And Ubuntu gets plenty of publicity for new releases, which is the equivalent of a Windows service pack.
You do apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, nobody gives a damn. I go to Windows Update and get some patches, same deal. On the other hand, when Hardy Heron gets released there will be just as much hubbub from Ubuntu users as there are for SP1 from Vista users.
When making comparisons at least make sure you're comparing the same thing.
Interesting, you did not have a C# course in Mechatronics? Both the Electrical and Computer Engineering programs include it as the first year intro to programming course, and it's pretty much analoguous to Java in the context here.
>> And as for not having a functional browser, there are many many other areas where windows lacks functional apps in comparison to other systems, they don't bundle a functional spreadsheet (or even a facility to view spreadsheets) for instance, nor do they bundle an ssh client/server (everyone else does, and ssh is becoming the standard for remote admin of network devices, replacing telnet), they don't even have a secure erase tool by default and many other shortcomings compared to other systems.
Yes, but with a functional browser you can get all of that stuff yourself. On the other hand, without a bundled browser, how are you even going to get a third party browser (assuming the average user doesn't have ftp.mozilla.org memorized)? Or are we back to the AOL CD days?
>> "DRM" is brought up all the time, yet it is quite possibly the single most irrelevant and insignificant criticism of Vista (with the possible exception of "hardware requirements"). If you don't have DRM-encumbered content, the DRM restrictions simply don't apply. If you *do* have DRM-encumbered content, then Vista isn't applying any more restrictions than any other device capable of playing it will. Either way, it doesn't matter.
>> Indeed. My girlfriend just got a new computer and had to upgrade the RAM to 4 gigs just to meet the recommended requirements. And then, get this, Vista contains a bug that only recognizes and uses 3 gigs of it. So there goes a small chunk of cash out the window.
That is... not a Vista bug. 32bit OSes only have 4GB of addressing space (count 'em, 2^32 = 4294967296), and a goodly chunk of that is reserved for other things. Thus you only get 3GB and a bit.
That article says she basically had a heart attack, probably from the pain of being shocked. You yourself quote heart disease as the cause of death, not electrocution. If we do follow your defintion of "to kill or execute by electricity" (the ONLY way electricity can kill directly is if current passes through and stops the heart, unless you stick your head into a giantass transformer and it blasts your head clean off) here, she was SHOCKED ten times, she was not "electrocuted" ten times. Just like how the guy in this story was not electrocuted, merely shocked, which is certainly not excessive force when used to force a violent student resisting arrest to comply.
If I stick a pin in your toe and you fall off the roof it's murder. If we're sitting in a bar and I stick you in the arm with a pin is it attempted murder? Murder is almost entirely about intent, anyway, so I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the cops did not attempt to murder this student here.
He was NOT electrocuted. Electrocution implies current passed through his heart. Obviously the taser only caused localized pain restricted to the tased area since he could walk fine afterwards.
>> Put a shitload of voltage through him, though, and there's an outside chance you'll stop his heart and kill him.
That depends on the kind of taser used, and in this case it was the localized pain version, since it's evident that he wasn't paralyzed afterwards and could walk fine. So no, there isn't any chance of stopping his heart unless they put the taser RIGHT OVER HIS HEART. These tasers don't "put a shitload of voltage" through the body, it merely makes the stretch of the body immediately between the two electrodes part of the circuit. Since there is a voltage difference between the two electrodes, current passes from one electrode to another while travelling through the part of the victim's body which connects them, which causes localized pain in that part of the body.
Well, no, dolphins AREN'T people.
Oh, nice fallacy there. Cuz the death of dolphins as a side effect of economic development is totally like killing American Indians.
You make "making AV software unnecessary" sound so easy. If I could make something that will make AV software unnecessary without impacting the user's computing lifestyle (disconnecting from the Internet? Yeah, that'd make AV software pretty much unnecessary), I'd have all of the AV companies' customers and be a multi-billionaire within the year.
You're implying that the OS should be able to somehow "know" whether a piece of software is a virus or not. Fact is, to the OS, viruses look the exact same as a legit piece of software; the only way it could know that it's "bad" software is either a) trust your judgment (hence, UAC and admin privileges, etc.) or b) maintain a list of "bad" software, which is what AV software does. Now, Vista can't do b) cuz then the antitrust lawsuits would be coming down the shitpipe, and it's already doing a), but you can't expect all users to be able to judge if a piece of software is "bad" (sorry, my mom is just not up to the task).
So "making AV software unnecessary" really isn't the piece of cake you make it sound like.
Silver plating's also used for stranded wires with teflon insulation, since normal solder plating will melt and fuse the strands together at the temperature that the teflon is applied.
What exactly is the problem you're having with it? Why are you using an utility to force it into VGA...? Also, have you tried using Opera Mobile? It formats each webpage so it looks nice on the screen.
I run Windows Mobile 5 on it, and it works excellently. It does all sorts of useful stuff like keeping my contacts, calendar, reading documents, map/gps. I can't stand waiting while on the subway, and I take it to work daily; my iPaq's been keeping me unbored twice a day. Third party software choices are FAR superior than when I used the Clie SJ33/TJ35, which run Palm.
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Maximum... voltage? All your appliances run on the same voltage.
You do apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, nobody gives a damn. I go to Windows Update and get some patches, same deal. On the other hand, when Hardy Heron gets released there will be just as much hubbub from Ubuntu users as there are for SP1 from Vista users.
When making comparisons at least make sure you're comparing the same thing.
Interesting, you did not have a C# course in Mechatronics? Both the Electrical and Computer Engineering programs include it as the first year intro to programming course, and it's pretty much analoguous to Java in the context here.
Yes, you probably would :)
Wait, what? A format with lossy compression is better for photography than a lossless format?
Yes, but with a functional browser you can get all of that stuff yourself. On the other hand, without a bundled browser, how are you even going to get a third party browser (assuming the average user doesn't have ftp.mozilla.org memorized)? Or are we back to the AOL CD days?
>> "DRM" is brought up all the time, yet it is quite possibly the single most irrelevant and insignificant criticism of Vista (with the possible exception of "hardware requirements"). If you don't have DRM-encumbered content, the DRM restrictions simply don't apply. If you *do* have DRM-encumbered content, then Vista isn't applying any more restrictions than any other device capable of playing it will. Either way, it doesn't matter.
Best summary of Vista DRM I've heard so far.
>> Indeed. My girlfriend just got a new computer and had to upgrade the RAM to 4 gigs just to meet the recommended requirements. And then, get this, Vista contains a bug that only recognizes and uses 3 gigs of it. So there goes a small chunk of cash out the window.
That is... not a Vista bug. 32bit OSes only have 4GB of addressing space (count 'em, 2^32 = 4294967296), and a goodly chunk of that is reserved for other things. Thus you only get 3GB and a bit.
Oops, thought you meant you wanted the SP to do disable indexing and defrag. Disregard.
And you need a service pack to do this for you because...?
You forget that it's ALREADY compressed in h.264. I'd say there would be a significant loss of quality going from 40GB of h.264 to ~9GB of h.264.
Can you stuff ANY more baseless bullshit into a singular post?
That article says she basically had a heart attack, probably from the pain of being shocked. You yourself quote heart disease as the cause of death, not electrocution. If we do follow your defintion of "to kill or execute by electricity" (the ONLY way electricity can kill directly is if current passes through and stops the heart, unless you stick your head into a giantass transformer and it blasts your head clean off) here, she was SHOCKED ten times, she was not "electrocuted" ten times. Just like how the guy in this story was not electrocuted, merely shocked, which is certainly not excessive force when used to force a violent student resisting arrest to comply.
If I stick a pin in your toe and you fall off the roof it's murder. If we're sitting in a bar and I stick you in the arm with a pin is it attempted murder? Murder is almost entirely about intent, anyway, so I'm pretty sure it's safe to say that the cops did not attempt to murder this student here.
He was NOT electrocuted. Electrocution implies current passed through his heart. Obviously the taser only caused localized pain restricted to the tased area since he could walk fine afterwards.
That depends on the kind of taser used, and in this case it was the localized pain version, since it's evident that he wasn't paralyzed afterwards and could walk fine. So no, there isn't any chance of stopping his heart unless they put the taser RIGHT OVER HIS HEART. These tasers don't "put a shitload of voltage" through the body, it merely makes the stretch of the body immediately between the two electrodes part of the circuit. Since there is a voltage difference between the two electrodes, current passes from one electrode to another while travelling through the part of the victim's body which connects them, which causes localized pain in that part of the body.
That Chinese guy wasn't run over by a tank.
My experiences would indicate otherwise. Or at least they wouldn't be attracted to themselves.
Well, no, dolphins AREN'T people. Oh, nice fallacy there. Cuz the death of dolphins as a side effect of economic development is totally like killing American Indians.
The MiniONE is going to run on Windows CE 6.0, not Linux.
Silicon not silicone.
You're implying that the OS should be able to somehow "know" whether a piece of software is a virus or not. Fact is, to the OS, viruses look the exact same as a legit piece of software; the only way it could know that it's "bad" software is either a) trust your judgment (hence, UAC and admin privileges, etc.) or b) maintain a list of "bad" software, which is what AV software does. Now, Vista can't do b) cuz then the antitrust lawsuits would be coming down the shitpipe, and it's already doing a), but you can't expect all users to be able to judge if a piece of software is "bad" (sorry, my mom is just not up to the task).
So "making AV software unnecessary" really isn't the piece of cake you make it sound like.
Silver plating's also used for stranded wires with teflon insulation, since normal solder plating will melt and fuse the strands together at the temperature that the teflon is applied.
I'm sure those will appear on there eventually.
What exactly is the problem you're having with it? Why are you using an utility to force it into VGA...? Also, have you tried using Opera Mobile? It formats each webpage so it looks nice on the screen.
I run Windows Mobile 5 on it, and it works excellently. It does all sorts of useful stuff like keeping my contacts, calendar, reading documents, map/gps. I can't stand waiting while on the subway, and I take it to work daily; my iPaq's been keeping me unbored twice a day. Third party software choices are FAR superior than when I used the Clie SJ33/TJ35, which run Palm.