Posts by mafoo 445 publicly visible posts • joined 17 Nov 2009
Now their source code is out, they should shut down their servers until the extent of their vunerability can be established. (it powers a number of their other niche dating platforms)
The company, frankly, is probably as good as dead now.
At least they could go out gracefully and protect the privacy of their customers.
Having seen what MS did with solitaire in windows 10, I wouldn't be surprised to see them add adverts to other parts of the system. In addition to the massive personal data slurp they've already put in.
Cortana will defiantly have them - it basically does already courtesy of bing.
I can see them slipping some adverts into the new start menu - removable, of course, by subscribing to office365 or windows365
As plastic is made from oil which is made of the decomposed bodies of marine invertebrates. Therefore its an animal product.
And while we're at it you could also argue that most organic foods aren't vegan either as they are generally fertilised with dung and blood & bone mix.
I'd tell them to get down from their high horses, but they would point out they don't believe in the subjugation of animals.
But no doubt we can have a hemp fiber car with woven bamboo upholstery soon.
""Once a device is upgraded to Windows 10, we'll be keeping it current for the supported lifetime for the device.""
So... does that mean that windows is locked to my hardware profile? and every time I upgrade a component after 12 months I will have to re-purchase it? Or the serial number I used to procure the Win10 update is consumed and locked to that device unable to use it again?
Discrimination is discrimination.
If you fill a job role because of a persons sex or race then thats sexist/racist.
I also think its insulting to the person hired as they will constantly be the shadow hanging over them that they might not be most qualified person for the job.
Encouraging people at the educational stage to join your industry is only genuine way to increase diversity in the workplace.
Tiny font with masses of whitespace. <sadface>
Overly massive lead article photo so i have to scroll a whole page to see any of the articles. <sadface>
The old site had tones of information easily digestible in a small space. Thats the main reason i kept coming back to the reg. With the new layout its a chore to read.
You've tried to have style over substance and have ended up with neither.
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