Some ?!?! Vista is easily the most godawful piece of crap to ever roll out of Redmond, just when I thought I'd seen it all. If this doesn't drive people to alternatives it is an admission that they've become complete sheep (but we knew that). People said the same thing about 95, 98 1st Edition, 2K and even XP, but yet everyone keeps looking back when Redmond rolls out a new edition.
It really is a pile of rubbish with a pretty ribbon (Aero) around it. There is more stability in a fresh jelly, and it's incompatible with world+dog. If you have a lot of legacy kit that uses Active-X you can't even use it in IE6 if it's unsigned (at least, I have seen no way to bypass it) so MS is again taking hardware decisions for a company, the security is designed to get in your way rather than help (even Admin has to wade through multiple clickies to get something done) and on top of that it's still as insecure as it was before - watch how often it has already been patched. Linux fanboy are we?
MS sells hope. Hope that bugs will eventually be solved. However, logically that will never happen, ever. No, MS sells software. In the case of an OS software which is more userfriendly than most other OSes I've seen (yes I think of Linux too).
Unfortunaly Windows is very popular and widely used, which also gives Microsoft the disadvantage that everyone expects their software to work with most hardware on the planet.
As stated some issues still remains with Vista, and XP is somewhat mature product that still works.
Actually I was browsing Dell the other night since a father of a friend needed a new computer. You know the cheap workstation for around $800, so I choosed Dell since you could get On-site service, so geeks wont have to come around if he breaks the "any-key".
To my surprise Dell offered only Vista on their PCs, but they still kept the systems at 512MB of RAM despite stating themselves Vista required 1GB to be bearable and 2GB to be happy.
Get a full blown PC with Vista for $800, but you need the $200 add-on package to boot Vista.
Because a load of games are still not being made for shiny desktop linux distros.
Yes you may have Cedega, Wine and such, but they do not always perform well or able to run every game for that matter.
And yes, there are still loads of non-console gamers in the world and unfortunaly not all of them are willing to pay for Windows, and ReactOS is still Alpha.
Apple do not make the driver for the Nvidia cards, however there is no end-user support from Nvidias side.
Nvidia only accepts bug reports from the manufacturers. In this case I guess Apple would be labeled manufacturer since they make the whole computer including the graphics board inside?
Guess cause VM OS does not look as much into specific hardware as a real OS does. In case they have 10 different computer models in house, and people would like to swap desk often.
If you can do more than one PPTP tunnel at a same time, and Relakks offer public IPs, one could actually get a global IP for every machine behind the router. Neat.
However their FAQ does not say anything what kind of IPs that are being assigned. Wonder if Relakks does caching too to take off some of the bandwidth load.
Hmm, it will boost the FPS of my system. Well I could believe it, since most SOHO onboard features eat a little CPU.
But tell me, how will this on fight lag on the internet? I mean, yes the card "might" reduce lag between my PC and router, but the card cant do anything about latencies on the internet......other than fake it.
So basically all previos cases where doctors pulled the plug on basis patients are braindead (veggies) can now be classified as murder, since the brain has potential of fixing it self. It is just a matter of time.
Why not use SpamCops feature to submit the spam mail as an attachment.
It is a feature disabled for every user, unless you ask for permission from SpamCop admins. The reason is, many a too lazy to check whether mail is spam or not and then submit the wrong mails.
There is no submit check in this feature, simply forward the mail, you will get a report telling if the spam was submitted and to which admins reports were send.
The negative part of this feature is that it will only send reports to admins of the networks where mail origin. Spamvertized links will not be reported.
"Along the lines of Loopymonkeys post... HD-DVD and Bluray drives do play advanced content (iHD and BDJ) from Red Laser media. This is simply a case of Sony demo'ing Bluray content before the title ships, so they asked their Bluray pre-mastering house to burn them a demo of the functionality for the press event. Not unusual or illegal, although I do agree that its amusing that they didn't use Sony DVD+R media and don't yet have a working demo and Bluray recordable media in their developers hands.
Personally I think it's cool they are showing off Bluray functionality on a laptop regardless of what optical format they burned on."
You do know that your blue line is actually a silver finish, which will reflect light and such from it surroundings?
Exhibit 1: See how close the laptop is to the edge, therefore the half silver side, is reflecting the table and the rest the dark flooring.
Exhibit 2: See how the laptop has been moved all the way into the middle of the table. Making the silver finish reflect whole table.
Exhibit 3: See how the laptop is not aligned with the table. The back of laptop have some table which it reflects, while the front is dark because it reflects the floor.
So what is it based upon? 802.11b/g?? Ohhhh that is the nice to have technology colliding with cordless phones, microwaves, loads of wireless cameras, some bluetooth and a load of other 2.4Ghz technology.
Or did they use 802.11a?
How safe are LCD and DLP TVs from this type of thing?
If I read the article correct, the products are just as safe as any other product. Caps arcing has been seend for ages and is a "common" problem. Here at work, we got old computers dieing every month due to caps.
Have you tried being in your IT Department?
- You might say they have neglected to sell projects to senior management, but are you sure it is not a money issue?
- How big is your IT department?
- How skilled is the IT department, again how much money is set aside for education?
- How is work in the IT department organized. Myself we are a staff of 3 and 2 part time students for support (for 200 users + guest groups of various sizes), and even our "clients" are complaining that they need to file a helpdesk report rather than we just take notes over the phone.
etc. etc.
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I am confused, is Ohio for arsonists and firefighters. Slashdot seems to be on subject of fire sharing.
Unfortunaly Windows is very popular and widely used, which also gives Microsoft the disadvantage that everyone expects their software to work with most hardware on the planet.
As stated some issues still remains with Vista, and XP is somewhat mature product that still works.
Actually I was browsing Dell the other night since a father of a friend needed a new computer. You know the cheap workstation for around $800, so I choosed Dell since you could get On-site service, so geeks wont have to come around if he breaks the "any-key".
To my surprise Dell offered only Vista on their PCs, but they still kept the systems at 512MB of RAM despite stating themselves Vista required 1GB to be bearable and 2GB to be happy.
Get a full blown PC with Vista for $800, but you need the $200 add-on package to boot Vista.
You know gamers. They want the newest coolest stuff. Why buy Doom4 if Doom1 runs fine?
Because a load of games are still not being made for shiny desktop linux distros.
Yes you may have Cedega, Wine and such, but they do not always perform well or able to run every game for that matter.
And yes, there are still loads of non-console gamers in the world and unfortunaly not all of them are willing to pay for Windows, and ReactOS is still Alpha.
I mean, did someone not solve the issue by making 3rd party changes to the bittorrent protocol and adding protocol encryption to bypass throttling?
Partly yes and partly no
Apple do not make the driver for the Nvidia cards, however there is no end-user support from Nvidias side.
Nvidia only accepts bug reports from the manufacturers.
In this case I guess Apple would be labeled manufacturer since they make the whole computer including the graphics board inside?
Guess cause VM OS does not look as much into specific hardware as a real OS does. In case they have 10 different computer models in house, and people would like to swap desk often.
Hmm
If you can do more than one PPTP tunnel at a same time, and Relakks offer public IPs, one could actually get a global IP for every machine behind the router. Neat.
However their FAQ does not say anything what kind of IPs that are being assigned. Wonder if Relakks does caching too to take off some of the bandwidth load.
Ok so this will fight lag?
Hmm, it will boost the FPS of my system. Well I could believe it, since most SOHO onboard features eat a little CPU.
But tell me, how will this on fight lag on the internet? I mean, yes the card "might" reduce lag between my PC and router, but the card cant do anything about latencies on the internet......other than fake it.
Cisco today made patent on CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol)
Maybe, cant say if I hit the ground at birth by a mistake.
But try telling your point of view to the next of kin to a brain dead patient (excuse the lack of a better word)
So basically all previos cases where doctors pulled the plug on basis patients are braindead (veggies) can now be classified as murder, since the brain has potential of fixing it self. It is just a matter of time.
Sorry it shows nothing. Yes the graph shows an hour of no traffic, but traffic is back up and seems at a normal rate.
Why not use SpamCops feature to submit the spam mail as an attachment.
It is a feature disabled for every user, unless you ask for permission from SpamCop admins. The reason is, many a too lazy to check whether mail is spam or not and then submit the wrong mails.
There is no submit check in this feature, simply forward the mail, you will get a report telling if the spam was submitted and to which admins reports were send.
The negative part of this feature is that it will only send reports to admins of the networks where mail origin. Spamvertized links will not be reported.
So in the old days pre 11 sept all NSA had to do was take an unecrypted call, encrypt it, analyze it and decide if further action was needed?
You do know that your blue line is actually a silver finish, which will reflect light and such from it surroundings?
Exhibit 1: See how close the laptop is to the edge, therefore the half silver side, is reflecting the table and the rest the dark flooring.
Exhibit 2: See how the laptop has been moved all the way into the middle of the table. Making the silver finish reflect whole table.
Exhibit 3: See how the laptop is not aligned with the table. The back of laptop have some table which it reflects, while the front is dark because it reflects the floor.
It was a secret gas station, sculptured as an entrance to Pentagon parking lot
So what is it based upon? 802.11b/g?? Ohhhh that is the nice to have technology colliding with cordless phones, microwaves, loads of wireless cameras, some bluetooth and a load of other 2.4Ghz technology. Or did they use 802.11a?
Break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend
How safe are LCD and DLP TVs from this type of thing?
If I read the article correct, the products are just as safe as any other product. Caps arcing has been seend for ages and is a "common" problem. Here at work, we got old computers dieing every month due to caps.
Just check out http://www.badcaps.com/
That issue has the work around of using encrypted torrent traffic. A "new" feature implemented in many torrent clients today.
Regarding Rogers blocking the website of pirate bay, I guess can easily work around by using a proxy server.
Have you tried being in your IT Department? - You might say they have neglected to sell projects to senior management, but are you sure it is not a money issue? - How big is your IT department? - How skilled is the IT department, again how much money is set aside for education? - How is work in the IT department organized. Myself we are a staff of 3 and 2 part time students for support (for 200 users + guest groups of various sizes), and even our "clients" are complaining that they need to file a helpdesk report rather than we just take notes over the phone. etc. etc.
Slipstream your SATA driver into a new installation CD!
Yes is irritating to use floppy if you haven't slipstreamed, but not MS fault new hardware lands on market after their OS launch.