When stupid people don't have a point to bring across they always cling to semantics and typo corrections.
Since I speak 5 languages and most likely you don't... guess what? Go play with children your age.
Thank you very much for calling me an idiot, smart people always resort to personal insults without knowing or caring for reasons, right?
Of course you are so above everybody else that your voice and opinion counts more than anyone else's.
Chances are that I have been around the internet, and usenet, when you were still in diapers (and something tells me you still are) and I have seen plenty folks like you, people who think that because they're sitting at home behind a screen they don't need to respect the person on the other side of the wire. Immaturity comes with the internet, not trying to make you understand anything, I know understanding is passed your capabilities, but this might help someone else.
As for HP, they ignored my emails, yes, AFTER I purchased the product, I had not experience with them before. Also, that was and remains the cheapest tablet in the market and that was what I needed for my travel.
I don't feel like I need you an explanation, but other readers here might want to know who the real idiot is.
And guess what I'm going to do with my moderator's points now...
I don't think you have a clue, M$ has never included the HD-DVD with the XBOX and I'm not sure where you got the $1 Billion from but M$ makes tons of money from game licensing BECAUSE the user base is so large so what you call a LOSS someone else calls it an INVESTMENT.
Not all Vista users are to be blamed. I had absolutely no choice of OS when I got my laptop, I insisted on having XP and HP didn't even reply. Well, I guess I'm not really a user since the brand new laptop has been used for 2 weeks on a trip and the been sitting in its box for 3 months now. Yes, Vista sucks, and I don't think SP1 will make it any better.
Not a problem, my photo is still in the government's database where all professional photographers register their photos.
Bet you didn't know that one huh?:)
Maybe you don't, but as a pro photographer I do want to be able to track every photo that I think belongs to me. Do you really think that anyone has access to the data?
You can have one of my photos that doesn't mean you'll be able to know it's mine. On the other hand, I see a photo posted somewhere on the net and I can run my software to see if it is really mine.
Luca
Really? Wow! I thought I read all Stephen Baxter and I never even heard of "The Light of Other Days." I'll put it in my "to buy" list, thanks for the tip.
Luca
I was wondering how many minutes it would take for an idiot to make fun of an epidemic that has killed thousands of people.
Congratulations on being that idiot!
If Microsoft doesn't want to use standard HTML, CSS etc. let them, who cares?! The web developer community needs to smarten up and design sites only with standard coding and if IE8 can't display them properly people will switch to Firefox, Opera, etc. It really takes little to bend Microsoft to the will of the world, you just have to try.
Luca
I could actually give you 60 reasons why I HATE Vista. That's the amount of days I had a new and powerful laptop with Vista on it and each day is a different problem (and it's not like the old problems magically disappear when a new one comes up). I think M$ should be sued in a class action, for putting out a product that does not work properly (far from it) and forcing people to buy it (by having a monopoly they force you to have Vista rather than XP on new computers). If any other company in any other industry would put out a half working product they'd pay high consequences... why can't we hold the IT industry accountable as well?
I would put Amazon Unbox way higher, it's horrible, slow, doesn't allow modifications (colors changed to an ugly yellow once in all my shows and there's no way to modify color balance, etc.) and files are an incredible 1GB for a 40 minutes video. To top all that the download is painfully slow, takes me 1 to 2 days to download a 40 minute video.
Luca
Talking about iPhones, the European Union has passed a law a few months ago stating that phones must be unlocked by the operator after one year from purchase upon request of the buyer. Apple cannot possibly be happy with this, I can see Americans buying their iPhones in Europe.
European airlines are healthy even with Easyjet, Ryanair and a tons of others charging just 1 euro each way and US airlines are squeezing the dime out of passengers and they never seem to have enough, always complaining they're losing millions. Then again, this is the country where everything is overcharged way too much and, thank you Mr. Reagan, Bush Sr. Bush Money, I mean... Junior, corporations will soon have life or death say about citizens' lives.
Been Frequent Flier Elite for the past 4 years with Continental, my luggage gets tagged "Priority" and still it arrives last (not necessarily the airline fault). So if I fly United (already Known for their crappy service, like most US airlines anyway, Southwest being the exception) does my luggage get there the next day?
And how many mainstream people do you know that would do that? Even I prefer an Xbox over a Mac. Already have 3 Win PCs, including a tablet, no need to go out and spend a fortune rebuilding my software library.
People are on the street are not going to think: "Should I buy an Xbox or a Mac Mini?" for their living room entertainment... no, not really...
well, when you compare it to 100% of their OS doing it wrong I'd say 33% is damn close to being right:)
(...and I'm not a Mac user, before I get flamed for flaming Win)
Hmm funny! Database File System (which was announced for Vista months after Amiga Inc. announced the Ortogonal Persistence File System for AmigaOS5 = same thing) was pushed back so much because M$ had/has no idea on how to implementet and that's their reason for the first delays in shipping Vista (we know better now), then they announced that it would be part of a major upgrade (under payment) of Vista, now it's moving to the next edition? Yeah right!
Luca
I wonder what the new features are going to be...
New GUI, more security (meaning asking user confirmation every time the user presses a key), Installation on 6 Blue-Ray Double Layer and an 8 core Processor 4Ghz, 16GB RAM minimum requirement...
Microsoft should stick to making Xboxes only, that's the only thing they do right.
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When stupid people don't have a point to bring across they always cling to semantics and typo corrections. Since I speak 5 languages and most likely you don't... guess what? Go play with children your age.
Thank you very much for calling me an idiot, smart people always resort to personal insults without knowing or caring for reasons, right? Of course you are so above everybody else that your voice and opinion counts more than anyone else's. Chances are that I have been around the internet, and usenet, when you were still in diapers (and something tells me you still are) and I have seen plenty folks like you, people who think that because they're sitting at home behind a screen they don't need to respect the person on the other side of the wire. Immaturity comes with the internet, not trying to make you understand anything, I know understanding is passed your capabilities, but this might help someone else. As for HP, they ignored my emails, yes, AFTER I purchased the product, I had not experience with them before. Also, that was and remains the cheapest tablet in the market and that was what I needed for my travel. I don't feel like I need you an explanation, but other readers here might want to know who the real idiot is. And guess what I'm going to do with my moderator's points now...
I don't think you have a clue, M$ has never included the HD-DVD with the XBOX and I'm not sure where you got the $1 Billion from but M$ makes tons of money from game licensing BECAUSE the user base is so large so what you call a LOSS someone else calls it an INVESTMENT.
Not all Vista users are to be blamed. I had absolutely no choice of OS when I got my laptop, I insisted on having XP and HP didn't even reply. Well, I guess I'm not really a user since the brand new laptop has been used for 2 weeks on a trip and the been sitting in its box for 3 months now. Yes, Vista sucks, and I don't think SP1 will make it any better.
In the United States, Corporations are "people" - that has been defined by the Supreme Court a century ago.
That's because Voyager was crossing from lenghtwise, not widthwise... actually, let's use proper tense: Voyager will cross lenghwise. :)
Not a problem, my photo is still in the government's database where all professional photographers register their photos. Bet you didn't know that one huh? :)
Yeah, that's well-thought. If my camera is stolen how the heck are they going to put my eye in the viewfinder to watermark their photos?
Maybe you don't, but as a pro photographer I do want to be able to track every photo that I think belongs to me. Do you really think that anyone has access to the data? You can have one of my photos that doesn't mean you'll be able to know it's mine. On the other hand, I see a photo posted somewhere on the net and I can run my software to see if it is really mine. Luca
Really? Wow! I thought I read all Stephen Baxter and I never even heard of "The Light of Other Days." I'll put it in my "to buy" list, thanks for the tip. Luca
Are you out of your mind? Hundreds of people every year since the 80s. Africa alone has suffered thousands of death. Do better research.
I was wondering how many minutes it would take for an idiot to make fun of an epidemic that has killed thousands of people. Congratulations on being that idiot!
If Microsoft doesn't want to use standard HTML, CSS etc. let them, who cares?! The web developer community needs to smarten up and design sites only with standard coding and if IE8 can't display them properly people will switch to Firefox, Opera, etc. It really takes little to bend Microsoft to the will of the world, you just have to try. Luca
LOL I laughed really hard at this one :)
I'm still crying for my Polaroid sunglasses left at the airport counter in Honolulu. They were my all time favorites/
I could actually give you 60 reasons why I HATE Vista. That's the amount of days I had a new and powerful laptop with Vista on it and each day is a different problem (and it's not like the old problems magically disappear when a new one comes up). I think M$ should be sued in a class action, for putting out a product that does not work properly (far from it) and forcing people to buy it (by having a monopoly they force you to have Vista rather than XP on new computers). If any other company in any other industry would put out a half working product they'd pay high consequences... why can't we hold the IT industry accountable as well?
I would put Amazon Unbox way higher, it's horrible, slow, doesn't allow modifications (colors changed to an ugly yellow once in all my shows and there's no way to modify color balance, etc.) and files are an incredible 1GB for a 40 minutes video. To top all that the download is painfully slow, takes me 1 to 2 days to download a 40 minute video. Luca
Or... Martian life has dropped on Earth for then flying back to Mars. E.T. Goes Home!
Talking about iPhones, the European Union has passed a law a few months ago stating that phones must be unlocked by the operator after one year from purchase upon request of the buyer. Apple cannot possibly be happy with this, I can see Americans buying their iPhones in Europe.
European airlines are healthy even with Easyjet, Ryanair and a tons of others charging just 1 euro each way and US airlines are squeezing the dime out of passengers and they never seem to have enough, always complaining they're losing millions. Then again, this is the country where everything is overcharged way too much and, thank you Mr. Reagan, Bush Sr. Bush Money, I mean... Junior, corporations will soon have life or death say about citizens' lives.
Been Frequent Flier Elite for the past 4 years with Continental, my luggage gets tagged "Priority" and still it arrives last (not necessarily the airline fault). So if I fly United (already Known for their crappy service, like most US airlines anyway, Southwest being the exception) does my luggage get there the next day?
And how many mainstream people do you know that would do that? Even I prefer an Xbox over a Mac. Already have 3 Win PCs, including a tablet, no need to go out and spend a fortune rebuilding my software library. People are on the street are not going to think: "Should I buy an Xbox or a Mac Mini?" for their living room entertainment... no, not really...
well, when you compare it to 100% of their OS doing it wrong I'd say 33% is damn close to being right :)
(...and I'm not a Mac user, before I get flamed for flaming Win)
Hmm funny! Database File System (which was announced for Vista months after Amiga Inc. announced the Ortogonal Persistence File System for AmigaOS5 = same thing) was pushed back so much because M$ had/has no idea on how to implementet and that's their reason for the first delays in shipping Vista (we know better now), then they announced that it would be part of a major upgrade (under payment) of Vista, now it's moving to the next edition? Yeah right! Luca
I wonder what the new features are going to be... New GUI, more security (meaning asking user confirmation every time the user presses a key), Installation on 6 Blue-Ray Double Layer and an 8 core Processor 4Ghz, 16GB RAM minimum requirement... Microsoft should stick to making Xboxes only, that's the only thing they do right.