Um, yes, and AFAIK you have been able since almost the beginning. Wrench-->options-->under the hood --> "Use suggestion service...".
Just for the sake of putting this stupid argument to rest, I tested it with wireshark, and yes, unchecking that box immediately causes chrome to cease sending URLs to google. In fact, with all the boxes unchecked, it appears that the only traffic sent is directly to the websites that you are fetching.
I like how your "yet" implies that that hasnt been there from practically the start, though, or that you cant just use chromium if you are really that worried about it.... really some quality FUD there.
You seem to be implying that ext4 hasnt been in ubuntu until now. In fact, it was included since exactly halfway between the previous LTS and the current one (ie, 9.04), and has been the default for ubuntu since last release.
And while your point (about alpha software), though hyperbolic (really only PulseAudio deserves THAT label), there is some truth to it. However, I thought the whole point of Ubuntu is that is A) focused on user experience first, B) cutting edge second, and C) Stability third. If you want it to be stable, use debian. I rather like that they push cutting edge stuff; if, in 3 years, Ubuntu were to fade into obscurity, it would have done far more good for the Linux world by being bleeding edge by bringing testers to unstable code, and helping it to get rapidly polished. I know it isnt alone in this regard, but they are a major player and have a huge impact in forcibly pushing the evolution of software along.
Just a nitpick, but wouldnt laser rifles be really awful at anti-infantry? No stopping power, high power usage, and what kind of battery do they need to carry to power one? Last time I checked explosives carry far more energy per Kg than batteries do.
I would like to point out (without supporting or defending this at all) that kids dont really have rights in schools. Theyre minors in the care of an adult, teachers have the right to set rules and enforce them to a limited degree, and that includes (so far as I am aware) saying "if you eat candy you get a detention". Whether or not a teacher doing so should or would remain employed for long is another matter.
Im not clear on why people want to do a drive clone, just boot to live linux and make a full copy of [partition]/WINDOWS and Program Files and Documents and settings. Need to restore to an earlier time? Just copy the windows and program files folders back. Need to restore from bare metal? Copy the folders back to a blank partition, and run fixmbr.
Heck you can even stick the windows copy onto the C drive in a folder called "backup" and swap the working and nonworking windows folders @ will.
Why is it exactly that those fundamentalists think God is a moron....They assert that he can't design a system that's self-runnin
Well, There are many who do believe in evolution, but the opposite implication can be made for those who insist that God could NOT have possibly designed things without evolution-- it denies his sovereignty. The "God is a watchmaker" idea is more properly attributed to theists than to christians.
I do like the sweeping generalizations however, they make for nice strawmen.
Thats simply not true. Spambots require admin rights? Dont think so. And I think you'll find that on or two spambots on your network can have significant impact on your domain's email reputation unless you filter port 25... although of course there are viruses that hook into OWA and send mail through that.
Viruses on your network are a problem whether or not they have admin rights.
Its a BAD LAW. Saying it wont really do any harm doesnt change that its a BAD LAW that doesnt really change anything, and tries to stop a problem that a state cant solve anyways. Nevermind that passing another law to try to make something even more illegal doesnt help, it just adds more laws to the books and further burdens the system.
Folks, you arent getting it. Its a catch-22-- How exactly do you know whether its legal to accost said person if you dont know if theyre a citizen or not? You cant just stop them, demand papers, and then find out that the whole process was OK because he was not, in fact, a citizen.
Non-citizens do not have all of the rights that a citizen does.
So in other words you can stop someone and demand papers, and if the person was an illegal immigrant, the stop was OK, but if the person was a citizen, Whoops! it was illegal to do?
Do you see the problem with this? This problem isnt gonna get addressed by local laws, once theyre in the country you run into problems trying to guess who is legal and who isnt.
Legally, in theory, a cop CANNOT just stop you for no reason and force you to present an ID, nor detain you for no reason whatsoever. There needs to be some sort of cause, and "he looked suspicious" probably isnt going to do to well if challenged in court.
Seems to me that if the federal government wont address this, a state's attempt is going to be futile and passing bad laws will not improve things. There are already laws that cover "probable cause" for committing crimes, and if the person is not committing a crime, how do you know theyre illegal? You want to rely on a cop's hunch?
The law may be well intentioned, and if upheld may even produce good results in the short term, but it remains a bad law. "Hunches" are a really bad justification for arrests or on-the-spot questioning, no matter how you look at it.
Police are also able to demand that you stand on one leg and draft up a 5 page essay if they want, doesnt mean you legally have to. Cops can ask to search your car any time for any reason; doesnt mean you have to let them.
The truth is that people who aren't involved in IT related work generally don't care about IT. And while I find it frustrating, I can't blame them
You hit the nail on the head. People hire IT folks to make computer problems go away, and generally dont want to be bothered about such matters ever again. I have a few clients whose backup system needs service, and I cant convince them that its important enough to warrant a visit (never mind the warnings that if their server croaks, they will just go out of business without that backup).
If you think that step alone fixes all problems, then I would suspect that your job doesnt involve keeping computers clean, or your users are partiicularly savvy. Antivirus 20xx doesnt need admin rights to close every userland app that opens with the message "this program is infected and was blocked", and youre STILL left with manually uninfecting the machine. Thats ignoring that the bug may have pulled some sort of escalation trick to run as admin irregardless.
Im simply pointing out that complaining that a Symantec or McAfee product worked poorly, trashed your data, and left the toilet seat up is about as worthwhile as blaming your users for the viruses that they keep getting. Youre welcome to do it, but its not terribly productive.
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Um, yes, and AFAIK you have been able since almost the beginning. Wrench-->options-->under the hood --> "Use suggestion service...".
Just for the sake of putting this stupid argument to rest, I tested it with wireshark, and yes, unchecking that box immediately causes chrome to cease sending URLs to google. In fact, with all the boxes unchecked, it appears that the only traffic sent is directly to the websites that you are fetching.
I like how your "yet" implies that that hasnt been there from practically the start, though, or that you cant just use chromium if you are really that worried about it.... really some quality FUD there.
It would be nice if more people would acknowledge this-- and I say this as a Christian.
You seem to be implying that ext4 hasnt been in ubuntu until now. In fact, it was included since exactly halfway between the previous LTS and the current one (ie, 9.04), and has been the default for ubuntu since last release.
And while your point (about alpha software), though hyperbolic (really only PulseAudio deserves THAT label), there is some truth to it. However, I thought the whole point of Ubuntu is that is A) focused on user experience first, B) cutting edge second, and C) Stability third. If you want it to be stable, use debian. I rather like that they push cutting edge stuff; if, in 3 years, Ubuntu were to fade into obscurity, it would have done far more good for the Linux world by being bleeding edge by bringing testers to unstable code, and helping it to get rapidly polished. I know it isnt alone in this regard, but they are a major player and have a huge impact in forcibly pushing the evolution of software along.
little-known.... really popular
Oh right that thing that nobody heard of but everyone loved? Yea, i remember that.
They did exactly what you described though
Yea, star trek was totally based on reality. We should totally follow their example.
Pretty sure thats not what he said.
Just a nitpick, but wouldnt laser rifles be really awful at anti-infantry? No stopping power, high power usage, and what kind of battery do they need to carry to power one? Last time I checked explosives carry far more energy per Kg than batteries do.
I would like to point out (without supporting or defending this at all) that kids dont really have rights in schools. Theyre minors in the care of an adult, teachers have the right to set rules and enforce them to a limited degree, and that includes (so far as I am aware) saying "if you eat candy you get a detention". Whether or not a teacher doing so should or would remain employed for long is another matter.
a snapshotting filesystem with the ability to "go back in time"
Will Back-In-Time work?
Im not clear on why people want to do a drive clone, just boot to live linux and make a full copy of [partition]/WINDOWS and Program Files and Documents and settings. Need to restore to an earlier time? Just copy the windows and program files folders back. Need to restore from bare metal? Copy the folders back to a blank partition, and run fixmbr.
Heck you can even stick the windows copy onto the C drive in a folder called "backup" and swap the working and nonworking windows folders @ will.
and offers no way to legitimately push updates
You mean except for approving an update and setting the due date 5 minutes ago? That seems to work pretty well.
Why is it exactly that those fundamentalists think God is a moron....They assert that he can't design a system that's self-runnin
Well, There are many who do believe in evolution, but the opposite implication can be made for those who insist that God could NOT have possibly designed things without evolution-- it denies his sovereignty. The "God is a watchmaker" idea is more properly attributed to theists than to christians.
I do like the sweeping generalizations however, they make for nice strawmen.
Thats simply not true. Spambots require admin rights? Dont think so. And I think you'll find that on or two spambots on your network can have significant impact on your domain's email reputation unless you filter port 25... although of course there are viruses that hook into OWA and send mail through that.
Viruses on your network are a problem whether or not they have admin rights.
Yes, you should buy and play WoW + Burning Crusade + Lich King + Cataclysm. Thats only like $100, and it will be supported forever! Right?
How exactly are they supposed to know before-hand that the system will no longer be supported in the future?
Its a BAD LAW. Saying it wont really do any harm doesnt change that its a BAD LAW that doesnt really change anything, and tries to stop a problem that a state cant solve anyways. Nevermind that passing another law to try to make something even more illegal doesnt help, it just adds more laws to the books and further burdens the system.
Folks, you arent getting it. Its a catch-22-- How exactly do you know whether its legal to accost said person if you dont know if theyre a citizen or not? You cant just stop them, demand papers, and then find out that the whole process was OK because he was not, in fact, a citizen.
Non-citizens do not have all of the rights that a citizen does.
So in other words you can stop someone and demand papers, and if the person was an illegal immigrant, the stop was OK, but if the person was a citizen, Whoops! it was illegal to do?
Do you see the problem with this? This problem isnt gonna get addressed by local laws, once theyre in the country you run into problems trying to guess who is legal and who isnt.
Legally, in theory, a cop CANNOT just stop you for no reason and force you to present an ID, nor detain you for no reason whatsoever. There needs to be some sort of cause, and "he looked suspicious" probably isnt going to do to well if challenged in court.
Seems to me that if the federal government wont address this, a state's attempt is going to be futile and passing bad laws will not improve things. There are already laws that cover "probable cause" for committing crimes, and if the person is not committing a crime, how do you know theyre illegal? You want to rely on a cop's hunch?
The law may be well intentioned, and if upheld may even produce good results in the short term, but it remains a bad law. "Hunches" are a really bad justification for arrests or on-the-spot questioning, no matter how you look at it.
Police are also able to demand that you stand on one leg and draft up a 5 page essay if they want, doesnt mean you legally have to. Cops can ask to search your car any time for any reason; doesnt mean you have to let them.
The truth is that people who aren't involved in IT related work generally don't care about IT. And while I find it frustrating, I can't blame them
You hit the nail on the head. People hire IT folks to make computer problems go away, and generally dont want to be bothered about such matters ever again. I have a few clients whose backup system needs service, and I cant convince them that its important enough to warrant a visit (never mind the warnings that if their server croaks, they will just go out of business without that backup).
If you think that step alone fixes all problems, then I would suspect that your job doesnt involve keeping computers clean, or your users are partiicularly savvy. Antivirus 20xx doesnt need admin rights to close every userland app that opens with the message "this program is infected and was blocked", and youre STILL left with manually uninfecting the machine. Thats ignoring that the bug may have pulled some sort of escalation trick to run as admin irregardless.
And Id rather pick windows over dealing with the costs of OSX.
Looks like we have us an old fashioned stand-off....
Im simply pointing out that complaining that a Symantec or McAfee product worked poorly, trashed your data, and left the toilet seat up is about as worthwhile as blaming your users for the viruses that they keep getting. Youre welcome to do it, but its not terribly productive.
Honestly, if youre running a Symantec or McAfee product, you really lose any rights to complain about what happens to your computer / server.