The full version of Windows 95 was Windows NT and it wasn't cheap.
I said that what you said is factually incorrect, which it is.
You said:
Your all missing the point.
I wasn't replying to any point, I was merely stating fact.
Also, in that context, it's "you're", not "your".
Further, the point being made in this thread was about cost/quality.
Finally, Windows NT was not made to be a business version of Windows 95. It (NT 3) was released before Win95, and had a Win3.1-esque GUI. NT4, which was released in 1996, was a continuation of a pre-existing Windows family line.
But it still puzzles me that the AU people, which I've always considered as easygoing and enlightened, accept this level of government "protectionism".
Your answer lies in the question. We are easygoing. "The Government wants to do what? RAAAWWRR... meh."
About the registry. Unix, VMS, Mac OS 8 and 9 and other O/Ss managed application installation and library dependencies just fine for years before Windows attempted it. Don't give the "very young" excuse. They could have borrowed the better ideas instead of inventing a bad one.
So you're saying that the only thing about Windows that hasn't been stolen from elsewhere - the only real innovation Windows has seen in the last 15 years - is a bad thing?
The US is east from here, and way to go trying to ride the coattails of an abstract (read: "more or less imaginary") group for credit.
My point (which you've obviously missed), is that saying "Egypt doesn't count as Africa", or "South Africa doesn't count as Africa" is as valid (and useful) and saying "Caucasians don't count as Americans".
The problem that I have with these estimates is the apparent assumed 100% conversion rate - if you downloaded it, you definitely would have bought it. This assumption is patently false. For example, it wouldn't be particularly uncommon to find a 15 year old with 50 downloaded movies on his/her computer. In Australia, it's about $40 per standard-release DVD. Are you really telling me that, if this 15 year old was unable to download movies, he/she(/it?) would have found $2000 to spend on DVDs?
For me to find industry-wide and case-specific loss estimations of this kind useful in any way whatsoever, the estimator must prove that each movie would have been bought from the shelves or watched at the movies rather than:
Bought second-hand
Watched on TV
Borrowed from a friend
Borrowed from a video library (Blockbuster/Civic/Netflix etc)
ignored completely
Bought legitimately and either damaged, stolen or lost
How many people do you know that have downloaded a movie, then not had time, or got a bad review from someone, or simply said "meh", and deleted it unwatched? I know a few.
The above counts for music, ebooks and cheap hard-copy pirated movies as well.
The place where the real money is lost is movies that are made available online (by whatever means) before it officially opens in any specific country. You can realistically argue that there is a higher percentage of loss before the movie is released because fewer people are spending money to find out how crap each new release is. And crap or not, fewer people feel the need to see the movie a second time at the cinema.
Of course, the dumbasses could release the movies in a synchronised fashion around the world instead of making use wait up to 6 months after the US release before we get it. That would fix half the problem...
By this logic we can extrapolate that the USA has never invented more than the Teepee and peace pipe, as the majority of the population are not native.
Egypt is geographically African, and that's enough.
the aqueduct
The Nile doesn't count.
Who said anything about the Nile? The Egyptians had sophisticated irrigation systems.
Another thing we can credit to Egyptians, and thus to Africa, is antibiotics:
Antibiotics are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi which are capable of killing, or inhibiting, competing microbial species. This phenomenon has long been known; it may explain why the ancient Egyptians had the practice of applying a poultice of moldy bread to infected wounds.
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I would also like to see the return of:
Oblig. xkcd.
How could you name anyone other than Darl McBride?
It's the power of "Underrated". I'm still unsure whether Underrated should make negative scores go up or down. Same goes for"Overrated", actually...
The full version of Windows 95 was Windows NT and it wasn't cheap.
I said that what you said is factually incorrect, which it is.
You said:
Your all missing the point.
I wasn't replying to any point, I was merely stating fact.
Also, in that context, it's "you're", not "your".
Further, the point being made in this thread was about cost/quality.
Finally, Windows NT was not made to be a business version of Windows 95. It (NT 3) was released before Win95, and had a Win3.1-esque GUI. NT4, which was released in 1996, was a continuation of a pre-existing Windows family line.
Windows NT
You obviously have no idea what a kernel is, or what it does.
No, the full version of Win95 was Win95. WinNT was an entirely different monster - it just looked kind of the same.
This has already been demoed by James May on "James May's Big Ideas", some 8-10 months ago...
You'd certainly need a big washing machine...
Or, programs should be able to lock focus when they are actively being typed into.
But it still puzzles me that the AU people, which I've always considered as easygoing and enlightened, accept this level of government "protectionism".
Your answer lies in the question. We are easygoing. "The Government wants to do what? RAAAWWRR... meh."
posting to undo accidental mod
This was very careless of you...
About the registry. Unix, VMS, Mac OS 8 and 9 and other O/Ss managed application installation and library dependencies just fine for years before Windows attempted it. Don't give the "very young" excuse. They could have borrowed the better ideas instead of inventing a bad one.
So you're saying that the only thing about Windows that hasn't been stolen from elsewhere - the only real innovation Windows has seen in the last 15 years - is a bad thing?
Oh the ironing.
Gotta love /. - you do the right thing and undo a wrong downmod, and then lose karma for it as well.
The US is east from here, and way to go trying to ride the coattails of an abstract (read: "more or less imaginary") group for credit.
My point (which you've obviously missed), is that saying "Egypt doesn't count as Africa", or "South Africa doesn't count as Africa" is as valid (and useful) and saying "Caucasians don't count as Americans".
Where was the ka-boom? There was supposed to be a betelgeuse-shattering ka-boom!!
There's tons of people who are going to be cut off because of this.
This is in the USA - is it really that big a deal if 8 people get cut off?
For me to find industry-wide and case-specific loss estimations of this kind useful in any way whatsoever, the estimator must prove that each movie would have been bought from the shelves or watched at the movies rather than:
How many people do you know that have downloaded a movie, then not had time, or got a bad review from someone, or simply said "meh", and deleted it unwatched? I know a few.
The above counts for music, ebooks and cheap hard-copy pirated movies as well.
The place where the real money is lost is movies that are made available online (by whatever means) before it officially opens in any specific country. You can realistically argue that there is a higher percentage of loss before the movie is released because fewer people are spending money to find out how crap each new release is. And crap or not, fewer people feel the need to see the movie a second time at the cinema.
Of course, the dumbasses could release the movies in a synchronised fashion around the world instead of making use wait up to 6 months after the US release before we get it. That would fix half the problem...
Egypt is geographically African, and that's enough.
Who said anything about the Nile? The Egyptians had sophisticated irrigation systems.
Another thing we can credit to Egyptians, and thus to Africa, is antibiotics:
Antibiotics are compounds produced by bacteria and fungi which are capable of killing, or inhibiting, competing microbial species. This phenomenon has long been known; it may explain why the ancient Egyptians had the practice of applying a poultice of moldy bread to infected wounds.
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/landmarks/landmarks/penicillin/discover.html
You're obviously not trying hard enough...
And ah-1 and ah-2 and ah-"whoooooooooooooosh"! Your geek card will be liberated from you at the door.
our local campus has FAR more Windoze boxes running around.
Maybe this is why Windows keeps crashing...
Of course, after the light goes down, it bounces off things and goes back up again.
I propose an aluminium foil dome over the city. It will stop light pollution, so you'll be able to see the stars.
Maybe we could get him to explain how a black hole can accidentally a whole star...
Oops, I think I just accidentally the whole star!