Sep 05, 2008 04:47 pm When I first saw it a couple of days ago, I thought it was kinda funny. I like the idea of edible computers. That may not be good for the obesity problems as discussed in another thread though... :-)
Jerry Seinfeld/Bill Gates commercial
Posted on Sep 05, 2008 04:38 pm
dbmasters
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huh? am I missing something or is that just an incredible waste of time?
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Sep 05, 2008 04:47 pm When I first saw it a couple of days ago, I thought it was kinda funny. I like the idea of edible computers. That may not be good for the obesity problems as discussed in another thread though... :-)
Sep 05, 2008 05:44 pm ...was this a commercial about nothing?
Sep 05, 2008 06:40 pm OK, I sat through that to watch Bill Gates swing his hiney to indicate we will be eating our computer's for lunch?
I wonder how much money he wasted on that only to have people laugh at his complete foolishness?
Sep 05, 2008 06:48 pm I got a better laugh out of zek's response...
Sep 05, 2008 07:37 pm Don't tell me this went over you guys' heads! I saw this thing last night for the first time - in HD, unfortunately - and the way it came across to me was Bill Gates showing us his asz. You know, Naa, Naa, Na Naaa, Naa.
Get it now? If he could have gotten away with it, he probably would have dropped his knickers.
He probably did in rehearsal.
Sep 05, 2008 08:41 pm Well he can take his Na Na and shove it. I like many others will not be upgrading to Vista until support for XP Pro stops. I honestly don't want anything to do with that bloated piece of crap he calls and OS.
But by the time support for XP Pro stops either someone at Microslop will have wised up and lightened it up and rid it of the intrusive garbage. Orrrr, there will be enough info on tearing it to shreds and getting rid of the garbage by ones own self.
Sep 05, 2008 09:19 pm Wife has a Dell notebook with Vista Home. I managed to get its RAM usage down to about 900 MB at idle, using tips and tricks I learned online. Good thing it has a dual core and 4 gigs o' memory.
The madness... someone....please...
Sep 05, 2008 10:54 pm Ya, We gave a test run to 6 laptops with the corp version which is supposed to be a bit less intrusive. All I can say is my *** its less intrusive.
Disconnecting itself from the WiFi any time it feels like it. Shutting down a file upload program for programming a certain number of our digital controller modules and crap like that isn't very conducive to making me like it. That among about 30 other things it didn't like about some of the programs we use. And worst of all, it tried warning me every time I tried to get into my own server that I was accessing a bad website. What kind of crap is that????
Sep 05, 2008 11:12 pm Well if we could only get the damn computer to focus on running programs and take its energy away from the operating system...
Yeah, too much. Ctrl+Alt+Del
Sep 05, 2008 11:59 pm I have to throw in a good word for Vista here. It's not all bad. Of course my main computer is not being used as a recording unit, I use a HD recorder for that, and that may make a difference.
This comp is mainly used for programming, designing, photo editing and when I have time the occasional sound processing. It's a dual core 3Gig system and everything runs very smooth. No fatal errors and Ctrl-Alt-Del ever. I haven't trimmed it much and I have 2Gig available, which is more than enough for my needs. When I need more I can add an extra 1Gig.
Never regretted the switch.
Sep 06, 2008 12:26 am I don't know how it is for all of you in the recording world. But, for the live industry, there are practically no third party support for the Vista drivers.
I own Smaartlive 5.4 and 6.0, Yamaha Studio manager, Ashly protea' control suite, Dolby Lake with the smaartlive controller. And SoundDevice USBPre. All of these programs strongly suggest not to use Vista.
Each of these companies for the most part say use Vista at your own risk. And should you have a problem, do not contact them. Contact Microsoft instead.
Far as I am concerned, I am never making the switch to Vista!
Sep 06, 2008 12:33 am Nightcap, now just imagine how much more smoothly those programs would run on Win 98, had Microsoft spent the time on that OS. By the time they got to the fifth edition (in the timeline, about now) we might have had a decent, and a hell of a lot more efficient Microsoft computer experience.
The problem lies with the need for corporations to satisfy the consumers and stockholders. As we eggheads know, computer consumers and stockholders are, by and large, stupid.
So they look at their market trends, and after extensive and backbreaking - eh - analysis, they come to certain conclusions.
I certainly can’t fault them. They know their business.
Now if I could just get used to a one-button mouse….
Sep 06, 2008 02:19 am Yes Herb, I gave it a try and imagined it and what a nightmare it would be. An old corpse being patched up constantly to keep up with changing technology.
The way I see it is that it's a 2-way street. Technology improves and an OS adapts and adds room for more improvements, then technology leaps ahead again and the OS adapts again, etc. etc. A never ending process.
Of course I realize that marketing plays a role too, but even without marketing things will change.
My first computer had a 1KB memory, used a small TV for a monitor, had no color or graphics and programs were saved on tape. Changing the "OS" meant downloading the chip data to an EPROM programmer changing features in assembler, program the EPROM and replace the chip on the board. No, I don't want to go back again. :-)
Concerning the one-button mouse... What's keeping ya???
Sep 06, 2008 02:46 pm My biggest complaint about Vista is as Rob stated. No third party and even unstable main party support for it. They don't want to even try and write drivers because they have no clue what Microslop will add next that will bug them out.
While I agree things must advance and do. It is not needed to have all that extra bulk of crap that most of don't want or need at all. I shut off every piece of security from MS that isn't absolutely needed and run third party goodies with much better luck and much less bloat and intrusion.
I guess that is my biggest beef of all is the fact they run so much hidden garbage to keep an eye on what I am doing it isn't even funny. Give me the choice of whether I want to be watched or have my system monitored by them for error's. I and many others are very capable of finding MS web site if we need help sorting trouble out.
And I myself will never want a one button mouse, ever!!!!!
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