Of course the requirements are going to be bulky by mid 2005 standards. Vista is due in 2006/7 and will reflect the mid to high end computer design for late 2006.
Also, these seem to be optimal, not minimum requirements, and from the article "minimum system requirements for Windows Vista will not be known until summer 2006 at the earliest." So, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that your average system today will work fine with Vista, but you won't have all the bells and whistles.
Finally, the '512 MByte is "heaps" for a 32-bit system. For a 64-bit system, however, "you're going to want 2 gigs of DDR3 RAM."' is off. If you are happy with 512, you'll be happy with 1GB. If you play lots of games, you most likely have 1GB now and you'll be happy with 2gb. And if you play EverQuest 2, you'll be happy with about 20gb, but it will still skip in places and you can't use the ultra-high resolution.
Caution, WinZip 10.0, when it is released, will not be a free upgrade. If you are a registered user of a previous version of WinZip and install WinZip 10.0, you will no longer be registered
Oh well, no more free upgrades. I guess they need more money.
ICANN, you can either prove you are your own independent agency and follow through on what you approved or decide you are to be held in check by outside agencies.
If you follow through on the former, you're most likely to be attacked, via funding cuts and endless red-tape. It will be a long fight, but you'll survive.
If you do the later, you have guaranteed one thing; you will be replaced. It might not be this year or the next, but it will happen. If you bow to outside pressure, you are irrelevant.
Tivo is not open source. It runs Linux and you can get your very own version of Linux from the source code, but you do not have a Tivo when you are done, because that code is not open.
Linksys routers are an appliance, and not completely open as well. e.g. Broadcomm drivers are closed.
Strange, I didn't see the word 'borgware' anywhere in the article. I guess that was just creative editing.
Does anyone wonder why Open Source and Linux in general have a bad rep?
Ok, simply put:
A. Open source can never be very easy to use and easy to run. B. The common model of making money with open source is to sell you a support contract. C. If you make an open source OS that is blindingly simple to install and use, you won't get any money from your support contracts.
Logitech and Microsoft mice use the same protocols, but don't always have the same feature set.
It's smarter to default to a generic driver that works for all mice and let Logitech sort out their extra features in their own driver set.
The alternative is to have Windows sit there asking for a driver disk without providing mouse support. Basically, you would have to use the keyboard to install your mouse drivers, this means no pointing and clicking, and only adds needless complexity to the process.
DecNet? I ran NetBEUI until Jan 2001.
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DECNET? Bah, too much work!:)
I ran NetBEUI on a small company network for years. Want to know why? It wasn't routable.
The logic was you can't get compromised from the Internet if you cant route off network. Of course that's not true, but it really does make it harder for anyone to break in. Of course, that was before they discovered VPN's and Terminal Services, so NetBEUI went away and the network went all TCP/IP.
NetBEUI...good times...good times......hey wait a sec, NetBEUI sucks!! UGH! Darn broadcast protocols. What was I smoking back then?
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Of course the requirements are going to be bulky by mid 2005 standards. Vista is due in 2006/7 and will reflect the mid to high end computer design for late 2006.
Also, these seem to be optimal, not minimum requirements, and from the article "minimum system requirements for Windows Vista will not be known until summer 2006 at the earliest." So, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that your average system today will work fine with Vista, but you won't have all the bells and whistles.
Finally, the '512 MByte is "heaps" for a 32-bit system. For a 64-bit system, however, "you're going to want 2 gigs of DDR3 RAM."' is off. If you are happy with 512, you'll be happy with 1GB. If you play lots of games, you most likely have 1GB now and you'll be happy with 2gb. And if you play EverQuest 2, you'll be happy with about 20gb, but it will still skip in places and you can't use the ultra-high resolution.
Heres an idea, how about some smart people get together, take the video from the hot coffee mod and start patching other video games.
I know for a fact that Sim City could use this.
Hey Mr. Mayor, you need to build an airport, would you like to come up for some coffee?
Or better yet, some of those board games that Hasbro keeps releasing, like Monopoly. Hey, you landed on free parking... well, you get the idea.
Lets get to work people; we can give every single game an AO rating!
they are the last line of defense between the government and the Constitution.
Actually, the people are.
Caution, WinZip 10.0, when it is released, will not be a free upgrade. If you are a registered user of a previous version of WinZip and install WinZip 10.0, you will no longer be registered
Oh well, no more free upgrades. I guess they need more money.
You want to replace Microsoft with Adobe-Macromedia?
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?! If you think Microsoft does damage to the industry, think of what AdobeMedia would do.
I think it's a mangled intro to Bablyon 5.
Actually, that quote should read...
Microsoft is delivering the same features they developed for us seven years ago.
Who do you think WROTE OS/2?!?
Besides, NT was already out and gaining popularity during this timeframe.
ICANN, you can either prove you are your own independent agency and follow through on what you approved or decide you are to be held in check by outside agencies.
If you follow through on the former, you're most likely to be attacked, via funding cuts and endless red-tape. It will be a long fight, but you'll survive.
If you do the later, you have guaranteed one thing; you will be replaced. It might not be this year or the next, but it will happen. If you bow to outside pressure, you are irrelevant.
You want to know why OSS and Linux has a bad rep?
You and people like you.
I didn't use the word sucks, nor did I imply it sucks. I said it was broken.
You read broken=sucks. Living in your fantasy world where petty little people can't resist throwing words like 'borgware' into an article.
An article that never even went close to slamming other companies was turned into a puerile propaganda story by a group of moronic zealots.
You ruin Linux.
A few points:
Tivo is not open source. It runs Linux and you can get your very own version of Linux from the source code, but you do not have a Tivo when you are done, because that code is not open.
Linksys routers are an appliance, and not completely open as well. e.g. Broadcomm drivers are closed.
Strange, I didn't see the word 'borgware' anywhere in the article. I guess that was just creative editing.
Does anyone wonder why Open Source and Linux in general have a bad rep?
Ok, simply put:
A. Open source can never be very easy to use and easy to run.
B. The common model of making money with open source is to sell you a support contract.
C. If you make an open source OS that is blindingly simple to install and use, you won't get any money from your support contracts.
What did you expect?
They are trying to sell you as much as possible.
If every review could be a two page glowing review on how you can't live without the product it would be...
And now it is.
No, that just makes it Slashdot
Logitech and Microsoft mice use the same protocols, but don't always have the same feature set.
It's smarter to default to a generic driver that works for all mice and let Logitech sort out their extra features in their own driver set.
The alternative is to have Windows sit there asking for a driver disk without providing mouse support. Basically, you would have to use the keyboard to install your mouse drivers, this means no pointing and clicking, and only adds needless complexity to the process.
(This example is overly simplified, use it as a guide.)
Problem: The average user does not care what browser they have. They just care that it works.
Problem: IE is not standards compliant.
Solution: Develop ActiveX control for IE that loads the Firefox engine into IE.
Then spend the $400 to get the $%@! thing signed.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt is what got us into the war in the first place.
Hello Microsoft, 1995 called, my web-chat program has been doing similar things since then.
Which is why most federal websites look the way they do. Mostly text, lots of info, very little Flash.
From what I read it was changed several months ago at the request of the users.
It's still being detected, but since many users actually WANT the programs associated with it, it doesn't default to remove anymore.
But hey, a M$ troll post is always worth a +5 here.
The vast majority of Microsoft AntiSpyware beta 1 are going to say, "Hey, it's a beta, maybe it's a screw-up".
The vast majority of idiots are going to say "OMG!!! M$ IZ TEH GHAY!".
For your next trick, why don't you go and correct the grammar and spelling of everyone on Slashdot?
Too late, they already run management.
DECNET? Bah, too much work! :)
...hey wait a sec, NetBEUI sucks!! UGH! Darn broadcast protocols. What was I smoking back then?
I ran NetBEUI on a small company network for years. Want to know why? It wasn't routable.
The logic was you can't get compromised from the Internet if you cant route off network. Of course that's not true, but it really does make it harder for anyone to break in. Of course, that was before they discovered VPN's and Terminal Services, so NetBEUI went away and the network went all TCP/IP.
NetBEUI...good times...good times...
Hitler didn't play Risk either.
And that's why he lost the war.
"Vigilante is a very strong word "
You're right. The correct words are 'overreacting assholes'.
Most RBLs are run by assholes who have no concept of how to properly manage something as complex as a RBL.
And no, I've never been blocked by one and I weight RBL positives very low.
So, the best way to ruin the SBL is to get some $10 domains from every hosting service you can and spam from them, then repeat in 2 weeks.
Everyone gets a "more permanent ban" and the SBL is now worthless.