So what if they have a better price/performance ratio? The Mac Pro is *round*. Round! You could lay it on it side, push it with your foot, and it wouldn't stop until it hit the far wall. How fucking cool is that? Let's see any of you fanbois try that with a PC. Heh... good luck.
This scared me into re-installing Firefox. After 10 minutes of having to re-start the browser after putting in every new extension - plus the butt-ugly interface - I remembered why I switched from Firefox to Chrome in the first place.
Fuck it. Even crippled, Chrome will be more pleasant to use than that.
What is the federal government going to do? Probably nothing... unless you do something stupid like expose its war crimes. [See: Manning, Bradley] What might one employee in the federal government whom you pissed off do with a record of all your web searches? Use your imagination.
After brazening it out for a few days, the CEO admitted, "OK, yeah, we fucked this up." You think Ballmer will have the class to do the same? We'll get corporate mealy-mouthing about "improvements" that shirk his culpability for one of the biggest (and most predictable) fiascos in PC history.
I personally can't tell the difference between V0 mp3 and FLAC. But I'll still spend the download time and storage space on FLAC just because it gives me a warm feeling to know that I'm getting all the bits. An irrational pleasure is still a pleasure.
"Sacrifice players' freedom"... As one person put it, given that SC is presented as a "toy", EA seems pretty damned determined to limit the ways you can play with it.
The government no longer needs warrants to place trackers on your car and record all your communications. [Because, you know, Terrorism.] When it introduces national identity cards with trackers and a law requiring you to carry it at all times, resistance will have been weakened by people's acquiescence in these Disney style schemes.
"The safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." - C.S. Lewis
And prudent - given how big a PR hit they've already gotten for their ambiguous language.
So interpret the absence of "We won't ever sell your photos" to mean "We'll sell your photos whenever we feel like it".
Hell, he'd probably violate the War Powers Act to launch an aggressive war of regime change against the leader of an oil-exporting Muslim country. He might even start killing American citizens with drone bombers.
We can't afford a butcher like that in the White House.
You can't blame them for not publicly criticizing his expansion and entrenchment of the surveillance society. After all, he does boast (through approved, high-level leaks) of maintaining a personal "kill list".
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But the setting preference was there already. I apologize to the company for opting out before anyone had a chance to spam me.
So what if they have a better price/performance ratio? The Mac Pro is *round*. Round! You could lay it on it side, push it with your foot, and it wouldn't stop until it hit the far wall. How fucking cool is that? Let's see any of you fanbois try that with a PC. Heh... good luck.
According to the actuarial tables, I'll probably live another 30 years. Windows 7 compatibility mode may only endure 20 years. So I'm still nervous.
This scared me into re-installing Firefox. After 10 minutes of having to re-start the browser after putting in every new extension - plus the butt-ugly interface - I remembered why I switched from Firefox to Chrome in the first place. Fuck it. Even crippled, Chrome will be more pleasant to use than that.
How many to go?
Fuck, they've hardly got any reason to even bother staying in business any more.
What is the federal government going to do? Probably nothing... unless you do something stupid like expose its war crimes. [See: Manning, Bradley] What might one employee in the federal government whom you pissed off do with a record of all your web searches? Use your imagination.
"Please help us not look like your bitch."
... that "Firefox" menu is like a Cheetos-dust-coated thumb in my eye. Man, I'm never going back.
... that their justification for getting rid of the Start menu in the first place - "No one uses it" - was a self-serving lie?
Microsoft told me so when explaining why they got rid of it! Why would they bring back something no one uses? I'm all confused now!
After brazening it out for a few days, the CEO admitted, "OK, yeah, we fucked this up." You think Ballmer will have the class to do the same? We'll get corporate mealy-mouthing about "improvements" that shirk his culpability for one of the biggest (and most predictable) fiascos in PC history.
I personally can't tell the difference between V0 mp3 and FLAC. But I'll still spend the download time and storage space on FLAC just because it gives me a warm feeling to know that I'm getting all the bits. An irrational pleasure is still a pleasure.
If Google couldn't find a way to wring enough greenbacks out of Reader, what chance does this have?
"Sacrifice players' freedom"... As one person put it, given that SC is presented as a "toy", EA seems pretty damned determined to limit the ways you can play with it.
The "We must use the cloud to provide you with all the mathification going on!" claim is also weakened by the oppressively narrow limits on city size.
Never see another Ridley Scott science fiction movie again.
"The safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." - C.S. Lewis
And prudent - given how big a PR hit they've already gotten for their ambiguous language. So interpret the absence of "We won't ever sell your photos" to mean "We'll sell your photos whenever we feel like it".
Microsoft-level quality is expensive. [Yes, that was sarcasm.]
A deliberate violation of the War Powers Act that would have had Obama's apologists screaming for impeachment had it been done by McCain.
In the Muslim parts of it: Lots and lots of drone bombers.
Hell, he'd probably violate the War Powers Act to launch an aggressive war of regime change against the leader of an oil-exporting Muslim country. He might even start killing American citizens with drone bombers. We can't afford a butcher like that in the White House.
You can't blame them for not publicly criticizing his expansion and entrenchment of the surveillance society. After all, he does boast (through approved, high-level leaks) of maintaining a personal "kill list".
How does this even warrant a post? "CEO Tells Ludicrous Falsehood To Promote His Product" isn't exactly a rare occurrence.