and nobody managed to create a market for it.
Don't worry... So did my good old 486DX/2-66, but I found it funny he actually referred a to breaking fan considering there is no air in space. It didn't need a fan, in the first place, but still her referred to it. (Making me think the parent poster never actually used a 486)
Of course by now the parent has explained that satellites/spaceprobes might have a pressurized part with air for the electronics. I highly doubt that, but then I'm not a satellite-engineer.
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No... That's wrong: never install software from an untrusted source! This means the RIAA, magazines, "gratis" software, and *anything* that wants to automatically install on your computer.
Always disable the autorun function of your CD.... It is unsafer than the black hole that goatse.cx represents... (/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Serv ices/Cdrom set the value Autorun to 0)
Perhaps it depends where on the world you live. A sixpack of decent pils cost about 3,40€. Of course, if you go for the fancy beers like Leffe, Duvel, Chimay, Chouffe (want me to go on?), then you'll pay more. However, usually, you don't drink a sixpack of any of those beers. None of those actually come in sixpacks ;-)
Same thing with fileservers... especially in corporations that have more money that is good for them (I work in banking... don't even ask how much money they waste!)
True... but then you really have to tell me what OS big corporations use on the desktop. As far as I can see it ranges from NT4 over W2K to WinXP. Nothing else... Meaning, that WinXP is also for big corporations. (But then they roll their own installs on corporate machines, and are mostly well-tested and well-protected)
So, showing me a line that there is a popup that wanted to show is slightly intrusive. Not as intrusive as the real popup. Yes, I used IE6 with SP2, but I usually use Firefox, but I don't have the latest nightly build. I just hope you can turn that thing of in Firefox.
As mentioned, it works on one XP machine (I could try it out on my girlfriends machine if I think of it). The drivers seem to be the standard ones that come with Windows.
As for the "OEM must be bad" (whatever you mean with that), well, while I'm no friend of Compaq/Dell/HP that sell these boxes, but aren't they supposed to do quality assurance? After all they try to sell "computers that work out of the box". Obviously they don't hold their claims. For me it's either Windows XP at fault or the drivers. The OEMs usually don't do driver tweaks these days anymore.
It could also be hardware: perhaps the USB ports on those machines are bad. Who knows...
Anyways: the machines (there are four, all at work) where it bluescreens are two Dell Optiflex GX260 and two HP/Compaq d530SFF. All bluescreen when I connect the device.
The XP machine where it works is a Dell Optiplex GX1.
The problem is: I can't compare with other machines because the above stated models are all over the place, but corporate standard is NT4, which does not support USB. When I stick the reader in my workstation (a GX260 running NT4), it doesn't do anything, which is exactly what I would expect. We only have 4 XP machines for a special project requiring special software that refuses to run on NT4, and fifth is the stated modem test box.
I do not own any other USB devices that I could easily take to work to test whether they work or not.
Checked the patch status of those BSoD-ing machines: WinXP SP1, with about 5 patches. Seems to be OEM install. The BSoD I get is "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" in usbhub.sys.
However, I bought a small USB compact flash reader (zMate on the site). Nothing fancy. On my home machine (2x Athlon MP 2400+ with a Tyan motherboard and 1G of registred RAM running Win2000) it is detected immediately and works just fine. It also works on my parents computer (an old Fujitsu-Siemens P-III runninhg Win2000) and it it works on my good old iBook.
Then one day, I wanted to copy some data from one machine to another at work. They have brand-new Dell and HP/Compaq machines. Those run XP (probably not fully patched, shielded network). I insterted the compactflash reader: instant reboot. After disabling the reboot feature, I got the expected bluescreen. I have no clue why these machines refuse my compact flash reader.
Strangely enough, an older Dell (P-III class with 256Meg RAM) that we use as a standalone test machine for modem connections works flawlessly with the compactflash reader. This one is patched with the XP SP2 Beta.
So, while the bluescreens have become a thing of the past most of the time, trivial things like using a compact flash reader can still bring them back.
What? No gentoo.org? *sniff* ;-)
Of course, you are right. Acrobat does a lot of stuff more. I've used it, but the amount of times I heard the phrase "I need to make PDF files, I need Acrobat" is just sickening. Especially they just mean that as "convert a Word document into a PDF". (Which OpenOffice does, but that is besides the point here)
Of course it's disappointing. What did you expect ;-) You can still imagine me being a pervert if you want.
cellphone here, but yes...
this one should work .
Yup, it is Celebration, FL. (Look at the bottom of the page "Copyright Disney") I ended up there on my first trip to the States. I needed a post office and just took the first exit to some town. It happened to be Celebration, FL.
When I drove in there my first reaction was "holy shit, US towns really look like on TV". Little did I know what kind of town it really was. It was only later I learned about the nature of the town.
I just hope you meant that as a joke. I consider Rodin's statues art... not smut
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But that weightlifter doesn't look too bad either ;-)
Same reason why there isn't a real apple.lu or microsoft.lu. We're too small, if anything we are put into "BeneLux" and that's it. This usally means companies are managed from Brussels. I once had to return a Sony LCD screen because of a broken power supply. It had to go back to Brussels. After 6 *months* I still didn't hear anything. 6 months that I couldn't use a (back then) 1200$ LCD screen. When I went there and slammed my fist on the desk (which I should have done months earlier) they even looked surprised at me.
Being in a small country has many disadvantages.
And you want to know the kicker? amazon-europe's official headquarter is here for fiscal reasons. (Same as AOL-Europe) They are here, but we get no service (not that I want AOL *grin*)
Point taken. I have no use for such things, but those hardly will go into 1000$, do they? Of course it's not fun to be ripped off for 50$.
For the rest there is indeed amazon.com (.de in my case). For some stuff I just have to know people in other countries to get it delivered to: amazon doesn't ship all it's products to all countries :-(
Apparently posting negative stuff about ebay makes me a Troll. Good to hear I still can be controversial.
So, buying anything in those priceranges is taking a huge risk. I'm not saying that these scammer should get away with it (they should be thrown in jail), I'm just saying that I prefer not to take risks.
Yes, and Audi owns Lamborghini. Give me a Lamborghini anyday over a Ferrari. Of course, having not that amount of cash, I'll gladly stick to my Audi.
And that is a problem, how? ;-)
I mean: I would deliver too. However, dear customer, you have to wait till 2204 before it's finished. But that day, it will be *perfect* (bugs excluded of course) Ah, yes, and payment in advance please!
I have a machine way smaller than yours: iBook G3 600Mhz, 384Meg RAM and 20Gig harddisk. I never boot up my PC (which is a frigging AMD Athlon 2400+ MP), unless I need to make my timesheet for work which is a "Visual Basic Enhanced" Excel sheet. The iBook still doesn't feel that slow, but I'll probably be first in line for a G5 notebook... even if that means waiting another 12 to 18 months.
I still don't have it... The first question I think you should ask yourself is "Is there demand for such a technology", if not, ask yourself the following question "Can I create demand for such a technology". If both questions can be answered with a "No", which I think is the case for video on demand, then trash the idea... Nobody seems to want video on demand, and nobody managed to create a market for it.
Of course by now the parent has explained that satellites/spaceprobes might have a pressurized part with air for the electronics. I highly doubt that, but then I'm not a satellite-engineer.