Vista Ultimate on 2.4 Northwood & 1 GB memory, Radeon 9700 w/ 2 monitors. Always have Visual Studio 2008, SQL Mgt Studio and several remote desktop connections to test servers open. Never had a problem, it works great. All the problems being reported remind me of the early days of XP... everybody hated that OS back then, now they love it.
"A Hyper-V host doesn't need Solitaire running on it."
Well put, I installed Win2008 Server last week to start doing some testing for a client and was surprised that the installation process puts games on the machine and has folders like My Pictures and My Music. I mean really, is this supposed to be a serious server operating system? If "yes" then why would you have such things installed? It makes no sense to me at all.
There will be a "think of the children" campaign. People will protest children seeing adult material and someone will argue that "the technology already exists" to solve this problem. These cameras will detect that children are in the room and block inappropriate material. A law will be passed requiring the camera-in-box technology. There you go... it's in people's homes.
I imagine the kids of rich people will be encouraging their parents to do this so they can get the trust fund payout. "Mummy, Datty, wouldn't you love to go into space? You really must experience this before everyone else has already done it shouldn't you? It would be such a stunning topic to introduce at the polo match. That would make me ever so proud. It would be such a disappointment if Biff and Muffy's mummy and datty were to do it first."
I'm running Vista Ultimate with Aero & dual monitors on an old 875 motherboard, 2.4Ghz Northwood, 1GB ram, Radeon 9600 AGP. No problems whatsoever and performance is fine for work apps (don't play games). I'm thinking of getting a couple of radeon 2400 cards (one AGP one PCI) so I can run three or four monitors.
I didn't know about the two SCO suicides and the train throttle case. This was a very quick and informative read.
Thanks for the recognition to RMS, within the last 10 years there were certainly times it seemed like he was being pushed aside by Open Source.
Open Source & Free Software are going to be crucial in another way in the coming years, and that's for the development of talent. So few companies seem willing to grow talent internally and outsource entry level programming duties. It's soon going to be the case that the only opportunity to obtain development skills will be through participation in Open Source and Free Software projects. If software patents get in the way of this, it will be another step in the U.S. killing itself for corporate greed.
I've gotten negative feedback as a buyer once and it was 7 years ago. I seller sent me an email saying "I'll leave positive feedback about you if you do about me." I replied to the email and said that I had decided to not leave feedback because the product was junk and was useless because it had screws broken off in the tapped holes, but it only cost me a dollar plus shipping so I was going to let it drop. This asshole seller then posted negative feedback about me, calling me a liar, and then posted two follow-ups that were also complete lies. Naturally, this seller had terrible feedback and wasn't a registered user a year later, but I still have the negative feedback. This negative feedback says nothing about that transaction. The seller got their money, but they didn't like something I said so they flamed me and made me look like a bad buyer when I'm not.
It's probably saving lots of lives to have the internet cut off since it's slowing down the number of people viewing objectionable material about freedom and rights.
In the '80s Microsoft was constantly, and justifiably, worried about IBM, which was a huge powerhouse in those days. Google is not the first serious competitor that Microsoft has faced, IBM could have crushed them 20 years ago.
I've begun associating CDs with fear so music isn't relaxing now, it just reminds me of thugs and court orders. The gentle wirl and hum of hard drives and fans has become much more pleasant to me.
What gets me about this idea of cutting thermostats is I presume it would apply to everyone regardless of the size of their home. So someone with a smaller and more energy efficient home would suffer because of all the electricity cooling these huge "McMansions" that everybody has to build these days.
My sister whines about the cost of heating & cooling her home, like someone forced her to build a 5400 square foot four-bedroom home with 3-story tall ceilings that needs 2 air conditioning systems, all for her and two kids. My in-laws' huge house also requires 2 central air conditioning systems and has two kitchens and only the two of them live there. My father and his old hag bitch wife live in a six bedroom home with a great-room bigger than my entire condo. These huge homes are causing a drain on our resources. Why should people who don't build or live in them have to suffer because of the stupidity of resource hogs?
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Vista Ultimate on 2.4 Northwood & 1 GB memory, Radeon 9700 w/ 2 monitors. Always have Visual Studio 2008, SQL Mgt Studio and several remote desktop connections to test servers open. Never had a problem, it works great. All the problems being reported remind me of the early days of XP... everybody hated that OS back then, now they love it.
Well put, I installed Win2008 Server last week to start doing some testing for a client and was surprised that the installation process puts games on the machine and has folders like My Pictures and My Music. I mean really, is this supposed to be a serious server operating system? If "yes" then why would you have such things installed? It makes no sense to me at all.
There will be a "think of the children" campaign. People will protest children seeing adult material and someone will argue that "the technology already exists" to solve this problem. These cameras will detect that children are in the room and block inappropriate material. A law will be passed requiring the camera-in-box technology. There you go... it's in people's homes.
So "Major Tom" is Tom Cruise?
I imagine the kids of rich people will be encouraging their parents to do this so they can get the trust fund payout. "Mummy, Datty, wouldn't you love to go into space? You really must experience this before everyone else has already done it shouldn't you? It would be such a stunning topic to introduce at the polo match. That would make me ever so proud. It would be such a disappointment if Biff and Muffy's mummy and datty were to do it first."
Why actually build something when the reward is in submitting a vague patent?
I'm running Vista Ultimate with Aero & dual monitors on an old 875 motherboard, 2.4Ghz Northwood, 1GB ram, Radeon 9600 AGP. No problems whatsoever and performance is fine for work apps (don't play games). I'm thinking of getting a couple of radeon 2400 cards (one AGP one PCI) so I can run three or four monitors.
The biggest threat is PC Load Letter messages causing you to lose your temper.
... the one-eyed man is king (but meta tagged).
Thanks for the recognition to RMS, within the last 10 years there were certainly times it seemed like he was being pushed aside by Open Source.
Open Source & Free Software are going to be crucial in another way in the coming years, and that's for the development of talent. So few companies seem willing to grow talent internally and outsource entry level programming duties. It's soon going to be the case that the only opportunity to obtain development skills will be through participation in Open Source and Free Software projects. If software patents get in the way of this, it will be another step in the U.S. killing itself for corporate greed.
I've gotten negative feedback as a buyer once and it was 7 years ago. I seller sent me an email saying "I'll leave positive feedback about you if you do about me." I replied to the email and said that I had decided to not leave feedback because the product was junk and was useless because it had screws broken off in the tapped holes, but it only cost me a dollar plus shipping so I was going to let it drop. This asshole seller then posted negative feedback about me, calling me a liar, and then posted two follow-ups that were also complete lies. Naturally, this seller had terrible feedback and wasn't a registered user a year later, but I still have the negative feedback. This negative feedback says nothing about that transaction. The seller got their money, but they didn't like something I said so they flamed me and made me look like a bad buyer when I'm not.
When I saw "grim" I thought that meant SCO had somehow found a way to survive.
It times out... I guess that ego can't be channeled to power everything.
It's probably saving lots of lives to have the internet cut off since it's slowing down the number of people viewing objectionable material about freedom and rights.
In the '80s Microsoft was constantly, and justifiably, worried about IBM, which was a huge powerhouse in those days. Google is not the first serious competitor that Microsoft has faced, IBM could have crushed them 20 years ago.
Yes, fluffy "puppies" are very scary.
I've begun associating CDs with fear so music isn't relaxing now, it just reminds me of thugs and court orders. The gentle wirl and hum of hard drives and fans has become much more pleasant to me.
So is Bill Gates going to dissolve the BSA now that he's touting this idea of kinder capitalism?
They are a leader in outsourcing jobs to other countries. Soon there will be no jobs in the U.S. and therefore no commuting.
Why would anyone want to defer from working on their open source poison that causes slow-and-painful death for cute puppies?
Now that's a group getting stepped on.
If you know enough to write a financial application shouldn't you know how to earn money?
My sister whines about the cost of heating & cooling her home, like someone forced her to build a 5400 square foot four-bedroom home with 3-story tall ceilings that needs 2 air conditioning systems, all for her and two kids. My in-laws' huge house also requires 2 central air conditioning systems and has two kitchens and only the two of them live there. My father and his old hag bitch wife live in a six bedroom home with a great-room bigger than my entire condo. These huge homes are causing a drain on our resources. Why should people who don't build or live in them have to suffer because of the stupidity of resource hogs?
I know it improves game play, but please think of the children.
Yes, once it travels through the tubes.