zombe on 2/9/2015 at 06:18
Checked whether i had any of them installed (wmic qfe get hotfixid | find "KBnumbers") and KB3068708 one is (+ its previous version). The rest is not and does not show up in new updates either (murmurs say they come via other opt-in's).
Tempted to kick it out, but have to investigate what it actually does. Sounds to be VS related (Which i have, and is possibly the source of the inclusion as that bloody thing had quite a lot of unjustifiably mandatory ass-fuckery included) or was sneaked in via "recommended" updates.
Time to uncheck "Give me recommended updates the same way I receive important updates".
Tony_Tarantula on 4/9/2015 at 13:53
Quote Posted by WingedKagouti
Not only that, but they will also try to find any fault they can in competing products to highlight, even if what Apple does is worse.
With a healthy dose of bitching about "those OTHER giant corporations" on top of it, completely oblivious to the fact that Apple is now a big enough entity that they were seriously considering acquiring other mega companies like Disney.
bedwine on 6/9/2015 at 22:35
I have gotten used to using Windows 10. ONE BIG CONCERN. Apparently I have to use online services to make use of a bunch of apps. I bought a new printer that I have to go online just to print a page with my printer (at least until I figure it out). It seems the separation between home use and online use is getting blurred to the point where just turning your computer on will depend on some Giant Corporations permission to do so. I have about 3 days left before I lose my ability to go back to Windows 7.
Am I right in my concerns?
Azaran on 6/9/2015 at 23:24
Quote Posted by bedwine
I have gotten used to using Windows 10. ONE BIG CONCERN. Apparently I have to use online services to make use of a bunch of apps. I bought a new printer that I have to go online just to print a page with my printer (at least until I figure it out). It seems the separation between home use and online use is getting blurred to the point where just turning your computer on will depend on some Giant Corporations permission to do so. I have about 3 days left before I lose my ability to go back to Windows 7.
Am I right in my concerns?
You may be. I was talking about this with a coworker of mine, who told me he thinks what's bound to happen is eventually everything you do will require online access, paid subscriptions, or special permissions. Eventually, our beloved removable HD's and USB keys will vanish, and maybe even owning hard drives in general, because you'll be required to store everything on a cloud and pay for it. So eventually your PC might have system files in it, but all the software will be stored in the owner's server and you'll have to be online and pay to use it. We would protest now, but as time goes by the new generation will get used to it being that way, and then the corporations will have us by the balls.
The subscription trend (where, if I'm not mistaken, the software you loan is stored in the owner's cloud to ensure you don't crack it, and obviously you need to be online to use it - I think even Steam does that for a lot of games) is a sinister portent of even darker things to come
Tony_Tarantula on 7/9/2015 at 17:47
Quote Posted by bedwine
I have gotten used to using Windows 10. ONE BIG CONCERN. Apparently I have to use online services to make use of a bunch of apps. I bought a new printer that I have to go online just to print a page with my printer (at least until I figure it out). It seems the separation between home use and online use is getting blurred to the point where just turning your computer on will depend on some Giant Corporations permission to do so. I have about 3 days left before I lose my ability to go back to Windows 7.
Am I right in my concerns?
Yes and no. Microsoft's business plan is to eventually transition their products to an always online, cloud and subscription based model. They've already tried it once and the plan backfired spectacularly: you may recall what happened with the Xbox 1.
The flipside of this is that there are competing apps. Linux isn't going anywhere so you should always be able to have access to all your basic productivity functions if not necessarily all of your games in the same place.
On the flip side:
I CALLED this about seven years ago when Microsoft was first pushing "trusted computing".....and the response here was more or less to call me a tinfoil hatter.
I'm not going to hold my breath on the apology that you all owe me.
faetal on 7/9/2015 at 18:54
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
I'm not going to hold my breath on the apology that you all owe me.
Please do.
Tony_Tarantula on 7/9/2015 at 21:06
Quote Posted by faetal
Please do.
Go ahead and snark all you like, but you know that I was right.
Fact of the matter for everyone else is that Microsoft has been at this for years ever since they first came out with the "Trusted Platform Module" technology. The ONLY use for that technology that hasn't already been solved by techies is to allow them to lock you out of content that they don't want you to have or haven't paid your subscription fee for.
More than anything else the problem with Microsoft's is that it treats the computer user as an adversary for security purposes. Rather than trying to enable user functionality, the focus is on hardening the OS to resist attempts by end users to circumvent Microsoft's payment structure and the resulting functionality limitations on software and content.
Hell. The EFF called this over a decade ago:
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https://www.eff.org/wp/trusted-computing-promise-and-risk)
There's one little line that sums up the whole thing nicely:
Quote:
This approach benefits the computer owner only when the remote party to whom the attestation is given
has the same interests as the owner. If you give an attestation to a service provider who wants to help you detect unauthorized
modifications to your computer, attestation benefits you. If you're required to give an attestation to someone who aims to forbid you from using the software of your choice, attestation harms you.
faetal on 8/9/2015 at 20:18
Saying x will happen is meaningless unless you show your working. Anyone can make a prediction, then allow everyone to forget about it over time. Make enough predictions and eventually one will align with reality and then you can draw all of the attention to it like you can somehow see the future. C.f. Nostradamus.
If you can find old posts which exactly point out what is going to happen, how and why, then you can probably say that you made a good prediction for good reasons, but other than that, who cares if you had a hunch which reality vaguely came to resemble? Why does anyone have to apologise to you for flapping your mouth?
Pyrian on 8/9/2015 at 20:53
I do remember him predicting a Rick Perry landslide, lol...
EvaUnit02 on 12/9/2015 at 15:22
"Augment your pre-order" BS aside (I'm not gonna fucking pre-order, sorry Squeenix), my body is ready for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and DX12 goodness courtesy of Nixxes.
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
On the flip side:
I CALLED this about seven years ago when Microsoft was first pushing "trusted computing".....and the response here was more or less to call me a tinfoil hatter.
I'm not going to hold my breath on the apology that you all owe me.
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http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=c5k4f0vk.cer.jpeg)
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