It does depend, because I don't know what planet you're from, but my windows file browser (security aside) browses, opens, draws and refreshes faster than any flavor of Linux I've ever seen, in either GNOME or KDE.
To call it "ultra slow" is akin to the same Linux zealots who in my mind sour many people's perception of GNU/Linux and other open source applications.
HP Systems Insight Manager with HP Virtual Machine Management Pack = Much love to the Network monitoring with Virutalization. We use that here, and it is fantastic.
ALL MMORPGs I play forbid the use of hardware / software macroing (no drinking bird, homer) to perform repetitive tasks. Attended or not.
And they're mostly all serious - I was suspended from Dark age of camelot for falling asleep on my keyboard. unfortunately I hit the jump key, so I say there jumping in place till I woke up to a CSR saying "Sir I'm suspending you for 7 days for macroing"
I first heard about this program back in 02 on Jello Biafra's spoken word album "Machine Gun in the Clown's Hands". They're reclassifying documents all the way back through Regan's regime...possibly more.
At any rate, this is the first I've seen US media report on it. I was pretty sure the guardian (guardian.co.uk) had a report on this a long time ago.
I got a call from my brother the other day - he told me he was going to dump his very capable, $200 Linksys wireless router in favor of another one - simply because it wasn't on Microsoft's "approved" compatible Xbox 360 router list. that is, he cannot get files to share between his 360 and his PC seemlessly (which is strange because when I was there for christmas I had no problem doing so.)
At any rate, I had a sort of epiphany: Users don't want to learn - they don't want to tweak. Most users just want it to _work_. They don't care about bells and whistles, if it doesnt do what they want it to do in a quick fashion, they dont want it.
Its sad, but true. Secure or not, I find it very difficult to believe that linux, unix, or any other OS will take away Microsoft's advantage - they intend on getting things to work automatically so _anyone_ can use it. I've been using computers for 9.5 years myself, and some of the things I have to do in LInux take a long time to do for me (partially because I'm not familiar with it) becuase I have to read the extensive documentation.
And there are times that I have just wanted it to 'effin' work without havnig to RTFM of 60 pages
I Know I get pissed when I see that "Some search results have been removed in order to comply with the DMCA" here in America. Damn it. Does that mean Google should withdraw from the US? HELL NO. My searching on the net would be destroyed without Google - DESTROYED
I for one have been using google for over 6 years now - and the search results have always been EXACT. I have never liked the link whore page that is Yahoo, and before that I used "Infoseek" (1996) because it had "Search within results" - after they became "Go" it went downhill and I switched to google.
I have never seen an instance where Google hasn't delivered on its promises, for all but 1 period of time. I remember being frustrated in late 2002 early 2003 when the search results were including meaningless blogs. I didnt give a damn about other people's opinions in my search, I just wanted to get to the page I searched on two months ago.
At any rate, Google fixed that, has gone public, and has been offering a number of quality services since. With the aquisition of Keyhole, the advent of google local, froogle, News, alerts, and specifically GMail and Google Talk, google deliver what I want as a customer. I want a lightweight experience that *I* can add to if I choose. I *LIKE* the google talk client because it doesnt have 283423492340234 smilies, and all the other 'crap'. I like GMAIL and Google search for its simplicity and un-cluttered look. A google search within my email? Thank you, Lord.
To say that Yahoo may still innovate and stuff - good for them, let them innovate, but if there is a Google branded product, I'd be more apt to go for it first: I'll let a computer analyze my email for targetted ads a lot faster than I'd allow the Yahoo toolbar, for Y! messenger get installed. Yahoo Messenger - "Idiot" Messenger, think about it. Google has held true to its very explicit privacy policies, and makes known EXACTLY what will be going on in a short, readable paragraph or two.
This is one download I won't be rushing to get...or try. Firefox does what I need and I haven't lost faith (yet)
We'll see though. My NOIA theme is getting boring and 'same old' - may have to spice things up.
I was about to post hte same thing - I remember doing it. All Advantage wasnt a bad deal - infact, I made a VB script that navigated me around the net, I left it on all night, and I got one single $268 check from them. Then they closed, along with the rest of the little banner-pushing bastards
The first time I was in Rome in 2003, we walked out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican down to St Peter's Square...I look to my left before entering the massive cathedral and what do I see? Two GINORMOUS AMD banners. I looked over, said "HOLY (crap), rock on!" took a picture (of the square...of course...) and went inside. But it was pretty sweet to see like 100ft AMD logos:o
If you were downloading music, why didn't you check the ID3 tags first? If I were to infringe, which I really dont do a lot (if ever, anymore) I'd get 30-40 songs at once and load them into a formatter - format the id3 tags based on file names, and fix the error.
And if that was a winamp specific error, dont you know about the priceless, ageless, sonique?:-)
...that we even have to deal with spyware. I understand the need for user convience, but, I would reckon that it is highly INCONVIENT to have your system open enough to get spyware. As I've said on many posts, I don't *get* spyware, or viri, or anything else. And I'm not an anal linux zealot who would like to see Gates assassinated becuase Windows does or does not do this or that.
Windows is what it is - but I use windows, at work, and at home - yet I fail to get spyware with simple configuration.
When is the last time spyware was able to execute using Firefox with NoScript (whitelisted javascript), reading the EULA's [aka don't download 5,500 'free' games] and not installing kazaa [aka reem my computer please]?
The fact of the matter is spyware is a _user_ problem. If _users_ continue to click "next next next" and don't understand what they are installing, spyware will be a major part of the future.
Eventually, though, the old and illiterate will die out and the technology generation will understand (hopefully) enough to read and comprehend.
Regarding virtual machines and IE -- My brother, despite me installing firefox and such, still used IE (bastard!) heh. So what I did was grabbed a base windows install VM, then gave him the free VM player so he could surf using the VM. Works like a charm.
Funny, because my windows boxes at home work just great
Why do I use windows? Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising
Before you get your linux pants in a tissy, Cadega support _sucks_ for any of the remotely new clients.
Just for S&Gs I installed SUSE 10oss on my second machine, and frankly, it does the same stuff it did when windows was on it
It opens IRC
it opens a multi-client IM product
It pops up (linux being way more frequent) saying critical security updates available update now
That being said, there _is_ something nice to knowing every second Tuesday there will be patches (as opposed to every day)
Finally, My windows machines do not have spyware-malware-whored out infected PC status, and never have, nor will they ever. I run firefox with NoScript, Adblock, and visit only trusted sites. My firewall and router are secured...
and all that was done in less than 1 hour of config.
I may get owned by other/.ers here but,
If your windows box gets beaten to crap by spyware, malware, etc, you have to be doing something wrong. I use firefox with noscript and adblock on my home windows machine. I surf the web, but generally not to www.trytohackmywindowsboxhahaha.com - I browse to reputable websites only.
That being said, I run a virus scan "every once in awhile" and always pat myself on the back when 0 files are detecetd as viri, spyware, malware, or any of that other crap. The worst they do is tag some of my saved password cookies and say 'minor threat' and I dismiss their for-profit software as a piece-of-trash for saying cookies are some malicious bandwidth reeming whore.
Using *nix isnt going to save a user from their own habits - they'll find a way (harder on things like linux yes) to screw it up.
But with windows, it starts with step#1 - don't click the blue E
I thought they were great - Aslan was a talking Lion...and it actually looked decent. That being said, there was one close up shot of the kids when they were on the "icy overpass" and it was sorta looking to the sky - it looked hideous. Other than that, I thought the effects were very well done and the story complete. I just hope they do the rest.
Turn on your windows firewall before connecting the network cable. For pre-SP1, right click your network connection, goto properties. Click advanced, and check the box.
Alternatively, with SP2, there is a WINDOWS FIREWALL in the control panel.
Once patched, using Firefox (or any non-ActiveX laden browser) will alliviate most major concerns about sites being able to rape your machine(or execute arbitrary code!)
Does "editor" need to be changed to "poster"? One would think titles, dupes, and blatently fake (or copied) stories wouldn't make/., although as of late, there has been a disturbing trend...
Regardless of what these so called "analysts" like to say, it causes a browser to crash - it doesn't allow any code to execute, or, allow some remote worm ream your system...
i play mid gareth and hib guin - typically the night goes like this
Log on
get a group
die to gank group
group disbands
look for a group
get a group
die to gank group
group joins zerg
zerg doesnt find any targets or do anything productive
group dwindles or zerg gets wiped
group disbands
try to group...everyones got a skald, except for the group with no seers and 1 spot left that wants speed (no god damn it i will not group with you)
try to solo
get killed by 3-8 stealthers that are 100% invisible
alt tab, ctrl alt delete, end process
I dont even wait the 50 seconds to/quit
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It does depend, because I don't know what planet you're from, but my windows file browser (security aside) browses, opens, draws and refreshes faster than any flavor of Linux I've ever seen, in either GNOME or KDE.
To call it "ultra slow" is akin to the same Linux zealots who in my mind sour many people's perception of GNU/Linux and other open source applications.
Case and point: Jose Padilla
Arrested on US soil. He wasnt charged until Nov 22, 2005. Held for YEARS before he was allowed counsel...
As an American, this crap pisses me off to no end.
HP Systems Insight Manager with HP Virtual Machine Management Pack = Much love to the Network monitoring with Virutalization. We use that here, and it is fantastic.
He got banned for macroing, end of story.
ALL MMORPGs I play forbid the use of hardware / software macroing (no drinking bird, homer) to perform repetitive tasks. Attended or not.
And they're mostly all serious - I was suspended from Dark age of camelot for falling asleep on my keyboard. unfortunately I hit the jump key, so I say there jumping in place till I woke up to a CSR saying "Sir I'm suspending you for 7 days for macroing"
I first heard about this program back in 02 on Jello Biafra's spoken word album "Machine Gun in the Clown's Hands". They're reclassifying documents all the way back through Regan's regime...possibly more.
At any rate, this is the first I've seen US media report on it. I was pretty sure the guardian (guardian.co.uk) had a report on this a long time ago.
I got a call from my brother the other day - he told me he was going to dump his very capable, $200 Linksys wireless router in favor of another one - simply because it wasn't on Microsoft's "approved" compatible Xbox 360 router list. that is, he cannot get files to share between his 360 and his PC seemlessly (which is strange because when I was there for christmas I had no problem doing so.)
At any rate, I had a sort of epiphany: Users don't want to learn - they don't want to tweak. Most users just want it to _work_. They don't care about bells and whistles, if it doesnt do what they want it to do in a quick fashion, they dont want it.
Its sad, but true. Secure or not, I find it very difficult to believe that linux, unix, or any other OS will take away Microsoft's advantage - they intend on getting things to work automatically so _anyone_ can use it. I've been using computers for 9.5 years myself, and some of the things I have to do in LInux take a long time to do for me (partially because I'm not familiar with it) becuase I have to read the extensive documentation.
And there are times that I have just wanted it to 'effin' work without havnig to RTFM of 60 pages
Its the governments fault, not googles.
I Know I get pissed when I see that "Some search results have been removed in order to comply with the DMCA" here in America. Damn it. Does that mean Google should withdraw from the US? HELL NO. My searching on the net would be destroyed without Google - DESTROYED
when I forget to change the format setting
dang it
I for one have been using google for over 6 years now - and the search results have always been EXACT. I have never liked the link whore page that is Yahoo, and before that I used "Infoseek" (1996) because it had "Search within results" - after they became "Go" it went downhill and I switched to google. I have never seen an instance where Google hasn't delivered on its promises, for all but 1 period of time. I remember being frustrated in late 2002 early 2003 when the search results were including meaningless blogs. I didnt give a damn about other people's opinions in my search, I just wanted to get to the page I searched on two months ago. At any rate, Google fixed that, has gone public, and has been offering a number of quality services since. With the aquisition of Keyhole, the advent of google local, froogle, News, alerts, and specifically GMail and Google Talk, google deliver what I want as a customer. I want a lightweight experience that *I* can add to if I choose. I *LIKE* the google talk client because it doesnt have 283423492340234 smilies, and all the other 'crap'. I like GMAIL and Google search for its simplicity and un-cluttered look. A google search within my email? Thank you, Lord. To say that Yahoo may still innovate and stuff - good for them, let them innovate, but if there is a Google branded product, I'd be more apt to go for it first: I'll let a computer analyze my email for targetted ads a lot faster than I'd allow the Yahoo toolbar, for Y! messenger get installed. Yahoo Messenger - "Idiot" Messenger, think about it. Google has held true to its very explicit privacy policies, and makes known EXACTLY what will be going on in a short, readable paragraph or two.
This is one download I won't be rushing to get...or try. Firefox does what I need and I haven't lost faith (yet) We'll see though. My NOIA theme is getting boring and 'same old' - may have to spice things up.
I was about to post hte same thing - I remember doing it. All Advantage wasnt a bad deal - infact, I made a VB script that navigated me around the net, I left it on all night, and I got one single $268 check from them. Then they closed, along with the rest of the little banner-pushing bastards
The first time I was in Rome in 2003, we walked out of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican down to St Peter's Square...I look to my left before entering the massive cathedral and what do I see? Two GINORMOUS AMD banners. I looked over, said "HOLY (crap), rock on!" took a picture (of the square...of course...) and went inside. But it was pretty sweet to see like 100ft AMD logos :o
damn, the witty "Where can I send my seed" remarks were already taken!!! thats the first thing I thought when I read the summary :-P
Did you miss my 'firefox + Noscript' sentence?
If you were downloading music, why didn't you check the ID3 tags first? If I were to infringe, which I really dont do a lot (if ever, anymore) I'd get 30-40 songs at once and load them into a formatter - format the id3 tags based on file names, and fix the error. And if that was a winamp specific error, dont you know about the priceless, ageless, sonique? :-)
...that we even have to deal with spyware. I understand the need for user convience, but, I would reckon that it is highly INCONVIENT to have your system open enough to get spyware. As I've said on many posts, I don't *get* spyware, or viri, or anything else. And I'm not an anal linux zealot who would like to see Gates assassinated becuase Windows does or does not do this or that. Windows is what it is - but I use windows, at work, and at home - yet I fail to get spyware with simple configuration. When is the last time spyware was able to execute using Firefox with NoScript (whitelisted javascript), reading the EULA's [aka don't download 5,500 'free' games] and not installing kazaa [aka reem my computer please]? The fact of the matter is spyware is a _user_ problem. If _users_ continue to click "next next next" and don't understand what they are installing, spyware will be a major part of the future. Eventually, though, the old and illiterate will die out and the technology generation will understand (hopefully) enough to read and comprehend.
Regarding virtual machines and IE -- My brother, despite me installing firefox and such, still used IE (bastard!) heh. So what I did was grabbed a base windows install VM, then gave him the free VM player so he could surf using the VM. Works like a charm.
Funny, because my windows boxes at home work just great Why do I use windows? Dark Age of Camelot: Darkness Rising Before you get your linux pants in a tissy, Cadega support _sucks_ for any of the remotely new clients. Just for S&Gs I installed SUSE 10oss on my second machine, and frankly, it does the same stuff it did when windows was on it It opens IRC it opens a multi-client IM product It pops up (linux being way more frequent) saying critical security updates available update now That being said, there _is_ something nice to knowing every second Tuesday there will be patches (as opposed to every day) Finally, My windows machines do not have spyware-malware-whored out infected PC status, and never have, nor will they ever. I run firefox with NoScript, Adblock, and visit only trusted sites. My firewall and router are secured... and all that was done in less than 1 hour of config.
I may get owned by other /.ers here but,
If your windows box gets beaten to crap by spyware, malware, etc, you have to be doing something wrong. I use firefox with noscript and adblock on my home windows machine. I surf the web, but generally not to www.trytohackmywindowsboxhahaha.com - I browse to reputable websites only.
That being said, I run a virus scan "every once in awhile" and always pat myself on the back when 0 files are detecetd as viri, spyware, malware, or any of that other crap. The worst they do is tag some of my saved password cookies and say 'minor threat' and I dismiss their for-profit software as a piece-of-trash for saying cookies are some malicious bandwidth reeming whore.
Using *nix isnt going to save a user from their own habits - they'll find a way (harder on things like linux yes) to screw it up.
But with windows, it starts with step#1 - don't click the blue E
I thought they were great - Aslan was a talking Lion...and it actually looked decent. That being said, there was one close up shot of the kids when they were on the "icy overpass" and it was sorta looking to the sky - it looked hideous. Other than that, I thought the effects were very well done and the story complete. I just hope they do the rest.
Turn on your windows firewall before connecting the network cable. For pre-SP1, right click your network connection, goto properties. Click advanced, and check the box. Alternatively, with SP2, there is a WINDOWS FIREWALL in the control panel. Once patched, using Firefox (or any non-ActiveX laden browser) will alliviate most major concerns about sites being able to rape your machine(or execute arbitrary code!)
Does "editor" need to be changed to "poster"? One would think titles, dupes, and blatently fake (or copied) stories wouldn't make /., although as of late, there has been a disturbing trend...
Regardless of what these so called "analysts" like to say, it causes a browser to crash - it doesn't allow any code to execute, or, allow some remote worm ream your system...
Doesn't 802.11b use CSMA/CA...thereby eliminating all collissions, much like token passing networks?
yikes. I saw that CH was going away...scarey... I was gona be a CH Smuggler originally...got to the highest CH before i quit
i play mid gareth and hib guin - typically the night goes like this Log on get a group die to gank group group disbands look for a group get a group die to gank group group joins zerg zerg doesnt find any targets or do anything productive group dwindles or zerg gets wiped group disbands try to group ...everyones got a skald, except for the group with no seers and 1 spot left that wants speed (no god damn it i will not group with you)
try to solo
get killed by 3-8 stealthers that are 100% invisible
alt tab, ctrl alt delete, end process
I dont even wait the 50 seconds to /quit