Years ago, I came here for insightful and informative exchange of arguments on a topic.Not that long ago, it was for witty and cynical but still topic commentary.
Today, all I come for is to watch the entertaining, ballistic mud slinging of Trump supporters and opponents. Independent of topic. But climate change themes sure add another layer of vitriol to it.
In movie terms, I came for the documentaries, stayed for the mocumentaries and now I'm here for the Michael Bay popcorn flick. I used to care about the story, but today, all I watch are the explosions, whether there is a script anymore or not isn't important, I'm just here to watch the pretty pictures and don't give a shit about the content anymore.
We're already eliminating the product, the new big thing is suing customers into paying for goods and services they never wanted nor ordered. We're not there yet, but give it time, I have a vision...
We might need a favor from Washington to get this going, though.
Because 9 out of 10 CEO decisions could already be done sufficiently well by a Magic 8 Ball. With some improvement in AI design, the 10th is just a matter of time.
That depends entirely on what your abilities include. If you're in IT security and if you're good at it, your response to this is usually "Boss, here's my 2 weeks. I found something different. More money, less YOU."
The same can be said for most flavors of Linux, and yes, obviously they make their money another way.
With Linux, that way is consulting and additional services to people and organizations willing to pay for them. MS chose a different business model, obviously.
Never before has "those that give up freedom for security deserve neither" has been truer, and more blatantly obvious. We gave up our privacy and what did we get in return? An OS where every update has become a gamble whether it's going to boot up after again or whether we have a brick now. An OS that is STILL every bit as insecure as every predecessor.
My personal time is sold at market rates. For the simple reason that I could sell it at market rates at any time. IT security people are sought after and, let's be honest here, we can pretty much demand what we want and it's being paid.
The point is, why should my personal time be any cheaper than my "professional" time? It's not like I'm doing what I really enjoy doing when upgrading an OS, we're not talking about playing my favorite game.
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Years ago, I came here for insightful and informative exchange of arguments on a topic.Not that long ago, it was for witty and cynical but still topic commentary.
Today, all I come for is to watch the entertaining, ballistic mud slinging of Trump supporters and opponents. Independent of topic. But climate change themes sure add another layer of vitriol to it.
In movie terms, I came for the documentaries, stayed for the mocumentaries and now I'm here for the Michael Bay popcorn flick. I used to care about the story, but today, all I watch are the explosions, whether there is a script anymore or not isn't important, I'm just here to watch the pretty pictures and don't give a shit about the content anymore.
With poisontap. You would know if you read /. more regularly, it was featured here two weeks ago.
(Yes, I fully expect Cortana to eventually berate you for forgetting stuff. At least in its Jewish Mom setting)
Relax. This is MS. It won't work anyway.
Now you can have something that annoys you while freaking out your cat at the same time.
While almost true, there are actually people that actually genuinely like RC Cola and don't just accept it because there's no real alternative.
What I recommend? Get off your lazy ass and turn on the fucking light the old fashioned way, dammit!
We're already eliminating the product, the new big thing is suing customers into paying for goods and services they never wanted nor ordered. We're not there yet, but give it time, I have a vision...
We might need a favor from Washington to get this going, though.
OMFG
I think you just discovered a way to replace the CEO with a very small script.
Damn autocorrection. Thanks, AC.
The average Magic-8-Ball isn't much worse than most CEOs when it comes to decision making.
Because 9 out of 10 CEO decisions could already be done sufficiently well by a Magic 8 Ball. With some improvement in AI design, the 10th is just a matter of time.
And AIs are way cheaper than any CEOs.
Microsoft is essentially just Aperture Science by another name.
Equating Windows 10 to a prison is an interesting concept, I have to give you that.
But you have it backwards. In a prison, the crooks are locked up inside while the law abiding people are on the outside and guarding them.
That depends entirely on what your abilities include. If you're in IT security and if you're good at it, your response to this is usually "Boss, here's my 2 weeks. I found something different. More money, less YOU."
Because you can have your cake and eat it too with OSs.
Of course you can also choose to not eat your cake and believe the lie about it.
If you can break the encryption, I wouldn't sue MS, I'd sell the information how to do that.
And plan a pricey funeral...
Hey, inner party members can turn off their telescreen too, at least for some periods.
It fails at the integrity and availability front as well.
The US is still a county? To me it looks more and more like we'll have a "USA, Ltd." before the year is out.
Not that they gave a shit about any liability before. But at least the US is becoming a much more honest place now.
The same can be said for most flavors of Linux, and yes, obviously they make their money another way.
With Linux, that way is consulting and additional services to people and organizations willing to pay for them. MS chose a different business model, obviously.
It's better to keep your mouth shut and keep people guessing whether you're a crook than to open your mouth and eliminate any doubt.
Never before has "those that give up freedom for security deserve neither" has been truer, and more blatantly obvious. We gave up our privacy and what did we get in return? An OS where every update has become a gamble whether it's going to boot up after again or whether we have a brick now. An OS that is STILL every bit as insecure as every predecessor.
When they started doing it, probably.
Could we finish off MS first?
My personal time is sold at market rates. For the simple reason that I could sell it at market rates at any time. IT security people are sought after and, let's be honest here, we can pretty much demand what we want and it's being paid.
The point is, why should my personal time be any cheaper than my "professional" time? It's not like I'm doing what I really enjoy doing when upgrading an OS, we're not talking about playing my favorite game.