I didn;t know that. When you use an acronym you should let people know wtf (What The Fuck) your stupid acronym means. Otherwise, I (and others) will assume you're a fucktard trying to snow me.
Too lazy to spell it? Fuck off then, I'm not the least interested.
Once... HAH! My XP install lasted 3 days; the first update replaced my network drivers. Haven't had to reinstall again yet (it's been less than a year since I got XP and I don't let it auto update after that) but I couldn't count the number of times I had to reinstall 98.
And if you mistype, well, so much (again) for "once".
The worse thing is, that number is completely useless. If somebody's giving or selling you an illegal copy of Windows, you're going to get the number, too.
Anything that makes your product less useful or harder to use is stupid. DRM doesn't even slow pirates down, it only affects those of us who buy a legal copy. I've thought about stopping buying and starting to get it from usenet just to avoid DRM.
you miss the days when everne worked from the command line, oh sorry shell.
A lot more people work better visually. Unless one is a hard core computer geek, then a GUI is better.
Why can't you have both at once? A command line where the bar thing at the bottom of Windows and KDE are, a "start menu" by clicking the desktop (and make it a pie menu, thank you).
I'm seeing the doctor Friday for my "mouse elbow". It would be nice to be able to compute using the keyboard only if I so wished. Actually I want a computer like Decker had in Blade Runner.
Neither is Windows software. Try running Foxpro 6.0 on your new XP PC. Try running Easy CD Creator 4 (came with my burner). Try running about any DOS program.
99% of home users get Windows preinstalled on their computer ("free"). There's really not much reason for most home users to upgrade, as every new version of Windows needs more hardware to run.
Only geeks who build their own computers need to buy an OS. Everyone else gets it for "free".
If you need to crack it, you don't have a legal copy.
Bullshit, I paid $100 for XP and I want the crack that lets me install the piece of shit without typing in that Goddamned long number, and patches the bug ridden thing without calling Microsoft.
Just one more reason to stick with XP for those applications that only run on Windows.
What happens when the "have to have" Vista only program comes out? I'm thinking games, but there are probably other reasons.
I'm thinking of making my PC triple or more boot; a flavor of Linux, XP, 98, and DOS 6 ought to let me run all the programs I've collected over the years (that will no longer run on my 21st century computer).
I thought I was done with Windows with 98 but my new hardwars is giving me fits in all flavors of Linux I've tried.
If it ever gets to the point whare they can teleport whole atoms rather than just spin states, imagine what that could do to surgery? They wouldn't have to cut you open to put a pacemaker in your chest or an IOL in your eyeball.
Members of the audience assumed that the two presenters were having a bit of fun, rather than actually criticizing the Mozilla browser's code.
"I wasn't pay much attention to what they said they had, because the whole thing was coming across as a comedy show," said Mark Loveless, security architect for Vernier Networks, who saw the presentation. "They had a whole bunch of things in there that was intended to be a joke, trying to get laughs. I didn't have any problems with the talk, I thought it was hilarious, and I didn't take is seriously."
The presentation came a week after security firm Symantec, the owner of SecurityFocus, released its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report, which found--among other trends--that Mozilla's browsers had the most vulnerabilities. While 47 flaws were found in the open-source browser, only 38 were disclosed by Microsoft for its Internet Explorer browser during the same period.
However, the data also showed the Mozilla fixed its vulnerabilities much more quickly. The metric used by Symnatec, termed "window of exposure," measures the time a company takes to patch a flaw in its software, starting from the moment a public exploit is released for the vulnerability. Microsoft took nine days on average--the slowest time--to patch its browser, while Mozilla fixed the flaws in its browser in a single day on average--the fastest time.
Hacking into some system, to install malware or whatever, is already illegal. One wonders why these people are not more often found and thrown in prison.
If we ever understand the brain, mind, and conscienseness (sp) well enough we may make a machine or other construction that does think, but it won't be a digital computer.
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Where are my mod points when I'm drinkl?
Danm, I'm fuckin wasted and I still het "slow down copwboy". I must be a freak.
What's PCRCIA?
Policemen Can Make Cunt In Action (?I think?)
Oh please, The use of Jive/Ebonics shows the same level of stupidity that talking with a Southern accent does.
"Oh please????" Fuck off, yuppie! Y'all can fuck yo'self!
VOD stands for video-on-demand,
I didn;t know that. When you use an acronym you should let people know wtf (What The Fuck) your stupid acronym means. Otherwise, I (and others) will assume you're a fucktard trying to snow me.
Too lazy to spell it? Fuck off then, I'm not the least interested.
Still not enough. My copy of XP is rinning slow as hell; I think I'm pwned. I'll be reinstalling thie weekend (damn but this is hard to do drunk)
Once... HAH! My XP install lasted 3 days; the first update replaced my network drivers. Haven't had to reinstall again yet (it's been less than a year since I got XP and I don't let it auto update after that) but I couldn't count the number of times I had to reinstall 98.
And if you mistype, well, so much (again) for "once".
The worse thing is, that number is completely useless. If somebody's giving or selling you an illegal copy of Windows, you're going to get the number, too.
Anything that makes your product less useful or harder to use is stupid. DRM doesn't even slow pirates down, it only affects those of us who buy a legal copy. I've thought about stopping buying and starting to get it from usenet just to avoid DRM.
Once... thanks for the laugh!
you miss the days when everne worked from the command line, oh sorry shell.
A lot more people work better visually. Unless one is a hard core computer geek, then a GUI is better.
Why can't you have both at once? A command line where the bar thing at the bottom of Windows and KDE are, a "start menu" by clicking the desktop (and make it a pie menu, thank you).
I'm seeing the doctor Friday for my "mouse elbow". It would be nice to be able to compute using the keyboard only if I so wished. Actually I want a computer like Decker had in Blade Runner.
Apple software isn't backwards compatible
Neither is Windows software. Try running Foxpro 6.0 on your new XP PC. Try running Easy CD Creator 4 (came with my burner). Try running about any DOS program.
Windows is NOT backwards compatible.
99% of home users get Windows preinstalled on their computer ("free"). There's really not much reason for most home users to upgrade, as every new version of Windows needs more hardware to run.
Only geeks who build their own computers need to buy an OS. Everyone else gets it for "free".
I'd have made them replace the CDs, box, and everything else and then bitched to everyone I knew about it. And stopped buying their games.
When did companies start thinking they could treat paying customers like shit, anyway?
It is to reduce it so that your average geek finds it too annoying a process to bother with.
Your XP DRM made installing Windows such a pain in the ass that this maybe not so average geek finds it way too annoying to ever buy another copy.
Congratulations. DRM (and the fact that you no longer make OSes backward compatible) lost you a customer you've had for 25 years.
If you need to crack it, you don't have a legal copy.
Bullshit, I paid $100 for XP and I want the crack that lets me install the piece of shit without typing in that Goddamned long number, and patches the bug ridden thing without calling Microsoft.
Where can I get that crack?
Just one more reason to stick with XP for those applications that only run on Windows.
What happens when the "have to have" Vista only program comes out? I'm thinking games, but there are probably other reasons.
I'm thinking of making my PC triple or more boot; a flavor of Linux, XP, 98, and DOS 6 ought to let me run all the programs I've collected over the years (that will no longer run on my 21st century computer).
I thought I was done with Windows with 98 but my new hardwars is giving me fits in all flavors of Linux I've tried.
It's not possible to clone generic quantum states.
Not yet. Thirty years ago the whole idea of teleporting anything, even just spin states, was a preposterous proposition.
If it ever gets to the point whare they can teleport whole atoms rather than just spin states, imagine what that could do to surgery? They wouldn't have to cut you open to put a pacemaker in your chest or an IOL in your eyeball.
Faster than light travel? Time travel? Spaceballs?
Then it's hilarious!
9 out of 10 pedophile predators prefer hanging out where there tens of thousands of underaged kids instead of a church
I'm confused; I thought 9 out of 10 pedophile predators were Catholic Priests?
There are over three billion women in the world and none of them want to have sex with me.
You haven't met all three billion women. Why do you think God created crack cocaine? Scrape the cobwebs off your wallet and buy a whore!
Hacking into some system, to install malware or whatever, is already illegal. One wonders why these people are not more often found and thrown in prison.
The prisons are too full of drug users.
But apparently not the guy who can think through his posts... or take the time to post something a little more informative.
Informative enough to get mod points. Interesting enough for you to reply to.
Yes, I am.
If we ever understand the brain, mind, and conscienseness (sp) well enough we may make a machine or other construction that does think, but it won't be a digital computer.
I'm the guy who can read; I get the "slow down cowboy" message constantly.
But I'm used to living among dyslexics, illiterates, and dumbasses. Sigh.