It's illegal to hack in the US because then you break the DMCA and get kicked out of your studies.
Anyone with technical interest is seen as a weirdo in a bad way and a potential security risk instead of someone that want to learn stuff for the future on their own.
It also doesn't help that tech companies go far and above to lock down their systems so hard that it takes only an extremely skilled mind to break through the walls even if you have physical access to the device. Especially if you look at Windows and many tablets that's obvious. Many hardware manufacturers are also locking down the information about how their devices shall be utilized causing problems for the open source community where it's hard to make good drivers for many devices.
To me it looks like Microsoft are repeating decades-old mistakes all over again, just with a new skin. Of course Microsoft now is quite a different company from back then with completely new people, so the people with experience from past mistakes have since retired.
But overall it seems to me that Microsoft is now under a great deal of stress from the Linux community where many different vendors uses Linux and other open source platforms in their solutions. Especially in embedded technology where the user never see the operating system. And this is an area where profits for closed source previously have been high. Consumer sector has seldom caused any profits on operating system side, at best it's a break-even situation. But if Windows never was offered to private consumers then it would be a lot harder to sell it into the enterprise sector.
Anyway - by making the use of alternate operating systems complicated Microsoft tries to keep people from reaping the benefits of the alternatives and make it hard for people with low technical skills to use the alternatives in order to make it harder to also push for alternatives in the corporate world. But if they grab to hard then the market slips through their fingers, and that's what might be happening with their Win10 push. Also see the Office 365 - a solution where you as a user may no longer be in control of your information but instead trust it to Microsoft.
No, it won't improve the quality of the drivers, it's not unusual that drivers provided from Microsoft have more bugs than the drivers provided by the hardware vendor. It will also slow down the deployment process of bug and security updates of the drivers.
But this strategy can mean that you can end up in a Catch-22 situation for some computers - if you need an unsigned driver for the specific computer in order to install Windows 10 because you do it on a computer with unusual hardware.
The lock-down will soon cause more trouble than it's worth for many, even smaller companies. Desktop Linux will start to look more interesting now.
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No, you need to smoke something to use it, smoke clouds you know.
I was an early adopter, but have since stopped using Skype since it got too bloated.
Considering that people play music with floppy drives then the ability to transfer information acoustically with hard drives isn't really different.
That applies to individuals, not companies. If you represent a company then it's a court decision.
The most powerful way is to publish the name of the company with the story in questiom.
Not a problem, I don't use Facebook anyway.
It's illegal to hack in the US because then you break the DMCA and get kicked out of your studies.
Anyone with technical interest is seen as a weirdo in a bad way and a potential security risk instead of someone that want to learn stuff for the future on their own.
It also doesn't help that tech companies go far and above to lock down their systems so hard that it takes only an extremely skilled mind to break through the walls even if you have physical access to the device. Especially if you look at Windows and many tablets that's obvious. Many hardware manufacturers are also locking down the information about how their devices shall be utilized causing problems for the open source community where it's hard to make good drivers for many devices.
Tax returns being public isn't even morally wrong, it's normal.
Same in Sweden.
So the tax returns aren't available to the public already?
The BBC needs more Clarkson and less political correctness.
Depends on how they are culled. If they are done for in a spectacular and permanent way then others would think twice before starting such practice.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
To me it looks like Microsoft are repeating decades-old mistakes all over again, just with a new skin. Of course Microsoft now is quite a different company from back then with completely new people, so the people with experience from past mistakes have since retired.
But overall it seems to me that Microsoft is now under a great deal of stress from the Linux community where many different vendors uses Linux and other open source platforms in their solutions. Especially in embedded technology where the user never see the operating system. And this is an area where profits for closed source previously have been high. Consumer sector has seldom caused any profits on operating system side, at best it's a break-even situation. But if Windows never was offered to private consumers then it would be a lot harder to sell it into the enterprise sector.
Anyway - by making the use of alternate operating systems complicated Microsoft tries to keep people from reaping the benefits of the alternatives and make it hard for people with low technical skills to use the alternatives in order to make it harder to also push for alternatives in the corporate world. But if they grab to hard then the market slips through their fingers, and that's what might be happening with their Win10 push. Also see the Office 365 - a solution where you as a user may no longer be in control of your information but instead trust it to Microsoft.
Even with backups it's quite a job to recover the data and do a re-installation of the other system that was corrupted.
I'm still on Win 7 and have made sure that I review all updates before applying them.
Now I'm not sure I want any further updates for Win 7 either. The malware risk seems to be lower than the risk of Microsoft trashing my computer.
That depends on where you are, and most EULAs aren't even worth the electrons they are written with.
It's not binding until tried in court.
Realize that there are many small companies working with specialized hardware that is produced in a few numbers.
And the site seems to be slashdotted now.
Seems like the site needs some work since all I get is "CAPTCHA was incorrect. Please try again" even when filling in the captcha.
No, it won't improve the quality of the drivers, it's not unusual that drivers provided from Microsoft have more bugs than the drivers provided by the hardware vendor. It will also slow down the deployment process of bug and security updates of the drivers.
You should use Veracrypt instead, but your question still stands open.
Parallel port printer maybe. You'd have to pry my Epson FX-100 from my cold dead hands.
LTSB? Is that similar to LGTB?
I'm just waiting for hacks to circumvent this.
But this strategy can mean that you can end up in a Catch-22 situation for some computers - if you need an unsigned driver for the specific computer in order to install Windows 10 because you do it on a computer with unusual hardware.
The lock-down will soon cause more trouble than it's worth for many, even smaller companies. Desktop Linux will start to look more interesting now.
Londo Mollari did.
I prefer Deluge. But uTorrent is dangerous for the health of your computer since it carries malware. Even programs you build can get contaminated.