Yeah, the same analyst who had Enron at a buy rating up until the bitter end. This is why as an investor you learn to read balance sheets and laugh at stupid analyst who are all paid off by companies like AOL and Enron.
Well since the subscription is for the lifetime of the box can it be transferred if you sell it? It seems your ver 1 box would get you more money with the subscription. Otherwise if you buy a new one your old one still has the subscription. I think your old one will continue working so you don't "have to" buy a new one.
This machine is upgradeable. He used standard PC parts to build it. Now granted it might take longer to upgrade but a consumer isn't gonna care about that. Hell if I had a case this cool I wouldn't care that it took me longer to change out the parts.
What if Microsoft is forced to include a disclaimer in their software license to limit liability? Then Open Source will be a better option.
Security issues can only be fixed by the vendor when it comes to closed source. We all know how they hate to address these issues. With Open Source any geek can create a patch and fix the problem. So once a company is burned by Microsoft they might convert their servers. Don't all of us who use Linux do so because as techs or admins we got burned by Microsoft?
But if you put a warning on the apples and said do not eat these you wouldn't be liable.
If Open Source developers say do not use this in a production environment or we are not liable then they aren't. Open Source could easily include a disclaimer however closed source would kill off there business. Can you imagine Microsoft including a disclaimer with Win2K stating not to use it on critical servers? I can easily see Linux developers saying use this code at your own risk because I believe they already do that anyway.
They didn't forget what the net gave to the world. They are all just pissed they didn't get rich off it. Imagine if they didn't open source it Microsoft would have probably bought the rights. We would all be surfing Internet 2000.
If he were a genius he would have figured out that using Linux for your desktop requires time and effort. He would know that people who exclaim Linux is a replacement for Windows are fanatics.
He fell for some hype and rather than get over it he rants on and on about it.
This is very interesting. I wonder if someone who is face blind could tell two similar paintings apart? I mean the difference in two faces is detail just like two paintings.
McDon's doesn't get me confused with McDonald's. Lindows doesn't confuse me into thinking it's windows. Even my family who is computer illitarate don't think Lindows sounds like a Microsoft product. Although you might be right and they might win the court case... This is just catering to the most idiotic morons who probably don't have jobs and can't afford a computer.
Why it should bother you. Seeing as how you are showing intelligence it is my guess playing this game would not cause you to murder and steal cars. You seem to be able to identify the difference between a video game and reality.
So it is only healthy in that it protects us from the uneducated or deranged products of society. What bothers me is that society wants to ban things rather than promote things such as education and family. I say give people personal freedoms to take their aggresions out killing fake people in a video game. Then promote education, family, and morals such as not killing people or stealing cars.
People are animals and will continue to act as such. Logic will never prevail over emotions because they are our instict as animals. People will continue to prey on others self esteem and exploit their fears. Unless we do enter an age of aquaris where intellect prevails, I've accepted it isn't happening in my lifetime. I hope man doesn't kill himself off before it ever happens.
There is nothing morbid about this. It's life and it's my entertainment. Watching all the idiots of the world bounce off each other is more fun than reading slashdot. If you want to be happy adjust your own mental attitude and forget about changing things on this planet. Man will just have to evolve for himself over time and try not to make his home uninhabitable.
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Yeah, the same analyst who had Enron at a buy rating up until the bitter end. This is why as an investor you learn to read balance sheets and laugh at stupid analyst who are all paid off by companies like AOL and Enron.
Just a wild guess but maybe they A.) Lost Money or B.) Got Greedy.
Well since the subscription is for the lifetime of the box can it be transferred if you sell it? It seems your ver 1 box would get you more money with the subscription. Otherwise if you buy a new one your old one still has the subscription. I think your old one will continue working so you don't "have to" buy a new one.
This machine is upgradeable. He used standard PC parts to build it. Now granted it might take longer to upgrade but a consumer isn't gonna care about that. Hell if I had a case this cool I wouldn't care that it took me longer to change out the parts.
Didn't mean to post this AC the first time, doh!
What if Microsoft is forced to include a disclaimer in their software license to limit liability? Then Open Source will be a better option.
Security issues can only be fixed by the vendor when it comes to closed source. We all know how they hate to address these issues. With Open Source any geek can create a patch and fix the problem. So once a company is burned by Microsoft they might convert their servers. Don't all of us who use Linux do so because as techs or admins we got burned by Microsoft?
But if you put a warning on the apples and said do not eat these you wouldn't be liable.
If Open Source developers say do not use this in a production environment or we are not liable then they aren't. Open Source could easily include a disclaimer however closed source would kill off there business. Can you imagine Microsoft including a disclaimer with Win2K stating not to use it on critical servers? I can easily see Linux developers saying use this code at your own risk because I believe they already do that anyway.
Where I live they just end up getting shot.
Yeah but what happens when Dr Evil gets ahold of this "giant laser" and holds the earth hostage for ONE MILLION dollars?
They didn't forget what the net gave to the world. They are all just pissed they didn't get rich off it. Imagine if they didn't open source it Microsoft would have probably bought the rights. We would all be surfing Internet 2000.
What I meant to say was...
He would know that people who exclaim Linux is an "automatic and simple" replacement for Windows are fanatics.
Eric H is not a genius.
If he were a genius he would have figured out that using Linux for your desktop requires time and effort. He would know that people who exclaim Linux is a replacement for Windows are fanatics.
He fell for some hype and rather than get over it he rants on and on about it.
This is very interesting. I wonder if someone who is face blind could tell two similar paintings apart? I mean the difference in two faces is detail just like two paintings.
Yeah but then they probably know better and have a decent password =P.
At least McDonald's, Golden Arches, and Big Mac are original. Dos, Windows, SQL server, are about as unoriginal as it gets.
McDon's doesn't get me confused with McDonald's. Lindows doesn't confuse me into thinking it's windows. Even my family who is computer illitarate don't think Lindows sounds like a Microsoft product. Although you might be right and they might win the court case... This is just catering to the most idiotic morons who probably don't have jobs and can't afford a computer.
This makes me wonder. Did people call XFree86, "X-Windows" before or after MS Windows?
Have you seen how long it takes Microsoft to release a piece of software? You must not remember Windows 95. ;)
Yeah well, I hope they didn't enable that "feature" by default too!
An OS is only as secure as the screw behind the keyboard. So if the screw is loose...
WRONG!
When an app crashes in Windows it takes out the OS.
When a Windows App crashes in Linux only that App dies. Clearly the app dying instead of the OS dying is IMHO, "better".
Why it should bother you. Seeing as how you are showing intelligence it is my guess playing this game would not cause you to murder and steal cars. You seem to be able to identify the difference between a video game and reality.
So it is only healthy in that it protects us from the uneducated or deranged products of society. What bothers me is that society wants to ban things rather than promote things such as education and family. I say give people personal freedoms to take their aggresions out killing fake people in a video game. Then promote education, family, and morals such as not killing people or stealing cars.
And all because he played GTA. It not only makes you steal cars, it makes you drive to fast too.
Doh!
Sounds good to me. We need to replace all bad things in the world with beer and sex.
People are animals and will continue to act as such. Logic will never prevail over emotions because they are our instict as animals. People will continue to prey on others self esteem and exploit their fears. Unless we do enter an age of aquaris where intellect prevails, I've accepted it isn't happening in my lifetime. I hope man doesn't kill himself off before it ever happens.
There is nothing morbid about this. It's life and it's my entertainment. Watching all the idiots of the world bounce off each other is more fun than reading slashdot. If you want to be happy adjust your own mental attitude and forget about changing things on this planet. Man will just have to evolve for himself over time and try not to make his home uninhabitable.