I recently made a 3rd party add-on for a game. Trolls used wikipedia to try and smear my reputation. They also used it to make cheap insults about me and my project. I wrote to wikipedia to get any references to my project removed and they haven't got back to me. I also tried deleting the article and the people who were being abusive just reposted it. Now I could spend a lot of time checking wikipedia for slander and changing it every few days but why the hell should I have to. Surely the people at wikipedia need to take more responsibility for the contents of their site.
Windows Vista is inefficient and bloated. If more people used different operating systems then there would be more competition in the industry. The result of that would be better solutions would be developed. Microsoft probably spends more time and money maintaining their monopoly than they do developing new software.
A whole lot of people dont do anything anymore other than sit in front of a computer/console all day. Gaming and social networking is turning society into a bunch of vegetables how never leave their rooms.
This is really bad PR for Apple. It shows that Apple are willing to punish their own customers just to 'have control' over what users can and cannot do. I have some respect for Apple users because they have the balls to stand up to M$, but I think now they should start looking at some more open platforms. We can't let tyrants dominate the computing market anymore. Power to the people!!!
Aol recently announced that they will be moving the all their IM development over to ICQ Israel. Hopefully they will do a better job with the IM than aol were doing. Aol has never been a good IM. I dont know what people here think of ICQ, but back in the day ICQ was the best IM until the big corps like aol, yahoo and msn jumped in. Eventually ICQ turned a bit bloated and that's when I stopped using it. I hope ICQ make some big changes to the aol messenger.
Customers always drag their feet when it comes to upgrading windows, but a big company like Microsoft have ways and means of making people upgrade.
-Getting high street stores to sell Vista on all their new computer
-Higher education courses that teach mostly Windows
-Giving away Windows to students
-Using the poser factor. "Look at me, I have the new Windows... awww you must be poor you're uding the 'old' version"
-Getting fanboy magazines and websites to give them good reviews and act like there are no Windows alternatives
-Badmouthing Windows alternatives.
It's all been done before and proved to be very effective. However Windows alternatives are getting better and there is definitely a stronger movement of people to alternative operating systems. It's just a matter of countering the M$ media campaign and making M$ alternatives are seen and widely available
So it's ok for the US to have nuclear power, but anyone else who tries to use it gets harassed and sanctions against them? The US has more WMD than anyone else and uses them more than anyone else. Why should they be trusted with nuclear materials?
There' millions of bands that release their music for free. I'll continue to support those bands by downloading thier music and attending their gigs. The big guys in music aren't all they're cracked up to be.
This is a news story coming from a pro-windows site saying that Linux might die. Of course Linux will never die, it's open source and there are millions of people who use or are interested in it. ZDnet are just trying to push people away from Linux because they are a windows friendly site.
If you're ripping your own cd's you can very easily rip to an open source format. If you're downloading from a free artist then you can request files in an open source format. Most free musicians want people to hear their music and make new fans so will be more than willing to co-operate. If you're downloading illegal mp3's then having an illegal codec doesn't really make much difference. Windows actually doesn't play DVDs out of the box so the chances are you're using commercial software codecs to play the DVD. I prefer to watch my DVD's on my TV screen anyway:-)
So, who acutally owns your phone? You or Steve Jobs? Hmmm... This reminds me of the whole bundling issue that M$ is struggling with in Europe. I think it's high time users had a choice of software and providers for their hardware. Tyrants like Microsoft and Apple need to stop forcing people to use their software and give the consumer some choice.
Lol, Vista is a load of crap. I'm glad M$ have screwed up so badly with their new operating system. Hopefully it'll give some competitiors a better chance:-)
I'm an Ubuntu fanboy and I say this guy is full of crap. He's just gone out to try and make some perfectly good features of Ubuntu look bad. He doesn't even do it well. If he wants to take a cheap shot at Ubuntu then maybe it would be better for him to point out that Ubuntu is crap for instant messaging and the multimedia codecs issue. At least those issues are worth comlaining about unlike the petty issues he brings up in his review. The things he doesn't like aren't necssarily bad things, its more that he personally doesn't like them as a matter of taste. Well he's entitled to say what he wants about Ubuntu, but I just wasted 5 minutes of my time reading that crap.
How will different people around the world use this device?
Terrorist: Build a biger version that can zap a whole city
Corrupt Government: Stop legitimate protests and oppress the people.
Solier in Abu Graib: Something disgusting
Police: Zap people they don't like. They've already proven how irresponsible with other weapons
Bookie: Zap the horse they dont want to win the race
Gamble: Zap the horse the bookie wants to win the race
Political Candidate: Zap the other guy during a debate
Rugby Team: Zap the guy taking the conversion
Basketball Team: Zap the guy doing a slam dunk
NFL Team: Zap the MVP
Baseball Team: Zap the batter
Football: Zap David Beckham in a penalty. Nm, he'd prolly miss anyway;-)
Saddam: Nothing 'cos he's dead
Russia: Send spies to Britain to zap them and then poison them
Zimbabwe : Zap all the whites
Midwest US: Zap all the blacks
Israel: Build a big wall make of laber beams so the Pals can't get in
And the best part is, nobody will ever know they are doing it. Whatever happens this device will be used and abused because it will be very useful for people who are abusive.
There's competition in the computing industry? OMG!!! WTF????
If you cant stand the heat, dont stand near the fire. Linux dont have 95% of the market share so if you're going to blame anyone then blame microsoft.
Many mobile phones can do anything the ipod can do and more. That's why apple have had to release the iphone. There's no way Apple will be able to dominate that market the way they dominated the now-dying offline device market. Sony, Samsung and Nokia already dominate the market for online portable devices. Apple have an uphill battle from now on. This whole 3rd party fiasco will only turn users away from apple products.
I think there can be improvements made to Linux to make it more user friendly. I'm sure that Dell and Ubuntu will respond positively to critcism and only use it to improve their products.
Linux is not the only operating system that the average user struggles with. Windows users regularly call on me for help to fix and install stuff, especially when they buy a new system.
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I recently made a 3rd party add-on for a game. Trolls used wikipedia to try and smear my reputation. They also used it to make cheap insults about me and my project. I wrote to wikipedia to get any references to my project removed and they haven't got back to me. I also tried deleting the article and the people who were being abusive just reposted it. Now I could spend a lot of time checking wikipedia for slander and changing it every few days but why the hell should I have to. Surely the people at wikipedia need to take more responsibility for the contents of their site.
Windows Vista is inefficient and bloated. If more people used different operating systems then there would be more competition in the industry. The result of that would be better solutions would be developed. Microsoft probably spends more time and money maintaining their monopoly than they do developing new software.
A whole lot of people dont do anything anymore other than sit in front of a computer/console all day. Gaming and social networking is turning society into a bunch of vegetables how never leave their rooms.
This is really bad PR for Apple. It shows that Apple are willing to punish their own customers just to 'have control' over what users can and cannot do. I have some respect for Apple users because they have the balls to stand up to M$, but I think now they should start looking at some more open platforms. We can't let tyrants dominate the computing market anymore. Power to the people!!!
Why Mac and no Linux though? Surely Macs and /Linux have a similar number of users?
Aol recently announced that they will be moving the all their IM development over to ICQ Israel. Hopefully they will do a better job with the IM than aol were doing. Aol has never been a good IM. I dont know what people here think of ICQ, but back in the day ICQ was the best IM until the big corps like aol, yahoo and msn jumped in. Eventually ICQ turned a bit bloated and that's when I stopped using it. I hope ICQ make some big changes to the aol messenger.
Customers always drag their feet when it comes to upgrading windows, but a big company like Microsoft have ways and means of making people upgrade.
-Getting high street stores to sell Vista on all their new computer
-Higher education courses that teach mostly Windows
-Giving away Windows to students
-Using the poser factor. "Look at me, I have the new Windows... awww you must be poor you're uding the 'old' version"
-Getting fanboy magazines and websites to give them good reviews and act like there are no Windows alternatives
-Badmouthing Windows alternatives.
It's all been done before and proved to be very effective. However Windows alternatives are getting better and there is definitely a stronger movement of people to alternative operating systems. It's just a matter of countering the M$ media campaign and making M$ alternatives are seen and widely available
Linux fails the Grandma test? So Does Windows. I've had several grannies call me for Windows support.
Rofl :-)
Lol, I'd be glad if I missed a bus with a driver like that :-)
I wasn't talking about Japan.
So it's ok for the US to have nuclear power, but anyone else who tries to use it gets harassed and sanctions against them? The US has more WMD than anyone else and uses them more than anyone else. Why should they be trusted with nuclear materials?
There' millions of bands that release their music for free. I'll continue to support those bands by downloading thier music and attending their gigs. The big guys in music aren't all they're cracked up to be.
This is a news story coming from a pro-windows site saying that Linux might die. Of course Linux will never die, it's open source and there are millions of people who use or are interested in it. ZDnet are just trying to push people away from Linux because they are a windows friendly site.
If you're ripping your own cd's you can very easily rip to an open source format. If you're downloading from a free artist then you can request files in an open source format. Most free musicians want people to hear their music and make new fans so will be more than willing to co-operate. If you're downloading illegal mp3's then having an illegal codec doesn't really make much difference. Windows actually doesn't play DVDs out of the box so the chances are you're using commercial software codecs to play the DVD. I prefer to watch my DVD's on my TV screen anyway :-)
So, who acutally owns your phone? You or Steve Jobs? Hmmm... This reminds me of the whole bundling issue that M$ is struggling with in Europe. I think it's high time users had a choice of software and providers for their hardware. Tyrants like Microsoft and Apple need to stop forcing people to use their software and give the consumer some choice.
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Lol, Vista is a load of crap. I'm glad M$ have screwed up so badly with their new operating system. Hopefully it'll give some competitiors a better chance :-)
I'm an Ubuntu fanboy and I say this guy is full of crap. He's just gone out to try and make some perfectly good features of Ubuntu look bad. He doesn't even do it well. If he wants to take a cheap shot at Ubuntu then maybe it would be better for him to point out that Ubuntu is crap for instant messaging and the multimedia codecs issue. At least those issues are worth comlaining about unlike the petty issues he brings up in his review. The things he doesn't like aren't necssarily bad things, its more that he personally doesn't like them as a matter of taste. Well he's entitled to say what he wants about Ubuntu, but I just wasted 5 minutes of my time reading that crap.
Let's be honest, Americans dont like the UN bad because Hans Blix embarassed George Bush and the Whitehouse staff in front of the whole world.
How will different people around the world use this device? Terrorist: Build a biger version that can zap a whole city Corrupt Government: Stop legitimate protests and oppress the people. Solier in Abu Graib: Something disgusting Police: Zap people they don't like. They've already proven how irresponsible with other weapons Bookie: Zap the horse they dont want to win the race Gamble: Zap the horse the bookie wants to win the race Political Candidate: Zap the other guy during a debate Rugby Team: Zap the guy taking the conversion Basketball Team: Zap the guy doing a slam dunk NFL Team: Zap the MVP Baseball Team: Zap the batter Football: Zap David Beckham in a penalty. Nm, he'd prolly miss anyway ;-)
Saddam: Nothing 'cos he's dead
Russia: Send spies to Britain to zap them and then poison them
Zimbabwe : Zap all the whites
Midwest US: Zap all the blacks
Israel: Build a big wall make of laber beams so the Pals can't get in
And the best part is, nobody will ever know they are doing it. Whatever happens this device will be used and abused because it will be very useful for people who are abusive.
There's competition in the computing industry? OMG!!! WTF???? If you cant stand the heat, dont stand near the fire. Linux dont have 95% of the market share so if you're going to blame anyone then blame microsoft.
Many mobile phones can do anything the ipod can do and more. That's why apple have had to release the iphone. There's no way Apple will be able to dominate that market the way they dominated the now-dying offline device market. Sony, Samsung and Nokia already dominate the market for online portable devices. Apple have an uphill battle from now on. This whole 3rd party fiasco will only turn users away from apple products.
I think there can be improvements made to Linux to make it more user friendly. I'm sure that Dell and Ubuntu will respond positively to critcism and only use it to improve their products.
Linux is not the only operating system that the average user struggles with. Windows users regularly call on me for help to fix and install stuff, especially when they buy a new system.