IE was installed and used by other parties. I did (do) use Firefox. My wife and kids also use this machine, maybe that explains it. Don't be such an elitist, "Not Being Stupid(TM)" is an elitist naive thing to say. The point is you had to configure Windows to be more secure and run additional software to protect yourself. I imagine you had some sort of AV software and spyware scanner as well. Ubuntu comes out of the box with all this stuff built-in, so to speak. It isn't more fun, it is just feeling better about the potential risks.
Gildas has indeed registered the Vista trademark in categories 35, 38 and 41, which covers the entertainment and media categories he cited. However, he did not register it in categories 9 and 42, covering software and the design and development of computers and software, the areas relevant to Microsoft's operating system.
I think MS Vista media edition, the version that "specializes" in DVR capabilities and what not might fall under "entertainment and media categories".
I switched one of my computers to Ubunutu after my Windows 2000 got yet another set of spyware/virus files that could not easily be removed. For the basic mundane stuff I love it, web browsing especially. I can't tell you how nice it is to know that the probability of getting some spyware or virus or whatever is virtually zero. Will this change as Ubuntu becomes more popular, who knows, but for now, I use Ubuntu for 90% of my web browsing, even on my dual-boot laptop.
For a period, I worked in a big-box computer store and any chance someone told me that they wanted to print from home, I tried to politely tell them that the technology was unproven, and that the pictures wouldn't last as long as the conventionally developed ones. That, combined with showing them what a discount setup would produce, and what an investment it would ultimately prove to be, would often turn them away from that direction.
Did you get fired? Seems like you would try to sell your products in the store, and show customers what a discount setup would produce in order to sell a better setup...
As part of the SETI Institute's Project Phoenix, we twice aimed large antennas in the direction of Gliese 581, hoping to pick up a signal that would bespeak technology... Neither search turned up a signal.
Because tiny microbes living in the soil always emit "signals". Technologically advanced life vs. life are two very different things. Jetson's like colonies would be nice to find, but honestly, we are more likely to find single cell organisms who haven't quite figured out how to build a radio tower.
For one, they want 'broadband' reclassified to at least 2mbs
The definition also needs to specify up/down speeds. I don't consider a satellite connection with 1.5Mbs down and 56K up (phoneline) a broadband connection.
What I think is irrelevant. It seems to be a hard thing for online music stores to grasp, even though we on/. know the model that will work. Decent quality mp3's, DRM-free, flexibility, and cheap (see my other post in this thread). It is crazy, but so far iTunes seems to be the most popular, so yes, I would think Amazon would want to be competitive, but we will see if they come through.
Of course it is going to happen, in fact it already is happening. I think that if Amazon pulled off a decent library of songs and albums, with the ability to download individual songs and/or albums, that are reasonably priced, then the amount of illegal torrenting would decrease. It will, however, never stop. For me, my price point would be.50 songs, and 2 tiered album prices of $5.00 - $10.00 for tier 2, and $8.00 to $13.00 for tier 1. The difference in Tier 1 and Tier 2 would be album art, lyrics, etc. that you normally get in a CD jacket. A model like that, IMHO, would be quite successful and really compete with iTunes, et. al.
OK, it isn't ice. 300 degree water under pressure is still just water. Basically, its one big pressure cooker. There must be one hell of an atmosphere on this planet, and how do they really know its water? I look at all the space announcements as mere conjecture, I mean, all these astrophysicist guys are looking at is light waves in a telescope or radio waves right? C'mon, unless we step foot on the planet, I am disregarding claims of anything.
OK, it didn't forget, but it did crash and I lost everything. I forgot to make backups, so in turn the computer "forgot" all my data. The solution, don't back your old data, eventually it will be forgotten.
Maybe you don't remember his name because HE didn't understand HIS duties. The referenced quote is how old-school business works. Places like Apple, Google, and others don't conform to these old stigmas. Quite frankly, Jobs probably get a thousand of these emails a day and probably has a PA who's sole task is to sift threw them and cherry pick a couple for him to "Take action" on. It generates good will and and is good press, when the public actually heres about it, to the tune of, 'look, Steve really cares, buy Apple! F- Microsoft'.
Where does a 500 pound gorilla sit? Anywhere she wants, except in the 600 pound gorilla's seat.
I don't know who is the 600 pound gorilla in this case, but it sure is interesting to see a case where M$ doesn't just walk all over someone and is actually being bullied back....
Even if this prompts legislation to make open WAPs illegal, most people will undoubtedly break the law since the majority of people just don't know how to make the WAP secure, or find it too bothersome. I have talked to 3 people in my neighborhood about their open WAP and the responses were:
1.) What does that mean? How do I fix it? (I helped them secure it, and about a week later they asked me to undue it because of problems).
2.) I don't care, it is a pain to setup (we know it really isn't)
3.) I have nothing on my PC for people to hack, so what do I care.
Surprisingly, the majority of people have some sort of security setup (I can see a good 5 or 7 WAPs) from my house.
Absolutely right! Your particular industry, in this time frame, with your user base... No way could it be pulled off.
But... (there is always a but)... There are other industries that aren't quite so fragile. Engineering, for example. In my real world, which is 10+ years as an embedded SW guy in the aerospace industry, there is a different view. Most of what we do could easily be done in a different OS, in fact as of right now we have Sun OS, VAX VMS, and Windows, all active. When the hammer comes down and Windows XP stations are no longer available, our IT department will remove Vista, and re-install XP. There has been a lot of talk about switching to a Linux distro for many of the development machines, and even some of the admin folks (our company is 90% engineering). So unlike the financial crowd, we are used to having to figure stuff out, hell, half the time if there is a problem with our Windows machines we figure it out ourselves rather than calling IT. Several people here are running Linux distros already, granted we still need Windows for some things, but that could change easily.
The bottom line, I wouldn't be surprised if Dell starts to see a slight increase in requests for whatever Linux distro they ship over Windows Vista come the time. I agree that Linux will not takeover the desktop world, but I think it will start to become a recognizable name.
It seems we have missed the point... If Dell does offer Linux, seriously markets it, and people start buying a Linux installed machine we will inevitably see better hardware and software support. I would hope Dell works with 1 or 2 distros to make hardware compatibility better. If Dell starts selling machines with Ubuntu, or whatever, and Dell starts buying ABC video chipsets, and XYZ 802.11g cards then maybe this will put pressure on the hardware vendors to better support Linux. We need some UTube ads! I really hope this works out because the hardware issues has been a show stopper for me on several occasions. And of course, once the hardware people come, the next group of people to come over will be the software people, and you know what that means don't ya... Games! I don't ever think a Linux distro will dominate the desktop world as Windows does, but I think there is enough market share out there to steal from M$ and get a solid foothold so that both hardware and software vendors take notice.
Then why not just uninstall Ubuntu and put windows back on before proceeding with tech support. And what about Dual Booting a Windows and Linux distro?
I bet we end up seeing the same weight, or maybe more, but to counteract the suit NASA will incorporate some sort of motors or something to make the suit easier to use. Kinda like an exoskeleton.
All you really need is a cell phone. I have Verizon, with the navigational aide and the music capability, it has a crude calendar appointment tool, and a decent camera which can shoot 1Megapixel shots and shoot video. I think the time is now. My only complaint is that the GPS software requires a subscription, except for those times when there is a free demo period. Also, the music player on my phone only plays.wma files, unless you go into the "secret" menus, but that is a pain in the ass. I know a lot of people that use their phone as an all-in-one toy. I can't wait to upgrade to a newer, slimmer version with a bit more functionality on the appointment side of things.
It's funny, it seems the RIAA thought they would just steamroll their way over people using big legal teams and ominous threats. Now, they are meeting resistance and potentially losing battles which are gonna cost them credibility and double legal fees (theirs plus the defendants). I mean, is it me or are they obviously just shaking people down hoping they get scared and pay up? If I were one of the lucky ones to have been scared into paying up early on I would be thinking about going back for some payback (literally), if at all legally possible.
And lets remember 2-person CPR... I believe it's still 5 compressions, 1 breath. This would be the ideal method since the interruption of blood flow is smaller.
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IE was installed and used by other parties. I did (do) use Firefox. My wife and kids also use this machine, maybe that explains it. Don't be such an elitist, "Not Being Stupid(TM)" is an elitist naive thing to say. The point is you had to configure Windows to be more secure and run additional software to protect yourself. I imagine you had some sort of AV software and spyware scanner as well. Ubuntu comes out of the box with all this stuff built-in, so to speak. It isn't more fun, it is just feeling better about the potential risks.
I think MS Vista media edition, the version that "specializes" in DVR capabilities and what not might fall under "entertainment and media categories".
I switched one of my computers to Ubunutu after my Windows 2000 got yet another set of spyware/virus files that could not easily be removed. For the basic mundane stuff I love it, web browsing especially. I can't tell you how nice it is to know that the probability of getting some spyware or virus or whatever is virtually zero. Will this change as Ubuntu becomes more popular, who knows, but for now, I use Ubuntu for 90% of my web browsing, even on my dual-boot laptop.
Did you get fired? Seems like you would try to sell your products in the store, and show customers what a discount setup would produce in order to sell a better setup...
Back on earth, we can't even predict, with any real certainty, whether next Friday will be rainy, sunny, cloudy, etc.
Because tiny microbes living in the soil always emit "signals". Technologically advanced life vs. life are two very different things. Jetson's like colonies would be nice to find, but honestly, we are more likely to find single cell organisms who haven't quite figured out how to build a radio tower.
The definition also needs to specify up/down speeds. I don't consider a satellite connection with 1.5Mbs down and 56K up (phoneline) a broadband connection.
What I think is irrelevant. It seems to be a hard thing for online music stores to grasp, even though we on /. know the model that will work. Decent quality mp3's, DRM-free, flexibility, and cheap (see my other post in this thread). It is crazy, but so far iTunes seems to be the most popular, so yes, I would think Amazon would want to be competitive, but we will see if they come through.
Of course it is going to happen, in fact it already is happening. I think that if Amazon pulled off a decent library of songs and albums, with the ability to download individual songs and/or albums, that are reasonably priced, then the amount of illegal torrenting would decrease. It will, however, never stop. For me, my price point would be .50 songs, and 2 tiered album prices of $5.00 - $10.00 for tier 2, and $8.00 to $13.00 for tier 1. The difference in Tier 1 and Tier 2 would be album art, lyrics, etc. that you normally get in a CD jacket. A model like that, IMHO, would be quite successful and really compete with iTunes, et. al.
No mention of price in the article. While this sounds great, each song could be .50 or $5.00. This will dictate how cool it really is.
OK, it isn't ice. 300 degree water under pressure is still just water. Basically, its one big pressure cooker. There must be one hell of an atmosphere on this planet, and how do they really know its water? I look at all the space announcements as mere conjecture, I mean, all these astrophysicist guys are looking at is light waves in a telescope or radio waves right? C'mon, unless we step foot on the planet, I am disregarding claims of anything.
OK, it didn't forget, but it did crash and I lost everything. I forgot to make backups, so in turn the computer "forgot" all my data. The solution, don't back your old data, eventually it will be forgotten.
No porn remarks? C'mon slashdot!
Maybe you don't remember his name because HE didn't understand HIS duties. The referenced quote is how old-school business works. Places like Apple, Google, and others don't conform to these old stigmas. Quite frankly, Jobs probably get a thousand of these emails a day and probably has a PA who's sole task is to sift threw them and cherry pick a couple for him to "Take action" on. It generates good will and and is good press, when the public actually heres about it, to the tune of, 'look, Steve really cares, buy Apple! F- Microsoft'.
Where does a 500 pound gorilla sit? Anywhere she wants, except in the 600 pound gorilla's seat.
I don't know who is the 600 pound gorilla in this case, but it sure is interesting to see a case where M$ doesn't just walk all over someone and is actually being bullied back....
Even if this prompts legislation to make open WAPs illegal, most people will undoubtedly break the law since the majority of people just don't know how to make the WAP secure, or find it too bothersome. I have talked to 3 people in my neighborhood about their open WAP and the responses were: 1.) What does that mean? How do I fix it? (I helped them secure it, and about a week later they asked me to undue it because of problems). 2.) I don't care, it is a pain to setup (we know it really isn't) 3.) I have nothing on my PC for people to hack, so what do I care. Surprisingly, the majority of people have some sort of security setup (I can see a good 5 or 7 WAPs) from my house.
Absolutely right! Your particular industry, in this time frame, with your user base... No way could it be pulled off.
But... (there is always a but)... There are other industries that aren't quite so fragile. Engineering, for example. In my real world, which is 10+ years as an embedded SW guy in the aerospace industry, there is a different view. Most of what we do could easily be done in a different OS, in fact as of right now we have Sun OS, VAX VMS, and Windows, all active. When the hammer comes down and Windows XP stations are no longer available, our IT department will remove Vista, and re-install XP. There has been a lot of talk about switching to a Linux distro for many of the development machines, and even some of the admin folks (our company is 90% engineering). So unlike the financial crowd, we are used to having to figure stuff out, hell, half the time if there is a problem with our Windows machines we figure it out ourselves rather than calling IT. Several people here are running Linux distros already, granted we still need Windows for some things, but that could change easily.
The bottom line, I wouldn't be surprised if Dell starts to see a slight increase in requests for whatever Linux distro they ship over Windows Vista come the time. I agree that Linux will not takeover the desktop world, but I think it will start to become a recognizable name.
There is another article on the BBC website, confirming this and giving some more substance to read.
It seems we have missed the point... If Dell does offer Linux, seriously markets it, and people start buying a Linux installed machine we will inevitably see better hardware and software support. I would hope Dell works with 1 or 2 distros to make hardware compatibility better. If Dell starts selling machines with Ubuntu, or whatever, and Dell starts buying ABC video chipsets, and XYZ 802.11g cards then maybe this will put pressure on the hardware vendors to better support Linux. We need some UTube ads! I really hope this works out because the hardware issues has been a show stopper for me on several occasions. And of course, once the hardware people come, the next group of people to come over will be the software people, and you know what that means don't ya... Games! I don't ever think a Linux distro will dominate the desktop world as Windows does, but I think there is enough market share out there to steal from M$ and get a solid foothold so that both hardware and software vendors take notice.
Then why not just uninstall Ubuntu and put windows back on before proceeding with tech support. And what about Dual Booting a Windows and Linux distro?
I bet we end up seeing the same weight, or maybe more, but to counteract the suit NASA will incorporate some sort of motors or something to make the suit easier to use. Kinda like an exoskeleton.
All you really need is a cell phone. I have Verizon, with the navigational aide and the music capability, it has a crude calendar appointment tool, and a decent camera which can shoot 1Megapixel shots and shoot video. I think the time is now. My only complaint is that the GPS software requires a subscription, except for those times when there is a free demo period. Also, the music player on my phone only plays .wma files, unless you go into the "secret" menus, but that is a pain in the ass. I know a lot of people that use their phone as an all-in-one toy. I can't wait to upgrade to a newer, slimmer version with a bit more functionality on the appointment side of things.
It's funny, it seems the RIAA thought they would just steamroll their way over people using big legal teams and ominous threats. Now, they are meeting resistance and potentially losing battles which are gonna cost them credibility and double legal fees (theirs plus the defendants). I mean, is it me or are they obviously just shaking people down hoping they get scared and pay up? If I were one of the lucky ones to have been scared into paying up early on I would be thinking about going back for some payback (literally), if at all legally possible.
And lets remember 2-person CPR... I believe it's still 5 compressions, 1 breath. This would be the ideal method since the interruption of blood flow is smaller.
Yup. I am an idiot. Nothing to see here.