I want Windows for Workgroups 7.11, been waiting on a new version of WfW for a long time.
While that's obviously a joke, the version of Windows you're looking for is called Windows Enterprise. Stuff like Branchcache and the like are features designed explicitly for workgroup settings. And of course, they're mostly features that exist in a domain environment, hence the enhanced price tag when foregoing Windows Server;)
Apple only patched versions of the OS that it felt like supporting, but the jailbreak community patched all versions.
Not only were all jailbroken iOS devices patched (if the patch was installed, that is), but they were patched much faster than "vanilla" devices.
Saurik released the patch within days of jailbreakme's debut. It took Apple almost two weeks. Two weeks during which there were a metric fuckton of jailbroken iPhone 4's on display in just about every Apple store on the planet, which I think is fucking hilarious. I wonder if Jobs had those phones tossed into a pit of fire to keep up the "r00t is bad for you, good for us" charade.
[offtopic] Anyone else want to see some legislation that prevents companies like Apple from voiding a warranty on Hardware based on the software you run on it? I mean, that would be like refusing the warranty on a laptop with a broken hinge because it had Linux on it... Oh wait a minute... [/offtopic]
Most people ONLY work...in order to get money. There just are not that many altrustic people in the world.
While you're definitely right, a crowd full of F/OSS enthusiasts who likely contribute their knowledge to mailing lists and their patches to mainline programmers isn't exactly the best place to make that kind of argument...
Now is like think twice if you want to use an app.
It's quite obnoxious. I never hopped on the facebook apps wagon.... mostly because a superior form of every single fucking app was available on a better website or native Windows app. However, when I wanted to read the "results" of someone else's use of one of those apps, it takes me to this extremely presumptuous page with lovely items like:
Hai guize! Your friend $RANDOM_LUSER has used $OUR_SHITTY_APP and you can too!
(But of course I don't want to, nor do I give a shit)
Facebook: To get started, this application needs access to the following information. Check or clear the [already checked] boxes to restrict this app's access to your information:
Your Name
Your email address
Your friends' names
Your firstborn child
Pictures of your genitals
Your phone number (will not be called except between the hours of 2 and 7 AM)
Your social security number (you will need to provide it after clicking "Run as Administrator")
Exclusive rights to anything you ever create for the rest of your life
Deselecting any of the items on the list blocks access to the application. An application, which, I might add, doesn't need any of that info to operate correctly.
I had presumed that particular app has just been written by some assho^H^H developer who was stupid, but further attempts to use apps at later points in time have all yielded the same result. I still haven't used one to this day out of principle....Not to mention nearly every one I've seen is completely retarded.
By the way... anyone find that "Block all App notifications from your feed" button yet? I tried asking the facebook staff but they couldn't hear me because Zuckerberg was making too much noise swimming in a pool full of money.
I think the answer might just be to try renegotiating your price or specs. I also work for a government institution with about 1000 computers and we pay about $450 with Dell for what I would consider a very decent desktop computer (4GB of RAM, Intel Core 2, etc.).
We just bought 80 new HP Desktops for our new site --- even though we're all partial to Dell boxes, it's a vendor/credit thing I think --- but the whole kit'n'kaboodle was C2D with 2GB of DDR3, low profile, with a 20" LCD and tacked on extended warranties. I think they were just below $800 each.
That is why so many of them end up paying the ultimate price. Death as they cut a life wire.
I remember one day I was driving in to work listening to the radio and when they did the news stories I realized that I heard a familiar (and fairly unique) last name mentioned by the news lady. The next time the stories rolled around, it turned out that the story was that a would-be copper thief was electrocuted and died in the act, and he shared a last name with a very good friend of mine. Ironic, I thought.
A few days later, I'm visiting with my friend when he tells me that someone in his family died the week before trying to steal copper. One of the details that was left out of the news report though was that he wasn't working alone and was in fact left behind as dead by his surviving accomplices. Not that anyone in his family didn't think that he wasn't incredibly dumb for getting himself killed, but it was a shame nonetheless.
I never met the guy myself, and considering how tight-knit that family (or at least my friend's branch of it) is, I found myself surprised. However, given some of his obvious life choices (and friends... the men on that page look creepy as all hell) I'm not really surprised either:-P
Please, if you are going to use an acronym in a news post, especially one that may be a mod many are not familiar with, follow common courtesy and spell it out the first time it is used.
While you raise a good question (plenty of people don't know what DotA is, of course!), concerns like this are the reason that I included a link to the Wikipedia article upon the first mention of DotA in the submission, as well as some context around said link for those too lazy to click through.
DotA Allstars (DotA is short for Defense of the Ancients) is the world's most popular, most well balanced, and most refined incarnation of a very popular genre of RTS custom maps that began with a Starcraft map called Aeon of Strife that can collectively be referred to as the "AoS genre." However, though AoS was quite popular in its day (and I remember seeing the games on Battle.net, but never played them!), it was plagued with balance issues, particularly in the first Warcraft III incarnations by the same name; those maps were basically won by padding your hero's agility stat and adding a lifestealing attack.... they were kinda stupid, but very fun nonetheless.
Where AoS variants such as DotA differ from traditional RTS games is that instead of building and commanding a base and an army and its leaders (or heroes) and assaulting the opposite team to destroy its base, players instead control only the hero characters and the rest of the army that fights alongside you is completely controlled by the computer. You and your teammates then fight in this battle, killing enemy units and teaming up to gank (i.e. surprise and kill by abusing superior numbers, powerups, skills, whatever) enemy heroes for gold and experience, buying items and equipment to enhance your hero's stats, buff your team, or counter your opponents. The back and forth struggle is extremely teamwork oriented and incredibly fun, and playing the game with people who are all of a high skill level is quite possibly one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had in gaming, even when I've lost!
I could go on and on about the awesomeness that the game is, but if you like games that require teamwork and skill (and don't involve any of the pervasive bullshit that has saturated FPS games since Counter-Strike became popular... "You aim at the chest and pull down on the mouse when you start shooting and get a HEADSHOT errrytime! CROUCH, CROUCH!") that are constantly improving, then you ought to give it a try. Bringing true DotA out of the Warcraft III engine and into modern times has been a dream of mine for a very long time, and though a game like Heroes of Newerth is a faithful clone, it's still not perfect from a gameplay perspective. It behaves considerably differently and the action is considerably faster, which I don't consider a good thing, though it is a great game itself.
If you found any of that interesting, I do recommend giving it a try. You'll get wtfpwned for a while, but once you get your first triple kill, you'll never look back.
I need to setup a VM that all it does is run my chrome and IE stuff, and I can just burn it down if need be.
Same here, just not enough cores yet:-(
It's been surprisingly difficult to sandbox the browser into a VM in such a fashion that it looks and behaves just like a native one. Until recently, using VMware you couldn't get Aero glass to come through, and now that you can, it's still a chore to synchronize all your cookies and downloads and drag/drop of pictures and the like and still be able to do a snapshot/restore in such a fashion that you don't lose settings or saved passwords or all sorts of whatnot, and then there's the performance hit... it's just not there yet.
It seems though that by the time that's truly user friendly, browsing would be totally secure... right?;-)
I used to shape my traffic (it worked quite well) and then I found out how wildly my actual bandwidth can vary. Literally 1.5 to 2 MB/s between different times of day, and it's never regular.
I eventually just gave up, because if it doesn't always work, there's no real point in using it.
While I agree with your point, separating them into Mac and PC labels makes it easy for conversation regarding the two. It's a convenience thing.
Saying "OS X" and "Windows" works quite well too. See, a "Mac" is a computer made by Apple. "Macs" run Windows (and Linux) quite well.
The problem is that a massive breakdown occurs in your differentiation when one runs Windows on a Mac instead of running OS X on a Mac.
"Hi, I'm a Mac and I'm full of all the same problems I constantly berate the overweight bastard in the suit for. I'm also utterly full of shit an won't give said fat bastard the satisfaction of calling him by his real name."
While I admire your sentiment, I can only recommend it again. WMC allows you to treat an HTPC like what It should be, and like what your 360 is: an appliance.
While MythTV, Boxee, and others are good products, WMC is very complete in its implementation, and the extensibility it has (take a look at Media Browser and Media Center Master) allows for a very "hands off" experience. Add a 360 to your other TV's and it really begins to shine, because it extends your HTPC to those TVs simultaneously.
You should check it out, it really does offer a compelling experience, FWIW;)
I've know some over 75 individuals with sharp minds who don't fall for FUD but the vast majority
My grandfather is in his early 80's with a mind as sharp as a tack. However, he doesn't vote because he doesn't care.
Personally speaking, when it comes to an issue on the ballot that I don't consider myself qualified to cast a vote on (i.e., a public service position that I don't understand, or an issue that doesn't affect me), I usually just leave it blank.
My 486 ray-traced perfectly. I don't understand why we're using processing power to show glass reflections in ray-traced sniper scopes when all the old monitors showed the reflections of people approaching from behind already!
Slashdot Mirror
simple solution - start with a live brain and work quickly
Might I recommend this "Anonymous Coward" fellow? Get enough Slashdotters with scalpels and we'll do the job in record time!
I want Windows for Workgroups 7.11, been waiting on a new version of WfW for a long time.
While that's obviously a joke, the version of Windows you're looking for is called Windows Enterprise. Stuff like Branchcache and the like are features designed explicitly for workgroup settings. And of course, they're mostly features that exist in a domain environment, hence the enhanced price tag when foregoing Windows Server ;)
Apple only patched versions of the OS that it felt like supporting, but the jailbreak community patched all versions.
Not only were all jailbroken iOS devices patched (if the patch was installed, that is), but they were patched much faster than "vanilla" devices.
Saurik released the patch within days of jailbreakme's debut. It took Apple almost two weeks. Two weeks during which there were a metric fuckton of jailbroken iPhone 4's on display in just about every Apple store on the planet, which I think is fucking hilarious. I wonder if Jobs had those phones tossed into a pit of fire to keep up the "r00t is bad for you, good for us" charade.
[offtopic]
Anyone else want to see some legislation that prevents companies like Apple from voiding a warranty on Hardware based on the software you run on it? I mean, that would be like refusing the warranty on a laptop with a broken hinge because it had Linux on it... Oh wait a minute...
[/offtopic]
Most people ONLY work...in order to get money. There just are not that many altrustic people in the world.
While you're definitely right, a crowd full of F/OSS enthusiasts who likely contribute their knowledge to mailing lists and their patches to mainline programmers isn't exactly the best place to make that kind of argument...
;-)
Just sayin'
However, when I wanted to read the "results" of someone else's use of one of those apps,
Why would you ever want to do that?
Because she's hot?
Now is like think twice if you want to use an app.
It's quite obnoxious. I never hopped on the facebook apps wagon.... mostly because a superior form of every single fucking app was available on a better website or native Windows app. However, when I wanted to read the "results" of someone else's use of one of those apps, it takes me to this extremely presumptuous page with lovely items like:
Hai guize! Your friend $RANDOM_LUSER has used $OUR_SHITTY_APP and you can too!
(But of course I don't want to, nor do I give a shit)
Facebook: To get started, this application needs access to the following information. Check or clear the [already checked] boxes to restrict this app's access to your information:
Deselecting any of the items on the list blocks access to the application. An application, which, I might add, doesn't need any of that info to operate correctly.
...Not to mention nearly every one I've seen is completely retarded.
I had presumed that particular app has just been written by some assho^H^H developer who was stupid, but further attempts to use apps at later points in time have all yielded the same result. I still haven't used one to this day out of principle.
By the way... anyone find that "Block all App notifications from your feed" button yet? I tried asking the facebook staff but they couldn't hear me because Zuckerberg was making too much noise swimming in a pool full of money.
What could you possibly be running that needs upgrades that often?
Duh. He's running Mac OS X.
*ducks*
I think the answer might just be to try renegotiating your price or specs. I also work for a government institution with about 1000 computers and we pay about $450 with Dell for what I would consider a very decent desktop computer (4GB of RAM, Intel Core 2, etc.).
We just bought 80 new HP Desktops for our new site --- even though we're all partial to Dell boxes, it's a vendor/credit thing I think --- but the whole kit'n'kaboodle was C2D with 2GB of DDR3, low profile, with a 20" LCD and tacked on extended warranties. I think they were just below $800 each.
the US can advertise an "unlimited" data plan, with a "1 GB monthly limit" written in a small font in some obscure place
See, the problem is that telco's are having issues with bandwidth and their jackass solution to the bandwidth issue is to put a cap on transfer.
Anyone else see why data caps are retarded yet?
That is why so many of them end up paying the ultimate price. Death as they cut a life wire.
I remember one day I was driving in to work listening to the radio and when they did the news stories I realized that I heard a familiar (and fairly unique) last name mentioned by the news lady. The next time the stories rolled around, it turned out that the story was that a would-be copper thief was electrocuted and died in the act, and he shared a last name with a very good friend of mine. Ironic, I thought.
:-P
A few days later, I'm visiting with my friend when he tells me that someone in his family died the week before trying to steal copper. One of the details that was left out of the news report though was that he wasn't working alone and was in fact left behind as dead by his surviving accomplices. Not that anyone in his family didn't think that he wasn't incredibly dumb for getting himself killed, but it was a shame nonetheless.
I never met the guy myself, and considering how tight-knit that family (or at least my friend's branch of it) is, I found myself surprised. However, given some of his obvious life choices (and friends... the men on that page look creepy as all hell) I'm not really surprised either
a few fish hooks hidden between the lettuce and the cheese.
There's no "+1 Twisted and sick, don't fuck with this guy" mod, so I figured I'd reply instead.
Well done sir.
What the hell is a DotA?
Please, if you are going to use an acronym in a news post, especially one that may be a mod many are not familiar with, follow common courtesy and spell it out the first time it is used.
While you raise a good question (plenty of people don't know what DotA is, of course!), concerns like this are the reason that I included a link to the Wikipedia article upon the first mention of DotA in the submission, as well as some context around said link for those too lazy to click through.
DotA Allstars (DotA is short for Defense of the Ancients) is the world's most popular, most well balanced, and most refined incarnation of a very popular genre of RTS custom maps that began with a Starcraft map called Aeon of Strife that can collectively be referred to as the "AoS genre." However, though AoS was quite popular in its day (and I remember seeing the games on Battle.net, but never played them!), it was plagued with balance issues, particularly in the first Warcraft III incarnations by the same name; those maps were basically won by padding your hero's agility stat and adding a lifestealing attack.... they were kinda stupid, but very fun nonetheless.
Where AoS variants such as DotA differ from traditional RTS games is that instead of building and commanding a base and an army and its leaders (or heroes) and assaulting the opposite team to destroy its base, players instead control only the hero characters and the rest of the army that fights alongside you is completely controlled by the computer. You and your teammates then fight in this battle, killing enemy units and teaming up to gank (i.e. surprise and kill by abusing superior numbers, powerups, skills, whatever) enemy heroes for gold and experience, buying items and equipment to enhance your hero's stats, buff your team, or counter your opponents. The back and forth struggle is extremely teamwork oriented and incredibly fun, and playing the game with people who are all of a high skill level is quite possibly one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had in gaming, even when I've lost!
I could go on and on about the awesomeness that the game is, but if you like games that require teamwork and skill (and don't involve any of the pervasive bullshit that has saturated FPS games since Counter-Strike became popular... "You aim at the chest and pull down on the mouse when you start shooting and get a HEADSHOT errrytime! CROUCH, CROUCH!") that are constantly improving, then you ought to give it a try. Bringing true DotA out of the Warcraft III engine and into modern times has been a dream of mine for a very long time, and though a game like Heroes of Newerth is a faithful clone, it's still not perfect from a gameplay perspective. It behaves considerably differently and the action is considerably faster, which I don't consider a good thing, though it is a great game itself.
If you found any of that interesting, I do recommend giving it a try. You'll get wtfpwned for a while, but once you get your first triple kill, you'll never look back.
If you don't set up a VM, I highly recommend sandboxie
I've thought of getting Sandboxie for a long time, but I'd really prefer F/OSS for this kind of thing.
Know of anything comparable?
I need to setup a VM that all it does is run my chrome and IE stuff, and I can just burn it down if need be.
Same here, just not enough cores yet :-(
;-)
It's been surprisingly difficult to sandbox the browser into a VM in such a fashion that it looks and behaves just like a native one. Until recently, using VMware you couldn't get Aero glass to come through, and now that you can, it's still a chore to synchronize all your cookies and downloads and drag/drop of pictures and the like and still be able to do a snapshot/restore in such a fashion that you don't lose settings or saved passwords or all sorts of whatnot, and then there's the performance hit... it's just not there yet.
It seems though that by the time that's truly user friendly, browsing would be totally secure... right?
(real speeds, not advertised speeds)
I used to shape my traffic (it worked quite well) and then I found out how wildly my actual bandwidth can vary. Literally 1.5 to 2 MB/s between different times of day, and it's never regular.
I eventually just gave up, because if it doesn't always work, there's no real point in using it.
While I agree with your point, separating them into Mac and PC labels makes it easy for conversation regarding the two. It's a convenience thing.
Saying "OS X" and "Windows" works quite well too. See, a "Mac" is a computer made by Apple. "Macs" run Windows (and Linux) quite well.
The problem is that a massive breakdown occurs in your differentiation when one runs Windows on a Mac instead of running OS X on a Mac.
So, then tweets are like prayers?
Not in the least. We will play Duke Nukem Forever.
While I admire your sentiment, I can only recommend it again. WMC allows you to treat an HTPC like what It should be, and like what your 360 is: an appliance. While MythTV, Boxee, and others are good products, WMC is very complete in its implementation, and the extensibility it has (take a look at Media Browser and Media Center Master) allows for a very "hands off" experience. Add a 360 to your other TV's and it really begins to shine, because it extends your HTPC to those TVs simultaneously. You should check it out, it really does offer a compelling experience, FWIW ;)
switching from 360 to my secondary Uverse set-top box
You sound like the kind of person that desperately needs to shove a TV tuner into a Windows Media Center box ;)
you guys pone trying to see who has the biggest HD-penis yet?
My penis looks great in HD.
...By the way, HD is a type of magnifying glass, right?
I've know some over 75 individuals with sharp minds who don't fall for FUD but the vast majority
My grandfather is in his early 80's with a mind as sharp as a tack. However, he doesn't vote because he doesn't care.
Personally speaking, when it comes to an issue on the ballot that I don't consider myself qualified to cast a vote on (i.e., a public service position that I don't understand, or an issue that doesn't affect me), I usually just leave it blank.
look at my own /etc/hosts file. From time to time I manage to bite myself on the ass with my block-list
#Below is my custom DNS blocklist
127.0.0.1 om.nom.nom.
user@localhost:~$ ping om.nom.nom.
it is thiner than the server cluster computing each frame at the back end of this caned demo.
Not only is it thinner, but it's Intel certified not to squash your nuts when used on your lap, unlike the rackmount server.
...I learned that that the hard way.
The rackmount servers do tend to run cooler, though, so if you're not terribly attached to your nuts....
A double triangle what does it mean?
Fucking triangles! How do they work!?!?!?
A bag of triangles?? I've go so many questions!
My 486 ray-traced perfectly. I don't understand why we're using processing power to show glass reflections in ray-traced sniper scopes when all the old monitors showed the reflections of people approaching from behind already!
;)
Stupid matte LCD panels.
You were supposed to woosh him