Well, unfortunately, you can't NOT use IE in Windows.
Ever browsed your computer? IE. Hell, even viewing your desktop is IE-linked. (Note that an IE crash reloads your desktop.) Downloading any non-critical windows updates? IE-only. We all could forgive MS for putting IE in their system, if getting owned by spyware didnt make you drop into a terminal to browse your computer. Always pissed me off to see MyWebSearch, Yahoo! Toolbar, AIM Toolbar, and various others open whilst browsing my friends' horribly-owned systems.
The problem is that Windows is a self-propetuating demon. People get whatever computer/OS their friends know, and thus one Windows user spawns 3 more, and you get WU(t) = 3e^(kt), an exponentioal function ensues.
The EU is doing their job to make sure that such a market strength doesn't prevent others from getting in on the action.
I think it's because Microsoft sells their product (at a high price) to consumers, has deals with computer chains (Dell, HP, IBM), and FULLY INTEGRATES their products into the OS.
If you wanted to remove Firefox and install Opera, you could easily do so. Trying to remove IE results in utter failure, and any attempts to "Set Access Control & Defaults" to remove IE access also fail.
MS just doesn't encourage the use of IE, it FORCES them to. That's the difference. MS doesn't have to offer an IE-free WinXP, just one the user can remove without breaking the whole system.
I know your post was kind aflamebaity, but I couldn't pass this up:
Here, lets do our own poll. Should be just as accurate as theirs.
I agree very much
This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane. I guess your post does have some merit. Most polls are inaccurate, as anyone who's done politics/government studying may know.
You have:
biased pollers (So, do you want vulgar, gross, and potentially terrorist-related information disseminated on these pages or do you wish to protect the helpless children?)
Herd mentality (Ooh, all these people are voting for censorship, I shall also do so)
Poller affiliation, although it seems ironic that Hostway, the runner of this survey, has the option for a personal website with a 'catch line' of "I use this website to express myself."
and some others. I don't trust polls, I think for myself.
It doesn't. What happens, in the same fashion the format GUI does, is that Windows realizes that it is a currently booted-into volume, thus disallowing the format command on it.
As an alternative (and I only offer this in jest), I present you the true way to 'clean out' the C: drive whilst in Windows:
rd/s/q
RD is another call for RMDIR, the/s is for all subdirectories and/q is quiet mode, no prompt. What will really happen is all files not in use (basically all except vital system files) will of course be shanked. Windows' system file checker will kick in saying: "Hey user! This important file is missing! Insert your CD so I can replace it plz?"
Of course no amout of repair can salvage your machine at this point. You essentially get to shutdown your machine, and then reboot to error messages aplenty.
What will the seller do when the buyer demands his Google Gulp cap? I'm sure someone will sue this man for all 40 cents he is owed. I swear people will take these kinds of things seriously.
1. Spotlight: I'm sure you probably know about it by now. Super-quick searching of everything evar!
2. Dashboard: Quick lookup-info and go thing. Try something remarkably similar at http://www.konfabulator.com/ but think of Dashboard as faster.
3. Automator: Like writing small shell scripts to replace you, but way better/gui'fied. Application developers can use AppleScripts to create more robust workflows. (Save your pr0n images faster than ever before!)
4. More optimization: Like most.upgrades, things are looking a lot faster.
Unless they have some way to make it free for the suer. This is the same reason that fax spam company got slaughtered in the courtroom. They sent advertisements that interrupted the flow of buisness (and in the case of hospitals, emergency information), plus it cost the recipients money to recieve the email.
I would go so far as to say telemarketing on cell phones could be punished for minute reimbursement, but IANAL on this one.
Since you are programming something you need (itching your own scratch), you get the benefits of your program immediately, you may get the help of other Googlers on your project, and you get paid. Not to mention a supercomputer grid to do some compilation;)
What also arises is the ability of Google to integrate your wonderful project into their codebase if needed. Say you make a meta-tag scraper thing, or some other seemingly useless diddy, and then Google finds a good use for it. They test it out (but it should already work: you made it;) ), and add it to the codebase. You've contributed to your own benefit initially, got paid for doing it, and in doing so, helped your employer. An ingenious system, if I do say so myself.
... and the file being transferred was an update to the Azureus BitTorrent client.
Especially since you were tranferring free/Free software. If you got caught distributing illegal movies, software, music, et al. then you really don't have much to defend yourself with.
Best solution to the problem: BitTorrent something really helpful, like the XPSP2 standalone installer (even though you may not like Windows). This shows how your individual connection can help release the burden of large files from servers. That's the whole point of BitTorrent. Prove that it works for good, not just for evil.
A free application that you can use to 'pre-page' out pages right before loading up your application. What it does is hog as much RAM as much as it can, forcing the OS to page out any unnessecary applications.
I've seen the standard Explorer + lsass + cwrss + all the svchosts memory footprint go from 80-ish megs to 20. Running this before your game will allow quick load-times and quicker performance.
Of course, media spins on the RIAA cases + the broad success of iTunes (which doesn't need RIAA) will start to turn RIAA from the protector to the oppressor.
We/.'ers know RIAA is 'ebil', but we need to let the populace know. Media is a powerful tool, and we need to get this kinda stuff posted to more major news sites (nbc, cnn, etc)
Well, I would imagine that unless they have a massive staff and many OCR scanners or automation with REALLY good OCR, this may take a LOONNNG time.
I'm not quite sure about the length of a BLOC, but this is a job for not-quite-manual labor. Each book requires a simple task: Scan page 1, flip page, scan page 2, page 3, flip, ad infinitum.
One way to save on time would be to contact the publshers of any book made after 1985-ish, where you can get electronic copies from the author. Some older books may have been already digitized, but it's still going to take more than 25 years unless there's a massive army working on this.
How much processing power does one need for any certain application? I know that projects like World Community Grid need massive amounts of computing power, but seriously, 135 TFlops?
Is publicly displaying security ciphers. I mean, I understand they want to make sure it works by distributing the 'source code' to the internet, but things like these need to be kept, yknow, secret....
Security by obscurity, while not the invincible way to go, is still pretty good coupled with a good security system. Here the SSC is giving everyone a look into something that shouldn't be looked at except by those developing/maintaining the system
It's because the submitter (chadwick) copied the first few sentences from the BuisnessWeek Article who posts stock symbols next to referenced companies as their readership includes buisnessmen.
It is kinda sad the editors didn't take the stock symbol out, but its sadder the submitter didn't.
In this context, ISP refers to any entity, commercial or otherwise, that provides digital network services to subscribers or clients.
I think we'll see many mp3z.ca type sites popping up. When canada opens up decent-sized hosting, someone's going to abuse it from afar (outside of Canada's jurisdiction). A Japanese pirater will use Canada's hosting (which will probably grow due to the lax liability laws) to serve to American consumers. The pirate network will never die, it seems...
Sony has no experience in portable gaming. Nintendo has been doing it right for a decade and half, why should we think the PSP can just waltz onto the scene and take over?
I think this is kinda like when the XBox came out:
Microsoft has no experience in console gaming. Nintendo has been doing it right for a decade and half, why should we think the Xbox can just waltz onto the scene and take over?
While these are not quite the same scenarios, both MS and Sony have advantages in these new markets: MS had a hojillion dollars and Sony has the console market by the balls. PlayStation fans will probably pick up the PSP, and that could really make the PSP turn up in the black (not to pun the PSP's color)
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Well, unfortunately, you can't NOT use IE in Windows.
Ever browsed your computer? IE.
Hell, even viewing your desktop is IE-linked. (Note that an IE crash reloads your desktop.)
Downloading any non-critical windows updates? IE-only.
We all could forgive MS for putting IE in their system, if getting owned by spyware didnt make you drop into a terminal to browse your computer. Always pissed me off to see MyWebSearch, Yahoo! Toolbar, AIM Toolbar, and various others open whilst browsing my friends' horribly-owned systems.
The problem is that Windows is a self-propetuating demon. People get whatever computer/OS their friends know, and thus one Windows user spawns 3 more, and you get WU(t) = 3e^(kt), an exponentioal function ensues.
The EU is doing their job to make sure that such a market strength doesn't prevent others from getting in on the action.
I think it's because Microsoft sells their product (at a high price) to consumers, has deals with computer chains (Dell, HP, IBM), and FULLY INTEGRATES their products into the OS. If you wanted to remove Firefox and install Opera, you could easily do so. Trying to remove IE results in utter failure, and any attempts to "Set Access Control & Defaults" to remove IE access also fail. MS just doesn't encourage the use of IE, it FORCES them to. That's the difference. MS doesn't have to offer an IE-free WinXP, just one the user can remove without breaking the whole system.
I wholeheartedly agree. Although I'm kindof limited by what hasn't expired yet, its a reliable source of high-quality and fully tagged mp3's.
For the interested:
- BNR2
- NewsLeecher
Are the two that I use. They work really well, although NewsLeecher is 15-day shareware.Here, lets do our own poll. Should be just as accurate as theirs.
I agree very much
This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
I guess your post does have some merit. Most polls are inaccurate, as anyone who's done politics/government studying may know.
You have:
- biased pollers (So, do you want vulgar, gross, and potentially terrorist-related information disseminated on these pages or do you wish to protect the helpless children?)
- Herd mentality (Ooh, all these people are voting for censorship, I shall also do so)
- Poller affiliation, although it seems ironic that Hostway, the runner of this survey, has the option for a personal website with a 'catch line' of "I use this website to express myself."
and some others. I don't trust polls, I think for myself.As an alternative (and I only offer this in jest), I present you the true way to 'clean out' the C: drive whilst in Windows:
RD is another call for RMDIR, the
Of course no amout of repair can salvage your machine at this point. You essentially get to shutdown your machine, and then reboot to error messages aplenty.
Weebl:PIE!
Bob:Yes!
And 6 People have bid for it...
What will the seller do when the buyer demands his Google Gulp cap? I'm sure someone will sue this man for all 40 cents he is owed. I swear people will take these kinds of things seriously.
I think I can answer that for him...
.upgrades, things are looking a lot faster.
While this list may answer your questions, I seriously reccomend viewing the '05 Keynote from San Fransico
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf05/
1. Spotlight: I'm sure you probably know about it by now. Super-quick searching of everything evar!
2. Dashboard: Quick lookup-info and go thing. Try something remarkably similar at http://www.konfabulator.com/ but think of Dashboard as faster.
3. Automator: Like writing small shell scripts to replace you, but way better/gui'fied. Application developers can use AppleScripts to create more robust workflows. (Save your pr0n images faster than ever before!)
4. More optimization: Like most
Visit http://www.apple.com/macosx/ for more info
Computer Techies don't need to overcompensate for anything, unlike most professional sports players. Or do small potatoes make the steak look bigger?
Unless they have some way to make it free for the suer. This is the same reason that fax spam company got slaughtered in the courtroom. They sent advertisements that interrupted the flow of buisness (and in the case of hospitals, emergency information), plus it cost the recipients money to recieve the email.
I would go so far as to say telemarketing on cell phones could be punished for minute reimbursement, but IANAL on this one.
Already been done with goatse... I just checked...
goatse@grafedia.net
Tubgirl hasnt been taken, anyone want to do the honors?
tubgirl@grafedia.net
Soviet Computer Hacker named Linyos Torovoltos
4 2056.2147.html
from the best idiocy satire page ever:
http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.12.2.
Since you are programming something you need (itching your own scratch), you get the benefits of your program immediately, you may get the help of other Googlers on your project, and you get paid. Not to mention a supercomputer grid to do some compilation ;)
;) ), and add it to the codebase. You've contributed to your own benefit initially, got paid for doing it, and in doing so, helped your employer. An ingenious system, if I do say so myself.
What also arises is the ability of Google to integrate your wonderful project into their codebase if needed. Say you make a meta-tag scraper thing, or some other seemingly useless diddy, and then Google finds a good use for it. They test it out (but it should already work: you made it
Especially since you were tranferring free/Free software. If you got caught distributing illegal movies, software, music, et al. then you really don't have much to defend yourself with.
Best solution to the problem: BitTorrent something really helpful, like the XPSP2 standalone installer (even though you may not like Windows). This shows how your individual connection can help release the burden of large files from servers. That's the whole point of BitTorrent. Prove that it works for good, not just for evil.
Actually RD is another command for RMDIR
n /w indows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/rmdir.mspx
See Microsoft's website for details:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentatio
http://www.bysoft.com/freeram.asp
A free application that you can use to 'pre-page' out pages right before loading up your application. What it does is hog as much RAM as much as it can, forcing the OS to page out any unnessecary applications.
I've seen the standard Explorer + lsass + cwrss + all the svchosts memory footprint go from 80-ish megs to 20. Running this before your game will allow quick load-times and quicker performance.
This is sadly true...
/.'ers know RIAA is 'ebil', but we need to let the populace know. Media is a powerful tool, and we need to get this kinda stuff posted to more major news sites (nbc, cnn, etc)
Of course, media spins on the RIAA cases + the broad success of iTunes (which doesn't need RIAA) will start to turn RIAA from the protector to the oppressor.
We
Only then will the masses become enlightened.
Well, I would imagine that unless they have a massive staff and many OCR scanners or automation with REALLY good OCR, this may take a LOONNNG time.
I'm not quite sure about the length of a BLOC, but this is a job for not-quite-manual labor. Each book requires a simple task: Scan page 1, flip page, scan page 2, page 3, flip, ad infinitum.
One way to save on time would be to contact the publshers of any book made after 1985-ish, where you can get electronic copies from the author. Some older books may have been already digitized, but it's still going to take more than 25 years unless there's a massive army working on this.
How much processing power does one need for any certain application? I know that projects like World Community Grid need massive amounts of computing power, but seriously, 135 TFlops?
...ok I couldn't resist
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these....
Is publicly displaying security ciphers. I mean, I understand they want to make sure it works by distributing the 'source code' to the internet, but things like these need to be kept, yknow, secret....
Security by obscurity, while not the invincible way to go, is still pretty good coupled with a good security system. Here the SSC is giving everyone a look into something that shouldn't be looked at except by those developing/maintaining the system
It's because the submitter (chadwick) copied the first few sentences from the BuisnessWeek Article who posts stock symbols next to referenced companies as their readership includes buisnessmen.
It is kinda sad the editors didn't take the stock symbol out, but its sadder the submitter didn't.
See the thing is that your girlfriend would have to memorize the pattern of her best friend's number and translate it to the sensations 'down south'.
;) )
I would only assume this would take practice, which means your girlfriend may in fact have one of her own (which isn't such a bad thing
I think we'll see many mp3z.ca type sites popping up. When canada opens up decent-sized hosting, someone's going to abuse it from afar (outside of Canada's jurisdiction). A Japanese pirater will use Canada's hosting (which will probably grow due to the lax liability laws) to serve to American consumers. The pirate network will never die, it seems...
I think this is kinda like when the XBox came out:
Microsoft has no experience in console gaming. Nintendo has been doing it right for a decade and half, why should we think the Xbox can just waltz onto the scene and take over?
While these are not quite the same scenarios, both MS and Sony have advantages in these new markets: MS had a hojillion dollars and Sony has the console market by the balls. PlayStation fans will probably pick up the PSP, and that could really make the PSP turn up in the black (not to pun the PSP's color)