I used to have two business machines (bought from PC world's business division, Staples or similar) which MS declared had fake installs, while my two machines with Windows licences bought from a Ukranian guy at the computer fair, and one with a "windows loader" I downloaded from somewhere in Africa were all reported as Legit.
MS is in the same position as the 90% of housewives who "cant tell talk from mutter".
All machines now run legit copies on Linux, except the OpenBSD one.
Those in ancient Britain were also complete illiterates, so building on 5,000 years of maths would have required far greater smarts than today's people.
right triangles do not Pythagoras make. They knew clever geometric techniques, but you need more evidence to show they understood good ole' P's theorem.
Right. one day's experience of life on a farm will teach you that there are other ways to solve problems than the academic way. One day's experience of academia will teach you that academics will take 5,000 years to learn what you learn in a year on a farm.
However, the academics can* explain it in a way that anyone can understand 5,000 years later, and get it right every time.
Fortunately, I always have tin-foil in my suitcase when I stay at hotels. After I have eaten the sandwiches, I can accidentally drop it over the Alexa. (thinks: will carry double sided tape to make sure it sticks).
Do they really believe, that annoying people every day is getting them any more users?
Yes
Like the 419'ers use illiteracy to shake out people who are insufficiently gullible, MS/LinkedIn use spam to shake out the kind of people who might have some resistance to advertising.
The underlying problem is the recruitment process. HR and the recruiting agencies are obstacles that are hard to overcome.
The requirement for people with 10 years experience of a concept that is only 5 years old is a problem.
Racism, ageism and sexism are problems.
Most present systems are over-reliant on buzzword matching, which might work better if everyone agreed what the buzzwords were, and what they meant.
It is not much use attracting people to your job if you then reject them due to inability to evaluate them in any meaningful manner, not helped by the Kruger-Dunning problem where the people with most confidence in their skills are the people with least skill.
A completely new method of connecting people with high-tech jobs. Probably one with fewer middle men in it, and MORE PAY.
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WHY not. Sparc is GPL'd and people still run OpenBSD on Sparc systems.
Indeed.
Nuke from high orbit - its the only way to be sure!
He did say "almost". The missing ways include usability and performance.
Disclaimer: I have not used any version of Windows since 7, and have never even seen Windows 10 - everyone I know has stuck with 7 or uses Linux.
And fit it with an Arduino and give it an IP address
In no time, it will be able to spam us all!
Just wait until there is 2TB of porn.
However the term malware does imply Windows, so no harm done.
or can they?
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I am glad to here it. My physician has advised me that working in a vacuum is bad for your health.
how about a keyboard as good as a T61?
MS is in the same position as the 90% of housewives who "cant tell talk from mutter".
All machines now run legit copies on Linux, except the OpenBSD one.
right triangles do not Pythagoras make. They knew clever geometric techniques, but you need more evidence to show they understood good ole' P's theorem.
Right. one day's experience of life on a farm will teach you that there are other ways to solve problems than the academic way. One day's experience of academia will teach you that academics will take 5,000 years to learn what you learn in a year on a farm.
However, the academics can* explain it in a way that anyone can understand 5,000 years later, and get it right every time.
* with no guarantee that they actually will.
No. The beaker culture replaced the earlier culture. Only a few percent of their DNA was imported.
Perhaps they themselves died of as a result of self poisoning by deadly beaker.
Fortunately, I always have tin-foil in my suitcase when I stay at hotels. After I have eaten the sandwiches, I can accidentally drop it over the Alexa. (thinks: will carry double sided tape to make sure it sticks).
No. They may be "persons in law" but they are NOT people.
However many IDs Theresa May has, they are all bad. (For all possible readings of this phrase).
You don't need Perl for that. Even PHP can do it!
FTFY
That, there, is the whole problem. See: fix is dead easy.
Nuking from high orbit, is, as usual, the only way to be sure. And, in the case of spam callers, quite probably justifiable.
Yes
Like the 419'ers use illiteracy to shake out people who are insufficiently gullible, MS/LinkedIn use spam to shake out the kind of people who might have some resistance to advertising.
They may need to be human sacrifices if you really want rid of the crap.
You mean run Unix?
The requirement for people with 10 years experience of a concept that is only 5 years old is a problem. Racism, ageism and sexism are problems.
Most present systems are over-reliant on buzzword matching, which might work better if everyone agreed what the buzzwords were, and what they meant.
It is not much use attracting people to your job if you then reject them due to inability to evaluate them in any meaningful manner, not helped by the Kruger-Dunning problem where the people with most confidence in their skills are the people with least skill.
A completely new method of connecting people with high-tech jobs. Probably one with fewer middle men in it, and MORE PAY.
Disclaimer: I am retired.
Now get off my Cobol.
If you want to be truly terrified, just wait till the weeds develop AI, and then watch!
And oh god, the spawn camping Could be worse: camp spawning without Kenneth Williams! ???
It is definitely not "English as spoken in England"