No. It's not the same hard drive. Think of a George Washington's axe. Sometimes I copy the system from one disk to another, sometimes I throw out the machine but keep the disk. I don't upgrade very often. When the system space requirement exceeded my older (5+ years) hard disk capacity (40GB), I moved my / to new hard disk ~2 years ago. When the old disk dies, I restore/home to the new disk and keep going. When the CPU get's too slow, I replace the system but keep the disks. So far I was always able to get the system working after replacing HW, glibc upgrade, major kernel version changes, switch from IDE to libata,... without needing to do a full reinstall.
Posting this from Slackware -current that boots from/dev/sdb3. Slackware user since '96. I can't remember when I did full re-install. Either at or before time of 4.0. You can pry it from my dead cold fingers.
Seriously, people were down on Ubuntu the minute it became popular.
It is just a re-incarnation of Eternal September. The influx of users that want "ease of use" transformed to "hiding/removing flexibility/variability" ruins the experience for those of us that use it and want it.
It is just like story of SPAM. The masses discover something new - e-mail, cheap way of communication; the business see that as opportunity to make a buck; they hijack the system and those that engineered the system are pushed aside. Together with honoring standards and good design patterns and manners.
Why does everything have to be built on desktop apps dependent on the web or web browsers?
The idea of Prism has it's place. Imagine for example a Prism set up for Internet banking. Separate settings, tighter security, no risk of infecting the browser on some random web site,...
Umm, forever(*), at least if you're willing to work at it. Isn't that one of the big features the "open source crowd" crows about? Get it and compile it yourself if necessary.
That's utopic. For any "real" office application we talk about adjusting the application to compile and run with current kernel, gcc, Xorg 4.x instead of Xfree 3.x, glibc, etc. etc. Yes, technically and legally that can done. But it's not realistic.
I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.
I also liked buying civilization with my taxes. But then it turned out that my taxes were wasted/lost/embezzled/pocketed by bureaucrats/spent on bailing out banks/...
Try 6to4 - follow the instructions on http://6to4.version6.net/. If you are behind NAT, you need to put your machine into demilitarized zone (i.e. it receives all packets that the NAT-ing router receives)
The start/all-programs menu for Win7 is vastly superior to XP, as is Windows Explorer. Have you actually sat down and tried to use them as they're meant to be used? Or have you tried to use them as if you were still using XP?
While typing is IMHO better than hunting the right entry in menu, Win7 has still some pet peeves:
You can't drag&drop a file from explorer to cmd to get there full pathname. This was replaced with clumsy Shift->right mouse button to get context menu->copy the path to clipboard (killing the current clipboard content) and then pasting into cmd.
You can't tab into the address bar to select and copy the current path to clipboard.
Searching in start menu works badly in localized versions of Win 7 - where some less-used programs do not have translated names. So for some programs you need to type in localized name for some programs English name.
You can get a decent used guitar for a couple hundred bucks
You have no idea what you talk about. I know people that are not able to spare "a couple hundred bucks" during several years. Try saving them when your income is $500/month. Yes, you can make it. Now try to save them when you get minimal salary - that is $300/month. Just the heating and electricity takes $150 from that. How much can you spend on renting the flat and food? I did not pull that numbers from my ass. They are reality over here. It means meat once a month. It means washing in cold water. It means car, phone, culture becomes luxury.
When your DSL line goes down, whether your landline phone continues to work or not depends on how bad is the cable damaged. If it's anything serious, your landline phone will be just as dead.
Unless the DSL went down because of losing power to you DSL modem. Power outage is much more likely than the cable being cut.
To be a real power, Patten said, a country must be ready and able to adopt and implement a policy, even if the rest of the world considers it unwise. Europeans may agree or disagree with US policy, but they admire that the US is ready to carry out the policies it thinks best, no matter what the rest of the world thinks. Under this yardstick, the EU will never be a "real power" because there is always someone in the room who is overly cautious, and will insist on looking at matters "sensibly."
There are people that do not follow the current events around wikileaks because they consider it un-interesting. They should:
"We are also investigating whether the prosecutor's application to have Mr Assange held incommunicado without access to lawyers, visitors or other prisoners - again a unique request - is in any way linked to this matter and the recent, rather bellicose US statements of an intention to prosecute Mr Assange."
These images are collected by privately owned satellites, not the National Reconnaissance Office.
Out of curiosity - do you think that if a crime/terror attack or any other event of interest happens in the screened area, can the police/FBI/CIA/NSA/... subpoena the pictures?
After the Irish raise their corporate tax rates, and all of those large, international businesses pull their facilities out
If Ireland has tax rate 2.5% and raises it to 20% then it still makes sense for companies to stay there, rather than move into country with tax rate of 35%.
It's not unusual that web-based business has whooping one employee (I guess, you can't set up a business with 0 employees )in Ireland, while serving thousands of customers by a hundred of people sitting somewhere else. Should they have to move out of Ireland, then "the people who work there" equals "one". Not really a showstopper.
we're forced to compete with third-world wages, but don't have the option of paying third-world prices.
That's interesting. Let me tell you my point from a country in former East block, now member of EU. We have third-world wages (slowly raising - mainly in capital city), but we pay first-world car insurance, tolls, electricity and fuel prices - that influences prices in groceries, prices of furniture, clothing, shoes, meat, milk products,... everything. Sure, it's not kind of poverty you may see in central Africa. I'm just saying that third-world prices are not all roses.
Well, if that's what you want, you have plenty of choices. If you want something full-featured, both Gnome and KDE will fit the bill, and you can download themes that even make the icons and windows look similar to Windows.
Scratch that. He wants Windows. Give him Windows.
Or better yet, don't bother talking to him until he stops making decisions based on "what it looks like".
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No. It's not the same hard drive. Think of a George Washington's axe. Sometimes I copy the system from one disk to another, sometimes I throw out the machine but keep the disk. I don't upgrade very often. When the system space requirement exceeded my older (5+ years) hard disk capacity (40GB), I moved my / to new hard disk ~2 years ago. When the old disk dies, I restore /home to the new disk and keep going. When the CPU get's too slow, I replace the system but keep the disks. So far I was always able to get the system working after replacing HW, glibc upgrade, major kernel version changes, switch from IDE to libata, ... without needing to do a full reinstall.
Posting this from Slackware -current that boots from /dev/sdb3. Slackware user since '96. I can't remember when I did full re-install. Either at or before time of 4.0. You can pry it from my dead cold fingers.
I have to side with GP. It is not in 90-day trial version of Windows that is downloadable from Microsoft.
It is just a re-incarnation of Eternal September. The influx of users that want "ease of use" transformed to "hiding/removing flexibility/variability" ruins the experience for those of us that use it and want it.
It is just like story of SPAM. The masses discover something new - e-mail, cheap way of communication; the business see that as opportunity to make a buck; they hijack the system and those that engineered the system are pushed aside. Together with honoring standards and good design patterns and manners.
What a great item to put in the pool of my BOFH responses ;-) Thanks.
Wish them luck removing themselves from the gene pool.
The idea of Prism has it's place. Imagine for example a Prism set up for Internet banking. Separate settings, tighter security, no risk of infecting the browser on some random web site, ...
It depends on what level we talk about. As far as I can see in SOHO level it's terrible. Over here it is like this:
ISP #1 - offers and supports 7 types of routers. Count of routers supporting IPv6 is ... 0. ... 0.
ISP #2 - offers and supports 15 types of routers. Count of routers supporting IPv6 is
... they want your money and no witnesses.
FTFY
That's utopic. For any "real" office application we talk about adjusting the application to compile and run with current kernel, gcc, Xorg 4.x instead of Xfree 3.x, glibc, etc. etc. Yes, technically and legally that can done. But it's not realistic.
I also liked buying civilization with my taxes. But then it turned out that my taxes were wasted/lost/embezzled/pocketed by bureaucrats/spent on bailing out banks/...
Try 6to4 - follow the instructions on http://6to4.version6.net/. If you are behind NAT, you need to put your machine into demilitarized zone (i.e. it receives all packets that the NAT-ing router receives)
Serves you right for clicking the links in TFA!
While typing is IMHO better than hunting the right entry in menu, Win7 has still some pet peeves:
You have no idea what you talk about. I know people that are not able to spare "a couple hundred bucks" during several years. Try saving them when your income is $500/month. Yes, you can make it. Now try to save them when you get minimal salary - that is $300/month. Just the heating and electricity takes $150 from that. How much can you spend on renting the flat and food? I did not pull that numbers from my ass. They are reality over here. It means meat once a month. It means washing in cold water. It means car, phone, culture becomes luxury.
Unless the DSL went down because of losing power to you DSL modem. Power outage is much more likely than the cable being cut.
What do you suggest? To go shopping?
Care to specify where are the boundaries of this region in case of USA government?
Ah don't bother. The answer is right here:
To be a real power, Patten said, a country must be ready and able to adopt and implement a policy, even if the rest of the world considers it unwise. Europeans may agree or disagree with US policy, but they admire that the US is ready to carry out the policies it thinks best, no matter what the rest of the world thinks. Under this yardstick, the EU will never be a "real power" because there is always someone in the room who is overly cautious, and will insist on looking at matters "sensibly."
"We are also investigating whether the prosecutor's application to have Mr Assange held incommunicado without access to lawyers, visitors or other prisoners - again a unique request - is in any way linked to this matter and the recent, rather bellicose US statements of an intention to prosecute Mr Assange."
Emphasis mine.
Out of curiosity - do you think that if a crime/terror attack or any other event of interest happens in the screened area, can the police/FBI/CIA/NSA/... subpoena the pictures?
If Ireland has tax rate 2.5% and raises it to 20% then it still makes sense for companies to stay there, rather than move into country with tax rate of 35%.
It's not unusual that web-based business has whooping one employee (I guess, you can't set up a business with 0 employees )in Ireland, while serving thousands of customers by a hundred of people sitting somewhere else. Should they have to move out of Ireland, then "the people who work there" equals "one". Not really a showstopper.
Name three.
That's interesting. Let me tell you my point from a country in former East block, now member of EU. We have third-world wages (slowly raising - mainly in capital city), but we pay first-world car insurance, tolls, electricity and fuel prices - that influences prices in groceries, prices of furniture, clothing, shoes, meat, milk products, ... everything. Sure, it's not kind of poverty you may see in central Africa. I'm just saying that third-world prices are not all roses.
Scratch that. He wants Windows. Give him Windows.
Or better yet, don't bother talking to him until he stops making decisions based on "what it looks like".