1. Drag application folder where ever you want it
2. If application does need to install a control panel, kext, or any other system file, then you can create an installer. When the installer tries to install the files that need the elevated permissions, it then tells you what it is trying to do and asks for an admin user/password
How is that hard to grasp at MS? Assuming everything needs admin permissions is just insane, and insisting it isn't a security hole and is a "design choice" is just fucking retarded.
Not only that, but the 802.11n spec isn't even final yet. So for all practical purposes, it is a beta until it is a standard as there is still a chance the protocol will change.
I think you're missing the point the parent post was trying to make. They weren't complaining about how easy it is to have one account for everything. They were complaining that they can't change the email address associated with it because it is a hotmail account. They simply want to change their email address, and it doesn't allow them to.
What the author fails to take into account is that multi-core allows each program to effectively use a separate core to do its work, regardless of how it is programmed. All it takes is the OS to be smart enough to task each program to a free core, if available. The programs don't have to be specifically written to be multi-core aware as long as the OS is smart enough to send process to the idle cores. The programs that need more power than one core can deliver will usually have the multi-core support built in, as many games are starting to do now that the technology is taking off.
Notice I took the high ground and didn't make the obligatory windows virus scan jokes...:)
From what I've read (and experienced on some test machines) about Vista, you should probably ghost BEFORE installing it. You may not like it, or it might fuck with your boot records.
I'm fairly certain that if at some point the **AAs ever visited slashdot that it didn't take long to figure out that this isn't the place for them to visit. Why don't you try actually sending them your thoughts DIRECTLY, as I have done in the past. If more people did, maybe they wouldn't think that the public actually wants DRM. Otherwise, you're just doing what the network exec in South Park said "please direct any further complaints to the brick wall over there". You're being just as effective.
Samsung's latest DLPs use high intensity LEDs to illuminate the DLP chip, not a standard bulb. These cannot (as far as I know) be burned out. Next topic?
Ok, if the DRM prevented them from being able to change the media into another format, I guess I could see the point of this. But the fact that you can burn the stuff to a CD as many times as you want, I don't see how anyone is forced to use an iPod for music from ITMS. In fact, I bet there are more people with CD players than iPods.
As others have pointed out, razor blade makers, video game consoles, etc are far more "locked down" than music from ITMS. Hell, why not sue microsoft for making IE, outlook, etc only work on windows? Sirius and XM radio music can only be played on stuff made by them. Where do they draw the line?
Seriously, they spy on their own employees, they spy on other companies, how do I know they aren't spying on me via our office HPs? Who do they think they are, the Bush administration?
There are plenty of extras here in the US, feel free to take them, we don't want 'em. Seriously, here you can go into any electronics store and see stacks of them. Nintendo Wiis, not so much. They are still selling out as soon as they hit the shelves.
Even if you could get the customer support monkey to delete all your data in their live system, any reputable place I'm sure will have backup sets with your data. Good luck getting your data removed from shelves of tape libraries.
There are indeed people who love windows. Virus writers, script kiddies, spyware makers, and those who make money stopping the others mentioned LOVE windows!
they don't care about the fact that they have to reset the permissions and turn on Appletalk every five minutes. Ok, let's see a show of hands who actually uses Appletalk any more? Anyone? Yeah, didn't think so. I've had my G4 (the first AGP one) for a long time. Know how many times i've had to reset permissions? None. The only times I've heard people having to do that is when an OS update happens, which is what, 4 times a year? Compared to how many times I've had to reinstall windows because of virii, corruption of the registry, etc, it is nothing. FUD at its finest.
If you bought an HD TV, quit bitching about all the DRM and stuff unless you're also prepared to back that up with money. Why did you buy the HDTV if you knew that the DRM might possibly pose a problem for you? I'd assume that you went out and did your research on the product before you bought it. Never invest in a technology that you know is designed to keep you from accessing content which you purchased. Well, the only device I'm currently having issues with is the crappy-ass Pace cable box that my cable company gave me, I didn't have a choice in the matter. All the other devices I researched and have no problems. Don't get me started about the crap technology the cable companies force on us and the uncalled for prices they charge for the rights to use it...
The SD television standard has a total of one resolution, and only three real standards which vary by country. Not exactly. There's 480i and 480p. And other countries "standards" are not just formats, they have different resolutions and refresh rates. NTSC has 525 lines of horizontal resolution at 29.97 frames per second, whereas PAL is 625 lines at 50 frames per second. Face it, electronics will always be confusing to someone. When it works right, HD is stunning and worth the money if you are a TV/movie fan. Sports especially make a HUGE difference when watched in HD vs. SD. Being able to read all the numbers even on a whole field view is nice:) Throw in the fact that most, if not all, HDTVs have a VGA or DVI port built in, and you can use it as a computer monitor, too. There are advantages to HD, I just wish the content creators would stop being a bunch of greedy oppressive dicks about it.
That's the same POS STB that I have, and use HDMI. I found that the box has to be turned on at the same time as the TV to handshake, it apparently only tries once. Do you have the problem where if it is set to dolby digital sound, sometimes when you change channels it will switch back to stereo mode, despite still being set to DD? I then have to just highlight the setting in the config (not change it, just highlight it) and it switches back to DD. That is even more annoying than the handshaking issue, because having ADD and HATING commercials, I tend to channel surf a lot:)
Ok, to start off, I have this problem with my cable box, too. If I leave the cable box on, and simply turn the tv on or off (as most people do, i bet), when I turn on the TV, the cable box tells me it couldn't establish an HDCP connection. To actually get them to handshake, both devices have to be turned on at the same time. What a bunch of BS.
The bigger problem than handshaking issues is that there are apparently multiple versions of HDMI, the latest being 1.3. Now as a consumer, how the hell am I supposed to know which version of HDMI each of my devices have? Has anyone actually seen a version number in the specs for any device? The PS3, for instance uses the 1.3 spec. If my TV uses the 1.2 spec, anything that needs to use the 1.3 spec won't display content. How are they going to explain that to the user? "well, see, the HDMI port here is actually different than the HDMI port here. They look the same, and have nothing to distinguish one from the other, but TRUST ME, there is a difference." I expect that excuse won't fly in any court should a class action case be filed. If I ever get a PS3 (after it is... oh... half the price), and it refuses to play at full resolution because my TV is only 1.2, I will be mighty pissed off. The whole HDMI/HDCP thing is totally pointless and will end up being a royal pain in the ass to everyone except the content makers.
Good point, but to play devil's advocate, more or less, take this situation. Since Vista requires authentication to even view network/firewall properties, what is a limited user going to do when the game needs to open a port to play online? There needs to be a good way to handle this, better than the current approach. In XP, you get a dialog that something is trying to open a port, and asks if it should be opened. The problem is that most of the time, the game is full-screen and you don't see the message until you quit the game after trying to get online and thinking the game is broken or your network crapped out. In any case, to open the port, I assume you need some sort of elevated permissions, which some users may not be.
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It does if your OS is Mac OS... but you don't even need an installer on a mac most of the time. Just copy the application where you want it.
There are 2 ways to install software.
1. Drag application folder where ever you want it
2. If application does need to install a control panel, kext, or any other system file, then you can create an installer. When the installer tries to install the files that need the elevated permissions, it then tells you what it is trying to do and asks for an admin user/password
How is that hard to grasp at MS? Assuming everything needs admin permissions is just insane, and insisting it isn't a security hole and is a "design choice" is just fucking retarded.
That might be the same time frame that nvidia has stable drivers for vista, too... what a coincidence!
Not only that, but the 802.11n spec isn't even final yet. So for all practical purposes, it is a beta until it is a standard as there is still a chance the protocol will change.
I think you're missing the point the parent post was trying to make. They weren't complaining about how easy it is to have one account for everything. They were complaining that they can't change the email address associated with it because it is a hotmail account. They simply want to change their email address, and it doesn't allow them to.
Someone could copyright jerkin' off and bankrupt the slashdot user base.
What the author fails to take into account is that multi-core allows each program to effectively use a separate core to do its work, regardless of how it is programmed. All it takes is the OS to be smart enough to task each program to a free core, if available. The programs don't have to be specifically written to be multi-core aware as long as the OS is smart enough to send process to the idle cores. The programs that need more power than one core can deliver will usually have the multi-core support built in, as many games are starting to do now that the technology is taking off.
:)
Notice I took the high ground and didn't make the obligatory windows virus scan jokes...
...Phone-a-bone. Smut Message System? Brings new meaning to reaching out and touching someone.
From what I've read (and experienced on some test machines) about Vista, you should probably ghost BEFORE installing it. You may not like it, or it might fuck with your boot records.
The nuclear engineering building at purdue university (where they have a small functioning reactor) is not blurred out at all.
I'm fairly certain that if at some point the **AAs ever visited slashdot that it didn't take long to figure out that this isn't the place for them to visit. Why don't you try actually sending them your thoughts DIRECTLY, as I have done in the past. If more people did, maybe they wouldn't think that the public actually wants DRM. Otherwise, you're just doing what the network exec in South Park said "please direct any further complaints to the brick wall over there". You're being just as effective.
Samsung's latest DLPs use high intensity LEDs to illuminate the DLP chip, not a standard bulb. These cannot (as far as I know) be burned out. Next topic?
Ok, if the DRM prevented them from being able to change the media into another format, I guess I could see the point of this. But the fact that you can burn the stuff to a CD as many times as you want, I don't see how anyone is forced to use an iPod for music from ITMS. In fact, I bet there are more people with CD players than iPods. As others have pointed out, razor blade makers, video game consoles, etc are far more "locked down" than music from ITMS. Hell, why not sue microsoft for making IE, outlook, etc only work on windows? Sirius and XM radio music can only be played on stuff made by them. Where do they draw the line?
Seriously, they spy on their own employees, they spy on other companies, how do I know they aren't spying on me via our office HPs? Who do they think they are, the Bush administration?
There are plenty of extras here in the US, feel free to take them, we don't want 'em. Seriously, here you can go into any electronics store and see stacks of them. Nintendo Wiis, not so much. They are still selling out as soon as they hit the shelves.
Why don't people try getting a first life?
Even if you could get the customer support monkey to delete all your data in their live system, any reputable place I'm sure will have backup sets with your data. Good luck getting your data removed from shelves of tape libraries.
I can only imagine how upset the zune owners will be once they find this out. Heck, both of them might even return the zunes!
There are indeed people who love windows. Virus writers, script kiddies, spyware makers, and those who make money stopping the others mentioned LOVE windows!
That's the same POS STB that I have, and use HDMI. I found that the box has to be turned on at the same time as the TV to handshake, it apparently only tries once. Do you have the problem where if it is set to dolby digital sound, sometimes when you change channels it will switch back to stereo mode, despite still being set to DD? I then have to just highlight the setting in the config (not change it, just highlight it) and it switches back to DD. That is even more annoying than the handshaking issue, because having ADD and HATING commercials, I tend to channel surf a lot :)
Ok, to start off, I have this problem with my cable box, too. If I leave the cable box on, and simply turn the tv on or off (as most people do, i bet), when I turn on the TV, the cable box tells me it couldn't establish an HDCP connection. To actually get them to handshake, both devices have to be turned on at the same time. What a bunch of BS.
The bigger problem than handshaking issues is that there are apparently multiple versions of HDMI, the latest being 1.3. Now as a consumer, how the hell am I supposed to know which version of HDMI each of my devices have? Has anyone actually seen a version number in the specs for any device? The PS3, for instance uses the 1.3 spec. If my TV uses the 1.2 spec, anything that needs to use the 1.3 spec won't display content. How are they going to explain that to the user? "well, see, the HDMI port here is actually different than the HDMI port here. They look the same, and have nothing to distinguish one from the other, but TRUST ME, there is a difference." I expect that excuse won't fly in any court should a class action case be filed. If I ever get a PS3 (after it is... oh... half the price), and it refuses to play at full resolution because my TV is only 1.2, I will be mighty pissed off. The whole HDMI/HDCP thing is totally pointless and will end up being a royal pain in the ass to everyone except the content makers.
Good point, but to play devil's advocate, more or less, take this situation. Since Vista requires authentication to even view network/firewall properties, what is a limited user going to do when the game needs to open a port to play online? There needs to be a good way to handle this, better than the current approach. In XP, you get a dialog that something is trying to open a port, and asks if it should be opened. The problem is that most of the time, the game is full-screen and you don't see the message until you quit the game after trying to get online and thinking the game is broken or your network crapped out. In any case, to open the port, I assume you need some sort of elevated permissions, which some users may not be.