As mentioned over in N/C by Ex (Good idea Dave - think rather than a new board, use politics as it can be a very hot topic), a thread for O/S & Technology discussion.

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NO flaming, baiting or abuse.
No big gun/little gun arguments.
Knock the O/S, Technology, NOT the poster.

We have had several crunchers assist Windows/Linux users on a terrific basis, let's keep it that way.

To start off: -

As already mentioned, I agree with the statement that Win 7 wil become XP's successor as Win 8 is a Royal Pig's dinner. It was stated on MS forums that with Win 8 DP & CP, there were several tips available to have the Desktop available from startup.

So far, I've tried them all & Win 8 continues to boot up into Metro. So it does look like Microsoft has locked those out.

With Linux & the Unity/Gnome 3 debacle, the Linux community has provided alternatives, for example Mint 13, which I'm currently using. This is a good thing, however, the same cannot be said for Microsoft - How long before the Tidal Wave hits Redmond?

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I will say Flat out I love XP. Untill the other day my old P4 has crunched and performed all other computer duties with out fail. Only did a reinstall once in 8 years. And it didnt need it then just wanted to clean all the junk out and do a nice fresh reinstall.

I like vista also. Never had any problems running 24/7 since 2009.

As Im in the searc for a new computer do they sell win 7 or do you have to buy 8?

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Old James

Win 7 is still available.

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Yes James, HURRY if you want Win7, because soon the shelves may be stocked with all Win8 machines.

And I will +1 your love of XP, for ten years I ran it every day, and it was not a bad OS at all (it's still alive today as a virtual machine living inside of my Linux server). Windows7 is also a pretty rock solid system too.

Windows 8 even though I have not used it, I have already heard from several sources about it being a bit buggy. Perhaps it just has stage fright, only time will tell.

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#resist

This is just an aside pertaining to the ever-going argument Linux or Windows.

I always mention to people I use both. Linux has become my primary OS for several reasons, not because I'm some huge FOSS evangelist, but because I'm a huge tech geek.

Here's why I don't like the Linux vs. Windows argument: Why not both? With Linux I can access multiple windows platforms simultaneously.


On the left is a remote desktop connection to WinXP that's running in my Linux server, on the right is Win7 that is running in a virtual box on the same machine that is hosting the linux OS and desktop pictured.

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#resist

Better yet, why both? If one does everything you want it to, there is no reason to switch.

Better yet, why both? If one does everything you want it to, there is no reason to switch.

Correct. Unfortunately A certain MS OS will not do all that I need, at least not without spending literally 1000$ or more... ;-) (And I still wouldn't have multiple workspaces)


(Oz, for someone who always complains about people that are 'linux evangelists', you are such a Microsoft evangelist it's not even funny, even in the context of using Windows, you're against it being done on Linux?... Hmmm)

(This user did not switch to Linux for the heck of it, there's many many reasons I now run Windows only inside of Linux; like you said stick with what works...)

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#resist

(Oz, for someone who always complains about people that are 'linux evangelists', you are such a Microsoft evangelist it's not even funny, even in the context of using Windows, you're against it being done on Linux?... Hmmm)

Can you please point out to me where I've evangelized Microsoft? Also, please point out to me where I've said I am against it being done in Linux?

Moving on. http://www.promotinglinux.com/ is a great satire if you're up for a laugh and don't take it too seriously.

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#resist

Will this lead to stagnation or better innovation?

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Will this lead to stagnation or better innovation?

As it will go to appeals court, Apple should not get to excited about the fisrt round win.
Yes a jury said they had won, But isnt an appeals court just a panel of judges?
they might have a different take on it.

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Old James

Will this lead to stagnation or better innovation?

As it will go to appeals court, Apple should not get to excited about the fisrt round win.
Yes a jury said they had won, But isnt an appeals court just a panel of judges?
they might have a different take on it.

And I hope you're right James.

I'm more interested in Google's/Motorola's plans to sue Apple.

Seems if Apple wanted to let the cat out of the bag, they're bringing this on themselves.

But this patent war is definitely history in the making, I don't think there has ever been patent suits between such big companies over such a huge technology (smartphones and devices). This is really going to be interesting to see what happens. Hopefully the cases will get thrown out and everyone will be told to keep innovating and stop waging war on each other.

Seems Apple is becoming more evil than Microsoft these days. Some day we may live in the Apple states of America and eat at MACDonalds.

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#resist

This was in one of the links a news reporter did when the verdict came out. He said it was like the first guy who built car sued the second guy who built one.

I mean a car has 4 wheels and a motor. how much basic can you get. And Id like to see what the patent lwayers say about apple and some of the ideas they might have borrowed.

Aslo apple didnt raise to big a fuss when Bill Gates used apples GUI for his first OS.

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Old James

I mean a car has 4 wheels and a motor. how much basic can you get.

Unless it is one of these:

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I mean a car has 4 wheels and a motor. how much basic can you get.

Unless it is one of these:

Or one of these!!



So a car has err between 1 and 6 wheels and at least one motor!!

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& one of these....wonder how long before Apple sue the Motor industry for infringing its patents?

Dashboard Driver Information Center

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The Volt Driver Information Centre looks very like many of the functions I have on my HP Inkjet printer.

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It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

The Volt Driver Information Centre looks very like many of the functions I have on my HP Inkjet printer.

Uh oh, I smell another patent war....... ;-)

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#resist

Since the jury upheld Apple's patent on the rectangle I think we should send apple our rectangles and ban geometry classes in the math curriculum,

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Before this thread (that I wish was a whole forum on these boards...) goes by the wayside...

I have been planning for some time to build myself one of these.



It's known as a "RepRap". It is an Open Source 3-d printer. Basically it "prints" three-dimensional plastic parts with some minor limitations.

As someone who is a seasoned "hacker-maker", this is a natural next step in giving myself the ability to make much needed parts for various projects. This will give me what I need to make precise enough parts for my projects to take on a whole new level of professionalism.

In addition to being a tabletop plastic part maker (both ABS plastic and standard plastic), these things can be modified to print circuit boards among other things.

And most importantly, these self built and setup machines are humanities first "self-replicating" machinery. Currently they are built with metal rods, stepper-motors, some electronics, and plastic parts manufactured on existing repraps.

As the repraps Open Source abilities and parts base are expanded on, these machines will be able to produce a higher and higher percentage of their own parts. Many parts designed by the community fall under the GPL and are shared with everyone, as well as all technologies worked on by the RepRap Team. I am excited to get in on this now. Tonight I ordered my stepper motors. In a few weeks I'll buy all the necessary electronic components and power supply, and then finally purchase the plastic build parts and a bunch of threaded and non-threaded metal rod. This will be my winter project and by spring I plan on having my first reprap up and running, and using it to make parts for a second, better reprap unit.

Self-replicating. I like it. And I'm happy to have finally ordered my first (and most expensive) parts for this build.

To really see one in action check out this YouTube vid.

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#resist