Posted on 10/05/2005 7:42:38 AM PDT by N3WBI3
They buy new ones in cycles, and I got it not long after it was released a few years ago. I'm due for a newer one in the next year or so. Crunching web logs and compiling apps takes quite a while on it, but otherwise it's fine.
Well, after all, a bunch of long-haired pot-smoking moron communists implemented it in OpenOffice, so how hard could it be?
</Sarcasm>
If you read between the "times," management doesn't waste money. The laptop is fast enough for my normal work, and the big dual screens let me work fast.
Faced with the facts, you go into denial. It's easy to verify -- download OO and see for yourself. But I'm sure you'll come up with a reason for not doing so, therefore allowing yourself to remain in denial, wishing your usual lies were true.
You're the one who implied it's possible to get the original from a hash, not me.
They did it because crytographic algorithms are best when widely peer-reviewed. They did it because nobody would trust the algorithm if they couldn't study it for themselves. In cryptography we're talking science, and the scientific peer-review process is needed to vet algorithms.
Trying to twist my words? I said the truth that "security through obscurity is no security." That is, you have no security if you rely on obscurity, if the obscurity is your security. Given that obscurity doesn't gain you much, if anything, I said that you shouldn't spend much, if any, time on it and put it towards an acutal more secure algorithm. Obscurity can also be bad in that it can give the user a false sense of security, which is dangerous.
You need to work on those reading skills.
Exactly. There was no evidence MA was going to switch, but they did. Sorry Bush, but more and more organizations are starting to become wary of lock-in. They had the problem with IBM, didn't learn their lesson, and did it again with Microsoft. Twice bitten - once shy, government is a bit slow to learn.
Wow, we found a place to agree. Of course, Microsoft is also way behind and playing catch-up. It's all relative.
Your system is definitely faster than the one I tested on. Of course, those laptop hard drives slow launches immensely. A re-launch of either Word or OO Write was almost instant though.
You just don't get it. This is capitalism, and the customer rules. The customer states a requirement, and vendors line up to provide that requirement in order to get the business. Pretty simple.
Microsoft, and its spokesmen and slaves, just don't want to lose the lock-in and therefore the Office monopoly.
Looks like spyware and bloatware heaven. Probably the type of thing that automatically sets itself to pre-load everytime you turn on your computer, steal all of your file associations without asking, and put 2-3 hundred AOL shortcuts on your desktop.
LMAO!
You don't even know what capitalism is! Try profits rule. Customer service is just one aspect of making a profit.
Your socialist underpinnings are starting to show.
Try going back to Business 101. The customer has the money. The customer chooses who will get his business. Your profits depend on the customer choosing YOU.
Boot time from power off is influenced by the BIOS and by the hard drive, but XP is much, much faster than any previous version of Windows.
Program loading is also influenced by the hard drive.
The $900 system I would build for a business user would have the cheapest AMD64 currently available and a WD Raptor drive. The Raptor adds about $75 to the price of the machine, but makes program loading almost instantaneous. Business users have nothing to gain from a separate video card. I have yet to see a business computer fill a 20 gig drive, much less a 40 or 80.
This price would give you XP PRO and Office retail packages with real CDs. A little more than WalMart prices, but not outrageous.
In capitalism, the customer rules. You have to please the customer in order to make that profit. Unless of course, you're a monopoly, and then you don't have to care what the customer thinks. Microsoft is just starting to realize it can't operate in that mode anymore.
Trying to cover for your buddy huh? Profits are key and the only rule of capitalism. Everything else is just a means to make a profit. Customer's don't rule...profits do. Sure good customer service will help, but what if it costs me more than I make to give the level of customer service requested? If your at least educated past the 3rd grade you'll know you'll go out of business.
Still LMAO...customer's rule in capitalism. That was funny. And then you try to defend that ignorant statement. I guess that makes you even dumber.
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