Include a backup partition or a restore CD/DVD that you can restore everything too.
Recovery partition is only on desktops.... just FYI. Notebooks all come with CDs, and the most recent notebooks come with OS CD, driver CD, and app CD, rather than the old 5-8 CD HDD image.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since VirtualPC is Microsoft, I imagine that it only support Windows as the host OS. If that's the case, the comparison is over as far as I'm concerned. I have use for something that can run Windows under Linux, but not the other way around.
Once upon a time I ran a Pentium-MMX 233 on an Ali chipset. I never knew how much stability I could have had until I upgraded to a PIII-800 on a BX chipset. It was rock solid. Now I'm running a P4-3GHz on i865 - every bit as stable as my last. In short, I've come to believe the best way to go is with a CPU and chipset from the same manufacturer. Why doesn't AMD make their own chipsets? Who is going to know their CPUs better than them?
Funny. I dumped Gentoo and went back to Debian-Sid because "emerge -u world" kept breaking things. Maybe I'm not supposed to do that - I dunno. Also Gentoo insists I use devfs (which I hate and is obsolete anyway) and bitches when I compile alsa into my kernel. If not for those things, I'd probably still run it - I did very much like it otherwise.
It seems like such a waste, devoting all of these developer resources and end-user time to an inferior desktop.
Congratulations. That's the most ignorant comment I've read all week. Just because you like KDE better, all other desktop environments must be inferior? Get a grip guy, it's not all about you. Some of us don't like KDE for various reasons. Personally, I don't like the look of it. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but I don't like it. Changing Gnome's behaviour from "spatial" to "normal" was not a problem for me, and so I have a desktop that behaves the way I like, and looks nice to me.
Dell's printers are rebranded Lexmarks, I hear. If that's the case, HP isn't worried. Although I like Canon's new printers. Ink is cheap because it doesn't include the print head on the ink cartridge. Also you can buy just cyan if you're out of cyan.
Now back to those surveillance cameras, I wouldn't mind them at all, so long it had a sign or something that told me they were there.
We actually do have signs here at points where you'd enter the downtown core. They basically explain the cameras and their purpose. The cameras aren't hidden either. Maybe one day I'll get a picture of one with the sign.
they'll flash from green to yellow and then red quicker then you can blink your eyes.
Weird, ours don't do that... they stay yellow for 2 or 3 seconds... and red forever;-)
but if he was recording my every move for cataloging he and I would have words.;-)
Wouldn't surprise me - there's some strange people out there.
Anyway, I think you worry too much... it's not good for you, ya know.;-)
I'll worry when they actually cross a line, which I don't see my government doing anytime soon. They just got a lesson in humility - a minority government.
I would think if I was Canadian I would be very concerned about where the US is heading.
Why? It's not like I can do anything about it. Anyway, cameras are one thing, but I'm sure you guys will all be exercising your second amendment rights if your government tried to do anything too silly (like taking away your second amendment rights) ;-)
Wow.. Seems to me that the cameras in banks and convenience stores don't stop the crooks from robbing them.
Unfortunately, we have no statistics of people who decided not to rob banks and convenience stores because there were cameras there. Regardless, I reject your suggestion that it makes absolutely no difference.
It's about someone being able to record everything you do. Facial recognition software is getting more and more sophisticated by the day. Having a permanent record of everything you do that can be traced back indefinately is not something I'm terribly comfortable with.
If I was worried about there being a record of something I was doing, I wouldn't do it - cameras or no cameras. I don't do anything that requires me to defend my actions.
Just because I don't have anything to hide doesn't mean that I want everyone/anyone to know my business.
I don't want people to know my business either, but we can't always have what we want, can we? Never had a busybody neighbour?
We're starting to live in a society where others and our goverment in particular want to assume that we're crooks. I, for one, don't accept this and I'm curious why you do.
Okay, you found me out - I'm from the government and I'm here to spy on you! ;-)
Incidentally, you complain that they're assuming we are all criminals, but at the same time you assume they're going to abuse the power of having these cameras. What makes your assumption any better?
So how do you feel about issuing every adult a firearm
Since you've presumably read my posts, you should know I'm Canadian and thus do not believe in issuing firearms. Up here we just beat the crap out of each other like civilized people.;-)
Incidentally, I still think you're just paranoid. Let's just agree to disagree.
How the hell can a crime be prevented by a camera?
Umm, because you'd have to be pretty stupid to commit a crime in sight of one?
Sorry, I'm just not paranoid and that's not going to change. I'm not one of these people who gets uncomfortable just because someone is looking at me. Maybe it's just a difference between Canadians and Americans that we don't sweat these kinds of things while Americans are (by comparison) more paranoid. Who knows? If I was doing something wrong, then and only then would I worry about the cameras. I'm not so arrogant to think that someone is just dying to watch me on security cameras as I walk downtown.
Your argument is nothing but a pathetic retread of "Won't *someone* please think of the children."
Oh please, I never once said that, but since we're discussing arguments, yours seems to be based on paranoia.
It's different to have cameras watch you than police officers in their cars because the patrol car is somewhat more visible. You know if you're being followed and watched.
It's no different. The cameras we have here can be seen easily. I personally don't care that we have cameras downtown here. The simple fact of the matter is that you can be observed whenever you walk outside your door. Deal with it.
If that's the price to pay, then it's far too high.
Why is it any different that a cop can see you on camera when they could otherwise see you as they drive by in a patrol car? We have cameras downtown here and the world didn't end on the day they were installed. Ask the potential victim of the first crime that's prevented because of the cameras if the price is too high.
Cons: Default installation doesn't include many functions; you have to download additional features via the Extensions Manager. Will not load ActiveX and VBScript; this prevents certain kinds of attacks, but also disables the normal functions of some sites
This guy imagines that not supporting ActiveX and VBScript is a bad thing??? Heavens! I can't have my drive-by downloads? Horrors!
Sure, we have a couple of Starbucks in London, but the business they do is nothing compared to Timmies. Personally I don't give Starbucks a second look.
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Include a backup partition or a restore CD/DVD that you can restore everything too.
Recovery partition is only on desktops.... just FYI. Notebooks all come with CDs, and the most recent notebooks come with OS CD, driver CD, and app CD, rather than the old 5-8 CD HDD image.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since VirtualPC is Microsoft, I imagine that it only support Windows as the host OS.
If that's the case, the comparison is over as far as I'm concerned.
I have use for something that can run Windows under Linux, but not the other way around.
Agreed.
Once upon a time I ran a Pentium-MMX 233 on an Ali chipset. I never knew how much stability I could have had until I upgraded to a PIII-800 on a BX chipset. It was rock solid. Now I'm running a P4-3GHz on i865 - every bit as stable as my last.
In short, I've come to believe the best way to go is with a CPU and chipset from the same manufacturer.
Why doesn't AMD make their own chipsets? Who is going to know their CPUs better than them?
Not to mention, it doesn't run 64-bit software.
Yeah, because ALL the software worth running is 64 bit!
/sarcasm
I use Gentoo becuase It Just Works.
Funny. I dumped Gentoo and went back to Debian-Sid because "emerge -u world" kept breaking things.
Maybe I'm not supposed to do that - I dunno.
Also Gentoo insists I use devfs (which I hate and is obsolete anyway) and bitches when I compile alsa into my kernel.
If not for those things, I'd probably still run it - I did very much like it otherwise.
It seems like such a waste, devoting all of these developer resources and end-user time to an inferior desktop.
Congratulations. That's the most ignorant comment I've read all week.
Just because you like KDE better, all other desktop environments must be inferior? Get a grip guy, it's not all about you.
Some of us don't like KDE for various reasons. Personally, I don't like the look of it. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is, but I don't like it.
Changing Gnome's behaviour from "spatial" to "normal" was not a problem for me, and so I have a desktop that behaves the way I like, and looks nice to me.
I installed SP2 on a vmware virtual machine. No problems with that yet.
Come on, I'm not crazy.
Dell's printers are rebranded Lexmarks, I hear. If that's the case, HP isn't worried.
Although I like Canon's new printers. Ink is cheap because it doesn't include the print head on the ink cartridge. Also you can buy just cyan if you're out of cyan.
A common attitude here seems to be that cops are the enemy. Why is that?
Am I in public at all times when I am outside my house, no matter where I am?
Yes.
Now back to those surveillance cameras, I wouldn't mind them at all, so long it had a sign or something that told me they were there.
;-)
We actually do have signs here at points where you'd enter the downtown core. They basically explain the cameras and their purpose. The cameras aren't hidden either. Maybe one day I'll get a picture of one with the sign.
they'll flash from green to yellow and then red quicker then you can blink your eyes.
Weird, ours don't do that... they stay yellow for 2 or 3 seconds... and red forever
but if he was recording my every move for cataloging he and I would have words. ;-)
;-)
Wouldn't surprise me - there's some strange people out there.
Anyway, I think you worry too much... it's not good for you, ya know.
I'll worry when they actually cross a line, which I don't see my government doing anytime soon. They just got a lesson in humility - a minority government.
I would think if I was Canadian I would be very concerned about where the US is heading.
;-)
Why? It's not like I can do anything about it.
Anyway, cameras are one thing, but I'm sure you guys will all be exercising your second amendment rights if your government tried to do anything too silly (like taking away your second amendment rights)
Wow.. Seems to me that the cameras in banks and convenience stores don't stop the crooks from robbing them.
Unfortunately, we have no statistics of people who decided not to rob banks and convenience stores because there were cameras there. Regardless, I reject your suggestion that it makes absolutely no difference.
It's about someone being able to record everything you do. Facial recognition software is getting more and more sophisticated by the day. Having a permanent record of everything you do that can be traced back indefinately is not something I'm terribly comfortable with.
If I was worried about there being a record of something I was doing, I wouldn't do it - cameras or no cameras. I don't do anything that requires me to defend my actions.
Just because I don't have anything to hide doesn't mean that I want everyone/anyone to know my business.
I don't want people to know my business either, but we can't always have what we want, can we? Never had a busybody neighbour?
We're starting to live in a society where others and our goverment in particular want to assume that we're crooks. I, for one, don't accept this and I'm curious why you do.
Okay, you found me out - I'm from the government and I'm here to spy on you!
;-)
Incidentally, you complain that they're assuming we are all criminals, but at the same time you assume they're going to abuse the power of having these cameras. What makes your assumption any better?
So how do you feel about issuing every adult a firearm
;-)
Since you've presumably read my posts, you should know I'm Canadian and thus do not believe in issuing firearms.
Up here we just beat the crap out of each other like civilized people.
Incidentally, I still think you're just paranoid. Let's just agree to disagree.
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How the hell can a crime be prevented by a camera?
Umm, because you'd have to be pretty stupid to commit a crime in sight of one?
Sorry, I'm just not paranoid and that's not going to change. I'm not one of these people who gets uncomfortable just because someone is looking at me.
Maybe it's just a difference between Canadians and Americans that we don't sweat these kinds of things while Americans are (by comparison) more paranoid. Who knows?
If I was doing something wrong, then and only then would I worry about the cameras.
I'm not so arrogant to think that someone is just dying to watch me on security cameras as I walk downtown.
Your argument is nothing but a pathetic retread of "Won't *someone* please think of the children."
Oh please, I never once said that, but since we're discussing arguments, yours seems to be based on paranoia.
It's different to have cameras watch you than police officers in their cars because the patrol car is somewhat more visible. You know if you're being followed and watched.
It's no different. The cameras we have here can be seen easily.
I personally don't care that we have cameras downtown here.
The simple fact of the matter is that you can be observed whenever you walk outside your door. Deal with it.
If that's the price to pay, then it's far too high.
Why is it any different that a cop can see you on camera when they could otherwise see you as they drive by in a patrol car?
We have cameras downtown here and the world didn't end on the day they were installed.
Ask the potential victim of the first crime that's prevented because of the cameras if the price is too high.
Using Firefox 0.9.2 on Windows, the page lacks a scrollbar but it does scroll with the mouse wheel.
Strange.
Cons:
Default installation doesn't include many functions; you have to download additional features via the Extensions Manager. Will not load ActiveX and VBScript; this prevents certain kinds of attacks, but also disables the normal functions of some sites
This guy imagines that not supporting ActiveX and VBScript is a bad thing???
Heavens! I can't have my drive-by downloads? Horrors!
I don't even know where to download a Linux distro, and I read slashdot on a daily basis
/.
Obviously you don't read
I saw a link to linuxiso.org in this very thread.
I've always thought some of the trolls couldn't be from Earth.
;-)
Sure, we have a couple of Starbucks in London, but the business they do is nothing compared to Timmies. Personally I don't give Starbucks a second look.