I've been recommending OS X instead. The hardware is nice and it just works.
Sure, so long as you don't mind paying Apple prices for hardware plus Apple prices for every last little cable/connector/widget that isn't included with it. Standard connectors, peripherals which will work on the next generation of computer...? Hah!
And... only if you only want to run software that Apple is 100% happy with. No hacking, please.
So why doesn't someone make an XP replacement machine? Conform to the XP interface specs at the bottom end, with much faster hardware loafing along doing half-work, just to keep old XP applications alive? It should be trivial; other than the part about Microsoft's lawyers carpet-bombing you into the late Neolithic.
Trivial? LOL! Those 'specs' are humungously huge.
PS: There's a bunch of guys trying to do it ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS ). They've been trying since 2004, and they already had a codebase when they started.
I don't know if that's true or not but it doesn't change the fact that it could be done with half the resources the USA currently dedicates to military matters.
Imagine if all the money wasted in Iraq/Afghanistan had been dedicated to energy research instead. They could have solved the energy crisis and got the rest of the world dependent on American tech to run their systems. A revolt of the "priests" in charge of the fusion reactors is at least as much a threat as a big military.
I don't mean they should hand the world to the Chinese, but change is definitely needed. Big change, not Obama-sized "change".
OTOH I don't see where that change could possibly come from. The people don't look like they're going to revolt anytime soon, and the NSA is busy making revolt ever more difficult.
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I expect a few random shootings and the load on WoW servers will go up a notch for a day or two. Nothing more.
How did all that money just leave the economy?
It didn't, it stayed in the government coffers.
IOW The taxpayer just saved $24 billion...!
If shutting down the government for a few days hurts GDP noticeably, then that's your problem right there.
On the bright side: The taxpayer just saved $24 billion.
Compared to C and C++, Fortran is actually more elegant for pure numerical computing.
Unsurprising - that's what Fortran was designed for...!
Python is VB done right.
Sorry. Two wrongs don't make a right.
One of the best reasons to keep the battery packs in the bottom of a car is to keep them protected.
So when they burn they've got something above them to cook?
The intersection between people who want to drive pickup trucks and people want to who drive electric cars is close to zero.
That's quite silly. Considering this brings back the missing features that everyone was missing like a start button and boot to desktop.
Calling it a "start button" doesn't make it one.
Pressing it takes you away from the context where you were working into a completely different UI paradigm. Getting back takes effort.
I've been recommending OS X instead. The hardware is nice and it just works.
Sure, so long as you don't mind paying Apple prices for hardware plus Apple prices for every last little cable/connector/widget that isn't included with it. Standard connectors, peripherals which will work on the next generation of computer...? Hah!
And ... only if you only want to run software that Apple is 100% happy with. No hacking, please.
So why doesn't someone make an XP replacement machine? Conform to the XP interface specs at the bottom end, with much faster hardware loafing along doing half-work, just to keep old XP applications alive? It should be trivial; other than the part about Microsoft's lawyers carpet-bombing you into the late Neolithic.
Trivial? LOL! Those 'specs' are humungously huge.
PS: There's a bunch of guys trying to do it ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS ). They've been trying since 2004, and they already had a codebase when they started.
The situation that's coming up a lot:
"I run windows XP, I tried windows 8 and hated it, what the heck am I supposed to do when they stop supporting XP".
Windows 7.
Yes, it's better than XP.
Talking of shapes...there's a lot of things that you do by moving the mouse to a 'corner' of the screen.
What happens if you have multiple monitors? Do they stop working?
I just hope they've got a big server. That's a hefty image file, this is Slashdot.
"it's hard to imagine why those already on it wouldn't upgrade"
Question is: Is it hard to imagine people who aren't on it upgrading? eg. From Windows 7?
Why did they fail in doing this?
RTFS!
They knew their kids were doing it and let them continue.
you can post Facebook comments with line breaks you control with your "Enter" key
What's wrong with SHIFT+ENTER...?
Perfect for the job.
LOL!
The drug cartels aren't worried about you moving in on their turf anytime soon.
you must have a shit letterbox. I've worked as a postie and know 99% of damage happens trying to fit mail in shitty letterboxes
So ... it *is* the postman's fault?
I don't know if that's true or not but it doesn't change the fact that it could be done with half the resources the USA currently dedicates to military matters.
Imagine if all the money wasted in Iraq/Afghanistan had been dedicated to energy research instead. They could have solved the energy crisis and got the rest of the world dependent on American tech to run their systems. A revolt of the "priests" in charge of the fusion reactors is at least as much a threat as a big military.
Let's hope so.
I don't mean they should hand the world to the Chinese, but change is definitely needed. Big change, not Obama-sized "change".
OTOH I don't see where that change could possibly come from. The people don't look like they're going to revolt anytime soon, and the NSA is busy making revolt ever more difficult.
The problem with that is that at least 50% of Americans are PROUD to be the jocks of the world.
Cutting the military budget is an open invitation for the Republicans/Conservatives to take power, and that would be a disaster.
Where's the chaos?
How can *one* choice be regarded as "chaos"? Doesn't that simplify things for the hipsters?
How important are cables going to be when everything your phone does is wireless (including charging) ?
I'm working on a design that lets me suck power out of people's phones on the train and transfer it into mine. I'll never need to charge again!!
If you're using your gas to charge your battery, then you'd be going more efficiently by directly using the gas.
Nope.
a) A fixed-rpm engine will be more efficient than a general purpose one.
b) A fixed-rpm engine won't let the driver abuse the accelerator pedal as much - no lead-footed zooming up ramps.
Where do you get a "rusted old beater" from? Classified ads...?
Uhuh.
I've been on this planet for a few years now and all evidence suggests that there's nothing that "isn't worth stealing". No profit is too small.