The only speculation I provide is that the hacked Photoshop.DLL doesn't work. After the dozens of no-CD patches I've tried to use on my video games that either don't run or don't work correctly, I don't consider this "baseless" speculation.
Oh, and there was a slight error. It's actually Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local. I left out the "AppData" folder.
They're not putting "these features" in at all. All the articles about DRM in Vista were complete lies, and this article is also a complete lie. That's all there is to it.
The only scary thing about this is how many people trust Slashdot story summaries to contain complete and accurate information. I'd rather trust the Weekly World News.
The firewall is designed to work that way. It protects you against attacks from the OUTSIDE. If you install an application on your own computer, you've just told the computer that you trust that application to make changes to your system settings: including your firewall settings!
It's not a security hole. If you don't trust an application, then don't freakin' install it! Duh.
The fact that people will read complete bullshit like the summary and instantly assume it's even half true makes me very, very sad. No, it's not half-true. It's not a tenth-true. Neither were any of the DRM claims about Vista, if you remember those from this site. Face it, when it comes to DRM in Windows, Slashdot posts nothing but unfiltered bullshit.
Here's the most likely possibility:
- The 13-year-old retard hacker who modified the.DLL to get rid of the nag screen is a shitty programmer, and his modified.DLL doesn't fucking work.
- The idiot who submitted this article doesn't know jack about Windows or computers in general:
For example, the "Local Settings" folder doesn't exist in Vista or Windows 7, it's actually a NTFS junction to the new Users/[Name]/Local folder. Arguably it's a bug that Windows Explorer can't correctly follow junctions, but it's not a conspiracy.
Oh, and applications have always been able to add exceptions to the firewall, just as they can in any other OS I've ever run. Firewalls are designed to prevent *external* attacks; if you go through the effort of installing an application, obviously you've given it your blessing and that application can modify firewall settings. (If you don't trust an app, *don't install it*! Duh!)
Dude, this is an DRM story about a new version of Windows on Slashdot. What are the odds that it's complete and utter bullshit? All the DRM articles on Vista were-- or do you not remember the dozens of scaremongering articles outlining the hundreds of basic tasks that we wouldn't be able to do on Vista because of it's DRM?
You're putting way too much faith in this "news outlet."
The point of that REM song is that every thing people have said would cause the "end of the world" turned out to barely change anything at all. It's basically a criticism of the insane levels of alarmism in the media. At least that's how I interpret it.
Sure the downturn in the economy means "the end of the world", but, hey, I still feel fine.
This is why ARM or MIPS-based netbooks are so interesting.
Interesting, but not popular. Where do you even find a netbook that's not running an Intel Atom or VIA Nano? (And the only one I know of running the Nano is Samsung's... 90%+ of the market belongs to Intel.)
Yeah, but it's not like they were actually at war, right? There's no reason to use passive unless you're trying to sneak around, and unless I'm missing some huge piece of news, the UK and France aren't actively pelting each other with torpedoes at the moment.
Other than Microsoft's improved download center I can't think of a quick answer to your question.
But having looked into the technology, I'd like Silverlight to win just because it's implemented so much better than Flash. Javascript and Silverlight are actual peers, you can talk directly between the two, manipulate the DOM between the two, no problem. Where getting Javascript to talk to Flash, and vice-versa, has always been a complete pain in the ass.
They have a non-administrator mode that really works.
So does Microsoft's.
Your problem isn't with Microsoft, but with third-party software. Which, you know, doesn't make it any less of a problem, but please make sure you're placing the blame where it belongs-- it's not like it's a mystery which folders applications are supposed to be using for their data.
Before I saw Rain Man I had never heard of Autism, now I have an autistic son, my ex has another autistic son, one of my best childhood friends has an autistic son, my GF has a son with asperger's, and there are others I am aware of within my community. This can't be explained by increased diagnosis
Why not? You dismiss this out-of-hand, but you don't explain the reason for dismissing it.
There is something that has entered our environment within the past half century or so that is causing an alarming rise in the incidence of autistic spectrum disorders. I don't know what it is, perhaps it's the foam padding in our furniture, or household cleaners, or chlorinated water supplies, or TV, or microwaves, or food additives. Perhaps it is vaccines and the pharmaceutical corporations are covering it up. I simply don't know.
If you understood my point (that crypto-nerds obsess over numbers and math rather than considering the practicality of it), then why would you reply to *support* my point? I still call that a "woosh".
Windows was (and still is, to a large part) built off what was originally a single-user system that would exist ENTIRELY as a standalone unit that was never connected to any other computers.
Wrong; current Windows versions (2000+) are based off of the Windows NT code, which was designed from the very beginning to exist on networks and with multi-user support.
UNIX, on the other hand, started with that kind of functionality in mind.
So did Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
To put it simply, Microsoft started with a shoe and tried to make a hat.
And you started with ignorance and tried to turn it into bullshit. Kudos.
But Microsoft can't do that now, nor have they been able to for years. Face it: it's the OEMs shipping the computers with IE; Microsoft has little to do with the problem, and legal action against Microsoft isn't going to solve anything.
If Mozilla wants marketshare, they should go after Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony, and make the case for bundling Firefox. Hopefully without involving lawyers.
BTW, go back and watch "It Happened One Night." Much of the movie takes place on a 1934 Greyhound route from Miami to NY (IIRC). I was amazed at how luxurious Greyhound buses were in the 1930s... I guess at that time, any form of long-distance travel was that way.
Considering that: 1) 90% of the development cost of IE would have needed to be done anyway to support HTML-viewer applications in the OS, such as the help system, and 2) The insane ad rates MSN/Live.com can charge (although not as insane as Google gets away with for search)
I think IE has more than proven its worth to MS over the years. Or do you seriously believe all the traffic IE drives towards MSN is utterly worthless?
It's not just the carrier, but the route. AA for example has a ton of old Super-80s it flies domestically, which realistically are never going to get entertainment systems. If they could, I bet they'd love to scrap the fuel-guzzlers all tomorrow, but they need them to keep routes going. And yeah, they're all pretty run-down... but I bet if you flew internationally, you'd get on something much nicer.
Because there's this particular hipster/geek vibe that popular = bad. As soon as Starbucks became popular, they became bad. (Or in geek parlance "evil.") The company itself doesn't actually have to change; in fact a reasonable person might say that today's Starbucks is significantly better than one five years ago would be.
It just so happens that Seattle is a big haven for hipsters and geeks, so that attitude is prevalent.
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The only speculation I provide is that the hacked Photoshop .DLL doesn't work. After the dozens of no-CD patches I've tried to use on my video games that either don't run or don't work correctly, I don't consider this "baseless" speculation.
Oh, and there was a slight error. It's actually Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local. I left out the "AppData" folder.
They're not putting "these features" in at all. All the articles about DRM in Vista were complete lies, and this article is also a complete lie. That's all there is to it.
The only scary thing about this is how many people trust Slashdot story summaries to contain complete and accurate information. I'd rather trust the Weekly World News.
The firewall is designed to work that way. It protects you against attacks from the OUTSIDE. If you install an application on your own computer, you've just told the computer that you trust that application to make changes to your system settings: including your firewall settings!
It's not a security hole. If you don't trust an application, then don't freakin' install it! Duh.
Oh, and OS X works the same way.
The fact that people will read complete bullshit like the summary and instantly assume it's even half true makes me very, very sad. No, it's not half-true. It's not a tenth-true. Neither were any of the DRM claims about Vista, if you remember those from this site. Face it, when it comes to DRM in Windows, Slashdot posts nothing but unfiltered bullshit.
Here's the most likely possibility:
- The 13-year-old retard hacker who modified the .DLL to get rid of the nag screen is a shitty programmer, and his modified .DLL doesn't fucking work.
- The idiot who submitted this article doesn't know jack about Windows or computers in general:
For example, the "Local Settings" folder doesn't exist in Vista or Windows 7, it's actually a NTFS junction to the new Users/[Name]/Local folder. Arguably it's a bug that Windows Explorer can't correctly follow junctions, but it's not a conspiracy.
Oh, and applications have always been able to add exceptions to the firewall, just as they can in any other OS I've ever run. Firewalls are designed to prevent *external* attacks; if you go through the effort of installing an application, obviously you've given it your blessing and that application can modify firewall settings. (If you don't trust an app, *don't install it*! Duh!)
Dude, this is an DRM story about a new version of Windows on Slashdot. What are the odds that it's complete and utter bullshit? All the DRM articles on Vista were-- or do you not remember the dozens of scaremongering articles outlining the hundreds of basic tasks that we wouldn't be able to do on Vista because of it's DRM?
You're putting way too much faith in this "news outlet."
He's probably referring to a Xbox 360, which has Netflix support built-in since the last dashboard revision.
Please, I've been told my entire life that we're "past the breaking point" on something or another. I've stopped believing it.
The point of that REM song is that every thing people have said would cause the "end of the world" turned out to barely change anything at all. It's basically a criticism of the insane levels of alarmism in the media. At least that's how I interpret it.
Sure the downturn in the economy means "the end of the world", but, hey, I still feel fine.
This is why ARM or MIPS-based netbooks are so interesting.
Interesting, but not popular. Where do you even find a netbook that's not running an Intel Atom or VIA Nano? (And the only one I know of running the Nano is Samsung's... 90%+ of the market belongs to Intel.)
Ok, so I'm wrong, but that makes me a troll?
Christ, all moderators are total idiots.
^- that's a troll.
Yeah, but it's not like they were actually at war, right? There's no reason to use passive unless you're trying to sneak around, and unless I'm missing some huge piece of news, the UK and France aren't actively pelting each other with torpedoes at the moment.
Fortunately, the bullet's pretty cheap because it was made in a sweat-shop.
All those randomly-capitalized words are just wearing out your keyboard faster, and supporting these keyboard factories! Shame.
Other than Microsoft's improved download center I can't think of a quick answer to your question.
But having looked into the technology, I'd like Silverlight to win just because it's implemented so much better than Flash. Javascript and Silverlight are actual peers, you can talk directly between the two, manipulate the DOM between the two, no problem. Where getting Javascript to talk to Flash, and vice-versa, has always been a complete pain in the ass.
They have a non-administrator mode that really works.
So does Microsoft's.
Your problem isn't with Microsoft, but with third-party software. Which, you know, doesn't make it any less of a problem, but please make sure you're placing the blame where it belongs-- it's not like it's a mystery which folders applications are supposed to be using for their data.
Before I saw Rain Man I had never heard of Autism, now I have an autistic son, my ex has another autistic son, one of my best childhood friends has an autistic son, my GF has a son with asperger's, and there are others I am aware of within my community. This can't be explained by increased diagnosis
Why not? You dismiss this out-of-hand, but you don't explain the reason for dismissing it.
There is something that has entered our environment within the past half century or so that is causing an alarming rise in the incidence of autistic spectrum disorders. I don't know what it is, perhaps it's the foam padding in our furniture, or household cleaners, or chlorinated water supplies, or TV, or microwaves, or food additives. Perhaps it is vaccines and the pharmaceutical corporations are covering it up. I simply don't know.
It must be Rain Man that's the problem.
I've got a 10-year old nephew that says otherwise.
What are his credentials?
If you understood my point (that crypto-nerds obsess over numbers and math rather than considering the practicality of it), then why would you reply to *support* my point? I still call that a "woosh".
Windows was (and still is, to a large part) built off what was originally a single-user system that would exist ENTIRELY as a standalone unit that was never connected to any other computers.
Wrong; current Windows versions (2000+) are based off of the Windows NT code, which was designed from the very beginning to exist on networks and with multi-user support.
UNIX, on the other hand, started with that kind of functionality in mind.
So did Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.
To put it simply, Microsoft started with a shoe and tried to make a hat.
And you started with ignorance and tried to turn it into bullshit. Kudos.
the default homepage (that most people change).
[citation needed]
But Microsoft can't do that now, nor have they been able to for years. Face it: it's the OEMs shipping the computers with IE; Microsoft has little to do with the problem, and legal action against Microsoft isn't going to solve anything.
If Mozilla wants marketshare, they should go after Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony, and make the case for bundling Firefox. Hopefully without involving lawyers.
BTW, go back and watch "It Happened One Night." Much of the movie takes place on a 1934 Greyhound route from Miami to NY (IIRC). I was amazed at how luxurious Greyhound buses were in the 1930s... I guess at that time, any form of long-distance travel was that way.
Considering that:
1) 90% of the development cost of IE would have needed to be done anyway to support HTML-viewer applications in the OS, such as the help system, and
2) The insane ad rates MSN/Live.com can charge (although not as insane as Google gets away with for search)
I think IE has more than proven its worth to MS over the years. Or do you seriously believe all the traffic IE drives towards MSN is utterly worthless?
It's not just the carrier, but the route. AA for example has a ton of old Super-80s it flies domestically, which realistically are never going to get entertainment systems. If they could, I bet they'd love to scrap the fuel-guzzlers all tomorrow, but they need them to keep routes going. And yeah, they're all pretty run-down... but I bet if you flew internationally, you'd get on something much nicer.
Because there's this particular hipster/geek vibe that popular = bad. As soon as Starbucks became popular, they became bad. (Or in geek parlance "evil.") The company itself doesn't actually have to change; in fact a reasonable person might say that today's Starbucks is significantly better than one five years ago would be.
It just so happens that Seattle is a big haven for hipsters and geeks, so that attitude is prevalent.