Some of this stuff will probably just concern the free Technical Preview, but there's still a clear trend of Microsoft turning Windows into a datamining platform. It started with Windows 8 where they try to get the user to log into their own computer with a Microsoft account. It seems to be only getting worse.
I am running Windows 9.8 Secure Edition Update 1 HotFix 4 Pizza 2 with KB41592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816 (an off-band critical security update).
But even if ie 10 is an acceptable browser, it just proves that microsoft will produce a decent product only a last resort. When all the chips are down and they are loosing market share in a steady flow, then and only then does the prospect of not making a steaming pile of dogshit become feasible.
Yes, that seems to be true. I have always suspected that that was also the motivation in developing the NT6 foundation (which greatly improved security, stability and performance of Windows). Mac was getting more popular and Linux was getting rather good on the desktop.
Neither Win, Linux or AIO printer can write to it when the slider is under the closed padlock symbol, so I think the protection is electric airgap based, not just software magic.
It probably controls the write protect pin of the USB flash controller. For example pin 7 in UT163.
Wine is not an emulator. The application code runs on bare CPU just like they do on Windows. However, if Wine implements faster API code than Windows, then we see performance improvement when we branch to those functions. I have heard that some games already run faster with Wine than under Windows.
I just installed the Technical Preview on an LG LW25 laptop (T2400, 2GB, 945GM, 3945ABG) and it runs very smoothly. However carried from 8.x is a problem where this WiFi card causes audio buffer underruns.
the Xen project privately fixed the bug and waited until all the major Xen deployments were patched before any details were released. Isn't this the way that all open-source projects should fix security issues?
I do see value in that approach. When a vulnerability is found, it's better to report it discretely to the authors. Shouting the details to the world in the name of "openness" just causes script kiddies to go wild and nuke a bunch of machines which could have been otherwise avoided.
I always wonder the same when I hear about resveratrol in wine or vitamins and fluorides in beer. Ethanol and its cousin compounds will likely do more damage than the good stuff does good. Have one beer per day for the unwinding relaxation from the alcohol if you want to, but that's about it, I says.
Haha, I was thinking the same. Someone at Microsoft was reading one of those lists: "Windows 7 good...Windows 8 bad...Windows 8.1 good...Windows 9...aha! We're skipping that one!"
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Some of this stuff will probably just concern the free Technical Preview, but there's still a clear trend of Microsoft turning Windows into a datamining platform. It started with Windows 8 where they try to get the user to log into their own computer with a Microsoft account. It seems to be only getting worse.
That is somewhat clunky lifestyle, which in turn is the reason why so many want to be in Facebook despite the datamining concerns.
I am running Windows 9.8 Secure Edition Update 1 HotFix 4 Pizza 2 with KB41592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816 (an off-band critical security update).
So you've obviously lost your sense of taste.
Huh? He didn't say that he was part of the Windows Team.
It was Sun Microsystems which invented Java. :)
But even if ie 10 is an acceptable browser, it just proves that microsoft will produce a decent product only a last resort. When all the chips are down and they are loosing market share in a steady flow, then and only then does the prospect of not making a steaming pile of dogshit become feasible.
Yes, that seems to be true. I have always suspected that that was also the motivation in developing the NT6 foundation (which greatly improved security, stability and performance of Windows). Mac was getting more popular and Linux was getting rather good on the desktop.
Neither Win, Linux or AIO printer can write to it when the slider is under the closed padlock symbol, so I think the protection is electric airgap based, not just software magic.
It probably controls the write protect pin of the USB flash controller. For example pin 7 in UT163.
That is true.
GHz is a meaningless number these days. We do much more work per clock cycle.
Wine is not an emulator. The application code runs on bare CPU just like they do on Windows. However, if Wine implements faster API code than Windows, then we see performance improvement when we branch to those functions. I have heard that some games already run faster with Wine than under Windows.
It's not meaningless. The "committed" value does not include filesystem cache.
Back in the day, a PowerMac 9300 with 64 MB RAM was a monster machine for Photoshop and Pro Tools.
And because of that there are still a bunch of low-end PCs being sold
This is the real reason. For example new chips like the AMD E1-6010 and Celeron N2830 are even slower than an Core 2 Duo.
I just installed the Technical Preview on an LG LW25 laptop (T2400, 2GB, 945GM, 3945ABG) and it runs very smoothly. However carried from 8.x is a problem where this WiFi card causes audio buffer underruns.
the Xen project privately fixed the bug and waited until all the major Xen deployments were patched before any details were released. Isn't this the way that all open-source projects should fix security issues?
I do see value in that approach. When a vulnerability is found, it's better to report it discretely to the authors. Shouting the details to the world in the name of "openness" just causes script kiddies to go wild and nuke a bunch of machines which could have been otherwise avoided.
Most studies would probably conclude that a case a day is "just fucking terrible".
Additionally, most studies would probably conclude that any kind of binge drinking is "just fucking terrible".
Ahaa, I now found a way. Put "No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe" (in quotation marks) in Google and open the cached copy of that page.
In general the article talks about any amount of alcohol increasing cancer risk.
I always wonder the same when I hear about resveratrol in wine or vitamins and fluorides in beer. Ethanol and its cousin compounds will likely do more damage than the good stuff does good. Have one beer per day for the unwinding relaxation from the alcohol if you want to, but that's about it, I says.
You might find this article which claims otherwise, interesting:
"No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe" http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237
I would like to check it out, but it wants me to login. Can I see the article some other way?
Now that was some classic anti-Microsoft-rage.
Haha, I was thinking the same. Someone at Microsoft was reading one of those lists: "Windows 7 good...Windows 8 bad...Windows 8.1 good...Windows 9...aha! We're skipping that one!"
That's actually quite interesting. Something different to the traditional "good/bad" lists. :)
There's also a $81 tablet coming from PiPO.
"Pipo" means "beanie" in Finnish, by the way, hehheh.
Ok, thanks for the info.
Yes, the classic Windows 2000 look is quite nice too, it's just a shame that the compositor is turned off when you use a classic theme in Windows 7.