Just because a company sends a cease-and-desist does not mean it is valid. These lawyers cut-and-paste these letters together & just spam away without ever researching if they C&D is valid or not. They know that many people will get scared and stop, even if said people were doing nothing wrong.
I got one for selling "old time radio" MP3-CDs on ebay, but of course it had no validity. All that stuff is public domain now, so I just threw it in the trash. F the lawyers and their fake, nonlegal letters.
>>>I am sorry, but you're full of shit. When the 360/PS3 came out, we already had GIGS of RAM in our machines, with far more advanced GPUs
Yeah except PCs are burdened by having to support thousands of drivers for multiple CPU or CPU configurations (read: overhead and wasted cycles). In contrast with consoles the programmers can go direct to the metal and eke-out every bit of power. The end result is the an X360 or PS3 game looks essentially the same as a game running on a 2006 PC. They do not have equivalent power/specs but they do have equivalent results because of having static, known hardware that can allow code optimization.
>>>With gfx, storage, cpu, mem all piling on the pressure, consoles are drowning. Eventually, devs will move back to the PC because of its more open, less limited
OR: The console makers might do what they've always done and release a next-generation console that can match what the PC tech can do (for that year). When the PS1 started looking aged, Sony released the PS2 that was looked just as good as the PCs of 2000. When PS2 had aged, they released PS3 which could rival 2006 PCs. And now they'll retire the PS3 and go for the next-gen console. (Ditto Microsoft.)
You are mixing together two different events. Event #1 is a thieving corporation named amazon that sent me a Gamecube instead of a Bundle, and then refused to take it back (thus forcing me to goto Mastercard for a resolution).
Event #2 is the case where a *private* seller sends me a "new" game that is scratched, so I negotiate with the seller by saying, "This game isn't new. The disc is scratched; it's clearly used. May I have a 50% refund to reflect the true value of this non-new item?"
Actually I typed the wrong word. It was MASTERCARD who I gave the tracking number to, because Amazon refused to refund the money. The amazon operator just kept insisting they delivered the advertised product & refused to take it back. So I had to take it to a higher level-of-authority above amazon. TG for credit card protection.
And somehow I don't feel guilty about stealing from a Dishonest corporation that false-advertises Gamecube Bundles and instead just mails a regular gamecube. Anymore than I would cry if Foxconn was put out of business for labor abuse. Or if I learned Goldmann Sachs is being dissolved for mortgage fraud.
No wonder juries send people to jail for self-defense. They must be idiots like you. If I see some stabber mutilating a citizen with his knife, I'm not going to just say, "Hey you stop that." It only takes seconds to stab a person to death. You need to act to save the life, and do it immediately. If you don't act the victim will be a corpse.
Srtuipid painsy-assed liberal Democrat. Afraid to punish a killer when you catch him IN THE ACT of murder. Go burn ion hell.
Microsoft did not have a monopoly. They did not have 100% of the OS market as there were other options at the time (Mac, Amiga, ST, OS/2,...). And Nintendo lost the suit, and was forced by the courts to reveal the lockout code so other manufacturers like Atari & Sega could sell games on the NES.
But they aren't America. People don't expect China or Russia to be "good guys" or protective of basic rights. America has fulfilled that role for the las 200 years, so if we do something like shoot guns at a crowd, other think it must be okay. "The world's symbol of democracy is doing it, so we can do it too."
I think he meant *U.S. sanctioned attacks*. When Egypt was rounding-up and tossing people in jail w/o trial, they pointed to the U.S. and said, "The Americans do it, so it must be okay." Now other powers like Iran, Israel, Turkey, etc are saying the same thing about cyberattacks: "The Americans did it so it must be okay."
America sets the example of how a human rights-protecting Republic should act, and lately we've been setting a very bad example by Not respecting basic individual rights.
>>>based on microsoft's track record I don't think I would trust them with my data, both reliability and privacy.
But you would trust Google or Apple to keep your stuff private? Hahahahahahahahaahahaha! And let's not forget it was Google who suffered a major crash that lost people's emails, so you can't truth them on reliability either.
You don't have to have a monopoly to be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Microsoft didn't have one, nor Nintendo when for "blocking competitive software from being sold" on the NES.
>>>That wouldn't even be a feature on windows, it would be a disaster, because my 70 year old aunt would accidentally remove something important
Strange..... I've been right-clocking and removing shit off my Windows for years. My XP and Seven desktops are completely blank (except for the start button). I'm not sure where either you or the/. reviewer got the idea you cannot remove things from the Windows desktop.
And yeah Windows 8 may be a work of art (pretty to look at), but I'd really like to get some actual Work accomplished thank you very much The digital equivalent of T&A doesn't let me do that. It slows me down and makes me want to switch to a OS for offices like Seven.
>>> they are more "rolling release" than set milestones, so upgrading is a lot less of a pain
I'd like an OS that doesn't upgrade at all (except security fixes), so I know my software will still work today in 2012, or in the future in 2020. I am sick-and-tired of these bullshit "upgrades" that make things break on my PC. I call it a DOWNgrade when programmers break your favorite tools. Can you image if carmakers did that? "We upgraded the firmware in your 2010 Civic and, sadly, the radio and air conditioner don't work anymore. You'll have to visit the nearest mechanic and buy new ones."
>>>>> I know the word "Cardashians". I haven't the foggiest clue who they are or why TV/radio onair talent keeps talking about them. >> >>You sir, are an idiot.
No sir, I have better things to do with my life than drool over losers on the boob tube. I'm sorry that your life is so pathetic that you know who the Carddashians are. So fuck off and go get a life you arogant piece of shti bastard whore.
>>>>>At what point did a bird stop being a dinosaur? >> >>When did it happen in the past? When dinosaurs became extinct?
That's a nonanswer. Not all dinosaurs became extinct at the same time. The smaller-sized ones survived the asteroid impact, as did the feathered ones. So we've come full circle to my original question:
When did the feathered ones stop being "dinosaurs" and become "birds". The correct answer is: We don't know. The change was gradual over millions of years, with many animals that had the characteristics of both dinosaurs & birds at the same time.
>>>Even people with 10 million lifetime income can become broke (I've seen it happen to a smallish construction business owner) and may need a mild safety net.
He probably didn't lose anything. His personal assets would have been separate from his corporation's collapse, so he'd still have tons of money in his retirement savings. I'd still want him to be ineligible for SSI checks because he's rich enough to support himself. (If he really gets desperate, he could sign-up for Welfare and Food Stamps.)
>>>definitely an upgrade for the driver behind you, who has to stop accelerating each time you switch gears manually
Good shifters don't slow down. Professional shifters (raccar drivers) do it so fast you have to rewind the tape to see what the blur was. And of course good automatic drivers should stop following so damn close so they don't need to brake when I shift from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3.
Volkswagen comes with Direct-Shift-Gearing which has discrete gearing like a manual, but does the shifting by itself. That's what it gets +2 MPG on the highway (for diesels; gasoline car don't appear to have a difference).
I'd rather store it in at amazon's warehouse. My apartment is already full of VHS tapes, DVDs, and Games. Oh and books. I have to sell stuff just to make room for more.
That new Nook Glow is pretty sweet, but I went with the Kindle e-ink because it was cheap ($70) and it's the only one that has a subscription to Fantasy & Science Magazine for a mere $1/month (instead of $3). I couldn't pass up that bargain.
They can only rip you off if you Let them rip you off. Amazon screwed me over a couple years ago. Sent me a product that did not match what was advertised, and refused to offer me a discount or refund. (It was a Gamecube Bundle and it came with none of the games Amazon advertised; they called it a "typo" and did nothing to make it right.)
So I just screwed them back: Dear Amazon: I returned the Gamecube, but you never issued a refund. Here's my proof: Tracking number 0123456789. "We're sorry sir. We'll issue you a refund immediately."
Meanwhile the Gamecube is sitting under my television. A corporation can only screw you if you LET them screw you. Learn to fight back. In my view Amazon is a THIEF that falsely-advertised a product & refused to make it right, so they deserved to have some karmic payback.
Just as if I see someone stabbing a citizen in a street, I won't hestiate to pull-out my gun and kill the stabber immediately. Don't mistreat people. Payback's a bitch.
And maybe not. The original Kindle sold for around $500. Do you think they felt "ripped" off when Amazon released the K2 for $250? Or the current base version for $79? Another example: I know many people who paid $25,000 for their Echo-style Priuses but a year later a dealer offered me one for a mere $18,000 because he knew a Prius 2 was coming soon. When you adopt something early, you should understand that you are paying a premium price and that later versions will be cheaper.
Maybe MickyTheIdiot..... never mind I can stop right there. LOL. Warehouse Deals has a lot of good bargains on products. However I still find a get better bargains through private sellers because so many of them are dishonest (describing used items as "new"), and therefore I can negotiate a refund to get the item free or 50% off.
Are they? "IHS iSuppli said the components that go into the Kindle Fire cost $191.65. Additional manufacturing expenses bring the total cost to $209.63."
Maybe Amazon negotiated a really good deal where the mysterious "additional expenses" are near-zero, and the Kindle costs less than the $199 pricetag. For that matter we don't know what the components really costs; I used to negotiate pricing and depending upon the day-of-the-week/supply/etc the total cost could fluctuate as much as $50.
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Just because a company sends a cease-and-desist does not mean it is valid. These lawyers cut-and-paste these letters together & just spam away without ever researching if they C&D is valid or not. They know that many people will get scared and stop, even if said people were doing nothing wrong.
I got one for selling "old time radio" MP3-CDs on ebay, but of course it had no validity. All that stuff is public domain now, so I just threw it in the trash. F the lawyers and their fake, nonlegal letters.
>>>I am sorry, but you're full of shit. When the 360/PS3 came out, we already had GIGS of RAM in our machines, with far more advanced GPUs
Yeah except PCs are burdened by having to support thousands of drivers for multiple CPU or CPU configurations (read: overhead and wasted cycles). In contrast with consoles the programmers can go direct to the metal and eke-out every bit of power. The end result is the an X360 or PS3 game looks essentially the same as a game running on a 2006 PC. They do not have equivalent power/specs but they do have equivalent results because of having static, known hardware that can allow code optimization.
>>>With gfx, storage, cpu, mem all piling on the pressure, consoles are drowning. Eventually, devs will move back to the PC because of its more open, less limited
OR:
The console makers might do what they've always done and release a next-generation console that can match what the PC tech can do (for that year). When the PS1 started looking aged, Sony released the PS2 that was looked just as good as the PCs of 2000. When PS2 had aged, they released PS3 which could rival 2006 PCs. And now they'll retire the PS3 and go for the next-gen console. (Ditto Microsoft.)
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You are mixing together two different events. Event #1 is a thieving corporation named amazon that sent me a Gamecube instead of a Bundle, and then refused to take it back (thus forcing me to goto Mastercard for a resolution).
Event #2 is the case where a *private* seller sends me a "new" game that is scratched, so I negotiate with the seller by saying, "This game isn't new. The disc is scratched; it's clearly used. May I have a 50% refund to reflect the true value of this non-new item?"
Actually I typed the wrong word. It was MASTERCARD who I gave the tracking number to, because Amazon refused to refund the money. The amazon operator just kept insisting they delivered the advertised product & refused to take it back. So I had to take it to a higher level-of-authority above amazon. TG for credit card protection.
And somehow I don't feel guilty about stealing from a Dishonest corporation that false-advertises Gamecube Bundles and instead just mails a regular gamecube. Anymore than I would cry if Foxconn was put out of business for labor abuse. Or if I learned Goldmann Sachs is being dissolved for mortgage fraud.
>>>Then you'd be guilty of murder.
No wonder juries send people to jail for self-defense. They must be idiots like you. If I see some stabber mutilating a citizen with his knife, I'm not going to just say, "Hey you stop that." It only takes seconds to stab a person to death. You need to act to save the life, and do it immediately. If you don't act the victim will be a corpse.
Srtuipid painsy-assed liberal Democrat. Afraid to punish a killer when you catch him IN THE ACT of murder. Go burn ion hell.
Microsoft did not have a monopoly. They did not have 100% of the OS market as there were other options at the time (Mac, Amiga, ST, OS/2, ...). And Nintendo lost the suit, and was forced by the courts to reveal the lockout code so other manufacturers like Atari & Sega could sell games on the NES.
But they aren't America. People don't expect China or Russia to be "good guys" or protective of basic rights. America has fulfilled that role for the las 200 years, so if we do something like shoot guns at a crowd, other think it must be okay. "The world's symbol of democracy is doing it, so we can do it too."
I think he meant *U.S. sanctioned attacks*. When Egypt was rounding-up and tossing people in jail w/o trial, they pointed to the U.S. and said, "The Americans do it, so it must be okay." Now other powers like Iran, Israel, Turkey, etc are saying the same thing about cyberattacks: "The Americans did it so it must be okay."
America sets the example of how a human rights-protecting Republic should act, and lately we've been setting a very bad example by Not respecting basic individual rights.
>>>based on microsoft's track record I don't think I would trust them with my data, both reliability and privacy.
But you would trust Google or Apple to keep your stuff private? Hahahahahahahahaahahaha! And let's not forget it was Google who suffered a major crash that lost people's emails, so you can't truth them on reliability either.
You don't have to have a monopoly to be sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Microsoft didn't have one, nor Nintendo when for "blocking competitive software from being sold" on the NES.
>>>That wouldn't even be a feature on windows, it would be a disaster, because my 70 year old aunt would accidentally remove something important
Strange..... I've been right-clocking and removing shit off my Windows for years. My XP and Seven desktops are completely blank (except for the start button). I'm not sure where either you or the /. reviewer got the idea you cannot remove things from the Windows desktop.
And yeah Windows 8 may be a work of art (pretty to look at), but I'd really like to get some actual Work accomplished thank you very much The digital equivalent of T&A doesn't let me do that. It slows me down and makes me want to switch to a OS for offices like Seven.
Yeah.
So why was Kubuntu dropped? Looking at the Ubuntu website I can't even tell there are other variants.
>>> they are more "rolling release" than set milestones, so upgrading is a lot less of a pain
I'd like an OS that doesn't upgrade at all (except security fixes), so I know my software will still work today in 2012, or in the future in 2020. I am sick-and-tired of these bullshit "upgrades" that make things break on my PC. I call it a DOWNgrade when programmers break your favorite tools. Can you image if carmakers did that? "We upgraded the firmware in your 2010 Civic and, sadly, the radio and air conditioner don't work anymore. You'll have to visit the nearest mechanic and buy new ones."
>>>>> I know the word "Cardashians". I haven't the foggiest clue who they are or why TV/radio onair talent keeps talking about them.
>>
>>You sir, are an idiot.
No sir, I have better things to do with my life than drool over losers on the boob tube. I'm sorry that your life is so pathetic that you know who the Carddashians are. So fuck off and go get a life you arogant piece of shti bastard whore.
>>>>>At what point did a bird stop being a dinosaur?
>>
>>When did it happen in the past? When dinosaurs became extinct?
That's a nonanswer. Not all dinosaurs became extinct at the same time. The smaller-sized ones survived the asteroid impact, as did the feathered ones. So we've come full circle to my original question:
When did the feathered ones stop being "dinosaurs" and become "birds". The correct answer is: We don't know. The change was gradual over millions of years, with many animals that had the characteristics of both dinosaurs & birds at the same time.
>>>Even people with 10 million lifetime income can become broke (I've seen it happen to a smallish construction business owner) and may need a mild safety net.
He probably didn't lose anything. His personal assets would have been separate from his corporation's collapse, so he'd still have tons of money in his retirement savings. I'd still want him to be ineligible for SSI checks because he's rich enough to support himself. (If he really gets desperate, he could sign-up for Welfare and Food Stamps.)
>>>definitely an upgrade for the driver behind you, who has to stop accelerating each time you switch gears manually
Good shifters don't slow down. Professional shifters (raccar drivers) do it so fast you have to rewind the tape to see what the blur was. And of course good automatic drivers should stop following so damn close so they don't need to brake when I shift from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3.
Volkswagen comes with Direct-Shift-Gearing which has discrete gearing like a manual, but does the shifting by itself. That's what it gets +2 MPG on the highway (for diesels; gasoline car don't appear to have a difference).
I'd rather store it in at amazon's warehouse.
My apartment is already full of VHS tapes, DVDs, and Games. Oh and books. I have to sell stuff just to make room for more.
That new Nook Glow is pretty sweet, but I went with the Kindle e-ink because it was cheap ($70) and it's the only one that has a subscription to Fantasy & Science Magazine for a mere $1/month (instead of $3). I couldn't pass up that bargain.
They can only rip you off if you Let them rip you off. Amazon screwed me over a couple years ago. Sent me a product that did not match what was advertised, and refused to offer me a discount or refund. (It was a Gamecube Bundle and it came with none of the games Amazon advertised; they called it a "typo" and did nothing to make it right.)
So I just screwed them back: Dear Amazon: I returned the Gamecube, but you never issued a refund. Here's my proof: Tracking number 0123456789. "We're sorry sir. We'll issue you a refund immediately."
Meanwhile the Gamecube is sitting under my television. A corporation can only screw you if you LET them screw you. Learn to fight back. In my view Amazon is a THIEF that falsely-advertised a product & refused to make it right, so they deserved to have some karmic payback.
Just as if I see someone stabbing a citizen in a street, I won't hestiate to pull-out my gun and kill the stabber immediately. Don't mistreat people. Payback's a bitch.
And maybe not. The original Kindle sold for around $500. Do you think they felt "ripped" off when Amazon released the K2 for $250? Or the current base version for $79? Another example: I know many people who paid $25,000 for their Echo-style Priuses but a year later a dealer offered me one for a mere $18,000 because he knew a Prius 2 was coming soon. When you adopt something early, you should understand that you are paying a premium price and that later versions will be cheaper.
Maybe MickyTheIdiot..... never mind I can stop right there. LOL. Warehouse Deals has a lot of good bargains on products. However I still find a get better bargains through private sellers because so many of them are dishonest (describing used items as "new"), and therefore I can negotiate a refund to get the item free or 50% off.
Are they? "IHS iSuppli said the components that go into the Kindle Fire cost $191.65. Additional manufacturing expenses bring the total cost to $209.63."
Maybe Amazon negotiated a really good deal where the mysterious "additional expenses" are near-zero, and the Kindle costs less than the $199 pricetag. For that matter we don't know what the components really costs; I used to negotiate pricing and depending upon the day-of-the-week/supply/etc the total cost could fluctuate as much as $50.