People install Vista and look at taskmanager and see that 40% of RAM is consumed, but this is what Vista reports if you have 512mb, 1GB, 4GB. And on a 4GB machine, I can guarantee the OS is not using 2GB to run, this is 'free' RAM allocated to the caching system, and Vista always uses 40% of available RAM for the OS and the Smartfetch caching system That's the reason most commonly given reason for this; I think even MS themselvees gave the same reason. Unfortunately, it's misleading and inaccurate. When I ran with 2GB of ram... I/still/ saw 400MB in use. This is/not/ counting the 600+MB listed under 'cache' section, which of course is a good thing -- this is just the base memory usage of the OS and its components. It's that simple.
I did not say anything about our government; I most certainly did not agree or disagree with the notion that it is fascist. I only pointed out that OP used the word fascism incorrectly. Corporations controlling politicians is not fascism by any definition.
The beauty of the system we have here in the US we can simply vote out the corrupted politicians.
As long as you can vote and those votes are actually counted by someone you have power over the rich and the corrupt. You can - and when you find replacements who are not just as corrupted (either to begin with, or soon thereafter), lemme know...
That would definitely be closer; though I think another poster hit it on the head with a reference to corporatism. The reason I don't think oligarchy is 100% accurate is that it's not a/small/ group exercising control. To all appearances, at least, it's any sufficiently large corporation or industry interest.
While I've seen fascism misused in place of corporatism rather frequently of late, I haven't seen that as an actual valid alternate definition. But that was my point in posting -- just trying to call a bit of attention to the frequent misuse. I am sure that -- now that I've done my part by posting to slashdot -- the problem will be resolved.:D
On the other hand, if a security hole is found in the virtualization layer itself, then all of your guest OS's are exposed, and at higher risk than they would be as discrete servers.
sadly, we live in a facist state. Fascism: A system of government that promotes extreme nationalism, repression, anticommunism, and is ruled by a dictator.
And this is related to corporate purchasing of congressmen how, exactly?
yeah this is definitely a problem i can confirm this is happening across the board.
Dear icann please increase the domain reg cost and eliminate the free trial period. Hey, thanks for the solid evidence! Now I'm sure they'll be sure to fix this right away!
Erm... look, I'm no fan of activation either, but you/do/ have a third option to make a free phone call and reactivate. No money spent. I replaced my motherboard some time back, had to make a call (annoying) and enter a long string of numbers (annoying), and was back on track. Took about 5 minutes.
Did I say it was taking 12-14 hours for security? Pay attention lad.
Here's what it comes down to: I don't like flying -- it's cramped and uncomfortable, unable to sit in a way that has my knees/not/ touching the seat in front of me; parts of my body falling asleep that really shouldn't be; sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with other passengers (strangers), like so much tuna in a can. Add to that it smells bad (and worse depending on what my neighbor has eaten recently and if he is a mouth-breather) and is filled with mind-numbing white noise from the jets. Then we have the 'meal' service because my fellow passengers couldn't possibly live through a three hour flight without their bag of chips and a soda, so I get to be jostled and poked while people jam unappetizing food in their mouths like so many obedient chimpanzees.
Compare that to driving -- something I enjoy doing, in a car that is roomy, without a loud-ass jet in my ear, able to listen to music or whatever the hell I want to listen to, without needing to worry about inconveniencing someone jammed in next to me. I can relax and enjoy the ride. If I actually get hungry, I can stop for a few minutes and get real food.
When you combine the essential unpleasantness of the flying experience with the general hassle around security (why the fuck should I have to feel like cattle being herded just to board a plane? Anyone with half a brain can come up with ways to conceal a lethal device that TSA hasn't thought of yet -- who the hell do they think they are fooling with this charade?), it simply is not worth it.
Yes, it takes longer to drive. Sometimes it takes several hours longer. But quite frankly, it is less expensive*, less stress, and more comfortable by far. It's worth the tradeoff for me, in a way that an hour of added "security" is/not/ worth the 'privilege" of being able to get on a plane.
And the most frustrating part is the cattle like you -- the people who feel that the "security" precautions are reasonable; and that the tradeoff in simple human dignity is worth the "convenience" of flying for short hops. Thanks to the vast majority of the public such as yourself being willing to put up with this ridiculous situation, it will never get any better.
* Less expensive - Flying, average one week trip for me: $300 for a round trip ticket, +$200 for a local rental upon arrival, +$30 in gas. 4 nights hotel. Driving, avg one week trip for me: $200 for a local rental at home (unlimited miles) + $150 in gas. 4 nights hotel.
I now drive wherever possible. Ditto. I used to have about a four-hour limit -- if the drive was longer than four hours, I would fly. With the advent of the "improved security", that bumped to eight hours. And now, with some of the more ridiculous changes -- toiletries in a clear bag, take off the shoes, etc -- it's 12-14 hours. It's just not worth the headache in order to be cramped (I'm 6'2") in a too-small seat on a too-loud plane, even for a relatively short period.
I correct my own usage error, and get modded offtopic? Gosh, you guys are great. Who wants to waste another mod point modding this one offtopic? (I can do this all day!)
the lawyers have gotten what they wanted -- more free publicity. Of course, it's publicity of the "your a dumbass" variety, but "any publicity is good publicity" or somesuch.
Fucking with the cops is only funny in the movies.
Fucking with the cops is only part of it; but of course, that's rather the problem isn't it? These silly twats can't see far enough past their own navels to realize that there could be real repercussions as a result of childish "pranks" like this. If they stopped to consider... erm. Well, really, that's it. If they stopped to think/consider at all, and if they were capable of looking past their own navels, this wouldn't happen.
Reminds of the time I was driving through NYC on 95 in heavy traffic; an ambulance tries to come through with full lights and sirens. The traffic was heavy, but there was enough room for cars to/move/ and let the ambulance pass. The problem is -- except for two others and me -- not a single made any effort to allow the ambulance to pass. All I could think was, "You selfish pricks; how are you gonna feel when you get home and find that maybe it was someone close to you that died because you couldn't be bothered to make the effort?"
Same basic problem in both cases. On the surface it's just some stupid kids playing a prank. But more than that, it's just another symptom of a very unhealthy society.
from a business perspective, a $1000 set of OSes/licesences doesn't make much of a difference when you've got $10k hardware, and a $75k administrator You realize this is an excellent paraphrase of the entire Microsoft "Get the Facts" campaign? License cost/is/ a factor -- for a small business, it can make a big difference. For a large business, it's a matter of scale. When you've got thousands of $10k servers, that adds up to millions of dollars in licensing costs -- not an insignificant sum no matter how big the business. The place where the statement holds true is for the mid-sized business, where the number of licenses needing to be purchased is much more limited.
You'll notice that I didn't say I knew anybody in that position; I didn't even say it wasn't funny (made me almost chuckle); my point was simply that there are other perspectives to consider.
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Funny, I thought he was calling a thief a thief.
You ever wonder, when you read a post like this, if some disgruntled IT worker in some company or another really /did/ do as they claim?
Such an obviously scientific-minded individual such as yourself surely has evidence to back this statement up?
I did not say anything about our government; I most certainly did not agree or disagree with the notion that it is fascist. I only pointed out that OP used the word fascism incorrectly. Corporations controlling politicians is not fascism by any definition.
I can change the definition of a cat to mean "dog" , but that doesn't mean I'm correct in doing so.
As long as you can vote and those votes are actually counted by someone you have power over the rich and the corrupt. You can - and when you find replacements who are not just as corrupted (either to begin with, or soon thereafter), lemme know...
That would definitely be closer; though I think another poster hit it on the head with a reference to corporatism. The reason I don't think oligarchy is 100% accurate is that it's not a /small/ group exercising control. To all appearances, at least, it's any sufficiently large corporation or industry interest.
While I've seen fascism misused in place of corporatism rather frequently of late, I haven't seen that as an actual valid alternate definition. But that was my point in posting -- just trying to call a bit of attention to the frequent misuse. I am sure that -- now that I've done my part by posting to slashdot -- the problem will be resolved. :D
On the other hand, if a security hole is found in the virtualization layer itself, then all of your guest OS's are exposed, and at higher risk than they would be as discrete servers.
sadly, we live in a facist state. Fascism: A system of government that promotes extreme nationalism, repression, anticommunism, and is ruled by a dictator.
And this is related to corporate purchasing of congressmen how, exactly?
Dear icann please increase the domain reg cost and eliminate the free trial period. Hey, thanks for the solid evidence! Now I'm sure they'll be sure to fix this right away!
Erm... look, I'm no fan of activation either, but you /do/ have a third option to make a free phone call and reactivate. No money spent. I replaced my motherboard some time back, had to make a call (annoying) and enter a long string of numbers (annoying), and was back on track. Took about 5 minutes.
Did I say it was taking 12-14 hours for security? Pay attention lad.
Here's what it comes down to: I don't like flying -- it's cramped and uncomfortable, unable to sit in a way that has my knees /not/ touching the seat in front of me; parts of my body falling asleep that really shouldn't be; sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with other passengers (strangers), like so much tuna in a can. Add to that it smells bad (and worse depending on what my neighbor has eaten recently and if he is a mouth-breather) and is filled with mind-numbing white noise from the jets. Then we have the 'meal' service because my fellow passengers couldn't possibly live through a three hour flight without their bag of chips and a soda, so I get to be jostled and poked while people jam unappetizing food in their mouths like so many obedient chimpanzees.
Compare that to driving -- something I enjoy doing, in a car that is roomy, without a loud-ass jet in my ear, able to listen to music or whatever the hell I want to listen to, without needing to worry about inconveniencing someone jammed in next to me. I can relax and enjoy the ride. If I actually get hungry, I can stop for a few minutes and get real food.
When you combine the essential unpleasantness of the flying experience with the general hassle around security (why the fuck should I have to feel like cattle being herded just to board a plane? Anyone with half a brain can come up with ways to conceal a lethal device that TSA hasn't thought of yet -- who the hell do they think they are fooling with this charade?), it simply is not worth it.
Yes, it takes longer to drive. Sometimes it takes several hours longer. But quite frankly, it is less expensive*, less stress, and more comfortable by far. It's worth the tradeoff for me, in a way that an hour of added "security" is /not/ worth the 'privilege" of being able to get on a plane.
And the most frustrating part is the cattle like you -- the people who feel that the "security" precautions are reasonable; and that the tradeoff in simple human dignity is worth the "convenience" of flying for short hops. Thanks to the vast majority of the public such as yourself being willing to put up with this ridiculous situation, it will never get any better.
* Less expensive - Flying, average one week trip for me: $300 for a round trip ticket, +$200 for a local rental upon arrival, +$30 in gas. 4 nights hotel. Driving, avg one week trip for me: $200 for a local rental at home (unlimited miles) + $150 in gas. 4 nights hotel.
I correct my own usage error, and get modded offtopic? Gosh, you guys are great. Who wants to waste another mod point modding this one offtopic? (I can do this all day!)
Bah. Speaking of dumbasses, that should have read "you're", not "your"...
the lawyers have gotten what they wanted -- more free publicity. Of course, it's publicity of the "your a dumbass" variety, but "any publicity is good publicity" or somesuch.
I am in awe.
Fucking with the cops is only part of it; but of course, that's rather the problem isn't it? These silly twats can't see far enough past their own navels to realize that there could be real repercussions as a result of childish "pranks" like this. If they stopped to consider... erm. Well, really, that's it. If they stopped to think/consider at all, and if they were capable of looking past their own navels, this wouldn't happen.
Reminds of the time I was driving through NYC on 95 in heavy traffic; an ambulance tries to come through with full lights and sirens. The traffic was heavy, but there was enough room for cars to /move/ and let the ambulance pass. The problem is -- except for two others and me -- not a single made any effort to allow the ambulance to pass. All I could think was, "You selfish pricks; how are you gonna feel when you get home and find that maybe it was someone close to you that died because you couldn't be bothered to make the effort?"
Same basic problem in both cases. On the surface it's just some stupid kids playing a prank. But more than that, it's just another symptom of a very unhealthy society.
And you quite clearly represent the demographic of the average user :D
Blog Action Day will be almost as effective as e-petitions.
I'm sorry, Mr or Ms clickclickdrone, your name violates my new double-click patent. You shall be hearing from my attorney.
You'll notice that I didn't say I knew anybody in that position; I didn't even say it wasn't funny (made me almost chuckle); my point was simply that there are other perspectives to consider.