And when the small independent software developer misses a bug and legitimate people who bought the product have their home directory erased?
I'm not saying something shouldn't be done to stop piracy, but not this. Never this.
Besides, how is this different from people downloading music? I see all these comments justifying this guy. People who pirate are evil. How hypocritical is that? "It's ok to steal from him over there, he's rich. But don't steal from that other guy, he's a struggling programmer."
Doing one malicious act doesn't justify retaliating with another malicious act. This is what the law / govt. is for. This programmer should be treated like a virus-writer. Send him to jail and take him to civil court.
Let's say you steal my car. If I find you and kill you, I still go to jail. If this were the case, the world would be in chaos.
Just look at Isreal. Retailation after retailiation on both sides. Granted the situation is much differnt, but the justification is the same. "X killed a number of people today in retailiation for what Y did last week." How many times have I heard that?
"Kicking their ass both in price and performane"... This isn't entirely accurate. What do you consider performance? There are some things that Intel does much better than AMD. There are some things that AMD deos much better than Intel.
I don't know much about AMD, but I do know that nothing beats Intel's branch predictor. The Centrino processor is also phenomenal, it was kinda a fluke, but it is pretty peppy.
Man you're telling me. It's like an addiction. The books are awesome in the beginning, but after a while it isn't so good anymore, but I can't stop reading them, I need to buy the new ones when they come out, I have to know what happens...help me.:)
Being from Chicago, I totally disagree with almost every one of your points. In many cases they are just plain wrong. If you'd like I'll prove a point by point rebuttle, but I don't have the time now.
What I did notice, is that your comments can be applied to almost every large city in America...and the thing about people extending their credit thing...how is that even related to Chicago? That is a personal problem, not a city's.
I think you wanted to hate the city before you even came here. It is truly a wonderful place. MUCH better than it was say 10 - 15 years ago.
Not as differetn than you think. What Daley wants, Daley gets.
Some of his politics are shadey, but he is a hell of a mayor. He has turned the city around like you wouldn't believe. Seriously, it is beautiful and getting safer by the day. City Hall might be corrupt, but it gets the job done which is more than can be said for most cities.
3/4 of the posts I've read are blasting MS for this. Why? Did you people even RTF extract?
MS is not banning you from using these devices. It is setting up a way to ban them. You decided to set it up or not. This is a way for companies to lock down their networks a litle more. This isn't an abuse against you. We're talking about machines you don't own here...property of the corperation you work for...
Geez. Plus, doesn't Linux already let you do this? So, why doesn't linux get flack for this?
Let's be fair people. Just cuz MS is doing it, doesn't mean it is evil.
I saw the "enhanced" version where they added Jabba to the original - these idiots took the EXACT SAME DIALOGUE uttered by Han elsewhere and shoehorned it into the scene
Actually that scene was shot originally but cut. Jabba was played by a fat Irish man. All they did was cut him out and put in a Jabba.
You mention S-Video as if it is a bad thing. I havn't been keeping up, but last time I was up to date on all things A/V S-Video was pretty damn good. It is now sub-standard?
Why don't you do some research and see what was around at that time. It was major.
Xerox also more or less invented the mouse too ya know. Was that not major?
The founders of Apple thought it was since they asked Xerox if they could use those ideas in the computer they were building. Later on, MS did the same (though they didn't ask).
Hmmm...I swear Xerox was TRYING to give Apple a monopoly...
In the big bad world of stocks and the SEC there is a difference. All those things (esp. #6, my favorite:) implies they are going bankrupt, but there is a difference.
It looks like you need to re-read your post. You implied that all MS does is see what other corps do and then improve upon it. You make it out that this is a bad thing. If what I said 'botched it up' or 'was badly rewriting' it, then I don't think you understood what it is you said.
I said, that this sort of thing happens all the time. Look at any industry and at any corporation. When something new comes out, the rest of the competition scrambles to come out with the same thing (or something similar). This isn't bad. It isn't wrong. It isn't evil. It is COMPETITION! This is what happens in a capitalist society. Coke invents Vanilla coke. 2 weeks later Pepsi has the same. There is a low carb craze going on, and all food stores / companies are getting a piece of that. One cell phone company starts offering flex anytime min. so the others come up with similar plans...
I'm not defending MS. I'm defending the idea of capitalism. Calling MS out for doing this is stupid and comical.
I hate how everyone jumps on MS all the time for practices that are displayed throughout society.
Yes, MS is evil. No, they are not the only evil company out there. Yes, they do some downright dirty things. No, not everything they do is bad. Yes, the bottom line is in fact the bottom line when we talk about corporations.
Make these distinctions in your arguments and they will be well formed, valid, and believable. Ignore the distinctions, you become hypocritical and your arguments mean little.
"Damn you XYZ corporation for taking the idea from ABC corporation and improving upon it to make money!!!"
Come on. MS is evil, but this argument is laughable. By this standard Nintendo (or Atari) existed to give Sony a boost on the video game market. Ford existed to help all the other car makers. Sears existed to help launch other retailers. This is capitalism at its finest, not MS being unfair.
But just a bit of information. Intel is coming out with a similar chip with either 4 or 8 (I can't remember now) processors on the same chip. Then when compaines order them they can designate how many processors are turned on.
We're talking about servers here as opposed to desktops. In a desktop, absolutely, lets get those hard drives faster, and get rid of some of the latency. A personal computer is constantly reading / writing depending on what the user is doing.
But for servers? It is more about handling thousands of requests at the same time, as opposed to accessing the hard drive. Generally servers have gigs of memory, so it becomes less important on how fast they access the memory as it does on making sure the needed information IS in memory.
If the CPU can pre-empt or predict what to put in memory before it is needed, there is a HUGE bonus on speed. Plus, why would AMD research hard Drives? They are a CPU maker.
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Not bad. Slightly better than the odds that the new linux kernal will no bugs.
After your character drinks the Redbull did they break out in hives? I do when I drink it. If they are going to advertise in games, lets be realistic and show some of the potential side-effects.
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Taxpayer dollars? Eh? SCO is suing IBM, the state isn't involved at all except to provide the mediation via a judge and a courtroom, etc...
This sort of this is already budgeted in and doesn't cost any more money.
It would be a different story if it was the state of California vs. SCO...
And when the small independent software developer misses a bug and legitimate people who bought the product have their home directory erased?
I'm not saying something shouldn't be done to stop piracy, but not this. Never this.
Besides, how is this different from people downloading music? I see all these comments justifying this guy. People who pirate are evil. How hypocritical is that? "It's ok to steal from him over there, he's rich. But don't steal from that other guy, he's a struggling programmer."
Bullshit.
Doing one malicious act doesn't justify retaliating with another malicious act. This is what the law / govt. is for. This programmer should be treated like a virus-writer. Send him to jail and take him to civil court.
Let's say you steal my car. If I find you and kill you, I still go to jail. If this were the case, the world would be in chaos.
Just look at Isreal. Retailation after retailiation on both sides. Granted the situation is much differnt, but the justification is the same. "X killed a number of people today in retailiation for what Y did last week." How many times have I heard that?
"Kicking their ass both in price and performane" ... This isn't entirely accurate. What do you consider performance? There are some things that Intel does much better than AMD. There are some things that AMD deos much better than Intel.
I don't know much about AMD, but I do know that nothing beats Intel's branch predictor. The Centrino processor is also phenomenal, it was kinda a fluke, but it is pretty peppy.
Man you're telling me. It's like an addiction. The books are awesome in the beginning, but after a while it isn't so good anymore, but I can't stop reading them, I need to buy the new ones when they come out, I have to know what happens...help me. :)
But yea, Tron kicks ass.
Dude, Tron is the shiznitch!
End of line.
Being from Chicago, I totally disagree with almost every one of your points. In many cases they are just plain wrong. If you'd like I'll prove a point by point rebuttle, but I don't have the time now.
What I did notice, is that your comments can be applied to almost every large city in America...and the thing about people extending their credit thing...how is that even related to Chicago? That is a personal problem, not a city's.
I think you wanted to hate the city before you even came here. It is truly a wonderful place. MUCH better than it was say 10 - 15 years ago.
Wow. I have several very republican friends who would be very upset by your comment.
How about you present facts to back up your opinions? Do you even live in Chicago? And I mean Chicago, not a suburb...
Not as differetn than you think. What Daley wants, Daley gets.
Some of his politics are shadey, but he is a hell of a mayor. He has turned the city around like you wouldn't believe. Seriously, it is beautiful and getting safer by the day. City Hall might be corrupt, but it gets the job done which is more than can be said for most cities.
3/4 of the posts I've read are blasting MS for this. Why? Did you people even RTF extract?
MS is not banning you from using these devices. It is setting up a way to ban them. You decided to set it up or not. This is a way for companies to lock down their networks a litle more. This isn't an abuse against you. We're talking about machines you don't own here...property of the corperation you work for...
Geez. Plus, doesn't Linux already let you do this? So, why doesn't linux get flack for this?
Let's be fair people. Just cuz MS is doing it, doesn't mean it is evil.
I saw the "enhanced" version where they added Jabba to the original - these idiots took the EXACT SAME DIALOGUE uttered by Han elsewhere and shoehorned it into the scene
Actually that scene was shot originally but cut. Jabba was played by a fat Irish man. All they did was cut him out and put in a Jabba.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Give me the THX remasted version.
Better sound, better picture quality, original movies...that is all I want.
I never saw the movie actually...is that a line from it?
I just assumed they were ricing up shitty cars...
If you tweak your Geo enough it can be more than fast...
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Havn't you seen Fast and Furious?
You mention S-Video as if it is a bad thing. I havn't been keeping up, but last time I was up to date on all things A/V S-Video was pretty damn good. It is now sub-standard?
Man, you're not doing so well today are you.
Why don't you do some research and see what was around at that time. It was major.
Xerox also more or less invented the mouse too ya know. Was that not major?
The founders of Apple thought it was since they asked Xerox if they could use those ideas in the computer they were building. Later on, MS did the same (though they didn't ask).
Hmmm...I swear Xerox was TRYING to give Apple a monopoly...
In the big bad world of stocks and the SEC there is a difference. All those things (esp. #6, my favorite :) implies they are going bankrupt, but there is a difference.
It is a stupid difference, but there you have it.
It looks like you need to re-read your post. You implied that all MS does is see what other corps do and then improve upon it. You make it out that this is a bad thing. If what I said 'botched it up' or 'was badly rewriting' it, then I don't think you understood what it is you said.
I said, that this sort of thing happens all the time. Look at any industry and at any corporation. When something new comes out, the rest of the competition scrambles to come out with the same thing (or something similar). This isn't bad. It isn't wrong. It isn't evil. It is COMPETITION! This is what happens in a capitalist society. Coke invents Vanilla coke. 2 weeks later Pepsi has the same. There is a low carb craze going on, and all food stores / companies are getting a piece of that. One cell phone company starts offering flex anytime min. so the others come up with similar plans...
I'm not defending MS. I'm defending the idea of capitalism. Calling MS out for doing this is stupid and comical.
I hate how everyone jumps on MS all the time for practices that are displayed throughout society.
Yes, MS is evil.
No, they are not the only evil company out there.
Yes, they do some downright dirty things.
No, not everything they do is bad.
Yes, the bottom line is in fact the bottom line when we talk about corporations.
Make these distinctions in your arguments and they will be well formed, valid, and believable. Ignore the distinctions, you become hypocritical and your arguments mean little.
You're right, except that you're totally wrong.
"Damn you XYZ corporation for taking the idea from ABC corporation and improving upon it to make money!!!"
Come on. MS is evil, but this argument is laughable. By this standard Nintendo (or Atari) existed to give Sony a boost on the video game market. Ford existed to help all the other car makers. Sears existed to help launch other retailers. This is capitalism at its finest, not MS being unfair.
This is really funny. :)
But just a bit of information. Intel is coming out with a similar chip with either 4 or 8 (I can't remember now) processors on the same chip. Then when compaines order them they can designate how many processors are turned on.
Pretty cool stuff.
It is more complicated than that.
We're talking about servers here as opposed to desktops. In a desktop, absolutely, lets get those hard drives faster, and get rid of some of the latency. A personal computer is constantly reading / writing depending on what the user is doing.
But for servers? It is more about handling thousands of requests at the same time, as opposed to accessing the hard drive. Generally servers have gigs of memory, so it becomes less important on how fast they access the memory as it does on making sure the needed information IS in memory.
If the CPU can pre-empt or predict what to put in memory before it is needed, there is a HUGE bonus on speed. Plus, why would AMD research hard Drives? They are a CPU maker.
Not bad. Slightly better than the odds that the new linux kernal will no bugs.
This always happens on the stories I was going to actually read.
I wonder how the calculate the odds?
Nope. Just the guy who's name appears on the Cable or DSL bill.
After your character drinks the Redbull did they break out in hives? I do when I drink it. If they are going to advertise in games, lets be realistic and show some of the potential side-effects.