Once again the politicians, with solemn faces, intone "Save the Children!" and pass a law the only demonstrable purpose of which is to make them look caring to constituents too ignorant to see it's flaws.
I'm having a hard time believing that "no one cares about some dirty rocks under the ocean" makes up a full half of the only knowledge that truly matters.
On the MSDN WGA blog, MS writes "Our research has clearly shown that customers value the ability of Windows to alert them when they may have software that is not genuine..." Wouldn't you like to review that "research"?
More useful would be a Supreme Court decision allowing citizens to arm bears. Why do the fighting yourself, when there's such an fierce platform already available?
It would be news if there were more details. But if there were more details (who is selling what) we might notice that the "pirates" selling "counterfeits" were really people trying to re-sell their OEM software (this makes them pirates and criminals to Microsoft, but maybe less so to others).
I would want to know more - for instance, are these people re-selling OEM Windows disks? Microsoft considers that counterfeiting. They like to redefine words to mean what they want them to, like spyware (Everyone else - software that spies on you. Microsoft - software that spies on you unless we wrote it).
I know that when I think of courtesy, politeness, and good manners the name Microsoft springs immediately to mind.
Why has no one said this?
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Going thru the previous comments no one has mentioned the obvious - this is a CmdrTaco post, so whiners may STFU and start their own site, eh? There is and ought to be a different standard.
Our design group just got new HP workstations, all with XP 64bit (we run SolidWorks; it can use the extra memory space from XP 64bit). I don't work in IT, but if our company did it you may have (or have had) an option.
First came the haters (to the discussion).
Then came the nerdcore (more appreciative).
Then came the hater haters.
I just can't stop watching this discussion - it's textbook.
Nerdcore FTW.
Answers:
1 - Geologic evidence.
2 - No. It tells us that the story's survival in ANY form after 65000 years of oral transmission defies probability? But we already knew that.
3 - None.
Wow, the icons on that page are sure shiny. Even the folders are made out of chrome. Blue chrome folders so shiny you want to put them in your mouth. Who wouldn't want to be part of that?
The Wikipedia article says that three SWORDS units were deployed to Iraq, and that this is the first time robots will be entering battle (I guess cruise missiles don't count?). The citation for that is to a Wired article, which contains this quote;
As initially reported in National Defense magazine, only three of the robots are currently in Iraq. Zecca says he's ready to send more, "but we don't have the money. It's not a priority for the Army, yet." He believes that'll change, once the robots begin getting into firefights.
So - dibs, anyone, on updating the Wikipedia article? The opportunities for subtle irony abound. Or are we feeling cautious today, about offending an arms supplier? I'm not volunteering, by the way.
So all that's needed to become hated is success? I don't hate M$ for it's success; I hate them because they abuse me as a consumer. As long as Google and Apple can avoid that, they can avoid the hate. M$ hate wasn't INEVITABLE, it was EARNED.
The funniest and the saddest line in the NYT article came at the end, "Now that Microsoft faces a certified class action, a judge may be the one who oversees the fix. In the meantime, where does Microsoft go to buy back its lost credibility?"
This qualifies as news. Microsoft still has credibility to lose?!?
...we had drawn the line in the sand with Windows 2000, the last honest OS they made (honest = an attempt to meet users needs; dishonest = corporate marketing strategy comes before users, and it isn't spyware if we say so).
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Once again the politicians, with solemn faces, intone "Save the Children!" and pass a law the only demonstrable purpose of which is to make them look caring to constituents too ignorant to see it's flaws.
Guns and knives don't kill people. Videos kill people.
I'm relieved to know that even in deep space, I'll find fuel for my Zippo.
RTFA, my friend. That is exactly what he has in mind, as he explains.
I'm having a hard time believing that "no one cares about some dirty rocks under the ocean" makes up a full half of the only knowledge that truly matters.
On the MSDN WGA blog, MS writes "Our research has clearly shown that customers value the ability of Windows to alert them when they may have software that is not genuine..." Wouldn't you like to review that "research"?
More useful would be a Supreme Court decision allowing citizens to arm bears. Why do the fighting yourself, when there's such an fierce platform already available?
It would be news if there were more details. But if there were more details (who is selling what) we might notice that the "pirates" selling "counterfeits" were really people trying to re-sell their OEM software (this makes them pirates and criminals to Microsoft, but maybe less so to others).
I would want to know more - for instance, are these people re-selling OEM Windows disks? Microsoft considers that counterfeiting. They like to redefine words to mean what they want them to, like spyware (Everyone else - software that spies on you. Microsoft - software that spies on you unless we wrote it).
Some of the programs targeted are referred to by the pirates as "repeat offender monopolist OSs".
I know that when I think of courtesy, politeness, and good manners the name Microsoft springs immediately to mind.
Going thru the previous comments no one has mentioned the obvious - this is a CmdrTaco post, so whiners may STFU and start their own site, eh? There is and ought to be a different standard.
Our design group just got new HP workstations, all with XP 64bit (we run SolidWorks; it can use the extra memory space from XP 64bit). I don't work in IT, but if our company did it you may have (or have had) an option.
First came the haters (to the discussion). Then came the nerdcore (more appreciative). Then came the hater haters. I just can't stop watching this discussion - it's textbook. Nerdcore FTW.
Which FOSS projects are most vulnerable to this approach? A list of those approached would be interesting.
At this point, buying a game from EA says "Abuse me at will" I learned my lesson from BF2, a great game hobbled by terrible support from EA.
Answers: 1 - Geologic evidence. 2 - No. It tells us that the story's survival in ANY form after 65000 years of oral transmission defies probability? But we already knew that. 3 - None.
Wow, the icons on that page are sure shiny. Even the folders are made out of chrome. Blue chrome folders so shiny you want to put them in your mouth. Who wouldn't want to be part of that?
The Wikipedia article says that three SWORDS units were deployed to Iraq, and that this is the first time robots will be entering battle (I guess cruise missiles don't count?). The citation for that is to a Wired article, which contains this quote; As initially reported in National Defense magazine, only three of the robots are currently in Iraq. Zecca says he's ready to send more, "but we don't have the money. It's not a priority for the Army, yet." He believes that'll change, once the robots begin getting into firefights. So - dibs, anyone, on updating the Wikipedia article? The opportunities for subtle irony abound. Or are we feeling cautious today, about offending an arms supplier? I'm not volunteering, by the way.
So all that's needed to become hated is success? I don't hate M$ for it's success; I hate them because they abuse me as a consumer. As long as Google and Apple can avoid that, they can avoid the hate. M$ hate wasn't INEVITABLE, it was EARNED.
...don't bogart the faucet, man...
The funniest and the saddest line in the NYT article came at the end, "Now that Microsoft faces a certified class action, a judge may be the one who oversees the fix. In the meantime, where does Microsoft go to buy back its lost credibility?" This qualifies as news. Microsoft still has credibility to lose?!?
So Microsoft has found a way to push "updates" like WGA to those pesky users who fail to see the advantage. No surprise there.
...we had drawn the line in the sand with Windows 2000, the last honest OS they made (honest = an attempt to meet users needs; dishonest = corporate marketing strategy comes before users, and it isn't spyware if we say so).
...tee vee thing I hear about (muttered as I browse back to youtube)