Is funny how IT department thinks that a free tool (or one with a license file off of Piratebay) is perfectly good for doing whatever.
Need to edit XML shemas? IT: There is notepad. Got contractual agreement to provide drawings to customer in Visio format? IT: There is this non-Visio-compatible thing that I found online Got to maintain a bugs-database? IT: There is Access in your MS Office Have to do resource-planning? IT: You have Outlook and Excel on your PC Requiring remote access? IT: TeamViewer is free.....
(Disclaimer: Not an American) Why? He is good at making money for himself. If this includes making money for his company (or country) then ok, but if he is making more money for himself by screwing over the company/shareholders/country/citizenry, there is currently no reason to expect that he would not do so, if he thinks he can get away with it.
Either way, all we seem to know is that he has a plan to cut services, and make rich people richer (judging from what makes it over here... and the Daily Show)
A billion dollars for a browser choice dialouge? It is beyond my comphrension how this could be considered rational or acceptable in any way.
Has it been stated anywhere that they will also fine this specific violation at 1 billion dollars? I mean, just because the last time Microsoft violated EU laws it got slapped with a fine of that size, it does not follow that this different violation will get the same penalty.
Anyways, the fine is "up to 10% of yearly global revenue", and could include daily fines if Microsoft doesn't fix the issue in a timely manner.
I also held the theory that an Irish Coffee was the perfect food containing all the major food groups: Chocolate, Caffeine, Sugars, Fats (Cream), Alcohol.
aw, crap - now you got me trying to remember which author said that. *wont get any work done this morning*
I think various fiction writers have proposed a setup involving (initially) nothing but women and multiple sperm-samples. (current tech allows for simply sending women - no sperm required)
Would be worried about sociological impacts from that setup, though...
It tends to return you to nearest NewU station, or the last one you passed by - if you are still playing in the original area and haven't passed a 2nd NewU station, it saves and returns you to the one in Fyrestone. Your progress through quests should have been kept, though.
It would be nice. If only Sony made it so you can scroll all the way to the left of the XMB and use the Power Off option.
This works particularly well when the PS3 is stalled! Almost nothing works, not even the XMB in that situation.
Usually it is possible to hold down the on/off on the front, for 10+ seconds to force a power-off, but this is not working 100% of the times that a recent PS3 freezes.
cpu6502 didn't call you a highschooler - he said you acted like one.
I have been in the development world for 25+ years and [...]
Some background: It is ca 25 years since I wrote my first program on a C64. I programmed a bit on on various Commodore Amigas (500, 1200, 4000) in Basic, C/C++ and Assembler. In Linux, I used primarily C++ and Perl, and on Windows machines I've used C/C++ and C#. The only program I've ever released on OSX was writting in C++, since I was too lazy to learn Obj-C. Studied electronics, software development and business at various stages of my education. Currently deploying computer-systems in SCM.
If you can't install and configure Win7 in under 15 minutes [....]
I did (re)install Win7 in ca 25 minutes (15 is less time than the installer itself took..), and setting it up for the bare minimum can be done in another 5-10 minutes. Your experience may vary. My requirements did differ for the basics, which is where the card-house came down.
[...] you should probably step back and let someone more knowledgeable do it for you.
Seeing as I'm a retard and you're a genius, please indicate how to turn off powersaving on NICs. This is one problem I've not been able to solve, since it causes Win7 to report that no cable is attached to the NIC (the dLAN it is connected to is also using powersaving, waiting for a signal for the PC). The vendor of the machine and the manufacturer of the devices involved have not been able to provide an answer so far.
Plus how in the hell would he be in a position to pass judgment of the Win7 design or any other OS for that matter. Like most wannabes they equate OS development to app development and there is vast difference in those 2 distinct areas.
Poor UI is poor UI is poor UI. Whether it is an app on a phone, a 2.000.000USD bespoke system or an OS, a UI that doesn't help the user do what is needed, is a bad UI. Likewise, providing error-codes in your system, any system, which you then cannot/will not document, is hostile to the user.
You're allowed your opinion, your high horse and the rest of it - but I think you're wrong. As a user, I know what I want and need - if the OS and OS manufacturer cannot or will not give that to me, I'll take my business elsewhere.
Let us rephrase it: "Are the printer manufacturers ever going to release their 100+ megabyte install packages, which they have for Windows, on Linux?"
Printers might work just fine in Linux with CUPS, but given how big some driver-packages are on Windows, clearly something is missing on the Linux side!:)
Setting up network: Got into a new dialog in Windows, trying to change a setting (DHCP -> Fixed IP) on a NIC (dont remember if was wired or wireless). The dialog basically had various options, and in the bottom said something like "To do X, click here". This led me to another, similar dialog, which again ended with "To do X, click here". Clicking there led me to the 3rd dialog, similar to the last two, and with "To do X, click here". Clicking led me back to the first dialog. I verified this, going through the 3 dialogs a couple of times, re-reading everything to ensure I wasn't misunderstanding it or imagining it or something; Nopes, it was literally leading me in loops in my attempt to set a fixed IP on a NIC. So, issue 1: Recursive and asinine dialogs
Running Windows Update: Windows would constantly nag me about updates. I tried to let it update, but always got the message that it couldn't update. I tried going to update.windows.com (or similar), since this worked on WinXP, but this just launched the same process as the regular update, and failed. Eventually I dug into it, getting an error-code and offer to see what the error-code meant; Turned out that the specific error-code was not in the lists of error-codes Microsoft provided in the documentation. It was an error-code that Microsoft seemingly didn't know. Issue 2: Useless and undocumented error-codes
Using FixIt: Microsoft dialogs relating to the failing update suggested downloading and running Microsoft FixIt. I downloaded this tool and ran it; It (Microsoft FixIt) reported that it could not download and run Microsoft FixIt - I could down and run the tool, but the tool apparently needed to download and run itself, which it could not do. As a solution to this, it (Microsoft FixIt) suggested that I download Microsoft FixIt and run it to fix Microsoft FixIt... Ca here I decided to not use the computer for an extended period. Issue 3: Stupendously poor and user-unfriendly system design
Setting up Media Center: (I'll skip the total confusion that was installing drivers for a DVB card, and how it had to be set up... I hope this was due to the specific vendor) While setting up Media Center, I was twice told it would download some kind of software for (1) handling EPG (tv guides) and (2) something with TV cards. Both downloads would hang for over an hour, and then report that they were unable to download. Retrying caused the exact same behavior, indicating that nothing was cached from previous downloads, or that it had simply hung for >1 hour without actually downloading anything. I manage to google and download 1 of these, which made that step in the Media Center go away; this took 15 minutes, i.e. notably less than the time Media Center spent on not downloading it. The second tool is still missing, but Media Center appears to run without it. It cannot, however, use the DVB card. Issue 4: Unable to determine problems with downloads, and possibly offer alternatives, during setup
Running games: The PC is an Shuttle Atom D525, 4 gigabyes RAM, some nVidia onboard graphics and a 60 gigabytes SSD. Part of the intent is to run some minor games on it. It failed to run a game because of some texturing issue in nVidia's driver. Turns out Shuttle is using an older nVidia driver with a known bug, and have not updated past it. Going to Microsoft's update-page is useless (update doesn't work, Microsoft doesn't know why), and downloading the appropriate driver directly from nVidia doesn't work, as the driver reports it cannot be used on the system. Issue 5: Unable to use generic or OS provided drivers for common graphics system.
Getting on Network: Every so often the computer will report that it doesn't recognize what network it is on, particularly if switching between wired and wireless. When this occurs, it thinks it is on a public network, and basically disallows most any network access. It
For home users, you have to wonder if they're just being cheap.
I bought a Win 7 Home Premium based PC - it is a decision I've come to regret; I'm not cheap, but that has been a waste of money and of a lot of time trying to get it to update, backup, get on network.. basically everything I've tried has resulted in messages that something unknown failed, or that it isn't supported in Win 7 Home Premium.
Win XP works, works pretty well, and doesn't have a stupid UI that goes in circles when trying to get to network settings.
True. But luckily we neither need, nor want, one single answer that solves everything.
Who is this "we"?
Everytime I see Solar-, Wind-, Wave-Energy or some similar source get mentioned outside of the tech/science/nerd communities, the response is that [Source] is not an option since [Source] is not able to provide all the energy we need 24/7. Basically, the population at large refuse to think that we can have more than 1 or 2 sources of energy at the same time, ever.
They could however theoretically seed new teeth. So if you were willing to yank the tooth and wait the 1-2 years for the new tooth to grow in, then they could be said to cure cavities.
Why yank the old one? You could not plant the see for the new one under the older tooth, and have it "pushed out" naturally?
What about nerves? Would they be able to attach correct?
I supposedly am educated in the ways of computers: I have a degree in the field, I work in the field, I have computers.
Bought a Win7 PC for home use - it has baffled me repeatedly, being the most *explicative* piece of *explicative* I have ever had the misfortune to use*. If anyone asks me for help with their Win7 system, I'll simply have to tell them to buy a mac.
*: basically, nothing works, and it is impossible to fix.
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Is funny how IT department thinks that a free tool (or one with a license file off of Piratebay) is perfectly good for doing whatever.
Need to edit XML shemas? IT: There is notepad.
Got contractual agreement to provide drawings to customer in Visio format? IT: There is this non-Visio-compatible thing that I found online
Got to maintain a bugs-database? IT: There is Access in your MS Office
Have to do resource-planning? IT: You have Outlook and Excel on your PC
Requiring remote access? IT: TeamViewer is free.....
Thinking that would be a USB port...
So, eh, a good beating would be useful to teach a sociopath to stop hurting others?
10% might be worth it, but it can turn out that the daily fines end up burning Microsoft badly.
Others have called for a ban on Windows (or perhaps just Explorer?), which would be much more drastic and rather un-EU-like I think.
(Disclaimer: Not an American)
Why? He is good at making money for himself.
If this includes making money for his company (or country) then ok, but if he is making more money for himself by screwing over the company/shareholders/country/citizenry, there is currently no reason to expect that he would not do so, if he thinks he can get away with it.
Either way, all we seem to know is that he has a plan to cut services, and make rich people richer (judging from what makes it over here ... and the Daily Show)
A billion dollars for a browser choice dialouge? It is beyond my comphrension how this could be considered rational or acceptable in any way.
Has it been stated anywhere that they will also fine this specific violation at 1 billion dollars?
I mean, just because the last time Microsoft violated EU laws it got slapped with a fine of that size, it does not follow that this different violation will get the same penalty.
Anyways, the fine is "up to 10% of yearly global revenue", and could include daily fines if Microsoft doesn't fix the issue in a timely manner.
Win98 -> RedHat -> Debian -> OSX -> Kubuntu -> OSX
Shooters-on-Rails could work, yes.
PS3+Move have a couple (Time Crisis, The Shoot from memory)
I also held the theory that an Irish Coffee was the perfect food containing all the major food groups: Chocolate, Caffeine, Sugars, Fats (Cream), Alcohol.
aw, crap - now you got me trying to remember which author said that.
*wont get any work done this morning*
I think various fiction writers have proposed a setup involving (initially) nothing but women and multiple sperm-samples.
(current tech allows for simply sending women - no sperm required)
Would be worried about sociological impacts from that setup, though...
Still split in half - just with a 3rd half attached somewhere.
It tends to return you to nearest NewU station, or the last one you passed by - if you are still playing in the original area and haven't passed a 2nd NewU station, it saves and returns you to the one in Fyrestone.
Your progress through quests should have been kept, though.
It would be nice. If only Sony made it so you can scroll all the way to the left of the XMB and use the Power Off option.
This works particularly well when the PS3 is stalled! Almost nothing works, not even the XMB in that situation.
Usually it is possible to hold down the on/off on the front, for 10+ seconds to force a power-off, but this is not working 100% of the times that a recent PS3 freezes.
Crap, don't have any Dice-points - Someone, roll Parent Post up!
try disabling ActiveX on you WAN/ADSL/whatever router - has fun effects on all sorts of things in Windows 7
High Schooler?
cpu6502 didn't call you a highschooler - he said you acted like one.
I have been in the development world for 25+ years and [...]
Some background:
It is ca 25 years since I wrote my first program on a C64.
I programmed a bit on on various Commodore Amigas (500, 1200, 4000) in Basic, C/C++ and Assembler.
In Linux, I used primarily C++ and Perl, and on Windows machines I've used C/C++ and C#.
The only program I've ever released on OSX was writting in C++, since I was too lazy to learn Obj-C.
Studied electronics, software development and business at various stages of my education.
Currently deploying computer-systems in SCM.
If you can't install and configure Win7 in under 15 minutes [....]
I did (re)install Win7 in ca 25 minutes (15 is less time than the installer itself took..), and setting it up for the bare minimum can be done in another 5-10 minutes. Your experience may vary.
My requirements did differ for the basics, which is where the card-house came down.
[...] you should probably step back and let someone more knowledgeable do it for you.
Seeing as I'm a retard and you're a genius, please indicate how to turn off powersaving on NICs. This is one problem I've not been able to solve, since it causes Win7 to report that no cable is attached to the NIC (the dLAN it is connected to is also using powersaving, waiting for a signal for the PC). The vendor of the machine and the manufacturer of the devices involved have not been able to provide an answer so far.
Plus how in the hell would he be in a position to pass judgment of the Win7 design or any other OS for that matter. Like most wannabes they equate OS development to app development and there is vast difference in those 2 distinct areas.
Poor UI is poor UI is poor UI. Whether it is an app on a phone, a 2.000.000USD bespoke system or an OS, a UI that doesn't help the user do what is needed, is a bad UI.
Likewise, providing error-codes in your system, any system, which you then cannot/will not document, is hostile to the user.
You're allowed your opinion, your high horse and the rest of it - but I think you're wrong. As a user, I know what I want and need - if the OS and OS manufacturer cannot or will not give that to me, I'll take my business elsewhere.
Let us rephrase it:
"Are the printer manufacturers ever going to release their 100+ megabyte install packages, which they have for Windows, on Linux?"
Printers might work just fine in Linux with CUPS, but given how big some driver-packages are on Windows, clearly something is missing on the Linux side! :)
Sure - lets see what I still remember...
Setting up network:
Got into a new dialog in Windows, trying to change a setting (DHCP -> Fixed IP) on a NIC (dont remember if was wired or wireless).
The dialog basically had various options, and in the bottom said something like "To do X, click here". This led me to another, similar dialog, which again ended with "To do X, click here". Clicking there led me to the 3rd dialog, similar to the last two, and with "To do X, click here". Clicking led me back to the first dialog.
I verified this, going through the 3 dialogs a couple of times, re-reading everything to ensure I wasn't misunderstanding it or imagining it or something; Nopes, it was literally leading me in loops in my attempt to set a fixed IP on a NIC.
So, issue 1: Recursive and asinine dialogs
Running Windows Update:
Windows would constantly nag me about updates. I tried to let it update, but always got the message that it couldn't update.
I tried going to update.windows.com (or similar), since this worked on WinXP, but this just launched the same process as the regular update, and failed.
Eventually I dug into it, getting an error-code and offer to see what the error-code meant; Turned out that the specific error-code was not in the lists of error-codes Microsoft provided in the documentation. It was an error-code that Microsoft seemingly didn't know.
Issue 2: Useless and undocumented error-codes
Using FixIt: ... Ca here I decided to not use the computer for an extended period.
Microsoft dialogs relating to the failing update suggested downloading and running Microsoft FixIt.
I downloaded this tool and ran it; It (Microsoft FixIt) reported that it could not download and run Microsoft FixIt - I could down and run the tool, but the tool apparently needed to download and run itself, which it could not do. As a solution to this, it (Microsoft FixIt) suggested that I download Microsoft FixIt and run it to fix Microsoft FixIt
Issue 3: Stupendously poor and user-unfriendly system design
Setting up Media Center: ... I hope this was due to the specific vendor)
(I'll skip the total confusion that was installing drivers for a DVB card, and how it had to be set up
While setting up Media Center, I was twice told it would download some kind of software for (1) handling EPG (tv guides) and (2) something with TV cards.
Both downloads would hang for over an hour, and then report that they were unable to download. Retrying caused the exact same behavior, indicating that nothing was cached from previous downloads, or that it had simply hung for >1 hour without actually downloading anything.
I manage to google and download 1 of these, which made that step in the Media Center go away; this took 15 minutes, i.e. notably less than the time Media Center spent on not downloading it. The second tool is still missing, but Media Center appears to run without it. It cannot, however, use the DVB card.
Issue 4: Unable to determine problems with downloads, and possibly offer alternatives, during setup
Running games:
The PC is an Shuttle Atom D525, 4 gigabyes RAM, some nVidia onboard graphics and a 60 gigabytes SSD. Part of the intent is to run some minor games on it.
It failed to run a game because of some texturing issue in nVidia's driver. Turns out Shuttle is using an older nVidia driver with a known bug, and have not updated past it. Going to Microsoft's update-page is useless (update doesn't work, Microsoft doesn't know why), and downloading the appropriate driver directly from nVidia doesn't work, as the driver reports it cannot be used on the system.
Issue 5: Unable to use generic or OS provided drivers for common graphics system.
Getting on Network:
Every so often the computer will report that it doesn't recognize what network it is on, particularly if switching between wired and wireless.
When this occurs, it thinks it is on a public network, and basically disallows most any network access. It
For home users, you have to wonder if they're just being cheap.
I bought a Win 7 Home Premium based PC - it is a decision I've come to regret; I'm not cheap, but that has been a waste of money and of a lot of time trying to get it to update, backup, get on network .. basically everything I've tried has resulted in messages that something unknown failed, or that it isn't supported in Win 7 Home Premium.
Win XP works, works pretty well, and doesn't have a stupid UI that goes in circles when trying to get to network settings.
True. But luckily we neither need, nor want, one single answer that solves everything.
Who is this "we"?
Everytime I see Solar-, Wind-, Wave-Energy or some similar source get mentioned outside of the tech/science/nerd communities, the response is that [Source] is not an option since [Source] is not able to provide all the energy we need 24/7.
Basically, the population at large refuse to think that we can have more than 1 or 2 sources of energy at the same time, ever.
Disable 2G instead - if built properly, that should reduce power-consumption somewhat (works on my CrapBerry)
A device running around at "random" in your garden, with sharp blades spinning - what could possibly go wrong....
But yes - They should release one.
They could however theoretically seed new teeth. So if you were willing to yank the tooth and wait the 1-2 years for the new tooth to grow in, then they could be said to cure cavities.
Why yank the old one? You could not plant the see for the new one under the older tooth, and have it "pushed out" naturally?
What about nerves? Would they be able to attach correct?
I supposedly am educated in the ways of computers: I have a degree in the field, I work in the field, I have computers.
Bought a Win7 PC for home use - it has baffled me repeatedly, being the most *explicative* piece of *explicative* I have ever had the misfortune to use*. If anyone asks me for help with their Win7 system, I'll simply have to tell them to buy a mac.
*: basically, nothing works, and it is impossible to fix.
An Apple a day keeps the innovation at bay!
"FTFY"
*runs and hides*