I've never been a operating systems fan and I wouldn't say I am now. I just use what I have to because I have to whether it was for personal, work, music, school, whatever. I've used OS9,OSX, Win95-Win7, Solaris, Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS/RedHat/YDL all because I was put in a situation where something I wanted to achieve required I use whatever OS. That being said, I don't think Windows 8 is bad and I don't find the Metro GUI hard to use, in fact it's really simple. It's the kind of OS that I feel I could show my grandparents how to use and still get my work (computer science research) done.
I have the Windows 8 Release Preview installed on my laptop. I have to say, despite all the negative feedback, I happen to like it. Metro is a simple interface, which I feel achieved what Unity was set out to achieve. It integrates everything I could need and provides me with a regular desktop environment to do the work I need to do. I mean, it's REALLY different than the previous desktops and traditional desktops like Gnome.
I have been using Metro with mouse/touchpad and keyboard strictly, my laptop is not touch screen. Once I got the hot keys down, it was an amazing experience. Without the hot keys, the mouse and keyboard work just as good as they did before. The start page does drive me a little nuts when I have to scroll on it, but having everything that most people do right there is great.
The thing I liked the best was my google account integration. It asked me for my email (I opted to actually use a local account to login), and then proceeded to setup my email, sync my contacts and calendars. Generally you have to do that like 3 times (once per application).
Anyway, I kind of got off my topic here. Windows 8 isn't "bad" in fact I think it took what was good about Windows 7 and made some nice changes.
The internet is an abstract layer of reality where all men can beatup every other man and all women are super models. You have limitless skills and know everything (mostly thanks to wikipedia). It is a magical realm where everyone is rich and normal life's pissing contests are exaggerated beyond belief.
Going to the store gives me an excuse to leave the house, so I don't mind it.
What I'm concerned about is the turnaround time on defective items. I've had a lot of bad experience with online shopping. Not to mention being able to handle things to feel the quality of them before the purchase is something I'm very keen on.
Will they be able to process a defective item and turn it around in the same day it was delivered to me? Fry's does. All I have to do is drive back. Is it worth the gas money for the drive to get the thing I need? Sometimes.
What about customer service and what will be supported? Is it going to support independent sellers? I'm not sure how that would work, picking up some New Yorker's used walkman in LA. And would Amazon handle the returns for these people? Who makes the call on what can go back and what can't?
If it works great, but i don't shop online much anyway. I like sitting in the couch before I buy it and touching the computer keyboard to see if it's going to fall apart.
Not sure if you really think it's odd. With Amazon managing your shipping for you, it cuts down a lot of effort. All you need to do is make sure Amazon has enough of your product as they should to be able to sell it. And with Prime, people really can take advantage of that. Free 2-day shipping for a few dollars a year is pretty good.
What I'm saying is, "Why manage all that yourself when you can let someone else push it for you?"
That's not necessarily how I feel though, I like shopping in stores.
The government already has contractors to handle things like this, call Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman, don't ask a multinational use-base how to secure Government communications.
I've always been curious, if the TOTAL long-term impact of electric cars during their entire lifecycle is actually better than fuel burning cars. I mean,
1. what happens with the batteries when it's done?
2. what is the cost of building these things?
3. is the manufacturing process cleaner or worse than fuel burning cars?
4. what about the impact on the electric grid? Is there any?
5. Isn't COAL a huge part of our electric grid?
6. Does this increase the dependance on coal?
7. Is there any repercussions from increasing our dependance on coal?
To be honest, I don't know much about these things, but I always wonder about, "Are these GREEN alternatives actually GREEN? Or is it just GREEN on the surface? And what does GREEN really mean?" I really hate political buzz-words, because they never seem to mean what they imply.
Our largest local Indian confederation refers to itself as "Indians". The Indians I've known all call themselves Indians.
The people I've known that get worked up about using "Native American" tend to be white and middle-to-upper class.
I'm an Indian and I only make white people call me whatever the latest politically correct term is, I think there was something like "the people who lived her before the palefaces arrived."
Get over your labels and don't be so afraid of history that you had nothing to do with.
On the other hand, it would be hilarious if it also barred Indians from India from getting liquor.
If you don't care about being able to secure-boot, then this won't impact you at all. If you stockpile parts they won't support secure boot anyway.
If you do care about being able to secure-boot, then you need to get MS to sign your bootloader, period. If you build your own linux from scratch or whatever, then you need to get them to sign your own personal machine's loader. Otherwise you have to disable secure boot, and your computer will happy boot a rootkit or your custom OS.
I do think that this practice should be banned. I want secure boot, and I want to be able to secure boot my own OS. Why should I only have the option of secure boot if I buy Windows and run it?
So basically, I continue living life as if nothing happened. If I choose not to secure boot, that is. Otherwise I need a certificate to boot my machine with secure-boot. Thanks!
So, just as the subject asks, is this going to affect pc builders in anyway? For instance, I haven't purchased a pre-built computer in almost a decade, aside from laptops. I assume this means that if companies want to sell items that want to be able to run windows 8, they'll have to support this policy.
Might be time to purchase a stockpile of parts just to weather the storm.
This EULA isn't really targeting people that frequent these kinds of forum/news sites. It's a scare tactic to keep the average American from joining in, to minimize the payout in the end. Billy Joe Farmer "oh I can't sue, I clicked the OK box when I started up mah winderz." Internet Tech Nerd "YOU CAN'T BIND ME LEGALLY TO EULA. EXCELSIOR!!!" Big gap in understanding there.
Since she's not technically inclined any computer with the latest CPU and enough ram and a keyboard that isn't going to fall apart in 2 seconds is going to be fine for her. So any laptop in the mid price range should work. That's what I tell my family, I'll recommend brands, but usually it doesn't matter. As long as it runs iTunes (assumption) and can open gmail, most people are fine with whatever laptop.
2 years ago, I had a similar situation, except that I live in LA county in the city. During certain times my DSL would be perfect, then it would drop down below 200 Kbps for hours. I kept calling and they'd threaten me like, "If we send someone out and its your fault you gotta pay this huge fee, etc." One day I got fed up and called back and said, "send your guy out." He showed up, couldn't find anything wrong in my apartment. About 20 minutes later he found the problem on the street, there was a stretch of extremely old cabling. He told me that this is actually very common, because of how things are being upgraded, etc, etc.
I'm not saying this is your same problem, but it sounds like what was happening to me. At certain times, the main line gets taxed hard and can't keep up. Especially in a rural area, they probably didn't intend to deliver DSL on those lines. So, it might be worth a shot to call them up and ask them to look into it.
I don't know what else to comment, I've already been warned that I probably won't be around at our research facility next year. A lot of my peers have had the same warning. The funny thing is, we're already short staffed, I don't know where the money goes that we're saving by last years layoffs, but we're expected to do 80 - 120 man hours of work in 40 hours a week, I feel sorry for the guy who takes over my position, because I'm the only one left on my team, and you can't just jump in where I am.
Oh well, it feels kind of like a huge stress ball being lifted off my shoulders, now I just have to find a new job before they pop into my cubical and say, "Surprise! You're laid-off! Peace out."
Is that their indefinitely long beta runs and half-assed tools have kinda driven me away from them. The best tools they have are things that they have acquired after already doing well. The only original things I've ever seen them do well are gmail and search engine. Almost everything else seems really janky and thrown together to try to steal some of a market that they're trying to jump into several years too late. I understand the attempt to integrate it into a single sign-on, but I'm just tired of a ton of crappy tools that can't really be used well.
It's that science is always changing. What we think we know or understand today isn't what it was yesterday and it won't be the same tomorrow.
Consider, neutrinos and the size of the proton. If we continue to base scientific principals on ideas that turn out to be false, then we could end up throwing a lot of money, effort and even our own safety away because something SEEMED to be correct.
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I've never been a operating systems fan and I wouldn't say I am now. I just use what I have to because I have to whether it was for personal, work, music, school, whatever. I've used OS9,OSX, Win95-Win7, Solaris, Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS/RedHat/YDL all because I was put in a situation where something I wanted to achieve required I use whatever OS. That being said, I don't think Windows 8 is bad and I don't find the Metro GUI hard to use, in fact it's really simple. It's the kind of OS that I feel I could show my grandparents how to use and still get my work (computer science research) done.
I have the Windows 8 Release Preview installed on my laptop. I have to say, despite all the negative feedback, I happen to like it. Metro is a simple interface, which I feel achieved what Unity was set out to achieve. It integrates everything I could need and provides me with a regular desktop environment to do the work I need to do. I mean, it's REALLY different than the previous desktops and traditional desktops like Gnome.
I have been using Metro with mouse/touchpad and keyboard strictly, my laptop is not touch screen. Once I got the hot keys down, it was an amazing experience. Without the hot keys, the mouse and keyboard work just as good as they did before. The start page does drive me a little nuts when I have to scroll on it, but having everything that most people do right there is great.
The thing I liked the best was my google account integration. It asked me for my email (I opted to actually use a local account to login), and then proceeded to setup my email, sync my contacts and calendars. Generally you have to do that like 3 times (once per application).
Anyway, I kind of got off my topic here. Windows 8 isn't "bad" in fact I think it took what was good about Windows 7 and made some nice changes.
If you don't like them, don't shop there or use their services. I sure as hell don't.
Not to mention I'm tired of social media being crammed down our throats. I can't wait for that bubble to burst.
I live a wallmart and rapebook free life, and so can you.
The internet is an abstract layer of reality where all men can beatup every other man and all women are super models. You have limitless skills and know everything (mostly thanks to wikipedia). It is a magical realm where everyone is rich and normal life's pissing contests are exaggerated beyond belief.
Please feel free to add to this definition.
Going to the store gives me an excuse to leave the house, so I don't mind it.
What I'm concerned about is the turnaround time on defective items. I've had a lot of bad experience with online shopping. Not to mention being able to handle things to feel the quality of them before the purchase is something I'm very keen on.
Will they be able to process a defective item and turn it around in the same day it was delivered to me? Fry's does. All I have to do is drive back. Is it worth the gas money for the drive to get the thing I need? Sometimes.
What about customer service and what will be supported? Is it going to support independent sellers? I'm not sure how that would work, picking up some New Yorker's used walkman in LA. And would Amazon handle the returns for these people? Who makes the call on what can go back and what can't?
If it works great, but i don't shop online much anyway. I like sitting in the couch before I buy it and touching the computer keyboard to see if it's going to fall apart.
Not sure if you really think it's odd. With Amazon managing your shipping for you, it cuts down a lot of effort. All you need to do is make sure Amazon has enough of your product as they should to be able to sell it. And with Prime, people really can take advantage of that. Free 2-day shipping for a few dollars a year is pretty good.
What I'm saying is, "Why manage all that yourself when you can let someone else push it for you?"
That's not necessarily how I feel though, I like shopping in stores.
Are responsible for my college education, because they helped me walk to class.
The government already has contractors to handle things like this, call Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman, don't ask a multinational use-base how to secure Government communications.
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I've always been curious, if the TOTAL long-term impact of electric cars during their entire lifecycle is actually better than fuel burning cars. I mean,
1. what happens with the batteries when it's done?
2. what is the cost of building these things?
3. is the manufacturing process cleaner or worse than fuel burning cars?
4. what about the impact on the electric grid? Is there any?
5. Isn't COAL a huge part of our electric grid?
6. Does this increase the dependance on coal?
7. Is there any repercussions from increasing our dependance on coal?
To be honest, I don't know much about these things, but I always wonder about, "Are these GREEN alternatives actually GREEN? Or is it just GREEN on the surface? And what does GREEN really mean?" I really hate political buzz-words, because they never seem to mean what they imply.
Yes, the law called them Indians.
Our largest local Indian confederation refers to itself as "Indians". The Indians I've known all call themselves Indians.
The people I've known that get worked up about using "Native American" tend to be white and middle-to-upper class.
I'm an Indian and I only make white people call me whatever the latest politically correct term is, I think there was something like "the people who lived her before the palefaces arrived."
Get over your labels and don't be so afraid of history that you had nothing to do with.
On the other hand, it would be hilarious if it also barred Indians from India from getting liquor.
Send Oracle a check for $0, signed by Trollface
What if they use a GUI interface in Visual Basic to track your IP address?
LOL, I saw that episode.
If you don't care about being able to secure-boot, then this won't impact you at all. If you stockpile parts they won't support secure boot anyway.
If you do care about being able to secure-boot, then you need to get MS to sign your bootloader, period. If you build your own linux from scratch or whatever, then you need to get them to sign your own personal machine's loader. Otherwise you have to disable secure boot, and your computer will happy boot a rootkit or your custom OS.
I do think that this practice should be banned. I want secure boot, and I want to be able to secure boot my own OS. Why should I only have the option of secure boot if I buy Windows and run it?
So basically, I continue living life as if nothing happened. If I choose not to secure boot, that is. Otherwise I need a certificate to boot my machine with secure-boot. Thanks!
So, just as the subject asks, is this going to affect pc builders in anyway? For instance, I haven't purchased a pre-built computer in almost a decade, aside from laptops. I assume this means that if companies want to sell items that want to be able to run windows 8, they'll have to support this policy.
Might be time to purchase a stockpile of parts just to weather the storm.
This EULA isn't really targeting people that frequent these kinds of forum/news sites. It's a scare tactic to keep the average American from joining in, to minimize the payout in the end. Billy Joe Farmer "oh I can't sue, I clicked the OK box when I started up mah winderz." Internet Tech Nerd "YOU CAN'T BIND ME LEGALLY TO EULA. EXCELSIOR!!!" Big gap in understanding there.
Since she's not technically inclined any computer with the latest CPU and enough ram and a keyboard that isn't going to fall apart in 2 seconds is going to be fine for her. So any laptop in the mid price range should work. That's what I tell my family, I'll recommend brands, but usually it doesn't matter. As long as it runs iTunes (assumption) and can open gmail, most people are fine with whatever laptop.
2 years ago, I had a similar situation, except that I live in LA county in the city. During certain times my DSL would be perfect, then it would drop down below 200 Kbps for hours. I kept calling and they'd threaten me like, "If we send someone out and its your fault you gotta pay this huge fee, etc." One day I got fed up and called back and said, "send your guy out." He showed up, couldn't find anything wrong in my apartment. About 20 minutes later he found the problem on the street, there was a stretch of extremely old cabling. He told me that this is actually very common, because of how things are being upgraded, etc, etc.
I'm not saying this is your same problem, but it sounds like what was happening to me. At certain times, the main line gets taxed hard and can't keep up. Especially in a rural area, they probably didn't intend to deliver DSL on those lines. So, it might be worth a shot to call them up and ask them to look into it.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/d2600-magazine-2600-magazine/1108150347?ean=2940013699236
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/hacking?store=ALLPRODUCTS&keyword=hacking
Man, I don't get it, there must be more to it than just "omg, they are legionz PULL ALL THE THINGS!!!!!"
They sell 2600, I know because I buy it there.
I don't know what else to comment, I've already been warned that I probably won't be around at our research facility next year. A lot of my peers have had the same warning. The funny thing is, we're already short staffed, I don't know where the money goes that we're saving by last years layoffs, but we're expected to do 80 - 120 man hours of work in 40 hours a week, I feel sorry for the guy who takes over my position, because I'm the only one left on my team, and you can't just jump in where I am.
Oh well, it feels kind of like a huge stress ball being lifted off my shoulders, now I just have to find a new job before they pop into my cubical and say, "Surprise! You're laid-off! Peace out."
lol, damn those Googles!
Is that their indefinitely long beta runs and half-assed tools have kinda driven me away from them. The best tools they have are things that they have acquired after already doing well. The only original things I've ever seen them do well are gmail and search engine. Almost everything else seems really janky and thrown together to try to steal some of a market that they're trying to jump into several years too late. I understand the attempt to integrate it into a single sign-on, but I'm just tired of a ton of crappy tools that can't really be used well.
Should probably be done strictly by Wifi from coffee shops and hotels, as just a minor statement.
I'll take care of the dogs.
It's that science is always changing. What we think we know or understand today isn't what it was yesterday and it won't be the same tomorrow. Consider, neutrinos and the size of the proton. If we continue to base scientific principals on ideas that turn out to be false, then we could end up throwing a lot of money, effort and even our own safety away because something SEEMED to be correct.
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