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Re: I Hate Microsoft

chris — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:32:25 -0000

This couldn't have come at a more opportune time:

http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron...

It's funny, reading the method he goes through to stop explorer and then restart it.

It's coincidental that a bash.org quote was posted today that pretty accurately describes Aaron's instructions:

#783472 +(150)- [X]

It's really simple to watch a move, just open the console, and type "
ffmpeg -i "$(find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex \
'.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | \
grep -i "Video" | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }')" \
-vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b 200 -ab 64 -ar 22050 -s 320x240 \
/tmp/video.avi
ANYONE CAN DO IT

Re: I Hate Microsoft

ncloud — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:49:32 -0000

I have used Ubuntu, and really like it -- and OSX is pretty sweet too. But alas, I have a lot of money invested in Windows software. I guess I could run a virtual machine with Windows XP on it, but I'm doing a lot of Windows dev. work right now so I went ahead and put XP back on my box.

Re: I Hate Microsoft

geetarista — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:09:47 -0000

I feel the same way as you, Daniel. I have not used Windows for over a year now and I feel great! I like Linux (Ubuntu right now) but I would also like to use a Mac as well--just a lot of money.

I just need to find a job like yours where I can get one for free! :)

Re: I Hate Microsoft

Daniel Miessler — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:51:31 -0000

I think you should skip ahead and move to OS X or Ubuntu. :)

Re: I Hate Microsoft

ncloud — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:45:42 -0000

I was running a retail copy of Vista Ultimate for about a month or so, but Windows Update kept breaking it. After a normal round of updates, my system would completely lock up about thirty seconds after it booted. I tried using system restore to rollback the changes, which worked the first time, but when it happened again I never could get the box working correctly. I switched back to XP Pro, where I will probably stay until there is a Vista SP2 that fixes the festering pile of horse shit.

Re: I Hate Microsoft

Jeremy L. Gaddis — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:36:43 -0000

After reading your "Staying Sharp with Microsoft" post, I wondered how long this would take. =)