The PROBLEM is that this is pure security theater to make people feel safer! HTTPS is easily broken by the NSA if you use any official signing authority except perhaps Let's Encrypt, but somehow I doubt that was setup as NSA proof. It's not that you are being broken into all the time; only targeted people are being broken - so it's better than previously... although the greater the targeting ability the more people will be targeted and for a longer period.
Without HTTPS, you are the mercy of anybody between you and what you think is the website you're browsing. It doesn't just obscure data transit, it provides verification to varying levels that you are viewing the site you think you are.
In my professional judgement, there is little benefit to https for many sites, which simply present publicly available information. This is based on my 20+ years of internet security work throughout my career. Payment pages where people enter credit card information obviously need encryption, but in my opinion most sites see little to no benefit.
Https means it can't be loaded from your ISP or company's cache, making popular sites slower. It also prevents corporate security or your own router / firewall from seeing the malware or whatever that some hacker added to the page, and generally keeping an eye out for security problems. For public sites where you don't log in, I think https is a net reduction of security.
There *is* the argument that it makes it harder for governments to know which pages you're viewing on a site, but they still see which sites you connect to.
Why don't you come connect to my wifi hotspot, and log into all your sites unencrypted? I'll even cache the pages for you so reloads are faster. Even better, you can use my local DNS server.
Oh, you don't want to connect to my hotspot? Well why not just connect to your home wifi network, that just magically appeared at Starbucks.
I like that it boots fast, has a clean efficient UI, and has a recent version of PowerShell installed so I can automate whatever I need.
I had to set it up for my mother and, while I've done some work with MSR and am quite impressed with some of the technology that they've put into it, the UI is terrible. A few examples:
In the hour that I used it, I counted 7 different progress indicators. Consistency is one of the hallmarks of a good UI. Windows 10 fails spectacularly.
Okay. Never noticed an abundance of different progress indicators but I'll try to pay more attention. You are probably right, as far as I am concerned, though I don't think that's a major deal.
There is a new 'settings' app, which has a different look and feel to control panel. Settings are either there, or in the control panel. You need to check both to discover which (try configuring a trackpad: the settings are split between the two).
They have added a number of buttons that look like file icons, but expect a single click (because they're buttons, not file icons) and will trigger some action twice if you double click on them.
If it's in a file browser or your desktop, double-click. Otherwise, single. This isn't new, though I understand the confusion, as MS never has done a good job of explaining this. Launching two of something is not a new experience.
One of the most important aspects of a good UI is discoverability: a user, exploring the UI, should be able to find all of the functionality of a program. The control panel's default UI assumes that you know exactly why you're there. You need to change the view to get an interface that lets you see all of the options.
This is something that has remained unchanged since Windows 7. I agree with you here, always switch to icon view.
The search functionality is pretty unreliable for finding installed apps (though it will happily recommend apps from the store for you to buy).
It hadn't indexed yet. Try now. I doubt you'll ever have that issue again.
It felt like GNOME or KDE back in the 1.x or pre-1 days, when there was no consistency and lots of known-bad UI decisions everywhere.
I don't think it's the world's best UI, but I do find it better than Windows 7 and far better than 8. It has a lot of features for 'power' users and is so much more manageable than earlier versions in an enterprise.
Heck, a good number of the ads I hear on radio have unnatural timing.
Part of that is because audio can now be digitally sped up without a corresponding pitch change, which precludes the need to hire actors like John Moschitta Jr. to read the terms, conditions, warnings, etc., at the end of an ad. I'm starting to suspect some agencies compress the entire ad in this manner to try to fit in more content without their actors sounding out of breath.
The problem is not a spouse that examines the bank statements. That is the very definition of balancing a checkbook, and it is an indication of a strong marriage, not a weak one. The problem is the porn, or whatever else one spouse is lying to the other one about.
Seriously. Turn off the phone and put it in a room you're not in. Then, step away from the computer (PC, tablets, laptops, whatever you use.)
Now, go do other things you've forgotten how to do.
This is exactly my strategy. You know what's the very last thing most people need? A smart watch, or anything else that tethers them even more to the online world. I think people are forgetting how to experience life first hand.
The job fairs I've attended (both as a student and as part of a company) were nothing more than advertisement. We would take names, but the jobs are all posted on our careers site.
Adoption is slow because most of us recognize that the current offerings of 'wearables' don't pose a significant enough improvement in our lives to justify purchasing them.
What would improve a lot of people's lives is to stop being a slave to their devices and engage the people and the world around them. Not every good experience needs to be put on social media.
If none of this is useful to you, then don't buy one. Simple enough.
Yeah, I'd say the sales figures have spoken to this.
One of the biggest problems with smart watches is that they are terrible as timepieces. My $15 Timex Weekender has had the same battery since I bought it three years ago and doesn't rely on an acceleromoter to try to infer when I want to look at the time.
But, to be honest, the whole reason I bought a watch was so to get the time without all the notifications and connectedness and whatnot. If I put my phone in my bag it stays there.
The hiring manager cares. You go in and everybody you talk to is delighted to have someone with such great resume. Then you met the person you'd be reporting to and he's a lot younger than you. You get a very different vibe; he's cautious, because he's afraid what you're really after is his job. Or at the very least you think you know more than he does, which you probably do.
That still does not illustrate how it does the applicant no good to tailor his or her resume. Sometimes you should hold out for the best job, sometimes you just need to pay rent.
True, but it still doesn't do you any good to apply to a job where they'll look at your resume and discard it because you have too much experience. Or if you trim the resume they'll figure it out in the interview.
Why doesn't it? If you trim your resume to land a lower level job and reach a salary agreement with the employer... who cares? More importantly, where are these lower level jobs you're seeing that DON'T ask for everything and kitchen sink?
"Wanted: IT Intern. Must have five years' experience, especially in this two-year-old technology."
Considering that the Trump administration has responded to exactly zero petitions (the Obama admin at least responded to petitions even if the responses were sometimes dismissive), and given everything else this administration has done, I'm not sure how likely it should be that the system will be back when they say it will.
So you miss being patronized, rather than outright ignored?
And you're immediately going to use this for political points
Politics and governing should be more than a team sport. But I would also point out that the two parties are not equal here. The Democrats drummed out Al Franken
Some did, some didn't. Example here, here, here, and elsewhere.
while the Republicans rallied around and defended Moore. Heck, some of them said they believed Moore's accusers, but would vote for him anyway.
Moore lost in a heavily Republican state. Stop trying to make moral equivalence arguments. It's like you're completely ignoring the very real support Franken enjoyed after all the women came out on record and the PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF of him sexually harassing a woman.
This is the same kind of hypocritical enabling feminists did for Bill (and Hillary) Clinton in the 1990s, and I'm sure in their minds, too, Democrats are still morally superior because at least their sexual harassers vote the same way they do.
hopefully this is the real motivation. Fox has the rights to it still and has no interest in releasing it... Lucas doesn't want it out there... but if Disney owns the 1977 film rights and the Star Wars franchise rights, Lucas can no longer stop them.
Remember kids, it's not episode IV: A New Hope... just "Star Wars" where Jabba is not to be seen and Hahn definitely shoots first.
While they are at it... theatrical cuts of Empire and Jedi as well... the original emperor was freaking creepy.
I have the DVD set where they include a letter boxed, un-remastered original cut along with the new version.
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The PROBLEM is that this is pure security theater to make people feel safer! HTTPS is easily broken by the NSA if you use any official signing authority except perhaps Let's Encrypt, but somehow I doubt that was setup as NSA proof. It's not that you are being broken into all the time; only targeted people are being broken - so it's better than previously... although the greater the targeting ability the more people will be targeted and for a longer period.
Without HTTPS, you are the mercy of anybody between you and what you think is the website you're browsing. It doesn't just obscure data transit, it provides verification to varying levels that you are viewing the site you think you are.
In my professional judgement, there is little benefit to https for many sites, which simply present publicly available information. This is based on my 20+ years of internet security work throughout my career. Payment pages where people enter credit card information obviously need encryption, but in my opinion most sites see little to no benefit.
Https means it can't be loaded from your ISP or company's cache, making popular sites slower. It also prevents corporate security or your own router / firewall from seeing the malware or whatever that some hacker added to the page, and generally keeping an eye out for security problems. For public sites where you don't log in, I think https is a net reduction of security.
There *is* the argument that it makes it harder for governments to know which pages you're viewing on a site, but they still see which sites you connect to.
Why don't you come connect to my wifi hotspot, and log into all your sites unencrypted? I'll even cache the pages for you so reloads are faster. Even better, you can use my local DNS server.
Oh, you don't want to connect to my hotspot? Well why not just connect to your home wifi network, that just magically appeared at Starbucks.
enjoyed the dawning of new year.
why care for anyone who lives on whatsass/social media? they should "out" their non lives. they don't matter.
How do you conflate an instant messenger with a social media? Is texting social media?
WhatsApp went down in several parts of the world
I thought it was synonymous with "worldwide," meaning everywhere.
As an example, I challenge any normal user to find screen saver settings in windows 10 without using start/search. It is actually difficult to find.
I think it was an intentional decision to de-emphasize screen savers, which really shouldn't be a thing anymore.
What do you like about Windows 10?
I like that it boots fast, has a clean efficient UI, and has a recent version of PowerShell installed so I can automate whatever I need.
I had to set it up for my mother and, while I've done some work with MSR and am quite impressed with some of the technology that they've put into it, the UI is terrible. A few examples:
Okay. Never noticed an abundance of different progress indicators but I'll try to pay more attention. You are probably right, as far as I am concerned, though I don't think that's a major deal.
There is a new 'settings' app, which has a different look and feel to control panel. Settings are either there, or in the control panel. You need to check both to discover which (try configuring a trackpad: the settings are split between the two).
They have added a number of buttons that look like file icons, but expect a single click (because they're buttons, not file icons) and will trigger some action twice if you double click on them.
If it's in a file browser or your desktop, double-click. Otherwise, single. This isn't new, though I understand the confusion, as MS never has done a good job of explaining this. Launching two of something is not a new experience.
One of the most important aspects of a good UI is discoverability: a user, exploring the UI, should be able to find all of the functionality of a program. The control panel's default UI assumes that you know exactly why you're there. You need to change the view to get an interface that lets you see all of the options.
This is something that has remained unchanged since Windows 7. I agree with you here, always switch to icon view.
The search functionality is pretty unreliable for finding installed apps (though it will happily recommend apps from the store for you to buy).
It hadn't indexed yet. Try now. I doubt you'll ever have that issue again.
It felt like GNOME or KDE back in the 1.x or pre-1 days, when there was no consistency and lots of known-bad UI decisions everywhere.
I don't think it's the world's best UI, but I do find it better than Windows 7 and far better than 8. It has a lot of features for 'power' users and is so much more manageable than earlier versions in an enterprise.
Heck, a good number of the ads I hear on radio have unnatural timing.
Part of that is because audio can now be digitally sped up without a corresponding pitch change, which precludes the need to hire actors like John Moschitta Jr. to read the terms, conditions, warnings, etc., at the end of an ad. I'm starting to suspect some agencies compress the entire ad in this manner to try to fit in more content without their actors sounding out of breath.
You'll take what internet Comcast gives you, and you'll like it. Don't pretend you have a voice (or a choice) in these matters.
What did Net Neutrality have to do with broadband competition?
There is something timeless about a device built to precision that is nothing more than metal gears synchronized to perfection.
I'd be wary of a timeless timepiece.
The problem is not a spouse that examines the bank statements. That is the very definition of balancing a checkbook, and it is an indication of a strong marriage, not a weak one. The problem is the porn, or whatever else one spouse is lying to the other one about.
Soyrizo, in my experience, makes a pretty good chorizo substitute. Too bad I only eat chorizo a few times a year, and my wife is Mexican American.
Seriously. Turn off the phone and put it in a room you're not in. Then, step away from the computer (PC, tablets, laptops, whatever you use.)
Now, go do other things you've forgotten how to do.
This is exactly my strategy. You know what's the very last thing most people need? A smart watch, or anything else that tethers them even more to the online world. I think people are forgetting how to experience life first hand.
The job fairs I've attended (both as a student and as part of a company) were nothing more than advertisement. We would take names, but the jobs are all posted on our careers site.
...which is what this article is about. Ads.
Adoption is slow because most of us recognize that the current offerings of 'wearables' don't pose a significant enough improvement in our lives to justify purchasing them.
What would improve a lot of people's lives is to stop being a slave to their devices and engage the people and the world around them. Not every good experience needs to be put on social media.
It's not about the cost. It's about the fact that they don't solve any problems for most of the people that might consider buying them.
Worse than that, they are very poor at the primary purpose of a watch: to tell time conveniently.
If none of this is useful to you, then don't buy one. Simple enough.
Yeah, I'd say the sales figures have spoken to this.
One of the biggest problems with smart watches is that they are terrible as timepieces. My $15 Timex Weekender has had the same battery since I bought it three years ago and doesn't rely on an acceleromoter to try to infer when I want to look at the time.
But, to be honest, the whole reason I bought a watch was so to get the time without all the notifications and connectedness and whatnot. If I put my phone in my bag it stays there.
The hiring manager cares. You go in and everybody you talk to is delighted to have someone with such great resume. Then you met the person you'd be reporting to and he's a lot younger than you. You get a very different vibe; he's cautious, because he's afraid what you're really after is his job. Or at the very least you think you know more than he does, which you probably do.
That still does not illustrate how it does the applicant no good to tailor his or her resume. Sometimes you should hold out for the best job, sometimes you just need to pay rent.
True, but it still doesn't do you any good to apply to a job where they'll look at your resume and discard it because you have too much experience. Or if you trim the resume they'll figure it out in the interview.
Why doesn't it? If you trim your resume to land a lower level job and reach a salary agreement with the employer... who cares? More importantly, where are these lower level jobs you're seeing that DON'T ask for everything and kitchen sink?
"Wanted: IT Intern. Must have five years' experience, especially in this two-year-old technology."
Is that the only place they post these jobs? How is this different than a job fair at college? Or at a senior center for that matter?
Considering that the Trump administration has responded to exactly zero petitions (the Obama admin at least responded to petitions even if the responses were sometimes dismissive), and given everything else this administration has done, I'm not sure how likely it should be that the system will be back when they say it will.
So you miss being patronized, rather than outright ignored?
How did this anti-capitalist bullshit rant make it to "news for nerds, stuff that matters"?
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Posted by msmash
I agree with the overall point you are making.
And you're immediately going to use this for political points
Politics and governing should be more than a team sport. But I would also point out that the two parties are not equal here. The Democrats drummed out Al Franken
Some did, some didn't. Example here, here, here, and elsewhere.
while the Republicans rallied around and defended Moore. Heck, some of them said they believed Moore's accusers, but would vote for him anyway.
Moore lost in a heavily Republican state. Stop trying to make moral equivalence arguments. It's like you're completely ignoring the very real support Franken enjoyed after all the women came out on record and the PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF of him sexually harassing a woman.
This is the same kind of hypocritical enabling feminists did for Bill (and Hillary) Clinton in the 1990s, and I'm sure in their minds, too, Democrats are still morally superior because at least their sexual harassers vote the same way they do.
Windows 10
The year of the Linux desktop.
hopefully this is the real motivation. Fox has the rights to it still and has no interest in releasing it... Lucas doesn't want it out there... but if Disney owns the 1977 film rights and the Star Wars franchise rights, Lucas can no longer stop them.
Remember kids, it's not episode IV: A New Hope... just "Star Wars" where Jabba is not to be seen and Hahn definitely shoots first.
While they are at it... theatrical cuts of Empire and Jedi as well... the original emperor was freaking creepy.
I have the DVD set where they include a letter boxed, un-remastered original cut along with the new version.
other studios such as Sony and Paramount are reporting losses
I do not think that means what you think it means.