Me too! That's why I don't help anymore....now we talk about other things than what is wrong with their computer. Now I'm spending more time with them and not their computers...
How does the default install of Firefox require training?
How would Joe Sixpack benefit from this?
If Mozilla spent time developing new features and uses for Firefox instead of playing catch up to Microsoft then Longhorn will seem incomplete when it cames out. Given a good Firefox market share Longhorn could be dead prior to getting out of the gate.
Can someone please explain how a firewall would prevent this problem. Some of the services affected are needed to run on a public server, they would be redirected through anyways...
That's what Apple said when IBM published the specs to the hardware. Which user in his right mind would want to open up the box and change the components. Now my father in law who is a doid in computers, changes his video card.
I have been doing more with my system than I would be able to if I was running windows. Blood is not my thing, so most games produced today FOR THE pc do not intrest me. I have Nintendo and Playstation and they are fine for gaming.
I have a P166 as my firewall, my webserver and my mail server. I have my kids computer. I have a laptop. I have my main computer. They are upgraded on a regular basis. Now if I wished to acomplish this on windows I would have to give up almost a years salary, and how many nights patching and downloading anti virus. I did that for my employer and it just is brain dead. What is missing? What is windows offering that you cant find in Linux? Drivers? Drivers? They don't always work in Windows. How many people here have never had trouble with a driver on Windows?
Linux is harder to use because you have more choices. How many cars can you choose from? Choice is good.
How many desktops run Linux? I would say over 3%. How do I know? Because all the systems which I have are counted as 1. I only buy 1 copy. Where do they get their 3%? From sales. How many people only load one system with their CD? I don't know, but I know that I am not the only one. How did Linux acomplish this when other comercial systems failed, ie Be, NeXT, O/S2.....? Choice. Choice. Choice. CHOICE. Linux will not pass Windows in 3 years but it's allready passed apple acording to some estimates. It sure as hell giving Windows a run for it's money..../RANT
The kid made a good point...he just did not know how to spell it out for everyone.
In the future you will not own your TV you will license it. You will not own your car you will license it. You will be unable to build anything because you will need to license it. You will be owned.
Why need it be a company? Why does he have to charge for it? Why can't he give it for free?
There is no copyrigts on his code. The copyrights are on the DVDs. He is not advocation distribution. He is advocating the right to use a product after you purchase it. Could you imagine that you are not allowed to change the color of YOUR car???
That is what velenti is proposing. How many people do you know that purchase a car and paint it? How many are in the US? 1000? Who is to say that the color of the car is not a work of art? What if you wanted to paint a lemon on it and the manufacturer was against it?
Hasn't it been proven enough times that Linux is only more cost effective than Windows when its support cost(i mean cost in time as well as money) is less than for Windows?
This is HOG WASH based on the study which is being conducted. These studies assume that a persone is 100% efficient 100% of the time. Now we all know that most companies plan training when they have downtime. They never hire someone to replace you when you are in training...do they? If you are salaried then it costs them no matter what work you do. The costs and assumptions that they make may or may not be true.
Now under the university program you have to load Windows or you have to load Linux/FreeBSD. I find it quicker to load the latter, but that is just me. As a student your time is not worth much other wise you would be out in the workforce. If you think that your time can be better spent, such as going to a party, you are making my point.
I woke up this morning and I want to invent something...hmmmmm....let's see.....oh yhea an account....yheah that's it an account...
Oh! it's already done? By the credit card companies. Oh I'll just add the word Internet....
That's one click shopping you say?
No problemo I'll just add "wireless netwoking". coolio off tho the patent office I say. Then off to bed.
Now that was a hard days work. I wonder what I will inv3nt tomorrow? Yeah that's it I'll replace the vowels with numbers and patent that as a security feature.
Why would I need to jump through hoops to fit into a world where my work does not even belong to me?????
Quicken does not ALWAYS import "Quicken data without error". Why would someone wish to save data under a Quicken format? If you made this mistake then contact quicken and ask them how you can access you data with other progrems.
The problems which you are presenting are being caused by the decissions you have made. It seems that you wish for someone else to find a solution for you.
I have documents/files/data which belongs to me that dates back before GUI's and I can still read it today. I receive my data from my bank in a format that even Word can read. I beleive that you are an idiot if you save your files in a format that is not published/open/available.
You make a very good point but I believe that polititians go where the money is...I mean if the get canned from office it's not Joe voter who will hire them?
The games that I had recently got damaged by water and I no longer user it. It still runs...I had tapper, MS decathelon and other things such as that...too bad I found out about bochs after they were damaged....
It seams to me that his wife was about to sign a contract with VISA (otherwise she would not have received the card in the first place) she should sue VISA.
What I am starting to find very tiresome is that we have multiple companies useing the same logo to deceive people. Visa is known for this. You see the logo and beleive that you are dealing with Visa only to find out that this is a seperate company owned by a bank or something.
When they sell you something they hide behind the logo. When something goes wrong they hide behind the incorporation. All should be held accountable.
Sue Visa for the loss or sue Visa for the false advertising, they can't claim they were not involved they issued a card....
I agree with you here. I purchased a HP scanner a little while back which claimed SCSI support for Apple and PC. After fighting with it for some time I contacted HP and was told I needed USB for the document feeder, even though the box claimed that it was SCSI compatible. My system at the time had no USB support but I could live with the manual feed for a while.
Recently I bought a new HP scanner. (The old one now works with SANE with FreeBSD...too many problem with their drivers). I took it out if the box. I loaded the dirvers and the apps. It did not work. I went to SANE and saw that there was poor HP support again for the HP. I packed it the box and returned it to the store. I bought an EPSON. I returned home and was up and running within 15 minutes.
The EPSON was less expensive. It had support from various locations and most of all its marketing was understated.
The moral of my rant is to research the product before you buy. The price on the box means nothing by itself. If one company makes one great product it does not mean that all their products are great.
RESEARCH, research, research before you buy. Your mother in law was very lucky to have you do the work for her....
So am I, but my computer does not say made in the USA. I bet yours does not either. It may be assembled in the ol' US of A, but most of the parts are not manufactured in the US. Chances are that it is made where these good ol' patent laws do not apply....
Does it not bother you that even with all these protective measures for all these industries the world is still progressing on. While the government in the ol' USA is prohibiting it's people in favor of corporations we have countries such as China who are reaching for the moon and starting to liberate their people.
The reason that we have such a computer market today is due to the fact that IBM published the PC specs (in error), Apple did not. Apple had the market then, now it does not.
The USA has become the power that it is today because of it's people not in spite if them.
The USA has become the power that it is today because of it's freedoms not in spite of them.
One more thing. If you were to award a medal of HONOR name me one corporation which would deserve it. I can think of many small business' but not one major corporation...
Oh come on. If music was soooooo expensive to produce then how the $%^& can they afford the limos.
Imagine if you had to pay the architect avery time you called a plumber...
and games sh1t man I was never able to finish a game in a weekend, but it seems now that I can harldy find any thay will last any longer...
I started to replace my VHS collection with DVD's but I stopped because I would like to skip over the "this film has benn modified to fit your screen...". Stop trying to control it after you sold it. Once a film hits the market, they should not be able to pull it. You have 20 years to make your profit then it should be public domain. If you do not like it keep it to yourself.
This subject gets me mad. If you want to own an idea keep it to yourself. DRM does not work, will not work, it will just anoy your valued customers.
Yes! Microsoft has already started. Compare XP with 95. There is an HUGE diff. It's just going to take another 10 years for them to learn their lesson.
Take a clean system without office, old new it does not matter, install windows. Time the start up. Now install office. Time the startup. Could you please explain why it takes longer?
Now remove office from startup. Is it as fast as before. Not!
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How would Joe Sixpack benefit from this?
If Mozilla spent time developing new features and uses for Firefox instead of playing catch up to Microsoft then Longhorn will seem incomplete when it cames out. Given a good Firefox market share Longhorn could be dead prior to getting out of the gate.
Mozilla has two years....
It was the cost of upgrading, not the cost of Windows but the cost of upgrading.
RTFA before commenting, it would help. Now where did these moderators come to make this Insightfull?
I have been doing more with my system than I would be able to if I was running windows. Blood is not my thing, so most games produced today FOR THE pc do not intrest me. I have Nintendo and Playstation and they are fine for gaming.
I have a P166 as my firewall, my webserver and my mail server. I have my kids computer. I have a laptop. I have my main computer. They are upgraded on a regular basis. Now if I wished to acomplish this on windows I would have to give up almost a years salary, and how many nights patching and downloading anti virus. I did that for my employer and it just is brain dead. What is missing? What is windows offering that you cant find in Linux? Drivers? Drivers? They don't always work in Windows. How many people here have never had trouble with a driver on Windows?
Linux is harder to use because you have more choices. How many cars can you choose from? Choice is good.
How many desktops run Linux? I would say over 3%. How do I know? Because all the systems which I have are counted as 1. I only buy 1 copy. Where do they get their 3%? From sales. How many people only load one system with their CD? I don't know, but I know that I am not the only one. How did Linux acomplish this when other comercial systems failed, ie Be, NeXT, O/S2.....? Choice. Choice. Choice. CHOICE. Linux will not pass Windows in 3 years but it's allready passed apple acording to some estimates. It sure as hell giving Windows a run for it's money..../RANT
In the future you will not own your TV you will license it. You will not own your car you will license it. You will be unable to build anything because you will need to license it. You will be owned.
There is no copyrigts on his code. The copyrights are on the DVDs. He is not advocation distribution. He is advocating the right to use a product after you purchase it. Could you imagine that you are not allowed to change the color of YOUR car???
That is what velenti is proposing. How many people do you know that purchase a car and paint it? How many are in the US? 1000? Who is to say that the color of the car is not a work of art? What if you wanted to paint a lemon on it and the manufacturer was against it?
This is HOG WASH based on the study which is being conducted. These studies assume that a persone is 100% efficient 100% of the time. Now we all know that most companies plan training when they have downtime. They never hire someone to replace you when you are in training...do they? If you are salaried then it costs them no matter what work you do. The costs and assumptions that they make may or may not be true.
Now under the university program you have to load Windows or you have to load Linux/FreeBSD. I find it quicker to load the latter, but that is just me. As a student your time is not worth much other wise you would be out in the workforce. If you think that your time can be better spent, such as going to a party, you are making my point.
If I want to invent something...
I woke up this morning and I want to invent something...hmmmmm....let's see.....oh yhea an account....yheah that's it an account...
Oh! it's already done? By the credit card companies. Oh I'll just add the word Internet....
That's one click shopping you say?
No problemo I'll just add "wireless netwoking". coolio off tho the patent office I say. Then off to bed.
Now that was a hard days work. I wonder what I will inv3nt tomorrow? Yeah that's it I'll replace the vowels with numbers and patent that as a security feature.
Quicken does not ALWAYS import "Quicken data without error". Why would someone wish to save data under a Quicken format? If you made this mistake then contact quicken and ask them how you can access you data with other progrems.
The problems which you are presenting are being caused by the decissions you have made. It seems that you wish for someone else to find a solution for you.
I have documents/files/data which belongs to me that dates back before GUI's and I can still read it today. I receive my data from my bank in a format that even Word can read. I beleive that you are an idiot if you save your files in a format that is not published/open/available.
That is my $0.02....
You make a very good point but I believe that polititians go where the money is...I mean if the get canned from office it's not Joe voter who will hire them?
If I need it, and I can see it, I will get it.
What I am starting to find very tiresome is that we have multiple companies useing the same logo to deceive people. Visa is known for this. You see the logo and beleive that you are dealing with Visa only to find out that this is a seperate company owned by a bank or something.
When they sell you something they hide behind the logo. When something goes wrong they hide behind the incorporation. All should be held accountable.
Sue Visa for the loss or sue Visa for the false advertising, they can't claim they were not involved they issued a card....
Recently I bought a new HP scanner. (The old one now works with SANE with FreeBSD...too many problem with their drivers). I took it out if the box. I loaded the dirvers and the apps. It did not work. I went to SANE and saw that there was poor HP support again for the HP. I packed it the box and returned it to the store. I bought an EPSON. I returned home and was up and running within 15 minutes.
The EPSON was less expensive. It had support from various locations and most of all its marketing was understated.
The moral of my rant is to research the product before you buy. The price on the box means nothing by itself. If one company makes one great product it does not mean that all their products are great.
RESEARCH, research, research before you buy. Your mother in law was very lucky to have you do the work for her....
Does it not bother you that even with all these protective measures for all these industries the world is still progressing on. While the government in the ol' USA is prohibiting it's people in favor of corporations we have countries such as China who are reaching for the moon and starting to liberate their people.
The reason that we have such a computer market today is due to the fact that IBM published the PC specs (in error), Apple did not. Apple had the market then, now it does not.
The USA has become the power that it is today because of it's people not in spite if them.
The USA has become the power that it is today because of it's freedoms not in spite of them.
One more thing. If you were to award a medal of HONOR name me one corporation which would deserve it. I can think of many small business' but not one major corporation...
Imagine if you had to pay the architect avery time you called a plumber...
and games sh1t man I was never able to finish a game in a weekend, but it seems now that I can harldy find any thay will last any longer...
I started to replace my VHS collection with DVD's but I stopped because I would like to skip over the "this film has benn modified to fit your screen...". Stop trying to control it after you sold it. Once a film hits the market, they should not be able to pull it. You have 20 years to make your profit then it should be public domain. If you do not like it keep it to yourself.
This subject gets me mad. If you want to own an idea keep it to yourself. DRM does not work, will not work, it will just anoy your valued customers.
Now remove office from startup. Is it as fast as before. Not!
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Once in a while it will produce a blue toast of death.
Now you bring up a great possibility. Would the above belong to Palm or to Hand Readers Anonymous?