What was "a big way" about that? A small subset of a small subset of computer users lost data in the files they had open at the time of a crash?... btrfs for what its worth.
a) It isn't a strawman. I get left out of converstations because I acknowledge that I want to have widespread nuclear power generation in Australia. I have been told "Well, you aren't worth talking to, then." In Australia, it is difficult to even have a resonable discussion about nuclear power.
Most of your nuclear plants were built or commissioned prior to the fearmongering of the "luddite rabble". Why aren't so many being built over the past 30 years if the "ludite rabble" are so progressive? If I remember correctly, the powerstations you have were only kept running by policital uncertainty, not due to progressive decisiveness.
b)You have given excellent reasons for preventing widespread use of the car. Please work on that first. You also give excellent reasons for obtaining more experience to know how to build better and more robust plants. Your incompetent third world will poliferate at some stage. USA/whatever watchdog can't be everywhere at once all the time. We would be better off teaching them the methods of generating the safer forms. Yes, I did; I suggested making them the competent third world. ~(Can it be done? Are they smart enough to understand our wisdom?)
b redux) No, Nuclear waste a misnomer; it is useable, leftover from a utilised cycle. Demonstratably genuine power sources in their own right. Not used, because once again the "luddite rabble" decided it was too dangerous/scary to build the processing plants for that purpose.
Your lament of rabidly pro-nuclear/. ignoring or minimising the problem, insists that storage alone is the one of two solutions, and a bad solution at that. The other solution seems to be stay with coal power generation.* Reprocessing also significantly shortens the storage period. Yes, I will admit it will give nuclear a larger cost. I still don't see that it is a reason not to do it. Obviously the higher energy products should be used for power generation.
Then there is that the current popular methods release far more radiation uncontrolled as waste than nuclear power does. But lets not go there.
I recently had a conversation with a woman that you sound like very much. She was arguing against the evils and accumulation of synthetic substances we use in every day products. Admittedly she was trying to sell 'natural' soaps and deoderisors; but she was a true believer. Except she was wearing a synthetic leather jacket and plastic accessories.
*I'd love it if the 'sustainable' power generation would take the world by storm. I love solar, geothermal, wind, and wave power sources. I'm intrigued by many other alternatives, but I can't reconcile the numbers with the hope. Without taking the human race back to virtually extinct levels, I can't see a world without nuclear supporting us --- at which point the next metor finish the job off.
What Josh04 said and if you are going to be pedantic... please recognise that there are more than 4 linux users....I'm assuming that you are a different persona to Mr RMS.
Sooo how many car engines have you heard about being disabled because a owner modified them? engine, gearbox, whatever?
I've heard of more people changing significant vehicle parts out than modifying their computers (excluding myself of course), yet not one complains that they need to authority from the manufacturer to do so. This action is still crap, illogical and unnecessary.
Wake up mate! Microsoft has manipulated and coerced manufacturers and system builders to only provide their OS for decades; I've yet to hear of Apple doing the same in the mp3 player industry. Microsft continually provides stories of behind the sceen not-quite-mob-style deals. That is part of Microsoft's history. The best I can say for them is I haven't heard of this activity in the past two years --- doesn't mean it hasn't happened, just I won't accuse them of it in the past two years.
Mostly Apple just ignores the rest of the industry and does their own thing. That does seem to be providing lest fuctionality at higher prices, but that is up to them.
I agree that you weren't trolling now you have explained your thinking; I don't know that everyone is as familiar with Apple being associated with this scenario as you are --- I certainly didn't.
I just repeated all the insults you can come up with in my head regarding the above comment. Please don't trouble yourself to waste the time.
You're name calling a bloke who has a device that practically no-one has, on a website that claims to deal almost exclusively with technological devices... personally, I'd call him rich and "Buddy!".
I'm trying to do it now. Having come from linux to WinXP limited user... I hope my wife sees the flaws in this. (Yeah, yeah under the thumb... actually was demonstrating the futility of it.) It is as easy as... well, just shoot me now.
Not to mention the hodge podge computer doesn't actually work with the 'official' drivers. Gah. I still can't believe people still pay for this trouble. Yes, before I was linux user I purchased WinXP.
No not really. It is mostly luck and engineering that prevents the loss of data currently. Engineering makes storage devices a robust as possible but they can't proof against all angles. Perhaps the engineers layer the protection so that you have to transfer the shock through multiple layer of absorbtion to effect the core.
However a single shock to a particular point has caused me to lose the data on my phone (not the simcard though). That was an much older phone; I haven't been able to kill my current phone.
But we should just lay down and let the manufactures make us all just buy yet another useless connecter except when we want to do what computer are great at and maybe communicate.
Trying to read around your mangling of the English language, I beleve that you are implying that there is something that can stop manufacturers from making pointlessly proprietary ports. Enlighten us as to your plan, then. Oh, that's right, all you know how to do is bitch and moan.
You had trouble reading that? That is troubling. I'll definitely slow my typing down. Thanks for the heads up.
You're a big man, you called me a fagot! Wow! Did it bother you to get called out?
Get out a bit more and you'll find more people actually do get bugged by this because they don't limit their computing to a box on a table. But we should just lay down and let the manufactures make us all just buy yet another useless connecter except when we want to do what computer are great at and maybe communicate.
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What was "a big way" about that? A small subset of a small subset of computer users lost data in the files they had open at the time of a crash? ... btrfs for what its worth.
Relax. Microsoft is about to release another product; I'm pretty sure they'll do an update on exist software soon too!
you used methodology.
How about ...
Hurd?
156 comments and no OOlite? I stopped because that was all I was doing.
*ducks*
oops wrong thread.
a) It isn't a strawman. I get left out of converstations because I acknowledge that I want to have widespread nuclear power generation in Australia. I have been told "Well, you aren't worth talking to, then." In Australia, it is difficult to even have a resonable discussion about nuclear power.
Most of your nuclear plants were built or commissioned prior to the fearmongering of the "luddite rabble". Why aren't so many being built over the past 30 years if the "ludite rabble" are so progressive? If I remember correctly, the powerstations you have were only kept running by policital uncertainty, not due to progressive decisiveness.
b)You have given excellent reasons for preventing widespread use of the car. Please work on that first. You also give excellent reasons for obtaining more experience to know how to build better and more robust plants. Your incompetent third world will poliferate at some stage. USA/whatever watchdog can't be everywhere at once all the time. We would be better off teaching them the methods of generating the safer forms. Yes, I did; I suggested making them the competent third world. ~(Can it be done? Are they smart enough to understand our wisdom?)
b redux) No, Nuclear waste a misnomer; it is useable, leftover from a utilised cycle. Demonstratably genuine power sources in their own right. Not used, because once again the "luddite rabble" decided it was too dangerous/scary to build the processing plants for that purpose.
Your lament of rabidly pro-nuclear /. ignoring or minimising the problem, insists that storage alone is the one of two solutions, and a bad solution at that. The other solution seems to be stay with coal power generation.* Reprocessing also significantly shortens the storage period. Yes, I will admit it will give nuclear a larger cost. I still don't see that it is a reason not to do it. Obviously the higher energy products should be used for power generation.
Then there is that the current popular methods release far more radiation uncontrolled as waste than nuclear power does. But lets not go there.
I recently had a conversation with a woman that you sound like very much. She was arguing against the evils and accumulation of synthetic substances we use in every day products. Admittedly she was trying to sell 'natural' soaps and deoderisors; but she was a true believer. Except she was wearing a synthetic leather jacket and plastic accessories.
*I'd love it if the 'sustainable' power generation would take the world by storm. I love solar, geothermal, wind, and wave power sources. I'm intrigued by many other alternatives, but I can't reconcile the numbers with the hope. Without taking the human race back to virtually extinct levels, I can't see a world without nuclear supporting us --- at which point the next metor finish the job off.
That is no excuse; for those of you who are feeling oppressed try http://www.portableapps.com/.*
They are so beautiful, I'm thinking of making this the default way to set up a system with useable software. Love portableapps.com.
* Okay, yes there are some places where even portableapps aren't possible. Most will work though.
What Josh04 said and if you are going to be pedantic... please recognise that there are more than 4 linux users. ...I'm assuming that you are a different persona to Mr RMS.
yep, that was a recursive fail
Yeah, so if you get pulled up without, you're fried. No disabling of car until proven guilty.
Computers for some reason, it is guilty til proven innocent till next update/"arbitrary event".
Come on; what exactly is your beef with it?
Sooo how many car engines have you heard about being disabled because a owner modified them? engine, gearbox, whatever?
I've heard of more people changing significant vehicle parts out than modifying their computers (excluding myself of course), yet not one complains that they need to authority from the manufacturer to do so. This action is still crap, illogical and unnecessary.
Wake up mate! Microsoft has manipulated and coerced manufacturers and system builders to only provide their OS for decades; I've yet to hear of Apple doing the same in the mp3 player industry. Microsft continually provides stories of behind the sceen not-quite-mob-style deals. That is part of Microsoft's history. The best I can say for them is I haven't heard of this activity in the past two years --- doesn't mean it hasn't happened, just I won't accuse them of it in the past two years.
Mostly Apple just ignores the rest of the industry and does their own thing. That does seem to be providing lest fuctionality at higher prices, but that is up to them.
I agree that you weren't trolling now you have explained your thinking; I don't know that everyone is as familiar with Apple being associated with this scenario as you are --- I certainly didn't.
I just repeated all the insults you can come up with in my head regarding the above comment. Please don't trouble yourself to waste the time.
You're name calling a bloke who has a device that practically no-one has, on a website that claims to deal almost exclusively with technological devices... personally, I'd call him rich and "Buddy!".
Would you care to explain your comment further? You seem to be trolling apple fanboys yet disagreeing with the pp would suggest the opposite.
I'm trying to do it now. Having come from linux to WinXP limited user... I hope my wife sees the flaws in this. (Yeah, yeah under the thumb... actually was demonstrating the futility of it.) It is as easy as ... well, just shoot me now.
Not to mention the hodge podge computer doesn't actually work with the 'official' drivers. Gah. I still can't believe people still pay for this trouble. Yes, before I was linux user I purchased WinXP.
I've decide you are right. Thanks for pointing out the flaws in my thinking.
No not really. It is mostly luck and engineering that prevents the loss of data currently. Engineering makes storage devices a robust as possible but they can't proof against all angles. Perhaps the engineers layer the protection so that you have to transfer the shock through multiple layer of absorbtion to effect the core.
However a single shock to a particular point has caused me to lose the data on my phone (not the simcard though). That was an much older phone; I haven't been able to kill my current phone.
George just unlucky I guess.
You had trouble reading that? That is troubling. I'll definitely slow my typing down. Thanks for the heads up.
You're a big man, you called me a fagot! Wow! Did it bother you to get called out?
Get out a bit more and you'll find more people actually do get bugged by this because they don't limit their computing to a box on a table. But we should just lay down and let the manufactures make us all just buy yet another useless connecter except when we want to do what computer are great at and maybe communicate.
Great solution you have there; add more dongles.
I don't think hacking or cracking are limited to the free world.
except for USB type A & B, microA & microB, miniA & miniB, plus the multitudious types that manufacturers used to subvert the 'single' design
As a protocol it has done better than it should have, connectors not so much.
Alright, what functionality does Windows 7 bring that WinXP can't do even with a minor after-market modding?
Appearing to run faster than Vista doesn't count.