Newspapers don't watch you open your mail, or read other newspapers or magazines you might want to read also, the articles you read longest, etc etc... they know next to nothing about you except perhaps where someone bought the paper.... At least... none of the papers I've read do this. Maybe I haven't kept up with dead tree technology.
The poster hasn't though this through properly ! Under no circumstances should the manufacturer require something different UNLESS - and I put a huge amount of enphasis on that - unless they are willing to support all operating systems !!!
I recently wanted to upgrade a BIOS where the manufacturer has a nice little windows program, but guess what? I WASN'T RUNNING WINDOWS !! Now I'm absolutely stuffed to upgrade the BIOS unless I go through a rigmarol of either legally purchasing a once off use windows, or finding... one of the other "types".
What manufacturers need to do is put support in the actual BIOS - i.e. allow it to check a USB drive / CD etc and then upgrade itself.
I knew the superior alien beings watching planet Earth wouldn't allow such a step forward for humanity. They realise either we'll be a force to reckon with in the future, or are too young a civilisation to be exposed to malevolent stellar forces.
I think RSS news feeds are the perfect solution to many of these situations. Give the user the ability to subscribe to an RSS feed rather then getting an email... this unfortunately will be only suitable for advanced users.
Once spam forces more to go down this track, I'm sure better tools, and better integration with desktops will open the flood gates.
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mosquitoes with freakin lazer beams??
Newspapers don't watch you open your mail, or read other newspapers or magazines you might want to read also, the articles you read longest, etc etc... they know next to nothing about you except perhaps where someone bought the paper. ... At least... none of the papers I've read do this. Maybe I haven't kept up with dead tree technology.
I use to work at Enron. My favourite CMS is "rm".
Wow... storing a terrabyte of data on a single disk !! All you need is a terrabyte disk - ground breaking.
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The poster hasn't though this through properly ! Under no circumstances should the manufacturer require something different UNLESS - and I put a huge amount of enphasis on that - unless they are willing to support all operating systems !!!
... one of the other "types".
I recently wanted to upgrade a BIOS where the manufacturer has a nice little windows program, but guess what? I WASN'T RUNNING WINDOWS !! Now I'm absolutely stuffed to upgrade the BIOS unless I go through a rigmarol of either legally purchasing a once off use windows, or finding
What manufacturers need to do is put support in the actual BIOS - i.e. allow it to check a USB drive / CD etc and then upgrade itself.
Madness people.
I think they must be vulcans.
Thats what I reckon anyway.
Since tape is a little harder to cover the small LED's _only_ without making it look ugly, just whop a little bit of bluetack over it.
Aesthetic Geek.
Unplug the network cable and remove the floppy drive
Once spam forces more to go down this track, I'm sure better tools, and better integration with desktops will open the flood gates.