Hell, even for light users it's already a problem.
We have a family of 6, every one of us has our own computers. Factor in Steam games from me, netflix from everyone else plus every day usage and 60GB is nothing. We already have 2 connections for this exact reason.
Why they seem to think a 14mbps connection should have a 60GB limit is beyond me. That's Cogeco though, not Bell, but it's the same shit.
I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny or not (because you aren't), but since when is installing/removing software a part of a warranty for a new computer? And not to defend Best Buy, but if you want them to setup your computer for you, why shouldn't they be charging you for it? Not to mention, how many people running Linux would ever let any tech install things on their computer, let alone one from Best Buy.
He didn't pay his $75 fee for firefighters, so he can either watch his house burn or pay the full amount it costs to put out the fire. From what I read he didn't get that second option, which is just stupid.
I think the best part is them claiming that they were hacked, when in reality they made the site's backup available on their main page for all to download for a short period of time when they were trying to restore the site after the DDoS attack. A zip file that was not encrypted in any way that contained EVERYTHING. Smart move guys! Especially considering the amount of page requests you were getting,
To be fair, while the OP clearly has reading issues, he's right (if you ignore his link). You can easily change your user-agent in Opera and I would assume Chrome would be the same.
And what is your point here? That Google is the most widely used because it's just better than the rest for results? That's a damn good reason to stop them. We should be taking Google offline right now!!!! I'm sure no one will mind using switching to Bing, their results are ALMOST decent. Better yet, we can use one of the no-name search engines.
Also, why would Bing quit? When does Microsoft quit? How was that in any way relevant? Your logic is astounding. I'm also fairly sure your list of search engines is nowhere near complete. (I'm hoping you are just a troll, but in case you are not, please don't ever breed)
And you can prove that they did distribute? Since the RIAA isn't able to or prove much for that fact, yet the defendants still end up paying the price when they lose.
I don't think suing teenagers is the way to go. Regardless of whether she knew it was illegal or not.
Sorry, I must have got it confused. There was a discussion on another site about this where I seemed to have gotten the idea that the vice principal had made a statement. Carry on...
On November 11, 2009, Plaintiffs were for the first time informed of the above-mentioned capability and practice by the School District when Lindy Matsko, an Assistant Principal at Harriton High School, informed minor Plaintiff that the School District was of the belief that minor Plaintiff was engaged in improper behavior in his home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor Plaintiff’s personal laptop issued by the School District.
It's even worse than that. People save everything to the desktop and expect everything to either start automatically or have a shortcut on the desktop. I also didn't understand this feature. It should never have been implemented.
If I had an HDTV, I'd be using Netflix or renting movings from my Xbox, I could probably go through a movie each night. Each movie is going to be big if it's in HD.
Also, a lot of my games on Steam are over 5+GB. If I formated and needed to re-download them, well, I'd definatly go through more than 100GB.
Who says the cotent is always free? You can buy things and DOWNLOAD them. Have you ever been on the internet?
It also helps in the cases where you buy a game with a crippling rootkit that wasn't disclosed. A game you want to play without it ruining your computer.
Especially when you can't return that game because of piracy laws since the package was opened.
That doesn't really help. Before I left Staples, all we had was Linux Netbooks at the time. People would come in and we'd tell them, this is NOT windows, you can not use windows software, blah blah blah. They'd buy it anyways and return it when they couldn't install Office (even though it had open office) or some other software that was for windows/mac. We also had one return it because their USB mouse didn't work, but I think they were just stupid, since any mouse should work on those netbooks.
People don't like change. They should get some dual-booting netbooks. At least people could give Linux a try now and then while still being able to go back to windows when they need to (play games).
Are you sure? I had gotten Crysis wars or whatever it was called through Steam. It installed all right, then right before I launched it, it briefly showed another install window. I can't remember it it said "Sony", "SecureRom" or I just checked to see what the last thing installed was, but sure enough it had installed SecureRom. So, unfortunatly, I can't install and play that game. Since then I have refused to buy anything from EA. If this story is true, then I will go back to EA.
I completly agree with you. I don't have to deal with holding onto my CD Keys. I can buy games at 3am. My games are always up-to-date. Don't ever have to worry about losing the CD.
It just makes my life easier. It's NOT perfect, but it's still good.
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Hell, even for light users it's already a problem.
We have a family of 6, every one of us has our own computers. Factor in Steam games from me, netflix from everyone else plus every day usage and 60GB is nothing. We already have 2 connections for this exact reason.
Why they seem to think a 14mbps connection should have a 60GB limit is beyond me. That's Cogeco though, not Bell, but it's the same shit.
Looks like the archives still work:
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/archivenew.html
Yeah, I didn't even get a chance to look at it.
I'll set my computers to refresh the page every couple of minutes until it comes back.....
I'm not sure if you are trying to be funny or not (because you aren't), but since when is installing/removing software a part of a warranty for a new computer? And not to defend Best Buy, but if you want them to setup your computer for you, why shouldn't they be charging you for it?
Not to mention, how many people running Linux would ever let any tech install things on their computer, let alone one from Best Buy.
This is exactly how it should have happened.
He didn't pay his $75 fee for firefighters, so he can either watch his house burn or pay the full amount it costs to put out the fire. From what I read he didn't get that second option, which is just stupid.
I think the best part is them claiming that they were hacked, when in reality they made the site's backup available on their main page for all to download for a short period of time when they were trying to restore the site after the DDoS attack. A zip file that was not encrypted in any way that contained EVERYTHING.
Smart move guys! Especially considering the amount of page requests you were getting,
MPAA is down for me and aiplex is still trying to load.
I'm in Canada though.
To be fair, while the OP clearly has reading issues, he's right (if you ignore his link).
You can easily change your user-agent in Opera and I would assume Chrome would be the same.
And, if you actually read the article, you'd find out that this isn't what it's about.
And what is your point here?
That Google is the most widely used because it's just better than the rest for results? That's a damn good reason to stop them. We should be taking Google offline right now!!!! I'm sure no one will mind using switching to Bing, their results are ALMOST decent. Better yet, we can use one of the no-name search engines.
Also, why would Bing quit? When does Microsoft quit? How was that in any way relevant?
Your logic is astounding. I'm also fairly sure your list of search engines is nowhere near complete.
(I'm hoping you are just a troll, but in case you are not, please don't ever breed)
It's P2P right? The downloaders are distributors.
And you can prove that they did distribute? Since the RIAA isn't able to or prove much for that fact, yet the defendants still end up paying the price when they lose.
I don't think suing teenagers is the way to go. Regardless of whether she knew it was illegal or not.
Basically this. If you can't use it to stream porn, it's useless.
Sorry, I must have got it confused. There was a discussion on another site about this where I seemed to have gotten the idea that the vice principal had made a statement. Carry on...
A lot of news outlets are quoting the vice principal on this:
http://americasright.com/?p=3159
On November 11, 2009, Plaintiffs were for the first time informed of the above-mentioned capability and practice by the School District when Lindy Matsko, an Assistant Principal at Harriton High School, informed minor Plaintiff that the School District was of the belief that minor Plaintiff was engaged in improper behavior in his home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor Plaintiff’s personal laptop issued by the School District.
I'm going to assume you are trying for a joke here. In either case, you are doing something wrong.
Not that I don't agree with you about all of this, but Paypal is also not a bank, which is why they are so terrible and do some of the shit they do.
You beat me to it.
It's totally Hamthrax.
Yeah there hasn't been anything good out for a while.
It's even worse than that. People save everything to the desktop and expect everything to either start automatically or have a shortcut on the desktop.
I also didn't understand this feature. It should never have been implemented.
Netflix?
Photographer? (upload)
Steam Purchases + Updates.
If I had an HDTV, I'd be using Netflix or renting movings from my Xbox, I could probably go through a movie each night. Each movie is going to be big if it's in HD.
Also, a lot of my games on Steam are over 5+GB. If I formated and needed to re-download them, well, I'd definatly go through more than 100GB.
Who says the cotent is always free? You can buy things and DOWNLOAD them. Have you ever been on the internet?
It also helps in the cases where you buy a game with a crippling rootkit that wasn't disclosed. A game you want to play without it ruining your computer.
Especially when you can't return that game because of piracy laws since the package was opened.
If I had any mod points, you'd be modded up. This was well said and I completly agree.
That doesn't really help.
Before I left Staples, all we had was Linux Netbooks at the time.
People would come in and we'd tell them, this is NOT windows, you can not use windows software, blah blah blah. They'd buy it anyways and return it when they couldn't install Office (even though it had open office) or some other software that was for windows/mac. We also had one return it because their USB mouse didn't work, but I think they were just stupid, since any mouse should work on those netbooks.
People don't like change. They should get some dual-booting netbooks. At least people could give Linux a try now and then while still being able to go back to windows when they need to (play games).
Are you sure?
I had gotten Crysis wars or whatever it was called through Steam. It installed all right, then right before I launched it, it briefly showed another install window. I can't remember it it said "Sony", "SecureRom" or I just checked to see what the last thing installed was, but sure enough it had installed SecureRom.
So, unfortunatly, I can't install and play that game. Since then I have refused to buy anything from EA.
If this story is true, then I will go back to EA.
I completly agree with you. I don't have to deal with holding onto my CD Keys.
I can buy games at 3am.
My games are always up-to-date. Don't ever have to worry about losing the CD.
It just makes my life easier. It's NOT perfect, but it's still good.