You have to re-index? Seriously? IIS7 with the "image gallery" HTTP handler can do that in realtime... surely there is something for Apache to do the same?
And if anything, they should be taken to task for charging so much for music (in NZ, the prices go as high as $2.40 a track - fuck that), rather than the lack of DRM free music (I should note that the entire iTunes catalog is already DRM free, negating 33% of your comment).
Bear in mind that Google localises results, so it's possible that the GP was just really far away from most hardwood suppliers (in which case one could suggest that maybe GP should use the Yellow Pages instead of Google). The results are pretty terrible for us who are not in the US, as it still has a bad habit of favouring US link farms over local sites. Bing seems to do a better job of dumping those for now.
Internet Explorer is not just another application, it's a deeply embedded part of the OS. Microsoft has not removed it from Windows, all they've done is hide it from a few of the places it comes into play. It's still there, as part of Windows Explorer and the Control Panel and Windows Update and Windows Media Player.
No. IE is just as embedded as Safari. Which is to say, not at all. TRIDENT is used in a lot of places, just like how on a Mac WebKit is used in a lot of places.
The rest of it is Trident, which is to IE what Gecko is to Firefox. They are removing IE, but not Trident. Of course, you'll insist that isn't enough anyway, regardless that you can't remove WebKit from Mac OS or KHTML from KDE.
No, actually, I'd consider "charging for a fucking web browser in the first place" as the egregious business practice. I'm GLAD they crushed Netscape and their $39.95 USD browser. And Opera and their $29.99 USD browser.
You know, some tard is just going to reply to your question with "Apple is not a convicted monopolist" (whatever that means) as if it answers your question.
They always have let you do WGA without ActiveX. It downloads a program to your PC that runs and then generates a code you copy and paste into the confirmation page. If you meant Windows Update, then Vista and higher don't use the browser for that.
Actually, Microsoft's numbering is just as daft - Windows NT 4 was followed by Windows 2000 (NT 5), which was followed by Windows XP (NT 5.1), which was followed by Windows Vista (NT 6) and so on. You will note that 2000 and XP, which were pretty much light years apart, attracted only a.1 version upgrade, much like an OS X upgrade.
No, it's not a hijack, it's a fuck up. Microsoft's search people seem to have forgotten about "auto.search.msn.com" (which is the URL hit when you type random garbage into the address bar) and forwarded that to Bing. Now with the old MSN Search, it'd catch that "&PROV=GOOG" on the end of the URL and establish that meant you wanted to use Google. Bing doesn't yet recognise "&PROV" (stands for Provider) query strings, which they intend to fix.
That's an internal manual for the evangelists (which is actually a job title at MS) not any evidence whatsoever in response to the GPs question.
Also, when discussing Microsoft, anything from Groklaw should be dismissed out of hand due to incredible bias. Groklaw makes Fox News look fair and balanced (and accurate for that matter)
It's really not that hard. Click the little drop down beside the search box, and pick "Find More Search Providers". Two clicks, really. Google even features prominently on the (Microsoft-hosted) search engine page that appears.
Ignore the retards that will appear to say "get firefox" with some witty 4 item list (often including "???. Profit!" while clapping the bottom of their hands together in short bus glee.
Why would they put copy protection on the game anyway, they make most of their money selling subscriptions, not retail boxes. Besides, even if someone copies the game and subscribes to WoW, they probably make more profit on one month of subscription fees than whatever trickles through the retail chain back to Blizzard.
Yes, and they make more from people doing this too, since you need a retail CD key to upgrade an account from the trial version, and if you've copied a friend's game disk then you end up paying them $30 USD to generate you a CD key.
So using World of Warcraft as an example is a bit like comparing apples to Ford Corollas.
They'd probably remediate your PC for that. And why would you anyway? They're trying to enforce network security in the most efficient way possible. Quick nmap scans tell them that the Linux/Mac PCs are OK so they don't need to run CCA or similar agents, while they figure they can't trust the Windows users to maintain the security themselves (probably right to be honest -I use Windows primarily and still believe that most Windows users couldn't secure their way out of a paper bag). I mean, they could just ban Linux and Mac?
You'd be wrong there. VMWare, Virtual PC, Hyper V, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc, all emulate very specific sets of hardware, and it's VERY possible for software running on the virtualised system to detect that it's virtualised based on what hardware is present.
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IIS6 and above is not insecure. The problem was the Microsoft was shipping IIS5.
You have to re-index? Seriously? IIS7 with the "image gallery" HTTP handler can do that in realtime... surely there is something for Apache to do the same?
Works fine in Chrome. But hey, since when has Slashdot gone more than a week without screwing up the layout since the OSDN to Sourceforge change?
Dude. AAC is a standard format. Just like MP3.
And if anything, they should be taken to task for charging so much for music (in NZ, the prices go as high as $2.40 a track - fuck that), rather than the lack of DRM free music (I should note that the entire iTunes catalog is already DRM free, negating 33% of your comment).
What were you expecting from someone who worships at the feet of Jobs?
(And I actually own an iPod. Go figure)
My phone's search is powered by Yahoo!
Yes, Google has mobile search too, but no operator connections, so noone sees it by default.
Who are you kidding? You don't need to PAY News Corp to come up with crap! They do it all on their own!
So you'll be dropping Google then too?
Bear in mind that Google localises results, so it's possible that the GP was just really far away from most hardwood suppliers (in which case one could suggest that maybe GP should use the Yellow Pages instead of Google). The results are pretty terrible for us who are not in the US, as it still has a bad habit of favouring US link farms over local sites. Bing seems to do a better job of dumping those for now.
Why yes, yes it does.
That would be removing IE then. Since the control you are talking about is called Trident, which is Microsoft's version of Gecko or WebKit.
Internet Explorer is not just another application, it's a deeply embedded part of the OS. Microsoft has not removed it from Windows, all they've done is hide it from a few of the places it comes into play. It's still there, as part of Windows Explorer and the Control Panel and Windows Update and Windows Media Player.
No. IE is just as embedded as Safari. Which is to say, not at all. TRIDENT is used in a lot of places, just like how on a Mac WebKit is used in a lot of places.
The rest of it is Trident, which is to IE what Gecko is to Firefox. They are removing IE, but not Trident. Of course, you'll insist that isn't enough anyway, regardless that you can't remove WebKit from Mac OS or KHTML from KDE.
No, actually, I'd consider "charging for a fucking web browser in the first place" as the egregious business practice. I'm GLAD they crushed Netscape and their $39.95 USD browser. And Opera and their $29.99 USD browser.
You know, some tard is just going to reply to your question with "Apple is not a convicted monopolist" (whatever that means) as if it answers your question.
They always have let you do WGA without ActiveX. It downloads a program to your PC that runs and then generates a code you copy and paste into the confirmation page. If you meant Windows Update, then Vista and higher don't use the browser for that.
Actually, Microsoft's numbering is just as daft - Windows NT 4 was followed by Windows 2000 (NT 5), which was followed by Windows XP (NT 5.1), which was followed by Windows Vista (NT 6) and so on. You will note that 2000 and XP, which were pretty much light years apart, attracted only a .1 version upgrade, much like an OS X upgrade.
No, it's not a hijack, it's a fuck up. Microsoft's search people seem to have forgotten about "auto.search.msn.com" (which is the URL hit when you type random garbage into the address bar) and forwarded that to Bing. Now with the old MSN Search, it'd catch that "&PROV=GOOG" on the end of the URL and establish that meant you wanted to use Google. Bing doesn't yet recognise "&PROV" (stands for Provider) query strings, which they intend to fix.
That's an internal manual for the evangelists (which is actually a job title at MS) not any evidence whatsoever in response to the GPs question.
Also, when discussing Microsoft, anything from Groklaw should be dismissed out of hand due to incredible bias. Groklaw makes Fox News look fair and balanced (and accurate for that matter)
It's really not that hard. Click the little drop down beside the search box, and pick "Find More Search Providers". Two clicks, really. Google even features prominently on the (Microsoft-hosted) search engine page that appears.
Ignore the retards that will appear to say "get firefox" with some witty 4 item list (often including "???. Profit!" while clapping the bottom of their hands together in short bus glee.
This has exactly ZERO to do with Demigod, and how it plays and connects with other players.
Try again troll.
Why would they put copy protection on the game anyway, they make most of their money selling subscriptions, not retail boxes. Besides, even if someone copies the game and subscribes to WoW, they probably make more profit on one month of subscription fees than whatever trickles through the retail chain back to Blizzard.
Yes, and they make more from people doing this too, since you need a retail CD key to upgrade an account from the trial version, and if you've copied a friend's game disk then you end up paying them $30 USD to generate you a CD key.
So using World of Warcraft as an example is a bit like comparing apples to Ford Corollas.
Using equipment no university could afford. You obviously have no idea what a Juniper applicance would cost... ISPs don't use Cisco.
Also, you keep saying "spyware"... I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Oh, and you might have noticed, ISPs do have spam problems. And to a degree that would crush a smaller network - like a universitys.
They'd probably remediate your PC for that. And why would you anyway? They're trying to enforce network security in the most efficient way possible. Quick nmap scans tell them that the Linux/Mac PCs are OK so they don't need to run CCA or similar agents, while they figure they can't trust the Windows users to maintain the security themselves (probably right to be honest -I use Windows primarily and still believe that most Windows users couldn't secure their way out of a paper bag). I mean, they could just ban Linux and Mac?
You'd be wrong there. VMWare, Virtual PC, Hyper V, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc, all emulate very specific sets of hardware, and it's VERY possible for software running on the virtualised system to detect that it's virtualised based on what hardware is present.