He should have said "2GB *ain't* enough for a lot of people", as clearly there are a lot of uses for a lower-spec'd system.
On the other hand, a lot of us play games. To that end, my pc has 4GB of ram (64bit XP, so it can see it all) and another 1GB on my gfx card. I'm currently using 1.6GB, most of which isn't listed against processes and so must be file cache.
Either they only have built a 32-bit driver and there is no technical reason why they couldn't do a 64-bit one,
or, their code makes assumptions about the size of a memory address, which means it cuts addresses short when they go over 32 bits or otherwise malfunctions or crashes. e.g. one of the most common mistakes is subtracting memory addresses and storing the difference in an "int" or "long int", which are both 32-bit integers on Windows.
I've never purchased a copy of Windows before, but the experience I got from Windows 7 Release Candidate caused me to buy it.
Same here. Timeline roughly like this: Parents' systems with DOS Parents' systems with versions of Windows from 3.1 up to '98 Own (built) system with pirated Win2k Own (built) system with pirated WinXP Switch to Uni's MSDNAA copy of WinXP x64 5 years later... Try Win7 Beta and then RC on my 2nd-hand Linux eeepc (which had pirated XP on it when I got it) Buy two pre-order copies of Win7 Home Premium. Near future... Change the OS on my home PC away from XP for the first time in 8 years.
If they hadn't released 7 I wouldn't have bought Vista, it's just ended up with too bad of a reputation. My free copy of XP x64 has worked through so many hardware changes it's ridiculous, the fact that it still works so well is incredible. I think the only part of my PC unchanged from when I got XP x64 is my PSU, and that doesn't need OS support.
MSE doesn't use Windows Defender, it is an improved and expanded version of Windows Defender. It's like having v1.0 and v2.0 of the same bit of software installed.
selfgz.gz doesn't seem to have been created to break email servers, merely as a curiosity. It's not even dangerous unless you attempt to recursively extract it without limit, because it is only 210 bytes in size.
To back up my decision, my AV (Avast! Home Edition) scans files as they are downloaded, and it blocked the download of 42.zip as an archive bomb (taking only a couple of seconds to scan it too), but was perfectly happy with selfgz. Though it does end up saying: "Number of scanned files/folders: 33/1"
I dread the day when someone finds an exploit in my AV's scanner, as that would mean that an infected file would automatically execute when I tried to download it...
How did you get 8 positive moderations? It's capped at +5 no matter what, so why did people keep modding you up when you were already at +5? It was +3 Funny, +3 Insightful, and +2 Informative when I looked.
IMAP syncs with your online account, so if something is deleted there it is deleted at home too, and vice-versa. And that is if your client bothers to cache the emails at all, and doesn't just use IMAP to look at what's on the server.
POP3 just retrieves messages from the server, and deleting them on either the server or in the client has no effect unless you've set up the client to make it have an effect. In fact, the default behaviour is normally to delete the messages from the server when you open your client, so that the only copy is on your pc. I turn this off, so that I still have all my email on gmail for when I'm at work or elsewhere.
I'm not sure how many programs do it. It's in the RFC though.
Identifying UTF-8 is still reasonably easy. If the file contains none of the codes which are disallowed in UTF-8, and never has a lone byte whose code is above 0x80 surrounded by codes below 0x80, it's almost definitely UTF-8.
Here's my thoughts as I looked at that: Ok, the lower-case letters look reasonably sensible What's that? Oh, they're "r" and "s". Where's their top halves? "v" should be spiky, otherwise it's a "u". That's a "z"? Closest thing it looks like is "g". That's not an "A", it's a big "a". Are those extra lines in the "B" for joining another letter on afterwards? Or just for ugliness? That's not an "E", it has no corners. What's that? Crossed, "T", "J", nope, must be an "F" because of its place in the alphabet. I kind-of see. Now you're taking the piss. That's just a squiggle. Looks nothing like "G". That's a lower-case "l". We have enough trouble when printing the damn "I", at least cross over the top. That's an "8". "M" and "N" are just drawn as big lower-case again. Readable at least. That's a "2". No argument, it's most definitely a "2". Is that an "S"? That's a "J". Though I suppose it's supposed to be a "T". "U", "V", "W" all look lower-case again. Same non-spiky looks-like-"U" thing with the "V". Ok, the others you might get away with, but that IS a lower-case "y". Do you really think that squiggle's a "Z"?
No offence, but that is a terrible handwriting style. Though I assume a few of the differences are due to UK vs US teaching, some of those letters are still terrible.
I quite like Goldfinger's English version, which is mostly in English but replaces the 2nd-last verse with the German one (in German, not translated). Looking at that lyrics list, the old English verse they removed was pretty bad anyway:)
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He should have said "2GB *ain't* enough for a lot of people", as clearly there are a lot of uses for a lower-spec'd system.
On the other hand, a lot of us play games. To that end, my pc has 4GB of ram (64bit XP, so it can see it all) and another 1GB on my gfx card. I'm currently using 1.6GB, most of which isn't listed against processes and so must be file cache.
Either they only have built a 32-bit driver and there is no technical reason why they couldn't do a 64-bit one,
or, their code makes assumptions about the size of a memory address, which means it cuts addresses short when they go over 32 bits or otherwise malfunctions or crashes. e.g. one of the most common mistakes is subtracting memory addresses and storing the difference in an "int" or "long int", which are both 32-bit integers on Windows.
Actually it's reasonably similar to going from:
color = orange
Fillscreen(color)
to:
color = orange
if theme = 2009 then color = blue
Fillscreen(color)
Especially if "theme 2009" is made the new default. The old stuff still exists, and is covered up, exactly like you describe.
The game only chooses 50 or 60 Hz. As far as it is concerned, there is no PAL/NTSC.
It's not like it makes any difference to the texture formats etc.
It's worth noting that the cartridge that comes with a printer is 1/2 to 1/4 the amount of toner of a replacement cartridge.
I've never purchased a copy of Windows before, but the experience I got from Windows 7 Release Candidate caused me to buy it.
Same here.
Timeline roughly like this:
Parents' systems with DOS
Parents' systems with versions of Windows from 3.1 up to '98
Own (built) system with pirated Win2k
Own (built) system with pirated WinXP
Switch to Uni's MSDNAA copy of WinXP x64
5 years later...
Try Win7 Beta and then RC on my 2nd-hand Linux eeepc (which had pirated XP on it when I got it)
Buy two pre-order copies of Win7 Home Premium.
Near future...
Change the OS on my home PC away from XP for the first time in 8 years.
If they hadn't released 7 I wouldn't have bought Vista, it's just ended up with too bad of a reputation. My free copy of XP x64 has worked through so many hardware changes it's ridiculous, the fact that it still works so well is incredible. I think the only part of my PC unchanged from when I got XP x64 is my PSU, and that doesn't need OS support.
Bus vs racecar? You'll transport 50 people faster in a bus than the racecar, but the bus isn't winning any speed races and doesn't corner as quickly.
MSE doesn't use Windows Defender, it is an improved and expanded version of Windows Defender. It's like having v1.0 and v2.0 of the same bit of software installed.
It replaces Windows Defender.
selfgz.gz doesn't seem to have been created to break email servers, merely as a curiosity. It's not even dangerous unless you attempt to recursively extract it without limit, because it is only 210 bytes in size.
To back up my decision, my AV (Avast! Home Edition) scans files as they are downloaded, and it blocked the download of 42.zip as an archive bomb (taking only a couple of seconds to scan it too), but was perfectly happy with selfgz. Though it does end up saying: "Number of scanned files/folders: 33/1"
I dread the day when someone finds an exploit in my AV's scanner, as that would mean that an infected file would automatically execute when I tried to download it...
The real question is, how will we know who wins? Anyone we ask will instantly lose the game.
Safari used to be checked by default.
I remember being quite annoyed at it.
If the launch party involved playing the game I'd understand.
OS Launch? God no.
I'm pretty sure that should have tripped your spellchecker.
It's "bullshit". With a "u". Slashdot doesn't have a "bad words" filter that you have to work around.
Barclays in Britain does in fact do this too.
How did you get 8 positive moderations? It's capped at +5 no matter what, so why did people keep modding you up when you were already at +5?
It was +3 Funny, +3 Insightful, and +2 Informative when I looked.
IMAP syncs with your online account, so if something is deleted there it is deleted at home too, and vice-versa. And that is if your client bothers to cache the emails at all, and doesn't just use IMAP to look at what's on the server.
POP3 just retrieves messages from the server, and deleting them on either the server or in the client has no effect unless you've set up the client to make it have an effect. In fact, the default behaviour is normally to delete the messages from the server when you open your client, so that the only copy is on your pc. I turn this off, so that I still have all my email on gmail for when I'm at work or elsewhere.
We'll just go back to the old way for people who couldn't write: prick your thumb and press it to the paper.
I'm not sure how many programs do it. It's in the RFC though.
Identifying UTF-8 is still reasonably easy. If the file contains none of the codes which are disallowed in UTF-8, and never has a lone byte whose code is above 0x80 surrounded by codes below 0x80, it's almost definitely UTF-8.
Here's my thoughts as I looked at that:
Ok, the lower-case letters look reasonably sensible
What's that? Oh, they're "r" and "s". Where's their top halves?
"v" should be spiky, otherwise it's a "u".
That's a "z"? Closest thing it looks like is "g".
That's not an "A", it's a big "a".
Are those extra lines in the "B" for joining another letter on afterwards? Or just for ugliness?
That's not an "E", it has no corners.
What's that? Crossed, "T", "J", nope, must be an "F" because of its place in the alphabet. I kind-of see.
Now you're taking the piss. That's just a squiggle. Looks nothing like "G".
That's a lower-case "l". We have enough trouble when printing the damn "I", at least cross over the top.
That's an "8".
"M" and "N" are just drawn as big lower-case again. Readable at least.
That's a "2". No argument, it's most definitely a "2".
Is that an "S"?
That's a "J". Though I suppose it's supposed to be a "T".
"U", "V", "W" all look lower-case again. Same non-spiky looks-like-"U" thing with the "V".
Ok, the others you might get away with, but that IS a lower-case "y".
Do you really think that squiggle's a "Z"?
No offence, but that is a terrible handwriting style. Though I assume a few of the differences are due to UK vs US teaching, some of those letters are still terrible.
UTF8 BOM?
It's only there as a file-type marker.
UTF-8 plaintext then.
Same as ASCII if you don't use any non-ascii chars, but allows the use of most of unicode.
I thought SP2 only enabled DEP for Windows system files?
Many many many games fail to run with DEP on, mostly from before there was a flag in VirtualAlloc for requesting an executable page.
If you have "active desktop", with the ability to set a web page as your wallpaper or other such crap, you have the IE/Explorer integration.
I last saw that on Windows '98.
I quite like Goldfinger's English version, which is mostly in English but replaces the 2nd-last verse with the German one (in German, not translated). Looking at that lyrics list, the old English verse they removed was pretty bad anyway :)