Because PCI ADSL cards, which I suspect you are talking about
No, USB.
Also you are veering off subject slightly because there are NO drivers for such hardware in XP , to my knowledge, you still had to go and get the drivers from elsewhere
They generally come on a CD with the hardware that does everything. No reboot either.
Two recent examples.. Happauge TV cards, Broadcom WIFI. Both required faffing about with modules just last year. Both installed automagically during installation with Mandriva 2007.
My Happauge TV card doesn't work with Linux at all.
If you can't get it installed then what difference does it make how well it runs?
It might be the greatest OS ever, but if you're trying to get ADSL working, and it doesn't work because it assumes it's pppoe when it's nothing of the sort, and it doesn't recognise your modem, it's as useful as DOS.
Apparently so. You do know most Linux distros will also install drivers for printers, scanners, analogue TV cards and now Digital TV cards during installation.
Many Linux distros require you to install a new kernel to get your hardware working. How come an eight year old version of Windows gets my ADSL working with a few button clicks, whilst a mere two year old version of Linux needs a new kernel?
Whatever's wrong with Vista, if it doesn't make you compile kernels I'll consider it more suitable than Linux.
If the market continues to fill demands for those who put in no effort, then fewer will put in effort, and soon the operating system will do the thinking for the average consumer.
Why should an operating system require effort? Computers are supposed to do work for us, not the other way round.
You can say what you want about microsoft but at least they don't tell you to upgrade the kernel or compile modules when you want to install some hardware.
Translation is great for contracts or technical documents, but if you really want to understand a culture then you need to learn its language.
What if you don't want to understand a culture, just understand what someone's saying? Unless you're going to speak it for the rest of your life, learning a language is pointless, as you'll just forget it.
It doesn't work like that. Inflation happens when there is more money about. Empowering people with lower taxation merely changes where the money goes.
That's incorrect, if everyone has lots of spare money, then everyone has the freedom to live their own life. The more of your income you put into the socialist black hole, the more you're trapped in your current circumstances, and this has nothing to do with anyone else.
For example if after taxes and expenditure I'm left with one five a year, I'm effectively trapped in my current lifestyle. I don't have the spare money to risk doing something else, if it goes wrong I'm broke. However if after expenditure I have thirty grand left over, I can then use that money as a buffer to risk doing something else.
Governments love socialism as it keeps everyone in their place. Citizens who are sick of them can't clear off to another country/state if their income has been taken to pay for stadiums and public art, can they? No, they have to stay there and keep putting up with the crap.
Actually they know exactly what they're doing: it's the classic Microsoft tactic of simply buying out competition in order to conquer the market. They didn't even buy it with money, just shares that they can make up out of nowhere.
So effectively, Google have closed down their biggest rival in the online video market for NOTHING.
The ipod was entering a largely empty, immature market. The mobile phone market is mature and saturated, they're going to find it a lot harder to break into this.
It also gets rid of a lot of stuff that's good for you. And not all bacteria is bad. Even the bad bacteria, unless it makes you ill, WILL improve your immune system.
World of Warcraft was an Everquest clone, doesn't seem to have done it any harm. People don't want new, scary things, they like what they've had before, but with nicer graphics.
Deciding which crap to watch is not much different than watching whatever crap is on at any particular time. Anyone who says otherwise is just trying to be elitist and arrogant about their form of entertainment.
I mean it's pathetic enough being elitest because you don't watch TV, being elitest because you watch TV in a 'better' way than someone else, well that's completely and utterly laughable.
Slashdot Mirror
Imagine Child's Play crossed with 2001: A Space Oddysey.
Maybe they could get busy making it so Firefox doesn't freeze on flash sites like youtube?
No, USB.
They generally come on a CD with the hardware that does everything. No reboot either.
My Happauge TV card doesn't work with Linux at all.
If you can't get it installed then what difference does it make how well it runs?
It might be the greatest OS ever, but if you're trying to get ADSL working, and it doesn't work because it assumes it's pppoe when it's nothing of the sort, and it doesn't recognise your modem, it's as useful as DOS.
Many Linux distros require you to install a new kernel to get your hardware working. How come an eight year old version of Windows gets my ADSL working with a few button clicks, whilst a mere two year old version of Linux needs a new kernel?
Whatever's wrong with Vista, if it doesn't make you compile kernels I'll consider it more suitable than Linux.
Why should an operating system require effort? Computers are supposed to do work for us, not the other way round.
You can say what you want about microsoft but at least they don't tell you to upgrade the kernel or compile modules when you want to install some hardware.
What if you don't want to understand a culture, just understand what someone's saying? Unless you're going to speak it for the rest of your life, learning a language is pointless, as you'll just forget it.
It doesn't work like that. Inflation happens when there is more money about. Empowering people with lower taxation merely changes where the money goes.
That's incorrect, if everyone has lots of spare money, then everyone has the freedom to live their own life. The more of your income you put into the socialist black hole, the more you're trapped in your current circumstances, and this has nothing to do with anyone else.
For example if after taxes and expenditure I'm left with one five a year, I'm effectively trapped in my current lifestyle. I don't have the spare money to risk doing something else, if it goes wrong I'm broke. However if after expenditure I have thirty grand left over, I can then use that money as a buffer to risk doing something else.
Governments love socialism as it keeps everyone in their place. Citizens who are sick of them can't clear off to another country/state if their income has been taken to pay for stadiums and public art, can they? No, they have to stay there and keep putting up with the crap.
As opposed to waiting for years on the NHS, or getting an infection whilst in hospital and dying because they're not cleaned properly?
Never heard of the DS? Lik-Sang are well within their rights to design and manufacture their own device.
Actually they know exactly what they're doing: it's the classic Microsoft tactic of simply buying out competition in order to conquer the market. They didn't even buy it with money, just shares that they can make up out of nowhere.
So effectively, Google have closed down their biggest rival in the online video market for NOTHING.
$1500 USD? I suppose translates to about £200.
The ipod was entering a largely empty, immature market. The mobile phone market is mature and saturated, they're going to find it a lot harder to break into this.
From above:
Most people who have heard of Batman don't know it from the comics, but rather than films, cartoons, etc.
How is it creative when all the characters are the same and and are all chasing the same equipment?
Yes, but they're all working for other companies now.
Why? Over confidence is a million times better than under confidence.
Intelligent people don't make massive generalisations that are simplistic and incorrect.
In that case, why are so many nerds overweight, why haven't they seen the consequences of sitting about snacking all day?
It also gets rid of a lot of stuff that's good for you. And not all bacteria is bad. Even the bad bacteria, unless it makes you ill, WILL improve your immune system.
World of Warcraft was an Everquest clone, doesn't seem to have done it any harm. People don't want new, scary things, they like what they've had before, but with nicer graphics.
That dumbing things down and making them predictable and unchallenging makes money? This goes for all of the entertainment industry, not just games.
In England, the term 'Liberal' means people who want to tax us all to death.
Deciding which crap to watch is not much different than watching whatever crap is on at any particular time. Anyone who says otherwise is just trying to be elitist and arrogant about their form of entertainment.
I mean it's pathetic enough being elitest because you don't watch TV, being elitest because you watch TV in a 'better' way than someone else, well that's completely and utterly laughable.