That's a bit like saying that the 1849 California gold rush was a pyramid scheme. Money is money. Early adopters got rewarded, but that was always known to be temporary - nobody was deluded. The supply was always limited.
That's just subjective feelings on what the name means. I would consider the Nest thermostat to be an IoT device, but it has no open ports to the Internet. It as an outbound HTTP connection to the manufacturer's servers. And yes, there are plenty of problems with that setup, including the possible future of an already purchased product just going dead one day due to no longer being supported.
Cloud computing just means a server on the Internet - though plenty of people imbue it with all sorts of ideas about virtualization. None of that's required for something to be called "the cloud"
Buzzwords become meaningless. "The cloud" is just anything that's not on your LAN. It doesn't necessarily even mean virtualization technology is in use.
Which TCP Protocol is the wrong network layer to point the finger at. Creating a socket interface is not inherently more secure and just adds labor hours to creating the UI. Badly formed authentication is one angle to attack with. The other is having the thing only remotely accessible when it joins itself to a VPN - which takes a lot of the security burden off yourself. Because there is no reason to have it open to the public Internet directly.
A professional installed and configured a customized version of Windows on your system...and an amateur tried to installed and configure Linux, and not surprisingly was unsuccessful
This is you claiming. It's unlikely the main reason for the lack of success was not being an expert (even if an expert may be able to overcome some problems).
the average person is too stupid to understand that a $25 item that lats a lifetime is a better deal than a $5 version of that item that breaks and needs to be replaced every 2 years.
With planned obsolescence, lasting more than 2 years just leaves you with an unsupported, abandoned relic.
Wrong context. I'm talking about the reasons why ones that are broken are broken, completely disregarding all the working chips. Which is why I used past tense, because it's mostly a solved problem anyway.
No, but they nag horribly. It pops up every day offering to update and you can only push it off by one day. At least Microsoft only does it for the Windows 10 update.
the machine locked into what looked like an uninterruptible BSOD-restart loop.
This only surprises me a little, but whenever I've seen a Windows 10 upgrade fail with more than a couple reboots it automatically reverted to Windows 7.
It's just like electing a president. A third-party OS is not going to gain enough userbase to make it a worthy competitor. This is why we free market capitalism doesn't work - we need safeguards for consumers. Linux is only good for advanced users who don't need other commercial software.
The reason for wifi problems in Linux was due to there being no open source drivers for so many wireless chips. The only way to make them work is to run the Windows drivers via NDISWrapper. A skilled professional is going to have a long road ahead of them to fix that in Linux.
Microsoft is working with comcast to restrict home users ability to record TV Content over Cable and Antenna.
That's not really even Microsoft. That's the CableCard standard (record/copy flags). And it's the only reason why Windows was able to implement CableCard compatibility. This is why I only watch/record Broadcast TV, which I can get via antenna unencrypted and unencumbered and record with MythTV.
Comcast and Cox have already started converting their Set Top Boxes to IP based streaming boxes
And this is because cable companies thought even CableCard was too permissive... And this was the only exemption the FCC really approved to the CableCard requirement.
Today it is now illegal to transfer content from DVDs to your computer in England and other European countries.
I don't know what is in the mind of the Microsoft people.
It will sell more copies of/upgrades to Windows Pro than probably anything else will. Since that's the only version where you can turn off automatic updates. I don't know why CPU usage / system load isn't taken into account when scheduling even an automatic reboot.
That's more of a browser implementation problem. It's still the right choice if someone can think of a good way to distinguish between secure and trusted. A lock probably isn't the right icon for trust, years of passive training aside.
Remember banks are relying on the "HTTPS" lock icon and instructing their users to look for it and consider themselves "safe" if it exists. ING bank shouldn't have to buy ing.com, ing.org, mying.com, ingbank.com, myingbank.com just because domain ownership is the be all and end all of "identification" on the internet.
This is why you should expect EV-SSL from your bank. There is plenty of additional paperwork required to prove identity and it gives additional assurance with a different icon in the browser address bar.
The air/helium is a fluid bearing, keeping the heads above the platters while they rotate. And it also dissipates heat from the spinning platters. So the head will be more likely to crash and the platters are more likely to overheat as the helium leaks out.
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That's a bit like saying that the 1849 California gold rush was a pyramid scheme. Money is money. Early adopters got rewarded, but that was always known to be temporary - nobody was deluded. The supply was always limited.
That's just subjective feelings on what the name means. I would consider the Nest thermostat to be an IoT device, but it has no open ports to the Internet. It as an outbound HTTP connection to the manufacturer's servers. And yes, there are plenty of problems with that setup, including the possible future of an already purchased product just going dead one day due to no longer being supported.
Cloud computing just means a server on the Internet - though plenty of people imbue it with all sorts of ideas about virtualization. None of that's required for something to be called "the cloud"
Wind farms ARE NOT IOT
Buzzwords become meaningless. "The cloud" is just anything that's not on your LAN. It doesn't necessarily even mean virtualization technology is in use.
Which TCP Protocol is the wrong network layer to point the finger at. Creating a socket interface is not inherently more secure and just adds labor hours to creating the UI. Badly formed authentication is one angle to attack with. The other is having the thing only remotely accessible when it joins itself to a VPN - which takes a lot of the security burden off yourself. Because there is no reason to have it open to the public Internet directly.
P.S. ability != expert
However you phrased whatever that was makes no sense. In fact, if I were to rate it on a scale, it would get an absolute zero.
A professional installed and configured a customized version of Windows on your system...and an amateur tried to installed and configure Linux, and not surprisingly was unsuccessful
This is you claiming. It's unlikely the main reason for the lack of success was not being an expert (even if an expert may be able to overcome some problems).
You used to be able to say most of the same things about cars. It's only a matter of time. They'll find a way to force you to keep buying.
As long as there's someone worse to compare yourself to, you're OK.
expect more government regulation and better treatment.
They may expect it, but it obviously isn't happening if you read even the headline of the summary. That's pretty crucial to quality of life.
the average person is too stupid to understand that a $25 item that lats a lifetime is a better deal than a $5 version of that item that breaks and needs to be replaced every 2 years.
With planned obsolescence, lasting more than 2 years just leaves you with an unsupported, abandoned relic.
You're the one who said
thus the WiFi and video "problems"
What wifi problems is anyone having now that this is all over? You claimed it required an expert, but that was the only time that was ever true.
I thought we already had SNAP and broadcast television.
That worked out pretty well for the Rom
Romney administration?
Wrong context. I'm talking about the reasons why ones that are broken are broken, completely disregarding all the working chips. Which is why I used past tense, because it's mostly a solved problem anyway.
Apple doesn't force updates on you.
No, but they nag horribly. It pops up every day offering to update and you can only push it off by one day. At least Microsoft only does it for the Windows 10 update.
the machine locked into what looked like an uninterruptible BSOD-restart loop.
This only surprises me a little, but whenever I've seen a Windows 10 upgrade fail with more than a couple reboots it automatically reverted to Windows 7.
It's just like electing a president. A third-party OS is not going to gain enough userbase to make it a worthy competitor. This is why we free market capitalism doesn't work - we need safeguards for consumers. Linux is only good for advanced users who don't need other commercial software.
thus the WiFi and video "problems"
The reason for wifi problems in Linux was due to there being no open source drivers for so many wireless chips. The only way to make them work is to run the Windows drivers via NDISWrapper. A skilled professional is going to have a long road ahead of them to fix that in Linux.
Microsoft is working with comcast to restrict home users ability to record TV Content over Cable and Antenna.
That's not really even Microsoft. That's the CableCard standard (record/copy flags). And it's the only reason why Windows was able to implement CableCard compatibility. This is why I only watch/record Broadcast TV, which I can get via antenna unencrypted and unencumbered and record with MythTV.
Comcast and Cox have already started converting their Set Top Boxes to IP based streaming boxes
And this is because cable companies thought even CableCard was too permissive... And this was the only exemption the FCC really approved to the CableCard requirement.
Today it is now illegal to transfer content from DVDs to your computer in England and other European countries.
And in the US. It's called the DMCA.
I don't know what is in the mind of the Microsoft people.
It will sell more copies of/upgrades to Windows Pro than probably anything else will. Since that's the only version where you can turn off automatic updates. I don't know why CPU usage / system load isn't taken into account when scheduling even an automatic reboot.
That's more of a browser implementation problem. It's still the right choice if someone can think of a good way to distinguish between secure and trusted. A lock probably isn't the right icon for trust, years of passive training aside.
Remember banks are relying on the "HTTPS" lock icon and instructing their users to look for it and consider themselves "safe" if it exists. ING bank shouldn't have to buy ing.com, ing.org, mying.com, ingbank.com, myingbank.com just because domain ownership is the be all and end all of "identification" on the internet.
This is why you should expect EV-SSL from your bank. There is plenty of additional paperwork required to prove identity and it gives additional assurance with a different icon in the browser address bar.
My favorite is the floppy disk or thumb drive version. So easy to copy that there's no reason there wouldn't be duplicates everywhere.
The air/helium is a fluid bearing, keeping the heads above the platters while they rotate. And it also dissipates heat from the spinning platters. So the head will be more likely to crash and the platters are more likely to overheat as the helium leaks out.
But the already-released helium will never be recovered (and will probably have escaped Earth's atmosphere).