I use the built-in organizer on my cell phone for most of my scheduling needs. It beeps in my pocket before all appointments to let me know I'm going to be late. My life got a lot easier when I figured that out.
I disagree. A piece of paper in my pocket doesn't sound an alarm when I need to get to a meeting. My cellular with a built in organizer, on the other hand, does do that. That one little feature makes my life a WHOLE lot easier.
Ummm, most of the major PC OEM's already install spyware on their computers and I seriously doubt that they're doing it for free. Why do you think Dell can give away $399.99 computers?
The way I see it, Apple has always been a computer company. Their hardware would be nothing without OS X, and their software wouldn't be as stable as it is on commodity hardware. It's the joining of the two that really makes things work well. This move by Apple has really got me frightened.
It's a hell of a lot better than Windows is. There's a good reason that Apple's marketshare recently jumped from 3 to 5 percent. People are finally waking up and realizing that there are options besides Microsoft. Options that work better and faster. I've heard a lot of people lately saying that they were switching to the Mac platform because of spyware. Eventually Microsofts lazy habits and lack of caring about their customers is going to drive them into a hole. Not one that they can't get out of, but I see something of an upset in the future.
I guess you missed the fact that they are going forward with x86 processors then. Their new on the fly emulator works on x86 and they have an x86 version of OS X that they've been keeping up to date all along. Unfortunately, CISC it is.
And most of the people I deal with (I work at a computer store) have been going for desktop systems. That's not really an objective way to measure market share.
Well, the reason I got that impressions was because you said my opinion didn't matter.
"but it really doesn't matter what you want."
I'm really having trouble understanding your arguement right now. I disagree with the way software is being treated right now. That was the entire point of my original post. I made no mention of currently being able to get around that. I just called for change. Now, your reply insists that software is handled under copyright law and is licenced for use, not purchased. That parameter had already been established. Why do you keep defending something that's not being challenged?
So let me get this straight. Just because it's not likely that what I would like to see will actually happen, I shouldn't bother posting and giving my viewpoint?
I know that. What I'm saying is that there are problems with that structure. When I go into a store and purchase a piece of software, I want to actually purchase that software, not license it. Software should not fall under copyright law. It may be IP, but it's very different from a book or a movie.
Unfortunately, that new icon isn't going to be around forever. That's the icon used for unofficial builds of the firefox browser. It's a trademark thing.
And that's the way it should be. Using copyright licensing for software sales is a patch. We need to come up with a real solution of how to deal with this. New law specifically for software sales is needed. When you make a purchase of a piece of software, it should be yours to do whatever you want with it (barring decompilation possibly).
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I can't speak for LCD's because I haven't had enough experience with them (too poor at the moment). However, a good CRT with an anti-glare coating is most definately going to be adversely affected by the use of windex. Windex has Ammonia in it, which can strip off that anti-glare coating, leaving you with a nasty inconsistency in the finish of your monitor.
A lot of the people that have that annoyance have been using the browser before it was 1.0. Before that time, expect things to change. What's so hard about that concept?
Ok, you're missing the point here. This has nothing to do with the USB spec or OS dying, it has to do with file corruption on your removable media. What can happen when a write operation is interrupted so abruptly? You screw up your files, or possibly your filesystem. Now, just as computers don't know what we are going to do next, we dont always know whether a computer is going to write something to the drive. Sometimes it's not finished as soon as you see that light go out, something else could be going on. Hence, stop being a hardass and just unmount the drive. It takes about 2 seconds and makes sure that you don't run into this type of trouble.
The same death and destruction awaits the drive yanked from a linux machine as yanked from a windows machine, you just aren't notified of it. Personally, I think the notification makes sense. How do you expect the computer to be able to handle something that it doesn't know is coming? Until AI improves to the point where it's integrated into our operating systems you're just going to have to deal with giving the computer warning manually.
While I agree with most of your post, how many computer stores do you think are actually going to go through the code of open source software and fix bugs for their customer? It's not the role of a computer store to do that.
Windows supports this as well for most devices, but it's not a good thing to take advantage of. The "safely remove hardware" option is there to let you do things cleanly, which you SHOULD be doing with linux as well. I seriously hope you're not just yanking hard drives while they're not in use. I don't know about you, but I don't have an indicator running telling me whether there is disk access that is going to occur within the next minute or so. Be polite to your computer. Tell it if you're going to disconnect something. It'll make both of you much happier.
It's quite a common combination. Actually we do the same thing at the shop I work at. The AV program and MS Anti-Spyware are the only things running all the time but it's definately not the most elegant solution. Unfortunately, anti-spyware software just doesn't really do it's job well enough and multiple programs need to be used to catch everything. It's getting to the point, however, where even using multiple antispyware programs isn't enough. A lot of the time, when a computer gets infected, it just has to be wiped.
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I use the built-in organizer on my cell phone for most of my scheduling needs. It beeps in my pocket before all appointments to let me know I'm going to be late. My life got a lot easier when I figured that out.
I disagree. A piece of paper in my pocket doesn't sound an alarm when I need to get to a meeting. My cellular with a built in organizer, on the other hand, does do that. That one little feature makes my life a WHOLE lot easier.
Ummm, most of the major PC OEM's already install spyware on their computers and I seriously doubt that they're doing it for free. Why do you think Dell can give away $399.99 computers?
Thank you for that. I just choked on my own spittle.
But it will be "Insanely Great!" sugar water.
Unless it's a 24 hour clock.
Good luck. It takes quite a bit of work to get a "replacement" motherboard from Apple, even if you're fully licensed for warranty repairs.
The way I see it, Apple has always been a computer company. Their hardware would be nothing without OS X, and their software wouldn't be as stable as it is on commodity hardware. It's the joining of the two that really makes things work well. This move by Apple has really got me frightened.
It's a hell of a lot better than Windows is. There's a good reason that Apple's marketshare recently jumped from 3 to 5 percent. People are finally waking up and realizing that there are options besides Microsoft. Options that work better and faster. I've heard a lot of people lately saying that they were switching to the Mac platform because of spyware. Eventually Microsofts lazy habits and lack of caring about their customers is going to drive them into a hole. Not one that they can't get out of, but I see something of an upset in the future.
I guess you missed the fact that they are going forward with x86 processors then. Their new on the fly emulator works on x86 and they have an x86 version of OS X that they've been keeping up to date all along. Unfortunately, CISC it is.
And most of the people I deal with (I work at a computer store) have been going for desktop systems. That's not really an objective way to measure market share.
I'm really having trouble understanding your arguement right now. I disagree with the way software is being treated right now. That was the entire point of my original post. I made no mention of currently being able to get around that. I just called for change. Now, your reply insists that software is handled under copyright law and is licenced for use, not purchased. That parameter had already been established. Why do you keep defending something that's not being challenged?
So let me get this straight. Just because it's not likely that what I would like to see will actually happen, I shouldn't bother posting and giving my viewpoint?
I know that. What I'm saying is that there are problems with that structure. When I go into a store and purchase a piece of software, I want to actually purchase that software, not license it. Software should not fall under copyright law. It may be IP, but it's very different from a book or a movie.
Unfortunately, that new icon isn't going to be around forever. That's the icon used for unofficial builds of the firefox browser. It's a trademark thing.
And that's the way it should be. Using copyright licensing for software sales is a patch. We need to come up with a real solution of how to deal with this. New law specifically for software sales is needed. When you make a purchase of a piece of software, it should be yours to do whatever you want with it (barring decompilation possibly).
I can't speak for LCD's because I haven't had enough experience with them (too poor at the moment). However, a good CRT with an anti-glare coating is most definately going to be adversely affected by the use of windex. Windex has Ammonia in it, which can strip off that anti-glare coating, leaving you with a nasty inconsistency in the finish of your monitor.
A lot of the people that have that annoyance have been using the browser before it was 1.0. Before that time, expect things to change. What's so hard about that concept?
It could be a good thing, too. Maybe this way we wont have 50 incarnations of the same goddamn game like we do now.
Ok, you're missing the point here. This has nothing to do with the USB spec or OS dying, it has to do with file corruption on your removable media. What can happen when a write operation is interrupted so abruptly? You screw up your files, or possibly your filesystem. Now, just as computers don't know what we are going to do next, we dont always know whether a computer is going to write something to the drive. Sometimes it's not finished as soon as you see that light go out, something else could be going on. Hence, stop being a hardass and just unmount the drive. It takes about 2 seconds and makes sure that you don't run into this type of trouble.
The same death and destruction awaits the drive yanked from a linux machine as yanked from a windows machine, you just aren't notified of it. Personally, I think the notification makes sense. How do you expect the computer to be able to handle something that it doesn't know is coming? Until AI improves to the point where it's integrated into our operating systems you're just going to have to deal with giving the computer warning manually.
While I agree with most of your post, how many computer stores do you think are actually going to go through the code of open source software and fix bugs for their customer? It's not the role of a computer store to do that.
Windows supports this as well for most devices, but it's not a good thing to take advantage of. The "safely remove hardware" option is there to let you do things cleanly, which you SHOULD be doing with linux as well. I seriously hope you're not just yanking hard drives while they're not in use. I don't know about you, but I don't have an indicator running telling me whether there is disk access that is going to occur within the next minute or so. Be polite to your computer. Tell it if you're going to disconnect something. It'll make both of you much happier.
It's quite a common combination. Actually we do the same thing at the shop I work at. The AV program and MS Anti-Spyware are the only things running all the time but it's definately not the most elegant solution. Unfortunately, anti-spyware software just doesn't really do it's job well enough and multiple programs need to be used to catch everything. It's getting to the point, however, where even using multiple antispyware programs isn't enough. A lot of the time, when a computer gets infected, it just has to be wiped.