I'm running out of places to shop. I haven't shopped at Circuit City since the DivX fiasco. It wasn't just because of the fact that it was a horrible product, but because their salespeople actually flat-out lied to me about the product. Now, after this bullshit that Best Buy is pulling, I won't shop there either. Not unless they honor the price they advertised and pay some restitution to the guy they had arrested. Guess I'll have to be shopping online only now. There aren't any other similar stores in my city, so I don't have much choice.
You can't remove parts because you agreed to a EULA saying you wouldn't. You also agreed to let them remove programs such as Ad-Aware. The solution is to not use programs that put such onerous restrictions on you.
It's not about how the few of us that read these sorts of articles vote. We are a tiny minority. We don't spend a lot of money to buy congresscritters. We can vote til we're blue in the face and it won't make a dent as long as the rest of the country remains under the spell of the major media corporations. They know only what they're told on TV. They will not know or understand what's going on or why it's bad. Until such time as they can become truly informed, we're doomed to follow the path we're on now.
I don't use it, so I don't know, but if they're willing to go to the lengths of uninstalling Adaware and adding a non-removal clause to the EULA, I'm betting that they aren't letting you opt-out by clicking a couple of checkboxes either. You might want to give your system a thorough checking for spyware.
Which should not have then proceeded to "upgrade" themselves on someone else's machine.
Right, the upgrades should have been distributed with the application. Not sure why that didn't happen, or what you would need to change in order to make it happen. It may not even be possible, as many apps that I've seen simply state up front that you must have a certain version of IE installed before you can install the application, and will not allow the installation to proceed if you do not have the proper IE version.
You didn't do a damn thing to rebutt his arguments. Say something meaningful rather than just giving single-word dismissals and moronic arguments. Sure, fame does not necessarily lead to fortune, but it depends on whether the famous person seeks the fortune or not. If they do, it's sure a lot easier for them to get than if they were not famous. Just because something is obtainable in a non-official state for free doesn't mean that people won't pay for an official, gussied-up version. I can get nearly any song I want online, yet I still buy CDs from artists' websites. I prefer to buy that way because the artist gets a bigger cut. Providing that their record contract allows them to sell CDs that way.
That bothered me because this program just suddenly became an advertisement for the latest version of IE, and I had nothing to do with it.
Well, you did have something to do with it, in that you used the IE functionality made available by the ActiveX OCX or DLLs. It might have been possible to update the user transparently when installing the app if your setup package is created to do this. I've never actually used IE in an app yet, so I wouldn't know the exact procedure for accomplishing this. Then they wouldn't even need to know that IE was being updated. It would, however, be nice to alert them to this fact before the installation commences.
Who gives a rat's ass? He's not speaking at a board meeting. This was an informal interview. It was an appropriate phrase for this audience. It won't please everyone, but neither would perfect grammer.
When the form opened, a dialog box appears "This program requires the latest version of Internet Explorer, would you like to upgrade now?" or something similar.
Well, I guess it depends on how you set up and packaged the app. If it didn't include all the IE DLLs that you used in the app, then yeah, I'd expect it to do something like ask the user to download them. Actually, that's a more graceful reaction than I would expect. Now if it was something more insidious than that, then it's something I haven't heard of yet. Do you have any idea why it happened?
I think it might be better for the universe if we humans never make it out of this solar system. I'd really hate to see the kind of harm we could inflict due to the almost willfull stupidity that is so commonly displayed on this planet.
It would be great if someone could create a website listing all the known audits that Microsoft has conducted in recent times and the financial outcomes of these audits. It could turn into a powerful tool to promote the use of an OS that doesn't carry such huge expenses in terms of both initial cost, as well as the administrative costs of maintaining software and licensing information about every computer in the organization. Has this, or something similar, been done already?
Every psycologist worth his salt knows that you can't predict the behavior of individuals or even small groups. You need a large group before the mathematics of psycology can be applied with any acceptable degree of accuracy, on the order of the population of a medium to highly populated planet. Seldon would be rolling in his grave if he'd been born yet.
I learned computers using DOS. I then moved on to Win 3.1. Then to Win95. I learned as I went. Someone could learn Linux or any other Unix-like OS the same way. Start with the basics and move on to the more complicated stuff.
They usually put that info after a senator's name in the form "(P - State)." Where "P" will be replaced with the letter representing their party. D for Democrats and so forth. So when they say Hollings (D - Disney), they're saying he's a Democrat representing Disney. For McCain it's (R - Media), a Republican representing media.
Umm.. if I figured out where to download the software, I think I can figure out who to call if I have a problem with it. I don't need more pointless emails filling up my box.
Hmm.. that's similar to my stepbrother's method. Maybe ya'll were on to something:) He always did seem to be able to get it working faster than I could.
LOL:) Yeah... I remember all the voodoo type stuff we tried when the NES was actin flaky. Always blow on the cartridge. Push it down and pop it back up a few times. Then hit Power. Repeat as necessary.
Heh. Why? So they can cash in on the big rush of 15-year olds that just have to own the remake of a game they never played the original of?:) I would assume that anyone that HAD played the original would laugh off such a remake, so that couldn't be the reason.
Since EA only owns the name "M.U.L.E.", and doesn't currently own any of the game's content or design, I don't see that they would have any case. Shrapnel isn't calling it by EA's trademarked name, so I think they're in the clear. As for the AT-ST thing, well, as I said in my reply to your other post, that's because the original M.U.L.E. used the AT-AT as its inspiration for the look of the M.U.L.E.
From what I understand from reading a few M.U.L.E. sites, EA only owns the name "M.U.L.E.", not the game's content, that reverted back to the author. So as long as you don't use the trademarked name, you should be able to create an exact clone.
And incidentally (or otherwise), isn't that an AT-ST walker [shrapnelgames.com] they're using for cover art? Now they're tweaking the nose of Lucasart? Oh dear.:(
Ever see the original art for the M.U.L.E.? It looked like an AT-AT. I think they're just paying homage to the original in that respect.
Hmm... I remember when this came out for NES. I had played the C64 version, so I knew the game rocked. I was pretty much broke, so I just rented the game. I introduced my step-brother to it and we started playing at about 9 that evening. Well, we played, and played, and played, until we heard our parents alarm clock go off at about 6:30. Then we freaked and hauled ass to bed before they noticed we'd been up all night. We skipped school that day, needless to say. Hmm... good times:)
They made a deal to purchase ad space. As far as I'm aware, they had no such deal with the makers of the Spider-Man movie. The movie is fiction, it doesn't need to accurately represent anything, and nobody should be able to force them to do so. They aren't commiting slander or liable. As long as they're within the bounds of the law, they shouldn't be subjected to asinine lawsuits such as this one.
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I'm running out of places to shop. I haven't shopped at Circuit City since the DivX fiasco. It wasn't just because of the fact that it was a horrible product, but because their salespeople actually flat-out lied to me about the product. Now, after this bullshit that Best Buy is pulling, I won't shop there either. Not unless they honor the price they advertised and pay some restitution to the guy they had arrested. Guess I'll have to be shopping online only now. There aren't any other similar stores in my city, so I don't have much choice.
You can't remove parts because you agreed to a EULA saying you wouldn't. You also agreed to let them remove programs such as Ad-Aware. The solution is to not use programs that put such onerous restrictions on you.
It's not about how the few of us that read these sorts of articles vote. We are a tiny minority. We don't spend a lot of money to buy congresscritters. We can vote til we're blue in the face and it won't make a dent as long as the rest of the country remains under the spell of the major media corporations. They know only what they're told on TV. They will not know or understand what's going on or why it's bad. Until such time as they can become truly informed, we're doomed to follow the path we're on now.
I don't use it, so I don't know, but if they're willing to go to the lengths of uninstalling Adaware and adding a non-removal clause to the EULA, I'm betting that they aren't letting you opt-out by clicking a couple of checkboxes either. You might want to give your system a thorough checking for spyware.
Which should not have then proceeded to "upgrade" themselves on someone else's machine.
Right, the upgrades should have been distributed with the application. Not sure why that didn't happen, or what you would need to change in order to make it happen. It may not even be possible, as many apps that I've seen simply state up front that you must have a certain version of IE installed before you can install the application, and will not allow the installation to proceed if you do not have the proper IE version.
I would imagine that such a duplicator would still require raw materials. So that would be an expense.
You didn't do a damn thing to rebutt his arguments. Say something meaningful rather than just giving single-word dismissals and moronic arguments. Sure, fame does not necessarily lead to fortune, but it depends on whether the famous person seeks the fortune or not. If they do, it's sure a lot easier for them to get than if they were not famous. Just because something is obtainable in a non-official state for free doesn't mean that people won't pay for an official, gussied-up version. I can get nearly any song I want online, yet I still buy CDs from artists' websites. I prefer to buy that way because the artist gets a bigger cut. Providing that their record contract allows them to sell CDs that way.
That bothered me because this program just suddenly became an advertisement for the latest version of IE, and I had nothing to do with it.
Well, you did have something to do with it, in that you used the IE functionality made available by the ActiveX OCX or DLLs. It might have been possible to update the user transparently when installing the app if your setup package is created to do this. I've never actually used IE in an app yet, so I wouldn't know the exact procedure for accomplishing this. Then they wouldn't even need to know that IE was being updated. It would, however, be nice to alert them to this fact before the installation commences.
Who gives a rat's ass? He's not speaking at a board meeting. This was an informal interview. It was an appropriate phrase for this audience. It won't please everyone, but neither would perfect grammer.
When the form opened, a dialog box appears "This program requires the latest version of Internet Explorer, would you like to upgrade now?" or something similar.
Well, I guess it depends on how you set up and packaged the app. If it didn't include all the IE DLLs that you used in the app, then yeah, I'd expect it to do something like ask the user to download them. Actually, that's a more graceful reaction than I would expect. Now if it was something more insidious than that, then it's something I haven't heard of yet. Do you have any idea why it happened?
I think it might be better for the universe if we humans never make it out of this solar system. I'd really hate to see the kind of harm we could inflict due to the almost willfull stupidity that is so commonly displayed on this planet.
If I lived in Indiana I'd be freaking terrified that these people were in charge of establishing the law in my state!
It would be great if someone could create a website listing all the known audits that Microsoft has conducted in recent times and the financial outcomes of these audits. It could turn into a powerful tool to promote the use of an OS that doesn't carry such huge expenses in terms of both initial cost, as well as the administrative costs of maintaining software and licensing information about every computer in the organization. Has this, or something similar, been done already?
Every psycologist worth his salt knows that you can't predict the behavior of individuals or even small groups. You need a large group before the mathematics of psycology can be applied with any acceptable degree of accuracy, on the order of the population of a medium to highly populated planet. Seldon would be rolling in his grave if he'd been born yet.
I learned computers using DOS. I then moved on to Win 3.1. Then to Win95. I learned as I went. Someone could learn Linux or any other Unix-like OS the same way. Start with the basics and move on to the more complicated stuff.
They usually put that info after a senator's name in the form "(P - State)." Where "P" will be replaced with the letter representing their party. D for Democrats and so forth. So when they say Hollings (D - Disney), they're saying he's a Democrat representing Disney. For McCain it's (R - Media), a Republican representing media.
Umm.. if I figured out where to download the software, I think I can figure out who to call if I have a problem with it. I don't need more pointless emails filling up my box.
Hmm.. that's similar to my stepbrother's method. Maybe ya'll were on to something :) He always did seem to be able to get it working faster than I could.
LOL :) Yeah... I remember all the voodoo type stuff we tried when the NES was actin flaky. Always blow on the cartridge. Push it down and pop it back up a few times. Then hit Power. Repeat as necessary.
Heh. Why? So they can cash in on the big rush of 15-year olds that just have to own the remake of a game they never played the original of? :) I would assume that anyone that HAD played the original would laugh off such a remake, so that couldn't be the reason.
Since EA only owns the name "M.U.L.E.", and doesn't currently own any of the game's content or design, I don't see that they would have any case. Shrapnel isn't calling it by EA's trademarked name, so I think they're in the clear. As for the AT-ST thing, well, as I said in my reply to your other post, that's because the original M.U.L.E. used the AT-AT as its inspiration for the look of the M.U.L.E.
From what I understand from reading a few M.U.L.E. sites, EA only owns the name "M.U.L.E.", not the game's content, that reverted back to the author. So as long as you don't use the trademarked name, you should be able to create an exact clone.
And incidentally (or otherwise), isn't that an AT-ST walker [shrapnelgames.com] they're using for cover art? Now they're tweaking the nose of Lucasart? Oh dear. :(
Ever see the original art for the M.U.L.E.? It looked like an AT-AT. I think they're just paying homage to the original in that respect.
Hmm... I remember when this came out for NES. I had played the C64 version, so I knew the game rocked. I was pretty much broke, so I just rented the game. I introduced my step-brother to it and we started playing at about 9 that evening. Well, we played, and played, and played, until we heard our parents alarm clock go off at about 6:30. Then we freaked and hauled ass to bed before they noticed we'd been up all night. We skipped school that day, needless to say. Hmm... good times :)
They made a deal to purchase ad space. As far as I'm aware, they had no such deal with the makers of the Spider-Man movie. The movie is fiction, it doesn't need to accurately represent anything, and nobody should be able to force them to do so. They aren't commiting slander or liable. As long as they're within the bounds of the law, they shouldn't be subjected to asinine lawsuits such as this one.