XP, even the pro release, is designed for the home and small business user, at most. It's not a robust server solution, Billy G's bangers have other products for those uses. If you're 1337 enough to max out the SPI algorithm, changing the security settings won't be but a thang.
Aside from a hardlock issues (whose problems ultimately point to the authorization/security software, not the OS), I haven't seen anything more than a little grumbling for the small business types I've upgraded. The sense of security (pun intended) I get from a more real firewall being in place for them more than outweighs the costs.
If you're one of the 30 or so Tablet PC users out there, the Lonestar package in the upgrade (just for the T crowd) makes the upgrade a no brainer-- almost a Win 3.11 to Win 95 kind of experience, moving the look and feel away from a Palm experience and off into its own realm.
1. In Minnesota, the test state, not all highways are posted at 70 mph. Using OBD II data, they will only know how fast you were going, and at what time. All you/.ers are welcome to continue driving 75 mph in residential areas.
2. Need to speed? Unplug the thing before those trips. The OBD connector is dead as a doornail when the car is shut off. Even if the thing does a continuity test, it's a very basic dongle to piece together.
3. If it can be read, it can be reverse engineered. Like we are usually victims of technology, right...
4. For a reasonable up front fee, I will help you find the names of other companies you can buy insurance from.
5. Speeding tickets are just a tax for going fast. This is just another part of the cost. Cowboy up, geek boy!
I bet they're just sucking up to the Linux crowd. First the public display of affection for open source, then the We-won't-sue-Linux french kiss. Now they drop the big one: "we don't trust MS either." Maybe they finally got a real marketing department.:)
No, not Billy G's love child. I mean the glass things that form most of the outside wall of the buildings I'm looking at. Wallpaper isn't terribly functional when there isn't a wall to put it on.
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Altitude, time of day and weather information would have been helpful. While I doubt tropospheric ducting (TrD) was in play, tropospheric enhancement (TrE) is certainly a possibility. The large scale, generally persistent and often highly directional nature of TrD would have benefitted all the contestants. (TrD turns a chunk of sky into a pipe-- a fairly efficient waveguide, all things considered.)
TrE on the other hand is sporadic, more likely at certain times of the day, and more likely in certain weather patterns. TrE can benefit one particular path at one particular moment, and then not affect other seemingly identical attempts.
It's similar to a distant station that's normally a little scratchy coming in well on your FM car radio once in a while. That's TrE. TrD is happening when you're getting tons of FM stations that you normally never hear.
Of course, since they used 3m dishes (what, about 40 dB at 2.4GHz?) this can only mean someone will bring 4m or bigger dishes next year. I'm afraid it's going to turn into a dish moving contest. A more fair standard of excellence would be based on total ERP (effective radiated power) and distance. We're talking about efficiency, not gun power. Any idiot can get turn up the power. I want to know who can use their transmitter power most efficiently-- and over the same course.
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XP, even the pro release, is designed for the home and small business user, at most. It's not a robust server solution, Billy G's bangers have other products for those uses. If you're 1337 enough to max out the SPI algorithm, changing the security settings won't be but a thang.
Aside from a hardlock issues (whose problems ultimately point to the authorization/security software, not the OS), I haven't seen anything more than a little grumbling for the small business types I've upgraded. The sense of security (pun intended) I get from a more real firewall being in place for them more than outweighs the costs.
If you're one of the 30 or so Tablet PC users out there, the Lonestar package in the upgrade (just for the T crowd) makes the upgrade a no brainer-- almost a Win 3.11 to Win 95 kind of experience, moving the look and feel away from a Palm experience and off into its own realm.
... for example, when it appears in Dilbert.
A few simple thoughts from a simple mind:
/.ers are welcome to continue driving 75 mph in residential areas.
1. In Minnesota, the test state, not all highways are posted at 70 mph. Using OBD II data, they will only know how fast you were going, and at what time. All you
2. Need to speed? Unplug the thing before those trips. The OBD connector is dead as a doornail when the car is shut off. Even if the thing does a continuity test, it's a very basic dongle to piece together.
3. If it can be read, it can be reverse engineered. Like we are usually victims of technology, right...
4. For a reasonable up front fee, I will help you find the names of other companies you can buy insurance from.
5. Speeding tickets are just a tax for going fast. This is just another part of the cost. Cowboy up, geek boy!
I bet they're just sucking up to the Linux crowd. First the public display of affection for open source, then the We-won't-sue-Linux french kiss. Now they drop the big one: "we don't trust MS either." Maybe they finally got a real marketing department. :)
No, not Billy G's love child. I mean the glass things that form most of the outside wall of the buildings I'm looking at. Wallpaper isn't terribly functional when there isn't a wall to put it on.
I am Homer of Borg. Prepare to be -- Mmmmm! Doughnuts!
Altitude, time of day and weather information would have been helpful. While I doubt tropospheric ducting (TrD) was in play, tropospheric enhancement (TrE) is certainly a possibility. The large scale, generally persistent and often highly directional nature of TrD would have benefitted all the contestants. (TrD turns a chunk of sky into a pipe-- a fairly efficient waveguide, all things considered.) TrE on the other hand is sporadic, more likely at certain times of the day, and more likely in certain weather patterns. TrE can benefit one particular path at one particular moment, and then not affect other seemingly identical attempts. It's similar to a distant station that's normally a little scratchy coming in well on your FM car radio once in a while. That's TrE. TrD is happening when you're getting tons of FM stations that you normally never hear. Of course, since they used 3m dishes (what, about 40 dB at 2.4GHz?) this can only mean someone will bring 4m or bigger dishes next year. I'm afraid it's going to turn into a dish moving contest. A more fair standard of excellence would be based on total ERP (effective radiated power) and distance. We're talking about efficiency, not gun power. Any idiot can get turn up the power. I want to know who can use their transmitter power most efficiently-- and over the same course.