Either way, paying that is like saying "please rape me. And steal all my money when you're done." What kind of justification is given for such outrageous extortion? Just because your government "says so?"
> They're getting rejects back, doing minimal work on them and getting suckers to buy them for pretty much what they would sell for anyway.
Minimal work being "they replace the bad parts?" When a problem crops up in a laptop, it's pretty easy to figure out what part to replace -- there's only about 15 (replaceable) parts, and the people doing the work can usually figure out exactly which part is bad -- they replace it with a new one, and the system is almost as reliable as a brand new machine.
> Tequila is strictly regulated by the state... of Mexico. "Tequila" not made in Mexico is not so heavily regulated, and you can even find Tequila not made in Tequila, MX.
> back in the days when I used IE to download Netscape
I remember in the even better days when FTP was usable. I used to FTP Netscape Navigator, but then sites decided that FTP access is the same as hacking, so if they really needed it, they would put things 13 subdirs deep, using random-character dir names and basically removing any functionality that FTP had at one point. This is probably because they can't force 1024x768 advertisements down our throats over FTP. Fuck you capitalism, fuck you very much for ruining reality.
> so...your dad was a liar and a thief...sounds like a great guy indeed!
Liars are bad, and thieves are bad, but when you put the two together, like the man in question, he becames a con, or scammer. He lied to the owner of property to take it off his hands, that's a con.
> The US needs to structurally lower the cost of doing business to compete with worldwide wage levels.
Sure, as long as the employees don't mind giving up a few luxuries, like food. Sorry, you are wrong on that part, food costs more in the U.S. than it does in these other places, so we have to be paid more.
> It was included in the OS from OS3.5. Before that it was an add-on, which came with NewIcons
I've never heard of NewIcons, and DefIcons sounds familiar, but it is certainly not something I installed. Yet somehow, my 2.04 box didn't need TLAs to identify files. Maybe DefIcons came with 2.04 as well, but my friend's A500 (v1.5 was it?) could figure out File Types also. Unless he had installed the DefIcons program himself, which is possible, as he had loads & loads of software.
> The point is that you equate someone being hacked,
What the hell are you talking about? Go back and read through the thread. Nothing I said has any relation to the software in question. This was a completely offtopic thread about marijuana.
Even if it WERE on-topic, this software doesn't "hack" anything at all. It's a information-gathering trojan.
> I'd prefer to see Internet Appliances in place of PC's in most cases.
Oh, well if that is your argument, yes, of course. They would be cheaper, more user-friendly, and much easier to maintain. Unfortunately, I was thinking in the realm of reality instead of what should be (yeah, there are internet appliances, but most suck ass). Yes, almost all PCs are WAAAAAY overpowered to be a web browser/EMail wachine, but what do you care? It keeps us employed, doesn't it?
> If some kid asked me for alocohol & I have him antifreeze
Then I was putting his life at risk. Smoking blades of grass, while not healthy or even slightly enjoyable (I assume), does not put him at risk of becoming dead.
> Then it is just a matter to compare your salary and that of the secretary
Sort of. Really, it is a matter of "do I feel that I am being adequately compensated for what I do?" If so, then you should be relatively happy (with your job) or at least not unhappy enough to leave.
> You do not have a clue what Gender Identity Disorder is all about!
I know exactly what it is. A man who thinks, inside (figuratively), they are the opposite sex. Sex, however, is defined by the little bits on the outside, so even if you feel like a women, you are still a man until the operation is finished. It has nothing to do with me being an asshole (which I am, sometimes), it has to do with the fact that you have a penis. Men have penises, women have vaginas. What you feel like is irrelevant.
If I'm tripping on acid and think I feel like a single particle of pure energy floating through the vast vacuum of space, it does not mean I am not human. It just means that my perception tells me something that is not physically the case. It also doesn't mean that I am wrong! I really could be a single particle of pure energy floating through the vast vacuum of space, I dunno, but physically, I am a male human being. period.
> Call me an elitist...but I don't think that computer ownership should be as high as it is.
I'll go a step forward and call you an ignorant, arrogant elitist, although I doubt there are too many "very nice elitists" out there. Your opinion is why people hate geeks.
Call me elitist, but unless you can change a head gasket on an engine (hell, if I can do it successfully the first time, it's not that hard), you shouldn't be driving a car. Sound familiar?
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> Kerry was basically saying "75% of Americans support this action.. well then So Do I!"
Ignoring personal morality for a second, isn't that what a democracy is?
> be aware that some US customs staff have lists of serial number starting characters for different countries as well.
He can simply say that he bought it (while in the U.K.) used from an American over EBay.
> 25% vat? it was 17.5% last time I looked...
Either way, paying that is like saying "please rape me. And steal all my money when you're done." What kind of justification is given for such outrageous extortion? Just because your government "says so?"
> They're getting rejects back, doing minimal work on them and getting suckers to buy them for pretty much what they would sell for anyway.
Minimal work being "they replace the bad parts?" When a problem crops up in a laptop, it's pretty easy to figure out what part to replace -- there's only about 15 (replaceable) parts, and the people doing the work can usually figure out exactly which part is bad -- they replace it with a new one, and the system is almost as reliable as a brand new machine.
> the customer service team, is in India by the way.
Evidently you didn't know that Dell has started moving its customer service back into the U.S.
> I don't see how this person could offer up a tool for extortion without figuring out how to spoof IP addresses, anyway
Umm, unless I misunderstand you, IP spoofing programs have been around for YEARS
[I reposted this because it was unfairly moderated a troll, which it obviously is not.
> Tequila is strictly regulated by the state ... of Mexico. "Tequila" not made in Mexico is not so heavily regulated, and you can even find Tequila not made in Tequila, MX.
> In your haste to be condescending, you probably just overlooked the fact that tequila can by definition only be made from the blue agave,
In your haste to do the same, you probably just overlooked the fact that you are wrong, and mezcal can be made from blue agave as well.
> Umm, yeah but let me know if you find a program that can spoof a full TCP connection
Umm, I don't know one, I was just pointing out that the program they talked about does, in fact, exist.
> Bike games.
Most decent bike games will require shifting. Not to mention brakes...
No Brakes??? ***AAAAYEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!***
> back in the days when I used IE to download Netscape
I remember in the even better days when FTP was usable. I used to FTP Netscape Navigator, but then sites decided that FTP access is the same as hacking, so if they really needed it, they would put things 13 subdirs deep, using random-character dir names and basically removing any functionality that FTP had at one point. This is probably because they can't force 1024x768 advertisements down our throats over FTP. Fuck you capitalism, fuck you very much for ruining reality.
> same as tequila, but it's a different drink
Hint #1: When you don't know what you are talking about, keep your mouth shut.
Tequila is Mezcal. The only difference is that *REAL* tequila is made only in a certain part of Mexico -- particularly, Tequila, MX.
> who except for people from the local area have ever heard of King of Prussia
Well, since I owned an Amiga, I knew that GVP (Great Valley Products) was HQ'ed there -- they made my DSS audio sampler.
> so...your dad was a liar and a thief...sounds like a great guy indeed!
Liars are bad, and thieves are bad, but when you put the two together, like the man in question, he becames a con, or scammer. He lied to the owner of property to take it off his hands, that's a con.
> You're also ignoring the fact that the prizes are awarded every year.
What an astute reader, he said:
> there are only a handful awarded each year
so... oh, wait, he did recognize that.
> I don't see how this person could offer up a tool for extortion without figuring out how to spoof IP addresses, anyway
Umm, unless I misunderstand you, IP spoofing programs have been around for YEARS (before 1995 at least).
> The US needs to structurally lower the cost of doing business to compete with worldwide wage levels.
Sure, as long as the employees don't mind giving up a few luxuries, like food. Sorry, you are wrong on that part, food costs more in the U.S. than it does in these other places, so we have to be paid more.
The part about the Govornment, OTOH is correct.
> It was included in the OS from OS3.5. Before that it was an add-on, which came with NewIcons
I've never heard of NewIcons, and DefIcons sounds familiar, but it is certainly not something I installed. Yet somehow, my 2.04 box didn't need TLAs to identify files. Maybe DefIcons came with 2.04 as well, but my friend's A500 (v1.5 was it?) could figure out File Types also. Unless he had installed the DefIcons program himself, which is possible, as he had loads & loads of software.
> The point is that you equate someone being hacked,
What the hell are you talking about? Go back and read through the thread. Nothing I said has any relation to the software in question. This was a completely offtopic thread about marijuana.
Even if it WERE on-topic, this software doesn't "hack" anything at all. It's a information-gathering trojan.
> I'd prefer to see Internet Appliances in place of PC's in most cases.
Oh, well if that is your argument, yes, of course. They would be cheaper, more user-friendly, and much easier to maintain. Unfortunately, I was thinking in the realm of reality instead of what should be (yeah, there are internet appliances, but most suck ass). Yes, almost all PCs are WAAAAAY overpowered to be a web browser/EMail wachine, but what do you care? It keeps us employed, doesn't it?
(BTW, I don't hate you)
> If some kid asked me for alocohol & I have him antifreeze
Then I was putting his life at risk. Smoking blades of grass, while not healthy or even slightly enjoyable (I assume), does not put him at risk of becoming dead.
> What you describe is the DefIcons system
> DefIcons was, from AmigaOS3.5 included in the OS.
Nope, I had 2.04.
> Then it is just a matter to compare your salary and that of the secretary
Sort of. Really, it is a matter of "do I feel that I am being adequately compensated for what I do?" If so, then you should be relatively happy (with your job) or at least not unhappy enough to leave.
> You do not have a clue what Gender Identity Disorder is all about!
I know exactly what it is. A man who thinks, inside (figuratively), they are the opposite sex. Sex, however, is defined by the little bits on the outside, so even if you feel like a women, you are still a man until the operation is finished. It has nothing to do with me being an asshole (which I am, sometimes), it has to do with the fact that you have a penis. Men have penises, women have vaginas. What you feel like is irrelevant.
If I'm tripping on acid and think I feel like a single particle of pure energy floating through the vast vacuum of space, it does not mean I am not human. It just means that my perception tells me something that is not physically the case. It also doesn't mean that I am wrong! I really could be a single particle of pure energy floating through the vast vacuum of space, I dunno, but physically, I am a male human being. period.
> Call me an elitist...but I don't think that computer ownership should be as high as it is.
I'll go a step forward and call you an ignorant, arrogant elitist, although I doubt there are too many "very nice elitists" out there. Your opinion is why people hate geeks.
Call me elitist, but unless you can change a head gasket on an engine (hell, if I can do it successfully the first time, it's not that hard), you shouldn't be driving a car. Sound familiar?