Many computer companies don't take the time to bind XP to their BIOS.
...and Gateway is one of the ones that does take the time. Nice try. You'd have a case with a generic OEM copy 30 DAYS after install, but not with a new Gateway system.
A friend of mine bought a Gateway computer a couple of years ago with XP Home on it. After installing and uninstalling several pieces of software the system locked and he couldn't get it to "boot." So being the tech savvy friend in the industry he brings the PC to me.
The system is asking for a Microsoft Authentication Code.
Nice troll. The OEM copies of Windows XP don't run the same activation system as the retail versions. The OEM copies are bound to the OEM's BIOS. And nothing for XP's activation scheme is called the "Microsoft Authentication Code." There's only a product key and an activation code.
I think it makes great sense. Current technology could probably give you 32-48 bit dynamic range if all you sampled was black and white and forgot about color.
Your eyes can only distinguish to about 24-bit COLOR. The advantage of a B&W CCD would be accuracy. The storage per pixel can be well less than 32-bits for only B&W.
If I remember rightly, once a file was tagged with a certain access level
At least with unencrypted data, administrator privileges, and a modern (2000 or later) NTFS system, you can [i]always[/i] take ownership and then modify the permissions to gain access. I've never worked with NT 4.0 or earlier.
Now there was an OS that would be really useful these days. It was possible to define security layers so that you couldn't even access your own files without being in the exact right security access level.
NTFS has this, sort of. If you don't have permissions to access something as an administrator and aren't the owner, you have to irreversibly take ownership to change the permissions. It leaves a trail that can't be wiped without physical access to the system or an alternative NTFS driver.
They change their entire platforms over 2 years, and MS will spend 3-5 years changing the default shell?
Yeah, because my ability to run Windows 95 applications on XP is vastly inferior to Linux's inability to run a single modern application across current distros without lots of modification or testing.
Well, you wouldn't use XP for a server, and I don't see how 2003 is harder to admin for any bad reason. Most of the hurdles in 2003 are legitimately for security.
Windows XP has two different options for antialiasing. Microsoft even has a powertoy to tweak the antialiasing settings. Don't even start to claim that Linux has superior type support. I'm a typographer and design manager for a publication. Linux isn't even on my list of considered platforms for typographic ability.
It's impossible to install any released version of Windows onto a SATA hard disk (including an XP SP2 install disk - Christ, that was only released that year) unless you have a floppy drive.
I installed XP SP1 (when it was current) on the system I built for my parents without any trouble. It has two SATA disks.
Also, the drivers don't need to be on floppy. You can use a USB memory key too.
If you have to rewrite your crappy old custom windows apps, maybe you'll start looking at mac.
It's not like Apple didn't just majorly overhaul their APIs with OS X. Microsoft's backward compatability goes farther back than Apple's. (Classic mode is not true backward compatability. It's just running a copy of the old OS.)
Microsoft used a similar scheme for SP2, but did it over the course of several weeks leaving many customers high and dry for a few weeks until they got enabled to receive the update.
The full install for SP2 was immediately available to everyone. The Windows Update nag was slowly rolled out.
Celera relied on the "free research" of the NIH. They extended that research with their own technique, and then patented the result of the joint data.
Fixed: Car companies rely on the "free roads" of the federal government. They extend that infrustructure with their own cars, and then profit off the result of the joint use.
Outsourcing. Be available 24/7. When you're 40, get packing.
Let's try this with some actual economics. Outsourcing. START LEARNING SOMETHING LESS SATURATED IN SUPPLY. Be available 24/7. GET A DIFFERENT JOB.
Don't forget that workers in India are rapidly demanding higher wages, which reduces incentive to outsource. Outsourcing has inherent overhead costs for communication, bureaucratic, and distance barriers. Don't think that companies outsource for fun. Indian workers don't have to even reach our wages before industries will start pulling back.
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I don't see how making FairPlay only run on the iPod is any different, even if it is motivated by other interests.
You are apparantly unaware of Creative Labs' Audigy line of cards.
...and Gateway is one of the ones that does take the time. Nice try. You'd have a case with a generic OEM copy 30 DAYS after install, but not with a new Gateway system.
Nice troll. The OEM copies of Windows XP don't run the same activation system as the retail versions. The OEM copies are bound to the OEM's BIOS. And nothing for XP's activation scheme is called the "Microsoft Authentication Code." There's only a product key and an activation code.
As far as the human eye can perceive black through white, yes.
They're only better than regular CDs. SA-CDs and DVD-Audio are pretty much at the limit of human hearing's ability.
Your eyes can only distinguish to about 24-bit COLOR. The advantage of a B&W CCD would be accuracy. The storage per pixel can be well less than 32-bits for only B&W.
At least with unencrypted data, administrator privileges, and a modern (2000 or later) NTFS system, you can [i]always[/i] take ownership and then modify the permissions to gain access. I've never worked with NT 4.0 or earlier.
NTFS has this, sort of. If you don't have permissions to access something as an administrator and aren't the owner, you have to irreversibly take ownership to change the permissions. It leaves a trail that can't be wiped without physical access to the system or an alternative NTFS driver.
Yeah, because my ability to run Windows 95 applications on XP is vastly inferior to Linux's inability to run a single modern application across current distros without lots of modification or testing.
That would be about four times the clock rate, not two, although you have to consider how little work a P4 does per clock cycle.
So, these statistics suggest that ~5.5% of the CPUs is running Mac OS X.
Did you mean somewhere between 2.75 and 5.5%?
You story would sound so much more serious if you'd use the real names of the products.
Well, you wouldn't use XP for a server, and I don't see how 2003 is harder to admin for any bad reason. Most of the hurdles in 2003 are legitimately for security.
Hence my suggestion that it's often DRM.
Could someone give me examples of this? Most software I use doesn't do this. It seems more of a design pattern for DRM stuff (like DVD audio).
You should use ClearType if you have a TFT screen. Tweak the settings if you must with the ClearType powertoy.
Windows XP has two different options for antialiasing. Microsoft even has a powertoy to tweak the antialiasing settings. Don't even start to claim that Linux has superior type support. I'm a typographer and design manager for a publication. Linux isn't even on my list of considered platforms for typographic ability.
I installed XP SP1 (when it was current) on the system I built for my parents without any trouble. It has two SATA disks.
Also, the drivers don't need to be on floppy. You can use a USB memory key too.
It's not like Apple didn't just majorly overhaul their APIs with OS X. Microsoft's backward compatability goes farther back than Apple's. (Classic mode is not true backward compatability. It's just running a copy of the old OS.)
I have that in my ThinkPad. It's a nice drive.
The full install for SP2 was immediately available to everyone. The Windows Update nag was slowly rolled out.
Actually, it is. Read the rest of the threads. However, only a Windows proof of concept exploit has been released. Other OSes are vulnerable.
Fixed: Car companies rely on the "free roads" of the federal government. They extend that infrustructure with their own cars, and then profit off the result of the joint use.
How evil of them!
Not of the relevent businesses, AC. Apple has FAR more than 5% of online music sales and MP3 players.
Let's try this with some actual economics. Outsourcing. START LEARNING SOMETHING LESS SATURATED IN SUPPLY. Be available 24/7. GET A DIFFERENT JOB.
Don't forget that workers in India are rapidly demanding higher wages, which reduces incentive to outsource. Outsourcing has inherent overhead costs for communication, bureaucratic, and distance barriers. Don't think that companies outsource for fun. Indian workers don't have to even reach our wages before industries will start pulling back.