If you want to disable windows, there are much easier ways to do it than WGA, just look at the massive list of bots, viruses, etc. that if you're not up to date on patches and protection, can wreck your machine post haste!
Not true. All of those NEED the operating system to work to either show you ads, or to send spam from your computer. If your computer is disabled, then they have failed. I CAN see someone making a virus that will make your Vista install appear to be bogus, just to wreak havok on:
1. Microsoft 2. America 3. Capitalism 4. Infidels 5. Other
This doesn't affect me personally as I have already decided that there is no way Vista will make it into my house, but it will affect me indirectly if customers/family/friends can't get online. MS is about to shoot themselves in the foot again, and just like with 9x/NT, I think they are underestimating hackers ability to carve up their little OS.
Less punks on Digg? You must be new THERE. I can't even stand to go there anymore. Digg's moderation system is a joke, as is the comment system (1 nest) and the articles are subpar, even by/. standards.
At least on/. when the eds screw up and post something bogus, they TELL you they messed up. Digg editors edit comments, falsely up "diggs" to move something to the front page, etc. It is a fraud of a blog.
but would you continue to use it if some sites starting displaying incorrectly?
I try not to visit sites that don't adhear to standards personally. The main reason I go to websites is to READ, so as long as it shows text, I'm golden. This is one reason it is impossible to make a good internet appliance for the home, too damn many quazi-standards that aren't.
How many of these advanced features do you really want to even SEE on a website?
How many species of animal and plant have become extinct since man became the dominant species on this planet?
Considerably less than have gone extinct from massive volcano eruptions and giant meteors. Not saying we should wipe everything out, but Mother Nature is a bitch and she has a temper. She has thinned the herd more often, and much more harshely than we ever could, in a matter of minutes.
I don't think Steam is the ultimate (although I have several of their games) but they have proven that online sales work. Personally, I LIKE not having to install, type in the key, find the cd to play, etc.
They are not poor like Somalians, granted, but their government is spending more money to attack US troops via proxy than to feed and heat the homes of their citizens.
The market has a way of self-correcting, so if it isn't that bad of a game, other retailers will sell it and they will miss out on the revenue. To me, it isn't a big deal because it isn't infringing someone speech or limiting their ability to get the game (which isn't a "right" per se). If they screwed up, they will realize it eventually.
I don't like the idea of a game designed around bullying in a school house, although i will defend your right to make one. I would also defend anyone's right to not sell it. Why they banned it doesn't matter to me as I can get it elsewhere if I so choose. I'm not here to say they are smart or dumb, just that they have the right to be smart or dumb. Admittedly, I CAN see why they would draw the line at schoolhouse violence, considering recent events. Whether I agree or not is not relevant with their rights.
Again, I am not supporting what they did, just their right to do it.
So, you're saying that if the mafia decides to monitor the press and use threat of force to alter publicity, it doesn't involve censorship. After all, the mafia isn't the government, right?
Correct. That is called extortion. Look it up, as it isn't my job to educate you.
Censorship is ONLY when a government does not allow someone to speak freely. "Voluntary censorship" is just two words put together, they mean nothing no matter how cool you think they sound together, nor how abuse this phrase is.
Women are strongly encouraged to cover themselves, although this isn't required by law (many are currently trying to make it law). Women's literacy rate is considerably lower than men's, 73% vs 85.6%. Female circumcision is also still practiced widely, which is a brutal method to insure women can't enjoy sex by removing the clitoris and often more.
Yea, Iran is a paradise alright. Move there then write us about it, *IF* you can get access to US internet servers, that is.
Oh I agree that what is "poverty" is a very vague line, but the main point that Iran has a considerable amount of poverty holds true. Many 'poor' people in the US have a playstation, for example, but terrible access to health care. You very likely have a car but no job. Go figure.
The choice between 'publishing what you want and going bankrupt' and 'publishing what Walmart says and getting stuff sold' isn't exactly a free choice.
I understand what you are saying, but as a point of comparison: on the pc platform, over 80% of the online gamers playing FPS games are doing so on Steam. You can buy the games at Walmart, but you don't have to, and they don't carry all the titles. I am not sure that Walmart is the #1 seller of games, although it is desireable to be there. In an internet world, I would image that at least 50% of the games sold are done online anyway. I just can't see Walmart as having a monopoly when you have Kmart, Best Buy, CompUSA, and lots of other big box stores selling games.
Strawman? People are saying "they shouldn't do that". The real strawman is when people say they support someone's Rights, but only if those Rights agree with their own ideals. The nut of it is that they don't want to sell games that show school house violence, and you think they should because they sell games that show other kinds of violence. They draw the line when it involves violence at the school house. This is controversial?
The solutions are simple. Don't shop there. Vote with your dollars. Boycott them. Go stand in front with a picket sign. Buy their stock out and change the policy. Lame about it on Slashdot. Pick one.
Pretty selective with your facts. How about these from the CIA World Factbook, where you got your info, comparing Iran and the US.
GDP per capita US $41,800 (2005 est.) Iran $8,300 (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate US 5.1% (now less then 5%) Iran 11.2%
Population below the poverty level US 12% Iran 40%
Inflation rate US 3.2% Iran 13.5%
Many other numbers are not published, as Iran doesn't want them public. Iran sells lots of oil, but the citizens don't see much of the money. Too much is being sent to Siria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places to support their biggest export, their religious philosophy.
Make no mistake about it, Iran has more poverty than they want you to know about. Then again, if you live in Iran, what are you going to do, protest? BANG! One less person in poverty.
It is their stores. They can carry what they want, that is the main point. You can choose not to shop there. Maybe they are just starting to filter out stuff to be family friendly, or maybe they think only those select titles don't fit the image they want to project. It is THEIR standard, not yours, that they use. Again, shop elsewhere if you don't like them. You have plenty of choices, so your rights are not being infringed.
You gotta love the movie Starship Troopers! It's like Star Trek meets Beverly Hills 90210. It is so bad, it's good. Definitely worthwhile with the correct amount of THC. Same catagory as L. Ron Hubbard's fiasco with John Travolta, Battlefield Earth.
Sounds like they are trying to be responsible retailers, according to their own reasonable definitions. Every store should have the right (and does in most places) to stock what games or products it wants, and if they think a title is not good for their customers, they don't stock it. Not sure why this is news.
I am sure some will scream "censorship!", which is of course silly, and only the government can censor. I call this "setting standards for what products you carry". If you really want Bully, I am sure there are plenty of other places that sell it.
Ahem, my wife owned a computer repair shop for years and works on them daily for a couple decades. Assuming that a woman can't be an exceptional technician is pretty lame.
At 45, she has probably been working on computers longer than you have been alive.
To contrast, I am very comfortable with Linux on the server (ie: no X or desktop). I can setup web servers, samba, just about any daeomon, write my own perl scripts for maintenance or fun. I love the shell. Been using Linux on the server for over 10 years now.
Now, running the Linux desktop, I'm still new to and find some issues with, but once I setup the system the way I want I can just backup the configs for. About to make that leap...
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If you want to disable windows, there are much easier ways to do it than WGA, just look at the massive list of bots, viruses, etc. that if you're not up to date on patches and protection, can wreck your machine post haste!
Not true. All of those NEED the operating system to work to either show you ads, or to send spam from your computer. If your computer is disabled, then they have failed. I CAN see someone making a virus that will make your Vista install appear to be bogus, just to wreak havok on:
1. Microsoft
2. America
3. Capitalism
4. Infidels
5. Other
This doesn't affect me personally as I have already decided that there is no way Vista will make it into my house, but it will affect me indirectly if customers/family/friends can't get online. MS is about to shoot themselves in the foot again, and just like with 9x/NT, I think they are underestimating hackers ability to carve up their little OS.
Less punks on Digg? You must be new THERE. I can't even stand to go there anymore. Digg's moderation system is a joke, as is the comment system (1 nest) and the articles are subpar, even by /. standards.
/. when the eds screw up and post something bogus, they TELL you they messed up. Digg editors edit comments, falsely up "diggs" to move something to the front page, etc. It is a fraud of a blog.
At least on
but would you continue to use it if some sites starting displaying incorrectly?
I try not to visit sites that don't adhear to standards personally. The main reason I go to websites is to READ, so as long as it shows text, I'm golden. This is one reason it is impossible to make a good internet appliance for the home, too damn many quazi-standards that aren't.
How many of these advanced features do you really want to even SEE on a website?
How many species of animal and plant have become extinct since man became the dominant species on this planet?
Considerably less than have gone extinct from massive volcano eruptions and giant meteors. Not saying we should wipe everything out, but Mother Nature is a bitch and she has a temper. She has thinned the herd more often, and much more harshely than we ever could, in a matter of minutes.
I don't think Steam is the ultimate (although I have several of their games) but they have proven that online sales work. Personally, I LIKE not having to install, type in the key, find the cd to play, etc.
What good is cheap gas when you have cronic shortages of natural gas for heating due to a lack of infrastructure? Then it may because they want to sell it to Georgia for political points, even if their citizens do without.
They are not poor like Somalians, granted, but their government is spending more money to attack US troops via proxy than to feed and heat the homes of their citizens.
The market has a way of self-correcting, so if it isn't that bad of a game, other retailers will sell it and they will miss out on the revenue. To me, it isn't a big deal because it isn't infringing someone speech or limiting their ability to get the game (which isn't a "right" per se). If they screwed up, they will realize it eventually.
I don't like the idea of a game designed around bullying in a school house, although i will defend your right to make one. I would also defend anyone's right to not sell it. Why they banned it doesn't matter to me as I can get it elsewhere if I so choose. I'm not here to say they are smart or dumb, just that they have the right to be smart or dumb. Admittedly, I CAN see why they would draw the line at schoolhouse violence, considering recent events. Whether I agree or not is not relevant with their rights.
Again, I am not supporting what they did, just their right to do it.
So, you're saying that if the mafia decides to monitor the press and use threat of force to alter publicity, it doesn't involve censorship. After all, the mafia isn't the government, right?
Correct. That is called extortion. Look it up, as it isn't my job to educate you.
As does voluntary censorship
Censorship is ONLY when a government does not allow someone to speak freely. "Voluntary censorship" is just two words put together, they mean nothing no matter how cool you think they sound together, nor how abuse this phrase is.
Women are strongly encouraged to cover themselves, although this isn't required by law (many are currently trying to make it law). Women's literacy rate is considerably lower than men's, 73% vs 85.6%. Female circumcision is also still practiced widely, which is a brutal method to insure women can't enjoy sex by removing the clitoris and often more.
Yea, Iran is a paradise alright. Move there then write us about it, *IF* you can get access to US internet servers, that is.
Oh I agree that what is "poverty" is a very vague line, but the main point that Iran has a considerable amount of poverty holds true. Many 'poor' people in the US have a playstation, for example, but terrible access to health care. You very likely have a car but no job. Go figure.
The choice between 'publishing what you want and going bankrupt' and 'publishing what Walmart says and getting stuff sold' isn't exactly a free choice.
I understand what you are saying, but as a point of comparison: on the pc platform, over 80% of the online gamers playing FPS games are doing so on Steam. You can buy the games at Walmart, but you don't have to, and they don't carry all the titles. I am not sure that Walmart is the #1 seller of games, although it is desireable to be there. In an internet world, I would image that at least 50% of the games sold are done online anyway. I just can't see Walmart as having a monopoly when you have Kmart, Best Buy, CompUSA, and lots of other big box stores selling games.
Strawman? People are saying "they shouldn't do that". The real strawman is when people say they support someone's Rights, but only if those Rights agree with their own ideals. The nut of it is that they don't want to sell games that show school house violence, and you think they should because they sell games that show other kinds of violence. They draw the line when it involves violence at the school house. This is controversial?
The solutions are simple. Don't shop there. Vote with your dollars. Boycott them. Go stand in front with a picket sign. Buy their stock out and change the policy. Lame about it on Slashdot. Pick one.
Pretty selective with your facts. How about these from the CIA World Factbook, where you got your info, comparing Iran and the US.
GDP per capita
US $41,800 (2005 est.)
Iran $8,300 (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate
US 5.1% (now less then 5%)
Iran 11.2%
Population below the poverty level
US 12%
Iran 40%
Inflation rate
US 3.2%
Iran 13.5%
Many other numbers are not published, as Iran doesn't want them public. Iran sells lots of oil, but the citizens don't see much of the money. Too much is being sent to Siria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other places to support their biggest export, their religious philosophy.
Make no mistake about it, Iran has more poverty than they want you to know about. Then again, if you live in Iran, what are you going to do, protest? BANG! One less person in poverty.
Are you sure that it's video games that make you go blind? I remember the priest telling me it was something else... ;)
It is their stores. They can carry what they want, that is the main point. You can choose not to shop there. Maybe they are just starting to filter out stuff to be family friendly, or maybe they think only those select titles don't fit the image they want to project. It is THEIR standard, not yours, that they use. Again, shop elsewhere if you don't like them. You have plenty of choices, so your rights are not being infringed.
You gotta love the movie Starship Troopers! It's like Star Trek meets Beverly Hills 90210. It is so bad, it's good. Definitely worthwhile with the correct amount of THC. Same catagory as L. Ron Hubbard's fiasco with John Travolta, Battlefield Earth.
I've always said that we should just chain them up in a basement until they're 18.
It puts the lotion on the skin, else it gets the hose again?
Sounds like they are trying to be responsible retailers, according to their own reasonable definitions. Every store should have the right (and does in most places) to stock what games or products it wants, and if they think a title is not good for their customers, they don't stock it. Not sure why this is news.
I am sure some will scream "censorship!", which is of course silly, and only the government can censor. I call this "setting standards for what products you carry". If you really want Bully, I am sure there are plenty of other places that sell it.
Nice example. And Apple is laying partial blame on the Indians for not having an immune system capable of fending off smallpox.
IBM?
maybe?
Ahem, my wife owned a computer repair shop for years and works on them daily for a couple decades. Assuming that a woman can't be an exceptional technician is pretty lame.
At 45, she has probably been working on computers longer than you have been alive.
To contrast, I am very comfortable with Linux on the server (ie: no X or desktop). I can setup web servers, samba, just about any daeomon, write my own perl scripts for maintenance or fun. I love the shell. Been using Linux on the server for over 10 years now.
Now, running the Linux desktop, I'm still new to and find some issues with, but once I setup the system the way I want I can just backup the configs for. About to make that leap...
Most people expect a new version of an operating system to have more features, not less.