How the fuck do these psychotic dipshits ever make it into government with such a profound lack of insight? How do they not see the dangerous consequences of such ridiculous propositions?
Is it really that difficult to understand the real world analogs? Seriously, all we're asking for are the same rights and protections that the generations before us were able to take for granted, ie.:
You can send anything through the postal system without a return address and there are serious legal ramifications for anyone that opens it without specific authorization.
You can place a phone call and, with some specific exceptions, nobody can tap and listen in without a warrant (or at least that used to be the case)
They were able to enjoy protections for their communication mediums. Is it really so unreasonable for us to ask for the same thing with ours?
Oh, but wait, it's not the same because zOMG COMPUTERS!! INTERNETS!! SCARY!!
You clearly have poor knowledge of how computers really work. They're NOT websites! You're demanding full virtualization AND maximum performance in the same time. That's not going to happen, not with windows or any other OS for that matter. Sure, as the hardware computing power increases, you may have DECENT performance and full virtualization, but that's NOT the Windows dogma. Windows will always aim to deliver MAXIMUM performance and decent virtualization. Which, if you really knew what you were talking about, is the thing you want with your daily/. posting.
It's quite clear that you are the only one lacking expertise here.
Every Linux distro I'm aware of installs updates -- hundreds of 'em -- without so much as a hiccup. I'm supposed to believe that Microsoft, with their billions in cash flow and office towers filled with programming might, can't do the same?
Windows triggers rebooting after updates because of lazy programming. What they should be doing is figuring out what services need restarting, what dependencies they have, what dependencies those dependencies have and so on. But it's easier to just offload the task of restarting services to the boot sequence, so that's what they do.
But, I don't give a shit what makes developers' lives easier. Their job is to make my life easier; to shield me from the unnecessary kludgery of certain aspects of computer operations that don't apply to my workflow.
I'm still using Office 2000. Works fine on Windows 7.
Really? I'd quite like to know how you got it working. I tried to do the same, but it would crash constantly, usually whenever I'd use the clipboard or shortcuts (which I do constantly, so it was completely unusable).
I decided to try and stick it out with the Office Starter 2010 that was included with my computer and use Office Ad Blocker. I don't need anything more than Word and Excel anyway.
Aside from the minor annoyance of an unavoidable notice informing me that I can't create frozen cells every time I open one of my time sheets (the starter edition can see and work with them, it just can't create them), I've found that it has some nice additions. To my shock, I don't even mind the ribbon and, in some cases, even prefer it (*gasp*... I know)
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An Internet company that doesn't allow employees to work over via, um ... the Internet. Makes perfect sense
How the fuck do these psychotic dipshits ever make it into government with such a profound lack of insight? How do they not see the dangerous consequences of such ridiculous propositions?
Is it really that difficult to understand the real world analogs? Seriously, all we're asking for are the same rights and protections that the generations before us were able to take for granted, ie.:
You can send anything through the postal system without a return address and there are serious legal ramifications for anyone that opens it without specific authorization.
You can place a phone call and, with some specific exceptions, nobody can tap and listen in without a warrant (or at least that used to be the case)
They were able to enjoy protections for their communication mediums. Is it really so unreasonable for us to ask for the same thing with ours?
Oh, but wait, it's not the same because zOMG COMPUTERS!! INTERNETS!! SCARY!!
And, if my understanding is correct, that's all they need to work because their productivity is just that high.
Maybe they don't treat their employees like expendable shit and have less anxiety about career stability.
It's quite clear that you are the only one lacking expertise here.
Every Linux distro I'm aware of installs updates -- hundreds of 'em -- without so much as a hiccup. I'm supposed to believe that Microsoft, with their billions in cash flow and office towers filled with programming might, can't do the same?
Windows triggers rebooting after updates because of lazy programming. What they should be doing is figuring out what services need restarting, what dependencies they have, what dependencies those dependencies have and so on. But it's easier to just offload the task of restarting services to the boot sequence, so that's what they do.
But, I don't give a shit what makes developers' lives easier. Their job is to make my life easier; to shield me from the unnecessary kludgery of certain aspects of computer operations that don't apply to my workflow.
In many places, there is /.*/
But shouldn't that be /.+/ ? Or am I to assume that it's accepting spaces? Most likely not.
Really? I'd quite like to know how you got it working. I tried to do the same, but it would crash constantly, usually whenever I'd use the clipboard or shortcuts (which I do constantly, so it was completely unusable).
I decided to try and stick it out with the Office Starter 2010 that was included with my computer and use Office Ad Blocker. I don't need anything more than Word and Excel anyway.
Aside from the minor annoyance of an unavoidable notice informing me that I can't create frozen cells every time I open one of my time sheets (the starter edition can see and work with them, it just can't create them), I've found that it has some nice additions. To my shock, I don't even mind the ribbon and, in some cases, even prefer it (*gasp* ... I know)