I understand data collection and metrics. I also understand the more I give freely the more they will feel entitled to take more. I run a 3rd party firewall, disable network hardware when not online and take other steps to thwart their wide nets. They'll always get something, I can live with it. I just won't embrace every bauble they offer until I know if and how it works.
Just because you don't value your info or privacy doesn't mean they don't.
The first point I was referring to Notepad in particular and most of the 42(+/-) other apps/services attempting to initiate an unnecessary network connection with an external address upon start-up. Also, the firewall that worked only one way for many years. The Remote Desktop that required the pebkac to first boot into Safe Mode to enable. The Network/Sharing Center with it's pre-sets that hinder customizing policies beyond the "Homegroup". Burying direct access to network adapters. The defragmenter that indicated progress only as "this may take minutes to hours...".
I've come to expect half-baked implementations, more resource hungry eye candy and gadgets designed to shape my computing experience rather than tools to allow me to have my experience. I expect MS's MO to stay true, all signs point to no new FS, same kernel with more layers added and NONE removed. And RIBBONS!!!!!
I do not think MS defines that word as you and I do. They are focused on lock-in and retention models rather than functionality and utility to the end user. I'm pretty sure if I ever do use Win8, I will still install WinCDEmu. Why? Because it does NOT: 1) Phone home every time I use it
2)Restrict my usability b/c of patent/license/drm handicaps
3)Work harder at obfuscating controls than being customizable/useable.
The law doesn't protect people from Assholes because it can't.
That doesn't stop the asshole lawmakers from making more asshole laws. Ironic isn't it?
I prefer to replace 'asshole' with 'stupid', it fits better. The results are the same, however...protecting stupid assholes from themselves/others at the expense of everybody else's liberties.
I hate to say it, but the overage charges are relatively not bad. $10/GB is chump change considering that it used to be $500/GB when they charged overage by the MB(USB/Mifi/whatever data plans). I realize compared to a fiber connection it is crazy high, but think about it... you have wireless data anywhere there's a phone signal! If we put our entitled consumer ego aside and judge it for what it is, it is amazing.
My soul hurts after defending VZW, but they do offer the best coverage and they are now slightly 'less evil' in my book(being off-contract helps a lot,too). So less evil, I just relinquished my grandfathered, unlimited USB in trade for a 4G metered plan. Even in 3g areas, seek time, d/u and signal are all vastly better than the old one.
Is this a step in the right direction? Is an Apple or Android 'app store' the same as a 'Nix repository? I have found the latter to be a massive library of programs ranging from mainstream to super-obscure applications from which to choose and experiment. I am no droid or pod user so I am just assuming(based on what I've read), but aren't they much smaller and geared toward sales of 'authorized' mainstream and various inane apps?
Gotta 2nd MajorGeeks, their servers may slow down but at least they're consistent with the certified/authorized content. Since Tucows' demise MG is the go to place for anything Windows. Softpedia and FileHippo always seemed to me as trustworthy as megaupload or rapidshare. Since the CBS acquisition, I wrote download.c0m off in anticipation of this inevitable turn. Shame, another one bites the dust.
Never had a problem with Sourceforge or Freshmeat, the community seems to do a great job of policing itself.
And hasn't that worked out well for the infrastructure?
And hasn't that worked out well for the institutions?
And hasn't that worked out well for the workforce?
And hasn't that worked out well for the markets?
Who has it worked out for? The banksters and their fellow oligops. There must be lobbyists, of course, they're the legal pimps. Last, but most culpable, the turncoats who sell out the US from their 'democratically elected' thrones.
tverbeek must have gotten laid last night, he/she is still being far too generous in describing the MUs.
Most regular users believe 'This page cannot be displayed"="my computer crashed", cannot resize or move a window let alone fathom what a window is.
To be fair, I will give users credit, most have figured out how to put a shortcut to spider solitaire onto their desktop without even knowing what a 'shortcut' or 'desktop' really is.
The Godfather tried to warn them. Don't know if I'm pleased or saddened that he lived long enough to see his incredible tools turned into "weapons of financial destruction". [Emphasis mine]
Luckily, he will be spared the repeat performance. Nothing's changed, they're still "printing money" every day. [emphasis theirs]
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The dumber and less self-reliant, the better for profit! Gullibility is just icing on the cake.
A 'perceived value', regardless of real value to the end-user, makes a bigger margin if you hype it right. Who hypes crap better than Nike?
BTW, it is amazing how fast 'my' smelly feet problem disappeared after I stopped buying Nike/Reebok/Adidas shoes. Go figure.
That lame Vonage song is stuck in my head again...
Enough with the wish-thinking, nerds.
I read that in Ogre U Asshole's voice...
Totally missed that. A crackable device would not be good for anyone but the 'hacker'...no, no the 'cracker'....er, the evil-doerz.
Next up, East is West, wet is dry and the year of the Linux Desktop[for tablets] is nigh!
Wow, what a bold deduction. Too bad it doesn't account for the fact that nobody wanted these devices before they were discounted deeply.
Give any polished turd away at a loss and I predict droves of people who yearn for 'something for nothing' will flock to get that 'deal'.
I understand data collection and metrics. I also understand the more I give freely the more they will feel entitled to take more. I run a 3rd party firewall, disable network hardware when not online and take other steps to thwart their wide nets. They'll always get something, I can live with it. I just won't embrace every bauble they offer until I know if and how it works.
Just because you don't value your info or privacy doesn't mean they don't.
The first point I was referring to Notepad in particular and most of the 42(+/-) other apps/services attempting to initiate an unnecessary network connection with an external address upon start-up. Also, the firewall that worked only one way for many years. The Remote Desktop that required the pebkac to first boot into Safe Mode to enable. The Network/Sharing Center with it's pre-sets that hinder customizing policies beyond the "Homegroup". Burying direct access to network adapters. The defragmenter that indicated progress only as "this may take minutes to hours...".
I've come to expect half-baked implementations, more resource hungry eye candy and gadgets designed to shape my computing experience rather than tools to allow me to have my experience. I expect MS's MO to stay true, all signs point to no new FS, same kernel with more layers added and NONE removed. And RIBBONS!!!!!
Still, progress is progress.
I do not think MS defines that word as you and I do. They are focused on lock-in and retention models rather than functionality and utility to the end user. I'm pretty sure if I ever do use Win8, I will still install WinCDEmu.
Why? Because it does NOT:
1) Phone home every time I use it
2)Restrict my usability b/c of patent/license/drm handicaps
3)Work harder at obfuscating controls than being customizable/useable.
The law doesn't protect people from Assholes because it can't.
That doesn't stop the asshole lawmakers from making more asshole laws. Ironic isn't it?
I prefer to replace 'asshole' with 'stupid', it fits better. The results are the same, however...protecting stupid assholes from themselves/others at the expense of everybody else's liberties.
The sky is blue!
After a wipe, fresh OS and some 3rd party utilities it ends up being even more better.
More important issue is why would you buy from BB in the 1st place?
I wonder... - was Microsoft really not able to fix that (probably) easy bug? - or did they think it's not important enough?
Yes.
Hey, it worked for disk defragmenter in Vista. I'm sure Pririform agrees.
I hate to say it, but the overage charges are relatively not bad. $10/GB is chump change considering that it used to be $500/GB when they charged overage by the MB(USB/Mifi/whatever data plans). I realize compared to a fiber connection it is crazy high, but think about it... you have wireless data anywhere there's a phone signal! If we put our entitled consumer ego aside and judge it for what it is, it is amazing.
My soul hurts after defending VZW, but they do offer the best coverage and they are now slightly 'less evil' in my book(being off-contract helps a lot,too). So less evil, I just relinquished my grandfathered, unlimited USB in trade for a 4G metered plan. Even in 3g areas, seek time, d/u and signal are all vastly better than the old one.
nice to see the non-oss world catching up.
Is this a step in the right direction? Is an Apple or Android 'app store' the same as a 'Nix repository? I have found the latter to be a massive library of programs ranging from mainstream to super-obscure applications from which to choose and experiment. I am no droid or pod user so I am just assuming(based on what I've read), but aren't they much smaller and geared toward sales of 'authorized' mainstream and various inane apps?
Gotta 2nd MajorGeeks, their servers may slow down but at least they're consistent with the certified/authorized content. Since Tucows' demise MG is the go to place for anything Windows. Softpedia and FileHippo always seemed to me as trustworthy as megaupload or rapidshare. Since the CBS acquisition, I wrote download.c0m off in anticipation of this inevitable turn. Shame, another one bites the dust.
Never had a problem with Sourceforge or Freshmeat, the community seems to do a great job of policing itself.
And hasn't that worked out well for the infrastructure?
And hasn't that worked out well for the institutions?
And hasn't that worked out well for the workforce?
And hasn't that worked out well for the markets?
Who has it worked out for? The banksters and their fellow oligops. There must be lobbyists, of course, they're the legal pimps. Last, but most culpable, the turncoats who sell out the US from their 'democratically elected' thrones.
Vote out the incumbents, it is long past due.
While it seems everyone is milking the 'supercookie' cessation hype, at least one org is telling us why...
Online Behavioral Tracking
tverbeek must have gotten laid last night, he/she is still being far too generous in describing the MUs.
Most regular users believe 'This page cannot be displayed"="my computer crashed", cannot resize or move a window let alone fathom what a window is.
To be fair, I will give users credit, most have figured out how to put a shortcut to spider solitaire onto their desktop without even knowing what a 'shortcut' or 'desktop' really is.
For thendecisive lot, gotta show them Ctrl+y along with Ctrl+z.
At this rate, solar will soon be as common and cheap as sunlight! I for one cannot wait for our solar powered overlords.
So is that kid's neighbor...lulz
The problem is that measures of uncertainty using the bell curve simply disregard the possibility of sharp jumps or discontinuities and, therefore, have no meaning or consequence. Using them is like focusing on the grass and missing out on the (gigantic) trees. In fact, while the occasional and unpredictable large deviations are rare, they cannot be dismissed as âoeoutliersâ because, cumulatively, their impact in the long term is so dramatic.
The Godfather tried to warn them. Don't know if I'm pleased or saddened that he lived long enough to see his incredible tools turned into "weapons of financial destruction". [Emphasis mine]
Luckily, he will be spared the repeat performance. Nothing's changed, they're still "printing money" every day. [emphasis theirs]
Don't you worry, Timmy's staying on at the helm to help us weather this storm!
Until they drag him out in cuffs he ain't going anywhere.