That's below the belt, Apple
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Don't feel bad, 63.27% of all Americans can't find Europe on a map1.
1: All numbers completely made up.
Sadly you're probably right. But our schools are too busy promoting "gender neutralism" and "Everyone gets a trophy" to bother with trivial details like world geography.
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Same here, but 17". It still has a better resolution than the flat panel on my desk now. (1600x1200)
My current favorite (that is within budget) http://www.amazon.com/Philips-272P4QPJKEB-27-Inch-2560x1440-Resolution/dp/B00CCY8AOA
[2560x1440]
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Don't feel bad, 63.27% of all Americans can't find Europe on a map1.
Close to 50% can't even find a map!
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Don't feel bad, 63.27% of all US Americans can't find Europe on a map1.
1: All numbers completely made up.
MSCTFY
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Whatever you think of Microsoft, they're a pretty classy company. (They send Mozilla a cake every Firefox release, for example.)
You can fuck off. I was around, and remember, when Microsoft Defender (or whatever the fuck it was called back in the day), said that Mozilla Firefox was malware and offered to remove it. (this was in the XP days)
And, let's not forget the fact that MS spends its time developing a program called MS Defender instead of devoting those resources to remove the fucking sieve level of holes in their product.
But, bless them for their shitty products as they basically line my products with their oversights.
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I'm surprised they didn't write "OS: Micro$$$$oft Windows" somewhere.
Really? Apple would not want to point out how something is overpriced.
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You can fuck off. I was around, and remember, when Microsoft Defender (or whatever the fuck it was called back in the day), said that Mozilla Firefox was malware and offered to remove it. (this was in the XP days)
Liar.
And, let's not forget the fact that MS spends its time developing a program called MS Defender instead of devoting those resources to remove the fucking sieve level of holes in their product.
There are no holes left to remove.
But, bless them for their shitty products as they basically line my products with their oversights.
I don't know what this means.
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Liar.
You believe what you wish, I will believe what I know and witnessed with my own eyes.
There are no holes left to remove.
Then why have software to prevent infections?
I don't know what this means.
Sorry Drax, I meant to type "pockets" instead of "products".
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You believe what you wish, I will believe what I know and witnessed with my own eyes.
It would help if you linked to a source, but you can't because you lied.
Then why have software to prevent infections?
Because 99.9% of infections are caused by people going to porn sites and hitting "yes" on the UAC prompt that comes up.
Sorry Drax, I meant to type "pockets" instead of "products".
You type gibberish and it's my fault. Of course.
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It would help if you linked to a source, but you can't because you lied.
No, it would help if there were not 10 billion links to references about Firefox and malware since then.
Because 99.9% of infections are caused by people going to porn sites and hitting "yes" on the UAC prompt that comes up.
So?
You type gibberish and it's my fault. Of course.
Of course.
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No, it would help if there were not 10 billion links to references about Firefox and malware since then.
How convenient for you.
So?
So that's why they have Windows Defender.
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You can fuck off. I was around, and remember, when Microsoft Defender (or whatever the fuck it was called back in the day), said that Mozilla Firefox was malware and offered to remove it. (this was in the XP days)
As a former user of Firefox on XP with MS Defender, I can say with absolute certainty that you, my friend, are talking out of your arse.
@Polygeekery said:And, let's not forget the fact that MS spends its time developing a program called MS Defender
instead of devoting those resources to remove the fucking sieve level of holes in their productbecause the vast majority of Windows users are feckless morons who will click as many 'Yes's as necessary to see the dancing kitten or the naked body of some random bimbo with Angelina Jolie's head poorly 'shopped onto it..
FTFY
@Polygeekery said:No, it would help if there were not 10 billion links to references about Firefox and malware since then.
And yet you cannot provide a single one to back up your FUD.
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How convenient for you.
And yet you cannot provide a single one to back up your FUD.
I would hazard a guess that it was ~2001 when it happened?
But, even though I cannot dig up a ~15 year old link to what happened...I can find a 4 year old one for Chrome. So, @blakeyrat and @RaceProUK can both fuck off.
http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/microsoft-falsely-labels-chrome-as-malware/
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And within hours, MS updated the definitions to correct the issue.
Let's just reiterate that: MS fixed the issue within a few hours.
Hardly a sign of being evil, is it? But no, let's not let this trivial detail of MS fixing the issue within a few hours spoil the blind hatred you are infesting this thread with.
Quite frankly, this shit-spreading is pathetic.
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spoil the blind hatred you are infesting this thread with.
As I said before, you can fuck off. I still like you, but you can fuck off.
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I'm not the one labelling a company as Satan incarnate because of one tiny mistake that was rectified within hours.
It's pathetic, and only serves to reinforce the fact that you don't care for facts; all you want to do is spread lies and FUD because of some irrational hatred towards a company that made a simple mistake.
Name one AV product that has never triggered a false positive. That's right: there isn't one.
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MS fixing the issue within a few hours
And besides that, even if they fix it within a few hours it is unlikely that they layperson is going to receive an update within a few days. In the meantime, they will think that Chrome is malware.
This is the shit that happened to me back in the day. I got a MS Security Essentials/Defender/whatever the fuck it was called at the time update that Firefox was malware. People trust MS. They think that just because MS labels something as malware, it is. Because 99.9% of the time it is. But that remaining fractional percentage, I feel they use to exert their power. They label their competition as malware, because it resists the pervasiveness of MS.
I am telling you that it happened. You can believe me or not. But, my lack of ability to dig up a decade old news story lends creedence to neither of our stories. It means...well...nothing other than the fact that Google weights recent stories more than old ones. Surely someone else went through it though.
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I'm not the one labelling a company as Satan incarnate because of one tiny mistake that was rectified within hours.
It's pathetic, and only serves to reinforce the fact that you don't care for facts; all you want to do is spread lies and FUD because of some irrational hatred towards a company that made a simple mistake.
Name one AV product that has never triggered a false positive. That's right: there isn't one.
I believe I said it succinctly enough before when I said:
you can fuck off
I don't necessarily hate on MS. I just don't think they are Saint Theresa either, because Saint Theresa was a cunt by most people's definition if they knew the truth.
So, I am going to bed and will end this argument by saying again:
you can fuck off
We can continue it tomorrow if you wish to piss and moan some more.
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In the meantime, they will think that Chrome is malware
Then they've shown a total inability to think for themselves.
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Then they've shown a total inability to think for themselves.
Probably the kind of people who got Chrome as a bundled install and kept using IE ...
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Oh man I was going to dig up the Windows 3.1-esque "Add Font" dialog, but it looks like Windows 7 finally kiboshed it.
I was going to do the exact same thing, and was quite surprised to see a nice modern one there instead.Maybe the next best? CBA trying to check anything else.
There are no holes left to remove.
:WTF: Why do I keep getting security updates for Windows then?Also: inb4 "TRWTF is {Oracle|Java|still using environment variables}"
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next best
If you are messing around with the path variable then you deserve a 3.1 text box, double so if it is java related
Common ... why don't you just edit the registry ... it's right there under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
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I don't, normally, but there's a strong overlap between "parts of the UI that really nobody should use" and "parts of the UI that haven't been updated in a long time". So if you're looking for the latter, starting with the former is a good strategy.
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Then they've shown a total inability to think for themselves.
...you're describing your average computer user. That is exactly what they are. These are the same damned people that go off on rants 3-4 times a year when the latest hoax about how FB is going to start charging users is making the rounds.
The same people that kick the network cable loose from their computers and then they never work again until the IT guy comes and plugs it back in.
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The same people that kick the network cable loose from their computers and then they never work again until the IT guy comes and plugs it back in.
Wireless networking FTW! ;)
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Wireless networking FTW!
In that case, we are talking about the same people who will run their desktop on wireless when their ISP provided router is sitting on their desk right next to it. ;)
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ow FB is going to start charging users
Facebook has been charging it's customers from the get-go. It will never charge its merchandise, because that gets in the way of business.
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In that case, we are talking about the same people who will run their desktop on wireless when their ISP provided router is sitting on their desk right next to it.
It's not as daft as all that, as it means they can move things around without having to run cables. After all, the bottleneck will probably be the ISP connection, not the wireless.
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Facebook has been charging it's customers from the get-go. It will never charge its merchandise, because that gets in the way of business.
Neither of those statements are true.
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Neither of those statements are true.
Facebook's customers are the companies that buy ad space, and their merchandise is the millions of users who see those ads.So yes, @PleegWat is correct.
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Facebook's customers are the companies that buy ad space, and their merchandise is the millions of users who see those ads.
I know this, and no he is not correct.
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I know this, and no he is not correct.
So you know he's correct, therefore he's wrong.Makes sense.
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Facebook's customers are the companies that buy ad space, and their merchandise is the millions of users who see those ads.
No, I know what he meant and I know that his statement was incorrect.
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Then you're gonna have to explain what you're on about, because right now you're not making sense
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Ditto.
That monitor and frequent LAN parties is why I used to be so slim in the college days :P
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The statement was that FB charged it's customers from the get-go and that it would never charge it's users as that is counter-productive.
FB was one of the first companies to hold off an extraordinarily long time before monetizing their users. So, my point of contention there was in the "from the get-go" part of the statement.
As for never charging the merchandise, that is also not technically correct as they do charge regular users to increase the reach on the content they post.
Yes, charging a monthly fee would be stupid of them. That does not mean they are not always trying to milk money from both sides of the equation.
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Now it makes sense ;)
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I was technically correct. The best kind of correct. ;-)
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The same parts as Samsung. The same parts. The same parts.
But no, they're probably made in the Extreme High Quality Extra Advanced Samsung Part Factory in a different part of China than the one that makes the parts Samsung gets.
You can get higher quality by two methods (or a combination thereof):
- rigorous quality control during production
- rigorous quality control after production
Just in case you didn't already know (and it seems that way): The type of CPU you get is often determined by how many tests the die fails after production. i3, i5, i7? Same production line, same die layout, same everything.
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Pendantry ?
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Apparently I'm wrong, and Apple gets all the best parts that are the same or lower tier than their competitors, always.
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Apparently I'm wrong, and Apple gets all the best parts that are the same or lower tier than their competitors, always.
You really are a bit dense, aren't you?
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Probably the kind of people who got Chrome as a bundled install and kept using IE
Pffft. IE's not as fast as Chrome or FF still, but if it weren't for the lack of adblock/extensions, it would be quite usable on the modern web.
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Why do I keep getting security updates for Windows then?
Guess you're just unlucky.