Park in stupid places, win stupid prizes:

https://www.ajc.com/news/local...

I used to get work done in Windows but I've diversified away from it on my production machines -- I do have it on a few test machines just in case they make some customer friendly decisions

Things I'm unhappy about:
- the broken update process (when I tried a few months ago, Windows 7 no longer auto-updates all the way through without manual intervention) -- it was supposed to work until 2020

- the telemetry which reportedly can't be completely be turned off -- I like building nice quiet machines that are ready and waiting for my work

- auto installed apps like Candy Crush, Facebook, Twitter -- I saw this happening and the first thing that popped into my head was a picture of Dilbert screaming "GAH!!!!" -- I don't want those busy bees on my computer either -- I want my computers to be quietly waiting until I start some software for my work

I remember thinking back in 2014 how this must somehow be as good as it gets in computing -- I had no idea that I was right and we'd have the nightmare we have today

I mainly gave up cable due to cable news and the talking heads who had an inability to answer a question without preceding it with: "well", "you know", "look", or "well, you know, look..."

The extra $60 to $80 a month I now have is just a bonus.

I made a program back in 2006 which I still maintain and use. It displays RSS headlines on scrolling LED signs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://www.kitchi-rss.com/

I already decided to not update any of my Windows computers ever again -- they are all offline computers used for content generation -- I use a Linux computer for content uploading, Apple computers for FB, email, banking and tablets for everything else; as the family IT guy, people near by me are not likely to be led to purchasing a Windows PC;

I'm really surprised that HP, Dell and others haven't pulled Microsoft aside and told them to 'stop it!!' and 'fix this!!'

For me, trust in the SourceForge site is still not getting repaired until software like Filezilla can be safely downloaded with no fear of bundled "offered software"

I pity the fool that makes a recommendation to a client or vendor to use FileZilla.

For an illustration of how trust matters, go to the SourceForge site and compare customer comments of FileZilla vs WinSCP

I'll also miss the buy-it-now option for small parts

Instead of disappearing, maybe they can try one more time by making RS small-part kiosks at makerspaces, staffed by makerspace members who use some of the money they get to cover the cost of monthly dues for the makerspace.

I agree; in addition to the millions of hours of cleanup work we've had to do for clients, friends and family, someone needs to do an audit and find out if the rampant credit breaches are due to crapware that is packaged with free FTP client software.

Drilling and have it become dislodged for an hour or two, hopefully landing in a better place sounds like a feature -- I hope they fire the harpoons a few hours before the batteries are discharged to take the chance of repositioning it in an open area

Mmeptk decided his brother was useful after all...

I can't moderate from Win 7 Ultimate I.E. 9 and my current slashdot config -- I get the dropdown boxes -- they don't auto-submit -- there's no [moderate] button at the bottom of the page -- I'll try installing another web-browser sometime if I really need to moderate a message

I agree with building a computer with 8GB or more of memory.

I use VirtualBox for my home test system and set the disk image to be written to a 16GB Ram Drive -- this makes it very fast to format and load a new guest OS from ISO or DVD -- I usually set and name the disk images in VirtualBox to be 4GB or 10GB in size. I back up the disk images off-site and on a small raid5 server, and have one local copy in a folder called "ComputerStore" -- set up a shared folder (and network share to something like C:\vshare\readonly, C:\vshare\readwrite for work you need to save)

Windows Ram Drives -- google:
superspeed ram drive
drdataram ram drive
softperfect ram drive

be sure they get a fresh pair of gloves

>> Z- Windows Vista OS - base (Win7 -> +$150)

The $150 upgrade is for Win7-Ultimate -- they had a $30 upgrade option for Win7HomePremium

slashdot style limited moderation points with meta-moderation of a video frame at the time the moderation was made may solve this