They're both equally annoying, but it was amusing to do. The similarities between the two of them are just astounding, and I think it's about time someone pointed it out.
Really, I think that Lisa Kudrow should sue Lucas for either infringement on her trademark dippiness or for the right to play him in future movies and holiday variety shows.
Word 2000, on one of the boxes here, runs the Microsoft Installer every time you open a word document. EVERY time.
Microsoft denies that this is happening, they'll only admit to "it happens on boxes that had Office 97 products on them."
Except that this is a fresh 2000 install with nothing but Office 2000 on there....
In my search for answers (which I still have not found), I stumbled onto a utility published by Microsoft for cleaning up after Windows Installer.
Now, if you're as unfortunate as I am and have had to write InstallShield installers that are supposed to install on every win32 platform, you know what a ludicrous task it is.
I mean, if Microsoft themselves can't write a freaking installer to install THEIR OWN word processor on THEIR OWN operating system, what hope do we have? They have to publish utilities to clean up (unsuccessfully) after their own installers? And I have to support this?
Well, it's obviously a ploy to gain greater power for himself. I still think there could have been a more entertaining way to do it.
I know a lot of lawyers who've advanced their careers through major tax law cases, but it doesn't mean I want to see a 2 hour movie I waited forever for about it.
I've also seen a number of movies where I didn't expect the CGI, and was appalled by it.
I knew there were models in the originals, but they were still impressive.
I had lowered my expectations a bit by the time I saw it too. The only way I made it through was by mentally replacing JarJar with Lisa Kudrow. It was a much more entertaining movie after that.
Man, if this next one is as bad as the last, I will have lost all hope and will have wasted many years of waiting for a good new movie from Lucas.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fanatic, but I'd love to see a good quality Star Wars movie. If you can tell that it's CGI, it's just a waste of screen time.
I wish he'd get back into myths and legends like the originals. Wars over trade routes aren't exactly the most exciting plot glue.
For the majority of computer users, graphic speed is *not* an issue anymore. If you want to, you can have Q3 running in 1600x1200 at very playable frame rates....
What we need is faster disk I/O, but as Intel knows, it's just not as sexy of a thing to put in press releases.
So how are they going to make profits? They've managed to get this far through private funding, when their funding comes from internal, interested sources.
The instant the IPO opens, investors will clamor for profits. The press will start ranking on them for not turning profits. In essence, the full pressure of non-profitability will come to bear.
Personally, I'd love to see a revenue stream that doesn't require covering every inch of the screen with banner ads, or the stupid linking crap that deja is now pulling...
This is what gets me about the transmeta issues... Lowering power consumption on the CPU is all well and good, but it's useless without reduced consumption on the screens, on the hard drives, CD/DVD drives, etc.
While Linux does come with games, some office-related software, however, those do leave something to be desired, but no more than Mac System or Windows. Because Linux is really a full Unix, it comes with everything you'd seen in a a standard Unix build, too.
The gaming options on Windows leave something to be desired when compared to Linux? Ummmmm..... FUD? I love linux, and use it daily, but lies like this aren't very likely to help growth.
If you're just talking about using ipmasq to protect and share any machines you have at home, the 486dx2-66 is definitely enough to handle the job.
It would just be handling tcp-sockets, and with only 1 or 2 machines behind it, that doesn't even require much memory.
I've had a 486sx25 hadnling it for me for 4 years now without a glitch. The case it's in is even older, it doesn't even have the "new" smaller power supply for a floppy drive...
karma doesn't seem to be adding up anymore, anyway.
i think this is a Good Thing(TM), really. i also think it would be good, since we're dumping the accumulation of karma like high scores in a video game, to allow posts to go higher than 5.
5 just doesn't seem like enough sometimes, especially when you get over 200 posts on a story, which is pretty common lately.
If you're looking for an objective review of software, you don't go to the company chosen by the publishers, as it will obviously be swayed.
If this is a public inquiry required by the gov't, why not let the public decide which university? Anyone else think this is a bit strange?
Also, totally OT, but... this is killing me...
Anyone else worried about G.W.'s ties to the CIA? I mean, his father was the head of the CIA for a while (during iran contra, i might add), and now, all of a sudden, BOOM his son is up for President. His son with 5 years of political experience...
So the former head of the CIA pulls some strings and gets his son nominated for president... Said son states that one of his 3 main platforms is national security....
I'm scared, and I'm wondering why noone is talking about this.
I guess it isn't really even offtopic. I mean, Carnivore is the FBI's surveilance system. Does anyone honestly believe that the CIA doesn't have a surveilance system in place?
I don't like Gore either, but with GW's puppetness, CIA ties and stated platform of national security, I'm more than a little worried.
Ah, a young anarchist who doesn't want his/her money to leave his/her wallet... because it's "offensive."
I did back up my assertion. Did you read the post? Williams was the example I used. They lost revenue due to piracy in the name of abandonware. A number of other companies do as well. See? That's not your "no loss" situation.
If you visit some of the abandonware sites, you'll see lists of games that have been deemed no longer abandonware, due to their being put back on the market again. There are at least 30 games in some of these lists, and they don't always overlap.
I think it'd be a good thing to create a climate in which companies can, if they choose, release their software or source when *they* choose to, as is happening more often lately.
Assuming that because a product is not currently being marketed and sold, it has no commercial value is ludicrous.
Especially in a country so obsessed with nostalgia, things come in and out of vogue, reunions happen, Williams releases emulators for their arcade software for various platforms....
There's a case in point. I know people who didn't buy any of the arcade reissue discs for the PSX, even though they were avid fans of the included games. And why not? Because anyone can get their hands on MAME... because there is a mentality that "they're not making money on it right now, it's languishing, so it's free for us to release it."
Copyrights are copyrights. Fight them all you want, go ahead and change the laws, but until you do, they're still law.
I can't seem to find any pricing information on OpenMail. It sounds promising, but I don't know if it will end up being cost-effective, and HP is very careful about not listing price information on their site.
The load balancing within Linux far outpaces anything Windows dreams of. If you're running Java servlets, it buries NT. If you're running application servers and passing over linux to go with NT, you're totally missing out.
Basically, for a lot of server tasks, the applications for linux are finally reaching a solid, competitive level, and in many instances, they're surpassing NT.
Samba isn't quite fully mature yet as a fileserver, but only because of the handicap its got with integrating with a system that is purposely obfuscated. I've integrated several Samba fileservers into our network without any of the end users even noticing it.
These are programmers, not salespeople. They never knew a thing. It wasn't as easy as I'd hoped, but it's a lot easier than it was 2 years ago.
"We replaced your regular fileserver with new decaffinated Samba."
So you've got a popular viewpoint there, but I don't thinks it's as informed as you would like.
Given a choice of home gaming machines, I would choose Win98. Given a choice of workstations, I would choose NT. Given a choice of servers, I would choose linux.
I think this is a very fair representation of the current OS marketplace. I've tried all 3 OSes in all 3 situations for years, so I'm not going off half-cocked. It may not be a popular choice in the context of/., but it's honesty.
Well, our CEO is definitely a business-type guy. We're building a portal, and hsoting some applications in-house. You should hear him on the phone talking about Linux as the greatest thing since sliced bread....
Why is it important to the biz-types? Well, it's because of the price tag.
The free downloads and installs are very important to biz guys, just not in this context.
Which of course, you weren't denying, and this isn't an argument with your points, just kind of a further clarification.
These numbers don't show what's used more, it's just showing what's been bought and installed.
Installation numbers aren't there, all that is listed is what has been shipped, which as ?I sadi earlier, is no reflection of the numbers of downloads a free operating system gets.
As a server it far outstrips NT. I've run both for many years, and if there isn't a solid neccessity to run NT as the server (mainly for Exchange only), I feel much safer trusting linux than NT.
This isn't due to some bias on my part, some excitement about something new, or some peer aproval thing, I just don't enjoy junting down the bizzaro issues that often drag my NT servers down.
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They're both equally annoying, but it was amusing to do. The similarities between the two of them are just astounding, and I think it's about time someone pointed it out.
Really, I think that Lisa Kudrow should sue Lucas for either infringement on her trademark dippiness or for the right to play him in future movies and holiday variety shows.
Word 2000, on one of the boxes here, runs the Microsoft Installer every time you open a word document. EVERY time.
Microsoft denies that this is happening, they'll only admit to "it happens on boxes that had Office 97 products on them."
Except that this is a fresh 2000 install with nothing but Office 2000 on there....
In my search for answers (which I still have not found), I stumbled onto a utility published by Microsoft for cleaning up after Windows Installer.
Now, if you're as unfortunate as I am and have had to write InstallShield installers that are supposed to install on every win32 platform, you know what a ludicrous task it is.
I mean, if Microsoft themselves can't write a freaking installer to install THEIR OWN word processor on THEIR OWN operating system, what hope do we have? They have to publish utilities to clean up (unsuccessfully) after their own installers? And I have to support this?
Scary, scary stuff.
Well, it's obviously a ploy to gain greater power for himself. I still think there could have been a more entertaining way to do it.
I know a lot of lawyers who've advanced their careers through major tax law cases, but it doesn't mean I want to see a 2 hour movie I waited forever for about it.
I've also seen a number of movies where I didn't expect the CGI, and was appalled by it.
I knew there were models in the originals, but they were still impressive.
I had lowered my expectations a bit by the time I saw it too. The only way I made it through was by mentally replacing JarJar with Lisa Kudrow. It was a much more entertaining movie after that.
Man, if this next one is as bad as the last, I will have lost all hope and will have wasted many years of waiting for a good new movie from Lucas.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fanatic, but I'd love to see a good quality Star Wars movie. If you can tell that it's CGI, it's just a waste of screen time.
I wish he'd get back into myths and legends like the originals. Wars over trade routes aren't exactly the most exciting plot glue.
Let's say that 1-800-mattress decides to close up shop....
Can they sell the 800 number, or does it have to go back to the telco?
The paradigm seems to fit, despite everyone's arguments that it's a "mew thing" from the "new economy."
Let's have some R&D on disk I/O...
For the majority of computer users, graphic speed is *not* an issue anymore. If you want to, you can have Q3 running in 1600x1200 at very playable frame rates....
What we need is faster disk I/O, but as Intel knows, it's just not as sexy of a thing to put in press releases.
So how are they going to make profits? They've managed to get this far through private funding, when their funding comes from internal, interested sources.
The instant the IPO opens, investors will clamor for profits. The press will start ranking on them for not turning profits. In essence, the full pressure of non-profitability will come to bear.
Personally, I'd love to see a revenue stream that doesn't require covering every inch of the screen with banner ads, or the stupid linking crap that deja is now pulling...
This is what gets me about the transmeta issues... Lowering power consumption on the CPU is all well and good, but it's useless without reduced consumption on the screens, on the hard drives, CD/DVD drives, etc.
The CPU isn't usually even the main power draw...
The makers of ``Bess'' wan't Akamai to filter it but Akamai says no. "
"wan't"? Wha? Does anyone proofread before posting anymore?
That the Master approves.
While Linux does come with games, some office-related software, however, those do leave something to be desired, but no more than Mac System or Windows. Because Linux is really a full Unix, it comes with everything you'd seen in a a standard Unix build, too.
The gaming options on Windows leave something to be desired when compared to Linux? Ummmmm..... FUD? I love linux, and use it daily, but lies like this aren't very likely to help growth.
If you're just talking about using ipmasq to protect and share any machines you have at home, the 486dx2-66 is definitely enough to handle the job.
It would just be handling tcp-sockets, and with only 1 or 2 machines behind it, that doesn't even require much memory.
I've had a 486sx25 hadnling it for me for 4 years now without a glitch. The case it's in is even older, it doesn't even have the "new" smaller power supply for a floppy drive...
I was in the the 60s for a while, got up over 70, took a few hits for humor posts, and have remained at 65 despite several 5-modded posts since then.
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I'm not bitching, it's not like it matters, just clarifying.
Personally, I'd rather see a system without the high scores but with higher possible points per post (hereafter referred to as pppp
karma doesn't seem to be adding up anymore, anyway.
i think this is a Good Thing(TM), really. i also think it would be good, since we're dumping the accumulation of karma like high scores in a video game, to allow posts to go higher than 5.
5 just doesn't seem like enough sometimes, especially when you get over 200 posts on a story, which is pretty common lately.
mmmmmm..... pork.
it's a senator's best friend. maybe that's why they call it "the other white meat.
If you're looking for an objective review of software, you don't go to the company chosen by the publishers, as it will obviously be swayed.
If this is a public inquiry required by the gov't, why not let the public decide which university? Anyone else think this is a bit strange?
Also, totally OT, but... this is killing me...
Anyone else worried about G.W.'s ties to the CIA? I mean, his father was the head of the CIA for a while (during iran contra, i might add), and now, all of a sudden, BOOM his son is up for President. His son with 5 years of political experience...
So the former head of the CIA pulls some strings and gets his son nominated for president... Said son states that one of his 3 main platforms is national security....
I'm scared, and I'm wondering why noone is talking about this.
I guess it isn't really even offtopic. I mean, Carnivore is the FBI's surveilance system. Does anyone honestly believe that the CIA doesn't have a surveilance system in place?
I don't like Gore either, but with GW's puppetness, CIA ties and stated platform of national security, I'm more than a little worried.
Ah, a young anarchist who doesn't want his/her money to leave his/her wallet... because it's "offensive."
I did back up my assertion. Did you read the post? Williams was the example I used. They lost revenue due to piracy in the name of abandonware. A number of other companies do as well. See? That's not your "no loss" situation.
If you visit some of the abandonware sites, you'll see lists of games that have been deemed no longer abandonware, due to their being put back on the market again. There are at least 30 games in some of these lists, and they don't always overlap.
I think it'd be a good thing to create a climate in which companies can, if they choose, release their software or source when *they* choose to, as is happening more often lately.
Assuming that because a product is not currently being marketed and sold, it has no commercial value is ludicrous.
Especially in a country so obsessed with nostalgia, things come in and out of vogue, reunions happen, Williams releases emulators for their arcade software for various platforms....
There's a case in point. I know people who didn't buy any of the arcade reissue discs for the PSX, even though they were avid fans of the included games. And why not? Because anyone can get their hands on MAME... because there is a mentality that "they're not making money on it right now, it's languishing, so it's free for us to release it."
Copyrights are copyrights. Fight them all you want, go ahead and change the laws, but until you do, they're still law.
I can't seem to find any pricing information on OpenMail. It sounds promising, but I don't know if it will end up being cost-effective, and HP is very careful about not listing price information on their site.
Also, it's not open sourced. From the site:
So will you be opening up the source code to OpenMail?
No, but we plan to open source our OMGUI client.
Still, it's something to check out. Thanks for the heads up.
The load balancing within Linux far outpaces anything Windows dreams of. If you're running Java servlets, it buries NT. If you're running application servers and passing over linux to go with NT, you're totally missing out.
Basically, for a lot of server tasks, the applications for linux are finally reaching a solid, competitive level, and in many instances, they're surpassing NT.
Samba isn't quite fully mature yet as a fileserver, but only because of the handicap its got with integrating with a system that is purposely obfuscated. I've integrated several Samba fileservers into our network without any of the end users even noticing it.
These are programmers, not salespeople. They never knew a thing. It wasn't as easy as I'd hoped, but it's a lot easier than it was 2 years ago.
"We replaced your regular fileserver with new decaffinated Samba."
So you've got a popular viewpoint there, but I don't thinks it's as informed as you would like.
Given a choice of home gaming machines, I would choose Win98. Given a choice of workstations, I would choose NT. Given a choice of servers, I would choose linux.
/., but it's honesty.
I think this is a very fair representation of the current OS marketplace. I've tried all 3 OSes in all 3 situations for years, so I'm not going off half-cocked. It may not be a popular choice in the context of
Well, our CEO is definitely a business-type guy. We're building a portal, and hsoting some applications in-house. You should hear him on the phone talking about Linux as the greatest thing since sliced bread....
Why is it important to the biz-types? Well, it's because of the price tag.
The free downloads and installs are very important to biz guys, just not in this context.
Which of course, you weren't denying, and this isn't an argument with your points, just kind of a further clarification.
These numbers don't show what's used more, it's just showing what's been bought and installed.
Installation numbers aren't there, all that is listed is what has been shipped, which as ?I sadi earlier, is no reflection of the numbers of downloads a free operating system gets.
As a server it far outstrips NT. I've run both for many years, and if there isn't a solid neccessity to run NT as the server (mainly for Exchange only), I feel much safer trusting linux than NT.
This isn't due to some bias on my part, some excitement about something new, or some peer aproval thing, I just don't enjoy junting down the bizzaro issues that often drag my NT servers down.