FlashBlock (for Firefox and Chrome) is a pretty good alternative. it doesn't block xss or clickjacking, but it does prevent malicious plugin exploits while leaving most of the rest of the web fully functional.
Now, I bring up the Start Menu, click in the search box, start typing C:\... and half the time instead of bringing up an Explorer window, the "intelligent" search decides in its higher wisdom to instantiate the first Control Panel applet it can find beginning with "C".
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong, but this works just fine for me. - firstly, you don't have to click on the search box, since the focus is, by default, already in the search box when you open the start menu. - when i type 'c:' it just opens an explorer window showing c:\ works for me, although i normally use win-R for this purpose.
most scientists trying to research grants aren't likely to hurt their chances getting those grants by ostracizing a large part of the population, especially if that population is funding the grant. crazy people write to congressmen often, you know...
most scientists probably think religion is a load of bunk, but when it comes to paying the bills, who cares?
if the wind had carried it slightly farther west, it would have ended up over the Nellis Air Force Range which contains the Nevada Test Site, Area 51 and other fun stuff the Air Force probably probably doesn't want you taking pictures of.
1) windows 8 will run fine on existing non-UEFI computers. 2) windows 8 does NOT require UEFI/PKI. 3) the only requirement here is for a new computer to get a 'built for windows 8' sticker on it, it must use the UEFI/PKI authentication.
it's about the sticker people, nothing else. if it has the sticker on it and you want to run something other than windows 8 on it, DON'T BUY IT!
your only options will be $5K-$10K workstations and servers.
Really? The break-even point for a custom built PC is about $500. Someone in your town would love to build you a decent computer. Just because Dell/Lenovo doesn't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.
"Microsoft requires that machines conforming to the Windows 8 logo program and running a client version of Windows 8 ship with secure boot enabled"
there's nothing in there about "all manufacturers". it's a logo requirement, nothing more. windows 8 will run fine on my homebrew PC and i'll still be able to dual-boot debian.
The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
i'm not sure the SEC would care since the information was made public. the SEC cares if information exits the company but does not enter the public domain.
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FlashBlock (for Firefox and Chrome) is a pretty good alternative. it doesn't block xss or clickjacking, but it does prevent malicious plugin exploits while leaving most of the rest of the web fully functional.
Now, I bring up the Start Menu, click in the search box, start typing C:\... and half the time instead of bringing up an Explorer window, the "intelligent" search decides in its higher wisdom to instantiate the first Control Panel applet it can find beginning with "C".
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong, but this works just fine for me.
- firstly, you don't have to click on the search box, since the focus is, by default, already in the search box when you open the start menu.
- when i type 'c:' it just opens an explorer window showing c:\
works for me, although i normally use win-R for this purpose.
AFAIK, it's not a replacement of COM, as such. more like a set of enhancements to COM:
- it's still based on IUnknown
- instead of CoCreateInstance, HKCR & CLSIDs, theres RoActivateInstance and its string-based registry entries.
- instead of VB's IDispatch/ITypeInfo, there's IInspectable/IMetaDataImport2 for getting type information
- instead of BSTR, there's the immutable HSTRING
the confusing this is that there's a whole bunch of work done in the language environments (C++ compiler, .NET runtime) to make all this invisible.
are you asking why people might find it difficult to put big oil/coal companies out of business?
congress with kittens
wait, is that a verb or a noun?
Nice.
One question, do you make a habit of saving your exit survey responses?
skype's no good?
most scientists trying to research grants aren't likely to hurt their chances getting those grants by ostracizing a large part of the population, especially if that population is funding the grant. crazy people write to congressmen often, you know...
most scientists probably think religion is a load of bunk, but when it comes to paying the bills, who cares?
if the wind had carried it slightly farther west, it would have ended up over the Nellis Air Force Range which contains the Nevada Test Site, Area 51 and other fun stuff the Air Force probably probably doesn't want you taking pictures of.
Its ZFS for Windows then?
no, more like ReadyDrive on a hybrid drive. Both of which have been around since 2007.
I'm not quite sure what's new here, except maybe the size of the flash cache is somewhat larger.
again, another instance of overblown fear-mongering FUD on slashdot.
from horse's mouth:
For the enthusiast who wants to run older operating systems, the option is there to allow you to make that decision.
you will notice that we designed the firmware to allow the customer to disable secure boot
OEMs are free to choose how to enable this support and can further customize the parameters
wait, i didn't read any of that in the article. did you forget to take your FUD glasses off?
yes indeed. i also had my 1st pc built for me mail-order back in '92. it was a 386DX-40 dual-booting NT3.1 & Slackware.
I doubt it would run windows 8 today, but not for the reasons given ;-)
sorry, s/did regret/didn't regret/, shoot me.
i'm expressing my opinion on a comment, not necessarily the article. i don't need you premission.
guys, this is just rediculous.
the article is plain wrong:
1) windows 8 will run fine on existing non-UEFI computers.
2) windows 8 does NOT require UEFI/PKI.
3) the only requirement here is for a new computer to get a 'built for windows 8' sticker on it, it must use the UEFI/PKI authentication.
it's about the sticker people, nothing else. if it has the sticker on it and you want to run something other than windows 8 on it, DON'T BUY IT!
your only options will be $5K-$10K workstations and servers.
Really? The break-even point for a custom built PC is about $500. Someone in your town would love to build you a decent computer. Just because Dell/Lenovo doesn't do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.
A non Windows laptop is rarer than a Slashdotter with a girlfriend.
I beg to differ
Because if you RTFA
RTFA, indeed:
there's nothing in there about "all manufacturers". it's a logo requirement, nothing more. windows 8 will run fine on my homebrew PC and i'll still be able to dual-boot debian.
wait, i'm a windows user, but none of the hardware i've bought since my '97 Gateway-2000 G6-233 has had a windows logo sticker on it.
why would a linux user care about buying a computer with a windows logo on it?
oh, so i must have been dreaming those couple of days that i spent trying & failing to get my laptop's webcam to work...
what a nightmare.
false. windows doesn't require it. the 'windows 8' logo certification process requires it. windows 8 will still run on non-logo-compliant hardware.
nothing to see here.
if they want to sell devices on which windows will run
false. it's simply a requirement to get the 'win8' logo.
win8 will run on old hardware.
The SEC could also potentially fine MSFT for the actions of this employee.
i'm not sure the SEC would care since the information was made public. the SEC cares if information exits the company but does not enter the public domain.
If Microsoft were pretending to be Apple, it's blogging policy would read:
YOU'RE FIRED!
The Ironic thing is the original tweet did not make slashdot. The reaction from Microsoft did.
Which goes to show that Slashdot is more interested in corporate scandal than actual technology.