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Re: HowTo: River2 is a fresh start

Pa_2 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:16:58 -0000

Dave:

Open source? Is this working?

thanks

- Papa

Re: Figures prove no-one gives a crap about your blog

Pa_2 — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:53:31 -0000

You read the report about my blog... and reprinted the results here? Oh, how could you... *SMIRK*

Re: Let’s look at Windows 7 as a fresh start

StevenHodson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:40:26 -0000

On the surface there may not seem like much of a reason to move to Win7 but there are some definite reasons under the hood to make the move. Win7 is a smaller tighter code base than than Vista and the driver support is the best I have seen with any Windows release. I remember with Vista that both nVidia and ATI driver support was terrible. With Win7 both of them have been right there since the earliest beta with video driver support. I also think that when it comes the 'eye candy' Win7 is a vast improvement over Vista.

Unlike Vista I would heartily recommend Win7 as a viable upgrade for the operating system.

Re: Let’s look at Windows 7 as a fresh start

pb — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:40:38 -0000

Strangely enough, our household used to swear by XP, and now there isn't a single XP machine in our house, and life is honestly much simpler.

My wife got a new desktop at almost the exact same time they released the W7 beta, so it was a logical candidate, particularly since she was running win2k before that. She seems really happy with w7. My main leisure desktop that is used mostly for web email & multimedia etc, was an XP box, that ran into several issues, that i could never resolve. I'm now using a variant of linux for these tasks, and have done so since a few months before the w7 beta was released. Thanks to synaptic, and a helpful Open source community, life is a whole lot easier.

I have a laptop that ran vista, and had been toying with moving it to either W7 or Linux. I recently loaded W7 for one primary reason - Media player 12. That is the only UpnP media server I have been able to find that just works with my new TV, the setup hassles I was having with vista and some of the 3rd party apps, meant that after a lot of research I stopped with the first one that worked.

The other great thing is al of the games that used to work ok on XP and then refused to run on vista now work again on W7.

I think most Joe/Jane computer users are likely to be using vista rather XP as they will have gotten their computer at a discount from a big box retailer using easy credit with vista bundled and will come by w7 the same way.

For me, if w7 had been more of the same vista retardedness, I would have continued with linux. If my wife had disliked w7 i would have tried getting her to install linux - (I had already convinced her to give it a try when the w7 beta was released while the new desktop was being shipped).

The challenge for me now, is that up until now, the price of running w7 RC has been the same as running Linux, with a similar ease of use. I am prepared to bear a reasonable cost to use w7, as it is a really good OS, but if the cost becomes unreasonable (after all the laptop is simply an upgrade from a Vista home premium), then I'm likely to continue with linux.

I am actually amazed at how easy life is since changing to these 2 OSes

Re: Let’s look at Windows 7 as a fresh start

Pa_2 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:43:30 -0000

This is a serious question, "What compelling reason(s) does a Joe/Jane Average XP user have to upgrade to Windows 7?" Aside from the 'Microsoft will discontinue supporting XP' concern I have difficulty recognizing a clear benefit from upgrading. (I will acknowledge the "Eye-candy" value of W7 which has always been a driving force in the PC world.)

Re: About this Hunch thing

Pa_2 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:40:28 -0000

I had a hunch you might see it that way... and I am not surprised. It appears to be a great execution of a FAIL concept. (Great post on your part.)

Re: Whining about a secure Windows

Pa_2 — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:57:36 -0000

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/05/s...

Re: Whining about a secure Windows

Pa_2 — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:53:10 -0000

Cranky:

Well struck! You certainly have made a case for mediocrity. Once I stop hyperventilating from laughter I will offer a rebuttal.

- Grumpy Papa

P.S. Thanks for the kudos.

Re: To Obama: I'm not an ATM (Scripting News)

Pa_2 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:08:59 -0000

And I thought it was just me. Thanks for bringing this to light.

Re: It was a tired joke then - It’s a tired joke now

Arni — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:24:17 -0000

Apparently you've been drinking a tad bit too much of the Linux Kool-aid there. Relax with the zealousy my man... it's only an OS.

Re: Shorter lines in the blink of an eye

Pa_2 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:25:04 -0000

Your government already knows everything about you (or can in very short order) why not use this to speed up pinch points?

Re: Barack flips off Hillary! (Scripting News)

Pa_2 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:59:14 -0000

Sadly I am sure that the rest of the '8-year-old' politicians will make it the talking point... Instead of the more expressive gestures that O uses at 2:30-3:00 in this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlR9DNfqGD4

Re: It was a tired joke then - It’s a tired joke now

Pa_2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:25:53 -0000

No! You 'assume' that there are Windows programs that I might need. Having spent enough time with Linux (I am still a M$ Administrator so I know the difference) I can say that M$ is a slimy PC based virus that its users don't even recognize... Winders is a 'program' unto itself that must be run in a controlled sandbox so it doesn't pollute legitimate computing environments. I contain Winders in VMWare ... at least there it doesn't corrupt the rest of my computer. I find the assertion that I 'might need' some Winders programs ... contemptible. You, having consumed the Redmond Kool-Aid... might need a Winders program... sorry for your ill fortune.

Re: It was a tired joke then - It’s a tired joke now

StevenHodson — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:56:32 -0000

It's a good thing you're my friend LOL (and yes I was expecting something like this from you :) )

Re: It was a tired joke then - It’s a tired joke now

Pa_2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:46:17 -0000

Or you could just load Linux and you wouldn't have the problem in the first place.

Re: Who’s the stupid one here

Pa_2 — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:01:57 -0000

Yo Cranky! You better retract that $1575.00 CAD or you will end up a mess on your hands... SMIRK

- Grumpy Papa