"Good one. You can't even run some MS developer software without root (hmm, Administrator) privileges! (eg. eVC++ 4.0)."
Since when should older developer software be expected to run with newer permission sets.
"And let's not even start about non-MS software (eg, games)."
That's their problem. Bad 3rd-party coders. No different than any other OS.
"Using a MS box without administrative priv. is like having a car with no engine - nothing works!"
On the contrary, everyone at my company runs with limited user permissions and everything works like a charm. They can't install anything, obviously, but they get their work done.
"Hell, when Administrative priv. are required, what does Windows software do? It pops up, "You have to be running as an Administrator to...". It doesn't even ask you for Admin. password to complete its function."
Not sure I know which version of Windows you're talking about. Mine (XP Pro) has a place to put a password in that dialog box. Don't remember what Windows 2000 showed.
"You just have to relogin. And thanks to the great "multi user capabilities", you have to log out of your current session first."
Uh, no you don't. You'd have to use a RunAs, which has been around since NT. Even if you did need to switch users you could (unless you're on a corporate domain, where fast user switching would just be silly).
"Running the OS as a non-Admin is like trying to "run with pains-ticks up your ass. And then running as an Admin seems not much better (see story)!!"
There's a lot to fault MS on. Making invalid arguments isn't a good way to do this.
"I couldn't find links showing official info either way."
You must be new to E3. Companies often don't have a set plan until a few weeks before the show. Even price changes are often laid down spur of the moment (although people at the company generally have some idea what price they will go to, they often wait for a competitor to ante up first). Considering demos are often burned the night before the show, and hardware that arrives with a curtain sometimes stays that way (Google both), I'm not surprised there's no official info.
"It's fair to hold M$ accountable for taking unfair advantage of the ignorance of users. Who else would educate them?"
Um, when was the last time Ford held a driving class? They provide the documentation (and lots of it). It's up to the users to learn how to use the product.
No, not at all like Clippy. Like a human secretary, like I said. A human secretary would know when to try something new to help organize -- and would know when to but out. It's not complicated for a computer program to recognize a pattern.
Clippy is a pain because of two reasons: one, it forgets when it's previous "guessed incorrectly". Two, it forces a "companion" on someone (it has too much "personality"). A smart computer agent wouldn't have an identity, but it would be self-serving.
By the way, not everyone like iTunes. The only reason why I use it is because nothing else plays protected iTunes music store AACs. I'd much rather use a different program. The problem is that Apple sometimes tries to make things a little "too" simple. That's why things like Automater should help.
I'm not asking for much. If the system recognizes a pattern (bunch of emails from a paricular last name; let's let the next one through the spam filter). Pattern recognition is quite simple in most programs.
No, you're missing the point. Smart folders *don't* do that automatically. You have to set that up in each individual situation, and every situation is different. A real, physical, human personal assistant would recognize a new situation (boss is sick, let's redirect his emails to a certain bin) *without* interaction. That's what "smart" programs need to do.
I love it when marketing drones (or programmers) think adding "Smart" to reflect new technology is valid. The mail technology described isn't "smart".
"Smart" would be a filtering system that recognizes senders based on last name, and realize that people named "Smith" are probably in my family. "Smart" would automatically recognize messages about the Bernoulli account after a few back and forths and organize them by sender and time (kind of like how I have my filing cabinets). When it matches a personal assistant, it's "smart".
"Rollback 1 day and have it screw up the next day or rollback 6 months and lose 6 months work? I think a litte more thought has to be put into that feature....Or maybe I should RTFA."
You should RTFA. Or at least try any of the rollback solutions currently on the market (like the one built into XP). Most don't touch documents, and only restore system and program settings. Sure, you may need to reinstall a few apps, but all your documents (your "work") will be there. System Restore has saved my ass a few times.
Can you do this on your cell phone? What about an ATM in Africa? The point is that the whole experience: UI, storage, etc. will be virtually identical. If you need telnet installed to get your work done, and it only works on *NIX based machines, you're missing the point.
Uh, no. Not in the least. My Tivo is easily the loudest box in the whole entertainment center. Nothing else even HAS a fan (and the one in DirecTV box is particularly loud). I had to actually replace mine with a quieter one.
No, not Linux. No, not even ease of use. Picture quality with DirecTV. DirecTV with Tivo is the only solution I've seen that captures the satellite's MPEG stream perfectly, while still providing a usable interface (hear me, Dish Network?)
I'd seriously consider building my own set, but there is no solution out there that doesn't have some analog to digital conversion at some point. And yes, it matters. Particularly if you have a 40" HDTV. Digital cable/satellite compression is pretty visible as it is; adding an analog conversion makes it look hideous.
In my idea world, I'd have a media PC that played DVDs, stored CDs, streamed direct digital television (like my Tivo) and (as a luxury) was wirelessly connected to the internet. All of these features exist as different pieces in other machines, but no one has them all together.
The real surprise is that the same problem that plagued the original caller ID is carrying over to new (and, in a lot of ways) completely different technology. The "do not look" flag was dumb to begin with. Why include this with VOIP at all (and if you're going to say compatibility: name me one VOIP system that works CONSISTENTLY WELL with a normal telephone (not a special PBX-type box). Thought so.
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I concur. Especially the guy's buddy (Carth?) That guy portrayed more range of emotion than "professional" movie actors.
That's not the half of it. The worst part is that some western writer will go out of his way to tie a farm analogy to the game's plotline.
"has also been reported to affect Internet Explorer 6 running on Windows XP SP2"
Reported, not confirmed. MS's security page doesn't say it affects SP2 at all.
"Good one. You can't even run some MS developer software without root (hmm, Administrator) privileges! (eg. eVC++ 4.0)."
...". It doesn't even ask you for Admin. password to complete its function."
Since when should older developer software be expected to run with newer permission sets.
"And let's not even start about non-MS software (eg, games)."
That's their problem. Bad 3rd-party coders. No different than any other OS.
"Using a MS box without administrative priv. is like having a car with no engine - nothing works!"
On the contrary, everyone at my company runs with limited user permissions and everything works like a charm. They can't install anything, obviously, but they get their work done.
"Hell, when Administrative priv. are required, what does Windows software do? It pops up, "You have to be running as an Administrator to
Not sure I know which version of Windows you're talking about. Mine (XP Pro) has a place to put a password in that dialog box. Don't remember what Windows 2000 showed.
"You just have to relogin. And thanks to the great "multi user capabilities", you have to log out of your current session first."
Uh, no you don't. You'd have to use a RunAs, which has been around since NT. Even if you did need to switch users you could (unless you're on a corporate domain, where fast user switching would just be silly).
"Running the OS as a non-Admin is like trying to "run with pains-ticks up your ass. And then running as an Admin seems not much better (see story)!!"
There's a lot to fault MS on. Making invalid arguments isn't a good way to do this.
Um, but IE 6 increased as well. And at a faster rate.
"I couldn't find links showing official info either way."
You must be new to E3. Companies often don't have a set plan until a few weeks before the show. Even price changes are often laid down spur of the moment (although people at the company generally have some idea what price they will go to, they often wait for a competitor to ante up first). Considering demos are often burned the night before the show, and hardware that arrives with a curtain sometimes stays that way (Google both), I'm not surprised there's no official info.
Uh, not really. Taco has always said that IE figures heavily into Slashdot's stats. Everyone at work, after all.
Apparently their server is also made out of cardboard and tinfoil...
Bill: "Ha! I'll be here until my stock options run out. Try the IE-blue veal!"
"It's fair to hold M$ accountable for taking unfair advantage of the ignorance of users. Who else would educate them?"
Um, when was the last time Ford held a driving class? They provide the documentation (and lots of it). It's up to the users to learn how to use the product.
"Extensions are a bad hack, and a relic from the DOS era"
Actually, they're a relic from the UNIX era. UNIX basically has no clue how to tell a filetype from within the system.
As for MS, it's a solid design choice. Yes, you could name your Quicktime movie name.txt, but why on earth would you? There's no tangible benefit.
Google toolbar returns a null, and ton of people I know have this. Curious what Safari returns.
"Like Clippy, then?"
No, not at all like Clippy. Like a human secretary, like I said. A human secretary would know when to try something new to help organize -- and would know when to but out. It's not complicated for a computer program to recognize a pattern.
Clippy is a pain because of two reasons: one, it forgets when it's previous "guessed incorrectly". Two, it forces a "companion" on someone (it has too much "personality"). A smart computer agent wouldn't have an identity, but it would be self-serving.
By the way, not everyone like iTunes. The only reason why I use it is because nothing else plays protected iTunes music store AACs. I'd much rather use a different program. The problem is that Apple sometimes tries to make things a little "too" simple. That's why things like Automater should help.
Most secretaries aren't "geniuses".
I'm not asking for much. If the system recognizes a pattern (bunch of emails from a paricular last name; let's let the next one through the spam filter). Pattern recognition is quite simple in most programs.
"financial software (MS Money)"
Wasn't there a Slashdot post a few days ago naming MS Money the "winner" in the financial software wars?
Horse, meet stick. *whack, whack, whack*
No, you're missing the point. Smart folders *don't* do that automatically. You have to set that up in each individual situation, and every situation is different. A real, physical, human personal assistant would recognize a new situation (boss is sick, let's redirect his emails to a certain bin) *without* interaction. That's what "smart" programs need to do.
I love it when marketing drones (or programmers) think adding "Smart" to reflect new technology is valid. The mail technology described isn't "smart".
"Smart" would be a filtering system that recognizes senders based on last name, and realize that people named "Smith" are probably in my family. "Smart" would automatically recognize messages about the Bernoulli account after a few back and forths and organize them by sender and time (kind of like how I have my filing cabinets). When it matches a personal assistant, it's "smart".
"Rollback 1 day and have it screw up the next day or rollback 6 months and lose 6 months work? I think a litte more thought has to be put into that feature....Or maybe I should RTFA."
You should RTFA. Or at least try any of the rollback solutions currently on the market (like the one built into XP). Most don't touch documents, and only restore system and program settings. Sure, you may need to reinstall a few apps, but all your documents (your "work") will be there. System Restore has saved my ass a few times.
Can you do this on your cell phone? What about an ATM in Africa? The point is that the whole experience: UI, storage, etc. will be virtually identical. If you need telnet installed to get your work done, and it only works on *NIX based machines, you're missing the point.
"And it's quiet."
Uh, no. Not in the least. My Tivo is easily the loudest box in the whole entertainment center. Nothing else even HAS a fan (and the one in DirecTV box is particularly loud). I had to actually replace mine with a quieter one.
"Granted you need to swap out about half of your body parts to be compatible with it."
And you need to have an upper endoscopy for "full disclosure" of your treatment to others.
"If $6 a month is even an issue to you, again, take a magnifying lens to your life. Something isn't working correctly."
Maybe to you, but *understanding* it is worth far more than $6 a month to some people.
No, not Linux. No, not even ease of use. Picture quality with DirecTV. DirecTV with Tivo is the only solution I've seen that captures the satellite's MPEG stream perfectly, while still providing a usable interface (hear me, Dish Network?)
I'd seriously consider building my own set, but there is no solution out there that doesn't have some analog to digital conversion at some point. And yes, it matters. Particularly if you have a 40" HDTV. Digital cable/satellite compression is pretty visible as it is; adding an analog conversion makes it look hideous.
In my idea world, I'd have a media PC that played DVDs, stored CDs, streamed direct digital television (like my Tivo) and (as a luxury) was wirelessly connected to the internet. All of these features exist as different pieces in other machines, but no one has them all together.
The real surprise is that the same problem that plagued the original caller ID is carrying over to new (and, in a lot of ways) completely different technology. The "do not look" flag was dumb to begin with. Why include this with VOIP at all (and if you're going to say compatibility: name me one VOIP system that works CONSISTENTLY WELL with a normal telephone (not a special PBX-type box). Thought so.