Well, at least it removes the Internet Explorer application itself. Does turning off IE remove everything that IE needs that the OS doesn't, or is it just iexplore.exe that goes bye-bye?
Hawt, usually, according to the Internet. Seem to exist only for the pleasure and/or amusement of men. Probably much less hawt in real life. There's a pair I see at school - one's androgynous and one's fat. Nothing like the Internet.
What the fuck is wrong with geeks taking everything said to them as a personal affront?
We're geeks! We aren't used to getting any sort of attention from women! It cuts into coding time! And computer customization time!
Since when did we become worth paying attention to? All we did was make the modern world run as it does. And we need time to do that. How are we supposed to deal with women intruding our routine time and space?
Control Panel --> Programs and Features In a sidebar, there is something that says "Turn Windows features on or off". It is an administrative action, and marked as such, though the UAC doesn't nag you about it by default in build 7048.
Just uncheck the "Internet Explorer 8" item, restart twice (really; no, I can't think of a good reason why), and iexplore.exe (at least) is gone.
I dunno what it removes other than iexplore.exe, but it at least removes the application.
From reading this section of the thread, it's as illegal as having a camera and a small child in the same house. It's perfectly alright; the potential for illegal stuff just happens to be there.
No, seriously, at least give it a chance to be useful. Your prejudgment seems unwarranted, unfounded, and unnecessary. I know I'll at least try it out before either ignoring it or destroying it.
hard to prove your innocence if you're not given the chance to.
That's the funny part. In the US, one is, legally, "innocent until proven guilty". The girls being threatened by this lawyer have nothing to worry about at the moment, and never will have anything to worry about regarding this, until and unless those pics come forward.
The girls don't have to do crap to "prove" their innocence. This lawyer has to prove them guilty, under the established system. In other words, it'll be pretty hard to prove them guilty if he can't even establish the reason he's threatening them.
If I tell you that some guy I know has CP, are you gonna go legally threaten him, or are you going to first search him and establish that he does, indeed, possess CP? The reasonable answer is that searches would be done first to establish whether or not he's in possession of CP.
IANAL, but this is the way that I've always been taught that the system works.
Yes, as long as it's funny. Just like Forge's post in response to the same post I'm responding to. I enjoyed Forge's joke quite a bit.:)
This isn't me singling out cancer patients, by the way. I enjoy any joke that's funny, regardless of group. Whites, Catholics, nerds, college students, socially inept people who hang out on the Internet...I'm a part of each of those groups, and I can laugh at jokes. And all the same, I can also laugh at jokes about blacks, Jews, jocks, or any number of groups of which I'm not a part.
(aside from the fact that Linux is just a kernel and that the term "Linux" is now being used in the mainstream for almost any Unix-like OS; but that's another argument altogether)
*starts the other argument*
I dunno...I, for one, have never, ever heard Mac OS X or Solaris (both of which are Unix-like operating systems) ever referred to as "Linux". I've only ever heard the name "Linux" in reference to either (a) the Linux kernel itself or (b) operating systems that run on the Linux kernel. So, either "mainstream" isn't quite where you think it is, or you need to back up your point.
So the humankind hates computer geeks, scientists and any people that look smart. They just want to kill you on a very painful way and not have to call you to install another desktop manager.
Fine. Be that way. Just don't come cryin' to us when Brawndo doesn't actually have what plants crave.
I have no idea what "Conficker" actually means or to what it refers
It sounds like the English word, "configure." Also, "ficken" is German for "to fuck", so one would imagine that, like any good piece of malware, it fucks with your configuration.
I forget where I read that, so [citation needed]. Sorry. I swear, I saw it on Wikipedia, but it's not there now....
No, it really can't. Well, not in Windows Vista, anyway. Back when I had Steam, I tried many times to start it without a network connection, and never once did it work. Ever.
In what operating system does Steam run in offline mode?
I would pay to watch that. A modernized version of "Twelve Angry Men" (and I don't mean that episode of Monk) might not be a bad thing, if pulled off right.
Yes, someone else pointed out that UAC requests a password if you aren't an administrator--which is, of course, correct.
It's not even non-admin users that I'm talking about. You can apparently require the password to be entered on UAC prompt, even for an Admin account. Ooh, let me go find it....
There are a number of configurable UAC settings. It is possible to:[10]
* Require administrators to re-enter their password for heightened security;
* Require the user to press Ctrl+Alt+Del as part of the authentication process for heightened security;
* Disable Admin Approval Mode (UAC prompts for administrators) entirely;
(emphasis added)
In theory, your WinSudo could have the same level of protection as a sudo command prefix, based on what I read here.
Again, though, like I said, I haven't actually messed with UAC settings before in Vista. I could be mistaken, because the Internet isn't perfect.
It spins to produce power? And it can run my car? Does that mean that I can use a hand-crank to charge my car, just like my XO Laptop?
Hmm...maybe in addition to computers, we can bring cars to children in third-world countries with no schools....
*sees business opportunity* *passes it up* *waits for patent lawsuits to spring up on/. in the future, by the people who actually did do something with this*
inb4 Conficker evolves to evade and/or destroy this tool.
Seriously, there was already a fix pushed out for this. Conficker grew to overcome it, which is why the problem still exists today. There is no way this project is going to be this simple. These Romanians are in for a fight if they truly want to cure the Conficker epidemic.
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Well, at least it removes the Internet Explorer application itself. Does turning off IE remove everything that IE needs that the OS doesn't, or is it just iexplore.exe that goes bye-bye?
what do you think about lesbians?
Hawt, usually, according to the Internet. Seem to exist only for the pleasure and/or amusement of men. Probably much less hawt in real life. There's a pair I see at school - one's androgynous and one's fat. Nothing like the Internet.
What the fuck is wrong with geeks taking everything said to them as a personal affront?
We're geeks! We aren't used to getting any sort of attention from women! It cuts into coding time! And computer customization time!
Since when did we become worth paying attention to? All we did was make the modern world run as it does. And we need time to do that. How are we supposed to deal with women intruding our routine time and space?
In Windows 7 Beta build 7048 and later:
Control Panel --> Programs and Features
In a sidebar, there is something that says "Turn Windows features on or off". It is an administrative action, and marked as such, though the UAC doesn't nag you about it by default in build 7048.
Just uncheck the "Internet Explorer 8" item, restart twice (really; no, I can't think of a good reason why), and iexplore.exe (at least) is gone.
I dunno what it removes other than iexplore.exe, but it at least removes the application.
From reading this section of the thread, it's as illegal as having a camera and a small child in the same house. It's perfectly alright; the potential for illegal stuff just happens to be there.
Because new == bad
We know.
No, seriously, at least give it a chance to be useful. Your prejudgment seems unwarranted, unfounded, and unnecessary. I know I'll at least try it out before either ignoring it or destroying it.
hard to prove your innocence if you're not given the chance to.
That's the funny part. In the US, one is, legally, "innocent until proven guilty". The girls being threatened by this lawyer have nothing to worry about at the moment, and never will have anything to worry about regarding this, until and unless those pics come forward.
The girls don't have to do crap to "prove" their innocence. This lawyer has to prove them guilty, under the established system. In other words, it'll be pretty hard to prove them guilty if he can't even establish the reason he's threatening them.
If I tell you that some guy I know has CP, are you gonna go legally threaten him, or are you going to first search him and establish that he does, indeed, possess CP? The reasonable answer is that searches would be done first to establish whether or not he's in possession of CP.
IANAL, but this is the way that I've always been taught that the system works.
Do you enjoy joking about cancer patients?
Yes, as long as it's funny. Just like Forge's post in response to the same post I'm responding to. I enjoyed Forge's joke quite a bit. :)
This isn't me singling out cancer patients, by the way. I enjoy any joke that's funny, regardless of group. Whites, Catholics, nerds, college students, socially inept people who hang out on the Internet...I'm a part of each of those groups, and I can laugh at jokes. And all the same, I can also laugh at jokes about blacks, Jews, jocks, or any number of groups of which I'm not a part.
My sense of humor knows no bounds or taboos.
(aside from the fact that Linux is just a kernel and that the term "Linux" is now being used in the mainstream for almost any Unix-like OS; but that's another argument altogether)
*starts the other argument*
I dunno...I, for one, have never, ever heard Mac OS X or Solaris (both of which are Unix-like operating systems) ever referred to as "Linux". I've only ever heard the name "Linux" in reference to either (a) the Linux kernel itself or (b) operating systems that run on the Linux kernel. So, either "mainstream" isn't quite where you think it is, or you need to back up your point.
tl;dr version - [citation needed], I think.
So the humankind hates computer geeks, scientists and any people that look smart. They just want to kill you on a very painful way and not have to call you to install another desktop manager.
Fine. Be that way. Just don't come cryin' to us when Brawndo doesn't actually have what plants crave.
That would be the worst (or, if you're completely twisted, like me, best) default wallpaper ever for any operating system ever.
I have no idea what "Conficker" actually means or to what it refers
It sounds like the English word, "configure." Also, "ficken" is German for "to fuck", so one would imagine that, like any good piece of malware, it fucks with your configuration.
I forget where I read that, so [citation needed]. Sorry. I swear, I saw it on Wikipedia, but it's not there now....
First off, steam can be run in offline mode.
No, it really can't. Well, not in Windows Vista, anyway. Back when I had Steam, I tried many times to start it without a network connection, and never once did it work. Ever.
In what operating system does Steam run in offline mode?
Inconceivable!!
Why do you keep using that word? I do not think it means what you think it means.
Mod parent funny. I can't.
Nice post, Hork_Monkey. :)
at the cost of all gba games.
And also at the cost of all DS games that require an accessory. No more Guitar Hero: On Tour. That discontinued DS browser is gone, too.
Nothing that used that slot is playable on the DSi. And I happen to like Guitar Hero: On Tour.
Um...how are the endeavors for "dinner in pill form" coming? A full meal in the form of a single pill is something else to look forward to, right? :)
I would pay to watch that. A modernized version of "Twelve Angry Men" (and I don't mean that episode of Monk) might not be a bad thing, if pulled off right.
Um...could this be the year of the AMD processor...? Is...uh...is Intel's chip finally going to fail in the market...?
Yeah, I know, I know, I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just thought I saw a vague parallel somewhere in there....
(Score:-1, Retarded)
Yes, someone else pointed out that UAC requests a password if you aren't an administrator--which is, of course, correct.
It's not even non-admin users that I'm talking about. You can apparently require the password to be entered on UAC prompt, even for an Admin account. Ooh, let me go find it....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control#Features
From that link:
There are a number of configurable UAC settings. It is possible to:[10]
* Require administrators to re-enter their password for heightened security;
* Require the user to press Ctrl+Alt+Del as part of the authentication process for heightened security;
* Disable Admin Approval Mode (UAC prompts for administrators) entirely;
(emphasis added)
In theory, your WinSudo could have the same level of protection as a sudo command prefix, based on what I read here.
Again, though, like I said, I haven't actually messed with UAC settings before in Vista. I could be mistaken, because the Internet isn't perfect.
That said, UAC is a lot like requiring sudo without a password, except that in theory, a user process can't automatically click "ok" for you.
Actually, according to what I've read (though I've never tried it), you can set UAC to require a password input.
That's a space station! And it really is, too!
It spins to produce power? And it can run my car? Does that mean that I can use a hand-crank to charge my car, just like my XO Laptop?
Hmm...maybe in addition to computers, we can bring cars to children in third-world countries with no schools....
*sees business opportunity* /. in the future, by the people who actually did do something with this*
*passes it up*
*waits for patent lawsuits to spring up on
inb4 Conficker evolves to evade and/or destroy this tool.
Seriously, there was already a fix pushed out for this. Conficker grew to overcome it, which is why the problem still exists today. There is no way this project is going to be this simple. These Romanians are in for a fight if they truly want to cure the Conficker epidemic.
The only thing funnier than that comment is the fact that the parent post got modded "Informative". :D