XP worked and does work. It worked from the beginning.
Oh boy. No, it didn't. At the release it was just a bloated, slightly more unstable version of Windows 2000. However the biggest problem was the malware explosion, and Service Pack 2 finally got things at a sane level.
The traditional lifespan between consoles is 5 years, going all the way back to the Atari 2600 days. This time, MS is now at 6 years old with no new console in sight, and Sony is at 5 years, also with no new console in sight. A lot of developers are getting nervous, and a lot of franchises are growing stale.
One reason could be that it is getting damn complex to pull something more powerful than the previous generations.
What happened to aptitude, anyway? I mean, it still exists, but all tutorials have reverted back to mention apt-get and aptitude isn't even installed by default. Or does this apply only for Ubuntu?
No, I believe he did reply to the correct one. If you click the Parent link in his post, you can see. However the problem here is that for some reason Slashdot hides some messages sometimes. I myself see this message above his, when I'm in the main thread view.
Another solution could be to have it wrapped in some kind of UAC thing, telling you "The following program wants to modify your hosts file, allow/deny?" Then you could also add exceptions to legacy programs.
I think the Bill Gates time after Microsoft is looking to be much more interesting than what he did with Windows. The philanthropist and world developer side of him deserves a big credit.
When they slipped that statement into a security update, I said goodbye to Apple, and disconnected the machines I owned from the internet. It's likely to be a few decades yet before I forgive them for that.
I can't believe that the EULA change was the only thing that triggered you to say goodbye to Apple.
It might not be the brightest LCD in the lab at 300 nits but it's bright enough [...]
Actually, 300 nits is damn bright. They probably couldn't crank the brightness high enough or for some reason had a unit with a lower spec screen. Most current laptops at max brightness are in the 200 nits (cd/m^2) ballpark. Notebookcheck.net even has the lab and they indeed confirmed the manufacturer rating in their Lenovo X1 review:
Information
Gossen Mavo-Monitor
Maximum: 367 cd/m^2
Average: 330.9 cd/m^2
Brightness Distribution: 81 %
Center on Battery: 348 cd/m^2
Black: 2.8 cd/m^2
Contrast: 124:1
I'd like to know if there is yet a Metro YouTube application? I was thinking something like Google provides on the smartphones would be nice to have on a netbook.
Hmm, seems that you could actually create some sort of protection against this by writing a program which checks for spurious duplicates of system files.
It's also interesting to see how Africa in general seems to be steadily rising towards a more developed continent. China too is making investments there, and Renault recently launched the continent's largest automotive factory.
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When I used Belkin, the stuff had weird errors and conflicts here and there.
In my books, Belkin is a garbage brand.
XP worked and does work. It worked from the beginning.
Oh boy. No, it didn't. At the release it was just a bloated, slightly more unstable version of Windows 2000. However the biggest problem was the malware explosion, and Service Pack 2 finally got things at a sane level.
The traditional lifespan between consoles is 5 years, going all the way back to the Atari 2600 days. This time, MS is now at 6 years old with no new console in sight, and Sony is at 5 years, also with no new console in sight. A lot of developers are getting nervous, and a lot of franchises are growing stale.
One reason could be that it is getting damn complex to pull something more powerful than the previous generations.
And on the opposite, the free ones may have been spiced up with malware.
What happened to aptitude, anyway? I mean, it still exists, but all tutorials have reverted back to mention apt-get and aptitude isn't even installed by default. Or does this apply only for Ubuntu?
No, I believe he did reply to the correct one. If you click the Parent link in his post, you can see. However the problem here is that for some reason Slashdot hides some messages sometimes. I myself see this message above his, when I'm in the main thread view.
Another solution could be to have it wrapped in some kind of UAC thing, telling you "The following program wants to modify your hosts file, allow/deny?" Then you could also add exceptions to legacy programs.
I think the Bill Gates time after Microsoft is looking to be much more interesting than what he did with Windows. The philanthropist and world developer side of him deserves a big credit.
One silly solution would be to create an auto-update daemon for the shortcut, for which you host the server. ;)
When they slipped that statement into a security update, I said goodbye to Apple, and disconnected the machines I owned from the internet. It's likely to be a few decades yet before I forgive them for that.
I can't believe that the EULA change was the only thing that triggered you to say goodbye to Apple.
If you get an iPad, and you're not disciplined, you'll find yourself doing everything else but reading books because it's really nice to use.
But does one then even enjoy reading books if he has to be "disciplined" to do it?
From the article:
It might not be the brightest LCD in the lab at 300 nits but it's bright enough [...]
Actually, 300 nits is damn bright. They probably couldn't crank the brightness high enough or for some reason had a unit with a lower spec screen. Most current laptops at max brightness are in the 200 nits (cd/m^2) ballpark. Notebookcheck.net even has the lab and they indeed confirmed the manufacturer rating in their Lenovo X1 review:
Information
Gossen Mavo-Monitor
Maximum: 367 cd/m^2
Average: 330.9 cd/m^2
Brightness Distribution: 81 %
Center on Battery: 348 cd/m^2
Black: 2.8 cd/m^2
Contrast: 124:1
Yep, he seems to be just a generic businessman.
Why so angry?
I'd like to know if there is yet a Metro YouTube application? I was thinking something like Google provides on the smartphones would be nice to have on a netbook.
And ZOMFG do NOT open to any depth in control panel, it becomes this giant shotgun tile nightmare o' doom!
I watched some review of Win8 RTM in YouTube and apparently they have restored the Win7 Control Panel.
I'm also very curious about why it takes so long to check for updates and install them.
I agree. While I like to rant every now and then about brokenness of Linux, the drivers are actually not a big problem anymore.
In Linux there's also the advantage that you can move the system disk to another machine (well, on typical PC setup) without reinstallation.
There's still Dillo... ;)
Yep. To create and maintain a web browser that is capable of rendering the current-day web, you need an army of developers.
You might want to check out the VIA pico-ITX ARM board.
Hmm, seems that you could actually create some sort of protection against this by writing a program which checks for spurious duplicates of system files.
Well, a year ago he was looking at the idea, right now he has decided to really want to do it.
It's also interesting to see how Africa in general seems to be steadily rising towards a more developed continent. China too is making investments there, and Renault recently launched the continent's largest automotive factory.
Well, Flash sucks in that regard too.