Simple solution... go home, back up your harddrive (ghost it or something like that), re-install Windows Vista (shudders), return to store, get laptop fixed, and finally take a long hard piss on the face that PC Worlds manager for being such an incompetent fool
:p That's rich... coming to/. (a free site) and rattle on against some comment someone made about a website that requires you to register to access content.
What next? Bringing bigmacs to a vegan get-together or a bottle of Absolute vodka to a birthday party for a 10 year old muslim boy?
As Dr. Evil says... *zip it!*
OS X Because it was easier to make unix user friendly than to fix windows.
Actually, its more like "OS X Because it was easier to make an operating system on UNIX, than to make you own operating system (OS 9 and below) worth its salt";)
maybe he just doesn't like apple as a company (as i do) and so wouldnt be happy giving them his money (as i do)...
or perhaps he see's it as a ncie modding challenge
or perhaps the cost of having to buy new software (ie photoshop) for a new OS is too much...
who knows?
I always considered IBM laptops to be the best of the best, and that was one of the main reasons I idolized IBM (that and its servers & Linux support).
I never udpate or patch my Windows XP box, nor does anyone else who shares the connection. *gosh!*
Reason being, we are behind a pretty damn good NAT router and firewall. We've never had any problems what so ever with security and I would be the first to notice. I even run an Apache server, FTP server and VNC. And no anti-virus software either. *gosh!*
So while all of you are moaning about how you patch your Windows from left to right, consider this: don't trust Microsoft and most certainly don't trust Apple. Use your common sense. Design your network so that it is protected from a single source. Setup your systems so that, in the even t things do get cocky, your data is safe and you can quickly clean your system completely, redeploy and apply the needed patch if need be. Ghosting can be quite useful in worst case scenarios.
But to be honest, if you know your system well enough, you shouldn't need to patch anything and should have more dependable alternatives.
I agree. Whats so hard when its not your job on the line. When its not your money and freedom. Think about how it is for the other person. But, hey, you are in the military, where they brainwash you into becoming mindless androids at the beck and call of his most unroyal majesty Dubya and the repulican fleet. No wonder you can't take life seriously...
oh, come on, what would be the fun in not having some clueless manager breathing down your neck all the time, nagging you constantly for a 50-page requirements analysis, convinced that Word is a programming language and treating you like you belong in a sweatshop. no wait, you probably get treated better in a sweatshop.
-----------------
A woman is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude, spots someone down below, and asks, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised to return this balloon to its owner, but I don't know where I am."
The person below says: "You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 350 feet above mean sea level and 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude, and between 72 and 74 degrees west longitude."
"You must be some sort of programmer," says the balloonist.
"I am," replies the man below. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The person below says: "You must be a manager."
"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the software engineer, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
awwww.... boohoo
poor old Mark Maughan. big ol' mean nasty google has narrowed down billions of people in this whole world just to put a few nasty search results under his name. shall we give him a group hug?
i wonder if this is just another microsoft-backed conspiracy or if he's just an immature idiot... or perhaps even both. who knows? maybe he will try to sue slashdot next, because if you run his name under its search engine, a few nasty (and true) things may pop up.
and the world goes kersplash.
Slashdot Mirror
If I recall correctly, recover does not work with ext3 partitions.
ah, the wonders of try/catch.
Simple solution... go home, back up your harddrive (ghost it or something like that), re-install Windows Vista (shudders), return to store, get laptop fixed, and finally take a long hard piss on the face that PC Worlds manager for being such an incompetent fool
Turkey is really stupid...
:p That's rich... coming to /. (a free site) and rattle on against some comment someone made about a website that requires you to register to access content.
What next? Bringing bigmacs to a vegan get-together or a bottle of Absolute vodka to a birthday party for a 10 year old muslim boy?
As Dr. Evil says... *zip it!*
OS X Because it was easier to make unix user friendly than to fix windows. Actually, its more like "OS X Because it was easier to make an operating system on UNIX, than to make you own operating system (OS 9 and below) worth its salt" ;)
maybe he just doesn't like apple as a company (as i do) and so wouldnt be happy giving them his money (as i do)... or perhaps he see's it as a ncie modding challenge or perhaps the cost of having to buy new software (ie photoshop) for a new OS is too much... who knows?
I always considered IBM laptops to be the best of the best, and that was one of the main reasons I idolized IBM (that and its servers & Linux support).
I never udpate or patch my Windows XP box, nor does anyone else who shares the connection. *gosh!* Reason being, we are behind a pretty damn good NAT router and firewall. We've never had any problems what so ever with security and I would be the first to notice. I even run an Apache server, FTP server and VNC. And no anti-virus software either. *gosh!* So while all of you are moaning about how you patch your Windows from left to right, consider this: don't trust Microsoft and most certainly don't trust Apple. Use your common sense. Design your network so that it is protected from a single source. Setup your systems so that, in the even t things do get cocky, your data is safe and you can quickly clean your system completely, redeploy and apply the needed patch if need be. Ghosting can be quite useful in worst case scenarios. But to be honest, if you know your system well enough, you shouldn't need to patch anything and should have more dependable alternatives.
skin me a zoot ;)
I agree. Whats so hard when its not your job on the line. When its not your money and freedom. Think about how it is for the other person. But, hey, you are in the military, where they brainwash you into becoming mindless androids at the beck and call of his most unroyal majesty Dubya and the repulican fleet. No wonder you can't take life seriously...
oh, come on, what would be the fun in not having some clueless manager breathing down your neck all the time, nagging you constantly for a 50-page requirements analysis, convinced that Word is a programming language and treating you like you belong in a sweatshop. no wait, you probably get treated better in a sweatshop. ----------------- A woman is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude, spots someone down below, and asks, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised to return this balloon to its owner, but I don't know where I am." The person below says: "You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 350 feet above mean sea level and 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north latitude, and between 72 and 74 degrees west longitude." "You must be some sort of programmer," says the balloonist. "I am," replies the man below. "How did you know?" "Well," says the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost." The person below says: "You must be a manager." "I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?" "Well," says the software engineer, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
hahahaha :p
awwww.... boohoo poor old Mark Maughan. big ol' mean nasty google has narrowed down billions of people in this whole world just to put a few nasty search results under his name. shall we give him a group hug? i wonder if this is just another microsoft-backed conspiracy or if he's just an immature idiot... or perhaps even both. who knows? maybe he will try to sue slashdot next, because if you run his name under its search engine, a few nasty (and true) things may pop up. and the world goes kersplash.