That's what all those Cancel or Allow prompts are. They just don't ask for your password again like linux and OSX does.
The "run as admin" is for one thing: programs which can be used as a with OR without elevated privileges and be useful. For example, if you don't "run as admin" an installer or application that writes to Program Files that doesn't properly elevate privileges (which results in a Cancel/Allow prompt), it will virtualize the Program Files to your profile directory. This can be useful or it can be really confusing, depending on the scenario.
Of course, no data should be stored in Program Files -- only programs. Data should either go to the user's profile if it's user specific, or the public profile if it's systemwide. But I have seem many pieces of software that store ALL their data in Program Files. tsk tsk. Better run those as admin, too, or you'll end up with a lot of confusion if multiple users use the app. (Though you can change the properties on the executable file to always run as admin.)
All the issues you bring up are because the security model changed, and old software doesn't conform. Not because the new security model is bad. It's basically the same security model that linux and OSX use. If they had the old XP security model for years and years, and suddenly changed to the Vista/linux/osx security model, there would be similar problems.
Microsoft's only real problem with the UAC is that they didn't implement it in a much earlier windows product line.
To counter, Ultima Underworld beat DOOM to the punch, and was arguably a better game, as far as gameplay was concerned. It had a lot more interactive elements. It wasn't anywhere near as popular. I'm not quite sure how the graphics compare, as I haven't played either in a while. I think they were fairly similar, though.
The tickets here require you to sign an affidavit indicating who was actually driving, or you can't claim it wasn't you. Unless your car was stolen, which I am sure has some other burden of proof.
The RFID is actually a TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor that sits inside the tire, below the valve stem. When you swap out your tires, the same sensor is inserted into your new tire. You could probably change your sensors out, but it's not exactly easy or cheap. And for all I know, there could be something in the car's computer system that reprograms newly installed sensors to the same ID of the previous ones.
I think that's absurd. They're not the ones issuing the ticket -- the state is. If you could call them up and say, "hey, it wasn't me. Show me a picture of me driving it and we'll talk," and get the ticket canceled, there wouldn't even be a problem.
But that's the whole point. You can't. There's no way to get around the ticket except to pay it. The kids aren't at fault here for taking advantage of a ridiculous system, the politicians are at fault for putting it into place.
I think most people make poor decisions like that because, though they have endured 12 years of required education, they've actually learned nothing useful.
What you describe is a failing of the educational system. A conspiratorial mind could easily argue that it is intentional, just to create the sort of argument you just made, in order to keep those in power in power, and everyone else as meek little vassals.
It is interesting that you identify the problem as "people don't know how to make good decisions", and your solution is to "let others make decisions for them". Why doesn't "teach them to make good decisions" come up at all? You know what they say about giving a man a fish...
You can use a GPO to force the computers to use Microsoft for updates. A GPO isn't going to be a big deal, even across a dial-up connection.
Though one of the main reasons for using WSUS is that you only have to download the updates ONCE from Microsoft, not once for each system, thus saving WAN bandwidth.
Yeah, because those millionaire fat-cat CEO's are so productive.
Then again, at least they get up and go into an office. Most of the wealthiest and most highly-taxed individuals just live off investments. They produce nothing. In fact, they consume orders of magnitude more resources than the average fellow does.
If that's you're definition of "productive", then by all means, let the robbing commence.
To whit, you ought to have said "robbing the most financially successful to support the less financial successful." Let's be clear that financial success has little to do with how much you "produce" in goods and services for society.
And no, I don't consider having someone push your merry-go-round of wheelbarrows full of money band and forth to different banks and investments a beneficial good or service to society. There has to be a financial infrastructure, sure, but when it's so complex (or corrupt) that it sustains these massive parasites known as the "investor class", then it's gone way beyond it's function.
The software is technically named "OpenOffice.org", not "Open Office". Thus the small o is for ".org". I don't particularly like that naming, but that's how they did it. I, like you, think just plain old "Open Office" would have made more sense. There may have been some concern of trademark issues with Microsoft's "Office" product had they not added the ".org" to the end.
I think the better method is to install the immutable code to Program Files and all the mutable user data to the user's home directory. I am really not fond of everything trying to install to the user's profile. Even WoW tries to do this. It make administration more difficult because there is no segregation between data and programs.
It doesn't really matter in Vista, as it will virtualize Program Files in the user doesn't have permissions to write there. That can be a real headache for stupid programs that store data in Program Files.
It's not as if the user couldn't change the install path to somewhere it has read and write permissions.
I have a WM6.1 phone and I don't think I've ever had any problem with unsigned apps. For WM, it's an extra step that isn't required. I guess you could claim you needed visual studio, but technically, the SDK's are a free download.
And sure, you'll need a copy of Windows, but you can run it on any compatible hardware -- even if it's from Apple.
When I was in early grade school, I ended up climbing onto some monkey bars, but then got too scared to come down. I got multiple other students to ask the PhysEd teacher who had us outside to come help me down, and she kept telling them to tell me to "get down the same way I got up".
Well, she left me out there for hours and hours. I even missed lunch. The one thing I do remember is that there was some kind of water system out behind the playground, and it kept making running-water sounds, which after an hour or two, I had to pee really bad.
Eventually, she brought another class out for PhysEd, and so I asked her for help again. She gave me the same answer, so I yelled out something mildly offensive, like calling her stupid or some such. She promptly came down and got me off the monkey bars, then took me to my teacher, pulled down my pants, and paddled me herself.
I'm sure she violated multiple codes in doing that, but the last time I checked, she was there teaching PhysEd. I'm not even sure if she got reprimanded. I know my parents went down there and bitched some, but I don't think anything ever came of it.
I wish now that we'd sued the shit out of the school. I might have had the money to go to a nice college without massive debt, instead of having to go to part-time while I work.
Why did you let him take your laptop? If someone tried to take my laptop, it would only have been after I'd lost a fist-fight. You have a right to defend your person and property from theft.
Then again, I'm assuming you're in college, or at least of legal age in your jurisdiction. If you're a minor, I guess your options were more limited, but I would have been demanding to speak with my parents or guardians to intercede on my behalf before I'd give up my equipment.
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That's what all those Cancel or Allow prompts are. They just don't ask for your password again like linux and OSX does.
The "run as admin" is for one thing: programs which can be used as a with OR without elevated privileges and be useful. For example, if you don't "run as admin" an installer or application that writes to Program Files that doesn't properly elevate privileges (which results in a Cancel/Allow prompt), it will virtualize the Program Files to your profile directory. This can be useful or it can be really confusing, depending on the scenario.
Of course, no data should be stored in Program Files -- only programs. Data should either go to the user's profile if it's user specific, or the public profile if it's systemwide. But I have seem many pieces of software that store ALL their data in Program Files. tsk tsk. Better run those as admin, too, or you'll end up with a lot of confusion if multiple users use the app. (Though you can change the properties on the executable file to always run as admin.)
All the issues you bring up are because the security model changed, and old software doesn't conform. Not because the new security model is bad. It's basically the same security model that linux and OSX use. If they had the old XP security model for years and years, and suddenly changed to the Vista/linux/osx security model, there would be similar problems.
Microsoft's only real problem with the UAC is that they didn't implement it in a much earlier windows product line.
To counter, Ultima Underworld beat DOOM to the punch, and was arguably a better game, as far as gameplay was concerned. It had a lot more interactive elements. It wasn't anywhere near as popular. I'm not quite sure how the graphics compare, as I haven't played either in a while. I think they were fairly similar, though.
Add to your HOSTS:
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The tickets here require you to sign an affidavit indicating who was actually driving, or you can't claim it wasn't you. Unless your car was stolen, which I am sure has some other burden of proof.
The RFID is actually a TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) sensor that sits inside the tire, below the valve stem. When you swap out your tires, the same sensor is inserted into your new tire. You could probably change your sensors out, but it's not exactly easy or cheap. And for all I know, there could be something in the car's computer system that reprograms newly installed sensors to the same ID of the previous ones.
Where do you live that you can actually travel at or above the speed limit during rush hour?
One of the reasons to get up earlier is so that you can beat rush hour a bit, and actually be able to speed on your way to work.
It's not really about getting to work on time, it's about how much of your life you waste sitting in a car, trying to get from point A to point B.
Target the mayor, legislature, or law officials of the jurisdiction that instituted the camera system.
I think that's absurd. They're not the ones issuing the ticket -- the state is. If you could call them up and say, "hey, it wasn't me. Show me a picture of me driving it and we'll talk," and get the ticket canceled, there wouldn't even be a problem.
But that's the whole point. You can't. There's no way to get around the ticket except to pay it. The kids aren't at fault here for taking advantage of a ridiculous system, the politicians are at fault for putting it into place.
I just gained a whole new respect for the mother land. That's just too awesome.
I think most people make poor decisions like that because, though they have endured 12 years of required education, they've actually learned nothing useful.
What you describe is a failing of the educational system. A conspiratorial mind could easily argue that it is intentional, just to create the sort of argument you just made, in order to keep those in power in power, and everyone else as meek little vassals.
It is interesting that you identify the problem as "people don't know how to make good decisions", and your solution is to "let others make decisions for them". Why doesn't "teach them to make good decisions" come up at all? You know what they say about giving a man a fish...
Seems like a sign that the terms are too long, IMO.
I think he means that $width_of_paper ** 37 >= $distance_between_earth_and_moon.
You can use a GPO to force the computers to use Microsoft for updates. A GPO isn't going to be a big deal, even across a dial-up connection.
Though one of the main reasons for using WSUS is that you only have to download the updates ONCE from Microsoft, not once for each system, thus saving WAN bandwidth.
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CmdrTaco
Roland Piquepaille
Steve Ballmer
Yeah, because those millionaire fat-cat CEO's are so productive.
Then again, at least they get up and go into an office. Most of the wealthiest and most highly-taxed individuals just live off investments. They produce nothing. In fact, they consume orders of magnitude more resources than the average fellow does.
If that's you're definition of "productive", then by all means, let the robbing commence.
To whit, you ought to have said "robbing the most financially successful to support the less financial successful." Let's be clear that financial success has little to do with how much you "produce" in goods and services for society.
And no, I don't consider having someone push your merry-go-round of wheelbarrows full of money band and forth to different banks and investments a beneficial good or service to society. There has to be a financial infrastructure, sure, but when it's so complex (or corrupt) that it sustains these massive parasites known as the "investor class", then it's gone way beyond it's function.
The software is technically named "OpenOffice.org", not "Open Office". Thus the small o is for ".org". I don't particularly like that naming, but that's how they did it. I, like you, think just plain old "Open Office" would have made more sense. There may have been some concern of trademark issues with Microsoft's "Office" product had they not added the ".org" to the end.
I think the better method is to install the immutable code to Program Files and all the mutable user data to the user's home directory. I am really not fond of everything trying to install to the user's profile. Even WoW tries to do this. It make administration more difficult because there is no segregation between data and programs.
It doesn't really matter in Vista, as it will virtualize Program Files in the user doesn't have permissions to write there. That can be a real headache for stupid programs that store data in Program Files.
It's not as if the user couldn't change the install path to somewhere it has read and write permissions.
Force can't travel faster than the speed of light, either.
He obviously didn't have any for you.
Wait for the lawsuit from Coca-Cola.
I have a WM6.1 phone and I don't think I've ever had any problem with unsigned apps. For WM, it's an extra step that isn't required. I guess you could claim you needed visual studio, but technically, the SDK's are a free download.
And sure, you'll need a copy of Windows, but you can run it on any compatible hardware -- even if it's from Apple.
Wormholes? An Alcubierre drive? Teleportation?
You don't really have to MOVE faster than light to travel a distance further than light could have traveled in the same span of time.
I think a chrono-smelloscope would be much more useful!
When I was in early grade school, I ended up climbing onto some monkey bars, but then got too scared to come down. I got multiple other students to ask the PhysEd teacher who had us outside to come help me down, and she kept telling them to tell me to "get down the same way I got up".
Well, she left me out there for hours and hours. I even missed lunch. The one thing I do remember is that there was some kind of water system out behind the playground, and it kept making running-water sounds, which after an hour or two, I had to pee really bad.
Eventually, she brought another class out for PhysEd, and so I asked her for help again. She gave me the same answer, so I yelled out something mildly offensive, like calling her stupid or some such. She promptly came down and got me off the monkey bars, then took me to my teacher, pulled down my pants, and paddled me herself.
I'm sure she violated multiple codes in doing that, but the last time I checked, she was there teaching PhysEd. I'm not even sure if she got reprimanded. I know my parents went down there and bitched some, but I don't think anything ever came of it.
I wish now that we'd sued the shit out of the school. I might have had the money to go to a nice college without massive debt, instead of having to go to part-time while I work.
Why did you let him take your laptop? If someone tried to take my laptop, it would only have been after I'd lost a fist-fight. You have a right to defend your person and property from theft.
Then again, I'm assuming you're in college, or at least of legal age in your jurisdiction. If you're a minor, I guess your options were more limited, but I would have been demanding to speak with my parents or guardians to intercede on my behalf before I'd give up my equipment.