Companies ALSO have RESPONSIBILITIES that people do not have. Trucking companies are responsible for $1million liability (usually through insurance policies), far in excess of any liability the average citizen is required to carry. Companies working with petro- and/or hazardous chemicals have responsibilities the average citizen doesn't imagine - UNTIL an accident happens. Nuclear plants have TREMENDOUS responsibility.
And, no, companies do NOT enjoy all the same rights as individuals. They don't have the right to vote, for instance. Instead, they just buy proxy votes by giving away free jets to politicians.
Those agreements are what MADE microsoft a monopoly. A long time? How long is a long time? An entire generation grew up with microsoft being the only readily available OS. That generation has been properly indoctrinated by microsoft. Of course, if you "don't get it", that's fine. Just step aside, and allow those who understand to argue the merits of monopoly.
freinds don't let freinds AOL. This is your brain. This is your brain on AOL. We can go on, and rewrite half the commercials of the last 30 years, substituting AOL for whatever ailment.....
Great idea. If Microsoft stopped licensing computers in Europe, then all Europeans would learn to use Mac/Linux/Solaris/BSD etc. Having learned to use these alternative OS's, they would realize that they have been duped for two decades. Quite likely they would then build something to obsolete Windows/Linux/Mac/ etc, leaving us poor dumb Americans as the only fools still using Windows, by refusing to licensce their NEW product in the Americas. Great idea.
YESS!!! You get the idea!! The fact that the core engine of IE is PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM is the problem!! YES!!! We have a WINNA!!!!!! Next question is: Exactly why is it that a browser became part of the operating system? And, how is it possible for all the other browsers to perform the same browsing functions, when they can't be part of the operating system? Monopoly? IE is one of the tools used to enforce the monopoly! Go ahead, pull that bottom brick out. Or no, let me pull it out!
Uhhh, you forget the exclusive contracts? Microsoft told OEM's that they could distribute MS products, but ONLY IF they distributed MS products exclusively. Those agreements seem to be passing away now, but it is STILL hard to find bleeding edge computers with Linux and/or no OS installed. Dell's best computers all come with Vista (downgradeable to XP in most cases, LMAO) How about the rest of the OEM's?
Microsoft goes out of it's way to portray Linux, Mac, and all other operating systems as "substandard", or "impaired". In actuality, it is IE that doesn't meet standards, and impairs your ability to use the internet.
So very few people understand how underhanded and scheming MS had to be, to bury competition 20 years ago. Think Win32 for a moment. Did Microsoft develop 32 bit disk access first? (Yes, it was necessary for true 32 bit computing) Did Microsoft pay for the right to use that 32 bit disk access? Does Microsoft even ACKNOWLEDGE the developers of 32 bit disk access? CERTAINLY NOT. As they attempted to do with Microsoft Java Machine, they pass the 32 bit disk access off as a microsoft development, hiding the fact that they STOLE it from Digital Research. Hmmmmmmmm
The word "criminal" has been used repeatedly here, referring to Microsoft. It fits.
In that world of automobiles, you have to realize that MS used unfair competition practices to force Buick, Chrysler, Nash, Hudson, and a lot of others out of business. After creating their own little monopoly, the MS automotive people decided that hand cranked windows were the only windows they would offer. BUT, the aftermarket people offered retro-fitted electric windows. When MS saw that people were making money on those electric windows, MS engineered their OWN windows that worked electically, sometimes, if the fates willed them to work. Further, MS automotive introduced EULAS and instigated legislation to prevent people from purchasing and installing 3rd party aftermarket electrically operated windows, citing safety concerns among others........ There is NOTHING BAD involved in allowing competition. Especially since IE only copies features that all the other browsers engineer and develop, years after half the public has come to expect those features. When, exactly, did MS IE catch on to tabbed browsing? LMAO
Ahhh, but - updated software might explain a lot of people's satisfaction with Win7's performance. However, I run Linux almost exclusively. I haven't downloaded any updated software, designed for Vista. All the software that I installed into Win7 was archived on my own hard drives, from the days when I ran WinXP. Except for Java and Flash - I did download them for installation. Nothing else was downloaded, all taken from ancient archives, and Win7 took them all, without a hiccup. This indicates to me, that Microsoft probably did some tweaking to eliminate some unreasonably created incompatibilities. Otherwise, I suppose that you are right. Win7 is what Vista has become. Or, to put it another way, Win7 is what Win2K has evolved into.;)
but the original article seems a rather twisted exercise in logic. ON THE SAME HARDWARE, I tested Vista and Win7. Vista proved a resource hog, ran slow, and caused a number of headaches due to incompatibilities. It's "security features" were intrusive, among other things. Win7 proves to run faster than WinXP, I ran into no compatibility problems, and the security seems to be a slight improvement on WinXP. No, it isn't all media hype that's responsible for Vista's flop, and Win7's impending success. The Win7 Beta is superior to Vista, plain and simple. The finished product is likely to be even better.
But, many old cars have been on their "last legs" for years, and the owners just can't afford anything better. Those old cars are seldom properly maintenanced, spewing pollution, and wasting gas everywhere they go. It's not a bad idea, after all, to help Joe Sixpack and his little family. Much better than giving Bank of America another few billions to pass on to failed executives as "bonuses".
on the system requirements. Really. I dumped Vista early after installing it. My best machine was substandard, being rated as "Why haven't you recycled this junkheap yet?" Vista ran slow, and I considered it intrusive. Win7 may be BASED ON Vista technology, but on the same machine, it runs very nicely. It outperforms WinXP, both 32 and 64 bit. Needless to say, it runs circles around Vista. IMHO, Win7 is what Vista SHOULD HAVE BEEN. It is definitely an upgrade to Windows XP, while Vista was a downgrade. And, no need to invest 500 bucks in a new video card to get the Aero effects.:)
will never end, til all of one side or the other is dead. We (the world) needs to back off, and let them go at it. Call it genocide, if you must, but when one side is killed off, or has lost their faith in God, feels abandoned and lost, and loses the will to fight, THEN we will see peace. Sun Tzu said as much. "It isn't necessary to defeat your enemy, it is only necessary to defeat your enemy's will to fight." Paraphrased, of course, from memory.
One must be careful when citing "credible news sources". Look carefully, and you might realize that those "credible news sources" mesh with your own concept of reality. Anything that threatens your concept of reality will automatically be "incredible". People are funny that way........
Uhhh - it seems that SUV's have been around so long, few people remember how they came to be. During the LAST big oil shortage, congress mandated that the automakers meet mileage quotas for their fleets. SOMEHOW, trucks were made exempt from passenger car requirements. So, people had to choose between a car (small, cramped, underperforming beasts) that got decent fuel mileage, or a truck (huge, luxurious, and powerful beasts) that got poor mileage. The American consumer demanded his luxury, and his power, so Detroit built trucks. SUV is a meaningless marketing term for those nitwits who thought a "truck" was only for rednecks, and working class people. It is far past time for Americans to give up their luxury, and join the rest of the world, in walking, biking, and train riding. Especially the walking. American lard asses are dropping dead in record numbers from fat related illnesses, as a result of their demand for luxury!!
PowerDesk. I'm quite certain that it had the same features, at least before the year 2000, probably before 1998. It was, and remains, my file manager of choice, when I have to use a Windows operating system.;)
Our nation's economic woes are due to our immersion in fantasy......
Who CARES who owns yet another set of fantasy figures?
BTW - reading the article, the judge says that Fox has a copyright INTEREST in the movie. He doesn't say that Fox outright OWNS it, just that they have a legitimate interest.
I have 3 sons. All have taken high school "computer science". The eldest majors in "computer science" now, in college. And, I say, "WHAT SCIENCE?" They are being taught something that should be labeled "Microsoft Systems", or, maybe more generously, "Business Computing". Of my 3 sons, the youngest is the most into "science". That is, he knows more than one brand of operating system, and is becoming fluent in multiple languages. (in fact, he has left dad behind, lol) As for computer literacy - yes, all high school grads today should be literate. The fact is, in today's and tomorrow's business worlds, the computer illiterate will NOT find work higher than cashier. Even mechanics, carpenters, and any sort of engineer needs to know and understand computers, now, today. So - yes, any school worthy of the name NEEDS to be teaching computer skills. But, please, let's leave out the "science", unless we are teaching more than Microsoft Systems, alright?
I really am not so sure of that. VBox generally works better for me, than VMWare. I don't mean that it outperforms by a huge margin, but generally, it's a little better. Stability? They seem about equal, overall. Both have crashed on me, on the rare occasion. The fact that VBox is free is the real icing on the cake, though.
That is not an arguement that I've seen used. Artists do deserve compensation. The more common argument I've seen, is that the labels compensate the artists unfairly, while at the same time ripping off the public. IMHO, it's time for the labels to go under. What they provide is worth less than 1/10th of what they demand, in prices. But, don't worry people. IF the labels all went bankrupt tomorrow, and were sold off for the value of their assets, the artists would STILL be around, they would STILL make music, and it would STILL be published. And, most likely, the artists would get a "fairer" return on their work.
Slight correction: RIAA holds no copyrights - or at least no copyrights to material that people want to download. Instead, RIAA represents the holders of copyrights that cover material that people DO want to download.
RIAA is not protecting their own assets, instead, they are paid by copyright owners to investigate and prosecute infringements.
If, in fact, RIAA held any copyrights, they would have some degree of legitimacy. In reality, RIAA has no claim to legitimacy in ANY COURT IN THE WORLD beyond what they are capable of buying. Or, to be more blunt, when they can no longer buy or bullshit judges, they'll be run out of court, or charged with contempt.
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Yahoo.com is definitely harmful to your sanity, ranking closely behind myspace.com.........
Companies ALSO have RESPONSIBILITIES that people do not have. Trucking companies are responsible for $1million liability (usually through insurance policies), far in excess of any liability the average citizen is required to carry. Companies working with petro- and/or hazardous chemicals have responsibilities the average citizen doesn't imagine - UNTIL an accident happens. Nuclear plants have TREMENDOUS responsibility. And, no, companies do NOT enjoy all the same rights as individuals. They don't have the right to vote, for instance. Instead, they just buy proxy votes by giving away free jets to politicians.
Those agreements are what MADE microsoft a monopoly. A long time? How long is a long time? An entire generation grew up with microsoft being the only readily available OS. That generation has been properly indoctrinated by microsoft. Of course, if you "don't get it", that's fine. Just step aside, and allow those who understand to argue the merits of monopoly.
freinds don't let freinds AOL. This is your brain. This is your brain on AOL. We can go on, and rewrite half the commercials of the last 30 years, substituting AOL for whatever ailment.....
Great idea. If Microsoft stopped licensing computers in Europe, then all Europeans would learn to use Mac/Linux/Solaris/BSD etc. Having learned to use these alternative OS's, they would realize that they have been duped for two decades. Quite likely they would then build something to obsolete Windows/Linux/Mac/ etc, leaving us poor dumb Americans as the only fools still using Windows, by refusing to licensce their NEW product in the Americas. Great idea.
YESS!!! You get the idea!! The fact that the core engine of IE is PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM is the problem!! YES!!! We have a WINNA!!!!!! Next question is: Exactly why is it that a browser became part of the operating system? And, how is it possible for all the other browsers to perform the same browsing functions, when they can't be part of the operating system? Monopoly? IE is one of the tools used to enforce the monopoly! Go ahead, pull that bottom brick out. Or no, let me pull it out!
Uhhh, you forget the exclusive contracts? Microsoft told OEM's that they could distribute MS products, but ONLY IF they distributed MS products exclusively. Those agreements seem to be passing away now, but it is STILL hard to find bleeding edge computers with Linux and/or no OS installed. Dell's best computers all come with Vista (downgradeable to XP in most cases, LMAO) How about the rest of the OEM's?
Microsoft goes out of it's way to portray Linux, Mac, and all other operating systems as "substandard", or "impaired". In actuality, it is IE that doesn't meet standards, and impairs your ability to use the internet.
So very few people understand how underhanded and scheming MS had to be, to bury competition 20 years ago. Think Win32 for a moment. Did Microsoft develop 32 bit disk access first? (Yes, it was necessary for true 32 bit computing) Did Microsoft pay for the right to use that 32 bit disk access? Does Microsoft even ACKNOWLEDGE the developers of 32 bit disk access? CERTAINLY NOT. As they attempted to do with Microsoft Java Machine, they pass the 32 bit disk access off as a microsoft development, hiding the fact that they STOLE it from Digital Research. Hmmmmmmmm The word "criminal" has been used repeatedly here, referring to Microsoft. It fits.
In that world of automobiles, you have to realize that MS used unfair competition practices to force Buick, Chrysler, Nash, Hudson, and a lot of others out of business. After creating their own little monopoly, the MS automotive people decided that hand cranked windows were the only windows they would offer. BUT, the aftermarket people offered retro-fitted electric windows. When MS saw that people were making money on those electric windows, MS engineered their OWN windows that worked electically, sometimes, if the fates willed them to work. Further, MS automotive introduced EULAS and instigated legislation to prevent people from purchasing and installing 3rd party aftermarket electrically operated windows, citing safety concerns among others........ There is NOTHING BAD involved in allowing competition. Especially since IE only copies features that all the other browsers engineer and develop, years after half the public has come to expect those features. When, exactly, did MS IE catch on to tabbed browsing? LMAO
Ahhh, but - updated software might explain a lot of people's satisfaction with Win7's performance. However, I run Linux almost exclusively. I haven't downloaded any updated software, designed for Vista. All the software that I installed into Win7 was archived on my own hard drives, from the days when I ran WinXP. Except for Java and Flash - I did download them for installation. Nothing else was downloaded, all taken from ancient archives, and Win7 took them all, without a hiccup. This indicates to me, that Microsoft probably did some tweaking to eliminate some unreasonably created incompatibilities. Otherwise, I suppose that you are right. Win7 is what Vista has become. Or, to put it another way, Win7 is what Win2K has evolved into. ;)
but the original article seems a rather twisted exercise in logic. ON THE SAME HARDWARE, I tested Vista and Win7. Vista proved a resource hog, ran slow, and caused a number of headaches due to incompatibilities. It's "security features" were intrusive, among other things. Win7 proves to run faster than WinXP, I ran into no compatibility problems, and the security seems to be a slight improvement on WinXP. No, it isn't all media hype that's responsible for Vista's flop, and Win7's impending success. The Win7 Beta is superior to Vista, plain and simple. The finished product is likely to be even better.
But, many old cars have been on their "last legs" for years, and the owners just can't afford anything better. Those old cars are seldom properly maintenanced, spewing pollution, and wasting gas everywhere they go. It's not a bad idea, after all, to help Joe Sixpack and his little family. Much better than giving Bank of America another few billions to pass on to failed executives as "bonuses".
on the system requirements. Really. I dumped Vista early after installing it. My best machine was substandard, being rated as "Why haven't you recycled this junkheap yet?" Vista ran slow, and I considered it intrusive. Win7 may be BASED ON Vista technology, but on the same machine, it runs very nicely. It outperforms WinXP, both 32 and 64 bit. Needless to say, it runs circles around Vista. IMHO, Win7 is what Vista SHOULD HAVE BEEN. It is definitely an upgrade to Windows XP, while Vista was a downgrade. And, no need to invest 500 bucks in a new video card to get the Aero effects. :)
Funny. We should fear the genocidal maniacs - so the solution is to commit genocide, ourselves. Right.......
will never end, til all of one side or the other is dead. We (the world) needs to back off, and let them go at it. Call it genocide, if you must, but when one side is killed off, or has lost their faith in God, feels abandoned and lost, and loses the will to fight, THEN we will see peace. Sun Tzu said as much. "It isn't necessary to defeat your enemy, it is only necessary to defeat your enemy's will to fight." Paraphrased, of course, from memory.
One must be careful when citing "credible news sources". Look carefully, and you might realize that those "credible news sources" mesh with your own concept of reality. Anything that threatens your concept of reality will automatically be "incredible". People are funny that way........
that watching Disney animations will rot a child's mind
Uhhh - it seems that SUV's have been around so long, few people remember how they came to be. During the LAST big oil shortage, congress mandated that the automakers meet mileage quotas for their fleets. SOMEHOW, trucks were made exempt from passenger car requirements. So, people had to choose between a car (small, cramped, underperforming beasts) that got decent fuel mileage, or a truck (huge, luxurious, and powerful beasts) that got poor mileage. The American consumer demanded his luxury, and his power, so Detroit built trucks. SUV is a meaningless marketing term for those nitwits who thought a "truck" was only for rednecks, and working class people. It is far past time for Americans to give up their luxury, and join the rest of the world, in walking, biking, and train riding. Especially the walking. American lard asses are dropping dead in record numbers from fat related illnesses, as a result of their demand for luxury!!
PowerDesk. I'm quite certain that it had the same features, at least before the year 2000, probably before 1998. It was, and remains, my file manager of choice, when I have to use a Windows operating system. ;)
Our nation's economic woes are due to our immersion in fantasy...... Who CARES who owns yet another set of fantasy figures? BTW - reading the article, the judge says that Fox has a copyright INTEREST in the movie. He doesn't say that Fox outright OWNS it, just that they have a legitimate interest.
I have 3 sons. All have taken high school "computer science". The eldest majors in "computer science" now, in college. And, I say, "WHAT SCIENCE?" They are being taught something that should be labeled "Microsoft Systems", or, maybe more generously, "Business Computing". Of my 3 sons, the youngest is the most into "science". That is, he knows more than one brand of operating system, and is becoming fluent in multiple languages. (in fact, he has left dad behind, lol) As for computer literacy - yes, all high school grads today should be literate. The fact is, in today's and tomorrow's business worlds, the computer illiterate will NOT find work higher than cashier. Even mechanics, carpenters, and any sort of engineer needs to know and understand computers, now, today. So - yes, any school worthy of the name NEEDS to be teaching computer skills. But, please, let's leave out the "science", unless we are teaching more than Microsoft Systems, alright?
I really am not so sure of that. VBox generally works better for me, than VMWare. I don't mean that it outperforms by a huge margin, but generally, it's a little better. Stability? They seem about equal, overall. Both have crashed on me, on the rare occasion. The fact that VBox is free is the real icing on the cake, though.
That is not an arguement that I've seen used. Artists do deserve compensation. The more common argument I've seen, is that the labels compensate the artists unfairly, while at the same time ripping off the public. IMHO, it's time for the labels to go under. What they provide is worth less than 1/10th of what they demand, in prices. But, don't worry people. IF the labels all went bankrupt tomorrow, and were sold off for the value of their assets, the artists would STILL be around, they would STILL make music, and it would STILL be published. And, most likely, the artists would get a "fairer" return on their work.
Slight correction: RIAA holds no copyrights - or at least no copyrights to material that people want to download. Instead, RIAA represents the holders of copyrights that cover material that people DO want to download. RIAA is not protecting their own assets, instead, they are paid by copyright owners to investigate and prosecute infringements. If, in fact, RIAA held any copyrights, they would have some degree of legitimacy. In reality, RIAA has no claim to legitimacy in ANY COURT IN THE WORLD beyond what they are capable of buying. Or, to be more blunt, when they can no longer buy or bullshit judges, they'll be run out of court, or charged with contempt.