The privilege system on Windows seems to be years behind compared to most versions of *nix.
Wrong, the privilege system on Windows is actually years ahead of bog-standard Linux. Its the userland third-party software that's the problem, because there is usually no legitimate reason it could not run in limited user accounts, it's just that whoever coded it is not using best practices. Microsoft's problem is that they have been far too accomodating of software that uses poor practices. Good for marketshare and developer mindshare, but bad in the long run.
People used to sing songs together, and not just at Christmas. Singing together was actually a pastime people would do at the dinner table for enjoyment. Now we don't because our culture is owned by megacorps who discourage that.
Yes, you're so right. My family, for one, got sick of the corporations busting in and yelling at us for singing together.
I use Linux almost exclusively on the command line. In KDE or Gnome, do you really need root privileges to install any software or change your wallpaper?
But they are NOT ASKING Google to filter search result. They're only asking Google to filter SUGGESTED SEARCH TERMS. All that means is that you actually have to type in "ServersCheck Crack Me Up" instead the Toolbar suggesting it (which is such an obscure combination it would probably never be suggested anyways.) Do you see the difference? If you want to search for cracks, you can still type in "ServersCheck Cracks" or "ServersCheck Cracks Me Up" or whatever and see any site you want. They just don't want the toolbar to suggest you meant to type in "ServersCheck Cracks" just because you entered "ServersCheck." You and a hundred other slashbots have apparently not even RTFS.
Yes, but only if you reverse the polarity on the tape drive's neutron flow, which should increase the field strength of your device driver by at least 200%! Like...throwing a banana down a hallway? Exactly!
Kind of like how IE seems to start up faster than Firefox, but only because a lot of the stuff that IE uses has already been preloaded by Windows, and therefore it has an unfair advantage (because nobody else but Microsoft can take advantage of this sort of thing).
If you're talking about MSHTML, the rendering engine, it is a standard library that any devloper can link to. As for Office, nobody can seem to identify the actual process that it loads, and it apparently loads faster then OO.o even when running under Wine (I haven't tried this myself), so I think the pre-loading idea is mostly bogus.
Is it? I can't help but note that after a decade, it still easily fits on one CDROM, starts in about two seconds, and uses about 10% of the RAM of Firefox. It may or may not have featuritis, but it doesn't strike me as terribly bloated.
It must be because Microsoft adheres to the "bazaar" notion of third-party software, rather than the "cathedral" of a centrally-managed package maintainer.
So you will have hugely profitable corporations that instead of making a record breaking profit of X will make X-3% (still a record), and as a result their value tumbles. Does it make sense ?
Yes, it does, because presumably the stock price that it reached was based on expectations that it would be making X. If X is expected, the price will reflect ($X-$RISK_OF_NOT_X). So if they don't reach X, the price will of course decline to (($X-3%)-$INCREASED_RISK).
Before and after 9/11/01, no fire has caused a steel structure to collapse, even those burning for 24+ hours.
Are you joking? I personally watched a steel industrial structure burn and collapse into a pile of twisted metal, in around two hours. I mean, you can't be serious, can you?
I don't think the DMCA can be used to enforce restrictions on public domain content. The very first sentence of the anti-circumvention statute reads, "no person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title" (emphasis added). "Title" refers to 17 USC, "COPYRIGHTS." So presumably the DMCA does not cover circumvention of a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work that is non protected under copyright, e.g., in the public domain.
That's a loser of a case, because there's nothing in the Constitution or any law I know of that makes it illegal to encumber public domain materials. You just can't stop anyone else from unencumbering them.
Bill is probably ecstatic at this decision. Microsoft is one of the biggest, juiciest, patent troll targets that exists, and Microsoft does not make a significant part of its revenues from patent suits.
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Layer effects is the one I used all the time in Photoshop that apparently plain doesn't exist in the Gimp.
Wrong, the privilege system on Windows is actually years ahead of bog-standard Linux. Its the userland third-party software that's the problem, because there is usually no legitimate reason it could not run in limited user accounts, it's just that whoever coded it is not using best practices. Microsoft's problem is that they have been far too accomodating of software that uses poor practices. Good for marketshare and developer mindshare, but bad in the long run.
Well then, why not just reformat and reinstall Windows? About as fast, and solves the problem just as much.
You can, of course. It's just inconvenient enough that most people don't bother, especially when they're on an "all you can eat" plan anyways.
Yes, you're so right. My family, for one, got sick of the corporations busting in and yelling at us for singing together.
Why would presence of spyware indicate a defect in the code?
I use Linux almost exclusively on the command line. In KDE or Gnome, do you really need root privileges to install any software or change your wallpaper?
Those dark filaments coming out of your skin? Us norms call that "body hair."
How about Clarence Darrow?
But they are NOT ASKING Google to filter search result. They're only asking Google to filter SUGGESTED SEARCH TERMS. All that means is that you actually have to type in "ServersCheck Crack Me Up" instead the Toolbar suggesting it (which is such an obscure combination it would probably never be suggested anyways.) Do you see the difference? If you want to search for cracks, you can still type in "ServersCheck Cracks" or "ServersCheck Cracks Me Up" or whatever and see any site you want. They just don't want the toolbar to suggest you meant to type in "ServersCheck Cracks" just because you entered "ServersCheck." You and a hundred other slashbots have apparently not even RTFS.
Yes, but only if you reverse the polarity on the tape drive's neutron flow, which should increase the field strength of your device driver by at least 200%! Like...throwing a banana down a hallway? Exactly!
It is true, the chief problem with the stock market is its inability to see into the future with 100% certainty.
Actually, he's probably (no joke) busy with the Halo movie...
If you're talking about MSHTML, the rendering engine, it is a standard library that any devloper can link to. As for Office, nobody can seem to identify the actual process that it loads, and it apparently loads faster then OO.o even when running under Wine (I haven't tried this myself), so I think the pre-loading idea is mostly bogus.
Is it? I can't help but note that after a decade, it still easily fits on one CDROM, starts in about two seconds, and uses about 10% of the RAM of Firefox. It may or may not have featuritis, but it doesn't strike me as terribly bloated.
It must be because Microsoft adheres to the "bazaar" notion of third-party software, rather than the "cathedral" of a centrally-managed package maintainer.
Yes, it does, because presumably the stock price that it reached was based on expectations that it would be making X. If X is expected, the price will reflect ($X-$RISK_OF_NOT_X). So if they don't reach X, the price will of course decline to (($X-3%)-$INCREASED_RISK).
Yes, in the same way that if you convert a 1600x1200 photo from a bitmap to a JPEG, it is still 1600x1200.
Are you joking? I personally watched a steel industrial structure burn and collapse into a pile of twisted metal, in around two hours. I mean, you can't be serious, can you?
There's not likely to be anything confidential shown in the tapes. It's not like we don't know what the outside of the Pentagon looks like.
I don't think the DMCA can be used to enforce restrictions on public domain content. The very first sentence of the anti-circumvention statute reads, "no person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title" (emphasis added). "Title" refers to 17 USC, "COPYRIGHTS." So presumably the DMCA does not cover circumvention of a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work that is non protected under copyright, e.g., in the public domain.
That's a loser of a case, because there's nothing in the Constitution or any law I know of that makes it illegal to encumber public domain materials. You just can't stop anyone else from unencumbering them.
VMS! Everything old is new again!
Bloat or no bloat, OSX on Core Duo seems to trail the pack in simple horsepower.
http://sekhon.berkeley.edu/macosx/intel.html
Bill is probably ecstatic at this decision. Microsoft is one of the biggest, juiciest, patent troll targets that exists, and Microsoft does not make a significant part of its revenues from patent suits.