As long as the user can always install their own platform key, so they retain ultimate control of their own computer, then this isn't such a big deal. But there needs to be a standardised interface for installing platform keys in the UEFI settings.
The "silly" part of my comment was referring to the subject of this article: The inability in Windows 10 S to change the default browser from Edge. https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...
Windows 10 S is the walled-garden edition, so this is not surprising (but still a silly move from MS). I predict Windows 10 S will fail for the same reason that Windows RT failed: The inability to run "legacy" (desktop) Windows programs.
Doesn't Windows have this already? If the installer isn't signed with a "trusted" certificate, you get a scary warning message. Or is the "hardware technology and virtualization" the new bit?
As long as the user has the option to override the warning and install anyway, you'll still get malware being installed.
This feature however seems more aimed at IT departments so they can lock down their users' machines to only run their definition of trusted software. How will it apply to standone or home users?
The Jews are "Palestinians" too you know. There has have been a continuous Jewish presence there since, er, Biblical times. It's where they originated. But of course you know that, and are being disingenuous when you talk of them as only recent arrivals. They are the "de-facto indigenous people of the region".
The Jews that migrated to Palestine before world war two did so mostly legally. They didn't invade or misappropriate or trick the land from the incumbents (unlike say, the European settlers in the Americas). Sometimes they paid over the odds for marginal land that the current owners had no use for.
You state that "The Palestinians never migrated anywhere" but there has been Arab migration to the area now called Israel since the seventh century.
At least you'll probably be able to buy up existing HDDVD titles cheap pretty soon, and you can rip and transcode them all to mpeg4 or whatever before throwing away your player/putting it in the attic.
I did however buy an XBOX HDDVD player which cost me less than £100. If I'd spend £400+ on a stand alone player I might be a bit more bovvered.
CE is also currently suported by VS.NET 2005, though not on the native C++ side
Er, of course native C++ development for CE is supported in Visual Studio 2005.
If you're talking application development for Windows Smartphone and Pocket PC, VS2005 supports C++, ATL and COM development. Pocket PC adds MFC support.
By the way, it's not called Visual Studio.NET 2005, they've dropped the.NET part.
It seems to me that if you play PC games a lot, you'll be booting into Windows more and more as time goes on, since what incentive is there to port PC games to OS X if you can run the PC version so easily on the Mac via BootCamp?
If BootCamp takes off, I predict the already small Mac-native games market will wither even further.
All versions after 1.5 are pretty bloated for sure, but version 6 + service packs I have found to be very stable. About the only consistent way I found to crash it was conditional breakpoints watching memory locations. Guaranteed blow-up after a few iterations. Maybe they've fixed it in SP6?
Of course, Visual Studio 7.1 is a different kettle of fish. Very buggy and quite nasty. And they've ruined the IDE by making it too "VB friendly" and actually removing some of the useful features in 6
4. The world hadn't (yet) decided that C++ was a bad idea.
A bit of a sweeping statement, don't you think? Care to elaborate?
"...the programming world discovered the true horror of multiple inheritance, templates, and all the other landmines that lurk beneath the surface of C++. "
Hmm, if you don't like those features of C++, or don't understand them, just don't use them. Lots of programmers have used those features very successfully in C++ programs. Quite a few may have met disaster using them too though;-)
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As long as the user can always install their own platform key, so they retain ultimate control of their own computer, then this isn't such a big deal. But there needs to be a standardised interface for installing platform keys in the UEFI settings.
Surely if Mozilla really had users' best interests in mind they'd make DuckDuckGo the default search option?
The "silly" part of my comment was referring to the subject of this article: The inability in Windows 10 S to change the default browser from Edge. https://tech.slashdot.org/stor...
Windows 10 S is the walled-garden edition, so this is not surprising (but still a silly move from MS). I predict Windows 10 S will fail for the same reason that Windows RT failed: The inability to run "legacy" (desktop) Windows programs.
It's worked for Jaguar, copying Aston Martin ... save on those design and prototyping costs.
So, instead of having a $200k Aston, you get an $80k Jag.
The chief designer at Jaguar is Ian Callum, who previously designed for Aston Martin.
Doesn't Windows have this already? If the installer isn't signed with a "trusted" certificate, you get a scary warning message. Or is the "hardware technology and virtualization" the new bit?
As long as the user has the option to override the warning and install anyway, you'll still get malware being installed.
This feature however seems more aimed at IT departments so they can lock down their users' machines to only run their definition of trusted software. How will it apply to standone or home users?
There are clearly rainspots on the windscreen. He never touches the right stalk. The XJ has rain-sensing wipers.
The Jews are "Palestinians" too you know. There has have been a continuous Jewish presence there since, er, Biblical times. It's where they originated. But of course you know that, and are being disingenuous when you talk of them as only recent arrivals. They are the "de-facto indigenous people of the region".
The Jews that migrated to Palestine before world war two did so mostly legally. They didn't invade or misappropriate or trick the land from the incumbents (unlike say, the European settlers in the Americas). Sometimes they paid over the odds for marginal land that the current owners had no use for.
You state that "The Palestinians never migrated anywhere" but there has been Arab migration to the area now called Israel since the seventh century.
At least you'll probably be able to buy up existing HDDVD titles cheap pretty soon, and you can rip and transcode them all to mpeg4 or whatever before throwing away your player/putting it in the attic.
I did however buy an XBOX HDDVD player which cost me less than £100. If I'd spend £400+ on a stand alone player I might be a bit more bovvered.
It's also a PITA compared to VS2005
CE is also currently suported by VS.NET 2005, though not on the native C++ side
.NET part.
Er, of course native C++ development for CE is supported in Visual Studio 2005.
If you're talking application development for Windows Smartphone and Pocket PC, VS2005 supports C++, ATL and COM development. Pocket PC adds MFC support.
By the way, it's not called Visual Studio.NET 2005, they've dropped the
No need to apologise - just having a laugh
Has all that malware on your XP box disabled your return key?
It seems to me that if you play PC games a lot, you'll be booting into Windows more and more as time goes on, since what incentive is there to port PC games to OS X if you can run the PC version so easily on the Mac via BootCamp?
If BootCamp takes off, I predict the already small Mac-native games market will wither even further.
Thanks, If I were doing .NET dev, I'd certainly give that a look. At the moment though I'm doing "old school" C++/MFC/ATL development.
You're having a laugh aren't you? Windows developers have got fantastic documentation/help/sample code (MSDN, Codeproject to name but two)
If you want vague and non-documented, you should try developing on Symbian (*shudders*)
Which version are you refering to?
All versions after 1.5 are pretty bloated for sure, but version 6 + service packs I have found to be very stable. About the only consistent way I found to crash it was conditional breakpoints watching memory locations. Guaranteed blow-up after a few iterations. Maybe they've fixed it in SP6?
Of course, Visual Studio 7.1 is a different kettle of fish. Very buggy and quite nasty. And they've ruined the IDE by making it too "VB friendly" and actually removing some of the useful features in 6
You've just described C#
A bit of a sweeping statement, don't you think? Care to elaborate?
"...the programming world discovered the true horror of multiple inheritance, templates, and all the other landmines that lurk beneath the surface of C++. "
Hmm, if you don't like those features of C++, or don't understand them, just don't use them. Lots of programmers have used those features very successfully in C++ programs. Quite a few may have met disaster using them too though ;-)