Other, lesser politically-backed up games. The BAFTA awards are now much like Eurovision: politically-heavy bullshit. It's no longer about the games themselves but who backs them up and what's in it for various lobby groups.
When you start putting together a Windows machine from bits purchased on NewEgg or - God help you - a hackintosh, you start getting into "download drivers" territory... or "impossible to use at all" territory if you don't research the parts ahead of time.
Nothing farther from the truth. I started building custom machines in 1994. There was no need to go download a driver manually since Windows XP SP1. The only exception is if you have an older component which the maker stopped supporting for newer operating systems, but even in this case it's likely that Windows Update slams a generic driver in to use that component's basic functionality.
Maybe I should capture a video of me installing and configuring a Linux flavor of your choice on a machine to see how far can I go until having to drop to terminal to do something that the UI doesn't cover.
My reason for pointing out mistakes is to hold the person with which I am exchanging information up to my own standards that I strive to respect. With English not being my native language, I was grateful when I was told that "all things considering" is wrong and I should use "all things considered". I spent a lot of time bettering my English to the point where my vocabulary and knowledge of this language's rules are both very well above native English speakers' average. I have gone through that effort out of self-respect as well as respect towards the people I talk to. Would you say it's too much to ask for the same amount of respect I'm giving?
To make an analogy to what you're saying: if you go to a restaurant and the food you're ordering is not well cooked, would you still eat it because the amount of nutrients in it is just the same as it would be if the dish was well cooked? Or would you send it back?
A half-assed product is a half-assed product, be it a dish, a drink or a string of words.
Could be signs of a very mild dyslexia or alexia. While I understand such things could happen, and indeed they also very rarely occur while I write, I also believe that one should re-read his text after writing it. Instant messaging - okay, more leniency should be allowed. But e-mail, letters, documents, forum entries, etc. - those should be proofed. Consistently not doing so is a sign of being superficial or simply not giving a shit.
The problem with "typo" is that its definition is very elastic. A typo is a typographical error. The term did indeed (more recently) creep into "typing error", which results from the so-called "fat-fingering" keys. I often type "whioch" instead of "which". That's a typo. Writing "consistant" instead of "consistent" is not a typo if you ask me, because its root cause is lack of knowledge on how to properly write it, rather that a finger slipping kind of thing. Writing
I can handle typos. I am bothered by grammatical errors. And yes, I am less agreeable. If you want to know why, it's because my writing standards are high and I hold other people to the same standards I follow. Does that make me an asshole? Talk about how low society has sunk.
You have a strange definition for "stealing". Microsoft has been anything BUT underhanded here. Everything's in that big-ass EULA that nobody reads. Average Joes don't care because they don't care, it's as simple as that. You could yell words into their ears, they still won't listen (been there, done that). Yes, Microsoft's making choices for people because people (those average "wanna browse the net" types) have no clue. They actually would rather have someone else take that matter from their hands. Microsoft understood that. It's using some information that those users don't value anyway and gives them a free operating system instead. The "wrongness" of it is ultimately in the eye of the beholder. Analogies abound: GMOs, gas-guzzling cars, guns, pollution, homosexuality, etc., etc - they all are wrong to someone and right to someone else. If people are too limited to be able to weigh the benefits versus the downsides of this and that, it's their problem.
I'm working with lots of IT-illiterate people and have been informing them that Windows 10 has telemetry and is using some information from their computers - none of them gave a shit. Maybe 2 of 100 asked a couple more questions, then lost interest and installed it anyway. About 5 of 100 feigned outrage and... installed it anyway. After seeing that I simply lost my will to educate the world. It was, if you will, a wake-up call for me.
I really feel the need to emphasize this: we're both on the same side, I just hung my guns on the wall and gave up soldiering for the sheep herd because I realized it won't change shit. In all fairness, I'm more preoccupied by global warming than Windows 10 telemetry.
Good luck getting Joe Q. Taxpayer to tell you what he wants. MS didn't create Windows 10 for the 1%ers of the IT world (not by wealth but by knowledge). They created Windows 10 for the rest of the world - and while neither of us agrees with their practice, you have to give it to them: it worked.
I'll be the devil's advocate for just a minute. Bear with me. You say Microsoft, with Windows 10, is taking choice away. I'd say that all those people who keep running Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 did, in fact, choose. So the choice is not taken away, but left to only those who do it consciously. Everyone else is either a conscious adopter (as I am) or simply don't know any better (vast majority). The definition of spyware, then, is somewhat elastic. What you might consider spyware, I might not. Again, by choice. I choose to not agree to your definition of spyware, and you should respect my choice just as I respect yours.
Could Microsoft have done it better? Damn right they could have. I don't deny that. However, I think it all blew out of proportion because a vocal minority (by numbers) imposed a certain point of view (which is not shared by Average Joes) and became a majority (by noise). fact of the matter is that Average Joe couldn't care less. Average Joes usually share their whole life on Facebook anyway; they use the same weak password on all websites they have accounts on. They click yes-next-accept on anything they install. They get malware, ransomware, spyware faster than I could say "fuck me sideways". Windows 10 telemetry doesn't affect them at all - in practice. Only in theory, and that's irrelevant, all things considered.
Now... YOU are not Average Joe. I am not Average Joe. Most people are. That doesn't give me (or you) any right to impose our beliefs and points-of-view onto them. At most, we could tell them "what you are doing is affecting you in theory", while in practice they are affected more by all other shit they do (see above), Windows 10 being the least of their problems.
For the Average Joe, Microsoft "forcing updates" onto their machine might actually be beneficial. For you, it wouldn't. For me, it wouldn't. But then again... your bubble is not the same as theirs.
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Trump, because he has 7 Sundays a week.
Other, lesser politically-backed up games.
The BAFTA awards are now much like Eurovision: politically-heavy bullshit. It's no longer about the games themselves but who backs them up and what's in it for various lobby groups.
When you start putting together a Windows machine from bits purchased on NewEgg or - God help you - a hackintosh, you start getting into "download drivers" territory... or "impossible to use at all" territory if you don't research the parts ahead of time.
Nothing farther from the truth.
I started building custom machines in 1994. There was no need to go download a driver manually since Windows XP SP1. The only exception is if you have an older component which the maker stopped supporting for newer operating systems, but even in this case it's likely that Windows Update slams a generic driver in to use that component's basic functionality.
Maybe I should capture a video of me installing and configuring a Linux flavor of your choice on a machine to see how far can I go until having to drop to terminal to do something that the UI doesn't cover.
...because you went there for them?
That's turning things on their head.
You should install the OS that works best on the hardware you have, not the other way around.
Delusional people like you are one of the many reasons why Desktop Linux fails to replace Windows or MacOS.
How much change does it have? I'd go for a pocketful.
Not suddenly.
Dropping to Terminal is something regular users never want to do. Let's replace "compiling a driver" to "starting Terminal" and there you go.
I guess you're referring to the "I am not a robot" checkbox?
Fun fact: if you rotate the traditional "HP" logo 180 degrees, it becomes "DY".
What's wrong with Reverse Cowgirl Anal at 30 fps?
Looks crappy in slow motion. Also VSync :)
I would if they paid me enough. I have thick skin but thin wallet.
Could be signs of schizophrenia :)
Is Sianara hot?
My reason for pointing out mistakes is to hold the person with which I am exchanging information up to my own standards that I strive to respect.
With English not being my native language, I was grateful when I was told that "all things considering" is wrong and I should use "all things considered". I spent a lot of time bettering my English to the point where my vocabulary and knowledge of this language's rules are both very well above native English speakers' average.
I have gone through that effort out of self-respect as well as respect towards the people I talk to. Would you say it's too much to ask for the same amount of respect I'm giving?
To make an analogy to what you're saying: if you go to a restaurant and the food you're ordering is not well cooked, would you still eat it because the amount of nutrients in it is just the same as it would be if the dish was well cooked? Or would you send it back?
A half-assed product is a half-assed product, be it a dish, a drink or a string of words.
Could be signs of a very mild dyslexia or alexia.
While I understand such things could happen, and indeed they also very rarely occur while I write, I also believe that one should re-read his text after writing it. Instant messaging - okay, more leniency should be allowed. But e-mail, letters, documents, forum entries, etc. - those should be proofed.
Consistently not doing so is a sign of being superficial or simply not giving a shit.
I guess somehow "Toshiba Portege" became "Toshiba Protege" in TFS.
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Correct form is "liberal pain in the ass".
The problem with "typo" is that its definition is very elastic.
A typo is a typographical error. The term did indeed (more recently) creep into "typing error", which results from the so-called "fat-fingering" keys.
I often type "whioch" instead of "which". That's a typo. Writing "consistant" instead of "consistent" is not a typo if you ask me, because its root cause is lack of knowledge on how to properly write it, rather that a finger slipping kind of thing. Writing
I can handle typos. I am bothered by grammatical errors. And yes, I am less agreeable. If you want to know why, it's because my writing standards are high and I hold other people to the same standards I follow. Does that make me an asshole? Talk about how low society has sunk.
Your analogy is retarded but hey, no surprise there.
You have a strange definition for "stealing".
Microsoft has been anything BUT underhanded here. Everything's in that big-ass EULA that nobody reads.
Average Joes don't care because they don't care, it's as simple as that. You could yell words into their ears, they still won't listen (been there, done that).
Yes, Microsoft's making choices for people because people (those average "wanna browse the net" types) have no clue. They actually would rather have someone else take that matter from their hands.
Microsoft understood that. It's using some information that those users don't value anyway and gives them a free operating system instead. The "wrongness" of it is ultimately in the eye of the beholder.
Analogies abound: GMOs, gas-guzzling cars, guns, pollution, homosexuality, etc., etc - they all are wrong to someone and right to someone else. If people are too limited to be able to weigh the benefits versus the downsides of this and that, it's their problem.
I'm working with lots of IT-illiterate people and have been informing them that Windows 10 has telemetry and is using some information from their computers - none of them gave a shit. Maybe 2 of 100 asked a couple more questions, then lost interest and installed it anyway. About 5 of 100 feigned outrage and... installed it anyway. After seeing that I simply lost my will to educate the world. It was, if you will, a wake-up call for me.
I really feel the need to emphasize this: we're both on the same side, I just hung my guns on the wall and gave up soldiering for the sheep herd because I realized it won't change shit. In all fairness, I'm more preoccupied by global warming than Windows 10 telemetry.
Good luck getting Joe Q. Taxpayer to tell you what he wants.
MS didn't create Windows 10 for the 1%ers of the IT world (not by wealth but by knowledge). They created Windows 10 for the rest of the world - and while neither of us agrees with their practice, you have to give it to them: it worked.
I'll be the devil's advocate for just a minute. Bear with me.
You say Microsoft, with Windows 10, is taking choice away. I'd say that all those people who keep running Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 did, in fact, choose. So the choice is not taken away, but left to only those who do it consciously. Everyone else is either a conscious adopter (as I am) or simply don't know any better (vast majority).
The definition of spyware, then, is somewhat elastic. What you might consider spyware, I might not. Again, by choice. I choose to not agree to your definition of spyware, and you should respect my choice just as I respect yours.
Could Microsoft have done it better? Damn right they could have. I don't deny that. However, I think it all blew out of proportion because a vocal minority (by numbers) imposed a certain point of view (which is not shared by Average Joes) and became a majority (by noise). fact of the matter is that Average Joe couldn't care less. Average Joes usually share their whole life on Facebook anyway; they use the same weak password on all websites they have accounts on. They click yes-next-accept on anything they install. They get malware, ransomware, spyware faster than I could say "fuck me sideways". Windows 10 telemetry doesn't affect them at all - in practice. Only in theory, and that's irrelevant, all things considered.
Now... YOU are not Average Joe. I am not Average Joe. Most people are. That doesn't give me (or you) any right to impose our beliefs and points-of-view onto them. At most, we could tell them "what you are doing is affecting you in theory", while in practice they are affected more by all other shit they do (see above), Windows 10 being the least of their problems.
For the Average Joe, Microsoft "forcing updates" onto their machine might actually be beneficial. For you, it wouldn't. For me, it wouldn't. But then again... your bubble is not the same as theirs.
As a non-American, I guess the reason is that Obama could have stopped it, but hasn't, regardless of what his predecessors did.