Which immediately rules out a lot of cheaper hardware where the install instructions say "Click through the warning that you're installing unsigned drivers".
Many people just accept that many cheeper devices dont' work on Linux or Mac, they need to accept that for Windows too.
Lots of companies don't provide a CD any more - just a separate partition
I addressed that too. The company will replace the HD under warranty with the OS image if yours fails. If you don't want to pay for the CD, that is your choice.
If you're going to be so anal about keeping it within such a tightly protected area, where's the benefit in using Windows?
Larger software choice, more available support, not having to learn a new OS (same at home and work). There are benefits to using Windows, and there are benefits to using Mac and Linux. They all have things you just should not do unless you know what you are doing.
Do not think that you can idiot-proof any OS. A highly evolved idiot can break any OS unless you don't give them root. However, now the keeper of root needs to babysit the computer and approve every change and install.
If you were really asking the question "WHAT THE FUCK IT IS IN THE FREAKING STICKER UNDER THE NOTEBOOK", I have an answer: It is for the CD that came with the laptop, or the OS image that is on a seperate partition. If she lost the disc that came with it, or you repartitioned it and blew away the other image then you do not have the same software that the sticker was ment for.
By using your custom "XP Home / XP Pro" CD (I have never heard of a MS printed disc that does that), you are using a different disrtobution of XP than the one that came with the laptop. While not as drastic, it would be like trying to fix a Red Hat install with your Ubuntu disc.
Windows does just work if you treat it like a Mac. Only use signed drivers, use the OS disc that came from the factory, etc and it works. Try to take it outside of that protected area and you risk running into problems like this. Some people are very familar with XP and tweak it to do amazing things just as some take a Linux distro and customize it, although the latter has far more room to customize and far more places that you can screw up if you don't know what you are doing.
I setup DSL service for a very small ISP. Since Verizon was the local telco, they were the only ones we could get use for DSL service. The arrangement was that our customers would have to pay between $30 and $40 RIGHT TO VERIZON for only the DSL connection from their home to our ISP. THEN, the customer would have to pay us enough to take care of the actual Internet bandwidth, DNS, email, and web space. Oh, a little bit to put food on the table too. $20 was what we charged at first, and it was at a loss. The customer paid us $20 and Verizon up to $40, so up to $60 for 768k/128k on an overloaded T1.
At the same time, Verizon started selling DSL direct for $24.95 per month. According to the FCC, they also had to pay $30-$40 to a seperate part of the company, but the money still stayed in house.
No, but you bet I'll be looking on eBay at some point for one. After all, I can't prevent someone ELSE giving Sony money. But if I buy on eBay, I'm not the one paying Sony, so it is ok. Right?:)
However, I doubt I'll own one for several reasons. How quickly most of/. forgot about Sony's rootkit! All of the outrage, now everyone talking about what they'll be doing with their $700 Sony toy / Blueray player / home entertainment hub / can opener / dog trainer.
I find that comment very disrespectful of prostitutes.
What's next, degrading vultures by comparing them to RIAA lawyers?
Do keep in mind that we are talking about RIAA lawyers, though. There are MANY lawyers who wouldn't do this kind of work and actually repect the intent of law.
Most Windows Updates fix issues that require human intervention to spread. Clicking on a bad link, opening a bad email. A few people will always do that, but you have to continue to have people doing that for it to spread.
Without MS06-040, the malware can spread computer to computer within a protected network after the first breech though a link or email. So, one user screws up and all 10,000 computers behind your university firewall are infected in a few hours. Then, all someone has to do is take their laptop from your infected network and plug it into their network. Do you have anyone on-site right now from IBM, HP or Dell? If they plug their laptop in for a patch, then go to their home network, they will spread that virus to another group of 10,000+ computers all without intervention. The potental is huge that a virus could spread worldwide within 24 hours of hitting, and then be pretty nasty to rid off of a network. See CodeRed and others.
1. Apple is not interested in profit or marketshare (I'm sure their shareholders and board agree with that statement)
2. Apple users are superior to Windows / Intel users (Even when the Apple user boots with bootcamp to XP?)
3. Windows / Intel users are slobs (I suppose bootcamp users are slobs with style)
4. Apple systems are "lovingly crafted" (I can feel the love)
5. Apple knows their users and respects them (They know their users are dirty pirates, so they lovingly protect them with DRM)
Let me know if I'm off...
Time Shifting is changing the viewing time compared to the broadcast time. For example, watching a show at 8:00pm when you recorded it at 10:00am.
Space or Place Shifting is chaning the viewing location compared to the location that it is being received. Slingbox and others allow you to watch content over IP, regardless if your source is downstairs on your main TV or if it is a pal overseas who gets BBC.
So, since my Dish Network DVR has 30 second skip (and has had it since the first DVR I got from them years ago), wouldn't that mean they didn't copy Tivo? Cool!
Please tell me how I can vote with my dollar! I am serious.
My local telco is Indiana Bell/Ameritech/SBC/AT&T. My local cable is Comcast. I don't like Comcast's support of tiered service, nor AT&T's. I cancelled my 6mb/384k cable Internet for a metered phone line (from AT&T - no choice) that is plugged only into my 1.5mb/128k DSL modem from a local ISP. I use Vonage, but now my call quality is poor since I'm getting jitter between my DSL modem and the DSLAM, probally because I'm 14,000 ft from AT&T's CO. Even though I'm not paying AT&T for DSL I'm paying them for the metered phone line and my ISP is paying them for bandwidth along with a few other tier 1's so they can have some fault tolerance.
Even Dial-up would give AT&T more money than the solution I have come up with, since I would need unmetered phone service and then I wouldn't have Vonage.
So, I guess I could unplug completely, but how would I get on/. to see when my message has been heard and I can get back online?
I'm really looking for input here. I've called my congressman, who promptly voted for the phone companies.
Every OS has flaws right now. While some might announce their flaws right when discovered, and others try to hide them until they have a patch, they all have holes right now that just have not been discovered.
Yes, Vista will have patches. So will OSXII. So will FC6. It is flawed code by flawed people. Deal with it.
What does your religion actually say about this? I'm assuming you are christian. I've never heard anyone quote anything from the Bible on this topic.
Since I didn't see a reply from the poster you sent that to, I spent 5 minutes on Google and quoted some lines for you. I assumed you were curious, like me.
Your Bible...
...you feel the need to search for obscure passages to validate your opinions...
Re-read my post. Do you know what MY thoughts are? Is that my Bible? My opinions?
That was a well-hidden lure, Mr. Troll. It looked like someone being curious, but instead it was designed to create targets for you. I'll learn someday...
22 "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely [e] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
While Christianity has replaced the old laws and punishments (the why and how to that are off-topic here), most point to the fact that God said a life has been taken. This does not completely prove that God meant at the moment the cells start dividing, but it is safe to say that after 8 weeks a mother and father would know that the mother is pregnant, and they would know if she didn't have a child after the fight described above.
As for the animal vs human debate, most Christians would say that humans were the only animal made in God's image, and the only ones that posses a soul. A full-page ad in USA Today from November 2000: http://www.priestsforlife.org/media/00-11-02usatod ayad.htm
In that ad, the point is made:
Are sea turtles more valuable than babies? We read in Florida law, "No person may take, possess, disturb, mutilate, destroy, cause to be destroyed, sell, offer for sale, transfer, molest, or harass any marine turtle nest or eggs at any time." (370.12) If we don't have the right to choose to smash the egg of a sea turtle, why should we have the right to choose to smash a baby?
So, while not opposing protection for animals, they do point out that human protections should be at least equal to, if not greater than, protection given to other animal life.
Good point, but I think he was talking about a 2 hour Concorde trip, such as NY to Paris. THAT could be done in 30 minutes LEO. CHI to Bangalore would be in the 45 minute transit range, or more like 1:30 runway to runway.
Just think what we'll have when we can fly to India in under 2 hours, making a 10:00 am meeting and still home by supper. Argue good or bad, but it will be intresting.
Well, back to the OT, when the market decides RFID implants are needed to keep business going, does that make it right? The point is that laws like the implant one in Wisconsin and the smoking bans elsewhere are how the people decide what is right or wrong, not the market.
BTW, I actually think RFID implants are a good idea, but I understand and respect the fear many have about this. If the people want to protect themselves against it, they have the right to do so. Same goes with protecting workers against smoke.
Restraunts and such I can understand, bars should not be held to those restrictions since you go to a bar to drink poison.
But do you force the employee to drink poison? While you said you can understand restraunts, it is actually more unfair to say that waitressess should get second-hand smoke while it IS ok for bartenders. Also, MOST laws I have seen regarding this allow for exceptions if you can make sure the employee does not come in contact with the smoke. Use a pane of glass like a gas station so drinks can be served. There are other options besides telling the bartender she needs to take on a health risk to keep her job.
As is alwyas the case on/. you're right and wrong. Or, you're right for you and somewhat right for everyone else.
I stayed at a company for 5 years and made it to Director at 28. However, they increased my accountability and the number of people I managed without any raise in salary to speak of. When I addressed this, I was told that salary works itself out over time and I really should be discussing salary with anyone at the management level I was at.
So, I jumped ship and took a 10% pay cut. However, now I'm 15 minutes from work rather than 60 and I get to be a Network Admin again. It isn't all about money or power. I go home at lunch and see my family now. Priceless.
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Virtually ALL major software makers provide Mac versions of their software
How many games are on Steam (Home to more than 1 major software maker)? How many "just work" on a Mac?
Apple provides recovery CDs
No, you buy a CD from Apple. You just don't have the option NOT to buy it with a new computer.
No, but neither is using the MSDN DVD. Getting a CD from the laptop maker is the only cheap, legal way to do it.
Many people just accept that many cheeper devices dont' work on Linux or Mac, they need to accept that for Windows too.
Lots of companies don't provide a CD any more - just a separate partition
I addressed that too. The company will replace the HD under warranty with the OS image if yours fails. If you don't want to pay for the CD, that is your choice.
If you're going to be so anal about keeping it within such a tightly protected area, where's the benefit in using Windows?
Larger software choice, more available support, not having to learn a new OS (same at home and work). There are benefits to using Windows, and there are benefits to using Mac and Linux. They all have things you just should not do unless you know what you are doing.
Do not think that you can idiot-proof any OS. A highly evolved idiot can break any OS unless you don't give them root. However, now the keeper of root needs to babysit the computer and approve every change and install.
Ah, must be on the DVD set. Stopped getting MSDN before they went to DVD. In that case you would have to use your MSDN key.
By using your custom "XP Home / XP Pro" CD (I have never heard of a MS printed disc that does that), you are using a different disrtobution of XP than the one that came with the laptop. While not as drastic, it would be like trying to fix a Red Hat install with your Ubuntu disc.
Windows does just work if you treat it like a Mac. Only use signed drivers, use the OS disc that came from the factory, etc and it works. Try to take it outside of that protected area and you risk running into problems like this. Some people are very familar with XP and tweak it to do amazing things just as some take a Linux distro and customize it, although the latter has far more room to customize and far more places that you can screw up if you don't know what you are doing.
Now, IANAB, but from what I understand of this, Sony is in the black.
I setup DSL service for a very small ISP. Since Verizon was the local telco, they were the only ones we could get use for DSL service. The arrangement was that our customers would have to pay between $30 and $40 RIGHT TO VERIZON for only the DSL connection from their home to our ISP. THEN, the customer would have to pay us enough to take care of the actual Internet bandwidth, DNS, email, and web space. Oh, a little bit to put food on the table too. $20 was what we charged at first, and it was at a loss. The customer paid us $20 and Verizon up to $40, so up to $60 for 768k/128k on an overloaded T1.
At the same time, Verizon started selling DSL direct for $24.95 per month. According to the FCC, they also had to pay $30-$40 to a seperate part of the company, but the money still stayed in house.
It was a joke from day 1.
No, but you bet I'll be looking on eBay at some point for one. After all, I can't prevent someone ELSE giving Sony money. But if I buy on eBay, I'm not the one paying Sony, so it is ok. Right? :)
However, I doubt I'll own one for several reasons. How quickly most of /. forgot about Sony's rootkit! All of the outrage, now everyone talking about what they'll be doing with their $700 Sony toy / Blueray player / home entertainment hub / can opener / dog trainer.
What's next, degrading vultures by comparing them to RIAA lawyers?
Do keep in mind that we are talking about RIAA lawyers, though. There are MANY lawyers who wouldn't do this kind of work and actually repect the intent of law.
Without MS06-040, the malware can spread computer to computer within a protected network after the first breech though a link or email. So, one user screws up and all 10,000 computers behind your university firewall are infected in a few hours. Then, all someone has to do is take their laptop from your infected network and plug it into their network. Do you have anyone on-site right now from IBM, HP or Dell? If they plug their laptop in for a patch, then go to their home network, they will spread that virus to another group of 10,000+ computers all without intervention. The potental is huge that a virus could spread worldwide within 24 hours of hitting, and then be pretty nasty to rid off of a network. See CodeRed and others.
I take back my previous post, I didn't realize you were trying to get modded funny. Well done.
1. Apple is not interested in profit or marketshare (I'm sure their shareholders and board agree with that statement)
2. Apple users are superior to Windows / Intel users (Even when the Apple user boots with bootcamp to XP?)
3. Windows / Intel users are slobs (I suppose bootcamp users are slobs with style)
4. Apple systems are "lovingly crafted" (I can feel the love)
5. Apple knows their users and respects them (They know their users are dirty pirates, so they lovingly protect them with DRM) Let me know if I'm off...
Space or Place Shifting is chaning the viewing location compared to the location that it is being received. Slingbox and others allow you to watch content over IP, regardless if your source is downstairs on your main TV or if it is a pal overseas who gets BBC.
I took that as a serious comment. More $$$ on gas = more $$$ on food = more you pay to fuel your bicycle.
You used the word "turd" twice...
So, since my Dish Network DVR has 30 second skip (and has had it since the first DVR I got from them years ago), wouldn't that mean they didn't copy Tivo? Cool!
Please tell me how I can vote with my dollar! I am serious. My local telco is Indiana Bell/Ameritech/SBC/AT&T. My local cable is Comcast. I don't like Comcast's support of tiered service, nor AT&T's. I cancelled my 6mb/384k cable Internet for a metered phone line (from AT&T - no choice) that is plugged only into my 1.5mb/128k DSL modem from a local ISP. I use Vonage, but now my call quality is poor since I'm getting jitter between my DSL modem and the DSLAM, probally because I'm 14,000 ft from AT&T's CO. Even though I'm not paying AT&T for DSL I'm paying them for the metered phone line and my ISP is paying them for bandwidth along with a few other tier 1's so they can have some fault tolerance. Even Dial-up would give AT&T more money than the solution I have come up with, since I would need unmetered phone service and then I wouldn't have Vonage. So, I guess I could unplug completely, but how would I get on /. to see when my message has been heard and I can get back online?
I'm really looking for input here. I've called my congressman, who promptly voted for the phone companies.
Every OS has flaws right now. While some might announce their flaws right when discovered, and others try to hide them until they have a patch, they all have holes right now that just have not been discovered.
Yes, Vista will have patches. So will OSXII. So will FC6. It is flawed code by flawed people. Deal with it.
That was a well-hidden lure, Mr. Troll. It looked like someone being curious, but instead it was designed to create targets for you. I'll learn someday...
22 "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely [e] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
While Christianity has replaced the old laws and punishments (the why and how to that are off-topic here), most point to the fact that God said a life has been taken. This does not completely prove that God meant at the moment the cells start dividing, but it is safe to say that after 8 weeks a mother and father would know that the mother is pregnant, and they would know if she didn't have a child after the fight described above.
As for the animal vs human debate, most Christians would say that humans were the only animal made in God's image, and the only ones that posses a soul. A full-page ad in USA Today from November 2000: http://www.priestsforlife.org/media/00-11-02usatod ayad.htm
In that ad, the point is made: Are sea turtles more valuable than babies? We read in Florida law, "No person may take, possess, disturb, mutilate, destroy, cause to be destroyed, sell, offer for sale, transfer, molest, or harass any marine turtle nest or eggs at any time." (370.12) If we don't have the right to choose to smash the egg of a sea turtle, why should we have the right to choose to smash a baby?
So, while not opposing protection for animals, they do point out that human protections should be at least equal to, if not greater than, protection given to other animal life.
Good point, but I think he was talking about a 2 hour Concorde trip, such as NY to Paris. THAT could be done in 30 minutes LEO. CHI to Bangalore would be in the 45 minute transit range, or more like 1:30 runway to runway. Just think what we'll have when we can fly to India in under 2 hours, making a 10:00 am meeting and still home by supper. Argue good or bad, but it will be intresting.
BTW, I actually think RFID implants are a good idea, but I understand and respect the fear many have about this. If the people want to protect themselves against it, they have the right to do so. Same goes with protecting workers against smoke.
But do you force the employee to drink poison? While you said you can understand restraunts, it is actually more unfair to say that waitressess should get second-hand smoke while it IS ok for bartenders. Also, MOST laws I have seen regarding this allow for exceptions if you can make sure the employee does not come in contact with the smoke. Use a pane of glass like a gas station so drinks can be served. There are other options besides telling the bartender she needs to take on a health risk to keep her job.
I stayed at a company for 5 years and made it to Director at 28. However, they increased my accountability and the number of people I managed without any raise in salary to speak of. When I addressed this, I was told that salary works itself out over time and I really should be discussing salary with anyone at the management level I was at.
So, I jumped ship and took a 10% pay cut. However, now I'm 15 minutes from work rather than 60 and I get to be a Network Admin again. It isn't all about money or power. I go home at lunch and see my family now. Priceless.