Bin Laden and that Zaqui fellow are nothing more than annoying media whores. I often think of them as the Arab worlds Paris Hilton, quiet willing to make a complete arse of themselves as long as people keep watching (and Paris Hilton has devout followers as well).
I do see some comparison between Bin Laden and Paris. One drive his followers to suicide bombs, and the other just makes people want to slit their wrists.
Ummm, WTF? You shut down the computer by pressing the worldwide standard 'shut down' icon. Which is exactly the same icon that XP used. (Unless you're on a laptop and your OEM's rebound it to 'sleep' or something, in which case it's easy enough to rebind it back to 'shut down' if you want; personally, I've bound it to 'hibernate').
On my DESKTOP, the "shut down" icon put it into sleep mode. If you really want it to shut down, you have to click the > button and select the "shut down" option. *rolleyes at MS designers*
The thing about Vista is that while it has almost no major improvements compared to Windows XP, if you add up all those tiny little "nice" additions, it does improve the overall user experience if you have a computer that doesn't suck. Honestly, if you turn off the idiotic UAC botherware and just use the OS for everything from productivity to games, you will probably find that things tend to run decently
I would agree if Vista had come out in 2003, or maybe even 2005. But I would hope that after 6 years, the biggest software company could come out with more than minor improvements, especially after all the Longhorn hypefest.
In Windows NT4, 2000 and XP systems, everyone is an Administrator/Power User. Except maybe Aunt Tillie, who got her account set to "limited" by her geek nephew.
Why do you make the assumption that we are behind other possible lifeforms technologically? What's to say that we aren't the most advanced in the universe?
Because, considering where we are, there's not much chance of encountering anyone less advanced. They might be out there, but we cannot yet see mud huts from 4+ lightyears away.
Look at it from the aliens' perspective: A race that can transmit audio and video with electromagnetic radiation may last long enough to pose a threat, perhaps even unintentially by building an interstellar probe with an accidental grey goo potential, or by producing a wealthy xenophobe willing to blow her fortune on doing it intentially.
I seriously doubt that any race with intersteller capabilities would consider us a threat, at least in the near term. My guess is, they regard us the way we'd regard some isolated tribe of monkeys. If the monkeys come and poop in their backyard (or we become able to travel beyond our star system), then they might take action, but until then, they'll probably just laugh at our idiocy.
Make up your minds folks - is Bush a borderline retard who can't pronounce nuclear without Cheney's hand up his ass, or is he a machiavellian mastermind with tendrils throughout all aspects of government and our lives? Bubba or black helicopters - can't be both.
My opinion? Bush is a borderline retard who can't pronounce nuclear without Cheney's hand up his ass, AND he's controlled by machiavellian masterminds with tendrils throughout all aspects of government and our lives. Just because the guy in the Big Chair is Bubba doesn't mean the black helicopters aren't there.
What kind of idiocy is this? Last time I checked, they speak Spanish in Argentina. Expecting their sales staff to speak English is about as boneheaded as when some Mexican walks into a store here and expects to be able to carry on business in Spanish.
That seems to happen a lot. What bothers me is, we are considered racist for not speaking Spanish to the Mexican bonehead, but considered idiots for expecting the Argentine clerk to speak English.
IMO, where Microsoft dropped the ball was in making XP default to one Administrator account. The average user WAS admin, and when s/he ran software that required admin access, s/he never even noticed. Of course the lazy devs didn't fix their crap; why should they? Then when the users upgraded to Vista, who would they blame, the games that they've been running for 5 years, or the OS that worked fine UNTIL the upgrade.
I agree that UAC is a good thing (more or less), but if MS had done the right thing 6 years ago with XP, we wouldn't be griping in 2007-2008.
Regarding #3. I got my cellphone for MY convienience. My boss doesn't have my cellphone number, and my GF knows that I'll call her back when I have the chance, which might be some time after she left her message. You can have a cellphone without being on anyone's leash.
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Suppose I drop a large rock off a high bridge. Suppose that rock misses your car by 12 inches. I didn't do any harm, did I?
It is now.
Don't count on it. I'm sure they're on the list.
I do see some comparison between Bin Laden and Paris. One drive his followers to suicide bombs, and the other just makes people want to slit their wrists.
On my DESKTOP, the "shut down" icon put it into sleep mode. If you really want it to shut down, you have to click the > button and select the "shut down" option. *rolleyes at MS designers*
I would agree if Vista had come out in 2003, or maybe even 2005. But I would hope that after 6 years, the biggest software company could come out with more than minor improvements, especially after all the Longhorn hypefest.
In Windows NT4, 2000 and XP systems, everyone is an Administrator/Power User. Except maybe Aunt Tillie, who got her account set to "limited" by her geek nephew.
Because, considering where we are, there's not much chance of encountering anyone less advanced. They might be out there, but we cannot yet see mud huts from 4+ lightyears away.
Meh! We can deflect those. I'm sure the people of Earth can produce more gas out of our bottoms than a bunch of bugs.
The flip side is, we probably won't beat them by sneezing on them either. :(
Well, nobody ever said that this planet had INTELLEGENT life.
I seriously doubt that any race with intersteller capabilities would consider us a threat, at least in the near term. My guess is, they regard us the way we'd regard some isolated tribe of monkeys. If the monkeys come and poop in their backyard (or we become able to travel beyond our star system), then they might take action, but until then, they'll probably just laugh at our idiocy.
iAgree.
I have confidence in Microsoft. I'm sure their RC is just as good as the final version will be.
What's flamebait about the above post?
Meh! When you can go from Tokyo to New York 5 years later in the blink of an eye, THEN you'll be a superhero.
My opinion? Bush is a borderline retard who can't pronounce nuclear without Cheney's hand up his ass, AND he's controlled by machiavellian masterminds with tendrils throughout all aspects of government and our lives. Just because the guy in the Big Chair is Bubba doesn't mean the black helicopters aren't there.
That seems to happen a lot. What bothers me is, we are considered racist for not speaking Spanish to the Mexican bonehead, but considered idiots for expecting the Argentine clerk to speak English.
Yup, it's great! Before the Internet, I had to manage my finances myself, but now I can let the ex-prince of Nigeria handle it all for me.
I trust that advice.
Because he sounded good, and he told me I could trust him.
That's why you need a Mac. It has a Time Machine.
IMO, where Microsoft dropped the ball was in making XP default to one Administrator account. The average user WAS admin, and when s/he ran software that required admin access, s/he never even noticed. Of course the lazy devs didn't fix their crap; why should they? Then when the users upgraded to Vista, who would they blame, the games that they've been running for 5 years, or the OS that worked fine UNTIL the upgrade.
I agree that UAC is a good thing (more or less), but if MS had done the right thing 6 years ago with XP, we wouldn't be griping in 2007-2008.
Fair enough. I didn't usually bother with people who didn't have doorbells. :-P
Regarding #3. I got my cellphone for MY convienience. My boss doesn't have my cellphone number, and my GF knows that I'll call her back when I have the chance, which might be some time after she left her message. You can have a cellphone without being on anyone's leash.