For those reasons, I kinda hope they do coast on their reputation for a while longer and not keep messing with the winning formula (think Coke Classic if anyone reading this is old enough to remember that fiasco).
The difference is that Coke is used for one very specific purpose (OK, maybe two). People want and expect consistency in an ingestible product. For something as complex and multipurpose as an OS, constant development and improvement should be the goal.
I even tried storing my Firefox profile there... though it technically worked, the problem is that Firefox accesses like a hundred files every time it starts up
I use the Google Browser Sync extension. It doesn't work for your extensions but it will keep bookmarks, history, cookies, And passwords synced between machines or even different operating systems or profiles on the same machine.
I am a private IT consultant and I was recently contracted by a Fortune 500 insurance company subsidiary on a very minor issue (2 days). I was hired through an ad on an online bulletin board. The president of the company hired me over the telephone without requesting any references or inquiring about background, education, or even aptitude with the systems they had in place.
Upon arriving for the appointment, I was led into the server room and immediately left alone, laptop in hand. I left the first day with a company laptop in hand unchallenged. The reason I was taking it was because it was being used as a spam zombie and needed to be reformatted. This laptop had been syncing with the company's entire ACT database and contained other sensitive information as well.
When I informed the president that this data had very likely been compromised and that he should take some action to mitigate the repercussions of this, he just shrugged and informed me that the employee responsible for that laptop no longer worked for the company. He obviously had no intention of following through on any of my recommendations.
Needless to say, I will never be one of their clients.
The updater should work but if it doesn't, from the run menu, type
firefox.exe -profilemanager
Create a new profile and browse to your old profile folder (usually in the %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ folder). This should restore all of your settings. Of course, all of your extensions might not work. If you use the MRTech Local Install extension, you can force compatibility but try this at your own risk.
Please explain what these "unthinkable things" are, and how they "screw over" their users. Let's not have any unsubstantiated and polarized name-calling
I have done a little benchmarking and Norton Internet Security alone caused an overall performance hit of 18% on the test machine. McAffee was almost as bad with an overall performance hit of 11%. These numbers are worse than most of the malware that they are supposed to protect you from. Also, these applications will break many older programs.
Hard drives are not expensive. You can even spend an extra ten dollars on an enclosure and turn your old one into a pocket sized, usb powered external drive.
Nowhere near as big a problem as Vista only running software on an "approved list" would be, to the average Slashdotter.
In a way, it does. Windows Defender will prevent applications from running at startup. When you go to enable them, they show as "Not Yet Classified" and cannot be enabled. This is a very annoying feature. I have not tested whether it will allow batch files at startup.
Had you RTFA you could find numerous credible and documented sources for most if not all of his allegations. And as to indictments, you're kidding, right?
There has been fraud, corruption, and all manner of crap going on in elections in the US since the beginning of time
While true, There has never been wholesale, systemic manipulation of the electoral process on this scale. Previous acts of fraud tended to be minor and localised, mainly due to an overzaealous member of one or the other parties. The irregularities referrenced in the 200 and 2004 elections, however, appear to be a well planned and concerted effort by the extreme right wing to ensure thier agenda is enacted at all costs.
Like I said, you see what you want to see. I posit that the vast majority of consumers not only don't care about iTunes DRM but don't even know what iTunes "DRM" is or means.
Just wait until apple no longer has the "best" player on the market and they want to upgrade.
I have what was once a $600 i500. Since i do pay the $6 a month replacement insurance, I have returned it no less than 6 times due to minor mechanical problems. (The button that holds the battery breaks easily when it is dropped). It is a valuable option if you own an expensive phone. Also, since the i500 is about the only PDA flipphone I have found, i prefer a replacement to an upgrade.
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The difference is that Coke is used for one very specific purpose (OK, maybe two). People want and expect consistency in an ingestible product. For something as complex and multipurpose as an OS, constant development and improvement should be the goal.
I use the Google Browser Sync extension. It doesn't work for your extensions but it will keep bookmarks, history, cookies, And passwords synced between machines or even different operating systems or profiles on the same machine.
Maybe, if you are addicted to cocaine.
I am a private IT consultant and I was recently contracted by a Fortune 500 insurance company subsidiary on a very minor issue (2 days). I was hired through an ad on an online bulletin board. The president of the company hired me over the telephone without requesting any references or inquiring about background, education, or even aptitude with the systems they had in place.
Upon arriving for the appointment, I was led into the server room and immediately left alone, laptop in hand. I left the first day with a company laptop in hand unchallenged. The reason I was taking it was because it was being used as a spam zombie and needed to be reformatted. This laptop had been syncing with the company's entire ACT database and contained other sensitive information as well.
When I informed the president that this data had very likely been compromised and that he should take some action to mitigate the repercussions of this, he just shrugged and informed me that the employee responsible for that laptop no longer worked for the company. He obviously had no intention of following through on any of my recommendations.
Needless to say, I will never be one of their clients.
Of course, all of your extensions might not work. If you use the MRTech Local Install extension, you can force compatibility but try this at your own risk.
Britannica, OK; CNN, maybe; but Fox News? I mean... Fox News?!???
I have done a little benchmarking and Norton Internet Security alone caused an overall performance hit of 18% on the test machine. McAffee was almost as bad with an overall performance hit of 11%. These numbers are worse than most of the malware that they are supposed to protect you from. Also, these applications will break many older programs.
Just push down on the nub with your finger and the DVD pops right out.
He means that you can slipstream SP2 onto a CD with a CD burner. A DVD burner isn't necessary
Hard drives are not expensive. You can even spend an extra ten dollars on an enclosure and turn your old one into a pocket sized, usb powered external drive.
In a way, it does. Windows Defender will prevent applications from running at startup. When you go to enable them, they show as "Not Yet Classified" and cannot be enabled. This is a very annoying feature. I have not tested whether it will allow batch files at startup.
This one is little more stylish. It also says the battery lasts 7 days.
Are you sure you don't mean 'Clichés on a Motherfucking Chip'?
Had you RTFA you could find numerous credible and documented sources for most if not all of his allegations. And as to indictments, you're kidding, right?
While true, There has never been wholesale, systemic manipulation of the electoral process on this scale. Previous acts of fraud tended to be minor and localised, mainly due to an overzaealous member of one or the other parties. The irregularities referrenced in the 200 and 2004 elections, however, appear to be a well planned and concerted effort by the extreme right wing to ensure thier agenda is enacted at all costs.
Just wait until apple no longer has the "best" player on the market and they want to upgrade.
Try doing any shopping or registering with any new websites or online services without an email account.
I thought it was tubes???
2,2,11,53,193
you gotta waste them somewhere and you can't spend them anywhere else.
It was a South Park parody
I have what was once a $600 i500. Since i do pay the $6 a month replacement insurance, I have returned it no less than 6 times due to minor mechanical problems. (The button that holds the battery breaks easily when it is dropped). It is a valuable option if you own an expensive phone. Also, since the i500 is about the only PDA flipphone I have found, i prefer a replacement to an upgrade.
25?!?
product I'm 35 and heard it just fine. This product probably discourages a lot of normal business as well.
There is always satellite, but you're going to pay for it.
Yes, these were factors in the way facism developed in Germany, but don't fool yourself. Facism is alive and well in this country too.