Between the goddamn camera circling circling circling around everyone - HOLD STILL - and the nonstop JJAbramsLensFlares I've already decided No Thanks.
For some reason this reminds me of "The Marching Morons" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... where Kornbluth features cars with speedometers calibrated to look like they are going 200mph when in reality the car is going about 50.
I'll see you on that and raise ya several thousands of $$$. The UVM Medical-Industrial complex hbas been swallowing up healthcare facilities around the state and threatening independent providers to our detriment. Meanwhile, as this state-sanctioned monopoly blossoms it becomes harder and harder to get the simplest of procedures without going through a UVM facility - which costs a fortune. https://vtdigger.org/2017/07/3...
It is no coincidence that Vermont is among the top ten most expensive places to buy health insurance: http://www.npr.org/sections/he...
The 5000 that took the survey... do they say how much experience they've had and whether that affected the outcome? Did they treat for mites or other diseases?
Most likely the majority of those who took the survey are new beekeepers who are all agog at themselves and, like anyone truly into a new hobby are sticking thier fingers into everything bee-related because "Oh, the bees!" I would bet 50 lbs of honey (I'm a beekeeper) that the majority of those who took the survey are newly-minted beekeepers which equals dead hives due to lack of experience.
We should have a contest to see creative hackers will mess with this. Have Home Notifications call grandma - at 3 in the morning to tell her the grandkids have been kidnapped. Have Home call Iceland - over and over again...
Wanna bet? Mine kept getting turned back on - whether by them or the ongoing "updates - and yes, supposedly you can turn it off but: One time (actually the last time) I turned it off but the blinky lights on front said it was still on.
I called Comcast and their support "turned" it off but the blinky wifi lights were still doing their thing. Nope. Don't believe 'em.
Honestly, the ability to turn the computer off with a real on/off switch, is what I miss most. I'm so sick of holding the faux-power button for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 seconds and still never being sure if the god damned thing is off.
Because AI is this year's great new marketing term, like 3d printing was a few minutes ago, like cloud computing was a few hours ago...
All it means is someone can charge more for something, somewhere while us poor suckers get used to [my opinion] what most certainly will be dumbed-down lower-rez imaging.
Watch. In a few years they'll be pushing what, to my eyes, looks like 8-bit pixellated graphics as high quality and it will be accepted. But I'm a cynic.
We're getting our 50 users off it. With the non-stop "Service" messages and the intrusive bullshit it keeps trying to push it has turned into a sinkhole.
For example, Outlook users get prompted to install a NFL calendar add-on to follow football season. When I called support they first told me it must be a malware we picked up somewhere. After getting even more irate they told me "oh, well, yes, we do push that and you can't turn those messages off".
Decades ago I worked for The Phone Company when there was only one. I was hired as an Directory Assistance Operator. I was the only guy in a room of almost 100 women. The Phone Company had just started hiring men in traditionally women's jobs and vice versa. I signed on since I wanted to be a lineman or work in a CO. After a few weeks of the mindless work - and it was (and probably is) over a break I mentioned I was thinking of quitting. One of the old-timers who'd been there for almost 30 years told me - and I'll never forget this - "Yeah, I thought about quitting once and they had one of their psychiatrists talk me out of it."
I hung up my headset in my locker, wrote a note saying "Don't even look for me." and walked out never to return. They called every day for a month.
"Fire up a Windows 10 Insiders' build instance and run your code, run your tools, host your website on Apache, access your MySQL database from your Java code," he explained... "so our telemetry system can steal your code, your tools and your personal information."
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Everything You Know Is Wrong.
Thas fanastic.
Because we're not a totalitarian state - yet.
Between the goddamn camera circling circling circling around everyone - HOLD STILL - and the nonstop JJAbramsLensFlares I've already decided No Thanks.
Microsoft writes, adding that "the project highlights the increasing role of private companies in hobbling the infrastructure of the future."
"...Gives Nevada Schoolkid A Surface Laptop"
Who the fuck cares except the MS shill who posted this?
For some reason this reminds me of "The Marching Morons" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... where Kornbluth features cars with speedometers calibrated to look like they are going 200mph when in reality the car is going about 50.
and a shill for MS.
I'll see you on that and raise ya several thousands of $$$. The UVM Medical-Industrial complex hbas been swallowing up healthcare facilities around the state and threatening independent providers to our detriment. Meanwhile, as this state-sanctioned monopoly blossoms it becomes harder and harder to get the simplest of procedures without going through a UVM facility - which costs a fortune. https://vtdigger.org/2017/07/3...
It is no coincidence that Vermont is among the top ten most expensive places to buy health insurance: http://www.npr.org/sections/he...
...to a United States near you!
There are about 1000 here in Vermont alone.
The 5000 that took the survey... do they say how much experience they've had and whether that affected the outcome? Did they treat for mites or other diseases?
Most likely the majority of those who took the survey are new beekeepers who are all agog at themselves and, like anyone truly into a new hobby are sticking thier fingers into everything bee-related because "Oh, the bees!" I would bet 50 lbs of honey (I'm a beekeeper) that the majority of those who took the survey are newly-minted beekeepers which equals dead hives due to lack of experience.
We should have a contest to see creative hackers will mess with this. Have Home Notifications call grandma - at 3 in the morning to tell her the grandkids have been kidnapped. Have Home call Iceland - over and over again...
Agreed. TB has been rock steady for me for years. I like that.
Making Orwell's Telescreen more cuddly...
You're kidding, right? Access?
Wanna bet? Mine kept getting turned back on - whether by them or the ongoing "updates - and yes, supposedly you can turn it off but: One time (actually the last time) I turned it off but the blinky lights on front said it was still on.
I called Comcast and their support "turned" it off but the blinky wifi lights were still doing their thing. Nope. Don't believe 'em.
Honestly, the ability to turn the computer off with a real on/off switch, is what I miss most. I'm so sick of holding the faux-power button for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 seconds and still never being sure if the god damned thing is off.
Because AI is this year's great new marketing term, like 3d printing was a few minutes ago, like cloud computing was a few hours ago...
All it means is someone can charge more for something, somewhere while us poor suckers get used to [my opinion] what most certainly will be dumbed-down lower-rez imaging.
Watch. In a few years they'll be pushing what, to my eyes, looks like 8-bit pixellated graphics as high quality and it will be accepted. But I'm a cynic.
Thanks for that. I've still got my original Zmodem registration diskette. I miss those days.
I'd yell for someone to get off my lawn but we got a foot of snow overnight.
We're getting our 50 users off it. With the non-stop "Service" messages and the intrusive bullshit it keeps trying to push it has turned into a sinkhole.
For example, Outlook users get prompted to install a NFL calendar add-on to follow football season. When I called support they first told me it must be a malware we picked up somewhere. After getting even more irate they told me "oh, well, yes, we do push that and you can't turn those messages off".
Utter bullshit.
Decades ago I worked for The Phone Company when there was only one. I was hired as an Directory Assistance Operator. I was the only guy in a room of almost 100 women. The Phone Company had just started hiring men in traditionally women's jobs and vice versa. I signed on since I wanted to be a lineman or work in a CO. After a few weeks of the mindless work - and it was (and probably is) over a break I mentioned I was thinking of quitting. One of the old-timers who'd been there for almost 30 years told me - and I'll never forget this - "Yeah, I thought about quitting once and they had one of their psychiatrists talk me out of it."
I hung up my headset in my locker, wrote a note saying "Don't even look for me." and walked out never to return. They called every day for a month.
"Fire up a Windows 10 Insiders' build instance and run your code, run your tools, host your website on Apache, access your MySQL database from your Java code," he explained... "so our telemetry system can steal your code, your tools and your personal information."
FTFY
I remember being so excited when Zmodem fixed the download problems. I've still got my original diskette with Zmodem.
Anybody else remember about 25 years ago when MS got slapped down for including an A/V component with DOS 6?
"The press is mining the dirty work of Russian hackers for gossipy inside-beltway accounts."
I love how you accept the Russians are responsible.