I'll certainly agree that the web based MSDN sucks rocks. I guess I missed the integrated IDE version, maybe having an earlier version and then the web based one. I can state that the web based MSDN didn't just suck because of the time issue though, content is even worse.
I suppose there are still businesses stuck with the MS tax in their business processes: paying for upgrades, which then force code upgrades in their rich client applications, which then force upgrades in server side applications, and so on. Other businesses decide to migrate to newer technologies with better TCO.
If you go that route, you can start with Borland C++, certainly better than VS. Or CodeWarrior.... VS wasn't terrible in its early years, for Windows coding. But it certainly wasn't the "best". And MS documentation has been at best mediocre.
That is true - you are hiding something - your traffic, your destinations, and your sources, because not much can be ascertained in any other way. There's nothing illegal about using TOR, and in fact, everyone should if they value privacy. That said, it's pointless to use TOR when hitting your email or posting to Twitter or Facebook, so the general usefulness of TOR as a percentage of traffic has actually dropped.
For 24/7 type operations, you don't buy small business targeted gear. And yes, Cisco is a prime screwup when it comes to small business SOHO gear these days. The Linksys routers used to be quality gear, but after Cisco bought them, I swear the top end Linksys gear that was actually decent had the internals swapped out for the low-end gear that sucked. I've gone through a large swath of wireless routers: Linksys, Cisco, D-Link, Netgear, TrendNet, and Buffalo that I remember out of the last 8 years or so. All suck at dropping connections, which when you're on VPNs almost constantly is unacceptable.
I finally broke down and bought an Apple Basestation Extreme 18 months ago. It's been rebooted 4 times, twice because of network configuration changes I made. Dropped connections are so rare now that I don't immediately look to the wireless connection anymore. I now wish I'd ponied up the cash earlier because a working wireless connection is certainly worth the extra $120 or so. For comparison, real business class wireless G routers were starting at about $500 at the time, which is why I personally don't own any of those. The Basestation is N, bonus!
Which is why we need a new set of amendments - because apparently #4 - being secure in your effects, #1 freedom of assembly, and #9 and #10 together appear to not be strong enough to stop the current nonsense. Note that #9 specifically states that I do have a right to privacy. It is not mentioned anywhere that I do not, therefore I have it by virtue of Amendment 9.
Games drove buying cycles, not hardware. Hardware drove game developers to produce higher resolution / more capable games, not the other way around. Because having better shadows, more realistic lighting, better surround sound, higher frame rates to smooth motion, etc, sold more copies of your game vs your competitors, as people like shiney.
We've been stagnant for about 8 years, since we could do 100 fps at 1920x1080 at 16M color depth, with anti-aliasing. The shiney started fading, so there was no point. Most wouldn't fork over 1K+ for the next higher set of monitors, so we were at a dead end for a while. Now that 4K monitors may be coming soon and driving down prices, I'll bet you'll see a new wave of games going for the shiney.
You can do browsing and video fine with a tablet computer.
For viewing? Sure. Editing? Not a chance. I'm looking at potentially going grid for video, and you would too when you're waiting 2 hours to render 60 min of HD video, provided, of course, your video software supports grids.
The main issue is when you want to do productive input intensive tasks. Or tasks which previously required a workstation. I doubt workstation like computers will ever go away. Quite often people want to have the same performance they have on a server on a desktop in order to be able to program for those platforms. They may get more expensive however.
This was my point - these are the people that need desktops. They are not going away. Even the most basic of current hardware will handle all the normal tasks and even play quite a few games.
Currently tablets are not capable of running either of those programs well. They simply do not have the power. That will change, but not for a while. There is also the question of screen real estate. Photoshop on a 2560x1600 27"+ screen is a whole different experience from a 960x540 5" screen, for example, or even a linked 60" 1920x1080 TV.
I agree that component prices will stay relatively steady, but PC prices will go up. The cut-rate manufacturers can no longer count on increasing quantity to improve their profits, so they are going to have to increase prices or reduce costs.
In the past, there was roughly a 2 year cycle for PCs. I'd say now that many are 3-4 years, mainly due to failing parts, which impacts new sales yet again. You're right that a Core 2 Duo / Athlon X3 or better chip with 4GB or more RAM is all the majority of folks need for browsing, email, and whatever else they're doing. For me, only video stresses my significantly better hardware, or load tests, neither of which 90+% of the population would engage in. I could use more, but I don't need more, and probably will not replace or even improve this current desktop as long as everything continues to work. If I need more CPU power, I'll probably look to grids, not a bigger desktop.
You provided no working examples, you did provide some anecdotes.
The mere presence of warez sites full of cracked copies of anything you'd care to name disproves your "effectiveness of DRM" claim. That the majority of people own legit copies is irrelevant. It doesn't even prove that people are honest, as they might not know about the warez sites, so never had another option. Or maybe they do, and they are honest. See how that works?
I have to throw a statement in here - even if I owned an EA or Ubisoft game - I'd never install their DRM crap. I'd crack or obtain a cracked version and run DRM free. I don't need their crapware DRM ruining my system, thank you very much.
Piracy doesn't defeat the CD keys. People do, for whatever reason. If you make CD key DRM too difficult, or if a user loses the CD key and cannot or will not buy a new copy but still feels entitled to play the copy they bought, then cracking the software becomes the only option. Are they pirates? No, they bought a legit copy. Are they breaking the law? Until the DMCA - no. Morally? No. But we're getting off topic.
So we go back to your failed analogies - they're false, and apparently you can't make a real argument. So now you fall back to insulting and belittling remarks. Another "fallacy" approach, although the actual name escapes me at the moment. You just keep going, do you have a checklist? Can you address any of the actual points made in 3 posts now? I'm sure we are all on the edge of our seats.
If you want to stop gang violence then you need to look at why kids are joining gangs and target the causes, not simply target them once they've joined... Hey kind of like dealing with terrorists.
So drones and hellfires? It's working against terrorists after all.
Congress can make laws that are illegal - that's why we have the Supreme Court. If Congress creates laws, but they're 'secret" and no one gets to see them, and they're acted upon by other "secret" people, who supposedly report back to a congressional oversight group - but they lie.... and the courts never see any of this... I think we have what's called a dictatorship in the making.
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I'd still like to know why anyone thinks "Happy Birthday" (1859) is under copyright today.
I'll certainly agree that the web based MSDN sucks rocks. I guess I missed the integrated IDE version, maybe having an earlier version and then the web based one. I can state that the web based MSDN didn't just suck because of the time issue though, content is even worse.
and easy enough to kill by disabling JS
I suppose there are still businesses stuck with the MS tax in their business processes: paying for upgrades, which then force code upgrades in their rich client applications, which then force upgrades in server side applications, and so on. Other businesses decide to migrate to newer technologies with better TCO.
If you go that route, you can start with Borland C++, certainly better than VS. Or CodeWarrior.... VS wasn't terrible in its early years, for Windows coding. But it certainly wasn't the "best". And MS documentation has been at best mediocre.
That is true - you are hiding something - your traffic, your destinations, and your sources, because not much can be ascertained in any other way. There's nothing illegal about using TOR, and in fact, everyone should if they value privacy. That said, it's pointless to use TOR when hitting your email or posting to Twitter or Facebook, so the general usefulness of TOR as a percentage of traffic has actually dropped.
Also, Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was the first truly good consumer level version of Windows.
I do hope you're kidding.
That was my first thought, but I still laughed. Great sense of humor there.
Safe mode for this moron: Get hammer, apply to device repeatedly until offensive content is no longer shown.
PS - this was a macbook.
For 24/7 type operations, you don't buy small business targeted gear. And yes, Cisco is a prime screwup when it comes to small business SOHO gear these days. The Linksys routers used to be quality gear, but after Cisco bought them, I swear the top end Linksys gear that was actually decent had the internals swapped out for the low-end gear that sucked. I've gone through a large swath of wireless routers: Linksys, Cisco, D-Link, Netgear, TrendNet, and Buffalo that I remember out of the last 8 years or so. All suck at dropping connections, which when you're on VPNs almost constantly is unacceptable.
I finally broke down and bought an Apple Basestation Extreme 18 months ago. It's been rebooted 4 times, twice because of network configuration changes I made. Dropped connections are so rare now that I don't immediately look to the wireless connection anymore. I now wish I'd ponied up the cash earlier because a working wireless connection is certainly worth the extra $120 or so. For comparison, real business class wireless G routers were starting at about $500 at the time, which is why I personally don't own any of those. The Basestation is N, bonus!
No no no, it gives us our first interstellar manned exploration
Whoosh
It's a 5 inch screen - what are you using to work on that 1 or 2 pixel flaw?
Which is why we need a new set of amendments - because apparently #4 - being secure in your effects, #1 freedom of assembly, and #9 and #10 together appear to not be strong enough to stop the current nonsense. Note that #9 specifically states that I do have a right to privacy. It is not mentioned anywhere that I do not, therefore I have it by virtue of Amendment 9.
I'm actually looking for a grassroots constitutional set of amendments to come up - stripping the feds of most of their power.
Games drove buying cycles, not hardware. Hardware drove game developers to produce higher resolution / more capable games, not the other way around. Because having better shadows, more realistic lighting, better surround sound, higher frame rates to smooth motion, etc, sold more copies of your game vs your competitors, as people like shiney.
We've been stagnant for about 8 years, since we could do 100 fps at 1920x1080 at 16M color depth, with anti-aliasing. The shiney started fading, so there was no point. Most wouldn't fork over 1K+ for the next higher set of monitors, so we were at a dead end for a while. Now that 4K monitors may be coming soon and driving down prices, I'll bet you'll see a new wave of games going for the shiney.
You can do browsing and video fine with a tablet computer.
For viewing? Sure. Editing? Not a chance. I'm looking at potentially going grid for video, and you would too when you're waiting 2 hours to render 60 min of HD video, provided, of course, your video software supports grids.
The main issue is when you want to do productive input intensive tasks. Or tasks which previously required a workstation. I doubt workstation like computers will ever go away. Quite often people want to have the same performance they have on a server on a desktop in order to be able to program for those platforms. They may get more expensive however.
This was my point - these are the people that need desktops. They are not going away. Even the most basic of current hardware will handle all the normal tasks and even play quite a few games.
You're correct, pasted the wrong spec:
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches
That's for the Samsung Galaxy S4. Much better, with my magnifying glass.
I have heard everyone is very excited and energized by the new collaborative environment
So that's why I'm seeing BlackBerry employee's resumes? Good to know.
Currently tablets are not capable of running either of those programs well. They simply do not have the power. That will change, but not for a while. There is also the question of screen real estate. Photoshop on a 2560x1600 27"+ screen is a whole different experience from a 960x540 5" screen, for example, or even a linked 60" 1920x1080 TV.
I agree that component prices will stay relatively steady, but PC prices will go up. The cut-rate manufacturers can no longer count on increasing quantity to improve their profits, so they are going to have to increase prices or reduce costs.
In the past, there was roughly a 2 year cycle for PCs. I'd say now that many are 3-4 years, mainly due to failing parts, which impacts new sales yet again. You're right that a Core 2 Duo / Athlon X3 or better chip with 4GB or more RAM is all the majority of folks need for browsing, email, and whatever else they're doing. For me, only video stresses my significantly better hardware, or load tests, neither of which 90+% of the population would engage in. I could use more, but I don't need more, and probably will not replace or even improve this current desktop as long as everything continues to work. If I need more CPU power, I'll probably look to grids, not a bigger desktop.
No - they are not - they are counter-examples, since all their products are available on warez sites.
You apparently are devoid of logic and debating skills. Try and have a good day.
You're certainly not trying the right ones. I have 0 issues and bit perfect copies of all my audio. Video is pretty darn good too.
You provided no working examples, you did provide some anecdotes.
The mere presence of warez sites full of cracked copies of anything you'd care to name disproves your "effectiveness of DRM" claim. That the majority of people own legit copies is irrelevant. It doesn't even prove that people are honest, as they might not know about the warez sites, so never had another option. Or maybe they do, and they are honest. See how that works?
I have to throw a statement in here - even if I owned an EA or Ubisoft game - I'd never install their DRM crap. I'd crack or obtain a cracked version and run DRM free. I don't need their crapware DRM ruining my system, thank you very much.
Piracy doesn't defeat the CD keys. People do, for whatever reason. If you make CD key DRM too difficult, or if a user loses the CD key and cannot or will not buy a new copy but still feels entitled to play the copy they bought, then cracking the software becomes the only option. Are they pirates? No, they bought a legit copy. Are they breaking the law? Until the DMCA - no. Morally? No. But we're getting off topic.
So we go back to your failed analogies - they're false, and apparently you can't make a real argument. So now you fall back to insulting and belittling remarks. Another "fallacy" approach, although the actual name escapes me at the moment. You just keep going, do you have a checklist? Can you address any of the actual points made in 3 posts now? I'm sure we are all on the edge of our seats.
If you want to stop gang violence then you need to look at why kids are joining gangs and target the causes, not simply target them once they've joined... Hey kind of like dealing with terrorists.
So drones and hellfires? It's working against terrorists after all.
Congress can make laws that are illegal - that's why we have the Supreme Court. If Congress creates laws, but they're 'secret" and no one gets to see them, and they're acted upon by other "secret" people, who supposedly report back to a congressional oversight group - but they lie.... and the courts never see any of this... I think we have what's called a dictatorship in the making.