...Microsoft’s Customer Experience Improvement Program, an opt-in program...
I've read about instances where the "opt-in" was not really at the customer's discretion or direction.
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I've also experienced first-hand where Microsoft has changed update settings on my computers so that the tracking updates would be downloaded and installed, even though I had previously explicitly said that I did not want that to happen.
So the problem with the article you cite is that it seems to think that Microsoft actually follows preferences that are set by customers on customer PCs.
The more data harvesting Microsoft performs, the less helpful for me Windows becomes.
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I have a notebook that is used mainly for web browsing and email. Linux Mint was installed on that notebook (replacing Windows 7) over this past weekend.
It's been a couple of years since I had looked into Linux Mint, and I was very surprised at how far it has come. While I foresee the need to do a few more tweaks with Linux Mint in order to make it more comfortable, I see no need to revert to Windows on this notebook.
What really pissed me off about the data harvesting that Microsoft is doing with these updates is how Microsoft callously has ignored any wishes I had previously stated regarding my preferences for not harvesting data from my computers.
Not really. The article was far too-well written compared to the typical/. submission. That should be your first clue that it might be written by a PR person as an advertisement.
The first clue that the TPP was evil should have been the extreme secrecy surrounding it. The second clue should have been the main authors: corporations.
but I always go elsewhere when I need real information.
I'm curious. Where do you go for real information?
No one place that I can say, "I go here." Google tends to put Wikipedia at or near the top of search results. So I just look further down on the search results, and typically I find a truly authoritative site for the information I need.
Usually when people come into conflict with the regular editors its because the editor has found genuine fault with the edits....
"usually" but not "always", or even "most of the time", in my experience.
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My experiences have nothing to do with the hot-button issues of climate change or other tin-foil-hat "denier" items.
For example, in one instance the summary of a TV episode was wrong. I had just watch the episode on DVD, and I was curious about something in the episode, so one of the items I checked was the Wikipedia article about the episode. Having just finished watching the episode, I noticed a spot where the summary was wrong. I even re-watched that portion of the episode, and the summary was indeed wrong. So I found an online transcript of the episode, checked it to be sure it matched the DVD episode, and then edited the article (with a pointer to the online transcript).
The hovering editor would not let my edit go through (i.e., he reverted my edit) because it did not agree with the version of the summary that he had posted.
When I pointed to the transcript, the editor then said he rejected my edit because I had used an incorrect tense for the verb in one of my sentences. (If he were interested in the accuracy of the article, why didn't he just correct the tense of the verb?)
At that point I realized the hovering editor would reject anything that changed his version of the summary, so I just punted. The whole episode confirmed what I had heard about Wikipedia, and started me on the path to forming the opinion of Wikipedia that I currently hold, i.e., that Wikipedia is entertaining, but don't go there to verify information.
You know, those people with nothing else to do in their lives except make sure that a Wikipedia article represents their view, in spite of factual evidence posted to the contrary??
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There are still too many tin-foil-hat editors on Wikipedia, making Wikipedia nice, even entertaining, to read, but I always go elsewhere when I need real information.
If you publish a list, you then obligate yourself to keep that list up-to-date, not only by adding new addresses, but also by removing old addresses that no longer spam.
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Many, many spamming IP addresses are hijacked hosts that are cleaned up eventually. Are you planning to ban those IP addresses permanently?
So I ask the question, how frequently do you plan top re-validate the addresses that are on your list as still spamming?
...Lithium batteries are widely used because of their high energy density: in other words, their ability to store a lot of energy in a lightweight, compact form. But they have a tendency to cause expensive machinery to go up in smoke....
Poettering is following the philosophy that has created nearly every piece of bloated software that is in existence today: the design is not complete unless there is nothing more than can be added. Bloated software feeds upon the constant influx of new features, regardless of whether those new features are appropriate or not. They are new therefore they are justified.
. You know you have achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Or your test was demonstrably incorrect, as it does not test the concept I stated. You showed that the shipping changes when multiple items are purchased. You did not show that the price of the mouse has shipping costs built in already, and that you were paying extra for shipping you had already paid for.
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...Microsoft’s Customer Experience Improvement Program, an opt-in program...
I've read about instances where the "opt-in" was not really at the customer's discretion or direction.
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I've also experienced first-hand where Microsoft has changed update settings on my computers so that the tracking updates would be downloaded and installed, even though I had previously explicitly said that I did not want that to happen.
So the problem with the article you cite is that it seems to think that Microsoft actually follows preferences that are set by customers on customer PCs.
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I have a notebook that is used mainly for web browsing and email. Linux Mint was installed on that notebook (replacing Windows 7) over this past weekend.
It's been a couple of years since I had looked into Linux Mint, and I was very surprised at how far it has come. While I foresee the need to do a few more tweaks with Linux Mint in order to make it more comfortable, I see no need to revert to Windows on this notebook.
What really pissed me off about the data harvesting that Microsoft is doing with these updates is how Microsoft callously has ignored any wishes I had previously stated regarding my preferences for not harvesting data from my computers.
Not really. The article was far too-well written compared to the typical /. submission. That should be your first clue that it might be written by a PR person as an advertisement.
It sure is written like a press release.
The first clue that the TPP was evil should have been the extreme secrecy surrounding it. The second clue should have been the main authors: corporations.
It's been nice working with ya.
They're a pre-market start-up. ;)
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Or more likely, yet another company trying to sell its product that will make the need for software engineers obsolete.
Self-writing code!!!
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always = 100%
most of the time ~ 90 to 99%
usually ~ 70 to 89%
I'll admit that my interpretations thereof may not agree with your interpretations. :)
I'm curious. Where do you go for real information?
No one place that I can say, "I go here." Google tends to put Wikipedia at or near the top of search results. So I just look further down on the search results, and typically I find a truly authoritative site for the information I need.
Usually when people come into conflict with the regular editors its because the editor has found genuine fault with the edits....
"usually" but not "always", or even "most of the time", in my experience.
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My experiences have nothing to do with the hot-button issues of climate change or other tin-foil-hat "denier" items.
For example, in one instance the summary of a TV episode was wrong. I had just watch the episode on DVD, and I was curious about something in the episode, so one of the items I checked was the Wikipedia article about the episode. Having just finished watching the episode, I noticed a spot where the summary was wrong. I even re-watched that portion of the episode, and the summary was indeed wrong. So I found an online transcript of the episode, checked it to be sure it matched the DVD episode, and then edited the article (with a pointer to the online transcript).
The hovering editor would not let my edit go through (i.e., he reverted my edit) because it did not agree with the version of the summary that he had posted.
When I pointed to the transcript, the editor then said he rejected my edit because I had used an incorrect tense for the verb in one of my sentences. (If he were interested in the accuracy of the article, why didn't he just correct the tense of the verb?)
At that point I realized the hovering editor would reject anything that changed his version of the summary, so I just punted. The whole episode confirmed what I had heard about Wikipedia, and started me on the path to forming the opinion of Wikipedia that I currently hold, i.e., that Wikipedia is entertaining, but don't go there to verify information.
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There are still too many tin-foil-hat editors on Wikipedia, making Wikipedia nice, even entertaining, to read, but I always go elsewhere when I need real information.
Seriously, the power and frequency range needed to do this will have serious warming effects upon water-based tissue.
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Many, many spamming IP addresses are hijacked hosts that are cleaned up eventually. Are you planning to ban those IP addresses permanently?
So I ask the question, how frequently do you plan top re-validate the addresses that are on your list as still spamming?
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The money I save via the solar panels, I'll probably lose due to the higher fire insurance premiums.
Why lithium batteries keep catching fire
...Lithium batteries are widely used because of their high energy density: in other words, their ability to store a lot of energy in a lightweight, compact form. But they have a tendency to cause expensive machinery to go up in smoke....
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Now another Republican candidate wants to put bar codes on the people to track them.
Have the Republicans gone insane?
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systemd is on the way to turning a sleek, efficient Linux distribution into one loaded with awesome bloatware.
And it looks like there is no stopping Poettering's ego now that it's been unleashed.
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You know you have achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
... Lennart Poettering's long story short: "`su` is really a broken concept. ...
So every command that Poettering thinks may be broken is added to the already bloated systemd?
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How long before there is nothing left to GNU/Linux besides the Linux kernel and systemd?
...Horn and his team have managed to achieve a 22% reduction in file size for JPEG images without any notable loss in image quality....
Without any notable loss in image quality.
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Hmmm... that does not sound like "bit-exact" to me.
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Sounds like good, self-serving logic for the NSA.
It wouldn't surprise me if the statistic held true across all industries.
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The constant updating of our knowledge as we learn new things?
Amazon sits on those orders for nearly a week before they are shipped.
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Only if you explicitly select their slowest shipping methods.
Yup. I am not a member of Prime, and I select the free shipping, which is the slow method you mention.
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I can order the same item elsewhere for a price+shipping that is cheaper than Amazon, and get it in a day .
Thanks for agreeing with me.
So your statement is demonstrably false.
Or your test was demonstrably incorrect, as it does not test the concept I stated. You showed that the shipping changes when multiple items are purchased. You did not show that the price of the mouse has shipping costs built in already, and that you were paying extra for shipping you had already paid for.