Comment Re:Windows 7 was last real version (Score 0) 154
Windows Vista was the last real OS. Windows 7 is nothing more than a service pack. Vista was a revolution in itself, only got hammered because the hardware wasn't there for it yet.
Windows Vista was the last real OS. Windows 7 is nothing more than a service pack. Vista was a revolution in itself, only got hammered because the hardware wasn't there for it yet.
I'm in Canada mind you, so maybe it's different in the US. RCMP are mostly pretty decent, albeit we all know there are always a few bad apples.
High River, Robert Dzienkanski, Frank Lasser all immediately come to mind. There are others.
Simply put, the police have extraordinary powers, therefore must be subject to extraordinary scrutiny.
Alternatively, just watch some swatting videos on youtube. It's pretty scary.
Couple that with 'no-knock' warrants....
Your honor, they were screaming at me, with guns pointed at me, to 'put your hands up! put your motherfucking hands up, or I will fucking shoot you dead!'
So I put my hands up. I wasn't about to risk death to explain to them that this would cause my computer to shut down.
Some pages only load on it, because startups often require features that are only available on it. The new whatsapp for web comes to mind, at first it was available only for chrome.
Computer manufacturers often bundle chrome preinstalled.
In my country Venezuela few people went to download firefox, but venezuelans love google search, so you see ads to upgrade from your old IE 8 to chrome.
Here are my website's stats (insurance company):
Chrome (55.31%)
Firefox (21.87%)
Internet Explorer (19.00%)
OS:
Windows (89.72%)
Android (4.80%)
Macintosh (2.57%)
iOS (1.54%)
Linux (0.54%)
Windows versions:
7 (60.97%)
XP (29.26%)
8.1 (6.15%)
8 (2.33%)
Drew, what is the worst possible thing that a political opponent could dig up on you - what don't you want people to know?
Phrase it in the form of a partisan attack ad.
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