I can't believe someone like MTV are agreeing with me on this: Halo 3 was WAY too overhyped, and ended up coming no where near good enough with all the hype. It's bad on a corperate level to put SO much hype into "new" products, then come out with a monopilized, overcharged product. Even the "ARG" for Halo 3 sucked.
Linux has OpenOffice, that does everything Microsoft Office does! I've been using Linux for about 2 years now, and I'll never go back to Windows or Mac! I think Mac OS is being designed for fancy GUI and ease of use. Windows was a copy of Mac's idea, and Linux is an operating system that is designed for security, stability, and customization. While the GUI could use some fine tuning for regular computer users, Linux is still an excellent OS for the people who are willing to take the time to learn how to use it.
I was on a web page (Microsoft owned), and I needed Silverlight to view the page. I clicked download, it opened up a new window. I clicked Linux, then it says "404 page not found".
Who in their ripe minds would put Windows in control of launching fireworks at a big event??? A Linux system would work much better:) Using a Windows machine was just asking for a "Hundreds hurt in fireworks accident, Windows to blame" headline in all major US newspapers.
Did anyone see the Xbox Live status at xbox.com/support? It says "Status: Users may experience intermittent issues with login, account recovery, matchmaking, and statistics. We are aware of the issue and are actively working towards a resolution. We apologize for any inconvenience.". Reminds me of a classic Microsoft joke:
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an
electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic
navigation and communication equipment. Due to the clouds and haze
the pilot could not determine his position or course to steer to the
airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew
a handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter's window. The sign
said "WHERE AM I ?" in large letters.
People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a
large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign said, "YOU
ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map and
determine the course to steer to SEATAC (Seattle/Tacoma) airport and
landed safely.
After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the
"YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The
pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building
because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless
answer."
So he's saying that because I've played Call of Duty 4 and other high-profile FPSs this year, now I want to join the Army???? That's the last thing I would ever do! Unless he can prove that video games are hypnotizing America's youth to do this stuff, I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR IT. Guess Thompson is bored with himself, seeing as he ha NO BAR LICENSE!
The second a new service, TV show, video game, even presidential canidate is announced, spammers and hackers race to the domain name registeration to register common misspellings of popular domain names, or variations of a domain name. Look at microsoft.ms...
"that she deems inappropriate". So 1 person can call the shots and say what's appropriate and inappropriate? That's why this world is going straight to hell. Some cooperate CEO gets to decided what we can see on television, and if they don't like it, they got the big CENSOR button right next to them during live TV (Fox and Verizon). If someone at an ISP doesn't like what he sees online, he can get it pulled by putting whoever owns the site under legal pressure. Censorship is the evil of the 21st century. Why is it that in America, the land of the free, the free part takes back seat to politics?
Finally, some justice in this world! I have been literally watching the world fall apart these days. With all the pointless lawsuits, government wiretapping, etc., I had just about lost hope in the legal system. But finally, some justice! How much should they sue for? I think we give them what they gave us: $1,000,000 per person affected by the RIAA, and an additional $9,250 for each law they broke in the process. The RIAA are getting pwned!:)
I have been watching the world literally crash these days, with all the pointelss lawusits, people being sued/arrested for no reason, etc. I have just about lost hope. Finally, at least some victory! Our constitutional rights these days are so twisted that I do not see what could happen. The Internet should be a place where people can talk about themselves and how they feel about something without the fear of legal action. But they get sued and thrown in court like a common criminal for expressing their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. Why?
It's a wildly accepted fact that, somewhere out there, there is another civilation out there. But why, if an extraterrestrial race is so advanced, would they use a telescope? I think that, if an intelligent race were out there, they would be more likely to find us through the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), or a similar effort. The real question, however, is if they ever find us, will they come? Will they be friendly?
I HAVE to have that! Not only is it a great laptop, but also it has it's own anti-theft. Who would steal something that could be easily overlooked as an old box?
The day Microsoft actually listens to what their consumers want is the day Linux dies. m$ will NEVER give a hoot about their consumers! To them, all the FOSS people are is cheap people who would rather code their own programs insted of buy them for Windows, because m$ does not understand the significances of free and open source software. Look at Windows Vista and Halo 3. Bolth disasters from the start. Those 2 m$ products are broken, but m$ refuses to fix them, because they don't think its "cost effective". Get a life, m$!!!
With the growth in shopping online, like Newegg.com, for computer parts, and the large amount of retail stores for buying other tech items, I'm not suprised one of the old ones went out of buisness. About 6 months ago, they closed the CompUSA in Braintree, one of the only ones close by to me in Massachusetts. Then I heard most of their MA stores were closed. I figured they would close everything in a matter of months. Too bad though, they were the only retail chain I have ever heard of that sold Linux stuff (at the time, I had dial-up, so downloading the latest Linux distro was always a big problem).
I wanted Verizon DSL and FiOS a few years ago, and was getting VERY tired of dial-up. Guess what? 3 years ago, I could not get it! My friend, who literally lives 3 houses down from me, had it, and my aunt, who lives at the next street had it! After a whole year of waiting, I got tired of waiting and got Comcast. Just for kicks, I just checked to see if I can get DSL, NOPE! For 3 years I have not been able to get it. The way I see it, Comcast's customer service is the holy grail compared to Verizon: I got 5 different reasons why I can't get DSL. Finally I got the right one: you MUST live within a mile or two of the Verizon centeral offices. Guess what? About half of my city does not live that close!!! What a trainwreck for large cities or cities spread out geographically. I still have Comcast, and am considering calcelling it. Why? I CANT DOWNLOAD LINUX DISTROS FROM BITTORRENT! They censor bittorrent! Thank God I don't play WoW, I would probably sit there for hours getting updates. But Verizon has its fair share of censorship issues, remember that concert a few months ago?
What about people with Comcast? Comcast don't give a damn about the legitimate uses of P2P programs, so they'll probably block it. On the plus side, this does pave the way for an MTV vs. Comcast lawsuit!!!
I've noticed that on dozens of Linux and anti-Microsoft websites. I always ask "Why in the hell would Microsoft waste their money advertising Windows Server if everyone on those websites is going to know how to turn a Linux box into a kickass server?"
810 results! Wow! IRC logs, forum posts, ban lists???, logged e-mails. It makes sense to, how many people named Doug do you think there are in this world? But I've never seen ANYONE else with the same online nickname. The Internet is archived in Google pretty much.
At the rate their going, they will be a trainwreck! All Microsoft does to become 'king of media' is rush games and products out just to make a few more dollars of profit. Look at Halo 3! Windows Vista! All rushed! Microsoft just said "too bad Halo community, we are rushing your game out so it will suck"! And don't even get me started on the Zune. Just a ripoff of the iPod (as usual, Microsoft failed miserably of stealing ideas from Apple, for they horribly recreated Apples ideas in their products). They can't even copy right! In a few months, when everyone realizes how much Halo 3 sucks, the only game the Xbox has, sucks, Microsoft will crash and burn. Then everyone will go back to Windows XP, further putting Microsoft in a financial hole.
If they bring down all the collages, wouldn't that crash the entire economy? Without federal aid, people would drop out of collage. If enough people do, it would have disastrous effects on the global economy due to the shortage of people elegable to work in high-paying jobs. If that would happen, the MPAA would loose the only people that do not hate them: the government. You know, the federal government could decide that they are plotting to crash the economy and deem that "terroristic" and arrest the MPAA...
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I can't believe someone like MTV are agreeing with me on this: Halo 3 was WAY too overhyped, and ended up coming no where near good enough with all the hype. It's bad on a corperate level to put SO much hype into "new" products, then come out with a monopilized, overcharged product. Even the "ARG" for Halo 3 sucked.
Linux has OpenOffice, that does everything Microsoft Office does! I've been using Linux for about 2 years now, and I'll never go back to Windows or Mac! I think Mac OS is being designed for fancy GUI and ease of use. Windows was a copy of Mac's idea, and Linux is an operating system that is designed for security, stability, and customization. While the GUI could use some fine tuning for regular computer users, Linux is still an excellent OS for the people who are willing to take the time to learn how to use it.
I was on a web page (Microsoft owned), and I needed Silverlight to view the page. I clicked download, it opened up a new window. I clicked Linux, then it says "404 page not found".
Who in their ripe minds would put Windows in control of launching fireworks at a big event??? A Linux system would work much better :) Using a Windows machine was just asking for a "Hundreds hurt in fireworks accident, Windows to blame" headline in all major US newspapers.
Did anyone see the Xbox Live status at xbox.com/support? It says "Status: Users may experience intermittent issues with login, account recovery, matchmaking, and statistics. We are aware of the issue and are actively working towards a resolution. We apologize for any inconvenience.". Reminds me of a classic Microsoft joke: A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communication equipment. Due to the clouds and haze the pilot could not determine his position or course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter's window. The sign said "WHERE AM I ?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign and held it in a building window. Their sign said, "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map and determine the course to steer to SEATAC (Seattle/Tacoma) airport and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
Can someone tell me how the RIAA know if you've ripped music from a CD to use for your own personal use?
So he's saying that because I've played Call of Duty 4 and other high-profile FPSs this year, now I want to join the Army???? That's the last thing I would ever do! Unless he can prove that video games are hypnotizing America's youth to do this stuff, I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR IT. Guess Thompson is bored with himself, seeing as he ha NO BAR LICENSE!
The second a new service, TV show, video game, even presidential canidate is announced, spammers and hackers race to the domain name registeration to register common misspellings of popular domain names, or variations of a domain name. Look at microsoft.ms...
"that she deems inappropriate". So 1 person can call the shots and say what's appropriate and inappropriate? That's why this world is going straight to hell. Some cooperate CEO gets to decided what we can see on television, and if they don't like it, they got the big CENSOR button right next to them during live TV (Fox and Verizon). If someone at an ISP doesn't like what he sees online, he can get it pulled by putting whoever owns the site under legal pressure. Censorship is the evil of the 21st century. Why is it that in America, the land of the free, the free part takes back seat to politics?
Finally, some justice in this world! I have been literally watching the world fall apart these days. With all the pointless lawsuits, government wiretapping, etc., I had just about lost hope in the legal system. But finally, some justice! How much should they sue for? I think we give them what they gave us: $1,000,000 per person affected by the RIAA, and an additional $9,250 for each law they broke in the process. The RIAA are getting pwned! :)
I have been watching the world literally crash these days, with all the pointelss lawusits, people being sued/arrested for no reason, etc. I have just about lost hope. Finally, at least some victory! Our constitutional rights these days are so twisted that I do not see what could happen. The Internet should be a place where people can talk about themselves and how they feel about something without the fear of legal action. But they get sued and thrown in court like a common criminal for expressing their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. Why?
It's a wildly accepted fact that, somewhere out there, there is another civilation out there. But why, if an extraterrestrial race is so advanced, would they use a telescope? I think that, if an intelligent race were out there, they would be more likely to find us through the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), or a similar effort. The real question, however, is if they ever find us, will they come? Will they be friendly?
I HAVE to have that! Not only is it a great laptop, but also it has it's own anti-theft. Who would steal something that could be easily overlooked as an old box?
The day Microsoft actually listens to what their consumers want is the day Linux dies. m$ will NEVER give a hoot about their consumers! To them, all the FOSS people are is cheap people who would rather code their own programs insted of buy them for Windows, because m$ does not understand the significances of free and open source software. Look at Windows Vista and Halo 3. Bolth disasters from the start. Those 2 m$ products are broken, but m$ refuses to fix them, because they don't think its "cost effective". Get a life, m$!!!
With the growth in shopping online, like Newegg.com, for computer parts, and the large amount of retail stores for buying other tech items, I'm not suprised one of the old ones went out of buisness. About 6 months ago, they closed the CompUSA in Braintree, one of the only ones close by to me in Massachusetts. Then I heard most of their MA stores were closed. I figured they would close everything in a matter of months. Too bad though, they were the only retail chain I have ever heard of that sold Linux stuff (at the time, I had dial-up, so downloading the latest Linux distro was always a big problem).
I heard people in hospitals were denied medications unless they voted for him. Very mean and dishonist thing to do. 1st post by the way :)
Cost to innocent consumers: their rights.
I wanted Verizon DSL and FiOS a few years ago, and was getting VERY tired of dial-up. Guess what? 3 years ago, I could not get it! My friend, who literally lives 3 houses down from me, had it, and my aunt, who lives at the next street had it! After a whole year of waiting, I got tired of waiting and got Comcast. Just for kicks, I just checked to see if I can get DSL, NOPE! For 3 years I have not been able to get it. The way I see it, Comcast's customer service is the holy grail compared to Verizon: I got 5 different reasons why I can't get DSL. Finally I got the right one: you MUST live within a mile or two of the Verizon centeral offices. Guess what? About half of my city does not live that close!!! What a trainwreck for large cities or cities spread out geographically. I still have Comcast, and am considering calcelling it. Why? I CANT DOWNLOAD LINUX DISTROS FROM BITTORRENT! They censor bittorrent! Thank God I don't play WoW, I would probably sit there for hours getting updates. But Verizon has its fair share of censorship issues, remember that concert a few months ago?
What about people with Comcast? Comcast don't give a damn about the legitimate uses of P2P programs, so they'll probably block it. On the plus side, this does pave the way for an MTV vs. Comcast lawsuit!!!
Funny stuff! Not suprising to! Which gets me to think, what if Slashdot was owned by Microsoft?
I've noticed that on dozens of Linux and anti-Microsoft websites. I always ask "Why in the hell would Microsoft waste their money advertising Windows Server if everyone on those websites is going to know how to turn a Linux box into a kickass server?"
About a month ago, I heard on the news a teenager was arrested for using a cookie as a torture device. http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2007/11/07/Cookie.Torture/
810 results! Wow! IRC logs, forum posts, ban lists???, logged e-mails. It makes sense to, how many people named Doug do you think there are in this world? But I've never seen ANYONE else with the same online nickname. The Internet is archived in Google pretty much.
At the rate their going, they will be a trainwreck! All Microsoft does to become 'king of media' is rush games and products out just to make a few more dollars of profit. Look at Halo 3! Windows Vista! All rushed! Microsoft just said "too bad Halo community, we are rushing your game out so it will suck"! And don't even get me started on the Zune. Just a ripoff of the iPod (as usual, Microsoft failed miserably of stealing ideas from Apple, for they horribly recreated Apples ideas in their products). They can't even copy right! In a few months, when everyone realizes how much Halo 3 sucks, the only game the Xbox has, sucks, Microsoft will crash and burn. Then everyone will go back to Windows XP, further putting Microsoft in a financial hole.
If they bring down all the collages, wouldn't that crash the entire economy? Without federal aid, people would drop out of collage. If enough people do, it would have disastrous effects on the global economy due to the shortage of people elegable to work in high-paying jobs. If that would happen, the MPAA would loose the only people that do not hate them: the government. You know, the federal government could decide that they are plotting to crash the economy and deem that "terroristic" and arrest the MPAA...