Guess payback's hell but I used to read through all my teachers' day planners, notebooks, gradebooks, and test banks found in the old unprotected x286 DOS network we had.
It wasn't right when I did it 10+ years ago and it's not right what they're doing now.
I won't bother to explain why since I'll just get labeled a troll anyway, but I also prefer Windows. It's what I'm used to and I am fast enough with the interface to be essentially mouse-less, so there's little reason for me to change until my needs change. I also play a lot of PC-only games.
You remember the burly brawl from Matrix Reloaded? The scene where Neo flies off and all the agent Smiths are just kinda standing around looking generally disappointed and perplexed?
Welcome to the world of the Ken Lay prosecution team.
I decided to buy an upgrade copy of Windows XP for $100. That normally wouldn't be a good idea since it doesn't upgrade the file system.
AFAIK, you can do a full install of Windows XP from the "Upgrade" disc as long as you throw a copy of Win98/ME/etc. in the drive first to "prove" you are qualified for an upgrade. I've never trusted an install of WinXP over an existing Win9X system... FAT32 with WinXP just makes me cringe.
I think he's right though, that the "average" computer user would not want to install Linux just to browse the web and email. But the "average" computer user can't even navigate to a folder if you tell them where it is (other than the desktop... maybe).
That is true, I get more "unwanted" emails than "unsolicited" (though I always look forward to daily/. updates).
I do feel bad for people that think they can just take their PC home, plug it in, and start using it like a toaster or washing machine. My parents repeatedly ask me if there's a program I can install, or a filter I can set up, to "get rid of all the spam."
First off, I'm sure I'd be a billionaire if I could do that. Secondly, it's tough to make people (especially parents) understand there's nothing "magic" about a spam message that marks it as such. It's just another dishonest and/or annoying scam artists, the likes of which you run into every day.
Hard for people to keep in mind there's other people at the end of that inter-web wire... not all of them friendly.
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Guess payback's hell but I used to read through all my teachers' day planners, notebooks, gradebooks, and test banks found in the old unprotected x286 DOS network we had.
It wasn't right when I did it 10+ years ago and it's not right what they're doing now.
I won't bother to explain why since I'll just get labeled a troll anyway, but I also prefer Windows. It's what I'm used to and I am fast enough with the interface to be essentially mouse-less, so there's little reason for me to change until my needs change. I also play a lot of PC-only games.
You remember the burly brawl from Matrix Reloaded? The scene where Neo flies off and all the agent Smiths are just kinda standing around looking generally disappointed and perplexed?
Welcome to the world of the Ken Lay prosecution team.
If you data mine in their systems or otherwise snoop too deeply into NSA or the FBI you get yourself 5 to 10 years in federal P.M.I.T.A. prison.
In developing countries, now you don't send out for rice -- rice sends out for you!
I decided to buy an upgrade copy of Windows XP for $100. That normally wouldn't be a good idea since it doesn't upgrade the file system.
AFAIK, you can do a full install of Windows XP from the "Upgrade" disc as long as you throw a copy of Win98/ME/etc. in the drive first to "prove" you are qualified for an upgrade. I've never trusted an install of WinXP over an existing Win9X system... FAT32 with WinXP just makes me cringe.
I think he's right though, that the "average" computer user would not want to install Linux just to browse the web and email. But the "average" computer user can't even navigate to a folder if you tell them where it is (other than the desktop... maybe).
That is true, I get more "unwanted" emails than "unsolicited" (though I always look forward to daily /. updates).
I do feel bad for people that think they can just take their PC home, plug it in, and start using it like a toaster or washing machine. My parents repeatedly ask me if there's a program I can install, or a filter I can set up, to "get rid of all the spam."
First off, I'm sure I'd be a billionaire if I could do that. Secondly, it's tough to make people (especially parents) understand there's nothing "magic" about a spam message that marks it as such. It's just another dishonest and/or annoying scam artists, the likes of which you run into every day.
Hard for people to keep in mind there's other people at the end of that inter-web wire... not all of them friendly.
At what point in history was this not a problem? Can't say I'm surprised...