Need I actually point out there's legitimate uses of bittorrent? The first of which most people would cite is the distribution of *nix versions, so as to prevent bandwidth hammering on release days.
Are you kidding? Banks FUCKING LOVE fees! It's how THEY survive. They'd suck the lawyers for every penny they had. They'd make the lawyers fight just to get the account changed.
No, a judge who was potentially biased, and had a previous professional relationship with a procescutor applied law in a way not previously applied before. That is why people believe it unfair. Frankly, I'd accept it if it had been a judge without those issues who'd given the verdict.
It's not a wire transfer. It's internet banking, and in North America, the majority of banks charge businesses for transactions above whatever number they've paid to be able to accept, akin to going over your minutes on a cell phone. apparently, Sweden has a similar banking system. But I do agree, it sounds like fraud on the part of the people who give the payments and ask for them back. However, based on TPB trial, TPB people would be the one held accountable for the actions of others.
The difference? There's no enduring record of your activities if there's just a cop on the corner. With a CCTV and sufficiently large storage, someone could go back and count exactly how many times you pass by certain places. Now what if those certain places are deemed "unseemly" such as drug hangouts, or fronts for illegal activities. They now have evidence that could be used in a warrant against you. "Your honour, the defendant was repeatedly seen in the vicinity of the smuggling warehouse, it seems only logical that we can now search his home for anything linking him to the smuggled goods." And you don't get to argue against a warrant while it's being requested. So now the cops have a foot in the door. Why would they focus on you? You trod on the foot of an off-duty officer, and didn't grovel enough for his liking, thus causing a petty vendetta. Cops have abused their power before, this would just expand the scope, if it wasn't properly set up with checks and balances.
The issue is, it's only needless to *you*. Are we to assume that standards and abilities apply across the entire user base? For others, it might be a total clusterf*ck in the old version, and the new one clears up every single issue they ever had. I gotta tell you, I tried OO.org, and it felt like I was using Win95 again. I have no idea if it was actually a bad program or not, but I absolutely couldn't use it. I have it as an emergency app on my flash drive, but I pray I never have to use it. Being OSS, I think the strength would be that we can BOTH be satisfied. I cannot see any reason that they wouldn't be able to make a redesigned UI, and then someone can find a way to make a plug-in to emulate the old UI.
You know, this is actually fairly well disguised flamebait. It took me a good 30 seconds to realize they didn't actually mean it. 7/10. Would rage again.
The issue is, it could be more efficient. Why not pull out the most common functions and arrange them in such a way that it's right at the top? Actually, this could be a big opportunity for OO.o. They could make a "customizable ribbon". You make the tabs, and say what goes in each one. That way, you've actually GOT what you use most.
If Win7 is Vista SP3, what's the point of Vista SP2? They'd be better served abandoning it and forcing everyone to upgrade.
Win7's an upgraded version of the Vista kernel, we all know that, but it's still forked development. You're doing the discourse a disfavour by diseminating disinformation disguised as disgust.
You're not *entitled* to sweet shit all in an RC version of software. They aren't saying "You can use it for a year, but for 3 months we're going to make it difficult." They're saying "You can use this, but it's not meant to be long term, and we're going to make sure you don't forget that."
Well, they may do a mixture. After all, it was possible to upgrade your Vista install via the Microsoft Marketplace online, so they may take a similar tack with this. Make the upgrade available online.
well, 1 minute's interruption every 2 hours isn't bad. the issue is it's an unbroadcast interruption. So say goodbye to anything unsaved at the end of the two hours.
I dunno, I think Win7's more super-user-friendly than Vista, and as far as I can tell, there's not really anything missing compared to XP. Would you be able to point me to the Win7 specific issues (not the ones that are Windows in general, as we all know there's many of those).
I don't recall saying that there is no place for voicemail.
Because the person sending it will be typing it out and seeing it on a display before they send it. I don't care about Google's text-to-speech thing because that's still partly voice mail.
Saying "I don't care because it's still partly voicemail" is giving a strong impression that you don't want voicemail at all. Don't be disingenuous.
Lemme address that point-by-point. 1. Fast. Depending on the phone you have, texting a single message could take 2-3 minutes. Even with a qwerty phone, it'll probably take you a minute or so to compose it to fit in the strictures of the format. In that time I could leave a much more detailed voice mail.
2. Convenient. Again, hardly. There are more situations where you'd be able to rattle off a quick phone message than a text. Any situation where you need your eyes free, or a hand, for instance (since if you're texting one-handed, you're going to be going even slower than a normal text, regardless of phone-style). The only convenience of a text is that if you're interrupted, you can set it aside.
3. Reliable. *rofl* I've had the majority of people I know have issues with text messages not showing up at all, or only showing up 2-3 hours later. The number of people I know who had voicemail issues is less than half that.
And lastly, the cost of a text is 10 cents or more, on some plans. Calling uses from their pool of minutes (unless they're on a pay-as-you-go phone), and they generally have more minutes than they'll use in a month, which is the point of having a plan with minutes.
Um, actually, voice mail would mean you're not at the beck and call of the master. It's waiting for you as soon as you make yourself available. And how many major business developments would you need to miss before you realized you were a tool for not having a way for people to get in touch with you? "Boss! The contract's been rejected, and we need a new clause by 9!" "There's a hostile takeover bid scheduled for 8am!" etc. etc. People who are high up have different concerns. And then let's not forget business travelling, where timezones can make co-ordinating difficult at best. And you can listen to voicemail while you're driving. You can't read an email or text. That delays your response. Face it, the concept of voice mail is still needed. The phone trees need an overhaul, is all.
Voicemail not useless. People who use it are doing it incorrectly. If the only message they're leaving is "I'll email you" or "Call me back," that is useless. It's assumed in a business environment you would want a call returned if it wasn't answered. The variation that should be used is "Don't call me back." If they're not saying that, they should be conveying useful information, or not leaving a message at all. Don't blame the medium for the abuse of those who don't get it.
Not to be rude, but do you actually talk with people on a regular basis, via phone or in person? Because yes, it does matter, even a day or two later. If they were upset a couple days ago, and the situation hasn't been resolved, they're likely still cranky. If they're just "calling to let you know" kinda thing, then you're not likely to get blasted when you call them back. And not to mention all the nuances in communication between people who are in a relationship. Think of the infamous phrase "We need to talk." With no context, that could be anything from "your pet died while I was watching it" to "I'm going to stab you for cheating on me with that whore." Context. It matters.
Have you looked at college and high school essays lately? Writing has actually become worse. The problem is, the "new generation" isn't using proper form while communicating via internet or text messaging. This reinforces bad habits, which carry over to general communcation. More practice doesn't help when you're doing it WRONG.
Duke Nukem was an awesome game in its time. One of the classic franchises. People had it fresh in their mind when it was first announced, and were willing to wait. Then, when it was "wait a little more," they'd been patient, so what was a few more months or so? And eventually, the nostalgia merged with the time invested waiting, and imagining, and people don't want to feel like they missed an awesome game and wasted all that time. I'll admit, that's about what it amounts to for me, too.
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Except they're not. You missed the part where they then said to ask for payment back. So no one would be paying the fine.
Need I actually point out there's legitimate uses of bittorrent? The first of which most people would cite is the distribution of *nix versions, so as to prevent bandwidth hammering on release days.
Are you kidding? Banks FUCKING LOVE fees! It's how THEY survive. They'd suck the lawyers for every penny they had. They'd make the lawyers fight just to get the account changed.
No, a judge who was potentially biased, and had a previous professional relationship with a procescutor applied law in a way not previously applied before. That is why people believe it unfair. Frankly, I'd accept it if it had been a judge without those issues who'd given the verdict.
It's not a wire transfer. It's internet banking, and in North America, the majority of banks charge businesses for transactions above whatever number they've paid to be able to accept, akin to going over your minutes on a cell phone. apparently, Sweden has a similar banking system. But I do agree, it sounds like fraud on the part of the people who give the payments and ask for them back. However, based on TPB trial, TPB people would be the one held accountable for the actions of others.
The difference? There's no enduring record of your activities if there's just a cop on the corner. With a CCTV and sufficiently large storage, someone could go back and count exactly how many times you pass by certain places. Now what if those certain places are deemed "unseemly" such as drug hangouts, or fronts for illegal activities. They now have evidence that could be used in a warrant against you. "Your honour, the defendant was repeatedly seen in the vicinity of the smuggling warehouse, it seems only logical that we can now search his home for anything linking him to the smuggled goods." And you don't get to argue against a warrant while it's being requested. So now the cops have a foot in the door. Why would they focus on you? You trod on the foot of an off-duty officer, and didn't grovel enough for his liking, thus causing a petty vendetta. Cops have abused their power before, this would just expand the scope, if it wasn't properly set up with checks and balances.
The issue is, it's only needless to *you*. Are we to assume that standards and abilities apply across the entire user base? For others, it might be a total clusterf*ck in the old version, and the new one clears up every single issue they ever had. I gotta tell you, I tried OO.org, and it felt like I was using Win95 again. I have no idea if it was actually a bad program or not, but I absolutely couldn't use it. I have it as an emergency app on my flash drive, but I pray I never have to use it. Being OSS, I think the strength would be that we can BOTH be satisfied. I cannot see any reason that they wouldn't be able to make a redesigned UI, and then someone can find a way to make a plug-in to emulate the old UI.
Sounds like CS4.
You know, this is actually fairly well disguised flamebait. It took me a good 30 seconds to realize they didn't actually mean it. 7/10. Would rage again.
Six Days wasn't cancelled. The developer is still working on it, last I heard. Konami simply decided they wouldn't be the ones publishing it.
The issue is, it could be more efficient. Why not pull out the most common functions and arrange them in such a way that it's right at the top? Actually, this could be a big opportunity for OO.o. They could make a "customizable ribbon". You make the tabs, and say what goes in each one. That way, you've actually GOT what you use most.
If Win7 is Vista SP3, what's the point of Vista SP2? They'd be better served abandoning it and forcing everyone to upgrade.
Win7's an upgraded version of the Vista kernel, we all know that, but it's still forked development. You're doing the discourse a disfavour by diseminating disinformation disguised as disgust.
Maybe, instead of a strip, it could be more like a "string" or a "thread"?
You're not *entitled* to sweet shit all in an RC version of software. They aren't saying "You can use it for a year, but for 3 months we're going to make it difficult." They're saying "You can use this, but it's not meant to be long term, and we're going to make sure you don't forget that."
Well, they may do a mixture. After all, it was possible to upgrade your Vista install via the Microsoft Marketplace online, so they may take a similar tack with this. Make the upgrade available online.
One can only hope they will, anyways.
well, 1 minute's interruption every 2 hours isn't bad. the issue is it's an unbroadcast interruption. So say goodbye to anything unsaved at the end of the two hours.
Story's title is still misleading. 90%+ of people would read the title as "force system patch updates", not "upgrading the OS to a different version."
I dunno, I think Win7's more super-user-friendly than Vista, and as far as I can tell, there's not really anything missing compared to XP. Would you be able to point me to the Win7 specific issues (not the ones that are Windows in general, as we all know there's many of those).
I don't recall saying that there is no place for voicemail.
Because the person sending it will be typing it out and seeing it on a display before they send it. I don't care about Google's text-to-speech thing because that's still partly voice mail.
Saying "I don't care because it's still partly voicemail" is giving a strong impression that you don't want voicemail at all. Don't be disingenuous.
Lemme address that point-by-point.
1. Fast. Depending on the phone you have, texting a single message could take 2-3 minutes. Even with a qwerty phone, it'll probably take you a minute or so to compose it to fit in the strictures of the format. In that time I could leave a much more detailed voice mail.
2. Convenient. Again, hardly. There are more situations where you'd be able to rattle off a quick phone message than a text. Any situation where you need your eyes free, or a hand, for instance (since if you're texting one-handed, you're going to be going even slower than a normal text, regardless of phone-style). The only convenience of a text is that if you're interrupted, you can set it aside.
3. Reliable. *rofl* I've had the majority of people I know have issues with text messages not showing up at all, or only showing up 2-3 hours later. The number of people I know who had voicemail issues is less than half that.
And lastly, the cost of a text is 10 cents or more, on some plans. Calling uses from their pool of minutes (unless they're on a pay-as-you-go phone), and they generally have more minutes than they'll use in a month, which is the point of having a plan with minutes.
Um, actually, voice mail would mean you're not at the beck and call of the master. It's waiting for you as soon as you make yourself available. And how many major business developments would you need to miss before you realized you were a tool for not having a way for people to get in touch with you? "Boss! The contract's been rejected, and we need a new clause by 9!" "There's a hostile takeover bid scheduled for 8am!" etc. etc. People who are high up have different concerns. And then let's not forget business travelling, where timezones can make co-ordinating difficult at best. And you can listen to voicemail while you're driving. You can't read an email or text. That delays your response. Face it, the concept of voice mail is still needed. The phone trees need an overhaul, is all.
Voicemail not useless. People who use it are doing it incorrectly. If the only message they're leaving is "I'll email you" or "Call me back," that is useless. It's assumed in a business environment you would want a call returned if it wasn't answered. The variation that should be used is "Don't call me back." If they're not saying that, they should be conveying useful information, or not leaving a message at all. Don't blame the medium for the abuse of those who don't get it.
Not to be rude, but do you actually talk with people on a regular basis, via phone or in person? Because yes, it does matter, even a day or two later. If they were upset a couple days ago, and the situation hasn't been resolved, they're likely still cranky. If they're just "calling to let you know" kinda thing, then you're not likely to get blasted when you call them back. And not to mention all the nuances in communication between people who are in a relationship. Think of the infamous phrase "We need to talk." With no context, that could be anything from "your pet died while I was watching it" to "I'm going to stab you for cheating on me with that whore." Context. It matters.
Have you looked at college and high school essays lately? Writing has actually become worse. The problem is, the "new generation" isn't using proper form while communicating via internet or text messaging. This reinforces bad habits, which carry over to general communcation. More practice doesn't help when you're doing it WRONG.
Nostalgia. That's about it.
Duke Nukem was an awesome game in its time. One of the classic franchises. People had it fresh in their mind when it was first announced, and were willing to wait. Then, when it was "wait a little more," they'd been patient, so what was a few more months or so? And eventually, the nostalgia merged with the time invested waiting, and imagining, and people don't want to feel like they missed an awesome game and wasted all that time. I'll admit, that's about what it amounts to for me, too.