And no-one ever bought an RTF from the local hobby shop and flew it in a schoolyard or local park without concern for safety, radio interference, AMA licensing, or flying at a sanctioned field. Get a hint, you sound like a grumpy old guy. I've flown FF, UC, and RC since the early 1970s and now I am flying a drone. My first act (while charging my drone) was to register it with the feds and read the operating rules. It's no different than any other form of model aviation. There is no shortage of idiots and they are involved in many areas of RC modeling, not just drones.
Agreed, but battery condition should have been reported in Settings. No excuse other than it was easier to not disclose the truth.
My 6S+ is 2 years old and fine, so I'm not going to let them crack it open.
Windows for business (Pro and Enterprise) is a piece of cr*p and is loaded with garbage. I'm at work and totally want to play Candy Crush. WTF is going through their heads? And they bend over backwards to collect user data. Particularly, they try to get users to create and use a Microsoft account on a new PC or instance of Windows. I have a MSDN subscription and can get/install any version of Windows or Windows Server that I want. I wiped and reloaded my workstation with Windows 10 Enterprise. If you haven't installed Windows 10 lately, you will be digging to find a way to avoid creating a Microsoft account. They act like an overly excited poodle wrapped around your ankle trying to gather as much data as possible including personal identifying data. They work hard to force or trick users into consenting to data collection. I'm sick and tired of fighting to maintain control of my work PC and dev system. I'm convinced they are still collecting data that I haven't knowingly given them permission to access, but I have work to do and I can't sit around devising ways to monitor what they collect. I shouldn't have to police a company that I have paid for a product. Windows 10 is tightly bound to paid MS services and data collection.
I have over 30 MacBooks for iOS developers and we don't have this problem with them. They aren't preloaded with Xbox or Candy Crush and data gathering is simple to disable (answer no to a direct question 1 time). After a year with my company and living with a MacBook and 2 PCs on my desk, I bought my own MacBook. The PCs and Windows 10 are a constant pain in the a**. Yes, I'm aware of Linux but prefer MacOS for consistency with work and ability to run Visual Studio, Xcode, and Photoshop.
Why is Windows 10 hitting government services more than Windows 7? Simple answer is time. People need and/or want new PCs and they all have Windows 10. It isn't possible for the average user to wipe 10 and load 7 on a new system and that may not even be possible at all on some systems. By the way, I'm on vacation this week and sending this rant from my MacBook using simple old Safari. Microsoft can piss off as far as I'm concerned.
He claims everything will be just as great as it is now. So what is the benefit of changing? If the current situation is the best way for ISPs to profit, why have they spent so much money lobbying for repeal? Sounds like another smokescreen to me.
So Apple checks my battery voltage, sees that it is below spec, and then they limit performance to ensure the phone keeps working. Sounds like a good plan to me. Perhaps they could/should add a battery health report in settings>battery so I know when to take it in for a new battery.
Not a Apple freak, unlike many that act like phone OS is a religion. I have a 6S Plus 64GB and a Pixel XL 128GB. Love both and switch daily driver every few months.
I served in U.S. Navy fighter squadrons for 20 years. Each shift began with a maintenance meeting. These meetings were always standup, very focused, and usually less than 15 minutes in length. We covered a lot of ground in support of maintenance and flight operations for the oncoming shift. I am now a software developer; that type of meeting could be valuable on larger projects if carefully controlled. Similar to agile?
Electronics Engineer != Software Engineer and only someone uneducated in the profession would make such a foolish statement. Takes an equally large fool to find any stock in that statement. Air conditioning repairman should be able to fix my plumbing; after all they are both home maintenance professions. Go away troll, find something legitimate to wank on, I am finished with you
No, they have both EEs and MEs, and can contract out for CS people, if needed, as your article notes. And even if true, that doesn't make your "zomg Toyota must have paid for this result" cry of corruption any more reasonable.
Maybe you should read the article I referenced:
"That not a single one of them is an EE or software engineer borders on the criminally insane."
Your statement is absolutely incorrect and seemingly based on a cursory read where you mistook author speculation for fact. Very reasonable indeed.
Woah, slow down with the conspiracy theory, Hoss. Your article is from February. If you bothered to read this article before leaping to that unlikely conclusion, you'd find that Toyota provided the NHTSA with data analyzers in March.
Also? What is with every sentence ending in a question mark? It makes you sound like either a teenage girl, or a concern troll?
Providing data (stored on hardware or otherwise) to an organization that lacks the skills to retrieve, organize, and analyze that data is a waste of time. My point remains that the NHTSA admittedly lacks expertise in software analysis, and that isn't going to be fixed in 4 months.
Gee, sorry for the question marks, it was coincidence (and speaking of coincidences, I thought of trolls while reading your response).
So *IF* I were a music pirate in Germany, this ruling would tell me to leave my router unsecured. The unprotected network fine is much cheaper than a RIAA lawsuit...
Why sit around and debate what the proper value of a refund is for a Windows license when you dont want it anyway? What happened to voting with your dollars? Do you want HP, Gateway, Toshiba, and Sony to sell Linux systems? Then buy a machine that comes with an "alternate" OS!
I am typing this on my Dell Mini 9 netbook running Linux. I ordered it from them so I could cast a vote for alternate operating systems on new machines. I wiped the Dell Linux (old ubuntu w/ Dell launcher) and loaded UNR, but I wanted my vote to count. Yes, my desktop runs Windows and that is the right OS for the tasks that I do. Linux is the right OS for my little travel machine. I eventually chose another distro, but Dell sold a PC with Linux and got positive feedback from a customer. I actually liked the HP machine a little better, but wanted to support Linux by recording a sale, and I have no regrets. Canonical rewarded me with UNR 9.1 which is most excellent! So, want to thumb your nose at the big boys? Stop supporting them, there are many vendors out there with alternate choices. Vote with your Dollar!
Not really. I just received my shiny new Dell Mini with Dell/Ubuntu outdated Linux installed. I immediately loaded the latest Ubuntu and rediscovered how great things are in Linux land. Visit dellmini.com or ubuntumini.com and you will find I am far from alone.
Not many business machines in your Mom's basement, eh? FYI, companies that don't sell clean business systems, don't sell many business systems (sorry I mentioned the exception)
I have not received a new Dell without having a lot of junk installed; this includes 3 Mini 9s, a Mini 10, and a XPS410 (excluding business systems, mine have always arrived clean or blank).
Your netbook must be special; I didn't get lucky like you. Oh wait, neither did my wife or daughter, they also got XP infested with Dell Support, 800 Search Assistant, Dell WebChat, etc.
You should visit mydellmini.com. There are forums for Mini 9 users where people share tips and tricks. The Windows forum is the busiest because MicroDell XP is soo awesome. I think a lot of those people got the same version I got.
Haha, I would have the same keyboard complaint if I were a better typist. Just bought a Mini 10 for my daughter; it is definitely slower than the Mini 9 but the keyboard is awesome!
I never tried KDE on my Mini 9 (also with GMA950). Both KDE and XP look like they escaped from the same Fisher Price playset. But I do have Compiz enabled on Ubuntu 9.04 beta and have not observed any performance problems.
My opinion is based on 6 months of netbook ownership. I learned that all I normally use it for is web surfing and email. So, the web browser and plug-ins matter more to me than the underlying OS. I want an OS that is fast, reliable, and requires minimal maintenance. I believe that my usage is probably more typical than not when compared with other netbook owners and that many of those owners that purchased netbooks with XP would find Linux superior on a netbook.
I have reinstalled Windows on my Mini 9 after upgrading the SSD and later installed Ubuntu after running it several times from a Live CD. The Ubuntu experience was better in every way. Less trouble, less hacking to make things work, more dependable, and faster too.
It is a simple paradigm shift to consider the computer as a blank entity, identify usage needs, evaluate options, and then choose the best OS for the job. Many people (see the original post) approach this as if XP is the standard and anything else is a deviation. The idea that Windows is a better choice because of a wider selection of proprietary applications is ludicrous in today's browser based world. After all, we are discussing an OS for a netbook...
Interesting that you find Linux systems unacceptable because they do not provide a built-in encryption solution but you use a third party tool to get that functionality in XP.
As far as reinstalling XP; anyone that has ever owned a Dell will tell you to toss the crapware infested restore disk when you open the box. So your choice is either disinfecting the Dell restored XP OS or scratch building from a generic XP CD. What this really means is spend an afternoon editing the registry and uninstalling junk or loading drivers, service packs, hot fixes, and finally applications. No matter how you do it, getting XP ready for business sucks unless you have a tailored image to restore.
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Are they using a device ID or the advertising ID? The advertising id can be reset on most phones and tablets.
And no-one ever bought an RTF from the local hobby shop and flew it in a schoolyard or local park without concern for safety, radio interference, AMA licensing, or flying at a sanctioned field. Get a hint, you sound like a grumpy old guy. I've flown FF, UC, and RC since the early 1970s and now I am flying a drone. My first act (while charging my drone) was to register it with the feds and read the operating rules. It's no different than any other form of model aviation. There is no shortage of idiots and they are involved in many areas of RC modeling, not just drones.
Agreed, but battery condition should have been reported in Settings. No excuse other than it was easier to not disclose the truth. My 6S+ is 2 years old and fine, so I'm not going to let them crack it open.
Windows for business (Pro and Enterprise) is a piece of cr*p and is loaded with garbage. I'm at work and totally want to play Candy Crush. WTF is going through their heads? And they bend over backwards to collect user data. Particularly, they try to get users to create and use a Microsoft account on a new PC or instance of Windows. I have a MSDN subscription and can get/install any version of Windows or Windows Server that I want. I wiped and reloaded my workstation with Windows 10 Enterprise. If you haven't installed Windows 10 lately, you will be digging to find a way to avoid creating a Microsoft account. They act like an overly excited poodle wrapped around your ankle trying to gather as much data as possible including personal identifying data. They work hard to force or trick users into consenting to data collection. I'm sick and tired of fighting to maintain control of my work PC and dev system. I'm convinced they are still collecting data that I haven't knowingly given them permission to access, but I have work to do and I can't sit around devising ways to monitor what they collect. I shouldn't have to police a company that I have paid for a product. Windows 10 is tightly bound to paid MS services and data collection. I have over 30 MacBooks for iOS developers and we don't have this problem with them. They aren't preloaded with Xbox or Candy Crush and data gathering is simple to disable (answer no to a direct question 1 time). After a year with my company and living with a MacBook and 2 PCs on my desk, I bought my own MacBook. The PCs and Windows 10 are a constant pain in the a**. Yes, I'm aware of Linux but prefer MacOS for consistency with work and ability to run Visual Studio, Xcode, and Photoshop. Why is Windows 10 hitting government services more than Windows 7? Simple answer is time. People need and/or want new PCs and they all have Windows 10. It isn't possible for the average user to wipe 10 and load 7 on a new system and that may not even be possible at all on some systems. By the way, I'm on vacation this week and sending this rant from my MacBook using simple old Safari. Microsoft can piss off as far as I'm concerned.
He claims everything will be just as great as it is now. So what is the benefit of changing? If the current situation is the best way for ISPs to profit, why have they spent so much money lobbying for repeal? Sounds like another smokescreen to me.
So Apple checks my battery voltage, sees that it is below spec, and then they limit performance to ensure the phone keeps working. Sounds like a good plan to me. Perhaps they could/should add a battery health report in settings>battery so I know when to take it in for a new battery. Not a Apple freak, unlike many that act like phone OS is a religion. I have a 6S Plus 64GB and a Pixel XL 128GB. Love both and switch daily driver every few months.
MS Edge: If you have a menu item named "Open in Internet Explorer", it might be a clue that the browser isn't ready for prime-time.
I served in U.S. Navy fighter squadrons for 20 years. Each shift began with a maintenance meeting. These meetings were always standup, very focused, and usually less than 15 minutes in length. We covered a lot of ground in support of maintenance and flight operations for the oncoming shift. I am now a software developer; that type of meeting could be valuable on larger projects if carefully controlled. Similar to agile?
Why would anyone think a corporate Outlook account wasn't being monitored by admins?
Electronics Engineer != Software Engineer and only someone uneducated in the profession would make such a foolish statement. Takes an equally large fool to find any stock in that statement. Air conditioning repairman should be able to fix my plumbing; after all they are both home maintenance professions. Go away troll, find something legitimate to wank on, I am finished with you
No, they have both EEs and MEs, and can contract out for CS people, if needed, as your article notes. And even if true, that doesn't make your "zomg Toyota must have paid for this result" cry of corruption any more reasonable.
Maybe you should read the article I referenced: "That not a single one of them is an EE or software engineer borders on the criminally insane." Your statement is absolutely incorrect and seemingly based on a cursory read where you mistook author speculation for fact. Very reasonable indeed.
Woah, slow down with the conspiracy theory, Hoss. Your article is from February. If you bothered to read this article before leaping to that unlikely conclusion, you'd find that Toyota provided the NHTSA with data analyzers in March.
Also? What is with every sentence ending in a question mark? It makes you sound like either a teenage girl, or a concern troll?
Providing data (stored on hardware or otherwise) to an organization that lacks the skills to retrieve, organize, and analyze that data is a waste of time. My point remains that the NHTSA admittedly lacks expertise in software analysis, and that isn't going to be fixed in 4 months. Gee, sorry for the question marks, it was coincidence (and speaking of coincidences, I thought of trolls while reading your response).
Did anyone else read this article about the NHTSA not having software engineers or any ability to evaluate computerized systems? http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1042836_nhtsa-has-no-software-engineers-or-ees-to-analyze-toyotas Makes this conclusion seem a bit sketchy to me? This is a good answer for Toyota, wonder how much it cost them?
So *IF* I were a music pirate in Germany, this ruling would tell me to leave my router unsecured. The unprotected network fine is much cheaper than a RIAA lawsuit...
Does he mean to imply that driving licenses have kept morons off the roads? I'm not so sure it is working around here...
Why sit around and debate what the proper value of a refund is for a Windows license when you dont want it anyway? What happened to voting with your dollars? Do you want HP, Gateway, Toshiba, and Sony to sell Linux systems? Then buy a machine that comes with an "alternate" OS! I am typing this on my Dell Mini 9 netbook running Linux. I ordered it from them so I could cast a vote for alternate operating systems on new machines. I wiped the Dell Linux (old ubuntu w/ Dell launcher) and loaded UNR, but I wanted my vote to count. Yes, my desktop runs Windows and that is the right OS for the tasks that I do. Linux is the right OS for my little travel machine. I eventually chose another distro, but Dell sold a PC with Linux and got positive feedback from a customer. I actually liked the HP machine a little better, but wanted to support Linux by recording a sale, and I have no regrets. Canonical rewarded me with UNR 9.1 which is most excellent! So, want to thumb your nose at the big boys? Stop supporting them, there are many vendors out there with alternate choices. Vote with your Dollar!
Well written and thought provoking.
Not really. I just received my shiny new Dell Mini with Dell/Ubuntu outdated Linux installed. I immediately loaded the latest Ubuntu and rediscovered how great things are in Linux land. Visit dellmini.com or ubuntumini.com and you will find I am far from alone.
Not many business machines in your Mom's basement, eh? FYI, companies that don't sell clean business systems, don't sell many business systems (sorry I mentioned the exception)
I have not received a new Dell without having a lot of junk installed; this includes 3 Mini 9s, a Mini 10, and a XPS410 (excluding business systems, mine have always arrived clean or blank).
Your netbook must be special; I didn't get lucky like you. Oh wait, neither did my wife or daughter, they also got XP infested with Dell Support, 800 Search Assistant, Dell WebChat, etc. You should visit mydellmini.com. There are forums for Mini 9 users where people share tips and tricks. The Windows forum is the busiest because MicroDell XP is soo awesome. I think a lot of those people got the same version I got.
Haha, I would have the same keyboard complaint if I were a better typist. Just bought a Mini 10 for my daughter; it is definitely slower than the Mini 9 but the keyboard is awesome!
I never tried KDE on my Mini 9 (also with GMA950). Both KDE and XP look like they escaped from the same Fisher Price playset. But I do have Compiz enabled on Ubuntu 9.04 beta and have not observed any performance problems.
My opinion is based on 6 months of netbook ownership. I learned that all I normally use it for is web surfing and email. So, the web browser and plug-ins matter more to me than the underlying OS. I want an OS that is fast, reliable, and requires minimal maintenance. I believe that my usage is probably more typical than not when compared with other netbook owners and that many of those owners that purchased netbooks with XP would find Linux superior on a netbook. I have reinstalled Windows on my Mini 9 after upgrading the SSD and later installed Ubuntu after running it several times from a Live CD. The Ubuntu experience was better in every way. Less trouble, less hacking to make things work, more dependable, and faster too. It is a simple paradigm shift to consider the computer as a blank entity, identify usage needs, evaluate options, and then choose the best OS for the job. Many people (see the original post) approach this as if XP is the standard and anything else is a deviation. The idea that Windows is a better choice because of a wider selection of proprietary applications is ludicrous in today's browser based world. After all, we are discussing an OS for a netbook...
Interesting that you find Linux systems unacceptable because they do not provide a built-in encryption solution but you use a third party tool to get that functionality in XP. As far as reinstalling XP; anyone that has ever owned a Dell will tell you to toss the crapware infested restore disk when you open the box. So your choice is either disinfecting the Dell restored XP OS or scratch building from a generic XP CD. What this really means is spend an afternoon editing the registry and uninstalling junk or loading drivers, service packs, hot fixes, and finally applications. No matter how you do it, getting XP ready for business sucks unless you have a tailored image to restore.