So /g/ has existed for about seven years now, /prog/ has existed slightly longer.
So why the hell are all these /g/-quality threads appearing in /prog/now?!
It BOGGLES MY MIND
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Anonymous2012-03-15 21:02
>>4 Not on any existing UEFI implementation
So there are motherboards on which you just can't run anything but recent Redmond OSes?
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Anonymous2012-03-15 22:28
BIOS is outdated 16-bit crap, but UEFI is not the answer. EFI/UEFI was part of Intel's DRM plans for years. There are completely free cross-platform firmwares like coreboot, PMON and OpenFirmware (IEEE-1275 Standard) that will not lock down your computer.
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Anonymous2012-03-16 0:57
>>6
MS said they revised their stance and would permit Win8 on x86 systems that would somehow permit users to manage their keys for secure boot. At that point I don't believe any existed and I doubt any are on the market at this time.
They also said on ARM they will not allow Win8 on systems that permit *any* other OS from running, regardless of signing. That goes way beyond the secure boot restriction.
>>7
DRM doesn't have to lock it down against you. You can use some of Intel's features to your own benefit. Sadly it's not very practical to do so. I've always wished that DRM was designed to support the users' rights.
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Anonymous2012-03-16 1:20
>>8
you know, there's a possibility vendors will end up just ignoring that part of the specification considering how good crypto coders are hard to find.
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Anonymous2012-03-16 2:11
Don't you get it? Intel Jews want to cripple ARM systems.
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Anonymous2012-03-16 4:17
Don't worry, it'll get cracked just like everything else.
It is UNAMERICAN and therefore TERRORIST BEHAVIOUR to use anything but the latest Microsoft operating system.
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Anonymous2012-04-11 20:34
http://www.eurojewcong.org/ejc/news.php?id_article=1883
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a three-hour visit to inaugurate Microsoft’s new research and development center in Herzliya. The ceremony was attended by President Shimon Peres and leading hi-tech representatives.
"Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company," Ballmer said, adding that the proportion of Microsoft employees per capita in Israel was similar to that in the United States. Over the past two years, Microsoft bought five companies in Israel, adding to its two R&D centers in Haifa, which employ a total of 600 people.
The new R&D campus in Herzliya has two buildings stretching over 13,000 square meters. Over the next year, Microsoft plans to add another 150 employees, bringing its total number of R&D staff in Israel to 750.
Ballmer praised the IT sector in Israel for being very advanced, and said Tel Aviv, as the birthplace of many start-ups, was a type of Silicon Valley.
"I know very few places around the world that offer such a variety of start-up opportunities, and we intend to continue to invest in Israel," he said.
Commentng on Microsoft’s battle for Yahoo, Ballmer said the software giant was not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo, but was in talks about other types of deals with the second-largest search engine, after Google.
"We are not bidding to buy Yahoo," he said. "Yet, we are trying to have discussions about deals with Yahoo that might create value, but not a whole acquisition of the company."
The House of Rothschild and Rockefeller Family control the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, Bank of Japan, IMF, World Bank, and European Central Bank and every other proxy bank or currency of the British, European, and US Empire, including the BIS (the Central Bank for Central Banks).
Rothschilds also own Russian Ruble, because for every emitted banknote Russia takes credit from IMF.
All this lockdown paranoia is unfounded. Look at what has happened to every console, every phone, everything worth cracking... they all run linux. Every DRM, every software, everything is crackable and everything gets cracked. Half of Russia, Asia and South America can't even buy legit copies, they only have access to pirated versions.
A couple of american engineers aren't going to stop anyone (though they can be dicks about it and slow everything down).
>>48
There shouldn`t be anything to crack in a freedom-respecting software world.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:03
>>48 Half of Russia, Asia and South America can't even buy legit copies, they only have access to pirated versions.
Actually Micro$oft has special planning for these countries: it sells reduced versions. I.e. you can't openly buy pirated software in Russia anymore.
>>51
To download Windows 7, one needs Windows 7. And you can't purchase PC without pre-installed Windows.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:14
Microsoft® Secure Poot™: The only way to fart™
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Anonymous2012-04-12 15:34
>>52 To download Windows 7, one needs Windows 7.
To download Windows 7 off bittorrent, one needs a copy of Ubuntu (free CD) and a torrent client (I think it comes with one).
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:01
>>50
That's good. Instead of using a crippled Windows version those people might switch to Linux or some other free OS.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:04
>>55
It won't be bootable, haven't you read >>1 you little freetard?
>>56
Microsoft itself requires a way to turn it off on x86, and the lack of that functionality on ARM will not outlast Microsoft's appeals in the inevitable anti-trust suit.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 16:14
What exactly do OEMs gain by ``Windows sticker compliance''?
It's not like anyone will assume they don't run Windows otherwise.
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Anonymous2012-04-12 17:16
>>59 Microsoft itself requires a way to turn it off on x86,
Right, you actually believe that.
and the lack of that functionality on ARM will not outlast Microsoft's appeals in the inevitable anti-trust suit.
haha naive idealist
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Anonymous2012-04-12 17:24
A victory for Loongson. ¡Viva la MIPS revolución!
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Anonymous2012-04-12 21:06
>>62
450$ for a piece of junk with a 3-cell battery that doesn't last over 2h? Please.
Nobody at all should be using Windows on a home computer.
If you're smart enough to install Linux you should use it or Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
If you're not smart enough to install Linux then you're stupid enough to click hot-girl-strips.free-MSN-smilies.jpg.mp3.zip.exe and should get a Mac to save you from yourself.
Windows is only suitable for secretaries in Big Corporate environments with a large IT team to lock it down and to nuke it after it gets spl0it3d.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 1:07
Money are dopamine of the hive mind, while central banks, like IMF, are the dopamine emitters, which are controlled mostly by the Jews. Kill all the Jews and you'll kill the globalization Hydra. There should be no mercy to the Jews, because they are the neurons of our Enemy.
Remember: it's these dollars, the Jews print, make your life bad, so every Jew you kill will make your country better. Help your nation's economic and culture - kill Jewish internationalists.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 16:28
>>67 Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
And all the disadvantages of an OS designed by Apple, including a brain-dead user interface and, well, closed-sourcedness.
True, but it would be just as bad if you stayed with Windows.
My respect for Mac OS went way way up when I learned that all the native text widgets support Emacs keys by default.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 16:58
Mac OS to get the advantages of a mediocre modern UNIX.
Mac OS isn't UNIX you dipshit. It doesn't even do multitasking properly, as programs have to VOLUNTARILY give up the CPU. Might as well stick with Windows 3.11. Only a true Apple fanboy would advocate using such a shitty, outdated OS.
The security difference between Windows, Linux and OSX is miniscule. Their codebases all controlled from centralized source and can include any backdoor, ZOG wants. The only viable way to keep your system secure is custom hardware and software.
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Anonymous2012-04-13 20:02
>>73
Fail. Try again you no talent, homosexual mental midget.