I'm sure you could Google "linux on (random electronic device)" and find at least one person trying to make it happen. Case in point, albeit not the best example.
I'd say that's a different case entirely. You're not necessarily choosing to pay for Windows, but instead choosing not to be hassled with corporate runaround to get a refund. There's nothing wrong with that at all.
They could always hire a bunch of high school script kiddies to install their random preferred Linux distros on every machine in the company, and they could do it for pennies on the dollar. But then they'd end up with something like... 50% Gentoo, 10% Slackware, 5% Ubuntu (lol n00b u use failbuntu), 20% Red Hat/CentOS, 14.8% pure backdoor scripts, and 0.2% traces of Solaris, Windows, and various alternative operating systems.
It sounds like some sort of perverted technoecosystem that might be interesting to see...
That's assuming the elderly user you're working with knows about Firefox or even cares. Of course even with Windows I'd be sure to nuke every possible way for them to fine IE and make sure they use Firefox. So I suppose I agree with you somewhat.
The simple fact that Linux isn't Windows doesn't inherently make it better, either. Arguable, yes, but hopefully the point is gotten. But while my parents use Xubuntu and are fine with it, they do have their gripes. They come from long time use of Windows, so the transition was somewhat difficult. The only reason I didn't just set them back up with XP is due to fact that setting up a thumbdrive live distro of Xubuntu was easier than replacing the optical drive in their laptop (works fine, but you can't boot from it for whatever reason that doesn't matter anymore).
Honestly, I don't think OS matters for users that only need, say, email, a browser, and a word processor. You could probably get away with something like MenuetOS.
The only reason I stick with Windows is because it's more work than it's worth to get a decent music production setup in Linux. I'm stuck with Windows and OS X for that.
Actually, my grandma really liked XP, but she got a new computer recently that came with Vista and, well, you get the idea. Linux isn't always the answer! She's comfortable with XP, so I see no reason to set her up with something completely different (which includes Vista and Ubuntu).
The original post was by someone named "girlintraining." Now, considering that Kagura is a female name, we can assume you finished your training and are now a full fledged girl!
The specific problem here is that they feel it makes it ok to use SecuROM if they provide instructions for remove all traces of it. There shouldn't be any special instructions for removing anything. In fact, I imagine it'd have been just as much or even less work to add a couple lines to their uninstaller script that removes everything for you instead of the end user being forced to do it themselves. So instead of preventing any piracy (because DRM has been so effective at preventing piracy in the past) they've simply inconvenienced and, assuming they know anything about SecuROM, intentionally created problems for legitimate buyers.
Personally, I believe it has to be a trifecta. I've successfully gotten back to work after combinations of the three, but never tried all three at once.
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That's assuming the Chinese are allowed to disagree with their government.
char crypt(char v[])
{
char[14] ret = "encrypteddata";
return ret;
}
Let's see someone crack THAT!
Ok, ok, it's technically crackable because everything gets the same result, so therefore the possible encrypted data is an infinite number of possibilities. But that's the beauty of it!
Now back to your regularly scheduled thread of people who have a better understanding of encryption than I do.
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I'm sure you could Google "linux on (random electronic device)" and find at least one person trying to make it happen. Case in point, albeit not the best example.
I'd say that's a different case entirely. You're not necessarily choosing to pay for Windows, but instead choosing not to be hassled with corporate runaround to get a refund. There's nothing wrong with that at all.
Most people still believe Apples are only capable of using one-button mice (mouses?) as well.
They could always hire a bunch of high school script kiddies to install their random preferred Linux distros on every machine in the company, and they could do it for pennies on the dollar. But then they'd end up with something like... 50% Gentoo, 10% Slackware, 5% Ubuntu (lol n00b u use failbuntu), 20% Red Hat/CentOS, 14.8% pure backdoor scripts, and 0.2% traces of Solaris, Windows, and various alternative operating systems.
It sounds like some sort of perverted technoecosystem that might be interesting to see...
That begs the question... is it REALLY over?
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And YES, I realize your user ID is lower than mine.
Until you view it as NTSC, then it's 29,970 words per second. Unfortunately it's worth less in Europe, only 25,000 words per second.
That's assuming the elderly user you're working with knows about Firefox or even cares. Of course even with Windows I'd be sure to nuke every possible way for them to fine IE and make sure they use Firefox. So I suppose I agree with you somewhat.
The simple fact that Linux isn't Windows doesn't inherently make it better, either. Arguable, yes, but hopefully the point is gotten. But while my parents use Xubuntu and are fine with it, they do have their gripes. They come from long time use of Windows, so the transition was somewhat difficult. The only reason I didn't just set them back up with XP is due to fact that setting up a thumbdrive live distro of Xubuntu was easier than replacing the optical drive in their laptop (works fine, but you can't boot from it for whatever reason that doesn't matter anymore).
Honestly, I don't think OS matters for users that only need, say, email, a browser, and a word processor. You could probably get away with something like MenuetOS.
The only reason I stick with Windows is because it's more work than it's worth to get a decent music production setup in Linux. I'm stuck with Windows and OS X for that.
Actually, my grandma really liked XP, but she got a new computer recently that came with Vista and, well, you get the idea. Linux isn't always the answer! She's comfortable with XP, so I see no reason to set her up with something completely different (which includes Vista and Ubuntu).
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idk my bff jill?
Seems more like Anonymous to me.
I'd rather play D&D than watch. Ooohoho, I'm so clever.
Oh, oh, you were talking about sex.
The original post was by someone named "girlintraining." Now, considering that Kagura is a female name, we can assume you finished your training and are now a full fledged girl!
The specific problem here is that they feel it makes it ok to use SecuROM if they provide instructions for remove all traces of it. There shouldn't be any special instructions for removing anything. In fact, I imagine it'd have been just as much or even less work to add a couple lines to their uninstaller script that removes everything for you instead of the end user being forced to do it themselves. So instead of preventing any piracy (because DRM has been so effective at preventing piracy in the past) they've simply inconvenienced and, assuming they know anything about SecuROM, intentionally created problems for legitimate buyers.
Personally, I believe it has to be a trifecta. I've successfully gotten back to work after combinations of the three, but never tried all three at once.
That's assuming the Chinese are allowed to disagree with their government.
I was going to make a Duron Duron, Intel Mac joke but then I remembered that the song is by Flock of Seagulls. Nevermind.
Basically, just buy a woman.
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char crypt(char v[])
{
char[14] ret = "encrypteddata";
return ret;
}
Let's see someone crack THAT!
Ok, ok, it's technically crackable because everything gets the same result, so therefore the possible encrypted data is an infinite number of possibilities. But that's the beauty of it!
Now back to your regularly scheduled thread of people who have a better understanding of encryption than I do.