> > WinXP? Is anyone still using that with all the probs you see in the NG's?
> > ;-)
> > Achim
> I don't see many probelms reported by XP users. Sure, like anything new
> there are going to be teething problems for some - tell me something new why
> don't you?
> Wow! I'm glad you told me this,
Comedy, Alan, hmmmm...you've never really grasped the concept, have you?
Yea, but it gave me a good excuse to get a FFB joystick. :-)
Compared to the amount of free testing I do for the buggy games released the
amount of downtime with XP has been minute in comparison. *Way* less
downtime than with Win98 too. And I can always use system restore or roll
back a driver under XP if something does get screwed up. But, there is
nothing wrong with your method, just that if we all thought like you then
the wheel would never have been invented.
Duh...then turn it off. My XP desktop looks exactly like Win98 did.
But ofcourse, this computer was always on, so a good target for that.
Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/racer/
Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/
...
Problem is that MS is still designing from the DOS perspective; open
everything up, and start closing down and patching when things are
discovered that are insecure.
The Unix way is the other way round; close the thing down, and start
opening up what you need. Intrinsically that makes Windows insecure,
no matter what you do. Unix isn't that secure if you'd install it with
everything wide open. That's why by default, they don't, generally.
Something where MS must pay attention to, and is a matter which has
nothing to do with 'perfect OSes' or anything; it's purely a design
choice. Don't throw netlinks open by default.
Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/racer/
Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/
-Larry
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/se...
bulletin/MS01-059.asp
\Sarcasm Off
LOL!
-Larry
> Come to think about it, they're not really useful for anything besides
> desktop publishing and you can do that on a PC anyway.
> Did I mention the price ? ...
> The reason Macs don't get hacked is because no one uses them anymore ;)
> Hehehehe
> --
> Ian P
> <email invalid due to spam>
> > carefully:
> > >:Now you can do the smart thing and replace that Wintel piece of junk
> with a
> > >:nice new iMac.
> > And swap my lovely 21 inch monitor for a crappy 15inch one? No
> > thanks....
> > I would rather have a G4.
> > Tsunami
Besides which, I'm on dialup with a dynamic IP address and never stay online
long enough for anything worth downloading to be uploaded in the first place
:)
--
Ian P
<email invalid due to spam>
> >Well said !!
> >To be perfectly honest I don't give a rats ass about security problems,
If
> >hackers get into my PC all they'll get are my crappy GPL setups anyway ;)
> A creative use I recently saw was hacking into a computer, but
> silently using it as a storage place for warez. So you really became
> another point of of download. Eating resources, until you start
> wondering why the internet was becoming so slow.
> But ofcourse, this computer was always on, so a good target for that.
> Ruud van Gaal
> Free car sim : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/racer/
> Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/
Does GPL (or any other decent sim) run on a MAC ?
Which industry uses pre***ly Macintosh computers ?
How much cheaper are they to purchase than a PC ?
Are there enough MAC users for the hackers to consider MAC a target ?
--
Ian P
<email invalid due to spam>
> \Sarcasm Off
> LOL!
> -Larry
> > What use is a Mac for playing the latest sims ?
> > NONE !
> > Come to think about it, they're not really useful for anything besides
> > desktop publishing and you can do that on a PC anyway.
> > Did I mention the price ? ...
> > The reason Macs don't get hacked is because no one uses them anymore ;)
> > Hehehehe
> > --
> > Ian P
> > <email invalid due to spam>
Hehe...at least I would get bragging rights in my communal cave for owning
the first wheel invented.
Gary
> > WinXP? Is anyone still using that with all the probs you see in the
NG's?
> > ;-)
> > Achim
> I don't see many probelms reported by XP users. Sure, like anything new
> there are going to be teething problems for some - tell me something new
why
> don't you?
maybe under ME it wouldn't have frozen at all ( I live in the south of Spain
BTW ;-)
Achim
> It was about 90 in my apartment, and I was playing NASCAR Racing 4 online.
> In turn 2, the game locked up. Ctrl-Alt-Del, kill N4, check system temps,
> see its way hot, turn the A/C on, reload N4 and continue to play without
> ever rebooting. Running WinXP. Try that with 95, 98 or ME.
> > Hi Jason,
> > I agree with everything you said except hat WinXP is more stable than
> Win98
> > for ***. Just look at all the NGs what's going on there about WinXP.
> > I've always had a stable system with the older OSes. My current personal
> > choice is ME, and I haven't had a prob ever since I installed it. No
> > bluescreen, no nothing. Never. And I do a lot of installing/deinstalling
> and
> > experimenting with all sorts of applications and drivers.
> > Achim
