Hence, all that is needed is a BIG plastic pipe to move all the fresh water south to irrigate the deserts of North Africa (it's downhill all the way:-))
9. Peer-to-peer collaboration: The Windows Collaboration module uses peer-to-peer technology to let Vista users work together in a shared workspace. You can form ad hoc workgroups and then jointly work on documents, present applications, and pass messages. You can even post "handouts" for others to review.
Oh great, there goes the RIAA and MPAA into meltdown.
No matter how many new PCs ship with Vista, there is going to be 3 to 5 years before it dominates the market because that's the approximate time it will take for the existing installed base of PCs to be renewed. Can MS wait that long? Can apps writers? Can the media companies?
The credit card companies don't give a damn about what you look like, your finger prints or the colour of your eyes. The CCCs don't require you to turn up at their offices and provide proof that you exist. The CCCs don't throw you into jail because you refuse an offer of a card. The CCCs don't have vast amounts of tax information and criminal records.
Given the population of 60 million people and taking some very conservative estimates there will be about 20 million card updates a year (people move, people die, new cards for kids, replacements for lost cards and there is a requirement to renew each card every 10 years no matter what.)
That's about 100,000 card updates per working day.
Does anybody think that there will be any kind of real checks performed on those updates?
But the only os that has any significant "virus" problem is Windows. This might be a clue for someone but it seems he has too much money and it prevents reality breaking through...
Hey, nice operating system you have there. Wouldn't want an accident. You know, me and my friend could look after it for you. You know, stop nasty things happening. Wouldn't want your hard disk to catch fire would you. What's fifty bucks when you'll have piece of mind? By the way, my friend Bill might want to store some stuff for a while. You've some space on that hard disk? As favour? I though so. See you next week.
...arise defending your patent against a challenge by a billion $ company. That is the problem that must be addressed, not changing patents themselves (though a real examination of claims by the patent office would be nice as well.)
MS source code is very dangerous and not what they were asked for. A glance at MS code could stop you from ever contributing to an open source project without the fear of receiving a letter from MS lawyers.
The behaviour of MS in this matter suggests that they do not have proper documentation. If true then it would explain a lot about the quality of MS products.
Hasn't Google been buying access to dark fibre? If the old phone companies make it too troublesome to use their services Google might well tell them to fsck off and start building it's own infrastructure.
New monitors needed, now new DVDs, more memory, more disk space. The costs of upgrading are getting out of hand. OK, over a 3 to 5 year interval, hardware replacement may result in a significant change, but on day one who is going to upgrade?
So, Vista may not be the financial bump that MS will need. You have to wonder if it is time to abandon development until the necessary hardware is already in the field.
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...it's Spring and the ice is supposed to melt, isn't it?
... still have a section forbiding the use of the compilers to create a product that competes with a Microsoft product?
...they decided black was white and got run over on a level crossing.
...the other day that the only blogs I read are meta-blogs about blogging.
Is there any audience for blogs at all? Or are 99% of all bloggers shouting into the void?
A vast new source of fresh water is available.
:-))
Fresh water is lighter than sea water.
Hence, all that is needed is a BIG plastic pipe to move all the fresh water south to irrigate the deserts of North Africa (it's downhill all the way
Oh great, there goes the RIAA and MPAA into meltdown.
No matter how many new PCs ship with Vista, there is going to be 3 to 5 years before it dominates the market because that's the approximate time it will take for the existing installed base of PCs to be renewed. Can MS wait that long? Can apps writers? Can the media companies?
The credit card companies don't give a damn about what you look like, your finger prints or the colour of your eyes. The CCCs don't require you to turn up at their offices and provide proof that you exist. The CCCs don't throw you into jail because you refuse an offer of a card. The CCCs don't have vast amounts of tax information and criminal records.
"What's changed?"
American Express don't throw you into jail if you cut up their card and throw it away.
An ID card has nothing in common with a credit card. They just happen to be the same size.
That's about 100,000 card updates per working day.
Does anybody think that there will be any kind of real checks performed on those updates?
Who said there was only one dimension of time? If there can be 11 space-like dimensions why not multiple time-like dimensions?
But the only os that has any significant "virus" problem is Windows. This might be a clue for someone but it seems he has too much money and it prevents reality breaking through...
Hey, nice operating system you have there. Wouldn't want an accident. You know, me and my friend could look after it for you. You know, stop nasty things happening. Wouldn't want your hard disk to catch fire would you. What's fifty bucks when you'll have piece of mind? By the way, my friend Bill might want to store some stuff for a while. You've some space on that hard disk? As favour? I though so. See you next week.
As any web server can choose the page to display to any given client, how exactly does the system work out what is real and what is not?
For that matter, exactly how do they expect to access password or IP protected sites?
...arise defending your patent against a challenge by a billion $ company. That is the problem that must be addressed, not changing patents themselves (though a real examination of claims by the patent office would be nice as well.)
Oh yes, they interfered with each other and a computer with a pile of dongles plugged into the printer port was unstable and liable to errors.
Every application assumes it is the only one installed on a PC and guess what? THEY ARE WRONG!!
You left the "i" out of "ruin".
exactly who will be more secure with vista? Microsoft? RIAA? MS shareholders?
As long as Vista is backwards compatible with XP it will remain vulnerable.
...is still a robber barron if he gives away 10% of the booty to the poor.
The behaviour of MS in this matter suggests that they do not have proper documentation. If true then it would explain a lot about the quality of MS products.
Hasn't Google been buying access to dark fibre? If the old phone companies make it too troublesome to use their services Google might well tell them to fsck off and start building it's own infrastructure.
...of Vista ever shipping?
New monitors needed, now new DVDs, more memory, more disk space. The costs of upgrading are getting out of hand. OK, over a 3 to 5 year interval, hardware replacement may result in a significant change, but on day one who is going to upgrade?
So, Vista may not be the financial bump that MS will need. You have to wonder if it is time to abandon development until the necessary hardware is already in the field.
Oh well. Never mind.
I for one welcome our new vegetable overlords.
...have a look at the new Sun Opteron servers.
However you can buy images from France and Russia so that's no real protection.