Because if the XP machine's connecting via an 10mb/s hub and linux via an gigabit switch, it'd invalidate anything at OS level.......it's most likely to be an buggy Flash app or buggy Javascript.
Has he tried to download a large file from his internet provide (something which'll max the connection out) on both machines, and tested the difference in load times?
It's more than just an moron, it's an nasty, stubborn, selfsentered and selfish moron.
"Our neighbour is an right old git" could be used to describe an elderly neigbour who, say, regularly blocked your driveway because your car got in the way of the sunlight on his garden.
The old neighbour from Dennis, or Victor Meldrew from One Food In The Grave are both fine examples of gits.
You have more control if you drive out of it on ice than if you break.
Been in a similar situation myself in 2003/4, and managed to get back home without hitting anyone. When it started sliding I didn't break, I used the gas to carefully change my direction.
Mind you I've driven an American car in the past, and they handle like tanks. So there's probably little that you can do to control such vehicles on the ice..
The time, effort and money spent prosecuting someone for what, to any sane person is clearly not a crime would be better spent doing stuff like, you know, protecting actual children from being, you know, actually abused?
As it is, all this does is insult those who've suffered abuse. It makes what has happend to them seem like a joke.
I did this, and BT eventually fixed it (about a year after I first started moaning). Just for our house, mind. The rest of the estate (a new build in 1998) had no broadband, and I'm sure they continue to have no broadband.
>Lego was naar het Europese Hof van justitie gestapt in de strijd tegen >de Canadese concurrent Mega Brands, die een blokje op de markt heeft >gebracht dat past op die van Lego. Het Hof oordeelde vandaag dat het >ontwerp van Lego niet is beschermd door het Europees merkenrecht en dat >er dus geen sprake mag zijn van alleenrecht.
Here's a translation, I've tried to use more English expressions where I can:
Lego has been to the European head of justice in the battle against Canadian competitor Mega Brands, who have put Lego-compatible blocks on the market. The head decided today that Lego's design isn't protected on the European market and that there is no talk of them having a monopoly....
On XP at least, support of remote controls is poor. I guess Microsoft want to sell you to a copy of Media Center Edition or the equivelent Vista version, so they withhold the drivers.
..and George W, son of a president, is an average white man?
Obama and McCain have more in common than anything that skin colour or the actions of the long dead people whom they decended from. They're both politicians, not people.
So long as you're getting a good signal, GPS is very accurate. My old Garmin tracks my speed to within 1km/h when doing 120km/h. Calibrated against my speedometer, a second GPS and one of the "this is your speed" signs installed on a local 80km/h road (that plan kinda backfired for them).
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Physical network connection, I mean.
Because if the XP machine's connecting via an 10mb/s hub and linux via an gigabit switch, it'd invalidate anything at OS level.... ...it's most likely to be an buggy Flash app or buggy Javascript.
Has he tried to download a large file from his internet provide (something which'll max the connection out) on both machines, and tested the difference in load times?
..because there are no cons in the first page of results when searching for 'open office' or 'openoffice'.
Searching on google.de, of course.
Or is this the result of some SEO targeting stupid people?
Stupid biaach.
It's more than just an moron, it's an nasty, stubborn, selfsentered and selfish moron.
"Our neighbour is an right old git" could be used to describe an elderly neigbour who, say, regularly blocked your driveway because your car got in the way of the sunlight on his garden.
The old neighbour from Dennis, or Victor Meldrew from One Food In The Grave are both fine examples of gits.
It's like a weaker version of the c-word.
Eve Online was the logical extension of Elite and Frontier.
Damn homonyms.
1. Fire all the coders/engineers
2. ??
3. Profit
Wouldn't surprise me, Microsoft has been turning itself into more of an marketing shell than an technology company in the last 5 years.
Just look at what they've done to Windows with the idoicy of the multiple editions. Bloody marketing.
You have more control if you drive out of it on ice than if you break.
Been in a similar situation myself in 2003/4, and managed to get back home without hitting anyone. When it started sliding I didn't break, I used the gas to carefully change my direction.
Mind you I've driven an American car in the past, and they handle like tanks. So there's probably little that you can do to control such vehicles on the ice..
The time, effort and money spent prosecuting someone for what, to any sane person is clearly not a crime would be better spent doing stuff like, you know, protecting actual children from being, you know, actually abused?
As it is, all this does is insult those who've suffered abuse. It makes what has happend to them seem like a joke.
Bloody kangaroo court in a country full of crims.
I'd assume that the parent poster knew the acronyms for British Telecom and Member of Parliment..
Argue it with BT.
Write to your MP.
I did this, and BT eventually fixed it (about a year after I first started moaning). Just for our house, mind. The rest of the estate (a new build in 1998) had no broadband, and I'm sure they continue to have no broadband.
Estate was the "Warwick Gates", in Warwick.
Yup, the good old days.
Back then, when google results actually returned something useful instead of 20 pages of useless links to price-grabber or experts-exchange.
Back then, when the newsgroups were still good.
Back then, when you could still post your picture of the Enterprise without getting on the wrong end of a law suit.
Back then, when most of the people online had an IQ in three digits.
Back then, when you could happily host a copy of the Jolly Rogers Cookbook without being called a terrorist.
Back then, when the total amount of useful information on the internet was exactly the same as it was today.
Back then, load times were measured in minutes not seconds... ..actually, forget the last one.
Well, the grammer's very different, but there are so many English words (ESPECIALLY in IT) that English-speakers can make sense of it...
>Lego was naar het Europese Hof van justitie gestapt in de strijd tegen
>de Canadese concurrent Mega Brands, die een blokje op de markt heeft
>gebracht dat past op die van Lego. Het Hof oordeelde vandaag dat het
>ontwerp van Lego niet is beschermd door het Europees merkenrecht en dat
>er dus geen sprake mag zijn van alleenrecht.
Here's a translation, I've tried to use more English expressions where I can:
Lego has been to the European head of justice in the battle against Canadian competitor Mega Brands, who have put Lego-compatible blocks on the market. The head decided today that Lego's design isn't protected on the European market and that there is no talk of them having a monopoly....
19,700 sheets of paper....
They're not available in the US because you guys don't like small cars. Plus you're not paying $2.50 per litre like we do here (in Netherlands).
..the second part of the latest series starts again in a couple of weeks, and makes prominent feature of space elevators...
On XP at least, support of remote controls is poor. I guess Microsoft want to sell you to a copy of Media Center Edition or the equivelent Vista version, so they withhold the drivers.
I assume it's better on Linux.
In this case it's more about the advertising revenue than the threat of lawsuits.
The financial industry have lots of ads on Discovery, from what I've seen.
..and George W, son of a president, is an average white man?
Obama and McCain have more in common than anything that skin colour or the actions of the long dead people whom they decended from. They're both politicians, not people.
> or @riaa.org you're most likely a criminal.
Or a perfect target for "powdered remedy" spam.
Yeah, touch screen is so passé.
In the 80s, even Buicks had 'em.
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/23/buick-reatta-had-a-t.html/
Well, the vast majority of AIDs cases are in the third world, where they probably don't have access to databases. Or doctors.
> Never Trust Trustworthy computing. it hasn't earned it.
Trusted Computing.
There's a big difference between Trusted and Trustworthy. As this update proves.
So long as you're getting a good signal, GPS is very accurate. My old Garmin tracks my speed to within 1km/h when doing 120km/h. Calibrated against my speedometer, a second GPS and one of the "this is your speed" signs installed on a local 80km/h road (that plan kinda backfired for them).