And besides, what incentive does an AV company have to make a program that actually prevents infections? Answer: Very much less than zero. It would be catastrophically bad for business. Like a razor that doesn't get dull, etc.
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It used to be we were trying to cure cancer, then it became manage, and now it is to wear pink tactified gloves.
We will never see a cure for viruses...except on linux/unix/etc. where the OS is designed to do a job well, rather than sell product.
You did see the "hated at first, then tech-loved", right? Win8 is in the "hated at first" phase, just as XP was. Slashdotters have a short memory on this one, for some reason.
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Win8 might have a deeper hole to dig out of than XP (where the only "hole" was it was a bit more "showy" than W2K -- ok, the other big issue with XP was security issues, only properly fixed in SP2...Win8 is a long way from that). Still, if Microsoft gives users the option to disable the tiles then that is half way there, IMO.
Star Trek movies had their "every other movie is good" rule.
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I am beginning to think that Windows has something similar: every third version of Windows is unappreciated by geeks when it comes out, only to be loved later on.
Ok, I have a small sample size but here goes:
- Windows ME = hated forever
- Windows 2000 = tech-loved
- Windows XP = hated at first, then tech-loved
- Windows Vista = hated forever
- Windows 7 = tech-loved
- Windows 8 = hated at first, then tech-loved
A top-of-the-line AMD desktop processor is currently around $200 (less on sale, which isn't hard to find this time of year). A top-of-the-line Intel CPU will run you over $1000
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A top-of-the-line Chevy Suburban is currently around $200. A top-of-the-line Dodge Challenger will run you over $1000.
Here is a big problem with ribbons...you are trying to fit every single button you will ever need on one ribbon.
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You might have 8 or 10 application menus. Each of these menus might take up 25% of the screen when you display it. Crunching the math you have several whole screens of menu info....jammed into a "ruler" that takes up a fifth or less of the screen. It's a simple math problem.
I've embraced PKZIP since the PKARC and even ARC days, but interface compression is not my thing.
The article is written to sell SSDs. We are the eyeballs needed by the SSD manufacturers. Telling us SSD prices are closer to 50 cents a gig will keep us away from anything more expensive than that. So they cook up some inflated price (like the MSRP) and will you look at that, I can find it a dime a gig cheaper! I'm buying one right now!!1!
it all goes to paying for things that are for the benefit of society as a whole .
Wrong. A massive amount of tax goes to pay the bankers who loan the government money. It is, by definition, impossible to pay back all of the money owed, creating the national debt.
I've never gone out of my way to praise Microsoft anything (except Word4DOS, a pretty unlikely product to boost).
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Anyway, Windows 8 is clearly better than Windows 7 to me, on the 3 brand new, nearly identical machines I have running 7 or 8 -- the first two are on 7, the third was a pre-Black Friday deal $50 lower than the best deal I could get on the other two, so I figured install Start Shell" and I can always downgrade to 7 if vomiting continues.
Well, none of that ever happened. For those familiar with Start Shell, it brings a truly large number of features to the Start menu and numerous other parts of Windows, including the dreaded Start Tiles via a shifted-click option.
To me this is ideal as I can work on a machine for someone in the way I want to -- old start menu, cmd prompt, etc., set people up with their key apps pinned to the Start menu, and then mention that if they shift-click the start "shell" they can check out the newest interface.
Anyway, new features I strongly like in Windows 8 include much faster startup and shutdown. Geeks are often "all about the benchmarks" but the/. hasn't been blowing this horn much with Windows 8...guess it doesn't suit the "Let's jump on the hate" bandwagon. As the systems person of my tribe, I appreciate quick starts, stops and reboots which of course we all do plenty of as well.
I also like how Windows 8 starts up -- on my Lenovo laptop anyway. It starts quickly, shows the Seattle skyline and the time, and when you click gives you a "new school" login prompt. Click that and away you go. Feels VERY responsive, and that is the only thing I care about when I am firing up Windows. Probably half of the "feels faster" is actual improvement, the other half is a new "spinner" and a more segmented startup so that something new happens more frequently, to distract us from the wait.
Another thing I like a lot is that Win-X key combo gives choices that include not just a "shell" (i.e. cmd.exe
session) but also a "command shell as administrator" as
a separate option. I never run any other way, so this saves
me right-clicking and waiting. Now I can Win-X, click...then
wait for the still annoying, random time delay, never know if the screen will blank or what...Windows warning. And end up at the DOS prompt quicker than before.
Finally, I like using the latest "shiny". What I mean is, by
running Windows 8 on my laptop, I now know exactly how
it operates (and how it can be tweaked/fixed/improved). This is a plus for someone who supports others. Surprised more slashers don't mention this.
Anyway, I guess this is what a neck beard brings -- the wisdom to at least try something that is one 3,399,552 byte download away from brilliance.
And why do I have the audacity of saying, on this forum of all places, that Windows 8 is brilliant? Because it will (a) promote the new phone interface to hundreds of millions of people...so that when they are in the phone store they will for sure not be put off by, (b) it is a truly "innovative" version of Windows, with quite a number of features that I or someone I know will use (touch is one I won't, but more novice users will; faster start/stops are not easy to accomplish and it gets an "A" here, the new storage stuff is very future looking and I could go on), (c) I was never a fan of Aero and invariably turn it off on any system I have to use regularly. The "flat" interface beats Aero, at least for me. Microsoft had guts to ditch Aero, and that is smart.
Finally, (d) Microsoft has guaranteed it will sell even more Windows 9, and continue laughing and banking.
Maybe Windows 8 is XP, to Windows 7's 2000. Once I tried XP I never wanted, nor bought, a Windows 2000 system again. Now I'm never going to buy a 7 system.
Well, that certainly clears up who the attack group is. Good thing the group wasn't called BINGO or we would have to strip-search then incarcerate all old people. I am so relieved it is the bad guys. I just can't tell you how glad I am that they identified themselves. Swallows indeed! Now we know where to drop the bombs! Hmmm, I wonder if we can get any oil out of this...
Yup, Word4DOS was one of the first non-paint apps that benefited from a mouse (but never required it). And then there is RTF. Word4DOS continues to be my desert island program, the one app I would want if I could have only one.
How does one get to be a software assurance customer? What is the cost? etc. Seems like it is only for "volume licensing purchasers", of which I ain't.
My apps are not needing more than 2GB of RAM and are probably not that hard to emulate. I just haven't VM'd stuff before. The half of my machines running Windows 7 are not on Pro, so XP Mode will require a 7 Home Premium to 7 Professional upgrade on each computer, and that is listed as $89 on Amazon.
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The pause button.
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It used to be we were trying to cure cancer, then it became manage, and now it is to wear pink tactified gloves.
We will never see a cure for viruses...except on linux/unix/etc. where the OS is designed to do a job well, rather than sell product.
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Win8 might have a deeper hole to dig out of than XP (where the only "hole" was it was a bit more "showy" than W2K -- ok, the other big issue with XP was security issues, only properly fixed in SP2...Win8 is a long way from that). Still, if Microsoft gives users the option to disable the tiles then that is half way there, IMO.
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I am beginning to think that Windows has something similar: every third version of Windows is unappreciated by geeks when it comes out, only to be loved later on.
Ok, I have a small sample size but here goes:
- Windows ME = hated forever
- Windows 2000 = tech-loved
- Windows XP = hated at first, then tech-loved
- Windows Vista = hated forever
- Windows 7 = tech-loved
- Windows 8 = hated at first, then tech-loved
- Windows 9 = Beware...
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In the highly-edited age, we take it all for granted. Sigh.
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Did firewire win in the end? Honest question.
Maybe you are talking about software vs hardware? If that is the case, Windows won but is it the best OS tech?
Am I missing what you are saying?
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I'd be astonished if those apples made it "into production".
Sounds like Intel is leading ARM along...give them a bit of a head start, then catch up, then...
Until Amazon fixes their search, Google has absolutely nothing to worry about.
Couldn't agree more. I never use h.s. If appropriate, I wash my hands. That's it. The mass are easily moved to madness.
Last year: The Wired Atlas of the Human Ecosystem
A top-of-the-line Chevy Suburban is currently around $200. A top-of-the-line Dodge Challenger will run you over $1000.
The solution is discoverability, not inscrutability.
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You might have 8 or 10 application menus. Each of these menus might take up 25% of the screen when you display it. Crunching the math you have several whole screens of menu info....jammed into a "ruler" that takes up a fifth or less of the screen. It's a simple math problem.
I've embraced PKZIP since the PKARC and even ARC days, but interface compression is not my thing.
The article is written to sell SSDs. We are the eyeballs needed by the SSD manufacturers. Telling us SSD prices are closer to 50 cents a gig will keep us away from anything more expensive than that. So they cook up some inflated price (like the MSRP) and will you look at that, I can find it a dime a gig cheaper! I'm buying one right now!!1!
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Wrong. A massive amount of tax goes to pay the bankers who loan the government money. It is, by definition, impossible to pay back all of the money owed, creating the national debt.
Since we are being anal about this, it was win.com
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Anyway, Windows 8 is clearly better than Windows 7 to me, on the 3 brand new, nearly identical machines I have running 7 or 8 -- the first two are on 7, the third was a pre-Black Friday deal $50 lower than the best deal I could get on the other two, so I figured install Start Shell" and I can always downgrade to 7 if vomiting continues.
Well, none of that ever happened. For those familiar with Start Shell, it brings a truly large number of features to the Start menu and numerous other parts of Windows, including the dreaded Start Tiles via a shifted-click option.
To me this is ideal as I can work on a machine for someone in the way I want to -- old start menu, cmd prompt, etc., set people up with their key apps pinned to the Start menu, and then mention that if they shift-click the start "shell" they can check out the newest interface.
Anyway, new features I strongly like in Windows 8 include much faster startup and shutdown. Geeks are often "all about the benchmarks" but the /. hasn't been blowing this horn much with Windows 8...guess it doesn't suit the "Let's jump on the hate" bandwagon. As the systems person of my tribe, I appreciate quick starts, stops and reboots which of course we all do plenty of as well.
I also like how Windows 8 starts up -- on my Lenovo laptop anyway. It starts quickly, shows the Seattle skyline and the time, and when you click gives you a "new school" login prompt. Click that and away you go. Feels VERY responsive, and that is the only thing I care about when I am firing up Windows. Probably half of the "feels faster" is actual improvement, the other half is a new "spinner" and a more segmented startup so that something new happens more frequently, to distract us from the wait.
Another thing I like a lot is that Win-X key combo gives choices that include not just a "shell" (i.e. cmd.exe session) but also a "command shell as administrator" as a separate option. I never run any other way, so this saves me right-clicking and waiting. Now I can Win-X, click...then wait for the still annoying, random time delay, never know if the screen will blank or what...Windows warning. And end up at the DOS prompt quicker than before.
Finally, I like using the latest "shiny". What I mean is, by running Windows 8 on my laptop, I now know exactly how it operates (and how it can be tweaked/fixed/improved). This is a plus for someone who supports others. Surprised more slashers don't mention this.
Anyway, I guess this is what a neck beard brings -- the wisdom to at least try something that is one 3,399,552 byte download away from brilliance.
And why do I have the audacity of saying, on this forum of all places, that Windows 8 is brilliant? Because it will (a) promote the new phone interface to hundreds of millions of people...so that when they are in the phone store they will for sure not be put off by, (b) it is a truly "innovative" version of Windows, with quite a number of features that I or someone I know will use (touch is one I won't, but more novice users will; faster start/stops are not easy to accomplish and it gets an "A" here, the new storage stuff is very future looking and I could go on), (c) I was never a fan of Aero and invariably turn it off on any system I have to use regularly. The "flat" interface beats Aero, at least for me. Microsoft had guts to ditch Aero, and that is smart. Finally, (d) Microsoft has guaranteed it will sell even more Windows 9, and continue laughing and banking.
Maybe Windows 8 is XP, to Windows 7's 2000. Once I tried XP I never wanted, nor bought, a Windows 2000 system again. Now I'm never going to buy a 7 system.
Well, that certainly clears up who the attack group is. Good thing the group wasn't called BINGO or we would have to strip-search then incarcerate all old people. I am so relieved it is the bad guys. I just can't tell you how glad I am that they identified themselves. Swallows indeed! Now we know where to drop the bombs! Hmmm, I wonder if we can get any oil out of this...
I went looking in \Program Files and found Windows Media Player already installed. Created an icon for MPlayer.exe -- done.
Yup, Word4DOS was one of the first non-paint apps that benefited from a mouse (but never required it). And then there is RTF. Word4DOS continues to be my desert island program, the one app I would want if I could have only one.
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(1) router, (2) cell phone, (3) camera, (4) DVD player. Sounds about right.
Datacenter and Enterprise are available for purchase at NewEgg.com. So they are an option, if a ridiculously expensive one.
How does one get to be a software assurance customer? What is the cost? etc. Seems like it is only for "volume licensing purchasers", of which I ain't.
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My apps are not needing more than 2GB of RAM and are probably not that hard to emulate. I just haven't VM'd stuff before. The half of my machines running Windows 7 are not on Pro, so XP Mode will require a 7 Home Premium to 7 Professional upgrade on each computer, and that is listed as $89 on Amazon.