So now Google has complete control over your mail. They can freely read and disseminate it at they leisure, dispite the BS they give to the contrary. Sorry, but I would not trust my grocery list to those scummy bastards.
BTW, you are now locked into GMail's non conforming IMAP and POP servers. So tell me, how is that live phone service to their technicians working out for you?
I have replaced motherboards before and was able to get the system revalidated. Microsoft would have offered to send a copy of the log file created when your girl friend spoke to a Microsoft technician to her. Would you be so kind as to post a link to that log. I would like to see what actually transpired. Something sounds wrong. If you actually did a complete re-installation; i.e., wipe the disk clean and install Windows, then all you needed to do was enter the validation number. If this was an OEM version of Windows, then the problem lies with the OEM distributor and not Microsoft. If that was the case, did you contact them for assistance?
you can assume you didnt read anything else i read, so just STFU.
"you can assume"? What am I assuming? "didnt"? Aren't we missing an apostrophe there? "i" is usually capitalized when used as a first person singular in a sentence.
Obviously, I am dealing with an intellectual moron, so I won't bother to respond to any more of your intellectually deficient babble.
i know these stories are told every time an article about Best Buy pops up, i just wish more people could hear them. It has never been about providing "exceptional products and services in a user friendly environment", it has ALWAYS been about the fact that BB loses money when they sell computers without attachments.
Exactly what is it you do not understand. A simple course in Business 101 would have taught you that a corporation has to make money to stay solvent, which enables it to pay its employees (you) and possibly return a dividend to its share holders. If you want to do social work, find employment with the Salvation Army.
Oh yeah, the other wonderfully helpful stock response "stop using the software if you don't like it". Sure, I'd love to go back to getting 500 spams a day.
Is the alternative of receiving no mail more palatable?
Lets be reasonable. The over whelming majority of readers/posters to Slashdot are virulently anti Microsoft enthusiasts. They would never attach open-source, or as it is commonly referred to in Microsoft forums, 'open-sore' software. If they are not attacking Microsoft then they are probably in the corner beating off.
Will somebody please tell the socialist/fascist EC that it is time to shut the F**K up. This group of neo-fascists think that they have some God given right to dictate to anyone (country) how to run their business. Led by Opera, the worlds most useless web browser, they continually stick their nose into everyone else's business. Canada is a sovereign state. They certainly don't need a group of boot licking crack pots telling them how to conduct their affairs.
The bad news is that, the screen is to appear only for users in Europe. I hope the US anti-trust takes hint a from their European counterparts and mandate in the US too.
I seriously hope not. In the US we believe in capitalism. While our president may be a socialist at heart, I hope that the concept does not take root in our economic structure also. Let Europe contend with the fascist/socialist EC. Then again, I cannot wait until they force some *nix product be ported to a Win32/64 platform at their own expense.
I consider it to be the case that my free OS does indeed protect me against malware, where proprietary offerings that cost hundreds of dollars more do not.
It also limits what software you can utilize. Now, if you do not mind being treated like a mindless drone, welcome to your "Brave New World". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World)
I believe that the code should be released; although I find it hard, if not impossible to believe that no one else has stumbled upon his approach. The simple fact is that there is no real interest in hacking a *nix system since the user base is trivial compared to Microsoft's. Consider Firefox as an example. As its base increased, the number of confirmed exploitable flaws increased exponentially also.
Releasing the code as a "Proof of Concept" with the proper warning will shield the author in virtually all locals. Besides, since his code does not cause any harm, he is in the same catagory as 'gun' manufacturers or the author of the original C++ programing language. Simply because something can be used in a harmful manner does not make the original manufacturer/author liable for damages.
-- Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in Bull Durham (1988): ' I believe in the soul, the cock , the pussy, the small of a woman's back , the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent over-rated crap . I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe they're ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing astro turf in the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot , soft core pornography , open your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet-kisses that last three days.'
The EU antitrust body is a beast with teeth, and a lot more difficult to buy out than the US equivalent. Their power comes in large part by their demonstrated ability to battle and win against even the largest multinational corporations. They will not risk losing that reputation, and their fight with MS is being watched by players outside the software industry.
I don't think they'll allow MS to play them for fools. If Balmer tries (and yes, I'm as certain as you that he will), they will smack him up fast and hard, because they know everyone they'll have to fight in the next 10 years is watching.
The EU are a group of neo-fachists/socialists that seek to destroy initiative by forcing those that actually improve a product or design to give their achievements away freely to those who fail to achieve those same goals. Wait until the day comes that they force *.nix to have in place API's that allow Microsoft Products to freely integrate into their systems.
The fact is that the EC is a group whose philosophy is based on socialistic/fascist economic beliefs. The EC, with great podding by Opera, is attempting to force Microsoft to include it in its distribution. Maybe next they will require Mercedes Benz to include Chevrolet engines in their cars.
It is not polite to talk with your mouth full, and it is not polite to talk on the phone while you are taking a dump. And that pretty much sums up food etiquette from beginning to end.
I don't see anything wrong with this. Personally, I use FreeBSD for my servers, and there are something like seven flavors of that OS alone. When you add in all the variants of the various *.nix systems, seven seems insignificant.
Actually, I applaud their initiative. Making each version of their OS more closely tailored to a specific work environment is a smart choice.
You all ready have the right to have the DNA tested by an independent laboratory. This right includes the right to test any evidence that might be used against you in court. Personally, I believe that this is just another example of some lawyer attempting to increase his/her billable hours.
That would depend solely on when you started the installation. If I were to install WinXP right now on one of my PC, it would inevitably need driver updates. So what? At least I could easily find them. Virtually all manufacturers keep up-to-date drivers available for their products. Many even have programs available that can detect the version of the hardware and the driver you have for it installed and will offer to update that driver if required. I have yet to find anything in Linux that mimics that functionality. Worse, even when I am able to find a driver for a device in Linux, it usually is not of as high a quality nor as full featured. This has become more apparent in wireless card devices.
You are kidding right? There are like a million different *.nix versions of one OS or another available, so why not multiple versions of Windows? I like the fact that I can choose the version I want, similar to what I do now with non Window's operating systems.
Sorry, but you are way over the top here. You do not have a constitutional right in the United States to yell "FIRE" in a theater any more than you can write an article advocating the assassination of a political figure.
The use of software to remove objectionable material from broadcasts is no different than the use of the 'V-chip' in modern televisions. The FCC has rules many times on this issue. Just check out Howard Stern if you need further proof.
This is not a censorship issue. This is an editing issue.
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So now Google has complete control over your mail. They can freely read and disseminate it at they leisure, dispite the BS they give to the contrary. Sorry, but I would not trust my grocery list to those scummy bastards.
BTW, you are now locked into GMail's non conforming IMAP and POP servers. So tell me, how is that live phone service to their technicians working out for you?
I have replaced motherboards before and was able to get the system revalidated. Microsoft would have offered to send a copy of the log file created when your girl friend spoke to a Microsoft technician to her. Would you be so kind as to post a link to that log. I would like to see what actually transpired. Something sounds wrong. If you actually did a complete re-installation; i.e., wipe the disk clean and install Windows, then all you needed to do was enter the validation number. If this was an OEM version of Windows, then the problem lies with the OEM distributor and not Microsoft. If that was the case, did you contact them for assistance?
wow that was kind of an asshole response.
you can assume you didnt read anything else i read, so just STFU.
"you can assume"? What am I assuming? "didnt"? Aren't we missing an apostrophe there? "i" is usually capitalized when used as a first person singular in a sentence.
Obviously, I am dealing with an intellectual moron, so I won't bother to respond to any more of your intellectually deficient babble.
i know these stories are told every time an article about Best Buy pops up, i just wish more people could hear them. It has never been about providing "exceptional products and services in a user friendly environment", it has ALWAYS been about the fact that BB loses money when they sell computers without attachments.
Exactly what is it you do not understand. A simple course in Business 101 would have taught you that a corporation has to make money to stay solvent, which enables it to pay its employees (you) and possibly return a dividend to its share holders. If you want to do social work, find employment with the Salvation Army.
Oh yeah, the other wonderfully helpful stock response "stop using the software if you don't like it". Sure, I'd love to go back to getting 500 spams a day.
Is the alternative of receiving no mail more palatable?
-- three Microsoft related stories out of four.
I hereby dub Slashdot "Microdot!"
Oh, wait....
Lets be reasonable. The over whelming majority of readers/posters to Slashdot are virulently anti Microsoft enthusiasts. They would never attach open-source, or as it is commonly referred to in Microsoft forums, 'open-sore' software. If they are not attacking Microsoft then they are probably in the corner beating off.
Will somebody please tell the socialist/fascist EC that it is time to shut the F**K up. This group of neo-fascists think that they have some God given right to dictate to anyone (country) how to run their business. Led by Opera, the worlds most useless web browser, they continually stick their nose into everyone else's business. Canada is a sovereign state. They certainly don't need a group of boot licking crack pots telling them how to conduct their affairs.
The bad news is that, the screen is to appear only for users in Europe. I hope the US anti-trust takes hint a from their European counterparts and mandate in the US too.
I seriously hope not. In the US we believe in capitalism. While our president may be a socialist at heart, I hope that the concept does not take root in our economic structure also. Let Europe contend with the fascist/socialist EC. Then again, I cannot wait until they force some *nix product be ported to a Win32/64 platform at their own expense.
I consider it to be the case that my free OS does indeed protect me against malware, where proprietary offerings that cost hundreds of dollars more do not.
It also limits what software you can utilize. Now, if you do not mind being treated like a mindless drone, welcome to your "Brave New World". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World)
I believe that the code should be released; although I find it hard, if not impossible to believe that no one else has stumbled upon his approach. The simple fact is that there is no real interest in hacking a *nix system since the user base is trivial compared to Microsoft's. Consider Firefox as an example. As its base increased, the number of confirmed exploitable flaws increased exponentially also.
Releasing the code as a "Proof of Concept" with the proper warning will shield the author in virtually all locals. Besides, since his code does not cause any harm, he is in the same catagory as 'gun' manufacturers or the author of the original C++ programing language. Simply because something can be used in a harmful manner does not make the original manufacturer/author liable for damages.
-- .'
Crash Davis (Kevin Costner) in Bull Durham (1988): ' I believe in the soul, the cock , the pussy, the small of a woman's back , the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent over-rated crap . I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe they're ought to be a Constitutional Amendment outlawing astro turf in the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot , soft core pornography , open your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet-kisses that last three days
Actually, I'm not too sure.
The EU antitrust body is a beast with teeth, and a lot more difficult to buy out than the US equivalent. Their power comes in large part by their demonstrated ability to battle and win against even the largest multinational corporations. They will not risk losing that reputation, and their fight with MS is being watched by players outside the software industry.
I don't think they'll allow MS to play them for fools. If Balmer tries (and yes, I'm as certain as you that he will), they will smack him up fast and hard, because they know everyone they'll have to fight in the next 10 years is watching.
The EU are a group of neo-fachists/socialists that seek to destroy initiative by forcing those that actually improve a product or design to give their achievements away freely to those who fail to achieve those same goals. Wait until the day comes that they force *.nix to have in place API's that allow Microsoft Products to freely integrate into their systems.
I have done complete upgrades of FreeBSD that took a day to complete. I see nothing surprising here.
The fact is that the EC is a group whose philosophy is based on socialistic/fascist economic beliefs. The EC, with great podding by Opera, is attempting to force Microsoft to include it in its distribution. Maybe next they will require Mercedes Benz to include Chevrolet engines in their cars.
Open Office is nothing more than a striped down version of MS Office. Yet, it has been shown to use even more memory while being far less useful less.
BTW, MS Office does NOT come with the Windows OS.
Look how long it took Vista to get stable.
Who said it was stable yet?
There isn't a 100% stable OS available today.
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"Etiquette"
It is not polite to talk with your mouth full, and it is not polite to talk on the phone while you are taking a dump. And that pretty much sums up food etiquette from beginning to end.
See: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F02%2F03%2F1815215&from=rss
I don't see anything wrong with this. Personally, I use FreeBSD for my servers, and there are something like seven flavors of that OS alone. When you add in all the variants of the various *.nix systems, seven seems insignificant.
Actually, I applaud their initiative. Making each version of their OS more closely tailored to a specific work environment is a smart choice.
Sorry, that was my point... made in a rather sarcastic way.
My mistake -- I misunderstood.
Plus, let's flip this on its head: do you REALLY want to have to publish your changes so that Microsoft can take advantage of your hard work?
Excuse me, but isn't that exactly what Microsoft is doing -- publishing the work its engineers worked hard on for your perusal?
You all ready have the right to have the DNA tested by an independent laboratory. This right includes the right to test any evidence that might be used against you in court. Personally, I believe that this is just another example of some lawyer attempting to increase his/her billable hours.
That would depend solely on when you started the installation. If I were to install WinXP right now on one of my PC, it would inevitably need driver updates. So what? At least I could easily find them. Virtually all manufacturers keep up-to-date drivers available for their products. Many even have programs available that can detect the version of the hardware and the driver you have for it installed and will offer to update that driver if required. I have yet to find anything in Linux that mimics that functionality. Worse, even when I am able to find a driver for a device in Linux, it usually is not of as high a quality nor as full featured. This has become more apparent in wireless card devices.
You are kidding right? There are like a million different *.nix versions of one OS or another available, so why not multiple versions of Windows? I like the fact that I can choose the version I want, similar to what I do now with non Window's operating systems.
Sorry, but you are way over the top here. You do not have a constitutional right in the United States to yell "FIRE" in a theater any more than you can write an article advocating the assassination of a political figure.
The use of software to remove objectionable material from broadcasts is no different than the use of the 'V-chip' in modern televisions. The FCC has rules many times on this issue. Just check out Howard Stern if you need further proof.
This is not a censorship issue. This is an editing issue.