You're in a hurry, so you want PCs to respond faster. You do many things at
once and wish your PCs could too. You want software that's more powerful, but
also easier to use. You'd like more color. You're eager for your systems to
communicate with other systems. You want improved reliability. And you want
all this without obsoleting your investment in equipment, software and
training.
Well TOO BAD! STOP WHINING!
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This article reads like an 'ed-vertisement' from the home shopping network - frankly, this software sounds like Norton Utillities from 1986. What kind of acid test is multiple formats? The files are still there for any freeware software app to retrieve. I would be more impressed if it could read files that have been overwritten. And why isn't anyone making a linux 'live-CD' data recovery disc?
BTW - if you have *real* data recovery issues try Ontrack They can recover data from dead hard drives.
This wasn't an article, or review. I'm thinking it's 'looking for people to send me free stuff to review'-esque.
Back when Norm was mayor of St. Paul I played a private Halloween show in NE Minneapolis for some design company. Norm happened to show up, and walked around pressing the flesh.
Being that this was a design company, everyone was in costume and very good ones at that. There were some Darth Mauls, some Ghostbuster guys with lighted 'Proton Packs' and of course several 'The Artist formerly Known as Prince'-es, Purple Rain era.
Norm was walking around and stopped at the refreshment table. I walked up to him, shook his hand and said, "That's the best Norm Coleman costume I've ever seen. Good job."
His smile faltered for a moment, then he replied, "uh...Thanks.."
First time I've ever seen a politician run out of stuff to say.
has no less than 2-3 iMacs and an iBook in the trailer!
I'm guessing that they are going to be prominently featured since they will be in most shots of the 'teacher' (Jack Black).
What does that say to me? (as a fan and student of the evils of advertising)
The school is up-to-date, the kids are well educated and probably have fun learning. The school is clean, the kids are well-to-do, and are creative.
I can't say if the movie's going to be any good though.
Apple doen't need to come off as cool - ever since I've seen my first Apple II, I've thought they were cool, unique, swell and very usable. They are extra-swift now because they *look* the part, and appeal to compu-idiots for ease of use, and uber-geeks for OS X and sweet-ass hardware.
OS X is THE reason I just spent several grand on a new 15" Powerbook.
I've used some variant of Windows for the last 10 years, tried Linux a few times. Found BeOS as it went under and fell in love. Long live OpenBeos! OS X came to me at work and didn't have the things that I hated about Windows in it. It was smooth, clean, and didn't look like anything I had ever used before. That said, it was also very user friendly - and wow! a unix terminal!
I've learned more (by choice) in 1 year using a Mac than the previous 10 with Windows. The Mac is cool, yes - but it also lessens the uncoolness of things you must do on it, i.e. work.
Microsoft can't be cool. They can make cool things, they can do cool stuff, and have cool features, but MS can't be cool. They are a giant corp, run by uncool people (Bill and Steve? c'mon), make Windows and Office that bring viruses and DRM to everyone and sit on every decidedly not cool desktop in the world.
Can you do stuff with Windows? Sure. Can you enjoy it? Maybe.
No doubt Bill and Co. are poring over this post right now saying, "But Teamhasnoi! What DO we DOOOOooo??".
Bill, you need to think about some things. Like how Windows is viewed as a 'computer'. You've done real well in getting Windows on PCs, but your mindshare stinks. People associate computers with Windows, and the whole thing as 'appliance', and that spells boring. You don't see anyone trying to install Windows CE on a Zaurus, do you?
Second, why would I want to use Windows at home? Most use Windows at work, then come home and it's more of the same. Change it up. Media Center is a good start, but you really need to drop the DRM deal. You're just going to annoy people and make them think of work and PCLOADLETTER when some song they want to hear won't play. They will blame you. And plot your death.
Third. Hardware. The biggest (and I mean biggest) hardware thing you have is the X-Box. Take a look at the PS2 - those guys know how to design sexy hardware. The X-box looked dated when it came out. Stop designing by commitee. Get one person to do it. And not you. Hitler may have designed the VW Beetle, but you're no Hitler. Yet.
Fourth. Bill, lets face facts. You're dead inside. IANAPPOP (I Am Not A Preacher, Pastor, Or Pope), but you've got pay some serious attention to the soul. Ya got no soul, brother. Stop. Give the company to Steve for a year (watch him, have you seen those eyes?), go to Tibet, live in a cave and eat mountain air and drink icy runoff. Bring a Newton.
Fifth. Has the school bully ever been cool?
Oh, Bill, my Powerbook shipped today, so I won't be able to help you anymore. Zen out on that.
The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Aves: Anatidae) (page 243-247)
On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided with the glass facade of the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam and died. An other drake mallard raped the corpse almost continuously for 75 minutes. Then the author disturbed the scene and secured the dead duck. Dissection showed that the rape-victim indeed was of the male sex. It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an 'Attempted Rape Flight' that resulted in the first described case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.
75 MINUTES! Talk about not knowing when to quit! Not even a, "Honey, are you awake?"... sheeesh.
BTW, the pictures of the ducks are quite tasteful, while the beautiful chicken photos border on hard-core pornography.
After reading this article, I have attained super-smarts by poining my Airport Extreme Cantenna directly at my frontal lobes.
I'm getting a nice tan and I know the theories behind it! Wow - did you guys know that you can look at the sun and get the same effect? I have also discovered that my reaction time to getting modded down has been reduced to mere minutes!
This is truly a golden age, and not some wireless corporation's self-serving sponsored study. Say that 10 times fast - I can!
Actually, some Northgate Omnikey keyboards *do* have a hard reset button on the back of the keyboards. I can recall hitting it accidentally when I was moving the keyboard, and Windows 95 went buh-bye.
That's right - I said overloads. As soon as this is cheap enough, it's going to go on every bit of packaging, junk mail, and flat surface. Each one will vie for your attention. Imagine walking into a Target or Krogers or Walmart and seeing aisle after aisle of seizure-inducing, moving displays that blur into a undulating mass of 'buy ME!' and over-stimulation.
When is it enough? How much can our wee little monkey brains take? I'm guessing that the 'eXtREEEM' of the future will be advertising that may kill old people or small children.
Of course, the perfect app for this is e-paper voting! Now elections can be rigged *and* everyone can have a copy of their vote!
Two can play this game, Diebold. How would you like to see hackers and crackers go to town on your machines? I'm sure one can be obtained rather easily from a smaller voting district.
Distribute and arm 1,000 geeks with smart cards, Wi-Fi sniffers, and other tools and the landscape of politics may be slightly different the next day.
I'd love to see some *real* work get done at last. What better way than to get a Jolt-infused programmer who is used to doing 14 hour stretches who's tired of copyright, IP, DMCA, patent abuse. Guess what? Our canidate doesn't need to listen to your corporations! We can get him or her, or one just like them with the swipe of a card, or the sniff of a packet.
Be careful, kids. You don't want to fuck with the guys who can own you at the drop of a hat. We'll see how Diebold does without it's massive conflicts of interests holding it's hand.
How about a little button connected to the battery and the 'box' that destroys the box utterly or erases the NVRAM? The thing is, if you're involved in an accident - nothing short of an EM pulse will take care of the other car's 'box'.
Information can be gleaned from that and the scene of the accident can be reconstructed from that.
Of course, the lawyers (and trolls) will say that those who have nothing to hide shouldn't have to destroy the info.
Drive cars that don't have boxes. Until those are illegal too...
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Even though I know *why*, it still pisses me off. I paid for two zeros! I want my two zeros!
Maybe I'll take back $14.34 from the purchase price - "Ahh! I know the tag said 299.99, it's just that my money is smaller when *you* get it."
Oh. Video games? Well, I did rise to power and kill millions thanks to RTCW. Sorry 'bout that.
Signed,
Hitler
Well TOO BAD! STOP WHINING!
Matthew Dillon brings you DragonFly BSD, the fastest and most gut-wrenchingly powerful operating system ever!
EUNUCHS, PMS, Mac System X, AmigaDOS, Windoze XP2600, Linux, etc... don't even think about it! Give it up and GO HOME! We scoff! HA! All other operating systems cower and DELETE THEMSELVES due to their incredible relative lameness! Check it out!
The world of DragonFly BSD will become your world too... AND YOU'LL LIKE IT!
Is this correct, or should I try another method?
Signed,
Doug Roberts
BTW - if you have *real* data recovery issues try Ontrack They can recover data from dead hard drives.
This wasn't an article, or review. I'm thinking it's 'looking for people to send me free stuff to review'-esque.
"You see, I was born with too much smarts, so they had to operate to relieve the pressure.."
*drool*
Being that this was a design company, everyone was in costume and very good ones at that. There were some Darth Mauls, some Ghostbuster guys with lighted 'Proton Packs' and of course several 'The Artist formerly Known as Prince'-es, Purple Rain era.
Norm was walking around and stopped at the refreshment table. I walked up to him, shook his hand and said, "That's the best Norm Coleman costume I've ever seen. Good job."
His smile faltered for a moment, then he replied, "uh...Thanks.."
First time I've ever seen a politician run out of stuff to say.
No, you're thinking Windows XP and this. No thanks necessary, love to help.
Really, I need to post this again: Queer Eye + Geek Eye = ????
+1. My 15" PB shipped today. :)
I'm guessing that they are going to be prominently featured since they will be in most shots of the 'teacher' (Jack Black).
What does that say to me? (as a fan and student of the evils of advertising)
The school is up-to-date, the kids are well educated and probably have fun learning. The school is clean, the kids are well-to-do, and are creative.
I can't say if the movie's going to be any good though.
Apple doen't need to come off as cool - ever since I've seen my first Apple II, I've thought they were cool, unique, swell and very usable. They are extra-swift now because they *look* the part, and appeal to compu-idiots for ease of use, and uber-geeks for OS X and sweet-ass hardware.
OS X is THE reason I just spent several grand on a new 15" Powerbook.
I've used some variant of Windows for the last 10 years, tried Linux a few times. Found BeOS as it went under and fell in love. Long live OpenBeos! OS X came to me at work and didn't have the things that I hated about Windows in it. It was smooth, clean, and didn't look like anything I had ever used before. That said, it was also very user friendly - and wow! a unix terminal!
I've learned more (by choice) in 1 year using a Mac than the previous 10 with Windows. The Mac is cool, yes - but it also lessens the uncoolness of things you must do on it, i.e. work.
Microsoft can't be cool. They can make cool things, they can do cool stuff, and have cool features, but MS can't be cool. They are a giant corp, run by uncool people (Bill and Steve? c'mon), make Windows and Office that bring viruses and DRM to everyone and sit on every decidedly not cool desktop in the world.
Can you do stuff with Windows? Sure. Can you enjoy it? Maybe.
No doubt Bill and Co. are poring over this post right now saying, "But Teamhasnoi! What DO we DOOOOooo??".
Bill, you need to think about some things. Like how Windows is viewed as a 'computer'. You've done real well in getting Windows on PCs, but your mindshare stinks. People associate computers with Windows, and the whole thing as 'appliance', and that spells boring. You don't see anyone trying to install Windows CE on a Zaurus, do you?
Second, why would I want to use Windows at home? Most use Windows at work, then come home and it's more of the same. Change it up. Media Center is a good start, but you really need to drop the DRM deal. You're just going to annoy people and make them think of work and PCLOADLETTER when some song they want to hear won't play. They will blame you. And plot your death.
Third. Hardware. The biggest (and I mean biggest) hardware thing you have is the X-Box. Take a look at the PS2 - those guys know how to design sexy hardware. The X-box looked dated when it came out. Stop designing by commitee. Get one person to do it. And not you. Hitler may have designed the VW Beetle, but you're no Hitler. Yet.
Fourth. Bill, lets face facts. You're dead inside. IANAPPOP (I Am Not A Preacher, Pastor, Or Pope), but you've got pay some serious attention to the soul. Ya got no soul, brother. Stop. Give the company to Steve for a year (watch him, have you seen those eyes?), go to Tibet, live in a cave and eat mountain air and drink icy runoff. Bring a Newton.
Fifth. Has the school bully ever been cool?
Oh, Bill, my Powerbook shipped today, so I won't be able to help you anymore. Zen out on that.
Even Textedit has a spring in its step!
Flame me if you'd like, but this fix has made OS X faster, cheaper, and the most stable of OSes.
I could easily spend a year's salary here.
Don't look at the scrolls! It will snow crash your brain!
On 5 June 1995 an adult male mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) collided with the glass facade of the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam and died. An other drake mallard raped the corpse almost continuously for 75 minutes. Then the author disturbed the scene and secured the dead duck. Dissection showed that the rape-victim indeed was of the male sex. It is concluded that the mallards were engaged in an 'Attempted Rape Flight' that resulted in the first described case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard.
75 MINUTES! Talk about not knowing when to quit! Not even a, "Honey, are you awake?"... sheeesh.
BTW, the pictures of the ducks are quite tasteful, while the beautiful chicken photos border on hard-core pornography.
The first place I heard about E5 was on Slashdot, in a sig - I thought about trying it out, but something didn't seem quite right.
Too much flash and cash on the website, and sweeping claims that hadn't made it elsewhere turned me off.
I'm thinking it's the same 'spidey sense' that goes off when I get an email with an evil attachment.
Damn you random chance! I'll get you next time.
I'm getting a nice tan and I know the theories behind it! Wow - did you guys know that you can look at the sun and get the same effect? I have also discovered that my reaction time to getting modded down has been reduced to mere minutes!
This is truly a golden age, and not some wireless corporation's self-serving sponsored study. Say that 10 times fast - I can!
I can fly too - you guys gotta try this!!
Later, I thought it was a pretty useful feature.
When is it enough? How much can our wee little monkey brains take? I'm guessing that the 'eXtREEEM' of the future will be advertising that may kill old people or small children.
Of course, the perfect app for this is e-paper voting! Now elections can be rigged *and* everyone can have a copy of their vote!
(Note: Votes subject to change)
Distribute and arm 1,000 geeks with smart cards, Wi-Fi sniffers, and other tools and the landscape of politics may be slightly different the next day.
I'd love to see some *real* work get done at last. What better way than to get a Jolt-infused programmer who is used to doing 14 hour stretches who's tired of copyright, IP, DMCA, patent abuse. Guess what? Our canidate doesn't need to listen to your corporations! We can get him or her, or one just like them with the swipe of a card, or the sniff of a packet.
Be careful, kids. You don't want to fuck with the guys who can own you at the drop of a hat. We'll see how Diebold does without it's massive conflicts of interests holding it's hand.
See you in 2004!
Without a sofa with a talking scale tucked inside, this might as well be the Amish Office of the Future.
Fool me once, shame on you, Fool me twice, shame on..Won't get fooled again!
from their prototype that required you to place a 12 ounce, specially modified bluetooth tranciever up your ass.
There is also a 'ramming' in programming, but I got nothin' for that.
Information can be gleaned from that and the scene of the accident can be reconstructed from that.
Of course, the lawyers (and trolls) will say that those who have nothing to hide shouldn't have to destroy the info.
Drive cars that don't have boxes. Until those are illegal too...