Microsoft to add modular drivers to windows. Its funny how every day microsoft are stealing more and more old ideas from Gnu/Linux and Unix in general, and claiming they are innovating. I hope they'll get rid of the registry next.
Well more accurately.. I hate lights that oscillate at 60hz, such as the neon tubes they use in all offices and those low-power bulbs, because I can see the oscillation and it gives me a stress headache.
Thank god for uibquitous LCD panels, because the problem was especially bad when sat infront of a CRT because its frame refresh(often at a higher frequency) causes the visual equivalent of harmonics which for me lead to frequent migraine.
>> lead to a case of mistaken spammmer identity for a legit business trying to send its marketing email,
If its unsolicted advertising its spam. It doesn't matter if the company thinks itself is legitimate or not. spam is not required to be all about p3n1s enlargement.
For DirectX 10 you need compatable hardware, the nVidia 8x00 series is the only currently availble DX10 GPUs.
Games performance generally under vista is significantly slower than XP. Vista will also make it less likely that you could re-use any older cpu or memory you currently have and still have a fast machine.
There aren't any DX10 games out yet (but there will be soon). Most if not all will still work on DX9. Unless you really have a burning desire to trade overall performance, freedom from DRM, and saving lots of money just for small extra DX10 twinkles, I'd stay with XP.
Excellent news. What with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray being cracked already, and now this, combined with all the hate and general unity by consumers against the big movie and music industry, how much more signal do they need that DRM is pointless and unwanted and to finally stop trying to force it on us?
Programmer. I don't think so. Web stuff isn't programming. Its package configuration. My problem is I'm an actual programmer (realtime OS's, device drivers etc) and having people that can (only) set up websites call themselves programmers devalues the whole job title.
... and what about those large-majority millions of non-technical users that connect their old windows 98 PC's straight in to their cable modem, and don't bother with/have never heard of antivirus software?
Instad of banning Wikipedia as a reference source, why don't the lecturers who think it contains incorrect information actually take time out to fix it themselves? If they each did that once, it would end the problem and also benefit everyone else.
Since moving to the US from Europe 5 years ago, I've noticed that it's very hard to keep up with whats going in in the rest of the world once you're in the US.
There's hardly any news about the rest of the world in the media (Iraq excepted). I've generaly presumed that to be either one of the causes or effects of the generally low level of US education, but now I'm wondering if its not just a marketing decision.
How many total F-ups this company can make, how many times their claim they fix their security and it's proven still broken, or worse, how strangely it seems that all the states using Diebold machines have developed a strange skew towards a high Republican vote count,...and still the government will use their equipment.
you could just activate the individual features you are interested in, rather than have to buy say vista ultimate just to get one feature you need that happens only to be in ultimate.
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Microsoft to add modular drivers to windows.
Its funny how every day microsoft are stealing more and more old ideas from Gnu/Linux and Unix in general, and claiming they are innovating.
I hope they'll get rid of the registry next.
Is a microbe that can turn the diesel from the sugar into beer.... oh wait...
Well more accurately.. I hate lights that oscillate at 60hz, such as the neon tubes they use in all offices and those low-power bulbs, because I can see the oscillation and it gives me a stress headache.
Thank god for uibquitous LCD panels, because the problem was especially bad when sat infront of a CRT because its frame refresh(often at a higher frequency) causes the visual equivalent of harmonics which for me lead to frequent migraine.
well said. mod parent up.
>> lead to a case of mistaken spammmer identity for a legit business trying to send its marketing email,
If its unsolicted advertising its spam. It doesn't matter if the company thinks itself is legitimate or not.
spam is not required to be all about p3n1s enlargement.
Because OSX that the mac comes with already is way better.
>> Show me what Linux can do for a business, and I'll show you how Microsoft does it 20 times better.
Thats a very contentious (and incorrect) sig.
Now you've blasted Vista maybe you should change it.
For DirectX 10 you need compatable hardware, the nVidia 8x00 series is the only currently availble DX10 GPUs.
Games performance generally under vista is significantly slower than XP. Vista will also make it less likely that you could re-use any older cpu or memory you currently have and still have a fast machine.
There aren't any DX10 games out yet (but there will be soon). Most if not all will still work on DX9. Unless you really have a burning desire to trade overall performance, freedom from DRM, and saving lots of money just for small extra DX10 twinkles, I'd stay with XP.
As SCO is penniless maybe they should tell McBride to give back some of the 1/4 million dollar bonusses he keeps taking.
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It makes you wonder if Microsoft didn't suddenly see the shit they were in and leaked this themselves.
that he put his name to it, rather than just release his findings anoymously from a public internet terminal.
Excellent news.
What with HD-DVD and Blu-Ray being cracked already, and now this, combined with all the hate and general unity by consumers against the big movie and music industry, how much more signal do they need that DRM is pointless and unwanted and to finally stop trying to force it on us?
MS dos was/is crap too, especially in comparison to a unix or linux shell.
Programmer. I don't think so.
Web stuff isn't programming. Its package configuration.
My problem is I'm an actual programmer (realtime OS's, device drivers etc) and having people that can (only) set up websites call themselves programmers devalues the whole job title.
... and what about those large-majority millions of non-technical users that connect their old windows 98 PC's straight in to their cable modem, and don't bother with/have never heard of antivirus software?
$600 for a DRM-riddled phone? ...no thanks.
Instad of banning Wikipedia as a reference source, why don't the lecturers who think it contains incorrect information actually take time out to fix it themselves? If they each did that once, it would end the problem and also benefit everyone else.
as to the problem that would quickly happen to the rest of the world too if it weren't for OpenSource and GNU/Linux, and the EU fighting Microsoft.
>> I propose "replacing" them with coins valued at 10, 20, 50 and 100 cents.
This is exactly what Britain has since the early 70's.
Since moving to the US from Europe 5 years ago, I've noticed that it's very hard to keep up with whats going in in the rest of the world once you're in the US.
There's hardly any news about the rest of the world in the media (Iraq excepted). I've generaly presumed that to be either one of the causes or effects of the generally low level of US education, but now I'm wondering if its not just a marketing decision.
How many total F-ups this company can make, how many times their claim they fix their security and it's proven still broken, or worse, how strangely it seems that all the states using Diebold machines have developed a strange skew towards a high Republican vote count, ...and still the government will use their equipment.
>> So I bought one of these new MacBooks so I can have my POSIX-y OS, and my Windows OS
Wow. Didn't you realise any old PC or laptop can dual-boot windows and linux?
$5 for windows firewall? is it worth that much?
In order to download vista please authenticate via "genuine advantage 2007" that only runs on vista.
you could just activate the individual features you are interested in, rather than have to buy say vista ultimate just to get one feature you need that happens only to be in ultimate.