Do note that under some more advanced security models, the box doesn't store your password, but rather cryptographic derivative of it, and as such should not be able to show the password except on the page where it is originally being entered.
It is insane that there are any devices (or other systems) that don't behave this way.
I recently even did a "lost password recovery" for a website I visit, and they actually sent me my password. In any reasonably secure system, whether it's your local router hardware or website or whatever, this should not be possible.
Its only job is to basically stay the hell out of the way and not draw attention to itself. And, like pretty much every other OS on the market, it does that.
No, it utterly and completely fails at doing that.
So although I cannot whole-heartedly endorse the removal of features like Live Tiles, I'm at least more sympathetic to the request.
Yes, Live Tiles are nothing but annoying to me, too. Fortunately, at least for the time being, I can fix that by using a replacement start menu that means I never have to see one ever. It also fixes all the other things that Microsoft broke in the start menu.
Yes. While this is one of the lesser annoyances of W10, it does regularly irritate me and reminds me that Windows is now as much an advertising vehicle as an operating system.
Excuse me while I switch to Linux and broadcast my IP address, version of my distribution, repositories from which I'm using software, and the occasional download of specific software which I've actually installed to all of the us.distro.org mirrors partnered with my distribution maintainer.
Just turn that off -- it's easy. Unlike Windows 10, where it's impossible.
I'm glad that it works acceptably for you. For me, it's nothing but a continual pain in my side.
I don't use Apple machines, so I can't comment on that, but I do use a variety of other OSes on a daily basis. Of the major OSes available, Windows 10 is easily the worst of the bunch in my opinion.
It's the only one that makes me feel like it actively hates me.
The W3C goes with a harm reduction policy : integrate DRM but confine it within an API in an attempt to avoid fully proprietary solutions (apps, flash-like plugins,...)
I commonly use my card to pay at restaurants. But leave the tip in cash. Because more than once I'd get an alert from the credit card company saying, "Normally people don't leave that big a tip. Are you sure that was the correct amount?"
It was exactly this that got me to stop using cards in restaurants. It was the bank asking me if I really made certain purchases that got me to dramatically decrease my use of cards generally.
You spend it all at once? I spend about the same, mostly in cash, but I tend to spread the purchases out over the month so don't need to carry it all on me at once.
$100k would be worth the $5 cost of a cashier's check, just in case. That said, I don't think it would make me nervous to carry that much unless it was in a bag with dollar signs printed on it.
Yes, I have been robbed. But I don't have even the slightest fear of carrying cash. I think I'm safer carrying at least a couple of 20s -- you never know when an emergency happens, and cards don't work for every situation, where cash does.
Here's the thing -- criminals don't know if I'm carrying cash or not until they rob me, and if I'm being robbed, losing my cash would be the least of my problems. Losing my ID, phone, and various important cards in my wallet are much, much larger problems, and that would happen whether or not I have cash.
No, it's just that all browsers that comply must include closed-source components
This is not technically accurate. To meet the standard, a browser must include the plugin mechanism (which can easily be open source). It doesn't have to actually ship with the plugins.
You are correct, technically. My objection is that the EME's sole purpose is political in nature, in a way that will see an expansion of the use of DRM. It solves or changes nothing on the technical side.
My stance is that this stuff has no place in the browser to begin with. If you want to stream locked-down video, then do it with your own player, not in the browser.
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QoS is about prioritizing certain types of traffic independent of who is sending or receiving it.
Net neutrality is about prioritizing traffic based on who is sending or receiving it.
Do note that under some more advanced security models, the box doesn't store your password, but rather cryptographic derivative of it, and as such should not be able to show the password except on the page where it is originally being entered.
It is insane that there are any devices (or other systems) that don't behave this way.
I recently even did a "lost password recovery" for a website I visit, and they actually sent me my password. In any reasonably secure system, whether it's your local router hardware or website or whatever, this should not be possible.
Its only job is to basically stay the hell out of the way and not draw attention to itself. And, like pretty much every other OS on the market, it does that.
No, it utterly and completely fails at doing that.
What MS should do is hire an actual User Interface Designer.
No, it's all about "user experience" people now. A crowd that seems to be unerring in its effort to make user interfaces as irritating as possible.
Who the hell 'enjoys the experience' of using an OS anymore? I stopped noticing the tool (which is what it is) ~20 years ago.
There's the one of the main problems with Windows 10 -- it gets in the way frequently and forces to me not only to notice it, but fight with it.
In terms of fading into the background and letting you get on with your work, Windows 7 was best of class in the Windows lineup.
So although I cannot whole-heartedly endorse the removal of features like Live Tiles, I'm at least more sympathetic to the request.
Yes, Live Tiles are nothing but annoying to me, too. Fortunately, at least for the time being, I can fix that by using a replacement start menu that means I never have to see one ever. It also fixes all the other things that Microsoft broke in the start menu.
Yes, if you have special needs that lock you into Windows, then stay with Windows. You have my sympathy, not my scorn.
after 2 years of being given away FREE
You're too kind. Instead of "given away free", I would have said "shoved down our throats".
Yes. While this is one of the lesser annoyances of W10, it does regularly irritate me and reminds me that Windows is now as much an advertising vehicle as an operating system.
Excuse me while I switch to Linux and broadcast my IP address, version of my distribution, repositories from which I'm using software, and the occasional download of specific software which I've actually installed to all of the us.distro.org mirrors partnered with my distribution maintainer.
Just turn that off -- it's easy. Unlike Windows 10, where it's impossible.
I'm glad that it works acceptably for you. For me, it's nothing but a continual pain in my side.
I don't use Apple machines, so I can't comment on that, but I do use a variety of other OSes on a daily basis. Of the major OSes available, Windows 10 is easily the worst of the bunch in my opinion.
It's the only one that makes me feel like it actively hates me.
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The W3C goes with a harm reduction policy : integrate DRM but confine it within an API in an attempt to avoid fully proprietary solutions (apps, flash-like plugins, ...)
How is that "harm reduction"?
I commonly use my card to pay at restaurants. But leave the tip in cash. Because more than once I'd get an alert from the credit card company saying, "Normally people don't leave that big a tip. Are you sure that was the correct amount?"
It was exactly this that got me to stop using cards in restaurants. It was the bank asking me if I really made certain purchases that got me to dramatically decrease my use of cards generally.
My experience is the exact opposite. Cash is quick and easy. Cards are a bit of a pain and slow.
You spend it all at once? I spend about the same, mostly in cash, but I tend to spread the purchases out over the month so don't need to carry it all on me at once.
$100k would be worth the $5 cost of a cashier's check, just in case. That said, I don't think it would make me nervous to carry that much unless it was in a bag with dollar signs printed on it.
Good people do exist in the world. You just don't hear about them, because they go about living their lives quietly, not making headlines.
Exactly this. There are a lot more good people than bad. The only problem is that you can't tell which ones are bad by looking at them.
We now live in a cashless society.
Not in the US. I see people using cash all the time.
I bet it is illegal in your country, too. Cash is legal tender
There is no legal requirement to accept cash in the US. You are free to demand payment in bags of feathers if you wish to.
Yes, I have been robbed. But I don't have even the slightest fear of carrying cash. I think I'm safer carrying at least a couple of 20s -- you never know when an emergency happens, and cards don't work for every situation, where cash does.
Here's the thing -- criminals don't know if I'm carrying cash or not until they rob me, and if I'm being robbed, losing my cash would be the least of my problems. Losing my ID, phone, and various important cards in my wallet are much, much larger problems, and that would happen whether or not I have cash.
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I wish I could disagree with this.
No, it's just that all browsers that comply must include closed-source components
This is not technically accurate. To meet the standard, a browser must include the plugin mechanism (which can easily be open source). It doesn't have to actually ship with the plugins.
You are correct, technically. My objection is that the EME's sole purpose is political in nature, in a way that will see an expansion of the use of DRM. It solves or changes nothing on the technical side.
My stance is that this stuff has no place in the browser to begin with. If you want to stream locked-down video, then do it with your own player, not in the browser.