At least we aren't stuck with satellite Internet access, where we use a (unidirectional) dish to communicate with a satellite. Some people far out of the reach of urban centers are stuck with that. Though some have the option to use dial-up as the terrestrial return, it's limited to 33k or so, since not even dial-up is synchronous. Also, the option to have satellite return in addition to the downstream link is very expensive, and still slow.
A friend of mine said that upload is expensive, and he didn't even give a reason why when I asked him. I think that these big telecommunication companies have ingrained it into the American mind that upstream is expensive, and that we'll not likely get any significant amount of it anytime soon. That said, when I have my own place, I'm going to shell out for a small business-oriented internet connection.
Heck, for my Core 2 Duo, I need to use the -march=nocona flag for compilation, and if I can recall correctly, that was originally added for the Prescott or similar: "Improved version of Intel Pentium4 CPU with 64-bit extensions, MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set support." Though, I doubt the software interface to the CPU is that different.
My case is the exact opposite: my laptop won't boot without an AC adapter, even with a fresh battery. Though, this is only how the problem started: apparently, the charging circuitry is damaged somehow, so after my battery runs down, if I unplug my AC adapter, I lose power.
What's even sadder is that I took this place into a "licensed" Toshiba repair shop, and they just replaced the battery and called it good. Once that batter ran down, I figured out what the real problem was.
I'm glad I have my desktops and server at home, though.
I completely agree with this. Although the keyboard is okay, and I don't mind the touchpad, the monitors are far too small.
I've gone with a 15-inch laptop twice so far, and I can at least read the text and type properly (unlike on the smaller ones), but I have too little screen real-estate. In order to maximize this, I use Ratpoison on this laptop, with Gkrellm as my only toolbar (when I want one). Ratpoison is a nice window manager, and the keyboard shortcuts make up for the slow touchpad, but 1280x800 is still too low.
What's funnier is that a RockBox iPod does the same thing as far as synchronization. It's a whole lot easier to create playlists when one can just write a Perl script on the device, instead of fumbling through some bloated GUI (iTunes).
Plus, I can play music other than AAC/FairPlay, MP3, and Apple Lossless, which is why I installed RockBox. I get the same slick looks yet the greater additional expandability and features for free.
Sad world, but this is why iPod will ALWAYS be the dominant player, no matter how much it sucks compared to so-and-so.
This reminds me of MS Windows in many ways; just having a PC is a (albeit low) status symbol, and Windows ships by default with them. Thus, having a PC means having Windows. Plus, the fact that there are less-popular alternatives adds more to this similarity.
You have to go Char * temp = MemPtrNew(StrLen()); to create then MemPtrFree(temp); . ..
Have you ever even programmed in C? What you've just mentioned is basically C's entire dynamic memory allocation and deallocation method, though it'd be malloc() and free(), respectively.
I fail to see how this is any different between MS and Linux.
Unlike Windows, there are Linux distros that don't have releases other than install CDs, such as Gentoo (and some of its derivatives), along with SourceMage or Lunar. Heck, if one keeps their system sources synchronized with the main tree, you'll get updates every now and then without the almighty version-based system.
With Windows, there's always a major update or more, while there are updates of smaller increments on, say, Gentoo Linux, and the worst (albeit rare) problem would be an ABI breakage..
Linux would be so much better if there were a single de-facto package management system, and vastly fewer dependencies between packages.
If you want a single package-management system, stay with Windows, or stick with one Linux distro. Some people don't even want binary packages, so how can you expect there to be just one type?
Also, about the dependency system: how much wasted space will a Windows install contain when every little program has its own libraries? With this dependency system, every one can share the same library, rather than having two only a minor revision apart stored like in Windows. In fact, if two programs use a library to communicate, they'll work better if they share the same version; just look at D-Bus.
Such a thing would probably confuse the customer base, since many would be scared of such a thing. For those of us who really want these things, Windows may be less-than-ideal.
Seriously, though; almost everyone I know who doesn't care about speed nor capacity has a single disk, and would rather not be bothered about it.
Any piece of software is vulnerable to these sorts of attacks; the only way to prevent them is with flagging memory as unwritable (and possibly randomizing the memory blocks). Thank you, PaX.
Everyone's either too lazy to go out and buy a CD or is uncomfortable with paying online.
I, personally, do buy cheap CDs and rip them to FLAC. This is basically my only option, as I mainly listen to J-Pop (Which is not at any of these music sites, by the way.), like the lossless audio (I can perceive the difference.), and can find CDs for cheap enough. I tend to get albums somewhere between $20 and $30, and singles (Usually at least four songs.) at about $12, after the currency conversion.
Hundreds of dollars? I've found high-end (Kingston and Corsair) RAM that costs about $50/GB very common. Why would a gamer need anything more than 1.5 GB?
It also includes a compiler for C# but not for C++, and g++ won't target.NET bytecode... So I can't take my existing.NET work and run it on Mono. I must port it over to a new language!
Or you could just not write it in C# and stick with something else, like Java for development speed, or standard C++ for execution speed. In fact, you could dissuade others from learning 'M$#' in the first place.
It would be better for the ISPs to charge per MB fees instead, perhaps with some sort of available setting to cut off at a certain point, so users wouldn't have to pay more than they were willing.
If you mean downstream here, wouldn't that cause problems for those of us who download and burn ISO images for our LiveCDs, instead of buying them? If there were to be such a cut-off, it should be an option, not part of the main package.
There's no way that's true; the Zango adware itself is written for Windows and thus would never be installed on other operating systems. The ads themselves, however, would still come.
But your logic of MS="evil" monopoly and AMD+Nvidia="good" monopoly... well, I guess there is no logic.
You do realize that with two companies controlling the market, it's called a "duopoly," correct?
I believe that the parent isn't saying that the fact they're basically a duopoly isn't bad, but what they're trying to do to rid of their competitor via 'bending' the laws is bad.
And anyhow, people toss out their old toasters and buy new ones all the time, too... so maybe people will never go back to fixing their broken tools/machines. It's sad...
Unfortunately, anything resembling an artisan could be considered a threat to the enterprises of America; one of the major beliefs is that companies should do the work for the money, rather than have a skilled consumer do the same, for far less money.
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No, but AdBlock (Plus or vanilla) will do this for you.
- Neil
I don't know: with Platypus and NoScript it was somewhat bearable, other than the short pages.
- Neil
At least we aren't stuck with satellite Internet access, where we use a (unidirectional) dish to communicate with a satellite. Some people far out of the reach of urban centers are stuck with that. Though some have the option to use dial-up as the terrestrial return, it's limited to 33k or so, since not even dial-up is synchronous. Also, the option to have satellite return in addition to the downstream link is very expensive, and still slow.
A friend of mine said that upload is expensive, and he didn't even give a reason why when I asked him. I think that these big telecommunication companies have ingrained it into the American mind that upstream is expensive, and that we'll not likely get any significant amount of it anytime soon. That said, when I have my own place, I'm going to shell out for a small business-oriented internet connection.
- Neil
Heck, for my Core 2 Duo, I need to use the -march=nocona flag for compilation, and if I can recall correctly, that was originally added for the Prescott or similar: "Improved version of Intel Pentium4 CPU with 64-bit extensions, MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 instruction set support." Though, I doubt the software interface to the CPU is that different.
- Neil
My case is the exact opposite: my laptop won't boot without an AC adapter, even with a fresh battery. Though, this is only how the problem started: apparently, the charging circuitry is damaged somehow, so after my battery runs down, if I unplug my AC adapter, I lose power.
What's even sadder is that I took this place into a "licensed" Toshiba repair shop, and they just replaced the battery and called it good. Once that batter ran down, I figured out what the real problem was.
I'm glad I have my desktops and server at home, though.
- Neil
I completely agree with this. Although the keyboard is okay, and I don't mind the touchpad, the monitors are far too small.
I've gone with a 15-inch laptop twice so far, and I can at least read the text and type properly (unlike on the smaller ones), but I have too little screen real-estate. In order to maximize this, I use Ratpoison on this laptop, with Gkrellm as my only toolbar (when I want one). Ratpoison is a nice window manager, and the keyboard shortcuts make up for the slow touchpad, but 1280x800 is still too low.
- Neil
What's funnier is that a RockBox iPod does the same thing as far as synchronization. It's a whole lot easier to create playlists when one can just write a Perl script on the device, instead of fumbling through some bloated GUI (iTunes).
Plus, I can play music other than AAC/FairPlay, MP3, and Apple Lossless, which is why I installed RockBox. I get the same slick looks yet the greater additional expandability and features for free.
This reminds me of MS Windows in many ways; just having a PC is a (albeit low) status symbol, and Windows ships by default with them. Thus, having a PC means having Windows. Plus, the fact that there are less-popular alternatives adds more to this similarity.
I thought you couldn't change the battery on the Zune.
Have you ever even programmed in C? What you've just mentioned is basically C's entire dynamic memory allocation and deallocation method, though it'd be malloc() and free(), respectively.
Unlike Windows, there are Linux distros that don't have releases other than install CDs, such as Gentoo (and some of its derivatives), along with SourceMage or Lunar. Heck, if one keeps their system sources synchronized with the main tree, you'll get updates every now and then without the almighty version-based system.
With Windows, there's always a major update or more, while there are updates of smaller increments on, say, Gentoo Linux, and the worst (albeit rare) problem would be an ABI breakage..
If you want a single package-management system, stay with Windows, or stick with one Linux distro. Some people don't even want binary packages, so how can you expect there to be just one type?
Also, about the dependency system: how much wasted space will a Windows install contain when every little program has its own libraries? With this dependency system, every one can share the same library, rather than having two only a minor revision apart stored like in Windows. In fact, if two programs use a library to communicate, they'll work better if they share the same version; just look at D-Bus.
What about KMPlayer, or Kplayer, for KDE users? It supports GStreamer, MPlayer, and Xine, and gives the choice of whichever.
Adblock Plus will also block in-page ads.
Such a thing would probably confuse the customer base, since many would be scared of such a thing. For those of us who really want these things, Windows may be less-than-ideal.
Seriously, though; almost everyone I know who doesn't care about speed nor capacity has a single disk, and would rather not be bothered about it.
Any piece of software is vulnerable to these sorts of attacks; the only way to prevent them is with flagging memory as unwritable (and possibly randomizing the memory blocks). Thank you, PaX.
Everyone's either too lazy to go out and buy a CD or is uncomfortable with paying online.
I, personally, do buy cheap CDs and rip them to FLAC. This is basically my only option, as I mainly listen to J-Pop (Which is not at any of these music sites, by the way.), like the lossless audio (I can perceive the difference.), and can find CDs for cheap enough. I tend to get albums somewhere between $20 and $30, and singles (Usually at least four songs.) at about $12, after the currency conversion.
Hundreds of dollars? I've found high-end (Kingston and Corsair) RAM that costs about $50/GB very common. Why would a gamer need anything more than 1.5 GB?
Then just do a rot-(charcount()/2).
Or you could just not write it in C# and stick with something else, like Java for development speed, or standard C++ for execution speed. In fact, you could dissuade others from learning 'M$#' in the first place.
Have you forgotten how Beryl forked from Novell's Compiz?
If you mean downstream here, wouldn't that cause problems for those of us who download and burn ISO images for our LiveCDs, instead of buying them? If there were to be such a cut-off, it should be an option, not part of the main package.
There's no way that's true; the Zango adware itself is written for Windows and thus would never be installed on other operating systems. The ads themselves, however, would still come.
You do realize that with two companies controlling the market, it's called a "duopoly," correct?
I believe that the parent isn't saying that the fact they're basically a duopoly isn't bad, but what they're trying to do to rid of their competitor via 'bending' the laws is bad.
Unfortunately, anything resembling an artisan could be considered a threat to the enterprises of America; one of the major beliefs is that companies should do the work for the money, rather than have a skilled consumer do the same, for far less money.
It's all about money; what's new?