Not only is it a bad choice on M$'s part to call it " Windows ", when "Windows " first came out it was not even an OS. For those too young to remember, DOS was ( and still is in some cases ) the OS. If you have major problems where do you go to fix the problem? The DOS prompt or the CMDLINE.
M$ lost the trademark war when they fired the first shot.
My opinion is that M$ will buy up LinDowsOS name to prevent it from ever hitting the market even if it is vaporware at the time they buy it.
At my rate of use, my LCD display should die in 3.65 years. During that time it will have saved 210 watts per hour of use for a total of 4200 kwh. It does allow me to run it (Samsung SyncMaster 770TFT 17" ) @ 1024 X 768 while I could not run my IBM G200 ( 20" ) at greater than 800 X 600 and see it clearly. That in itself makes it worth the extra cost. TFT = $899 after rebate IBM = $1495 six years ago.
For people in the other branches of the US military it has always been known as the Air Farce. Its been called part of the Disney Company also because they have a Mickey Mouse ( Goofy )way of doing things.
Honeypot or a way of getting into everybodies machines ? The NSA ( or its military branches ) is not stupid. If they can convince somebody to run their version of some software, what makes you think it is crackproof from them ( NSA )?
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One of the safety concerns had always been the o-rings. If the booster rockets had been built to Aerojet's design instead of Morton Thiokol's this one safety concern would have been eliminated. If blame is to be placed put it on NASA and the upper management that went with a defective design in the first place. I was within 5 miles of the first shuttle launch, within 10 miles of the Aerojet booster test firings and 200 miles of Challengers illfated launch watching it live because the local tv stations had decided to return to regular programing as it was too routine for anything more than the liftoff itself.
They'll let you transfer it but it says that you can't sell it thru a third party ( Sec.2-Software Transfer ). E-Bay is a third party. Sounds like a good case for a lawyer.
If they ( German company ) have the full OEM cd verion then anyone can use the license. Try it yourself if you have one. Use any valid " Product Key " and load it on any hard drive you have. The CDs from Dell, NEC/PB, and others were not the full winX CDs but were/are the manufactures own version of that CD. Full OEM version doesn't check for Bios information as to make of computer.That's one reason m$ wants to cripple Whistler and make it have to register with then before it is usable.
You forgot to add; running Seti@Home. Just think what this computer running Seti@Home would do to the poor server at Berkeley. Server would be slashdotted by one computer.
Headlines DOE today turned on its new super computer, millions in California loose power. DOE decides to use computer to find cause of Calif. power failures.
I work for a govt entity that has a computerized maint. management system that is used for timekeeping. Guess what. We still have to write out a paper copy. Then we have to fax it to another office where another copy is printed. How much paper is that saving?
"Without a doubt, there are people that care only about their stats, and are willing to purchase faster machines in order to boost their stats (and hence create a bit more demand for hardware)."
Nah we wouldn't do that would we.;-) And if the computer isn't fast enough we overclock. 5799 units, 4111th place, more than 99.847% of the users
Look at old news footage, it was normal in the 50s and early 60s for a mike to show up on the tv screen. They still show up on talk shows today due to the fact that the programs are live in most cases and not edited before broadcast.
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And the explosions don't have to be big. Plutonium spread by a regular bomb could kill millions from contamination.
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Or by cargo container on any ship that hauls them.
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Explanation: Its called weather. Read another version of your history as they had no opposition. Japan did not waste what little they had on what they thought were weather recon flights. They were saving their planes for the expected invasion.
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How long did it take for Circuit City to drop Divx ? Same will happen here if people don't buy into it? As bandwidth and computer speeds go up, the lenght of time that a code works to lockout ( the use of your equipment) goes down
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Depends on where the nuke comes from. One lauched from the USSR area might cause the US to launch one back. Then repeat the cycle. Would the Russians bomb one of their own cities ( major ones ) if it hit the US as in Dr. Strangelove to prove it wasn't on purpose? I doubt it . Unless you lived on or near a naval or air base during the crisis or just after you wouldn't know what its like to worry. Sitting in the chapel when the red lights flash, Alert crews running for their trucks. B-52s taking off at all hours shaking the ground and loaded with nukes is something to worry about. Missle bases going up everywhere around here for anti-air. More missle bases in a 30 mile radius than most states have in the entire state. Most are gone just as the bombers no longer fly airborne alert but to go from one nuke to a full scale war doesn't take very long still !
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Not only is it a bad choice on M$'s part to call it " Windows ", when "Windows " first came out it was not even an OS. For those too young to remember, DOS was ( and still is in some cases ) the OS. If you have major problems where do you go to fix the problem? The DOS prompt or the CMDLINE.
M$ lost the trademark war when they fired the first shot.
My opinion is that M$ will buy up LinDowsOS name to prevent it from ever hitting the market even if it is vaporware at the time they buy it.
At my rate of use, my LCD display should die in 3.65 years. During that time it will have saved 210 watts per hour of use for a total of 4200 kwh. It does allow me to run it (Samsung SyncMaster 770TFT 17" ) @ 1024 X 768 while I could not run my IBM G200 ( 20" ) at greater than 800 X 600 and see it clearly. That in itself makes it worth the extra cost. TFT = $899 after rebate IBM = $1495 six years ago.
Get one of these or an Antec Smartpower power supply and it will be quieter.
For people in the other branches of the US military it has always been known as the Air Farce. Its been called part of the Disney Company also because they have a Mickey Mouse ( Goofy )way of doing things.
Honeypot or a way of getting into everybodies machines ? The NSA ( or its military branches ) is not stupid. If they can convince somebody to run their version of some software, what makes you think it is crackproof from them ( NSA )?
One of the safety concerns had always been the o-rings. If the booster rockets had been built to Aerojet's design instead of Morton Thiokol's this one safety concern would have been eliminated. If blame is to be placed put it on NASA and the upper management that went with a defective design in the first place. I was within 5 miles of the first shuttle launch, within 10 miles of the Aerojet booster test firings and 200 miles of Challengers illfated launch watching it live because the local tv stations had decided to return to regular programing as it was too routine for anything more than the liftoff itself.
They'll let you transfer it but it says that you can't sell it thru a third party ( Sec.2-Software Transfer ). E-Bay is a third party. Sounds like a good case for a lawyer.
Transfer to new end loser then no more transfers allowed.
Make sure that you have not registered your copy as Section 2-Software Transfer allows only legally transfering to another end user and only one time.
If they ( German company ) have the full OEM cd verion then anyone can use the license. Try it yourself if you have one. Use any valid " Product Key " and load it on any hard drive you have. The CDs from Dell, NEC/PB, and others were not the full winX CDs but were/are the manufactures own version of that CD. Full OEM version doesn't check for Bios information as to make of computer.That's one reason m$ wants to cripple Whistler and make it have to register with then before it is usable.
You forgot to add; running Seti@Home. Just think what this computer running Seti@Home would do to the poor server at Berkeley. Server would be slashdotted by one computer.
Headlines DOE today turned on its new super computer, millions in California loose power. DOE decides to use computer to find cause of Calif. power failures.
I work for a govt entity that has a computerized maint. management system that is used for timekeeping. Guess what. We still have to write out a paper copy. Then we have to fax it to another office where another copy is printed. How much paper is that saving?
Nope. The cause is all the computers running Seti@Home. :-)
And by keeping the computers active it cuts down on the heating bill. 8 computers X 200 watts = a lot of heat when their overclocked.
"Without a doubt, there are people that care only about their stats, and are willing to purchase faster machines in order to boost their stats (and hence create a bit more demand for hardware)."
;-) And if the computer isn't fast enough we overclock. 5799 units, 4111th place, more than 99.847% of the users
Nah we wouldn't do that would we.
Look at old news footage, it was normal in the 50s and early 60s for a mike to show up on the tv screen. They still show up on talk shows today due to the fact that the programs are live in most cases and not edited before broadcast.
And the explosions don't have to be big. Plutonium spread by a regular bomb could kill millions from contamination.
Or by cargo container on any ship that hauls them.
Explanation: Its called weather. Read another version of your history as they had no opposition. Japan did not waste what little they had on what they thought were weather recon flights. They were saving their planes for the expected invasion.
Ooops, your right that was Failsafe.
How long did it take for Circuit City to drop Divx ? Same will happen here if people don't buy into it? As bandwidth and computer speeds go up, the lenght of time that a code works to lockout ( the use of your equipment) goes down
Depends on where the nuke comes from. One lauched from the USSR area might cause the US to launch one back. Then repeat the cycle. Would the Russians bomb one of their own cities ( major ones ) if it hit the US as in Dr. Strangelove to prove it wasn't on purpose? I doubt it . Unless you lived on or near a naval or air base during the crisis or just after you wouldn't know what its like to worry. Sitting in the chapel when the red lights flash, Alert crews running for their trucks. B-52s taking off at all hours shaking the ground and loaded with nukes is something to worry about. Missle bases going up everywhere around here for anti-air. More missle bases in a 30 mile radius than most states have in the entire state. Most are gone just as the bombers no longer fly airborne alert but to go from one nuke to a full scale war doesn't take very long still !