...Between his disastrous mismanagement of the war...
I'm really not fond of the term "mismanagement" in this situation, it downplays what it really is, which is a "shit-cock godawful complete fuck-up of anything and everything".
...Second off I don't really see the difference, instead of removing every attorney at the beginning of the term, why not wait til you see that their politics don't jive with your politics...
Because their actions are a matter of public record, and the incoming know what their politics are before they take their oath of office.
...But, the great minds at Microsoft and their Trusted Computing efforts appear to be spending more time on marketing and public relations and less time on even attempting to make a better product...
...Really, who uses animated anything on their desktops? It is always a performance hit. I completely disable all active desktop features immediately before using a computer with MS Windows installed...
That's fine for you, but have you seen an average consumer machine recently? Everything from animated wallpaper to rotating slide shows to OMGPONIES!!!!!! themes get installed - usually via Active X. You _are not_ the average user - the statement you made above proves that. The 'average joe' thinks his computer is appliance, like a toaster, because Bill Gates tells him it is.
Right, and as soon as its a truely criminal issue, they have the resources of the government behind them. But they already have that. At least, in the Ernie Ball copyright infringement case. "The audit was prompted by an anonymous call to the BSA's antipiracy hotline by a disgruntled ex-employee, and concluded when armed U.S. Marshals shut down his IT system during a raid of the company's offices"
I would also include lack of integrated mail/calendar/scheduling software. Yes you could go to another third party for that, but it would be nice for everything to be integrated and consistent for an "office suite". I use OOo under Linux, but I supplement it with Kmail/Kontact.
So you're saying that a Windows install in Lebanon doesn't do firewall/anti-virus updates, anti-spyware updates, Microsoft Patch-Tuesdays, auto-update defaulted to daily at 3 AM, Office updates, and Windows Genuine Advantage(TM) connections?
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I'm really not fond of the term "mismanagement" in this situation, it downplays what it really is, which is a "shit-cock godawful complete fuck-up of anything and everything".
Because their actions are a matter of public record, and the incoming know what their politics are before they take their oath of office.
Someone who does marketing is incapable of telling the truth. At least a lawyer can try.
Except they'll be Disney Staples(TM), so they'll have puppies and bunnies on them.
I really wish people would stop with all this "pretexting" bullshit. Call it what it is:
Fraud.
A GUI that's forced on you to take up valuable resources. And sound effects!
Yep, it was the 1966 World Book.
Now Microsoft's anti-spyware will absolutely flag it!
Yep, because things like World Book are _bastions_ of good information*.
*(Yes, this is an excerpt from the actual World Book Encyclopedia(TM) that I grew up with... absolutely no propaganda there... nope, not none.)
...because they show pictures of boobies. And won't SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!11!!oneone!!OMGWTFBBQ!!!!!
Five plus years and it's not mature?
$200 USD plus to buy it and $600-$1000 hardware to run it and it's not mature?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Joe user replies... "WTF is a frame buffer?? I just want to check my email!"
That's going into your file!
Maybe as an alien or something... have you seen her lately??
That's goatse scary.
You say that like it's a new thing.
That's fine for you, but have you seen an average consumer machine recently? Everything from animated wallpaper to rotating slide shows to OMGPONIES!!!!!! themes get installed - usually via Active X.
You _are not_ the average user - the statement you made above proves that. The 'average joe' thinks his computer is appliance, like a toaster, because Bill Gates tells him it is.
A decade ago it was screensavers... you've come a long way baby...
Yeah, and will Microsoft's anti-spyware detect doubleclick?
Now if they'd put that much into their security...
Oh shit, that's going into my file isn't it?
"The audit was prompted by an anonymous call to the BSA's antipiracy hotline by a disgruntled ex-employee, and concluded when armed U.S. Marshals shut down his IT system during a raid of the company's offices"
Armed U.S. Marshals enforcing a civil matter.
'By the people and for the people' my ass.
AKA "meet the new boss... same as the old boss".
I would also include lack of integrated mail/calendar/scheduling software. Yes you could go to another third party for that, but it would be nice for everything to be integrated and consistent for an "office suite". I use OOo under Linux, but I supplement it with Kmail/Kontact.
So you're saying that a Windows install in Lebanon doesn't do firewall/anti-virus updates, anti-spyware updates, Microsoft Patch-Tuesdays, auto-update defaulted to daily at 3 AM, Office updates, and Windows Genuine Advantage(TM) connections?
To be honest with you, I _would_ use that ISP versus one that doesn't dump the garbage traffic. I consider that a damn nice feature.
Then there's no hope for you.