There ARE other Star Trek series' other than TNG and TOS, and I'm sure they'll get movies made. I still think the opportunities are there for the character to appear. Oddly, I wish he would come back to finish off what started as potentially a cool plot thread.
Well if it makes you feel better, there's plenty of Windows users out there that think the same thing of Linux users.:) Not me though, I use both, but still.:P
One way of looking at the defaulting issue is if someone's so stupid that they won't go into the options of programs they use and see if something's not what they would like it to be BEFORE using the program's functions, they get what they deserve. Now that's just MY opinion that issue.:)
As for time server issues, I totally agree with you on the point of them not being certain if a server will change policies. That happens, and it's annoying. At least this way you can rest assured the people who buy your OS can use the feature out of the box with no worries.
But what's this about something monitoring your cd burner? What the hell's going on there? Details man, details!
"By default, Windows Media Player [7.x] is configured to protect content that is copied from a CD to your computer from unauthorized use by using Personal Rights Management. When this feature is enabled, each track that is copied to your computer is a licensed file that cannot be played on any other computer unless you backup and restore your licenses on the other computer"
Notice the "by default" bit. If anyone here had actually USED WMP's copy from cd options you'd know you can turn that flag off completely, letting you do whatever you want with those.wma files you create.
What the hell? It's illegal for me to copy music, to download music to try before I buy it (and I DO buy CDs), to use a PVR to skip commercials, and the next thing: illegal to block advertisements online? The future looks like this:
If you're at your computer you're strapped down to the chair with your eyelids held open with clamps. Your PC starts up and immediately opens a 'browser'. You don't surf the net, it surfs itself -- the startup page pops up ads which in turn pop up their own ads, etc. God forbid you should watch TV, with only one channel and no remote control. The average show is an hour long, 45 minutes being commercials, 5 minutes being the show's beginning and end credits, the rest of the show is nothing but the actors walking around in environments featuring dozens of product placements. Can't wait.
It may be a small step, but a it's a step nonetheless. It pains me to read the comments here beating down Dell even though they're at least attempting to make a go at satisfying the requests of customers who don't want Windows on their machine. I mean seriously, what do these/.ers want from Dell? For them to totally drop MS, overhaul their service and support division and sell blank or Linux installed PCs only? They're not going to do that, and the truth of it is that such a move would kill them.
What I would like to see them do is (as was suggested by another reader) partner up with a big Linux company to provide service and support for the OS, and for Dell to seriously provide alternate desktop and server solutions for the general public as well as business buyers. Maybe this first step is a move in that direction? A test perhaps, to see how viable such a product line would be to their business.
Should we be slagging them, or buying their products to send them a message? Feel free to comment (no flames, decent conversation please)
As a personal sidebar, I own two machines at home. A (relatively) new Dell with WinXP, and another older PC with Redhat. Small steps for me too.:)
Who cares. Not only are you offtopic, but you act like you're the only person who's ever had a submission get rejected then posted a day or two later submitted by someone else.
"too old"? Dude, my grandmother loves Futurama, no kidding. I showed her the episode about the Professor being sent off to the Sunset Planet, where old people get sent when they reach 160. She was laughing so hard I was getting worried.:)
If my response came across as caustic, I apologize, however it was meant as a statement of fact. And it's not necessary to say I blindly follow anyone (a scathing statement) in any case. I'll agree their patches might not always show up an hour and a half after a bug is found, and I'll concede that their software isn't the least buggy on the market. The issue I have is with the attitudes of those involved. Both sides acknowledge the problem and that's fine, but only one side releases a fix with a childish "nah-nah-nah, I fixed mine first!" And you say there's no geek war?
EULA arguments are a different thing entirely, more off-topic than this discussion.:)
Microsoft Troll? You're making an assumption, and that is that I don't run or haven't run a non-Microsoft operating system. Because I run both, that means I've got experience with the good and the bad of both, and can speak to each of them.
Judge me on the merits of my previous posts if you will, but don't call me a Microsoft Troll because I won't stand up and get in line with either group of closed minded people.
Wow, a geek race. This should be interesting. Not. Who the hell cares which group fixes the bug the fastest, as long as both fix it in a timely fashion (ie. as fast as possible)?
So many Slashdotters feel they are more intelligent than the average user and the unwashed masses, yet the editors and the submitters can't properly proof read stories.
Nice summary, right there. That should tell you one thing: many slashdotters are frickin' morons (as evidenced by the anti MS bias that's reached childish levels). I've noticed this lack of proofreading as well, it's become pretty bad as of late. How hard is it to spend an extra few seconds to preview a submission or comment before clicking Submit?
I'm sorry, but after reading this "submission" without any additional links to information from Dell I have to ask: what's with the topic subject? The submission content looks more like like Dell's just no longer allowing computers to be ordered with no operating systems whatsoever, not just specifically Microsoft OS's.
Someone's only NOW asking this question on here? Please. Price gouging by DVD companies has been going on ever since the first "special edition" was released that didn't improve on the quality of the movie itself, only including a bunch of useless crap extras.
Lets do a search on Amazon.com for Men in Black as an example. Minus the MiB2 movie and a duplicate entry, we have FOUR EDITIONS of the same DVD. "Collector's", "Deluxe", "Collector's (with DTS)", and the recently released "Limited Edition" (which I might add does NOT include a DTS track). Now, other than different combinations of extra content which most people only ever watch once -- if ever -- the only edition worth picking up here is the Collector's with DTS, because it's the only one that actually improves on the movie at all with the addition of the better audio track. Men in Black is only one example of this kind of crap. Don't even get me started on the variety of Star Wars releases, and I'm betting every time we see a new Mummy film there'll be a new release of the ones before that bring nothing new to the film.
Now that being said, my own opinion on the topic at hand, the Lord of the Rings DVDs. I'm waiting until the November release, because not only does it offer additional footage, but set includes a DTS track. From what I've seen of the specs, this set -- with the inclusion of the National Geographic dvd to go along with the movie and its own extras -- will have a great combination of additional content that may warrant more than one viewing. However first and foremost there's something there that actually adds to film itself, bringing it more to the theatrical (including more footage of course) level of sight and sound that was experienced in the theater, and that's my main reason for buying it.
Just my two cents. Or like ten cents given the length of this.:P
First off, as a registered slashdot user I can control the quality of discussion presented to me by setting the minimum score property in my preference. I don't need the story posters or the editors to control that for me. That being said, I MUCH prefer getting a very brief capsule to go along with the link, simply because it gives me an idea of whether the story -- which could be pages long -- is actually worth reading, or is trash. Personally, I don't respond to postings without reading the entire submission's links first. Lastly, and maybe this is just odd wording in your comment, but the objective of posting a link on Slashdot shouldn't be to get a lot of hits to the story.
Sound based debugging + gesture based computing = a future where we work with computers like that cooky french guy from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
As a user of minidisc tech, to me this is just another in a long line of crummy decisions on Sony's part when it comes to music technology. MD as a whole is a great system (just my opinion here), but it's sorely lacking in one major department -- UPLOADING. A sizable segment of the MD community uses their portable recorders to tape concerts, meetings, nature sounds, whatever. There's currently no way to get the files off the unit and onto the PC digitally, you have to hook up with an analog cable to do it.
These previous efforts caused shock waves, vibrations and also heated up the tooth's softer tissue, causing significant pain to the patient
I second the opinion of the fellow who posted a similar response below. I'd hate to be the guy they strap on the chair when they wheel in a volkswagen-sized prototype with steam pulsing out of vents, crazy piston-like thingamajigs, and electrical doohickeys shooting arcs. "We don't know if this will hurt, so let us know." *cue Ghostbusters backpack startup sound*
I mean the technology's really nifty and all, but for crying out loud who the hell needs to be able to do all that crap on a two inch screen? Coolness factor aside, what's the point? Wouldn't it be amazing if you're stuck on a mountainside after your car wrecked, and your only communications with the outside world is a phone that died after an hour or two because it was kept busy updating you with sports scores.
How does this affect webcasting in other countries (Canada, the UK, etc)? If the RIAA institute higher royalty fees, doesn't that only take effect in the US?
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There ARE other Star Trek series' other than TNG and TOS, and I'm sure they'll get movies made. I still think the opportunities are there for the character to appear. Oddly, I wish he would come back to finish off what started as potentially a cool plot thread.
It'd take you a half a day to jump through the hoops that consist of unchecking a single checkbox in the options dialog?
Well if it makes you feel better, there's plenty of Windows users out there that think the same thing of Linux users. :) Not me though, I use both, but still. :P
As for time server issues, I totally agree with you on the point of them not being certain if a server will change policies. That happens, and it's annoying. At least this way you can rest assured the people who buy your OS can use the feature out of the box with no worries.
But what's this about something monitoring your cd burner? What the hell's going on there? Details man, details!
Sorry, not getting how faith works into any of this. :)
Notice the "by default" bit. If anyone here had actually USED WMP's copy from cd options you'd know you can turn that flag off completely, letting you do whatever you want with those .wma files you create.
Duh. The point being made here is that they think they've identified the particular gene that mutated, thus facilitating that evolution.
If you're at your computer you're strapped down to the chair with your eyelids held open with clamps. Your PC starts up and immediately opens a 'browser'. You don't surf the net, it surfs itself -- the startup page pops up ads which in turn pop up their own ads, etc. God forbid you should watch TV, with only one channel and no remote control. The average show is an hour long, 45 minutes being commercials, 5 minutes being the show's beginning and end credits, the rest of the show is nothing but the actors walking around in environments featuring dozens of product placements. Can't wait.
What I would like to see them do is (as was suggested by another reader) partner up with a big Linux company to provide service and support for the OS, and for Dell to seriously provide alternate desktop and server solutions for the general public as well as business buyers. Maybe this first step is a move in that direction? A test perhaps, to see how viable such a product line would be to their business.
Should we be slagging them, or buying their products to send them a message? Feel free to comment (no flames, decent conversation please)
As a personal sidebar, I own two machines at home. A (relatively) new Dell with WinXP, and another older PC with Redhat. Small steps for me too. :)
Who cares. Not only are you offtopic, but you act like you're the only person who's ever had a submission get rejected then posted a day or two later submitted by someone else.
Or 1) buy a clone with nothing on it, 2) build one yourself.
"too old"? Dude, my grandmother loves Futurama, no kidding. I showed her the episode about the Professor being sent off to the Sunset Planet, where old people get sent when they reach 160. She was laughing so hard I was getting worried. :)
If my response came across as caustic, I apologize, however it was meant as a statement of fact. And it's not necessary to say I blindly follow anyone (a scathing statement) in any case. I'll agree their patches might not always show up an hour and a half after a bug is found, and I'll concede that their software isn't the least buggy on the market. The issue I have is with the attitudes of those involved. Both sides acknowledge the problem and that's fine, but only one side releases a fix with a childish "nah-nah-nah, I fixed mine first!" And you say there's no geek war?
EULA arguments are a different thing entirely, more off-topic than this discussion. :)
Judge me on the merits of my previous posts if you will, but don't call me a Microsoft Troll because I won't stand up and get in line with either group of closed minded people.
Wow, a geek race. This should be interesting. Not. Who the hell cares which group fixes the bug the fastest, as long as both fix it in a timely fashion (ie. as fast as possible)?
Nice summary, right there. That should tell you one thing: many slashdotters are frickin' morons (as evidenced by the anti MS bias that's reached childish levels). I've noticed this lack of proofreading as well, it's become pretty bad as of late. How hard is it to spend an extra few seconds to preview a submission or comment before clicking Submit?
Learn to read, "Anonymous Coward". I give credit to their owners.
I'm sorry, but after reading this "submission" without any additional links to information from Dell I have to ask: what's with the topic subject? The submission content looks more like like Dell's just no longer allowing computers to be ordered with no operating systems whatsoever, not just specifically Microsoft OS's.
Lets do a search on Amazon.com for Men in Black as an example. Minus the MiB2 movie and a duplicate entry, we have FOUR EDITIONS of the same DVD. "Collector's", "Deluxe", "Collector's (with DTS)", and the recently released "Limited Edition" (which I might add does NOT include a DTS track). Now, other than different combinations of extra content which most people only ever watch once -- if ever -- the only edition worth picking up here is the Collector's with DTS, because it's the only one that actually improves on the movie at all with the addition of the better audio track. Men in Black is only one example of this kind of crap. Don't even get me started on the variety of Star Wars releases, and I'm betting every time we see a new Mummy film there'll be a new release of the ones before that bring nothing new to the film.
Now that being said, my own opinion on the topic at hand, the Lord of the Rings DVDs. I'm waiting until the November release, because not only does it offer additional footage, but set includes a DTS track. From what I've seen of the specs, this set -- with the inclusion of the National Geographic dvd to go along with the movie and its own extras -- will have a great combination of additional content that may warrant more than one viewing. However first and foremost there's something there that actually adds to film itself, bringing it more to the theatrical (including more footage of course) level of sight and sound that was experienced in the theater, and that's my main reason for buying it.
Just my two cents. Or like ten cents given the length of this. :P
Just my 2c.
Sound based debugging + gesture based computing = a future where we work with computers like that cooky french guy from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
As a user of minidisc tech, to me this is just another in a long line of crummy decisions on Sony's part when it comes to music technology. MD as a whole is a great system (just my opinion here), but it's sorely lacking in one major department -- UPLOADING. A sizable segment of the MD community uses their portable recorders to tape concerts, meetings, nature sounds, whatever. There's currently no way to get the files off the unit and onto the PC digitally, you have to hook up with an analog cable to do it.
I second the opinion of the fellow who posted a similar response below. I'd hate to be the guy they strap on the chair when they wheel in a volkswagen-sized prototype with steam pulsing out of vents, crazy piston-like thingamajigs, and electrical doohickeys shooting arcs. "We don't know if this will hurt, so let us know." *cue Ghostbusters backpack startup sound*
Aaicheewahwah...
How does this affect webcasting in other countries (Canada, the UK, etc)? If the RIAA institute higher royalty fees, doesn't that only take effect in the US?