The real divide is between populated areas and rural areas and giving people in cities another better option isn't going to change that one way or the other.
Thanks for that insightful analysis stewsters. The summary says they brought in 6.5 billion in net profit. That means they aren't going out of business any time soon.
Don't kid yourself. Just because you post AC and switch email accounts often doesn't mean they aren't tracking you. If anything actively trying to avoid being tracked probably draws more attention.
The OS doesn't matter. The hardware doesn't matter. The expense is all about the software. The software that's running on XP will also run on Win7. So the easiest thing for them to do is just upgrade the OS underneath it all and keep going.
That's great Google. Keep trying to make google+ a thing. That's great. Can't say I'm happy about how that worked out for youtube but keep trying. You never know. I don't care that much anyway. I switched my gmail account to be my spam account a while ago and only check it via outlook any so whatever. Good luck though.
Worse things than this in the last few months have come up and I though "No way. That goes too far. Surely we wouldn't bug the personal phones of other leaders of state?!?" Yep. We did. And worse. The head of the NSA lied before the people who are supposed to over see their activities. Where was the "legal mechanism" for any of that? There is none. I agree with you Anonymous Coward, people in high position should be in prison for these crimes because there is no legal mechanism to justify so fucking much of what has been going on.
Perhaps a little. Any positive effect is far outweighed by the negative effect of too much fat, sugar, sodium etc that is in a typical bad diet. Trying to fix it with a multi vitamin is just delusional thinking.
The study isn't saying people didn't feel better. Just that it didn't help any more than a placebo. So you need to have a neighbor or someone administer them blindly and mix in fake pills and see if you notice a difference.
Also, if multivitamins helped, imagine how you would feel doing something with a ton of positive peer reviewed data backing it up, like eating a well balanced diet.
Yep. We didn't even know this was going on until recently. We as a general populace have zero say in how the NSA is run. The best we can do is vote for some who says they will make changes only to watch them not make those changes.
I agree with you 100%. I think the receiver has every legal right to keep it but common sense should also come into play. The spirit of the rule is to keep people form getting scammed. Since this is an obvious goof the don't-be-a-dick rule should prevail. The company should cover shipping obviously and provide some reasonable compensation for your trouble but sending it back is the right thing to do. Just another case where "legal" is not always == to "moral".
No, that would be stupid. Why do you conspiracy types always take the easy route? If they stop supporting XP and the best and brightest malware creators suddenly can't find any holes to exploit would be a more compelling conspiracy. That would mean MS has been doing it all along just to maintain an entire industry dedicated to fixing them (not to mention under the table kickbacks from the virus writers guild).
Obviously MS isn't going to patch the *last* hole on the day they cut support. So your conspiracy is self fulfilling and lazy. Try harder. I hear BG is interested in space travel. I'm sure you can find some alien connection there or something more interesting than this.
I know it was supposed to be funny but this is in fact the reality we face. MS isn't going to support a 13 year old OS forever. Exploits will still be found after they stop supporting it. Conspiracy types will claim MS planted them but it would be even crazier if the last bug was patched on the day they cut support. That isn't going to happen. If you are using your system for professional work and it's still running XP it has paid for itself many times over. Upgrading is a cost of business. A responsible company / organization plans for it. This has been a long time coming so don't act all surprised now. If your company relied on a machine and the belts started squeaking after you'd already adjusted them several times I think you would buy a new belt and be ready to put it on. Or better yet, buy the belt and put it on proactively. It would be irresponsible to wait for the belt to break and then look flabbergasted that such a thing could happen. Meanwhile your work comes to a standstill.
Well sure. Personally I like the thinkpad look but I'm not that into fashion. If you need a computer to accessorize your glamorous life you may want to look elsewhere. I use mine for real work though and don't expect them to be fashion accessories.
There is some truth to that but this is/. Lots of topics have been done to death yet they don't draw this defensive tone. I'm in a company that has 20% female developers and even there I've noticed a "boys club" atmosphere at times. If it's the culture or perceived culture that drives most women away maybe we should do something about that. The women I work with are very good developers and we do the industry a disservice if we are driving away 1/2 the eligible work force. I don't know for a fact that that's the issue but it's worth study and even though the topic may be over done to your mind I'm not sure we're any closer to an answer. "If women don't want to do it" isn't good enough until we understand why they don't want to do it. If it turns out to be us we should want to change that.
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I've seen them used in this case where you would otherwise need an ugly nested if. Two in a row though? That seems decadently excessive.
Or help the digital divide for that matter.
The real divide is between populated areas and rural areas and giving people in cities another better option isn't going to change that one way or the other.
200 million copies. Sure it's not selling as fast as Win7 did at launch but second most successful OS launch isn't horrible.
My Surface 2 has yet to be hacked.
Unless it's a motivational analogy in which case it must be about sports.
Thanks for that insightful analysis stewsters.
The summary says they brought in 6.5 billion in net profit. That means they aren't going out of business any time soon.
Don't kid yourself.
Just because you post AC and switch email accounts often doesn't mean they aren't tracking you. If anything actively trying to avoid being tracked probably draws more attention.
The OS doesn't matter. The hardware doesn't matter. The expense is all about the software. The software that's running on XP will also run on Win7. So the easiest thing for them to do is just upgrade the OS underneath it all and keep going.
That's great Google. Keep trying to make google+ a thing. That's great.
Can't say I'm happy about how that worked out for youtube but keep trying. You never know.
I don't care that much anyway. I switched my gmail account to be my spam account a while ago and only check it via outlook any so whatever. Good luck though.
Worse things than this in the last few months have come up and I though "No way. That goes too far. Surely we wouldn't bug the personal phones of other leaders of state?!?" Yep. We did. And worse. The head of the NSA lied before the people who are supposed to over see their activities. Where was the "legal mechanism" for any of that? There is none. I agree with you Anonymous Coward, people in high position should be in prison for these crimes because there is no legal mechanism to justify so fucking much of what has been going on.
Also, a great number of them didn't buy XP either but are running pirated copies.
Yep. Especially since the MBA was just a copy of the Toshiba Portage 2000 for years earlier.
Not sure about the weather report in hell but MS does lots of open source already.
It's really not that hard. Just eat a mix of different foods that include different fruits and vegetables. Moderation and mix is the key.
Perhaps a little. Any positive effect is far outweighed by the negative effect of too much fat, sugar, sodium etc that is in a typical bad diet. Trying to fix it with a multi vitamin is just delusional thinking.
The study isn't saying people didn't feel better. Just that it didn't help any more than a placebo. So you need to have a neighbor or someone administer them blindly and mix in fake pills and see if you notice a difference.
Also, if multivitamins helped, imagine how you would feel doing something with a ton of positive peer reviewed data backing it up, like eating a well balanced diet.
Yep. We didn't even know this was going on until recently. We as a general populace have zero say in how the NSA is run. The best we can do is vote for some who says they will make changes only to watch them not make those changes.
Started to type out a reply saying that I also agree with some of what you said but then I realized you were just an AC and not work the extra effort.
I agree with you 100%. I think the receiver has every legal right to keep it but common sense should also come into play. The spirit of the rule is to keep people form getting scammed. Since this is an obvious goof the don't-be-a-dick rule should prevail. The company should cover shipping obviously and provide some reasonable compensation for your trouble but sending it back is the right thing to do.
Just another case where "legal" is not always == to "moral".
Is it "pencil" this week?
But then he couldn't administer them to anyone. So that obviously doesn't happen.
No, that would be stupid. Why do you conspiracy types always take the easy route? If they stop supporting XP and the best and brightest malware creators suddenly can't find any holes to exploit would be a more compelling conspiracy. That would mean MS has been doing it all along just to maintain an entire industry dedicated to fixing them (not to mention under the table kickbacks from the virus writers guild).
Obviously MS isn't going to patch the *last* hole on the day they cut support. So your conspiracy is self fulfilling and lazy.
Try harder. I hear BG is interested in space travel. I'm sure you can find some alien connection there or something more interesting than this.
I know it was supposed to be funny but this is in fact the reality we face. MS isn't going to support a 13 year old OS forever. Exploits will still be found after they stop supporting it. Conspiracy types will claim MS planted them but it would be even crazier if the last bug was patched on the day they cut support. That isn't going to happen.
If you are using your system for professional work and it's still running XP it has paid for itself many times over. Upgrading is a cost of business. A responsible company / organization plans for it. This has been a long time coming so don't act all surprised now.
If your company relied on a machine and the belts started squeaking after you'd already adjusted them several times I think you would buy a new belt and be ready to put it on. Or better yet, buy the belt and put it on proactively. It would be irresponsible to wait for the belt to break and then look flabbergasted that such a thing could happen. Meanwhile your work comes to a standstill.
Well sure. Personally I like the thinkpad look but I'm not that into fashion. If you need a computer to accessorize your glamorous life you may want to look elsewhere. I use mine for real work though and don't expect them to be fashion accessories.
There is some truth to that but this is /. Lots of topics have been done to death yet they don't draw this defensive tone. I'm in a company that has 20% female developers and even there I've noticed a "boys club" atmosphere at times. If it's the culture or perceived culture that drives most women away maybe we should do something about that. The women I work with are very good developers and we do the industry a disservice if we are driving away 1/2 the eligible work force. I don't know for a fact that that's the issue but it's worth study and even though the topic may be over done to your mind I'm not sure we're any closer to an answer. "If women don't want to do it" isn't good enough until we understand why they don't want to do it. If it turns out to be us we should want to change that.