jokes aside I haven't been THAT peeved with Vista. The interface is awkward, file transfers are dramatically slower than Ubuntu, and downloading a file over the internet invokes a 20 second freeze in Firefox.
So... this sounds like one real world review by another satisfied customer? Not a very compelling argument to sway consumers to want this product.
Other than that, it seems more stable than XP, and is responsive enough on my recently upgraded desktop. *But* it has been relegated to a game console status though, at least for me.
Sounds more like a waste of money considering the cost of the hardware (CPU, screen, keyboard, etc..) and software (the OS and games) in comparison to just buying a dedicated games console.
Somehow I'm not feeling compelled to give Microsoft products another opportunity to infest my favorite hardware. This just sounds like another consumer contented to settle for a product designed around a marketing scheme and not usability, functionality, or the end user satisfaction. Me thinks your review would be good material for another Mac/PC commercial.
Partly False. They have a header on them so that standalone CD recorders, like the Pioneer PDR-609 [pioneerelectronics.com] can recognize them, those recorders will not record on regular DATA CD-Rs.
This is why we have Linux and CD/DVD recorders in our PCs. We have all the software necessary to rip any media to any format desired.
My thoughts exactly. This is Microsoft we're talking about here. They won't ship it until it's so bloated it will barely run on the next generation super computer.
I recall years ago when I used the MS Windows product that I would occasionally get a pop up message from a random web site telling me that scans showed I have all sorts of nasty crap on my machine. It's the windows messenger at fault here. I had to go to grc.com to find the procedure to "Kill the Messenger".
Evidently M$ still enables this useless feature by default and unwary users are still being duped by it. Microsoft should also be held responsible for damages caused by their products, or at the very least they really should inform their customers how to protect themselves when using their products.
Depends what you want to contribute. Most languages are used in the Gnu/Linux environment depending on application.
That said, I am not a professional programmer and don't program for money, I have a day job that pays very well. I do enjoy programming though and am currently constructing an accounting/business management app for KDE and using QT4 programming in C++. My test bed will be my own company and will eliminate my reliance on QuickBooks and winblows altogether. Once in a useful and productive state I will release it to the community for others to use most likely through sourceforge.
This is just my way of also contributing to the cause along with all the other programmers out there that have contributed many top notch applications I use everyday such as K3B, soundjuicer, xine, firefox, & KDE.
Good luck and welcome to the good side of the force.
I seriously doubt Microsoft would be behind this scam. After reading the Groklaw article it sounds like the PCs are cheaply built with the options of Vista or Mac OSX. No finger pointing here, but China has become pretty adept at distributing reverse engineered and/or unlocked proprietary software.
My magic 8 ball says that Apple will successfully shut Psystar down eventually, only to re-emerge under a different name somewhere else in the future.
My day job: I am a plumbing & heating contractor. Electrifying copper pipes is easy as long as you don't connect to the service until final. The problem is how to configure a ground for the perpetrator to stand on or touch while grabbing a hold of the loot thus completing the effect of zapping the crap out of the would be thief. This is not fatal but the thief would most likely shit his pants out of the surprise and leave in a hurry. If you board up the new construction and lock it, breaking in is B&E (felony in most places I know of).
In California, if you shoot someone in your house and you don't kill them, they can come back and sue you. So if someone is in your house and you approach them with your shotgun making your self known and your intensions, if they threaten you in any way, feel free to remove their head from the rest of them. This is self defense in every court in the land.
I have also heard of large commercial projects in Las Vegas that have had to chain link off the projects, and hire security guards to keep thieves out.
Myself, I left Sodom and Gomorrah several years ago and moved to Alaska. Citizens here have the right to carry concealed weapons, and most do! There is some crime here but not as bad as the lower 48. Can you imagine some loser attempting to knock off the neighborhood liquor store filled with thirsty patrons packing.44 magnums? Also there is an unwritten rule here, if you wander too close to someone else's property uninvited, you may get shot! period, end of story...
This is an easy one Uncle Ted himself, who else understands the internet as well as he Although now he may be doing it from his new base in cell #1576 Cell block E
Use prevention education. "This property protected by Smith & Wesson". Another option could be to electrify the copper pipes in your new construction during the night. Lock the house up and post "No Trespassing" signs just to protect yourself from litigation.
It's unfortunate our society has sunk this low, but sometimes drastic measures may be needed to protect yourself, your family, and your property. "Sorry officer, when I saw him in my yard, I thought he was a prowler. When I saw something flash in his hand, I opened fire in self defense. Now if you'll excuse me I need to hose what's left of him off my stucco"
If McDonalds gets this patent, then I am going to patent my famous fart method. I can already see everyone else spontaneously combusting having to hold their farts from release
I'm amazed that it got this close. I figured this would be an absolute stomping after Senator Tubes became a convicted felon.
I'm alaskan and I'm amazed too. He has a following from bringing billions into the state year after year. Military contracts, bridges to nowhere, etc... we even have a great missile base! No end of fun for the kiddies. They even named the Anchorage airport after him. They affectionately call it "Uncle Ted". Most alaskans see all this money coming in and think it's great for the state and jobs, but don't realize that of all the government contracts, most money and jobs go to out of state contractors and their crews.
Personally, I'm glad to see him gone. I believe politicians and diapers have something in common, they both need to be changed often for the same reason.
I wish we had trains here. I'd use 'em. I've found myself getting so nervous at being considered a terrorist and the possibility of being dragged off to some medieval torture chamber, that I just start drinking heavily before I get to the airport. Then in a stupor, go merrily along with the other sheep through the chutes until I am inside the security. Then to the next pub and so forth until I get to my destination where I sleep it all off. Not pretty but it works.
TSA == Security Theater Completely worthless... at great expense... accomplishing absolutely nothing Just gotta love it
So... Are they admitting that bugs in their software that are being targeted by crackers are there by design? Or just incompetence? If they know their software is filled with bugs, why not just fix them and be done with it before it's released.
Recalling from my bible study years, a day for God can be 1000 years for man. For prophetic interpretation, typically a "day" means a year. ex: "time, times & half a time" becomes 1260 prophetic days or 1260 actual years. I forget the means this was interpreted but it made sense @ the time.
That being said, it's a mistake to assume that the earth is only 6000 years old according to the bible belt scholars. They attempt to interpret time passage literally. Too many unknowns for this to work. How long was Adam & Eve alive before they were made to be mortal? How long was the earth here before man was made to be man? How many other prototypes may have been involved on the earth and how long were they here. Clearly there were other creatures roaming the earth before the man experiment began.
Admittedly, I am still a believer in God, but I also believe in science. Who's to say which one is the correct story for sure, or a combination of both? I just can't wrap my head around a possibility of my ancestors swinging from trees by their tails and throwing their feces @ one another.
But then again after watching the political circus we just had, there was plenty of feces throwing going on, so maybe not all of us have yet evolved.
Environmentalists must always challenge every one of Bush's decisions due to the fact he has always acted recklessly & irresponsibly, completely lacking in facts and information. Seat of the pants decision making without consideration of consequence. This of course is a prime example of just how stupid this man really is.
Great point. I remember hearing about some other tests of this new type of sonar and recall that the whales basically threw themselves out of the water as they had suffered hemorrhaging from their brains and hearing organs.
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So ... this sounds like one real world review by another satisfied customer? Not a very compelling argument to sway consumers to want this product.
Sounds more like a waste of money considering the cost of the hardware (CPU, screen, keyboard, etc..) and software (the OS and games) in comparison to just buying a dedicated games console.
Somehow I'm not feeling compelled to give Microsoft products another opportunity to infest my favorite hardware. This just sounds like another consumer contented to settle for a product designed around a marketing scheme and not usability, functionality, or the end user satisfaction. Me thinks your review would be good material for another Mac/PC commercial.
This is why we have Linux and CD/DVD recorders in our PCs. We have all the software necessary to rip any media to any format desired.
My thoughts exactly. This is Microsoft we're talking about here. They won't ship it until it's so bloated it will barely run on the next generation super computer.
Don't forget about Dick Cheney. He's also an investor in privately run federal prisons. He's probably making out like a bandit over gitmo.
I recall years ago when I used the MS Windows product that I would occasionally get a pop up message from a random web site telling me that scans showed I have all sorts of nasty crap on my machine. It's the windows messenger at fault here. I had to go to grc.com to find the procedure to "Kill the Messenger".
Evidently M$ still enables this useless feature by default and unwary users are still being duped by it. Microsoft should also be held responsible for damages caused by their products, or at the very least they really should inform their customers how to protect themselves when using their products.
Now if you'll just step over here where we will fit the implants so you will be an effective drone ... er, uh ... community member.
Depends what you want to contribute. Most languages are used in the Gnu/Linux environment depending on application.
That said, I am not a professional programmer and don't program for money, I have a day job that pays very well. I do enjoy programming though and am currently constructing an accounting/business management app for KDE and using QT4 programming in C++.
My test bed will be my own company and will eliminate my reliance on QuickBooks and winblows altogether. Once in a useful and productive state I will release it to the community for others to use most likely through sourceforge.
This is just my way of also contributing to the cause along with all the other programmers out there that have contributed many top notch applications I use everyday such as K3B, soundjuicer, xine, firefox, & KDE.
Good luck and welcome to the good side of the force.
I seriously doubt Microsoft would be behind this scam.
After reading the Groklaw article it sounds like the PCs are cheaply built with the options of Vista or Mac OSX.
No finger pointing here, but China has become pretty adept at distributing reverse engineered and/or unlocked proprietary software.
My magic 8 ball says that Apple will successfully shut Psystar down eventually, only to re-emerge under a different name somewhere else in the future.
Ah yes, I remember seeing him in concert 33 years ago. Good show! I would never refer to him as Uncle Ted though, maybe reefer Ted ...
My day job: I am a plumbing & heating contractor. Electrifying copper pipes is easy as long as you don't connect to the service until final. The problem is how to configure a ground for the perpetrator to stand on or touch while grabbing a hold of the loot thus completing the effect of zapping the crap out of the would be thief. This is not fatal but the thief would most likely shit his pants out of the surprise and leave in a hurry. If you board up the new construction and lock it, breaking in is B&E (felony in most places I know of).
In California, if you shoot someone in your house and you don't kill them, they can come back and sue you. So if someone is in your house and you approach them with your shotgun making your self known and your intensions, if they threaten you in any way, feel free to remove their head from the rest of them. This is self defense in every court in the land.
I have also heard of large commercial projects in Las Vegas that have had to chain link off the projects, and hire security guards to keep thieves out.
Myself, I left Sodom and Gomorrah several years ago and moved to Alaska. Citizens here have the right to carry concealed weapons, and most do! There is some crime here but not as bad as the lower 48. Can you imagine some loser attempting to knock off the neighborhood liquor store filled with thirsty patrons packing .44 magnums? Also there is an unwritten rule here, if you wander too close to someone else's property uninvited, you may get shot! ...
period, end of story
This is an easy one
Uncle Ted himself, who else understands the internet as well as he
Although now he may be doing it from his new base in cell #1576 Cell block E
Use prevention education. "This property protected by Smith & Wesson".
Another option could be to electrify the copper pipes in your new construction during the night. Lock the house up and post "No Trespassing" signs just to protect yourself from litigation.
It's unfortunate our society has sunk this low, but sometimes drastic measures may be needed to protect yourself, your family, and your property. "Sorry officer, when I saw him in my yard, I thought he was a prowler. When I saw something flash in his hand, I opened fire in self defense. Now if you'll excuse me I need to hose what's left of him off my stucco"
What's on your mind today?
I never talk on my cell phone while I post to slashdot on my laptop while driving.
If McDonalds gets this patent, then I am going to patent my famous fart method.
I can already see everyone else spontaneously combusting having to hold their farts from release
I'm alaskan and I'm amazed too. He has a following from bringing billions into the state year after year. Military contracts, bridges to nowhere, etc ... we even have a great missile base! No end of fun for the kiddies. They even named the Anchorage airport after him. They affectionately call it "Uncle Ted".
Most alaskans see all this money coming in and think it's great for the state and jobs, but don't realize that of all the government contracts, most money and jobs go to out of state contractors and their crews.
Personally, I'm glad to see him gone. I believe politicians and diapers have something in common, they both need to be changed often for the same reason.
I wish we had trains here. I'd use 'em.
I've found myself getting so nervous at being considered a terrorist and the possibility of being dragged off to some medieval torture chamber, that I just start drinking heavily before I get to the airport. Then in a stupor, go merrily along with the other sheep through the chutes until I am inside the security. Then to the next pub and so forth until I get to my destination where I sleep it all off. Not pretty but it works.
TSA == Security Theater ... at great expense ... accomplishing absolutely nothing
Completely worthless
Just gotta love it
Strapon tools or Snapon tools
Unless the space walkers are lesbian, and then it's okay
You over looked one fact
Joe-sixpack doesn't use a computer. He is too busy drinking beer and scratching his sack.
Warp Drives?
Never underestimate the power of the BSOD
So ... Are they admitting that bugs in their software that are being targeted by crackers are there by design? Or just incompetence?
If they know their software is filled with bugs, why not just fix them and be done with it before it's released.
Recalling from my bible study years, a day for God can be 1000 years for man. For prophetic interpretation, typically a "day" means a year. ex: "time, times & half a time" becomes 1260 prophetic days or 1260 actual years. I forget the means this was interpreted but it made sense @ the time.
That being said, it's a mistake to assume that the earth is only 6000 years old according to the bible belt scholars. They attempt to interpret time passage literally. Too many unknowns for this to work. How long was Adam & Eve alive before they were made to be mortal? How long was the earth here before man was made to be man? How many other prototypes may have been involved on the earth and how long were they here. Clearly there were other creatures roaming the earth before the man experiment began.
Admittedly, I am still a believer in God, but I also believe in science. Who's to say which one is the correct story for sure, or a combination of both? I just can't wrap my head around a possibility of my ancestors swinging from trees by their tails and throwing their feces @ one another.
But then again after watching the political circus we just had, there was plenty of feces throwing going on, so maybe not all of us have yet evolved.
Environmentalists must always challenge every one of Bush's decisions due to the fact he has always acted recklessly & irresponsibly, completely lacking in facts and information. Seat of the pants decision making without consideration of consequence.
This of course is a prime example of just how stupid this man really is.
Great point. I remember hearing about some other tests of this new type of sonar and recall that the whales basically threw themselves out of the water as they had suffered hemorrhaging from their brains and hearing organs.