Here in Canada at the moment there is some controversy over cell phone companies who are deceptively marketing their phones by claiming that they have to charge a monthly "Network Access" fee that is supposably required by the government.
In fact since the law covering this fee changed April 1 the government is actually only getting a small fraction of the amount that customers are being charged. Yet they're still pitching it to customers as a government fee.
With that kind of hardware it had better at least make toast too...
In terms of 'average' hardware requirements I think that we're stretching it as it is even for XP's requirements. Just another case of bloatware keeping the Wintel monopoly going I guess. More eyecandy and everything in a different place but not necessarily any more functionality. Whatever happened to high performance software that pushed the limits of what was possible? I'm thinking BeOS here. It ran crazy-fast even on ancient hardware! Fortunately Linux is good but not quite that fast yet (on the desktop in comparison to BeOS).
I can attest that I and my friends were completely smashed when the idea came to us that we should all throw our phones at the floor and see which one bounced higher
I bet that's not all that was completely smashed...;-)
I'm rather surprised that my earlier comment was modded down. Sure it likly will be useful for preventing viruses from running but think of some of the other implications of a hardware non-execute permission. Could this also be used as a restrictive form of DRM or another form of software de-activation? In some ways I see this as a means of taking control of software away from the end user.
I do however recognize that Microsoft is trying to plug the holes in it's software and applaud them for taking steps to minimize the impact of exploits, malicious programs and viruses.
I don't think that I like the idea of MS...
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We've even Slashdotted the pics on the cached sites!
Looks like the quarters aren't the only thing being crushed. I'm sure the webservers have imploded by now...
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Here in Canada at the moment there is some controversy over cell phone companies who are deceptively marketing their phones by claiming that they have to charge a monthly "Network Access" fee that is supposably required by the government. In fact since the law covering this fee changed April 1 the government is actually only getting a small fraction of the amount that customers are being charged. Yet they're still pitching it to customers as a government fee.
Slashdot: coming to a TV near you!
Pigs everywhere are suddenly flying and Microsoft's decided to switch their business model to open source software!
Dell Guy: Duuude your getting weed... I mean uh code!
It looks like you're trying to trying to configure your wireless router!
Would you like to:
About their "Airport" wireless accessories... I bet their marketing department would love that..
With that kind of hardware it had better at least make toast too... In terms of 'average' hardware requirements I think that we're stretching it as it is even for XP's requirements. Just another case of bloatware keeping the Wintel monopoly going I guess. More eyecandy and everything in a different place but not necessarily any more functionality. Whatever happened to high performance software that pushed the limits of what was possible? I'm thinking BeOS here. It ran crazy-fast even on ancient hardware! Fortunately Linux is good but not quite that fast yet (on the desktop in comparison to BeOS).
Talking about stealing cable....
his webserver's a beerbot too and now he's cursing us for melting his convenient bringer of beverages.
I can attest that I and my friends were completely smashed when the idea came to us that we should all throw our phones at the floor and see which one bounced higher
;-)
I bet that's not all that was completely smashed...
Name one company besides Microsoft that's succeeded financially in licensing its stuff to others. uh SCO! oh wait no...
African or European chickens?
in the thread....
If this is his usual getup I wonder what this guy's halloween costume will be like? Looks like his webserver's already Slashdotted too...
I'm rather surprised that my earlier comment was modded down. Sure it likly will be useful for preventing viruses from running but think of some of the other implications of a hardware non-execute permission. Could this also be used as a restrictive form of DRM or another form of software de-activation? In some ways I see this as a means of taking control of software away from the end user. I do however recognize that Microsoft is trying to plug the holes in it's software and applaud them for taking steps to minimize the impact of exploits, malicious programs and viruses.
telling me what I can and cannot run.
Does it run Linux? (or: Does Linux drive it? All of a sudden I get unbidden images of penguins behind the wheel.)
I bet that now their lego servers look like this ;-)
I for one welcome our new voice-actor overlords...
Literally!
by your tinfoil hat ;-)
they would ever need! hmm...
No one RTFAs anymore.
If there's ever a World War 3 only two things will survive: the cockroaches and Keith Richards
We've even Slashdotted the pics on the cached sites! Looks like the quarters aren't the only thing being crushed. I'm sure the webservers have imploded by now...