I don't claim to be a linguist, but WTF is a "hard U" or "soft E"? I'm familar with "long" and "short" (and their accepted definitions in modern English)... but hard and soft vowels?!
Were they confusing this terminology with that used for consonants, such as "hard g" or "soft g"?
Mod parent up. We went through thislast time Slashdot posted this. It's mainstream support that's ending, and extended support will continue until 2010. That's right, 2010. Not one month from now.
Word of warning: The Linux Standard Edition, which I haven't tried out, probably will only produce binaries for Linux. Or at least that's how it is with the Standard Edition for Windows (which is not free, but existing Windows VB developers can get a free license by filling out a form on RealBASIC's website--if they're still doing that). It *can* make binaries for other operating systems, but they will include a "demo warning" dialog upon startup.
Funny as it may be, that actually made me think of something interesting: in the future, could you run OS X/x86 inside Virtual PC not only for developers to test out universal binaries on x86 as well if they only have access to a PPC... but also for "ordinary" (or maybe slightly techie) users to run Intel-only apps without upgrading their hardware?
Yeah, it might be a bit slow because it's emulated, but x86 on a PPC seems to be a heck of a lot better than PPC on x86. And I suppose it would depend on whether or not OS X/x86 sees Virtual PC (or other x86 emulators) as "regular PCs" on which it won't install... or MacOS-comatible ones that it will install on--not that somebody probably won't hack it anyway...
Would this help PearPC (and countless commercian vendors) any? Or is it for making virtualizations, say of x86, on PPC? It sounds more like the latter, but for some reason, that also seems like it might be a good thing...
If all your concerned about is security patches, you've got until September 2010. I know Microsoft has delayed Longhorn a lot, but I don't think it'll be quite that late...
My advice: Stick with Windows 2000--extended support isn't the end of the world like this FUD-filled article wants us to think--wait a year or two for Longhorn to come out, and then consider upgrading. Hopefully you won't need to upgrade your hardware (much?).
Now who's going to release a security patch for me to download every month?
Microsoft. For some reason, Slashdot (and, to a certain extent, this article) wants to think Microsoft suddenly stops provoding critical updates after mainstream support ends on June 30.
In fact, from what I understand, security updates will be provided for an additional five years, though for the last three they may appear only in the Microsoft Download Center.
Windows 2000 does move into Extended Support on June 30, but that doesn't mean they suddenly stop supplying security patches as this summary seems to claim (though, yes, it will probably be the last "Serivce Pack"-ish upgrade.)
The primary difference between mainstream and extended support is that "Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended support phase." Security updates will continue to be provided until 2010, the "end of life" for Windows 2000.
Did anyone else see the colors on the page?! Good thing Firefox lets us turn off CSS (View > Page Style > No Style), because it hurt my eyes to even look at the page. Especially their link text color.
Too bad I didn't think to do it until I had already read the article...
Oh joy pop-up blocking for IE! Like I need IE hogging MORE resources. Oooo, and a FIREWALL. Tiny Personal Firewall does a better job than a Windows firewall ever could....
I doubt popup blocking uses significantly more resources than IE already does... but why would you even use IE in the first place? As for the firewall, so what? Turn off Windows Firewall (it's optional, you know) and use Tiny Personal Firewall if that's what you prefer.
...and if the "crap" the original poster is talking about is merely notifications from the new Security Center, those can be turned off. In the left hand column (Resources), click "Change the way Security Center alerts me," then uncheck any or all the options.
There, now people can stop saying they hate SP 2 because it "babies" them with stuff like this.
Why would IE support XPI extensions? To support all of them, they'd probably have to re-write IE in XUL, and to accurately support all existing Fx XPI's unmodified, they'd have make it the exact same as Firefox. Does Mozilla support IE's Browser "Helper" Objects? Of course not.
But I do agree that I will never use or recommend IE until its CSS compliance improves.
P.S. - The links to russkey and leetkey are are broken (for those who need help viewing them: remove "slashdot.org/" from them and they will work).
With all the talk of patents here lately, am I the only one who misread this headline and thought that Nokia patented supporting the Linux kernel? Now I've heard it all...
Do you really think a virus is going to take spyware hostage and then demand $200 for the key to unencrypt it? I don't know about you, but even if it did, I sure wouldn't be happy with this kind of virus on my computer.
Plus the article mentions this paritcular infection affected only "at least fifteen types of data," most of which were presumably important to the user, like spreadsheets and the like. But again, even if it did encrypt malware... I don't see how it could be a good thing. Let's introduce them to Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc. instead, and safe browsing habits--the lack of which probably allowed both this virus and the malware on the computer in the first place.
I stand corrected, but I was merely quoting from Microsoft's own VS 2005 Beta page:
Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 is now available to MSDN Subscribers through the MSDN Download Center and to all others for a nominal fee.
Sure enough, you can eventually get to getthebetas.com from their site, and I just ordered my copy--free of charge. Though it is for a "limited time" (until November? are they not expecting the final product by then?) and a once-per-person thing.
Yeah, free with an MSDN subscription. Or a "nominal fee" if you're not a subscriber. You're probably confusing it with the beta Express editions, which currently are free for the downloading. But it'll still cost you $50 per product when they're released.
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More like....just when they get it finished, OpenOffice.org 2 is almost out!
I don't claim to be a linguist, but WTF is a "hard U" or "soft E"? I'm familar with "long" and "short" (and their accepted definitions in modern English) ... but hard and soft vowels?!
Were they confusing this terminology with that used for consonants, such as "hard g" or "soft g"?
Mod parent up. We went through this last time Slashdot posted this. It's mainstream support that's ending, and extended support will continue until 2010. That's right, 2010. Not one month from now.
Word of warning: The Linux Standard Edition, which I haven't tried out, probably will only produce binaries for Linux. Or at least that's how it is with the Standard Edition for Windows (which is not free, but existing Windows VB developers can get a free license by filling out a form on RealBASIC's website--if they're still doing that). It *can* make binaries for other operating systems, but they will include a "demo warning" dialog upon startup.
Now, of course, MACs are quite good....
Yes, I really love Media Access Controls, too.
Funny as it may be, that actually made me think of something interesting: in the future, could you run OS X/x86 inside Virtual PC not only for developers to test out universal binaries on x86 as well if they only have access to a PPC ... but also for "ordinary" (or maybe slightly techie) users to run Intel-only apps without upgrading their hardware?
Yeah, it might be a bit slow because it's emulated, but x86 on a PPC seems to be a heck of a lot better than PPC on x86. And I suppose it would depend on whether or not OS X/x86 sees Virtual PC (or other x86 emulators) as "regular PCs" on which it won't install ... or MacOS-comatible ones that it will install on--not that somebody probably won't hack it anyway...
The G5 image is one used for Apple technology in general (hence the "Technology (Apple)" alternate text and title text), not just hardware.
Of course, for some reason, they might have to change this soon...
Would this help PearPC (and countless commercian vendors) any? Or is it for making virtualizations, say of x86, on PPC? It sounds more like the latter, but for some reason, that also seems like it might be a good thing...
If all your concerned about is security patches, you've got until September 2010. I know Microsoft has delayed Longhorn a lot, but I don't think it'll be quite that late...
My advice: Stick with Windows 2000--extended support isn't the end of the world like this FUD-filled article wants us to think--wait a year or two for Longhorn to come out, and then consider upgrading. Hopefully you won't need to upgrade your hardware (much?).
Now who's going to release a security patch for me to download every month?
Microsoft. For some reason, Slashdot (and, to a certain extent, this article) wants to think Microsoft suddenly stops provoding critical updates after mainstream support ends on June 30.
In fact, from what I understand, security updates will be provided for an additional five years, though for the last three they may appear only in the Microsoft Download Center.
Windows 2000 does move into Extended Support on June 30, but that doesn't mean they suddenly stop supplying security patches as this summary seems to claim (though, yes, it will probably be the last "Serivce Pack"-ish upgrade.)
The primary difference between mainstream and extended support is that "Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the Extended support phase." Security updates will continue to be provided until 2010, the "end of life" for Windows 2000.
Sorry, that name's already taken. ;)
Did anyone else see the colors on the page?! Good thing Firefox lets us turn off CSS (View > Page Style > No Style), because it hurt my eyes to even look at the page. Especially their link text color.
Too bad I didn't think to do it until I had already read the article...
I doubt popup blocking uses significantly more resources than IE already does ... but why would you even use IE in the first place? As for the firewall, so what? Turn off Windows Firewall (it's optional, you know) and use Tiny Personal Firewall if that's what you prefer.
...and if the "crap" the original poster is talking about is merely notifications from the new Security Center, those can be turned off. In the left hand column (Resources), click "Change the way Security Center alerts me," then uncheck any or all the options.
There, now people can stop saying they hate SP 2 because it "babies" them with stuff like this.
You forgot:
XUL is a form of HTML?! (OK, I can understand the confusion: it's XML, which might look like HTML to the uneducated, but, really...)
Page 3 states:
No, no, I think it was doing pretty good in the mid-90's. By the late 90's, however...
Why would IE support XPI extensions? To support all of them, they'd probably have to re-write IE in XUL, and to accurately support all existing Fx XPI's unmodified, they'd have make it the exact same as Firefox. Does Mozilla support IE's Browser "Helper" Objects? Of course not.
But I do agree that I will never use or recommend IE until its CSS compliance improves.
P.S. - The links to russkey and leetkey are are broken (for those who need help viewing them: remove "slashdot.org/" from them and they will work).
Odd. According to this article on BetaNews, Apple isn't really interested: Apple Not Serious About Sirius
With all the talk of patents here lately, am I the only one who misread this headline and thought that Nokia patented supporting the Linux kernel? Now I've heard it all...
And I thought I had it bad when I couldn't get broadband living ten minutes away...
Do you really think a virus is going to take spyware hostage and then demand $200 for the key to unencrypt it? I don't know about you, but even if it did, I sure wouldn't be happy with this kind of virus on my computer.
Plus the article mentions this paritcular infection affected only "at least fifteen types of data," most of which were presumably important to the user, like spreadsheets and the like. But again, even if it did encrypt malware ... I don't see how it could be a good thing. Let's introduce them to Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc. instead, and safe browsing habits--the lack of which probably allowed both this virus and the malware on the computer in the first place.
I stand corrected, but I was merely quoting from Microsoft's own VS 2005 Beta page:
Sure enough, you can eventually get to getthebetas.com from their site, and I just ordered my copy--free of charge. Though it is for a "limited time" (until November? are they not expecting the final product by then?) and a once-per-person thing.
Yeah, free with an MSDN subscription. Or a "nominal fee" if you're not a subscriber. You're probably confusing it with the beta Express editions, which currently are free for the downloading. But it'll still cost you $50 per product when they're released.
Slashdot's using HTML 3.2--you don't expect them to be using CSS, do you? :) It's VLINK that they're using.