actually, that 2002 system would probably be better off with win7. I've got a 2003 laptop (came with xp) that runs win7 better then xp-sp3, so it's quite usable. Not as fast as I'd like but still quite usable in a pinch.
then you haven't used "DNI" direct neural input. Much faster then paper or even computer. Just turn it on and get what ever news the government wants you to think today.
good luck holding your breath long enough to make the call - pay phones were under water in NY after Sandy while the underground vaults and tunnels the many cables ran in were flooded
and this is just one more reason I use noscript and a dedicated host file since the dial-up days (I've been on broadband for a decade) to block ads and such crap. I used to use Ghostery but after I realized they were collecting and selling the same information that Google and other advertisers were, I quit using them. Noscript works quite well in providing me the full path name of the annoyance so I can add it if needed to my host file. Another option I take full advantage of is the many free hosts files online. The good ones include plenty of comments and I tend to combine several of them for my needs and this works quite well in regards to what I'm blocking.
Turn in both your geek and nerd card noob. MS Has already released IE10 for Win7 - It's now installed on all 3 Win7 systems here (personal uses linux) and MS will be pushing it as a Critical update by Sept/Oct of 2013 - everyone who's already installed it are the beta testers
400,000 miles? That's nothing. As a retired commercial driver, I averaged 120,000 miles a year and that's just a single truck. With all the commercial rigs (18 wheelers) on the road with a combined avg miles in excess of 1billion a year, with less then 1 accident per 250,000 miles avg (google for current stats), that simply doesn't impress me.
Now if you were talking 100,000 cars averaging 400,000 miles a year w/o accident, then I'd be willing to listen but when you mix in idiots like Joe and Tina Sixpack who's either drinking, fixing their god damn hair, reading a fucking book, talking on the cell phone and a whole rash of other stupid activities, you aint going to match the accident rate that commercial drivers have until you take Joe & Tina Sixpack's licenses away.
and most of that crap is done through jscript (noscript ftw). Another option is to use a decent host file as I do - blocking most of the known advert sites - grab one of the decent ones and edit to your needs or simply create your own and block what ever you needs and yes, I agree that it's a pain in the ass but once the file has been created, I simply transfer a copy onto each/every machine I maintain. It doesn't block everything but it sure as hell cuts down most of the crap seen on the systems (I get complaints about ads now) and with Noscript in the Deny all Mode by default (block everything) I've had far fewer issues with infections that had to be cleaned up. I don't even allow them to set permanent permissions for any websites in noscript - menu only has temps available. Works well enough that when they encounter a site that requires scripting, they simply click the noscript button.
The advantage of a good hosts file is that not only does it block many of the dodgy websites but as I add advertisers to the damn thing, I cut down much of the bandwidth steally crap like flash ads that are annoying and with noscript in block all by default, when my users encounter any ad that actually gets through, they tell me about it and I check how. Usually when that happens it's an animated gif as all plug-ins are blocked by default by noscript. Yes some scrips are allowed to run but they are only from sites they've bookmarked (nice feature of noscript).
The fault on Admin privleges belongs soley to MS as they never did enforce privleges. If they'd done so from the beginning with VB and such, they would have had far fewer problems and Windows Devs would certainly be on par with *nix devs but they didn't. Even the change to Vista where they started using a more agressive aproach to enforcing the priveleges requirement was 20 years to late. Even now, devs still screw up and ask for more priveleges then they actually need because it's easier then doing it right.
I'm using Gentoo Linux and even though the security model is no better, the main difference is that Linux has always enforced proper privelege seperation. As an example; user writable area's are restricted quite heavily by basic FS permissions where as Windows (although with much finer grained control) does not require it (they're getting better). A very basic example of the problem is that a trojan can install itself into the User's / directory and actually run. On a standard linux box, the same thing happens but it's easy to fix that problem with a simple editing of fstab. Place the/home as noexec as I do. In other words, any user writable area is configured to prevent the running of any application. They have to be vetted and installed onto the system before that can happen, thus 90 percent of the problem is already blocked.
If MS had enforced this from the beginning on NT as they should have, then most of the security issues would have already been addressed early in the game. Of course, seeing as how win9xx didn't have any concept of multiple users (even though you did have profiles) they never thought about security. All the damn profile was good for was personal settings for things like the start menu (autostart and your layout). Otherwise the profile was useless since it didn't enforce any real seperation.
It's not the sandboxing on Win8 Metro that people hate, it's the god damn Touch Centric UI on a keyboard centric device that people hate and yes I have a legal copy of Win8 Pro (got during the $40 special pricing just after release). Simply put, the fucking UI design doesn't work on a desktop/laptop w/o a fucking touch screen and it should default back to the standard desktop. Otherwise as it is, you simply can't do any productive work using it as there is no way to have two windows open side by side (Yes I have a wide screen - 1920x1080) and usually have 2 copies of word side by - half screen - as I'm editing/writing one while referencing the other
the only problem with Win9 being better then 8 is the "so low bar" that 8 created. Simply put 8 is crap so anything that is so damn stinky will certainly be an improvement even when more invasive.
Why are you trying to use Inkscape for something it's not designed for? Instead use Dia (open source clone of Visio). I've barely touched on what Dia can do but it sure as hell works as well as Visio for what I'm doing while being free to use.
When I'm at the cli, I use nano with spell check enabled - works fine but as I'm normally in KDE, I use Kate to work on multiple files. What I appreciate about Linux/*BSD is the inclusion of spell check in everything that supports it unlike MS where the app needs to include it.
So you lost power, causing a corrupted FS. Why in hell didn't you have even a cheap battery backup? All of the computers here have even a simple 300w unit that gives 5 minutes of run time (long enough to safely shutdown)
and I happen to throw Win7 out the damn door and switched back to Linux because it allows me to "Just Work". Of course, it does depend on your definition of usefulness but after having Win7 BSOD during a god damn update (MS monthly hell) on a system that was preloaded with Win7 and yes I'm one of those folks who's main use is mainly Gmail, GDrive, various forums and the occaisional flash/shockwave game but I'm also creative enough that I tend to write my own stories and draw my own art so a chromebook is simply not worth the money when I already have a working desktop that now runs Linux instead of the god damn crap MS is calling Windows.
except that most of the **AA companies are publicly traded. This means that all Google has to do is buy a majority of the stock and then kick out the damn idiots who are on the board for people they like. Then they get to set corporate policies such as Don't bother Google with redundent DMCA's as they're a waste of corporate money.
We recently had to replace our failing Uniden Cordless phones with a set of Panasonics from Walmart. What I really apreciate is that the phones already include a call blocking feature that is not dependent on the phone company (no extra charge). Several scams that have been coming in from places like the Dominicon Republic and other caribean locations are now blocked. The phone rang one time after the entry into the block list and hasn't rang since.
A Gun isn't more then a rock without ammo and that's why ATF isn't too damn concerned. They're pushing to make it far more difficult to get the god damn ammo as most people don't seem to get worked up so badly about banning the sale of ammo. Since I reload my own, I can safely state that it's already becoming more difficult to get the powder/primers used due to tightened regs and assume that ammo purchases will go the same way (some area's already limit qty at any purchase).
Trademarks have to be Registered to be a trademark, thus they're on a database that is searchable before you even apply for a trademark. Thus ICANN could be in a very shaky legal position in the United States for even offering this - Keep in mind that ICANN is based in the United States even though they're supposedly no longer under the control of the U.S. Government.
ICANN originated in the U.S. so they're following the basics of Trademark Law that requires you to protect your trademark or loose it and it's the reason we see trademark lawsuits to begin with.
You are correct that this is just another damn scam involving trademarks since to be protected by Trademark Law, they must be Registered and we already have a clearinghouse of those registered trademarks.
Tell that to the survivors of a flight that crashed in the DC area back in the 60's that affected by a portable recorder and all of the other flights that the FAA/DOT investigated that were caused by portable hardware screwing things up.
Another factor, I don't want to be sitting in first class getting hit in the head by some Joe Sixpacks kid's fucking kindle from the rear of the plane while landing. So shut it down and put the fucking thing away.
free wifi at many restaraunts have a MiTM page that could easily be used to hijack many accounts - I've already seen what could be construed as a MiTM attack using my Nexus 7 on a free wifi with a landing page. Was attempting to google something and got the business page after being redirected to their acceptable use page instead of the google search page.
and that's exactly why I use noscript and not block ads. Of course I follow the "DENY ALL" policy and only add those few sites to the whitelist that I actually use and guess what, this blocks 95+ percent of the stinking ads online while still allowing me to use the net. Otherwise it's to the point that I'll simply drop my ISP/Cable and Phone services since I don't use them and 911 calls are paid for by the 911 taxe/surcharge by everyone (mandantory service). Only thing I even use the phone for anymore as I simply don't give a damn about talking to anyone when I'm home.
Read Frank Herbert's book "White Plague" that was written back in the early 70's. The scariest part of the tale is that even back then, I knew enough to engineer such a virus and had enough access to the stuff needed for it.
Nobody caught this but what I see is he's simply doing a land grab. All of the real property (stores and such) is worth quite a bit of money and he wants it all for pennies on the dollar. If he's successful, those physical locations can then be sold off for 10-100x what he paid out to take the company private. Very nice profit for him.
and the god damn license isn't worth the paper it's printed on. What makes the difference is that an Engineer is Legaly Liable for any screwups. In other words, they've got a bit more at risk then Joe Sixpack who's throwing shit at the web to see what in hell is going to stick. Until the liability issue changes for web developers, nothing is going to change
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actually, that 2002 system would probably be better off with win7. I've got a 2003 laptop (came with xp) that runs win7 better then xp-sp3, so it's quite usable. Not as fast as I'd like but still quite usable in a pinch.
then you haven't used "DNI" direct neural input. Much faster then paper or even computer. Just turn it on and get what ever news the government wants you to think today.
good luck holding your breath long enough to make the call - pay phones were under water in NY after Sandy while the underground vaults and tunnels the many cables ran in were flooded
and this is just one more reason I use noscript and a dedicated host file since the dial-up days (I've been on broadband for a decade) to block ads and such crap. I used to use Ghostery but after I realized they were collecting and selling the same information that Google and other advertisers were, I quit using them. Noscript works quite well in providing me the full path name of the annoyance so I can add it if needed to my host file. Another option I take full advantage of is the many free hosts files online. The good ones include plenty of comments and I tend to combine several of them for my needs and this works quite well in regards to what I'm blocking.
Only Windows 7 has IE8
Turn in both your geek and nerd card noob. MS Has already released IE10 for Win7 - It's now installed on all 3 Win7 systems here (personal uses linux) and MS will be pushing it as a Critical update by Sept/Oct of 2013 - everyone who's already installed it are the beta testers
400,000 miles? That's nothing. As a retired commercial driver, I averaged 120,000 miles a year and that's just a single truck. With all the commercial rigs (18 wheelers) on the road with a combined avg miles in excess of 1billion a year, with less then 1 accident per 250,000 miles avg (google for current stats), that simply doesn't impress me.
Now if you were talking 100,000 cars averaging 400,000 miles a year w/o accident, then I'd be willing to listen but when you mix in idiots like Joe and Tina Sixpack who's either drinking, fixing their god damn hair, reading a fucking book, talking on the cell phone and a whole rash of other stupid activities, you aint going to match the accident rate that commercial drivers have until you take Joe & Tina Sixpack's licenses away.
and most of that crap is done through jscript (noscript ftw). Another option is to use a decent host file as I do - blocking most of the known advert sites - grab one of the decent ones and edit to your needs or simply create your own and block what ever you needs and yes, I agree that it's a pain in the ass but once the file has been created, I simply transfer a copy onto each/every machine I maintain. It doesn't block everything but it sure as hell cuts down most of the crap seen on the systems (I get complaints about ads now) and with Noscript in the Deny all Mode by default (block everything) I've had far fewer issues with infections that had to be cleaned up. I don't even allow them to set permanent permissions for any websites in noscript - menu only has temps available. Works well enough that when they encounter a site that requires scripting, they simply click the noscript button.
The advantage of a good hosts file is that not only does it block many of the dodgy websites but as I add advertisers to the damn thing, I cut down much of the bandwidth steally crap like flash ads that are annoying and with noscript in block all by default, when my users encounter any ad that actually gets through, they tell me about it and I check how. Usually when that happens it's an animated gif as all plug-ins are blocked by default by noscript. Yes some scrips are allowed to run but they are only from sites they've bookmarked (nice feature of noscript).
The fault on Admin privleges belongs soley to MS as they never did enforce privleges. If they'd done so from the beginning with VB and such, they would have had far fewer problems and Windows Devs would certainly be on par with *nix devs but they didn't. Even the change to Vista where they started using a more agressive aproach to enforcing the priveleges requirement was 20 years to late. Even now, devs still screw up and ask for more priveleges then they actually need because it's easier then doing it right.
I'm using Gentoo Linux and even though the security model is no better, the main difference is that Linux has always enforced proper privelege seperation. As an example; user writable area's are restricted quite heavily by basic FS permissions where as Windows (although with much finer grained control) does not require it (they're getting better). A very basic example of the problem is that a trojan can install itself into the User's / directory and actually run. On a standard linux box, the same thing happens but it's easy to fix that problem with a simple editing of fstab. Place the /home as noexec as I do. In other words, any user writable area is configured to prevent the running of any application. They have to be vetted and installed onto the system before that can happen, thus 90 percent of the problem is already blocked.
If MS had enforced this from the beginning on NT as they should have, then most of the security issues would have already been addressed early in the game. Of course, seeing as how win9xx didn't have any concept of multiple users (even though you did have profiles) they never thought about security. All the damn profile was good for was personal settings for things like the start menu (autostart and your layout). Otherwise the profile was useless since it didn't enforce any real seperation.
It's not the sandboxing on Win8 Metro that people hate, it's the god damn Touch Centric UI on a keyboard centric device that people hate and yes I have a legal copy of Win8 Pro (got during the $40 special pricing just after release). Simply put, the fucking UI design doesn't work on a desktop/laptop w/o a fucking touch screen and it should default back to the standard desktop. Otherwise as it is, you simply can't do any productive work using it as there is no way to have two windows open side by side (Yes I have a wide screen - 1920x1080) and usually have 2 copies of word side by - half screen - as I'm editing/writing one while referencing the other
the only problem with Win9 being better then 8 is the "so low bar" that 8 created. Simply put 8 is crap so anything that is so damn stinky will certainly be an improvement even when more invasive.
Why are you trying to use Inkscape for something it's not designed for? Instead use Dia (open source clone of Visio). I've barely touched on what Dia can do but it sure as hell works as well as Visio for what I'm doing while being free to use.
When I'm at the cli, I use nano with spell check enabled - works fine but as I'm normally in KDE, I use Kate to work on multiple files. What I appreciate about Linux/*BSD is the inclusion of spell check in everything that supports it unlike MS where the app needs to include it.
So you lost power, causing a corrupted FS. Why in hell didn't you have even a cheap battery backup? All of the computers here have even a simple 300w unit that gives 5 minutes of run time (long enough to safely shutdown)
and I happen to throw Win7 out the damn door and switched back to Linux because it allows me to "Just Work". Of course, it does depend on your definition of usefulness but after having Win7 BSOD during a god damn update (MS monthly hell) on a system that was preloaded with Win7 and yes I'm one of those folks who's main use is mainly Gmail, GDrive, various forums and the occaisional flash/shockwave game but I'm also creative enough that I tend to write my own stories and draw my own art so a chromebook is simply not worth the money when I already have a working desktop that now runs Linux instead of the god damn crap MS is calling Windows.
except that most of the **AA companies are publicly traded. This means that all Google has to do is buy a majority of the stock and then kick out the damn idiots who are on the board for people they like. Then they get to set corporate policies such as Don't bother Google with redundent DMCA's as they're a waste of corporate money.
We recently had to replace our failing Uniden Cordless phones with a set of Panasonics from Walmart. What I really apreciate is that the phones already include a call blocking feature that is not dependent on the phone company (no extra charge). Several scams that have been coming in from places like the Dominicon Republic and other caribean locations are now blocked. The phone rang one time after the entry into the block list and hasn't rang since.
A Gun isn't more then a rock without ammo and that's why ATF isn't too damn concerned. They're pushing to make it far more difficult to get the god damn ammo as most people don't seem to get worked up so badly about banning the sale of ammo. Since I reload my own, I can safely state that it's already becoming more difficult to get the powder/primers used due to tightened regs and assume that ammo purchases will go the same way (some area's already limit qty at any purchase).
Trademarks have to be Registered to be a trademark, thus they're on a database that is searchable before you even apply for a trademark. Thus ICANN could be in a very shaky legal position in the United States for even offering this - Keep in mind that ICANN is based in the United States even though they're supposedly no longer under the control of the U.S. Government.
ICANN originated in the U.S. so they're following the basics of Trademark Law that requires you to protect your trademark or loose it and it's the reason we see trademark lawsuits to begin with.
You are correct that this is just another damn scam involving trademarks since to be protected by Trademark Law, they must be Registered and we already have a clearinghouse of those registered trademarks.
Tell that to the survivors of a flight that crashed in the DC area back in the 60's that affected by a portable recorder and all of the other flights that the FAA/DOT investigated that were caused by portable hardware screwing things up.
Another factor, I don't want to be sitting in first class getting hit in the head by some Joe Sixpacks kid's fucking kindle from the rear of the plane while landing. So shut it down and put the fucking thing away.
free wifi at many restaraunts have a MiTM page that could easily be used to hijack many accounts - I've already seen what could be construed as a MiTM attack using my Nexus 7 on a free wifi with a landing page. Was attempting to google something and got the business page after being redirected to their acceptable use page instead of the google search page.
and that's exactly why I use noscript and not block ads. Of course I follow the "DENY ALL" policy and only add those few sites to the whitelist that I actually use and guess what, this blocks 95+ percent of the stinking ads online while still allowing me to use the net. Otherwise it's to the point that I'll simply drop my ISP/Cable and Phone services since I don't use them and 911 calls are paid for by the 911 taxe/surcharge by everyone (mandantory service). Only thing I even use the phone for anymore as I simply don't give a damn about talking to anyone when I'm home.
Read Frank Herbert's book "White Plague" that was written back in the early 70's. The scariest part of the tale is that even back then, I knew enough to engineer such a virus and had enough access to the stuff needed for it.
Nobody caught this but what I see is he's simply doing a land grab. All of the real property (stores and such) is worth quite a bit of money and he wants it all for pennies on the dollar. If he's successful, those physical locations can then be sold off for 10-100x what he paid out to take the company private. Very nice profit for him.
and the god damn license isn't worth the paper it's printed on. What makes the difference is that an Engineer is Legaly Liable for any screwups. In other words, they've got a bit more at risk then Joe Sixpack who's throwing shit at the web to see what in hell is going to stick. Until the liability issue changes for web developers, nothing is going to change