Testing?
Was this patch even tested? These problems sound like something that would show up with a competent (I forget it's Slurp) testing protocol.
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Tasers are generally less lethal than a firearm but too many people have medical conditions (known and unknown) that make a taser into a lethal weapon. Ironically, these people they would probably have a better chance of surviving a gunshot.
"I suspect that if the blinkered 1% don't wake up fast they will soon find out that there is nothing quite as dangerous to their wealth as a middle class scorned." - Spor on, the elites can avoid any real interaction with us lower lifes and have no clue what issues we face. Nor do they see us lower life forms as human but more like a highly trained dog. Thomas Frank in his recent book noted that the elites in the US Democratic party do not really care what happens to US workers and care more about their power and prestige. The trend towards a two tiered economic distribution of extremely rich and semi-poor is one that leads to societal instability and social unrest.
"these are not avenues to a workers' paradise" - One thing I have learned is never to trust anyone who promotes something as Utopia. It does not matter if it is Marx or some self-serving loud mouth politician/business man/etc., they are selling snake oil which if taken will enhance their prestige and power at the expense of the everyone eles. Also, most of these dimbulbs ignore the fact that any social system run by humans will have problems with the same human foibles that cause problems in all the other systems. The only difference between social systems is the precise rules to be followed to get to the top.
This might be the key to make Linux a more common platform users. Packages are written for one installer and can be installed on any supporting distro.
What is interesting is that Snap was written by Canonical for their purposes but released as FOSS so others could use it. This Linux users can still have our cake and eat it too. Many distors with effectively one package manager for the applications.
The worst parts of the US system are the ability for some to register and vote in multiple jurisdictions and the voting of the dead. Because there is no national voter registration records ii is possible for a snow bird to be registered in two different states which is very illegal. Also, some jurisdictions only purge the voter rolls is someone has not voted for several years but do not cross check to see if the voter is dead.
But the Aussie system sounds like a system that one that is recipe for fraud.
I suspect that most users are not fully aware of the implications of TPP for them. Most of this blame should be placed on the politicians/criminals and their toadies in the general media who do not want the plebes to know they are about to royally screwed again so the elites can have it better.
Leisure Suit Larry's minions must be hurting financially. They seem to pinning their hopes on a financial windfall from Google. The irony is that the jury was largely non-technical and one would have thought they would lean towards Leisure Suit Larry. But they ruled the other way which is really hurting.
THe H-1B visa program has been abused to the detriment of US citizens in the US. Many are very wary of the program because it has been abused so often. So to have a foreign government say it needs to be expanded is not going to get a positive response from the plebes who will lose their jobs.
The historical problem has always been how to manage the transition and harm the fewest people. Too many cheerleaders fail to recognize that during the transition there is very serious skills disconnect between what people know and what they need to know in the future. This is a particularly problem for those who in the twilight of their careers.
Overall technology will lead to improved lives but the transition is likely to be very brutal to some. This is an issue rarely addressed and addressed it is often done in dismissive manner.
If the shysters in the US courts, particularly the Nine Seniles, bother to read the Bill of Rights (or more accurately have it read to them) this should be shot down in flames. But I doubt the shysters led by the Nine Seniles will bother with the BIll of Rights the banana and stripes will slide further into a police state with a veneer of elections.
@ gerdesj, I remember reading something about W10 acting like torrent client for updates awhile back and the report was apparently straight from Slurp. If my memory is correct, using users machines as part of a torrent stream strikes me as below dodgy since most people do actually have monthly data cap even if it is quite large.
This suit is based on the reports of accounting fraud, which, if true, could lead to criminal charges. It is not about the decline of the stock price but that the decline was caused by the outing of falsified accounting statements not the normal ebb and flo of stock prices in reaction to market conditions. In other wards Leisure Suit Larry and some on his minions could be facing a vacation in Club Fed if the charges are true.
@ A Ghost - The problem you highlight is a real problem for many and has no trivial solution. But for many others, I suspect most actually, they do not use any highly specialized software that does not have an available equivalent for Linux, OS X, or even online that has all the features they need. So they could switch to something else. The key many are saying is if enough people migrate to away from Slurp and Winbloat, it will make other platforms more attractive for developers and hurt Slurp in the wallet.
In my case, Linux has equivalents available for the Winbloat software or the same software for my needs. So, in my case, using Linux is a viable option which I have taken.
While your idea has merit, the problem is for many users the PC is not just used for one set of applications but for a multitude. Also, what is the minimum required for a reasonably functional OS/distro needs to be answered. The sheer number of Linux distros indicates there is not one single answer.
But I believe Slurp loves to add esoteric functionality that very few users will ever use. Partly because they do not have a real repository system for adding functionality on demand. While a Linux distro can minimize the functionality in the base install knowing the user has full access to the repository and can easily add (or remove) functionality as needed.
Slurp seems to be dodging the really heavy return fire. What will really get there attention is when one of their antics is the direct cause of some serious injury or death. At which point, the ambulance chasers will be the heros and much wealthier as well their client. OS upgrades must be user managed to suit the user's needs.
Back to the story, this is a situation that shows how Slurp's arrogance endangers people and wrecks budgets. The wildlife preserve is fairly typical; the IT staff is most IT literate staffer whose primary job is something else.
They can be pretty minimal. But they do force companies to follow minimal standards for employee pay, benefits, and safety. There are also regulations about fares, picking up passengers, marking cars, etc. for the taxi industry
Uber is attempting to side step these laws by claiming to be a matching service not a taxi company. But if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
It does work from a technical view. For most people, I doubt this is much of a threat. However for certain people, think high ranking official or business leader, this might be a handy way to break into their accounts assuming you can get within a few meters for long enough.
@bombastic bob - Many agree with your overall analysis. For most users, SOHO and enterprise, the 3 - 5 year kit they have is still perfectly adequate and runs the software they need. The only reason for them to buy anything is to replace dead kit. Throw in dodgy finances and the hardware improvements bring no real performance improvements and there will be softening demand.
Also, the PC market is primarily a replacement market with the total installed based growing very slowly and almost all the sales being replacement kit. Software has reached a point for many that they do not need the latest version of whatever because 1 or 2 versions back is overkill.
APIs are interfaces to the code not the actual code. The code is the part that often requires original thinking. But there are numerous common problems that can use essentially identical logic. So code written in one language might have strong similarities to code written in another language; if not almost be identical.
The basis of FOSS is some sort of permissive copyright license that grants to anyone the right to obtain and modify the source code for any reason. The modified code can also be released by the modifier (check the license for any specific attribution/licensing requirements). Oracle v Google has little or no impact on the basic premise behind FOSS licensing; source code should be shared. The idiot did not bother to understand the basic tenet behind FOSS and the resultant licensing that grants users very broad rights to the source code by the copyright owner up front.
Antergos as my main OS, a close relative of Manjaro, and it does the exact same thing. There is a pop saying updates are available. I can review the updates, choosing the ones I want, review the update if I want. Also, the updates state which packages are being updated and the installation occurs when I give my explicit permission.