No it doesn't.
Off the top of my head, looking at the
findstr documentation:, it doesn't have any way to include context lines. And the regular expression it accepts are motre limited (no '?' operator, no pre-defined character classes)
And, FWIW, I just tried the first search above (without the '?' & context stuff) with findstr. It is INCREDIBLY slow compared to the grep search. In fact, it still hasn't completed, while grep took just seconds.
In what ways did he prove me wrong? My points were clear and (IMO) he was merely being obtuse by missing them. I really didn't think further explanation was necessary, but I guess so, eh?
perhaps then, you missed my points.
First, Ameesh has made it very clear to everyone that he works for MS. As such, he represents the company whenever he discusses an MS product on this board. It was his own choice to be in this position. Sure, he might have been joking by his comment, but I thought it was out of line and said so. My comments were directed solely to Ameesh. Somehow, gopunk got the completely wrong idea that I was trying to use Ameesh's comments to stop people from buying MS products and I guess that puts me on some wierd high horse, eh?
Perhaps I should have sent a PM?
no, that's not the idea i got. i got the impression you were telling him he was not doing a good job representing MS. i was merely telling you that it's not really a concern, since ameesh's actions will probably not result in any decreased sales for MS, which is why it's important to look good when representing a company anyways.
And then the WinXP activation issue, I wasn't speaking personally about myself. I use WinXP everyday at work and really don't see what the big deal is about. XP is about as different from 2k as 98 was from 95B (which was not much). But then throw in Product Activation and the lack of a perpetual license and it seems pretty obvious that MS is going to do a lot more with XP than just cut off WindowsUpdate in a few years. As it is, notfred listed Product Activation as a negative of WinXP and Ameesh said, "Don't steal and it won't be a problem." Once again, I disagreed with Ameesh and stated why. Instead of being proven wrong, that MS wouldn't discontinue XP licenses in a few years, I was simply told (in a wierd way) that just leasing XP for a few years would be worth and hey, even a plus.
no, that's not what i said. i said that i seriously doubt your paranoid fears will ever come true, and that even if they did, you wouldn't be worse off for it. now that i think about it though, you might be worse off, if you have to pay for the OS's.
I use Windows and always have. It's great software and it works. I've never even tried Linux. But I actually pay for and buy my software from Microsoft and that makes me a customer and all I ask is to be treated like one. But that me on some wierd high horse again, right? :disgust:
like i posed earlier, do you refuse to shop in stores with security cameras? do you refuse to buy cd's with antitheft devices on them? what about clothes?
BTW, it is not "weird high horse" it is "weird horse"
perhaps then, you missed my points.
First, Ameesh has made it very clear to everyone that he works for MS. As such, he represents the company whenever he discusses an MS product on this board. It was his own choice to be in this position. Sure, he might have been joking by his comment, but I thought it was out of line and said so. My comments were directed solely to Ameesh. Somehow, gopunk got the completely wrong idea that I was trying to use Ameesh's comments to stop people from buying MS products and I guess that puts me on some wierd high horse, eh?
no, that's not the idea i got. i got the impression you were telling him he was not doing a good job representing MS. i was merely telling you that it's not really a concern, since ameesh's actions will probably not result in any decreased sales for MS, which is why it's important to look good when representing a company anyways.
And then the WinXP activation issue, I wasn't speaking personally about myself. I use WinXP everyday at work and really don't see what the big deal is about. XP is about as different from 2k as 98 was from 95B (which was not much). But then throw in Product Activation and the lack of a perpetual license and it seems pretty obvious that MS is going to do a lot more with XP than just cut off WindowsUpdate in a few years. As it is, notfred listed Product Activation as a negative of WinXP and Ameesh said, "Don't steal and it won't be a problem." Once again, I disagreed with Ameesh and stated why. Instead of being proven wrong, that MS wouldn't discontinue XP licenses in a few years, I was simply told (in a wierd way) that just leasing XP for a few years would be worth and hey, even a plus.
no, that's not what i said. i said that i seriously doubt your paranoid fears will ever come true, and that even if they did, you wouldn't be worse off for it. now that i think about it though, you might be worse off, if you have to pay for the OS's.
I use Windows and always have. It's great software and it works. I've never even tried Linux. But I actually pay for and buy my software from Microsoft and that makes me a customer and all I ask is to be treated like one. But that me on some wierd high horse again, right? :disgust:
like i posed earlier, do you refuse to shop in stores with security cameras? do you refuse to buy cd's with antitheft devices on them? what about clothes?
BTW, it is not "weird high horse" it is "weird horse"
I run Linux (Red Hat 7.3) for everything as it does everything I need and more. Unbelievably stable, all my gear works. I dual-boot WinXP for two reasons: Ghost Recon and Counter-Strike. I only use Windows like 1% of the time my computer is on... I play a few games of GR about once a week and only play CS at LAN parties. I play Quake 3 (and my mods) and RTCW in Linux.
If everytime I bought a pair of pants, I had to pay for them, take them home, then call the store back and ask "Can I wear my pants now?" and hope they said yes, and then if I wanted to wear my pants with a different shirt, call them backand say "I changed my shirt, can I get permission to wear my pants with the new shirt?" No, I would not buy pants from that retailer.
you missed the point. he was ranting about how he was being treated like a criminal. you are being treated like a criminal in the examples i gave. yet people don't mind that.
btw the reason why your example is so ricockulous is because unlike software, clothing can only be used by one person at one time.
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security cams don't impact me in any way. they don't break the buying experience. windows xp product registration does. you upgrade your hardware faster than MS deems necessary and you have to call them about it and explain it to them. how long does that take? you want to roll out the same install to 100 computers, you bought the licenses, but for expediency's sake you're using the same key on all of them, at least you did in win2k. have they come up with a good way to do that in xp yet? this is just another barrier to legitimate corporate use for xp (not that theres much of a reason to go from 2k to xp anyway).
You guys are both retards for this particular opinion (gopunk was probably being facetious but who cares). First off, UNIX has been around for ages and has excelled in the workstation and server markets for many years. People use it because it works, and often works better than Windows. Windows established solid (not perfect) stability just two years ago and everybody is supposed to switch to it because you feel it's faster and more efficient? People are different; it's completely brain-dead for you to say everyone would benefit most from using Windows, but instead Linux geeks just want to be different.Originally posted by: gopunk
I agree that for some applications windows isn't up to par, but it still seems the *nix crowd is an elitist bunch who is using it for the sake of being different and anti-MS, even though what they are doing is already being done by windows in a faster and more efficient manner.
mm... yea, linux people
A lot of those geeks used Windows (and DOS) for years as well. If WInblows was the best thing since sliced bread, then nobody would have even considered switching away. The bottom line is no one tool is perfect, and different people appreciate different products. But that concept appears a little too profound for some people to understand.
Arguing CLI vs GUI is silly. For expert users, the CLI is often preferred. The CLI is superior if you're scripting complex tasks. Now if you're just Joe User who needs to do one basic task, then you can live with the simpler GUIs that MS has designed. To argue that the GUI is always superior, or vice versa just displays ignorance. The argument that a few GUIs/wizards makes Windows more efficient to use is ludicrous. This is covered in an introductory HCI/User Interfaces course.
You missed my point. My point was that software activation is a pain in the ass. My example is perfectly fine from a practical standpoint, and I didn't mean for it to apply in the reasoning for the licensing, just the annoying act of registering your product.
If linux is so much better than Windows, then why does the majority of the general world population still use it? Its not because of a monopoly, its because Windows is hands down the winner for a general purpose operating system. You can make and tout all the niche products you want. Thats what hardware chips are for. I use a $5 calculator to calculate numbers. I use a watch to tell time. If I want a cheap server box that won't give problems and just sit there basically doing nothing but serve files or webpages, I'll use a linux or something similar. Hell, I'll bust out DOS 6 and use that just out of spite. But if I want to play games, use my computer as a multimedia center, do a little office work, even program some, browse the internet, go to the store and actually have PROFESSIONAL software selection that I can take home and use, get virutally ANY piece of hardware and be able to use it without spending forever getting it to work (or <gasp>writing my own driver
if your idea of a pain in the ass is making a 1 minute no-hassle phone call *at worst*, then maybe your ass is too sensitive.
Originally posted by: manly
You guys are both retards for this particular opinion (gopunk was probably being facetious but who cares). First off, UNIX has been around for ages and has excelled in the workstation and server markets for many years. People use it because it works, and often works better than Windows. Windows established solid (not perfect) stability just two years ago and everybody is supposed to switch to it because you feel it's faster and more efficient? People are different; it's completely brain-dead for you to say everyone would benefit most from using Windows, but instead Linux geeks just want to be different.Originally posted by: gopunk
I agree that for some applications windows isn't up to par, but it still seems the *nix crowd is an elitist bunch who is using it for the sake of being different and anti-MS, even though what they are doing is already being done by windows in a faster and more efficient manner.
mm... yea, linux people
you're right... unix is cool.
seriously though, i know there is a subset of linux users that actually have a real need for linux. but the loudest people in the crowd (read: slashdot) are usually just people who have some weird ethical problem with using ms products and think linux is the best thing since sliced bread.
Depends on what kind of windows you're referring to. If you're talking about that sh!tty excuse for an OS, I don't use it. Of you're talking about the glass kind, I use them because without them, I'd have absolutely no exposure to natural light.
Because it's the universally accepted standard. I have no need to prove myself superior to the general public by being a non-conformist when it comes to my OS. I prove myself superior by just being.
I use Windows because it has the best Application compatibility and I thhink very good stability in Windows XP/2000.
Games. When all the big games are released for linux, I'll drop Windows like a shot. There should be some kind of Linux consortium put together to encourage porting games. Linux will be in a prime position to capitalize when MS stupidly implements all it's upcoming Digital Rights Management stuff (which consumers overwhelmingly don't want).
because i cant build a mac for less than $1000 and i believe anybody who likes UNIX for the purpose of being able to type in commands is simply out of their minds..computers are supposed to make our lives easier, no ?
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The iMac starts at $799..
If I were to imagine my mom using the new iMac with OS X, she'd probably do quite well with it. You turn it on, and there on the bottom of the screen are all the applications she would use. She just does email and browses the web, and that's about it. The only thing I've run across so far in the few days that I've owned my iMac is that the method for connecting to a SMB share on a Windows box isn't quite as intuitive as everything else: You click on "Go" in the Finder and select "Connect to SMB share", as opposed to double-clicking the "Connect to Server" icon.
My Win2K box also rebooted once while the iMac was connected to it. Not sure who was at fault there, however.
Edit: Admittedly I haven't dug into it too far yet. I've only owned it for a few days, and I've been busy listening to iTunes
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