Despite the language packs being separate downloads, in Windows Vista, they were only available as extras for Vista Ultimate... at least for the copies sold in North America.
Are you really sure you want to pay extra to get at those languages?
I suggest buying from a different manufacturer if Windows adds $400 to the price of your computer. OEMs should be able to get Windows for considerably cheaper than you or I do.
In Australia, the price of Windows 7 is AU$200. The US equivalent is AU$60. You do the math.
OK, I will do the math, with assistance from the XE: Currency Convertor
200.00 AUD = 160.921 USD 60.00 AUD = 48.2797 USD Oh, and one last value from the article since you specifically are talking about Windows 7 numbers: 199.00 USD = 247.314 AUD AU$200 is less than US$199, not more.
P.S. Where did that AU$60 figure come from? The cheapest edition of Vista purchased from NewEgg (a popular US computer discount website) is: Windows Vista Home Basic for System Builders) for $89.99 USD ($111.781 AUD).
Apprentice Riding (Skill 75; normal land mount): Can now be learned at level 20 for 4 gold. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 20 directing them to the riding trainer.
Journeyman Riding (Skill 150; epic land mount): Can now be learned at level 40 for 50 gold. Mail will be sent to players who reach level 40 directing them back to the riding trainer.
Expert Riding (Skill 225; normal flying mount): Can now be learned at level 60 for 600 gold from trainers in Honor Hold or Thrallmar. Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold for Alliance; Thrallmar for Horde). Flight speed at this skill level has been increased to 150% of run speed, up from 60%.
Artisan Riding (Skill 300; epic flying mount): Faction discounts now apply (Honor Hold or Valiance Expedition for Alliance; Thrallmar or Warsong Offensive for Horde).
Druid Travel Form: Can now be learned at level 16.
Druid Flight Form: Can now be learned at level 60. Flight speed increased to 150%.
I've been wondering for some time if the Windows ISO size now was because of the way the Vista installer works now. Supposedly it uses a disk image that it just copies over before the final configuration.
However, the same install disc is used for Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business, and Vista Ultimate. I doubt that's changed with Windows 7.
Each of these being their own separate image would explain the file size...
It's like saying Adobe can lash out a patent against all.pdf documents which is impossible since Adobe passed on the PDF as an open specification. Eventhough Adobe invented it, they have no legal control over it anymore.
Have you ever looked into why the Microsoft Office 2007 RTM had its PDF writer as an add-on rather than integrated into Word like it was in the Office 2007 betas?
"Microsoft's general counsel told the WSJ that Adobe has threatened legal action unless Microsoft agrees to charge for the PDF support patch, a step it refuses to take."
While Adobe can't lash out against PDF documents, it can against software that creates PDF documents!
Incidentally, the actual MS Office add-on is still free, but the above quote was from 2006.
Yup. That's why we all still use cassette tapes for music, and 5.25" diskettes for storage. We certainly have never used 3.5" diskettes (by Sony) or CDs (by Sony & Philips).
One could argue that DVD should be on that list, since it uses the CD form factor and error correction (licensed from Sony/Philips).
Now, for a practical matter. If a friend from the US comes and visits, and makes copies (or downloads) of music, is she liable for copyright infringement when she returns to the US? Now, further, if she downloads exclusively from me, and yet is resident in the US, is she guilty?
I don't know. Assuming you're referring to Canada, the easiest way to get around that would be to put them on recordable media. After all, you guys pay a tax on those for precisely this use, which makes it nice and legal!
The only reason the Left 4 Dead SDK is of any use at this point is it's supposed compatibility with Left 4 Dead 2, as the first game has essentially five months before it's left for dead.
Perhaps because they read the HTTP/1.1 specification, section 7.1.4, the line that reads "A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than 2 connections with any server or proxy."
The Wii store is a rip off of the Xbox Live Marketplace which is an extension of Xbox Live which is used by Kevin Bacon, which predates the iTunes Music Store.
er... sorry, I thought it was a requirement to include Kevin Bacon.
Somehow, I think the abundance of traffic circles is to blame.
I'm sure you meant that to be funny, but useless traffic projects DO suck money that could be spent elsewhere. One example that comes to mind is the conversion of the traffic signal one block east of the Michigan capitol building to a traffic circle a few years ago.
Another is the timing change on the stoplight right in front of the Michigan capitol building. This is a T intersection between a one-way road (the top of the T) and a two-way road. Google Streetview of said intersection, from the Capitol Ave. (one-way) side.
Net result? The intersection is now considerably more dangerous for pedestrians crossing Capitol Ave. on the south side of the intersection, the one directly below the traffic signal in the streetview.
That crosswalk used to have its own light, as traffic in 5 of the 6 lanes passing through that intersection cross it. Now, people are expected to cross at the same time as traffic turning left from Michigan Ave. Since Michigan Ave. ends here and Capitol Ave. is a one-way street, all traffic from the Michigan Ave. side turns left.
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...that's what my home machine has.
At work, I'm stuck on a Dual-core with 3GB of RAM. :(
NT4 is 12 years old at this point. Is this really a surprise?
I mean, its successor (Windows 2000), is already 9 years old!
Don't forget VAT.
US Prices don't list taxes because the taxes vary by state and there is no federal sales tax.
Despite the language packs being separate downloads, in Windows Vista, they were only available as extras for Vista Ultimate... at least for the copies sold in North America.
Are you really sure you want to pay extra to get at those languages?
I suggest buying from a different manufacturer if Windows adds $400 to the price of your computer. OEMs should be able to get Windows for considerably cheaper than you or I do.
Yes it does, or else you wouldn't be able to read UDF formatted data DVDs using it.
According to Wikipedia, Windows 2000 can read UDF 1.02 and 1.5 formatted discs.
OK, I will do the math, with assistance from the XE: Currency Convertor
200.00 AUD = 160.921 USD
60.00 AUD = 48.2797 USD
Oh, and one last value from the article since you specifically are talking about Windows 7 numbers:
199.00 USD = 247.314 AUD
AU$200 is less than US$199, not more.
P.S. Where did that AU$60 figure come from? The cheapest edition of Vista purchased from NewEgg (a popular US computer discount website) is:
Windows Vista Home Basic for System Builders) for $89.99 USD ($111.781 AUD).
I forgot to mention that the Shaman Ghost Wolf and Hunter Marks that increase speed are also changing levels.
Not only that, but WoW is dropping the mount levels again in 3.2.
According to the WoW Under Development page:
I've been wondering for some time if the Windows ISO size now was because of the way the Vista installer works now. Supposedly it uses a disk image that it just copies over before the final configuration.
However, the same install disc is used for Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, Vista Business, and Vista Ultimate. I doubt that's changed with Windows 7.
Each of these being their own separate image would explain the file size...
Ubuntu sometimes also has a DVD release. It may just be limited to LTS versions, though.
Have you ever looked into why the Microsoft Office 2007 RTM had its PDF writer as an add-on rather than integrated into Word like it was in the Office 2007 betas?
"Microsoft's general counsel told the WSJ that Adobe has threatened legal action unless Microsoft agrees to charge for the PDF support patch, a step it refuses to take."
While Adobe can't lash out against PDF documents, it can against software that creates PDF documents!
Incidentally, the actual MS Office add-on is still free, but the above quote was from 2006.
Which should be obvious when you look at their old logo and notice it looks like The Death Star from Star Wars!
So, in other words... you leveled up your RPG using custom hacks?
I don't know why, but companies like Blizzard hate that!
I know you were joking, but have you used Java's decimal library before?
Not quite as bad as your fake code, but the difference is... BigDecimal is actually a real class that exists in the Java standard library.
The same code in C#:
(provided you don't overflow the decimal value)
Yup. That's why we all still use cassette tapes for music, and 5.25" diskettes for storage. We certainly have never used 3.5" diskettes (by Sony) or CDs (by Sony & Philips).
One could argue that DVD should be on that list, since it uses the CD form factor and error correction (licensed from Sony/Philips).
I don't know. Assuming you're referring to Canada, the easiest way to get around that would be to put them on recordable media. After all, you guys pay a tax on those for precisely this use, which makes it nice and legal!
As a side note, it's not the RIAA suing Jamie Thomas, but Capitol Records.
We just call them the RIAA so we can refer to all cases of this type using a common name.
The only reason the Left 4 Dead SDK is of any use at this point is it's supposed compatibility with Left 4 Dead 2, as the first game has essentially five months before it's left for dead.
Sorry, section 8.1.4. I was looking at the draft of the RFC to replace RFC2616 rather than RFC2616 itself when I wrote this.
Perhaps because they read the HTTP/1.1 specification, section 7.1.4, the line that reads "A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than 2 connections with any server or proxy."
Like... Castlevania! And Castlevania!
The Wii store is a rip off of the Xbox Live Marketplace which is an extension of Xbox Live which is used by Kevin Bacon, which predates the iTunes Music Store.
er... sorry, I thought it was a requirement to include Kevin Bacon.
As long as we're nitpicking, isn't that 256 x 384, seeing as how the system has two screens aligned vertically?
Not only that, but the DSi has larger screens, although I don't know the pixel count.
Speaking of the DSi, how much are games on the DSi Store again? $5? $10?
I'm sure you meant that to be funny, but useless traffic projects DO suck money that could be spent elsewhere. One example that comes to mind is the conversion of the traffic signal one block east of the Michigan capitol building to a traffic circle a few years ago.
Another is the timing change on the stoplight right in front of the Michigan capitol building. This is a T intersection between a one-way road (the top of the T) and a two-way road.
Google Streetview of said intersection, from the Capitol Ave. (one-way) side.
Net result? The intersection is now considerably more dangerous for pedestrians crossing Capitol Ave. on the south side of the intersection, the one directly below the traffic signal in the streetview.
That crosswalk used to have its own light, as traffic in 5 of the 6 lanes passing through that intersection cross it. Now, people are expected to cross at the same time as traffic turning left from Michigan Ave. Since Michigan Ave. ends here and Capitol Ave. is a one-way street, all traffic from the Michigan Ave. side turns left.