You claim that the Windows XP piracy is down because of an intrusive activation scheme, but you have no evidence of that. Even if Windows XP piracy rates are down (which you failed to demonstrate), you didn't show causality.
I assert that if Windows XP piracy is down, it is due to the general acceptance that Windows 2000 has become a mature and reliable operating system that meets most needs, thus dissuading people from switching to Windows XP.
Some evidence would make your point far more effectively than the ad hominem attack you instead chose to use.
You make a good point in your third paragraph, but you lose all your credibility when you glance back at the second paragraph.
And it's not an intrusive activation scheme. You don't like it? Don't use it.
Personally, I don't use the phone that much and if the FBI/CIA wants to listen to me ordering a pizza they are welcome to.
OK, I'm calling your bluff: post your address. I'm going to visit your house to watch you through your windows, listen to your conversations, and follow you to work, since you're not doing anything illegal and have nothing to hide.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
That is, there are certain rights that people have, regardless of whether or not they are explicitly spelled out in the Constitution.
And if you don't have rights to anonymity, then why the fuck are you posting anonymously? Answer: because we have that right.
You, nor the government, has no right to know what I do in my free time, what books I like, etc. if I don't want them to, unless there is very clear evidence that I could be doing something illegal, in which case they have to apply for a warrant.
Technically. I doubt they even need the warrant these days; but the laws on the book say...
No? You don't like that? You don't like the precise timing, even though you *knew* that sooner or later, you had to die?
How is that plenty of notice? Your argument is stupid. A beta test network is completely different from human life, and rather than concede that you are wrong (even though my posts clearly defeat yours), you've decided to try to turn this into a last-word pissing contest.
Enjoy yourself.
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I hate that.
My 19" CRT cost half as much as a 15" LCD when I bought it, and it still looks great (to me.) LCD can suck gofer nuts until the prices come down, as far as I'm concerned.
Bush Jr. got his daddy to get him out of trouble when he deserted the National Guard, yet the media didn't touch the subject. They were all over Clinton, yet you didn't hear a peep out of the media about this.
Obviously, someone was keeping the media silent about the issue. But it's impossible to get the journalists to shut up about voter fraud??
By the way, you can't watch people vote; it's illegal. You can only exit poll them. You would know that, if you had actually voted.
And you would be pissed if your vote had been stolen from you!
I have a Canon i550... best printer I've ever owned. It prints fast and well on lower quality, and absolutely beautifully at high quality. Borderless prints, the cartridges are dirt cheap, and even if I wanted to get my hands covered with ink I could, there's no chips that I have to mess around with.
I don't use Linux at home, so I don't know how it works under that OS. Under XP it's a dream.
Development is never done. I can't think of a single "complete" piece of software -- people are always coming up with new features, annoyances or bugs to fix, ways to streamline the interface, etc. etc.
And one of the big weaknesses of Free Software is a lack of revenue...
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"It's ridiculously expensive, terminal services are free."
You claim that the Windows XP piracy is down because of an intrusive activation scheme, but you have no evidence of that. Even if Windows XP piracy rates are down (which you failed to demonstrate), you didn't show causality.
I assert that if Windows XP piracy is down, it is due to the general acceptance that Windows 2000 has become a mature and reliable operating system that meets most needs, thus dissuading people from switching to Windows XP.
Some evidence would make your point far more effectively than the ad hominem attack you instead chose to use.
You make a good point in your third paragraph, but you lose all your credibility when you glance back at the second paragraph.
And it's not an intrusive activation scheme. You don't like it? Don't use it.
Windows life cycle documents are available here so it's not like they are going to drop support out of nowhere.
Personally, I don't use the phone that much and if the FBI/CIA wants to listen to me ordering a pizza they are welcome to.
OK, I'm calling your bluff: post your address. I'm going to visit your house to watch you through your windows, listen to your conversations, and follow you to work, since you're not doing anything illegal and have nothing to hide.
Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
That is, there are certain rights that people have, regardless of whether or not they are explicitly spelled out in the Constitution.
And if you don't have rights to anonymity, then why the fuck are you posting anonymously? Answer: because we have that right.
You, nor the government, has no right to know what I do in my free time, what books I like, etc. if I don't want them to, unless there is very clear evidence that I could be doing something illegal, in which case they have to apply for a warrant.
Technically. I doubt they even need the warrant these days; but the laws on the book say...
We can't go one fucking news article without bashing Windows??
Ass!
You better learn English or the US will stop selling you Palm products. WE WILL TAKE OUR BALL AND GO HOME!
So what say I just blow your head off right now?
No? You don't like that? You don't like the precise timing, even though you *knew* that sooner or later, you had to die?
How is that plenty of notice? Your argument is stupid. A beta test network is completely different from human life, and rather than concede that you are wrong (even though my posts clearly defeat yours), you've decided to try to turn this into a last-word pissing contest.
Enjoy yourself.
I hate that.
My 19" CRT cost half as much as a 15" LCD when I bought it, and it still looks great (to me.) LCD can suck gofer nuts until the prices come down, as far as I'm concerned.
Don't ask about the gofer nuts, I have no idea.
So? It is going away, with plenty of notice.
Therefore, all must follow the 10th commandment of beta testing:
"Thou Shalt Not Bitch."
You are missing the point:
Summarizing events, and leaving important details out to fulfill an agenda, is lying. You simply cannot deny that.
The only question here is, "Are they leaving out important details to fulfill an agenda?" There is no arguing about what I have said above.
My head is not a test head.
The network being decommissioned was a test network.
Test systems do not last forever.
End of story.
See?
If presenting half of the truth to fulfill your own agenda is not censorship, then it is lying.
Both have the same effect; the truth is simply not being presented.
I can't understand anybody complaining when they've got three years notice...
Bush Jr. got his daddy to get him out of trouble when he deserted the National Guard, yet the media didn't touch the subject. They were all over Clinton, yet you didn't hear a peep out of the media about this.
Obviously, someone was keeping the media silent about the issue. But it's impossible to get the journalists to shut up about voter fraud??
By the way, you can't watch people vote; it's illegal. You can only exit poll them. You would know that, if you had actually voted.
And you would be pissed if your vote had been stolen from you!
Can you please provide links that support your statements? (It makes believing you easier.)
How about you actually read this.
Actually, no, no it isn't.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/88244_sean2
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/ira
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/17/iraq.chemical.s
Defend your viewpoint, ass!
So it's just a coincidence then?
Just like Florida was the state where all the voting controversy happened, and it was just a coincidence that Bush's brother was the governor there?
Does this reek of horse shit to anyone else, or is it just me?
I have a Canon i550... best printer I've ever owned. It prints fast and well on lower quality, and absolutely beautifully at high quality. Borderless prints, the cartridges are dirt cheap, and even if I wanted to get my hands covered with ink I could, there's no chips that I have to mess around with.
I don't use Linux at home, so I don't know how it works under that OS. Under XP it's a dream.
Someone's a hero because they hacked CERN?? I must be Jesus for giving a homeless guy a sandwich.
If we was releasing truth of some worth, perhaps, but these aren't the Pentagon Papers, people, these are silly vulnerability reports for programs.
Since it's free software, couldn't an RHN member technically just leak it without consequence?
Somebody tell the Dell Dude to yank his stash out of his mini-tower before it gets picked up...
Development is never done. I can't think of a single "complete" piece of software -- people are always coming up with new features, annoyances or bugs to fix, ways to streamline the interface, etc. etc.
And one of the big weaknesses of Free Software is a lack of revenue...