Posts by Convolute

TPP: 'Scary' US-Pacific trade deal published – you're going to freak out when you read it

The issue with allowing corporations to 'sue' Pacific Rim governments is down played massively here. Most of the Pacific Rim countries can't afford to be sued, especially when any multi national company is more than likely to earn more profit that lets say, Tonga or Samoa. Corporations should not be able to sue a government because said government has changed their laws for their peoples best interests. This is a huge step backwards for many Pacific Rim countries...

YES, Xbox One DOES need internet, DOES restrict game trading

Boycout

Well, I have always been a PlayStation fan, but my flatmate who is a long time Xbox FanBoy is now not even considering a new Xbox one due to the 2 new policies.

PS allows for free online game play, game trading and resale and also, doesn't require access to the internet regularly.

So, now to my delight, we will now be a PS only house hold. Good on you Microsoft, a great way to alienate the fans of your console.

Re: Big. Deal.

We never have our console plugged into the net mate. And when we go on holiday, and its raining and we have no internet connection, what do we do then?

So in my opinion, a stupid terrible idea to have it permanent plugged in, or require a daily connection. Nothing to do with privacy fool.

Coke? Windows 8 is Microsoft's 'Vista moment'. Again

It did just work! Not sure why people are complaining so much?

I have rolled out 40+ win 8 images to our existing and new hardware, integrated it with our existing AD and other than a few of our older users (who insist on classic shell) have had no major issues. Sure IE 10 group policy requires the same hacks as IE9 before the policy packs were updated. But this is nothing new and should be expected by most long term Microsoft support personal.

Every time a new OS comes out there is always a teaching period and a few paradigm changes that always take a while to get used to. Windows XP vs 7 is a paradigm shift and Windows 8 is as well vs any of the other MS releases. If you can't deal with it, cop out and use the classic shell - Or become a socialist and buy a MAC. At least there is a choice with MS. Also your not paying for a designer brand built in China on mondern day slave labour marketed as the best thing since floppy disks.

You could also try open source? But I also have to say, you get what you pay for. Even google isnt really open source. I mean just because you can download and compile some code doesn't make it truly open (Much like Apples core Unix). It needs to be a community driven and collaborative piece of software (Firefox/Linux) to be truly open source.

People hate change - I think it's time for people to take a few minutes, learn something new and get over it. It's actually OK.