If your clients really want to get your spam, simply instruct them to whitelist you during the registration process.
Having said that, I don't really have much sympathy for someone who's trying to help students and employees circumvent network policy. They can watch their porn or check facebook on their own time.
It just means that a State Party (government) is still responsible for the activities of organizations within their international jurisdiction. If someone in Alberta, CA manages to fire a rocket rocket into orbit without the knowledge of the Canadian government, for example, the government would still be considered liable for any damages done. Not to mention having not disclosed the launch in the first place, which could create a nice bit of tension when other countries see something randomly getting launched into orbit...
So yes, Denmark would be held responsible for your mission, including any and all political fallout. Shit rolls downhill, so if you decided to do something like this without legal authorization for Denmark, I wouldn't be surprised to see the lot of you jailed or fined out the ass.
And it's a good thing that the Windows kernel isn't the bottleneck when it comes to power management, otherwise you're point would be valid. Even your example of the DVD hanging every 30 seconds for half a second sounds a lot more like a hardware bug, or maybe DRM issues, than anything related to Windows itself. It's not like the OS itself was causing whatever problem that was.
And linux doesn't offer anywhere near the same user experience as either Windows or OS X. Android would be a better comparison, and even that is a stripped down, highly-targeted, example.
They aren't doing as much as Windows, that's for sure. The Windows OS is built to work with a very wide variety of hardware configurations. Just because the Surface devices come in one hardware profile doesn't mean Microsoft spent years fine-tuning the OS to take advantage of that hardware exclusively. Which is exactly what Apple does with OS X.
This article is pointless. You may as well be wondering why Wonderbread doesn't taste the same as pizza dough when making pizzas.
IT should really be run as a trade school program. A few years as an apprentice, gaining certifications and experience, and working towards becoming a master. All of the various specialties, such as programming, network administration, etc, would act as analogues to plumbing, electric, etc.
The industry is broken, that's for sure. But your proposed solution would only lead to the same problem. If a bank loaned money out like that, you know they'd keep track of who pays on time and who doesn't (or at all). You'd still end up in a database with a record showing how trustworthy you are when it comes to paying back loans. At first, that might allow you to just go to different banks since the databases wouldn't be shared, and get loans despite having a poor repayment record, but eventually (as in, within a few months) banks would begin to share this data with each other in order to minimize their risks.
And of course, a third party would have to step in and offer to manage the whole process as a neutral party, basically resulting in new credit rating agencies.
The problem isn't that lenders shouldn't be able to use past information when deciding who to lend to. The problem is that debt collection agencies have no incentive to finding out if you are actually the right person or not, and if the debt was even valid in the first place. They just buy up a bunch of debt and anything that doesn't get collected (for whatever reason) is lost income for them. Dealing with those people can be a real nightmare because between them and the credit agencies, it's very much a 'guilty until proven innocent' kind of system. That's what needs to change.
And pretty much none of my clients would even entertain the idea of housing their document workspace with Google, or even Microsoft. I'm talking about industries like legal and medical, where the documents aren't always just basic formatting. If all you need to do is READ a document, then it was probably saved as a PDF in the first place.
By the way, I've only seen Word Perfect installed once in the last 10 years, and even that was only there "just in case" they ran into a really old file or something, and only on one computer. Maybe there are still large sections of the industry that use it daily; I just haven't seen them.
Not sure if this is hyperbole or not, but I've never encountered a situation where Office couldn't open it's own files. Not unless the file was either corrupted, encrypted, or created by other software that tried to save it as a docx file.
I don't know about actual improvements for various people. There were none for me personally until I needed to start using Server 2012 Admin Tools, which I couldn't do from Win 7. But you're right, for anyone who is happily using Windows 7 and has zero need to upgrade, then don't upgrade. For those looking to replace a computer or buy a new one, all I'm saying is that Windows 8.1 isn't nearly as crappy as the reputation of it's predecessor would lead you to believe.
I'm not a paid shill, and I'm not trying to encourage people to randomly upgrade when they have no reason to. I'm also not about to lose sleep if you think I am.
Ribbon isn't too bad once you get used to it. You can also hide it, which keeps it from taking up the vertical space, which is nice. I didn't like it back in 2007, but it's come a long way since.
On a side note about 2003 activation; I'm not sure what you're talking about. 2003 requires activation and, if it fails, you still have to call the 800 number and spend 5 minutes speaking numbers into the phone.
I agree with you about the newer features not being needed, however. I've yet to actually take advantage of anything the newer suites have included. In fact, I don't really even have a clue what the new stuff is in the first place. Once TechNet goes away, I imagine I'll start shifting back towards OpenOffice again, but it won't be for anything related to the Ribbon or activation or whatever.
None of my clients use open source software, and it has nothing to do with Forrester.
The fact is, if your business is in an industry where you have to share or read documents that other people send to you (such as anything in contracting, law, real estate, medical, etc), then you kind of have to stick with Microsoft Office. The free stuff just doesn't do a very good job of reading doc and docx formats (and spreadsheets are unusable if they have any macros in them). Yes, a company *could* go with free software and just take a little extra time with formatting and training, and it wouldn't be an issue for most of what they do.
But why bother? It's just easier and cheaper for them to buy Office and move on with actual work. For that to change, entire industries would have to change, or at least the biggest players in the industries would.
I think you're giving too much credit to the terrorists here. 9/11 was just one of many attempts at flying planes into buildings, and the only one that worked. There was no long-con involved. They weren't thinking 3 steps ahead while anticipating our next moves. They just wanted to bring down one of the symbols of American capitalism with the added benefit of killing as many people as possible.
We screwed up after the fact, but the mistake was ours alone. Not some terrorist mastermind predicting the future.
Seems reasonable to think that they could server both the interests of their client while still being kept in check by the community. Having some Wikipedia admins on staff would actually make a lot of sense. At least it's better than not having any, and finding out the stuff you're creating and editing has violated some rules after the fact.
As for the page management and preventing people from tarnishing a client's image, that alone doesn't imply page ownership. There's nothing wrong with removing mud slinging from an article when it isn't true or backed up with facts and references. Now if they are claiming to keep a page clean from all negative information, even if it's true, then there are problems. But the system if pretty self-correcting in that, because people will notice.
Yes, there's certainly room for abuse, but again, the whole Wiki system is inherently transparent and pretty self-correcting. It's not like Washington politics, where deals and policies are made in back rooms, and the only recourse we have is to vote people out in a few years or flat out riot.
8.1 actually makes the experience pretty decent on a desktop. Just get used to right-clicking the start menu instead of left-clicking gives you quick access to most t hings you need. The real "start menu" is still there, but once you unpin the crap it starts with (weather apps and such) and pin your actual programs, it functions well enough. It's also nice, now that I'm used to it, to be able to just hit the windows key and start typing to get the program i want. The search is fast, and you really just type and hit enter.
There are a few tweaks to make, though, but nothing real difficult. For example, I set the default picture viewer to the actual Windows Picture Viewer (or whatever it's called). By default it loads up an app, which makes you go through the weird transition away from the desktop with no real clear way on how to get back (mouse the top left for a list of open apps, including the desktop).
For the record, I couldn't stand version 8. I only recently gave 8.1 a try, via Technet, and it's been pretty decent. Certainly not the horrific beast that win 8's reputation implies.
I'm noticing a lot of people here are complaining about things that aren't actually real issues. Either they haven't used the program in 15 years and just assume nothing's changed, or they never properly learned how in the first place and are simply unaware of certain options and features.
Actually, it was briefly mentioned as a Mac exclusive, at which point Microsoft bought Bungie and it shifted to the XBox. Afterwards, Gearbox was hired to port it over to the Mac and PC several years later, something that was never promised by Redmond in the beginning, so I doubt the people you knew who waited for it really cared all that much in the first place.
That's a very real possibility, but I don't see that as being a problem with Word. It's just a problem with the person not planning things out properly. I work with various industries, and see all kinds of examples like this. Excel is usually the big offender, where you end up with some crazy big ass database program living inside of an Excel spreadsheet. The issue isn't that Excel sucks, but rather they should have migrated over to Access or any number of other actual database solutions.
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Having said that, I don't really have much sympathy for someone who's trying to help students and employees circumvent network policy. They can watch their porn or check facebook on their own time.
Which is exactly why people coming here and acting like it's some big mystery why Windows draws more power than Linux makes no sense.
If only architectures were the sole hardware consideration...
If it's really that simple, then how in the world did Linux go, what, 6 years with crappy wifi support?
ianal, but...
It just means that a State Party (government) is still responsible for the activities of organizations within their international jurisdiction. If someone in Alberta, CA manages to fire a rocket rocket into orbit without the knowledge of the Canadian government, for example, the government would still be considered liable for any damages done. Not to mention having not disclosed the launch in the first place, which could create a nice bit of tension when other countries see something randomly getting launched into orbit...
So yes, Denmark would be held responsible for your mission, including any and all political fallout. Shit rolls downhill, so if you decided to do something like this without legal authorization for Denmark, I wouldn't be surprised to see the lot of you jailed or fined out the ass.
The end result seems to be in line with general terrorism. Cause enough fear and confusion in your enemy until they change or give up.
And it's a good thing that the Windows kernel isn't the bottleneck when it comes to power management, otherwise you're point would be valid. Even your example of the DVD hanging every 30 seconds for half a second sounds a lot more like a hardware bug, or maybe DRM issues, than anything related to Windows itself. It's not like the OS itself was causing whatever problem that was.
And linux doesn't offer anywhere near the same user experience as either Windows or OS X. Android would be a better comparison, and even that is a stripped down, highly-targeted, example.
They aren't doing as much as Windows, that's for sure. The Windows OS is built to work with a very wide variety of hardware configurations. Just because the Surface devices come in one hardware profile doesn't mean Microsoft spent years fine-tuning the OS to take advantage of that hardware exclusively. Which is exactly what Apple does with OS X.
This article is pointless. You may as well be wondering why Wonderbread doesn't taste the same as pizza dough when making pizzas.
IT should really be run as a trade school program. A few years as an apprentice, gaining certifications and experience, and working towards becoming a master. All of the various specialties, such as programming, network administration, etc, would act as analogues to plumbing, electric, etc.
The industry is broken, that's for sure. But your proposed solution would only lead to the same problem. If a bank loaned money out like that, you know they'd keep track of who pays on time and who doesn't (or at all). You'd still end up in a database with a record showing how trustworthy you are when it comes to paying back loans. At first, that might allow you to just go to different banks since the databases wouldn't be shared, and get loans despite having a poor repayment record, but eventually (as in, within a few months) banks would begin to share this data with each other in order to minimize their risks.
And of course, a third party would have to step in and offer to manage the whole process as a neutral party, basically resulting in new credit rating agencies.
The problem isn't that lenders shouldn't be able to use past information when deciding who to lend to. The problem is that debt collection agencies have no incentive to finding out if you are actually the right person or not, and if the debt was even valid in the first place. They just buy up a bunch of debt and anything that doesn't get collected (for whatever reason) is lost income for them. Dealing with those people can be a real nightmare because between them and the credit agencies, it's very much a 'guilty until proven innocent' kind of system. That's what needs to change.
And pretty much none of my clients would even entertain the idea of housing their document workspace with Google, or even Microsoft. I'm talking about industries like legal and medical, where the documents aren't always just basic formatting. If all you need to do is READ a document, then it was probably saved as a PDF in the first place.
By the way, I've only seen Word Perfect installed once in the last 10 years, and even that was only there "just in case" they ran into a really old file or something, and only on one computer. Maybe there are still large sections of the industry that use it daily; I just haven't seen them.
Not sure if this is hyperbole or not, but I've never encountered a situation where Office couldn't open it's own files. Not unless the file was either corrupted, encrypted, or created by other software that tried to save it as a docx file.
I don't know about actual improvements for various people. There were none for me personally until I needed to start using Server 2012 Admin Tools, which I couldn't do from Win 7. But you're right, for anyone who is happily using Windows 7 and has zero need to upgrade, then don't upgrade. For those looking to replace a computer or buy a new one, all I'm saying is that Windows 8.1 isn't nearly as crappy as the reputation of it's predecessor would lead you to believe.
I'm not a paid shill, and I'm not trying to encourage people to randomly upgrade when they have no reason to. I'm also not about to lose sleep if you think I am.
Ribbon isn't too bad once you get used to it. You can also hide it, which keeps it from taking up the vertical space, which is nice. I didn't like it back in 2007, but it's come a long way since.
On a side note about 2003 activation; I'm not sure what you're talking about. 2003 requires activation and, if it fails, you still have to call the 800 number and spend 5 minutes speaking numbers into the phone.
I agree with you about the newer features not being needed, however. I've yet to actually take advantage of anything the newer suites have included. In fact, I don't really even have a clue what the new stuff is in the first place. Once TechNet goes away, I imagine I'll start shifting back towards OpenOffice again, but it won't be for anything related to the Ribbon or activation or whatever.
None of my clients use open source software, and it has nothing to do with Forrester.
The fact is, if your business is in an industry where you have to share or read documents that other people send to you (such as anything in contracting, law, real estate, medical, etc), then you kind of have to stick with Microsoft Office. The free stuff just doesn't do a very good job of reading doc and docx formats (and spreadsheets are unusable if they have any macros in them). Yes, a company *could* go with free software and just take a little extra time with formatting and training, and it wouldn't be an issue for most of what they do.
But why bother? It's just easier and cheaper for them to buy Office and move on with actual work. For that to change, entire industries would have to change, or at least the biggest players in the industries would.
I think you're giving too much credit to the terrorists here. 9/11 was just one of many attempts at flying planes into buildings, and the only one that worked. There was no long-con involved. They weren't thinking 3 steps ahead while anticipating our next moves. They just wanted to bring down one of the symbols of American capitalism with the added benefit of killing as many people as possible.
We screwed up after the fact, but the mistake was ours alone. Not some terrorist mastermind predicting the future.
This should be modded "Insightful" not "Funny."
Seems reasonable to think that they could server both the interests of their client while still being kept in check by the community. Having some Wikipedia admins on staff would actually make a lot of sense. At least it's better than not having any, and finding out the stuff you're creating and editing has violated some rules after the fact.
As for the page management and preventing people from tarnishing a client's image, that alone doesn't imply page ownership. There's nothing wrong with removing mud slinging from an article when it isn't true or backed up with facts and references. Now if they are claiming to keep a page clean from all negative information, even if it's true, then there are problems. But the system if pretty self-correcting in that, because people will notice.
Yes, there's certainly room for abuse, but again, the whole Wiki system is inherently transparent and pretty self-correcting. It's not like Washington politics, where deals and policies are made in back rooms, and the only recourse we have is to vote people out in a few years or flat out riot.
8.1 actually makes the experience pretty decent on a desktop. Just get used to right-clicking the start menu instead of left-clicking gives you quick access to most t hings you need. The real "start menu" is still there, but once you unpin the crap it starts with (weather apps and such) and pin your actual programs, it functions well enough. It's also nice, now that I'm used to it, to be able to just hit the windows key and start typing to get the program i want. The search is fast, and you really just type and hit enter.
There are a few tweaks to make, though, but nothing real difficult. For example, I set the default picture viewer to the actual Windows Picture Viewer (or whatever it's called). By default it loads up an app, which makes you go through the weird transition away from the desktop with no real clear way on how to get back (mouse the top left for a list of open apps, including the desktop).
For the record, I couldn't stand version 8. I only recently gave 8.1 a try, via Technet, and it's been pretty decent. Certainly not the horrific beast that win 8's reputation implies.
Oh, and I work in IT.
I'm sorry, but pretty much any game in any genre can be automated for convenience. It doesn't make the game crappy or simplistic.
I'm noticing a lot of people here are complaining about things that aren't actually real issues. Either they haven't used the program in 15 years and just assume nothing's changed, or they never properly learned how in the first place and are simply unaware of certain options and features.
Actually, it was briefly mentioned as a Mac exclusive, at which point Microsoft bought Bungie and it shifted to the XBox. Afterwards, Gearbox was hired to port it over to the Mac and PC several years later, something that was never promised by Redmond in the beginning, so I doubt the people you knew who waited for it really cared all that much in the first place.
Maybe, but something tells me they won't simply ignore the current market landscape just out of principle. Kudos if they do, but highly unlikely.
You do realize that the PC and Mac versions were released about 2 years after the XBox version, right?
That's a very real possibility, but I don't see that as being a problem with Word. It's just a problem with the person not planning things out properly. I work with various industries, and see all kinds of examples like this. Excel is usually the big offender, where you end up with some crazy big ass database program living inside of an Excel spreadsheet. The issue isn't that Excel sucks, but rather they should have migrated over to Access or any number of other actual database solutions.