Re:paradigm of having to restart the computer?
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If a file is in use by Windows or a program an installer has two choices: fail and rollback, or mark the file for replacement next reboot and ask the user to do so.
Linux transparently replaces the file as soon as it is no longer being used, AFAIK. Which is great. Only updates for Linux I've needed to reboot for are kernel updates, which is understandable. You can also get Windows to reboot less but it takes some knowledge of how and why that happens to know how to avoid it, whereas Linux "just works". If you install any Windows Updates on Windows, 99% of the time it'll want a reboot and nag you until you do so.
AFAIK only reason Microsoft caved and figured out how to make video drivers upgradable while running was to help solve an unrelated problem--poorly coded video driver crashes causing blue screens and making Windows look bad (video drivers account for the majority of blue screens). So now Windows puts the blame right where it belongs and allows you to keep working. This same mechanism allows for drivers to be stopped, replaced, and restarted to update them.
Disclaimer: I use Windows 7 almost exclusively. Hard drives died in my old computer, I plan to turn THAT into an Ubuntu box when my new HD gets here though. Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty nice too.
I didn't think it autorestarted plugins. They even provided a reason (probably the same reason Google did it)... current webpages will not expect plugins to restart. And because it's possible for Flash to make JS calls etc this could lead to side effects and page breaking, I think they thought it was just best to reload the page so JS restarts too. Of course I read this on a blog a few weeks back, they could have changed their minds?
When I was a college senior in 1988, I was flipping through the Boston Globe want ads. On one page was a job posting for a programmer with "a minimum of five years of Macintosh programming experience."
I sometimes wonder if they found a qualified candidate. The Mac had only been on the market since 1984.
That's probably why they removed it. Java is less and less popular so it makes sense to not make it as prominent. Plus it's not even built into the browser, it's a plugin, and now you can disable any plugin.
Not just Multiplayer, but anything valuable in the cloud is difficult if not impossible to replicate with piracy, since that is code the user never has so any pirates need to code something from scratch, and it probably won't be as good or as functional. This is basically Steam's approach. Your games are tied to the Steam platform and your Steam account and Steam must be running to play the games, BUT you get integrated community features and im, automatic patching, automatic download and silent installing, integrated server browser, Steamworks (integrates third party games with Steam, including achievements support and Steam Cloud), Steam Cloud (saved games, config keybindings, etc in the cloud that get synced with any of your PCs), the ability to download and play your games on any PC without having to carry around CDs/DVDs, the ability to burn your own install DVDs if you DO prefer that approach, high quality trailers, free game demos, organization of your games via grouping and adding custom shortcuts to Steam, voice chat, group chatrooms, management of downloaded content such as pausing/inhibiting automatic downloads defragmenting on disk files, deleting games, verifying game file integrity, the ability to buy games online and begin downloading the fully-patched versions immediately, and playing them soon after once they finish. Oh, and the occasional access to Steam client and Valve game patch betas. And this is just advantages over NON-DRMd games not sold on Steam, I haven't even touched on the advantages over other forms of DRM, such as unlimited installs or the ability to play a game without needing the CD, despite all the content being locally installed.
I have one of the aforementioned Action Replay DSs. The boxart shows it being used with Mario Kart DS, the only problem is that Mario Kart DS includes a firmware update that closes the hole Datel used (along with a little thing called Multiplayer WiFi support for the DS firmware, IIRC). Ironically I think that was the first game I tried to use with it. Hey, it was on the box... I think I was able to return the ARDS for a refund thankfully.
Windows Live SkyDrive works too, and has 25gb space instead of Docs' 1gb. On the down side SkyDrive has a 50mb per-file limit. Dropbox also has free public downloads, 2gb total space.
I just use a password generator and dump the output there, and store it along with my password in my KeePass Password Safe. Defeats the purpose for password recovery but who cares.
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Yeah I thought they were gonna talk about this: http://paulirish.com/work/gordon/demos/
Turn them on, so you can see where they go.
http://tinyurl.com/preview.php
Google didn't make the top 10? I'm shocked!
But look, it's only $1.99 shipping! What a deal!
If a file is in use by Windows or a program an installer has two choices: fail and rollback, or mark the file for replacement next reboot and ask the user to do so.
Linux transparently replaces the file as soon as it is no longer being used, AFAIK. Which is great. Only updates for Linux I've needed to reboot for are kernel updates, which is understandable. You can also get Windows to reboot less but it takes some knowledge of how and why that happens to know how to avoid it, whereas Linux "just works". If you install any Windows Updates on Windows, 99% of the time it'll want a reboot and nag you until you do so.
AFAIK only reason Microsoft caved and figured out how to make video drivers upgradable while running was to help solve an unrelated problem--poorly coded video driver crashes causing blue screens and making Windows look bad (video drivers account for the majority of blue screens). So now Windows puts the blame right where it belongs and allows you to keep working. This same mechanism allows for drivers to be stopped, replaced, and restarted to update them.
Disclaimer: I use Windows 7 almost exclusively. Hard drives died in my old computer, I plan to turn THAT into an Ubuntu box when my new HD gets here though. Microsoft Security Essentials is pretty nice too.
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I didn't think it autorestarted plugins. They even provided a reason (probably the same reason Google did it)... current webpages will not expect plugins to restart. And because it's possible for Flash to make JS calls etc this could lead to side effects and page breaking, I think they thought it was just best to reload the page so JS restarts too. Of course I read this on a blog a few weeks back, they could have changed their minds?
That's why he said they have to look like they just graduated from college.
I'm sure he could find a job here:
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_misc.shtml
That's probably why they removed it. Java is less and less popular so it makes sense to not make it as prominent. Plus it's not even built into the browser, it's a plugin, and now you can disable any plugin.
There should be a "submit" in there somewhere.
If someone finds out how they did it, would they it as a WikiLeak?!?!
Well it certainly isn't SOFTware.
I'm not sure how he thinks rm is a normal binary but rmdir.exe isn't...
Not just Multiplayer, but anything valuable in the cloud is difficult if not impossible to replicate with piracy, since that is code the user never has so any pirates need to code something from scratch, and it probably won't be as good or as functional. This is basically Steam's approach. Your games are tied to the Steam platform and your Steam account and Steam must be running to play the games, BUT you get integrated community features and im, automatic patching, automatic download and silent installing, integrated server browser, Steamworks (integrates third party games with Steam, including achievements support and Steam Cloud), Steam Cloud (saved games, config keybindings, etc in the cloud that get synced with any of your PCs), the ability to download and play your games on any PC without having to carry around CDs/DVDs, the ability to burn your own install DVDs if you DO prefer that approach, high quality trailers, free game demos, organization of your games via grouping and adding custom shortcuts to Steam, voice chat, group chatrooms, management of downloaded content such as pausing/inhibiting automatic downloads defragmenting on disk files, deleting games, verifying game file integrity, the ability to buy games online and begin downloading the fully-patched versions immediately, and playing them soon after once they finish. Oh, and the occasional access to Steam client and Valve game patch betas. And this is just advantages over NON-DRMd games not sold on Steam, I haven't even touched on the advantages over other forms of DRM, such as unlimited installs or the ability to play a game without needing the CD, despite all the content being locally installed.
Then what is Microsoft patching every month?
I have one of the aforementioned Action Replay DSs. The boxart shows it being used with Mario Kart DS, the only problem is that Mario Kart DS includes a firmware update that closes the hole Datel used (along with a little thing called Multiplayer WiFi support for the DS firmware, IIRC). Ironically I think that was the first game I tried to use with it. Hey, it was on the box... I think I was able to return the ARDS for a refund thankfully.
QuakeLive doesn't run in Chrome.
Relevant: http://www.theonion.com/articles/increasing-number-of-parents-opting-to-have-childr,17159/
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Windows Live SkyDrive works too, and has 25gb space instead of Docs' 1gb. On the down side SkyDrive has a 50mb per-file limit. Dropbox also has free public downloads, 2gb total space.
My crystal ball says people will buy games online which can't be resold. Oh wait, that was my crystal ball OF THE PAST. My bad.
I just use a password generator and dump the output there, and store it along with my password in my KeePass Password Safe. Defeats the purpose for password recovery but who cares.
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