User: modicr

When 50% of all Windows PCs?

On: Windows 7 Overtakes XP, OSX Struggles To Beat Vista

Current share of Win7 among Windows PCs is 46.60%
I wonder if it will ever be more than 50% ?
For example, in March 2012, Windows XP was installed
on 50.66% of all Windows computers ...

Vista = NT 6.0 = Server 2008

On: Windows Vista Enters Extended Support

BTW, NT 6.0 is supported till 09-JUL-2013 and EOL is 10-JUL-2018 (http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&qid=null&alpha=Windows+Server+2008&Filter=FilterNO)

Re:Samsung 2342BWX: LCD Monitor with 2048 x 1152

On: Small, High-Resolution LCD Monitors?

BTW, here is a Dell SP2309W with the same resolution:

http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Displays/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&cs=cadhs1&sku=320-7641

Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW (1600 x 900, 20 inches)

On: Small, High-Resolution LCD Monitors?

Hello!

Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW looks ok:
http://www.contrapositivediary.com/?p=565

And here is a new model F2080 based on a-si TFT/cPVA:
http://monitor.samsung.de/produkte/detail2_specs.aspx?guid=dc219be6-a00c-4678-87c2-fd7296e227fd

BTW, pixel size is just 0.277 mm

Regards, Roman

TeXnicCenter

On: Modern LaTeX Replacement?

Have you tried TeXnicCenter?

Cosmology

On: Book Recommendations For Maths To Astrophysics?

Hello!
Since you're a mathematician, maybe you'll be interested in cosmology (=theoretical astrophysics).
Here is one recommendation:
Cosmology: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Coles (1)
http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780192854162

OTOH, the following book is quite provocative:
The Trouble With Physics - Lee Smolin (2)
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2006/08/lee-smolins-trouble-with-physics.html

BTW, http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2007/03/09/the-trouble-with-smolin/

------------
(1) Professor of Astrophysics, University of Nottingham
(2) Researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario

Re:Codeboxing

On: Meet the New Chess Boxing Champion of the World

NO, the real reason for Vista delay was code-chairthrowing. I cannot discuss this sport because I'm under NDA ...

Re:Incorrect, motherboards are available

On: The Fastest Processor You Can't Run

Another candidate in stock: Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA-X38T-DQ6-Motherboard-Definition-8-channel/dp/B000XQ5HF4

Is this one compatible?

Re:Konqueror

On: Opera 9.5 To Fully Support CSS?

Hello!

> I just ran it in konqueror
> From the 43 selectors 43 have passed, 0 are buggy and 0 are unsupported (Passed 578 out of 578 tests)

In both Windows and Linux?

> So I guess opera isn't the first.

Cheers, ROman

Re:ISA

On: Affordable DX10 - GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT

Hello!

BTW, ISA is still supported in Vista/Longhorn:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/bus/PCI/ISA-b us.mspx

Cheers, Roman

Re: AGP Version ... PCI version

On: Affordable DX10 - GeForce 8600 GTS and 8600 GT

Hello!

And what about PCI version - will be there DX10 PCI graphics card?
BTW, I've just bought Vista Ready DX9 Geforce 6200 256 MB DDR2 on PCI bus:
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/graphic-cards/pny-verto-ge force-6-6200-pci/1046235/

PCI ATI Radeon X1300 and even X1550 are also available:
http://www.visiontek.com/products/cards/retail/x15 50_PCI.html

Regards, Roman

Re:Plotting for the inevitable?

On: Google's Sinister(?) Plans

Hello!

Many slashdotters have multiple slashdot accounts ...

Roman

Re:I was forced to upgrade..

On: Microsoft's Battle For Software Mindshare

Opera works in Windows 95

Random Matrix Theory and zeta(1/2+it)

On: 42 *IS* The answer to Life, the Universe and Zeta

Hello!

Here is an article by Jon P. Keating and Nina C. Snaith

Random Matrix Theory and zeta(1/2+it)
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2000/HPL-BRIMS-2 000-02.pdf

Roman

Thread on forums.suselinuxsupport.de moved ...

On: Novell OpenSUSE Server Hacked

http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php?showto pic=20645

History repeats (The Register, december 1999)

On: Windows Vista May Degrade OpenGL

MS and OpenGL: supporting it to death?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/12/06/ms_and_ope ngl_supporting/

quote:
"Microsoft quietly drops Windows OpenGL support? Oh yes, we think so..." (december 1999)

Regards, Roman

Re:Article is kinda skimpy on details

On: FBI Arrests Eight On Copyright Charges

Hello,

try this

http://i-newswire.com/pr39095.html

Roman

Re:31 seconds to open Word on a 2.2 Celeron?

On: Performance of OpenOffice.org and MS Office

The 'analysis' is quite OK. He just
forgot to mention that size of
his normal.dot is approximately 4.2 GB. ;)

Cheers, Roman

Re:Applications

On: Survey Shows Admins Avoiding SP2

A heck of a lot of admins are NOT certified for sp2

Re:This is not exactly a new idea

On: Pentium M Goes SFF

If you want to use Pentium M in 478 mobos
you can try with this adapter:

http://www.gamers.com/?run=news&news_id=3917

Re:Microsoft forks too

On: Linux: Fighting the FUD of Forking

There were two forks: Windows 9X/ME and Windows NT/2000, which were merged in Windows XP/2003 fork.

Re:PDFs are there...

On: Tax Time Again: Any Linux Solutions?

More info and useful links in this thread:

http://lwn.net/Articles/118023/

Re:Useless - no 16-bit subsystem for DOS applicati

On: 64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed

DOS:
Wordstar 2000 (don't laugh)

Windows 3.11:
Client for Tobit Faxware 5.x
which is running on Netware 4.2 server

Useless - no 16-bit subsystem for DOS applications

On: 64-bit Windows XP Tested And Reviewed

It seems that there is no NTVDM (WOW) for
running DOS or Windows 3.x applications.
Is it possible install 16-bit
subsystem manually using files
from 32-bit Windows XP?

Re:Worst acronym EVER?

On: EU-Funded EDOS To Simplify Open Source Development

Therefore translation of:

"Environnement pour le Développement et la distribution de logiciels Open Source"

to english is:

"Environment for the Development and Distribution of Free Software"

?