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]]> Comment on A Mixed Day, Another Personal Post by Reilly http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=260&cpage=1#comment-556 Reilly Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:20:10 +0000 http://ebunam.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-556 Marc, I agree with your sentiments on RPA. I quickly stopped attending meetings once I realized it was little more than a social club and drag show organizing committee. Hopefully its restructuring as the GSA will being benefit to the RPI community. Perhaps then I could be persuaded to return. However, none of that seems very likely given what I've observed from the current executive board. Marc, I agree with your sentiments on RPA. I quickly stopped attending meetings once I realized it was little more than a social club and drag show organizing committee. Hopefully its restructuring as the GSA will being benefit to the RPI community. Perhaps then I could be persuaded to return. However, none of that seems very likely given what I’ve observed from the current executive board.

]]> Comment on A Fateful Return by joan patrick http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-554 joan patrick Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:50:04 +0000 http://ebunam.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-554 I also say Welcome Home. You are a cherished, wonderful, happy, caring, thoughtful, (not alone) I am your friend. You are God's creation and we are all loved by him as well. You, young man, get a grip, get on with your life. There is someone for everyone in this great big world. You will find that person eventually. When it is the right time and right place you will meet. Things happen for a reason. Remember, you are loved by many. I also say Welcome Home. You are a cherished, wonderful, happy, caring, thoughtful, (not alone) I am your friend. You are God’s creation and we are all loved by him as well. You, young man, get a grip, get on with your life. There is someone for everyone in this great big world. You will find that person eventually. When it is the right time and right place you will meet. Things happen for a reason. Remember, you are loved by many.

]]> Comment on A Fateful Return by br|z| http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=135&cpage=1#comment-553 br|z| Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:15:01 +0000 http://ebunam.wordpress.com/?p=135#comment-553 Welcome home. Welcome home.

]]> Comment on Sitting In A Not-So-Empty Classroom by Brett http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=110&cpage=1#comment-552 Brett Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:55:44 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/sitting-in-a-not-so-empty-classroom/#comment-552 Discrete isn't a difficult class (at least the first half isn't), and if you need any help, myself, Jon, and quite a few other people have taken it. Granted, our professors were different, but the material was the same. By the way, Chris' last name is Weyers. Discrete isn’t a difficult class (at least the first half isn’t), and if you need any help, myself, Jon, and quite a few other people have taken it. Granted, our professors were different, but the material was the same.

By the way, Chris’ last name is Weyers.

]]> Comment on Windows ~Fucking~ Vista by Brett http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-551 Brett Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:22:36 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/windows-fucking-vista/#comment-551 I was thinking today about Vista's Image-based install. I think I know why they're doing it, besides being much cleaner. After waiting about 20 minutes for the IE 7 beta to install, it became clear that installing and registering all of the components would take <em>hours</em>. Yeah, not to be flamey, but Firefox takes a few seconds, and doesn't require a restart while IE7 takes 20 minutes and needs one. Not cool at all (-_-). I was thinking today about Vista’s Image-based install. I think I know why they’re doing it, besides being much cleaner. After waiting about 20 minutes for the IE 7 beta to install, it became clear that installing and registering all of the components would take hours. Yeah, not to be flamey, but Firefox takes a few seconds, and doesn’t require a restart while IE7 takes 20 minutes and needs one. Not cool at all (-_-).

]]> Comment on Windows ~Fucking~ Vista by Brett http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-550 Brett Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:20:16 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/windows-fucking-vista/#comment-550 Microsoft doesn't risk losing its consumer base by taking risks. It risks losing people like you and I. The people who will end up with Vista, are the 90% that will get it preinstalled. While Microsoft maintains its "contracts" with major computer manufactures, all new computers will have Vista on them, and everyone who gets a new computer will get Vista. The major manufactures aren't going to drop Microsoft, and as long as Microsoft makes sure that their products still work together, the Enterprise sector doesn't even need to worry about radical changes. On a side note, VirtualPC is coming preinstalled (it's already free) because Microsoft wants to get its foot in the door of virtualization (of which VMWare and Xen seem to be the best of) for the future, especially in the enterprise sector. It may also be that they would rather people run other operating systems under Vista instead of installing them dual-boot. Like I was saying about fielsystems though. A new filesystem (even including options for other filesystems that already exist) wouldn't change anything on the surface of Windows. Most end-users wouldn't even know the difference. In terms of interface, any change is going to throw people. At this point, Microsoft taking any real risk would be far superior to them taking these wimpy, calculated risks. So many of their research and development projects that could be quite beneficial (most are spectacular) have never seen the light of day because this company is severely limited in its potential by its board and its investors. Microsoft doesn’t risk losing its consumer base by taking risks. It risks losing people like you and I. The people who will end up with Vista, are the 90% that will get it preinstalled. While Microsoft maintains its “contracts” with major computer manufactures, all new computers will have Vista on them, and everyone who gets a new computer will get Vista. The major manufactures aren’t going to drop Microsoft, and as long as Microsoft makes sure that their products still work together, the Enterprise sector doesn’t even need to worry about radical changes. On a side note, VirtualPC is coming preinstalled (it’s already free) because Microsoft wants to get its foot in the door of virtualization (of which VMWare and Xen seem to be the best of) for the future, especially in the enterprise sector. It may also be that they would rather people run other operating systems under Vista instead of installing them dual-boot. Like I was saying about fielsystems though. A new filesystem (even including options for other filesystems that already exist) wouldn’t change anything on the surface of Windows. Most end-users wouldn’t even know the difference. In terms of interface, any change is going to throw people. At this point, Microsoft taking any real risk would be far superior to them taking these wimpy, calculated risks. So many of their research and development projects that could be quite beneficial (most are spectacular) have never seen the light of day because this company is severely limited in its potential by its board and its investors.

]]> Comment on Windows ~Fucking~ Vista by ebunam http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-549 ebunam Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:10:38 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/windows-fucking-vista/#comment-549 Yes, I must agree that perhaps Windows is a bit too big for anyone to manage, but Microsoft has done as you said it has not been doing with it's OSes, and that is focusing on security rather than backwards compatibility. It is because of this that Microsoft will be including VirtualPC in higher-end versions. Also, Vista, like XP, will recognise previous installations of Windows and enable the Microsoft version of a boot loader at startup. I agree that Microsoft should take some 'risks', but these risks come at the threat of losing their consumer base. When I first started using Vista, I felt like I was going to fall off of my seat because I was anxious about the changes they did to the system. The changes weren't radical, but they were enough to make me feel like I had lost control of my OS. Unlike you or I, many people don't spend time getting to know their OS, and something familiar is what is necessary for most users. What I would like to see, which would satisfy both the need for familiarity and the need for 'genetic aberration', is distinct levels of Windows that can be selected at first boot, each specifically tailored to meet the needs of the user who is using the computer. It is already possible to do this, but it requires a server-grade version of Windows and use of the Active Directory features, something many people don't want to try as a weekend project. Yes, I must agree that perhaps Windows is a bit too big for anyone to manage, but Microsoft has done as you said it has not been doing with it’s OSes, and that is focusing on security rather than backwards compatibility. It is because of this that Microsoft will be including VirtualPC in higher-end versions. Also, Vista, like XP, will recognise previous installations of Windows and enable the Microsoft version of a boot loader at startup. I agree that Microsoft should take some ‘risks’, but these risks come at the threat of losing their consumer base. When I first started using Vista, I felt like I was going to fall off of my seat because I was anxious about the changes they did to the system. The changes weren’t radical, but they were enough to make me feel like I had lost control of my OS. Unlike you or I, many people don’t spend time getting to know their OS, and something familiar is what is necessary for most users. What I would like to see, which would satisfy both the need for familiarity and the need for ‘genetic aberration’, is distinct levels of Windows that can be selected at first boot, each specifically tailored to meet the needs of the user who is using the computer. It is already possible to do this, but it requires a server-grade version of Windows and use of the Active Directory features, something many people don’t want to try as a weekend project.

]]> Comment on Windows ~Fucking~ Vista by Brett http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-548 Brett Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:55:36 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/07/25/windows-fucking-vista/#comment-548 Security through obscurity is not. The reason that Windows has had a bad record is because it wasn't designed with security in mind, backwards compatibility has increased the complexity of the system, and it's become too big of a project even for Microsoft. I remember reading somewhere that the average coder writes 5000 lines of code per year. The average Microsoft Windows coder writes 1000. This is mostly due to the fact that Windows has 50 levels of dependencies, and possibly partly due to poor management. Whatever the case, the project itself has become larger than it perhaps should have, and this is weighing it down considerably. i want microsoft to succeed, to become something better than they have been, but that would require too many changes that I am certain their investors do not want made. One being to scrap backwards compatibility. the second being to remove features. Lots of features. The third being to actually take some risks sometime. And no, not the risk of "should the default theme be blue or red?" but a risk like "should we finally include other filesystem options?" And seriously, if they wanted a database filesystem, they could implement BeFS or borrow the code from the Haiku project. The entire design document for it is available as a book that was written by the people who created the thing. Security through obscurity is not. The reason that Windows has had a bad record is because it wasn’t designed with security in mind, backwards compatibility has increased the complexity of the system, and it’s become too big of a project even for Microsoft. I remember reading somewhere that the average coder writes 5000 lines of code per year. The average Microsoft Windows coder writes 1000. This is mostly due to the fact that Windows has 50 levels of dependencies, and possibly partly due to poor management. Whatever the case, the project itself has become larger than it perhaps should have, and this is weighing it down considerably. i want microsoft to succeed, to become something better than they have been, but that would require too many changes that I am certain their investors do not want made. One being to scrap backwards compatibility. the second being to remove features. Lots of features. The third being to actually take some risks sometime. And no, not the risk of “should the default theme be blue or red?” but a risk like “should we finally include other filesystem options?” And seriously, if they wanted a database filesystem, they could implement BeFS or borrow the code from the Haiku project. The entire design document for it is available as a book that was written by the people who created the thing.

]]> Comment on Shit… I DO Like Vista… by Brett http://marcebuna.info/pharm/?p=105&cpage=1#comment-547 Brett Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:39:48 +0000 https://ebunam.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/shit-i-do-like-vista/#comment-547 I feel sorry for you, and everyone else that will be buying/getting Vista. Unfortunately, this is the first stepping stone towards the TPM nightmare that we've always thought could never happen. For all it's worth in terms of usability, we're now doomed as computer users. Pretty soon, our computers will stop trusting what we do with our data and programs, and after that, well, I can only speculate. Intel is in on this too with their new and improved TPM modules. It breaks my heart to know that all of it is leading in this direction. And it breaks my faith in computing and the future to know that we've finally let ourselves become the cardboard masses, and we've finally let the machines (corporate or otherwise) control us. I feel sorry for you, and everyone else that will be buying/getting Vista. Unfortunately, this is the first stepping stone towards the TPM nightmare that we’ve always thought could never happen. For all it’s worth in terms of usability, we’re now doomed as computer users. Pretty soon, our computers will stop trusting what we do with our data and programs, and after that, well, I can only speculate. Intel is in on this too with their new and improved TPM modules. It breaks my heart to know that all of it is leading in this direction. And it breaks my faith in computing and the future to know that we’ve finally let ourselves become the cardboard masses, and we’ve finally let the machines (corporate or otherwise) control us.

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