And pretty much any re-compiled kernel with anything you don't need taken out would be the best solution. Which is I'm sure how the OS you are talking about gains it speed burst, in and above using any flash memory.
My point was that installing XP does not take 3-4 hours, as suggested by others, a point I think I made very clearly. So besides bagging on Microsoft and touting the greatness of Linux, what exactly was YOUR point again? Because if that was all, many, MANY people have already made that point a million times here before.
Burt the whole point of the speed increase was due to the fact that you were booting off flash memory, and not a moving-parts hard drive. Sure you can probably get it to work without a new motherboard, but do you really think it will be anywhere as fast booting off the hard drive? And considering boot speed was the single most important factor, can you see why that may not be the optimal solution??
No, it is about 35-35 minutes for the actual OS install. Getting the drivers are easy for me, because we use primarily Dell systems and all i need to do is log on to the Dell web site, type in the service code for the system, and it brings up a list of all the drivers needed for any particular OS. If you are "rolling your own" this step may take a considerable amount of time. Everything after that is configuration and installing my "base" software - such as Acrobat, Office, AV software, encryption etc. I consider all of that part of my install as I do it for every machine I put an OS on. After 1.25 hours the machine is ready for general purpose use with a suite of software installed and ready to go.
I work at a place where someone gets a new computer on average about twice a month, sometimes more. I myself generally get a new system every 2-3 years.
One word : slipstream. My XP install disc installs XP SP3 with all the patches and updates without a single additional reboot. Sure it took me a few hours to set up the slipstreamed disc, but I have used it 3 or 4 times since, saving me a few hours every time. I also usually put updated video drivers on at the same time, eliminating one more download and install.
Hell, I just slipstreamed SP3 onto the XP install disk. I can get it up and running and completely patched in about 1 hour and 15 minutes from a blank drive. No sweat! No reason to re-invent the wheel every time. The biggest thing is make sure you know what kind of hardware you have and locate all the drivers BEFORE you get started. Or at the very least, have another working machine with an internet connection while you are doing the install.
You admitted in your post you didn't really look around, you instead went to a local retailer. You then said that was the reason Dell "lost" two computer sales. I'm not saying that it is a bright idea to make people look around very hard for what they want, but was instead suggesting if you don't see something, it sometimes pays to ask. It took me all of about 3 minutes to find a system with XP on the Dell site. That's not exactly "jumping through hoops". I would reasonably expect to look around for at least 5 minutes before deciding to make my purchase elsewhere, but that is just me.
I have about 50 Dell systems I support at my work and have have very little problems with any of them. On the few I have had problems, Dell was out the next day to correct the problem (or sent me the parts so I could replace them myself). I find their support very helpful and accommodating. But I am also talking about their Corporate tech support. Can't make the same statements about their Home user tech support as I don't use it.
Instead of pissing about not seeing the option, you may want to call and talk to a Dell rep. I have gotten things that were not listed on the web site before by simply calling Dell and asking if other options are available. Every once in a while I can find a better deal on the Small Business Dell site than the Corporate site I usually order through. Dell is always more than happy to match the price on similar (not even identical) hardware if I ask them to. Just because they don't advertise an option doesn't mean it isn't available.
I smell a sweet Half-Life 2 mod in there somewhere. Who wouldn't want to kill off hordes of undead RIAA bastards?? And maybe have an MP3 gun that blasts them with unauthorized copies of legally protected intellectual property....
For what it is worth, you are preaching to the choir. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said. The drug prohibition laws are doing exactly what the alcohol prohibition laws did - but at least the alcohol ones only lasted 14 years. We will see how long it takes for everyone to finally come to the same conclusion about marijuana laws.
Any "war-on(vague concept)" is probably not a winnable war. If you can't clearly define your enemy, or even an attainable "winning" point, your work is certainly cut out for you. Why don't they just lump all of them together and declare a "war-on-evil" and be done with it?
If forced to use a email address with your name at work, don't use that email account for signing up for stuff, etc. Create a new free one without any part of your real name in it (and forward mail if you only want to look at one email). I have a total "throwaway" email that I use when I need to give out an email address to register for something. The only thing I use it for is registering for stuff, other than that I just empty the thing out every time I need to use it..
Here's a suggestion - don't ever register your real name as an email address. I am shocked at how many people have (FirstName)(Lastname)@gmail.com as their email address. If you also have a land line in your home, it is a matter of about 5 seconds to get your phone number and address from Google or WhitePages.com if you have a real name as an email to go on.
That's weird. The way I remember it, the Vancouver police did the raid and arrest (of course at the request of the DEA). They could have told the US DEA to go F themselves, but they chose to cooperate. So blame your government as well.
And from the Wikipedia entry there was this -
"As of January 14, 2008, Marc Emery has agreed to a tentative plea-bargain with U.S. authorities. The terms of the agreement are a 5-year prison term to be served in both Canadian and U.S. prisons.[5] In return, he is demanding the charges against his friends Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams be dropped.[6] On March 27, 2008 the plea-bargain deal collapsed because of the refusal of the Canadian government to approve its side of the arrangement.[7]"
To me it sounds like he got screwed by the Canadian government more than the US government.
Don't shoot the messenger because you don't like the message. And my parents were married at the time of my birth, so I am not a bastard. I have never kidnapped anybody either, so not sure where that came from. If you don't want to to be subject to different countries privacy laws, I would suggest not using any of those companies servers in countries you don't agree with. Nobody put a gun to any body's head and forced them to watch videos on YouTube. If you do watch videos there, maybe you should check into their privacy policy yourself, instead of yelling blaming other for things they have nothing to do with.
So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
YouTube is a US based company, so US laws pertain to it. The fact that some of it's users may not be from the US does not automatically make that information off limits from a judgment.
Diablo to me was just a really fancy upgrade to the GUI of Dungeon Hack/Rogue/Larn type games. You can build your stats differently, but not much flexibility in the RPG part of the game.
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That's like claiming that US Southerners are not American. Welsh is still English.
All the moron lawmakers who passed mandatory minimums for non-violent drug offenders.
And pretty much any re-compiled kernel with anything you don't need taken out would be the best solution. Which is I'm sure how the OS you are talking about gains it speed burst, in and above using any flash memory.
My point was that installing XP does not take 3-4 hours, as suggested by others, a point I think I made very clearly. So besides bagging on Microsoft and touting the greatness of Linux, what exactly was YOUR point again? Because if that was all, many, MANY people have already made that point a million times here before.
Burt the whole point of the speed increase was due to the fact that you were booting off flash memory, and not a moving-parts hard drive. Sure you can probably get it to work without a new motherboard, but do you really think it will be anywhere as fast booting off the hard drive? And considering boot speed was the single most important factor, can you see why that may not be the optimal solution??
Yeah, but when has VIA ever made an impressive, rock-solid chipset?
No, it is about 35-35 minutes for the actual OS install. Getting the drivers are easy for me, because we use primarily Dell systems and all i need to do is log on to the Dell web site, type in the service code for the system, and it brings up a list of all the drivers needed for any particular OS. If you are "rolling your own" this step may take a considerable amount of time. Everything after that is configuration and installing my "base" software - such as Acrobat, Office, AV software, encryption etc. I consider all of that part of my install as I do it for every machine I put an OS on. After 1.25 hours the machine is ready for general purpose use with a suite of software installed and ready to go.
I work at a place where someone gets a new computer on average about twice a month, sometimes more. I myself generally get a new system every 2-3 years.
One word : slipstream. My XP install disc installs XP SP3 with all the patches and updates without a single additional reboot. Sure it took me a few hours to set up the slipstreamed disc, but I have used it 3 or 4 times since, saving me a few hours every time. I also usually put updated video drivers on at the same time, eliminating one more download and install.
Hell, I just slipstreamed SP3 onto the XP install disk. I can get it up and running and completely patched in about 1 hour and 15 minutes from a blank drive. No sweat! No reason to re-invent the wheel every time. The biggest thing is make sure you know what kind of hardware you have and locate all the drivers BEFORE you get started. Or at the very least, have another working machine with an internet connection while you are doing the install.
You admitted in your post you didn't really look around, you instead went to a local retailer. You then said that was the reason Dell "lost" two computer sales. I'm not saying that it is a bright idea to make people look around very hard for what they want, but was instead suggesting if you don't see something, it sometimes pays to ask. It took me all of about 3 minutes to find a system with XP on the Dell site. That's not exactly "jumping through hoops". I would reasonably expect to look around for at least 5 minutes before deciding to make my purchase elsewhere, but that is just me.
I have about 50 Dell systems I support at my work and have have very little problems with any of them. On the few I have had problems, Dell was out the next day to correct the problem (or sent me the parts so I could replace them myself). I find their support very helpful and accommodating. But I am also talking about their Corporate tech support. Can't make the same statements about their Home user tech support as I don't use it.
Instead of pissing about not seeing the option, you may want to call and talk to a Dell rep. I have gotten things that were not listed on the web site before by simply calling Dell and asking if other options are available. Every once in a while I can find a better deal on the Small Business Dell site than the Corporate site I usually order through. Dell is always more than happy to match the price on similar (not even identical) hardware if I ask them to. Just because they don't advertise an option doesn't mean it isn't available.
To me this sounds more like the case of "Kettle vs. Pot" in which both parties were found to be black.
I smell a sweet Half-Life 2 mod in there somewhere. Who wouldn't want to kill off hordes of undead RIAA bastards?? And maybe have an MP3 gun that blasts them with unauthorized copies of legally protected intellectual property....
For what it is worth, you are preaching to the choir. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said. The drug prohibition laws are doing exactly what the alcohol prohibition laws did - but at least the alcohol ones only lasted 14 years. We will see how long it takes for everyone to finally come to the same conclusion about marijuana laws.
Any "war-on(vague concept)" is probably not a winnable war. If you can't clearly define your enemy, or even an attainable "winning" point, your work is certainly cut out for you. Why don't they just lump all of them together and declare a "war-on-evil" and be done with it?
If forced to use a email address with your name at work, don't use that email account for signing up for stuff, etc. Create a new free one without any part of your real name in it (and forward mail if you only want to look at one email). I have a total "throwaway" email that I use when I need to give out an email address to register for something. The only thing I use it for is registering for stuff, other than that I just empty the thing out every time I need to use it..
That's not Spam dude, that's schizophrenia.
Meh. Everyone knows that 87% of statistics can be made to prove anything, 50% of the time.
Here's a suggestion - don't ever register your real name as an email address. I am shocked at how many people have (FirstName)(Lastname)@gmail.com as their email address. If you also have a land line in your home, it is a matter of about 5 seconds to get your phone number and address from Google or WhitePages.com if you have a real name as an email to go on.
That's weird. The way I remember it, the Vancouver police did the raid and arrest (of course at the request of the DEA). They could have told the US DEA to go F themselves, but they chose to cooperate. So blame your government as well.
And from the Wikipedia entry there was this -
"As of January 14, 2008, Marc Emery has agreed to a tentative plea-bargain with U.S. authorities. The terms of the agreement are a 5-year prison term to be served in both Canadian and U.S. prisons.[5] In return, he is demanding the charges against his friends Michelle Rainey and Greg Williams be dropped.[6] On March 27, 2008 the plea-bargain deal collapsed because of the refusal of the Canadian government to approve its side of the arrangement.[7]"
To me it sounds like he got screwed by the Canadian government more than the US government.
Don't shoot the messenger because you don't like the message. And my parents were married at the time of my birth, so I am not a bastard. I have never kidnapped anybody either, so not sure where that came from. If you don't want to to be subject to different countries privacy laws, I would suggest not using any of those companies servers in countries you don't agree with. Nobody put a gun to any body's head and forced them to watch videos on YouTube. If you do watch videos there, maybe you should check into their privacy policy yourself, instead of yelling blaming other for things they have nothing to do with.
So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
YouTube is a US based company, so US laws pertain to it. The fact that some of it's users may not be from the US does not automatically make that information off limits from a judgment.
Diablo to me was just a really fancy upgrade to the GUI of Dungeon Hack/Rogue/Larn type games. You can build your stats differently, but not much flexibility in the RPG part of the game.