Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 1) 605
And by the way, the method I mentioned in the other post (ctrl-alt-del, t) is how I've done it since NT 4.0 as well, hehe, so it's deep ingrained muscle memory.
Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 1) 605
ctrl-alt-del, t
I might be able to get used to ctrl-shift-esc (never knew about that), but since I use ctrl-alt-del all the time anyways (log on / lock / log off / shutdown), it's the fastest-by-muscle-memory way to do it, for me. *shrug*
I might be able to get used to ctrl-shift-esc (never knew about that), but since I use ctrl-alt-del all the time anyways (log on / lock / log off / shutdown), it's the fastest-by-muscle-memory way to do it, for me. *shrug*
Comment Re:New security process (Score 1) 605
I've just recently been getting a group of 2008 x64 servers up and running, and for the most part, I actually like them. And no, you don't have to deal with the UAC popups etc. the way it is in Vista for every damned little thing.
Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 1) 605
My favorite usability change in Vista is probably the way that start menu folders are automatically and by default sorted alphabetically, instead of just appended to the end as they're added.
Comment Re:Windows 7 (Score 1) 605
Yeah, I constantly ran into little things like that when I started using Vista, and even now that I know where everything is, there are lots of things that take longer / more clicks than in XP, for no good reason that I can discern.
The ones that gets me the most are things I used to be able to do very quickly with just the keyboard that now are difficult or impossible without reaching for the mouse, like shutdown / restart, opening network connections, or starting task manager.
The ones that gets me the most are things I used to be able to do very quickly with just the keyboard that now are difficult or impossible without reaching for the mouse, like shutdown / restart, opening network connections, or starting task manager.
Comment Every few months (Score 1) 393
Nearly all the things I really give a crap about are backed up and don't change / grow very often. I have RAID 1, so that averts basic disaster, and I'm not at notable risk for stuff like flood, fire, etc., so I'm a bit more lax than I could be...but as much of a bother as it would be to lose everything on all my personal computers, it wouldn't exactly be world-ending. There's nothing I have that can't be replaced easily, except my Winamp skin.
Comment Re:My humble opinions (Score 1) 397
Ditto. The 2 stations I listened to 95% of the time (I've canceled) were XM82 The System and XM48 Squizz. The System is gone, Area is weak, and Squizz has become 'Octane' and very pussified. It used to be a great place for rock / hard rock and occasionally some metal, and it still has that to a degree, but they've mixed in a lot of pop now, too, and almost never touch on the more hardcore stuff they used to play. On the last trip I took before I canceled, I heard 5 Nickelback songs in as many hours. Fuck. That.
Nobel Prize For Medicine Awarded, Physics Soon To Follow 135
Nobel Prize season is here again, and the first award for Physiology or Medicine was split between two virologists who discovered HIV and one who demonstrated that a virus causes cervical cancer. Coming soon is the announcement for Physics. Look to the right for a chance to pit your selection wit against the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with a poll for which scientific achievement deserves the prize. Front runners, according to Reuters, are; Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, discovers of graphene, Vera Rubin, provider of the best evidence yet of dark matter, and Roger Penrose and Dan Shechtman, discoverers of Penrose tilings and quasicrystals.
Dispelling Myths About Geomagnetic Reversal 158
UniverseToday has an interesting look at geomagnetic reversal, the process in which the Earth's magnetic poles trade places. The article cites known trends and recent studies to debunk doomsday myths and unsubstantiated claims about the process. One such study is attempting to model the earth's core with a 26-ton ball of molten metal. Another recently found evidence that the Earth has a second, weaker magnetic field. "We do know that this magnetic pole flip-flop has occurred many times in the last few million years; the last occurred 780,000 years ago according to ferromagnetic sediment. A few scaremongering articles have said geomagnetic reversal occurs with 'clockwork regularity' — this is simply not true."
MySpace's Melting Makes Murdoch Mad 346
Barence writes "Facebook has overtaken rival social network MySpace for the first time — provoking an angry outburst from Rupert Murdoch, the man who paid $580m for MySpace only three years ago."
To Whom Should I Donate? 299
jasonmanley writes "I currently use DesktopBSD. The other day I gave some thought to donating money to the project, but then I got to thinking — to whom would I donate the money? DesktopBSD benefits from FreeBSD and KDE among other projects. What about software with a smaller focus, such as OpenSSH? In fact, there are heaps of other projects' software embedded in FOSS packages, and I would like to know who the community thinks should get the donations."
Age of Conan's "Kinda" Launch and Massive Pre-Orders 582
While some are already enjoying the joys of Age of Conan via the early launch, many more will soon be enjoying the fruits of Funcom's labor. An amazing 700,000 copies of the game are being shipped to retailers for day one sales and in some locations pre-orders will not be filled due to server limitations. Between this and the new Warhammer game on the way, should Blizzard be worried, or will Wrath of the Lich King continue to hold their competitive edge?
First Looks at The Gimp 2.5 446
desmondhaynes writes "The GIMP team announced today the first release from the 2.5 development series. It is true that this version is unstable, but a little bird told me to give it a try and see what's it capable of. First of all, let me tell you that its interface is quite redesigned and I think that some users will have problems adjusting with it, but that's just my two cents. On the other hand, version 2.5.0 of The GIMP includes some hot new features, like the integration of GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) which will finally get support for higher color depths, more colorspaces and eventually non-destructive editing."
More Interest In Parallel Programming Outside the US? 342
simoniker writes "In a new weblog post on Dobbs Code Talk, Intel's James Reinders discusses the growth of concurrency in programming, suggesting that '...programming for multi-core is catching the imagination of programmers more in Japan, China, Russia, and India than in Europe and the United States.' He also comments: 'We see a significantly HIGHER interest in jumping on a parallelism from programmers with under 15 years experience, verses programmers with more than 15 years.' Any anecdotal evidence for or against from this community?"
LAN Turns 30, May Not See 40? 279
dratcw writes "The first commercial LAN was based on ARCnet technology and was installed some 30 years ago, according to a ComputerWorld article. Bob Metcalfe, one of the co-inventors of Ethernet, recalls the early battles between the different flavors of LAN and says some claims from the Token Ring backers such as IBM were lies. 'I know that sounds nasty, but for 10 years I had to put up with that crap from the IBM Token Ring people — you bet I'm bitter.' Besides dipping into networking nostalgia, the article also quotes an analyst who says the LAN may be nearing its demise and predicts that all machines will be individually connected to one huge WAN at gigabit speeds. Could the LAN actually be nearing the end of its lifecycle?"
