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Mr. Luddite

On 1/21/2014 11:04 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/21/2014 10:34 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:54:09 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:48:54 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:40:44 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/20/2014 8:42 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 1/20/14, 8:41 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:15:28 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:26:13 -0500, BAR wrote:

These days there are a bunch of better options if you can get
in the
air.
Napalm is cheap ;-)

With mines you set them and forget them. Napalm and other
munitions
requrire you to actively
drop them when the opposing force enters an area.

I think the next generation of drone will include a heavy lift
bomber.

I'll bet there's a B-52 somewhere already capable of unmanned
flight.

Just imagine the fun that will ensue when the Windows operating
system
on that heavy bomber crashes, and the plane delivers the Blue
Screen of
Death to a Virginia subdivision.

Harry, I think you are still living in the past when it comes to
Windows. It took many years but it has evolved into being a very
stable
and reliable platform, especially with Win 7 and Win 8. Even Vista is
ok if you have enough RAM. I have *never* experienced the "Blue
Screen
of Death" on either the Vista or Win 7 laptops. I bought the Vista
machine in 2009. It has had programs (or "apps) freeze up once in a
while, with the "program not responding" thing, but usually if I just
have patience and wait it will clear itself. If not, I just manually
close the program using the task manager and restart it.

BTW ... I've had the same thing happen on both my new iMac and on
Mrs.E's iMac, requiring a "forced quit".

I was reading the other day that 90 percent of ATM machines are still
running on Windows XP and there is going to be major employment
opportunities for techs as they are all upgraded or replaced with
Win 7
based systems.

I've grown to like the iMac for what I do with it but I also realize
that 70 percent of computer users are using Windows. Of course there
will be a larger number of problems reported. That doesn't include
industrial applications like ATMs and even some aircraft avionics that
use Windows.

I've had XP for quite a while now and love it. My wife has had Vista
and now Windows 7. I'll take XP
over both. Haven't seen the blue screen since Windows 95.

===

I've used them all and 7 is way better than Vista. I think you'd
like it.

I'll probably do it sooner or later. XP support ends in April. Not
sure what I'll be without, other
than security upgrades. The guys that built my computer will give me
an upgrade. Guess I'll bite the
bullet.

Yeah, I like win 7 best... Wife is going crazy with 8... hates it...

We have a Win 8 laptop at the guitar shop. Different, but after playing
with it a bit it you get used to how it's organized. I agree though, I
like Win 7 better.