You're not sweden are you? Because you actually miss a very major point there. In here judges think about the actual purpose aswell and I dont think its a secret to anyone what The PIRATE Bay was doing. So if you intentionally assist with something, you will be charged for it no matter if you circumvent the law with some stupid way. The intention here counts a lot more than what I've heard it counts in USA, and you have to take that into consideration aswell. I dont think the pirate bay guys did..
And how is it not a shortcoming of Linux when theres the stuff needed just isn't available like it is for Windows?
This kind of attitude just brings me to mind the linux fanboys who go about how great linux is, and when asked if theres equivalent for some soft they need they just answer "eh.. well, you dont need that. its open source you know!" or "if you continue using that goddamn Windows you're evil and support bad companies!!!"
And no, its not a troll. I've seen these things so many times (and I do use linux myself, but just for my servers usage)
And just to preemptivy stupid comments about left4dead (someone earlier replied that left4dead dedicated server runs on linux aswell), I want to PLAY the game, not run a server for it:)
Stop buying the bulk computer boxes or constructing your box yourself, and you'll see that all the general computers sold to end user comes with drivers and instructions and everything needed to run them.
On an another note, yes Linux comes with drivers that work in most cases. But since they're general drivers, they never archieve the same results as specific drivers made for Windows by the manufacturer.
What would be the point of emulating lots of software you use? and specially games, you even cannot as the fps would be like 1fps.
Unless linux can deliver me all of the things I need that I have in windows, I'm not gonna transfer. Hell, I prolly wouldnt transfer even then unless theres something better that I have in Windows (but yes, security gained by minor OS would prolly be good, but that would change in my scenario aswell).
And let me state, I use linux for various servers I own and manage. But it just cant give me the same use for me as Windows in desktop usage, from both work and gaming experience.
And no, my gaming needs aren't replaced with the freeware and some other games that are available for linux. I want to play the newest games like Left4Dead and Sims 3, and providing "alternative" for me doesn't cut. I want to play those games and not make a compromise, specially when theres no any need to.
I've never understood people who talk like Angelina Jolie is like the hottest person in the world. Her face looks weird, her hair doesn't look good at all nor does her body because of those.
I prefer plain text because its 100x more secure than HTML with how its rendered. Theres various exploitable software and even drive-by-download exploits, and then you can use hotlinked images to track who reads emails (and spam them even more).
Yes, my email client supports html emails. It even has it enabled by default. But because of that, I changed it to show text version to me before and just when I click it will show me the html version
Perfect idea! I just *want* more of those emails embedded inside bloat html for no reason!
But more on it, if you want to implement it on the normal text view, there's millions of email clients you would need to get to support it. And as far as HTML email goes, No Thanks.
IMO this isn't such an bad way to do it. Might even be patent worthly as noone is doing it.
I myself really dislike stupid red fonts in emails or whatever *urgent* messages. I understand it by words anyways and it just makes me feel offended. But if its just cultural differences, then good job IBM.
However, you don't see Dell advertising computers as the best way to track football scores and the results of Nascar races or find the cheapest local place to buy beer. Come to think of it, I've dated one or two guys for whom that sort of ad campaign WOULD make them more willing to buy a computer... The bigger question I have is why they have ad campaigns talking down to (seemingly) less intelligent women, but DON'T have ad campaigns similarly targeted to the less intelligent men. Hmmmmm...
Its because this time they targeted this niche. Targeting guys with football scores and sports results would be another niche they could do.
It has nothing to do with assuming *all the woman* are less intelligent or anything like that. They're just marketing to certain types of people, because theres actually never been much targeting with computers, except the ones they're made for gamers. Computers have always just been sold by listing all the specs and just dumping them in the ad on a page. Dell just goes the other route and tries to catch people who arent interested in those.
This is pretty much similar to selling those gaming computers/mouses/keyboards for "Gamer! You're gonna pwn in CS with this!" and people getting angry and yelling "WTF NOT ALL GAMERS PLAY CS! you insensitive clod!"
I dont really see anything bad in them marketing it as a "girl computer" either. Its a fact that way more guys are more tech savvy than girls, just see lan parties or what guys/girls talk (yes, there's always exceptions). Or when as kid, there was tv adverts. For boys it was action toys and such, and for girls dolls and other girly and cute stuff.
Now, theres nothing wrong in girl being tech savvy or different from others, its nice. But majority aren't, and its nice that way. Girls like manly men, guys like girly girls.
If there was something completely wrong in that, it would had changed already.
Biology is a good answer, but you can also see it all from the differences in man/women body and in animal world aswell. The roles are always different, and almost 99% same along different animals.
Fact is that girls like different stuff than guys, and guys like different stuff than guys. Computers have always been quite much man oriented, so its nice to see someone is trying to push to other side of the market (girls) aswell. Its better for them too when they get stuff they like, right?
I used it for normal internet stuff for a month and phone bill noted my total traffic being around 200GB for that time, and no extra or hidden costs.
Here its actually mandatory to note it as unlimited* traffic if it does contain some limits, like they say unlimited* phone calls and sms (* max 3000 mins per month).
I dont know about you, but atleast here in scandinavia unlimited 5mbit 3g costs 30euros/month.
Now, power usage might be a different thing, but it doesnt matter either if you have it wired (like I did when I used it for normal web browsing and gaming etc)
This is slashdot, so we would probably laught at it.
But theres tons of people who dont care about the specs and such, if it just fits them and works well. Backdrop of explosions and guitar riffs would work quite well in marketing to certain types of people.
Its nothing else here either. They're targeting certain niche, and I guess it might even be quite big. Those people are probably just interested in those things and aren't interested on all the other crap.. And to use a car analogy here, I have absolutely no interest in whats under the hood in the car. I dont even want to hear, it's just boring to me. I just know how it looks and feels to drive, and I base my purchases on those things.
I really doubt their intention is to target and stereotype all women in the world. They're targeting a niche, and to be honest, lots of girls like those things. If they dont, they dont need to use or buy it. Simple as that. Hell, it would be kind of kinky to see a girl with similar gaming, entertainment and programming equipment to mine.
However, lots of girls I've seen and dated (including my current girlfriend) would like those, despite the fact that they also like lots of different things. But men and women do see and act to things differently usually, so its good someone also tries to market to that 'niche' (I wouldn't really call it a niche tho).
Also lots of girls aren't tech savvy. Yes, there's girls that are (wohoo), but men generally are way more interested in technology and such. Or why do you think men have to get the biggest, loudest and latest TV sets with hifi sounds, while most girls are ok with some normal tv if they can just watch it (and not bother too much with it)
and btw, pink shirts have been in men's fashion for a few years. I doubt anyone comes comment about it.
Where does it state that paypal was used? PayPal is a stupid system as it is anyways.
Credit cards have that chargeback system where you can tell your company that you didnt auth that transaction and get it back (funny thing is that I cant actually do it on my country, but it works in USA)
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You're not sweden are you? Because you actually miss a very major point there. In here judges think about the actual purpose aswell and I dont think its a secret to anyone what The PIRATE Bay was doing. So if you intentionally assist with something, you will be charged for it no matter if you circumvent the law with some stupid way. The intention here counts a lot more than what I've heard it counts in USA, and you have to take that into consideration aswell. I dont think the pirate bay guys did..
SourceForge is based and hosted in USA, so they have to follow USA laws.
You sir, failed to understand whats the $31 is about. Thats the cost for getting the album there, not the price its sold at.
OSX has about 10% market share and yet no viruses.
There are OSX malware.
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan_osx_dnschanger.shtml
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/21/new-mac-os-x-malware-osx_lamzev-a/
http://www.spyware-techie.com/mac-malware-warning-mac-malware-osxtrojaniserviceb-showing-up-in-pirated-software/
And how is it not a shortcoming of Linux when theres the stuff needed just isn't available like it is for Windows?
This kind of attitude just brings me to mind the linux fanboys who go about how great linux is, and when asked if theres equivalent for some soft they need they just answer "eh.. well, you dont need that. its open source you know!" or "if you continue using that goddamn Windows you're evil and support bad companies!!!"
And no, its not a troll. I've seen these things so many times (and I do use linux myself, but just for my servers usage)
And just to preemptivy stupid comments about left4dead (someone earlier replied that left4dead dedicated server runs on linux aswell), I want to PLAY the game, not run a server for it :)
Stop buying the bulk computer boxes or constructing your box yourself, and you'll see that all the general computers sold to end user comes with drivers and instructions and everything needed to run them.
On an another note, yes Linux comes with drivers that work in most cases. But since they're general drivers, they never archieve the same results as specific drivers made for Windows by the manufacturer.
What would be the point of emulating lots of software you use? and specially games, you even cannot as the fps would be like 1fps.
Unless linux can deliver me all of the things I need that I have in windows, I'm not gonna transfer. Hell, I prolly wouldnt transfer even then unless theres something better that I have in Windows (but yes, security gained by minor OS would prolly be good, but that would change in my scenario aswell).
And let me state, I use linux for various servers I own and manage. But it just cant give me the same use for me as Windows in desktop usage, from both work and gaming experience.
And no, my gaming needs aren't replaced with the freeware and some other games that are available for linux. I want to play the newest games like Left4Dead and Sims 3, and providing "alternative" for me doesn't cut. I want to play those games and not make a compromise, specially when theres no any need to.
I've never understood people who talk like Angelina Jolie is like the hottest person in the world. Her face looks weird, her hair doesn't look good at all nor does her body because of those.
First post's trailer trash is a good term.
No thanks.
Notepad has always been all I've needed. If I need something else, I code it.
I prefer plain text because its 100x more secure than HTML with how its rendered. Theres various exploitable software and even drive-by-download exploits, and then you can use hotlinked images to track who reads emails (and spam them even more).
Yes, my email client supports html emails. It even has it enabled by default. But because of that, I changed it to show text version to me before and just when I click it will show me the html version
No, no, dont do it! Your readers will just hate it... instead use comic sans with pink huge font!
Perfect idea! I just *want* more of those emails embedded inside bloat html for no reason!
But more on it, if you want to implement it on the normal text view, there's millions of email clients you would need to get to support it. And as far as HTML email goes, No Thanks.
IMO this isn't such an bad way to do it. Might even be patent worthly as noone is doing it.
I myself really dislike stupid red fonts in emails or whatever *urgent* messages. I understand it by words anyways and it just makes me feel offended. But if its just cultural differences, then good job IBM.
So its not ok to make a game of those horrible events, but its ok to actually commit them? Thats some twisted logic.
However, you don't see Dell advertising computers as the best way to track football scores and the results of Nascar races or find the cheapest local place to buy beer. Come to think of it, I've dated one or two guys for whom that sort of ad campaign WOULD make them more willing to buy a computer... The bigger question I have is why they have ad campaigns talking down to (seemingly) less intelligent women, but DON'T have ad campaigns similarly targeted to the less intelligent men. Hmmmmm...
Its because this time they targeted this niche. Targeting guys with football scores and sports results would be another niche they could do.
It has nothing to do with assuming *all the woman* are less intelligent or anything like that. They're just marketing to certain types of people, because theres actually never been much targeting with computers, except the ones they're made for gamers. Computers have always just been sold by listing all the specs and just dumping them in the ad on a page. Dell just goes the other route and tries to catch people who arent interested in those.
This is pretty much similar to selling those gaming computers/mouses/keyboards for "Gamer! You're gonna pwn in CS with this!" and people getting angry and yelling "WTF NOT ALL GAMERS PLAY CS! you insensitive clod!"
I dont really see anything bad in them marketing it as a "girl computer" either. Its a fact that way more guys are more tech savvy than girls, just see lan parties or what guys/girls talk (yes, there's always exceptions). Or when as kid, there was tv adverts. For boys it was action toys and such, and for girls dolls and other girly and cute stuff.
Now, theres nothing wrong in girl being tech savvy or different from others, its nice. But majority aren't, and its nice that way. Girls like manly men, guys like girly girls.
If there was something completely wrong in that, it would had changed already.
Biology is a good answer, but you can also see it all from the differences in man/women body and in animal world aswell. The roles are always different, and almost 99% same along different animals.
Fact is that girls like different stuff than guys, and guys like different stuff than guys. Computers have always been quite much man oriented, so its nice to see someone is trying to push to other side of the market (girls) aswell. Its better for them too when they get stuff they like, right?
So why didnt you do or patent it before?
I used it for normal internet stuff for a month and phone bill noted my total traffic being around 200GB for that time, and no extra or hidden costs.
Here its actually mandatory to note it as unlimited* traffic if it does contain some limits, like they say unlimited* phone calls and sms (* max 3000 mins per month).
You must be new here.
Just use a self-signed certificate. Its better than plain http anyways.
And if I remember correctly such certifices cost like $5-$10 and can be automatically purchased too, atleast from some issuers.
I dont know about you, but atleast here in scandinavia unlimited 5mbit 3g costs 30euros/month.
Now, power usage might be a different thing, but it doesnt matter either if you have it wired (like I did when I used it for normal web browsing and gaming etc)
This is slashdot, so we would probably laught at it.
But theres tons of people who dont care about the specs and such, if it just fits them and works well. Backdrop of explosions and guitar riffs would work quite well in marketing to certain types of people.
Its nothing else here either. They're targeting certain niche, and I guess it might even be quite big. Those people are probably just interested in those things and aren't interested on all the other crap.. And to use a car analogy here, I have absolutely no interest in whats under the hood in the car. I dont even want to hear, it's just boring to me. I just know how it looks and feels to drive, and I base my purchases on those things.
I really doubt their intention is to target and stereotype all women in the world. They're targeting a niche, and to be honest, lots of girls like those things. If they dont, they dont need to use or buy it. Simple as that. Hell, it would be kind of kinky to see a girl with similar gaming, entertainment and programming equipment to mine.
However, lots of girls I've seen and dated (including my current girlfriend) would like those, despite the fact that they also like lots of different things. But men and women do see and act to things differently usually, so its good someone also tries to market to that 'niche' (I wouldn't really call it a niche tho).
Also lots of girls aren't tech savvy. Yes, there's girls that are (wohoo), but men generally are way more interested in technology and such. Or why do you think men have to get the biggest, loudest and latest TV sets with hifi sounds, while most girls are ok with some normal tv if they can just watch it (and not bother too much with it)
and btw, pink shirts have been in men's fashion for a few years. I doubt anyone comes comment about it.
Where does it state that paypal was used? PayPal is a stupid system as it is anyways.
Credit cards have that chargeback system where you can tell your company that you didnt auth that transaction and get it back (funny thing is that I cant actually do it on my country, but it works in USA)