Channel 9 - Discussions by lars

Coffeehouse - Worst Microsoft Product?

lars — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:21:32 GMT

Windows 3.11. Uuuhhhhew.

Coffeehouse - The Code Room - what did you think?

lars — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:11:42 GMT

Holy cow. Who is the intended audience for this video? If it’s a marketing video trying to make security look cool and interesting for your average teenage Hollywood audience I guess it’s okay. They’re even playing the "cute and sexy hostess" card. But next time, get better actors.

Now, where is that roll-eyes smiley when you need it...

Coffeehouse - Binning your life?

lars — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:33:35 GMT

Manip wrote:

Is binning your life and trying to start over realistic

I guess I could put my cardboard box up for a second mortgage...

Coffeehouse - multi-touch screen - incredibly cool!

lars — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:30:28 GMT

Gimme gimme gimme ...

Coffeehouse - I lost my direction on software

lars — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:48:51 GMT

SlackmasterK wrote:

These days the big push seems to be integration between local machines and the Internet. Software and the 'web are slowly melding together in such a way that the lines will soon become slightly blurry.

That's what they said about Windows 98 too. I hope it doesn't happen this time around either. In Europe there is a big push towards making just about all internet trafic fair game for retention and monitoring on a grand scale. While it differs from country to county the general direction is clear: privacy is way down on the priorities. So having full control over what information that leaves the local machine is more important than ever.

Coffeehouse - It's not "Office 12" or "Office Vista". It's...

lars — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:52:45 GMT

rjdohnert wrote:

If it doesnt hit your sweet spot lars, you can always use OpenOffice and download Thunderbird with the calendar extension.

Sure. I’m merely one customer adding my point of view to the conversation.

Coffeehouse - It's not "Office 12" or "Office Vista". It's...

lars — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:57:56 GMT

Outlook is included in the Basic Editon. Why is the Home Edition the only one where you don't "need" Outlook? It's a shame because the rest of the package hits the sweet spot with both the right features and the right price point for home users IMHO.

Coffeehouse - How do I download a MSDN Webcast in WMV format w/o all this Live Meeting Replay stuff?

lars — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:49:26 GMT

Ok, I'm grateful for all the free training/marketing. But I watch a lot of webcasts and all the steps needed to finally get the thing on screen just drives me nuts. Multi step registration for every event, logging in, providing sceen name, click here, click there, yada yada - every single time - is this really necessary?

Coffeehouse - Did Yahoo! forward your e-mails to the NSA?

lars — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:11:41 GMT

Not living in the US I just assume that the NSA can and do scan my email both going to servers in the US and coming back over the pond again. I wouldn’t be the least surprised if they can also get to the information while it’s stored on Hotmail, Yahoo or any other server in the US. Either by just asking for it, or if they are interested enough - by getting an insider to retrieve it for them.

The best you can hope for is not to attract any attention to yourself so your messages blend in with all the other digital background noise. Using PGP on email that doesn’t contain any secrets just makes that traffic stand out like a sore thumb for no good reason. But of course there is always that nice warm feeling you get from thinking of the possibility that your encrypted message adds just a little bit to the burden of Big Brother.

Coffeehouse - It's not "Office 12" or "Office Vista". It's...

lars — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:36:59 GMT

I'm glad to see a resonably priced SKU for home users. But why doesn't it include Outlook?! I'd rather have that than OneNote.

Coffeehouse - Implanted MicroChips In Hi Level Employees & Consumers - Will This become Common Next Decade?

lars — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 22:39:32 GMT

Perhaps at gunpoint. The only way to make it stay in my arm however is to pull the trigger.

Coffeehouse - UK.Gov wants Backdoor in Vista

lars — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:42:45 GMT

If I understand the situation correctly it’s already a crime in the UK to refuse to hand over your crypto keys or passwords when told to do so by the police. It’s basically a question if you have the right to keep secrets.

Cryptography with backdoors, no matter who holds the keys, is pointless. Not that such an arrangement would be revolutionary. *cough*nsa_key*cough*

Coffeehouse - Gentoo founder left MS

lars — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:02:47 GMT

Just wait until he finds out what all that NDA legaleeze really means... [6]

Coffeehouse - learning a new language (for euros)

lars — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:58:09 GMT

littleguru wrote:

Ein Bier bitte = A beer, please

That's all you need right there. After a few beers you'll master the rest without any additional effort.

Coffeehouse - You might be a Geek...

lars — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:47:52 GMT

SlackmasterK wrote:

... if you watch the super bowl commercials and get up and leave when the game comes back on.

... if you don't even know what a "super bowl" is...

Coffeehouse - Cartoon Riots

lars — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:46:36 GMT

I’m embarrassed that the Swedish government isn’t standing shoulder to shoulder with Denmark and Norway on this one!

Coffeehouse - Do you dare to take 10000 Yuan a month?

lars — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:45:10 GMT

leighsword wrote:

don't spend any time for build the relationship with others, they are ignore-able, you are only have to respond for your superior…"

You never know who is your boss tomorrow. Then it might be too late.

Coffeehouse - Bush calls for enhanced executive power

lars — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:24:12 GMT

I just want to recommend The Power of Nightmares by BBC. It can be downloaded from the Internet Archive:

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

Coffeehouse - If you were...

lars — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:03:37 GMT

W3bbo wrote:

Hypothetically speaking, if you were developing a missile guidance/detonation system, what would you do after the Detonate() call?

Start playing "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC. [6]

Coffeehouse - Where's Lars?

lars — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:32:20 GMT

Peek-a-boo!

Coffeehouse - Please release a patch to remove the SYN_SENT limitation!

lars — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:49:06 GMT

I for one welcome our security overlords and their divine wisdom to restrict the functionality of my computer. Hopefully Vista will be even more secure and not support TCP/IP at all...

Coffeehouse - O god! Slashdot has an abortion debate

lars — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:58:00 GMT

ScanIAm wrote:

Yes, I much prefer the lively and enlightened discourse that comes out of Sweden. I forget which stereotype I should apply to you. Are you the guys with the windmills and painful wooden shoes?

That would be Holland.

ScanIAm wrote:

Or are you the ones that make increasingly irrelevant red pocketknives and hide foreign assets?

And that's Switzerland.

ScanIAm wrote:

mmmmmm...ABBA

Correct.

Coffeehouse - feel the love (on slashdot?)

lars — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:44:25 GMT

Wells wrote:

I just wonder if in 10 years time [...] will the slashdot crowd *still* be flaiming them?

And will all the people that hate Slashdot still read Slashdot? If you hate that site sooooo much, why don't you just stop reading it instead of moaning about it all the time? Yeezsh.

Coffeehouse - feel the love (on slashdot?)

lars — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:39:04 GMT

Another clueless fanboy. “What has Microsoft given us? It has given us Windows”

Yeah, it’s not like we had to pay for it or anything. Why should I love someone for making an expensive product and selling it to me? Sometimes even forcing it on me through OEM-deals (like Dell).

Microsoft loves my money, not me. More so than any other company I know. Microsoft can maximize their profit and make me pay as much as possible as often as possible. But I’ll keep my love, thank you very much. Not that I think Microsoft really wants it anyway, unless of course, it comes with more money though increased sales.

Coffeehouse - Old and Discontinued Microsoft software

lars — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:28:08 GMT

AndyC wrote:

there may be people who are owed royalties on copies distributed ... costs maintaining server space and bandwidth ... issues with copyright/trademarks in certain countries if they decide to resurrect one of those titles for a sequel/remake ... possible impacts on the sales of newer, replacement products ... implied support expectations ...

nothing is ever simple or free.

There are other game producers that have put up older games for download. Example: If you want to play GTA 1 or 2 you can download them from Rockstar Games. It can be done if there is a will to do it.