Comment Take it a bit farther (Score 1) 86

by Bit101 on Sunday December 12, 2010 @02:26PM (#34529654) Attached to: Microsoft Seeks 1-Click(er) Patent

Maybe if they patent "clickers using student-generated response" I could avoid taking tests all together.

Comment Re:Sorry Ars, you are animated too (Score 5, Insightful) 1051

by Bit101 on Sunday March 07, 2010 @09:57AM (#31389228) Attached to: Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking

I'm with that too. I'm perfectly fine with ads like the Google text ads. Hell, I even enjoy them sometimes. I went to a site that had these ads that constantly advertised for different MMOs, which I tried. I won't have found about these sites.

Comment Re:Sorry- but (Score 1) 455

by Bit101 on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @07:24PM (#27579577) Attached to: Mozilla Mulls Dropping Firefox For Win2K, Early XP

I"m wondering why you'd still using win2000 in 2010. Seriously, innovation can't stop just because some people still use an old operating system. You can't keep your legacy programs and use the latest at the same time. It's either all or nothing.

Comment Re:No awesomebar? Good. (Score 1) 604

by Bit101 on Tuesday September 02, 2008 @05:15PM (#24850287) Attached to: Mozilla's Thoughts On Google's Chrome

Yes, your point? if you're saying they stole the idea...so what? They picked a good idea and added it.

Time for a Vista Do-Over? 746

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 31, 2008 @08:53AM from the better-luck-next-time dept.

DigitalDame2 writes "'There's nothing wrong with Vista,' PC Mag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff tells a Microsoft rep at this year's CES. 'But you guys have a big problem on your hands. Perception is reality, and the perception is that Vista is a dud.' He goes on to confess that the operating system is too complex and burdened by things people don't need. Plus, Vista sometimes seems so slow. Ulanoff gives four suggestions for a complete Vista makeover, like starting with new code and creating a universal interface table. But will Microsoft really listen?"

French Police Ditching Windows for Linux 122

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 30, 2008 @09:26PM from the viva-la-revolucion dept.

esocid writes "In another European blow to Microsoft the French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest administrations in the world to make the break. The gendarmerie began severing its ties with Microsoft in 2005 when it moved to open source office applications like word processing. It switched to open source Internet browsers in 2006."