Posts by Mage

Laughs

Ha Ha ----->

says Nelson

Hmm...

Like Samsung was ding with ARM about 8 years ago?

:-D

Finally

The time has come, esp with more Browser Centric Intranet, Cloud and Public Internet to seriously look at Linux as a Migration option.

Microsoft has basically lost the plot since Server 2003.

Lock in to Exchange & Outlook non-email functions and then Sharepoint was among the worst Corporate decisions, allowing MS to hold Business customers hostage.

For me MS 1981 - 2014 RIP, avid supporter of NTFS, and NT since NT3.5 (Our first deployments just before NT3.51 Release). One of the most important IT vendors for Business has worked hard to become an irrelevant Consumer Appliance company.

Some more Boutique Companies may go entirely Mac + Linux Servers, but I fear the Mac will be ditched for a larger iPad with keyboard and the Mac "all in one" monitors will also migrate to ARM and iOS. Cost reduction, same end user price and more Apple Control / iTunes delivery etc.

There are old Windows applications I need, I will look harder for Linux alternatives and as final resort a Virtual Machine with XP (no Internet) or WINE.

Currently 2014- 2015 is looking unpleasant IT wise. Win7 and especially Win 8 simply isn't a viable alternative to XP. Still running Skype 3.8 on XP. Skype 6.10 on Win7 using about 90% CPU. This seems to be a Skype Issue since about 6.7

Some applications bought between 1999 and 2010 still in use won't even run at all on Win7, never mind Win8. Often newer versions more buggy, no worthwhile extra features and the upgrade cost of all these is much more than cost of a new Workstation.

Hello?

Anyone else find those a bit Bamford and a little confusing. Reminds me how many Series I didn't see though.

Yes Absolutely true.

A present for someone you hate. A terrible thing to do to a Book and sounds unpleasant to use.

Mad

How can they claim it was clever Criminals?

1) Not supposed to save this info

2) Any stuff financial if has to be stored should be properly encrypted and not in web root and not accessible via database hacks from Web.

Not quite Computer HD, Only TV HD

Full HD display

Enjoy a state of the art viewing experience with the Full HD 1080p display.

Why is the entire industry convinced Laptops are only for Video? I had 1200 lines in 2002.

17" 4:3 screen 1880 x 1410 or so would be an incremental step up from 2002.

Still, it's not as bad a laptop as Berger suggests. But at 13" diagonal 16:9 it's a notebook rather than laptop. On negative, it *IS* stupid shiny screen, no ethernet, possibly no card slot.

http://www.dell.com/ie/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd

One for a large handbag/Manbag?

I'd not buy one for any OS.

ANYONE USING SOME ELSES LOGGING SERVICE

Is really really stupid. Zero understanding of

A) Security. EVERY different site needs its own log-in. A universal Login is stupendously idiotic. Even more stupid than using the same password for everything.

B) Why should someone have an account with an unconnected service. ESPECIALLY "bloodsuckers" like Google, Facebook, Twitter (they are parasites on the Internet, though at least Google is almost a worth while one, like leeches for certain skin disorders maybe ulcers)

I stopped using a major UK media site because of this issue. The guy running it can't see what the problem is in

A) Only allowing Google+ login

B) Assuming everyone that wants to use his site is prepared to sign up to Google+

No ...

You can cleverly craft broken formats to break the program* reading the data (simplest is String Buffer Over runs/ Array bound violations).

It's not necessary that the format is MEANT to have executable code in it.

But it must be six years since I opened MS software to view a TIFF from Internet (it a was a multipage Tiff, which oddly most photo editing SW/viewers can only see 1st page). Is the default Windows Image Preview/Printer application of XP and later Windows vulnerable?

(* or a 3rd party library the programmer of the program used)

Or ..

Perhaps their metrics are not terribly representable of the Majority of iPad users?

Absolutely

Never a truer word.

Full of Sic.

Win Win Win?

Win for Consumers, Win for Cisco (more video means they sell more kit to someone somewhere) and a Win for the MPEG-LA. Every individual build probably doesn't need tracked if Cisco does a suitable volume licence deal. Less paperwork per use for MPEG-LA?

Next

is not "Next" Workstation

but end of Macs.

As soon as there is a bigger iPad with keyboard cover selling well the Macs will be Dumped. Seen a new Apple Server lately?

Rotating elongated Bead

The simplest is part white and black and rotated by a lever to outer edge at either end. It doesn't need to be hollow, it can clip in to a frame.

But if it has four sides (a rectangular bead) then you can have two mid shades of grey.

We can't do more shades without going to very tiny dot matrix beads at 60dpi or higher as with our minimal parts (starburst) 4 x 3 cells, a part rotated bead would look rubbish and it's too complicated.

I think basically two states is complex enough, on or off. via intermediate mechanical linkage such that only one cell at a time is driven by the 3 x 4 rods from "look up table". The character set wants to be as small as possible. After changing a cell by default the next cell is addressed. Erase can be a plate with rods to engage every bead and push to all white (or all black, which ever is blank)

Also Don't forget!

Superman isn't real either.

I hope

They scan at good bit depth in mono and RGB and resolution of more than twice the smallest grain size though.

Worthy archive project.

Stupid nonsense about 4G

4G isn't and wouldn't ever be economical to fill gaps in wired/fibred coverage. It simply doesn't have the capacity without x10 as many masts in those areas. Rural FTTP or Fixed Wireless is cheaper!

Battery

A high proportion of batteries will be poor before 2 years. What is the use anyway if you can only use 25% of the battery and need to recharge to have decent life? If it's useful as a tablet it will see 80% to 90% discharge per use and the battery WILL need replaced inside 2 years.

Batteries need to be user replaceable.

SSD wears out too. Though not as fast.

Newborn

Maybe it was newborn mice. Does it say humans?

Or

Not move at all. In reality the lack of patches doesn't make much difference to a sensibly used XP behind a firewall.

Surely there is a non-MS alternative too? Not if you have a large investment in old Windows and DOS programs, some of which don't work on Vista/Win7 and perhaps more don't work on Win 8, so the very people that can easily move to Win8 due to legacy baggage perhaps can move from MS. Many people I meet even with Win7 already are talking about Apple OS X or Linux. But the danger with Mac and OSX is that Apple has no loyalty to customers. Where are the Apple Servers today? If Mac and OS X is too much less attractive in Income than a cool styled "notebook" based on ARM and iOS Apple will drop the OS X based Mac family.

Idiots

Why don't they have a $7 subscription service. Or buy Aero and keep it at $8.