I too enjoyed the experience of setting up someone's store bought Vista package. My negativity up until then was based on web articles, blogs, horror stories from others.
After working with Vista I feel qualified to write web articles, blogs and horror stories of my own.
XP until it dies, Linux only from then on.
Oh, and it's not because it's a Microsoft product. It's simply because it's a poor product.
Well. I hate to say this... but a friend and I put together a few PCs running Linux clustered together to reproduce the brain of a cockroach but the cluster scattered and hid under my stove when the light sensors were connected.
In most cases: you're correct. Working with a live CD can be very slooow. However, give Slax Linux http://www.slax.org/ a try. If the infected PC has 256 Mb RAM or more (check the specs at the site) then boot Slax this way:
$ slax copy2ram
It puts the entire O/S in RAM and moves as fast as any installed O/S I've ever seen. The CD is ejected during boot time. If only one optical drive exists you're free to use it to make backups.
Personally I have less of a moral problem "stealing" things that are locked down, than things that are opened up.
A friend of mine spoke of the Paris Metro (subway system). According to him the city of Paris has made it so difficult to "get a free ride" that it becomes a badge of honor to achieve entry without paying.
When my friend arrived here in Montreal and saw how it was child's play to get aboard our Metro system he simply ponied up the money and got on.
Paris is paranoid and wastes a lot of money in prevention. Social pressure stops Montreals from getting free rides.
If Vista sold for $19.99 a copy I wonder if the "1 in 5" figure for pirated copies would be more like 1 in 500.
Yeah. I'm sure all the past employees of Netscape are on the edge of their seats, grinning happily over your post, all teary-eyed that SOMEbody is defending MS. By the way, automatic gainsaying doesn't make your claim correct.
On the serious side: download http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml's keyfinder. No need to reboot the system, no need to even install the file! Just change the number to the new valid one, save it and you're totally legit.
On the funnier side... the only way to fix Windows XP is to completely remove it for something better... like an OpenSource operating system.
The $264 million Genesis mission launched in August 2001 to study the composition of the early Solar System, which is thought to be reflected in the solar wind.
Great. Makes me wonder if car mechanics would have done a better job and for cheaper.
You'd think the direction of these sensors would have been checked and double-checked at that price.
I'm currently using the beta (as I write).
Something that actually surprised me was the dropdown list for the search box. It actually includes non-MSN Search options. I figured they'd only implement their improved MSN Search until perhaps another beta.
The button arrangement is kinda awkward. The tabs appear over the menu and button bar. The exception is the Back and Forward buttons.
Perhaps future betas will allow users a Firefox level of customization.
Overall: a little nicer than IE6. I understand they're busy trying to get Vista ready for the market and Firefox is nibbling away at their marketshare. For those oblivious to Firefox's existence this'll soon appear as a required MS update for XP users (when it goes gold). And they'll feel they already have something "as good as" Firefox when they finally hear about the alternative.
Space shows are up against reality shows and they don't seem to be doing well in the competition (note the demise of Star Trek: Enterprise).
That they dared start this while ST:E wasn't doing well means the studio believes in it strongly enough.
ST:E was the only sci-fi I watched until I got hold of the pilot to BSG. I quickly gave up on ST:E.
It has a certain mood, I'll warrant, that might take watching the premiere a couple of times. A bit of an attempt to fake a documentary in style. But this certainly isn't the BSG of the 1970s.
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A friend from France said the security systems in the Paris subway system are so tight that it becomes a badge of honor to get a ride without paying.
When he arrived in Montreal and saw the complete low levels of security, he felt it more like stealing candy from a baby and now pays for each ride.
Each new layer of security to crack becomes another badge of honor for crackers.
I too enjoyed the experience of setting up someone's store bought Vista package. My negativity up until then was based on web articles, blogs, horror stories from others. After working with Vista I feel qualified to write web articles, blogs and horror stories of my own. XP until it dies, Linux only from then on. Oh, and it's not because it's a Microsoft product. It's simply because it's a poor product.
Well. I hate to say this... but a friend and I put together a few PCs running Linux clustered together to reproduce the brain of a cockroach but the cluster scattered and hid under my stove when the light sensors were connected.
Why not use XP with a Vista Windows Blinds theme. This way you get all of Vista's "beauty" with XP's stability.
:P
Mozilla accepts that errors can occur and doesn't deny their existence or try to encourage belief these flaws are "not bugs, but features."
9) As Word replaces the typewriter Powerpoint replaces the chalkboard. Keep that in mind as you fill in your bullets.
$ slax copy2ram
It puts the entire O/S in RAM and moves as fast as any installed O/S I've ever seen. The CD is ejected during boot time. If only one optical drive exists you're free to use it to make backups.
A friend of mine spoke of the Paris Metro (subway system). According to him the city of Paris has made it so difficult to "get a free ride" that it becomes a badge of honor to achieve entry without paying.
When my friend arrived here in Montreal and saw how it was child's play to get aboard our Metro system he simply ponied up the money and got on.
Paris is paranoid and wastes a lot of money in prevention. Social pressure stops Montreals from getting free rides.
If Vista sold for $19.99 a copy I wonder if the "1 in 5" figure for pirated copies would be more like 1 in 500.
...then what does a six fingered man imply?
Yeah. I'm sure all the past employees of Netscape are on the edge of their seats, grinning happily over your post, all teary-eyed that SOMEbody is defending MS. By the way, automatic gainsaying doesn't make your claim correct.
A dead ringer for his brother?
...then where did Wallace and Gromit go? What am I going to tell my children?!
On the serious side: download http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml's keyfinder. No need to reboot the system, no need to even install the file! Just change the number to the new valid one, save it and you're totally legit.
On the funnier side... the only way to fix Windows XP is to completely remove it for something better... like an OpenSource operating system.
Great. Makes me wonder if car mechanics would have done a better job and for cheaper.
You'd think the direction of these sensors would have been checked and double-checked at that price.
Weight. It's not accounted for.
It's what people have been posting.
I'm currently using the beta (as I write).
Something that actually surprised me was the dropdown list for the search box. It actually includes non-MSN Search options. I figured they'd only implement their improved MSN Search until perhaps another beta.
The button arrangement is kinda awkward. The tabs appear over the menu and button bar. The exception is the Back and Forward buttons.
Perhaps future betas will allow users a Firefox level of customization.
Overall: a little nicer than IE6. I understand they're busy trying to get Vista ready for the market and Firefox is nibbling away at their marketshare. For those oblivious to Firefox's existence this'll soon appear as a required MS update for XP users (when it goes gold). And they'll feel they already have something "as good as" Firefox when they finally hear about the alternative.
I hate getting lost there. I never remember where to turn left. The craters all look the same. My wife always complains.
Shazbat, Google!
Space shows are up against reality shows and they don't seem to be doing well in the competition (note the demise of Star Trek: Enterprise). That they dared start this while ST:E wasn't doing well means the studio believes in it strongly enough. ST:E was the only sci-fi I watched until I got hold of the pilot to BSG. I quickly gave up on ST:E. It has a certain mood, I'll warrant, that might take watching the premiere a couple of times. A bit of an attempt to fake a documentary in style. But this certainly isn't the BSG of the 1970s.