Problem with that is that often the only audio-out alternative is RCA audio (i.e. analog, 2.1-channel). So while you are correct that it is POSSIBLE to get audio, it is inferior.
For example, my PS3 has hdmi out which goes to my TV, but only shitty RCAs that I can use to connect to my HK receiver, which in turn is connected to audiophile speakers. So I'm losing out on the digital 5.1 sound since the damned digital video and audio are both carried on the hdmi cable!
Hey Moron: If you double click it (the Office button in upper left), IT'S SUPPOSED TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM. Next time don't take the time to post, AC or not.
So (from TFA) you'd rather Word stay open and allow you to run malicious code? I call bullshit. But at least if it did, then you'd really have something about which to to bitch to Microsoft.
Hey Moron: The parent post was wrong. Of course, you don't bother to even consider that. So once again a factually incorrect (not to mention full of pathetic spelling errors) post - that would be yours in case you couldn't follow the thought there - gets modded up. Gotta love Slashdot: Where else can the dumbshit masses moderate each other's banal posts up to insane levels?
So it's known that the Earth's magnetic field has flipped in the past. What's not as clear is the cause - is it because the Sun's magnetic field flips, thereby reversing ours? - and how long this process lasts.
I read an interesting book called The Mayan Prophecies by Maurice Cotterell (I believe that was his spelling, too lazy to doublecheck) in the late 90s. The book's author mentions this as a possible cause for global catastrophe and an explanation for the Mayan's breaking up their calendar into these 1000s of year epochs called "Ages" by the Mayans. We are about to end the latest Mayan "Age" around August of 2012. This would line up quite nicely with the current massive Sun spot activity, eh? Especially if we are beginning an 11 year cycle since 11 divided by 2 is 5.5, we are about 5.5 years from the end of the Mayan Age. I wonder if all of this activity is a precursor to a Sun's magnetic field reversal.
You just haven't delved deep enough to find what's new. The Meeting Center (or whatever it's called), the IPv6 support, the much enhanced firewall are just a few I can think of after using Vista for a few weeks that you don't even mention. All you are doing is describing the look & feel changes, which you shouldn't bitch about being not-that-different as that would just lead to confusion amongst XP-users who decide to upgrade to Vista.
You're a half-assed geek if you suggested that your grandmother try Outlook Express. It is awful. But what do you expect for free? Oh yeah, you expect the junk like what you get for free (read OSS) with Unix-based apps and UIs.
True, but on all of those versions of Windows that you've mentioned I can run the same slew of apps and use the same slew of devices with little or no difference in performance. As usual Windows is far better overall.
Of course Mac OS doesn't require "burdensome activation"...this is because it's so shitty no true computer expert would ever want it, even if it were free. By shitty I mean I can't run all the software I want, and no one I work or play with uses it... OK I take that back one school customer has a bunch of Macs. And guess what, they are more of a pain in the ass to support than all of the other similar school customers (i.e. running the same application that my company supports) who are on PCs.
I've used Vista, and I didn't whine on Slashdot when software designed for XP didn't work on it.
I didn't know that HTC TyTn was Microsoft. That model name wasn't very descriptive as far as naming the vendor, and no of course I didn't bother to Google it. Sorry about that.
So in regards to your response about Term Srvr - if you make a mistake you have to type in your username and password again. That sure is poor design. I suppose it should just let you in regardless of a mistake in your username and/or password? LOL
So you're legacy crap doesn't work, and it won't sync or talk to the SD card in your non-MS PDA/phone? This isn't Microsoft's fault the vendor of your device has had PLENTY of time to write drivers (Beta was out over a year ago). I'd bitch to them.
And the Remote Desktop Connection complaint you have is unfounded since the whole point of making you authenticate again is to add increased levels of security.
So again, you are just spreading bullshit Mac-o-phile type whiny complaints and FUD. Great job.
Give me a break, 95% of computers are TOO OLD. This is a NEW, ROBUST OS for God's sake. Or, can you run its closest competitor, OSX on a 9-year old Mac?
No it doesn't depend on the gun. There is no cellphone speaker that could POSSIBLY be constructed that could produce sound pressure (i.e. decibel) levels anywhere near that of a.22.
What are you idiot moderators doing tonight, believing everything you read?
Watch some Al-Jazeera feeds of cowardly sniper attacks against US soldiers to get a better idea of what I meant.. "incredible courage" my foot. Also, you don't see Americans suicide bombing their own countrymen, do you? I like how you avoided commenting on that. All Americans aren't like George dumbfuck Bush you know, contrary to your prejudiced view of me. I hate Fox news, shmuck. And just because SOME Sunnis and Shiites intermarry doesn't mean shit. Some secretly gay men lead straight lives with wives and kids. Some muslim men drink and gamble (look at the Saudi ruling class). Your examples mean little, "actions speak louder than words".
Christians don't suicide bomb their own people (see the Sunnis vs. Shiites in Iraq for myriad recent examples), we just drop bombs on you fucking coward Muslims.
Believe it or not, your logic about guns is flawed. Just go visit the Netherlands or any other European country where the number of guns per capita is FAR lower than the US, and you will find a direct correlation with the number of murders per capita. In case you didn't get it, this means that the number of murders is MUCH LOWER per capita in such countries. Or, even simpler:
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If he were smart he wouldn't be living (er, uh dying) in Pakistan behind 20 foot tall walls in a 1 million USD mansion.
Thanks for sharing, that rules!
Thanks I hadn't even noticed that... And sure enough I have two optical inputs on my receiver!
Problem with that is that often the only audio-out alternative is RCA audio (i.e. analog, 2.1-channel). So while you are correct that it is POSSIBLE to get audio, it is inferior. For example, my PS3 has hdmi out which goes to my TV, but only shitty RCAs that I can use to connect to my HK receiver, which in turn is connected to audiophile speakers. So I'm losing out on the digital 5.1 sound since the damned digital video and audio are both carried on the hdmi cable!
Forgot to mention - Copper is about $3 / lb, or $0.19 / oz.
Silver: about $18 / oz. Gold is around $1200 / oz
Hey Moron: If you double click it (the Office button in upper left), IT'S SUPPOSED TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM. Next time don't take the time to post, AC or not.
So (from TFA) you'd rather Word stay open and allow you to run malicious code? I call bullshit. But at least if it did, then you'd really have something about which to to bitch to Microsoft.
Hey Moron:
The parent post was wrong. Of course, you don't bother to even consider that. So once again a factually incorrect (not to mention full of pathetic spelling errors) post - that would be yours in case you couldn't follow the thought there - gets modded up. Gotta love Slashdot: Where else can the dumbshit masses moderate each other's banal posts up to insane levels?
And this sh!t gets modded at 5? Shows you that most Slashdotters are idiots who don't fact check.
So it's known that the Earth's magnetic field has flipped in the past. What's not as clear is the cause - is it because the Sun's magnetic field flips, thereby reversing ours? - and how long this process lasts.
I read an interesting book called The Mayan Prophecies by Maurice Cotterell (I believe that was his spelling, too lazy to doublecheck) in the late 90s. The book's author mentions this as a possible cause for global catastrophe and an explanation for the Mayan's breaking up their calendar into these 1000s of year epochs called "Ages" by the Mayans. We are about to end the latest Mayan "Age" around August of 2012. This would line up quite nicely with the current massive Sun spot activity, eh? Especially if we are beginning an 11 year cycle since 11 divided by 2 is 5.5, we are about 5.5 years from the end of the Mayan Age. I wonder if all of this activity is a precursor to a Sun's magnetic field reversal.
Thoughts?
You just haven't delved deep enough to find what's new. The Meeting Center (or whatever it's called), the IPv6 support, the much enhanced firewall are just a few I can think of after using Vista for a few weeks that you don't even mention. All you are doing is describing the look & feel changes, which you shouldn't bitch about being not-that-different as that would just lead to confusion amongst XP-users who decide to upgrade to Vista.
You're a half-assed geek if you suggested that your grandmother try Outlook Express. It is awful. But what do you expect for free? Oh yeah, you expect the junk like what you get for free (read OSS) with Unix-based apps and UIs.
True, but on all of those versions of Windows that you've mentioned I can run the same slew of apps and use the same slew of devices with little or no difference in performance. As usual Windows is far better overall.
Of course Mac OS doesn't require "burdensome activation"...this is because it's so shitty no true computer expert would ever want it, even if it were free. By shitty I mean I can't run all the software I want, and no one I work or play with uses it... OK I take that back one school customer has a bunch of Macs. And guess what, they are more of a pain in the ass to support than all of the other similar school customers (i.e. running the same application that my company supports) who are on PCs.
I've used Vista, and I didn't whine on Slashdot when software designed for XP didn't work on it.
I didn't know that HTC TyTn was Microsoft. That model name wasn't very descriptive as far as naming the vendor, and no of course I didn't bother to Google it. Sorry about that.
So in regards to your response about Term Srvr - if you make a mistake you have to type in your username and password again. That sure is poor design. I suppose it should just let you in regardless of a mistake in your username and/or password? LOL
So you're legacy crap doesn't work, and it won't sync or talk to the SD card in your non-MS PDA/phone? This isn't Microsoft's fault the vendor of your device has had PLENTY of time to write drivers (Beta was out over a year ago). I'd bitch to them.
And the Remote Desktop Connection complaint you have is unfounded since the whole point of making you authenticate again is to add increased levels of security. So again, you are just spreading bullshit Mac-o-phile type whiny complaints and FUD. Great job.
Give me a break, 95% of computers are TOO OLD. This is a NEW, ROBUST OS for God's sake. Or, can you run its closest competitor, OSX on a 9-year old Mac?
You're so full of it, and without any examples your opinion is merely spreading anti-MS FUD per the "/." stats quo.
No it doesn't depend on the gun. There is no cellphone speaker that could POSSIBLY be constructed that could produce sound pressure (i.e. decibel) levels anywhere near that of a .22.
What are you idiot moderators doing tonight, believing everything you read?
Way to throw in a lame Microsoft bash in with your equally weak rhetorical question rant about your obvious hatred of your own job. Are you drunk?
Watch some Al-Jazeera feeds of cowardly sniper attacks against US soldiers to get a better idea of what I meant.. "incredible courage" my foot. Also, you don't see Americans suicide bombing their own countrymen, do you? I like how you avoided commenting on that. All Americans aren't like George dumbfuck Bush you know, contrary to your prejudiced view of me. I hate Fox news, shmuck. And just because SOME Sunnis and Shiites intermarry doesn't mean shit. Some secretly gay men lead straight lives with wives and kids. Some muslim men drink and gamble (look at the Saudi ruling class). Your examples mean little, "actions speak louder than words".
Christians don't suicide bomb their own people (see the Sunnis vs. Shiites in Iraq for myriad recent examples), we just drop bombs on you fucking coward Muslims.
Yeah, it sure is impossible to "patch and reboot" my Windows servers on my own terms!
/sarcasm off
Believe it or not, your logic about guns is flawed. Just go visit the Netherlands or any other European country where the number of guns per capita is FAR lower than the US, and you will find a direct correlation with the number of murders per capita. In case you didn't get it, this means that the number of murders is MUCH LOWER per capita in such countries. Or, even simpler:
Guns = Bad