Microsoft turned a blind eye years ago when people were pirating DOS and Windows 3.1 and later 3.11...and even to some extent Windows 95....though they made it harder and not so obvious, so that the average rube wouldn't know how, but it used to be a simple matter of using all 0000-0000-0000-0000-0000 and that was your installation code for Windows 95, enjoy...unlimited machines. Well that didn't last long, and as word made it to beyond the "nerd herd"...and up to the Mi¢ro$oft execs..."WHAT?!?!?! Some people aren't PAYING?!?!...."...then came the Alpha-Numeric registration key, who's generation method was cracked shortly thereafter. Then came the registration server, and the stupid and convoluted "Phone Home" method of registration with XP and Server 2003...(they've created an entire industry just based around the ability to even install the damn thing....call centers...registration server maintainers, and that's not even counting the licensing to USE the damn thing.....
I think Apple, if they're wise....will see what a boondoggle that is, and leave it alone. That *is* one of the selling points of Mac-in-Trash....they have fairly decent hardware, and relatively cheap software...and the few who don't pay for it, well that's giving them marketshare. If they were smart, they'd make the OS installable on non-Mac hardware, corner the market, and send M$ running, because Windows8 is a dog.
1. First of all, the Congress was told (bullied) to pass it before they were even allowed to see what was in it. So if you want to talk about guns being held to people's heads, let's get your facts straight.
2. The only reason things have taken a 180º turn, was that after was discovered how much bureaucracy was included in the law (when they were finally allowed to see it, a year later), it wasn't what they were told they were getting, and we're STILL finding out "the stupids" in the law every day. Again, get your facts straight.
3. The American people were lied to, this law won't make healthcare more affordable for ANYONE except *maybe* someone already on foodstamps and welfare....and even then, as the supply of healthcare becomes scarce you're going to see death panels. (it won't be called that, probably something more along the lines of medical logistical planning commission...but mark my words, it'll happen.)
The Obamacare law is bullshit, it was based off of bullshit, and its implementation is bullshit, and that you're giving such a protest just shows how ignorant you are of the legislative process, and you should have your testicles nailed to the floor, handed a pair of rusty toenail clippers, and set the house on fire.
*sigh*.....G-d doesn't shrink..it's just that you anti-G-d types are so hellbent on disproving G-d's existence, that you're so closed minded to see that science and G-d can live quite happily together. The problem is d!ckhead zealots on BOTH sides of the fence aren't trying to hear the other.
well 3 CDMA carriers, only 2 of them are really relevant. That being said, they won't activate a device on their network that isn't in their device database, and they won't manually add it for you.
So you reserve the right to say who should and shouldn't be a parent? Simply based on a population number?...and I'm sure you're probably in the same group of people that say if we require birth-control for foodstamp and welfare recipients is wrong?
Obviously she WANTS to be a parent, unlike the whores that go out and get knocked up because they were being stupid bitches, and then have their baby-cannon scraped "Because I'm not ready for a baby"....well then YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUCKING WITHOUT BIRTH-CONTROL, idiot...and then bitch about not being able to have kids later. Well no shit you can't have kids, your uterus looks like it was cleaned with a cheese grater.
You can't punish one group who want to be good parents, when you have another, less-intelligent group, who are knockin' out babies like it's a hobby and raise little animals that dont' know how to behave.
...because an oppressive government that tries to regulate everything, will regulate it so that a private entity can't fly a space craft because "clearly they lack the expertise"....well no shit, pal....nobody has the expertise.
After all, you can't maintain your power-base, if the people who don't like the way you run the government can just decide, "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"...(it'd made the first "Great White Flight" pale in comparison)
THANK YOU...this is what I've been saying all along. Nobody wants to listen to you if you're a dick. Christian OR Atheist; and the way a lot of atheist behave, they're even MORE annoying than Jehovah Witness and Mormons knocking on your door.
The point is, the Atheists are identical to the theists. 2 groups of people obsessed with the nature of the afterlife to the point that they identify their entire existence by it. Christian, Muslim, Atheist. It's all the same damn thing.
There's 3 points of view on this:
Christian: I believe! It's a fact!
Atheist: I don't believe! It's a fact!
Normal Person: I don't know, don't care and don't think it's possible to prove a damned thing leave me alone... why do the two people above me have weird shit on their heads?
That and the majority of atheists are just as zealous as evangelicals. Which makes me wonder what did a theist do to them to make them so violently angry towards believers?
...now it's just like every other greedy corporation. Sell you something then restrict its features AFTER you've bought it. Like buying a car, and then the manufacturer stealing a wheel in the middle of the night. "Yeah, it still works, just now not as good as when we first sold it to you."
I'll stick with my Roku.
(...and I'm talking 10years+)
Linux and Mac OS enjoy such great hardware longevity because they're running 'nix kernels. What Microsoft needs to do, and I say this in all honesty, is to develop future versions of Windows either in a FreeBSD flavor as Apple did with OSX, or a Linux type kernel.
The Microsoft ecosystem is horribly out-moded, they would be miles ahead to innovate in this way, and port their stuff over to the new/old architecture. Also because they are intimately familiar (used loosely) with how MS applications run, they would be positioned to not only make their old stuff backwards compatible, but also make them 'nix compatible,and corner the market. If Apple were to release their restriction on Apple-only hardware installations, they'd corner the desktop market in less than 2 years. Sad to say it, but Ballmer is not an innovator, he's just an excitable speaker.
....I was almost sideswiped by some dumb bitch on a cellphone. Sorry, but as a motorcycle rider who has seen enough first-hand evidence, I'm going to have to disagree with this article, whole-heartedly.
That's not counting texting occurrences.
What's up with the assumption that women are delicate little flowers that need to be protected because they can't handle...anything? Seems to me like your POV is a bigger problem.
...we all know that's not true. They can handle the dishes, just fine.
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..and generation Y-ine..and the millennial children will die not believing in anything, and never accomplished anything.
...labor unions.
They drive up the price of construction and maintenance of new equipment.
Source: I'm a former telco worker
Microsoft turned a blind eye years ago when people were pirating DOS and Windows 3.1 and later 3.11...and even to some extent Windows 95....though they made it harder and not so obvious, so that the average rube wouldn't know how, but it used to be a simple matter of using all 0000-0000-0000-0000-0000 and that was your installation code for Windows 95, enjoy...unlimited machines. Well that didn't last long, and as word made it to beyond the "nerd herd"...and up to the Mi¢ro$oft execs..."WHAT?!?!?! Some people aren't PAYING?!?!...."...then came the Alpha-Numeric registration key, who's generation method was cracked shortly thereafter. Then came the registration server, and the stupid and convoluted "Phone Home" method of registration with XP and Server 2003...(they've created an entire industry just based around the ability to even install the damn thing....call centers...registration server maintainers, and that's not even counting the licensing to USE the damn thing.....
I think Apple, if they're wise....will see what a boondoggle that is, and leave it alone. That *is* one of the selling points of Mac-in-Trash....they have fairly decent hardware, and relatively cheap software...and the few who don't pay for it, well that's giving them marketshare. If they were smart, they'd make the OS installable on non-Mac hardware, corner the market, and send M$ running, because Windows8 is a dog.
with a unicorn horn
...but are you retarded? 4 year old with a cell phone?!?
You're an idiot.
1. First of all, the Congress was told (bullied) to pass it before they were even allowed to see what was in it. So if you want to talk about guns being held to people's heads, let's get your facts straight.
2. The only reason things have taken a 180º turn, was that after was discovered how much bureaucracy was included in the law (when they were finally allowed to see it, a year later), it wasn't what they were told they were getting, and we're STILL finding out "the stupids" in the law every day. Again, get your facts straight.
3. The American people were lied to, this law won't make healthcare more affordable for ANYONE except *maybe* someone already on foodstamps and welfare....and even then, as the supply of healthcare becomes scarce you're going to see death panels. (it won't be called that, probably something more along the lines of medical logistical planning commission...but mark my words, it'll happen.)
The Obamacare law is bullshit, it was based off of bullshit, and its implementation is bullshit, and that you're giving such a protest just shows how ignorant you are of the legislative process, and you should have your testicles nailed to the floor, handed a pair of rusty toenail clippers, and set the house on fire.
They have them, they just need to get 1,000,000 likes before the White House will let them fly.
Same here, my Ex had one...(of course she's crazy and irresponsible and ended up breaking it), still..this technology is not new.
They've had this system available for over a decade. It's just an insulin pump with a monitor, and that's been available for quite some time.
.....so when it comes out and if people crash and burn, you can all blame me....my bad.
*sigh*.....G-d doesn't shrink..it's just that you anti-G-d types are so hellbent on disproving G-d's existence, that you're so closed minded to see that science and G-d can live quite happily together. The problem is d!ckhead zealots on BOTH sides of the fence aren't trying to hear the other.
well 3 CDMA carriers, only 2 of them are really relevant. That being said, they won't activate a device on their network that isn't in their device database, and they won't manually add it for you.
So you reserve the right to say who should and shouldn't be a parent? Simply based on a population number? ...and I'm sure you're probably in the same group of people that say if we require birth-control for foodstamp and welfare recipients is wrong?
Obviously she WANTS to be a parent, unlike the whores that go out and get knocked up because they were being stupid bitches, and then have their baby-cannon scraped "Because I'm not ready for a baby"....well then YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUCKING WITHOUT BIRTH-CONTROL, idiot...and then bitch about not being able to have kids later. Well no shit you can't have kids, your uterus looks like it was cleaned with a cheese grater.
You can't punish one group who want to be good parents, when you have another, less-intelligent group, who are knockin' out babies like it's a hobby and raise little animals that dont' know how to behave.
...because an oppressive government that tries to regulate everything, will regulate it so that a private entity can't fly a space craft because "clearly they lack the expertise"....well no shit, pal....nobody has the expertise. After all, you can't maintain your power-base, if the people who don't like the way you run the government can just decide, "I don't want to live on this planet anymore"...(it'd made the first "Great White Flight" pale in comparison)
THANK YOU...this is what I've been saying all along. Nobody wants to listen to you if you're a dick. Christian OR Atheist; and the way a lot of atheist behave, they're even MORE annoying than Jehovah Witness and Mormons knocking on your door.
The point is, the Atheists are identical to the theists. 2 groups of people obsessed with the nature of the afterlife to the point that they identify their entire existence by it. Christian, Muslim, Atheist. It's all the same damn thing.
There's 3 points of view on this: Christian: I believe! It's a fact! Atheist: I don't believe! It's a fact! Normal Person: I don't know, don't care and don't think it's possible to prove a damned thing leave me alone... why do the two people above me have weird shit on their heads?
That and the majority of atheists are just as zealous as evangelicals. Which makes me wonder what did a theist do to them to make them so violently angry towards believers?
But one thing Theists and Atheists can agree on... Kick the sh!t out of the Scientologist.
That joke was like when AT&T was considering using a talking goat as a mascot.... ....baaaaaaaaad
...now it's just like every other greedy corporation. Sell you something then restrict its features AFTER you've bought it. Like buying a car, and then the manufacturer stealing a wheel in the middle of the night. "Yeah, it still works, just now not as good as when we first sold it to you." I'll stick with my Roku.
Just because you think the world is out to get you, doesn't mean that it isn't.
(...and I'm talking 10years+) Linux and Mac OS enjoy such great hardware longevity because they're running 'nix kernels. What Microsoft needs to do, and I say this in all honesty, is to develop future versions of Windows either in a FreeBSD flavor as Apple did with OSX, or a Linux type kernel. The Microsoft ecosystem is horribly out-moded, they would be miles ahead to innovate in this way, and port their stuff over to the new/old architecture. Also because they are intimately familiar (used loosely) with how MS applications run, they would be positioned to not only make their old stuff backwards compatible, but also make them 'nix compatible,and corner the market. If Apple were to release their restriction on Apple-only hardware installations, they'd corner the desktop market in less than 2 years. Sad to say it, but Ballmer is not an innovator, he's just an excitable speaker.
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
....I was almost sideswiped by some dumb bitch on a cellphone. Sorry, but as a motorcycle rider who has seen enough first-hand evidence, I'm going to have to disagree with this article, whole-heartedly. That's not counting texting occurrences.
hypocrite much?
What's up with the assumption that women are delicate little flowers that need to be protected because they can't handle...anything? Seems to me like your POV is a bigger problem.