Actually, all the music I listen to I have purchased. All the digital media I have on my PC is ripped from my personal library. All of my bittorrent traffic is limited to Linux ISOs or downloading software I still have a license for, mainly because I don't have the extra cash to pay for a replacement disc for my copy of Windows XP. And a Microsoft rep told me a while back (for what it's worth) that they don't particularly care about the install media as long as your license is valid.
First off, this post is made in good faith; this is not intended as trolling, flamebaiting, or anything equally as offensive.
I truly want to apologize for the criminal stupidity that perpetrated this.
No, I don't work for DI or have any association with that particular group. I've been down this road before on Slashdot, but it bears repeating: I am a religious person. But I am not a "Christian", in fact, I am scored by Christians for the most part. I don't particularly believe in "intelligent design", because it doesn't make sense to me. I prefer to see God as a scientist rather than a "Creator". Anyone who has studied any kind of religion in college (most people at my old community college took comparative religion for an easy humanities credit) will realize that the Bible is full of allegories and euphemisms. Who are we to say that Adam and Eve were the first creations of God? Maybe they were the end result of an experiment being run by God; the first to understand, so to speak, what they are and their place in the natural order of Earth.
To think that we sprung up out of the ground is preposterous to me. Fundamentalist Christians will point to the Bible saying "God created Adam from the dust of the earth" as proof of intelligent design. Is it at all possible that "the dust of the earth" is the primordial ooze scientists refer to? Could, as Robin Williams said, the passage "God said 'Let there be light'" be a euphemism for the Big Bang?
I do believe in science as well; we have made some amazing advancements in the last 20 years. I am excited to read of a new scientific breakthrough or a new understanding of something that seemed miraculous not 10 years ago. Now, if you will all excuse me, I'm going to go back to reading. Putting something as ethereal as my religious beliefs into words is not nearly as easy as it might seem. And thank you for reading what to most would probably seem to be a psychotic episode put into words.
What about the guy in 101 Dalmations? He's smoking his pipe in almost every scene. I don't really pay much attention to Disney cartoons, maybe they have released a "special edition" that removes the pipe? Of course. George Lucas is working on it now, after making Greedo shoot first.
Of that comes from the fact that when you start up Firefox for the first time, you are not only taken to Google as your homepage, but Google is also the default search engine in the integrated search box?
Why the hell did this get modded "Flamebait"? I was making an observation, not trying to start a flame war. Someone is using "Flamebait" in place of "Disagree", apparently.
LMAO. I only use Boost because it's actually cheaper than a Nextel account, and all the people I do business with have Nextel. Why not use Direct Connect for a buck all day instead of spending more money calling them cell to cell? And the i730 is more hackable than any other cell phone that I've used.
I use a Boost Mobile i730. It does everything you're talking about, to be perfectly honest. I can hear 99% of the calls I send or receive, I have a "trace mode" I can use to sort of debug a connection, and it just works. I've only ever munged one Nextel / Boost phone in my life, and that's when I dropped it into the damn storm drain I was walking past. LOL. I know Nextel service sucks (mainly because it's now Sprint/Nextel), but other than the "cage" I have to work in sometimes, I even get signal inside the metal building I work in. And after I install my cell phone range expander, it should work even in the cage.
Sure, it's not an iPhone or some other similar piece of garbage, but what's the difference? I have a calculator, datebook and contact list. I have custom made ringtones and applications. It uses J2ME, so I can bang out my own code if I choose. The only downside to the phone is it will only work on the Nextel system. The newer ones, I have been lead to believe, can be made to work on any network, with the exception of the Direct Connect. Hell, the i930(?) uses a version of Windows Mobile now. The only reason I haven't messed with it is I have to get new software to do any of the hacking I do on the older Nextels.
I honestly don't know why... oh wait, yes I do. Being pronounced a Troll proved your point. I don't know if you really do work for Microsoft, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't like Windows Vista. I hated it when I got my new computer. None of my games would run properly, and that's just about the only thing I use Windows for. I formatted my drive and installed Windows XP, and the computer works perfectly, except for my modem. Big deal; I'm on a cable connection anyway.
I'll give Vista another chance when SP1 comes out, but to be perfectly honest, I don't like the interface, and UAC can be really really annoying until it's "learned" everything. Seriously, M$ should be talking to the end users to see what they want. If they did, and this _is_ what the end user wants, I'm shooting my computer right now.
So I am a religious person. But what was the original context for the quote he used? Arthur Sulzberger made the comment, but about what? It can be applied to anything. And why the anonymous comments?
So quick to dismiss this? I understand that most of you probably have no particular religious beliefs, or none at all, but what's to say that DaVinci wasn't the kind of man to try to disguise something inside one of his paintings? I still like to think it takes a truly open mind to discover the places technology can truly take us.
I'm not debating that at all; my point is simply that for the cost of the motherboard they're hawking you can buy the whole computer. You and I are on the same wavelength about computers anyway. lol.
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Actually, all the music I listen to I have purchased. All the digital media I have on my PC is ripped from my personal library. All of my bittorrent traffic is limited to Linux ISOs or downloading software I still have a license for, mainly because I don't have the extra cash to pay for a replacement disc for my copy of Windows XP. And a Microsoft rep told me a while back (for what it's worth) that they don't particularly care about the install media as long as your license is valid.
I truly want to apologize for the criminal stupidity that perpetrated this.
No, I don't work for DI or have any association with that particular group. I've been down this road before on Slashdot, but it bears repeating: I am a religious person. But I am not a "Christian", in fact, I am scored by Christians for the most part. I don't particularly believe in "intelligent design", because it doesn't make sense to me. I prefer to see God as a scientist rather than a "Creator". Anyone who has studied any kind of religion in college (most people at my old community college took comparative religion for an easy humanities credit) will realize that the Bible is full of allegories and euphemisms. Who are we to say that Adam and Eve were the first creations of God? Maybe they were the end result of an experiment being run by God; the first to understand, so to speak, what they are and their place in the natural order of Earth.
To think that we sprung up out of the ground is preposterous to me. Fundamentalist Christians will point to the Bible saying "God created Adam from the dust of the earth" as proof of intelligent design. Is it at all possible that "the dust of the earth" is the primordial ooze scientists refer to? Could, as Robin Williams said, the passage "God said 'Let there be light'" be a euphemism for the Big Bang?
I do believe in science as well; we have made some amazing advancements in the last 20 years. I am excited to read of a new scientific breakthrough or a new understanding of something that seemed miraculous not 10 years ago. Now, if you will all excuse me, I'm going to go back to reading. Putting something as ethereal as my religious beliefs into words is not nearly as easy as it might seem. And thank you for reading what to most would probably seem to be a psychotic episode put into words.
Aww, did someone piss in your cheerios on here? Is that why you insist on being a coward when you harass people? Or are you just another MAFIAA shill?
Microsoft probably already tried; the text of the patent is simply 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA.
I for one welcome our new swarming server overlords!
Wow. To be honest, I wouldn't know whether to mod that funny or insightful...
Because it cuts into their employee's bandwidth to download the same thing.
What about the guy in 101 Dalmations? He's smoking his pipe in almost every scene. I don't really pay much attention to Disney cartoons, maybe they have released a "special edition" that removes the pipe? Of course. George Lucas is working on it now, after making Greedo shoot first.
Sure, it's got a lot of potential. But until the RIAA responds, we're not going to know how much. It could even end up helping the RIAA.
Stairs won't protect you! They'll just level the building...
Look who's scraping up the filth! Is it a human child? NO! IT'S A ROBOT!
I quit when I found out what the girders were being used for. To build South Korean robot theme parks!
I can't forgive the fact that you truly ARE a coward who can't talk shit without hiding your nick.
Of that comes from the fact that when you start up Firefox for the first time, you are not only taken to Google as your homepage, but Google is also the default search engine in the integrated search box?
Why the hell did this get modded "Flamebait"? I was making an observation, not trying to start a flame war. Someone is using "Flamebait" in place of "Disagree", apparently.
LMAO. I only use Boost because it's actually cheaper than a Nextel account, and all the people I do business with have Nextel. Why not use Direct Connect for a buck all day instead of spending more money calling them cell to cell? And the i730 is more hackable than any other cell phone that I've used.
Sure, it's not an iPhone or some other similar piece of garbage, but what's the difference? I have a calculator, datebook and contact list. I have custom made ringtones and applications. It uses J2ME, so I can bang out my own code if I choose. The only downside to the phone is it will only work on the Nextel system. The newer ones, I have been lead to believe, can be made to work on any network, with the exception of the Direct Connect. Hell, the i930(?) uses a version of Windows Mobile now. The only reason I haven't messed with it is I have to get new software to do any of the hacking I do on the older Nextels.
I'll give Vista another chance when SP1 comes out, but to be perfectly honest, I don't like the interface, and UAC can be really really annoying until it's "learned" everything. Seriously, M$ should be talking to the end users to see what they want. If they did, and this _is_ what the end user wants, I'm shooting my computer right now.
Link to sound clip: http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/_audio/davinci_music.mp3
So I am a religious person. But what was the original context for the quote he used? Arthur Sulzberger made the comment, but about what? It can be applied to anything. And why the anonymous comments?
I think I just discovered a new oxymoron: Stupid Geeks. LOL
Did I say anything about having to believe in any religion? No. I only made the comment because religion is brought up in TFA.
So quick to dismiss this? I understand that most of you probably have no particular religious beliefs, or none at all, but what's to say that DaVinci wasn't the kind of man to try to disguise something inside one of his paintings? I still like to think it takes a truly open mind to discover the places technology can truly take us.
A politician started this company?!
I'm not debating that at all; my point is simply that for the cost of the motherboard they're hawking you can buy the whole computer. You and I are on the same wavelength about computers anyway. lol.