Bill Gates:
'Yup, all 3 that were put out on the market were sold in less than 1 minute. I bought one, Ballmer bought one and I gave one to my buddy Jack Abramoff.'
FTA:
"I'm going to trust Vista on day one," Ballmer said. "I bet most people in this audience will trust it day one--on their home computer," he joked. "I'm trying to be honest among friends." /FTA
Sure he'll trust it. He profits from it. I just can't believe anyone would fall for this line of B.S.
Yeah, like he's one of our friends. And the worst part is, TONS of people actually DO fall for this B.S. There are too many sheep on this planet.
I'm sorry, but I disagree somewhat here. Sure, the Mac Mini's aren't exactly speed demons. But OpenOffice.org takes an uncomfortable amount of time to load, whereas other, similar apps do not.
I have a Mac Mini 1.42ghz, and a Windows box (AMD 1.3ghz) that is about 4 years old. Both of them seem to have similar performance on applications like iTunes, Firefox and Thunderbird. However, OpenOffice.org, opens up VERY SLOWLY on the Mac Mini. It has to open and start X11 first, then X11 starts OpenOffice.org. When I first got the Mac Mini w/256mb of RAM, this process took upwards of 90 seconds. I upped the RAM to 1gb, which helped significantly, but OOo still takes between 20-45 seconds to load (depending on how many other apps are running). NeoOffice/J takes about 10-30 seconds, which is much better.
What's really going to be un-nerving is the merger between MSN's proprietary news groups and AOL's proprietary news groups. The flame wars will be unprecedented.
Every driver CD/disk that comes across my desk gets copied to another CD/disk and also copied to a driver folder on the network. I can't tell you how many times I've watched companies drop access to drivers and left me stranded...
...same goes for downloaded software -- always archive it!
Embrace: "Microsoft will now provide a free Open Source Operating System. We are doing this to ensure that even citizens of the poorest of nations can freely access information via the Internet. We will work closely with existing Open Source Software developers to ensure their ability to produce cross-platform software to meet that end."
Extend: "As Microsoft's Open Source Operating System has grown in popularity, it appears that cross-platform software packages on some competing operating systems are introducing security holes that endanger user privacy. Therefore, we at Microsoft will add high-strength encryption standards based on our.PRIVACY(TM) Security Extentions."
Exterminate: "Software not compatible with.PRIVACY(TM) Security Extentions standards will no longer work with Microsoft's... blah, blah, blah..."
General: Let's go get those Danish hosers!
Troops: (slack mumbles of disapproval)
General: uhhhh....and then we'll go fishing, eh?
Troops: YEA! LET'S GET 'EM!
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Bill Gates:
'Yup, all 3 that were put out on the market were sold in less than 1 minute. I bought one, Ballmer bought one and I gave one to my buddy Jack Abramoff.'
As is typical when I read Microsoft articles/publications/press releases, I got to the word "innovation" and stopped reading.
FTA:
/FTA
"I'm going to trust Vista on day one," Ballmer said. "I bet most people in this audience will trust it day one--on their home computer," he joked. "I'm trying to be honest among friends."
Sure he'll trust it. He profits from it. I just can't believe anyone would fall for this line of B.S.
Yeah, like he's one of our friends. And the worst part is, TONS of people actually DO fall for this B.S. There are too many sheep on this planet.
Blah! Okay, I'm done ranting now.
I'm sorry, but I disagree somewhat here. Sure, the Mac Mini's aren't exactly speed demons. But OpenOffice.org takes an uncomfortable amount of time to load, whereas other, similar apps do not.
I have a Mac Mini 1.42ghz, and a Windows box (AMD 1.3ghz) that is about 4 years old. Both of them seem to have similar performance on applications like iTunes, Firefox and Thunderbird. However, OpenOffice.org, opens up VERY SLOWLY on the Mac Mini. It has to open and start X11 first, then X11 starts OpenOffice.org. When I first got the Mac Mini w/256mb of RAM, this process took upwards of 90 seconds. I upped the RAM to 1gb, which helped significantly, but OOo still takes between 20-45 seconds to load (depending on how many other apps are running). NeoOffice/J takes about 10-30 seconds, which is much better.
I looked at one of the screenshots and if I'm not mistaken, it looks like the desktop is using a new font!
Wow! Vista is making me vibrate, man!
I hope, I hope, I hope...
New Office group Vice President: Clippy
Ignoring the risk of some bad mod points, frankly I consider ZDNet rather similar to Fox News. I quit reading them a couple of years ago.
What's really going to be un-nerving is the merger between MSN's proprietary news groups and AOL's proprietary news groups.
The flame wars will be unprecedented.
Oh, the humanity!
Every driver CD/disk that comes across my desk gets copied to another CD/disk and also copied to a driver folder on the network. I can't tell you how many times I've watched companies drop access to drivers and left me stranded...
...same goes for downloaded software -- always archive it!
Hmmmm...maybe you can partition your RAM?
Hellllooo.... notepad.exe
For those deceased that were particularly un-loved, V-Chips are installed for your child's protection.
Make big buck$ with your kidney problem:
To learn how, send $1.95 to:
(blah, blah, blah)
Drink more beer!
More beer > more urine > more battery power!
Woohoo! (hic)
You have been born.
Please read the following agreement....
mozilla.com is up and running, too!
(Not much content, though.)
It would have been 20 million amps, but some jerk forgot to remove his surge supressor...
Of course: Somebody has to scan it and post it to USENET.
He's just voting to increase his own taxes.
Possible future quotes from one Mr. Ballmer:
.PRIVACY(TM) Security Extentions."
.PRIVACY(TM) Security Extentions standards will no longer work with Microsoft's ... blah, blah, blah..."
...you get the picture...
Embrace: "Microsoft will now provide a free Open Source Operating System. We are doing this to ensure that even citizens of the poorest of nations can freely access information via the Internet. We will work closely with existing Open Source Software developers to ensure their ability to produce cross-platform software to meet that end."
Extend: "As Microsoft's Open Source Operating System has grown in popularity, it appears that cross-platform software packages on some competing operating systems are introducing security holes that endanger user privacy. Therefore, we at Microsoft will add high-strength encryption standards based on our
Exterminate: "Software not compatible with
I hate formatting problems. Let's try that again:
General: Let's go get those Danish hosers!
Troops: (slack mumbles of disapproval)
General: uhhhh....and then we'll go fishing, eh?
Troops: YEA! LET'S GET 'EM!
General: Let's go get those Danish hosers! Troops: General: uhhhh....and then we'll go fishing, eh? Troops: YEA! LET'S GET 'EM!
"I'd like a one-way ticket, please."
The default wallpaper for Windows XP was a grassy hillside. Now I see we're given a closeup of the grass. Isn't that worth the price of an upgrade??