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Submission + - How previous Windows desktop revamps failed (zdnet.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19, 2011 @03:03PM

An anonymous reader writes: Every new version of Windows brings with it ‘the next big thing’ and puts a nail in the coffin of ‘the last big thing that didn’t take off.’ While Microsoft’s new Metro UI is the ‘next big thing’ in Windows 8, it’s the latest of a number of failed attempts by Microsoft to turn the Windows desktop into more than just a place to store files.

Submission + - Thunderbolt: Beyond USB And eSATA (itworld.com)

Submitted by

jfruhlinger

on Monday September 19, 2011 @02:46PM

jfruhlinger writes: "Thunderbolt isn't the first peripheral connection technology that Apple's pioneered, but this time they've got Intel's weight behind them. So what exactly is this tech's story? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols describes the basics of how Thunderbolt works — and what its adoption will mean for USB and eSATA, the standards currently duking it out in this market."

Comment parents (Score 1) 343

by Hellswaters on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @05:09PM (#36816226) Attached to: FBI Executes Nationwide Raid of Anonymous Members

Guess 12 kids now need to call and have there parents get them lawyers.

Comment teleportation (Score 1) 365

by Hellswaters on Friday February 05, 2010 @10:47PM (#31042614) Attached to: Physicists Discover How To Teleport Energy

How long until I can say "beam me up Scotty?"

Comment Re:What's different? (Score 1) 430

by Hellswaters on Monday February 01, 2010 @07:16PM (#30988908) Attached to: Using Windows 7 RC? Pay Up Or Auto Shutdown Warned

Whenever I use Windows, it always seems to shut itself down frequently when I'm in the middle of working on something. There's Blue Screens, automagic updates, and random freezes. So, what's different about this? It isn't going to change the uptime very much.

I got the retail of windows 7, never had a blue sceen, turned off automatic update (so it never reboots because of updating) and never had a freeze caused by the OS. I had the exact same experience with the RC. And, for the most part, same with the beta (minor issues, but it was a beta version)

Comment Re:..so? (Score 1) 430

by Hellswaters on Monday February 01, 2010 @07:10PM (#30988816) Attached to: Using Windows 7 RC? Pay Up Or Auto Shutdown Warned

Why does this commercial product work at all without payment?

Its the release client, mostly a demo product, for people to try it before the retail version is released, so that they could go and buy it knowing that is better than Vista

Comment wording of question (Score 1) 395

by Hellswaters on Sunday January 17, 2010 @07:10PM (#30802262) Attached to: Lines of computer code written in my life:

Well the poll just says "how many lines have been written" not "how many I have written." So, I think it is WELL above a million. If it was the other way, well very very very few, to say the least.

Submission + - Windows 7 God mode (cnet.com)

Submitted by Hellswaters on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @10:53PM

Hellswaters writes: "Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's control panels from within a single folder. "

Submission + - Dreamliner takes flight (cnn.com)

Submitted by Hellswaters on Tuesday December 15, 2009 @03:05PM

Hellswaters writes: After over two years of delays the Boeing 787 dreamliner has finally taken flight for the first time and has begun its extencive flight test program. Everyone that was not aware, this aircraft has millions of lines of computer code, so this flight is just as big of milestone in aviation is it is in technology.

Comment Dead (Score 1) 203

by Hellswaters on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @03:12PM (#30287052) Attached to: Infinity Ward Fights Against <em>Modern Warfare 2</em> Cheaters

Well this game is dead already. Thats the problem with no dedicated servers and mod support. People get bored of the same couple maps and toss the game into a box to collect dust.

Comment censored content (Score 1) 321

by Hellswaters on Saturday November 14, 2009 @01:31AM (#30095272) Attached to: Time To Ditch Cable For Internet TV?

Not going to happen until the borders are eliminated over the internet. 99% of the LEGAL (aka not torrent) content is only to Americans. Everyone else gets the shaft.

Comment Needs a better source (Score 1) 159

by Hellswaters on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @02:51PM (#29735105) Attached to: <em>Command & Conquer</em> MMO a Possibility?

I used to be on that forums and site a lot, and that's not a legit source. Its one guys opinion (and the guy is a idiot, to be honest.) If you even say EA, and bad game in the same sentence, he comes after you. Huge EA fan boy. However, I wouldn't be all that surprised if EA did make a C&C MMO, but like most of there recent games, it would be a epic failure.

Comment Re:So... (Score 1) 177

by Hellswaters on Thursday September 17, 2009 @01:15PM (#29455517) Attached to: Gravitational Currents Could Slash Fuel Needed To

Space. Its not a empty-less void. Its a series of tubes.

Comment already the case (Score 4, Interesting) 350

by Hellswaters on Saturday August 29, 2009 @02:09AM (#29240161) Attached to: Is "Good Enough" the Future of Technology?

Look at a large amount of government systems. Everything is to the cheapest bidder. But the cheapest bidder isn't always the best or product, and contains issues. Also known as 'good enough.'

Comment train (Score 2, Funny) 289

by Hellswaters on Friday August 21, 2009 @07:13PM (#29151961) Attached to: Ten Ways To Destroy a Hard Disk

One up the little kids putting the penny on the rail tracks . This should pretty much destroy it. If the train destroys it, the fireball should do the rest.

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