When I tell people in Germany what I do for a living, they usually react with a mixture of pity and disgust, like I had admitted to them I was a male prostitute.
For computer games both the press and public are histrionic, and the politicians are keen to tap into every reactionary outrage...
What you are, in this very post, demanding of Microsoft is exactly analogous to me demanding that every Linux distro should provide a mechanism for me to remove whatever the default browser is and expect some replacement that functions like IE to drop in and work instead
They already do so what's your point? Microsoft is the one in trouble because they don't, please keep up.
And my ethical equivalent is many things, but crap is not one of them.
Your arugment was about the linux kernal NOT the web browser, you seem to be confused into thinking it was about web browsers..
I know it's fun to bash Microsoft, but consider that the ethical equivalent of what is being expected of Microsoft here would be compelling Linux vendors to ship only the kernel by default,
It's a crap equivalent because they're not the same at all. We're talking about AN APPLICATION, not the operating system!
Why? What if you choose to use another browser that doesn't work the same way as IE? What if it doesn't even provide the functionality required by the application spawning it?
What functionality?! Most browsers render HTML, what's your point if you can't even come up with an real example? There is nothing in IE that can't be done in EVERY browser in a cross platform way. In fact most web developers would agree with me that you have to spend even MORE time getting things to be cross platform in IE.
IE is used as a "standard" browser and as a componentized browser all through the OS because it is a known constant.
No, IE is used as a web browser to push Microsoft's monopoly on the internet and desktop.
Check mail in MSN? IE pops up.. Get a domain name wrong? MSN search activated, ad revenue generated.
Any application that needs to render a page in a browser inside a shell window the application owns knows it can use IE, knows the exact API to do so, and knows what it will look like.
Thanks, you just proved my point as for why it should be ripped out. It has created an unfair advantage over competing products.
Translation - Since our communist manifesto based operating system linsux can't compete against Windows, the European Communist Union should fine Microsoft until Microsoft goes out of business, then go for all other businesses until capitalism collapses and communism reigns supreme. Oh wait, that's what you fucktarded shitdot sheeple want. The only thing you fucktarded shitdot sheeple deserve is fucking razors so you can all slit your fucking wrists.
lol, Americans... Get a hint, it's just a software company no one here gives a shit that it is based in the US.
The EU isn't "holding large corporations accountable to the law." They have a very personal vendetta against MS, period.
At this point, it's not a case of the EU acting in the best interests of its citizens. This is extortion of a rich American company, pure and simple.
Your comments speak for themselves. This has nothing to do with what country Microsoft is from and a lot to do with them not complying with the EU's demands every step of the way, meanwhile making a big PR thing out of it claiming "unfair" on an American company.
What crap, I should be able to uninstall Internet explorer (as in GONE) on windows and all Microsoft's products should be able to load links up in whatever browser is my default.
Why is that unreasonable?! Why do they force me to use Internet Explorer?
You whole ethical equivalent argument is crap. Please stop with these stupid Linux equivalents, you can uninstall Firefox or whatever on Linux and use Opera as default with no problems. Don't try and twist the argument!
Apparently the EU makes a lot of exceptions when it comes to Microsoft. They seem to be working on an entire Applicable-Only-To-Microsoft body of law, like the whole "When MS bundles a web browser, it's bad and teh evil, but when Apple does it, or Teh Lunix does it, it's a great feature!"
What a load!
On Linux (and probably apple, I wouldn't know) you can uninstall ANY application. You CAN NOT uninstall IE because it is part of the operating system. This makes programs such as MSN rely on IE being there because they force users to use IE instead of the default browser when you click check mail. It wouldn't be any harder for MSN to use the default browser but they don't because they're abusing their monopoly!
You can't physically remove Internet Explorer because it's part of the desktop, so although you can install other web browsers you will always have IE there.
This IS anti-competitive as it has caused MSN and other apps to force you to use Internet Explorer even when it is not the default web browser. It has lead to people programming code with the assumption that IE will always be available so they will force their browser choice on the user.
How is the value of this type of data collection by authentication any better then Wikipedia? If the guy authenticating the material is of the "flat earth theory" then it's WORSE then Wikipedia because people will just assume it's correct knowledge since it has been "authenticated".
If you're going to response at least: 1) Read what I said 2) Answer my question instead of making me look like a fucking troll
So this is like Wikipedia but only those who are "scientists" are allowed to contribute? Since there are "scientists" who believe the earth is flat I fail to see how this is better then Wikipedia. In fact it sounds like an elitist club for professors, it doesn't mean their information is going to be more accurate.
That's ridiculous, you mean I have to waste my time going through a text file instead of just selecting the correct tickbox. You Linux freak wil... oh wait Microsoft is doing it? How innovative!
you can always tell who the people are that pretend to run MS OSs in order to slam them. it is obvious by the statements you make, that you have never even run vista... what a stupid thing to say, are you retarded? If what you say is true for you, you just need to learn some computer skills. Vista doesn't crash. Where do you get your info? from reading slasdont? you speak without knowledge
If you go through and read some of the evidence they're trying to convict him with in court it's so laughable that I can't believe they haven't freed him already.
There was some "blood on a pillar", although it might not be Nina's blood and it might not be blood at all, it might be saliva according to the expert witness.. Best quote "Well it's not like someone is going to lick the pillar". Yeah, because children don't lick stuff...
That being said I don't think he did it, but there is one way to find out. Someone needs to hire a PI in Russia and I bet he'd have photos of Nina within two weeks of following Reiser's kids around.
The whole thing just looks too much like a setup.. - Rotting groceries in the car to make it look like she was caught by surprise - Her passport conveniently in the car to make it look like we know she hasn't left the country - The children being quickly sent away to Russia so they couldn't give vital information in the trial - The children admitting that they had been told to say things to convict Reiser
and lets not forget Nina is a Russian rent-a-bride and probably only married Reiser to get the US visa.
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Check mail in MSN? IE pops up.. Get a domain name wrong? MSN search activated, ad revenue generated.Thanks, you just proved my point as for why it should be ripped out. It has created an unfair advantage over competing products.
What crap, I should be able to uninstall Internet explorer (as in GONE) on windows and all Microsoft's products should be able to load links up in whatever browser is my default.
Why is that unreasonable?! Why do they force me to use Internet Explorer?
You whole ethical equivalent argument is crap. Please stop with these stupid Linux equivalents, you can uninstall Firefox or whatever on Linux and use Opera as default with no problems. Don't try and twist the argument!
On Linux (and probably apple, I wouldn't know) you can uninstall ANY application. You CAN NOT uninstall IE because it is part of the operating system. This makes programs such as MSN rely on IE being there because they force users to use IE instead of the default browser when you click check mail. It wouldn't be any harder for MSN to use the default browser but they don't because they're abusing their monopoly!
You can't physically remove Internet Explorer because it's part of the desktop, so although you can install other web browsers you will always have IE there.
This IS anti-competitive as it has caused MSN and other apps to force you to use Internet Explorer even when it is not the default web browser. It has lead to people programming code with the assumption that IE will always be available so they will force their browser choice on the user.
Yet you fail to answer my question!
How is the value of this type of data collection by authentication any better then Wikipedia? If the guy authenticating the material is of the "flat earth theory" then it's WORSE then Wikipedia because people will just assume it's correct knowledge since it has been "authenticated".
If you're going to response at least:
1) Read what I said
2) Answer my question instead of making me look like a fucking troll
This sounds fun.. Arabian Nights and Lord of the rings.. GO!
So this is like Wikipedia but only those who are "scientists" are allowed to contribute? Since there are "scientists" who believe the earth is flat I fail to see how this is better then Wikipedia. In fact it sounds like an elitist club for professors, it doesn't mean their information is going to be more accurate.
This is cleary good for all computers. Before AI weren't allowed to contact their AI friends. Only Humans were allowed such privileges as email.
The way I see it this is a step forward for human and robot relations. Women's rights, African-American Civil Rights Movement and now Robots rights!
You didn't answer my question you just asked you own.. The earth is going to be pulled into the Sun, the universe to dieing.. What are we saving?
.. so why should we care, there was a /. article a few days ago talking about the earth being vaporized so what are we saving exactly?
When the hell has a Photographer ever been classed as a geek? Get this crap off Slashdot and go gloat somewhere else..
Yeah, they deprived him of $19,462..
All hail the EA death march!
One of us! One of us! One of us!
..because patents are about the illogical barrier of restricting what you can do. Soon there will be patents on breathing and we'll all asphyxiate.
Tattoo a barcode on your hand and use it to login.
Freshmeat - off the table raw
Sourceforge - put into cold storage
If you go through and read some of the evidence they're trying to convict him with in court it's so laughable that I can't believe they haven't freed him already.
There was some "blood on a pillar", although it might not be Nina's blood and it might not be blood at all, it might be saliva according to the expert witness.. Best quote "Well it's not like someone is going to lick the pillar". Yeah, because children don't lick stuff...
That being said I don't think he did it, but there is one way to find out. Someone needs to hire a PI in Russia and I bet he'd have photos of Nina within two weeks of following Reiser's kids around.
The whole thing just looks too much like a setup..
- Rotting groceries in the car to make it look like she was caught by surprise
- Her passport conveniently in the car to make it look like we know she hasn't left the country
- The children being quickly sent away to Russia so they couldn't give vital information in the trial
- The children admitting that they had been told to say things to convict Reiser
and lets not forget Nina is a Russian rent-a-bride and probably only married Reiser to get the US visa.
I don't know what is worse..
The fact that you posted this racist crap in the first place or the fact that you posted anon so you could mod down anyone that responded to you.