There should be a word now for this rite of passage - the first time you realize how fragile the web service you depend on is, or even that you depend on it. It is a loss of innocence that you may not be able to prevent.
For me it was when I upgraded machines and discovered that the five or six songs I had "bought" from RealPlayer's store (to listen to on my Palm Pilot) were only "mine" if I was willing to go through customer support hell each time I replaced my system or hard drive. .
First, more pixels requires more graphics processing power.
Next, more graphics processing power often means a new computer.
Last, Microsoft makes it's money when people buy new computers (the only customers they really care about are the OEM's).
Add this up - this may not be the story you think it is.
Remember when Microsoft said "Windows Genuine Advantage isn't spyware"? Just because it does the same things spyware does, doesn't mean it's spyware, if you re-define spyware to mean "software that spies on you and phones home, written by someone other than Microsoft". So when their spokesperson says "Microsoft did not put a backdoor into Windows 7" this should be read as "Microsoft did not put remote root-level access code written by someone other than Microsoft into Windows 7".
Suppose it was possible to apply security patches without installing Windows Genuine Advantage (malware by anyone's definition except Microsoft's). Would that make a difference? Perhaps what they are seeing is really just a choice users make between Microsoft malware and "aftermarket" malware.
...would be a ship that can break the big asteroid into two smaller ones, each of which can be blasted into smaller bits that can finally be pulverized into dust with one blast. While the ship would be challenging to build, we will have no shortage of pilots...
Although it used to be possible to spot drunk drivers by looking for motorists swerving from side to side in their lane, the advent of cell phones has rendered this method unworkable - now EVERYBODY swerves back and forth in their lane...
Mr. Nasa approaches a taxpayer...
"Say, would you mind funding an attempt to get better data for a group of scientists?"
Or he says,
"Say, would you mind funding an attempt to physically explore our universe?"
Why do we keep making this mistake? Does Mr. Nasa WANT his budget to dwindle to zero?!?
Please come to California! I want to watch while you explain to the Highway Patrolman that he really shouldn't be getting angry at you for blocking him and his bike; it's his fault for riding unsafely.
As Justice Stevens said, "it does not require a constitutional scholar to conclude that a nude search of a 13-year-old child is an invasion of constitutional rights of some magnitude."
But it took Justice Thomas to get to the heart of it, when he said, "Whadda ya mean, no one took pictures?"
What made them think this was a good idea to begin with? After more than a DECADE of customer abuse and putting the interests of their corporate partners ahead of their users (with the predictable result - shrinking market share) Palm DESERVES to die...
...has a wikipedia page where, oddly enough, no mention of the lawsuit is made. Doesn't that seem, well, incomplete somehow? Considering how citable the case is.
Thank you. I had the words anti-matter and laser associated in my mind, but could not remember where I had heard them together. You have solved that mystery. Now, back to designing that shark-mounted laser turret...
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There should be a word now for this rite of passage - the first time you realize how fragile the web service you depend on is, or even that you depend on it. It is a loss of innocence that you may not be able to prevent. For me it was when I upgraded machines and discovered that the five or six songs I had "bought" from RealPlayer's store (to listen to on my Palm Pilot) were only "mine" if I was willing to go through customer support hell each time I replaced my system or hard drive. .
First, more pixels requires more graphics processing power. Next, more graphics processing power often means a new computer. Last, Microsoft makes it's money when people buy new computers (the only customers they really care about are the OEM's). Add this up - this may not be the story you think it is.
Remember when Microsoft said "Windows Genuine Advantage isn't spyware"? Just because it does the same things spyware does, doesn't mean it's spyware, if you re-define spyware to mean "software that spies on you and phones home, written by someone other than Microsoft". So when their spokesperson says "Microsoft did not put a backdoor into Windows 7" this should be read as "Microsoft did not put remote root-level access code written by someone other than Microsoft into Windows 7".
Suppose it was possible to apply security patches without installing Windows Genuine Advantage (malware by anyone's definition except Microsoft's). Would that make a difference? Perhaps what they are seeing is really just a choice users make between Microsoft malware and "aftermarket" malware.
Will this attenuate my HERF gun? I'm gonna miss the sight of cell phone drivers spinning off the road with a handful of melting plastic...
Legalize HERF guns. Problem solved!
You forgot to add corrupting an international standards body...
...would be a ship that can break the big asteroid into two smaller ones, each of which can be blasted into smaller bits that can finally be pulverized into dust with one blast. While the ship would be challenging to build, we will have no shortage of pilots...
Although it used to be possible to spot drunk drivers by looking for motorists swerving from side to side in their lane, the advent of cell phones has rendered this method unworkable - now EVERYBODY swerves back and forth in their lane...
Mr. Nasa approaches a taxpayer... "Say, would you mind funding an attempt to get better data for a group of scientists?" Or he says, "Say, would you mind funding an attempt to physically explore our universe?" Why do we keep making this mistake? Does Mr. Nasa WANT his budget to dwindle to zero?!?
Please come to California! I want to watch while you explain to the Highway Patrolman that he really shouldn't be getting angry at you for blocking him and his bike; it's his fault for riding unsafely.
...perhaps the TSA employees aren't the only ones incapable of detecting the irony...
As Justice Stevens said, "it does not require a constitutional scholar to conclude that a nude search of a 13-year-old child is an invasion of constitutional rights of some magnitude." But it took Justice Thomas to get to the heart of it, when he said, "Whadda ya mean, no one took pictures?"
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What made them think this was a good idea to begin with? After more than a DECADE of customer abuse and putting the interests of their corporate partners ahead of their users (with the predictable result - shrinking market share) Palm DESERVES to die...
...has a wikipedia page where, oddly enough, no mention of the lawsuit is made. Doesn't that seem, well, incomplete somehow? Considering how citable the case is.
Casket of Soil Mistakenly Sent to ISS in lieu of Supplies soon followed by... ISS Infested by Vampires
So, scientists discover that pluto smells like butt.
...when they stop loading them up with unremovable crapware. Not until then.
Careful! That attitude might make you the go-to guy for this initiative...
...that may be next on the playlist...
I can hear Handel's Messiah playing as I dance around the room, and it has nothing to do with Christmas. Let's get orbital!
You're the kind of poster a girl could kill herself over. Not.
Thank you. I had the words anti-matter and laser associated in my mind, but could not remember where I had heard them together. You have solved that mystery. Now, back to designing that shark-mounted laser turret...
Once the election is over, how long must we wait before prosecuting Bush for his crimes?