Okay, I've seen this post with different operating systems several times now, and it's not getting any more compelling with time.
It was somewhat cute when used against Mac OS X, a little tired when used against Windows, extremely boring when quoted verbatim against Linux, and just plain stupid against *BSD.
Future IT professional at work. Your technical prowess astounds me.
Have you ever looked in Add / Remove Programs > Windows Components?
Oh yeah, there's IIS...
Oh, and if you would have read ANY of the books out there on Windows XP Professional, you would have seen whole chapters devoted to it, AND it's on the MCP test.
There was some IIS update for Windows XP a couple months back that caused OpenGL to stop functioning on my computer. After uninstallation of the IIS update, OpenGL started working again.
Trustworthy Computing, my balls. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Yes, Microsoft is being forced to "compete" due to the price advantage of Linux in massive corporate deals.
But you can't possibly expect the retail shelf price to drop based on this! The retail price for Windows has ALWAYS been at the very least 30% more expensive than the OEM / volume license costs. Just because the business / corporate sales people have some leeway to slash prices means nothing to the average consumer.
I prefer to use Software Update...... but some clown requires authentication at our firewall. Apple doesn't believe in authenticated proxies, or in.pac autoconfiguration, so I'm screwed.
Wow... someone took this a little personally, and in a truely intellectual style, responded with both inspiring wit, and uncanny intelligence - attempting to insult both my intellingence and manhood at the same time.
However, I feel the need to retort some of these things.
1. Why the hell would I keep my credit card number on *ANY* computer? I don't even like putting it into a form on a web page after inspecting the SSL certificate.
2. Why would I scan my PAPER bank statements, and keep the scans in the same folder as all that other crap?
3. Why do I need nude pictures of my "partner" when I have the real thing?
4. Funny, I never needed Viagra for anything other than making "old people" jokes, so I don't know how a letter to Pfizer would be spontaneously generated. Oh and those jokes DID work for me!
The RIAA(meaning the record companies) only exists because the artists and the consumers haven't really questioned their existence. Artists stand to make a lot of money without the RIAA in place. Why not make all music free? If you want to brave the p2p networks for different quality mp3s and such help yourself. OR, you can pay $5 directly to the artist to download the cd from their website.
Unfortunately, this would ultimately lead to the utter destruction of the album format. Some people (including me) enjoy the prospect of album art, lyric sheets, and a professionally printed / pressed CD. If it's all downloaded (yes I know people post album art etc.) I am now at the mercy of the Ink Cartels that supply my crappy printer, and it won't be of the same visual quality, and I end up with a CD-R with less-than-stellar quality music due to lossy compression. I buy high end speakers and amplifiers for a reason, and it's not so I can listen to music that has had the low and high frequencies butchered out of them for the sake of ramming the file through routers.
and if we lose them, frankly, here is one slashdot poster that could care less.
Okay - care less! I think you mean that you couldn't care less.
I am not a supporter of this pigopoly, but the people that want to abolish pressed CDs completely are insane. Remember that there are people that buy music that are not within reach of broadband networks, either because of geographical or economic reasons. If you limit your potential purchasing customer base to the people that have broadband by offering files of quality that could be described as "not completely dismal" you are velvet-roping yourself out of a large portion of the market.
Oh, and I know Ogg is better, but Ogg doesn't work with half the devices that I own. Don't fall into that old rut if you choose to respond.
They couldn't get rid of the other printers fast enough. 20 PPM full photographic color, single-pass laser printing. The damn thing basically has a first generation Power Macintosh G4 under the hood for the RIP processor (PowerPC 7400 / 500Mhz, 20GB hard disk, 512 MB RAM).
It is the most impressive printer I have seen in a long time. Be warned: it's damn expensive, but it has already paid for itself many times in the last six months.
Oh, and it has your built-in Ethernet, and responds to AppleTalk, LPR, and Windows printing.
1. Announced end-of-line for Mac OS X (the original poster uses this OS)
2. Slow as molasses in comparison to ANY of the competing browsers
3. Piss-poor support for standardized Mac OS interfaces such as the proxy configuration
4. Window clutter -vs- tabbed browsing
5. God-awful font rendering (again, in comparison to competition)
6. Lack of support for such useful things as automatic proxy configuration (.PAC files) that the PC version supports
I'm sure others can think of a few too. Yeah, it sucks having a browser that loads a page correctly more often than not, but it sucks MORE to have to wait three times as long for it to render the exact same data in the exact same way.
All things being equal, you should hope that renewed competition will cause the next version of your MS product to quit riding the brake.
The SCO Group immediately licensed this technology, and plans to make all copies of AIX dissapear once the paperwork is through. "We told you we were serious about revoking IBM's license to UNIX System V" Darl McBride was quoted as saying...
Re:Proof Apple is still not enterprise ready...
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Jaguar is Over
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He is telling developers that Jaguar is dead, as far as Apple is concerned. Just because Apple is no longer developing for 10.2 doesn't mean that it has vanished from the planet. If they could do that, SCO would be licensing the process!
I'm sure that many companies (including my own) will be more than happy to continue running Mac OS X 10.2.x for quite a while until 10.3 is a proven solution. After all, you know any large enterprises tripping over themselves to install the latest Windows desktop software after it gets annonunced as a *preview* ?
Besides, do you think that Microsoft is developing for Windows 2000 anymore? I'll give you a hint... the answer starts with the letter 'N'
I was wondering...
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I was wondering when we were going to get our daily dose of SCO stupidity.
To clear the confusion, PCI-X has been shipping since the i840 / i850 chipsets, and is prevalent in the e750x Xeon chipsets. (my e7505 Dual Xeon box has more PCI-X slots than standard 33Mhz / 32bit slots)
It is merely an extension of the PCI 2.1/2.2 spec.
PCI Express is a completely different spec, with backwards compatibility as a bolt-on option. After adoption, expect to see your old PCI 2.1 / 2.2 slots disappear and have only PCI Express slots available.
PCI express was just demo'd and referenced at Intel Developer Forum this spring, and Intel isn't expected to have it on their own boards until the Xeon "Twin Castle" chipset ships in '04. As it is an open standard, expect Apple, AMD, IBM, SiS, and VIA to follow suit in about the same time frame.
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IT Director: "Does it work in Europe?"
Universal Business Adapter Salesman: "You need an adapter."
what does that tell you about his service, if he frequently patronizes iTunes!
Okay, I've seen this post with different operating systems several times now, and it's not getting any more compelling with time.
It was somewhat cute when used against Mac OS X, a little tired when used against Windows, extremely boring when quoted verbatim against Linux, and just plain stupid against *BSD.
Go find a bridge to hide under, troll.
I spoke of an improvement?
Or RedHat?
*looks over shoulder*
Future IT professional at work. Your technical prowess astounds me.
Have you ever looked in Add / Remove Programs > Windows Components?
Oh yeah, there's IIS...
Oh, and if you would have read ANY of the books out there on Windows XP Professional, you would have seen whole chapters devoted to it, AND it's on the MCP test.
And here is the update I mentioned.
Why don't YOU try again.
Yeah, that's the track that only costs $0.79
I have to agree FULLY.
There was some IIS update for Windows XP a couple months back that caused OpenGL to stop functioning on my computer. After uninstallation of the IIS update, OpenGL started working again.
Trustworthy Computing, my balls. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Oh man, don't put Slashdot on the side of good uses for bits and bytes!
The dupes alone are responsible for half of the e-landfill's volume!
Yes, Microsoft is being forced to "compete" due to the price advantage of Linux in massive corporate deals.
But you can't possibly expect the retail shelf price to drop based on this! The retail price for Windows has ALWAYS been at the very least 30% more expensive than the OEM / volume license costs. Just because the business / corporate sales people have some leeway to slash prices means nothing to the average consumer.
Heh.
... but some clown requires authentication at our firewall. Apple doesn't believe in authenticated proxies, or in .pac autoconfiguration, so I'm screwed.
I prefer to use Software Update...
HTTP download it is.
Wow... someone took this a little personally, and in a truely intellectual style, responded with both inspiring wit, and uncanny intelligence - attempting to insult both my intellingence and manhood at the same time.
However, I feel the need to retort some of these things.
1. Why the hell would I keep my credit card number on *ANY* computer? I don't even like putting it into a form on a web page after inspecting the SSL certificate.
2. Why would I scan my PAPER bank statements, and keep the scans in the same folder as all that other crap?
3. Why do I need nude pictures of my "partner" when I have the real thing?
4. Funny, I never needed Viagra for anything other than making "old people" jokes, so I don't know how a letter to Pfizer would be spontaneously generated. Oh and those jokes DID work for me!
Why don't you idle down there, turbo...
So you installed a P2P file sharing app, and it turned ON file sharing?!
Those BASTARDS! This is a conspiracy of machiavellian proportions!
The RIAA(meaning the record companies) only exists because the artists and the consumers haven't really questioned their existence. Artists stand to make a lot of money without the RIAA in place. Why not make all music free? If you want to brave the p2p networks for different quality mp3s and such help yourself. OR, you can pay $5 directly to the artist to download the cd from their website.
Unfortunately, this would ultimately lead to the utter destruction of the album format. Some people (including me) enjoy the prospect of album art, lyric sheets, and a professionally printed / pressed CD. If it's all downloaded (yes I know people post album art etc.) I am now at the mercy of the Ink Cartels that supply my crappy printer, and it won't be of the same visual quality, and I end up with a CD-R with less-than-stellar quality music due to lossy compression. I buy high end speakers and amplifiers for a reason, and it's not so I can listen to music that has had the low and high frequencies butchered out of them for the sake of ramming the file through routers.
and if we lose them, frankly, here is one slashdot poster that could care less.
Okay - care less! I think you mean that you couldn't care less.
I am not a supporter of this pigopoly, but the people that want to abolish pressed CDs completely are insane. Remember that there are people that buy music that are not within reach of broadband networks, either because of geographical or economic reasons. If you limit your potential purchasing customer base to the people that have broadband by offering files of quality that could be described as "not completely dismal" you are velvet-roping yourself out of a large portion of the market.
Oh, and I know Ogg is better, but Ogg doesn't work with half the devices that I own. Don't fall into that old rut if you choose to respond.
The linked source is for a linux kernel. The code in contention is Unix System V.
That's how. One code is GPL (Linux), another is not (Unix).
Linux != Unix
I was once told by the design dept. where I work that they would never let me take the printers they were using.
Then I gave them one of these.
They couldn't get rid of the other printers fast enough. 20 PPM full photographic color, single-pass laser printing. The damn thing basically has a first generation Power Macintosh G4 under the hood for the RIP processor (PowerPC 7400 / 500Mhz, 20GB hard disk, 512 MB RAM).
It is the most impressive printer I have seen in a long time. Be warned: it's damn expensive, but it has already paid for itself many times in the last six months.
Oh, and it has your built-in Ethernet, and responds to AppleTalk, LPR, and Windows printing.
Did you RTFA?
It specifically mentions what happens in case of jamming GPS
1. Regurgitate old business idea (fried meat on a stick, etc.)
2. ???
3. Profit!
4. Blast off!
Nice work, troll.
Maybe you should try reading the parent post, rather than regurgitating the latest FUD from Microsoft.
ok, how's this for justification:
1. Announced end-of-line for Mac OS X (the original poster uses this OS)
2. Slow as molasses in comparison to ANY of the competing browsers
3. Piss-poor support for standardized Mac OS interfaces such as the proxy configuration
4. Window clutter -vs- tabbed browsing
5. God-awful font rendering (again, in comparison to competition)
6. Lack of support for such useful things as automatic proxy configuration (.PAC files) that the PC version supports
I'm sure others can think of a few too. Yeah, it sucks having a browser that loads a page correctly more often than not, but it sucks MORE to have to wait three times as long for it to render the exact same data in the exact same way.
All things being equal, you should hope that renewed competition will cause the next version of your MS product to quit riding the brake.
In Soviet Russia, /. masters YOU!
The SCO Group immediately licensed this technology, and plans to make all copies of AIX dissapear once the paperwork is through. "We told you we were serious about revoking IBM's license to UNIX System V" Darl McBride was quoted as saying...
He is telling developers that Jaguar is dead, as far as Apple is concerned. Just because Apple is no longer developing for 10.2 doesn't mean that it has vanished from the planet. If they could do that, SCO would be licensing the process!
I'm sure that many companies (including my own) will be more than happy to continue running Mac OS X 10.2.x for quite a while until 10.3 is a proven solution. After all, you know any large enterprises tripping over themselves to install the latest Windows desktop software after it gets annonunced as a *preview* ?
Besides, do you think that Microsoft is developing for Windows 2000 anymore? I'll give you a hint... the answer starts with the letter 'N'
I was wondering when we were going to get our daily dose of SCO stupidity.
I guess that case is solved now.
Okay, who took down the "Don't Feed the Trolls" sign and hid it in these bushes over here? You didn't have to pile up all those rocks on it!
To clear the confusion, PCI-X has been shipping since the i840 / i850 chipsets, and is prevalent in the e750x Xeon chipsets. (my e7505 Dual Xeon box has more PCI-X slots than standard 33Mhz / 32bit slots)
/2.2 spec.
It is merely an extension of the PCI 2.1
PCI Express is a completely different spec, with backwards compatibility as a bolt-on option. After adoption, expect to see your old PCI 2.1 / 2.2 slots disappear and have only PCI Express slots available.
PCI express was just demo'd and referenced at Intel Developer Forum this spring, and Intel isn't expected to have it on their own boards until the Xeon "Twin Castle" chipset ships in '04. As it is an open standard, expect Apple, AMD, IBM, SiS, and VIA to follow suit in about the same time frame.