I dunno, most people I knew at the time were running 2K. That's probably more a comment on the demographics of PC users I knew back then. We were all gamers though. I still remember trying to build charts between us measuring functionality vs. memory usage.
I work in consumer electronics retail, and I'm still getting calls asking about downgrading to XP, or buying XP, or buying a machine with XP on it, even from users who actually know about W7.
Damn, I remember the days when XP was the abomination. I guess if you beat people up enough, they learn when to say "uncle".
I should probably clarify here: I was responding specifically to the CCTV comment. The summary didn't touch on any issues re: online privacy, and I'll hold my hands up and admit I haven't had chance to read the article yet. I think there's a big difference between people monitoring public spaces (which are usually owned by the local authority anyways) and people monitoring personal online activity.
And how is evidence of me acting innocently in public areas going to facilitate that? It's going to happen whether I live in a surveillance society or not.
Honestly? I just don't have anything to hide. And if I did, I'd hide from the cameras. It's not as though it's a problem out in the 'burbs. Sure, city centres, particularly The City That Is London And Yea, Shall Always Be Referred To As "The City" Because It's So "Important", you ought to sign a waiver before you enter, but the crime is also so much higher there.
But my internetz? Data wants to be free / You can't stop The Signal / Hack the Planet / Insert coin for another catchphrase.
NO NO NO! They do NOT need to ask themselves that! If they do, they'll form a committee to go about finding a way of answering the question. After years of deliberating, that committee will decide another committee is better suited, and send them off into the desert for 30 days and nights, to search for their spirit guide.
Upon their long-hair-bearded-and-sandalised return, they shall proclaim that the original committee was mistaken in their decision, and call for a review on the whole process.
Years down the line, the final decision will be made:
We never should've tried to create a Unix alternative in the first place. All work on GNU is meaningless and void. From this day forward, we shall concentrate all our efforts on the creation of a wholly new, original OS based around the same open source principles of the GNU.
Other than Amazon patenting this, it's hardly newsworthy, not even slashworthy. Anyone who's ever worked in a callcentre has already done this, and working in a callcentre is no accurate insight on education or intelligence.
My current employer (Capita) makes extensive use of dumb terminals.
Live in the UK and not heard of them? Understandable, other companies outsource to them, namely the entire Dixons group, and a ton other companies. Not a marketing pitch, just realise that the building I work in is just one installation and they recently bought another building in Nottingham, as well as the collection of buildings I have no reason to deal with.
The reason behind the deal between Novell and Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft's figured out where all their money's gonna end up;)
Not that I'm bashing either party in this case, it just jumped out at me:)
Sometimes I wonder whether the head knows what the body's doing at all with MS. Ballmer's attitude consistantly seems to contradict MS' as a whole recently.
It reminds me very much of Steve Ballmer as presented in this hypothetical memo.
Jokes aside, I once did some package-wizardy to get FSV working on my Debian install. Wish there was a Windows equivalent, it was actually a ton of use for figuring out where all my disk space was going:)
I read on Wikipedia about bizzaroklingeons, but I don't remember seeing that race. Maybe they're in the new film too! I've heard of slow news days, but this is ridiculous!
I totally know that Halo 3 is gonna leave me a wreck for at least an hour. Either Chief's sacrifice or Cortana's insanity and subsequent destruction (I'm fairly sure that at least one of them wont survive the series).
I dunno, if spam is smart enough to get through my filters, I usually take the time to read whatever quasi-poetic method it used to get through them. Some of them are surprisingly gripping.
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Somebody's salary must be up for review.
I dunno, most people I knew at the time were running 2K. That's probably more a comment on the demographics of PC users I knew back then. We were all gamers though. I still remember trying to build charts between us measuring functionality vs. memory usage.
I bet they can't wait to join the lets-pay-huge-amounts-of-money-to-maintain-dormant-stockpiles-of-useless-weapons club.
I work in consumer electronics retail, and I'm still getting calls asking about downgrading to XP, or buying XP, or buying a machine with XP on it, even from users who actually know about W7.
Damn, I remember the days when XP was the abomination. I guess if you beat people up enough, they learn when to say "uncle".
Like last year's prom queen spiking the punch. Maybe if she hadn't turned into a total bitch, people would still give a shit what she has to say.
I should probably clarify here: I was responding specifically to the CCTV comment. The summary didn't touch on any issues re: online privacy, and I'll hold my hands up and admit I haven't had chance to read the article yet. I think there's a big difference between people monitoring public spaces (which are usually owned by the local authority anyways) and people monitoring personal online activity.
There's a subtle difference between not hiding information and broadcasting it on an open channel.
And how is evidence of me acting innocently in public areas going to facilitate that? It's going to happen whether I live in a surveillance society or not.
Honestly? I just don't have anything to hide. And if I did, I'd hide from the cameras. It's not as though it's a problem out in the 'burbs. Sure, city centres, particularly The City That Is London And Yea, Shall Always Be Referred To As "The City" Because It's So "Important", you ought to sign a waiver before you enter, but the crime is also so much higher there. But my internetz? Data wants to be free / You can't stop The Signal / Hack the Planet / Insert coin for another catchphrase.
NO NO NO! They do NOT need to ask themselves that! If they do, they'll form a committee to go about finding a way of answering the question. After years of deliberating, that committee will decide another committee is better suited, and send them off into the desert for 30 days and nights, to search for their spirit guide.
Upon their long-hair-bearded-and-sandalised return, they shall proclaim that the original committee was mistaken in their decision, and call for a review on the whole process.
Years down the line, the final decision will be made:
We never should've tried to create a Unix alternative in the first place. All work on GNU is meaningless and void. From this day forward, we shall concentrate all our efforts on the creation of a wholly new, original OS based around the same open source principles of the GNU.
It's name?
UNG is Not GNU (UNG).
Truly, Prime Minister Berlusconi is a great man, a marvel, the pinnacle of international leadership, and an example to us all.
When Obama was elected as President, he was the first to compliment him on his suntan.
Other than Amazon patenting this, it's hardly newsworthy, not even slashworthy. Anyone who's ever worked in a callcentre has already done this, and working in a callcentre is no accurate insight on education or intelligence.
My current employer (Capita) makes extensive use of dumb terminals.
Live in the UK and not heard of them? Understandable, other companies outsource to them, namely the entire Dixons group, and a ton other companies. Not a marketing pitch, just realise that the building I work in is just one installation and they recently bought another building in Nottingham, as well as the collection of buildings I have no reason to deal with.
The reason behind the deal between Novell and Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft's figured out where all their money's gonna end up ;)
Not that I'm bashing either party in this case, it just jumped out at me :)
Slightly OT, since this article primarily concerns the branding effort, but MS just needs to buy XFire and integrate it into Live's framework.
Being able to see what all my friends are playing regardless of which box either of us is on? Win.
The transhumanist in me finds it rather touching that a team of men and machines spread across two different planets is searching for one lost member.
Sometimes I wonder whether the head knows what the body's doing at all with MS. Ballmer's attitude consistantly seems to contradict MS' as a whole recently.
It reminds me very much of Steve Ballmer as presented in this hypothetical memo.
I wasn't aware of it, but I'm checking it out right now! Thanks :)
Jokes aside, I once did some package-wizardy to get FSV working on my Debian install. Wish there was a Windows equivalent, it was actually a ton of use for figuring out where all my disk space was going :)
I read on Wikipedia about bizzaroklingeons, but I don't remember seeing that race. Maybe they're in the new film too! I've heard of slow news days, but this is ridiculous!
C'mon, peeps, the year is 2006. AYBABTU is dead and buried.
Anyone comparing a modern machine with a 10 year old one obviously has an agenda.
I totally know that Halo 3 is gonna leave me a wreck for at least an hour. Either Chief's sacrifice or Cortana's insanity and subsequent destruction (I'm fairly sure that at least one of them wont survive the series).
I dunno, if spam is smart enough to get through my filters, I usually take the time to read whatever quasi-poetic method it used to get through them. Some of them are surprisingly gripping.
Prey is a great game. It finally gave me a way of categorising games that're just like Half-Life:
First Person Spanner .