Just install an nLited version of Windows 2000 in it. I have a 1.6 GHz Athlon XP with 512 MB RAM and it takes 15–35 seconds to boot. Use Windows XP if you need to use IE7.
I'll Upgrade + I'm Happy With Vista + I'm Happy With XP = 15843 = 35% I Don't Use Windows = 14684 = 32% No Way It'll Happen Next Year + Still Waiting for NealOS = 33%
I don't get 70% Windows users from that, considering that the last two could split either way, and I could see people voting I'll Upgrade as meaning that they will test it or switch from another OS.
I use both Linux and Windows, and at times other OSes. I'm a fanboy of none of them.
Anyway, the original parent said that "[w]e are mostly alternative OS users". I wouldn't question that most users here are indeed at least users of alternative OSes, that is, they have used OSes other than Windows. I would assume that users that have only ever used one OS and have no experience with another are not in the majority here, so the point is that it's foolish to have an article featured here like this without specifying what OS it affects.
I'm not saying that this story is important, but this is usually something I would see in the normal sections of Slashdot. There would be a large discussion about the intrusion of law enforcement in an educational environment. I think the only reason that it's in Idle is because of the buttocks thing.
IMHO the thieves forfeit their right to life when they knowingly invade a private home with the intent to steal.
That's bullshit. How do the string and shotgun know that I have an intent to steal?
One can legally trespass on property to rescue somebody. One can also legally trespass on property to call emergency services. Perhaps this "thief" were doing one of those? You wouldn't know since he is dead.
Booby-trapping your house is not legal, nor is killing trespassers, and neither of them should be. A thief locking himself in a safe without your knowledge is different from a thief being shot dead from a shotgun set to automatically kill anybody who enters your home.
I know people with bad vision who hold out their phone in much the same way as I imagine one would to switch to camera mode in this device, so I could see problems with this. Honestly it's not that hard to push a button, and a lot of phones have a dedicated button to bring up the camera interface.
I consider myself well versed in electronics and television broadcasting and I somewhat understand signal transmission, but what the hell is an HD antenna? As long as the antenna picks up the proper UHF frequencies, why would you need an "HD" antenna? Sure, they might be made specifically for over-the-air DTV signals, but it seems like a marketing ploy.
According to 17 U.S.C. (Section)* 121, nonprofit organizations can distribute works in formats for blind or otherwise disabled persons without infringing on the copyright of the original copyright holder. I'm not sure whether this law would apply to a piece of software, but there may be other laws concerning the matter.
*Slashdot won't accept the section sign, not even as §. This is just one of the many times that Slashdot's lack of Unicode support has pissed me off. They've had 10–15 years to implement it.
The number of times I've had to use a CLI to fix something in Linux is about the same as the number of times I've had to use the Registry Editor to fix something in Windows.
So I suppose I can switch your argument around a bit: The day that you can have a problem in Windows and can go to a forum and not get "Start > Run... > regedit" as the standard answer is that day that it might be ready for users.
I just found an m500, the model that replaced the Palm V, and I have to agree. It's simple yet great. I never needed all the bells and whistles of modern devices like you mentioned. Besides the clock and memo-/notepad, the only apps I frequently use are EasyCalc for more-than-elementary-arithmetic calculations, Phoinix to play Game Boy games, and a cracked version of OmniRemote to turn off annoying televisions.
What emulators have you tried? It looks like it should work for the most part in Project64. If it doesn't, try Mupen64. You might try different graphics plugins as well to see if it works with those. NGEmu should have everything you need, including plugins.
If that all fails, try the PlayStation version, which I know works. Aside from running at a lower resolution and some other minor differences, it's pretty much the same. Get it from Emuparadise if you can't find a good torrent.
Why are claw vending machines (UFO catchers) legal? Most of them have potentiometers in them controlling the claw strength and payout percentage, so the operator controls how often the game can be won. It is not a game of skill, and it hardly even has anything to do with luck.
The Elder Geek is another guide for disabling services. Both guides work well together, and they help you figure out what the fuck Windows Management Instrumentation and Distributed Transaction Coordinator do.
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Just install an nLited version of Windows 2000 in it. I have a 1.6 GHz Athlon XP with 512 MB RAM and it takes 15–35 seconds to boot. Use Windows XP if you need to use IE7.
Why not just SomeSillySobStory? You don't necessarily need a TLD suffix.
I'll Upgrade + I'm Happy With Vista + I'm Happy With XP = 15843 = 35%
I Don't Use Windows = 14684 = 32%
No Way It'll Happen Next Year + Still Waiting for NealOS = 33%
I don't get 70% Windows users from that, considering that the last two could split either way, and I could see people voting I'll Upgrade as meaning that they will test it or switch from another OS.
I use both Linux and Windows, and at times other OSes. I'm a fanboy of none of them.
Anyway, the original parent said that "[w]e are mostly alternative OS users". I wouldn't question that most users here are indeed at least users of alternative OSes, that is, they have used OSes other than Windows. I would assume that users that have only ever used one OS and have no experience with another are not in the majority here, so the point is that it's foolish to have an article featured here like this without specifying what OS it affects.
What is this unit called degree Centigrade? I believe degree Celsius was adopted way back in 1948.
You got those last two backwards. The 'Bert is Catholic and the Pope may or may not shit in the woods.
I'm not saying that this story is important, but this is usually something I would see in the normal sections of Slashdot. There would be a large discussion about the intrusion of law enforcement in an educational environment. I think the only reason that it's in Idle is because of the buttocks thing.
That's bullshit. How do the string and shotgun know that I have an intent to steal?
One can legally trespass on property to rescue somebody. One can also legally trespass on property to call emergency services. Perhaps this "thief" were doing one of those? You wouldn't know since he is dead.
Booby-trapping your house is not legal, nor is killing trespassers, and neither of them should be. A thief locking himself in a safe without your knowledge is different from a thief being shot dead from a shotgun set to automatically kill anybody who enters your home.
I'm not trying to ruin your point, but keep in mind that the word verbal can also mean written.
The article quotes 70% accuracy, which means it doesn't work once every three times you use it, or 90% if trained.
And since when did computers start doing what they think I want and not what I tell them to do?
I know people with bad vision who hold out their phone in much the same way as I imagine one would to switch to camera mode in this device, so I could see problems with this. Honestly it's not that hard to push a button, and a lot of phones have a dedicated button to bring up the camera interface.
I consider myself well versed in electronics and television broadcasting and I somewhat understand signal transmission, but what the hell is an HD antenna? As long as the antenna picks up the proper UHF frequencies, why would you need an "HD" antenna? Sure, they might be made specifically for over-the-air DTV signals, but it seems like a marketing ploy.
How do you know this?
Easily defeated. Just use the same plate as another car that's exactly like yours. It's not like you drive the Batmobile.
I think that with video games a controller would be the ultimate form of control.
You mean 3 dB. According to the ISO, NIST, BIPM, and most style guides, there is a space between a number and its unit.
Here's a Stylish style I made that makes Slashdot not look like shit:
http://pastebin.com/f39655fa6
Oh yeah, I forgot about that, and that was one of the things I hated most about it. Man, that was horrible.
Ah, so they've had trouble with this before?
According to 17 U.S.C. (Section)* 121, nonprofit organizations can distribute works in formats for blind or otherwise disabled persons without infringing on the copyright of the original copyright holder. I'm not sure whether this law would apply to a piece of software, but there may be other laws concerning the matter.
*Slashdot won't accept the section sign, not even as §. This is just one of the many times that Slashdot's lack of Unicode support has pissed me off. They've had 10–15 years to implement it.
The number of times I've had to use a CLI to fix something in Linux is about the same as the number of times I've had to use the Registry Editor to fix something in Windows.
So I suppose I can switch your argument around a bit: The day that you can have a problem in Windows and can go to a forum and not get "Start > Run... > regedit" as the standard answer is that day that it might be ready for users.
I just found an m500, the model that replaced the Palm V, and I have to agree. It's simple yet great. I never needed all the bells and whistles of modern devices like you mentioned. Besides the clock and memo-/notepad, the only apps I frequently use are EasyCalc for more-than-elementary-arithmetic calculations, Phoinix to play Game Boy games, and a cracked version of OmniRemote to turn off annoying televisions.
What emulators have you tried? It looks like it should work for the most part in Project64. If it doesn't, try Mupen64. You might try different graphics plugins as well to see if it works with those. NGEmu should have everything you need, including plugins.
If that all fails, try the PlayStation version, which I know works. Aside from running at a lower resolution and some other minor differences, it's pretty much the same. Get it from Emuparadise if you can't find a good torrent.
Why are claw vending machines (UFO catchers) legal? Most of them have potentiometers in them controlling the claw strength and payout percentage, so the operator controls how often the game can be won. It is not a game of skill, and it hardly even has anything to do with luck.
The Elder Geek is another guide for disabling services. Both guides work well together, and they help you figure out what the fuck Windows Management Instrumentation and Distributed Transaction Coordinator do.
How convenient that ESET, the author of the report, offers a product to protect against that.