Why would anyone buy a VCR/DVD-R which didn't allow them to record from the TV? DVDs sell because the consumer rarely feels the effect of multiple regions, but if they cannot record Friends while out at a party, they will stick to non-protected VHS. I can't see the manufacturers that were burned by the DAT fiasco wanting a repeat performance with digital video devices.
No I'm not Chuck Norris, and a far more likely scenario would be that a scumbag comes up behind, sticks a knife against your kidney and reaches for your wallet. How does a gun prevent that? A quick twist of his wrist and the perp drops his knife, looks shit-scared and runs away. Even Chuck Norris wouldn't take on a heavily armed group in real life, his most likely action would be to punch one and run for it.
Not as exciting as blowing them away with an Uzi, but then you won't get arrested either.
Finally why do good teeth matter more than good physical condition? You've still failed to answer that.
This confuses me. Do you yanks really think perfect teeth are more important than being thin? I'd rather have one tooth out of place and weigh 210 pounds than have perfect teeth and weigh 400 pounds. And if you knew anything about the UK you'd know that we haven't joined the Euro yet. Anyway why would I want a gun when I can defend myself fine with my fists and feet, although I wouldn't expect a yank to know anything about exercise more strenuous than a walk from the car park to McDonalds.
But the mujahadeen had the support of the West who supplied them with guns. How does that relate to the 'right' of a private citizen to own a lethal weapon? Most guns and other weaponry are illegal in the UK, but it hasn't stopped the IRA from waging a terrorist campaign. Freedom can be won without giving mentally disturbed people the opportunity to go on shooting sprees when they snap. In any case there are plenty of gun-owners in the UK, although they have to have a license.
Microsoft's got the money and guts to stay in it for the long haul
But how are they going to handle competing against someone that they can't just use their OS monopoly to push out of the market? Especially a company with the resources of Sony.
But then Microsoft have brought this venom on themselves by their anti-competitive practices, so MS loyalists should not be surprised at the venom that is directed at them. RedHat isn't particularly popular with the/. crowd either, but then there are plenty of Linux vendors to choose from, unlike in the Windows market.
Everyone so far has failed to remember that AOL signed a deal with MS to use IE until this year. Now given that AOL and Microsoft don't like each other at all and that AOL has spent money on Mozilla, don't you think that AOL will switch as soon as the deal runs out this year.
Yes, although MS driving competition out of the web browser and mail client markets, combined with lying about the abilities of MCSEs makes a virus far more likely to spread as the desktop is virtually the same everywhere and the servers are less secure. That isn't a problem with the OS per se, but more a problem with a lack of competition in the market.
Strangely enough, most people who buy DVDs don't go to university, and it's going to be a while before broadband is widely available in rest of the western world (for those who defend MS, you should try getting broadband from a monopoly telco).
The newest version from the site I mentioned above works like a charm, but I agree, until then it was a problem. I tried the 2 sites you mentioned and didn't seem to have a problem although it did come up with messages on the console. It's mostly there now, I'm looking forward to version 0.8.
Because it runs on dirt-cheap commodity hardware, which OSX will never do. Not all software on Freshmeat is crap, but it's still better to have a choice, and you don't HAVE to use any of it. Are all the apps for the Mac flawless? I don't think so.
Well, I haven't had many problems actually using it, apart from the odd random reboot, but getting it on to my machine was a pain in the butt. It would load drivers for stuff I didn't have and then stop, requiring CTRL-ALT-DEL. After 15 times it got to the partioning screen, and then saw my Linux partitions as one big partition and wouldn't let me install it on my second drive. So after backing up my Linux partitions I started again, and after 15 times got it installed. Now according to Microsoft's supporters, it's my fault for buying a Compaq because they have so much proprietary shit (although I haven't found anything yet that isn't commodity hardware), but that doesn't explain how I've managed to install the supposedly less compatible Linux - RedHat 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1, SuSE 6.3, Mandrake 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2 - without a hitch.
True for now, but when the 21 million AOL users upgrade to the version using Netscape instead of IE and find that many pages don't work, they're going to be a bit upset.
Go to this link and download mozilla-0.7-3 and psm and all your complaints are resolved. BTW do you have an example of a page that breaks JavaScript, as I haven't seen any since M17.
Well not knowing much about mSQL, I would suppose that it was competitor to all the other database available. As to how good it is, I wouldn't know. Finally, even though I should know better than respond to a troll, Linux is currently second in the server market with 24% and rising. That constitutes competition.
The trouble with that is that I can't think of many corporations that are completely ethical. Want to heat your house? You have to deal with oil companies at some point. Want food? Unless you become a hunter-gatherer, you have to deal with companies that routinely rip off third-world farmers. Want to clothe yourself? Well you'll need a good job, as everything less expensive than Armani is made in third-world sweatshops, often by children. The list goes on. The consumer has little power to change this because everyone is doing it. The only organisation with enough power to take on the corps is the government, but the government just seems to be the enforcement arm of the corps these days.
It isn't my democracy, but I can understand American citizens being worried about a company with a history of poor quality products being asked to write a system that determines who will run their country.
Whaddya mean the Brits (of all people). Who do you think invented the computer? The British have a proud history of inventing things, which is why so many of them are employed by large US corporations. Transatlantic flamewar ahoy;)
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Do you have an example of a former member of the MPAA/RIAA who has gone bust solely due to piracy? Or any company for that matter.
Why would anyone buy a VCR/DVD-R which didn't allow them to record from the TV? DVDs sell because the consumer rarely feels the effect of multiple regions, but if they cannot record Friends while out at a party, they will stick to non-protected VHS. I can't see the manufacturers that were burned by the DAT fiasco wanting a repeat performance with digital video devices.
No I'm not Chuck Norris, and a far more likely scenario would be that a scumbag comes up behind, sticks a knife against your kidney and reaches for your wallet. How does a gun prevent that? A quick twist of his wrist and the perp drops his knife, looks shit-scared and runs away. Even Chuck Norris wouldn't take on a heavily armed group in real life, his most likely action would be to punch one and run for it.
Not as exciting as blowing them away with an Uzi, but then you won't get arrested either.
Finally why do good teeth matter more than good physical condition? You've still failed to answer that.
Just like putting games on a business computer is illogical.
Our dentists are first rate
This confuses me. Do you yanks really think perfect teeth are more important than being thin? I'd rather have one tooth out of place and weigh 210 pounds than have perfect teeth and weigh 400 pounds. And if you knew anything about the UK you'd know that we haven't joined the Euro yet. Anyway why would I want a gun when I can defend myself fine with my fists and feet, although I wouldn't expect a yank to know anything about exercise more strenuous than a walk from the car park to McDonalds.
But the mujahadeen had the support of the West who supplied them with guns. How does that relate to the 'right' of a private citizen to own a lethal weapon? Most guns and other weaponry are illegal in the UK, but it hasn't stopped the IRA from waging a terrorist campaign. Freedom can be won without giving mentally disturbed people the opportunity to go on shooting sprees when they snap. In any case there are plenty of gun-owners in the UK, although they have to have a license.
Microsoft's got the money and guts to stay in it for the long haul
But how are they going to handle competing against someone that they can't just use their OS monopoly to push out of the market? Especially a company with the resources of Sony.
not larger than a package fanny
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In England fanny is slang for the vagina. Strange sex toys you yanks have
Why not get her a decent present instead?
What about a connection between KMail, KOrganiser and KPilot. Wouldn't that do most of what's required?
But then Microsoft have brought this venom on themselves by their anti-competitive practices, so MS loyalists should not be surprised at the venom that is directed at them. RedHat isn't particularly popular with the /. crowd either, but then there are plenty of Linux vendors to choose from, unlike in the Windows market.
Everyone so far has failed to remember that AOL signed a deal with MS to use IE until this year. Now given that AOL and Microsoft don't like each other at all and that AOL has spent money on Mozilla, don't you think that AOL will switch as soon as the deal runs out this year.
Yes, although MS driving competition out of the web browser and mail client markets, combined with lying about the abilities of MCSEs makes a virus far more likely to spread as the desktop is virtually the same everywhere and the servers are less secure. That isn't a problem with the OS per se, but more a problem with a lack of competition in the market.
Strangely enough, most people who buy DVDs don't go to university, and it's going to be a while before broadband is widely available in rest of the western world (for those who defend MS, you should try getting broadband from a monopoly telco).
The newest version from the site I mentioned above works like a charm, but I agree, until then it was a problem. I tried the 2 sites you mentioned and didn't seem to have a problem although it did come up with messages on the console. It's mostly there now, I'm looking forward to version 0.8.
Because it runs on dirt-cheap commodity hardware, which OSX will never do. Not all software on Freshmeat is crap, but it's still better to have a choice, and you don't HAVE to use any of it. Are all the apps for the Mac flawless? I don't think so.
Well, I haven't had many problems actually using it, apart from the odd random reboot, but getting it on to my machine was a pain in the butt. It would load drivers for stuff I didn't have and then stop, requiring CTRL-ALT-DEL. After 15 times it got to the partioning screen, and then saw my Linux partitions as one big partition and wouldn't let me install it on my second drive. So after backing up my Linux partitions I started again, and after 15 times got it installed. Now according to Microsoft's supporters, it's my fault for buying a Compaq because they have so much proprietary shit (although I haven't found anything yet that isn't commodity hardware), but that doesn't explain how I've managed to install the supposedly less compatible Linux - RedHat 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1, SuSE 6.3, Mandrake 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2 - without a hitch.
True for now, but when the 21 million AOL users upgrade to the version using Netscape instead of IE and find that many pages don't work, they're going to be a bit upset.
Go to this link
and download mozilla-0.7-3 and psm and all your complaints are resolved. BTW do you have an example of a page that breaks JavaScript, as I haven't seen any since M17.
Well not knowing much about mSQL, I would suppose that it was competitor to all the other database available. As to how good it is, I wouldn't know. Finally, even though I should know better than respond to a troll, Linux is currently second in the server market with 24% and rising. That constitutes competition.
The trouble with that is that I can't think of many corporations that are completely ethical. Want to heat your house? You have to deal with oil companies at some point. Want food? Unless you become a hunter-gatherer, you have to deal with companies that routinely rip off third-world farmers. Want to clothe yourself? Well you'll need a good job, as everything less expensive than Armani is made in third-world sweatshops, often by children. The list goes on. The consumer has little power to change this because everyone is doing it. The only organisation with enough power to take on the corps is the government, but the government just seems to be the enforcement arm of the corps these days.
Yes, Microsoft only took 20 years to provide an OS with a journalling file system - I guess that's innovation in action.
It isn't capitalism, it's oligarchism, where the old kings and lords are replaced by CEOs and VPs and lip-service is paid to the will of the people.
It isn't my democracy, but I can understand American citizens being worried about a company with a history of poor quality products being asked to write a system that determines who will run their country.
Whaddya mean the Brits (of all people). Who do you think invented the computer? The British have a proud history of inventing things, which is why so many of them are employed by large US corporations. Transatlantic flamewar ahoy ;)