Your suggestion is intruding in the market and in personal choice.
how?
I don't have to justify my objection; it is self-evident.
not only is the justification for your objection not self-evident, your objection itself is not evident. you didn't even say what you don't like about what i said.
You have to justify your intrusion.
what intrusion?
you either didn't read my post, don't understand english, or are simply a troll.
or, maybe you think that it's a good thing that unsuspecting people broadcast their private information over unencrypted channels. nice.
i recommend that we come up with some way of making un-encrypted wi-fi networks a thing of the past.
one simple solution would be to have wi-fi clients automatically attempt to use the default password "open" for encrypted networks if none is supplied.
wi-fi access points should strongly indicate to users that using the password "open" is better for security than no password.
o : private network. password: __________
o : create open network (password is "open")
o : create insecure network (NOT RECOMMENDED)
Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing a generic copy of Windows on generic hardware? I have. It's not a pleasant experience.
huh? i haven't bought a branded desktop since my '96 Gateway 2000 machine, and i have never had any issues installing windows. to be fair, the drivers for more esoteric parts usually come on a CD in the box, but usually everything just works out of the box.
just last week i removed my c: drive out of my 4-year old machine, dropped it into a brand new machine. after a couple of reboots almost everything was working fine. i had to download new drivers for some hardware, but windows told me the hardware wasn't working right and told me where to get the drivers. everything else was either already on the disk, or installed by windows update.
the problem with implementing tough DRM measures is that it removes the age-old excuse for lackluster sales: "the pirates are stealing all our profit."
i'm guessing that after maneuvering themselves into this uncompromising position, they found they still were unable to sell crappy games to an increasingly disenfranchised audience.
after becoming stuck between a rock (admitting their games are crap) and a hard place (admitting DRM doesn't work), they've finally decided that the minimal loss to piracy is far more preferable than the other two embarrassments.
not now, but down the line, maybe by win9, the non-metro, non-store-requiring 'desktop experience pack' will be only available in the 'pro' versions, or for an addition price.
developers will take their time to port stuf to metro initially, but they'll be pushed to do this eventually if they want to take advantage of the full windows user-base.
Apple is doing the same thing with gatekeeper. it's not mandatory, but it's enough of a pain that it encourages developers to use the App store.
both MS and Apple pushing developers towards their respective stores will end, eventually, in the death of the existing open distribution model we have today.
i'm not sure that's really an effective IT interview. mostly obscure trivia unrelated to the OP's requirements - administrating windows servers.
it would be like asking a potential linux admin which version of the kernel introduced pre-emptive schduling. sure, knowing it off the top of your head tells you something, but doesn't really tell you how much relevant experience they have.
maybe ask 12 other detailed questions about powershell, and how it can be used to automate common server admin tasks...
the look that pops up on their faces is fucking priceless
I'm sure the look is utter confusion. They're trying to work out if what you said was either the dumbest thing anyone's ever said to them, or they misheard.
Stop that! The kids want their dream of "clean" nuclear power running on roses and puppy farts without the nasty reality getting in the way. You'll be telling them there's no Santa next.
Well, if the roses are made from Thorium and the puppies fart U-233, then that's a good dream in my book. Imagine all those countries in Africa able to feed their population for free by irrigating the deserts with water pumped & desalinated from the sea, cultivating their crops with machinery running on hydrogen electrolyzed from the same. Fuck if we can pump crude from Alaska to Texas, we should be able to move some water around.
Or we could just keep mining uranium and make more bombs.
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Drink up me 'obbits, yo ho!
so you're saying that this is only a problem if you over-eat?
oh no worries, then.
as a percentage of total fed budget:
9.52% - Welfare
17.4% - Healthcare
0.48% - NASA
keep on simmering...
Your suggestion is intruding in the market and in personal choice.
how?
I don't have to justify my objection; it is self-evident.
not only is the justification for your objection not self-evident, your objection itself is not evident. you didn't even say what you don't like about what i said.
You have to justify your intrusion.
what intrusion?
you either didn't read my post, don't understand english, or are simply a troll.
or, maybe you think that it's a good thing that unsuspecting people broadcast their private information over unencrypted channels. nice.
An intrusion. What are you talking about?
I'm suggesting a simple, backwardly compatible way to end the broadcast of unencrypted WPA traffic.
You offer no justification for your objection, so I'm guessing you're just a troll.
i recommend that we come up with some way of making un-encrypted wi-fi networks a thing of the past.
one simple solution would be to have wi-fi clients automatically attempt to use the default password "open" for encrypted networks if none is supplied.
wi-fi access points should strongly indicate to users that using the password "open" is better for security than no password.
o : private network. password: __________
o : create open network (password is "open")
o : create insecure network (NOT RECOMMENDED)
Just out of curiosity, have you tried installing a generic copy of Windows on generic hardware? I have. It's not a pleasant experience.
huh? i haven't bought a branded desktop since my '96 Gateway 2000 machine, and i have never had any issues installing windows. to be fair, the drivers for more esoteric parts usually come on a CD in the box, but usually everything just works out of the box.
just last week i removed my c: drive out of my 4-year old machine, dropped it into a brand new machine. after a couple of reboots almost everything was working fine. i had to download new drivers for some hardware, but windows told me the hardware wasn't working right and told me where to get the drivers. everything else was either already on the disk, or installed by windows update.
it's this kind of bickering that killed the linux desktop. stillborn.
just get the ninjas on your side, then you'll be fine.
i'm guessing that since he's talking about 4K sectors, he means SATA since none of the PATA drives were large enough to warrant the switch from 512.
the problem with implementing tough DRM measures is that it removes the age-old excuse for lackluster sales: "the pirates are stealing all our profit."
i'm guessing that after maneuvering themselves into this uncompromising position, they found they still were unable to sell crappy games to an increasingly disenfranchised audience.
after becoming stuck between a rock (admitting their games are crap) and a hard place (admitting DRM doesn't work), they've finally decided that the minimal loss to piracy is far more preferable than the other two embarrassments.
heh, maybe it was Christopher Mayhew
not Pollock, more Chris Ofili.
not now, but down the line, maybe by win9, the non-metro, non-store-requiring 'desktop experience pack' will be only available in the 'pro' versions, or for an addition price.
developers will take their time to port stuf to metro initially, but they'll be pushed to do this eventually if they want to take advantage of the full windows user-base.
Apple is doing the same thing with gatekeeper. it's not mandatory, but it's enough of a pain that it encourages developers to use the App store.
both MS and Apple pushing developers towards their respective stores will end, eventually, in the death of the existing open distribution model we have today.
i'm not sure that's really an effective IT interview. mostly obscure trivia unrelated to the OP's requirements - administrating windows servers.
it would be like asking a potential linux admin which version of the kernel introduced pre-emptive schduling. sure, knowing it off the top of your head tells you something, but doesn't really tell you how much relevant experience they have.
maybe ask 12 other detailed questions about powershell, and how it can be used to automate common server admin tasks...
but they do make* cl.exe ...
* pun not intended
Q1. Can you clicky with the mouse button?
Q2. Are you a fucking retard who'll sit gawping at MSDN all day?
Q3. When can you start?
Q1. Can you write custom sendmail configs?
Q2. Are you a fucking neckbeard who'll sit gawping at porn all day?
Q3. When can you start?
+1 phone a friend.
1) Profit
2) Java
3) Ditch
4) ???
your reasoned argument is awesome!!?!
and everything else that sounds good in an election year
this isn't just something that sounds good in an election year. this is just common sense.
on the other hand, voting against common sense is not necessarily the best thing to do in an election year. hence the timing.
there's no reason for the US driver to buy so much gas. except, maybe, that that's just how the oil guys like it.
without working wifi drivers
what, you mean there are working wifi drivers? ;)
the look that pops up on their faces is fucking priceless
I'm sure the look is utter confusion. They're trying to work out if what you said was either the dumbest thing anyone's ever said to them, or they misheard.
Should we bar everyone with those first names from flying?
Definitely.
Sincerely, someone not named one of those names.
Stop that! The kids want their dream of "clean" nuclear power running on roses and puppy farts without the nasty reality getting in the way. You'll be telling them there's no Santa next.
Well, if the roses are made from Thorium and the puppies fart U-233, then that's a good dream in my book. Imagine all those countries in Africa able to feed their population for free by irrigating the deserts with water pumped & desalinated from the sea, cultivating their crops with machinery running on hydrogen electrolyzed from the same. Fuck if we can pump crude from Alaska to Texas, we should be able to move some water around.
Or we could just keep mining uranium and make more bombs.