Remember: Wine Is Not an Emulator. It's a built-from-scratch implementation of the Windows API.
Here's a question: If Windows had some bug in their API, do you think the Wine developers would only implement the API as it 'should be', thus possibly breaking applications that worked around the bug, or would they emulate the bugged version?
There's another article here, 'Windows Vista Capable PC Hardware Guidelines', which goes into a bit more detail (and is probably more up-to-date, the other one looks like it was written when 'Beta 1' came out).
Wonder if that means that that A) we'll see some cheap systems that still have XP even after Vista ships; or B) the specs on even the cheapest machines will be beefed up; or C) we'll see machines that have Vista preloaded but which don't qualify as Vista capable?
There's nearly a year to go before Vista's release to consumers - so I'm pretty sure that pretty much all low-end machines with Vista will be 'Vista Capable' then (i.e. usually adding an extra 256mb RAM).
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I'm sorry, but due to the offensive crap pandering to the masses today, I have started boycotting television distributed by Fox.
The main way people can help to do something about the quality of TV is by actually watching/buying DVDs of the decent shows, but not watching the crap. The ratings are what is important to Fox, not the 'quality'.
Not only do you also need to check the password, but you also really should examine your system thoroughly for any malicious changes.
After all, it's certainly possible that someone could have used this information before now.
Bear in mind that this is mainly talking about the UK (where SMS messaging is far more popular than in the US).
For example, on a 'Pay As You Go' UK phone, it might cost around 10p for a text message, and 40p per minute or more for a cross-network call. It's possible to certainly phone up and speak your message for the same price, but when you factor in added time for general greetings, phone calls can easily end up a lot longer and a lot more expensive than a SMS would have been.
We don't actually know for sure that Windows hasn't booted yet on an Apple. It's a pretty safe bet that somebody at Microsoft has been taking more than just a look at the new machines too.
If you do want a dual-boot machine, it makes sense to do it on an Apple-built machine, rather than a self-build.
The main reason is that OS X is going to be very picky about what hardware it installs on, and Apple aren't going to support custom builds. Linux and Windows, on the other hand, have support for far more devices already, and there is more of an incentive to add the support for an Apple-built machine.
I agree - 0.8 was the point at which I started to use Firefox as my main browser. Since then though, I can't think of much that they've added that's been a major improvement to me, and I just became fed up with memory leaks and slow performance.
I now use Opera, and I'm extremely happy with it. That's not to say I wouldn't go back to Firefox permanently if they make further improvements, but I haven't really seen too much in recent releases.
In semi-related news, BitTorrent Inc. and Opera announced today that Opera 9 will offer BT capabilities. I do remember that a beta of Opera 8 had BitTorrent built in, but that hasn't been present in versions released since (i.e. since it went freeware).
Shouldn't there a be a "Software Vulnerabilties" section to Slashdot, where these things could be posted?
That's certainly an option, however Winamp is a hugely popular media player. I'm sure many Slashdot readers have Winamp, and wouldn't visit such a section regularly, so fairly 'big' stories like this should at least be posted to the front page too. At the very least, I know now that I need to update Winamp.
If you don't install all the extra plugins that come with Winamp 5 (media library, and particularly the 'modern skins' support), it's essentially the same speed/functionality as 2.95, but with tweaks/bug fixes.
I do find the Media Library very useful though, so I'm happy enough to have that installed.
The major problem with Azureus for me is just how many resources it takes up (hence I use uTorrent).
The review is incredibly misleading about this, it claims that "Azureus, to be fair, takes up only 151KB; BitTorrent is 184KB; and BitPump is 113KB - none of these clients is particularly bloated". I'm not sure quite how they worked this out, as Azureus takes up a lot more than this.
On occasion, I've seen the submitter of a story complain in the comments about how what they submitted had been drastically changed in content, although still attributed to the submitter. I'm afraid I haven't got any links handy (anyone?), but should this really be allowed?
The most interesting part of the article for me, especially considering that many people consider Simpsons has hugely declined in quality (including me):
Outside the trailer, Groening chats with Azaria about the episode they have just read. Groening wonders whether some aspects of the plot are "a little out there." Well, Azaria replies sarcastically, it is Season 4,063.
I hear quite often how WINE is merely an implementation of the Win32 APIs, etc, but this begs one question:
If Microsoft made some error in implementing their own Win32 API, i.e. not to the correct specification, would the WINE developers implement the Win32 API as it 'should be' (thus breaking applications that use it), or would they 'emulate' the broken code? I have a distinct feeling that it'd be the latter.
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Once again, the headline is hideously misleading.
Here's a question: If Windows had some bug in their API, do you think the Wine developers would only implement the API as it 'should be', thus possibly breaking applications that worked around the bug, or would they emulate the bugged version?
Well, I looked it up on Wikipedia here!
"Censorship is the control of speech and other forms of human expression, often by (but not limited to) government intervention"
This is what is being done here - now, if you're saying Wikipedia is wrong, then as a Wikipedia admin, you should correct it! ;)
It's neither.
There's another article here, 'Windows Vista Capable PC Hardware Guidelines', which goes into a bit more detail (and is probably more up-to-date, the other one looks like it was written when 'Beta 1' came out).
There's nearly a year to go before Vista's release to consumers - so I'm pretty sure that pretty much all low-end machines with Vista will be 'Vista Capable' then (i.e. usually adding an extra 256mb RAM).
There's an official statement here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/mar0 6/03-21WindowsVistaDeliveryPR.mspx
The main way people can help to do something about the quality of TV is by actually watching/buying DVDs of the decent shows, but not watching the crap. The ratings are what is important to Fox, not the 'quality'.
Here's an example of one (hidden in the HTTP headers that /. returns):
X-Bender: Well I don't have anything else planned for today, let's get drunk!
Spore video on Google: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330 420559198&q=spore
Check? I mean change. :)
Not only do you also need to check the password, but you also really should examine your system thoroughly for any malicious changes. After all, it's certainly possible that someone could have used this information before now.
I'll try to make these figures somewhat comparable.
Firstly, let's convert the US figure to 'per day':
700 million / 365 = ~2million sent per day in the US.
If you then factor in the population difference:
2 million / 5 = ~0.4million per day for a comparable population size.
Work out the ratio:
93million / 0.4million = ~230
Hence, based on those estimated figures, texting in the UK is approximately 230 times as popular as in the US.
Bear in mind that this is mainly talking about the UK (where SMS messaging is far more popular than in the US).
For example, on a 'Pay As You Go' UK phone, it might cost around 10p for a text message, and 40p per minute or more for a cross-network call. It's possible to certainly phone up and speak your message for the same price, but when you factor in added time for general greetings, phone calls can easily end up a lot longer and a lot more expensive than a SMS would have been.
We don't actually know for sure that Windows hasn't booted yet on an Apple. It's a pretty safe bet that somebody at Microsoft has been taking more than just a look at the new machines too.
If you do want a dual-boot machine, it makes sense to do it on an Apple-built machine, rather than a self-build.
The main reason is that OS X is going to be very picky about what hardware it installs on, and Apple aren't going to support custom builds. Linux and Windows, on the other hand, have support for far more devices already, and there is more of an incentive to add the support for an Apple-built machine.
I now use Opera, and I'm extremely happy with it. That's not to say I wouldn't go back to Firefox permanently if they make further improvements, but I haven't really seen too much in recent releases.
In semi-related news, BitTorrent Inc. and Opera announced today that Opera 9 will offer BT capabilities. I do remember that a beta of Opera 8 had BitTorrent built in, but that hasn't been present in versions released since (i.e. since it went freeware).
http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2006/02/06/
That's certainly an option, however Winamp is a hugely popular media player. I'm sure many Slashdot readers have Winamp, and wouldn't visit such a section regularly, so fairly 'big' stories like this should at least be posted to the front page too. At the very least, I know now that I need to update Winamp.
If you don't install all the extra plugins that come with Winamp 5 (media library, and particularly the 'modern skins' support), it's essentially the same speed/functionality as 2.95, but with tweaks/bug fixes.
I do find the Media Library very useful though, so I'm happy enough to have that installed.
The review is incredibly misleading about this, it claims that "Azureus, to be fair, takes up only 151KB; BitTorrent is 184KB; and BitPump is 113KB - none of these clients is particularly bloated". I'm not sure quite how they worked this out, as Azureus takes up a lot more than this.
Court Action Does Not Reduce File-Sharing
You can also interpret the data another way from this, if you so desire:
35% of illegal file-sharers have cut back*
14% of illegal file sharers have increased activity*
*Jupiter survey of 3,000 people in UK, Germany and Spain
On occasion, I've seen the submitter of a story complain in the comments about how what they submitted had been drastically changed in content, although still attributed to the submitter. I'm afraid I haven't got any links handy (anyone?), but should this really be allowed?
Outside the trailer, Groening chats with Azaria about the episode they have just read. Groening wonders whether some aspects of the plot are "a little out there." Well, Azaria replies sarcastically, it is Season 4,063.
I hear quite often how WINE is merely an implementation of the Win32 APIs, etc, but this begs one question:
If Microsoft made some error in implementing their own Win32 API, i.e. not to the correct specification, would the WINE developers implement the Win32 API as it 'should be' (thus breaking applications that use it), or would they 'emulate' the broken code? I have a distinct feeling that it'd be the latter.