If it were real the machine would have rebooted for a forced update and taken 45 minutes to complete before it was usable again.

Yes, it was a while ago. Hence Slashdot and Internet Explorer.

That’s a face only a mother could love.

I remember when someone posted a joke Slashdot with a fake screenshot of Windows advising a user to switch away from Firefox and back to IE.

Everyone lost their minds on what was an obvious joke. An unthinkable thing for Microsoft to do.

Yet here we are…

When Satan’s Maggoty Cum Fart says they are serious, then you better believe that Satan’s Maggoty Cum Fart is being serious and take it seriously!

says it will prioritize security

Heard this so many times before.

You’re right, it’s fantastical, but it’s still worth talking about.

Is it though?

It’s a feature which is very clearly evil and of very little benefit to the user. Only a shit business like Microsoft would even attempt it, lie about it being secure, then make it “optional” (and we all know what that means) and it will still be an insecure mess when it’s done, sucking down resources from a machine I purchased for no benefit to myself.

The “feature” by it’s current definition can only be conceived of by a piece of shit organisation like Microsoft.

No need to separate the art from the artist in this case, as they are perfectly aligned.

I have defined my position elsewhere. You are free to find it in this thread if you care, I lack the motivation to type it again.

Turning off notifications on this thread now as I’m bored of people being assholes (you weren’t one of them).

Nobody has a gun to your head forcing you to be rude to strangers online.

But here we are.

When it’s for work, no, don’t do this. https://www.techspot.com/community/topics/forever-21-gets-caught-pirating-photoshop-adobe-sues.208453/

When it’s for personal and you don’t agree with the pricing or whatever… Just use something else. There is plenty of choice out there.

I bow down to you, greybeard

Wow, you really made an effort here to sound extra condescending. To answer your questions.

My first interaction with you was a negative one when you decided to be a condescending dickhead instead if interacting with me in good faith. Ergo, you got it back.

Don’t be all surprised pickachu.gif when you get treated in the same way. Dickhead.

Edit: I’m blocking you now. I won’t see your response. Continue to be an asshole if you want, I won’t be wasting another second on you.

At this point, we need to do both

It might be super secure and really useful.

It’s not.

Ok, let’s assume (for the sake of argument) that everything is on the up-and-up, and Microsoft will behave in a completely equitable and user-friendly way with regard to this feature going forward

This is so fantastical that there’s no point in even having the hypothetical discussion about it.

You decadent young whippersnappers have no idea.

16kb of RAM, z80 CPU. That’s how we did it in my day.

You don’t know you’re born.

Yes. It’s very very real and is just a typical Microsoft bullshit move.

https://x.com/GossiTheDog/status/1798812975735996772

I wasn’t asked to present anything or elaborate. I instead was insulted.

But sure, if that’s how you want to justify it, you go right ahead.

Using human brain cells to power processors is fine with you?

Those “human brain cells” is what makes us, us. It’s what makes humans human.

Growing them in a lab to put into the PlayStation 10’s CPU (or whatever) is a disgusting perversion and raises very real ethical questions.

How many cells until we go from CPU to ‘living being’? Do these cells feel pain? When would they get the capability? How would we even know?

You could have just thought about it for a second, as actually, “Frankenstein science” sums it up pretty well.

Do you understand now?

So yes, there is a very real downside to this “progress” and saying stupid shit about imaginary friends to a stranger online in a pathetic attempt to insult won’t make them go away. But you do you, I guess, ‘dude’

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