Since Vista is not Turing-complete, can we even consider it an OS?
I think to consider software an operating system, it should be required to prioritize the end user’s instructions over the manufacturer’s. Vista clearly does not do that… Did anyone realize that Media Center refuses to record NBC programs?
Plus, global DRM? WTF. A feature I don’t want, can’t turn off, and does nothing but slow the system down.
If you’re wondering, I <3 my Ubuntu. New OSX is pretty slick too.
That said, what do we call Vista if it’s not an OS? Applianceware? Hell if I know. Suggestions?
Something non-pejorative, in hopes that they’ll call it something different in stores.
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Life since Katrina: 3 stories of survival
Life since Katrina: 3 stories of survival
When Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in myriad ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recovery is a process that still goes on day by day.
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You must live in a third world country, since YOU live on less than $2 in a G8 nation.?
I often hear about 3rd world poverty being described as living on less than $2 USD per day. Yet like most buzz phrases it does not encompass the complexity of the issue. Par example, you of course cannot survive in a first world nation on $2 BUT many people in poor countries could live quite well on $60USD per month. What this means in short is that someone making $2 a day in some exploited neo colonialism backwater, actually lives better than MILLIONS of people in the so-called 1st world. Most people sleeping under bridges in the u.s. would prefer the dignity and satisfaction of being exploited in a 3rd world sweatshop, if it meant a roof over their head and providing for their family each night. When we released the manufacturing sector of our economy 20yrs ago, they told us that we would be a technological white collar economy. Then they used work visas to hire techno savvy people from africa and india, plus doctors and call centers were place offshore. 3rd world is growing…
cont- to include more and more of us everyday. This is guaranteed certainty when you consider 2 undisputed factors. 1. The amount of wealth held by the richest percent of the population is growing and 2. The official definition(not culturally misguided one that teaches only non black and brown countries avoid corruption and know how to add) but of exploitation with upside down economies forced to try and trade raw resources(like sugar) for cars and televisions. This makes a growing number of people in 1st world countries, 3rd world residents. Most 1st world households are 3rd world. YOU are trying to trade you skills to companies on the world market and keep using credit to mortgage your future earning for a bit of fancy trappings today. Most of my generation finds themselves with multiple degrees and a fear of having children only to be falling behind in reaching financial security. Everyone going to college is afraid to come out before they turn 40 because they keep telling
cont–you that education has something to do with income. You go to school an extra 4 years and the job is still taught to someone in 3 weeks in india. This dampens wages worldwide(like commodity prices for 3rd world) while having 1st world cravings and needs. Consider yourself the 3rd world leader of your home. Comments welcome.
food for thought on the detailed version of 3rd world
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/General/ThirdWorld_def.html