Alternatively, we could freeze some embryos and place them in an artificial womb to mature at the end of the journey, with an advanced computer to educate them about their task.
I know how a normal car is heated - that's my point. Conventional cars heat the cabin through waste heat from the engine. No such source on an electric car, so the energy is going to have to be piped directly from the batteries.
Having not actually read this book, I have the question its point to anyone besides a complete novice, for the following points:
1) Vista is actually fairly intuitive. If you have to resort to a book to figure out what WordPad or Paint is, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place...
2) I can, possibly, slightly, maybe see this book being useful to someone without the internet. But then, why buy Vista? Any problem identified in Vista is likely to be fairly unique, and almost certainly not covered in the book. Perhaps it should really be about making the most of Google and Google Groups to find a solution?
3) Vista's built in Help is far, far better than that which shipped with XP. It actually "helps" you if you have a problem, and seems to connect to a huge online repository of articles.
4) Vista has been available to the general public for THREE WEEKS. How can you write a book on troubleshooting problems about it?
I'm sorry if this sounds so negative, but I honestly can't see the point of this book for computer professionals, particularly on Slashdot. For my grandma, maybe.
You said it better than I ever could. Two years ago I was knocked off my bike by a car and taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary. There were no queues in A+E, and I was admitted the same day to an orthopaedic ward and operated on that evening. Discharged two days later with a free prescription of codeine etc.
Not once did I have to concern myself with how much it was going to cost, or if I was going to get treatment. A relative has cancer and has probably undergone several million pounds worth of treatment over the last 5 years. A major disadvantage of private hospitals is that should something go wrong while you're in there, you face an ambulance ride to a major hospital anyway...
A lot of people bitch about the National Health Service, and yes, it might be performing poorly in certain areas, but in general it's extremely good. Given the choice between a National Health Service, and, say, cheap petrol, I know which I'd prefer.
Would I tolerate a small chip in my arm to continue to enjoy this, knowing that my medical records could be pulled up instantly in an ambulance; or ensure that I wasn't given the wrong drugs? Yes, almost certainly.
I've just tried this on Vista Ultimate edition, and experienced no problems at all, apart from a UAC warning asking me if I really wanted to dump an unknown executable into my Program Files directory (and for some reason, a warning saying that a UAC warning was about to appear...).
However, I suspect the GP is talking out of his arse. The file was from another PC, in another workgroup, drag-and-dropped straight into the Program Files directory. I even tried it in the Windows folder, and it was fine.
>> If you're one of the survivors of the apocalypse, >> you want to go to an armory first, and THEN the seed bank. >> >> Otherwise you'll show up at the seed bank and meet the >> guys who had the foresight to bring guns.
And there, ladies and gentlemen, is definitive proof that if there is an apocalypse, it will probably be caused by the Americans...
I remember the iPod updater didn't work back in June with RC1. I don't know why Apple's waited this long to even announce that their software doesn't work - although I have a sneaky suspicion it might solely be for PR purposes. "Look at this awful operating system. It breaks EVERYTHING! Buy a Mac instead."
Or perhaps there's a completely innocent explanation and I'm just being a touch paranoid.
I had a pleasant experience with a large(ish) company called Light and Motion t'other day. They manufacture HID lights for bikes / boating etc and I had a charger fault which damaged a battery. Normally, chargers and batteries are ~$150 each to replace, and my system was out of warranty by a few weeks, but they got in touch with my local distributer and arranged replacement parts, with instructions to send back the old ones if it cured the problem.
I was expecting a proper fight to get it sorted, and it just goes to show that some companies do care about the little guy.
With the greatest possible respect, you Sir, are a moron. The vast majority of people find Harry Potter an enjoyable read - primarily because they're not approaching it expecting War and Peace and looking to criticise. Bear in mind that it's got millions of kids reading, and for that alone the Harry Potter series is priceless and JK Rowling deserves to be applauded.
It doesn't seem all that balanced to me. If you want to cripple a Vista system for TWO HOURS then install Visual Studio 2005 SP1. CPU usage on my Turion64 X2 CPU was pegged at 100%, memory usage (2GB!) at 100%, disk thrashing away etc. Vista was completely unresponsive for approximately 40 minutes of the two hour install, and extremely sluggish for the rest.
* I appreciate that this post has nothing to do with Vista's IO scheduling, but it should not be possible for any application to suck up 100% of the system resources without my permission. On any OS.
I believe it's a British / American thing. As a Brit, I tend to treat a company as plural, whereas Americans seem to prefer to consider them single entities. I don't think there's a formal answer.
You clot. Plot "difficulty of learning" against "amount learned" and you'll find the analogy holds true. (Or "time spent" against "amount learned" etc.) I can't say I found Office 2007 difficult to learn. It's only difficult if you go into it expecting an incremental update over Office 2003. Bear in mind the the Office 2003 interface is what, 15 years old?
Might I suggest a button that you have to push once every 108 minutes? You could even link it to a computer and enter a sequence of numbers in to reset the timer...
Yeah, but how many people are going to buy Vista in the shops? Anyone who bought a PC or laptop since October will find it perfectly capable of handling Aero, and all new computers with Vista pre-installed will handle it fine too.
It's a minority who'll buy the boxed version, and if they're anything like us they'll have PC's more than capable of handling Aero. So his argument is a fallacy.
I know just how difficult it is to be objective about something, but that article is unreasonably unfair. A couple of points that jump out:
1) Inconsistency in the UI. Yes, it's inconsistant in Vista. It's the same in OSX. Look at the differences between iTunes and other core programs and iLife.
2) What computer were they running Vista on? The Aero UI wasn't running, implying that either they were running it on an old PC, or that the author was so unfamiliar with the OS that he didn't realise!
3) Authentication before making system changes. This, the author implies, is acceptable on OSX, but not Windows? Why?
Not so. You didn't just use a replacement installation disk (which, incidentally, I have no objection to - I lost my Windows CD years ago), you also used a dodgy serial number.
If you genuinely bought the software, surely you'd have had a copy of the CD key? I mean, you could even have got on the phone to MS and sweet-talked them into giving you a replacement (worked for a friend of mine).
My objection is that you feel it's Microsoft's fault that you can't install WMP11 because you're running a pirated copy of Windows.
"I can certainly download something that claim to be a copy of WMP11, but all I get is a pop-up complaining about WGA. Now, mind, I've got a license of windows. I can't find it. So I downloaded Windows XP. HELO Fair Use."
By your reasoning, if I lost a DVD movie, I could steal another one from the store and it would be fair use because I already own it.
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Yes. I believe the petition confirms your details against the electoral role - when I signed it asked for my home address etc.
We really need a new mod option: -1 Duh. ;-)
Alternatively, we could freeze some embryos and place them in an artificial womb to mature at the end of the journey, with an advanced computer to educate them about their task.
Actually, £97 is about $190 thanks to your tumbling economy... ;-)
I know how a normal car is heated - that's my point. Conventional cars heat the cabin through waste heat from the engine. No such source on an electric car, so the energy is going to have to be piped directly from the batteries.
What's going to happen when it's cold? I mean, even a small heater for a car is going to draw about 1kW, which isn't going to give long battery life?
Having not actually read this book, I have the question its point to anyone besides a complete novice, for the following points:
1) Vista is actually fairly intuitive. If you have to resort to a book to figure out what WordPad or Paint is, perhaps you shouldn't be using a computer in the first place...
2) I can, possibly, slightly, maybe see this book being useful to someone without the internet. But then, why buy Vista? Any problem identified in Vista is likely to be fairly unique, and almost certainly not covered in the book. Perhaps it should really be about making the most of Google and Google Groups to find a solution?
3) Vista's built in Help is far, far better than that which shipped with XP. It actually "helps" you if you have a problem, and seems to connect to a huge online repository of articles.
4) Vista has been available to the general public for THREE WEEKS. How can you write a book on troubleshooting problems about it?
I'm sorry if this sounds so negative, but I honestly can't see the point of this book for computer professionals, particularly on Slashdot. For my grandma, maybe.
You said it better than I ever could. Two years ago I was knocked off my bike by a car and taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary. There were no queues in A+E, and I was admitted the same day to an orthopaedic ward and operated on that evening. Discharged two days later with a free prescription of codeine etc.
Not once did I have to concern myself with how much it was going to cost, or if I was going to get treatment. A relative has cancer and has probably undergone several million pounds worth of treatment over the last 5 years. A major disadvantage of private hospitals is that should something go wrong while you're in there, you face an ambulance ride to a major hospital anyway...
A lot of people bitch about the National Health Service, and yes, it might be performing poorly in certain areas, but in general it's extremely good. Given the choice between a National Health Service, and, say, cheap petrol, I know which I'd prefer.
Would I tolerate a small chip in my arm to continue to enjoy this, knowing that my medical records could be pulled up instantly in an ambulance; or ensure that I wasn't given the wrong drugs? Yes, almost certainly.
I've just tried this on Vista Ultimate edition, and experienced no problems at all, apart from a UAC warning asking me if I really wanted to dump an unknown executable into my Program Files directory (and for some reason, a warning saying that a UAC warning was about to appear...).
However, I suspect the GP is talking out of his arse. The file was from another PC, in another workgroup, drag-and-dropped straight into the Program Files directory. I even tried it in the Windows folder, and it was fine.
>> If you're one of the survivors of the apocalypse,
>> you want to go to an armory first, and THEN the seed bank.
>>
>> Otherwise you'll show up at the seed bank and meet the
>> guys who had the foresight to bring guns.
And there, ladies and gentlemen, is definitive proof that if there is an apocalypse, it will probably be caused by the Americans...
I remember the iPod updater didn't work back in June with RC1. I don't know why Apple's waited this long to even announce that their software doesn't work - although I have a sneaky suspicion it might solely be for PR purposes. "Look at this awful operating system. It breaks EVERYTHING! Buy a Mac instead."
Or perhaps there's a completely innocent explanation and I'm just being a touch paranoid.
I had a pleasant experience with a large(ish) company called Light and Motion t'other day. They manufacture HID lights for bikes / boating etc and I had a charger fault which damaged a battery. Normally, chargers and batteries are ~$150 each to replace, and my system was out of warranty by a few weeks, but they got in touch with my local distributer and arranged replacement parts, with instructions to send back the old ones if it cured the problem.
I was expecting a proper fight to get it sorted, and it just goes to show that some companies do care about the little guy.
With the greatest possible respect, you Sir, are a moron. The vast majority of people find Harry Potter an enjoyable read - primarily because they're not approaching it expecting War and Peace and looking to criticise. Bear in mind that it's got millions of kids reading, and for that alone the Harry Potter series is priceless and JK Rowling deserves to be applauded.
*Whistles nonchalantly*
It's surprisingly easy to do that. I've, erm, seen a friend do it before. Twice. Ahem.
Of course, if no one pirated it they would have no need to apply protection.
It doesn't seem all that balanced to me. If you want to cripple a Vista system for TWO HOURS then install Visual Studio 2005 SP1. CPU usage on my Turion64 X2 CPU was pegged at 100%, memory usage (2GB!) at 100%, disk thrashing away etc. Vista was completely unresponsive for approximately 40 minutes of the two hour install, and extremely sluggish for the rest.
* I appreciate that this post has nothing to do with Vista's IO scheduling, but it should not be possible for any application to suck up 100% of the system resources without my permission. On any OS.
I believe it's a British / American thing. As a Brit, I tend to treat a company as plural, whereas Americans seem to prefer to consider them single entities. I don't think there's a formal answer.
You clot. Plot "difficulty of learning" against "amount learned" and you'll find the analogy holds true. (Or "time spent" against "amount learned" etc.) I can't say I found Office 2007 difficult to learn. It's only difficult if you go into it expecting an incremental update over Office 2003. Bear in mind the the Office 2003 interface is what, 15 years old?
Yes, I know. In natural units, time and length are the same as 1/energy. Since a second is really quite a long time, hence TeV-1.
Some of us prefer to think of time in natural units. :-)
(Yes, I have only so many TeV^-1 left before I finish writing this post and go home...)
Might I suggest a button that you have to push once every 108 minutes? You could even link it to a computer and enter a sequence of numbers in to reset the timer...
Yeah, but how many people are going to buy Vista in the shops? Anyone who bought a PC or laptop since October will find it perfectly capable of handling Aero, and all new computers with Vista pre-installed will handle it fine too.
It's a minority who'll buy the boxed version, and if they're anything like us they'll have PC's more than capable of handling Aero. So his argument is a fallacy.
I know just how difficult it is to be objective about something, but that article is unreasonably unfair. A couple of points that jump out:
1) Inconsistency in the UI. Yes, it's inconsistant in Vista. It's the same in OSX. Look at the differences between iTunes and other core programs and iLife.
2) What computer were they running Vista on? The Aero UI wasn't running, implying that either they were running it on an old PC, or that the author was so unfamiliar with the OS that he didn't realise!
3) Authentication before making system changes. This, the author implies, is acceptable on OSX, but not Windows? Why?
etc. etc.
Not so. You didn't just use a replacement installation disk (which, incidentally, I have no objection to - I lost my Windows CD years ago), you also used a dodgy serial number.
If you genuinely bought the software, surely you'd have had a copy of the CD key? I mean, you could even have got on the phone to MS and sweet-talked them into giving you a replacement (worked for a friend of mine).
My objection is that you feel it's Microsoft's fault that you can't install WMP11 because you're running a pirated copy of Windows.
"I can certainly download something that claim to be a copy of WMP11, but all I get is a pop-up complaining about WGA. Now, mind, I've got a license of windows. I can't find it. So I downloaded Windows XP. HELO Fair Use."
By your reasoning, if I lost a DVD movie, I could steal another one from the store and it would be fair use because I already own it.