I love Microsoft to death (with the exception of Internet Explorer). But... excuse me, what the hell is this guy smoking? If he was a half competent user, he wouldn't have installed Service Pack 2 for XP to begin with. I havent, my computer is still spyware and virus free.
He encountered a very rare problem installing Firefox, all of which could have been faked. Who cares? Internet Explorer has FAR too many problems reguarding security. People get spyware by just VISITING web pages, you prick. I mean seriously, how many of you have ever went to a webpage in IE and a box popped up asking if you wanted to install 'spyware.omg.kill.computer'? NEVER. EVER. In my LIFE. Internet Explorer is a piece of crap. Microsoft needs to stop pretending IE is worth half a shit (please excuse the language).
Microsoft needs to get their crap together and build a web browser with security as the primary focus. Forget UX (User eXperience) and all that other fancy crap, just get the code secure and then work on the beautification.
I have used OS X Panther. I don't find it any easier to use than Windows XP is.
OS X comes free with any new Mac? I should hope so, with the outrageous prices they charge for hardware. It's my belief that what's holding Apple back from real mainstream use in the PC world is that it's just too expensive. When I see a decent Apple for $800 who's model series isn't four years old, I'll buy.
1) It was turned on. Was almost always on.
2) Cable - 3Mbps off of Charter Pipeline.
Also, here's my IP if you care to take your shot at remote formatting it: 127.0.0.1
Good luck.
-Eric
Though ASP.NET errors aren't better, but at least they dont display the path to whatever's wrong.
I'd also like to state I use Windows by choice. I OWN a linux box and I have apache and an IRCd set up on there, yet I still prefer my Windows machine.
I hate hearing about how unsecure Windows is. I ran my computer in an experiment for two months with no AV or Firewall protection. I installed an AV software and scanned. Guess what? No viruses, none of those dreaded worms you apparently get after signing on to the 'net for more than fifteen minutes. Maybe it was a fluke, but I still love my Windows machine.
It's my (possibly uneducated) opinion that Linux lacks one major thing that prevents it from gaining more of a user base: Installers. Yes, I realize that a lot of you like your stuff open source, but would a regular user want to compile everything they download? Of course not. I'm waiting for a trend of sepereate source releases along with decent installers (I know RPMs exist, but a lot of software I've downloaded and used on my linux box is just source) and configuration utilities. One of the things that makes me mad is when I have to manually edit the.conf files for my IRCd. A UI to a config util would certainly edge me closer to the switch.
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I love Microsoft to death (with the exception of Internet Explorer). But... excuse me, what the hell is this guy smoking? If he was a half competent user, he wouldn't have installed Service Pack 2 for XP to begin with. I havent, my computer is still spyware and virus free.
He encountered a very rare problem installing Firefox, all of which could have been faked. Who cares? Internet Explorer has FAR too many problems reguarding security. People get spyware by just VISITING web pages, you prick. I mean seriously, how many of you have ever went to a webpage in IE and a box popped up asking if you wanted to install 'spyware.omg.kill.computer'? NEVER. EVER. In my LIFE. Internet Explorer is a piece of crap. Microsoft needs to stop pretending IE is worth half a shit (please excuse the language).
Microsoft needs to get their crap together and build a web browser with security as the primary focus. Forget UX (User eXperience) and all that other fancy crap, just get the code secure and then work on the beautification.
My two cents.
-rico
Nice find, but I was talking about *new*. ... I will have to look over that... sounds nice. :D
I have used OS X Panther. I don't find it any easier to use than Windows XP is.
OS X comes free with any new Mac? I should hope so, with the outrageous prices they charge for hardware. It's my belief that what's holding Apple back from real mainstream use in the PC world is that it's just too expensive. When I see a decent Apple for $800 who's model series isn't four years old, I'll buy.
You miss my point.
localhost == 127.0.0.1, or am I mistaken?
Remote formating, or attempting to, from that computer would, well... you get the idea.
1) It was turned on. Was almost always on. 2) Cable - 3Mbps off of Charter Pipeline. Also, here's my IP if you care to take your shot at remote formatting it: 127.0.0.1 Good luck. -Eric
That's about it too, eh?
.conf files for my IRCd. A UI to a config util would certainly edge me closer to the switch.
Though ASP.NET errors aren't better, but at least they dont display the path to whatever's wrong.
I'd also like to state I use Windows by choice. I OWN a linux box and I have apache and an IRCd set up on there, yet I still prefer my Windows machine.
I hate hearing about how unsecure Windows is. I ran my computer in an experiment for two months with no AV or Firewall protection. I installed an AV software and scanned. Guess what? No viruses, none of those dreaded worms you apparently get after signing on to the 'net for more than fifteen minutes. Maybe it was a fluke, but I still love my Windows machine.
It's my (possibly uneducated) opinion that Linux lacks one major thing that prevents it from gaining more of a user base: Installers. Yes, I realize that a lot of you like your stuff open source, but would a regular user want to compile everything they download? Of course not. I'm waiting for a trend of sepereate source releases along with decent installers (I know RPMs exist, but a lot of software I've downloaded and used on my linux box is just source) and configuration utilities. One of the things that makes me mad is when I have to manually edit the
My two cents