While trolling online can be entertaining, trolling IRL sucks. The guys working at these places are probably just trying to get by in this world - they have nothing to do with Apple's corporate decisions. They don't need this kind of harassment. And while they don't need that kind of harassment, the other people who are locked out of actually getting, you know, actual legitimate support REALLY won't appreciate this move - if anything, it'll make them hate the FSF.
I refused to sign up for MS Passport, and I refuse to sign up for OpenID. I don't WANT my logins shared across multiple websites. There are some websites/services I just plain old don't trust with some or all elements of my real information. And if only ONE of those websites is compromised, my login is now compromised across the board, and I can have impersonators using my login with websites/services I've never had any involvement or perhaps even knowledge of.
I've been thinking of nuking my Myspace account for some time, as I don't actually USE it for anything, sounds like this might be a good time to go ahead with that.
Back in the Windows 98 days, my friend introduced me to Windows 2000. It was a "server" OS, but was far more stable than 98, and, for the most part, did or could be made to do everything 98 did (in other words, you could easily play games on it). Sure enough, the Windows XP wound up using the same basic core as Windows 2000. Will history repeat itself with Windows 7...? If it does, they may yet convert me. Until then, I'll stick with my XP setup, thanks.
Couldn't you make that same argument for EVERY component? If your CPU is the biggest bottleneck in your computer, and you replace it with a shiny new one, then something else (your 1 gig of RAM, what have you) will become the biggest bottleneck.
I only use ergonomic keyboards, both at home and at work, and have done so for years. Mostly I used Microsoft Natural, but for a while at work I was using a CompUSA-branded split ergo keyboard. It was cheaper, but CompUSA no longer exists, so oh well. In any event, no matter how hard it proclaims itself "best. . . Period," I have zero interest until there's an ergonomic version. I guess my wrists and I will have to settle for second best.
Given the government's poor record with computer security, I wouldn't open ANY documents emailed me. I would imagine there are policies in place that would forbid the acceptance of such messages. This story could well be somebody at the EPA insisting on total asshattery.
And if its something official and important, why is it being emailed anyway? Shouldn't it be, like, printed out and physically handed to somebody? Maybe signed, stamped, notarized, and whatever else?
They are "authorized" to. That doesn't mean they actually WILL.
Not to be a jerk, though, but the fact that this is a Linux port should, in itself, be sufficient copy-protection. I kinda doubt that a crack will appear anywhere nearly as quickly as for a Windows port.
As it is officially a crime to steal wi-fi (Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 47 of the United States Code, which covers anybody who "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access")."
1) That is not a complete sentence. 2) So long as I'm not cracking into a locked router, I have authorization to use it.
I was unemployed 8 months ago, and while I had plenty in the bank I was looking to find ways to make it last, so I experimented with Earthlink's wifi service. I got their adapter in the mail and put it in my window.
The signal swung wildly between full strength and no signal at all, regardless of where I placed the adapter. Even when it was at full strength, though, the connection would constantly stall, requiring me to log back in (did I mention you have to log in to the service, just like oldschool dialup?). When it DID work, it was quite slow. In short, it wasn't worth dropping Comcast for, and I sent it back after the first week.
I walk past a car at my work's parking lot that has Bush stickers all over it. I have fantasies about keying the holy living shit out of that car as I pass it. I don't DO it - I don't really know how to key a car, never having done it before, and I can control my impulses.
Really? Because I've had an E61i for around six months now, and it has NEVER crashed or frozen, not even once.
Mind you, there are 1) different versions of the Symbian OS, as well as different versions of S60 (the gui). The E61/E61i both use S60v3, dunno what version of Symbian OS is under that. I have pretty recent firmware though. Full stability, so far. Best phone I've ever owned.
1) The sun is a mass of incandescent gas 2) A gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees. 3) The sun is hot - the sun it not a place where we can live, but here on Earth there'd be no life without the light it gives.
Wow, their website was down for one whole friggin' hour. They may (or may not) have lost $31,000/minute, IF the outage was global, not that it was - it was just the US site. Assuming it was global, and assuming they lost the max $31,000, that would be $31,000 out of $16,293,600,000.
In short, who give a crap. Post a story when they're down for at least 24 hours.
Ebay does not give a crap, so long as they get their cut. Want proof? Go ahead and report any of the THOUSANDS of Taiwanese bootleg anime DVDs on Ebay and see if even one gets yanked.
I'll save you some time - they won't. Last time I tried (and this, I will confess, was almost a decade ago) I was told to provide proof that I was the copyright holder.
I was a property and casualty insurance adjuster for a few years. The state I dealt with had mandatory PIP, which means if you are injured in a car accident you have primary medical coverage through the auto insurance policy. I was constantly turning away both claimants and medical providers who wanted to fax medical records, notarized forms, etc. It wasn't the claimants who were the problem nearly as much as the medical providers, who would actually get ANGRY when I refused to accept faxed paperwork from them.
One thing I learned from a few years in the insurance industry is that the majority of medical providers, or at least their billing departments, are, at best, a bit shady.
Would "air rage" be the rage I feel after I've had my laptop and bags rifled through, a full body-cavity search, and after having my toothpaste confiscated and after pouring my water in a big bucket?
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While trolling online can be entertaining, trolling IRL sucks. The guys working at these places are probably just trying to get by in this world - they have nothing to do with Apple's corporate decisions. They don't need this kind of harassment. And while they don't need that kind of harassment, the other people who are locked out of actually getting, you know, actual legitimate support REALLY won't appreciate this move - if anything, it'll make them hate the FSF.
Tom Cruise worships L. Ron Hubbard.
Jim Carey think vaccinations give you autism.
Just because you're famous doesn't mean you can't be a total crackpot. Its too bad this time its somebody more science-related.
I refused to sign up for MS Passport, and I refuse to sign up for OpenID. I don't WANT my logins shared across multiple websites. There are some websites/services I just plain old don't trust with some or all elements of my real information. And if only ONE of those websites is compromised, my login is now compromised across the board, and I can have impersonators using my login with websites/services I've never had any involvement or perhaps even knowledge of.
I've been thinking of nuking my Myspace account for some time, as I don't actually USE it for anything, sounds like this might be a good time to go ahead with that.
If they refuse to sell it to you, I guess you'll have to obtain it through alternate means. You tried to do the right and honorable thing, but...
Back in the Windows 98 days, my friend introduced me to Windows 2000. It was a "server" OS, but was far more stable than 98, and, for the most part, did or could be made to do everything 98 did (in other words, you could easily play games on it). Sure enough, the Windows XP wound up using the same basic core as Windows 2000. Will history repeat itself with Windows 7...? If it does, they may yet convert me. Until then, I'll stick with my XP setup, thanks.
Couldn't you make that same argument for EVERY component? If your CPU is the biggest bottleneck in your computer, and you replace it with a shiny new one, then something else (your 1 gig of RAM, what have you) will become the biggest bottleneck.
Not that laying all this undersea cabling will do anybody any good due to "last mile" crap.
omg, undoing incorrect moderation! I meant to mod my "enemy" down!
I only use ergonomic keyboards, both at home and at work, and have done so for years. Mostly I used Microsoft Natural, but for a while at work I was using a CompUSA-branded split ergo keyboard. It was cheaper, but CompUSA no longer exists, so oh well. In any event, no matter how hard it proclaims itself "best. . . Period," I have zero interest until there's an ergonomic version. I guess my wrists and I will have to settle for second best.
Given the government's poor record with computer security, I wouldn't open ANY documents emailed me. I would imagine there are policies in place that would forbid the acceptance of such messages. This story could well be somebody at the EPA insisting on total asshattery.
And if its something official and important, why is it being emailed anyway? Shouldn't it be, like, printed out and physically handed to somebody? Maybe signed, stamped, notarized, and whatever else?
In Soviet Russia, Rick rolls YOU!
They are "authorized" to. That doesn't mean they actually WILL.
Not to be a jerk, though, but the fact that this is a Linux port should, in itself, be sufficient copy-protection. I kinda doubt that a crack will appear anywhere nearly as quickly as for a Windows port.
As it is officially a crime to steal wi-fi (Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 47 of the United States Code, which covers anybody who "intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access")."
1) That is not a complete sentence.
2) So long as I'm not cracking into a locked router, I have authorization to use it.
I was unemployed 8 months ago, and while I had plenty in the bank I was looking to find ways to make it last, so I experimented with Earthlink's wifi service. I got their adapter in the mail and put it in my window.
The signal swung wildly between full strength and no signal at all, regardless of where I placed the adapter. Even when it was at full strength, though, the connection would constantly stall, requiring me to log back in (did I mention you have to log in to the service, just like oldschool dialup?). When it DID work, it was quite slow. In short, it wasn't worth dropping Comcast for, and I sent it back after the first week.
I walk past a car at my work's parking lot that has Bush stickers all over it. I have fantasies about keying the holy living shit out of that car as I pass it. I don't DO it - I don't really know how to key a car, never having done it before, and I can control my impulses.
Not everyone can control their impulses.
Really? Because I've had an E61i for around six months now, and it has NEVER crashed or frozen, not even once.
Mind you, there are 1) different versions of the Symbian OS, as well as different versions of S60 (the gui). The E61/E61i both use S60v3, dunno what version of Symbian OS is under that. I have pretty recent firmware though. Full stability, so far. Best phone I've ever owned.
1) The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
2) A gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.
3) The sun is hot - the sun it not a place where we can live, but here on Earth there'd be no life without the light it gives.
I see what you did there.
Wow, their website was down for one whole friggin' hour. They may (or may not) have lost $31,000/minute, IF the outage was global, not that it was - it was just the US site. Assuming it was global, and assuming they lost the max $31,000, that would be $31,000 out of $16,293,600,000.
In short, who give a crap. Post a story when they're down for at least 24 hours.
Ebay does not give a crap, so long as they get their cut. Want proof? Go ahead and report any of the THOUSANDS of Taiwanese bootleg anime DVDs on Ebay and see if even one gets yanked.
I'll save you some time - they won't. Last time I tried (and this, I will confess, was almost a decade ago) I was told to provide proof that I was the copyright holder.
I was a property and casualty insurance adjuster for a few years. The state I dealt with had mandatory PIP, which means if you are injured in a car accident you have primary medical coverage through the auto insurance policy. I was constantly turning away both claimants and medical providers who wanted to fax medical records, notarized forms, etc. It wasn't the claimants who were the problem nearly as much as the medical providers, who would actually get ANGRY when I refused to accept faxed paperwork from them.
One thing I learned from a few years in the insurance industry is that the majority of medical providers, or at least their billing departments, are, at best, a bit shady.
Cancel your service immediately. Please. Its the only way to let them know that you don't accept their new terms. Stop the experiment in Beaumont.
Whoever tagged this as "rpg" doesn't know what an "rpg" is.
That said, an actual Prince of Persia CRPG might pique my interest. This 19th billion incarnation of the same thing does not.
Remember how Etoys.com legally bullied the long-standing artist group, etoy, over name similarity?
I do. Good riddance to them and their ilk.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/01/2156208&mode=thread
Would "air rage" be the rage I feel after I've had my laptop and bags rifled through, a full body-cavity search, and after having my toothpaste confiscated and after pouring my water in a big bucket?