Comments on: Let’s all be overjoyed about Windows 7 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821 Baby, you're the ginchiest. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rhys Phillips http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-7268 Rhys Phillips Fri, 07 May 2010 06:29:04 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-7268 I'm pretty much impressed with the stability of Windows 7. It is better than windows Vista which hogs my memory and cpu.;-`<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('7268','Rhys Phillips'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('7268','Rhys Phillips','I\'m pretty much impressed with the stability of Windows 7. It is better than windows Vista which hogs my memory and cpu.;-`'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m pretty much impressed with the stability of Windows 7. It is better than windows Vista which hogs my memory and cpu.;-`
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]]> By: Windows partisans get touchy « dwasifar's daily gripe http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-6605 Windows partisans get touchy « dwasifar's daily gripe Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:03:21 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-6605 [...] extent the Mac ecosystem, but it’s pretty mild criticism as I go.  I’ve written far harsher posts on that subject.  But for some reason this one is attracting some fairly vitriolic Windows [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('6605','Windows partisans get touchy « dwasifar's daily gripe'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('6605','Windows partisans get touchy « dwasifar's daily gripe','[...] extent the Mac ecosystem, but it’s pretty mild criticism as I go.  I’ve written far harsher posts on that subject.  But for some reason this one is attracting some fairly vitriolic Windows [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] extent the Mac ecosystem, but it’s pretty mild criticism as I go.  I’ve written far harsher posts on that subject.  But for some reason this one is attracting some fairly vitriolic Windows [...]
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]]> By: Coup de gueule du jour @ Sparch.net http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5670 Coup de gueule du jour @ Sparch.net Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:23:08 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5670 [...] Article original (en anglais) [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5670','Coup de gueule du jour @ Sparch.net'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5670','Coup de gueule du jour @ Sparch.net','[...] Article original (en anglais) [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] Article original (en anglais) [...]
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]]> By: Coup de gueule : Windows 7 devrait être une mise à jour gratuite de Vista ! « Injazz Consulting's blog http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5650 Coup de gueule : Windows 7 devrait être une mise à jour gratuite de Vista ! « Injazz Consulting's blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5650 [...] Let’s all be overjoyed about Windows 7 [...]
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]]> By: nuKloud (nukloud) 's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 05:40:11 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5647 nuKloud (nukloud) 's status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 05:40:11 UTC - Identi.ca Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:40:23 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5647 [...] http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821 a few seconds ago from web [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5647','nuKloud (nukloud) \'s status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 05:40:11 UTC - Identi.ca'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5647','nuKloud (nukloud) \'s status on Thursday, 29-Oct-09 05:40:11 UTC - Identi.ca','[...] http:\/\/www.dwasifar.com\/?p=821 a few seconds ago from web [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821 a few seconds ago from web [...]
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]]> By: dwasifar http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5643 dwasifar Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:23:40 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5643 By the way, speaking of the French, someone picked up this entire blog post, translated it by hand into French, and has <a href="http://www.framablog.org/index.php/post/2009/10/28/windows-seven-mise-a-jour-de-vista" rel="nofollow">republished it</a> in France, where it is making the rounds of the French free software and tech sites. I'm kind of jazzed about that. :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5643','dwasifar'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5643','dwasifar','By the way, speaking of the French, someone picked up this entire blog post, translated it by hand into French, and has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.framablog.org\/index.php\/post\/2009\/10\/28\/windows-seven-mise-a-jour-de-vista\" rel=\"nofollow\">republished it<\/a> in France, where it is making the rounds of the French free software and tech sites. I\'m kind of jazzed about that. :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> By the way, speaking of the French, someone picked up this entire blog post, translated it by hand into French, and has republished it in France, where it is making the rounds of the French free software and tech sites. I’m kind of jazzed about that. :)
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]]> By: dwasifar http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5642 dwasifar Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:20:58 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5642 It's not just the threat of shut-off; it's the security hole created by an OS that is designed to accept <i>sub rosa</i> updates and patches from an external source. Linux is transparent; you can see what it's doing, look at the source code, whatever you want. Windows is a black box, and even if you credit Microsoft with all the good intentions in the world, it's still a security risk for the user because of its design.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5642','dwasifar'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5642','dwasifar','It\'s not just the threat of shut-off; it\'s the security hole created by an OS that is designed to accept <i>sub rosa<\/i> updates and patches from an external source. Linux is transparent; you can see what it\'s doing, look at the source code, whatever you want. Windows is a black box, and even if you credit Microsoft with all the good intentions in the world, it\'s still a security risk for the user because of its design.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s not just the threat of shut-off; it’s the security hole created by an OS that is designed to accept sub rosa updates and patches from an external source. Linux is transparent; you can see what it’s doing, look at the source code, whatever you want. Windows is a black box, and even if you credit Microsoft with all the good intentions in the world, it’s still a security risk for the user because of its design.
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]]> By: Luis Galindo (lluigil) 's status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-09 23:50:51 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5641 Luis Galindo (lluigil) 's status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-09 23:50:51 UTC - Identi.ca Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5641 [...] http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821 a few seconds ago from Gwibber [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5641','Luis Galindo (lluigil) \'s status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-09 23:50:51 UTC - Identi.ca'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5641','Luis Galindo (lluigil) \'s status on Wednesday, 28-Oct-09 23:50:51 UTC - Identi.ca','[...] http:\/\/www.dwasifar.com\/?p=821 a few seconds ago from Gwibber [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821 a few seconds ago from Gwibber [...]
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]]> By: Grinebiter http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5640 Grinebiter Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:05 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5640 I heard something about this re XP, which caused me to hang on to my NT2000 as long as I could; I also heard that the EULA said that if you used the product to badmouth MS, then ET would phone home and they could reach through and turn you off. Urban-legend exaggeration, mayhap? The XP I later bought to game with does indeed have some validation crap that comes up on boot, calls itself "Windows Genuine Advantage" (to whom, eh?), but since this machine isn't online, it has to content itself with bawling about us being in mortal danger from failure to update, you know the way they do....... AFAIK Apple puts very little effort into persecuting piracy; it seems to take the line, "Well, then don't come to <i>us</i> and ask us to fix your pirated OS". I can see the French wondering just how naughty they would have to be before Redmond switches them off; how many times they have to vote against your military adventures, for instance. But the poodle British also run their government on Linux, so I'm told, for the same reason. Intelligence-pooling is one thing, keylogging another. :-) Let's face it, we poodles may be scared of you, but that doesn't mean we trust you to reward even abject sycophancy. Much the same sentiments as prevailed in the Warsaw Pact, I guess.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5640','Grinebiter'); return false;">Reply</a> | <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5640','Grinebiter','I heard something about this re XP, which caused me to hang on to my NT2000 as long as I could; I also heard that the EULA said that if you used the product to badmouth MS, then ET would phone home and they could reach through and turn you off. Urban-legend exaggeration, mayhap? The XP I later bought to game with does indeed have some validation crap that comes up on boot, calls itself \"Windows Genuine Advantage\" (to whom, eh?), but since this machine isn\'t online, it has to content itself with bawling about us being in mortal danger from failure to update, you know the way they do....... AFAIK Apple puts very little effort into persecuting piracy; it seems to take the line, \"Well, then don\'t come to <i>us<\/i> and ask us to fix your pirated OS\". \r\n\r\nI can see the French wondering just how naughty they would have to be before Redmond switches them off; how many times they have to vote against your military adventures, for instance. But the poodle British also run their government on Linux, so I\'m told, for the same reason. Intelligence-pooling is one thing, keylogging another. :-) Let\'s face it, we poodles may be scared of you, but that doesn\'t mean we trust you to reward even abject sycophancy. Much the same sentiments as prevailed in the Warsaw Pact, I guess.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I heard something about this re XP, which caused me to hang on to my NT2000 as long as I could; I also heard that the EULA said that if you used the product to badmouth MS, then ET would phone home and they could reach through and turn you off. Urban-legend exaggeration, mayhap? The XP I later bought to game with does indeed have some validation crap that comes up on boot, calls itself “Windows Genuine Advantage” (to whom, eh?), but since this machine isn’t online, it has to content itself with bawling about us being in mortal danger from failure to update, you know the way they do……. AFAIK Apple puts very little effort into persecuting piracy; it seems to take the line, “Well, then don’t come to us and ask us to fix your pirated OS”.

I can see the French wondering just how naughty they would have to be before Redmond switches them off; how many times they have to vote against your military adventures, for instance. But the poodle British also run their government on Linux, so I’m told, for the same reason. Intelligence-pooling is one thing, keylogging another. :-) Let’s face it, we poodles may be scared of you, but that doesn’t mean we trust you to reward even abject sycophancy. Much the same sentiments as prevailed in the Warsaw Pact, I guess.

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]]> By: Coup de gueule : Windows 7 devrait être une mise à jour gratuite de Vista ! | Dico Micro http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821&cpage=1#comment-5637 Coup de gueule : Windows 7 devrait être une mise à jour gratuite de Vista ! | Dico Micro Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:18 +0000 http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=821#comment-5637 [...] Let’s all be overjoyed about Windows 7 [...]
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