I'm not sure you understand...
Nine Inch Nails isn't even close to the same kind of music as Pearl Jam or Nirvana...somehow you're assigning your dislike of THOSE bands to NIN? Oops.
You realize, of course, that A) OSX isn't immune to hacking, and B) it has less trouble with viruses (virii for you literate types) because Windows is targeted so much more by virus writers and people digging for vulnerabilities.
Yes, Windows is also riddled with holes which makes it an easy target, but OSX isn't invulnerable.
Maybe you should put a little less effort into being a douchebag, and a little more effort into reading the posts you're responding to. I didn't say I was annoyed. I said I was used to them doing things that way. Silverlight being a Microsoft product, I thought it was great that they made it play nice with Firefox. Go back to your sandbox.
"using firefox and therefor not be using Silverlight"
Huh? Silverlight works just fine on Firefox. I'm not exactly a big fan of Microsoft, but Silverlight does have kind of a "neat" factor to it. I don't know how it stacks up to its competition, but it's kind of fun to tinker with.
I think tonight I'm going to install the Moonlight runtime on my linux laptop when I get home, see how well it works.
However it is kind of nice that you can install Silverlight on Firefox. I'm so used to Microsoft forcing you to use IE for some things, like Windows Update.
Did you mean "isn't" much faster than XP? Because that's the only way that sentence makes any sense. Maybe you haven't actually used it yet...not only is it not much faster, it's actually a lot slower.
Of course, I'm using my own XP machine as a comparison, and I have 100 times less crap running in my system tray and in the background than 90% of XP users, and 100% of Vista users.
A friend of mine bought a PS3 a couple months ago, and bought about 6 games for it. He's since downloaded several of the $6 games from the network. I've been over there several times since he bought the machine, for 4th of July and a couple birthdays, and we all spend our time playing Guitar Hero II on his PS2. Of all the games he has for the PS3, "Blast Factor" is the one I actually enjoyed. And it's one of those $6 downloads...and it's not even all that *great*. Sure, it's fun, and pretty, but it's barely original. I love the whole idea of the PS3, I love the design of the internal hardware...but there's nothing out there that makes me want to own one.
I've had mine since 6 pm on launch day, and I have to say I don't find it to be overrated at all. I can't stop fiddling around with it, but then I'm a huge technophile. As for overpriced...I would be hard priced to spend less than I did on an iphone, to get a new phone with the features I need for work, plus a new ipod, plus a wireless internet device seperately.
Overpriced? Waste of money? More like saving money.
A friend and I went to the AT&T store near my work, even though there's an Apple store a couple blocks away. We were about 15th in line, and the final count before the doors opened was around 90. The AT&T employees let us in a few at a time, just enough for one customer per register. They greeted us with just as much enthusiasm and friendliness as I've ever recieved at the Apple store, even more so in fact. The people who work at my local Apple store are a little snobbish, and act like you're bothering them if you have a question.
In my opinion the AT&T store did a great job, and were plenty prepared for the mad rush for the iphones. We got in and out with our iphones and accessories within 10 minutes, and it only took that long because we had a couple questions about the data plans. We went across the street to a Mexican restaurant, pulled out a Macbook Pro, got onto a wireless access point, and unpackaged the iphones. They already had a charge, so we hooked them up right away and started up iTunes. After a small iTunes update (to version 7.3 which adds iPhone support), we activated the phones on iTunes and it was up and running. We didn't even have to swap SIM chips like with most new phones. It just put our account info into the SIM chips already in the iPhones.
I still haven't figured out the comment that says "I stood in line for 2 hours in 102 degree weather yesterday... and guess what? My phone still isn't activated. It's been over 24 hours." Why isn't your phone activated?
On a side note, the success of the Wii wasn't really unexpected. Everything I read and everyone I've talked to who knew about it prior to the launch said it was going to blow the PS3 and the xbox 360 out of the water, and it has.
I agree. Final Fantasy hasn't been the same since FFVI (released as FFIII here in the U.S.). I miss the days when they were still "great" instead of "pretty good".
Hah, I've never even been to the site, although I've heard of it. It always makes me laugh when someone says something to the effect of "most people do this..." and it's completely wrong.
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hahaha....racism? You're making that up, right?
Actually, it was fantastic.
I'm not sure you understand... Nine Inch Nails isn't even close to the same kind of music as Pearl Jam or Nirvana...somehow you're assigning your dislike of THOSE bands to NIN? Oops.
Perhaps. I'm not surprised by any of the idiocy I regularly see posted here. Just because it's imbecilic doesn't automatically mean it's a joke.
You realize, of course, that A) OSX isn't immune to hacking, and B) it has less trouble with viruses (virii for you literate types) because Windows is targeted so much more by virus writers and people digging for vulnerabilities.
Yes, Windows is also riddled with holes which makes it an easy target, but OSX isn't invulnerable.
Ah, that's kind of nice. I have only used Vista a few times, and didn't enjoy it.
Maybe you should put a little less effort into being a douchebag, and a little more effort into reading the posts you're responding to. I didn't say I was annoyed. I said I was used to them doing things that way. Silverlight being a Microsoft product, I thought it was great that they made it play nice with Firefox. Go back to your sandbox.
"using firefox and therefor not be using Silverlight"
Huh? Silverlight works just fine on Firefox. I'm not exactly a big fan of Microsoft, but Silverlight does have kind of a "neat" factor to it. I don't know how it stacks up to its competition, but it's kind of fun to tinker with.
I think tonight I'm going to install the Moonlight runtime on my linux laptop when I get home, see how well it works.
However it is kind of nice that you can install Silverlight on Firefox. I'm so used to Microsoft forcing you to use IE for some things, like Windows Update.
2 bit nerd? "He has a blog" ? Um. Editor in Chief of PC Magazine.
I read this in the actual print magazine, some time ago. Besides being old, it's not really "news" anyway.
Did you mean "isn't" much faster than XP? Because that's the only way that sentence makes any sense. Maybe you haven't actually used it yet...not only is it not much faster, it's actually a lot slower. Of course, I'm using my own XP machine as a comparison, and I have 100 times less crap running in my system tray and in the background than 90% of XP users, and 100% of Vista users.
A friend of mine bought a PS3 a couple months ago, and bought about 6 games for it. He's since downloaded several of the $6 games from the network. I've been over there several times since he bought the machine, for 4th of July and a couple birthdays, and we all spend our time playing Guitar Hero II on his PS2. Of all the games he has for the PS3, "Blast Factor" is the one I actually enjoyed. And it's one of those $6 downloads...and it's not even all that *great*. Sure, it's fun, and pretty, but it's barely original. I love the whole idea of the PS3, I love the design of the internal hardware...but there's nothing out there that makes me want to own one.
HAHAHA :(
You made me spit up my coffee
Saaad panda.
Okay...? No one said the Xenon was related to Intel's Xeon.
I've had mine since 6 pm on launch day, and I have to say I don't find it to be overrated at all. I can't stop fiddling around with it, but then I'm a huge technophile. As for overpriced...I would be hard priced to spend less than I did on an iphone, to get a new phone with the features I need for work, plus a new ipod, plus a wireless internet device seperately. Overpriced? Waste of money? More like saving money.
A friend and I went to the AT&T store near my work, even though there's an Apple store a couple blocks away. We were about 15th in line, and the final count before the doors opened was around 90. The AT&T employees let us in a few at a time, just enough for one customer per register. They greeted us with just as much enthusiasm and friendliness as I've ever recieved at the Apple store, even more so in fact. The people who work at my local Apple store are a little snobbish, and act like you're bothering them if you have a question. In my opinion the AT&T store did a great job, and were plenty prepared for the mad rush for the iphones. We got in and out with our iphones and accessories within 10 minutes, and it only took that long because we had a couple questions about the data plans. We went across the street to a Mexican restaurant, pulled out a Macbook Pro, got onto a wireless access point, and unpackaged the iphones. They already had a charge, so we hooked them up right away and started up iTunes. After a small iTunes update (to version 7.3 which adds iPhone support), we activated the phones on iTunes and it was up and running. We didn't even have to swap SIM chips like with most new phones. It just put our account info into the SIM chips already in the iPhones. I still haven't figured out the comment that says "I stood in line for 2 hours in 102 degree weather yesterday... and guess what? My phone still isn't activated. It's been over 24 hours." Why isn't your phone activated?
I laughed when I first read that. "Yeah, my 11 megabit wireless sure slows down my internet connection!" Haha.
On a side note, the success of the Wii wasn't really unexpected. Everything I read and everyone I've talked to who knew about it prior to the launch said it was going to blow the PS3 and the xbox 360 out of the water, and it has.
I agree. Final Fantasy hasn't been the same since FFVI (released as FFIII here in the U.S.). I miss the days when they were still "great" instead of "pretty good".
Hah, I've never even been to the site, although I've heard of it. It always makes me laugh when someone says something to the effect of "most people do this..." and it's completely wrong.