I disagree with the economic argument that cashier's add nothing since they don't produce anything. By that logic 95% of jobs can be eliminated, starting with CEOs, CTOs who don't know basic engineering, sales people, politicians, prognosticators, and economists.
I hate self serve kiosks. I took one today, because the lines were amazingly long elsewhere. I figured just 3 items, what can go wrong. Of course it immediately beeped for service assistance because one item was too heavy (bottle of soda). No one in self serve was getting checked out faster than normal once they got to the front of the line.
Maybe no one likes to be waited on by a robot but it can't be worse than self service checkout.
This may fly at home, but it won't work in a professional environment. And the enterprise is Microsoft's last reliable market share, so it would be a very bad move to piss off the enterprise. The whole reason for the student edition of Windows is to keep gullible young people locked into the intended consumer mindset.
The point is that this is not a secure facility and yet Trump has had classified briefings there. A team of security professionals would have fixed up the problems quickly.
It was and wasn't unthinkable, depending upon where in the US you lived. In the south they hated that show with a passion. When Kirk and Uhura had a kiss, against their will, stations didn't air that episode. In other parts of the country it wasn't nearly as controversial, black officers had been in the US military for some time.
Patched after the fact of course. Microsoft shares blame here for facilitating the attack by having the ridiculous feature of allowing scripting in downloaded documents or emails.
Manning did nothing to protect the US, the effects were the opposite. There was no uncovering of corruption or misdeeds. The most incriminating stuff was what we already knew, which was the minority of the information taken. Most of it was diplomatic cables, the release of which was harmful. Manning did not know what this information was at the time, he did the digital equivalent of stealing unopened file cabinets. He then turned that information over to wikileaks which was known to be irresponsible with sensitive information. He broke the law without even knowing what information he had stolen.
Snowden on the other hand knew exactly what information he had, and what it implied, and it was information that was useful. He released this in a controlled manner. Snowden broke the law but he knew what he was doing and what the information meant. Snowden was a hero, Manning was an opportunist.
This is iffy. Manning did not know what the information actually was. It was a quick download of everything that would fit, then handed to wikileaks without doing any vetting.
"Security update KB12345: This update changes the color of the mouse cursor. Be aware that this update is required for all future updates to Windows 7 and 8.1. For a list of incognito non-security changes, please visit."
"Automatic" updates are routinely disabled. Most updates from Microsoft are crap. The updates take lots of wasted time (seriously, I've applied a service pack in the past that installed faster than some of these new Windows updates). Not every update is for security, even Microsoft still manages to make a distinction So you can be routinely applying security updates (manually or automatically) while still disabling other updates and remain secure.
And precisely because Windows is known for being insecure means you should never trust it for security. Many of it's holes came about from updates either to it or to its applications. The fact that Microsoft shoved out a marketing feature as a security update should say very clearly to never trust them. ALWAYS review each and every update manually to see if it's safe. Pro users are allowed to delay updates for some months, even security updates can be delayed, and Enterprise users can put off updates indefinitely. Only the Home users (known internally in Microsoft as "suckers) are forced to take updates immediately.
Windows 10 does bite, and on Windows 8.1 I do remove the telemetry updates (because it's allowed to do so on 8.1). There's a distinct difference between basic opt-in telemetry and what Windows 10 does. Note especially that the enterprise edition allows disabling telemetry because they have more clout than home users. If it's a big enough issue for corporations to turn off then it should be a big enough issues to allow home users to disable. Microsoft didn't even disclose the types of data it is collecting until this year, they message was "trust us" which is a ridiculous rationale from one of the least trusted corporations out there. Most other applications or operating systems make the telemetry opt-in, and that's the way it should be because they're not so utterly arrogant as to demand it from everyone.
Ha I'm on Windows 8.1 so it doesn't do the forced updates. But does require the reboot for even the most innocuous changes. So I delay the reboot because I know it may take half an hour. Then when I'm done I shut down. However this doesn't count as a reboot! Because Windows essentially hibernates, those updates don't end up getting applied and I am not warned later on that I hadn't actually rebooted. So three or four weeks later if I reboot for some other update, then the Windows update finally takes effect and the quick reboot is suddenly a major effort.
The problem with the sound advice is that Microsoft is actively undermining the update process by treating customers so badly. They don't test their updates well, they make them forced in later versions, they tie the updates to earlier updates, and worst of all their malware inspired forcing of Windows 10 on people has justifiably trained customers to distrust Microsoft.
It's time consuming to check out each and every update to make sure it's safe. But I have to do that because I cannot trust microsoft not to play games with my systems.
Applications too, I don't update iTunes because every time I do it screws up, changing the UI in drastic ways, and takes me a very long time to get it working properly again. But that's ok, I do not use the store in iTunes, it does not execute any strange attachments, and as a malware vector it's pretty low compared to the OS itself. If it played nice then I'd update it more regularly.
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I disagree with the economic argument that cashier's add nothing since they don't produce anything. By that logic 95% of jobs can be eliminated, starting with CEOs, CTOs who don't know basic engineering, sales people, politicians, prognosticators, and economists.
Not that old! Bet you're one of those people who think cash is obsolete and using your phone for everything is the way to go :-)
I hate self serve kiosks. I took one today, because the lines were amazingly long elsewhere. I figured just 3 items, what can go wrong. Of course it immediately beeped for service assistance because one item was too heavy (bottle of soda). No one in self serve was getting checked out faster than normal once they got to the front of the line.
Maybe no one likes to be waited on by a robot but it can't be worse than self service checkout.
Yes, a dumbed down computer. They should market it as such. Marketing as for students implies it's suitable for serious class and lab work.
So Windows 10 S is the effective equivalent of the Speak-and-Spell but for college students?
The Cornballer.
This may fly at home, but it won't work in a professional environment. And the enterprise is Microsoft's last reliable market share, so it would be a very bad move to piss off the enterprise. The whole reason for the student edition of Windows is to keep gullible young people locked into the intended consumer mindset.
But what if we turned it up to 11?
The point is that this is not a secure facility and yet Trump has had classified briefings there. A team of security professionals would have fixed up the problems quickly.
It was and wasn't unthinkable, depending upon where in the US you lived. In the south they hated that show with a passion. When Kirk and Uhura had a kiss, against their will, stations didn't air that episode. In other parts of the country it wasn't nearly as controversial, black officers had been in the US military for some time.
I didn't notice any sledgehammer in the preview.
Patched after the fact of course. Microsoft shares blame here for facilitating the attack by having the ridiculous feature of allowing scripting in downloaded documents or emails.
He leads from behind so that it's easier for him to grab some ass.
Manning did nothing to protect the US, the effects were the opposite. There was no uncovering of corruption or misdeeds. The most incriminating stuff was what we already knew, which was the minority of the information taken. Most of it was diplomatic cables, the release of which was harmful. Manning did not know what this information was at the time, he did the digital equivalent of stealing unopened file cabinets. He then turned that information over to wikileaks which was known to be irresponsible with sensitive information. He broke the law without even knowing what information he had stolen.
Snowden on the other hand knew exactly what information he had, and what it implied, and it was information that was useful. He released this in a controlled manner. Snowden broke the law but he knew what he was doing and what the information meant. Snowden was a hero, Manning was an opportunist.
This is iffy. Manning did not know what the information actually was. It was a quick download of everything that would fit, then handed to wikileaks without doing any vetting.
"Security update KB12345: This update changes the color of the mouse cursor. Be aware that this update is required for all future updates to Windows 7 and 8.1. For a list of incognito non-security changes, please visit ."
Most still run on XP as well, no need to upgrade :-)
Most malware doesn't cause the kinds of damage that Windows does.
"Automatic" updates are routinely disabled. Most updates from Microsoft are crap. The updates take lots of wasted time (seriously, I've applied a service pack in the past that installed faster than some of these new Windows updates). Not every update is for security, even Microsoft still manages to make a distinction So you can be routinely applying security updates (manually or automatically) while still disabling other updates and remain secure.
And precisely because Windows is known for being insecure means you should never trust it for security. Many of it's holes came about from updates either to it or to its applications. The fact that Microsoft shoved out a marketing feature as a security update should say very clearly to never trust them. ALWAYS review each and every update manually to see if it's safe. Pro users are allowed to delay updates for some months, even security updates can be delayed, and Enterprise users can put off updates indefinitely. Only the Home users (known internally in Microsoft as "suckers) are forced to take updates immediately.
Windows 10 does bite, and on Windows 8.1 I do remove the telemetry updates (because it's allowed to do so on 8.1). There's a distinct difference between basic opt-in telemetry and what Windows 10 does. Note especially that the enterprise edition allows disabling telemetry because they have more clout than home users. If it's a big enough issue for corporations to turn off then it should be a big enough issues to allow home users to disable. Microsoft didn't even disclose the types of data it is collecting until this year, they message was "trust us" which is a ridiculous rationale from one of the least trusted corporations out there. Most other applications or operating systems make the telemetry opt-in, and that's the way it should be because they're not so utterly arrogant as to demand it from everyone.
Ha I'm on Windows 8.1 so it doesn't do the forced updates. But does require the reboot for even the most innocuous changes. So I delay the reboot because I know it may take half an hour. Then when I'm done I shut down. However this doesn't count as a reboot! Because Windows essentially hibernates, those updates don't end up getting applied and I am not warned later on that I hadn't actually rebooted. So three or four weeks later if I reboot for some other update, then the Windows update finally takes effect and the quick reboot is suddenly a major effort.
It's been 6 months but have they done even one thing to earn back trust? They have not even apologized! This reason is still valid.
You do hear people defend Microsoft that way. As in "but that was in the past!" They forget that trust has to be earned.
I don't on macbook. Too many updates require reboots and that's very disruptive if it happens outside of my control.
The problem with the sound advice is that Microsoft is actively undermining the update process by treating customers so badly. They don't test their updates well, they make them forced in later versions, they tie the updates to earlier updates, and worst of all their malware inspired forcing of Windows 10 on people has justifiably trained customers to distrust Microsoft.
It's time consuming to check out each and every update to make sure it's safe. But I have to do that because I cannot trust microsoft not to play games with my systems.
Applications too, I don't update iTunes because every time I do it screws up, changing the UI in drastic ways, and takes me a very long time to get it working properly again. But that's ok, I do not use the store in iTunes, it does not execute any strange attachments, and as a malware vector it's pretty low compared to the OS itself. If it played nice then I'd update it more regularly.