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It'll probably take a day or two till it hits the english frontpage, so here's the translator link to the german news article regarding "Zen" on Tom's Hardware: Summit-Ridge/Bristol Ridge News

You mean sites like the NYTimes or Forbes aren't mainstream?

It's been close to a decade at this point that refraining from visiting non-mainstream sites could keep you protected. The vast majority of the ad networks have served up malware at some point, with enough repeats that it's impossible to trust them.

AOL's ad network served up malware just last month.

You mean sites like the NYTimes or Forbes aren't mainstream?

It's been close to a decade at this point that refraining from visiting non-mainstream sites could keep you protected. The vast majority of the ad networks have served up malware at some point, with enough repeats that it's impossible to trust them.

AOL's ad network served up malware just last month.

You mean sites like the NYTimes or Forbes aren't mainstream?

It's been close to a decade at this point that refraining from visiting non-mainstream sites could keep you protected. The vast majority of the ad networks have served up malware at some point, with enough repeats that it's impossible to trust them.

AOL's ad network served up malware just last month.

I was shocked, shocked I tell you, that I got a reply (some years ago) about a message I'd sent concerning their free email service. It was referencing a spam filtering issue, had a potential mechanism for improvement, and I was contacted several times for more information. No, I did not expect to get a response and yes, I am the only person that I know of who has ever had a response. I'm sure others have, I just don't know them. I've not even *read* about someone getting a similar response.

However, they did end up implementing my suggestion. I was even thanked for my contribution. I did not have access to, nor have access to, the code to make those changes - instead, I'd suggested a mechanism and how it might be implemented (which is good - because I'm actually a horrible programmer). I described it in brief and how it might, in mechanism, be implemented and what that implementation might do. I was contacted to answer a few questions about how it might solve the problem. I answered. I was asked, more specifically, about how it could be implemented (again, mechanism only - not specifically) in detail. I answered. The "feature" appeared (it was still labeled as beta then - I'm not sure if it still is) and I was contacted about their implementation - but not given any specific details as to what they'd done in the underlying code, and I gave my opinion. A while later, it was implemented system-wide and I actually was sent a note thanking me for my contribution.

Other than having purchased one of their search appliances, many many years ago, I've had no other contact with Google of note. And thus my story ends unless one wants my opinion on their search appliances. You probably don't want that. It will likely be long, full of vulgarities, and not worthy of one's time to read it as I don't believe they even offer them any longer. Oh, ha! Shit, they *do* still offer them!

https://www.google.com/work/se...

I'll still skip my "review." I'm assuming they've improved because, if they hadn't, they sure as hell shouldn't still be offering them. It was absurdly expensive, as well - considering the lack of efficacy. Ah well... Suffice to say, I was less than impressed with the effectiveness, service provided after-sale, and efficiency. It's hard to think of a good thing to say about the device. Hmm... It looked impressive on paper and was physically well constructed while being, oddly, stylish. There... I've said something nice about it.

They want there bugs back. This issue has been haunting HP printers for decades.

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networkin...
https://www.google.com/search?...

FYI even the Chinese government doesn't believe the official numbers.

China has been in a major economic recession

Call us when China's economy recovers.

It'll probably be faster than the US economy hasn't. I wonder why....

You mean the Nexus 4 that has the most recent updates available? I think you meant Galaxy Nexus, and that phon was supported for over 4 years, except on Verizon, who blocked the last update.

It's similar to the bigfoot / loch nessie conundrum. If these creatures existed, they would be natural.

They got around the Tor encryption by getting some JavaScript/Java/PHP code to run on the host PC and extract the IP address that way. Stack Overflow and a hundred other blogs will all explain how to do this within a standard webpage. No illegal downloading of executables, DLL's, shared object files or modification of kernel permissions. Just plain web page design:

http://javascript.about.com/li...

The whole Tor project would be a little bit pointless if deanonymizing the users was a simple matter of "plain web design".

All the server side reliant methods of accessing the user's IP address with JavaScript listed in your link are irrelevant to the discussion here: If the user's IP address is known on the server side and you control the server, why on earth would you bother with client side JavaScript when you could just look at server logs? Of course, in a situation where the user does not connect to the server directly the server side methods only give you the IP address of the last proxy in the proxy chain. Onion sites can only be accessed through Tor, no direct connections are possible.

This leaves the JavaScript and Java method. The problem here is that the Firefox based Tor Browser (used by almost every Tor user) does not, for obvious reasons, include the Java plugin.

So how did the FBI do it then? I'm not aware of the specifics of this case but in the past they have used zero day vulnerabilities in Firefox JavaScript handling to run malicious "phone home" shell code on the client machines. Most anonymous web surfing guides since the 90's have advised strong anonymity seeking users to always keep their JavaScript disabled, though as the advisory for the 2013 exploit notes, many big attack vectors besides JavaScript remain, such as css, svg, xml, the renderer etc...

i mean, it's not like they have broken any promises before.

They support their phones for at least as long as Apple. In fact, they've made a legally binding commitment to supporting devices for at least a certain period of time: major version updates for at least 2 years from date of first sale; security updates for at least 3 years from date of first sale or 18 months from date of removal from the Google Play Store, whichever is longer.

Meanwhile, Apple and Microsoft have done no such thing. I'm not sure of Microsoft's track record regarding device support, but I know Apple's done fairly well; there's nothing indicating they'll continue to do so, however, and no requirement that they do. With Google, you know how long to expect device support and anything beyond that is icing.

However, I have a big problem with some of the other software that resides on my phone, including apps and software that I don't want and especially a program called DT Ignite.

There's an app for that. Also, the carriers claim the bloatware downloads are zero-rated, although that's been a bit hard to verify.

Cats do too. Yes, that is a silly piece, not to be taken too seriously, but Google cats kill for fun and see 7M results, not all humour.

And the owners are responsible for a massive species extinction because they think their cat doesn't do that. If people have to lock dogs up - why should it be different for cats. Maybe we need a war on irresponsible pet ownership!

Cats do too. Yes, that is a silly piece, not to be taken too seriously, but Google cats kill for fun and see 7M results, not all humour.

Don't be Envious ( I had a user id in the 147K range that I lost in 2000 ). Get into the habit of citing sources, makes slashdot more educational for all of us. and yes, I am rather sure that all types of people have flapped to all sorts of things
great example : car sex
https://www.google.com/webhp?s...

WTF???

You, like Ted Cruz, seem to be laboring under the assumption that because it is a satellite, all rockety-spacey expensive and such, it must be better than measurements on the ground.

Satellite measurements have some advantages, such as being able to use one instrument to survey the entire Earth. On the other hand, these aren't direct measurements of temperature at ground level, in the stratosphere, or deep in the ocean; they're indirect measurements based on radiation, and have relatively large error bars compared to direct measurements. Satellite observations should not be relied upon in isolation to uphold or refute a hypothesis. We have data from multiple independent sources - they should all be utilized.

I did not know that Tentacle Porn even existed...
so i did a google search ... holy cow ( well tentacle ) google search link
https://www.google.com/search?...

I googled this and found this from an OGML discussion going on about this GPU. There are some screenshots and even a youtube video.

Since 2010, Jeff Bush (github, blog) has been working on an Apache-licensed open source GPU (github, home page, wiki), and he has a few other interesting github projects as well (link, link, link). The Nyuzi Processor is a fully functional GPU. It is written in synthesizable Verilog, has a functional compiler toolchain, and comes with test suites, benchmarks, the software component of 3D rendering engine, and more. Its development has been gaining momentum in discussions (link, link, Google Group) and coding projects (gsoc). It has been implemented on an Altera FPGA, and there are some videos online of it animating a rotating teapot and a Phong-shaded torus, along with the results of recently-added mipmap support. Recently, Jeff Bush got together with the founder of the Open Graphics Project, and they co-wrote a peer-reviewed publication about this GPU and some experiments they did, which was recently presented at a well-respected academic CS conference (ISPASS). Although its developer and other hobbyists are doing this for fun, academics and engineers who specialize in GPU architecture are already showing interest in using Nyuzi for their own research (e.g. link, link), which gives them finally an open platform to estimate not just cycle count but also clock frequency, energy, and circuit area effects of GPU design experiments.

Microsoft is turning it around under Satya Nadella.

Yup, turning it toward the grave.

Between Windoze 8, Winblows 10, and Windows Phone, M$ is really doing great things. NOT!

I think it will be a close race betwen M$ and Facebook as to which one dies first.

We have on Slashdot for many many years proclaimed with certainty that Microsoft is dying. I guess many businesses would hope to be dying this way..

because if you don't it becomes a quick wink and a nod situation. If you look at bank laws they focus on intent so that you can't say one thing and do another. But then again bank laws matter to the rich, laws against child labor? Well I guess they matter, in so much as they actively oppose them.

8-bit computers

& Automated farms

Teachers don't have to know anything. "Follow these good tutorials" or better yet. "Here's your project for the semester". Building the logic by hand they might accidentally learn basics.

Teach them to change the colors of anything in the game. Teach them hex and how to count to 16.

I used to hack around in a hex editor to change how much money I started with in Oregon Trail.

People have built 8-bit computers from logic blocks

You can use the logic to build automated systems.

Watching people build in Minecraft mirrors a lot of what my job looks like working with Simulink.

It's barely a pretty GUI on top of basic logic.

I could see a 6-7th grade course on 'building an automated farm' following tutorials and then breaking down what they did into logic diagrams.

You could easily train 8th & 9th graders in industrial automation tools if they were interested in the subject material.

I don't like being tracked, so I randomize my MAC with Pry-Fi. If you would be so kind to tell us who you work for, we can all enable the "Go to war!" mode to flood you with bogus MACs. Game?

And if you don't know what a merkin is, look it up. https://www.google.com/search?...

It is a user's great hope, and the carriers' and oems' great dread, that SuperSU is about to find itself installed on a vast new segment of the Android market. Here's hoping!

a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.

Seems to fit ...

after a quick google search for SCADA selfies I very much agree.

That's true, and also about maps and geography.

Here's the base, based on the shadows under the tail sections I think those are 3 Reapers on the flight line.

Teflon fumes kill birds and can sicken humans. That's not pretty.

Sure the air is fine, couldn't be better, who the fuck want's to live till they are 70 and still be able to blow out birthday candles.

"Doel, Tihange remain: Electrabel radiates, the citizen pays"

"The campaign manager of Greenpeace Energy, complains that the federal government (Michel I) failed, and will force obsolete nuclear plants to remain open.This choice creates new power shortages, it makes a transition to renewable energy impossible and offers Electrabel more profiteering that will be paid by the taxpayer. "

Mr Eloi names the Belgian minister of the Interior "Nuclear Ali". And given the state of the reactors, I fear this will turn out to be more accurate than intended. IMHO is it more to the point, already today, than the orginal nickname he's referring to.

Article (in Dutch)
http://www.dewereldmorgen.be/a...

Dodgy but serviceable Google Translation into English:
https://translate.google.com/t...

Go ahead and mod this rant off topic, I'm out of shits to give today. I had to spend 20 minutes writing this out to burn off the rage I built up so I could go back to what I was doing before I had to spend an hour on the phone helping my mother (who I love dearly and can not rage at). And then I had to find a slashdot article so I could post this where it would be at least tangentially related to whatever was being discussed so that everyone else can witness what complete and utter fail Microsoft has become.

FIX. YOUR. GODDAMN. SHIT. MICROSOFT!

Do not turn your fucking broken shit back on UNTIL YOU FIX IT. I had better shit to do with my evening then try to talk my mother through the services control panel (with the screen flashing black and closing every window and menu every 3 seconds!) to turn off YOUR SHIT which YOU TURNED BACK ON in this last update after I disabled the service at Christmas.

Thank God the run prompt still has "msconfig" left over from when we ran it then. Do you have any idea how hard it is to type when you've got only a second or so to click in the box and type a few letters before it all disappears again, using a trackpad? Got to the services tab, got the services sorted by name and the Windows Error Reporting Service is unchecked, but is running anyway. WHAT THE FUCK IS A DISABLED SERVICE DOING RUNNING?

Oh joy! After 30 minutes of trying to get my mother to type "services.msc" really fast she finally got into the services control panel and when she tries to stop the service (that she has confirmed is set to Manual start (it was Disabled when I left) and is not a dependency of any other service so FUCK YOU for starting it automatically on boot!), she gets an error that the service can't be stopped. FUCK. YOU.

I ended up spending another 30 minutes trying to get to some way to run services.msc as administrator so we can disable the service while hoping to God that Microsoft hadn't fucked that shit up too. Couldn't use the start menu to right click services.msc, couldn't use the file explorer to right click services.msc. Finally managed to get the secret menu (Win+X) open and my mom fast enough to click the admin command prompt so we could run services.msc as administrator (at least the command prompt doesn't close itself when the shell crashes and restarts).

So we finally got the damn Reporting Service shut off so shit stops blinking, and decide it's time to remove Windows 10. Except apparently if it's been more than a month, Microsoft removes the option to downgrade. I guess they figure if they sucker you into thinking they'll stop shitting up your computer for a month, you won't miss windows 8 when it's gone.

I guess I'll hear back once Microsoft decides to un-disable the service AGAIN and fuck her laptop up AGAIN.

Thanks, Microsoft. So now I've wasted over an hour of my weekend on your complete bullshit. Windows 10 is clearly not ready for the desktop and I sincerely doubt it will ever be.

Here's the response from LastPass:
https://lastpass.com/support.p...
(I think this link should be in the main summary for balance)

As for Google Chrome, LastPass asks that you star Issue 39511 for extension infobars outside the DOM. Specifically here's LastPass asking for improvement in Chrome January 12th, 2012:
https://code.google.com/p/chro...

I am NOT affiliated with LastPass.

keepass is cross platform, using the same file on Linux/Win/Android/MacOS. You can store the encrypted database in a cloud-based service like dropbox and have a highly portable system for password storage on-line & off-line.

That's what I do. For added security, I have a key file that I never put online and only stored locally on my laptop/phone. That way, even if someone gets my database AND somehow intercepts my password they're still out in the cold.

KeeCloud is a good place to start. Then just pick a browser integration plugin and you're off. For android, Keepass2Android is a good choice, too. It has an integrated keyboard that will directly type the username and password into the browser (or app) so you can avoid all those clipboard stealing exploits.

And you know this HOW?

Haven't you read her blog, as well as the copious amount of letters she writes to the local paper?

Because she doesn't agree with you - by using a gas powered leaf blower?

Nope, it's because she resents the thought of her crew of undocumented workers being told not to use a gas-powered leaf blower.

You actually think she uses it herself? What a world of delusion you live in!

What.

The.

Fuck?

Typical liberal.

You're assuming you know everything about another person's life and arrogating to yourself the right to judge them.

And patting yourself on the back for it.

Like I said - a shallow moron.

And note well - I'm judging YOU on YOUR judgmental posts - reactionary knee-jerk unthinking regurgitation of drivel.

Oh the irony. But at least you're cognizant of your judging, if not the actual lack of verification to your judgment.

Still, if I could mine the irony here, I'd be able to run rails across the whole country!

They're shallower than an August parking lot puddle in a dilapidated Florida strip mall.

You're so typical - sheltered in your first-world suburban environment, so close-minded and arrogant in your moral superiority you're hilarious. Drop you into the African savannah or a Southeast Asian rainforest without your iPhone and you probably wouldn't have time to shit your pants before you died of anxiety - and there'd be no psychiatrist for you to whinge to.

Let me guess - you'd reflexively call someone a "RAAAACIST!!!!" were they to point out to you that raising the minimum wage results in HIGHER minority unemployment.

Wow, you've got a whole screed going on, huh? And you can Google a random trite phrase to boot!

Amazing. You're such a non-moron there, aren't you?

That's a good boy. Think well of yourself. I'll give you an achievement trophy.

Why bother to THINK when you FEEL a higher minimum wage is better! You can even congratulate yourself on how you "care" about minorities! Way to go!!

Yeah, but "facts have a liberal bias".

BWAAAA HAA HAAA HAAA

Raising the minumum wage OBJECTIVELY puts minorities and lower-skilled workers OUT OF WORK.

Who's the "selfish moron who could care less about whatever anybody else goes through"?

So exactly what are you planning to do, besides sit on your high horse perched on a pedestal positioned in an ivory tower that is filled with shit that doesn't stink?

People like you are the reason why Detroit, Greece, and Venezuela are fucking broke.

I'm afraid I don't know what the people involved in the government of Michigan, German and other European bankers, or those who run any petroleum conglomerates are like, can you elucidate for me?

What is their position on leaf blowers, the minimum wage, and racism?

PS - It's "couldn't care less".

You fucking moron.

From :

When you want to colloquially express that you don’t care at all about something you might say “I couldn’t care less.” This phrase first popped up in British English at the turn of the 20th century and is still popular today. In the 1960s, a controversial American variant of this phase entered popular usage: “I could care less.” Many native English speakers, both in the UK and US, find this expression to be logically flawed. If you couldn’t care less, then you care so little about something that it would be impossible for you to care any less than you do. If you could care less, however, you are saying, literally, that it is possible for you to c

GP isn't a shallow moron running around screaming "Teh ENVIRONMENT!!!", telling everyone else how to live, and then patting himself on the back about how the fact he "cares" makes him a better person than everyone else.

But GP is, however, a selfish moron who could care less about whatever anybody else goes through, as long as she gets what she wants and doesn't have to experience the consequences herself.

And you know this HOW? Because she doesn't agree with you - by using a gas powered leaf blower?

What.

The.

Fuck?

Typical liberal.

You're assuming you know everything about another person's life and arrogating to yourself the right to judge them.

And patting yourself on the back for it.

Like I said - a shallow moron.

And note well - I'm judging YOU on YOUR judgmental posts - reactionary knee-jerk unthinking regurgitation of drivel. They're shallower than an August parking lot puddle in a dilapidated Florida strip mall.

You're so typical - sheltered in your first-world suburban environment, so close-minded and arrogant in your moral superiority you're hilarious. Drop you into the African savannah or a Southeast Asian rainforest without your iPhone and you probably wouldn't have time to shit your pants before you died of anxiety - and there'd be no psychiatrist for you to whinge to.

Let me guess - you'd reflexively call someone a "RAAAACIST!!!!" were they to point out to you that raising the minimum wage results in HIGHER minority unemployment. Why bother to THINK when you FEEL a higher minimum wage is better! You can even congratulate yourself on how you "care" about minorities! Way to go!!

Yeah, but "facts have a liberal bias".

BWAAAA HAA HAAA HAAA

Raising the minumum wage OBJECTIVELY puts minorities and lower-skilled workers OUT OF WORK.

Who's the "selfish moron who could care less about whatever anybody else goes through"?

People like you are the reason why Detroit, Greece, and Venezuela are fucking broke.

PS - It's "couldn't care less".

You fucking moron.

There is currently a report by a German computer magazine (no so good Google translation) where IP cameras sold by a large German supermarket chain had an awfull standard configuration in
a) Not asking for a new password for external access and
b) automatically opening (via UPnP) an existing firewall.
Seemingly even after an update there are still hundreds of these cameras reachable on-line.

So one does not have to wait for a malign party to 'crack' a camera. Insufficient security knowledge at manufacturer and user is enough.

Funny thing is the only place I've ever heard about gamergate is here (and on a couple of links I followed from here in attempting to understand what it was), and I still don't know what the fuck it was about.

Not paying very much attention to the news. Like I said can't go by a day without the media either whining or saying it's dead.

What is it? Basically it boils down to the gaming press shilling for their friends, shilling for the companies that are buying ad space, using clickbait to spread FUD, and then telling gamers that they don't exist as an audience and gamers in general saying "fuck you."

I keep hearing this social justice shit from people here who seem butthurt that they ain't getting any social justice and it just seems like a lot of sad people blaming each other for their shortcomings.

The only people who are butthurt over social justice are the SJW's, because people are tired of whining over how "everything is sexist, racist, problematic" because it doesn't conform to their narrow view of the world. You know those protests at yale, columbia and so on where the students were whining? Yeah, that's the face of social justice.

Wow, dude... way to miss what the original poster was saying. Doubly so for proving AC's post to not only be correct, but somewhat prescient.

Here's an idea - next time, instead of hauling out the invective and claiming a "complete inability to grasp even the most subtle nuance" ** , maybe you can present your views in a rational manner, perhaps without so much bile and anger?

** you do realize that "grasp even most subtle nuance" would mean that only those completely involved in said issue 24/7/365 would actually grasp said nuances, right? Maybe you meant "basic" instead of "subtle" (unless you don't know what the word subtle actually means... which in turn would kind of destroy a lot of credibility.)

You mean like this?

Statistics show fewer incidents per traffic volume in roundabouts than at intersections. There are fewer than 40% as many contention points in a roundabout than at a traffic signal.

Wandering into a locale with roundabouts everywhere *will* put you under a *lot* of stress if you're not used to driving them, though. The mental approach to a roundabout is completely different. While the brain can easily handle the task, it handles it about as well the first time as it does driving in general: it strains, and then becomes confused. Once you've learned how to react to roundabouts, they're a lot easier to navigate than a city riddled with stop signs and traffic signals.

We're actually looking to replace one traffic light intersection with a large roundabout here. I expect a *lot* of complaints and unsteady drivers trying to navigate it for the first 4-6 months, and then an enormous reduction in the number of collisions. This intersection experiences frequent traffic incidents, and even ambulance route around it; fire engines crash straight through because a fire engine colliding with a passenger vehicle is just a passenger vehicle turning into confetti. (Really. In a few towns in CT, if you park in front of a fire hydrant, the fire engine will simply crash full-speed into your car to move it out of the way.)

Here's the google map of the Yenisei Gulf in Russia:

https://www.google.com/maps/@7...

If you use the Google Maps measure distance feature to measure distance to 90,0 on the map you get about 2000 km.

Chrome advertises its Incognito mode as leaving no traces behind. Therefore, it should be responsible for wiping its framebuffer, just as it clears caches, cookies and history. It's like writing a file shredder that doesn't actually overwrite files, then blaming the OS and hard drive manufacturer for the oversight.

Copy/paste from Chromes incognito mode. The emphasis is theirs.

Pages that you view in incognito tabs won't stick around in your browser's history, cookie store or search history after you've closed all of your incognito tabs. Any files that you download or bookmarks that you create will be kept. Learn more about incognito browsing

Going incognito doesn't hide your browsing from your employer, your internet service provider or the websites that you visit.

So they dont advertise that it leaves no traces behind. In fact it's quite obvious that it does leave things behind.

They already have a port of office for Android which is based on linux.

Office is not ported to Android. It is ported to Android with Google Play. There's a difference.

I looked at Microsoft's publisher page on Amazon Appstore. OneNote and OneDrive were listed, but not Word. I searched briefly but could not find a legit copy of Microsoft Word for Android outside Google Play Store. And the only way to get a legit copy of Google Play Store is on a device that ships with it. This leaves users of Replicant, Fire OS, and other operating systems based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without access.

Now most desktop and laptop PCs running Linux run GNU/Linux with X11, not Android. Android is more common on tablets and phones. In theory, it would be possible to compile AOSP for x86 or x86-64 run it alongside GNU on top of Linux. But you wouldn't be able to install Word because it wouldn't have Google Play Store.

Sorry but do you have a point here? You are complaining about the lack of Office on a proprietary version of Android on the Fire devices or "open source" fork of Android? Neither of those are stock Android. If you want a stock Android experience get a Nexus device from Google but the vast majority of Android phones and tablets ship with Google Play.

Android is fundamentally being developed by Google so what is your point exactly? Do you expect Red Hat Packages to work on some obscure Linux distro?

• Code Complete 2 was the most influential book I read on how to keep it simple. http://cc2e.com/
• The Pragmatic programmer taught me how to stick it to my manager and push for more time/testing: https://pragprog.com/the-pragm...
• Refactoring taught me how to clean up the code written by developers who didn't read these books. http://www.refactoring.com/
• Clean Code brings it all together. https://sites.google.com/site/...

These books provide much better information on the topic and deserve a place on your shelf alongside the GoF's Design Patterns.

They already have a port of office for Android which is based on linux.

Office is not ported to Android. It is ported to Android with Google Play. There's a difference.

I looked at Microsoft's publisher page on Amazon Appstore. OneNote and OneDrive were listed, but not Word. I searched briefly but could not find a legit copy of Microsoft Word for Android outside Google Play Store. And the only way to get a legit copy of Google Play Store is on a device that ships with it. This leaves users of Replicant, Fire OS, and other operating systems based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without access.

Now most desktop and laptop PCs running Linux run GNU/Linux with X11, not Android. Android is more common on tablets and phones. In theory, it would be possible to compile AOSP for x86 or x86-64 run it alongside GNU on top of Linux. But you wouldn't be able to install Word because it wouldn't have Google Play Store.

Anybody can spend all of 3 minutes making a free outlook account and signing up for the Windows 10 Insider program so yes Virginia Win 10 and Edge can be had for absolutely, free...just like Google's OSes and browser.

In fact one could argue there is pretty much zero difference between MSFT and Google now, as both give away their OS and then proceed to datamine the shit out of you while tying everything to their services...hmm...where have I seen that before? Why I just don't know where I could have seen such a thing.

I assume you're referring to this exchange?