Good news everyone! Upgrading your OEM install of Windows 10 Professional or Windows 8 Professional to Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate is still free! And will still be free after 29 July 2016.
in the sense that it has DOOM in the title, maybe.
Or in the sense that it's yet another first person shooter played in exactly the same way as Doom 1 (run around buildings shooting monsters). The biggest difference is that the visuals are far better. Aside from that, though, it's just like every other iteration of Doom.
I traditionally dismiss these as the extreme tinfoil people who would hate whatever [Microsoft does], regardless.
Remember, the word, "Sheeple" was coined at Microsoft. Microsoft loves the sheeple who will not only take an ass pounding, but will inexplicably defend the rape and ask for more.
I had that same thought back in 1999, and have been astounded for the last 17 years at the convoluted mental gymnastics people performed to defend Microsoft's evil.
I've been free of the Microsoft disease since 1999.
Does anybody actually still believe Linux is a viable desktop platform any more?
My customers and family love Kubuntu, so yes. Even Steve Ballmer admitted that Windows is so bad that it would have died a long time ago if Microsoft hadn't suckered the world's developers into programming directly to the Windows API.
...losing a lot of what you learned in high school...
This, all by itself, is the best argument for waiting a year (or three, like I did way back when) before entering college. High school is little more than social programming, something that should be thoroughly forgotten in order to give someone a fair shot at a future.
If anyone votes for a candidate without a (D) or (R) after their name they're just "throwing their vote away".
This is one of the major mindset problems that needs to be fixed. The meme should be, "If you vote for a candidate with a (D) or (R) next to their name, you're throwing your vote away."
There is a shared responsibility here, and Amazon has failed on its side (apparently). With Android, in app purchases require a password. Assuming the parent has not allowed the password to fall into his child's hands, an in-app purchase cannot be made.
Since it appears that Amazon doesn't have even that basic level of security, I would put 100% of the liability on Amazon. If Amazon were to have password protection for in-app purchases, I would put 100% of the liability on the parent.
But a vending allowing a credit card to be attached to an account with no safeguards against accidental use should constitute strict liability against the vendor, in my opinion.
I'm going to get modded to hell for this, but I would like to point out what was NOT a significant contributor to the eradication of Malaria: vaccinations.
Once again, sanitation proves to the one of the largest preventers of disease.
But I fully expect the pharmaceutical industry to release a new vaccine and claim responsibility for the eradication of Malaria, just like it did with measles, mumps, and rubella.
That doesn't mean the devices couldn't and shouldn't be cheaper, but there's a reason for a professional to be involved.
There are relatively rare occasions for a high priced hearing professional to be involved, but the vast majority of cases can easily be handled by the individual. It's that vast majority that are shut out by the insanely high prices of hearing aids that give the entire industry a "used car salesman" reputation.
Hearing aid manufacturers say that diagnosing and treating hearing loss is too complex for consumers to do using consumer devices, without the aid of a professional.
So we're too stupid to say, "yep, putting this amplifier in my ear makes me hear better"?? These charlatans need to be put out of business.
Much more than the 3-5 years of use I get from my PC's.
I've always suspected that Microsoft does the same thing with Windows as Apple does with iOS, because I sometimes receive donated hardware that won't run Windows anymore, but run Kubuntu like a champ.
Yeah, the automatically install Windows 10 thing has been debunked numerous times.
Refuted is not the same as debunked.
The update has to approved by the user.
No, it doesn't. One of my customers got bitten by this just two weeks ago. Automatic updates were off, and Windows 10 installed itself over Windows 7 automatically. The update completely destroyed his Windows 7 installation, and Windows 10 wouldn't even boot, so he had me install Kubuntu on his machine.
For a long time, I would get very dismayed at the reaction of my users when I spent hours (or days or even weeks) working on a complex problem, and they would respond with, "that's it?" when I demonstrated it to them. Those were cases where my presentation lasted a minute or two after a long, blood-stained battle with algorithmic logic. At the end of the presentation, everyone was experiencing an anticlimactic sense of, "how do we fill time now that the presentation is over?" It was borderline depressing, and a bit insulting. There was no praise for all the hard work I put into it.
Then I started looking at it from a different perspective. My job is to make my users' jobs easier. When they look at my work and say, "That's it?" they are really saying, "this is too good to be true, but it is true." Eventually, they confirmed that they indeed were expecting something much harder to use, and were stunned to see so much useful functionality packed into such an easy to use interface.
But installing Windows is beyond simple and the answer to that would be yes.
You have either never:
1) Installed Windows. 2) Installed Kubuntu.
Windows is a huge pain in the ass to install. Install the base system, reboot, find the motherboard driver disk, reboot, find the motherboard network driver disk, reboot, find the mouse driver disk, reboot, find the video driver disk, reboot, repeat for almost every piece of hardware in your system. Did you later change your motherboard? Repeat the whole damned process over again.
Kubuntu is dead simple. Click next on every prompt, enter your username and password, wait until the install is done. Reboot into a fully functional system.
You and I have very different definitions of "beyond simple." Did you later change your motherboard? Just boot normally, and everything is fine.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Making something taboo or "special" makes it more attractive and exciting. This applies to just about everything.
Holy shit, you do know that allowing the FBI to actually investigate terrorism is a Good Thing, right?
The Three Letter Agencies aren't scorned for doing their jobs under the Constitution. They are scorned for abusing their power both within and without the Constitution. Their abuses of the system are legion. If they operated within the confines of protecting the citizenry they are changed with protecting, everyone would be on their side.
In principle, I agree with you. But in practice, doing so is dangerous to one's health and liberty. The Three Letter Agencies are advocating a position of absolute power for themselves, and we all know where that leads. If they were on our side, they would be hell-bent on fighting any increase in power for their respective agencies. But they are doing just the opposite, which means they are on their own side only.
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Good news everyone! Upgrading your OEM install of Windows 10 Professional or Windows 8 Professional to Windows 7 Professional/Ultimate is still free! And will still be free after 29 July 2016.
There, fixed that for you.
in the sense that it has DOOM in the title, maybe.
Or in the sense that it's yet another first person shooter played in exactly the same way as Doom 1 (run around buildings shooting monsters). The biggest difference is that the visuals are far better. Aside from that, though, it's just like every other iteration of Doom.
I traditionally dismiss these as the extreme tinfoil people who would hate whatever [Microsoft does], regardless.
Remember, the word, "Sheeple" was coined at Microsoft. Microsoft loves the sheeple who will not only take an ass pounding, but will inexplicably defend the rape and ask for more.
There is a reason now to switch.
I had that same thought back in 1999, and have been astounded for the last 17 years at the convoluted mental gymnastics people performed to defend Microsoft's evil.
I've been free of the Microsoft disease since 1999.
Does anybody actually still believe Linux is a viable desktop platform any more?
My customers and family love Kubuntu, so yes. Even Steve Ballmer admitted that Windows is so bad that it would have died a long time ago if Microsoft hadn't suckered the world's developers into programming directly to the Windows API.
...losing a lot of what you learned in high school...
This, all by itself, is the best argument for waiting a year (or three, like I did way back when) before entering college. High school is little more than social programming, something that should be thoroughly forgotten in order to give someone a fair shot at a future.
I have customers that were staunchly in the, "you can have my Windows when you pull it from my cold, dead hand" camp.
Until Windows 10 and its blatant spying, which Microsoft barely pretends to hide nowadays.
Now my customers are not only considering leaving Windows for Linux (Kubuntu, specifically), but actively campaigning for it.
So yes, Windows 10 has been a boon for the Linux desktop part of my business.
If anyone votes for a candidate without a (D) or (R) after their name they're just "throwing their vote away".
This is one of the major mindset problems that needs to be fixed. The meme should be, "If you vote for a candidate with a (D) or (R) next to their name, you're throwing your vote away."
There is a shared responsibility here, and Amazon has failed on its side (apparently). With Android, in app purchases require a password. Assuming the parent has not allowed the password to fall into his child's hands, an in-app purchase cannot be made.
Since it appears that Amazon doesn't have even that basic level of security, I would put 100% of the liability on Amazon. If Amazon were to have password protection for in-app purchases, I would put 100% of the liability on the parent.
But a vending allowing a credit card to be attached to an account with no safeguards against accidental use should constitute strict liability against the vendor, in my opinion.
Are these the kind of people we want to perpetuate our species? Ones who can't think or act for themselves?
Thousands of years of religion haven't extinguished humanity, so don't be too concerned about cell phones.
I'm going to get modded to hell for this, but I would like to point out what was NOT a significant contributor to the eradication of Malaria: vaccinations.
Once again, sanitation proves to the one of the largest preventers of disease.
But I fully expect the pharmaceutical industry to release a new vaccine and claim responsibility for the eradication of Malaria, just like it did with measles, mumps, and rubella.
That doesn't mean the devices couldn't and shouldn't be cheaper, but there's a reason for a professional to be involved.
There are relatively rare occasions for a high priced hearing professional to be involved, but the vast majority of cases can easily be handled by the individual. It's that vast majority that are shut out by the insanely high prices of hearing aids that give the entire industry a "used car salesman" reputation.
Hearing aid manufacturers say that diagnosing and treating hearing loss is too complex for consumers to do using consumer devices, without the aid of a professional.
So we're too stupid to say, "yep, putting this amplifier in my ear makes me hear better"?? These charlatans need to be put out of business.
It figures that a few dick heads ruin it for everyone.
Why are you comparing these two companies?
Perhaps because Netflix is a direct replacement for cable TV for millions of people?
Much more than the 3-5 years of use I get from my PC's.
I've always suspected that Microsoft does the same thing with Windows as Apple does with iOS, because I sometimes receive donated hardware that won't run Windows anymore, but run Kubuntu like a champ.
If you count discouraged workers, then the unemployment numbers are still REALLY bad -
That site looks a LOT more realistic than the Government propaganda.
Yeah, the automatically install Windows 10 thing has been debunked numerous times.
Refuted is not the same as debunked.
The update has to approved by the user.
No, it doesn't. One of my customers got bitten by this just two weeks ago. Automatic updates were off, and Windows 10 installed itself over Windows 7 automatically. The update completely destroyed his Windows 7 installation, and Windows 10 wouldn't even boot, so he had me install Kubuntu on his machine.
Senators Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein are neither the oppressive arm of Government nor are they idiots.
But then you spend the rest of your post describing how oppressive and idiotic their ideas are.
For a long time, I would get very dismayed at the reaction of my users when I spent hours (or days or even weeks) working on a complex problem, and they would respond with, "that's it?" when I demonstrated it to them. Those were cases where my presentation lasted a minute or two after a long, blood-stained battle with algorithmic logic. At the end of the presentation, everyone was experiencing an anticlimactic sense of, "how do we fill time now that the presentation is over?" It was borderline depressing, and a bit insulting. There was no praise for all the hard work I put into it.
Then I started looking at it from a different perspective. My job is to make my users' jobs easier. When they look at my work and say, "That's it?" they are really saying, "this is too good to be true, but it is true." Eventually, they confirmed that they indeed were expecting something much harder to use, and were stunned to see so much useful functionality packed into such an easy to use interface.
Who didn't see this coming when Disney bought Lucasfilm? This is just the beginning.
But installing Windows is beyond simple and the answer to that would be yes.
You have either never:
1) Installed Windows.
2) Installed Kubuntu.
Windows is a huge pain in the ass to install. Install the base system, reboot, find the motherboard driver disk, reboot, find the motherboard network driver disk, reboot, find the mouse driver disk, reboot, find the video driver disk, reboot, repeat for almost every piece of hardware in your system. Did you later change your motherboard? Repeat the whole damned process over again.
Kubuntu is dead simple. Click next on every prompt, enter your username and password, wait until the install is done. Reboot into a fully functional system.
You and I have very different definitions of "beyond simple." Did you later change your motherboard? Just boot normally, and everything is fine.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Making something taboo or "special" makes it more attractive and exciting. This applies to just about everything.
Holy shit, you do know that allowing the FBI to actually investigate terrorism is a Good Thing, right?
The Three Letter Agencies aren't scorned for doing their jobs under the Constitution. They are scorned for abusing their power both within and without the Constitution. Their abuses of the system are legion. If they operated within the confines of protecting the citizenry they are changed with protecting, everyone would be on their side.
In principle, I agree with you. But in practice, doing so is dangerous to one's health and liberty. The Three Letter Agencies are advocating a position of absolute power for themselves, and we all know where that leads. If they were on our side, they would be hell-bent on fighting any increase in power for their respective agencies. But they are doing just the opposite, which means they are on their own side only.
Funny you should mention that, because I've been converting individuals and businesses to Linux desktops for years.