I live in the states and I have never had a problem splitting the bill. The article has nothing to do with having the wait staff split the bill. It is for a system that allows customers to do it at the table.
I call shenanigans and general all around ignorance on your answer, RTFA.
"I don't see any "low sinking" about it. First of all, the money Gates is so charitably donating, is money he acquired from an illegal monopoly, so it is reasonable to follow where it is going."
The cult of mac is angry! Since most mac users assume everything is ok and will be taken care of instantly you need to give examples of what has not been fixed when you post things bad about Apple. The Cult of mac (just like most religious movements) always respond in the same ways:
1. Call the one making the statement ignorant and/or stupid.
// This happens the most, even if you were to give examples they could answer to.
2. You belong to another cult and therefore your word cannot be trusted.
// I didn't see anyone calling you a microsoft fanboy here but it is only a matter of time.
3. Try to correct the errors in your knowledge by providing examples of where you are wrong, regardless of if your concerns/arguements are valid.
// I call this the helpful approach. It is found here several times.
Usually a mixture of these responses are used. I seldom hear a you're right excuse. If anyone else has anyother rules that I have not added to the list I apologize. Late to bed, early to/. is probably not the best combination. Just remember saying anything about Apple is flamebait, good or bad.
The most difficult problem I have ever had with reactivation when a clients system has been upgraded is a telephone call. If I was unable to do it over the automated system I have never had the voice operators tell me that I could not activate the copy again, OEM or otherwise. It seems that their question are fairly easy to field:
"Is this copy of windows on any other computer?" If you answer no they are usually ok from there. I did have one ask why I was reinstalling and I told him motherboard crash and he was fine with it.
In the interest of being honest I did have one copy of office that the Indian guy on the line did not want to activate at first but when I asked for a manager he activated it.
I know we like to hold onto our gripes for a long long time against micro$oft but hasn't it been 4 or 5 years since that little guy was turned on by default? I think this joke is dead and buried. Of course, most of us are still sore about windows 98 and ME so I can understand the latent hostility.
It is a simple fact that once an entity provides a majority of the support for an activity it controls it. I agree that at the moment Google is a very good master to be enslaved to. It is likely however, that if Google wanted Mozilla to grow in a different direction that Mozilla would be hard pressed to not follow the $56 million dollar carrot.
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If you have an oem copy of windows vista business and ultimate you can exercise your downgrade rights as described in this article http://www.reasonco.com/vista/vistadowngraderights.htm
I live in the states and I have never had a problem splitting the bill. The article has nothing to do with having the wait staff split the bill. It is for a system that allows customers to do it at the table.
I call shenanigans and general all around ignorance on your answer, RTFA.
"I don't see any "low sinking" about it. First of all, the money Gates is so charitably donating, is money he acquired from an illegal monopoly, so it is reasonable to follow where it is going."
This is not correct really, the gates foundation recieves most of it's money from private donations. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062606-gates-foundation-receives-307-billion.html/
The cult of mac is angry! Since most mac users assume everything is ok and will be taken care of instantly you need to give examples of what has not been fixed when you post things bad about Apple. The Cult of mac (just like most religious movements) always respond in the same ways:
1. Call the one making the statement ignorant and/or stupid.
// This happens the most, even if you were to give examples they could answer to.
2. You belong to another cult and therefore your word cannot be trusted.
// I didn't see anyone calling you a microsoft fanboy here but it is only a matter of time.
3. Try to correct the errors in your knowledge by providing examples of where you are wrong, regardless of if your concerns/arguements are valid.
// I call this the helpful approach. It is found here several times.
Usually a mixture of these responses are used. I seldom hear a you're right excuse. If anyone else has anyother rules that I have not added to the list I apologize. Late to bed, early to /. is probably not the best combination. Just remember saying anything about Apple is flamebait, good or bad.
The most difficult problem I have ever had with reactivation when a clients system has been upgraded is a telephone call. If I was unable to do it over the automated system I have never had the voice operators tell me that I could not activate the copy again, OEM or otherwise. It seems that their question are fairly easy to field: "Is this copy of windows on any other computer?" If you answer no they are usually ok from there. I did have one ask why I was reinstalling and I told him motherboard crash and he was fine with it. In the interest of being honest I did have one copy of office that the Indian guy on the line did not want to activate at first but when I asked for a manager he activated it.
Obviously you do not from the US where we sue first and ask questions later :p
I know we like to hold onto our gripes for a long long time against micro$oft but hasn't it been 4 or 5 years since that little guy was turned on by default? I think this joke is dead and buried. Of course, most of us are still sore about windows 98 and ME so I can understand the latent hostility.
It is a simple fact that once an entity provides a majority of the support for an activity it controls it. I agree that at the moment Google is a very good master to be enslaved to. It is likely however, that if Google wanted Mozilla to grow in a different direction that Mozilla would be hard pressed to not follow the $56 million dollar carrot.