You've got to give DOS some credit... after all, if it wasn't a usable system that enabled people to do what they wanted on the system, it would have been unlikely that others would have cloned the hardware due to lack of popularity.
Your average consumer doesn't understand an operating system very much... if you tell them about all of the work done under the hood to make it faster, more reliable and easer to use... they aren't likely to care, they just want to be able to use it and have it look nice.
If in addition to changing the plumbing you change the faucets (ie things the user sees) they are much more likely to accept that things have changed.
Yes, Vista has a new UI... but you should not forget about the backend things that have been done... two of my favorites are the new networking stack and the audio stack being brought into user land... what does that mean? Application level audio control! You will be able to raise the volume for the movie you are watching (that was no doubt ripped from a DVD and has low volume) and not go deaf when someone IM's you.
If screenshots are all you have seen then it is no wonder they make you ill... I suggest watching a demonstration of it some time and it actually makes perfect sense.
I am forced to wonder how much time they will spend examining the completion including the upcoming Windows Vista and Office 12 given that they both dramatically affect the way software looks on different platforms and they are now showing us how most Windows software will look for the next 5+ years.
One major upshot of all of this is all of those who think the only good thing about auto racing is fantastic crashes... will no doubt enjoy such a league.
Something to be said for a rocket powered crater generator.
Taking your line between selling vs giving away... does that mean that a McDonalds who sold you a burger that was undercooked and caused you to get food poisoning is liable... when the buddy who invited you over to his backyard for a grill out and didn't cook the burgers enough caused the same result isn't?
In either case, it's neglancance pure and simple. Like it or not, you are ultimatly liable for the results/actions of just about you make or do... or shouldn't parents be held responsible for the actions of their kids because it wasn't their fault that the condom broke.
Not quite true... In the mid 90's they did release a version of their own internal tool known as ChangeControl under the name Microsoft Delta... it flopped, big time. Needing something better, they purchased One Tree Software in 1994 and rebranded their One Tree SourceSafe to the more Microsoft style name of Visual SourceSafe.
I gave up listening to radio regularly years ago when my favorite station in Minneapolis turned into a Dianna Ross style station for 3 whole days. And now in South Dakota, the stations aren't much better, 90% country! *shudder*
These days if I remember I might listen to some Prairie Home Companion, Love Line, or Bob & Tom in the Morning.
Other than that... I no longer care what goes on on the radio as I've got my iPod wired into my deck and am quite happy with commercial free, hi-fidelity commutes!
Quite true! If everything was programmed in Java, viruses would move so slow that they would never have a chance to infect a significant # of machines as well as those they attempt to infect would take forever to execute it's evil payload.
I would sure hope that the localized beam of light doesn't do any damage to any camera at all... otherwise it would be pretty easy for the person with the cam to file suit for damage, despite what they may or may not have been doing at the time.
On a related thought... I wonder what it would take to trick the system into shooting the beam at ones eyes... heck, with a system like this you could just claim that you were blinded by the system for a few moments and now you suffer from crippling migraines and what not... ka-ching!
Fool! My super l33t P2P protocol is completely UDP based! Your attempt to prevent my god given right to 'steal' other peoples music, movies and ideas has been beaten yet again!
Apple also puts stickers on all iPods asking you not to pirate music.
Just because a company asks you not to do something doesn't mean that are necessarily liability free which is the point that the RIAA is trying to make.
Remember, in the RIAA's world, not only would software and hardware manufacturers say "please don't pirate" they would also take active steps in order to prevent such piracy absolutely... as impossible as such a dream is, the RIAA continues to strive for it every day.
Just because one doesn't have the original image doesn't mean that late comers are completely SOL. It's quite simple to take two images taken a couple of min (or better yet hours) apart and run them through some sort of difference calculator.
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You've got to give DOS some credit... after all, if it wasn't a usable system that enabled people to do what they wanted on the system, it would have been unlikely that others would have cloned the hardware due to lack of popularity.
Years ago... it was called the Voodoo 5 6000.
Your average consumer doesn't understand an operating system very much... if you tell them about all of the work done under the hood to make it faster, more reliable and easer to use... they aren't likely to care, they just want to be able to use it and have it look nice.
If in addition to changing the plumbing you change the faucets (ie things the user sees) they are much more likely to accept that things have changed.
Yes, Vista has a new UI... but you should not forget about the backend things that have been done... two of my favorites are the new networking stack and the audio stack being brought into user land... what does that mean? Application level audio control! You will be able to raise the volume for the movie you are watching (that was no doubt ripped from a DVD and has low volume) and not go deaf when someone IM's you.
lossless music files as a standard
Would this be a bad time to mention that all digital audio is by definition lossey?
If screenshots are all you have seen then it is no wonder they make you ill... I suggest watching a demonstration of it some time and it actually makes perfect sense.
I am forced to wonder how much time they will spend examining the completion including the upcoming Windows Vista and Office 12 given that they both dramatically affect the way software looks on different platforms and they are now showing us how most Windows software will look for the next 5+ years.
What is this... 'wife' you speak of?
My thoughts exactly, I had thought that Greed had surpassed AOL by several version numbers years ago.
The GPL is a copyright
No, the GPL is a license with which a copyright owner can enforce their copyright on said code.
HP reports that their cost of building a Windows based PC has tripled due to losing 'preferred vendor' status from Microsoft.
Seriously though... it will be interesting to see how and if Redmond responds.
One major upshot of all of this is all of those who think the only good thing about auto racing is fantastic crashes... will no doubt enjoy such a league.
Something to be said for a rocket powered crater generator.
Taking your line between selling vs giving away... does that mean that a McDonalds who sold you a burger that was undercooked and caused you to get food poisoning is liable... when the buddy who invited you over to his backyard for a grill out and didn't cook the burgers enough caused the same result isn't?
In either case, it's neglancance pure and simple. Like it or not, you are ultimatly liable for the results/actions of just about you make or do... or shouldn't parents be held responsible for the actions of their kids because it wasn't their fault that the condom broke.
It looks like the folks over on Spread Internet Explorer have been successful in their goals. Viva la IE! After all, true patriots use Internet Explorer
Not quite true... In the mid 90's they did release a version of their own internal tool known as ChangeControl under the name Microsoft Delta... it flopped, big time. Needing something better, they purchased One Tree Software in 1994 and rebranded their One Tree SourceSafe to the more Microsoft style name of Visual SourceSafe.
Linux viruses tend to have total infection numbers of less than 100 machines
Care to support that assertion with some solid facts and numbers?
Allchin is retiring next year after Vista ships at which point Johnson will take over the new shared role.
I don't care about this in the slightest.
I gave up listening to radio regularly years ago when my favorite station in Minneapolis turned into a Dianna Ross style station for 3 whole days. And now in South Dakota, the stations aren't much better, 90% country! *shudder*
These days if I remember I might listen to some Prairie Home Companion, Love Line, or Bob & Tom in the Morning.
Other than that... I no longer care what goes on on the radio as I've got my iPod wired into my deck and am quite happy with commercial free, hi-fidelity commutes!
Quite true! If everything was programmed in Java, viruses would move so slow that they would never have a chance to infect a significant # of machines as well as those they attempt to infect would take forever to execute it's evil payload.
I would sure hope that the localized beam of light doesn't do any damage to any camera at all... otherwise it would be pretty easy for the person with the cam to file suit for damage, despite what they may or may not have been doing at the time.
On a related thought... I wonder what it would take to trick the system into shooting the beam at ones eyes... heck, with a system like this you could just claim that you were blinded by the system for a few moments and now you suffer from crippling migraines and what not... ka-ching!
Fool! My super l33t P2P protocol is completely UDP based! Your attempt to prevent my god given right to 'steal' other peoples music, movies and ideas has been beaten yet again!
Apple also puts stickers on all iPods asking you not to pirate music.
Just because a company asks you not to do something doesn't mean that are necessarily liability free which is the point that the RIAA is trying to make.
Remember, in the RIAA's world, not only would software and hardware manufacturers say "please don't pirate" they would also take active steps in order to prevent such piracy absolutely... as impossible as such a dream is, the RIAA continues to strive for it every day.
Nice obscure Harry Potter reference.
With 7 horcrux's... Windows will be unstoppable!
Interesting concept... have any links to info on this?
No need to bring up just this bug, why not compare history for the last year on both IE6 and Firefox 1.x?
o d=11o d=4227
According to Secunia, during 2005 IE6 has had 11 advisories while Firefox 1.x has had 18.
Unfortunately I can't get the links to work properly (graphs come up blank), so take a look at the URL's yourself:
IE6: http://secunia.com/graph/?type=adv&period=2005&pr
Firefox 1.x: http://secunia.com/graph/?type=adv&period=2005&pr
(you will have to copy and paste these URL's to make them work it seems)
Just because one doesn't have the original image doesn't mean that late comers are completely SOL. It's quite simple to take two images taken a couple of min (or better yet hours) apart and run them through some sort of difference calculator.