on that subject, my primary desktop and laptop are both 2k3. I play games on them and in general they seem a little faster with some games (Doom3 for one) than under XP - this is probably because 2k3 has less in the way of services running by default or could just be an illusion.
I'm just a little leery about which games are going to die off under an SP1 install and what hoops I'll have to leap through to get them functioning again. But there's only one way to find out, eh?
This KB article makes a passing mention of this, but doesn't tell you which games require Admin privs.
Really I think this is just bad design - they could be written to operate normally under non-admin accounts, but ren't. and it's not just games - numerous applications on windows do this for various reasons (registry access/file access etc..)
I think the word "unconfigured" in the parent should probably be replaced with "poorly configured". After all, if the default configuration was equivalent to, say, SP2's level (firewall on, tighter zones etc..) then a new box would be essentially "unconfigured" but far less susceptible to attack.
A big problem to me is that MS doesn't even *try* to tell that working in admin mode all the time is very bad.
well, it is mentioned here, but yes, it should certainly be more prominent than that. that's the first example I could find after probably 10-15 minutes of looking.
And it doesn't mention running on a single-user machine as LUA, which is certainly a prudent thing to do, especially for compulsive clickers or non-guru users
... and although that is admittedly a long time ago, at least 95% of the music I saw on sale was in the form of copied cassettes with shoddilly photocopied covers.
In fact I still have two of these tapes going strong now (and before anyone whines about me being a pirate, I also own legitimate copies thereof).
Now, I don't know whether it was just the shops I was going to, but it seemed there was a cultural predilection for fake stuff - which is just being amplified heavily by the ease of broadband access.
If people want smut, they'll get smut, despite the legal framework attempting to prevent it.
Same with any other behaviour deemed 'antisocial' whether it's porn, drugs, prostitution or [laughs] fireworks, people will find a way to do what they want to do, hence the emergence of black markets. Governments could be profiting from taxing the crap out of this stuff, but instead they drive it underground.
As for rewarding snitches, well, I think you can guess what I think of that too. One big waste of money.
I got a Swiss Army one too - pretty comfortable to wear, even when riding my mountain bike to work 16Km away with a laptop, accessories and change of clothes inside.
couldn't find it on the victorinox site, though so maybe it's been discontinued. There'll be an equivalent....
It's not an issue of an over-large government government - it stems from an excess of power vested in Corporate Interests. Think about it. Where do you reckon the impetus for this came from?
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> 2003 shouldn't be slow for games
on that subject, my primary desktop and laptop are both 2k3. I play games on them and in general they seem a little faster with some games (Doom3 for one) than under XP - this is probably because 2k3 has less in the way of services running by default or could just be an illusion.
I'm just a little leery about which games are going to die off under an SP1 install and what hoops I'll have to leap through to get them functioning again. But there's only one way to find out, eh?
what is this..... football of which you speak?
Most of the spam you received claimed to come from Hotmail mail boxes.
Not sure where I heard this one but
"A rich man will sell you the rope you'll use to hang him"
so where's the post-apocalyptic element?
Because, you know, Bush is the president of Pakistan.
sure, but I think you'll find he has leverage he could be using but isn't
But at least they'd be correctly recording the votes of idiots. Democracy makes no special case for stupidity.
Well, if the need ever arises, I'm sure we'll see the "Ask Slashdot"
> Thanks to Al Gore's poor sportsmanship
Don't thank Gore, thank your supposedly democratic country's centuries outdated Electoral College system.
s/touch/punch/gi
you get my vote that way
.. and for fuck's sake I don't know the difference between the and them
Label me 'fuckwit' and send me to the Azores, please.
And curse the damn two minute delay.
... and many of the don't know the difference between have and has, evidently.
XBox hardware was always going to be a loss-maker in its early incarnations, but the trend is for losses to shrink as the installed base grows.
The games turn a profit, but the hardware itself certainly doesn't
Yeah, but Australia re-elected Howard. There has to be something wrong there.
[duck and cover]
Yes, Age of Mythology requires admin rights. Good game too.
This KB article makes a passing mention of this, but doesn't tell you which games require Admin privs.
Really I think this is just bad design - they could be written to operate normally under non-admin accounts, but ren't. and it's not just games - numerous applications on windows do this for various reasons (registry access/file access etc..)
I think the word "unconfigured" in the parent should probably be replaced with "poorly configured". After all, if the default configuration was equivalent to, say, SP2's level (firewall on, tighter zones etc..) then a new box would be essentially "unconfigured" but far less susceptible to attack.
semantics, hell yes!
What is this... internet... of which you speak?
A big problem to me is that MS doesn't even *try* to tell that working in admin mode all the time is very bad.
well, it is mentioned here, but yes, it should certainly be more prominent than that. that's the first example I could find after probably 10-15 minutes of looking.
And it doesn't mention running on a single-user machine as LUA, which is certainly a prudent thing to do, especially for compulsive clickers or non-guru users
W2k SP2 support has expired. that could have some bearing.
... and although that is admittedly a long time ago, at least 95% of the music I saw on sale was in the form of copied cassettes with shoddilly photocopied covers.
In fact I still have two of these tapes going strong now (and before anyone whines about me being a pirate, I also own legitimate copies thereof).
Now, I don't know whether it was just the shops I was going to, but it seemed there was a cultural predilection for fake stuff - which is just being amplified heavily by the ease of broadband access.
You cannot legislate morality
If people want smut, they'll get smut, despite the legal framework attempting to prevent it.
Same with any other behaviour deemed 'antisocial' whether it's porn, drugs, prostitution or [laughs] fireworks, people will find a way to do what they want to do, hence the emergence of black markets. Governments could be profiting from taxing the crap out of this stuff, but instead they drive it underground.
As for rewarding snitches, well, I think you can guess what I think of that too. One big waste of money.
I got a Swiss Army one too - pretty comfortable to wear, even when riding my mountain bike to work 16Km away with a laptop, accessories and change of clothes inside.
couldn't find it on the victorinox site, though so maybe it's been discontinued. There'll be an equivalent....
> What's your excuse for getting spam?
The point isn't that WE aren't doing enough to protect ourselves from spam, but that we shouldn't HAVE to jump through hoops to avoid this shit.
It's not an issue of an over-large government government - it stems from an excess of power vested in Corporate Interests. Think about it. Where do you reckon the impetus for this came from?
well, at least to those who can read English
So that leaves out most Americans. Thanks from the rest of the world!
(tongue firmly in cheek)