[quote who="kona0197" reply="100" id="3277107"]I agree. Windows 8 is being stuffed down the throats of those looking for newer laptops made within the last month. I can't even find a Windows 7 notebook at any local store.[/quote] Feel ever so free to take the notebook home uninstall that evil MS shit and install your beloved "more secure" linux or some other crap. Feel ever so free! :P
[quote who="tanasii" reply="99" id="3277001"] It would have been a simple matter to tailor the Windows 8 installation to the end user but, NO!, the idiot users must be forced into submission or die. Personally, owing to physical problems, I will never use a touch screen, tablet, laptop or smartphone, etc. Screw Microsoft for trying to make me irrelevant. [/quote] That's right.....because innovation always tailors itself to some
[quote who="kona0197" reply="16" id="3275182"]Well let me restate my opinion. Linux is more secure than Windows ever will be. It is harder to infect a Linux machine versus infecting a Windows machine. Not that it matters. I'm back to using XP until Linux gets better support for games. May be a long time.[/quote] It is not harder to infect a linux-based machine, it is only easier to infect a windows-based machine (mostly due to user ignorance). Most linux users
One of the reasons a new clean format makes everything run so smoothly again is because (in the last few iterations of Windows) the WinSxS folder on your HD (along with pertinent registry entries) keeps growing and growing. Here is a link to an MS support article with some info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592038 So, for those people with a WinSxS folder getting out
[e digicons]:rofl:[/e] this thread........oh my! I think this thread deserves a quote from one of my favourite movie villains of all time! SIMON PHOENIX (Demolition Man) WARNING/DISCLAIMER: Demolition Man is a 1990's movie that depicts acts of senseless violence (non-santioned by religion) and many non-politically correct statements and actions. The
^^ I lol'd! Topdecker [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Anyway, with Windows 8 as a few others (Kantok and Phoon) have pointed out requires a good trial period before the old habits one cultivated are shown to be antiquated and better options presented with the new interface. There are almost too many to list but things like being able to resize the app window to flip back and forth bet
[quote who="Howdidudothat" reply="791" id="3250503"]Good things never die.[/quote] BOOM! Headshot..........hehe [e digicons]O:)[/e]
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I have used IE (and only IE) since the beginning and will never use another browser (unless being forced to use Safari on my iDevices counts! ;) ). I run everything and I mean everything in/on my computational devices (Windows or otherwise) from a "least priviledge" frame of thinking. Software developers cannot and in most cases should not be trusted to secure your stuff (even if in most cases it becomes a case of securing yourself from yoursel
MS Surface will compliment my upcoming Nokia Lumia 920 running Window Phone 8 and my desktop/notebook with Windows 8 quite nicely. [e digicons]^_^[/e]
[quote who="LightStar" reply="30" id="3227525"]I started a simple policy after I found out about Apple's labor practices in China. If it isn't made in the USA, I don't buy it ... period! [/quote] Made or [i]assembled[/i] ? [e digicons]O:)[/e]
Nokia Lumia 920....... [e classic]:congrat:[/e] ...and before anyone mentions Nokia's "faked camera ad-campaign"........it's a moot point for me. According to a handful of hands-on tests it appears the new Lumia's camera indeed does outperform anything else like it on the market today. Of course I won't even use the camera, I'm getting this badboy for the touchscreen that I can us
"Hello IT....have you tried rebooting it?......." Taken from a little TV show I've been watching lately called "The IT crowd". [e classic]:congrat:[/e]
I like it! But then when have I not ever [i]gone against the grain[/i]? [e digicons]O:)[/e] Windows 8 + Touchscreen PC + Windows Phone = everything I need and then some I might actually be able to retire my existing phone an iPad and an iMac or two with the above scenario......hehe
[quote who="AseOfSpadez" reply="13" id="3203237"]Do you mod? Have you ever pirated games and been found out by an online company? Do you enjoy raping goldfish? Any of this causes steam to put you under very close scrutiny. Stant for example was a very upstanding sins citizen but was banned from steam for mods and such and now will refuse to play rebellion even if he could.[/quote] So because someone was foolish
[quote who="Alstein" reply="336" id="3203278"]Offline mode doesn't work for everyone. and it's occasionally buggy for me the rare times I've needed it (and always slow). [/quote] While that may be true, it is by far the exception and not the rule so keep that in perspective. What you just said about STEAM could be said about pretty much any product/service available on the free market these days, doesn't mean it's anymore a&nbs
One of the biggest killers of anything [i]removable[/i] is people not doing the "safely remove USB hardware" thing. Also, with external drives I always follow the 3 second rule. Alfter doing the "safely remove hardware" thing and unplugging the drive I never touch/move the drive in question until a full (and I mean FULL) 3 seconds have elapsed. Call it a "leftover" from days long gone and past but I find my "3 second rule" hasn't fail
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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="23" id="3197401"] A vulnerable system is vulnerable, and further vulnerabilities might occur. If that results in further damage, the solution isn't "don't touch in the first place". The solution is "stop this insane crap". Unfortunately, they are insane and they won't stop until they are stopped decisively.[/quote] Not true at all. I work with network security for a living and I have personally witnessed threats that have compromise
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You're not seriously advocating that infecting a network (any network) thereby exposing systems to further compromise and potentially dropping those compromised systems into the lap of any number of idiot script-kiddies is somehow a [i]public service[/i]? [e digicons]:(O[/e] Of course knowing one's vulnerabilities is always preferable but I guarantee that those "serious folks" you allude to have not ever and will not ever be stopped by "bet
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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="15" id="3196758"]... I also don't think it was the work of "some hacker", if it happened and isn't "disinformation". Until a further analysis of the Trojan comes, I'll withhold that judgment. [/quote] I think what wizard was alluding to was that once a system is compromised by a trojan (any trojan) another attack from "some hacker" could have unintended (and far worse) consequences. I for one
[quote who="caster91" reply="134" id="3196668"]I am having trouble finding the link on the website you specified as well as using a search engine to find it. Can you post the link to the file at a website or possibly have it uploaded to a file server like rapidshare.com or etc.. I am trying to host rebellion match on my computer. [/quote] The link is back in the OP now. I have to say though that the port numbers in my guid
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[quote who="Sinperium" reply="6" id="3194626"] We are more and more making the statement through repeated action that, "The needs of the organization outweigh personal freedoms.". [/quote] ...and there it is. The yankee F-word (freedom)....hehe We canucks realised long ago that "personal anything" (least of all [i]freedom[/i]) was non-existent and fighting the [i]trend[/i] or [i]establishment[/i] would jus
40% discount still active (due to STEAM summer sales events) until July 23rd 2012. Go get it nubs! :P
W:EE is 50% off during the weekend coupled with the release of the SECOND FREE DLC bringing even more maps and a new gameplay mode. http://store.steampowered.com/news/8328/ Anyone into RTS at all owes it to themselves to check this one out. It is months later and I still play this game every chance I get.......
[quote who="Astax" reply="13" id="3179361"] Do you know that steams knows every single piece of software that's installed on your system by windows? Can you tell me why the fuck it's any of their business? If the purpose of steam was to thwart piracy, lol, I could maybe go with that, but honestly I'm not retarded.[/quote] Host a website and run some analytics and you'll see just how much [i]info[/i] a person's web browser just [i]hands over[/i]
[quote who="Aerion Istari" reply="246" id="3179121"] I flatly refuse to do business with a digital distributors who summarily closes user's accounts if they suspect the user might have cheated or has pirated software. I don't want to lose access to a bunch of games *I* paid for because my 12-year-old child got on my computer without my knowledge or permission and did something stupid!!! Just the rumor that Steam does this has been enough for me to steer clear of