I think articles that are intentionally inflammatory (I'm lookin' at you, John C. Dvorak) to generate page views should be tagged with either "dvoraktroll" or "pagehittroll".
I'm convinced that all this (rate hike, denied appeals, last-minute "change of heart") was orchestrated expressly to get every web broadcaster into a deal that favors the recording industry. It's disgusting, in a "Lex Luthor teasing Superman with kryptonite" sort of way.
It appears as if he took the statement "there is no strong evidence of the existence of God" to mean "there is strong evidence of the nonexistence of God." English mixed with a distributed negation can be messy indeed.
If his behavior won't be somehow framed as some form of psychological disorder, how would a psychologist, based on everything he's said and done, describe Mr. Thompson?
That's usually a result of business consultants telling execs that marketing is cheaper than R&D, therefore they should spend more on marketing/sales/distribution than R&D.
The guy (whose father is an electrician who, no doubt, installed or checked the wiring in the house) does mention that on a couple of occasions the CSR suggested bad wiring in the house. After the second suggestion, he had the wiring re-checked by a contractor who gave him a clean report. I'm thinking if he wanted a cleaner power source, he'd need a conditioner or three.
Why in god's name did they need to plea-bargain? Why does it always seem that to scam artists, identity thieves, and drunk drivers the justice system is a revolving door?
I'm fairly sure she didn't make the fake IDs, or the stuff used to break into Lodrick's mailbox subsequent times. The DA probably wanted her to cough up information about people she dealt with; if he can nab the guys actually creating forgeries, she's small fry in comparison.
Snowball's chance in hell, but a DA can dream, can't he?
If MS was serious about working with Linux in a positive way, they would be releasing proper documentation on their file formats and network protocols with no strings attached (such as massive license fees.) Unless forced to do so (by the EU) this will NEVER happen.
Given their track record, they'll dig in their heels even if the EU mandates this.
You're giving the software too much credit. You have an infinitely better chance at winning the lottery-- infinitesimal chance (lottery) versus zero chance (software stopping P2P).
"Why do you complain about Microsoft Office not being free for Mac when it costs the exact same amount for Windows?" "Because the Windows platform has OpenOffice for free and the Mac platform doesn't."
Okay, that's about the silliest thing I've ever read in a long time in a/. comment. The lack of a free alternative is not an excuse to whine about software you have to pay to use-- if it were, we would've been bitching in the days before OO.o and Abiword!
You know, it's really hard to look at an article "reviewing" OS X using the minimum possible hardware (somewhat akin to "Vista capable" PCs which are barely able to run Vista) and not think that the reviewer is deliberately stacking the deck against OS X.
Along the same vein, Google Notebook is also quite nice, and comes with a Firefox extension as well. No images, however (I personally don't use them), but fairly simple, and you don't store everything locally. Worth a look, IMO.
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It sounds more like he's trying to claim he has a botnet of Macs.
I know, it's a stretch.
"Your brain is about to explode with a sickening pop because you are trying to process a singularity. Cancel or Allow?"
I think articles that are intentionally inflammatory (I'm lookin' at you, John C. Dvorak) to generate page views should be tagged with either "dvoraktroll" or "pagehittroll".
I'm convinced that all this (rate hike, denied appeals, last-minute "change of heart") was orchestrated expressly to get every web broadcaster into a deal that favors the recording industry. It's disgusting, in a "Lex Luthor teasing Superman with kryptonite" sort of way.
It seems to me that he had a micro-de Raadt moment...
Good point there. If she wanted true 60Gbit ( 8GByteps) speeds, she'd probably need a supercomputer with an optical NIC.
Expect the DoJ to move to toss it on the same grounds of the recent dismissal, should the ACLU use this evidence in their case.
I'm sorry, OpenOffice guys, but compared to MS Office, your product is so 1995.
I know I shouldn't respond to barbs, but...
Sometimes, newer is not better.
It appears as if he took the statement "there is no strong evidence of the existence of God" to mean "there is strong evidence of the nonexistence of God." English mixed with a distributed negation can be messy indeed.
If his behavior won't be somehow framed as some form of psychological disorder, how would a psychologist, based on everything he's said and done, describe Mr. Thompson?
That's usually a result of business consultants telling execs that marketing is cheaper than R&D, therefore they should spend more on marketing/sales/distribution than R&D.
Hence, crummy product, lots of FUD.
The guy (whose father is an electrician who, no doubt, installed or checked the wiring in the house) does mention that on a couple of occasions the CSR suggested bad wiring in the house. After the second suggestion, he had the wiring re-checked by a contractor who gave him a clean report. I'm thinking if he wanted a cleaner power source, he'd need a conditioner or three.
So you're saying the "bullies" described in the article aren't bullies at all?
Suppose you didn't have a thick skin from all them beatings?
No, no, no.
... ... (some time later)
Customer: What've you got?
Dell: Well, we've got Dell and FreeDOS; Dell, Ubuntu, or FreeDOS; Dell and WINDOWS; Dell, Ubuntu, or WINDOWS;
Customer: Well, could you give me the Dell and Ubuntu on my business card, then?
Dell: BLEEEAAGH!!
Why in god's name did they need to plea-bargain? Why does it always seem that to scam artists, identity thieves, and drunk drivers the justice system is a revolving door?
I'm fairly sure she didn't make the fake IDs, or the stuff used to break into Lodrick's mailbox subsequent times. The DA probably wanted her to cough up information about people she dealt with; if he can nab the guys actually creating forgeries, she's small fry in comparison.
Snowball's chance in hell, but a DA can dream, can't he?
Well, given there's a judge in the UK who was struggling with the concept of a "web site"... ...
Yup.
If MS was serious about working with Linux in a positive way, they would be releasing proper documentation on their file formats and network protocols with no strings attached (such as massive license fees.) Unless forced to do so (by the EU) this will NEVER happen.
Given their track record, they'll dig in their heels even if the EU mandates this.
Now hear it in your head with Bill's somewhat nasal voice...
You're giving the software too much credit. You have an infinitely better chance at winning the lottery-- infinitesimal chance (lottery) versus zero chance (software stopping P2P).
Okay, that's about the silliest thing I've ever read in a long time in a
You know, it's really hard to look at an article "reviewing" OS X using the minimum possible hardware (somewhat akin to "Vista capable" PCs which are barely able to run Vista) and not think that the reviewer is deliberately stacking the deck against OS X.
... to the Klingon empire...
Is it me, or has someone been watching Monster House...?
Along the same vein, Google Notebook is also quite nice, and comes with a Firefox extension as well. No images, however (I personally don't use them), but fairly simple, and you don't store everything locally. Worth a look, IMO.
As another commenter already posted in another thread, they don't even stop when you're dead.