If only taking a ship was a valid alternative for travelling overseas.
I recently took a 12 day cruise from SF to Alaska and back. Every time we got on the ship we needed to show a picture ID, run our cruise line magnetic card through a reader as further identification, walk through a metal detector and run our carry on goodies through an x-ray machine. Just like at the airport except the people doing the security were lot more courteous.
In addidtion to more courteous security personnel who's knuckles didn't drag on the ground, the criteria on what you could take on board ship was looser than what you can take on a plane. The equipment used looked just like the stuff used in airports.
Beefree, it's always nice to read posts from someone who understands that the world isn't a black and white place.
Dell should also set up the machines being discussed to run various flavors of Wndows and a few distributions of Linux. Then list which software they tested on it, along with the weasel words saying that they don't provide support for them.
And more so, Sony should replace EVERY affected computer with a brand new Vaio.
Only with the condition that there not be a single bit of Sony software on it. I have a Vaio Notebook. It's a good solid computer but the Sony crap that comes installed on it and entwined into Widows sucks.
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but what is so unfriendly about the Windows XP install, in particular?
I don't see a lot of difference on a new install with fresh software, in fact Windows has the advantage because it usually installs and just plain works with no treaking. If everything works without tweaking, a Linux install can be easier, but in my experiance, there is usually some piece of hardware that causes headaches in a Linux installation. It doesn't matter that the reason for the problem is lack of drivers from the hardware manufacturer, all that matters to the user is that he has problem that he didn;t in Windows.
On the 2nd, 3rd, 4th... time the OS is installed, Linux installations start to have some real advantages. I just reinstalled Orifice XP in a 4 year old notebook computer for the 3rd or 4th time, this time because I replaced the hard drive. Everytime, it gets to be bigger job. It's re-enter the silly bazillion digit authorization number (assuming you can still find it), download and install a big arsed batch of updates, dowload and install a 90+ meg service pack 2, then download and install the next big batch of security patches etc. Then search the web to find out how to get rid of some of the crap the XP automatically loads and starts running for you.
By comparison, to reload a Linux flavor after a hard drive change, you get the revision of the distribution you want and just load it. Chances are it, unlike Windows, will be easier to reload than it was the first time because Linux distros are fairly rapidly improving their user freindliness while Windows loading is a bit more user hostile than it used to be. Then on top of that, office software and a bunch of other usefull stuff gets loaded in less time than it takes to just get the Windows OS loaded.
You are free to get parts and service for your Ford from anybody, but you lack even those basic freedoms with Microsoft's software. Your car analogy is falling apart.
The skeery part is that that turkey is 2nd in line for the Presidency. And it's not that far fetched. Cheney quits when he finally gets outed as the shitbag he is, then Bush quits because he's a quitter that never held a job to completion, that leaves Hasturd next in line.
Sleep comfortabley, mah fellow 'Merkins.
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It look like the student has surpassed the teacher.
Argh... All these problems stemming from different systems. We non-US people always forget that the American year has 30 months (sometimes 31) and 12 days in a month.
You're just jealous because we have more months than you do and they're all the same length.
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It's "Pi are round, cornbread are square."
Free Wndows with ads would increase the popularity of our favorite free without ads OS.
Not a bad thing.
I recently took a 12 day cruise from SF to Alaska and back. Every time we got on the ship we needed to show a picture ID, run our cruise line magnetic card through a reader as further identification, walk through a metal detector and run our carry on goodies through an x-ray machine. Just like at the airport except the people doing the security were lot more courteous.
In addidtion to more courteous security personnel who's knuckles didn't drag on the ground, the criteria on what you could take on board ship was looser than what you can take on a plane. The equipment used looked just like the stuff used in airports.
We were waiting for you to report from the UK, was that poor judgement on our part?
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What if there were no rrhetorical questions?
That's not a Linux problem, you obviously need to replace your customers.
Note to Linux zealots: Even though you are nodding your heads in agreement, that was humor.
For those prices you could get an ordinary hotel room and rent some services that gadgets can't match (at least not yet)
Let me know when the toaster is smart enough to know how I want the toast this time instead of how I had it last time.
Turning a dial is lot simpler than trying to outwit some appliance that thinks it knows what I want.
This just in...
Passive UK citizens to passivily allow the the UK Police to build a network to monitor the movement of every vehicle in the U.K.
Not that US citizens would act much differently these days.
Do you mean that's optional? I thought it was a requirement.
Next version will be...
Farty Ferret
We can model the potential AOL buyout by Google by pouring a bunch of rotten apples in a barrel of good apples and observing what happens.
I have my suspicions as to what the results would be but haven't run the test yet.
Beefree, it's always nice to read posts from someone who understands that the world isn't a black and white place.
Dell should also set up the machines being discussed to run various flavors of Wndows and a few distributions of Linux. Then list which software they tested on it, along with the weasel words saying that they don't provide support for them.
Your English is better than most American's English; however, in Engish one capitalizes language names.
You're welcome.
Only with the condition that there not be a single bit of Sony software on it. I have a Vaio Notebook. It's a good solid computer but the Sony crap that comes installed on it and entwined into Widows sucks.
Their customer supports blows big chunks too.
Well, it is from California ;)
Then let's attach one to /.
I don't see a lot of difference on a new install with fresh software, in fact Windows has the advantage because it usually installs and just plain works with no treaking. If everything works without tweaking, a Linux install can be easier, but in my experiance, there is usually some piece of hardware that causes headaches in a Linux installation. It doesn't matter that the reason for the problem is lack of drivers from the hardware manufacturer, all that matters to the user is that he has problem that he didn;t in Windows.
On the 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... time the OS is installed, Linux installations start to have some real advantages. I just reinstalled Orifice XP in a 4 year old notebook computer for the 3rd or 4th time, this time because I replaced the hard drive. Everytime, it gets to be bigger job. It's re-enter the silly bazillion digit authorization number (assuming you can still find it), download and install a big arsed batch of updates, dowload and install a 90+ meg service pack 2, then download and install the next big batch of security patches etc. Then search the web to find out how to get rid of some of the crap the XP automatically loads and starts running for you.
By comparison, to reload a Linux flavor after a hard drive change, you get the revision of the distribution you want and just load it. Chances are it, unlike Windows, will be easier to reload than it was the first time because Linux distros are fairly rapidly improving their user freindliness while Windows loading is a bit more user hostile than it used to be. Then on top of that, office software and a bunch of other usefull stuff gets loaded in less time than it takes to just get the Windows OS loaded.
It would still be less profitable that the common business model of kicking software out the door before it's time and making money off of support.
I don't think that it's done intentionally, but it's a reality.
Fords do that.
The skeery part is that that turkey is 2nd in line for the Presidency. And it's not that far fetched. Cheney quits when he finally gets outed as the shitbag he is, then Bush quits because he's a quitter that never held a job to completion, that leaves Hasturd next in line.
Sleep comfortabley, mah fellow 'Merkins.
It look like the student has surpassed the teacher.
It's all relative.
I hope you warn people to not stand next to you when there is the slightest possibility of anything going wrong :)
No need to do a transition analysis, Microsoft has already done several of them.
You're just jealous because we have more months than you do and they're all the same length.