OMG... But wait, that's not what the stats actually say. In fact, several older versions are dropping as Win10 takes over. But the simple facts are, Windows is still king.
And, until software producers start building top-tier CONSUMER software for Linux, it will remail that way.
Not just GAMES, though games is a big part, but also things like native (non-Wine) PhotoShop and other common commercial tools.
Agreed. I bought a Seiko years ago after doing a rough calculation of how much cheap breakable watches had cost me over a period of time. I still wear it ever day, and it does what a watch should, it tells time.
News Flash! This is the beginning of end of Apple, I tell you! Where is John Sculley! Actually, Apple's history is littered with stuff that never quite made it, that's the way it works. And, many say that Apple's "drop in earnings" is simply due to the fact that most of what they do sell is not crap, so people replace it less often. Even with Apples "drop in earnings", they are at no risk of financial disaster. Disclaimer, I own an iPhone 5s which still works just fine for me, but in general I can not afford any of the other flashy baubles from the Apple line-up...
US Spy Court Didn't Reject a Single Government Surveillance Request In 2015
Of course they didn't, why would they? This "court" is well known to be a Kangaroo Court with a specific purpose of rubber-stamping all that is put before it. This, and the continued existence of the so-called "Patriot Act" are why I, a life-long liberal who made the mistake of voting for Mr. Obama twice, will not be voting for his almost certain successor, the slimy Hilary Clinton. What a corrupt political landscape where a man like Donald Trump is truly the lessor of two evils...
Didn't Germany also commit to shutting down all their Nuke Power and not building anymore? Wonder were all that electricity will come from, only so many places in Germany for wind and hydro...
the fact that employment is judging you based on your 'social media' posts - that sure puts a kibosh on any desire to truly express yourself in anything that is not vanilla-tame.
My employer does not have access to my "social media". I have never "friended" anyone I work with. If my employer "required" me to provide "social media" links, I would not work there.
Anyway, I work for the DoD, if they really want, I suppose they can access all my favorite cat videos and the inane things I chat about with my high school and college buddies.
The sex tapes and drunken debauchery on my phone that *does not* back-up on the "cloud", maybe they can get that, but it's never come up at any of my security clearance investigations...
Paranoia will destroy ya. I sleep well being open and honest about what kind of a pervert I am.
According to a corrupt and dieing so-called "anti-virus" company that sells a piece of malware to unsuspecting luddites, there COULD be a problem with some political app...
I would probably agree that such apps are poorly written and may very well be suspect. But Symantec doesn't rate high in my books as a "reliable source".
My guess is that they have a product that will take care of this issue.
It's been shown in the past that a large number of "members" of these sites, often the majority, are fake, either created by the site itself for marketing purposes (fraud), or "professionals" i.e. hookers.
This is why my kids aren't on social media and likely won't be until they are old enough to drive, and even then, maybe...
Are you sure ? Kids can be pretty sneaky and there is a strong desire to be part of the heard even if that's not how they see it.
Anyway, aren't there security settings that prevent non-friends or friends-of-friends seeing your Social Media prattle?
My Facebook is locked down tightly, and no one from work or remotely related to work is on my friend list, I mostly prattle on inanely about my favorite cat videos with high school and college friends that live thousands of miles away...
Don't call him hacker either after all "hacker" is a positive term...
You know as well as I do that is "politically correct" garbage. Good or bad, a hacker is a hacker, and "cracker" is a made-up term. Now, if you want to assign hat color (white, black), feel free. But please do give me this crap that a "black hat" hacker is not a hacker but rather something else because you want to reserve the Hip And Trendy term hacker for yourself... Seriously. That's bullshit.
According to Facebook security engineer Reginaldo Silva, the password-slurping malware was installed by another security researcher who had earlier poked around within Facebook's system in an attempt to snag a bug bounty.
And this is why I have a problem with this whole "terminology" of the so-called "security researcher". Facts are facts and who ever it was that installed and left malware that "slurped" passwords and usernames clearly was not a "security researcher", but rather a run-of-the-mill hacker, or call him (almost certainly a him) what every you want, but NOT a "security researcher".
The best favorability poll for Donald Trump ever taken, by the most pro-Trump polling company, only has him at about 32% favorability.
The problem is, candidates don't win or lose by "popular vote". At the end of the day, there is no real reason to vote in the "Big Election", because the electral college selects the winner, NOT THE POPULAR VOTE.
AT&T switches seized because known criminals were using it to communicate with one another. Also, all Postal Service trucks will be ordered off the roads as criminals are using them to mail illegal goods.
Thanks for your amusing but meaningless blather.
In fact this was network specifically designed for facilitating this that are illegal for good reasons.
Going from Win8 to Win10 meant I needed to find out where Microsoft moved a bunch of stuff I used. Now they're moving it all around again.
And how is this any different than the ever changing versions of Gnome and KDE?
Sure, I get it, "Micro$loth Suxors" and "Embrace, extinguish", and all the rest of the Microsoft hate.
But guess what? OS features change from version to version, and it's not just MS stuff. If you use a window layer such as Gnome or KDE, they too change significantly from version to version.
Seriously, grow up. If you want an MS operating system that works pretty good and you don't care for "bleeding edge", I'm sure you can find a Win 2000 Server or NT disc or - throw caution to the wind - get a, XP disc...
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We need a -1, Dice moderation for when these idiotic adverts get through!
Dice no longer owns Slashdot. The new Overlords seem to be doing a little better, perhaps this just "slipped by",
Yes indeed.
Windows Desktop Market Share Drops Below 90%
OMG... But wait, that's not what the stats actually say. In fact, several older versions are dropping as Win10 takes over. But the simple facts are, Windows is still king.
And, until software producers start building top-tier CONSUMER software for Linux, it will remail that way.
Not just GAMES, though games is a big part, but also things like native (non-Wine) PhotoShop and other common commercial tools.
Agreed. I bought a Seiko years ago after doing a rough calculation of how much cheap breakable watches had cost me over a period of time. I still wear it ever day, and it does what a watch should, it tells time.
News Flash! This is the beginning of end of Apple, I tell you! Where is John Sculley! Actually, Apple's history is littered with stuff that never quite made it, that's the way it works. And, many say that Apple's "drop in earnings" is simply due to the fact that most of what they do sell is not crap, so people replace it less often. Even with Apples "drop in earnings", they are at no risk of financial disaster. Disclaimer, I own an iPhone 5s which still works just fine for me, but in general I can not afford any of the other flashy baubles from the Apple line-up...
US Spy Court Didn't Reject a Single Government Surveillance Request In 2015
Of course they didn't, why would they? This "court" is well known to be a Kangaroo Court with a specific purpose of rubber-stamping all that is put before it. This, and the continued existence of the so-called "Patriot Act" are why I, a life-long liberal who made the mistake of voting for Mr. Obama twice, will not be voting for his almost certain successor, the slimy Hilary Clinton. What a corrupt political landscape where a man like Donald Trump is truly the lessor of two evils...
Given your name, I assume you are an H1-B worker. Go back to your shit-hole.
Didn't Germany also commit to shutting down all their Nuke Power and not building anymore? Wonder were all that electricity will come from, only so many places in Germany for wind and hydro...
Most cab companies I've used charge for every minute they have to wait.
Bullshit. The meter doesn't drop until you get in the car. Now, if you have hailed a cab and then have them wait, that's a different situation.
It's fair enough too - you can't expect people to wait for you, without some level of charge, when you've booked them for a certain time
Sorry, but $10 for a few minutes late is not "fair".
$5 to $10 for being a few minutes late? Yeah... No.
I'll call a cab or maybe Lyft...
the fact that employment is judging you based on your 'social media' posts - that sure puts a kibosh on any desire to truly express yourself in anything that is not vanilla-tame.
My employer does not have access to my "social media". I have never "friended" anyone I work with. If my employer "required" me to provide "social media" links, I would not work there.
Anyway, I work for the DoD, if they really want, I suppose they can access all my favorite cat videos and the inane things I chat about with my high school and college buddies.
The sex tapes and drunken debauchery on my phone that *does not* back-up on the "cloud", maybe they can get that, but it's never come up at any of my security clearance investigations...
Paranoia will destroy ya. I sleep well being open and honest about what kind of a pervert I am.
According to a corrupt and dieing so-called "anti-virus" company that sells a piece of malware to unsuspecting luddites, there COULD be a problem with some political app...
I would probably agree that such apps are poorly written and may very well be suspect. But Symantec doesn't rate high in my books as a "reliable source".
My guess is that they have a product that will take care of this issue.
It appears the Firefox-maker is all set to part ways with Thunderbird.
That's interesting, because I'm all set to part ways with Firefox.
It's been shown in the past that a large number of "members" of these sites, often the majority, are fake, either created by the site itself for marketing purposes (fraud), or "professionals" i.e. hookers.
There is a record for a 1 mile run in a bomb suit, though.
Army Times Story
This is why my kids aren't on social media and likely won't be until they are old enough to drive, and even then, maybe...
Are you sure ? Kids can be pretty sneaky and there is a strong desire to be part of the heard even if that's not how they see it.
Anyway, aren't there security settings that prevent non-friends or friends-of-friends seeing your Social Media prattle?
My Facebook is locked down tightly, and no one from work or remotely related to work is on my friend list, I mostly prattle on inanely about my favorite cat videos with high school and college friends that live thousands of miles away...
Don't call him hacker either after all "hacker" is a positive term...
You know as well as I do that is "politically correct" garbage. Good or bad, a hacker is a hacker, and "cracker" is a made-up term. Now, if you want to assign hat color (white, black), feel free. But please do give me this crap that a "black hat" hacker is not a hacker but rather something else because you want to reserve the Hip And Trendy term hacker for yourself... Seriously. That's bullshit.
According to Facebook security engineer Reginaldo Silva, the password-slurping malware was installed by another security researcher who had earlier poked around within Facebook's system in an attempt to snag a bug bounty.
And this is why I have a problem with this whole "terminology" of the so-called "security researcher". Facts are facts and who ever it was that installed and left malware that "slurped" passwords and usernames clearly was not a "security researcher", but rather a run-of-the-mill hacker , or call him (almost certainly a him) what every you want, but NOT a "security researcher".
The best favorability poll for Donald Trump ever taken, by the most pro-Trump polling company, only has him at about 32% favorability.
The problem is, candidates don't win or lose by "popular vote". At the end of the day, there is no real reason to vote in the "Big Election", because the electral college selects the winner, NOT THE POPULAR VOTE.
Says people in those countries who elect representatives that pass laws against violent biker gangs.
Paraphrase:
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...
Does Nye still have *any* cache in the "pop science" universe? Or is he now just one of Al Gore's friends and late night talk show fodder?
AT&T switches seized because known criminals were using it to communicate with one another. Also, all Postal Service trucks will be ordered off the roads as criminals are using them to mail illegal goods.
Thanks for your amusing but meaningless blather.
In fact this was network specifically designed for facilitating this that are illegal for good reasons.
Going from Win8 to Win10 meant I needed to find out where Microsoft moved a bunch of stuff I used. Now they're moving it all around again.
And how is this any different than the ever changing versions of Gnome and KDE?
Sure, I get it, "Micro$loth Suxors" and "Embrace, extinguish", and all the rest of the Microsoft hate.
But guess what? OS features change from version to version, and it's not just MS stuff. If you use a window layer such as Gnome or KDE, they too change significantly from version to version.
Seriously, grow up. If you want an MS operating system that works pretty good and you don't care for "bleeding edge", I'm sure you can find a Win 2000 Server or NT disc or - throw caution to the wind - get a, XP disc...