Service Pack 1 won't exactly make Vista more desirable as an OS; but it is a psychological landmark that says "we worked most of the bugs out and we're finally done with it". Businesses may bite; but I'm not 100% convinced that Vista is better than XP quite yet.
People tend to bitch when things aren't working; those that are happy tend not to say much at all... they're doing their work.
This SP full of patches still probably won't prevent people from deleting their Recycle Bin
It doesn't remove the RB, it removes it from the desktop. Big difference. It even tells you how to get it back when it prompts you to be sure this is what you want.
end the UAC nazi tyranny
So when Linux asks for a root password to do administrative tasks, that's good security, but if Vista does something similar, its nazi tyranny? You realize that most applications that trigger this alot are unsigned and are trying to do things they shouldn't even be doing (like writing to Program Files), right? I'm glad its there.. now app vendors will be FORCED to deal with this issue.
let admins do admin things with computers
The whole POINT is to get away from running as an administrator. This is meant to help security; is it really that hard to choose Run As Administrator? Its moving away from the 'always an admin' mentality.
Once MS figures-out a way to make Vista useful without all those annoyances and brick walls, then I may give it another look.
Wonderful. You won't use it until they encourage bad application development practices again. They're trying to get away from the 'run as administrator' mentality, of course there is going to be some pain. But its really the fault of the application developers at this point. I'm glad MS is forcing the issue.
I know I'm going to -1 Flamebait hell for this; but if a Windows box has to be insecure in order to be useful, then so be it.
I'd rather application developers to start writting better applications. Would you run a userland application on linux that attempted to write in/etc and/bin all the time? That would be unacceptable in Linux. MS is trying to make \windows and \program files changes unacceptable too. Complain to your app vendors.
Right, but my question was the Dalai Lama specifically. He's supposed to be the leader, and thus could come back as an animal, but it seems that has never happened. My understanding is the Dalai Lama is the same "person" each time back, and so you'd think he / she would have come back as an animal at least once. There'd be a time then when there is no human Dalai Lama. If this has not happened, it makes me suspect, unless the Buddhists have some explaination for this.
Unfortunately this simulation is a bit... unsound. Not everyone that catches the flu shows symptoms, nor do they miss work. Instead, they just infect those that they work with, and I don't seen anything in the article that leads me to believe that they're factoring this in.
Wow, arrogant much? You REALLY think that just because something is not explicitly spelled out in an article you read that they didn't think of it at all?
I don't know where they get their time from, but when I look at a cell phone (with network time sync enabled) and it's more than a minute off, I know not to trust it as a reliable time source.
Huh? My cell is always 100% accurate with my radio atomic clock and cable TV system time.. as well as computer time.
I'm not sure, but how can she order them to do this? Firstly, she's asking them to start manufacturing evidence against themselves. Isn't that, like, against their 5th amendment rights or something?
The case is not against TS, AFAIK. They are using TS to get information about the actual defendants... so no 5th amendment issues.
More important, what law is it exactly that give the MPAA the right to force others to change the way in which they conduct business. Maybe she can order them to quarter foreign soldiers, er hire MPAA sysops, too, just in case someone starts sharing movies.
Its not the MPAA forcing the change, its a court order. A court can order someone to testify if it chooses to and believes the testimony would be critial to the case.
Can I order a breathalyser be installed in her car because I find it likely that someone might drive it while drunk? Or, do only large corporations get to tell judges what is and is not in public interest?
Check out motorists.org; there is a movement out there to install breathalysers in ALL cars sold in the US.
Normally I wouldn't waste my time with ACs, but I'll bite. Try read the quote again: "Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said that since the data sought by the MPAA was at least temporarily available in RAM, it was covered by the rules of evidence. Therefore, it must be logged."
The only data sought by the MPAA were IP addresses. Reading comprehension... please try to improve yours.
Did you even read the line that you quoted? Can is the key word that you seem to have skipped over.
Did you? The only instance of the word "can" is the OP saying the distros "can take a flying leap," and then going on to say the important thing is the kernel.
I certainly hope you're not in the field of science. "The outcome in this individual observed case is clearly indicative of all others."
Sorry I forgot; when it works AGAINST MS its ok to think like that. Nevermind that the OP never even clarified what he meant, and again was blowing things out of proprotion. I can only assume he meant this story, which doesn't prove anything except there was a problem with people activating Windows on Friday, which was quickly resolved. Except that even those affected didn't really suffer any problems, and "one user" reported Windows not working. Oh wow.
But go ahead, make a big deal out of it without even posting any numbers regarding the number of people affected.. especially since it was fixed in about 24 hours.
I can buy that. However, he's a line from the article which/. seems to be ignoring: "Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said that since the data sought by the MPAA was at least temporarily available in RAM, it was covered by the rules of evidence. Therefore, it must be logged."
Fine, replace $5 with a whopper coupon. Do you still want to argue that i'm distributing whoppers? Is the printer of the coupon? The paper supplier? If you think coupons = distributing, where do you draw the line?
Why do you deem electricity a necessity though? People have lived MILLIONS of years without it, surely then its not necessary? You say that now, but was that the feeling only a short few hunderd years ago when electification was first started?
Giving out vouchers is NOT distributing software. If you have to go to Novell to redeme the voucher, its Novell doing the distributing, not MS. Also, doesn't v3 exclude the MS Novell deal anyway?
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Service Pack 1 won't exactly make Vista more desirable as an OS; but it is a psychological landmark that says "we worked most of the bugs out and we're finally done with it". Businesses may bite; but I'm not 100% convinced that Vista is better than XP quite yet.
/etc and /bin all the time? That would be unacceptable in Linux. MS is trying to make \windows and \program files changes unacceptable too. Complain to your app vendors.
People tend to bitch when things aren't working; those that are happy tend not to say much at all... they're doing their work.
This SP full of patches still probably won't prevent people from deleting their Recycle Bin
It doesn't remove the RB, it removes it from the desktop. Big difference. It even tells you how to get it back when it prompts you to be sure this is what you want.
end the UAC nazi tyranny
So when Linux asks for a root password to do administrative tasks, that's good security, but if Vista does something similar, its nazi tyranny? You realize that most applications that trigger this alot are unsigned and are trying to do things they shouldn't even be doing (like writing to Program Files), right? I'm glad its there.. now app vendors will be FORCED to deal with this issue.
let admins do admin things with computers
The whole POINT is to get away from running as an administrator. This is meant to help security; is it really that hard to choose Run As Administrator? Its moving away from the 'always an admin' mentality.
Once MS figures-out a way to make Vista useful without all those annoyances and brick walls, then I may give it another look.
Wonderful. You won't use it until they encourage bad application development practices again. They're trying to get away from the 'run as administrator' mentality, of course there is going to be some pain. But its really the fault of the application developers at this point. I'm glad MS is forcing the issue.
I know I'm going to -1 Flamebait hell for this; but if a Windows box has to be insecure in order to be useful, then so be it.
I'd rather application developers to start writting better applications. Would you run a userland application on linux that attempted to write in
Because I can slipstream it into my original CD, and should i need to re-install, I won't have to redownload all the updates.
Right, but my question was the Dalai Lama specifically. He's supposed to be the leader, and thus could come back as an animal, but it seems that has never happened. My understanding is the Dalai Lama is the same "person" each time back, and so you'd think he / she would have come back as an animal at least once. There'd be a time then when there is no human Dalai Lama. If this has not happened, it makes me suspect, unless the Buddhists have some explaination for this.
Unfortunately this simulation is a bit... unsound. Not everyone that catches the flu shows symptoms, nor do they miss work. Instead, they just infect those that they work with, and I don't seen anything in the article that leads me to believe that they're factoring this in.
Wow, arrogant much? You REALLY think that just because something is not explicitly spelled out in an article you read that they didn't think of it at all?
So you'd rather they didn't even think about it?
There is no intrinsic reason why 40 hours a week would be too much and 32 hours just enough.
Actually there are various studies that indicate that people that work 32 hours normally are more productive than those that work 40.
I don't know where they get their time from, but when I look at a cell phone (with network time sync enabled) and it's more than a minute off, I know not to trust it as a reliable time source.
Huh? My cell is always 100% accurate with my radio atomic clock and cable TV system time.. as well as computer time.
So your saying these poor people call CA to get the Pacific Time?
Or are you saying people can't afford a $5 watch?
Interesting... has there ever been a non-human Dalai Lama?
We also wouldn't be doing anything but growing food.
All that is well and good, except the FSF and Microsoft are American companies, so I don't think it matters what Europe thinks of the matter.
Also, you can do all the analysis you want, until its actually in court, you don't know how the license will be interpreated.
I'm not sure, but how can she order them to do this? Firstly, she's asking them to start manufacturing evidence against themselves. Isn't that, like, against their 5th amendment rights or something?
The case is not against TS, AFAIK. They are using TS to get information about the actual defendants... so no 5th amendment issues.
More important, what law is it exactly that give the MPAA the right to force others to change the way in which they conduct business. Maybe she can order them to quarter foreign soldiers, er hire MPAA sysops, too, just in case someone starts sharing movies.
Its not the MPAA forcing the change, its a court order. A court can order someone to testify if it chooses to and believes the testimony would be critial to the case.
Can I order a breathalyser be installed in her car because I find it likely that someone might drive it while drunk? Or, do only large corporations get to tell judges what is and is not in public interest?
Check out motorists.org; there is a movement out there to install breathalysers in ALL cars sold in the US.
Normally I wouldn't waste my time with ACs, but I'll bite. Try read the quote again: "Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said that since the data sought by the MPAA was at least temporarily available in RAM, it was covered by the rules of evidence. Therefore, it must be logged."
The only data sought by the MPAA were IP addresses. Reading comprehension... please try to improve yours.
Did you even read the line that you quoted? Can is the key word that you seem to have skipped over.
Did you? The only instance of the word "can" is the OP saying the distros "can take a flying leap," and then going on to say the important thing is the kernel.
I certainly hope you're not in the field of science.
"The outcome in this individual observed case is clearly indicative of all others."
Sorry I forgot; when it works AGAINST MS its ok to think like that. Nevermind that the OP never even clarified what he meant, and again was blowing things out of proprotion. I can only assume he meant this story, which doesn't prove anything except there was a problem with people activating Windows on Friday, which was quickly resolved. Except that even those affected didn't really suffer any problems, and "one user" reported Windows not working. Oh wow.
But go ahead, make a big deal out of it without even posting any numbers regarding the number of people affected.. especially since it was fixed in about 24 hours.
I can buy that. However, he's a line from the article which /. seems to be ignoring: "Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said that since the data sought by the MPAA was at least temporarily available in RAM, it was covered by the rules of evidence. Therefore, it must be logged."
So it seems to be just "turn on logging."
Fine, replace $5 with a whopper coupon. Do you still want to argue that i'm distributing whoppers? Is the printer of the coupon? The paper supplier? If you think coupons = distributing, where do you draw the line?
What is this group of "many lawyers" which you speak?
I don't think anyone sensible person (laywer or not) would consider handing out coupons for whoppers equivolent to distributing whoppers.
Hmm, I took it as a ruling that they need to turn on their logging. Is it really that far fetched a thing for a court to order?
Why do you deem electricity a necessity though? People have lived MILLIONS of years without it, surely then its not necessary? You say that now, but was that the feeling only a short few hunderd years ago when electification was first started?
So if I give you $5, and you buy a whopper, am I now distributing whoppers?
Heh... if by everything you mean everything under gpl2 now except the linux kernel, then yes.
Giving out vouchers is NOT distributing software. If you have to go to Novell to redeme the voucher, its Novell doing the distributing, not MS. Also, doesn't v3 exclude the MS Novell deal anyway?
You single out water service, but you don't respond regarding phone or electricity. Why?
I'm just curious, would you feel the same way about electricity?
As far as I know, Barnes & Noble does not carry "Jugs" magazine. I do not think companies should be "ashamed" of making a conscious business decision.
They carry penthouse, playboy, hustler and a host of others though.