could fill 100Gig in an afternoon Sorry to spoil the fun, but you would sure need a heck of a lot of bandwidth to do that. Home DSL/Cable connections are de-facto excluded here.
embedded screens use custom graphics setups 99.9% of the time
Agreed. The point is that most custom graphics work at the pixel level, and do not take into account the pixel density. This is true for various reasons: - It is much more simple. - There is no real drawback, given the speed at which these densities evolve. - On such small screens, a 'smooth' scaling without dithering can prove to be ugly and/or tricky.
resolution improved quality and does not affect size
This is just plain not true. The proper sentence should either be: 1. resolution improved quality and does not necessarily affect size or: 2. resolution improved quality and does not affect size with the proper software
In all OSes I know now, it does affect size: X-Window and Windows (all of them) do not scale up in resolution nicely. For sure, you can use "large fonts" or other crap, but most software won't and as a result, "the higher the resolution" translates almost on par with "the smaller the characters and graphics"
My $.02
Quit calling people moron, especially when they have a valid point.
I fail to see how Opera is a viable choice Because it is a modern browser, very user friendly. I actually consider it better on par with Firefox and even superior in some areas (tabbed browsing for example).
The points you raise are valid as far as the viability of Opera is concerned. But it is still the best browser out there for many many people, including me.
Whether the bug was in Windows or not is irrelevant. They knew about it long ago (about two years now) and didn't do a thing about it. They had to wait until it was in the news to fix their call.
That's very close to what people consider to be the Microsoft approach.
I may be a "dick", as you put it, but at least I finish my posts. Whatever you can infer from all you cite is by definition inaccurate, at best.
Wait until Linux is mainstream, is installed on the computer of quadrillions of unknowledgeable people, and represent 80% of the market. Then, and only then, it will be the target of numerous hackers and virus writers. And they will have a nice and blind audience of stupid computer users.
Then, we will see if Linux is more or less robust than Windows. Before then, you (we) can at best speculate.
I realise that you're just an argumentative dick I just can't stand blatantly ignorant allegations that are modded interesting or insightful. If that makes me a dick, then so be it.
but I have a strong suspicion Everyone is entitled to its own suspicion.
The level of polish and craftsmanship of open source software As opposed to the level of polish and craftmanship of Microsoft's products, of which you know nothing. So you are comparing apples to... well something you just don't know. Good luck for being objective.
Giving that they usually sell the batteries for half the price of the unit (or close), in a couple of years when yours will stop recharging, you'll rather buy a new unit anyways...
All these devices are slowly becoming disposable, simply because the turn-over is really quick and the prices are going down.
Windows users obviously have a different expectation of "stable" from Linux users
Very obviously, a post from *one* slashdotter along with your opinion is enough to generalize windows users against linux users. I am just sick of the "windows can't get the same uptime as linux". This is bullshit and everyone knows it, or you are just an ignorant of the Windows thing, so please stop talking about it.
I had a Win2k server in my garage during the last 3 years. It has rebooted 4 times: 3 power outages, one hardware change.
Period. Installed and running during that time:
. Lots of P2P . Webserver . Mail server . CVSnt . NetTime . DynDns update service . Lots of MPEG-2 encoding for overnight encoding (can't sleep with my PC on) . I probably miss a few
AC is wrong with its analogy. There was so much fuss around Ford/Firestone because:
1. There had been no recall (before it was discovered by the public); 2. They knew long ago that there was a problem.
Cars are not perfect. This is a simple and plain fact. Manufacturers make mistakes, they discover them, thay alert the public and organize a recall. You don't follow it, your bad.
I wish the problem was that simple. Your take on it looks like the one of a 15 years old.
When you go and invade a country, you will always have a minority of people rejecting you. Because they are stupid extremists, maybe. But that minority will cause you a whole lot of trouble, whether you like it or not.
This doesn't mean that 80% of the population you are "freeing" doesn't like it.
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could fill 100Gig in an afternoon
Sorry to spoil the fun, but you would sure need a heck of a lot of bandwidth to do that. Home DSL/Cable connections are de-facto excluded here.
embedded screens use custom graphics setups 99.9% of the time
Agreed. The point is that most custom graphics work at the pixel level, and do not take into account the pixel density. This is true for various reasons:
- It is much more simple.
- There is no real drawback, given the speed at which these densities evolve.
- On such small screens, a 'smooth' scaling without dithering can prove to be ugly and/or tricky.
resolution improved quality and does not affect size
This is just plain not true. The proper sentence should either be:
1. resolution improved quality and does not necessarily affect size
or:
2. resolution improved quality and does not affect size with the proper software
In all OSes I know now, it does affect size: X-Window and Windows (all of them) do not scale up in resolution nicely. For sure, you can use "large fonts" or other crap, but most software won't and as a result, "the higher the resolution" translates almost on par with "the smaller the characters and graphics"
My $.02
Quit calling people moron, especially when they have a valid point.
And people running OS X will still laugh.
All 152 of them, yes they will.
I fail to see how Opera is a viable choice
Because it is a modern browser, very user friendly. I actually consider it better on par with Firefox and even superior in some areas (tabbed browsing for example).
The points you raise are valid as far as the viability of Opera is concerned. But it is still the best browser out there for many many people, including me.
Whether the bug was in Windows or not is irrelevant. They knew about it long ago (about two years now) and didn't do a thing about it. They had to wait until it was in the news to fix their call.
That's very close to what people consider to be the Microsoft approach.
Well, the last exploit in a Mozilla product took around two years to fix. Remember Firefox 0.9.3? That was a bugfix. And the bug was opened in 2002.
On the other hand, we have MS that release a fix the same day the exploit is found (JPEG exploit).
Of course, OSS is so much better. And consistently that is.
Objectivity is a necessary part of a well formed argument, you know.
I may be a "dick", as you put it, but at least I finish my posts. Whatever you can infer from all you cite is by definition inaccurate, at best.
Wait until Linux is mainstream, is installed on the computer of quadrillions of unknowledgeable people, and represent 80% of the market. Then, and only then, it will be the target of numerous hackers and virus writers. And they will have a nice and blind audience of stupid computer users.
Then, we will see if Linux is more or less robust than Windows. Before then, you (we) can at best speculate.
I realise that you're just an argumentative dick
I just can't stand blatantly ignorant allegations that are modded interesting or insightful. If that makes me a dick, then so be it.
If they extended that design to the 3" CD-Rs
They already did: Aiwa z3c player. I own one, and I wouldn't trade it for any other. $45 at Fry's electronics (one year ago).
A beauty.
but I have a strong suspicion
... well something you just don't know. Good luck for being objective.
Everyone is entitled to its own suspicion.
The level of polish and craftsmanship of open source software
As opposed to the level of polish and craftmanship of Microsoft's products, of which you know nothing. So you are comparing apples to
Hmmm. You don't know much about business, do you?
Well, and yet, if you are a Java programmer, you use one everyday: "a" + "b" gives you "ab".
Well, well, well... I would not trade that for a bulky "new StringBuffer("a").append("b").toString()" for mere sake of clarity.
Think about that one for a while.
Giving that they usually sell the batteries for half the price of the unit (or close), in a couple of years when yours will stop recharging, you'll rather buy a new unit anyways...
All these devices are slowly becoming disposable, simply because the turn-over is really quick and the prices are going down.
It's small, quick, and fast
What's the difference between quick and fast?
Never mind that. I changed jobs recently and can't even access my gmail account from work anymore. Damn Squid.
Well, we're not really sure about the surface. It is either 800 sq feet, and 74 sq meter, or 244 sq meter and then a huge 2626 sq feet.
See Here for conversions.
Why in the name of god should I patch a machine that works fine? I'm behind a Firewall!!!
Oh well...
Windows users obviously have a different expectation of "stable" from Linux users
Very obviously, a post from *one* slashdotter along with your opinion is enough to generalize windows users against linux users. I am just sick of the "windows can't get the same uptime as linux". This is bullshit and everyone knows it, or you are just an ignorant of the Windows thing, so please stop talking about it.
I had a Win2k server in my garage during the last 3 years. It has rebooted 4 times: 3 power outages, one hardware change.
Period. Installed and running during that time:
. Lots of P2P
. Webserver
. Mail server
. CVSnt
. NetTime
. DynDns update service
. Lots of MPEG-2 encoding for overnight encoding (can't sleep with my PC on)
. I probably miss a few
So please, stop trolling next time.
I think your point should be "but they should be RESPONSIBLE for their mistakes".
Because in fact, they are not.
AC is wrong with its analogy. There was so much fuss around Ford/Firestone because:
1. There had been no recall (before it was discovered by the public);
2. They knew long ago that there was a problem.
Cars are not perfect. This is a simple and plain fact. Manufacturers make mistakes, they discover them, thay alert the public and organize a recall. You don't follow it, your bad.
One reason that XP was a keeper for me:
Time to boot with Win2k: 3 minutes
Time to boot with XP: 20 seconds
And yes, the same software were installed. That's of course not including BIOS boot time, there is just simply no point.
Ah... And a last thing: Time to boot is not time to the login prompt, but the time until you can open Firefox and start browsing.
Dude, your website is down!
It's not ours or anyone else's job to forcibly give people freedom
Who said it was?
I wish the problem was that simple. Your take on it looks like the one of a 15 years old.
When you go and invade a country, you will always have a minority of people rejecting you. Because they are stupid extremists, maybe. But that minority will cause you a whole lot of trouble, whether you like it or not.
This doesn't mean that 80% of the population you are "freeing" doesn't like it.
No profit? What do you think the /. editors live off of? The registered users?
They live off of traffic, and the stories are a very clearly the meat of their business. It is distributed with profit.