So the Government gives them money and in return they are asked to perform some kind of service?
How is that in any possible way slavery? That is literally the definition of a job.
Why would it have anything to do with Open Source?? Oh look I'm on Slashdot, Microsoft are evil, Open Source bitch bitch bitch.
A bunch of accountants sat around and said "We need a bunch of computers", they then rang computer vendors who gave them prices, and they chose the cheapest and most reputable (I know it's Acer and that sounds dumb).
The accountants don't know the difference between Windows and Linux, if they were asked what Operating System to use I'm certain they'd of answered the one everybody already knows how to use. Not "Oh well fuck Open Source, so we'll go Microsoft cos we're evil".
Personally I think it's pretty cool the potential to create natural THC in other plants or even in our own cells. It goes from being something you have to smoke which has an association with cancer in peoples minds to something scientists can show they understand and can deliver to those in need of therapeutic THC in a form a little more friendly.
When 98 came out, it was a definite upgrade to 95, not to mention that quite a few games soon required 98SE.
But Vista/7? What's the big benefit compared to XP?
DirectX10? So what? Few games really require it, you can do without.
Sorry, but you're argument is kind of contradictory. (By the way, it's Direct X 11 you're thinking of) You're saying people had to upgrade to 98 because games required it, but not stating that negatively. But when people have to upgrade to 7 to play newer games, well they don't even need to play them apparently.
Just to point out though, Win 7 compared to XP: Better search, More secure (UAC), Libraries, Faster and Easier Networking (HomeGroup), DX11 Support, WMP12, IE9, Easier Migration (WET), Better Performance and Diagnostic tools, Much easier to Navigate (ie. Type literally whatever you're after in the start search box), As pointed out proper 64 bit and just literally so many little things that improve the user experience it's a headache having to use XP again.
From my experience having used 7 exclusively the last couple of years now, whenever I have to work on an XP machine it'll be buggy as shit, explorer will continually lock up if I try to work at the speed I can on 7, literally it can lock up for no visible reason whatsoever, memory and CPU will be at nothing, just you tried to do too much
But seriously all the things you've mentioned can be said about upgrading from 2K to XP. They are essentially the same OS underneath, all XP brang was a fancy skin and a couple of features that couple of been just introduced as a SP for 2K, definitely less than what 7 brings over XP wouldn't you agree? But you seem to have a huge hard on for XP. I'm guessing you've never used 7? Because if you did you'd eat your fucking hat when you realise 7 is 2 OS's ahead of XP in terms of performance and features, unlike XP that was released like a year after it's predecessor and is literally just eye candy ontop of that OS.
What I'm not talking about is what's the better browser. I use Chrome half the time, I love it. But for a corporate environment with many users sharing PCs and you require management of hundred's of PCs you use IE.
Shared PCs used by Nurses (We support primarily aged care computer systems) to enter data into whatever software or browser based solution the customer use. There's definitely a need for control of what software is installed. But due to other users that require more access (Lifestyle, Managers) and a few lazy customers that refuse to move to individual accounts we have to basically allow most content through and block installation of any software (Yes we should be using a solution like SteadyState or DeepFreeze but that hasn't happened for various reasons) using policy.
The message we try to give to users is close it, if you're not comfortable then call us (we do helpdesk support) and we'll jump on remotely and check for any infection.
Yes you're right, they're are plenty of times an infection can't be avoided, but there are time when it can be simply by hitting the X in the top right corner.
What in the heck does this complaint you have about Google have to do with the issue at hand?
That currently the Malware creators use very similar tactics to infect users (Popups advising the user is infected, Pages that look exactly like a Windows desktop with an infection popup etc). Users are told to close anything saying they have an infection for this reason.
That they didn't ask anyone if they even wanted this new "feature" like all the feature's they force down people throats (Preview, iGoogle Sidebar etc).
You mean exactly what creators of Malware do today to scare users into installing malicious software???
We've tried to train users for YEARS to instantly close anything saying they have a virus (any infection is reported silently back to us by the AV).
This is beyond a joke by Google. Yet another thing no one asked for, they didn't ask the community if they wanted it.
After having to install software restrictions to block Chrome, Google Toolbar, Google Sidebar (wtf), Google Desktop Search as well as locking down IE to stop Google changing preferences I have to say this may be the arrogant fuck up that makes us look at blocking Google completely.
You could always get a Commodore 64 and learn BASIC on it.
But what an awesome project that could be for an IT class. Find a PC at least say 15-20 years old and write a program on it.
What happened to the browser that was based on being slim and having add ons for everything? Firefox is slower than IE9 as it is, this is just all useless bloated shit no one ever asked for.
Telstra have been neglecting that infrastructure for the last 15 odd years.
How so? If I have the slightest problem with my phone line I call Telstra, and within days they have a tech onsite repairing or replacing whatever length of cable required, and if it's outside my property at no cost to me. How are they neglecting it in anyway?
HFC is also no real competitor to Fibre, it's a shared bus with a maximum speed of 100 Mb\s deployed in selected area's of 2 Australian cities
Shared 100Mb/s bus? Where did you pull that figure from? That would mean that myself on my 100Mbit plan could fuck over the 32 other people on my section, but that doesn't happen at all. And I'm not the only user on this section of cable with 100Mbit. And you're wrong about the cities. Optus and Telstra Cable are available Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and only Telstra in Adelaide and Perth.
and each link is a dedicated connection to the backbone.
No. You WILL be sharing with either 32 or 64 users back to a node that runs to the backbone. Can you imagine the cost or even the size of the cable to run each individual house back in spread out suburbs like here in Melbourne?
Try researching a single thing you say next time.
And so how long before you have what's happened in Australia?
We have always had download limits on all our broadband. Unless you wanted to pay $300 AUD + for a business connection.
But competition has happened, new ISP's have come and gone and now you can get unlimited or very high quota plans for around 60 AUD a month. Compare that to a few years ago when $60 would get you maybe 50gb if you were lucky. Even the big ISPs here are having to increase quotas due to the competition and the fact people are using more bandwidth. And I don't think we even have Netflix or anything like that readily available (or atleast mainstream).
Canada seems similar in attitude to Australia, so I don't see why competition wouldn't happen (ie one ISP makes a 36gb plan, then another releases a 40gb, and so on til you end up at unlimited anyway).
Why does your home PC need to even support IPv6? Just have IPv6 for the WAN interface on your router/modem and IPv4 on your internal network. Is there some problem with doing this I don't see?
Why does your PC have to even support IPv6? The user at no point even has to know what IPv6 is. All that needs it is from the ISP to your router, then just use IPv4 inside your network right?
You mean like the way Israel was created on the blood of the Palestinians who had lived there for how long?
Israel's friends came in and blew the Palestinians to shit and now Israel keep them literally fenced in, kept down.
Israel's equivalent to Hamas would be it's own armed forces, the amount of innocent Palestinians killed by them would far outweigh any damage from Hamas/Hezbollah.
Maybe read a book other than "America Fuck Yeah!"
"most can turn it off in Windows 7 without causing any trouble"
Anyone should definitly have IPv6 turned off inside your network on any machines, doesn't make any sense to be running v4 and v6 at the same time.
"Should you start to do a bit of reading about it? That's about the stage we're truly at, and the answer to that one is: yes"
No you shouldn't even have to think about it, the only place it's needed is from your modem to your ISP, which when they upgrade to v6 they will take care of it.
Slow day???
And also the user didn't pay this amount. Was all our equipment, just gave a price to give an idea how cheap you can have a good 60k link when the quoted post claimed wireless struggles to get over 100 metres.
3) Range. Even under pretty good conditions, wireless doesn't match up to the distance you can get from a normal Cat-6 run (100 meters). Of course you also have wired technology for longer runs (like fiber), or you can simply have a switch repeat the signal.
I recently worked as a wireless internet technician, setting up 60-70km wireless links using 200-300 AUD equipment using either 2.4ghz or 900mhz (external antenna with router built in). Speed was atleast 3-4 mbit/s at the lowest upto 10mbit on a decent connection. Plenty of speed for an internet connection
Kinda beats your shitty 100 metres : /
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So the Government gives them money and in return they are asked to perform some kind of service? How is that in any possible way slavery? That is literally the definition of a job.
Welcome our irradiated primate overlords. So this is how Planet of the Apes happened.
Why would it have anything to do with Open Source?? Oh look I'm on Slashdot, Microsoft are evil, Open Source bitch bitch bitch.
A bunch of accountants sat around and said "We need a bunch of computers", they then rang computer vendors who gave them prices, and they chose the cheapest and most reputable (I know it's Acer and that sounds dumb).
The accountants don't know the difference between Windows and Linux, if they were asked what Operating System to use I'm certain they'd of answered the one everybody already knows how to use. Not "Oh well fuck Open Source, so we'll go Microsoft cos we're evil".
Because luckily Slashdot isn't written for you.
Personally I think it's pretty cool the potential to create natural THC in other plants or even in our own cells. It goes from being something you have to smoke which has an association with cancer in peoples minds to something scientists can show they understand and can deliver to those in need of therapeutic THC in a form a little more friendly.
When 98 came out, it was a definite upgrade to 95, not to mention that quite a few games soon required 98SE.
But Vista/7? What's the big benefit compared to XP?
DirectX10? So what? Few games really require it, you can do without.
Sorry, but you're argument is kind of contradictory. (By the way, it's Direct X 11 you're thinking of) You're saying people had to upgrade to 98 because games required it, but not stating that negatively. But when people have to upgrade to 7 to play newer games, well they don't even need to play them apparently.
Just to point out though, Win 7 compared to XP: Better search, More secure (UAC), Libraries, Faster and Easier Networking (HomeGroup), DX11 Support, WMP12, IE9, Easier Migration (WET), Better Performance and Diagnostic tools, Much easier to Navigate (ie. Type literally whatever you're after in the start search box), As pointed out proper 64 bit and just literally so many little things that improve the user experience it's a headache having to use XP again.
From my experience having used 7 exclusively the last couple of years now, whenever I have to work on an XP machine it'll be buggy as shit, explorer will continually lock up if I try to work at the speed I can on 7, literally it can lock up for no visible reason whatsoever, memory and CPU will be at nothing, just you tried to do too much
But seriously all the things you've mentioned can be said about upgrading from 2K to XP. They are essentially the same OS underneath, all XP brang was a fancy skin and a couple of features that couple of been just introduced as a SP for 2K, definitely less than what 7 brings over XP wouldn't you agree? But you seem to have a huge hard on for XP. I'm guessing you've never used 7? Because if you did you'd eat your fucking hat when you realise 7 is 2 OS's ahead of XP in terms of performance and features, unlike XP that was released like a year after it's predecessor and is literally just eye candy ontop of that OS.
What I'm not talking about is what's the better browser. I use Chrome half the time, I love it. But for a corporate environment with many users sharing PCs and you require management of hundred's of PCs you use IE.
Shared PCs used by Nurses (We support primarily aged care computer systems) to enter data into whatever software or browser based solution the customer use. There's definitely a need for control of what software is installed. But due to other users that require more access (Lifestyle, Managers) and a few lazy customers that refuse to move to individual accounts we have to basically allow most content through and block installation of any software (Yes we should be using a solution like SteadyState or DeepFreeze but that hasn't happened for various reasons) using policy.
The message we try to give to users is close it, if you're not comfortable then call us (we do helpdesk support) and we'll jump on remotely and check for any infection.
Yes you're right, they're are plenty of times an infection can't be avoided, but there are time when it can be simply by hitting the X in the top right corner.
What in the heck does this complaint you have about Google have to do with the issue at hand?
That currently the Malware creators use very similar tactics to infect users (Popups advising the user is infected, Pages that look exactly like a Windows desktop with an infection popup etc). Users are told to close anything saying they have an infection for this reason.
That they didn't ask anyone if they even wanted this new "feature" like all the feature's they force down people throats (Preview, iGoogle Sidebar etc).
You mean exactly what creators of Malware do today to scare users into installing malicious software??? We've tried to train users for YEARS to instantly close anything saying they have a virus (any infection is reported silently back to us by the AV). This is beyond a joke by Google. Yet another thing no one asked for, they didn't ask the community if they wanted it. After having to install software restrictions to block Chrome, Google Toolbar, Google Sidebar (wtf), Google Desktop Search as well as locking down IE to stop Google changing preferences I have to say this may be the arrogant fuck up that makes us look at blocking Google completely.
You could always get a Commodore 64 and learn BASIC on it. But what an awesome project that could be for an IT class. Find a PC at least say 15-20 years old and write a program on it.
What happened to the browser that was based on being slim and having add ons for everything? Firefox is slower than IE9 as it is, this is just all useless bloated shit no one ever asked for.
Telstra have been neglecting that infrastructure for the last 15 odd years.
How so? If I have the slightest problem with my phone line I call Telstra, and within days they have a tech onsite repairing or replacing whatever length of cable required, and if it's outside my property at no cost to me. How are they neglecting it in anyway?
HFC is also no real competitor to Fibre, it's a shared bus with a maximum speed of 100 Mb\s deployed in selected area's of 2 Australian cities
Shared 100Mb/s bus? Where did you pull that figure from? That would mean that myself on my 100Mbit plan could fuck over the 32 other people on my section, but that doesn't happen at all. And I'm not the only user on this section of cable with 100Mbit. And you're wrong about the cities. Optus and Telstra Cable are available Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and only Telstra in Adelaide and Perth.
and each link is a dedicated connection to the backbone.
No. You WILL be sharing with either 32 or 64 users back to a node that runs to the backbone. Can you imagine the cost or even the size of the cable to run each individual house back in spread out suburbs like here in Melbourne? Try researching a single thing you say next time.
What was meant to show up for that search? None of the first 2 pages had anything to do with any money being funneled anywhere??
Actually it's more like if you went to the car dealer and made exact copies of the cars, then gave those away.
And so how long before you have what's happened in Australia? We have always had download limits on all our broadband. Unless you wanted to pay $300 AUD + for a business connection. But competition has happened, new ISP's have come and gone and now you can get unlimited or very high quota plans for around 60 AUD a month. Compare that to a few years ago when $60 would get you maybe 50gb if you were lucky. Even the big ISPs here are having to increase quotas due to the competition and the fact people are using more bandwidth. And I don't think we even have Netflix or anything like that readily available (or atleast mainstream). Canada seems similar in attitude to Australia, so I don't see why competition wouldn't happen (ie one ISP makes a 36gb plan, then another releases a 40gb, and so on til you end up at unlimited anyway).
Why does your home PC need to even support IPv6? Just have IPv6 for the WAN interface on your router/modem and IPv4 on your internal network. Is there some problem with doing this I don't see?
Why does your PC have to even support IPv6? The user at no point even has to know what IPv6 is. All that needs it is from the ISP to your router, then just use IPv4 inside your network right?
This is actually to root out communists, as any real American will not need a map, anyone who visits the FDR Memorial is clearly a commie.
You mean like the way Israel was created on the blood of the Palestinians who had lived there for how long? Israel's friends came in and blew the Palestinians to shit and now Israel keep them literally fenced in, kept down. Israel's equivalent to Hamas would be it's own armed forces, the amount of innocent Palestinians killed by them would far outweigh any damage from Hamas/Hezbollah. Maybe read a book other than "America Fuck Yeah!"
Maybe it's time to release the password to his insurance?
"most can turn it off in Windows 7 without causing any trouble" Anyone should definitly have IPv6 turned off inside your network on any machines, doesn't make any sense to be running v4 and v6 at the same time. "Should you start to do a bit of reading about it? That's about the stage we're truly at, and the answer to that one is: yes" No you shouldn't even have to think about it, the only place it's needed is from your modem to your ISP, which when they upgrade to v6 they will take care of it. Slow day???
And also the user didn't pay this amount. Was all our equipment, just gave a price to give an idea how cheap you can have a good 60k link when the quoted post claimed wireless struggles to get over 100 metres.
Yes, but a 60km wireless link sure beats 600 lengths of cat6 with switches 'repeating the signal'.
3) Range. Even under pretty good conditions, wireless doesn't match up to the distance you can get from a normal Cat-6 run (100 meters). Of course you also have wired technology for longer runs (like fiber), or you can simply have a switch repeat the signal.
I recently worked as a wireless internet technician, setting up 60-70km wireless links using 200-300 AUD equipment using either 2.4ghz or 900mhz (external antenna with router built in). Speed was atleast 3-4 mbit/s at the lowest upto 10mbit on a decent connection. Plenty of speed for an internet connection Kinda beats your shitty 100 metres : /