http://windows.microsoft.com/e...When you interact with your Windows device by speaking, writing (handwriting), or typing, Microsoft collects speech, inking, and typing informationóincluding information about your Calendar and People (also known as contacts)óthat helps personalize your experience. This information improves your deviceís ability to correctly recognize your input, such as your pronunciation and handwriting. You can turn the Speech, inking, and typing setting (which is called Getting to know you) on or off in Settings.
Yes I know all about Microsoft's use of their telemetry tools and it's not at all what you've purported it to be. Most people hear "keylogger" and think "zomg Microsoft is recording everything I type!!!111" when that's in fact not true. When you read all resources and not just some vague article on the internet on some silly tabloid site that says "Microsoft is using a keylogger to record all of your typing" you realize that it's not that at all and that people have blown it out of proportion. By the way if you've ever spoken to or used Siri or Google Now then you've basically allowed Apple and Alphabet (Google) the same access.
To be precise, I didn't write what you said I wrote.
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[...]allowing people who you allow access to your network to share your password with everyone on their social network, and a couple other things I had to turn off on all of them.
You did conveniently leave out the fact that it's the Wi-Fi password and conveniently placed that sentence right after mentioning a keylogger, which would give the idea that the supposed keylogger is being used to give the password you just used to login to your computer to someone else.
Do you read that? Do you comprehend? Here, I'll just put the expressly relevent part of the statement:
You and your friends get Internet access without telling each other your passwords.
Yep I can read just fine. They mention it in an FAQ about Wi-Fi Sense, not vaguely insert it into an FAQ about your login credentials for instance.
If you are going to contradict what I write, at least be prepared for the cites I'll give. This is not bulllshit, this is settings that I have had to deal with in several W10 setups.
You've given some good cites to re-state everything you've said in the proper manner and not just vaguely placing words and sentences in a way that creates FUD. It's not a matter of contradicting someone but more like correctly conveying the right message, which you've now done with your cites.
If you do an express setup, and most peolpe will, you'll have all the telemetry goodies, the key logging, and share your password. This is information that is freely available on Microsoft websites, this is without a doubt, and with provable and admitted actions that Windows 10 performs. Its a spying system that you have to opt out of, if you don't do the work to opt out, it is what you get.
There you go again with this "spying on you" nonsense. You make it seem as if Microsoft is now going to turn on your computer's web cam if you're not careful or that you shouldn't make any web transactions on your Windows 10 machine because Microsoft will steal your bank account details and passwords since they're listening to each and every keystroke, statements that are utter nonsense and simply not true.
On a side note if you've been installing Windows 10 on so many machines with this supposed keylogger that is listening in to every key press and that has all sorts of invasion of privacy then that would make you a very irresponsible tech.
A keylogger???? Shares your password with everyone???? BAHAHAHAHA!
If you're going to bash on Microsoft at least try to sound more intelligent and believable. Also what gets shared, if you choose to do so and has been mentioned by pretty much everyone, is your WIFI password and it's with certain people, not with your entire social network nor is it some post that gets put into your Twitter or Facebook feeds for the world to see.
There are a few restrictions on consumers' rights to take advantage of recalls. For example, there is a limitation regarding the age of the vehicle. In order to be eligible for free repairs, refund, or replacement, the vehicle must be less than 8 years old on the date the defect.
So you'll be notified...but it'll be up to you to fix it out of your own pocket after that. The equivalent here would be that you'd have to buy a new OS. Besides you're comparing safety recalls, which can cause death, to a software "bug" that is actually caused by the user themselves. Also your statement about "free software getting patched seemingly forever" is totally false, incorrect, and missleading. There are tons of free software that is unsafe and no longer being maintained or patched. Does that sound like fraud too? No...more like the EoL of software (that sounds familiar...)
We have about 400+ workstations with various OSs (Win 2000, XP, Vista, 7) and 20+ servers with various server OSs (Win Server 2000, 2003, 2008) and we only have the System Admin and a "sneaker tech". Oh and we have a remote location as well which they must deal with on the other coast of the US.
At least from my viewpoint, your situation is not unusual.
Forgot to mention that yes there is no pre-set phone list to block but you can set it to only answer calls on the list or start adding numbers easily to the blocked list as they come in. A simple right-click and block option is all it takes:)
I have a server at home so this is a good option for me as well as for anyone else that has one. It took a few tries to find the right modem for the job that would recognize caller IDs and also respond to the phone call but in the end it was well worth it.
The software is called PhoneTray Free and the modem I use is an Agere Systems PCI-SV92PP (that may or may not be the right model...bought the modem online but it's definitely an Agere as recommended by the software developer). Hooked up the phone line to it and it screens all calls. I can set it to respond with things like "This number has been disconnected" or "We do not accept telemarketing calls" and other typical phone company messages. Before I put this in we were getting phone calls all the time from collection agencies looking for other people and wouldn't stop calling even after telling them the person did not live there. Now they just get a "This number has been disconnected" and the frequency of the calls has actually dropped!
Worth a look if you don't want to pay for such a service.
I worked in QA for 2 different companies for about 3 years. First year and a half was with a company that was sold so I had to go somewhere else. Having been in your same situation, I was fortunate to find a place that was looking for a QA Automation programmer. They use Rational Robot which has a form of VB6 and VBA used for writing scripts. This qualified as an "entry-level" programming position. I was able to get the job, get the Robot scripts to the level they were looking for, and a year and a half later, I moved on to development with the same company. I let the lead developer know of my intentions and was then given a "BrainBench" test, passed it, and am now in development leading my own team.
The company is a small/medium sized business so I'd say you should look for a place like that if you're wanting to at least get your foot in the door. The more you know their software the better your chances are. Look through their code if you can. See how they do things. These types of places like to move people from within (for the most part) that know the code in some way...this saves them time from having to train a new hire.
Oh...and try to start your own project to keep your skills up. This way you won't forget all that hard-earned coding you learned in school and, heck, you should get better at it as you find different and better ways to do things.
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You are not giving us a reason. You are not giving us any motivation or an explanation. You are simply thumping your hand on the table and giving us an exhortation. This is patently absurd.
Of course if I had all day and were in an appropriate place (Slashdot is hardly appropriate for this) I'd maybe give explanations but that's what your local church is for or what the JWs knocking at your door do...explain the Bible.
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Is it not faith which pushed archeology to dig for bones that weren't known to be there? Is it not faith which led archeologists to pyramids in search for clues of the past? I guess I've solved another one huh. So I suppose the next step is for me to become an archeologist! The solution to all of today's problems!!! Archeology!!! Glad you gave me insight.
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So someone who doesn't believe the bible is an atheist? That would be news to pagans, Buddhists, Shintoists etc.
You're right about that one...my fault.
As for not understanding the bible. I understand it all too well. Page after page of superstitious crap with the odd platitude to make it seem worthwhile.
Well I could go on and on saying how you need faith to believe in the message conveyed by the Bible but that would be fruitless and that the reason there's so many religions in the world is because someone didn't like some of the teachings and decided they would establish a doctrine to supercede these and replace them with their own beliefs and is why we see different churches doing different things even being the same denomination. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
I might also point out your hypocrisy again since you're the one who for no apparant reason started ranting and raving at me acusing me of "moronic rambling". That doesn't seem very tolerant to me. Hypocrite.
The only reason I even bothered replying was because you were badmouthing the Bible... although calling out names like that is not very typical of myself...
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For you to even begin to understand this whole Mosaic Law thing you'll need to read Galatians 3:19 and 24 and then read Hebrews 8:13. These all point at the same thing...the fullfilment of the Mosaic Law and it's replacement by the new pact with Jesus.
I don't expect you to understand any of this from the Bible correctly since all you're doing is taking bits and pieces of it to make your argument seem plausible which is dumb in itself. You don't really believe in the Bible...you just use it to argue with others about it's truthfulness. That would mean you're an atheist. If this is you then why don't you respect other people's views and beliefs and not spread your own falacious views by posting inaccurate statements about things you don't even understand? Nice try though.
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Clean shaven makes one a hypocrite? More moronic ramblings from an Internet idiot that thinks they know something about the Bible when they don't. Have you even ever OPENED a Bible? So you're saying Muslims ARE Christians? Better not...you might get the beating of your life from one of them who would find that offensive.
If you're talking about the "Mosaic Laws" then I suggest you brush up on your Bible reading and see if you can conclude that it was abolished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Otherwise I've never seen anything that suggests you can't shave.
I find it funny how idiotic some people on this site are sometimes. As for the blood being part of those same laws...this is true BUT it was mentioned again AFTER the "sacrifice" so it's upheld as something to follow even after the abolishing of these laws just as thou shalt not kill is also retained along with other things.
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http://windows.microsoft.com/e... When you interact with your Windows device by speaking, writing (handwriting), or typing, Microsoft collects speech, inking, and typing informationóincluding information about your Calendar and People (also known as contacts)óthat helps personalize your experience. This information improves your deviceís ability to correctly recognize your input, such as your pronunciation and handwriting. You can turn the Speech, inking, and typing setting (which is called Getting to know you) on or off in Settings.
Yes I know all about Microsoft's use of their telemetry tools and it's not at all what you've purported it to be. Most people hear "keylogger" and think "zomg Microsoft is recording everything I type!!!111" when that's in fact not true. When you read all resources and not just some vague article on the internet on some silly tabloid site that says "Microsoft is using a keylogger to record all of your typing" you realize that it's not that at all and that people have blown it out of proportion. By the way if you've ever spoken to or used Siri or Google Now then you've basically allowed Apple and Alphabet (Google) the same access.
To be precise, I didn't write what you said I wrote.
Well...
[...]allowing people who you allow access to your network to share your password with everyone on their social network, and a couple other things I had to turn off on all of them.
You did conveniently leave out the fact that it's the Wi-Fi password and conveniently placed that sentence right after mentioning a keylogger, which would give the idea that the supposed keylogger is being used to give the password you just used to login to your computer to someone else.
Do you read that? Do you comprehend? Here, I'll just put the expressly relevent part of the statement:
You and your friends get Internet access without telling each other your passwords.
Yep I can read just fine. They mention it in an FAQ about Wi-Fi Sense, not vaguely insert it into an FAQ about your login credentials for instance.
If you are going to contradict what I write, at least be prepared for the cites I'll give. This is not bulllshit, this is settings that I have had to deal with in several W10 setups.
You've given some good cites to re-state everything you've said in the proper manner and not just vaguely placing words and sentences in a way that creates FUD. It's not a matter of contradicting someone but more like correctly conveying the right message, which you've now done with your cites.
If you do an express setup, and most peolpe will, you'll have all the telemetry goodies, the key logging, and share your password. This is information that is freely available on Microsoft websites, this is without a doubt, and with provable and admitted actions that Windows 10 performs. Its a spying system that you have to opt out of, if you don't do the work to opt out, it is what you get.
There you go again with this "spying on you" nonsense. You make it seem as if Microsoft is now going to turn on your computer's web cam if you're not careful or that you shouldn't make any web transactions on your Windows 10 machine because Microsoft will steal your bank account details and passwords since they're listening to each and every keystroke, statements that are utter nonsense and simply not true.
On a side note if you've been installing Windows 10 on so many machines with this supposed keylogger that is listening in to every key press and that has all sorts of invasion of privacy then that would make you a very irresponsible tech.
A keylogger???? Shares your password with everyone???? BAHAHAHAHA!
If you're going to bash on Microsoft at least try to sound more intelligent and believable. Also what gets shared, if you choose to do so and has been mentioned by pretty much everyone, is your WIFI password and it's with certain people, not with your entire social network nor is it some post that gets put into your Twitter or Facebook feeds for the world to see.
Your 15 year-old statement for automotive defects is incorrect. From http://www.enotes.com/everyday-law-encyclopedia/recalls-by-manufacturers:
There are a few restrictions on consumers' rights to take advantage of recalls. For example, there is a limitation regarding the age of the vehicle. In order to be eligible for free repairs, refund, or replacement, the vehicle must be less than 8 years old on the date the defect.
So you'll be notified...but it'll be up to you to fix it out of your own pocket after that. The equivalent here would be that you'd have to buy a new OS. Besides you're comparing safety recalls, which can cause death, to a software "bug" that is actually caused by the user themselves. Also your statement about "free software getting patched seemingly forever" is totally false, incorrect, and missleading. There are tons of free software that is unsafe and no longer being maintained or patched. Does that sound like fraud too? No...more like the EoL of software (that sounds familiar...)
We have about 400+ workstations with various OSs (Win 2000, XP, Vista, 7) and 20+ servers with various server OSs (Win Server 2000, 2003, 2008) and we only have the System Admin and a "sneaker tech". Oh and we have a remote location as well which they must deal with on the other coast of the US. At least from my viewpoint, your situation is not unusual.
Forgot to mention that yes there is no pre-set phone list to block but you can set it to only answer calls on the list or start adding numbers easily to the blocked list as they come in. A simple right-click and block option is all it takes :)
I have a server at home so this is a good option for me as well as for anyone else that has one. It took a few tries to find the right modem for the job that would recognize caller IDs and also respond to the phone call but in the end it was well worth it.
The software is called PhoneTray Free and the modem I use is an Agere Systems PCI-SV92PP (that may or may not be the right model...bought the modem online but it's definitely an Agere as recommended by the software developer). Hooked up the phone line to it and it screens all calls. I can set it to respond with things like "This number has been disconnected" or "We do not accept telemarketing calls" and other typical phone company messages. Before I put this in we were getting phone calls all the time from collection agencies looking for other people and wouldn't stop calling even after telling them the person did not live there. Now they just get a "This number has been disconnected" and the frequency of the calls has actually dropped!
Worth a look if you don't want to pay for such a service.
I worked in QA for 2 different companies for about 3 years. First year and a half was with a company that was sold so I had to go somewhere else. Having been in your same situation, I was fortunate to find a place that was looking for a QA Automation programmer. They use Rational Robot which has a form of VB6 and VBA used for writing scripts. This qualified as an "entry-level" programming position. I was able to get the job, get the Robot scripts to the level they were looking for, and a year and a half later, I moved on to development with the same company. I let the lead developer know of my intentions and was then given a "BrainBench" test, passed it, and am now in development leading my own team.
The company is a small/medium sized business so I'd say you should look for a place like that if you're wanting to at least get your foot in the door. The more you know their software the better your chances are. Look through their code if you can. See how they do things. These types of places like to move people from within (for the most part) that know the code in some way...this saves them time from having to train a new hire.
Oh...and try to start your own project to keep your skills up. This way you won't forget all that hard-earned coding you learned in school and, heck, you should get better at it as you find different and better ways to do things.
Is it not faith which pushed archeology to dig for bones that weren't known to be there? Is it not faith which led archeologists to pyramids in search for clues of the past? I guess I've solved another one huh. So I suppose the next step is for me to become an archeologist! The solution to all of today's problems!!! Archeology!!! Glad you gave me insight.
You're right about that one...my fault.
Well I could go on and on saying how you need faith to believe in the message conveyed by the Bible but that would be fruitless and that the reason there's so many religions in the world is because someone didn't like some of the teachings and decided they would establish a doctrine to supercede these and replace them with their own beliefs and is why we see different churches doing different things even being the same denomination. Ignorance is bliss I guess.
The only reason I even bothered replying was because you were badmouthing the Bible... although calling out names like that is not very typical of myself...
For you to even begin to understand this whole Mosaic Law thing you'll need to read Galatians 3:19 and 24 and then read Hebrews 8:13. These all point at the same thing...the fullfilment of the Mosaic Law and it's replacement by the new pact with Jesus. I don't expect you to understand any of this from the Bible correctly since all you're doing is taking bits and pieces of it to make your argument seem plausible which is dumb in itself. You don't really believe in the Bible...you just use it to argue with others about it's truthfulness. That would mean you're an atheist. If this is you then why don't you respect other people's views and beliefs and not spread your own falacious views by posting inaccurate statements about things you don't even understand? Nice try though.
Clean shaven makes one a hypocrite? More moronic ramblings from an Internet idiot that thinks they know something about the Bible when they don't. Have you even ever OPENED a Bible? So you're saying Muslims ARE Christians? Better not...you might get the beating of your life from one of them who would find that offensive.
If you're talking about the "Mosaic Laws" then I suggest you brush up on your Bible reading and see if you can conclude that it was abolished by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Otherwise I've never seen anything that suggests you can't shave.
I find it funny how idiotic some people on this site are sometimes. As for the blood being part of those same laws...this is true BUT it was mentioned again AFTER the "sacrifice" so it's upheld as something to follow even after the abolishing of these laws just as thou shalt not kill is also retained along with other things.