I have to agree with you there, Bats. It seems like every week I read about a new Dvorak editorial where he either states blatantly obvious things or things that only make sense if you live in a bizarro-type universe...
I can't achieve that kind of consistency when trolling...
I also downloaded the demo some time ago and found operating the 3D space rather cumbersome, but I suppose you need to use a different controller (like a VR glove or other things like that) to get the maximum effect.
Maybe then it would be possible to appreciate the environment justly.
I suppose that when you are caught red-handed, you have no choice...
Either way, it isn't news because it isn't new: Microsoft have consistently included and slipped-by 'extra' things in their patches for ages and have been caught doing it regularly.
Maybe you are right, it might be the first time they publicly admit to it, but since everyone is already expecting that type of behaviour from them, why not?
That's the reason for open-source's (mostly) superior quality: it's about doing The Right Thing (TM), not about quarterly earnings, covering ass or FUDding-to-prevent-adoption. When you run around like a chicken with its head cut off like that (the MS way), then what time or resources do you really have left to get things right? Not much apparently...
I declare it here; Microsoft is naked! There is no suit.
Shocked I say! This is not what I've come to expect from -...
Wait, this is EXACTLY what I've come to expect from them.
Carry on.
Mod me flamebait if you will, but it is obvious that this is S.O.P. Why is this even news?
Do we even NEED to bash Microsoft anymore?
Come on, Linux is better and all, so let's concentrate on how great it is and just ignore this type of Microsoft-reporting: It's not news and it's not new.
People are tired of being treated as stupid by you Microsoft. You subvert their trust doing things like that. On top of it, you do it quietly, hoping no one will catch on. My computer is supposed to perform MY bidding, Microsoft, not yours. Goodbye, Microsoft. I can't trust you, and I can't see any difference between you and the bad guys anymore.
But nothing prevents the equipment makers from supporting the open codecs, and being to play content encoded with that.
As for the actual content they publish with the DRM, it'll get cracked, transcoded and reposted on p2p systems.
After a while, more and more content will be available in open formats, and DRM will get die from being ignored, cumbersome and troublesome, but we all need to vote with our dollars and support open content and hardware.
> [...] individual employees are forced to apply security patches with little or no notice, under threat of their machines loosing network access [...]
One thing you DON'T want is your network getting all loose; the bits fall out everywhere and it's very messy.
Sounds like just the right distance for a proto planetary-system disk to condense, and instead of forming a few gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn in there among the rocky planets, maybe some of the gas giants merged and became massive enough to become a small star... So it's probably common, even...
It would REALLY blow my mind to see two stars of Polaris A's type so close together! That would be wild!
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There will be some people who will get pop-ups from the zombie virus requesting that they upgrade their machine to be able to run the virus properly.
That's sure to be a dead giveaway...
The valkyrie at my side is shouting and laughing with the pure hate for blood-thirsty joy of the slaughter
And so am I
The fire, baby. It'll burn us both
There's no place in this world for our kind of fire
My warrior woman. My valkyrie
You'll always be mine. Always. And never
I have to agree with you there, Bats.
It seems like every week I read about a new Dvorak editorial where he either states blatantly obvious things or things that only make sense if you live in a bizarro-type universe...
I can't achieve that kind of consistency when trolling...
I also downloaded the demo some time ago and found operating the 3D space rather cumbersome, but I suppose you need to use a different controller (like a VR glove or other things like that) to get the maximum effect.
Maybe then it would be possible to appreciate the environment justly.
Did I expect them to admit it?
I suppose that when you are caught red-handed, you have no choice...
Either way, it isn't news because it isn't new: Microsoft have consistently included and slipped-by 'extra' things in their patches for ages and have been caught doing it regularly.
Maybe you are right, it might be the first time they publicly admit to it, but since everyone is already expecting that type of behaviour from them, why not?
I think you nailed it.
That's the reason for open-source's (mostly) superior quality: it's about doing The Right Thing (TM), not about quarterly earnings, covering ass or FUDding-to-prevent-adoption. When you run around like a chicken with its head cut off like that (the MS way), then what time or resources do you really have left to get things right? Not much apparently...
I declare it here; Microsoft is naked! There is no suit.
Shocked I say! ...
This is not what I've come to expect from -
Wait, this is EXACTLY what I've come to expect from them.
Carry on.
Mod me flamebait if you will, but it is obvious that this is S.O.P.
Why is this even news?
Do we even NEED to bash Microsoft anymore?
Come on, Linux is better and all, so let's concentrate on how great it is and just ignore this type of Microsoft-reporting: It's not news and it's not new.
People are tired of being treated as stupid by you Microsoft.
You subvert their trust doing things like that.
On top of it, you do it quietly, hoping no one will catch on.
My computer is supposed to perform MY bidding, Microsoft, not yours.
Goodbye, Microsoft. I can't trust you, and I can't see any difference between you and the bad guys anymore.
I don't know what's sadder;
Dante lying about having a girlfriend
You taking the time and bothering to unmask him
or me bothering to care about you nerds at all...
Linux is the KERNEL, which is modular enough to run in virtually no memory at all. You can literally choose only what you need.
What I expect he meant was that all the popular distros are big.
Well, duh... It's normal that when you put together a distro for everyone, it's going to be big.
How is NASA going to pitch the missions?
The Uranus Probes?
I'd hate to be the mission-director for that one...
Mmmmm.... Torte....
I think you meant tort.
Come on people; remember your basic Star-Trek training: Whenever you see an alien life form where it shouldn't normally be, some sh-- is comin' down!
Maybe we'll discover entire topologies using the method described in the article...
Geometries that could yeild insights into reality.
Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out?
Seriously, it's not like I need Microsoft to do anything I want with computers, so why add the bloat?
Going from working on the coolest Linux distro ever to working on something as bloated as Windows IS frustrating.
Good luck in whatever you do, Daniel!
But nothing prevents the equipment makers from supporting the open codecs, and being to play content encoded with that.
As for the actual content they publish with the DRM, it'll get cracked, transcoded and reposted on p2p systems.
After a while, more and more content will be available in open formats, and DRM will get die from being ignored, cumbersome and troublesome, but we all need to vote with our dollars and support open content and hardware.
and do whatever I like with it, then I simply WON'T buy whatever they are selling.
It's time manufacturers got the message; They don't control what gets made, sold and bought, WE do.
Vote with your money. And I don't mean that ironically.
I'm all about the freedom these days.
If the flaws are more serious then in the past, than I hope they'll get right on to fixing them rather then making new ones...
*arrrrrgh* My brain hurts from injecting the spelling errors.
> [...] individual employees are forced to apply security patches with little or no notice, under threat of their machines loosing network access [...]
One thing you DON'T want is your network getting all loose; the bits fall out everywhere and it's very messy.
So keep your network tight! Apply patches!
The post is constructive.
> it is definitely worth investigation, just like the concept of fission criticality was early this century.
Last century, but point taken, point taken.
Sounds like just the right distance for a proto planetary-system disk to condense, and instead of forming a few gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn in there among the rocky planets, maybe some of the gas giants merged and became massive enough to become a small star... So it's probably common, even...
It would REALLY blow my mind to see two stars of Polaris A's type so close together! That would be wild!