win+r is possibly my most-used key combo, so if it's two keys more than win+r, it slows me down considerably:) As for the tab thing, I've tried that, and it does tab between most things, but not everything. That's mah beef:)
This is what gets me going. Why are you for "anything but windows"? I use windows. I've used it since version 2. I say, use whatever the hell you want, be it mac, windows, linux or anything else out there. Here's my reasoning:
I like playing games. Most games and game hardware requires windows to run. That means I run windows.
I like using multimedia. I've put plenty of effort into getting multimedia playback working on macs, linux and windows, and maybe I'm missing something, but windows lets me configure my codecs to a far greater extent than any other platform. I've yet to find a single media file that can't be played on my machine.
I like to use the keyboard more than the mouse. That means I can't use OSX, as OSX requires use of the mouse for certain tasks. It doesn't have the tab sequence that windows or linux does, where you can get to any control on screen using the tab key, then use the keyboard to adjust it/enter text. Windows has the win+R hotkey that brings up the "run" dialog. From there I can launch applications in a second, without using the mouse. I've tried to find something comparable on OSX, and I can't. All this hand-on-mouse action makes OSX much slower than windows for me.
I've never had a virus problem on my PC, nor has it become owned by some asshat on the net. I don't get why everyone's talking as if using Windows gives you cancer. It's a perfectly usable operating system, and happens to be the best manufacturer-supported OS out there.
Pardon my French, but are you fucking insane? At least pretend to read the article. Put a bit of thought into it. BeOS on the Xbox 360? You need some psychological help, my friend;) wow.
I bet if they said "it runs Linux!" you wouldn't be playing down the operating system.
and Virtual machines run slower than actual machines, so your idea won't work, I'm sure. That overhead would cost companies millions of dollars in IT purchasing alone.
China can make its own software. The US can't make its own hardware. That's the difference.
For China it's sensible - they get the same product but developed locally, as software is a lot easier to produce than hardware. For America to suddenly turn around, create all these fabs to produce everything they need to make a PC, it'll take billions of dollars of government money being injected directly into private companies, with incredible regulations controlling how that money can be used. That ain't gonna happen.
umm computers? How is it a good policy? I mean, sheesh. Didn't you read the article?:) Open up your computer. Take a look at the chips. See that? Your computer is WELL over 50% foreign. And your phone. And most everything else with chips in. So, unless you want the DHS or any other department with similar policies running without electronics - trying to catch Osama with plastic cups on strings and the world's biggest abacus, then fine - support this ridiculous policy.
There's patriotism and there's stupidity. This is both.
No, the "bottom" is the same around the entire globe. All that differs is the number of people at the bottom. I guarantee you I can find you an American in a situation just as bad as anyone else out there.
The humanitarian crisis was much better before the US went in. If it was a humanitarian mission, then there would have been a much greater emphasis on protecting the people. We've all read enough to realise the people aren't high on the priority list. The phrase "We don't do body counts" springs to mind.
Iraq had no power outside its own borders. All its neighbouring countries knew that, and as such were not scared of Iraq. Most Iraqis could live good lives, providing they didn't openly cuss out Saddam's momma on the street. The oil-for-food "corruption" was not what you think it was. If you're thinking he tried to gain favour with people by bribes, the amount he was throwing around wasn't much. If he wanted to bribe people, he could have done it in a much more efficient manner. Oh, and speaking of corruption - Halliburton.
How was Iraq another Cuba? What superpower weapons were being based in Iraq? Did Russia have nuclear bases in Iraq? Was Iraq moved to within a short distance of Florida while everyone else was looking the other way? Unless, of course, you use "another Cuba" to mean a country not dancing to the US's beat, then fair enough.
There was no mess in Iraq that had to be cleaned up solely through military action. There was, however, oil and regional influence that could only be secured through military action. I know which one seems more likely to me.
That might be true for many people, but not everyone. I use my phone (T610) for controlling my PC. I can check my azureus download speeds on it from the sofa (updated in real time), or take a look at customised TV listings, or even cue up and control video playback on my projector all using my phone. Add an IR box and I can use my phone as a universal remote for all my devices.
But you can't use OSX using only the keyboard, as I do in other operating systems. That fact alone makes it a lot slower for me to use, and therefor out of the question.
And, fyi, most mac users don't even know OSX is based on BSD. They don't know you can use it for routing, hosting, ssh and every other BSD app it has. That's why it's for fake geeks mainly. They have the tools, yet have absolutely no idea how to use them. It's like an eight-year-old with a dodge viper. Good for him, but hell if he'll get full use out of it.
You're clearly in the minority and not part of the fake-geek mac clique, which I think is great. Don't be fooled into thinking all those cool guys in the mac store looking over the specs of the latest airport know what they are doing.
Macs are very powerful. Most mac users don't even know just how powerful. My friend has a 12" powerbook and a playstation 2 w/network adaptor. He didn't know how to use the mac to bridge the playstation 2's network connection to his wireless. That's just a brief demonstration that not all mac users know how to get the most out of their machines. He even admitted he bought it because of it's "coolness", which frankly I find ridiculous. I'm not big into fashion and vanity, so I guess that might have something to do with it;)
but it's MY content - I pay my license fee. That means if you don't pay, you don't get to see it. I have no problem with that. I guess this is a good use of DRM;)
Do you think that to use the service you have to share your hard disk on the internet? Or that they'll come round and use your PC? Of course not. The content is provided through a custom application. That application will handle the DRM and allow the content to be deleted if it expires. It will obviously be well aware of what you've downloaded. It won't go snooping around your disk when you're asleep looking for things to eat - it'll delete what it has to.
As for the government/corporate entities "controlling" the people - this is a trial of a service. It's not mandatory.
And as for being watched - the CCTV cameras are no problem if you're being lawful. People are regularly caught after being recorded on CCTV. And, before you say "but you're being filmed! privacy! privacy!" - they're not in peoples' homes, but on the street, in PUBLIC. That's right - PUBLIC not PRIVATE, so what's the matter? Do you scream at people on the street to look away from you as you walk past?
No, it depends what you paid for. If your fees bought you the right to sit in a lecture theatre and hear the lecture, then no, you don't have the right.
Why do people always equate being exposed to someone's work with the right to own a copy? Can you take the Mona Lisa off the wall of the Louvre and photocopy it? Heck! You paid to see it, so you have the right to see it at home, no? Exactly. No.
I don't want to sound like an ass - it's just all these imagined rights people pluck from thin air. Check the small-print.
Blame the manufacturer? How is that? They're not selling their hardware as "linux compatible", so why can you moan that it's not linux compatible? If I buy a chocolate bar and try and use it as a frying pan, can I complain to the manufacturer and ask them to make a fire-resistant chocolate bar so I can use it as a frying pan? Of course not.
There is no god-given right to be able to use every piece of hardware you own with every piece of software. If you use an operating system with a small market share, you have to expect it.
Usually, when a company comes across this catch-22 situation (few use the OS as the drivers aren't available, and the drivers aren't made due to lack of users of the OS in question), they throw money at it, getting drivers on their system. Until someone does that with Linux, you'll just have to wait for the market share to gradually increase, until the manufacturers can support it without losing money.
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win+r is possibly my most-used key combo, so if it's two keys more than win+r, it slows me down considerably :) As for the tab thing, I've tried that, and it does tab between most things, but not everything. That's mah beef :)
I like playing games. Most games and game hardware requires windows to run. That means I run windows.
I like using multimedia. I've put plenty of effort into getting multimedia playback working on macs, linux and windows, and maybe I'm missing something, but windows lets me configure my codecs to a far greater extent than any other platform. I've yet to find a single media file that can't be played on my machine.
I like to use the keyboard more than the mouse. That means I can't use OSX, as OSX requires use of the mouse for certain tasks. It doesn't have the tab sequence that windows or linux does, where you can get to any control on screen using the tab key, then use the keyboard to adjust it/enter text. Windows has the win+R hotkey that brings up the "run" dialog. From there I can launch applications in a second, without using the mouse. I've tried to find something comparable on OSX, and I can't. All this hand-on-mouse action makes OSX much slower than windows for me.
I've never had a virus problem on my PC, nor has it become owned by some asshat on the net. I don't get why everyone's talking as if using Windows gives you cancer. It's a perfectly usable operating system, and happens to be the best manufacturer-supported OS out there.
Pardon my French, but are you fucking insane? At least pretend to read the article. Put a bit of thought into it. BeOS on the Xbox 360? You need some psychological help, my friend ;) wow.
and Virtual machines run slower than actual machines, so your idea won't work, I'm sure. That overhead would cost companies millions of dollars in IT purchasing alone.
Just run windows ;)
Sheesh. ME was the last 9x-based (DOS) Windows version, not 2000 or NT.
Then it's clearly not for you :) Do you complain you can't use floppy disks or CDRs for storing lots of uncompressed video? :)
For China it's sensible - they get the same product but developed locally, as software is a lot easier to produce than hardware. For America to suddenly turn around, create all these fabs to produce everything they need to make a PC, it'll take billions of dollars of government money being injected directly into private companies, with incredible regulations controlling how that money can be used. That ain't gonna happen.
Ruling out non-American products is just not sensible, unless you hate computers.
Bad example. Bose is nothing to be proud of. Terrible stuff.
There's patriotism and there's stupidity. This is both.
No, the "bottom" is the same around the entire globe. All that differs is the number of people at the bottom. I guarantee you I can find you an American in a situation just as bad as anyone else out there.
Nothing - it does, however, say a lot about the quality of American goods.
Bose equipment has the poorest build quality of any audio equipment that isn't marketed as "budget" I've ever seen.
Designed in the US by Brits, sorry.
Iraq had no power outside its own borders. All its neighbouring countries knew that, and as such were not scared of Iraq. Most Iraqis could live good lives, providing they didn't openly cuss out Saddam's momma on the street. The oil-for-food "corruption" was not what you think it was. If you're thinking he tried to gain favour with people by bribes, the amount he was throwing around wasn't much. If he wanted to bribe people, he could have done it in a much more efficient manner. Oh, and speaking of corruption - Halliburton.
How was Iraq another Cuba? What superpower weapons were being based in Iraq? Did Russia have nuclear bases in Iraq? Was Iraq moved to within a short distance of Florida while everyone else was looking the other way? Unless, of course, you use "another Cuba" to mean a country not dancing to the US's beat, then fair enough.
There was no mess in Iraq that had to be cleaned up solely through military action. There was, however, oil and regional influence that could only be secured through military action. I know which one seems more likely to me.
I never use the camera, though ;)
And, fyi, most mac users don't even know OSX is based on BSD. They don't know you can use it for routing, hosting, ssh and every other BSD app it has. That's why it's for fake geeks mainly. They have the tools, yet have absolutely no idea how to use them. It's like an eight-year-old with a dodge viper. Good for him, but hell if he'll get full use out of it.
You're clearly in the minority and not part of the fake-geek mac clique, which I think is great. Don't be fooled into thinking all those cool guys in the mac store looking over the specs of the latest airport know what they are doing.
Macs are very powerful. Most mac users don't even know just how powerful. My friend has a 12" powerbook and a playstation 2 w/network adaptor. He didn't know how to use the mac to bridge the playstation 2's network connection to his wireless. That's just a brief demonstration that not all mac users know how to get the most out of their machines. He even admitted he bought it because of it's "coolness", which frankly I find ridiculous. I'm not big into fashion and vanity, so I guess that might have something to do with it ;)
You pay for your tivo. That's the difference.
but it's MY content - I pay my license fee. That means if you don't pay, you don't get to see it. I have no problem with that. I guess this is a good use of DRM ;)
Do you think that to use the service you have to share your hard disk on the internet? Or that they'll come round and use your PC? Of course not. The content is provided through a custom application. That application will handle the DRM and allow the content to be deleted if it expires. It will obviously be well aware of what you've downloaded. It won't go snooping around your disk when you're asleep looking for things to eat - it'll delete what it has to.
As for the government/corporate entities "controlling" the people - this is a trial of a service. It's not mandatory.
And as for being watched - the CCTV cameras are no problem if you're being lawful. People are regularly caught after being recorded on CCTV. And, before you say "but you're being filmed! privacy! privacy!" - they're not in peoples' homes, but on the street, in PUBLIC. That's right - PUBLIC not PRIVATE, so what's the matter? Do you scream at people on the street to look away from you as you walk past?
Why so paranoid?
let me guess... a certain ticket reseller in LA? :-P
we went out of business in 2001 - the etoys brand was sold on to kbtoys, who now run the site. fyi ;)
Why do people always equate being exposed to someone's work with the right to own a copy? Can you take the Mona Lisa off the wall of the Louvre and photocopy it? Heck! You paid to see it, so you have the right to see it at home, no? Exactly. No.
I don't want to sound like an ass - it's just all these imagined rights people pluck from thin air. Check the small-print.
it does when you digitise it...
There is no god-given right to be able to use every piece of hardware you own with every piece of software. If you use an operating system with a small market share, you have to expect it.
Usually, when a company comes across this catch-22 situation (few use the OS as the drivers aren't available, and the drivers aren't made due to lack of users of the OS in question), they throw money at it, getting drivers on their system. Until someone does that with Linux, you'll just have to wait for the market share to gradually increase, until the manufacturers can support it without losing money.
Forgive me if I don't understand something, it's not my intention to offend.