Sorry, but I have taught kids and the best way to turn children into future aerospace engineers is to launch some new rockets. I have shown 3rd graders poorly drawn CGI of a Ares 1 launch and it was enough to garner "oohs," "aahs," and "I want to do thats,"
What about if we cut Nasa's rocket design and manufacturing but keep the department that produces poorly drawn CGI?
A lot of business apps don't support 64bit either... The Cisco VPN client for instance, is not available for 64bit windows or 64bit linux, if you want 64bit you have to use an old sparc running solaris... I'm sure other proprietary vpn clients are just as bad too.
That's because it installs kernel mode code which is probably too old and hairy for them to port. Actually I think there's an element of product stratification going on too, they want to sell expensive licenses for Sparc rather than cheap ones for Windows or Linux.
Actually in a lot of cases there is no 64 bit version of something because its old code and the only guy that knows how to build it has left. So the problem is not so much porting it, even building new versions of the 32 bit code is now impossible.
32 bit and legacy APIs run fine on 64 bit Windows using WOW64, the only problem is that you can't run 32 bit drivers. The reason to keep 32 bit OSs around is so people with non 64 bit chips can run them. Back when Vista launched that included all the Intel Core chips in laptops. There was an issue with large corporations that stayed with Windows 2000 until the bitter end too, most of those systems were not 64 bit capable.
Of course you can't run 32 bit plugins in a 64 bit process, or at least you have to make your own thunk layer to do so. Mind you x64 windows ships with both 32 bit and 64 bit Internet Explorer.
Actually by the time Windows 7 comes out they probably could only launch a 64 bit version, since most drivers now ship with both x86 and x64 binaries. Hell there will even be a x64 flash plugin. The problem is things like netbooks or very low end systems (or ones being upgraded from XP or Win2k) where there might not be support for x86-64. If they don't ship a 32 bit build, some small percentage of systems won't be able to run Windows 7.
Heck no, they have a velocity raptor drive and all that other crap, their system rocks, yet my tiny xp that I use only for gaming can boot in under 15 seconds, and I'm running on a normal 7200 or 5400 rpm drive, can't remember which, but still, my xp woops all their asses with just out right being the most cut down and fast. Why can't they just release something officially like tiny xp which is as fast as my ubuntu right now... their noobs.
You know the weird thing, people's ability to tune up PCs seems to be inversely proportional to how much care they take over grammar.
If I made any spellink or grammer mistakes in this post it just shows I'm l33t.
There are a lot of reasons why Blackberry devices are better than anything Good Technology can put out. Start with the basic stuff like UI and work your way up.
There's actually a company called Good Technology?
That's disappointing. I thought when the GP poster said "the Good Admin" he was talking about a company that had one Good Admin, several Incompetent Admins (who nuke the wrong laptops) and one Highly Competent but Evil Admin (he knows he's nuking it after you got it returned, but you can't prove he knows).
The early model wrt54g s did use linux, then they "upgraded" the later models (actually cut the amount of ram) and replaced linux with something else.
They replaced it with vxWorks which is expensive but is my favourite OS by far. It's also a lot smaller than Linux so they could cut build costs by reducing memory.
That's because Mac users are non technical and open their files by name rather than cluster number. If you do that then defragmenting doesn't break anything.
Now the Ubuntu forums are filled with n00b posts flaming the world because 'Ubuntu sucks' and 'it ate my computer', etc.
Have you looked recently? After running RH9, Fedora 2/4/6/8 and now Ubuntu (because it really does 'just work' on my hardware) over the years I decided a few weeks ago to try to 'give something back' by answering 'n00b' questions on the Ubuntu forums. They seemed remarkably free of the sort of thing you mention and generally quite intelligent.
All the 'Ubuntu sucks' posts get deleted every time they upgrade the server, the upgrade goes all fubar and they get give up at 4am, nuke it and reinstall from scratch.
Everquest is the future of gaming though. Now there's a recession and people will stop buying other types of games. Everquest isn't like that because in marketing terms its is a non discretionary spending item like cigarettes or crack. Everquest players will keep on paying, even if they are starving and close to eviction.
One problem is that the average revenue per player is still quite low. Allowing them buy parole - i.e get time off grinding in return for a fee should increase that revenue and reduce the load on the servers.
It's genius really. In the long run the best players will just pay for experience points, and hire a Sony bot to grind for them at the same time. They might pay ten grand a month, but they won't have to spend more than an hour or so actually playing the game. Hell for $20K per month they could pay someoone to do that for them too.
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Sorry, but I have taught kids and the best way to turn children into future aerospace engineers is to launch some new rockets. I have shown 3rd graders poorly drawn CGI of a Ares 1 launch and it was enough to garner "oohs," "aahs," and "I want to do thats,"
What about if we cut Nasa's rocket design and manufacturing but keep the department that produces poorly drawn CGI?
Just throwing out ideas here.
He can't do that. Peter Griffin has rockets that could be converted into makeshift missiles and used to bombard Washington.
Then Griffin would declare the US disbanded, replaced by a Galactic Empire with Griffin as Emperor.
I say give him the cash to keep him quiet. Better that than we all end up slaving in the Uranium mines on Pluto.
A lot of business apps don't support 64bit either...
The Cisco VPN client for instance, is not available for 64bit windows or 64bit linux, if you want 64bit you have to use an old sparc running solaris... I'm sure other proprietary vpn clients are just as bad too.
That's because it installs kernel mode code which is probably too old and hairy for them to port. Actually I think there's an element of product stratification going on too, they want to sell expensive licenses for Sparc rather than cheap ones for Windows or Linux.
Actually in a lot of cases there is no 64 bit version of something because its old code and the only guy that knows how to build it has left. So the problem is not so much porting it, even building new versions of the 32 bit code is now impossible.
32 bit and legacy APIs run fine on 64 bit Windows using WOW64, the only problem is that you can't run 32 bit drivers. The reason to keep 32 bit OSs around is so people with non 64 bit chips can run them. Back when Vista launched that included all the Intel Core chips in laptops. There was an issue with large corporations that stayed with Windows 2000 until the bitter end too, most of those systems were not 64 bit capable.
Of course you can't run 32 bit plugins in a 64 bit process, or at least you have to make your own thunk layer to do so. Mind you x64 windows ships with both 32 bit and 64 bit Internet Explorer.
Actually by the time Windows 7 comes out they probably could only launch a 64 bit version, since most drivers now ship with both x86 and x64 binaries. Hell there will even be a x64 flash plugin. The problem is things like netbooks or very low end systems (or ones being upgraded from XP or Win2k) where there might not be support for x86-64. If they don't ship a 32 bit build, some small percentage of systems won't be able to run Windows 7.
DHSS eCleanup squad to slashdot sid 08/12/12/0050255, stat! We've got ourselves a rowdy one.
No problem. Laptops are worth more when you sell the parts individually rather than the whole thing.
Only most of the parts though, I still end up with the stripped carcasses propped up on bricks in the front yard.
My bitch neighbour Lurleen done called the sheriff about that again.
Heck no, they have a velocity raptor drive and all that other crap, their system rocks, yet my tiny xp that I use only for gaming can boot in under 15 seconds, and I'm running on a normal 7200 or 5400 rpm drive, can't remember which, but still, my xp woops all their asses with just out right being the most cut down and fast. Why can't they just release something officially like tiny xp which is as fast as my ubuntu right now... their noobs.
You know the weird thing, people's ability to tune up PCs seems to be inversely proportional to how much care they take over grammar.
If I made any spellink or grammer mistakes in this post it just shows I'm l33t.
Indeed. I think the question isn't how it compares to Vista but how it compares to XP. Anything else is simply following the Microsoft's red herring.
Vista is the Beast Rabban of MS Operating Systems. No matter what its successor is, it will look good in comparison.
Performance tests show that an abacus and a box of crayons beat Vista.
(Apologies to Tycho and Gabe)
But does this Abacus OS support industry standards like Win32, NTFS and DirectX 10?
I dunno, Landon Dyer of Atari regrets taking part in busts
http://www.dadhacker.com/blog/?p=1031
Because of Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
There are a lot of reasons why Blackberry devices are better than anything Good Technology can put out. Start with the basic stuff like UI and work your way up.
There's actually a company called Good Technology?
That's disappointing. I thought when the GP poster said "the Good Admin" he was talking about a company that had one Good Admin, several Incompetent Admins (who nuke the wrong laptops) and one Highly Competent but Evil Admin (he knows he's nuking it after you got it returned, but you can't prove he knows).
People that don't like vxWorks should be shot.
You'd renounce your claims too if DHSS goons beat on you enough.
The early model wrt54g s did use linux,
then they "upgraded" the later models
(actually cut the amount of ram) and replaced
linux with something else.
They replaced it with vxWorks which is expensive but is my favourite OS by far. It's also a lot smaller than Linux so they could cut build costs by reducing memory.
How "free" is your iPhone?
Free as in stolen.
Then Cisco went and muddied it all up like your sister's proprietary, tattooed boyfriend. Now every time you use GCC, it'll be thinking of Cisco.
Grunting from the next room disturbing your chain of thought, eh?
That's because Mac users are non technical and open their files by name rather than cluster number. If you do that then defragmenting doesn't break anything.
Now the Ubuntu forums are filled with n00b posts flaming the world because 'Ubuntu sucks' and 'it ate my computer', etc.
Have you looked recently?
After running RH9, Fedora 2/4/6/8 and now Ubuntu (because it really does 'just work' on my hardware) over the years I decided a few weeks ago to try to 'give something back' by answering 'n00b' questions on the Ubuntu forums. They seemed remarkably free of the sort of thing you mention and generally quite intelligent.
All the 'Ubuntu sucks' posts get deleted every time they upgrade the server, the upgrade goes all fubar and they get give up at 4am, nuke it and reinstall from scratch.
Well if you get fired, at least you'll have more time to spend on /b/
It really is a ridiculously over-engineered thing, and it uses coffee in single-pack mylar bags with lots of plastic and other junk.
Those types of coffee machine are much more profitable than ones that take coffee beans and grind them because the supplies are single source.
Everquest is the future of gaming though. Now there's a recession and people will stop buying other types of games. Everquest isn't like that because in marketing terms its is a non discretionary spending item like cigarettes or crack. Everquest players will keep on paying, even if they are starving and close to eviction.
One problem is that the average revenue per player is still quite low. Allowing them buy parole - i.e get time off grinding in return for a fee should increase that revenue and reduce the load on the servers.
It's genius really. In the long run the best players will just pay for experience points, and hire a Sony bot to grind for them at the same time. They might pay ten grand a month, but they won't have to spend more than an hour or so actually playing the game. Hell for $20K per month they could pay someoone to do that for them too.
The Pro version doesn't have them, only the starter one.
The OED is hopeless these days. I have an old copy from 1904, back when it was still reliable.
You can find them in the basement at night. They are scared of humans though so bring some Pizza as a bait if you want to see them.