Just as soon as Firefox comes with support for configuration & control via GPO (Frankly, even if I have to write the templates myself, just *something* would be nice).
What is it with all the Linux zealots tonight? If Microsoft doesn't do something, they're stupid and Linux is much better for doing it; if they *do* do something then they're lame for taking so long to implement something that Linux has done for years.
Can't we just be glad that someone has finally made a decent job of integrating 3rd party patching into WSUS? I know I am, if for no other reason than it means I might finally be able to get a consistent version of Adobe Reader & Flash across our network.
Linux doesn't have to worry about licensing problems with distributing 3rd party application patches and users coming to them for support if said patches cause issues with their machines. Not to mention the ludicrous number of different installation and patching mechanisms used by each vendor. Oh, and all those retarded apps that force you to manually uninstall the existing version before you can "upgrade" to the latest one.
Because reverting to older versions increases the chances of accidentally getting part of, say the 3.5.x branch, that isn't 3.5.8 and does have unpatched vulnerabilities. Remember that we're not really talking about/. users here - we already know about the current vulns, patches, workarounds and alternatives - but "regular" users of Firefox who are used to just clicking on the "Firefox x.x Free Download" link on the getfirefox.com frontpage.
The problem is that it doesn't differentiate between systems with IE8 as the default browser and systems with IE6/7 as the default browser, hence the odd behaviour with trying to "install" IE8 when you already have it. If the launch logic can detect if IE is the default browser you'd think they'd have it detect if IE8 is installed and give you a different "install" link if it is.
The only problem with Opera is that I hate the UI and how the browser behaves.
"Better" is very subjective and is the whole point off having a choice - by which I mean I real choice where any of the available options will offer you the same functionality in terms of website usage - because it means that you are free to choose whichever option *you* think is better.
Well obviously that it's been suggested by one of those Communist Nazi Liberal Fascists who hate America and want to see it become like China, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Nazi Germany.
It's not even that simple. unions per se aren't a bad thing, it's just that once they reach a critical mass they lose all sight of their purpose (to protect work rights to basic pay, reasonable hours, holidays, fair dismissal, etc) and instead focus on "free" pay rises for their members (i.e. without having done anything to earn them), eternal employment (It's essentially impossible to fire someone in the public sector, no matter how bad they are at their job, unless they manage gross misconduct or a criminal offence) and a complete lack of awareness about the fact that if you strike all the time and make ludicrous demands of your employer then they'll end up going out of business and you'll *all* lose your jobs.
Because it'll upset the unions and they'll ballot their members and convince them it's in their interest to go on strike. Then we'll have months of disruption to public services and the public won't support any of it (we're getting really pissed off with unions making utterly unreasonable demands and then fucking up the country's infrastructure for a week while they strike about not getting what they want - see: Postal Service, British Airways, National Rail, etc.) and then the government will be able to use it as another reason to implement this system - after all, computers don't strike when you refuse them a no-strings-attached above inflation pay-rise every year, which will make the unions cry even more.
And for the NHS that is a bloomin' big organisation (the world's second largest employer). The expectation of "but surely it's easy, right?" is both the cause of bad IT, and also the cause of its bad reputation -- that somehow it should do better than other fields just because you naively think it is a simpler domain.
The NHS NPfIT is a disaster not because of the size of the NHS or the complexity of the functions the system is required to perform; the system is a disaster because it was poorly conceived, had its requirements changed regularly, was given to multiple contractors to "compete" with each other in different geographical regions to produce a better quality end product and, worst of all, at no point did anyone consult any of the clinical staff - who have to use the systems every day - to find out what *they* needed from it.
It's a £15bn black-hole that still doesn't work properly, hasn't had all the components actually delivered yet and has without doubt one of the least intuitive interfaces I have ever had the misfortune to use. It should never have been started in its current form, let alone be allowed to continue this long.
As a Brit, the "quality" of TV news in the US depresses me no end; I'm amazed that anyone has been able to hold even vaguely rational debates about the Healthcare reform bill given the utter bollocks spewing from all sides of the media. At least The Daily Show doesn't pretend to be a serious news organisation.
The only conclusion I can draw from the coverage I've seen is that the Healthcare reform bill will either cure cancer or mandate the killing of anyone over 40, it could go either way.
Homogenisation leads to stagnation, even when it's not Microsoft driving it.
People need to realise that it's a *bad* thing if everyone's using Firefox or all the browsers are using webkit as their rendering engine or everyone's running AMD processors. Variety provides competition, which results in progress.
I couldn't live without Seamonkey, but for the group of users who will be using the browser ballot, Firefox is probably a better fit for them; including Seamonkey would just be needless duplication.
Making password resets that common is bad security practice in itself unless you have a good process in place for verifying the identity of the user requesting the reset. Far too many helpdesks will happily reset "your" password for you without even cursory checks as to who you are.
In other news, politicians - especially in the US - are beholden to their campaign contributors.
Seriously, politicians are paid for by industries, your only real choice is which industry you want to support. Don't make the mistake of thinking that anyone above a local representative level gives a toss about the voters unless they absolutely have to (Not that local reps do half the time, but they're rarely owned by corporate interests, just self-interest, which might end up being the same as yours if you're lucky).
Bingo. The gameplay wasn't anything amazing, it was just a clever take on the usual puzzle mechanics, but the context, the plot thread that ran throughout and the dark humour that went with it made it a great game.
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Just as soon as Firefox comes with support for configuration & control via GPO (Frankly, even if I have to write the templates myself, just *something* would be nice).
What is it with all the Linux zealots tonight? If Microsoft doesn't do something, they're stupid and Linux is much better for doing it; if they *do* do something then they're lame for taking so long to implement something that Linux has done for years.
Can't we just be glad that someone has finally made a decent job of integrating 3rd party patching into WSUS? I know I am, if for no other reason than it means I might finally be able to get a consistent version of Adobe Reader & Flash across our network.
Linux doesn't have to worry about licensing problems with distributing 3rd party application patches and users coming to them for support if said patches cause issues with their machines. Not to mention the ludicrous number of different installation and patching mechanisms used by each vendor. Oh, and all those retarded apps that force you to manually uninstall the existing version before you can "upgrade" to the latest one.
Because reverting to older versions increases the chances of accidentally getting part of, say the 3.5.x branch, that isn't 3.5.8 and does have unpatched vulnerabilities. Remember that we're not really talking about /. users here - we already know about the current vulns, patches, workarounds and alternatives - but "regular" users of Firefox who are used to just clicking on the "Firefox x.x Free Download" link on the getfirefox.com frontpage.
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The problem is that it doesn't differentiate between systems with IE8 as the default browser and systems with IE6/7 as the default browser, hence the odd behaviour with trying to "install" IE8 when you already have it. If the launch logic can detect if IE is the default browser you'd think they'd have it detect if IE8 is installed and give you a different "install" link if it is.
The only problem with Opera is that I hate the UI and how the browser behaves.
"Better" is very subjective and is the whole point off having a choice - by which I mean I real choice where any of the available options will offer you the same functionality in terms of website usage - because it means that you are free to choose whichever option *you* think is better.
Personally, I think Seamonkey is "better".
MOST –adjective,superl.
1. in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number.
2. in the majority of instances.
I assumed that by now they would have begun the process of rounding up all the US citizens over 40 and putting them before the death panels.
Well obviously that it's been suggested by one of those Communist Nazi Liberal Fascists who hate America and want to see it become like China, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Nazi Germany.
It's not even that simple. unions per se aren't a bad thing, it's just that once they reach a critical mass they lose all sight of their purpose (to protect work rights to basic pay, reasonable hours, holidays, fair dismissal, etc) and instead focus on "free" pay rises for their members (i.e. without having done anything to earn them), eternal employment (It's essentially impossible to fire someone in the public sector, no matter how bad they are at their job, unless they manage gross misconduct or a criminal offence) and a complete lack of awareness about the fact that if you strike all the time and make ludicrous demands of your employer then they'll end up going out of business and you'll *all* lose your jobs.
Clearly you've never had to deal with HMRC then.
And don't forget about the Government Gateway...
Because it'll upset the unions and they'll ballot their members and convince them it's in their interest to go on strike. Then we'll have months of disruption to public services and the public won't support any of it (we're getting really pissed off with unions making utterly unreasonable demands and then fucking up the country's infrastructure for a week while they strike about not getting what they want - see: Postal Service, British Airways, National Rail, etc.) and then the government will be able to use it as another reason to implement this system - after all, computers don't strike when you refuse them a no-strings-attached above inflation pay-rise every year, which will make the unions cry even more.
And for the NHS that is a bloomin' big organisation (the world's second largest employer). The expectation of "but surely it's easy, right?" is both the cause of bad IT, and also the cause of its bad reputation -- that somehow it should do better than other fields just because you naively think it is a simpler domain.
The NHS NPfIT is a disaster not because of the size of the NHS or the complexity of the functions the system is required to perform; the system is a disaster because it was poorly conceived, had its requirements changed regularly, was given to multiple contractors to "compete" with each other in different geographical regions to produce a better quality end product and, worst of all, at no point did anyone consult any of the clinical staff - who have to use the systems every day - to find out what *they* needed from it.
It's a £15bn black-hole that still doesn't work properly, hasn't had all the components actually delivered yet and has without doubt one of the least intuitive interfaces I have ever had the misfortune to use. It should never have been started in its current form, let alone be allowed to continue this long.
See: Comedy Central.
As a Brit, the "quality" of TV news in the US depresses me no end; I'm amazed that anyone has been able to hold even vaguely rational debates about the Healthcare reform bill given the utter bollocks spewing from all sides of the media. At least The Daily Show doesn't pretend to be a serious news organisation.
The only conclusion I can draw from the coverage I've seen is that the Healthcare reform bill will either cure cancer or mandate the killing of anyone over 40, it could go either way.
It's a bit of a kick in the teeth for the people who have already paid £30 for a 1st gen card that can't do any of these things.
Yes, all 6 of them.
I think it's unlikely as it would also result in pushing it to corporate users (It's not been pushed via WSUS for obvious reasons).
Touché
Homogenisation leads to stagnation, even when it's not Microsoft driving it.
People need to realise that it's a *bad* thing if everyone's using Firefox or all the browsers are using webkit as their rendering engine or everyone's running AMD processors. Variety provides competition, which results in progress.
I couldn't live without Seamonkey, but for the group of users who will be using the browser ballot, Firefox is probably a better fit for them; including Seamonkey would just be needless duplication.
Making password resets that common is bad security practice in itself unless you have a good process in place for verifying the identity of the user requesting the reset. Far too many helpdesks will happily reset "your" password for you without even cursory checks as to who you are.
In other news, politicians - especially in the US - are beholden to their campaign contributors.
Seriously, politicians are paid for by industries, your only real choice is which industry you want to support. Don't make the mistake of thinking that anyone above a local representative level gives a toss about the voters unless they absolutely have to (Not that local reps do half the time, but they're rarely owned by corporate interests, just self-interest, which might end up being the same as yours if you're lucky).
And even before that they could overturn a CoM decision with a 2/3 majority vote, which this is well in excess of.
Bingo. The gameplay wasn't anything amazing, it was just a clever take on the usual puzzle mechanics, but the context, the plot thread that ran throughout and the dark humour that went with it made it a great game.