"Today is also a sad day for internet users, because AdBlock Plus jeopardizes the financing options for all free internet sites. We still feel it is inadmissible under copyright and antitrust laws, and it is an anti-competitive attack on media diversity and freedom of the press. Therefore, we will review the options for appeal and further legal action against Eyeo.”
I don't think they understand that they are free to publish whatever they want... but we are also free to ignore/cut up/block the stuff we don't want. I call that a win. If it means a bunch of publishers go out of business and the internet gets less commercial, I'm fine with that too.
It already has. Just not for the better. What I know for sure is that I haven't bought, torrented, or otherwise listened to new music in years. I listen to old AC/DC, Queen, Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. but can't change the radio fast enough when new crap comes on.
Go into UEFI, and disable it, putting it into legacy BIOS mode.
It will install after that. Then you may turn UEFI back on.
No, it won't. It might on your system and on most other systems but something about the Acer VA70 is screwed up and causes it to choke on the install (AFTER disabling UEFI)
That's just making what DeepFreeze does complicated. DeepFreeze will keep a computer in a specific state, allow temporary changes but the moment your system is rebooted the system is back to its frozen state. Use external/flash drives/network/etc for saving. If you do need to make a change (install a program, patch, etc) you just enter a password, install, then re-freeze.
Far simpler than snapshots/rollbacks/etc. It doesn't provide the security you speak of but for day to day use that's not important.
I've been using Windows 8/8.1 since release and have never seen an error message like that. It's more likely a virus or hardware problem with your computer.
Quit trying to use a shitty crack. You do know EFI doesn't really handle OEM versions of Windows. You need the Win 7 ISO directly from Technet or a retail copy.
I used *my* retail disc copy. I used a corporate copy. I used various ISOs including one from Microsoft. I used three different flavours of Linux. All started to install and failed part way through. Trust me, I *hate* Windows 8, I'd ditch it in a heartbeat if I could.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining about low 32bit memory and minimizing/terminating your programs.
Err, what? Win8 automatically terminates processes when low on memory?! So what's the point of paging in that case?!
I'ev got Win8.1, seems to work fine, especially after Classic Shell and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker and MouseWiz.
Yup. Easiest way to trigger the "feature" is to run a 32-bit browser + a 32-bit game that will fill the 2GB limit. At first it will warn you, taking your full screen game and minimizing it to tell you to close a specific program (oddly never the game itself). If you close that warning it'll repeat this process a few times and on the odd occasion, after a few warnings, it will simply say [We have terminated X program due to low memory]
The problem there is that you're using Windows 8. Get a real OS, not one with a toy interface.
I would but my only laptop has a broken UEFI implementation and won't accept Win7 Pro or Linux installs. Trust me, it was the first thing I tried to do after seeing the mess they created in Win8.
I've never understood comments about memory use. I buy my memory to use. If it is sitting empty, I paid for it for nothing. Apps should use it and use it freely for cache, etc. to speed up performance. I'd feel the same about CPU except that high CPU usage leads to thermal issues (fans on all the time, etc.). So I do prefer not to use all the CPU I paid for - but memory? Heck, the OS will swap it out if another app needs it.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining about low 32bit memory and minimizing/terminating your programs.
I keep 0 history. Soon as my browser closes, history is wiped. So if this simply looks at my history and serves me adds based on it, then hypothetically this would not work on my system.
Of course if they look at other things (or FF stores info in some hidden super cookie) then I will be subject to adverts like everybody else.
The numbers are based on nothing more than whatever the anti-piracy goons feel like putting out. It comes with the support of Voltage who sees notice and notice as a way to send out their demand letters for free and not face the Canadian court system which has held up their litigation and placed appropriate restrictions on the information.
I know it's false because I would never enter a contest for such a trip so I would have 0% chance of winning. Just like I know that the details of an incident are never reflected in the generalized statistics of such an incident.
Without more details, you have no basis to assume the claim of "someone else's" fault is false.
Yes I do, for the same reason I assume the person on the phone who tells me I won a trip to the Bahamas is false. I believe things when I can see the details for myself and not simply going on faith.
Given your assertion, which I do agree with to an extent, what about non-injury causing accidents like those described in the article? Are those merely an annoyance? That lost resume could cost you a job that could have made you $100k/year and that small accident could ding a Bugatti Veyron.
The difference between an ABS system failing and software glitch is very different. The former is likely mechanical a failure to manufacture a part properly or install it to specification. A software glitch is very difficult to prove and there's no defined parameters as to what constitutes a negligent failure. Liability for previously unknown defects is far less than known defects, it's hard for a judge or jury to wrap their head(s) around what software developers should or should not have known about a software failure.
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"Today is also a sad day for internet users, because AdBlock Plus jeopardizes the financing options for all free internet sites. We still feel it is inadmissible under copyright and antitrust laws, and it is an anti-competitive attack on media diversity and freedom of the press. Therefore, we will review the options for appeal and further legal action against Eyeo.”
I don't think they understand that they are free to publish whatever they want... but we are also free to ignore/cut up/block the stuff we don't want. I call that a win. If it means a bunch of publishers go out of business and the internet gets less commercial, I'm fine with that too.
No. No it won't.
It already has. Just not for the better. What I know for sure is that I haven't bought, torrented, or otherwise listened to new music in years. I listen to old AC/DC, Queen, Stones, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. but can't change the radio fast enough when new crap comes on.
True. I'd still like a fork that is DRM-free and doesn't advertise to me and a million other things. For those that want to enable it:
privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = true
You could fix it, if it actually booted the install for Windows 7 with AHCI off, which it doesn't.
Yes, I tried that, and about 40 other things that I'm not going to detail out because it's a fucking waste of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I was putting together systems back when they still called CPUs "Math co-processors", I know my shit.
Did you bother turning off AHCI as well?
No, if you turn of AHCI the system won't be able to boot.
Funny that in what you link to it turns out to be a problem with Intels video drivers, but hey...
That was *a* problem, that was fixed but the low memory warnings persists (just had it happen last week, 4 Intel driver updates later)
Go into UEFI, and disable it, putting it into legacy BIOS mode.
It will install after that. Then you may turn UEFI back on.
No, it won't. It might on your system and on most other systems but something about the Acer VA70 is screwed up and causes it to choke on the install (AFTER disabling UEFI)
That's just making what DeepFreeze does complicated. DeepFreeze will keep a computer in a specific state, allow temporary changes but the moment your system is rebooted the system is back to its frozen state. Use external/flash drives/network/etc for saving. If you do need to make a change (install a program, patch, etc) you just enter a password, install, then re-freeze.
Far simpler than snapshots/rollbacks/etc. It doesn't provide the security you speak of but for day to day use that's not important.
I've been using Windows 8/8.1 since release and have never seen an error message like that. It's more likely a virus or hardware problem with your computer.
Well, if YOU haven't seen it... [facepalm]
https://answers.microsoft.com/...
Quit trying to use a shitty crack. You do know EFI doesn't really handle OEM versions of Windows. You need the Win 7 ISO directly from Technet or a retail copy.
I used *my* retail disc copy. I used a corporate copy. I used various ISOs including one from Microsoft. I used three different flavours of Linux. All started to install and failed part way through. Trust me, I *hate* Windows 8, I'd ditch it in a heartbeat if I could.
My next machine I will.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining about low 32bit memory and minimizing/terminating your programs.
Err, what?
Win8 automatically terminates processes when low on memory?!
So what's the point of paging in that case?!
I'ev got Win8.1, seems to work fine, especially after Classic Shell and 7+ Taskbar Tweaker and MouseWiz.
Yup. Easiest way to trigger the "feature" is to run a 32-bit browser + a 32-bit game that will fill the 2GB limit. At first it will warn you, taking your full screen game and minimizing it to tell you to close a specific program (oddly never the game itself). If you close that warning it'll repeat this process a few times and on the odd occasion, after a few warnings, it will simply say [We have terminated X program due to low memory]
or use bleachbit and really clean it up.
Yup, or DeepFreeze to prevent it in the first place.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining ...
The problem there is that you're using Windows 8. Get a real OS, not one with a toy interface.
I would but my only laptop has a broken UEFI implementation and won't accept Win7 Pro or Linux installs. Trust me, it was the first thing I tried to do after seeing the mess they created in Win8.
I've never understood comments about memory use. I buy my memory to use. If it is sitting empty, I paid for it for nothing. Apps should use it and use it freely for cache, etc. to speed up performance. I'd feel the same about CPU except that high CPU usage leads to thermal issues (fans on all the time, etc.). So I do prefer not to use all the CPU I paid for - but memory? Heck, the OS will swap it out if another app needs it.
Tell that to Win8 when it starts complaining about low 32bit memory and minimizing/terminating your programs.
I keep 0 history. Soon as my browser closes, history is wiped. So if this simply looks at my history and serves me adds based on it, then hypothetically this would not work on my system.
Of course if they look at other things (or FF stores info in some hidden super cookie) then I will be subject to adverts like everybody else.
Are you sure about that? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/s...
It's been broken for some time. Install SQLite Manager addon to see what data is still lurking.
The numbers are based on nothing more than whatever the anti-piracy goons feel like putting out. It comes with the support of Voltage who sees notice and notice as a way to send out their demand letters for free and not face the Canadian court system which has held up their litigation and placed appropriate restrictions on the information.
I know it's false because I would never enter a contest for such a trip so I would have 0% chance of winning. Just like I know that the details of an incident are never reflected in the generalized statistics of such an incident.
Well if it is based on fatalities, then:
Accident rate in general: 4-5%
Accident rate so far with only 48 vehicles: 0%
It's based on accidents overall for which fatalities are a miniscule % (around 0.006)
Without more details, you have no basis to assume the claim of "someone else's" fault is false.
Yes I do, for the same reason I assume the person on the phone who tells me I won a trip to the Bahamas is false. I believe things when I can see the details for myself and not simply going on faith.
As stated, it's based on publicly available data from Statistics Canada. ~2000 fatalities for 32 million vehicles over the course of a year.
Given your assertion, which I do agree with to an extent, what about non-injury causing accidents like those described in the article? Are those merely an annoyance? That lost resume could cost you a job that could have made you $100k/year and that small accident could ding a Bugatti Veyron.
The difference between an ABS system failing and software glitch is very different. The former is likely mechanical a failure to manufacture a part properly or install it to specification. A software glitch is very difficult to prove and there's no defined parameters as to what constitutes a negligent failure. Liability for previously unknown defects is far less than known defects, it's hard for a judge or jury to wrap their head(s) around what software developers should or should not have known about a software failure.
16 is the first statistically significant sample size. 48 > 16.
That number is based on Canadian yearly accident rates with 32 million registered vehicles and, obviously, a variety of driving patterns.