People just remember it as bad because the computers it came preinstalled on were dookie.
Remember those tiny little Gateway desktops? The grey&beige ones that had a tiny little 130w PSU with its "please clog me with dust" slots.. and a hot as shit celeron 800 with an insufficient heatsink... one tiny, prone-to-failure fan in the entire computer... a 40GB maxtor drive that could double as a space heater.... and about 3 cubic inches of free space inside when fully assembled...? Yeah. I remember those.
He comments it in the video: "as there is no upgrade possible from Windows ME [...]". ME was a dead end.
At my repair shop, I had a trick I'd use to install XP on computers without a working CDROM drive.... I'd ghost an ME install from another harddrive, install NIC drivers via USB flash, then run the XP install CD from a network share. I would always do a clean install... but only after learning the hard way that upgrading windows is a bad idea.
You can upgrade from ME to XP, but don't expect it to be glitch free.
If it is unethical for Bing to analyze user clicks then it is just as unethical when Google does it.
Microsoft is NOT STEALING anything. They are taking, with permission, browsing data from people with the Bing bar installed.... The same thing just about every fucking toolbar does, including Google's.
The keyword didn't appear in the page at all - they manually associated it to the page through the Google database, so there was no way for Bing to know the keyword unless it was spying^W recording the user searches on Google through the Bing Toolbar.
Like it says they do in their EULA? Like the same thing the Google toolbar does?
The original Google press release tries to spin this as if MS is stealing info from Google. The reality is all they are doing with the Bing bar is monitoring search clickthrough. Google is evil, has been since shortly after IPO, and one day the fanbois will notice, and will jump ship to whatever the next new thing is.
Microsoft is looking at the user's clickthrough: Given a choice of ten web sites, which one does the user expect to be most relevant to the search term? This is empirical information that is not provided by Google and as such can not be copied from Google.
Exactly.... and Google does the exact same thing with the Google toolbar.
This story basically equates to Woody Allen accusing Roman Polanski of being "creepy".
If I understand correctly, Microsoft isn't copying Google's search results per se.... they are recording what gets searched for, and what result ends up getting clicked on.
Google uses this same method to improve search relevance by tracking what gets clicked on at Google.com, and what gets searched for elsewhere.
Google is pissed that Microsoft has copied yet another good(?) idea. They needed a PR attack on the Bing bar that didn't amount to "STOP COPYING US!!!1", because they don't want to hear their users say "Wait, Google toolbar tracks WHAT?!"
I was thinking almost the same thing. "Midrange" to me is $150-ish... and also what I consider the sweet spot for video card purchase. For that price, usually you're getting a good quality implementation of a die shrink of last year's GPU. Lower power consumption, better driver stability than bleeding edge, no redonculous(not a typo) heatsink/fan, and no need to throw your power supply out the window because it has a 6-pin connector instead of 8.
I only have a very basic understanding of the under-the-hood stuff in the internet's DNS system, so maybe I'm missing something... but how would Wikileaks getting DDOS'd affect other customers of anyDNS? Was anyDNS getting DDOS'd?
Like, maybe every DDOS packet was preceded by a DNS lookup to determine the target IP was correct.... but unless I'm very mistaken about how DNS even works, that shouldn't affect anyDNS....?
Mostly what I hear people bitch about when discussing MS's security strategy has to do with user's being administrators by default. I disagree with this. I am using a home computer. I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR. I don't need a real or virtual root account, nor do I like having to say "mother may I?" (RE: sudo) when I want to install software.
Most malware infections I've seen stem from people getting social engineered (usually involving the phrase "click here") into clicking [YES]. Allowing users to install software is not a security flaw. User stupidity/ignorance is, however.
I do have one MAJOR gripe with MS's security strategy, and this is one I've had for almost 15 years now..... file extensions being hidden by default. Less information does not make for informed decisions when clicking on things with 2 file extensions... anyone remember brittneyspearsnaked.jpg.exe?
The PS3 download version is more ugly. ePSXe lets me screw with video options till I get it looking better. PS3 has one option: full screen blur.
on an unrelated note, I think the PS3's software emulation of psx games is based heavily on ePSXe, based on graphical/game glitches i've seen common to both.
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Lets just conveniently ignore the $1.1 trillion we've spent on the War on Terror.
Balance the budget BY BRINGING THE TROOPS HOME.
Where did the horrible, horrible, carbon in fossil fuels come from?
Getting it right the 2nd time makes it much less fail.
Are you fucking kidding? They're the ones who taught us!
They only focus on (relative) quality now because China has gobbled up the "cheapest one available please" market.
Windows ME was actually pretty good.
People just remember it as bad because the computers it came preinstalled on were dookie.
Remember those tiny little Gateway desktops? The grey&beige ones that had a tiny little 130w PSU with its "please clog me with dust" slots.. and a hot as shit celeron 800 with an insufficient heatsink... one tiny, prone-to-failure fan in the entire computer... a 40GB maxtor drive that could double as a space heater.... and about 3 cubic inches of free space inside when fully assembled...? Yeah. I remember those.
At my repair shop, I had a trick I'd use to install XP on computers without a working CDROM drive.... I'd ghost an ME install from another harddrive, install NIC drivers via USB flash, then run the XP install CD from a network share. I would always do a clean install... but only after learning the hard way that upgrading windows is a bad idea.
You can upgrade from ME to XP, but don't expect it to be glitch free.
If it is unethical for Bing to analyze user clicks then it is just as unethical when Google does it.
Microsoft is NOT STEALING anything. They are taking, with permission, browsing data from people with the Bing bar installed.... The same thing just about every fucking toolbar does, including Google's.
Like it says they do in their EULA? Like the same thing the Google toolbar does?
The original Google press release tries to spin this as if MS is stealing info from Google. The reality is all they are doing with the Bing bar is monitoring search clickthrough. Google is evil, has been since shortly after IPO, and one day the fanbois will notice, and will jump ship to whatever the next new thing is.
Exactly.... and Google does the exact same thing with the Google toolbar.
This story basically equates to Woody Allen accusing Roman Polanski of being "creepy".
If I understand correctly, Microsoft isn't copying Google's search results per se.... they are recording what gets searched for, and what result ends up getting clicked on.
Google uses this same method to improve search relevance by tracking what gets clicked on at Google.com, and what gets searched for elsewhere.
Google is pissed that Microsoft has copied yet another good(?) idea. They needed a PR attack on the Bing bar that didn't amount to "STOP COPYING US!!!1", because they don't want to hear their users say "Wait, Google toolbar tracks WHAT?!"
I was thinking almost the same thing. "Midrange" to me is $150-ish... and also what I consider the sweet spot for video card purchase. For that price, usually you're getting a good quality implementation of a die shrink of last year's GPU. Lower power consumption, better driver stability than bleeding edge, no redonculous(not a typo) heatsink/fan, and no need to throw your power supply out the window because it has a 6-pin connector instead of 8.
Usage unwords synonymous crimethink. Rectify.
Do you parents know you're gay?
there's urine in my poop?
too bad.
PS: lameness filter is fucking gay. he can use caps, but i can't quote his abuse of the caps lock key? wtf?
Then what's all that brown stuff that comes out the other end?
Opposing illegal immigration is clearly racist.
I only have a very basic understanding of the under-the-hood stuff in the internet's DNS system, so maybe I'm missing something... but how would Wikileaks getting DDOS'd affect other customers of anyDNS? Was anyDNS getting DDOS'd?
Like, maybe every DDOS packet was preceded by a DNS lookup to determine the target IP was correct.... but unless I'm very mistaken about how DNS even works, that shouldn't affect anyDNS....?
I wonder why the ADA recommends fluoride toothpaste...?
Mostly what I hear people bitch about when discussing MS's security strategy has to do with user's being administrators by default. I disagree with this. I am using a home computer. I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR. I don't need a real or virtual root account, nor do I like having to say "mother may I?" (RE: sudo) when I want to install software.
Most malware infections I've seen stem from people getting social engineered (usually involving the phrase "click here") into clicking [YES]. Allowing users to install software is not a security flaw. User stupidity/ignorance is, however.
I do have one MAJOR gripe with MS's security strategy, and this is one I've had for almost 15 years now..... file extensions being hidden by default. Less information does not make for informed decisions when clicking on things with 2 file extensions... anyone remember brittneyspearsnaked.jpg.exe?
Norton Utilities rocked my box circa win98... Norton Crashguard even functioned as an AOL anti-punter! (the best one, btw)
You're right. It was hard to understand.
+1 !!!
Chrome is faster, but has NO FEATURES. Can't even change the behavior of the stupid freakin download tab.
PCs will be obsolete when I can have a chip implanted in my brain.
The PS3 download version is more ugly. ePSXe lets me screw with video options till I get it looking better. PS3 has one option: full screen blur.
on an unrelated note, I think the PS3's software emulation of psx games is based heavily on ePSXe, based on graphical/game glitches i've seen common to both.