Your perilous future on Windows XP

Comment #12

Think — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:32:06 GMT

If you ever see a job opening for $150k a year with the requirement of finding logical reasons as to why things are impossible please pm me and I will apply

Comment #11

Todd — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:22:24 GMT

For the record, I'm certain someone COULD invent a touchscreen that integrated a fingerprint reader, just like people invented the atom bomb. But today, a really smart person could not take an existing touch screen off the shelf today (like on your iPad) and read your fingerprints with it.

Comment #10

Think — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:13:27 GMT

My money, though, would be on the really smart people with lots of resources. I suppose that before Einstein you could make the argument for not being able to make uranium explode also. Einstein figured out how to do it WITHOUT having lots of resources.

Comment #9

Todd — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:29:19 GMT

To read a fingerprint requires a camera-like sensor or device, and that's just not what a capacitive touchscreen is capable of doing. I agree that it is amazing what some technologists are able to do with certain equipment, but sometimes you just run into limitations of a device that cannot be forced to do something beyond its capabilities. In this case it would be like trying to force your iPhone camera to photograph a planet orbiting a distant star. It's just not c... [ More ]

Comment #8

Think — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:24:09 GMT

Well not in any way you may have thought of however they do have lots of very bright people and more money than you or I will ever have. You may have not thought of a way to do it but you do not have the resources they do.

Comment #7

Todd — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:26:08 GMT

A computer can't read your fingerprint through the touchscreen.

Comment #6

Think — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:10:48 GMT

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-british-spy-agencies-web-encryption.html Have they figured out a way to build a fingerprint database via the Windows 8 touchscreen interface? It does make you wonder.

Comment #5

Think — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:39:08 GMT

I have no significant complaints on 7.

Comment #4

jarasan — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 01:20:15 GMT

I like 7 it is stable and I am migrating some of my customers to it, along with hardware upgrades of course.

Comment #3

emilyg — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:02:56 GMT

I have 8. Can't get printers to work with it.

Comment #2

Todd — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:27:18 GMT

Excellent Carbob! Windows 8 tends to make your computer a bit snappier too, so hopefully you got a little performance bump when you upgraded.

Comment #1

CARBOB — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:56:39 GMT

Todd, that's why I upgraded to W8, when it first came out. I got a good price for the software, which included a 32-bit copy and a 64-bit copy. I knew I was going to go thru a big learning curve and I have. Lots of things, still have to learn, but am glad it's behind me.

Original Blog Entry: Your perilous future on Windows XP

Todd — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:25:05 GMT

If you are still using Widnows XP on your computer, you need to read this article. Especially if you are under the impression that you don't need to upgrade because you don't need new features , or because it works fine right now as it is , or any other reason.

http://www.zdnet.com/your-perilous-future-on-windows-xp-7000019721/