I have experienced this myself on the Home version (for my parents). I worked around it by disconnecting from the internet and trying again. Someone else previously pointed out the the options is still their for the Pro version. It is bad. It isn't impossible to work around, but it is bad.

So here is the link to the last set of Windows 7 updates.

Good luck to all!

This! Couple this with a kid struggling with their "new math" homework and this Computer Scientist cannot help his own child with there Math homework. Sure we can get the right answer, but not credit.

I humbly submit the documentary.

Well, only 17% of Americans currently, "trust the govt in Washington always or most of the time." So no, the brush used is of appropriate size.

For anyone who cares here is the link.

A 2018 MacBook Pro you say. Then I suggest you watch this. Not that you should have to.

Check out what they where really thinking in the 70s. I grew up with a very different concern.

We do not need guides on how to hack, we need information on how to program securely.

I have read NIST articles until my eyes wanted to bleed and never come across how to program more securely. Only what must happen and hints at what can help make it happen. I can't speak to the other initiatives you mention.

It seems that we know how to program. Do you know how to secure what we program?

Mention, but provide no links to. I own a book on hacking. I own books and have many PDFs that I only have to help me reverse engineer and interoperate with closed systems. I write services that check network security (especially TLS) is being done properly and in an interoperable way. Yet, I have nothing on how to program more securely and I would love to. My favorite learning platform is books. I love learning. Maybe you could point me to one you like on secure programming.

Have you ever met a manager? I have projects with compiler warnings I have been told not to fix. I inherited one project that doesn't scale, with its current data-set it takes and hour and a fifteen minutes to start on my work supplied computer for doing development. That means every time I think I have fixed something, it is over an hour to test it. I profiled the system, isolated the problem, presented it to management with a pretty graph, and proposed a fix. I was told it was not a priority and not to waste my time fixing the thing that was wasting all my time.

I bet if you would work with the developers to help convince management to address large chunks of technical debt (which usually has security implications) you would find you had many allies.

I just want to say that this matches my experience. This is when I went from Ubuntu being my primary OS and installing it on machines for whoever would let me to a Mac.

Because residential service is for consumption. If I want to read a webpage the GET request is tiny, the page bigger. If I want to stream a movie, asking for it doesn't take much while receiving the movie takes a ton. Now I understand that power users and IT professionals need to upload stuff, however we are greatly outnumbered by those who just want to consume the internet.

This looks fun, let me play

Yes.

No, but mostly yes.

Short Answer: No.

Long Answer: That is not the way I look at it. I pay for internet and literally they throw in cable for free. The only exception is a small cable box rental fee (which we keep to only one box).

Sure!

Windows 7: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7

Windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

Nope. For Windows 7 you just enter a valid activation key. For Windows 10 you just need to tell it what version you are after (although it currently only provides one valid option) and what language you would like it in. Then you have a choice between using the 32-bit or 64-bit link. It is a great way to get an ISO and install windows in a VM on Linux or Mac. Not that I find that necessary anymore.

So it seems to me Crashplan counted on the vast majority of their personal customers having one, maybe two, computers. Which I would have thought reasonable. However their pricing model attracted the computer enthusiasts and they wound up with an average somewhere around 3.5. I am a big believer in having two computers at home and I currently have three and am in the market for a fourth. So about 3.5 seems like a reasonable average to me for enthusiasts, especially given the parent's seven computers. Because of this, their pricing structure is not the good business decision they thought it was.

What did you choose, I tried to avoid Sonos and didn't find anything else appropriate for my needs.

Those who would, got cut out of the market. I will spend many hours setting up the computing environment that I want. I was quite interested in getting an Oculus Rift. But the idea that I would have to add a powerful Windows computer to the mix just to give it a try, isn't in the cards right now.