I hate it when people stereotype Americans. I'm American, that sure as heck doesn't mean I hate soccer. Now CANADIANS, they are fun to stereotype, just because you really can't.:)
Another great alternative is giFT. Its still in development (so you have to compile it yourself). But its based on FastTrack, is free software, ad/spyware free, and I am very pleased with the results I've been getting with it.
"IE now allows you to enable javascript on a per site basis. since turning off Jscript by default and only enabling it when necessary the quality of my browsing has improved greatly. "
My concern would be if the user desires to completly format his/her hard drive. I have a friend who started reading/. and all of a sudden wanted to "feel the power" of the open source revolution. He trashed his windows partition, and did a fresh install of Mandrake. Everything was going fine until he realized he missed some of his old Windows Programs. Fortunatly, he had a Windows 98 CD to put it back on. But if the only way he could re-install windows was to use CAB files that used to be on his Windows partition. He'd be in a jam. What I'm saying is that I think Computer makers (well, at least ones who bundle an OS with their system) should always include a full-install disk of whatever OS the computer comes with.
You mean have Joe Home User with a dial-up connaction download windows XP off the internet? Yikes, that would take forever. Then again, I do have some friends who have done that via IRC.:-/
"What if a rogue program wipes the partition table?
What if you install Linux, wipe the disk, and later decide (why, I can't imagine) to revert to XP?
"
LOL, thats exactly what happend to me. I didn't mention it in my previous post, but I also needed the OS CD to revert back from Linux:)
I'm still 17 and don't have enough money for my own computer yet (sniff). But, my problem with new compouters is all the pre-installed junk thats on them.
Right now I'm running a 350MHz Compaq Presario. When I first got it, it had all sorts of pre-install crap-ola. Stuff like AOL, Prodigy, and a bunch of trial software I could care less about. And it didn't come with a OS cd, just a "recovery disk", so If I wanted to re-install the OS, I had to use the Recovery CD which would re-load the pre-installed software I worked hard to get rid of in the first place. Later on the disk mysteriously stopped working and my little brother got some virus on it that caused Windows not to work. I ended up borrowing a friend's OS CD he got with his computer and I've had no problems since then.
When I get enough money for a new PC, I'm gonna ask to make sure it comes with an full-install OS CD.
"sometimes I think anyone who isn't building their own computer isn't smart enough to know to re-install their OS every so often just to keep their system clean."
Now thats a false assumption. I didn't build my computer and I format the drive and re-install my OS once every couple of weeks. Mainly because my little brother screws things up on it, but thats another story.
My school is still on 68k macs, and the students seem to get frustrated with them. Everytime we have to goto the computer lab you hear alot of people saying "I hate computers" because office 98 keeps running out of memory. Not to mention the whole school shares an ISDN line which is slow, and on top of that we have this damn filter that says "Bess can't go there" on most sites. Raising kids on these things will probably turn them off to technology.:-P
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Anyone remember that Batman movie with the 3D TVs that allowed the riddler and two face to learn everybodies secrets?
Who cares?
I hate it when people stereotype Americans. I'm American, that sure as heck doesn't mean I hate soccer. Now CANADIANS, they are fun to stereotype, just because you really can't. :)
This isn't just a mac thing, it happens in Windows too. Unfortunatly.
"It seems that the long awaited Jukebox 3 is officially out." "Now when will this thing be available?"
OK, that confused me at first. (I thought 'out' meant it was 'available')
"What does this mean for genetic cloning and incubation research?"
It means birds lay eggs and they hatch. I don't think it has much to do with cloning.
"Can nature really repair itself?"
If we leave it alone long enough.
"What do you all think?"
I'm no scientist, but doesn't this mean the bird would have to mate with its siblings to continue the species? Can this be healthy?
Yea, you have to get it from CVS, unfortunatly
Another great alternative is giFT. Its still in development (so you have to compile it yourself). But its based on FastTrack, is free software, ad/spyware free, and I am very pleased with the results I've been getting with it.
It doesn't matter what kind of vandalism it is, it could be "University Police Rule!" vandalism and still be illegal.
I found a larger version of the picture here. I still don't see the tree. :-/
I think that I remember reading that the Saturn was very hard to develope for. Maybe that could be the reason?
Well... I certainly see Dell growing a heck of alot more than apple in the big scheme of things.
:-P
Note: I have no idea what I'm talking about
"IE now allows you to enable javascript on a per site basis. since turning off Jscript by default and only enabling it when necessary the quality of my browsing has improved greatly. "
Where is that option? I can't find it.
LOL, at a furniture store around where I live, they give you a free Mandrake CD with every purchase. :)
My concern would be if the user desires to completly format his/her hard drive. I have a friend who started reading /. and all of a sudden wanted to "feel the power" of the open source revolution. He trashed his windows partition, and did a fresh install of Mandrake. Everything was going fine until he realized he missed some of his old Windows Programs. Fortunatly, he had a Windows 98 CD to put it back on. But if the only way he could re-install windows was to use CAB files that used to be on his Windows partition. He'd be in a jam. What I'm saying is that I think Computer makers (well, at least ones who bundle an OS with their system) should always include a full-install disk of whatever OS the computer comes with.
I've actually considered this option. Although I don't know how much money it would save me if I bought a blank one or built one from scratch.
You mean have Joe Home User with a dial-up connaction download windows XP off the internet? Yikes, that would take forever. Then again, I do have some friends who have done that via IRC. :-/
"What if a rogue program wipes the partition table?
:)
What if you install Linux, wipe the disk, and later decide (why, I can't imagine) to revert to XP?
"
LOL, thats exactly what happend to me. I didn't mention it in my previous post, but I also needed the OS CD to revert back from Linux
I'm still 17 and don't have enough money for my own computer yet (sniff). But, my problem with new compouters is all the pre-installed junk thats on them.
Right now I'm running a 350MHz Compaq Presario. When I first got it, it had all sorts of pre-install crap-ola. Stuff like AOL, Prodigy, and a bunch of trial software I could care less about. And it didn't come with a OS cd, just a "recovery disk", so If I wanted to re-install the OS, I had to use the Recovery CD which would re-load the pre-installed software I worked hard to get rid of in the first place. Later on the disk mysteriously stopped working and my little brother got some virus on it that caused Windows not to work. I ended up borrowing a friend's OS CD he got with his computer and I've had no problems since then.
When I get enough money for a new PC, I'm gonna ask to make sure it comes with an full-install OS CD.
"sometimes I think anyone who isn't building their own computer isn't smart enough to know to re-install their OS every so often just to keep their system clean."
Now thats a false assumption. I didn't build my computer and I format the drive and re-install my OS once every couple of weeks. Mainly because my little brother screws things up on it, but thats another story.
My school is still on 68k macs, and the students seem to get frustrated with them. Everytime we have to goto the computer lab you hear alot of people saying "I hate computers" because office 98 keeps running out of memory. Not to mention the whole school shares an ISDN line which is slow, and on top of that we have this damn filter that says "Bess can't go there" on most sites. Raising kids on these things will probably turn them off to technology. :-P
Family Guy was abnoxious. But I will miss Futurama, even if I had a hard time catching it on TV.
...or does that mean they will stop recycling old code for a month?
Ive never been able to seperate the two quality-wise. Except for those annoying, screaming car ads you have to put up with.
...but, I can't tell a difference between Ogg and MP3 once you get above a 128 bitrate, sounds just like CDs and FM radio to me.