___So, in my infinite wisdom, I decided that, since I'm not using my laptop for anything productive this quarter, (Homeworld Complex as a notable exception) I've gone ahead and reformatted my hard drive and replaced both the UNIX and Windows XP installs with Windows 7 beta.
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___Now, some of the more technologically savvy in the crowd (all 3 of you), may ask why it is that I would replace a beautiful, fully equipped, and most importantly, stable, version of XP with 7. (Not to mention the obliteration of Ubuntu (The version of UNIX I was using)) The answer is surprisingly simplistic: With enough time, I should be able to hack the windows operating system to behave like a UNIX bash shell at the command line, and a Windows machine inside of the GUI. On top of that, Windows 7 has done an excellent job of making sure that all of the normal bloatware that comes with Windows has been removed. Even more, the control panel nonsense that came with Vista has been reworked to the point where even I have to admit, it's easier to navigate than XP's control panel.
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___Much to my surprise, the largest problem I've had with Windows 7 thus far, is the fact that my graphics card drivers are only compatible if you hack the install files. The system, other than that, is even more stable than XP, and, better than that, it actually runs faster...
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___This raises some important questions like:
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___Could it actually be that I like an operating system from Microsoft?
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___Will computer nirvana occur sometime in the near future?
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___Has Satan called anyone yet about his heating problems??
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There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols... When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul? -Dr. Alfred Lanning (I, Robot)
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