I think that's because there's no real education of customers on the extras.
What did they teach me in NYC for example? Word and Excel, Word and Excel. (Sounds like an Eminem line?) Oh yeah, and PowerPoint...and IE; thus we associate PCs with Word and Excel and the "typical" PC tools. People don't tend to use other OSs/tools unless they're told and taught about them, or they're needed for homework/work in general (which leads to the former by necessity). It's hard to print a book report with a Palm Pilot (or grade one that's saved on it with a red pen for that matter), so it's less popular. Furthermore, people who already have TVs/DVD+CD players/watches/phones/fridges won't usually get PCs with that stuff. Those who don't are getting a PC to reap the benefit in one fell swoop.
That's why Linux is becoming popular now, and why Windows 95 was before that, and why Mac was before that. It changes with the buzz and the curriculum (at least here in teh Bronx).
My area code is 666 and I just looked outside. It's completely frozen too. Yup.
Well then I guess heck has gone cold; Gosh bless us all.
It seems like a genuine effort on Microsoft's part, but then it seems one needs a law degree to enjoy any real freedom these days.
Besides, it's not like the schemas are the whole programs (though it would greatly help implementors). They're not exactly MIT/GPL-compatible from what I've read...
Microsoft may have patents and/or patent applications that are necessary for you to license in order to make, sell, or distribute software programs that read or write files that comply with the Microsoft specifications for the Office Schemas (second link below)
...and they appear to indemnify teh MS from patent lawsuits...
Microsoft reserves the right to terminate this license grant if you sue Microsoft or any of Microsoft's affiliates for patent infringement over claims relating to reading or writing of files that comply with the Office Schemas. This license is perpetual subject to this reservation. (second link, again)
I have Half-Life 2 but I'm not too crazy about teh collapse, since I got it with an ATI offer anyhow. It really must suck if you bought the game alone; I feel your pain.
Den fuhst he spit een dee seenk in dee bathwoom, den leave dah bathwoom wit dee robot as dee peepul call him guhlie man and blindee boy and all uh that...
...which of course is offensive, with dee laws and dah blindness and dah deesabilitee ahcts and dee badly typed ahccents and things of dat nature.
Libertarians are the only ones that really care about individual rights and freedoms, not the fucktard Republicrats.
Sig'd--and thanks for the info on the Lib's. I'd dump the Income Tax too and go with a sales tax instead--they shouldn't be tracking all our income/expenses I think. Though I'd at least keep teh parks...
What??? I can't run Windows on it??? Bill! You are God! pls make this happen... Get rid of these long haired hippie freaks and this linucks thingy...
You mean long haired hippie freaks like him? Linucks thingies like this? (I did notice the contradictory writing on the browser window.) Besides, they don't tell us how to write a Windows boot'er...
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
I'm looking forward to my first mod point. A/s/l? Is she cute?
Scratch that parent post. It's memory speed, I've noticed (on my bro's faster laptop) that really helps. That and those slow disk drives. Though games tend to hang up other apps on both.
Does anyone here use a dual-proc/core, and if you do, can you run games (OpenGL/DirectX) and other things at the same time more easily?
Just curious exactly where, though Microsoft's guys have said things like this a lot.
That said, I can't wait for NX flags and other hardware measures to go mainstream. Unless you have a hardware firewall (or Linux?) software like Windows can still be teh flimsy, though in SP2 I have seen VERY few 0xC0000005 errors or STOP bluescreens. (But that's just my eXPerience(TM) with XP(TM).)
BTW, if you dont like adware, don't go to just-free-games.com; their "freeware" games use Gator et al. to pay their bills.
Counter-Strike has been picked up by German director Uwe Boll (known, or hated, for game-to-movie adaptations like the recent Alone in the Dark, upcoming Bloodrayne, etc.).
I love the "MIT" licenses. Short, sweet, permissive and (if they're actually followed) you still know who/where the software's actually copyrighted to. Of course if they're not followed then we 5U3 +H31R 4S535 +0 T3H H3ll!!11!!eleventyone.
Personally the GPL and LGPL seem a bit complex to me.
I haven't seen many Boll movies but it just doesn't seem right. Maybe if the audience were the actors and all the theaters were connected by a laggy DSL connection, it might work true to the experience. (FWIW I use DSL...*sob*)
Consumers like me are usually stuck with one-core, one-processor 'boards. It doesn't help with boot times, whether Windows or Linux. I wouldn't mind a 3.2GHz/core dual proc at all, no matter how toasty it gets...
Exactly what mistakes has Microsoft made then? They are the biggest, most successful computer company on the face of the planet. The antitrust settlement was no more than a slap on the wrist; profits continue to climb, and show no signs of doing otherwise.
Indeed. The big reason why Windows/IE/WMP/Microsoft InsertAnyWordHere is popular is because they are in so many school PC's, especially here. The schools consider it a necessary knowledge.
Combined with Gates' donations to schools and Justice Dept. folks who believe "hiding a shortcut to IE" == "removing IE", that will help Windows take its shoes off and stay a while.
I'd take spying with 4 channels and teh 'net over receiving only 1 channel (and maybe 'net access) at the same time from a pricey cable company.
Unlike Microsoft, you often really DON'T have a choice in cable (TV or Internet). Especially here in the Bronx where we must have Cablevision's Optimum or else.
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I think that's because there's no real education of customers on the extras.
What did they teach me in NYC for example? Word and Excel, Word and Excel. (Sounds like an Eminem line?) Oh yeah, and PowerPoint...and IE; thus we associate PCs with Word and Excel and the "typical" PC tools. People don't tend to use other OSs/tools unless they're told and taught about them, or they're needed for homework/work in general (which leads to the former by necessity). It's hard to print a book report with a Palm Pilot (or grade one that's saved on it with a red pen for that matter), so it's less popular. Furthermore, people who already have TVs/DVD+CD players/watches/phones/fridges won't usually get PCs with that stuff. Those who don't are getting a PC to reap the benefit in one fell swoop.
That's why Linux is becoming popular now, and why Windows 95 was before that, and why Mac was before that. It changes with the buzz and the curriculum (at least here in teh Bronx).
I gotta try that one, it must have lots oBuffering: 10% 25% 45% 61% 75% 87% 98% 100%f exclusive content you won't find anywhere else.
Indeed. It's sad when people criticize things without proof or (in this case) reason.
Oh yeah, and teh new sig!!1
Well then I guess heck has gone cold; Gosh bless us all.
It seems like a genuine effort on Microsoft's part, but then it seems one needs a law degree to enjoy any real freedom these days.
Besides, it's not like the schemas are the whole programs (though it would greatly help implementors). They're not exactly MIT/GPL-compatible from what I've read...
...and they appear to indemnify teh MS from patent lawsuits...
...but I'm no lawyer on these licenses. Have fun:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?urlhttp://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpate
Which is good, because if it was new then us fans would be quite worried.
<kidding>You mean besides me?</kidding>
I have Half-Life 2 but I'm not too crazy about teh collapse, since I got it with an ATI offer anyhow. It really must suck if you bought the game alone; I feel your pain.
Like dee one dat Ahhnuld has in dah Tuhminatah?
Den fuhst he spit een dee seenk in dee bathwoom, den leave dah bathwoom wit dee robot as dee peepul call him guhlie man and blindee boy and all uh that...
...which of course is offensive, with dee laws and dah blindness and dah deesabilitee ahcts and dee badly typed ahccents and things of dat nature.
Sig'd--and thanks for the info on the Lib's. I'd dump the Income Tax too and go with a sales tax instead--they shouldn't be tracking all our income/expenses I think. Though I'd at least keep teh parks...
You mean long haired hippie freaks like him? Linucks thingies like this? (I did notice the contradictory writing on the browser window.) Besides, they don't tell us how to write a Windows boot'er...
I'm looking forward to my first mod point. A/s/l? Is she cute?
Scratch that parent post. It's memory speed, I've noticed (on my bro's faster laptop) that really helps. That and those slow disk drives. Though games tend to hang up other apps on both.
Does anyone here use a dual-proc/core, and if you do, can you run games (OpenGL/DirectX) and other things at the same time more easily?
Just curious exactly where, though Microsoft's guys have said things like this a lot.
That said, I can't wait for NX flags and other hardware measures to go mainstream. Unless you have a hardware firewall (or Linux?) software like Windows can still be teh flimsy, though in SP2 I have seen VERY few 0xC0000005 errors or STOP bluescreens. (But that's just my eXPerience(TM) with XP(TM).)
BTW, if you dont like adware, don't go to just-free-games.com; their "freeware" games use Gator et al. to pay their bills.
there's probably a a cancelled CBS comedy.
So apparently we have a couple of features to look forward to.
I love the "MIT" licenses. Short, sweet, permissive and (if they're actually followed) you still know who/where the software's actually copyrighted to. Of course if they're not followed then we 5U3 +H31R 4S535 +0 T3H H3ll!!11!!eleventyone.
Personally the GPL and LGPL seem a bit complex to me.
<cliffeRadioVoice>Terrorists win.</cliffeRadioVoice>
I haven't seen many Boll movies but it just doesn't seem right. Maybe if the audience were the actors and all the theaters were connected by a laggy DSL connection, it might work true to the experience. (FWIW I use DSL...*sob*)
Consumers like me are usually stuck with one-core, one-processor 'boards. It doesn't help with boot times, whether Windows or Linux. I wouldn't mind a 3.2GHz/core dual proc at all, no matter how toasty it gets...
Indeed. The big reason why Windows/IE/WMP/Microsoft InsertAnyWordHere is popular is because they are in so many school PC's, especially here. The schools consider it a necessary knowledge.
Combined with Gates' donations to schools and Justice Dept. folks who believe "hiding a shortcut to IE" == "removing IE", that will help Windows take its shoes off and stay a while.
Indeed. Combined with the approx. 22-page first article (granted, including comments), that summary is crushing to read.
The article would get a Score: 5, Massive from me, but I have no bloody mod points...
I see...so you can not run Linux on said computer either?
Or MenuetOS?
I mean, I'm sure there must be some other choice for an x86 right? Or television with Internet access for that matter...
Speaking of bowls, that'll be a big problem if it's done by February 6...
I'd take spying with 4 channels and teh 'net over receiving only 1 channel (and maybe 'net access) at the same time from a pricey cable company.
Unlike Microsoft, you often really DON'T have a choice in cable (TV or Internet). Especially here in the Bronx where we must have Cablevision's Optimum or else.
I laugh at their $49.95/mo deal ($29.95 first six) for cable 'net, on top of cable costs. Glad we have Verizon here for that.
Katie Couric would now say Bu+ f1R5+ +h15 1s t3h T0d4y 0n /\/B(?
Isn't evolution great?
All unicycles are equal (but some equalize themselves more than others).
...he might still become one.
After all, we all know what they say about prison and dropping soap, right? (Advice to Mr. Parson: Don't.)