With Windows XP, dual-booting was as simple as editing boot.ini in the root of the XP partition. With Vista (build 5308), the two articles I have from technet.microsoft.com are 4 pages and 8 pages respectively of instructions. Neither worked. All I want to do is dual-boot between Vista Ultimate and XP!
I don't know if Bitlocker is the cause of my dual-booting woes, but it isn't easy to set up, that's for sure.
(Keep in mind, I've been using Vista for a grand total of 4 days, which puts my experience level somewhere around that of a 1337 n00b13.)
I'm seeing a lot of these comments side with Microsoft here, stating that Eolas is patent trolling. But, if Linux were to really take off, don't you think Microsoft would start filing a bunch of infringement lawsuits against Linux (or other F-OSS), in the same way Eolas did to Microsoft?
I was about to go into a tirade about cable companies, but said rant was going to go off into about 12 different directions. So I'll leave it at this: I agree.:-)
I agree. What really gets me is that Microsoft is basically admitting their product is shoddy. They sell a defective product and then charge additional money for the repairs.
It's like buying a window, having the window arrive with a big crack in it, the manufacturer charging extra to fix the crack, and then finally saying that, for an annual fee, they will help prevent other cracks (not a guarantee).
The U.S. government originally invented the Internet. At taxpayer expense. Some of the Internet's infrastructure still runs on taxpayer-funded equipment. Verizon benefits from that invention and that infrastructure.
So, fellow taxpayers, should we charge Verizon to utilize -- and profit from -- that infrastructure?
"It is a carefully crafted buffer overflow in the stack causing a return address to be overwritten. A subroutine return instruction then jumps to the exploit code, instead of the parent routine. This an old trick to implement dynamic jump tables, exploited for malicious purposes."
What I heard:
"It is a carefully crafted buffer overflow in the stack arf arf arf arf arf. Arf arf arf arf arf arf arf JUMP BOY! arf arf arf, arf arf."
I dunno...being able to send power from 2 engines individually to 4 independent wheels which can steer at 45-degree angles -- forward or reverse, depending on which way you want to go -- sounds like quite a bit of achievement to me.
Back in the early 80s, I used to be able to solve the puzzle, on average, in 2.5 to 3 minutes. My fastest was 1:46, but that was a fluke -- that was the only time I broke 2 minutes.
Every morning for a month, I'd get up and my Mom would have messed up my two Cubes. I'd sigh, sit down and solve them, and then head off to school.
That cheat book cost me all of $5, but it sure made people think I was smart. Fools!
Microsoft keeps adding "FREE" things to Windows. But didja ever notice the price of Windows keeps going up? Windows 98 retail box cost $90 if I remember correctly. Can you get Windows XP Home Edition retail box for $90? I don't think so...
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With Windows XP, dual-booting was as simple as editing boot.ini in the root of the XP partition. With Vista (build 5308), the two articles I have from technet.microsoft.com are 4 pages and 8 pages respectively of instructions. Neither worked. All I want to do is dual-boot between Vista Ultimate and XP!
I don't know if Bitlocker is the cause of my dual-booting woes, but it isn't easy to set up, that's for sure.
(Keep in mind, I've been using Vista for a grand total of 4 days, which puts my experience level somewhere around that of a 1337 n00b13.)
Exactly what I was thinking. Glad somebody mentioned it. :-)
never thought they'd get slashdotted.
"+1 zOMG!!1"
I think I need to upgrade from this pinkscale monitor.
I'm seeing a lot of these comments side with Microsoft here, stating that Eolas is patent trolling. But, if Linux were to really take off, don't you think Microsoft would start filing a bunch of infringement lawsuits against Linux (or other F-OSS), in the same way Eolas did to Microsoft?
You should try your other hand: it'll feel like someone else is typing.
I was about to go into a tirade about cable companies, but said rant was going to go off into about 12 different directions. So I'll leave it at this: I agree. :-)
Steve Ballmer's children are charging him with anti-trust violations...
Microsoft probably already owns a patent for double-clicks that result in the software NOT opening...
...which then uses ntp to get the time from the atomic clock...
Sorry, but I think NTP holds the patent on that idea.
Will there be a Clippy Management Snap-in?
I agree. What really gets me is that Microsoft is basically admitting their product is shoddy. They sell a defective product and then charge additional money for the repairs.
It's like buying a window, having the window arrive with a big crack in it, the manufacturer charging extra to fix the crack, and then finally saying that, for an annual fee, they will help prevent other cracks (not a guarantee).
(No, this isn't an Al Gore joke...)
The U.S. government originally invented the Internet. At taxpayer expense. Some of the Internet's infrastructure still runs on taxpayer-funded equipment. Verizon benefits from that invention and that infrastructure.
So, fellow taxpayers, should we charge Verizon to utilize -- and profit from -- that infrastructure?
> "complete with little pictures of the device in question displaying something characteristic of Windows..."
You mean something like a Blue Screen of Death?
Dood...you should upgrade to the Commodore 64: it has the SID chip -- much better audio. Now..where did I put my Datasette?
Dead flies mega-smashed onto the window of ISS during liftoff?
Judging by this picture, the moon looks just about the right size to plug the hole in this hurricane.
Wouldn't that stop it?
Does this oil mean I'll have to more frequently wash my anti-static wristband??
;-)
What you said:
"It is a carefully crafted buffer overflow in the stack causing a return address to be overwritten. A subroutine return instruction then jumps to the exploit code, instead of the parent routine. This an old trick to implement dynamic jump tables, exploited for malicious purposes."
What I heard:
"It is a carefully crafted buffer overflow in the stack arf arf arf arf arf. Arf arf arf arf arf arf arf JUMP BOY! arf arf arf, arf arf."
Just out of curiosity, would 4 Mac Minis count as a quad?
:P
I dunno...being able to send power from 2 engines individually to 4 independent wheels which can steer at 45-degree angles -- forward or reverse, depending on which way you want to go -- sounds like quite a bit of achievement to me.
How about a method for NOT purchasing goods and/or services from individual websites?
Back in the early 80s, I used to be able to solve the puzzle, on average, in 2.5 to 3 minutes. My fastest was 1:46, but that was a fluke -- that was the only time I broke 2 minutes.
Every morning for a month, I'd get up and my Mom would have messed up my two Cubes. I'd sigh, sit down and solve them, and then head off to school.
That cheat book cost me all of $5, but it sure made people think I was smart. Fools!
Microsoft keeps adding "FREE" things to Windows. But didja ever notice the price of Windows keeps going up? Windows 98 retail box cost $90 if I remember correctly. Can you get Windows XP Home Edition retail box for $90? I don't think so...