Comment Re:That's because... (Score 1) 427
They do have to follow their own rules, you know...
They'd be the only government office that does....
Comment Re:Without warning? (Score 1) 430
Yea, those that are bothered by this will simply roll their clocks back to 2009, if that doesn't work it's a matter of finding the registry key or other config setting that affects this. Worst case, and hack the exe so that it thinks it shutdown. Best case, people with either go back to XP or buy 7.
Comment Re:War in the Internet Superhighway. (Score 1) 303
It's the evil bit http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3514.html
Comment Re:good (Score 1) 256
Something to think about, at least in some versions of XP the original (retail/upgrade) license even allowed for it to be installed on 1 Desktop and 1 laptop computer. This was removed in Windows 7 (and probably vista).
Comment Re:The value of an education. (Score 1) 287
You just got demoted to "Junior" you used punctation....
Comment Re:Our response is? (Score 1) 651
Have you tried http://wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl ? type China in the search box and you'll get a pretty big list of ranges to block.
Also, there's http://www.wizcrafts.net/chinese-blocklist.html and
this appears to be accurate, but I haven't verified it: http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/
Also, there's http://www.wizcrafts.net/chinese-blocklist.html and
this appears to be accurate, but I haven't verified it: http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/
Man Uses Drake Equation To Explain Girlfriend Woes 538
artemis67 writes "A man studying in London has taken a mathematical equation that predicts the possibility of alien life in the universe to explain why he can't find a girlfriend. Peter Backus, a native of Seattle and PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick, near London, in his paper, 'Why I don't have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation to love in the UK,' used math to estimate the number of potential girlfriends in the UK. In describing the paper on the university Web site he wrote 'the results are not encouraging. The probability of finding love in the UK is only about 100 times better than the probability of finding intelligent life in our galaxy.'"
Comment Re:Pulling the trigger (Score 1) 344
<quote><p><i>Windows 7, SP0, is actually pretty darned good - especially compared to that steaming pile of mediocrity (Vista) they put out last time. It's faster, the UI is cleaner and more useful (most of the time), it's very compatible with a wide variety of hardware. Even hardware that Windows 7 cautioned me probably wouldn't work...works.</i></p><p>I actually prefer vista. With vista, you can turn off the crappy new UI and go back to the classic interface. Windows 7 doesn't let you do turn off the crappy new UI. This fact alone is going to delay Windows 7 deployment for years.</p><p>The other very annoying change is the way MS messed up the domain logon screen. They make the user login as "domainname\username" or "username@domainname" instead of having separate boxes for the username & domainname. This causes enormous user confusion.</p><p><i>This is probably the first usable 64-bit Windows version for the desktop.</i></p><p>Bollocks. 64-bit XP has been out for years. Works great.</p></quote>
64-Bit XP is based on server 2003 code which is why driver support is lacking at best. While it is stable, it seemed a bit slower than 32-bit XP with some functions i use regularly.
I have some hardware that didn't play nice with 64-Bit XP (my sound card for instance) because the drivers were thrown together in a "good enough" fashion that required software from Nvidia and Realtek be installed to have full functional surround sound. Once both drivers were installed, I couldn't adjust the volume for channels individually without breaking sound all together, not a huge issue once it's known but a pain to figure out and get working initially.
64-Bit XP is based on server 2003 code which is why driver support is lacking at best. While it is stable, it seemed a bit slower than 32-bit XP with some functions i use regularly.
I have some hardware that didn't play nice with 64-Bit XP (my sound card for instance) because the drivers were thrown together in a "good enough" fashion that required software from Nvidia and Realtek be installed to have full functional surround sound. Once both drivers were installed, I couldn't adjust the volume for channels individually without breaking sound all together, not a huge issue once it's known but a pain to figure out and get working initially.
Comment Re:oh yes.. (Score 1) 344
I must have the lucky copy of 7 then, I've not had one blue screen on my home machine .....
Comment Re:Only management is fooled (Score 1) 344
Wow, I've had quite the opposite set of results, everything just worked and updated drivers were optional. Of course, I updated the drivers to get the 3d support and surround sound.
Comment Re:yes (Score 1) 1049
I guess that depends on who's trying to find you
Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269
<quote><p>Incompetence. Thankfully it's limited to cards made by one company. Not so thankfully, that company supplies 40% of all debit cards in Germany. (Insert sideswipe about monoculture here.) Finally and funnily, that company is French.</p><p>Google translation of the news here: http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fwirtschaft%2Funternehmen%2F0%2C1518%2C670400%2C00.html&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8</p></quote>
SURRENDER your code !
*ducks*
SURRENDER your code !
*ducks*
Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269
<quote><p>You missed one, i think you meant 9/11/11: THE SEQUEL.</p></quote>
I think you meant The Sqeakquel; I know I know, I'm going back to my cave now ....
I think you meant The Sqeakquel; I know I know, I'm going back to my cave now
EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341
Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"
Comment Re:oh c'mon (Score 1) 206
I prefer:
1. Find a new search engine
If it's close to as good as google's results i'm happy, obviously it won't be yahoo, but what about trueknowledge ? It's been in beta for a while and should be ready for primetime before to long.....
