2012-07-06, 14:51 | Link #22401 | |
AS Oji-kun
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I've gotten really tired of reading these stories where journalists talk about "malware on computers" without pointing to the fact that we're talking on "malware on computers that run Microsoft Windows." Of course, the journalists at the Independent aren't entirely to blame either. Nowhere in the linked materials at the FBI is there any mention of Microsoft Windows. People keep getting fed the falsehood that all computers are equally vulnerable to malware. That's good for Microsoft's bottom line, and good for media agencies who receive millions of dollars each year in advertising from Microsoft. But it's a horrible disservice to the public at large and a major impediment to encouraging people to "just say no" to Windows and getting them to try something else. Sadly every story about "malware" drives more and more people into the arms of the tablet manufacturers for whom computing is all about media consumption. I fear the day when everyone is just watching things that have been packaged for them by big media conglomerates. General-purpose computers are a remarkably empowering tool, but they're losing ground to client-only devices like tablets in part because of widespread fears of "malware on computers." I can see these forces at work here in the Tech Support forum as well. Back when I first joined AS there was a small, but growing contingent of Linux users who made support requests in that forum. Now they have all disappeared. Either fewer and fewer AS people run Linux, or those of us that do either have few problems (likely), or have figured out how to fix the problems themselves.
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2012-07-06, 18:15 | Link #22407 | |
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2012-07-06, 19:19 | Link #22408 | |
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Also, I get updates for most apps automatically (I do not have to open them for them to phone home to check for an update). |
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2012-07-06, 19:43 | Link #22409 |
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I used to work with Premier/Silver/Gold Microsoft Partner consulting firms... all I can do is laugh at such unvarnished belief in the fiction of Microsoft's "best support" or "most support". These days Microsoft is like an elephant with several brains and a dozen legs - the internal contradictions and tripping over its own feet.... well, its just lucky it has so much virtual mass <rofl>. Sometimes my comrades joke that it is "Ballmers all the way down".
Most businesses only stay with Windows if: 1) they have critical business applications that don't run on anything else and they can't afford the overhaul (aka they're captive) <---- (primary and most rational reason) 2) they're stupid and like to spend a lot of money unnecessarily. 3) the only guy with a clue is the CIO and he sticks with "Microsoft" for the same reason his ancestors stuck with "IBM" ... wave the flag and pretend there's no other option.
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2012-07-06, 20:24 | Link #22410 | |
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I use Windows for one reason and one reason alone--I am a PC gamer, and I don't have the patience to try to mess around with Wine.
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2012-07-06, 21:04 | Link #22411 | |
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For servers, my choice is usually "OpenBSD".
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2012-07-06, 22:29 | Link #22412 | ||
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That said, I must admit that "we're not used by Iranians who get targeted by sophisticated cyberweapons" is a rather catchy little security argument. Quote:
That's an elegant way of getting around the "shut down everything in the background and reboot whenever you want to game" issue - the only issue being that keeping two desktops and a small ultraportable is stretching my student budget a bit as is. (And before someone suggests it... the ultraportable doesn't have anywhere near enough storage capacity to serve as
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2012-07-06, 22:59 | Link #22413 | |
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2012-07-06, 23:22 | Link #22414 |
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Not sure how much has changed since ubuntu 9.4 something something (last version i remember that demo-ed)... but one of the reasons I abandoned it is because the fonts just doesn't look right when I use it with firefox. It was headache inducing!
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2012-07-08, 09:15 | Link #22417 | |
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NSFW Sankaku : Outrage at Shiga Schoolboy Suicide Scandal
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It is a pity the kid didn't retailiate and escalated countermeasures beyond "police report" and "teacher report", then burned down the teacher's office - I doubt a can of petrol and a styrofoam board wouldn't have been unaffordable with his pocket money. If the bullies have human rights, where is the victim's right of self-defence?
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2012-07-08, 14:27 | Link #22418 | ||
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Annan arrives in Damascus, Syria tests missiles http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8610SH20120708 Quote:
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2012-07-08, 16:03 | Link #22419 | |
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Of course, it would be interesting to trace out how many of those public employee/officials had kids at the school and who may have been involved in the bullying... Also... the "pack" can usually sniff out someone who *isn't* likely to effectively retaliate.
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2012-07-08, 16:35 | Link #22420 | ||
AS Oji-kun
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Violence, Threats Rise as Malaysia Election Nears
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Is UMNO a victim of changing demographics in Malaysia? Are other ethnic groups growing faster than the Malays themselves? In other news, Na Yeon Choi takes six-shot lead Quote:
The Women's Open is being held on the same course where Se Ri Pak won in a twenty-hole playoff fourteen years ago. That win inspired lots of young Korean women to pursue a professional golf career, so much so that they now dominate the American LPGA tour. Annika Sorenstam, the most dominant female player in the world until her retirement a few years back, was asked yesterday why the Asians were doing better than the Americans in ladies golf. Annika replied simply that "the Asians work harder." Where have I heard that before? First prize is $585,000. Nice chunk of change for a 24-year-old. Speaking of cash, why are the Japanese the second biggest donor nation to Afghanistan after the US? Tokyo hosted this weekend's international conference of donors. On top of the $5 billion they have already sent to Afghanistan, Japan pledged another $5 billion over the next five years. Why is Japan so interested in Afghanistan? It's still one of the poorest places on earth with no oil or other obvious assets besides poppies. Is it just to make the Americans happy? Has this largess stimulated much opposition within Japan?
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