We're gonna have another IE6 on our hands in a few years time - every other browser (and maybe IE9, IE10 and so on) will (hopefully) be implementing HTML5 properly in the future but XP users will be stuck with IE8 so websites will never you be able to make the switch to HTML5 (replacing Flash with etc..) because of having to support IE8
So they can suggest youtube videos based on what we watched before
If they really wanted to, they could still manage this.. encrypt the logs with your youtube account password, and then then using the Ajax/Zero Knowlege App ideas that we had an article about the other day (http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1416238), ensure that decryption of that data in done at the user end...
..that they will be more usable than the current 'security tools' we get with IE7 which serve the purpose of securing IE by making it so annoying that no-one wants to use it..
I mean that security bar thing that appears below the address bar for example when you want to download something. "Are you sure you want to download this file? It may contain viruses, malware, zombies, ghosts, or even the mother-in-law amongst other Scary Things (tm)?" YES! Why no "Don't ask me again, I'm smart enough to know what I'm downloading thanks" option....
Ahem, rant over sorry.. But please MS, try harder this time..
Yes, me. No I'm not an MS fanboy; I accept that Vista is not perfect.
But having just built a new PC (about a year ago) it was the most practical choice. Sure XP was available still then. But how long for? And long would updates be available for available for? I resent the idea of buying XP and then shelling out for Vista some time later anyway.
Linux? Well nice idea, and I do have Ubuntu on another drive (eventually - problems with the installer not recognising my SATA DVDRW drive). But until *everything* works, e.g. tv tuner card, webcam, bluetooth, Guitar Rig to name a few things that don't, I can't say that, as much as I want to be, I'm that inclined to switch permenantly.
Like I said I know Vista isn't great but it's wrong to suggest in TFS that there's something wrong with voluntarilly choosing Vista. By the way, this is not intended as a troll, just MHO.
..that Open Source code is of quality, but at least the point of things like the GPL is that you have the power to change that, and improve that code..
.. this shows that Microsoft are not misguided/stupid enough to genuinely believe Vista is a Good Operating System.. Let's hope they learn from these mistakes before Windows 7 comes out.
From a BBC News article on this: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6998490.stm)
"Meanwhile, in the world of servers the fight is still on, with a new kid on the block - the open-source Linux operating system - making as strong gains in the market as Microsoft."
(bold mine)
I mean really.. new kid on the block? who is writing these?
IMHO, given that the university is providing an Internet service to the students, they should be obliged to follow the same laws/rules/whatever as a standard ISP, even if that includes ratting out their 'customers' who have been suspected of comitting a crime.
every time we have a story like this it is assumed that the University should help protect students from the consequences of their (potentially) illegal actions..
err.. why?
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This is the daily mail, pretty pointless reading anything they say without a quick fact check FTFY
We're gonna have another IE6 on our hands in a few years time - every other browser (and maybe IE9, IE10 and so on) will (hopefully) be implementing HTML5 properly in the future but XP users will be stuck with IE8 so websites will never you be able to make the switch to HTML5 (replacing Flash with etc..) because of having to support IE8
"This grammar is problematic..."
"owns the Times, the Sunday Times and Sun newspapers"
Sorry you can't call The Sun a 'newspaper'! Seriously, a publication who's most popular story today is entitled "I had walk with a yeti on holiday"??
...but the muscles in my fingers have given up..
... yeah right
Careful, don't give the government ideas... you might find servers breaking more often..
"I am frankly surprised there has not been more of an uproar about this"
That's because the entire Internets are now broken!
If they really wanted to, they could still manage this.. encrypt the logs with your youtube account password, and then then using the Ajax/Zero Knowlege App ideas that we had an article about the other day (http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/30/1416238), ensure that decryption of that data in done at the user end...
...why keep identifiable logs in the first place?
..that they will be more usable than the current 'security tools' we get with IE7 which serve the purpose of securing IE by making it so annoying that no-one wants to use it..
I mean that security bar thing that appears below the address bar for example when you want to download something. "Are you sure you want to download this file? It may contain viruses, malware, zombies, ghosts, or even the mother-in-law amongst other Scary Things (tm)?" YES! Why no "Don't ask me again, I'm smart enough to know what I'm downloading thanks" option....
Ahem, rant over sorry.. But please MS, try harder this time..
Just to play devil's advocate (I don't necessarily believe this myself)..
If someone does not know how to empty the recycle bin can we really assume they have enough experience to decide whether an OS is good or not?
...except as bundled with hardware?"
Yes, me. No I'm not an MS fanboy; I accept that Vista is not perfect.
But having just built a new PC (about a year ago) it was the most practical choice. Sure XP was available still then. But how long for? And long would updates be available for available for? I resent the idea of buying XP and then shelling out for Vista some time later anyway.
Linux? Well nice idea, and I do have Ubuntu on another drive (eventually - problems with the installer not recognising my SATA DVDRW drive). But until *everything* works, e.g. tv tuner card, webcam, bluetooth, Guitar Rig to name a few things that don't, I can't say that, as much as I want to be, I'm that inclined to switch permenantly.
Like I said I know Vista isn't great but it's wrong to suggest in TFS that there's something wrong with voluntarilly choosing Vista. By the way, this is not intended as a troll, just MHO.
..that Open Source code is of quality, but at least the point of things like the GPL is that you have the power to change that, and improve that code..
Actually I'm all for executing* people who don't clear their dog poop :-) As a dog owner I'm fed up of being tarred with the same brush..
*For those with a sense of humour failure, this is a "joke" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke
So Zonk duped his own story?
Impressive!
It is indeed. In fact the original post was "from the evil-twin dept."
Spooky!
Hell has just frozen over..
I guess the student was wrong.. http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=83;t=000609;p=1
.. this shows that Microsoft are not misguided/stupid enough to genuinely believe Vista is a Good Operating System.. Let's hope they learn from these mistakes before Windows 7 comes out.
Awesome!
I did consider getting in touch myself but thought the chance of response was unlikely..
Well considering I was 4 years old in 1992.. I don't remember much :-)
From a BBC News article on this: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6998490.stm) "Meanwhile, in the world of servers the fight is still on, with a new kid on the block - the open-source Linux operating system - making as strong gains in the market as Microsoft." (bold mine) I mean really.. new kid on the block? who is writing these?
of whether you are responsible for what your robot does while re-enacting your dreams...
IMHO, given that the university is providing an Internet service to the students, they should be obliged to follow the same laws/rules/whatever as a standard ISP, even if that includes ratting out their 'customers' who have been suspected of comitting a crime.
every time we have a story like this it is assumed that the University should help protect students from the consequences of their (potentially) illegal actions.. err.. why?