I applaud your general statement, but you might want to watch it with the "micro-evolution" vs. "macro-evolution" separation. They're not separate. Enough micro-steps means a macro-step. It's just a funky thing that Biblical literalists brought up as a talking point.
(Full disclosure: I'm Christian, think that the big-bang+old-earth hypothesis sounds like the best explanation of the facts that we have, and don't think that it precludes an all-powerful deity.)
He was talking about the friendly AI, which definitely left something to be desired. I would have enjoyed a co-op mode with four players making up the entire team.
*drools*
Maybe it'll come out with that capability for the PC.
I happen to like writing software. In fact, the coding job I have right now (that pays money -- you know, the stuff that you give to people in payment?) is kind of a pain, so I write my own stuff on the side to clear my head.
It's like being an artist -- you have your day job, and then you have what you like to do. If you're really lucky, you do what you like as your day job. Where's Bad Analogy Guy when you need him?
(n) lie, prevarication (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
You might not think that it was morally wrong in this case, or you might prefer the more morally ambiguous term, "evade," but definitions are the realm of general agreement, not individual agreement.
A commercial, and in some respects a social doubt has been started within the last year or two, whether or not it is right to discuss so openly the security or insecurity of locks. Many well-meaning persons suppose that the discussion respecting the means for baffling the supposed safety of locks offers a premium for dishonesty, by showing others how to be dishonest. This is a fallacy. Rogues are very keen in their profession, and know already much more than we can teach them respecting their several kinds of roguery.
Rogues knew a good deal about lock-picking long before locksmiths discussed it among themselves, as they have lately done. If a lock, let it have been made in whatever country, or by whatever maker, is not so inviolable as it has hitherto been deemed to be, surely it is to the interest of honest persons to know this fact, because the dishonest are tolerably certain to apply the knowledge practically; and the spread of the knowledge is necessary to give fair play to those who might suffer by ignorance.
It cannot be too earnestly urged that an acquaintance with real facts will, in the end, be better for all parties. Some time ago, when the reading public was alarmed at being told how London milk is adulterated, timid persons deprecated the exposure, on the plea that it would give instructions in the art of adulterating milk; a vain fear, milkmen knew all about it before, whether they practiced it or not; and the exposure only taught purchasers the necessity of a little scrutiny and caution, leaving them to obey this necessity or not, as they pleased.
-- From A.C Hobbs (Charles Tomlinson, ed.), Locks and Safes: The Construction of Locks. Published by Virtue & Co., London, 1853 (revised 1868).
Someone else responded with a way to force Vista to allow unsigned drivers. To avoid the need to force it, I'd bet that VMWare will end up getting their drivers signed sometime in the future (a pain of a process, if there ever was one -- my wife builds PCI boards, and they're having problems getting through it).
Have you used it? In comparison to OSX (and random distros of Linux, including Gentoo and Ubuntu) -- which is what the article was focusing on -- non-UI improvements merely brought the OS a little closer to the *nix variants.
I've seen the new control panel. I've heard about the code base. I've got a friend working at Microsoft who tells me about the stability, etc. You drop the average business user (my mom, for example) into Vista for a week and ask what's different, and they'll tell you about the UI.
But you're right, there are major differences underneath. I was comparing the final product to the other OSs I regularly use, and I just don't see it being something that'll be worth upwards of $75 to switch to.
...that the major differences between XP and Vista are graphical. On my computer, I can't tell the difference in speed between XP (SP2) and Vista, but Vista sure looks prettier.
(Note: I only had it on my computer for about a day before switching to Ubuntu, which can actually use my sound card. Vista doesn't let you use any unsigned drivers, and Creative's 64-bit Vista drivers are beta and -- guess what? -- not yet signed.)
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I applaud your general statement, but you might want to watch it with the "micro-evolution" vs. "macro-evolution" separation. They're not separate. Enough micro-steps means a macro-step. It's just a funky thing that Biblical literalists brought up as a talking point.
(Full disclosure: I'm Christian, think that the big-bang+old-earth hypothesis sounds like the best explanation of the facts that we have, and don't think that it precludes an all-powerful deity.)
He was talking about the friendly AI, which definitely left something to be desired. I would have enjoyed a co-op mode with four players making up the entire team.
*drools*
Maybe it'll come out with that capability for the PC.
I happen to like writing software. In fact, the coding job I have right now (that pays money -- you know, the stuff that you give to people in payment?) is kind of a pain, so I write my own stuff on the side to clear my head.
It's like being an artist -- you have your day job, and then you have what you like to do. If you're really lucky, you do what you like as your day job. Where's Bad Analogy Guy when you need him?
...because we're not as gullible as the general non-tech audience. (and so modest)
Then you are mistaken.
You might not think that it was morally wrong in this case, or you might prefer the more morally ambiguous term, "evade," but definitions are the realm of general agreement, not individual agreement.
(c/o Matt Blaze)
...perhaps it's the subject matter, but I read your username as "bong copyeditor"...
You and me both -- either the poster thought they were pretty funny, or they just haven't achieved true enlightenment yet. :)
I'm using a new Logitech -- wireless, USB, etc. Haven't had any problems.
Someone else responded with a way to force Vista to allow unsigned drivers. To avoid the need to force it, I'd bet that VMWare will end up getting their drivers signed sometime in the future (a pain of a process, if there ever was one -- my wife builds PCI boards, and they're having problems getting through it).
Hmm. It wouldn't let me -- Audigy 2 Platinum Pro, Vista 64-bit, build 5600 (just after RC1)?
Have you used it? In comparison to OSX (and random distros of Linux, including Gentoo and Ubuntu) -- which is what the article was focusing on -- non-UI improvements merely brought the OS a little closer to the *nix variants.
I've seen the new control panel. I've heard about the code base. I've got a friend working at Microsoft who tells me about the stability, etc. You drop the average business user (my mom, for example) into Vista for a week and ask what's different, and they'll tell you about the UI.
But you're right, there are major differences underneath. I was comparing the final product to the other OSs I regularly use, and I just don't see it being something that'll be worth upwards of $75 to switch to.
Ah, figures :) I'm dual-booting now anyway (Ubuntu, 64-bit; WinXP, 32-bit), so it's no big deal.
I smell a new F/OSS window manager...
...that the major differences between XP and Vista are graphical. On my computer, I can't tell the difference in speed between XP (SP2) and Vista, but Vista sure looks prettier.
(Note: I only had it on my computer for about a day before switching to Ubuntu, which can actually use my sound card. Vista doesn't let you use any unsigned drivers, and Creative's 64-bit Vista drivers are beta and -- guess what? -- not yet signed.)
... but even with the speed, flying an SR-71 is a pain (at least in the sim) -- drives like a boat. I'd much rather fly an F-22.
You, sir, get a gold star.
Guard: You have failed your Avoid Search roll.
Terrorist: (I hope my Sleight of Hand is high enough...)
3.5 - Profit
(I can't get IE6's results, because you can't go backwards with IE versions -- don't ask me why)
Passed: 149
Failed: 115
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Total: 254
(Caveat: Some of the tests are rather vague. All mistakes on my part were made in favor of the browser.)
Enough said.
Are you also the one who takes 25 items into the 9-items-or-less line?
I hate those people. (finally, a chance to use emphasis tags)
...that being open source-friendly is so important: The geek cred.
:)
No, seriously. Tell your friends
I didn't catch that in [my translation of] the press release - just the $75m.