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From the CodeProject news letter
Microsoft shuts down Cortana app on Windows 11 - The Verge[^]
Following is the part that makes me wonder what it might mean.
"Microsoft is now working on Windows Copilot, a new sidebar for Windows 11 that is powered by Bing Chat and can control Windows settings, answer questions, and lots more."
I suppose that isn't much of a problem if it means changing the desktop background color.
But what if it also allows one to turn off the firewall?
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jschell wrote: But what if it also allows one to turn off the firewall?
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that!
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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That was my first thought as well.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Quote: But what if it also allows one to turn off the firewall?
With AI ALWAYS being correct, The answer will be -
"Sure Dave, just click on the button at the bottom named 'Update'. It will take you through the steps to switch off your firewall.
Remember that I always have your best interest at heart, Any updates is however very safe, especially with your Firewall disabled."
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Andre Oosthuizen wrote: Remember that I always have your best interest at heart,
Sounds more like a politician than AI.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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Pretty soon, you won't be able to connect to Windows unless you're connected to the internet. ("All your settings are ours.")
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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You mean "All your settings are belong to us."
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This will be the year of the Linux Desktop!!
Oh, wait.....
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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Heh, my year of the Linux desktop was about 10 years ago (man time flies). Windows 8 is what got me to start using Linux as my main OS. I do keep a Windows VM around for games that won't work under Linux, the occasional photo editing session and for access to a financial site that requires Edge.
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Turn off the camera HAL
No, the camera is for your safety Dave
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Will it lock people out of their computer to give them some time to reflect, in case they're not PC enough for Microsoft's standards, like it terminates conversations in Microsoft's mobile app?
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Support loser ? (6)
Second ( as in second place in a race - and second a motion to show support)
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Is it a poor clue ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I didn't think so. I got it in about 3 minutes, but long after the game ended.
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No - a poor brain at my end.
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Phew, I thought is was going to be assist : helping or one who makes an ass of themselves
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Hello Codepojectens, it's been a while!
So here are two conflicting views on smoking:
1) If you want to smoke, that's your business and not for others to tell you whether you can or can't (as long as you do it such that if affects no-one else), and
2) Smoking should be banned, for the good of society and also for the good of the poor victims of an addictive drug.
As I get older, I'm able to think back to freer times when people really were genuinely freer to do what they want, like the teachers who used to smoke in my classrooms. They were also free to use physical violence in the case of bad behaviour. Happy days! I suppose we have 'progressed' more from 1) above to 2) or are at least heading there.
The problem is, to my mind, these mutually exclusive ideas about smoking are both valid and worth defending to the hilt, which also means I don't have a valid standpoint on the subject - the logic is broken. It's fairly rare for me to be not able to reach some conclusion, even if the conclusion is flawed or just wholly incorrect.
Tricky, and for context I've dithered in and out of nicotine addiction (mostly in) for the last 25 years. Vape time.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I largely agree - personal responsibility seems to be a thing of the past
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Probably because most people ignore the "responsibility" part and focus on "personal".
Take mobile phone use when driving, or DUI: People who do it don't think about the effect on others just their own wants and needs. Coercion is required because personal responsibility isn't even considered.
Smoking is the same: my parents both smoked, and sometimes it was difficult to see out the window on the other side of the car due to the smoke level. To protect the children it's now illegal in many places - but you still see people doing it!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Sadly I think society has entered a period where rights trump responsibility. I think 'selfie sticks' sum it up, I was quite shocked the first time I saw one, what new level of vanity was this? But culture adopted this sort of thing willingly. Yes it's completely normal to take endless pictures of yourself to post on the internet these days. It's very odd and inward looking when you think about it.
Man, I'm really on a 'middle-aged man depressed with the state of the world' roll today!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Don't worry about it, I make 2 of us !!!
I hate the way things are today.
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Rob Philpott wrote: ... as long as you do it such that if affects no-one else ...
... the teachers who used to smoke in my classrooms ... Your example doesn't exactly fit into #1 though.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That's true, but back then it was just normal and usual. I guess people have become more sensitive to it (psychologically) over the years. Incidentally on a similar note, I don't recall peanut allergies existing as a kid. But these days peanuts seem to be contraband in school. And there weren't seatbelts in the back of cars or bouncy tarmac under climbing frames. What a strange wonderful world it was - and that's not because I dismiss all these advances in safety and wellbeing, but simply because people didn't worry about them then.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: because people didn't worry about them then.
Or more likely because they were not aware of them.
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