"Setting a lower resolution" was fine in the CRT era. But now that LCDs make up the vast majority of PC monitors, a lower resolution is most likely to produce a blurry picture.
Seems like a dumb idea to use a bank that isn't physically located near me.
Are you referring to getting money into a bank not physically located near you, to getting money out of a bank not physically located near you, or to some other use case I haven't thought of?
As for getting money into a bank not physically located near you, you can have direct deposit of your paycheck or other ACH transfers sent to any bank. Personal checks can be mailed or in many cases deposited using an iOS or Android device with a rear-facing camera. Cash can be spent locally; I'll often dump cash into the self-checkout lane at a local grocery store. What other money do you regularly receive?
As for getting cash out of a bank not physically located near you, many banks reimburse for ATM fees. Or you can get cash back with a purchase at any retailer that takes EFTPOS cards.
Unless you happen to live in an area whose best home ISP is Google Fiber, the Internet as a network works without Google. But one still needs an alternative to the applications on the other side of the network.
Search: In my experience, Bing search was not nearly as effective. The last time I tried Bing It On, Google beat Bing on 3.5 out of the 5 queries, probably three Google wins, one Bing win, and one draw. So what search engine "works fine" in your opinion?
Video sharing: What site other than YouTube for public sharing of videos works "just fine", especially if they're in categories that Vimeo chooses not to accept? Vimeo's guidelines ban use of video game footage, such as in a review of a game, and are unclear about what makes a production company "independent" or where "showcas[ing] your creative work" ends and "upload[ing] videos with a commercial intent" begins. Or are people instead supposed to lease a virtual private server and learn how to install something like MediaGoblin? In that case, how do you go about getting other sites to federate with you for automated recommendations?
Sponsorship: Without AdSense, how should a small site go about attracting sponsors to pay its hosting bills?
Federated login: When a website offers a choice between "Log in with Facebook" and "Log in with Google", which is less evil and which is more likely to do the right thing?
Mobile operating system: Is Amazon's Fire OS substantially less evil than Android with Google Play?
I apologize for not having addressed all conceivable ramifications of telemetry in Windows 10 in a single post. If I later thought of additional questions to ask, should I have instead asked them as an additional reply to #50913183 rather than as a reply to #50913599?
And if you handle confidential information in the ordinary course of work, such as trade-secret computer program source code or patients' health information, would you be comfortable with live-streaming every keypress you make to Microsoft and its "marketing partners"?
But since I don't do any of that, I don't care, and 99% of the people don't have to.
I disagree with your claim that only 1 percent of Windows users use Windows for anything subject to a confidentiality agreement.
Do you have any numbers for how much data Windows 10 uses, compared to Windows 7?
No. I can offer a qualitative guess once it is clarified whether the 3 GB per machine automatic download of the Windows 10 upgrade installer is charged against the Windows 7 total or against the Windows 10 total.
I would support a ruling that high speed Internet of at least 25 megabit be a "right"
Until such a ruling comes to be, we have to work around what is, not what ought to be.
Countries have sovereign authority. And constitutions that specify the guidelines on how to exercise said authority. Elected executives don't get to ignore said guidelines. They are not Kings.
I agree. If these guidelines give authority to the country's legislature and immigration agency to accept these refugees, there's no problem. I'm not familiar with the laws of Europe, but for example, the United States Constitution gives Congress wide latitude "To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization", and it delegates some of this rulemaking authority to the executive through the agency known as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly called INS).
However, there appears to be an implicit accusation in your post that some executives are acting outside the law as if they do "get to ignore said guidelines". To which constitutional provisions of which countries do you refer?
They could treat the policy like some countries are treating their immigration laws.
They are, namely following them. The journal's publisher is following its policy of retracting papers that rely on unavailable software. And some countries are using their sovereign authority to grant asylum to those who qualify as refugees.
Thank GOD Apple gives me the freedom to choose the browser I want to use and doesn't try to shove open source crap like Firefox down my throat like Linux does when you try to install it.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. You can replace Mozilla Firefox with Google's open-source Chromium browser on most GNU/Linux distributions. Chromium is Chrome minus the non-free parts (Adobe Flash Player for Pepper, video DRM, and a couple other minor pieces).
Opera Mini does not use WebKit. Instead, it uses the equivalent of Remote Desktop to a rendering server. There are three ways that Mozilla could have used a rendering server instead of WebKit, but each has flaws.
Providing a public rendering server would weaken the privacy aspect that Mozilla is shooting for because the rendering server necessarily acts as a MITM.
Providing tools to run a private rendering server on your home PC might lead to a poor user experience as novices fail to understand how to forward ports, especially now that more ISPs are circumventing IPv4 address exhaustion using carrier-grade NAT.
Providing tools to run a private rendering server on a leased virtual private server (sometimes called "the cloud") would have both disadvantages. First, the VPS provider can surveil subscribers' instances. Second, subscribing to a VPS and loading your own app into it isn't exactly a doddle for novices.
Covering up alleged copyright infringement is by far not the only example of a reason why one would desire privacy. For one thing, the law has become so complex that people commit far more crimes than they're aware of. (See Three Felonies a Day by Harvey A. Silverglate, ISBN 1594035229.) And if you handle confidential information in the ordinary course of work, such as trade-secret computer program source code or patients' health information, would you be comfortable with live-streaming every keypress you make to Microsoft and its "marketing partners"?
I don't have metered internet access
Good for you. It might not be so good for others reading this, who might have to not only buy a copy of Windows 10 to replace a copy of Windows Vista but also find a new job in a place offering unmetered Internet access and relocate their families to such "an area with 3 high speed Internet choices, including two fiber to the home options."
Emigrating from the United States "to a modern country" costs more time and money than a lot of people have. I've read that it often includes a master's degree and classes to reach the level of proficiency in the national language that "a modern country" tends to require before it becomes willing to grant a work visa to an immigrant.
Installing a fresh copy of a Windows 7 SP1 or any newer version of Windows
I seem to remember that Windows XP RTM was vulnerable because it connected to the network before its firewall was up. This meant a PC could get remotely compromised before it could finish downloading updates, even if it ran no applications other than Windows Update. The workaround was to purchase and install an external firewall appliance. Do more recent versions of Windows have an analogous vulnerability that would require someone to have to burn an install disc with a slipstreamed service pack in order to be safe? If someone were to reinstall from, say, the Windows 7 RTM disc, what hole could attackers use before the PC downloads updates?
In return for tons of information about me, my family, and how I use my computers, Microsoft gives me a ton of services for free, including Windows 10. I'm ok with that trade.
Would you be OK if that trade led Microsoft to feed information to a service provider used by the MPAA, which in turn feeds it to the FBI, which in turn kicks down your door? And would you be OK with the telemetry's Internet data usage causing you to run up overage fees, especially now that more and more ISPs are going pay-per-bit?
Only major, glaring problems will get fixed as it ages.
With Chrome on Windows Vista, not even "major, glaring problems will get fixed".
On the other hand, I can see the flip side, which is that Vista's mainstream support ended 4/10/2012.
Likewise, as you point out, Windows 7's mainstream support ended January 13, 2015. Why does Chrome for Windows 7 get critical security updates and not Chrome for Windows Vista?
To move forward, Chrome needs to support the latest features such as HTML5, and Vista may simply never get some of the updates that Windows 7 and later will get.
But how does not being able to provide new HTML5 features due to limits of operating system capabilities block the provision of critical security updates for the browser?
Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 for free. Very few people should turn them down on that offer
I'm interested. In your opinion, what's the risk of allowing the telemetry that Windows 10 doesn't let users turn off, such as Cortana, live tiles, and Son of CEIP? I've read "keylogger" rumors, and I'm told that Windows uses an anti-phishing service run by an organization that has provided enforcement services to the MPAA.
While some updates will continue to come, do you honestly think Windows 7 will continue to get the same internal attention in 2019 as it did in 2014?
It will get the same security attention, which is what I'm worried about. Watch an exploit that works on the final version of Chrome for Windows Vista turn those remaining Windows Vista users into a botnet.
and download patches released since the image was created
The image is already onsite, on removable media.
The copy on removable media is more than likely not yet patched up to today. Or do you make a new install image every month with all updates slipstreamed in?
What is this "ONE security fix for IE" without losing the use of other applications on Windows Vista?
Uninstall Windows.
How does one "Uninstall Windows" without losing the use of other applications on Windows Vista? Many applications and device drivers neither work in Wine nor have a drop-in replacement designed for GNU/Linux.
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"Setting a lower resolution" was fine in the CRT era. But now that LCDs make up the vast majority of PC monitors, a lower resolution is most likely to produce a blurry picture.
Seems like a dumb idea to use a bank that isn't physically located near me.
Are you referring to getting money into a bank not physically located near you, to getting money out of a bank not physically located near you, or to some other use case I haven't thought of?
As for getting money into a bank not physically located near you, you can have direct deposit of your paycheck or other ACH transfers sent to any bank. Personal checks can be mailed or in many cases deposited using an iOS or Android device with a rear-facing camera. Cash can be spent locally; I'll often dump cash into the self-checkout lane at a local grocery store. What other money do you regularly receive?
As for getting cash out of a bank not physically located near you, many banks reimburse for ATM fees. Or you can get cash back with a purchase at any retailer that takes EFTPOS cards.
If you're on a metered connection, then you should have it set to being on a metered connection...
I'm curious as to what Windows 10 will do if all connections available to a given PC are marked as metered. Will it fall behind on security updates?
Unless you happen to live in an area whose best home ISP is Google Fiber, the Internet as a network works without Google. But one still needs an alternative to the applications on the other side of the network.
Search: In my experience, Bing search was not nearly as effective. The last time I tried Bing It On, Google beat Bing on 3.5 out of the 5 queries, probably three Google wins, one Bing win, and one draw. So what search engine "works fine" in your opinion?
Video sharing: What site other than YouTube for public sharing of videos works "just fine", especially if they're in categories that Vimeo chooses not to accept? Vimeo's guidelines ban use of video game footage, such as in a review of a game, and are unclear about what makes a production company "independent" or where "showcas[ing] your creative work" ends and "upload[ing] videos with a commercial intent" begins. Or are people instead supposed to lease a virtual private server and learn how to install something like MediaGoblin? In that case, how do you go about getting other sites to federate with you for automated recommendations?
Sponsorship: Without AdSense, how should a small site go about attracting sponsors to pay its hosting bills?
Federated login: When a website offers a choice between "Log in with Facebook" and "Log in with Google", which is less evil and which is more likely to do the right thing?
Mobile operating system: Is Amazon's Fire OS substantially less evil than Android with Google Play?
Then you moved the goal posts.
I apologize for not having addressed all conceivable ramifications of telemetry in Windows 10 in a single post. If I later thought of additional questions to ask, should I have instead asked them as an additional reply to #50913183 rather than as a reply to #50913599?
And if you handle confidential information in the ordinary course of work, such as trade-secret computer program source code or patients' health information, would you be comfortable with live-streaming every keypress you make to Microsoft and its "marketing partners"?
But since I don't do any of that, I don't care, and 99% of the people don't have to.
I disagree with your claim that only 1 percent of Windows users use Windows for anything subject to a confidentiality agreement.
Do you have any numbers for how much data Windows 10 uses, compared to Windows 7?
No. I can offer a qualitative guess once it is clarified whether the 3 GB per machine automatic download of the Windows 10 upgrade installer is charged against the Windows 7 total or against the Windows 10 total.
I would support a ruling that high speed Internet of at least 25 megabit be a "right"
Until such a ruling comes to be, we have to work around what is, not what ought to be.
I believe #50916535 was referring to present-day living Germans, not Germans who have since died of old age.
That said, I also have serious restrictions to an unfettered Muslim migration to any non-Muslim region.
How so, unless immigrant parents physically force their children to practice Islam?
Countries have sovereign authority. And constitutions that specify the guidelines on how to exercise said authority. Elected executives don't get to ignore said guidelines. They are not Kings.
I agree. If these guidelines give authority to the country's legislature and immigration agency to accept these refugees, there's no problem. I'm not familiar with the laws of Europe, but for example, the United States Constitution gives Congress wide latitude "To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization", and it delegates some of this rulemaking authority to the executive through the agency known as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly called INS).
However, there appears to be an implicit accusation in your post that some executives are acting outside the law as if they do "get to ignore said guidelines". To which constitutional provisions of which countries do you refer?
I'm saying that by forbidding use in countries that grant asylum, the author of this program is demonstrating a stance against even legal immigration.
They could treat the policy like some countries are treating their immigration laws.
They are, namely following them. The journal's publisher is following its policy of retracting papers that rely on unavailable software. And some countries are using their sovereign authority to grant asylum to those who qualify as refugees.
If immigrants are granted asylum as refugees, how are they "by definition criminals"?
Is it even possible to retroactively change the terms of a software license like that?
It is if the license requires users to obtain a copy of the software directly from the publisher, not from a redistributor.
Thank GOD Apple gives me the freedom to choose the browser I want to use and doesn't try to shove open source crap like Firefox down my throat like Linux does when you try to install it.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. You can replace Mozilla Firefox with Google's open-source Chromium browser on most GNU/Linux distributions. Chromium is Chrome minus the non-free parts (Adobe Flash Player for Pepper, video DRM, and a couple other minor pieces).
Opera Mini does not use WebKit. Instead, it uses the equivalent of Remote Desktop to a rendering server. There are three ways that Mozilla could have used a rendering server instead of WebKit, but each has flaws.
I don't pirate movies.
Covering up alleged copyright infringement is by far not the only example of a reason why one would desire privacy. For one thing, the law has become so complex that people commit far more crimes than they're aware of. (See Three Felonies a Day by Harvey A. Silverglate, ISBN 1594035229.) And if you handle confidential information in the ordinary course of work, such as trade-secret computer program source code or patients' health information, would you be comfortable with live-streaming every keypress you make to Microsoft and its "marketing partners"?
I don't have metered internet access
Good for you. It might not be so good for others reading this, who might have to not only buy a copy of Windows 10 to replace a copy of Windows Vista but also find a new job in a place offering unmetered Internet access and relocate their families to such "an area with 3 high speed Internet choices, including two fiber to the home options."
You should move to a modern country
Emigrating from the United States "to a modern country" costs more time and money than a lot of people have. I've read that it often includes a master's degree and classes to reach the level of proficiency in the national language that "a modern country" tends to require before it becomes willing to grant a work visa to an immigrant.
Installing a fresh copy of a Windows 7 SP1 or any newer version of Windows
I seem to remember that Windows XP RTM was vulnerable because it connected to the network before its firewall was up. This meant a PC could get remotely compromised before it could finish downloading updates, even if it ran no applications other than Windows Update. The workaround was to purchase and install an external firewall appliance. Do more recent versions of Windows have an analogous vulnerability that would require someone to have to burn an install disc with a slipstreamed service pack in order to be safe? If someone were to reinstall from, say, the Windows 7 RTM disc, what hole could attackers use before the PC downloads updates?
In return for tons of information about me, my family, and how I use my computers, Microsoft gives me a ton of services for free, including Windows 10. I'm ok with that trade.
Would you be OK if that trade led Microsoft to feed information to a service provider used by the MPAA, which in turn feeds it to the FBI, which in turn kicks down your door? And would you be OK with the telemetry's Internet data usage causing you to run up overage fees, especially now that more and more ISPs are going pay-per-bit?
Only major, glaring problems will get fixed as it ages.
With Chrome on Windows Vista, not even "major, glaring problems will get fixed".
On the other hand, I can see the flip side, which is that Vista's mainstream support ended 4/10/2012.
Likewise, as you point out, Windows 7's mainstream support ended January 13, 2015. Why does Chrome for Windows 7 get critical security updates and not Chrome for Windows Vista?
To move forward, Chrome needs to support the latest features such as HTML5, and Vista may simply never get some of the updates that Windows 7 and later will get.
But how does not being able to provide new HTML5 features due to limits of operating system capabilities block the provision of critical security updates for the browser?
Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 for free. Very few people should turn them down on that offer
I'm interested. In your opinion, what's the risk of allowing the telemetry that Windows 10 doesn't let users turn off, such as Cortana, live tiles, and Son of CEIP? I've read "keylogger" rumors, and I'm told that Windows uses an anti-phishing service run by an organization that has provided enforcement services to the MPAA.
While some updates will continue to come, do you honestly think Windows 7 will continue to get the same internal attention in 2019 as it did in 2014?
It will get the same security attention, which is what I'm worried about. Watch an exploit that works on the final version of Chrome for Windows Vista turn those remaining Windows Vista users into a botnet.
and download patches released since the image was created
The image is already onsite, on removable media.
The copy on removable media is more than likely not yet patched up to today. Or do you make a new install image every month with all updates slipstreamed in?
Redownloading a packaged Chrome app still costs money, especially now that more ISPs are going pay-per-bit.
They're already on Vista. They're use to misery by now.
Misery was RTM. Mojave was Service Pack 1 and it fixed a lot of problems. Windows Vista is on Service Pack 2 now.
One-eighth the users left in the lurch is still greater than zero users left in the lurch.
What is this "ONE security fix for IE" without losing the use of other applications on Windows Vista?
Uninstall Windows.
How does one "Uninstall Windows" without losing the use of other applications on Windows Vista? Many applications and device drivers neither work in Wine nor have a drop-in replacement designed for GNU/Linux.
I see your point with respect to Windows XP users but not with respect to Windows Vista users.