XBoxLive is Microsoft's private network. Only Microsoft has a right to use it. For everyone else, the use is XBoxLive is a privilege.
Microsoft owns it. Microsoft runs it. Microsoft sets the rules. Microsoft says the service is for unmodified XBox systems and if you have a modified XBox, you can't use the service.
XBoxLive is a service and Microsoft does not have to provide the service to anyone it doesn't want to provide it to as long as it isn't discriminatory under the law.
The EFF needs to shut the fuck up until it dig it's collective head out of it's collective ass.
Hey, dumbshit, why do you think you have a right to free and unfettered use of someone else's work, money, and equipment? Did you build the infrastructure? No, you didn't. Did you pay for the servers and routers? No, you didn't. And, the government didn't either.
Listen up, shithead, YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO THE INTERNET OR ANY OTHER NETWORK OR THE WORK PRODUCT OF ANYONE ELSE.
The Constitution says you can start your own news paper, and it says you can say things the government doesn't like. It does not guarantee you a phone, a news paper, Internet access, etc. It does not say you can use other people's things for free.
Oh, and just so you will know, originally the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, didn't provide rights to anything. It provided rights FROM things, like censorship and unreasonable search and seizure.
Awww look, the rabid anti-Microsoft crowd has modded my truthful response as Flaimbait, completely missing the point that the summary of the article is Flaimbait
Really? Do those files have the same config file format? How readable are they? Have you worked with SendMail? Are those config files in the same location across all flavors of Linux, let alone all flavors of UNIX?
Oh, and that config that is a soft link to a samba share better be loaded AFTER samba, right? You won't be soft linking all of/etc, right?
The *NIX way is no better and no worse than the Windows way. It is just different. And, you took the bait. I was making fun of fanboys like you who even the GPP thought would say "Do it like Linux!"
It is highly improbable that an author would keep and use the same computer for 20 years. The problem is that a typewriter has a single purpose while computers are general purpose.
Most people who use computers will upgrade their computers after a few years to take advantage of newer technology and capabilities. The odds are very much against an author, especially a successful author, using the same computer for more than two novels.
You are an apologist for terrorists how murder innocent people. You piece together your narrative from the propaganda of the terrorists and then call yourself informed. I bet you believe everything Al Jazeera puts out because it fits your preferred world view. Next, you will be saying that the video of those poor Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks was faked.
It is a sad tragedy when Western nations inadvertently kill Muslim civilians while trying to stop Muslim terrorists who are busy killing Western civilians.
It is demonic, freedom-hating evil when Muslims specifically target Western civilians. And, it is even more evil when those same Muslim terrorists hide behind women and children.
You stupid little dictatorial troll. The Co$ has nothing to do with that. Why don't you explain why you believe everyone should do exactly as you say, Mr. TinPot Dictator? Well, shithead, I am waiting. You say you think you should be allowed to yell in the ear of anyone who disagrees with you, so give me your name and address and I will come over and you can try to yell in my ear, you fucking coward.
Now, either post your true contact info or shut the fuck up bitch.
Sounds to me like this is just an hypothesis as there doesn't appear to much experimental evidence supporting it. This is an extraordinary claim and so need extraordinary proof.
And, the interchanging of hypothesis and theory by scientific magazines is a bad thing. If scientists, science fans, and science writers do not use the words correctly how are we to defend the difference when creationists come around misusing the words?
They use those same tactics against what they consider to be their enemies, but when someone turns the tables on them, they shed a few crocodile tears and run to the police.
They have broken into the offices of the FBI and have members of their cult have died under suspicious circumstances while under their care, yet they have the gall to call what others do illegal.
I see you didn't research the AT&T/Apple deal or the cell phone industry either.
Go do some research instead of making assumptions.
Here is a hint: Find out how many high-end smart phones, besides blackberries, are available on multiple networks in the U.S. Then research how RIM and the blackberry got where they are today.
OK, you have just proven you are an idiot who knows very little about the cell phone industry or anti-trust law. And, there is no point in trying to explain it to you. You apparently read some blogs and now think you are well informed and therefor completely right.
But, I will point you in the right direction so you can see how foolish you are: Go to any cell phone carrier and ask them how much it is to buy a phone without a contract.
Until you actually do your research, there is no point in talking to you.
135% in three years? That is nothing compared to what will happen. Try 135% in one month, one week, maybe even in one day. That is hyperinflation. Check into how fast the currency in Zimbabwe is devaluing, then you will get an idea.
BTW, the reason the dollar isn't devaluing at that kind of rate now is that we sell our debt to China.
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
And you, dumbfuck, and the EFF ignore the fact that you agree to the rules when you sign up.
Now, shut the fuck up and go back to school, shithead.
XBoxLive is Microsoft's private network. Only Microsoft has a right to use it. For everyone else, the use is XBoxLive is a privilege.
Microsoft owns it. Microsoft runs it. Microsoft sets the rules. Microsoft says the service is for unmodified XBox systems and if you have a modified XBox, you can't use the service.
XBoxLive is a service and Microsoft does not have to provide the service to anyone it doesn't want to provide it to as long as it isn't discriminatory under the law.
The EFF needs to shut the fuck up until it dig it's collective head out of it's collective ass.
Your question is irrelevant.
If you don't write it, they most will not come and those that do come will not stay.
Hey, dumbshit, why do you think you have a right to free and unfettered use of someone else's work, money, and equipment? Did you build the infrastructure? No, you didn't. Did you pay for the servers and routers? No, you didn't. And, the government didn't either.
Listen up, shithead, YOU DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO THE INTERNET OR ANY OTHER NETWORK OR THE WORK PRODUCT OF ANYONE ELSE.
The Constitution says you can start your own news paper, and it says you can say things the government doesn't like. It does not guarantee you a phone, a news paper, Internet access, etc. It does not say you can use other people's things for free.
Oh, and just so you will know, originally the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, didn't provide rights to anything. It provided rights FROM things, like censorship and unreasonable search and seizure.
Awww look, the rabid anti-Microsoft crowd has modded my truthful response as Flaimbait, completely missing the point that the summary of the article is Flaimbait
Really? Do those files have the same config file format? How readable are they? Have you worked with SendMail? Are those config files in the same location across all flavors of Linux, let alone all flavors of UNIX?
Oh, and that config that is a soft link to a samba share better be loaded AFTER samba, right? You won't be soft linking all of /etc, right?
The *NIX way is no better and no worse than the Windows way. It is just different. And, you took the bait. I was making fun of fanboys like you who even the GPP thought would say "Do it like Linux!"
Yes! Because that is the *nix way! It has been around for 30+ years so we know it is the best way evar! /sarcasm
To the rabid anti-Microsoft crowd, any apology is "groveling", regardless of who was wrong.
Please list in detail the qualities of and the differences between a cult and a religion.
It is highly improbable that an author would keep and use the same computer for 20 years. The problem is that a typewriter has a single purpose while computers are general purpose.
Most people who use computers will upgrade their computers after a few years to take advantage of newer technology and capabilities. The odds are very much against an author, especially a successful author, using the same computer for more than two novels.
There, fixed that for you
You are an apologist for terrorists how murder innocent people. You piece together your narrative from the propaganda of the terrorists and then call yourself informed. I bet you believe everything Al Jazeera puts out because it fits your preferred world view. Next, you will be saying that the video of those poor Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks was faked.
It is a sad tragedy when Western nations inadvertently kill Muslim civilians while trying to stop Muslim terrorists who are busy killing Western civilians.
It is demonic, freedom-hating evil when Muslims specifically target Western civilians. And, it is even more evil when those same Muslim terrorists hide behind women and children.
Hezbollah and Hamas deliberately target civilians, especially children, in an attempt create as much carnage and fear in the civilians as possible.
They use human shields and hide among civilians. Then, they have the gall to decry the inadvertent deaths caused by their own tactics and actions.
That makes them terrorists.
You stupid little dictatorial troll. The Co$ has nothing to do with that. Why don't you explain why you believe everyone should do exactly as you say, Mr. TinPot Dictator? Well, shithead, I am waiting. You say you think you should be allowed to yell in the ear of anyone who disagrees with you, so give me your name and address and I will come over and you can try to yell in my ear, you fucking coward.
Now, either post your true contact info or shut the fuck up bitch.
No, you are arrogant like a fucking dictator, shithead. You need to have your head removed from you asshole. That, or a fucking bullet put in both.
Sounds to me like this is just an hypothesis as there doesn't appear to much experimental evidence supporting it. This is an extraordinary claim and so need extraordinary proof.
And, the interchanging of hypothesis and theory by scientific magazines is a bad thing. If scientists, science fans, and science writers do not use the words correctly how are we to defend the difference when creationists come around misusing the words?
They use those same tactics against what they consider to be their enemies, but when someone turns the tables on them, they shed a few crocodile tears and run to the police.
They have broken into the offices of the FBI and have members of their cult have died under suspicious circumstances while under their care, yet they have the gall to call what others do illegal.
That is funny. I did the same search and slashdot.org is at the top. And, "slashdot" was also the top search suggestion when I was typing it in.
So, I say you are a lying, sack-of-shit troll.
I see your point, but there is nothing wrong with what you have described as long as the customer knows in advance, which they do.
I see you didn't research the AT&T/Apple deal or the cell phone industry either.
Go do some research instead of making assumptions.
Here is a hint: Find out how many high-end smart phones, besides blackberries, are available on multiple networks in the U.S. Then research how RIM and the blackberry got where they are today.
OK, you have just proven you are an idiot who knows very little about the cell phone industry or anti-trust law. And, there is no point in trying to explain it to you. You apparently read some blogs and now think you are well informed and therefor completely right.
But, I will point you in the right direction so you can see how foolish you are:
Go to any cell phone carrier and ask them how much it is to buy a phone without a contract.
Until you actually do your research, there is no point in talking to you.
135% in three years? That is nothing compared to what will happen. Try 135% in one month, one week, maybe even in one day. That is hyperinflation. Check into how fast the currency in Zimbabwe is devaluing, then you will get an idea.
BTW, the reason the dollar isn't devaluing at that kind of rate now is that we sell our debt to China.
I think we have just witnessed the science fiction literature equivalent of Duell's quote: