Everyone keeps saying this looks like the Millennium Falcon, but it's clearly a Cylon Raider. Or maybe it's one of the fighter ships Will Smith shot down in Independence Day. Either way, I'm sure we could only wish it were someone as friendly as Han and his wookiee friend.
You do realize that a normal copy of Windows XP Home is $199 for full, $99 for upgrade but you can get a 3pack OEM for $264 right?
The problem with that, at least as I understand it (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), is that the OEM license is only good for a single installation (installation = unique hardware combination). If you upgrade your entire computer, or upgrade "too many components", you have to pay the Microsoft tax again because the OEM copy you have already paid for once cannot be validated against your new hardware.
I've been using the same XP license since XP was released, and within that time period I've done about 4 complete system rebuilds. I'm not at all interested in buying the same OS 3 extra times simply because I like to keep a current computer.
I like the idea of a lower priced family pack - big business gets a break on their per-copy licensing, why shouldn't the home user? I normally loathe Apple's business practices, but in this case it sounds like they have the right idea. Microsoft should follow their lead and make their OS more attractive to the multi-computer homes out there, which I am sure there are more of these days.
That's a good approach if you don't work for an IT company that considers any outside work using any skill you possess to be competition, thus rendering you useless outside their four walls. Not only do they hang the constant threat of offshoring over your head, cut your pay, and refuse to give you raises, they also refuse to let you moonlight with your skills to make up the difference!
Guess which big three letter company I work for?
Mod this guy up for a simple statement with so much truth. How many people are clinging to Windows simply because they either can't get their favorite games to work on Linux or don't have the knowledge/desire to try?
Actually I need to just properly type what I'm thinking:) My post should have read "them over Antec". Out of curiosity, where did you find a number to contact Enermax? The Contact option on their http://www.enermax.com.tw/ website only contains an email link.
You might want to try emailing Enermax with a technical question before you go choosing Antec over them because of support reasons. I had a problem with an Enermax PS a couple months ago and emailed them with a fairly general question. I never got any response after 3 attempts but they were kind enough to add me to their junkmail list.
No kidding. That gun just pointed itself and pulled the trigger on its own. I bet the poor kid was trying to stop it but the gun was just too powerful. I feel sorry for the kid... the gun just took over.
Why must we blame inanimate objects when people make decisions to use them in inappropriate ways? Surely it must be something or someone else's fault (a video game, a gun, a bottle of booze, a video game store/manufacturer, a bartender, etc) because there's no way that a person could actually be responsible for their own actions. And then you pile on top of that greedy scumbag lawyers who get dollar signs in their eyes anytime they see an opportunity to get in on a high dollar lawsuit. Someone asked why they aren't going after the parents for not raising their kid better or (gasp) just the kid himself... because there's no money to be made there!! The kid's parents aren't going to line the scumbag lawyer's pockets with a double layer of dead presidents, but a company who will settle out of court to avoid having their name dragged through the mud will!
Not that I support their cause in any way, but to nitpick, why use GPS? Commercial vehicles have long tracked milage without using technology that could be used to track one's whereabouts. If they simply must know how many miles you drive, why not use an electronic odometer rather than tracking your actual movements? Or is it not just the milage they are interested in? Hmmmm.....
You may argue with Bush's decisions, but the one thing he doesn't do is stick his finger in the wind and do whatever the public tells him to do (a la Clinton).
Not to mention the other places Clinton was sticking things.... cigar anyone?
Anyone going the Asus route would be well advised to pray and pray that the hardware never fails, because to say that Asus tech support sucks would be a gross understatement. Their hardware is decent, but woe be unto him that has to deal with them on a customer service issue of any kind. I spent over a month recently trying to get a video card issue resolved with them and finally gave up. Luckily the reseller http://www.newegg.com/ DOES have good customer service and gave me a refund of the current market value. I've bought my last Asus product.
I may be incorrect on this (XP Home is evil and I won't use it) but IIRC, you can't disable simple file sharing (also evil) on Windows XP Home. For XP Pro users, your suggestion is correct though.
Says who? Religion and science are not mutually exclusive, although most slashdotters' simplistic attitudes fail to reflect this. That's like saying that someone who enjoys music couldn't possibly be any good at nuclear physics.
That's not really a very good analogy, because I doubt you'll find many examples of music being used as a way to disprove nuclear physics, yet religion is oft used to try to debunk scientific ideas.
I've run into a tactic like this before many year ago, except instead of a bad serial number being the trigger, it was a missing piece of hardware.
I forget the name of the company/software package now (hopefully the head guy is standing in the unemployment line somewhere), but we had a specialized piece of manufacturing software that read CAD files and prepped data for input to our presses. It ran on IBM PS/2 Model 70's (yuck!) that had the system boards modified with a special BIOS chip by the software vendor. Lo and behold one of the system boards died and was replaced without the BIOS chip being transferred to the new board. The next time the software was run it nuked the entire C drive. We had a legitimate right to use the software, but because of a failed piece of hardware we suffered the wrath of some bastard programmer.
id's claims mean absolutely nothing unless you can somehow prove that the people who downloaded those copies of Doom 3 would have actually bought the software in the first place.
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Everyone keeps saying this looks like the Millennium Falcon, but it's clearly a Cylon Raider. Or maybe it's one of the fighter ships Will Smith shot down in Independence Day. Either way, I'm sure we could only wish it were someone as friendly as Han and his wookiee friend.
Ain't it fun? You can ruin almost anything with it.
Where are my mod points....
T-Mobile has 3G?
The problem with that, at least as I understand it (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), is that the OEM license is only good for a single installation (installation = unique hardware combination). If you upgrade your entire computer, or upgrade "too many components", you have to pay the Microsoft tax again because the OEM copy you have already paid for once cannot be validated against your new hardware.
I've been using the same XP license since XP was released, and within that time period I've done about 4 complete system rebuilds. I'm not at all interested in buying the same OS 3 extra times simply because I like to keep a current computer.
I like the idea of a lower priced family pack - big business gets a break on their per-copy licensing, why shouldn't the home user? I normally loathe Apple's business practices, but in this case it sounds like they have the right idea. Microsoft should follow their lead and make their OS more attractive to the multi-computer homes out there, which I am sure there are more of these days.
"Hello World" + Eclipse = 30M memory footprint. No thanks.
That's a good approach if you don't work for an IT company that considers any outside work using any skill you possess to be competition, thus rendering you useless outside their four walls. Not only do they hang the constant threat of offshoring over your head, cut your pay, and refuse to give you raises, they also refuse to let you moonlight with your skills to make up the difference! Guess which big three letter company I work for?
Mmmm NetHack references... where are my mod points!?! :)
My army shall trample your lone soldier!
Mod this guy up for a simple statement with so much truth. How many people are clinging to Windows simply because they either can't get their favorite games to work on Linux or don't have the knowledge/desire to try?
I just wish they would change the name to something that doesn't include "box" so that morons would stop using the ever-annoying "boxen".
OMG my first first post! Obviously the /. community has been bored into submission today.
*Hangs head in shame for replying to own post*
*Stares intently trying to find the April Fool's joke in this post*
Actually I need to just properly type what I'm thinking :) My post should have read "them over Antec". Out of curiosity, where did you find a number to contact Enermax? The Contact option on their http://www.enermax.com.tw/ website only contains an email link.
You might want to try emailing Enermax with a technical question before you go choosing Antec over them because of support reasons. I had a problem with an Enermax PS a couple months ago and emailed them with a fairly general question. I never got any response after 3 attempts but they were kind enough to add me to their junkmail list.
No kidding. That gun just pointed itself and pulled the trigger on its own. I bet the poor kid was trying to stop it but the gun was just too powerful. I feel sorry for the kid... the gun just took over.
Why must we blame inanimate objects when people make decisions to use them in inappropriate ways? Surely it must be something or someone else's fault (a video game, a gun, a bottle of booze, a video game store/manufacturer, a bartender, etc) because there's no way that a person could actually be responsible for their own actions. And then you pile on top of that greedy scumbag lawyers who get dollar signs in their eyes anytime they see an opportunity to get in on a high dollar lawsuit. Someone asked why they aren't going after the parents for not raising their kid better or (gasp) just the kid himself... because there's no money to be made there!! The kid's parents aren't going to line the scumbag lawyer's pockets with a double layer of dead presidents, but a company who will settle out of court to avoid having their name dragged through the mud will!
Gads... milage=mileage :(
Not that I support their cause in any way, but to nitpick, why use GPS? Commercial vehicles have long tracked milage without using technology that could be used to track one's whereabouts. If they simply must know how many miles you drive, why not use an electronic odometer rather than tracking your actual movements? Or is it not just the milage they are interested in? Hmmmm.....
Anyone going the Asus route would be well advised to pray and pray that the hardware never fails, because to say that Asus tech support sucks would be a gross understatement. Their hardware is decent, but woe be unto him that has to deal with them on a customer service issue of any kind. I spent over a month recently trying to get a video card issue resolved with them and finally gave up. Luckily the reseller http://www.newegg.com/ DOES have good customer service and gave me a refund of the current market value. I've bought my last Asus product.
I may be incorrect on this (XP Home is evil and I won't use it) but IIRC, you can't disable simple file sharing (also evil) on Windows XP Home. For XP Pro users, your suggestion is correct though.
That's not really a very good analogy, because I doubt you'll find many examples of music being used as a way to disprove nuclear physics, yet religion is oft used to try to debunk scientific ideas.
I've run into a tactic like this before many year ago, except instead of a bad serial number being the trigger, it was a missing piece of hardware. I forget the name of the company/software package now (hopefully the head guy is standing in the unemployment line somewhere), but we had a specialized piece of manufacturing software that read CAD files and prepped data for input to our presses. It ran on IBM PS/2 Model 70's (yuck!) that had the system boards modified with a special BIOS chip by the software vendor. Lo and behold one of the system boards died and was replaced without the BIOS chip being transferred to the new board. The next time the software was run it nuked the entire C drive. We had a legitimate right to use the software, but because of a failed piece of hardware we suffered the wrath of some bastard programmer.
id's claims mean absolutely nothing unless you can somehow prove that the people who downloaded those copies of Doom 3 would have actually bought the software in the first place.
Wow I hope that was tongue in cheek... most AOL users I know have the PC literacy of a baboon.