corona_coder wrote:

He was a drug addict.  I bet he overdosed.  Saying that you are surprised he died from an overdose of sleeping pills is like being surprised that fat Windows programmer died from Taco Bell.

Ledger's last good performance was " A Knights Tale".  I probably wont see  his last movie "The Dark Knight" as I dont support drug abuse or anyone who dies from it.

Jeremy W. wrote:

The problem is that it's sites. Not servers. More IIS boxes are 1-site and 1-app boxes. For instance, GoDaddy parks 10,000 domains on one instance of Apache. In fact most domain companies park incredibly large numbers of domains on one server, which skews the results completely.

evildictaitor wrote:



Maddus Mattus wrote: Rumor has it all sorts of pills were found next to his body,... Shame really, I really liked his movies,..

Sleeping pills. The police haven't concluded suicide, but they haven't ruled it out as yet either.

PaoloM wrote:

Sadly, my Mac is Leopard only

Mark Brown wrote:

Hi everybody.

I'm in the market for a new laptop. I've always heard lots of good things from my designer friends and other fake turtle-neck wearing mac users about the Vista experience on their MacBooks. Many said its fantastic.

But I'd like to get some more data on this so I'd like to see what your experience has been with that setup and hear the good as well as the bad about how well it has worked for you.

Thanks.

YearOfTheLinuxDesktop wrote:



nightski wrote:  First?  My laptop has one

then your laptop is not a PC but a Mac

evildictaitor wrote:


Seriously, what the hell!? I didn't know Microsoft were doing that - I've been sitting here with all my potential movie-buying goodness, and Microsoft has been letting all of that potential profit disappear to their competition.

Well frikken done MS Marketing.

evildictaitor wrote:


The delays might be the developer's faults (although I'd go with bad estimates by managers) and feature drops are certainly manager requests.

evildictaitor wrote:


But even then, Vista's PR is terrible for what it is. If some other company (say Apple) released an Operating System that had back-compat, networking, security and graphics like Vista, I wouldn't hear the end of it, what with all the news reports saying what a genius Jobs is.

GoddersUK wrote:

Not just pants, M&S pants

vesuvius wrote:



Many moons ago M+S togs bore the St Michael brandname (this is of infinite interest to non-UK niners). This was a seal of quality, and stated the articles were "British made".

Now most  tog comes from places like China, the UK is no longer a bastion of industry. With this comes the inevitable compromise in quality, consequent to soaring oil prices (transportation) and lukewarm sales. Profits have to come from somewhere.

When was the last time you paid £50 for something that really lasted?

Massif wrote:

Surely the big (oohh.. no pun intended, honest) problem is that we aren't being gripped?

Ian, Wakefield, UK wrote:

I had been a big fan of M&S briefs for years and thought that with the M&S Autograph Collection and subsequently the MW Collection, I had found pant heaven. These underpants ticked all the boxes: the material was a wonderful soft texture, they were a snug fit across the bum so there were no uncomfortable (or unsightly) creases, and most importantly they had ample width across the gusset and sufficient room up-front, so the contents stayed in place without the need for frequent adjustment. This is no longer the case - gusset widths seem to have shrunk (can we blame Europe?), so buying pants from M&S has become a hit and miss affair. I imagine that the one in four men quoted by Stuart Rose are either smaller than average or that their pants are bought for them by unwitting (or possibly sadistic?) partners. My own partner, knowing that blokes would tend to suffer in silence rather than discuss the subject, did put pen to paper on the subject to M&S last year but their response had been the classic rebuff 'no one else has complained'.

InfoWorld wrote:

Millions of us have grown comfortable with XP and don't see a need to change to Vista. It's like having a comfortable apartment that you've enjoyed coming home to for years, only to get an eviction notice. The thought of moving to a new place -- even with the stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and maple cabinets (or is cherry in this year?) -- just doesn't sit right. Maybe it'll be more modern, but it will also cost more and likely not be as good a fit.

stevo_ wrote:



Personally I don't think the UI should change much in Seven, I also don't see Windows being dumped in favour of a new kernel.. it doesn't make sense..

I don't think Windows is destined to fail at all if it doesn't change, they just need to work on releasing more often and keeping Windows pruned..

The virtualization idea is just one of those things we get attracted to as developers because it looks really clean and a good way to detach from legacy problems.. but it doesn't make sense for the OS to move like this.. the OS needs to provide a better platform for developers, adding features in, more than anything in the next versions of Windows, I want improvements to .NET, and all the foundation systems they introduced with .net 3 fx (whatever it's called!).

Infoworld wrote:

Millions of us have grown comfortable with XP and don't see a need to change to Vista. It's like having a comfortable apartment that you've enjoyed coming home to for years, only to get an eviction notice. The thought of moving to a new place -- even with the stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and maple cabinets (or is cherry in this year?) -- just doesn't sit right. Maybe it'll be more modern, but it will also cost more and likely not be as good a fit.

Infoworld wrote:

Join us, and tell Microsoft that you want to keep XP available indefinitely. Not for another six months or a year, but indefinitely. Sign InfoWorld's petition today. And consider submitting a "Save XP" video to our site to help spread the word.

elmer wrote:


Perhaps there is a vaild reason and it's not just a rip-off, but I struggle to understand why managing partitions on a Windows server is so much more complex than managing partitions on a Windows desktop ??

intelman wrote:

All these negative things get into people's heads. People really hate Vista, even the average joe, they "hear it sucks" and just assume that it really does.

I really do not agree, but I'm kinda excited about it, because Windows 7 has a higher bar set....

RobbieCrusoe wrote:

I have to agree about the NHS.  Yes, they get slagged off by the press and public, but when you need them, they are there.

I recently had a heart attack (minor), and went to my local hospital A&E thinking it was indegestion.
I was rushed straight in for a barrage of tests, then admitted to the Coronary Care Unit.  4 Days later (I was admitted on the weekend, no consultants), I was transferred to another hospital where I had an Angiogram and had 2 stents fitted.  I was out on  the Thursday.

Throughout my stay, I was impressed with the professionalism and the humour of the nursing staff.

What did this stay and operation cost me personally?... £2.90 for the patientline crap at the bedside so I could watch TV whilst lying still for 5 hours!

(For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Patientline is a system that provides TV, Telephone and Internet services at the bedside in hospitals - the internet service is rubbish, based on Windows CE from what I could see when I crashed the system , and the service is generally a rip off).

I really does sadden me that the nurses get such pathetic pay for the job they do.

corona_coder wrote:

Since Microsoft doesnt release GPL software, I havent downloaded anything from Microsoft.  Qaulity is poor and the Open Source community releases better and more fun software then Microsoft could ever hope for.  Microsoft is on its way out.  Apple just crucified them and cut their throats  with MacWorld '08.  Ubuntu is taking over PC operating systems.  Microsoft doesnt have a hope nor a prayer the game is over Microsoft.  Dont go away angry. just go away.  Let the pofessionals handle it.  Microsoft isnt the 500 ib gorilla anymore, its that beat-up, whipped dog that cowers in the corner.

When you can deliver a quality product that actually beats anything the OSS community or Apple can offer.  Do let me know.  I wont hold my breath because I know you can't and you never will.

creditcard wrote:

As much as I wish Windows would allow more customization, I don't think it will happen. You can partly thank Apple for that one though, because I think Apple got some people at Microsoft thinking they need to protect some sort of visual image.