According to Wikipedia, Apple's Time Machine isn't even released yet. Maybe the person reverse-engineered Time Machine in the future and used the code to come back to the past...?
Also from Wikipedia, Windows XP Professional includes a similar feature, although it doesn't do as much as the facility included in Windows Server 2003.
Are you paid to make shit up or what? Can I get a job there?
In its default configuration, Windows NT (at least from 5 up) pages unused memory out to disk. In fact, the Windows NT kernel functions best when it CAN page (as opposed to when paging is turned off), and it's vital to leave it on. I actually had a link to a web page that explained why, but unfortunately I lost it.
When I had a Mac, I had a neat, small program that would translate error codes into small descriptions of the error. For example, if you had -17, it would tell you that it was a so-and-so error. Can't remember the name, and it was a while back (late 90s).
Fry: Hey, I'm starting to get the hang of this game. The blerns are loaded, the count's three blerns and two anti-blerns and the infield blern rule is in effect, right? Leela: Except for the word 'blern' that was complete gibberish.
...but this makes me think of how Mac OS 8 allowed you to stick directory windows at the bottom of the screen and have a tab button that popped up when you clicked on it. Could this be an example of prior art?
One misconception is that encryption in Vista is turned on "by default." Actually, it is not. In fact, it is not even available in most versions of Vista.
It also requires a TCPM chip. I tried it on my Pentium 4 box with Windows Vista RC1. No dice.
...and I can't see what all the fuss is about. I got Windows Vista Business Edition through MSDN Academic Alliance (as well as Windows XP Professional), so I decided to give it a shot on my desktop system. I've had a lot of small problems, but none of them were insurmountable obstacles. I'll list them here.
1. The install procedure went fine. None of my storage devices required external drivers (for the record, they didn't in Windows XP either). The system was up, running and basically functional after I got to my desktop. First problem: SoundBlaster Live! is not officially supported. Fortunately, I had been using kX Project drivers before, so I installed those. Remember to find the latest version on the forums, as the site pages haven't been updated in a while (and thus link to older drivers that don't work in Windows Vista). 2. I haven't had an opportunity to test wireless out a whole lot yet, because, well...Windows Vista does not include drivers for my old Linksys WUSB11 adapter. Neither does Linksys, it seems. Can't blame 'em, though. I installed the Windows XP drivers, and it still didn't work correctly. A workaround I stumbled upon: setting up the SSID and related information in Device Manager in the Properties for that specific device made it work. Sure I can't scan for networks, but it's not like a laptop. 3. When starting up X-chat for the first time, it didn't run. Why? MSVCR70.dll was not found. A few minutes of research told me that this was a VisualStudio runtime. I installed the appropriate runtime package from Microsoft.com and all was well. 4. I went to try out some of my games to perform a cursory observation to see whether or not Windows Vista actually slowed games down or not, I went to start up Fable (before you cry "cop-out," I ran Half-Life 2 later). I was greeted with a missing DLL box. I can't remember what it was, but I knew it had to do with DirectX. After thinking about it for a minute, I remembered that DirectX 10 was packaged with Windows Vista. After some more research (and by that I mean Wikipedia), I dug up some information on an add-on for DirectX 10 that allows DirectX 9 (and presumably lower) programs to function. The best part is the fact that it was installable right from the DirectX web installer. Click-click, next, wiat, done.
Ok, so it was a short list. Some of the problems aren't even worth mentioning since A) they're cosmetic or B) they solved themselves after a short time. Every single one of my programs that wasn't explicitly designed for Windows XP and only Windows XP (an older copy of the ClearType Tuner installer comes to mind) worked right "out of the box," so to speak, sans any listed above. Note, however, that it's a small set of programs (Mozilla Firefox, Steam, Last.fm, Alcohol 120%, Winamp, VLC, X-chat, Synergy, Gaim, WinRAR, uTorrent, PeerGuardian 2, NOD32 and TrueCrypt), yet all of them work perfectly well. Now to address some concerns.
...it is full of DRM crap that keeps you from doing anything...
Yes, because I start it up, open Winamp and all of my MP3s disappeared. The FBI was at my door and...wait, none of that happened. This has to be the number one thing I hear from anti-Microsoft folks (and a number of Windows users who don't like to admit they can't figure out how to use Linux), and yet I've still yet to see anything in Windows Vista that resembles DRM that is noticably absent from Windows XP.
...many government and corporate organizations even refusing to allow their systems to be switched over to it.
While I have no experience in the corporate world yet, my father works at TRW (now Northrop-Grumman). Guess how long it took them just to roll out Service Pack 2 for Windows XP? Hell, a couple of years ago, one of the company laptops my father was using at the time still had Windows 2000 on it.
...eventually new games wont run on anything but Vista...
At where I bank, they ask for my SSN only to look up my account information. They usually only ask for the account number (or port number, back when I only had savings) and check for ID. In fact, it was one teller that suggested I use my port number so I didn't have to say my SSN aloud each time.
I realise you ran rough numbers, but according to the almighty Wiki, their revenue in 2005 was $22.2 billion, but the net revenue was only $928 million. Still a non-paltry sum. I think it proves your point anyway.
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According to Wikipedia, Apple's Time Machine isn't even released yet. Maybe the person reverse-engineered Time Machine in the future and used the code to come back to the past...?
Also from Wikipedia, Windows XP Professional includes a similar feature, although it doesn't do as much as the facility included in Windows Server 2003.
Are you paid to make shit up or what? Can I get a job there?
In its default configuration, Windows NT (at least from 5 up) pages unused memory out to disk. In fact, the Windows NT kernel functions best when it CAN page (as opposed to when paging is turned off), and it's vital to leave it on. I actually had a link to a web page that explained why, but unfortunately I lost it.
According to the old software adage, our news is cheap and secure, but it's not fast. Hell, it might not even be secure.
IMAX doesn't use paper red/green glasses. They used polarized lens glasses. You can read about it here.
When I had a Mac, I had a neat, small program that would translate error codes into small descriptions of the error. For example, if you had -17, it would tell you that it was a so-and-so error. Can't remember the name, and it was a while back (late 90s).
Fry: Hey, I'm starting to get the hang of this game. The blerns are loaded, the count's three blerns and two anti-blerns and the infield blern rule is in effect, right?
Leela: Except for the word 'blern' that was complete gibberish.
...but this makes me think of how Mac OS 8 allowed you to stick directory windows at the bottom of the screen and have a tab button that popped up when you clicked on it. Could this be an example of prior art?
Have you ever heard of slipstreaming? Apparently not.
Parent here. If I made any mistakes (as I'm sure I have), make sure to tell me so that I'll know (and can correct them).
1. The install procedure went fine. None of my storage devices required external drivers (for the record, they didn't in Windows XP either). The system was up, running and basically functional after I got to my desktop. First problem: SoundBlaster Live! is not officially supported. Fortunately, I had been using kX Project drivers before, so I installed those. Remember to find the latest version on the forums, as the site pages haven't been updated in a while (and thus link to older drivers that don't work in Windows Vista).
2. I haven't had an opportunity to test wireless out a whole lot yet, because, well...Windows Vista does not include drivers for my old Linksys WUSB11 adapter. Neither does Linksys, it seems. Can't blame 'em, though. I installed the Windows XP drivers, and it still didn't work correctly. A workaround I stumbled upon: setting up the SSID and related information in Device Manager in the Properties for that specific device made it work. Sure I can't scan for networks, but it's not like a laptop.
3. When starting up X-chat for the first time, it didn't run. Why? MSVCR70.dll was not found. A few minutes of research told me that this was a VisualStudio runtime. I installed the appropriate runtime package from Microsoft.com and all was well.
4. I went to try out some of my games to perform a cursory observation to see whether or not Windows Vista actually slowed games down or not, I went to start up Fable (before you cry "cop-out," I ran Half-Life 2 later). I was greeted with a missing DLL box. I can't remember what it was, but I knew it had to do with DirectX. After thinking about it for a minute, I remembered that DirectX 10 was packaged with Windows Vista. After some more research (and by that I mean Wikipedia), I dug up some information on an add-on for DirectX 10 that allows DirectX 9 (and presumably lower) programs to function. The best part is the fact that it was installable right from the DirectX web installer. Click-click, next, wiat, done.
Ok, so it was a short list. Some of the problems aren't even worth mentioning since A) they're cosmetic or B) they solved themselves after a short time. Every single one of my programs that wasn't explicitly designed for Windows XP and only Windows XP (an older copy of the ClearType Tuner installer comes to mind) worked right "out of the box," so to speak, sans any listed above. Note, however, that it's a small set of programs (Mozilla Firefox, Steam, Last.fm, Alcohol 120%, Winamp, VLC, X-chat, Synergy, Gaim, WinRAR, uTorrent, PeerGuardian 2, NOD32 and TrueCrypt), yet all of them work perfectly well. Now to address some concerns.
Yes, because I start it up, open Winamp and all of my MP3s disappeared. The FBI was at my door and...wait, none of that happened. This has to be the number one thing I hear from anti-Microsoft folks (and a number of Windows users who don't like to admit they can't figure out how to use Linux), and yet I've still yet to see anything in Windows Vista that resembles DRM that is noticably absent from Windows XP.
While I have no experience in the corporate world yet, my father works at TRW (now Northrop-Grumman). Guess how long it took them just to roll out Service Pack 2 for Windows XP? Hell, a couple of years ago, one of the company laptops my father was using at the time still had Windows 2000 on it.
At where I bank, they ask for my SSN only to look up my account information. They usually only ask for the account number (or port number, back when I only had savings) and check for ID. In fact, it was one teller that suggested I use my port number so I didn't have to say my SSN aloud each time.
186,282 miles per second: it's the law.
Well, the Intel i965G is one Intel GPU not targeted for the budget/low power market, if that's what you mean.
...are rebelling. You can nerve staple them to quell the riots. (Warning: doing so is considered an atrocity!)
This sounds familiar...
Let me guess: the little man guarding the door would have been named Maxwell?
You might like this thing as well.
Sounds familiar.
I realise you ran rough numbers, but according to the almighty Wiki, their revenue in 2005 was $22.2 billion, but the net revenue was only $928 million. Still a non-paltry sum. I think it proves your point anyway.
While I can't say for sure how bad Windows Vista's sleep mode resuming is, I can say that standby issues aren't new.
That means someone to study that footage, right? And someone to study the footage of them studying the footage of you? And....on and on.
It's watchers all the way up!
...the "The Almighty Buck" icon.