Silly you, it's all in the summary. Snapcraft is a snap creator tool that uses exciting new facilities to leverage package deployment opportunities in a fast and agile way on emerging Linux-like operating systems with cloud support.
On the one hand, I envy the current generation, because it's so easy for them to contact each other and meet. When I was young, we had to agree on a date, time and place beforehand and had to stick to our evening plans. On the other hand, I wonder how kids nowadays stay overnight with friends at a place that the parents aren't supposed to know. We did that all the time, we had to do it, because some friends had real asshole parents. But with mobile phones as perfect control instruments that seems to be almost impossible.
The term "military grade encryption" is a telltale sign of snake oil. People outside the military do not know what encryption the military uses in classified systems, and AFAIK there is also no general "military grade" encryption grade in the military. I'd rather wager that encryption in military systems ranges from ad hoc and easy to break now (though perhaps very fast in hardware) to very hard to break.
It doesn't matter, though, if the endpoint security is not given. For what it's worth, the military could use weaker than "civilian" encryption in many scenarios, because the military has stronger endpoint security plus better working security by obscurity.
What's so weird about this is that Microsoft could so easily make it a good OS that people would choose over OSX and Linux any time. They only would have to sell it for an affordable price, say $30 for a home and $60 for a pro version, stop collecting data like madmen, stop trying to upload everything to their servers, stop this patently stupid mobile/desktop convergence, give users control back and add some cool features that do not make hardware slower like MacOS's 'features'.
Windows is stable & fast desktop OS and it's easy to write applications for it. Nobody would have a reason to switch to OS X and Linux, if it weren't for Microsoft's own stupidity.
I know this opinion bound to be controversial, but Nigerian email scams seem to me like a way to make a few completely retarded morons in rich countries poorer and some smart people in Nigeria richer. Sounds fair to me.
You are hopelessly naive if you truly believe that the purpose of such changes is not to lock down the platform. From secure boot over app stores to signed drivers, this is always about lock down and developer lock in. It's about control, nothing else.
Let me assure you that Windows 10 will remain as insecure and open to a skilled attacker as any previous version of Windows.
It cannot possibly be more secure than earlier versions, because it sends large amounts of private data to undisclosed servers somewhere else in the world, and it even does so in a proprietary way using proprietary protocols without any independent auditing.
You cannot even check your machine for outside connections of trojans and spyware in any meaningful way, because so many outside connections of the Window's spyware are open and you can't tell which connections are doing what. It's a security nightmare, especially for businesses.
Why don't you understand the resistance? The reasons are obvious. People want to run an operating system that does not spy on them and that they control. They want their hardware to run the way they want. People do not want to be paternalized by their operating system.
I'm especially allergic to forced advertisements. If I ever own a Windows 10 computer in the future, then I can guarantee you that I will never buy anything that has been advertised against my will on my personal desktop. Instead, I will write a letter to the company that advertised a product and complain about the unwanted spam, asking them to stop it.
No, I think it's better to influence your local lawmakers to impose billions of dollars of fines on Microsoft until they give their users a minimum of control over their personal information back. That's not unreasonable, at least not if you're living in Europe. In the US it maybe best to wait until Microsoft makes some mistake when they control your machine, and then file some nasty class action suit against them.
Both strategies can be surprisingly effective and are better than just giving up, as you seem to suggest.
What those nobel laureates don't seem to understand is that there are many good reasons to be against genetically modified food that have nothing to do with food safety. For example, not everybody thinks that patents for certain genetic modifications are beneficial to small local businesses in poorer countries. Some people are even in principle against patenting genetic modifications. There are also issues with cross-pollination and lawsuits against local farmers by large corporations.
I personally have nothing against having GM food at the local supermarket, as long as it is clearly marked as such so consumers can make their own choice. Monsanto and other companies have been lobbying against a duty to mark GM food in Europe for many years. Your mileage may vary, but I personally would never trust any company that actively lobbies for making their their consumers less informed.
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Silly you, it's all in the summary. Snapcraft is a snap creator tool that uses exciting new facilities to leverage package deployment opportunities in a fast and agile way on emerging Linux-like operating systems with cloud support.
On the one hand, I envy the current generation, because it's so easy for them to contact each other and meet. When I was young, we had to agree on a date, time and place beforehand and had to stick to our evening plans. On the other hand, I wonder how kids nowadays stay overnight with friends at a place that the parents aren't supposed to know. We did that all the time, we had to do it, because some friends had real asshole parents. But with mobile phones as perfect control instruments that seems to be almost impossible.
The term "military grade encryption" is a telltale sign of snake oil. People outside the military do not know what encryption the military uses in classified systems, and AFAIK there is also no general "military grade" encryption grade in the military. I'd rather wager that encryption in military systems ranges from ad hoc and easy to break now (though perhaps very fast in hardware) to very hard to break. It doesn't matter, though, if the endpoint security is not given. For what it's worth, the military could use weaker than "civilian" encryption in many scenarios, because the military has stronger endpoint security plus better working security by obscurity.
What's so weird about this is that Microsoft could so easily make it a good OS that people would choose over OSX and Linux any time. They only would have to sell it for an affordable price, say $30 for a home and $60 for a pro version, stop collecting data like madmen, stop trying to upload everything to their servers, stop this patently stupid mobile/desktop convergence, give users control back and add some cool features that do not make hardware slower like MacOS's 'features'. Windows is stable & fast desktop OS and it's easy to write applications for it. Nobody would have a reason to switch to OS X and Linux, if it weren't for Microsoft's own stupidity.
They do that all the time.
I know this opinion bound to be controversial, but Nigerian email scams seem to me like a way to make a few completely retarded morons in rich countries poorer and some smart people in Nigeria richer. Sounds fair to me.
You are hopelessly naive if you truly believe that the purpose of such changes is not to lock down the platform. From secure boot over app stores to signed drivers, this is always about lock down and developer lock in. It's about control, nothing else. Let me assure you that Windows 10 will remain as insecure and open to a skilled attacker as any previous version of Windows.
It cannot possibly be more secure than earlier versions, because it sends large amounts of private data to undisclosed servers somewhere else in the world, and it even does so in a proprietary way using proprietary protocols without any independent auditing. You cannot even check your machine for outside connections of trojans and spyware in any meaningful way, because so many outside connections of the Window's spyware are open and you can't tell which connections are doing what. It's a security nightmare, especially for businesses.
Why don't you understand the resistance? The reasons are obvious. People want to run an operating system that does not spy on them and that they control. They want their hardware to run the way they want. People do not want to be paternalized by their operating system. I'm especially allergic to forced advertisements. If I ever own a Windows 10 computer in the future, then I can guarantee you that I will never buy anything that has been advertised against my will on my personal desktop. Instead, I will write a letter to the company that advertised a product and complain about the unwanted spam, asking them to stop it.
You're a fascist ass hole.
Well, at least I'm not an idiot.
No, I think it's better to influence your local lawmakers to impose billions of dollars of fines on Microsoft until they give their users a minimum of control over their personal information back. That's not unreasonable, at least not if you're living in Europe. In the US it maybe best to wait until Microsoft makes some mistake when they control your machine, and then file some nasty class action suit against them. Both strategies can be surprisingly effective and are better than just giving up, as you seem to suggest.
What those nobel laureates don't seem to understand is that there are many good reasons to be against genetically modified food that have nothing to do with food safety. For example, not everybody thinks that patents for certain genetic modifications are beneficial to small local businesses in poorer countries. Some people are even in principle against patenting genetic modifications. There are also issues with cross-pollination and lawsuits against local farmers by large corporations. I personally have nothing against having GM food at the local supermarket, as long as it is clearly marked as such so consumers can make their own choice. Monsanto and other companies have been lobbying against a duty to mark GM food in Europe for many years. Your mileage may vary, but I personally would never trust any company that actively lobbies for making their their consumers less informed.