"'The report faults Vista for "providing no improvement in virus protection vs. XP," but of course Windows Vista does not ship with antivirus software -- something the reviewer fails to mention. Faulting an AV-less Vista for not stopping viruses is a bit like faulting a door without a lock for opening when the handle is twisted.'"
No, it's like comparing an old door without a lock to a new door without a lock and saying that the new door is no more secure than the old door. (Which sounds reasonable to me)
"Li-poly/li-ion batteries can catch fire under some circumstances (see also: sony laptop batteries) so if your li-poly battery overheats while being charged you stop charging it (because you'd rather have a flat battery than an exploded battery)."
Has anyone tested LiPo's to see how well they burn in space?
I'm curious as to why this was modded "Funny". One (maybe more) of our clients runs Astaro v6 and it seems to run fine. The only gripe I've had with it is that I couldn't do a port forward and translation at the same time (ie. If I want a client to connect on port 12345 and forward the traffic to machine x on port 1234 then it wouldn't do it) - mind you that was an older version and I haven't tried since. It's easy to configure and handles large amounts of traffic - but apparently it's funny...?
DISCLAIMER: I'm not the admin - I have simply used it on occasion when I needed to change/setup port forwarding...
Ignoring the fact that you didn't read the original post - here in Oz the Sony launch was held at Myer in Sydney (arguably one of the largest retail outlets for games consoles in this country). It was estimated (crowd estimates are a bit of a black art) that around 40 (that's forty) people turned up to get their PS3 when they became available at midnight. The guy that was first in line got there at 9pm.
But there's nothing complex about installing XP - the hardest thing about it is if you have to load custom drivers during the installation (ie. for SATA controllers). If you don't install the correct drivers in Linux I would expect you'd have similar issues.
"A PS/2 driver is no use to anyone if you can't find it."
You don't have to - it loads by default. The problem was probably fixed by installing either the mobo drivers or the service packs. If you have an old version of windows (Pre SP1) and a new motherboard - then of course there's going to be issues. How old was the Mandriva distro? Go and get one from 2002(?) and see what issues you have then.
I read somewhere a while ago that you don't have to get any hardware with the OEM version - it's just that you forfeit the "free" (MS once tried to charge me AUD$100 for reporting a bug in VB5 when it first came out) support that MS provides with the non-OEM version. Technically the support is supposed to come from the Vendor.
Taking 2 weeks to get an XP installation working correctly (versus 2hours for Mandriva) indicates your lack of experience setting up XP. XP does come with a generic PS/2 mouse driver - if it didn't work then you probably didn't have the drivers for your mobo installed. A setup with XP is easy. Install XP, install your mobo drivers, install your gfx driver and then any other drivers for extra hardware (printer/scanner etc.).
And rather than do your 100+ XP updates (XP is how old now?) you would have been better off downloading the SP2 Admin installation and updating from there.
It's always (or at least from 95 onwards) been the case that upgrading from one version of Windows to the next is best done with a clean install. That's because a clean install removes some of the crap that builds on your machine over time (ie. Registry). But going to Vista is still going to be an upgrade no matter how you install it. Saying it isn't is like saying "I didn't upgrade my Hyundai because they didn't pull it apart and rebuild it as a ferrari".
And I doubt this is an "olive branch". What it is is MS and the major Vendors realising that if they don't offer the free upgrade, neither of them will sell much until Vista is available.
I'm reminded of a study done by a government department here in Oz many years ago. They did vision tests on all their IT staff and came to the conclusions that people with Myopia are attracted to the IT profession...
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"Whats he imaging at 16000? Sounds a bit crusty to me."
I was going to say "MUD" - but your (apparently missed) joke is better.
Anyhoo - My first thought was "The ocean isn't that deep, is it?"
I found this on Google
"'The report faults Vista for "providing no improvement in virus protection vs. XP," but of course Windows Vista does not ship with antivirus software -- something the reviewer fails to mention. Faulting an AV-less Vista for not stopping viruses is a bit like faulting a door without a lock for opening when the handle is twisted.'"
No, it's like comparing an old door without a lock to a new door without a lock and saying that the new door is no more secure than the old door. (Which sounds reasonable to me)
All that space to store. "Hit, hit, miss (doesn't matter), hit, miss (doesn't matter)"...
Maybe we should have a survey to see how many people have Vista or know 1-5 ppl with Vista, 5+ ppl with vista etc.
1. "Can I have a cappaccino please."
2. Pay for it.
3. ???
4. Drink it.
But that's pretty rare, I drink Tea or Hot Chocolate (Milo) 99% of the time.
Pffft! As if that would happen... NASA learns from it's mistakes. :)
They're far more likely to do something new - like tell it to go to the other side of the sun, via the centre of the sun.
They were shown the article?
It was probably just something that came down "accidentally" from one of those pr0n sites...
;)
"Oh golly me, how did that happen..."
"Li-poly/li-ion batteries can catch fire under some circumstances (see also: sony laptop batteries) so if your li-poly battery overheats while being charged you stop charging it (because you'd rather have a flat battery than an exploded battery)."
Has anyone tested LiPo's to see how well they burn in space?
Yeah - but who wants to wait a whole day for that to happen...?
That's alotta pipes!... (Re: Sig. I've still got my A1200 floating around somewhere...)
Utah has the Internet? When did that happen... ;)
I'm curious as to why this was modded "Funny". One (maybe more) of our clients runs Astaro v6 and it seems to run fine. The only gripe I've had with it is that I couldn't do a port forward and translation at the same time (ie. If I want a client to connect on port 12345 and forward the traffic to machine x on port 1234 then it wouldn't do it) - mind you that was an older version and I haven't tried since. It's easy to configure and handles large amounts of traffic - but apparently it's funny...?
DISCLAIMER: I'm not the admin - I have simply used it on occasion when I needed to change/setup port forwarding...
Ignoring the fact that you didn't read the original post - here in Oz the Sony launch was held at Myer in Sydney (arguably one of the largest retail outlets for games consoles in this country). It was estimated (crowd estimates are a bit of a black art) that around 40 (that's forty) people turned up to get their PS3 when they became available at midnight. The guy that was first in line got there at 9pm.
I just right click mine and select "Empty Recycle bin"...
It makes the pot an expert... ;)
"The exhaust from this vehicle is below zero Celcius"
So if we all drove these vehicles then we'd have to cope with global cooling.
Great!
But there's nothing complex about installing XP - the hardest thing about it is if you have to load custom drivers during the installation (ie. for SATA controllers). If you don't install the correct drivers in Linux I would expect you'd have similar issues.
"A PS/2 driver is no use to anyone if you can't find it."
You don't have to - it loads by default. The problem was probably fixed by installing either the mobo drivers or the service packs. If you have an old version of windows (Pre SP1) and a new motherboard - then of course there's going to be issues. How old was the Mandriva distro? Go and get one from 2002(?) and see what issues you have then.
We can greatly increase the suspense by following the six word limit.
:P
"In the room was the last..."
I read somewhere a while ago that you don't have to get any hardware with the OEM version - it's just that you forfeit the "free" (MS once tried to charge me AUD$100 for reporting a bug in VB5 when it first came out) support that MS provides with the non-OEM version. Technically the support is supposed to come from the Vendor.
Taking 2 weeks to get an XP installation working correctly (versus 2hours for Mandriva) indicates your lack of experience setting up XP. XP does come with a generic PS/2 mouse driver - if it didn't work then you probably didn't have the drivers for your mobo installed. A setup with XP is easy. Install XP, install your mobo drivers, install your gfx driver and then any other drivers for extra hardware (printer/scanner etc.).
And rather than do your 100+ XP updates (XP is how old now?) you would have been better off downloading the SP2 Admin installation and updating from there.
It's always (or at least from 95 onwards) been the case that upgrading from one version of Windows to the next is best done with a clean install. That's because a clean install removes some of the crap that builds on your machine over time (ie. Registry). But going to Vista is still going to be an upgrade no matter how you install it. Saying it isn't is like saying "I didn't upgrade my Hyundai because they didn't pull it apart and rebuild it as a ferrari".
And I doubt this is an "olive branch". What it is is MS and the major Vendors realising that if they don't offer the free upgrade, neither of them will sell much until Vista is available.
They'll be successful on their own because they have a niche market. It's the "Freedom of Information" market...
I'm reminded of a study done by a government department here in Oz many years ago. They did vision tests on all their IT staff and came to the conclusions that people with Myopia are attracted to the IT profession...
Oh well then - a creepy gif is something different... ;)
all these "Creepy" videos lately?