The average user never used NT4 WS, which meant there was much less development that targeted it. It wasn't until Windows 2000 that Microsoft's de facto OS required developers to rethink their apps. Up until then they DID have run of the system (win9x).
Yes, but they can't force anyone to do anything, except to break their apps in Vista,
Yet that would seem a pretty effective way to compel developers to do things properly, no? Assuming they ignore guidelines and refuse more polite requests, why should one expect anything else?
You mean that "Designed for Windows" thing? Not assuming an admin account was one of the requirements for that, so I doubt there are many apps out there with the logo that don't work in Vista because of that, specifically.
I don't know the details of the designed for windows program. My point is that Microsoft has just a little bit of influence in the market and I think they could do more, one way or another, if they felt like it.
My sister and my mom, for about five years,
If they aren't in IT and they configured restricted accounts for themselves without being told to do so by you or someone else in the know, then kudos to them. I firmly believe they are the exception though. 100% of the non-corporate XP machines I encounter (which I did not set up) are using an administrator account for everyday use.
You mean OEMs shipped with an admin account by default, which is not quite the same.
No. I mean that the "power user" level account had been no more difficult to configure than a [standard/limited] user or administrator account in Windows 2000, but come Windows XP, the only obvious account types presented to the user were limited or administrator. Making an account a member of the "power users" group on XP is pretty much impossible for anyone who doesn't already know how to do it. I don't know why the "power user" was relegated to obscurity in XP. I found it to be a reasonable balance between running as a limited user and an administrator.
And this is Microsoft's fault, or of the companies who create applications that think they have the go of the entire box?
Well, for years that was standard for Microsoft operating systems. It's only been relatively recently that Microsoft has started to change that. Has Microsoft worked with or pushed software developers enough to ensure their products conform to the new security model? How about disallowing the ones that don't from displaying the Microsoft logo on their products, etc? No, they haven't? Then what is their excuse, lack of funds?
Any application that plays nice with the filesystem/registry ACLs works perfectly well in Vista, the same way they worked on XP under non-privileged accounts.
Who the fuck used non-privileged accounts in XP, besides huge corporations? 'Power user' was usable for many people but for some reason it was hidden away from 2000 to XP. I know several people who tried to use limited accounts in XP, but they gave up and turned back to administrator. It just wasn't practical; too many things will not run that way. And if you are a gamer you can just forget it right now.
So basically what you are saying is that the Russians have the Soyuz, which is inexpensive but small-- kind of like sending a Mini Cooper into space. But we could never stand for that in America, so we have the Shuttle, which is more like a launching tractor-trailer into orbit. Right?
I am a former Verizon victim of six years. In the beginning, they were pretty good, but with each year, things got worse and worse. By year four (the end of two contract periods) I was ready to jump ship, but I wasn't able to convince everyone else on my family plan to do so. After six years I finally escaped and went to Cincinnati Bell. Now I have a very reasonable unlimited regional calling plan, and outside of the tri-state area they use AT&T's network, so the coverage and service is as good as AT&T. They are by no means perfect, but they seem to be the least evil in the dark world of US wireless phone service providers.
Oh, and Cincinnati Bell has free incoming text messages.
Yeah, IANAL but I have seen stuff like this mentioned numerous places: "Thus, a natural copyright exists from the time a work is invented or created, regardless of whether it has been registered with a particular Copyright Office." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
I have no idea about the fair use question, but it seems a copyright would apply to the letter either way. Perhaps an IAAL could clear this up?
I have five different IMAP servers configured in Kmail/Kontact and have never had any problems with IMAP, and it's never lost mail. Granted, I don't have quite as many total messages, especially not in a single folder.
Tagging and attachment removal would be nice, but the single biggest problem with Kmail IMO is lack of fricking IMAP IDLE support!
What a coincidence, I am selling just such a product. Only, instead of PGP or AFBP, it is called SOP.
It is guaranteed to be absolutely fucking bulletproof. Buy now and we'll include an absolutely fucking bulletproof vest, for free! It's guaranteed! You can try it yourself!
NetworkWorld chic: Well, I like "33% Pointless" the best, but my editor struck it down. The informative ones are too boring. I'll get more page views with "One Less Reason..."
It's roots mean nothing now. LiveJournal is owned by Six Apart these days (makers of Movable Type blog engine). I've never been a LiveJournal blogger, but I've suffered more than enough frustration with MT and Six Apart. In my opinion the company is poorly run. I find this type of idiocy at LiveJournal unsurprising.
I think PA is hilarious. I read it all the time. I don't obsess over the gaming industry and I don't understand every reference, but most of it I do get and I've found many of their comics to be pee-your-pants funny. They have a unique flavor of humor and I connect with it.
If you don't like it, fine. It doesn't do it for you, or you're not on the same wavelength or whatever, but that hardly makes it "over-rated bullshit".
Yeah. it seems to be as much a general anti-Firefox campaign as anything else. The links from the page are mostly to drivel authored by one "Andrew K", someone who has put a lot of work into espousing his hatred for Firefox, while praising IE and Opera.
Actually this one time I was reading the paper but the ads were distracting so I got out the scissors and started removing them. Pretty soon I started hearing sirens in the distance. I threw down the scissors and made a run for it. I don't know how they knew, but I'll never do that again.
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Well, for years that was standard for Microsoft operating systems. It's only been relatively recently that Microsoft has started to change that. Has Microsoft worked with or pushed software developers enough to ensure their products conform to the new security model? How about disallowing the ones that don't from displaying the Microsoft logo on their products, etc? No, they haven't? Then what is their excuse, lack of funds?Who the fuck used non-privileged accounts in XP, besides huge corporations? 'Power user' was usable for many people but for some reason it was hidden away from 2000 to XP. I know several people who tried to use limited accounts in XP, but they gave up and turned back to administrator. It just wasn't practical; too many things will not run that way. And if you are a gamer you can just forget it right now.
So basically what you are saying is that the Russians have the Soyuz, which is inexpensive but small-- kind of like sending a Mini Cooper into space. But we could never stand for that in America, so we have the Shuttle, which is more like a launching tractor-trailer into orbit. Right?
suckage, n. - see "Verizon Wireless"
I am a former Verizon victim of six years. In the beginning, they were pretty good, but with each year, things got worse and worse. By year four (the end of two contract periods) I was ready to jump ship, but I wasn't able to convince everyone else on my family plan to do so. After six years I finally escaped and went to Cincinnati Bell. Now I have a very reasonable unlimited regional calling plan, and outside of the tri-state area they use AT&T's network, so the coverage and service is as good as AT&T. They are by no means perfect, but they seem to be the least evil in the dark world of US wireless phone service providers.
Oh, and Cincinnati Bell has free incoming text messages.
So... pistols at high noon then?
Or how about "Where's Man 2"? Your target is wearing red and white stripes...
You mean Wright brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
Yeah, annoying. I just figured it was to encourage you to login (or get an acct) so your own preferred date format will be used instead.
I sign in to see my pretty ISO 8601 dates (YYYY-MM-DD).
Yeah, IANAL but I have seen stuff like this mentioned numerous places: "Thus, a natural copyright exists from the time a work is invented or created, regardless of whether it has been registered with a particular Copyright Office." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
I have no idea about the fair use question, but it seems a copyright would apply to the letter either way. Perhaps an IAAL could clear this up?
I have five different IMAP servers configured in Kmail/Kontact and have never had any problems with IMAP, and it's never lost mail. Granted, I don't have quite as many total messages, especially not in a single folder.
Tagging and attachment removal would be nice, but the single biggest problem with Kmail IMO is lack of fricking IMAP IDLE support!
The IDLE bug has been around since 2003, has 1800+ votes, and basically won't be addressed before Kmail for KDE4.
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67504
What a coincidence, I am selling just such a product. Only, instead of PGP or AFBP, it is called SOP.
It is guaranteed to be absolutely fucking bulletproof. Buy now and we'll include an absolutely fucking bulletproof vest, for free! It's guaranteed! You can try it yourself!
There is no well there to subtract.
Jack Thompson = sick puppy, before you even begin.
I agree. The alternative is they might never have open-sourced StarOffice at all. Cut Sun some slack.
IPv6 33% Pointless
One Less Reason to Adopt IPv6
IPv6 Address Assignment Choices
Some May Forgo IPv6 Autoconf. for DHCP
IPv6 Autoconf. Vs DHCPv6
NetworkWorld chic: Well, I like "33% Pointless" the best, but my editor struck it down. The informative ones are too boring. I'll get more page views with "One Less Reason..."
Well, we've got to get boners for something, and girls are too elusive.
I first read about Jatropha in the Wall Street Journal, weeks ago. The article focused on Jatropha production in India. They only offer a snippet of the article online ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118788662080906716.html ) but the pictures and captions are also interesting:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118720945016998802.html?mod=2_1172_1
It's roots mean nothing now. LiveJournal is owned by Six Apart these days (makers of Movable Type blog engine). I've never been a LiveJournal blogger, but I've suffered more than enough frustration with MT and Six Apart. In my opinion the company is poorly run. I find this type of idiocy at LiveJournal unsurprising.
I think PA is hilarious. I read it all the time. I don't obsess over the gaming industry and I don't understand every reference, but most of it I do get and I've found many of their comics to be pee-your-pants funny. They have a unique flavor of humor and I connect with it.
If you don't like it, fine. It doesn't do it for you, or you're not on the same wavelength or whatever, but that hardly makes it "over-rated bullshit".
Yeah. it seems to be as much a general anti-Firefox campaign as anything else. The links from the page are mostly to drivel authored by one "Andrew K", someone who has put a lot of work into espousing his hatred for Firefox, while praising IE and Opera.
Actually this one time I was reading the paper but the ads were distracting so I got out the scissors and started removing them. Pretty soon I started hearing sirens in the distance. I threw down the scissors and made a run for it. I don't know how they knew, but I'll never do that again.
I was joking. I found it funny. I don't like english, and your mistakes looked more like typos from typing too fast anyway.
I still like the idea of having a drink for the Firehose thought. Hear, hear!
"Drink from the Firehose" sounds like something you are forced to do in prison, when you aren't bending over "to pick up the soap"
English was a great language... and then you came along.
Sounds like he was suing because they took away his fame.
But that would defameation, not defamation.
Although since we are talking about DOS, perhaps deinfameation would have been more accurate.