Nope. During the XP Pro install, you are prompted to enter a password for Administrator. You are also asked to enter names for up to five accounts. At least the first one is a member of the Administrators group with no password. (I've never entered more than one name.)
Power Users can change certain settings that Users can't (for example, you have to make laptop users Power Users if they're going to be able to change power consumption settings), but they still can't, say, change settings in *.msc apps (like defrag, etc) or install programs.
I'm pretty sure it's the same with Home, but I'd have to check.
Although, one thing needs to stay clear: Linux is only secure if you know what the hell you're doing. 51% of all known successful root compromises occur under Linux. (Linux has more than 51% of the market share, IIRC, so it's not a very fair comparison. If anybody has market share data, please provide it so we can look at ratios.)
I prefer running Linux, of course. At least I knowIcansecureit.
In the last year, I've had it randomly (well, for no apparent reason) BSOD. Twice.
Even if you didn't have to reboot for every upgrade (Windows developers, if you're reading: DON'T PUT EVERYTHING IN THE KERNEL), you still can't get Linux-class uptime.
Seriously. Accessibility is the next big thing, and the design practices that result (cleaner code, even if it lacks semantics), are worth it in the long run, especially for maintanence.
So why are they allowed to play? Why are they allowed into 'R' rated movies?
More importantly, do violient games make violent kids or do violent kids play violent games? A correlation does not prove cause and effect (although I haven't read the article yet to look at how the study was done... I'll save my conclusions for later...)
You need to unbold parents. It has been shown that the only *positive* *direct* contribution parents make to behavior is genetic--although it is possible for parents to fuck up their kids via neglect and abuse. (My parents are conservative fundamentalist Christians. Despite their efforts, I'm a moderate humanist/atheist. Go from there.)
The other big contribution to behavior is the child's peers, so maybe we should look at who they were hanging out with.
I would suggest you read this little blurb (or better yet, get the book): The blank slate.
Cigarette companies design their warning labels to look loud and bold while at the same time reducing the readability of the warning. (Heavy border surrounding underlined letters brings out white space, while all-caps sans-serif letters are very similar and therefore difficult to read.)
Ref: either Envisioning Information or Visual Explanations by Edward Tufte. (Neither of which I have on hand right now.)
"I can't figure it out." "[Wave] something the size of a mouse and the print magically appears" "How in the world can it know where [to] print?" "I WANT ONE!...I think [this] company is going to make zillions."
Gentlemen, I believe that this post pretty much encapsulates all of consumerism in those phrases. No matter how much doubt there is, "OMG, that's so spiff!" often takes over.
Like those shitty products on infomercials that you know won't do anything worthwhile, but look damn spiffy up on the screen...
I actually did that once. Luckily, no damage appeared to have been done; instead, I was spoofed on IRC with the message "ur account" followed by the standard shell account message. Quite a shake-up. Changed the password, bought every freaking Hacking Exposed book.
I would think proper grammar usage would be a prerequisite for being a MENSA member.
Mmmm-hmm. You understood it; the "grammar" rule you are citing is artificial. English isn't created by a bunch of old guys in Universities; it's in every mind, and it's constantly changing. "Don't split infinitives," "don't use no double negatives" (an especially stupid rule, considering you have to think about it to not understand the sentence!), and the like tend to do little more than limit the expressiveness of English.
Apparently you just need to feel good about yourself or something. ("Look at me! I pointed out the error of a Mensa member....wheeeeee.....")
Obligatory plug of a book that will explain it: The Language Instinct, second-to-last chapter.
Also, mods: ad hominem, offtopic (this is as well, so fire away if you see fit)
Netscape 6 was Mozilla.9 or something. Netscape 7 was Mozilla 1.0. And because they're using 1.4 as the next stable release, I'm willing to bet that it will be Netscape 8 (or whatever they decide to number it) (if they do so after the whole AOL / MSFT settlement).
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You are a Power User by default.
Nope. During the XP Pro install, you are prompted to enter a password for Administrator. You are also asked to enter names for up to five accounts. At least the first one is a member of the Administrators group with no password. (I've never entered more than one name.)
Power Users can change certain settings that Users can't (for example, you have to make laptop users Power Users if they're going to be able to change power consumption settings), but they still can't, say, change settings in *.msc apps (like defrag, etc) or install programs.
I'm pretty sure it's the same with Home, but I'd have to check.
Damn straight.
Although, one thing needs to stay clear: Linux is only secure if you know what the hell you're doing. 51% of all known successful root compromises occur under Linux. (Linux has more than 51% of the market share, IIRC, so it's not a very fair comparison. If anybody has market share data, please provide it so we can look at ratios.)
I prefer running Linux, of course. At least I know I can secure it.
In the last year, I've had it randomly (well, for no apparent reason) BSOD. Twice.
Even if you didn't have to reboot for every upgrade (Windows developers, if you're reading: DON'T PUT EVERYTHING IN THE KERNEL), you still can't get Linux-class uptime.
Ritchie patented the sticky bit.
He gave it up, of course (don't recall when/how). Why didn't other people follow suit?
...I agree 110%...
Today just isn't a good math day for you, is it?
Seriously. Accessibility is the next big thing, and the design practices that result (cleaner code, even if it lacks semantics), are worth it in the long run, especially for maintanence.
A basic overview
Designing With Web Standards
The article mentions correlation, not cause and effect. Put that in your SSSM pipe and smoke it.
So why are they allowed to play? Why are they allowed into 'R' rated movies?
More importantly, do violient games make violent kids or do violent kids play violent games? A correlation does not prove cause and effect (although I haven't read the article yet to look at how the study was done... I'll save my conclusions for later...)
You need to unbold parents. It has been shown that the only *positive* *direct* contribution parents make to behavior is genetic--although it is possible for parents to fuck up their kids via neglect and abuse. (My parents are conservative fundamentalist Christians. Despite their efforts, I'm a moderate humanist/atheist. Go from there.)
The other big contribution to behavior is the child's peers, so maybe we should look at who they were hanging out with.
I would suggest you read this little blurb (or better yet, get the book): The blank slate.
Cigarette companies design their warning labels to look loud and bold while at the same time reducing the readability of the warning. (Heavy border surrounding underlined letters brings out white space, while all-caps sans-serif letters are very similar and therefore difficult to read.)
Ref: either Envisioning Information or Visual Explanations by Edward Tufte. (Neither of which I have on hand right now.)
I was just joking.
Besides, I just rewrote two of my modules. And so far, I can tell you that PHP5 is teh spiff.
Yeah, and I got PHP5b1 up and running in about 10 minutes. No time spent compiling. ;)
Nothing works! At least, nothing using PHP4's OO features. And I used a lot of PHP4's OO features!
I'm going to spend the rest of the day tearing out my hair. Especially because I'll have to rewrite 1000+ lines of PHP code....
to get the women out of their bikinis?
To expand on that, I doubt that I have any useful 'intellectual property'. Hell, I'll give it away.
/. about the public domain.
Besides, there have been a lot of stories on
"Public Domain."
"I can't figure it out."
"[Wave] something the size of a mouse and the print magically appears"
"How in the world can it know where [to] print?"
"I WANT ONE!...I think [this] company is going to make zillions."
Gentlemen, I believe that this post pretty much encapsulates all of consumerism in those phrases. No matter how much doubt there is, "OMG, that's so spiff!" often takes over.
Like those shitty products on infomercials that you know won't do anything worthwhile, but look damn spiffy up on the screen...
Impressive.
I actually did that once. Luckily, no damage appeared to have been done; instead, I was spoofed on IRC with the message "ur account" followed by the standard shell account message. Quite a shake-up. Changed the password, bought every freaking Hacking Exposed book.
If you must know, it was posted to TotalFark.com, but rejected. (For obvious reasons.)
:/
That coulda done wonders for my karma. Oh, well.
Yeah, but you can have one for 0 years, too. :)
I would think proper grammar usage would be a prerequisite for being a MENSA member.
Mmmm-hmm. You understood it; the "grammar" rule you are citing is artificial. English isn't created by a bunch of old guys in Universities; it's in every mind, and it's constantly changing. "Don't split infinitives," "don't use no double negatives" (an especially stupid rule, considering you have to think about it to not understand the sentence!), and the like tend to do little more than limit the expressiveness of English.
Apparently you just need to feel good about yourself or something. ("Look at me! I pointed out the error of a Mensa member....wheeeeee.....")
Obligatory plug of a book that will explain it: The Language Instinct, second-to-last chapter.
Also, mods: ad hominem, offtopic (this is as well, so fire away if you see fit)
It's too bad you AC'd out, I almost got stomach cramps from laughing so hard...
...according to Google and dictionary.reference.com, means hear ye.
Use it to play games in the middle of the lecture. :D
Let me say this:
Holy crap, that would have been embarrassing...
Netscape 6 was Mozilla .9 or something.
Netscape 7 was Mozilla 1.0.
And because they're using 1.4 as the next stable release, I'm willing to bet that it will be Netscape 8 (or whatever they decide to number it) (if they do so after the whole AOL / MSFT settlement).
Zeldman had some interesting entries on this: here, here and here.