Someone who just needs to run a browser and word processor probably can't tell Windows 7 from KDE. Someone who needs to configure and administrate systems for an organisation certainly will.
So you're telling me it takes more than the average person to look in the corner for a Windows logo and find a big K there? Then again, most people don't even pay attention to such obvious details when it comes to computers anyways...
Dangit, Gundam 00! You said Louise couldn't have her hand regenerated because her stem cells in her hand were destroyed! I actually felt sorry for her and now I know better, you insensitive clods!
Since when did open source become a business model? For all I know most open source projects are voluntary and for the common good; I mean why sell something that's infinite in supply, am I right?
Simple: Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish. Sure, some music players have their own form or DRM, but none of them is as prevalent as iTunes is. Apple has risen to a point that whenever your average person considers getting an mp3 player all they think about really is iPods. iTunes and their iPods also beat out the competition when it comes to features; heck they have a new model with some improvement each year! This way people don't even pay attention to the various mp3 players out on the market, similar how people don't pay attention to Linux even though it's out there and think M$ Windows is the only real OS; heck to some, Windows IS the computer!
First people aren't allowed to talk about the government leaders, then we're not allowed to talk about celebrities... what's next, "Be happy, don't talk bad about yourself... or else!"
probably close to never..flv loads so much faster and all people really want is something that loads fast regardless of quality; in other words, as long as it's possible to get pr0n for free it'll be in.flv.
Alright how was that modded trolling, yet someone who AGREES with me gets a 2? Trolling is going onto a sony forum and saying "xbox sux" and other noobish stuff for no good reason. This, however is just saying that I don't like Nintendo's way of doing things, and actually stating my facts! What'd I do wrong, can someone explain it to me?
Nintendo's just too concerned with their profits to actually care about our needs. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the games they make (DK Jungle Beat, Wind Waker, every Metroid game, anything really that's 1st/2nd party), but I just hate the way their company's ran.
Exhibit A: Nintendo absolutely hates piracy. They'll do whatever it takes to stop people from pirating games, such as trying to block homebrew (if you don't remember they tried to block the twilight hack, and removing the GBA slot can only mean they don't want people hacking their DSi's to pirate games) and blocking unofficial discs (that includes action replays, people).
Exhibit B: Nintendo always says things are "impossible" so they can earn more money. Take, for example, the DVD incident. Nintendo said that "it would require more than a firmware upgrade to play DVD's", and that they'd sell a Wii that could play DVD's for more money. However, some hackers found out that the Wii disc drive CAN actually play DVD's and made some homebrew to get it working.
Exhibit C: Their business practices are kinda mean. I mean just look at what they did with Gunpei Yokoi! Not only was it their fault the Virtual Boy was a failure but they didn't even give him a second chance.
I'm glad I'm getting a PS3 soon, sony's the only company doing things right this generation.
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Define "Cheap"...
Someone who just needs to run a browser and word processor probably can't tell Windows 7 from KDE. Someone who needs to configure and administrate systems for an organisation certainly will.
So you're telling me it takes more than the average person to look in the corner for a Windows logo and find a big K there? Then again, most people don't even pay attention to such obvious details when it comes to computers anyways...
Dangit, Gundam 00! You said Louise couldn't have her hand regenerated because her stem cells in her hand were destroyed! I actually felt sorry for her and now I know better, you insensitive clods!
...or does it sound like Apple's tempting virus/malware writers to come up with something for Mac OS X? "This Just In: Massive Mac Malware Epidemic"
Since when did open source become a business model? For all I know most open source projects are voluntary and for the common good; I mean why sell something that's infinite in supply, am I right?
Simple: Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish. Sure, some music players have their own form or DRM, but none of them is as prevalent as iTunes is. Apple has risen to a point that whenever your average person considers getting an mp3 player all they think about really is iPods. iTunes and their iPods also beat out the competition when it comes to features; heck they have a new model with some improvement each year! This way people don't even pay attention to the various mp3 players out on the market, similar how people don't pay attention to Linux even though it's out there and think M$ Windows is the only real OS; heck to some, Windows IS the computer!
A lot of us don't actually know what S3 and S4 are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACPI#Power_States
...when the power fails or the pc/laptop can't receive power? Will it_then_boot in 4 seconds?
First people aren't allowed to talk about the government leaders, then we're not allowed to talk about celebrities... what's next, "Be happy, don't talk bad about yourself... or else!"
Argh! You stole what I was going to say 20 minutes before I even said it, you insensitive clod!
ogg/theora porn?
probably close to never. .flv loads so much faster and all people really want is something that loads fast regardless of quality; in other words, as long as it's possible to get pr0n for free it'll be in .flv.
Alright how was that modded trolling, yet someone who AGREES with me gets a 2? Trolling is going onto a sony forum and saying "xbox sux" and other noobish stuff for no good reason. This, however is just saying that I don't like Nintendo's way of doing things, and actually stating my facts! What'd I do wrong, can someone explain it to me?
Nintendo's just too concerned with their profits to actually care about our needs. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the games they make (DK Jungle Beat, Wind Waker, every Metroid game, anything really that's 1st/2nd party), but I just hate the way their company's ran. Exhibit A: Nintendo absolutely hates piracy. They'll do whatever it takes to stop people from pirating games, such as trying to block homebrew (if you don't remember they tried to block the twilight hack, and removing the GBA slot can only mean they don't want people hacking their DSi's to pirate games) and blocking unofficial discs (that includes action replays, people). Exhibit B: Nintendo always says things are "impossible" so they can earn more money. Take, for example, the DVD incident. Nintendo said that "it would require more than a firmware upgrade to play DVD's", and that they'd sell a Wii that could play DVD's for more money. However, some hackers found out that the Wii disc drive CAN actually play DVD's and made some homebrew to get it working. Exhibit C: Their business practices are kinda mean. I mean just look at what they did with Gunpei Yokoi! Not only was it their fault the Virtual Boy was a failure but they didn't even give him a second chance. I'm glad I'm getting a PS3 soon, sony's the only company doing things right this generation.
one more reason to vote republican, eh?
It'd be interesting to see a description, and see if other systems with similar protections are vulnerable.
Hmm.... No, I can't think of anything as "secure" as vista to be as insecure.
Just a bit ago my parents bought a new router JUST so they could install OpenDNS to protect me from porn... for once I'm actually glad that did it =P