ICANN should be investigates by the FBI for those reasons. Wont happen. The US government isn't dumb enough to interfere directly in ICANN operations with the eyes of every country of the planet already glaring at them asking "for what reason does the US control the internet?"
And heck, they're right! Why should the very core of the internet be controlled by the laws of a single government?
Which government? Because out of necessity, no government should have complete control over the very core of the internet (and as at this point, no government does). So "the" government can't step in and tell anyone "No", because it's not any government's exclusive domain to make that call.
As to Elements, I am about 3% into graphics (not my thing), but for that, Paint.NET is GREAT! I know, I know... its from M$. No it's not. It's from Rick Brewster, of dotPDN, LLC.
Except that... get this... FLASH HAS A BROKER PROCESS. Protected mode cannot stop Flash doing stupid stuff because Adobe in their infinite wisdom decided they really needed that unfettered system access and created a Flash Broker. And to top it off, the Flash installer adds the Flash Broker as a "Don't prompt me again for allowing this application outside protected mode to be called" program.
I don't even know why Microsoft bothers trying to secure stuff when morons like Adobe just go and fuck it up.
I'm still confused. You're still using arguments against OOXML standardising which would also count as arguments against ODF standardising because they aren't relevant to anything.
And what's "a flamebait"? Also, I hate to break it to you, but flamebait implies an intentional effort to generate negative responses, not just any opinion which defies the group-think. There is no "-1 Disagree" for a reason, and "-1 Flamebait" is not a substitute.
There is no "service" that is launched. The auto reboot is generated by the blue screen (which you don't see because, well, it doesn't really take that long to generate a crash dump). And it certainly doesn't do it for "marketing purposes" because on your next boot you're greeted by a message telling you the machine has just rebooted from a blue screen and asking if you want to bitch at... I mean, send this error to Microsoft. What was the last version of Windows you actually used, 98?
Grateful for Slysoft? Why? all they do is repackage Elby software (and where applicable, someone else's) anyway.
But w/r/t to the DRM, Microsoft is not entirely to blame (but not entirely blameless either) - implementing such hugely integrated mechanisms is a requirement from the MPAA (who are already universally hated) to support High Definition movie formats. By contrast, Linux will never legally support HD formats (Blu-ray, HD DVD)
..given that drivers have always been windows's leading cause of instability. The only performance-impacting difference between datacenter and other editions of windows servers (a difference of two 9s) is that datacenter only ships on OEM hardware with signed drivers Bzzzt... wrong. Datacentre ships either OEM, or via Volume License agreements. The High Availability Program is only available from OEMs, but that's the only restriction.
Maybe in magic-fairy-land that would work. But in the real world, if vendors did go ahead and open their code, people would copy it. Like it or not, people in general are selfish and greedy. If the source for Windows were available, do you honestly believe people would pay for it?
Actually, if the OS itself crashes the details are still logged. The blue screen is more than just a confusing, evil, screen. It's actually the point the kernel generates a crash dump file and on the next successful startup, the reporting tool will send the report. Personally, I've never seen a bluescreen. Well, actually my laptop does occasionally, but it always blames a hard disk fault (amusingly, it admits that a system component is what bluescreened)
Your "How Signing Certificates Work" article is incorrect. It claims the Apple program is the cheapest available program at $99. However, this ignores that the total start up cost to develop for Windows Mobile is $0, $99 cheaper than Apple's developer program, clearly making the Microsoft platform the cheapest to develop for. (It should also be noted that unlike with the iPhone platform, you are not forced into distributing via Microsoft simply by virtue of developing a Windows Mobile application too)
I think he's the counterpart to the Microsoft section's "twitter", who cannot seem to spell Windows or Microsoft (or even MS). There's one for the Linux section too, who constantly spells "Linux" as "teh lunix"
No seriously. In this day and age, like it or not, the majority of music in the world "owned" by non-tech folks is in MP3, AAC, or WMA. Two of those formats are commonly DRMed too.
Well, they could get a server in a datacentre in the US and either RDP or VNC to it. Since the only thing being transmitted then becomes images, the Shield wouldn't be able to do anything useful with it.
No, OOXML is XML. So's ODF. If that's your argument, NEITHER format should be allowed to standardise.
Interesting though that you didn't mention that the ODF format extends to more than just documents (that OpenDocument name really sucks for ambiguity) but rather decided to make a bunch of completely irrelevant statements. It's how I know I'm on Slashdot.
Kinda funny that, I really should have noticed. Another poster had a list of "twitter alts" including one (to gnutoo I believe) saying how when called out on his sockpuppeting, he acts dumb. It took me about 30 seconds to realise the "calling-out" post looked familiar - because I wrote it. It was also notably lacking on "M$" so I'm not sure why it didn't sink in today.
That said, him and DBCS (Roughly Drafted writer) have a lot in common on the Apple stories...
Another interesting example that should hit closer to home here on slashdot is how difficult mysql.com makes it to download the community edition. I don't know why that doesn't cause the same wailing and gnashing of teeth that finding the unbundled quicktime installer does.
Huh? I got it in two clicks!
Start at www.mysql.com Click "Downloads" (under Test Drive) Click "Download" (under the massive "MySql Community Edition" heading)
WRONG WRONG WRONG! Sorry, had to use all caps, because that post is literally all wrong.
iTunes on Windows never, ever, loads WebKit binaries. You can even view the dependencies with several freely available tools. iTunes does not, and probably will not, require WebKit to be installed or updated.
You covered off how it says it's an update to existing software in your first post in this thread:
Let's see. Apple Software Update popped up a window... The program is clearly an updater. It has no place trying to install other stuff by default (note when Windows Update wants to install new software, it always unchecks it by default)
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And heck, they're right! Why should the very core of the internet be controlled by the laws of a single government?
No, .us is the property of the US. .COM, .ORG, and .NET are the International TLDs (not ccTLDs) and belong to "no one in particular"
Which government? Because out of necessity, no government should have complete control over the very core of the internet (and as at this point, no government does). So "the" government can't step in and tell anyone "No", because it's not any government's exclusive domain to make that call.
I know, I know... its from M$. No it's not. It's from Rick Brewster, of dotPDN, LLC.
Except that... get this... FLASH HAS A BROKER PROCESS. Protected mode cannot stop Flash doing stupid stuff because Adobe in their infinite wisdom decided they really needed that unfettered system access and created a Flash Broker. And to top it off, the Flash installer adds the Flash Broker as a "Don't prompt me again for allowing this application outside protected mode to be called" program.
I don't even know why Microsoft bothers trying to secure stuff when morons like Adobe just go and fuck it up.
I'm still confused. You're still using arguments against OOXML standardising which would also count as arguments against ODF standardising because they aren't relevant to anything.
And what's "a flamebait"? Also, I hate to break it to you, but flamebait implies an intentional effort to generate negative responses, not just any opinion which defies the group-think. There is no "-1 Disagree" for a reason, and "-1 Flamebait" is not a substitute.
What the fuck are you talking about twitter?
There is no "service" that is launched. The auto reboot is generated by the blue screen (which you don't see because, well, it doesn't really take that long to generate a crash dump). And it certainly doesn't do it for "marketing purposes" because on your next boot you're greeted by a message telling you the machine has just rebooted from a blue screen and asking if you want to bitch at... I mean, send this error to Microsoft. What was the last version of Windows you actually used, 98?
Grateful for Slysoft? Why? all they do is repackage Elby software (and where applicable, someone else's) anyway.
But w/r/t to the DRM, Microsoft is not entirely to blame (but not entirely blameless either) - implementing such hugely integrated mechanisms is a requirement from the MPAA (who are already universally hated) to support High Definition movie formats. By contrast, Linux will never legally support HD formats (Blu-ray, HD DVD)
..given that drivers have always been windows's leading cause of instability. The only performance-impacting difference between datacenter and other editions of windows servers (a difference of two 9s) is that datacenter only ships on OEM hardware with signed drivers Bzzzt... wrong. Datacentre ships either OEM, or via Volume License agreements. The High Availability Program is only available from OEMs, but that's the only restriction.Maybe in magic-fairy-land that would work. But in the real world, if vendors did go ahead and open their code, people would copy it. Like it or not, people in general are selfish and greedy. If the source for Windows were available, do you honestly believe people would pay for it?
If there's anyone that can crash a Windows Kernel faster than Nvidia or ATI, it's Lexmark.
Actually, if the OS itself crashes the details are still logged. The blue screen is more than just a confusing, evil, screen. It's actually the point the kernel generates a crash dump file and on the next successful startup, the reporting tool will send the report. Personally, I've never seen a bluescreen. Well, actually my laptop does occasionally, but it always blames a hard disk fault (amusingly, it admits that a system component is what bluescreened)
I checked my RAM. Nope, not 2GB. Running smoothly too.
Shut up twitter.
Your "How Signing Certificates Work" article is incorrect. It claims the Apple program is the cheapest available program at $99. However, this ignores that the total start up cost to develop for Windows Mobile is $0, $99 cheaper than Apple's developer program, clearly making the Microsoft platform the cheapest to develop for. (It should also be noted that unlike with the iPhone platform, you are not forced into distributing via Microsoft simply by virtue of developing a Windows Mobile application too)
I think he's the counterpart to the Microsoft section's "twitter", who cannot seem to spell Windows or Microsoft (or even MS). There's one for the Linux section too, who constantly spells "Linux" as "teh lunix"
So, all three of you then?
No seriously. In this day and age, like it or not, the majority of music in the world "owned" by non-tech folks is in MP3, AAC, or WMA. Two of those formats are commonly DRMed too.
The answer is here.
Wow. Our local division must be real cheap. For us, they just print "Microsoft" on a normal pen and hand them out.
Well, they could get a server in a datacentre in the US and either RDP or VNC to it. Since the only thing being transmitted then becomes images, the Shield wouldn't be able to do anything useful with it.
Yeah, but you don't control the gateway, which would forcibly terminate the connection anyway.
Interesting though that you didn't mention that the ODF format extends to more than just documents (that OpenDocument name really sucks for ambiguity) but rather decided to make a bunch of completely irrelevant statements. It's how I know I'm on Slashdot.
Kinda funny that, I really should have noticed. Another poster had a list of "twitter alts" including one (to gnutoo I believe) saying how when called out on his sockpuppeting, he acts dumb. It took me about 30 seconds to realise the "calling-out" post looked familiar - because I wrote it. It was also notably lacking on "M$" so I'm not sure why it didn't sink in today.
That said, him and DBCS (Roughly Drafted writer) have a lot in common on the Apple stories...
Another interesting example that should hit closer to home here on slashdot is how difficult mysql.com makes it to download the community edition. I don't know why that doesn't cause the same wailing and gnashing of teeth that finding the unbundled quicktime installer does.
Huh? I got it in two clicks!Start at www.mysql.com
Click "Downloads" (under Test Drive)
Click "Download" (under the massive "MySql Community Edition" heading)
WRONG WRONG WRONG! Sorry, had to use all caps, because that post is literally all wrong.
iTunes on Windows never, ever, loads WebKit binaries. You can even view the dependencies with several freely available tools. iTunes does not, and probably will not, require WebKit to be installed or updated.