Amen to that. I have never been a big Apple fan, but one thing I will say in their favour is that it just works.
Even on Windows machines, Apple software just works. iTunes shares music across the network with a single checkbox and everything else just works. I plug my iPod in and it just synchronises, and comes up with a playlist based on what I listen to and what I like.
Doing something similar with a combination of vendors? Not a chance. Doing something similar on Linux based systems? Possible certainly, but I don't want to have to write it.
Linux Kernel is solid. Sadly, once you put useful applications on it (like the ones that make WXP 40 million lines long) it will fall apart.
I disagree - some bits of Windows actually work as intended without glaring problems. In fact, the vast majority of Windows (especially in 2000 onwards) does what it's supposed to.
Deleting half the DLLs in sys32 then trying to run applications does not constutute a bug, especially when Windows shouts at you that you really don't want to be deleting them. If the user being able to cause problems was a bug (some would say it is), then Linux is more buggy than anything else. Windows has the decency to complain if you're deleting anything essential, Linux at best goes "Y/N", and even that can be overridden with a switch.
Lots of bugs maybe, but you can't say the entire codebase is badly written.
Someone mod this one up - swarming is all well and good unless people start to use it for everything. When every machine is streaming copies of the internet (OK, bits of it) there are going to be so many packets flying around the switches are just going to fall over.
The plan (as far as I can tell) is that planes are outfitted with their own antenna inside the cabin, creating a picocell the phones connect to. This is then relayed to the base stations on ground via the same means as airphones and internet connectivity.
Agreed - what are you going to do? Stand there and watch him/her (in the spirit of political correctness) unplug your TV and carry it out, or grab a large solid object and crack him/her across the side of the head then sit on him/her until the police arrive?
Similar in the UK - I would love to put solar panels on the roof of my house but we simply don't get enough bright sunlight to let them do anything useful. That and there's very little actual guidance on how to set up a single-home solar power system. What hardware do you need? How do you go about metering it? Where do you hook it up to the national grid to draw any extra you need/sell and surplus you have?
Would work as long as you rig up some way to steer the damn thing, since the handles on the Segway are used for steering. Maybe a gyro based wirless joystick would be fun, especially when you lose your balance.
Yes... now I reread my comment it looks like I didn't. I was trying to show that it's not just big US sports that use it - even Snooker over here in the UK has magical modern technology (on a touch-screen in the studio no less).
Observe how it works - if I had mod points you would receive a -1 (Troll), thereby flinging your comment into the fiery pit. The fact that your comment was seen at all by me is because I browse at 0 Point Cutoff to get stuff that may be worthy of modding up, and your rather pitiful AC rating gives you a 0 to start with. Possibly, some helpful moderator will see my comment (at +1), look at the parent and take you down a peg. Or alternatively will mark you up in order to highlight how inherently stupid your comment was.
I do it because I like to be able to get to my data *anywhere*. All the CDs and DVDs in the house have been digitised - we have a 600gb RAID 5 fileserver just to look after all the crap. On the plus though, I can SSH in from anywhere and retrieve my work. Or tell the Shoutcast server to put a different track on...
I used IE for years even after knowing the alternatives. Mozilla came with crap I didn't need, Opera ground against me, and Netscape was just abysmal. Firefox is the only thing I've seen which is a far better all-rounder when browsing and actually had an interest in it beyond a few people sat in a lab.
Agreed here - the vast majority of people cannot look after themselves if given a choice in who runs the place. Especially with a 'democratic' system as inherently flawed as the US (Not that I'm saying the UK is perfect by any means) in which representation in various decision making groups isn't organised by number of people, the president isn't decided by a popular vote etc. etc.
If IE was as bad as you make out, everybody would be clamouring to get an alternative. I'm no IE fan (Firefox all the way), but for the vast majority of home users it is perfect. It's easy to use, shields them from a lot of stupid bits of the internet and is a lot more secure than people say (although definately not perfect. XPSP2 helped a lot.)
Why is it so badly thought of? Because 90% of IE users are stupid with regards to the internet. If a box comes up, they will click 'Yes' regardless. Is this the fault of IE? No, you could put another application in its place and if a box appeared saying "Do you want to..." then they will click 'Yes' or 'OK'.
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Amen to that. I have never been a big Apple fan, but one thing I will say in their favour is that it just works.
Even on Windows machines, Apple software just works. iTunes shares music across the network with a single checkbox and everything else just works. I plug my iPod in and it just synchronises, and comes up with a playlist based on what I listen to and what I like.
Doing something similar with a combination of vendors? Not a chance. Doing something similar on Linux based systems? Possible certainly, but I don't want to have to write it.
Linux Kernel is solid. Sadly, once you put useful applications on it (like the ones that make WXP 40 million lines long) it will fall apart.
That one's called Internet Explorer.
I disagree - some bits of Windows actually work as intended without glaring problems. In fact, the vast majority of Windows (especially in 2000 onwards) does what it's supposed to.
Deleting half the DLLs in sys32 then trying to run applications does not constutute a bug, especially when Windows shouts at you that you really don't want to be deleting them. If the user being able to cause problems was a bug (some would say it is), then Linux is more buggy than anything else. Windows has the decency to complain if you're deleting anything essential, Linux at best goes "Y/N", and even that can be overridden with a switch.
Lots of bugs maybe, but you can't say the entire codebase is badly written.
Simple. Windows kicks up more bugs in use than Linux does.
Someone mod this one up - swarming is all well and good unless people start to use it for everything. When every machine is streaming copies of the internet (OK, bits of it) there are going to be so many packets flying around the switches are just going to fall over.
Don't even *think* about putting ginger root near my penis.
It's not the size, it's how many weather simulations it can display?
Lacks the same tripping off the tongue.
The box running Zebra is no problem - I anticipate getting enough decent speed NICs to make it worthwhile will push the bill up considerably.
The plan (as far as I can tell) is that planes are outfitted with their own antenna inside the cabin, creating a picocell the phones connect to. This is then relayed to the base stations on ground via the same means as airphones and internet connectivity.
Sadly it's failing.
What model do you have? My Nokia 7600 works perfectly for a couple of days without charges - even in regular use.
Agreed - what are you going to do? Stand there and watch him/her (in the spirit of political correctness) unplug your TV and carry it out, or grab a large solid object and crack him/her across the side of the head then sit on him/her until the police arrive?
I know which one I'd choose.
Similar in the UK - I would love to put solar panels on the roof of my house but we simply don't get enough bright sunlight to let them do anything useful. That and there's very little actual guidance on how to set up a single-home solar power system. What hardware do you need? How do you go about metering it? Where do you hook it up to the national grid to draw any extra you need/sell and surplus you have?
To be honest I think that the next moon landing in the vicinity should either:
Take down the American flag as a sign that the moon isn't American, or:
Take up flags of all nations and place them alongside the American flag.
Would work as long as you rig up some way to steer the damn thing, since the handles on the Segway are used for steering. Maybe a gyro based wirless joystick would be fun, especially when you lose your balance.
Some of us don't need to hide behind AC.
Yes... now I reread my comment it looks like I didn't. I was trying to show that it's not just big US sports that use it - even Snooker over here in the UK has magical modern technology (on a touch-screen in the studio no less).
Observe how it works - if I had mod points you would receive a -1 (Troll), thereby flinging your comment into the fiery pit. The fact that your comment was seen at all by me is because I browse at 0 Point Cutoff to get stuff that may be worthy of modding up, and your rather pitiful AC rating gives you a 0 to start with. Possibly, some helpful moderator will see my comment (at +1), look at the parent and take you down a peg. Or alternatively will mark you up in order to highlight how inherently stupid your comment was.
I do it because I like to be able to get to my data *anywhere*. All the CDs and DVDs in the house have been digitised - we have a 600gb RAID 5 fileserver just to look after all the crap. On the plus though, I can SSH in from anywhere and retrieve my work. Or tell the Shoutcast server to put a different track on...
The BBC do very similar things with sports such as Snooker, the technology is easy enough to use in other sports. Channel 4 also do this with Cricket.
Guantanamo Bay? PATRIOT Act? Those nice 'Detention Without Charge' clauses?
I used IE for years even after knowing the alternatives. Mozilla came with crap I didn't need, Opera ground against me, and Netscape was just abysmal. Firefox is the only thing I've seen which is a far better all-rounder when browsing and actually had an interest in it beyond a few people sat in a lab.
Sign me up for the march. No, seriously.
Agreed here - the vast majority of people cannot look after themselves if given a choice in who runs the place. Especially with a 'democratic' system as inherently flawed as the US (Not that I'm saying the UK is perfect by any means) in which representation in various decision making groups isn't organised by number of people, the president isn't decided by a popular vote etc. etc.
If IE was as bad as you make out, everybody would be clamouring to get an alternative. I'm no IE fan (Firefox all the way), but for the vast majority of home users it is perfect. It's easy to use, shields them from a lot of stupid bits of the internet and is a lot more secure than people say (although definately not perfect. XPSP2 helped a lot.)
Why is it so badly thought of? Because 90% of IE users are stupid with regards to the internet. If a box comes up, they will click 'Yes' regardless. Is this the fault of IE? No, you could put another application in its place and if a box appeared saying "Do you want to..." then they will click 'Yes' or 'OK'.