And then you follow it up with the fact that *they* signed contracts?
Perhaps they shouldn't have?
Or...and this is the kicker, perhaps they should realize that in a global market, they're *still* making more than most folks doing the same type of work and count themselves as lucky to even *have* a contract?
Our company doesn't have such things. Hire and fire @ will. Perhaps they'd prefer that?
I know, let's sue apple so they have a good excuse to even further outsource their workforce and employ *no* US citizens. Then they could lower prices, improve quality, *and* still make more money.
The problem isn't Apple. The problem is the US citizen's overblown sense of "self-worth" and "entitlement".
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The evangelical Right is now the evangelical Left. The moral christian platform has never fit well with limited government conservatism and they've slowly started getting pushed to the Left. Now if only we could get Arnold to join 'em.
Which, as I said...is all well and good, but useless unless you have the driver...which one would expect to be the case for an AMD driver on an Intel OS image....it's pointless.
Correct?
"On Mac OS X, the system has on disk every driver for every system and built-in hardware it supports. From the old G4 modems to the current iMac video cards. The folder containing those "kernel extensions" as they are known is a bit more than 200MB in size on PPC Leopard (10.5.2)"
Now try that on Windows, which has had the distinction of supporting *millions* more pieces of hardware. (You think that number's too high? It's most likely *way* too low.) How's about we shipp Vista with 80 DVDs...just so they have the proper drivers. Oh, wait...MSFT doesn't *write* drivers. The Manufacturers do (or don't if they make soundcards).
Sure, it's a nice system, but eventually, Apple is going to have to pair it down when the kexts grow to be just a tad more than 200MB.;) (A Vista example again, I can install Vista on my nVidia RAID without loading drivers, but my 3 year old Lexmark won't work. Ever.) They include the most recent drivers for some of the most popular components (at the time of release) and for components in use by their partners. I don't doubt, once Apple's hardware girth grows, that something similar might be implemented.
I just don't think there'd be any way to apply such a system to Windows, and I really don't see a need for it, even on things like CPU "drivers". If HP had done their jobs right, we wouldn't be seeing this problem. HP took a shortcut and it burned them. One hopes they'll learn.
If the driver does not exist on the system, the OS cannot load it. Windows is not going to install an AMD Driver on an Intel System, so the Intel Image would not even have the AMD Driver available.
You bring up Linux, which is interesting because the *only* reason Linux could do this is because it either uses only one driver (bare-min compatibility with both CPU types, which neither AMD or Intel would allow MSFT to include), or includes support for both CPUs separately (referred to in the MSFT world by such as yourself as "bloat").
When given the choice between making money and not making money? What company would *not* choose to make money? You have this absurd idea that only "western" companies want to make money?
The fact is, they are remaining in China, and doing it one hell of a lot better than their only major competitor in that country by *informing* the users.
Want change? Lobby your politicos, that's what they're they're for. Corporations should never set political policy. Anywhere. Regardless of intent. See: DMCA
No, it's not simple. Never is for anything that actually matters.
Of course censorship is wrong. Do you see anyone here promoting it?
First:
Here's how it currently stands:
Google: Searches are filtered. Searches that are censored come back with a notice that the search has been modified. Any user can then use provided links and information to find out which department of the government is responsible.
They are informed that they are not allowed to be informed, and by whom.
Baidu: Searches are filtered. No notice, no information, you don't even know something is missing.
Which would you prefer if you were a Chinese user?
Second:
"Clearly in order to appease the Chinese authorities Google now have smart people employed in figuring out how to better censor the internet."
Care to back that up? "Clearly" their informing of the user might actually do more to inform them, or at the very least make known to them the oppression of free speech.
"I'm not saying boycott China or anything like that, simply that western corporations should be forced to adhere to the same ethical standards in China they would be forced to in the West."
By whom? The governments under which they operate? The UN? The WTO? Who gets to decide ethics *now*? Screw centuries of culture and beliefs, we'll *make* them bend to our ethics? Have you even ever *been* to China?
"There should be regulation to prevent this kind of thing in any country that even pretends to care about freedom of speech."
*laughing*
Makes sense. Does nothing to support your argument, since China obviously *doesn't* care, but hey...
For the Vista Aero GUI to outpace the "classic" gui, you need a recent discrete video card with at least 256MB of RAM....anything less and Aero doggs it.
That said, with the proper video card, Aero takes the GUI overhead off of the CPU and rests it squarely where all display-work *should* lay...at the feet of the GPU.
Unless, of course, you have a business account through them. You are paying for 3/6/8/10/w/e/mbit max. Read your ToS and the marketing materials for your ISP.
You will *always* see something along the lines of:
*speeds mentioned are the maximum that expected to be achieved. Actual line speeds may vary.
"Cable costs have increased WAY beyond the rate of inflation. That's abuse, especially given the virtual monopolies cable companies operate."
You forgot about the demand bit? How convenient.
"Internet access didn't go from $40 to $114 a barrel, smart guy."
*Feigned shock* Wow. That's news to me. The cost of gas relies on the same underlying economic factors as anything else: Supply, ability to produce, and demand.
"Sure it can go up. Just not in the greedy, abusive fashion the cable companies customarily use in raising their rates."
Well, that'd be your opinion. They don't force anyone to do anything. You can *call* them a monopoly all you want, it just shows how little you understand the term. If Cable internet were the market, sure, there'd be a locality-based monopoly, but the market is internet service providers, and there are dozens that provide nationwide coverage. Hell, there's even high-speed mobile broadband now. If it's not fast enough for you, that's your problem, it does *not* make it a monopoly.
"I don't like how it's always been."
Sucks to be you, then. At least you're used to disappointment.
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He's not working for an American company, so much of what you just typed simply doesn't apply. The culture is completely different.
Oh,a s an aside, you really should have someone take a look at that chip on your shoulder.
OK. I lol'ed.
Workers rights?
And then you follow it up with the fact that *they* signed contracts?
Perhaps they shouldn't have?
Or...and this is the kicker, perhaps they should realize that in a global market, they're *still* making more than most folks doing the same type of work and count themselves as lucky to even *have* a contract?
Our company doesn't have such things. Hire and fire @ will. Perhaps they'd prefer that?
I know, let's sue apple so they have a good excuse to even further outsource their workforce and employ *no* US citizens. Then they could lower prices, improve quality, *and* still make more money.
The problem isn't Apple. The problem is the US citizen's overblown sense of "self-worth" and "entitlement".
'I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts' he said. 'My name is Ryan; I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me. The man I inherited it from is not the real Dread Pirate Roberts either. His name was Cummerbund. The real Roberts has been retired 15 years and living like a king in Patagonia.'
OR... you could just walk into wal-mart and pick one up. I saw no less than 6 of them there advertised as "loaded with XP Home Edition".
As usual, the Anti-MSFT trolls are making much ado about nuthin'....
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The category is Therapists. Not The Rapists, Mr. Connery.
Bzzt.
FUD.
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So Microsoft should have thought of that and lowered the security of Windows Server 2008?
Is that what you think?
Really?
Because doing that to make a few enthusiasts happy at the expense of server security would be just about the *dumbest* thing they could do?
"The researcher stipulated that the sub-5-minute estimate was valid for an unpatched machine in an ISP netblock with no NAT or firewall"
No firewall? Like the one *built in* to windows?
No NAT? Like the one's used for damned near *every* DSL connection and easily over 80% of Cable connections?
Ahh... nothing like some totally unrealistic anti-MSFT BS to get the morning started....
The evangelical Right is now the evangelical Left. The moral christian platform has never fit well with limited government conservatism and they've slowly started getting pushed to the Left. Now if only we could get Arnold to join 'em.
We should *all* do that. ...but you first.
lmao...
Right, and you're implying that ZFS has anywhere *near* the penetration of NTFS?
???
I hope not. That would be incredibly stupid of you.
~1% desktop market share=not news.
That pretty much covers it.
Use the latest dev build of TMP. Has worked for me since RC1 (probably before as well, but I didn't upgrade until then).
Which, as I said...is all well and good, but useless unless you have the driver...which one would expect to be the case for an AMD driver on an Intel OS image....it's pointless. Correct?
"On Mac OS X, the system has on disk every driver for every system and built-in hardware it supports. From the old G4 modems to the current iMac video cards. The folder containing those "kernel extensions" as they are known is a bit more than 200MB in size on PPC Leopard (10.5.2)" Now try that on Windows, which has had the distinction of supporting *millions* more pieces of hardware. (You think that number's too high? It's most likely *way* too low.) How's about we shipp Vista with 80 DVDs...just so they have the proper drivers. Oh, wait...MSFT doesn't *write* drivers. The Manufacturers do (or don't if they make soundcards). Sure, it's a nice system, but eventually, Apple is going to have to pair it down when the kexts grow to be just a tad more than 200MB. ;) (A Vista example again, I can install Vista on my nVidia RAID without loading drivers, but my 3 year old Lexmark won't work. Ever.) They include the most recent drivers for some of the most popular components (at the time of release) and for components in use by their partners. I don't doubt, once Apple's hardware girth grows, that something similar might be implemented.
I just don't think there'd be any way to apply such a system to Windows, and I really don't see a need for it, even on things like CPU "drivers". If HP had done their jobs right, we wouldn't be seeing this problem. HP took a shortcut and it burned them. One hopes they'll learn.
*yawn*
SSDD from you people.
If the driver does not exist on the system, the OS cannot load it. Windows is not going to install an AMD Driver on an Intel System, so the Intel Image would not even have the AMD Driver available.
You bring up Linux, which is interesting because the *only* reason Linux could do this is because it either uses only one driver (bare-min compatibility with both CPU types, which neither AMD or Intel would allow MSFT to include), or includes support for both CPUs separately (referred to in the MSFT world by such as yourself as "bloat").
Care to try again?
Simple as that?
Sure, for your average inbred hick, perhaps.
When given the choice between making money and not making money? What company would *not* choose to make money? You have this absurd idea that only "western" companies want to make money?
The fact is, they are remaining in China, and doing it one hell of a lot better than their only major competitor in that country by *informing* the users.
Want change? Lobby your politicos, that's what they're they're for. Corporations should never set political policy. Anywhere. Regardless of intent. See: DMCA
No, it's not simple. Never is for anything that actually matters.
Of course censorship is wrong. Do you see anyone here promoting it?
First:
Here's how it currently stands:
Google: Searches are filtered. Searches that are censored come back with a notice that the search has been modified. Any user can then use provided links and information to find out which department of the government is responsible.
They are informed that they are not allowed to be informed, and by whom.
Baidu: Searches are filtered. No notice, no information, you don't even know something is missing.
Which would you prefer if you were a Chinese user?
Second:
"Clearly in order to appease the Chinese authorities Google now have smart people employed in figuring out how to better censor the internet."
Care to back that up? "Clearly" their informing of the user might actually do more to inform them, or at the very least make known to them the oppression of free speech.
"I'm not saying boycott China or anything like that, simply that western corporations should be forced to adhere to the same ethical standards in China they would be forced to in the West."
By whom? The governments under which they operate? The UN? The WTO? Who gets to decide ethics *now*? Screw centuries of culture and beliefs, we'll *make* them bend to our ethics? Have you even ever *been* to China?
"There should be regulation to prevent this kind of thing in any country that even pretends to care about freedom of speech."
*laughing*
Makes sense. Does nothing to support your argument, since China obviously *doesn't* care, but hey...
Ever read a comment and completely missed a key point (such as the line where he said he installed using slipstreamed XP discs?)
Reason: Poor graphics.
...anything less and Aero doggs it.
For the Vista Aero GUI to outpace the "classic" gui, you need a recent discrete video card with at least 256MB of RAM.
That said, with the proper video card, Aero takes the GUI overhead off of the CPU and rests it squarely where all display-work *should* lay...at the feet of the GPU.
Really?
:)
*laughing*
Nope, no ya didn't.
Unless, of course, you have a business account through them. You are paying for 3/6/8/10/w/e/mbit max. Read your ToS and the marketing materials for your ISP.
You will *always* see something along the lines of:
*speeds mentioned are the maximum that expected to be achieved. Actual line speeds may vary.
That, my boy, I can guarantee.
"Cable costs have increased WAY beyond the rate of inflation. That's abuse, especially given the virtual monopolies cable companies operate."
You forgot about the demand bit? How convenient.
"Internet access didn't go from $40 to $114 a barrel, smart guy."
*Feigned shock* Wow. That's news to me. The cost of gas relies on the same underlying economic factors as anything else: Supply, ability to produce, and demand.
"Sure it can go up. Just not in the greedy, abusive fashion the cable companies customarily use in raising their rates."
Well, that'd be your opinion. They don't force anyone to do anything. You can *call* them a monopoly all you want, it just shows how little you understand the term. If Cable internet were the market, sure, there'd be a locality-based monopoly, but the market is internet service providers, and there are dozens that provide nationwide coverage. Hell, there's even high-speed mobile broadband now. If it's not fast enough for you, that's your problem, it does *not* make it a monopoly.
"I don't like how it's always been."
Sucks to be you, then. At least you're used to disappointment.
No, that sounds like not participating in the body. Kind of a requirement to be *able* to vote one would think.
Well, those who *can* think, anyway.
...
So they can't raise prices and speeds in line with demand and inflation?
Gas prices go up.
Phone line costs go up.
The price of shoes go up.
Oh, but we can't have the price of internet access going up....especially not if they give us faster speeds or a higher cap in return!
*gasp*
Oh! The horror....
*yawn*
This isn't new, different or remarkable. It's the same as it's always been.
Then pay for it, genius.
Pay for what you use. Amounts were never guaranteed, just speeds, and even those were only maximums.
This can't start soon enough.