Ehhh... they did fix some fairly serious design errors in Vista (mostly the GDI concurrency and network latency bullshit). I still hate the DRM and the fact that Microsoft thinks it's more their computer than mine, but for a gaming machine, Win7 ain't half bad and since XP will never get DX10 or 11, I'm gonna go with 7 over Vista.
And all they had to do to head that off was give away their 8 year old OS. No major skin off Microsoft's back, and they maintain lock-in. There probably wasn't even a chair thrown.
You know why people don't follow the published API's? Because they're woefully inadequate, and even if you do follow the API, half the time the fucking documentation is wrong. Seriously... talk to someone who's written anything to Win32, which you pretty much have to do if you want anything more advanced that "place form X here"
Ehhh... Valve has promised to completely unlock the games should Steam ever go under. It's not a legal commitment, but I trust them a hell of a lot more than I trust Disney.
You don't have kids, do you? Disney has a TON of value in their old films. Kids will watch the same movie hundreds of times, until they can quote and follow every single line. And then they'll watch it again. Hell, my wife still has Aladdin pretty much memorized. They want these laws because they realize that they can rake in the cash and not have to do any work other than bitching to Congress about the evil citizens wanting copyright to not be forfuckingever and a day, and copying things like they're part of the culture instead of Disney's sole property.
That's Belkin's fault. Get a router without crappy firmware, and it works fine. I've got a WRT54GL that has DD-WRT on it, and it just keeps running. The original Linksys firmware would die with any moderate torrenting or downloading.
Turn the key off, and then back into the on (but not starting) position on his Chrysler. Many (almost all that I'm aware of) modern ignitions have a column interlock that prevents steering. Your brakes still had pressure for one or two pushes if they aren't completely mechanical due to leftover pressure in the lines, but that line isn't re-pressurized when the engine isn't running. With power steering, it only gets important when you're at low speeds. When you're traveling fairly fast, power steering does almost nothing.
And either way, a commercial aircraft gets a LOT more regular maintenance than a passenger car. They replace things before they fail, not after, which is a HUGE difference.
...yes, it does. If the engine dies, the accessories stop turning. Have you never driven a car where the engine has gone? Hell, just turn your key off when you're on an empty road, see how much power steering you have. Absolutely none. You have brake pressure for one good stop, and that's about it.
From what I understand, NVIDIA's driver architecture is significantly different. The NVIDIA driver replaces most of the X graphics stack, whereas fglrx and ATI's open-source projects have always tried to work mostly with the X11 system. Personally, I prefer ATI's approach, and spend all my GPU and CPU money with them any more.
Why does nobody think of the cooling? It doesn't matter how small the boxes are, if you cram too many of them into one room without adequate cooling, you're in for a world of hurt. A bigger, faster machine is often more economically sound than a smaller one like this, unless you have a dedicated, seriously cooled server room, and in that case, the non-server form factor would be more of a pain in the ass than the space savings would win you, IMHO.
After looking through some pages on it, it looks like it'll load ebooks in any format you want. The DRM will only apply to those books you buy that are protected. If you download a PDF or EPUB file from Project Gutenberg, it's all yours. The more I read about this Nook here, the more I want one. It's everything the Kindle should have been, but wasn't.
If your wife wants MS Office, install MS Office. It sounds like you're looking for a free copy of MS Office, rather than a compatible, different office suite.
Rolling release isn't really great for stable systems, though. There's a reason that there are LTS releases of Ubuntu and RHEL is supported for so long... making major changes as rolling-release distros are wont to do can break a working system. And if you're mostly trying to get work done and not dick with your computer, you want predictability, not bleeding-edge everything. You only want major upgrades on certain software, such as your web browser and office suite, and then only when they enable new functionality.
Until you try to save a file in Excel that says it saves fine, but if you close it an open it again, it blows up massively. Excel 2003 will do that if you have too many comments in cells (which is a nice way of annotating differences between sheets). Self-compatibility doesn't even work half the time in MS Office.
No, it's not. How in the hell is something that is blatantly wrong modded up? The Pre started using the iPod USB identifier to work around the fact that the software started looking for it. It's not that damn hard to look up.
Because humans are horribly bad at assessing actual risk. That's why people are afraid of flying, but more people are killed per passenger mile when driving. A plane crash is much more dramatic, and hence, takes hold of people's fears and makes them go WAY out of their way to avoid it, even at the expense of actual safety. Same with the markets, terrorism, and thinking of the children with all our various "war on X" movements.
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Too bad it'll be underwater in 3 million years...
Ehhh... they did fix some fairly serious design errors in Vista (mostly the GDI concurrency and network latency bullshit). I still hate the DRM and the fact that Microsoft thinks it's more their computer than mine, but for a gaming machine, Win7 ain't half bad and since XP will never get DX10 or 11, I'm gonna go with 7 over Vista.
And all they had to do to head that off was give away their 8 year old OS. No major skin off Microsoft's back, and they maintain lock-in. There probably wasn't even a chair thrown.
You know why people don't follow the published API's? Because they're woefully inadequate, and even if you do follow the API, half the time the fucking documentation is wrong. Seriously... talk to someone who's written anything to Win32, which you pretty much have to do if you want anything more advanced that "place form X here"
Did you even read the part where I said "It's not a legal commitment"? Are you that fucking retarded?
Ehhh... Valve has promised to completely unlock the games should Steam ever go under. It's not a legal commitment, but I trust them a hell of a lot more than I trust Disney.
You don't have kids, do you? Disney has a TON of value in their old films. Kids will watch the same movie hundreds of times, until they can quote and follow every single line. And then they'll watch it again. Hell, my wife still has Aladdin pretty much memorized. They want these laws because they realize that they can rake in the cash and not have to do any work other than bitching to Congress about the evil citizens wanting copyright to not be forfuckingever and a day, and copying things like they're part of the culture instead of Disney's sole property.
Since when is the government sensible?
That's Belkin's fault. Get a router without crappy firmware, and it works fine. I've got a WRT54GL that has DD-WRT on it, and it just keeps running. The original Linksys firmware would die with any moderate torrenting or downloading.
Turn the key off, and then back into the on (but not starting) position on his Chrysler. Many (almost all that I'm aware of) modern ignitions have a column interlock that prevents steering. Your brakes still had pressure for one or two pushes if they aren't completely mechanical due to leftover pressure in the lines, but that line isn't re-pressurized when the engine isn't running. With power steering, it only gets important when you're at low speeds. When you're traveling fairly fast, power steering does almost nothing.
And either way, a commercial aircraft gets a LOT more regular maintenance than a passenger car. They replace things before they fail, not after, which is a HUGE difference.
...yes, it does. If the engine dies, the accessories stop turning. Have you never driven a car where the engine has gone? Hell, just turn your key off when you're on an empty road, see how much power steering you have. Absolutely none. You have brake pressure for one good stop, and that's about it.
Don't we need Superman before Kryptonite is of any real use?
You can use the Fedora 12 Beta LiveCD's to test out a lot of the bleeding-edge stuff.
From what I understand, NVIDIA's driver architecture is significantly different. The NVIDIA driver replaces most of the X graphics stack, whereas fglrx and ATI's open-source projects have always tried to work mostly with the X11 system. Personally, I prefer ATI's approach, and spend all my GPU and CPU money with them any more.
Why does nobody think of the cooling? It doesn't matter how small the boxes are, if you cram too many of them into one room without adequate cooling, you're in for a world of hurt. A bigger, faster machine is often more economically sound than a smaller one like this, unless you have a dedicated, seriously cooled server room, and in that case, the non-server form factor would be more of a pain in the ass than the space savings would win you, IMHO.
Not if you're Apple it's not all bad. If you're a customer or have to support their customers, it's a pain.
An EeePC is not an Eee Box
After looking through some pages on it, it looks like it'll load ebooks in any format you want. The DRM will only apply to those books you buy that are protected. If you download a PDF or EPUB file from Project Gutenberg, it's all yours. The more I read about this Nook here, the more I want one. It's everything the Kindle should have been, but wasn't.
If your wife wants MS Office, install MS Office. It sounds like you're looking for a free copy of MS Office, rather than a compatible, different office suite.
Rolling release isn't really great for stable systems, though. There's a reason that there are LTS releases of Ubuntu and RHEL is supported for so long... making major changes as rolling-release distros are wont to do can break a working system. And if you're mostly trying to get work done and not dick with your computer, you want predictability, not bleeding-edge everything. You only want major upgrades on certain software, such as your web browser and office suite, and then only when they enable new functionality.
Until you try to save a file in Excel that says it saves fine, but if you close it an open it again, it blows up massively. Excel 2003 will do that if you have too many comments in cells (which is a nice way of annotating differences between sheets). Self-compatibility doesn't even work half the time in MS Office.
I'd hold the same position. Signing a petition is a public attachment of your name to a cause. If you don't want your name attached, don't sign it.
No, it's not. How in the hell is something that is blatantly wrong modded up? The Pre started using the iPod USB identifier to work around the fact that the software started looking for it. It's not that damn hard to look up.
Because humans are horribly bad at assessing actual risk. That's why people are afraid of flying, but more people are killed per passenger mile when driving. A plane crash is much more dramatic, and hence, takes hold of people's fears and makes them go WAY out of their way to avoid it, even at the expense of actual safety. Same with the markets, terrorism, and thinking of the children with all our various "war on X" movements.