Interstate highways (I-xx, not SR xx or US xx) are controlled-access. They don't go through the city with its traffic signals; they go above it. The only way on or off an interstate highway is an interchange. Or are you referring to interactions with passenger vehicles at said interchanges?
Let me ask a related but narrower question: How long ago was it that Apple and Microsoft stopped including a programming language within the operating system that is capable of reading and writing files chosen by the user, other than by copying and pasting between a text editor and the browser?
The cognitive load induced by hiding the state of other windows is considerable.
I agree with you. But when I've mentioned this before on Slashdot, a lot of replies were to the effect that "all maximized all the time" behavior is something that people can and ought to just learn to tolerate. I seem to remember their reasoning being along the lines that people got used to it on the Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC running DOS, and old Macs running Switcher, and they can get used to it now.
with OS X and FreeBSD available to us, what room does that leave for Linux?
That depends on whether FreeBSD supports the hardware in a particular computer better than Linux. For example, how well does FreeBSD work on a 2009 Mac mini? Because according to the article, macOS sure doesn't.
How long before macOS be stuck with a walled garden in which we can't install non-approved "apps"?
A developer needs Xcode for macOS to develop apps for iOS. Since Xcode 7, any Mac owner has been able to build apps from source and install them on an iOS device on the same Apple ID without charge. (This is a change from previous Xcode, which allowed only developers with a valid App Store seller account to do this.) The walled garden that you propose would reverse this trend. Under the walled garden that you propose, what would one use to develop apps for macOS?
Browsers should defer to the OS for non web data. Put shit in and let the browser call upon the OS to DO SOMETHING with the media
Not every operating system ships with support for every codec known to man. For example, OS X ships without the WebM codec stack (Matroska container, VP8 and VP9 video codecs, and Vorbis and Opus audio codecs), instead relying on the patented, royalty-bearing MPEG-4 stack. So does Windows prior to Windows 10.* Your suggestion would bring us back to the days of having to install OS-level "codec packs", as well as the trojans that masquerade as codec packs. These trojans used to be fake antivirus; nowadays, they're more often straight-up file-encrypting ransomware.
Seattle has 1Gbps available from multiple providers.
Throughout Seattle, or only in small parts? Last time I heard, the Director's Rule kept said 1 Gbps service from covering the whole city. If this changed, when did this change?
The problem with running a "distro" on a Chromebook is that every time you turn it on, it displays a screen for 30 seconds that "OS verification is turned off", inviting the user to wipe the drive and reenable OS verification. Ostensibly this is to preserve the perception that a Chromebook is secure from the OS on up, but the design of the UI encourages unwitting people to wipe the thing on accident. You can press Ctrl+D to skip the 30-second wait, but if someone else turns it on, any data that you haven't yet committed is toast, and you are out the use of the machine until you return to another machine on which to make reinstallation media.
If your machine lacks an optical drive, and the best home Internet connection in your area is satellite or cellular with a cap on the order of 5 to 15 GB/mo, good luck carrying your console and a monitor into town every time you want to install a game, even if you aren't using online multiplayer. Many rural users are in this situation due to the DSL distance limit. And in Seattle, Washington, the Director's Rule requires a supermajority of nearby landowners to approve any construction, where failure to respond counts as a no vote, and vacant properties also count as a no vote.
MS is in a horsewhip business (Desktop OS and Office)
By calling desktop operating systems an obsolete "horsewhip business", I assume you're referring to the purported obsolescence of the desktop in favor of iOS and Android. If this is the case, then what should instead be used for creating mobile-friendly websites and mobile apps? If not, what exactly did you mean?
By calling Microsoft Office an obsolete "horsewhip business", were you referring more to LibreOffice or to Google Docs as its competitor? If Google Docs, how well does that work offline, such as on a laptop or tablet while riding transit that doesn't provide Wi-Fi?
Of course, the W10 telemetry is seriously nosey. But as this is M$ we are talking about, I ultimately cannot see them doing much useful with it.
It's not what Microsoft willingly does with the telemetry data as much as what third parties can compel MIcrosoft to do with it. For example, even basic telemetry collects a list of applications and device drivers on a system, as well as the IMEI of any connected air card. I can think of cases where the list of apps and drivers may be evidence against a user in a civil or criminal case alleging copyright infringement or circumvention of digital restrictions management.
Perhaps some of the games on Asimov are on Asimov because he did them. Another possibility is that he wanted to document the cracks publicly, and not all cracks on Asimov are necessarily documented.
Even some cases of "pure information delivery" require executing code. Though the CSS3 checkbox hack allows expanding and collapsing subtrees in a limited fashion, a site like Slashdot would still need to execute code to retrieve the text of "hidden comments" that aren't sent when the page first loads. And when said "pure information" has video as its medium, the viewer needs controls to navigate the video. Browser-provided controls are not always sufficient, especially for a long video that has chapter stops and/or breaks for a word from the sponsors of said "pure information".
And how should a site in the other 10%- convince the user that it is trustworthy?
Additionally running executables from unknown parties is just plain stupid from a security perspective
How so, if the code runs in a sandbox? Are you assuming that the sandbox has exploitable defects and that the browser's processing of static HTML and CSS lacks exploitable defects?
If it becomes commonplace for end users to block JavaScript and WebAssembly, then developers will have to choose a technology other than JavaScript or WebAssembly for applications deployed to the public.
They refuse the sale of the object, and correct the error, then reoffer the item at the correct price.
Anonymous Coward appears to claim in another comment that the reoffer cannot occur until the next business day. Thus any cashier correcting an error under that loophole must continue to refuse sale of that product for the remainder of the business day.
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Interstate highways (I-xx, not SR xx or US xx) are controlled-access. They don't go through the city with its traffic signals; they go above it. The only way on or off an interstate highway is an interchange. Or are you referring to interactions with passenger vehicles at said interchanges?
Let me ask a related but narrower question: How long ago was it that Apple and Microsoft stopped including a programming language within the operating system that is capable of reading and writing files chosen by the user, other than by copying and pasting between a text editor and the browser?
The cognitive load induced by hiding the state of other windows is considerable.
I agree with you. But when I've mentioned this before on Slashdot, a lot of replies were to the effect that "all maximized all the time" behavior is something that people can and ought to just learn to tolerate. I seem to remember their reasoning being along the lines that people got used to it on the Apple II, Commodore 64, IBM PC running DOS, and old Macs running Switcher, and they can get used to it now.
with OS X and FreeBSD available to us, what room does that leave for Linux?
That depends on whether FreeBSD supports the hardware in a particular computer better than Linux. For example, how well does FreeBSD work on a 2009 Mac mini? Because according to the article, macOS sure doesn't.
How long before macOS be stuck with a walled garden in which we can't install non-approved "apps"?
A developer needs Xcode for macOS to develop apps for iOS. Since Xcode 7, any Mac owner has been able to build apps from source and install them on an iOS device on the same Apple ID without charge. (This is a change from previous Xcode, which allowed only developers with a valid App Store seller account to do this.) The walled garden that you propose would reverse this trend. Under the walled garden that you propose, what would one use to develop apps for macOS?
Browsers should defer to the OS for non web data. Put shit in and let the browser call upon the OS to DO SOMETHING with the media
Not every operating system ships with support for every codec known to man. For example, OS X ships without the WebM codec stack (Matroska container, VP8 and VP9 video codecs, and Vorbis and Opus audio codecs), instead relying on the patented, royalty-bearing MPEG-4 stack. So does Windows prior to Windows 10.* Your suggestion would bring us back to the days of having to install OS-level "codec packs", as well as the trojans that masquerade as codec packs. These trojans used to be fake antivirus; nowadays, they're more often straight-up file-encrypting ransomware.
* Edge for Windows 10 adds WebM support as of version 14291.
Seattle has 1Gbps available from multiple providers.
Throughout Seattle, or only in small parts? Last time I heard, the Director's Rule kept said 1 Gbps service from covering the whole city. If this changed, when did this change?
other technical requirements which Microsoft might not feel so inclined to do when the main beneficiary is Sony.
And Disney, Fox, Paramount, Universal, and Warner. Universal is a big one for the following reason:
It seems more likely that they'll toss in 4K support for streaming services and leave it at that.
Any streaming service operated by Microsoft in the United States has to overcome peering policies of an ISP owned by Universal's parent company.
The problem with running a "distro" on a Chromebook is that every time you turn it on, it displays a screen for 30 seconds that "OS verification is turned off", inviting the user to wipe the drive and reenable OS verification. Ostensibly this is to preserve the perception that a Chromebook is secure from the OS on up, but the design of the UI encourages unwitting people to wipe the thing on accident. You can press Ctrl+D to skip the 30-second wait, but if someone else turns it on, any data that you haven't yet committed is toast, and you are out the use of the machine until you return to another machine on which to make reinstallation media.
Note that people without social networking profiles will soon become social outcasts denied jobs, water, housing and food
Citation needed that discrimination against Facebook abstainers has become or will become widespread.
If your machine lacks an optical drive, and the best home Internet connection in your area is satellite or cellular with a cap on the order of 5 to 15 GB/mo, good luck carrying your console and a monitor into town every time you want to install a game, even if you aren't using online multiplayer. Many rural users are in this situation due to the DSL distance limit. And in Seattle, Washington, the Director's Rule requires a supermajority of nearby landowners to approve any construction, where failure to respond counts as a no vote, and vacant properties also count as a no vote.
Yes, if a Christian claims his faith made him do i'd call them radical Christian terrorists.
Except then, 4K would stand for Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
MS is in a horsewhip business (Desktop OS and Office)
By calling desktop operating systems an obsolete "horsewhip business", I assume you're referring to the purported obsolescence of the desktop in favor of iOS and Android. If this is the case, then what should instead be used for creating mobile-friendly websites and mobile apps? If not, what exactly did you mean?
By calling Microsoft Office an obsolete "horsewhip business", were you referring more to LibreOffice or to Google Docs as its competitor? If Google Docs, how well does that work offline, such as on a laptop or tablet while riding transit that doesn't provide Wi-Fi?
Has Xbox won a generation yet? The PlayStation 2 soundly beat the original Xbox, and the underpowered Wii beat the more powerful Xbox 360 in all regions. Early Xbox One sales were marred by loss of goodwill from #dealwithit, and the PlayStation 4 is reportedly beating its competition nearly two to "One" after two years.
Of course, the W10 telemetry is seriously nosey. But as this is M$ we are talking about, I ultimately cannot see them doing much useful with it.
It's not what Microsoft willingly does with the telemetry data as much as what third parties can compel MIcrosoft to do with it. For example, even basic telemetry collects a list of applications and device drivers on a system, as well as the IMEI of any connected air card. I can think of cases where the list of apps and drivers may be evidence against a user in a civil or criminal case alleging copyright infringement or circumvention of digital restrictions management.
Your error is that you live in a country with no consumer protection laws.
How should someone who discovers such an error correct it, legally?
Move to a Australia
I said "legally". How many refugees from a regime without consumer protection laws is Australia's work visa program prepared to accept?
Perhaps some of the games on Asimov are on Asimov because he did them. Another possibility is that he wanted to document the cracks publicly, and not all cracks on Asimov are necessarily documented.
90%+ of the web is pure information delivery
Even some cases of "pure information delivery" require executing code. Though the CSS3 checkbox hack allows expanding and collapsing subtrees in a limited fashion, a site like Slashdot would still need to execute code to retrieve the text of "hidden comments" that aren't sent when the page first loads. And when said "pure information" has video as its medium, the viewer needs controls to navigate the video. Browser-provided controls are not always sufficient, especially for a long video that has chapter stops and/or breaks for a word from the sponsors of said "pure information".
And how should a site in the other 10%- convince the user that it is trustworthy?
Additionally running executables from unknown parties is just plain stupid from a security perspective
How so, if the code runs in a sandbox? Are you assuming that the sandbox has exploitable defects and that the browser's processing of static HTML and CSS lacks exploitable defects?
If it becomes commonplace for end users to block JavaScript and WebAssembly, then developers will have to choose a technology other than JavaScript or WebAssembly for applications deployed to the public.
They refuse the sale of the object, and correct the error, then reoffer the item at the correct price.
Anonymous Coward appears to claim in another comment that the reoffer cannot occur until the next business day. Thus any cashier correcting an error under that loophole must continue to refuse sale of that product for the remainder of the business day.
What should have transpired had "the correct rights in the US" not been for sale at any price?
A normal person will download the movies/song/book, deDRM it
Not in a country like the USA, which has the DMCA, or Canada, which has the digital locks provision of the Copyright Modernization Act (C-11).
It was heavily advertised as free, so obviously not a mistake.
Even if Windows 10 is free, its users aren't.
Is everyone on Slashdot autistic?
Not everyone, but I have noticed that blatant displays of stereotypically autistic understanding get moderated up.
Your error is that you live in a country with no consumer protection laws.
How should someone who discovers such an error correct it, legally?
Presumably because Gumball wasn't on Asimov.