Then I was like hell no.
They allow themselves to monitor basically everything on your computer
processes, favorites, patches, cdkey
Its just like nasty keyloggers and spyware except its from microsoft.
I pass I like my private information away from them.
Yeah their stuff if like that call tech support and one dumbass after another. Oh the Welcome to Comcast bull?#$# I got that too you cant use it in my area probably most areas with a linux computer because you have to use the cd they give you to run something in Windows that somehow authenticates the damn modem then after that its okay until you need a new modem or get new service. Do make sure to remove their bullcrap programs that they install or run it in a VM because it makes the computer very slow at boot. I get a least once a week where the modem looses sync with the headend and it takes 15-45 minutes before it comes back up, signal perfectly fine, digital cable okay too, just no internet. So yeah so three times I called its like um whats the problem Cable modem lost sync. Can you check the cables, second unplug it for like awhile..... um yeah. I asked can you ping another Cablemodem on the same node, um no we aren't allowed to do that (why the hell not?)
I feel your pain they need trained tech support not some stupid script-jockey.
why does my ass hurt when i stand up? your underwear are on backwards Sir
Rotary was considered stylish back then kinda like our cars now except it didn't dent everytime you touched it. Obviously lots of people miss their rotary phone or thinkgeek wouldn't carry a retro bluetooth headset. There is something to be desired in old technology that I disagree with in modern tech, mainly cooling but also boot time. Someone above mentioned BeOS and Zeta sucks it doesnt even detect the Ati Rage Pro in my laptop and the boot-time is slower that BeOS Max (which has another version in development). Why are we having so much trouble getting back to fast booting computers and passive cooling. This is off topic but my first computer was a Timex Sinclair T1000, then later a Commodore PET with a builtin tape drive:-) and later on the optional 5mb Harddrive and dual-floppey drives..... Point is why cant someone build a computer that...
1. Boots in 10 seconds
2. Requires absolutely no fans
3. Still rivals current top tier technology like the Core2Duo Series
Personally I love modern technology like dvd burners but what about true instant-on without using flash disks and ram based drives for a basic home computer. I want something that is ready to use by the time my tv displays a picture and still be able to play Quake 4 and such.
Anybody else love to wait?
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Then I was like hell no. They allow themselves to monitor basically everything on your computer processes, favorites, patches, cdkey Its just like nasty keyloggers and spyware except its from microsoft. I pass I like my private information away from them.
Yeah their stuff if like that call tech support and one dumbass after another. Oh the Welcome to Comcast bull?#$# I got that too you cant use it in my area probably most areas with a linux computer because you have to use the cd they give you to run something in Windows that somehow authenticates the damn modem then after that its okay until you need a new modem or get new service. Do make sure to remove their bullcrap programs that they install or run it in a VM because it makes the computer very slow at boot. I get a least once a week where the modem looses sync with the headend and it takes 15-45 minutes before it comes back up, signal perfectly fine, digital cable okay too, just no internet. So yeah so three times I called its like um whats the problem Cable modem lost sync. Can you check the cables, second unplug it for like awhile..... um yeah. I asked can you ping another Cablemodem on the same node, um no we aren't allowed to do that (why the hell not?)
I feel your pain they need trained tech support not some stupid script-jockey.
why does my ass hurt when i stand up? your underwear are on backwards Sir
Rotary was considered stylish back then kinda like our cars now except it didn't dent everytime you touched it. Obviously lots of people miss their rotary phone or thinkgeek wouldn't carry a retro bluetooth headset. There is something to be desired in old technology that I disagree with in modern tech, mainly cooling but also boot time. Someone above mentioned BeOS and Zeta sucks it doesnt even detect the Ati Rage Pro in my laptop and the boot-time is slower that BeOS Max (which has another version in development). Why are we having so much trouble getting back to fast booting computers and passive cooling. This is off topic but my first computer was a Timex Sinclair T1000, then later a Commodore PET with a builtin tape drive :-) and later on the optional 5mb Harddrive and dual-floppey drives..... Point is why cant someone build a computer that ...
1. Boots in 10 seconds
2. Requires absolutely no fans
3. Still rivals current top tier technology like the Core2Duo Series
Personally I love modern technology like dvd burners but what about true instant-on without using flash disks and ram based drives for a basic home computer. I want something that is ready to use by the time my tv displays a picture and still be able to play Quake 4 and such.
Anybody else love to wait?