You give just as much, if not more, information away browsing the internet or going out to get your mail in the morning that Windows is collecting.
In my opinion, it is what is done with the data that is important, not the collection of it.
I choose to trust Microsoft just like I choose to trust the manufacturer of any number of items I use every day. They are all motivated by money which is antithetical to your interests... that is the society we live in for better or worse...
I would absolutely agree that Windows 10 should not be a server platform... but then again, it is not meant to be.
I have seen the Server 2016 platform yet but I am pretty sure that all of this marketing id and telemetry stuff will not be included.
Windows 10 IS the same thing as iOS and Android... it is Microsoft's unified platform that runs on all devices whether it has big monitors and lots of peripherals attached or is tiny and has a touch screen.
You only need web browsing and e-mail? Sure, Linux may be a nice, low-cost solution.
You need a full computer experience complete with video editing and some gaming? Maybe Mac is the right solution for you
Do you need access your corporate network from home or want to run all the latest computer games? I think Windows is the best bet.
All this privacy stuff is good to talk about but at the end of the day, all corporate interests are at least gathering data about you. This is probably not the primary decision point for most people unless you play up the FUD and push an ideology on them.
The fact is, Windows is not that hard to secure any more. I agree, back in the XP days it was a nightmare, I would get calls from family all the time. These days I just set them up with a standard user account, make sure UAC is turned all the way up, install chrome and train them how they go about entering the admin user credentials in case they need to (but call me first if you ever get prompted). The malware issues have dropped off to be almost non-existent.
I bought my brand new (as in, not used) Windows smart phone for $30 on Amazon for myself last year and I still use it. It is a fast, full featured smart phone.
Yeah, I have had so many bad experiences with cops that I don't even think about calling them even in situations where it would seem to be appropriate.
I just know that they either will not do anything or just make the situation worse all around.
I see police as nothing more than revenue generators for the state. They are not there to help anyone, just enforce and be generally belligerent.
I remember one time I got pulled over for driving my sister's car. She had a warrant that I didn't know about and the officer flipped on his lights right as I was driving over a narrow bridge with no shoulder.
I kept going to the other side of the bridge and then pulled over. The cop basically pulled me out of the car and screamed at me that he was "this close" to ramming my car off the road.
If I wasn't so scared I would have laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation. But he was deadly serious.
The Everywhere product was a major reduction in price but it then became a subscription. Even still, I am happy to pay for it. It is one of the most used pieces of software I have.
Yes. Every time I have a chance to talk to recruiters in the tech industry I always ask them how important education is. They always tell me that experience is way more important.
That said, there are still some large employers that require specific degrees but for the most part, if you have the experience, it doesn't matter if you only have a GED.
The fact that you may never use a skill is no reason at all not to learn it.
As for the idea that you should not learn something unless you are motivated to learn it... All I can say is that I absolutely hated high school. I didn't want to learn about anything that I was being taught at the time... however, I have come to learn the value of these subjects later on in life and wish I would have paid closer attention.
Teaching kids the principles of software development would not be a bad idea at all simply for the logical mode of thinking that it promotes.
For example, I am not an automotive mechanic at all but I have a basic understanding of how a car works. This very basic knowledge has helped me countless times in my life and if I had learned it even earlier, I would have been that much better off later.
I am a little closer to moving entirely to Amazon.
I started with a Nook. At the time, the Kindle did not have a touch interface and I liked the screen size and back light of the Nook.
Fast forward several years and mysterious B&N charges that show up and cause holds on my funds that drop off after a week coupled with really poor touch screen performance and no Windows mobile app and I am about ready to call it.
I really love the e-ink for reading and for battery life so the notion of going with a crippled Android tablet as a reader is just silly.
to use a phone without ads. I mean, they are selling this thing way under cost with so that they can get your data... I mean, Apple needs *some* kind of revenue stream right?
That company executives rarely know what is going on in their organization.
What do they get paid to do again?
As an executive, you take on the responsibility and risk for your department/BU/company/team/whatever and the people under you. *That* is why you get the big bucks, not for any other reason.
If somebody you are responsible for screws up, it is YOUR JOB to know about it!
On my personal computer, I have been running Windows 10 Insider version on the fast ring and I have had very few problems with it. Mostly the issues were related to application compatibility but that was also before Windows 10 was generally released. After release, and official Windows 10 drivers and updates starting coming out these problems dropped off completely.
The latent egotism here is really troubling. You are not better than anyone else.
I really don't believe that any person is that much smarter or dumber than anyone else when they are born. I think that factors like opportunity, childhood environment, access to quality education and personal drive / motivation have way more impact on "intelligence" than genetic pre-disposition does.
It seems like this is the first year I have actually seen fantasy sport company propaganda and it is EVERYWHERE I look.
Obviously it is a huge industry with millions to throw at advertising. But how is it not gambling again?
Do we still have anti-gambling legislation? Not that I really care. If you want to throw away your money, by all means, go ahead. I just thought that places like Atlantic City and Las Vegas existed because they were bastions where gambling was legal.
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Just because there are Microsoft products in your data center doesn't mean that Windows 10 is.
Also, the fact that you have MS products in your datacenter sort of implies that your trust them with your data anyway...
Bye, have fun.
You give just as much, if not more, information away browsing the internet or going out to get your mail in the morning that Windows is collecting.
In my opinion, it is what is done with the data that is important, not the collection of it.
I choose to trust Microsoft just like I choose to trust the manufacturer of any number of items I use every day. They are all motivated by money which is antithetical to your interests... that is the society we live in for better or worse...
I would absolutely agree that Windows 10 should not be a server platform... but then again, it is not meant to be.
I have seen the Server 2016 platform yet but I am pretty sure that all of this marketing id and telemetry stuff will not be included.
Windows 10 IS the same thing as iOS and Android... it is Microsoft's unified platform that runs on all devices whether it has big monitors and lots of peripherals attached or is tiny and has a touch screen.
Operating systems are tools not ideologies.
Use what works for the situation.
You only need web browsing and e-mail? Sure, Linux may be a nice, low-cost solution.
You need a full computer experience complete with video editing and some gaming? Maybe Mac is the right solution for you
Do you need access your corporate network from home or want to run all the latest computer games? I think Windows is the best bet.
All this privacy stuff is good to talk about but at the end of the day, all corporate interests are at least gathering data about you. This is probably not the primary decision point for most people unless you play up the FUD and push an ideology on them.
The fact is, Windows is not that hard to secure any more. I agree, back in the XP days it was a nightmare, I would get calls from family all the time. These days I just set them up with a standard user account, make sure UAC is turned all the way up, install chrome and train them how they go about entering the admin user credentials in case they need to (but call me first if you ever get prompted). The malware issues have dropped off to be almost non-existent.
Funny thing is, this isn't their first foray into telecommunications.
I had a Mt. Dew pager for quite a while when that was a cool thing to have (mid '90s).
I bought my brand new (as in, not used) Windows smart phone for $30 on Amazon for myself last year and I still use it. It is a fast, full featured smart phone.
Yeah, I have had so many bad experiences with cops that I don't even think about calling them even in situations where it would seem to be appropriate.
I just know that they either will not do anything or just make the situation worse all around.
I see police as nothing more than revenue generators for the state. They are not there to help anyone, just enforce and be generally belligerent.
Absolutely.
I remember one time I got pulled over for driving my sister's car. She had a warrant that I didn't know about and the officer flipped on his lights right as I was driving over a narrow bridge with no shoulder.
I kept going to the other side of the bridge and then pulled over. The cop basically pulled me out of the car and screamed at me that he was "this close" to ramming my car off the road.
If I wasn't so scared I would have laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation. But he was deadly serious.
Hello fellow RF user.
The Everywhere product was a major reduction in price but it then became a subscription. Even still, I am happy to pay for it. It is one of the most used pieces of software I have.
Indeed. This is the reason I use and love RoboForm. It runs on every platform and integrates very well with every major browser.
Yes. Every time I have a chance to talk to recruiters in the tech industry I always ask them how important education is. They always tell me that experience is way more important.
That said, there are still some large employers that require specific degrees but for the most part, if you have the experience, it doesn't matter if you only have a GED.
The fact that you may never use a skill is no reason at all not to learn it.
As for the idea that you should not learn something unless you are motivated to learn it... All I can say is that I absolutely hated high school. I didn't want to learn about anything that I was being taught at the time... however, I have come to learn the value of these subjects later on in life and wish I would have paid closer attention.
Teaching kids the principles of software development would not be a bad idea at all simply for the logical mode of thinking that it promotes.
For example, I am not an automotive mechanic at all but I have a basic understanding of how a car works. This very basic knowledge has helped me countless times in my life and if I had learned it even earlier, I would have been that much better off later.
While I don't think it is *necessary* to learn to code, I think it can only help.
Then again, if you are talking about things that are *necessary* to learn, we could probably cut out everything except reading and arithmetic.
I am a little closer to moving entirely to Amazon.
I started with a Nook. At the time, the Kindle did not have a touch interface and I liked the screen size and back light of the Nook.
Fast forward several years and mysterious B&N charges that show up and cause holds on my funds that drop off after a week coupled with really poor touch screen performance and no Windows mobile app and I am about ready to call it.
I really love the e-ink for reading and for battery life so the notion of going with a crippled Android tablet as a reader is just silly.
to use a phone without ads. I mean, they are selling this thing way under cost with so that they can get your data... I mean, Apple needs *some* kind of revenue stream right?
Or, what about an intelligent screening system that only routes the call to an operator if voice is detected. What could go wrong with that?
I am in the TC myself. I specifically chose housing on the LRT and it is 15 minutes to work by train, 30 minutes round trip.
That said, it does take a long time to get anywhere in the suburbs due to the hub and spoke model of the bus system.
That company executives rarely know what is going on in their organization.
What do they get paid to do again?
As an executive, you take on the responsibility and risk for your department/BU/company/team/whatever and the people under you. *That* is why you get the big bucks, not for any other reason.
If somebody you are responsible for screws up, it is YOUR JOB to know about it!
They guy admitted to breaking the law...
In other news, a guy goes to jail after admitting to B&E...
Exactly this.
As a matter of fact, the computer will know about the problem long (hundreds of milliseconds) before you see it and will already be reacting.
The idea that you could react faster or make a better critical decision than the computer is sort of funny actually.
On my personal computer, I have been running Windows 10 Insider version on the fast ring and I have had very few problems with it. Mostly the issues were related to application compatibility but that was also before Windows 10 was generally released. After release, and official Windows 10 drivers and updates starting coming out these problems dropped off completely.
.. I have a laptop drive with the released version of 10, which I "castrated" ...
Are you saying that the telemetry data reporting is the testicles of Windows 10?
Too bad it was probably all top 40 bs or country...
The latent egotism here is really troubling. You are not better than anyone else.
I really don't believe that any person is that much smarter or dumber than anyone else when they are born. I think that factors like opportunity, childhood environment, access to quality education and personal drive / motivation have way more impact on "intelligence" than genetic pre-disposition does.
It seems like this is the first year I have actually seen fantasy sport company propaganda and it is EVERYWHERE I look.
Obviously it is a huge industry with millions to throw at advertising. But how is it not gambling again?
Do we still have anti-gambling legislation? Not that I really care. If you want to throw away your money, by all means, go ahead. I just thought that places like Atlantic City and Las Vegas existed because they were bastions where gambling was legal.