considering everything is "connected" now so that they can harvest your varies habits and use them to their advantage, most stuff will just stop working when they decided there's no more money to be made from it and shuts down the server (Nest comes to mind...) The servers would've gone offline long before any of the component fails.
I am sure legal risk assessment was done before their sordid attempts to force themsel... win10 on all existing windows installations, and it was deem to be acceptable by the management of highest level.
Microsoft obvious does not understand one extortion invites another. For a company that inflicts the very same on others regularly, its naivete is surprising. The IBM feeds its Nazgûls well for a reason, so soon after failing to learn that very lesson in the SCO affairs is a mistake that reflects poorly on Microsoft management.
As long as it's expected to just watch, and not actually believes. The last time an Electric Monk (tm) believed what it watched, things did not end well for some.
is to be paid anytime when you even so much as thinking of lyrics or melodies in your head. the only thing that's stopping them right now is their inability to read minds.
Hint: the men guarding the Japanese internment camps containing both naturalized and natural born citizens during WW2 are not civilians. The government obeys law when it's convenient.
because he got greedy. Had he simply handed the code over to his Chinese government handler and move on, he would've been free to do this again else where. What an idiot.
I bet real money the executive compensation packages will continue to grow unabated. The cockroach that came up with this one will get an extra bonus for the year.
Microsoft has stated they will support Windows 7 until the year 2020. They cannot renege on that. Otherwise who would believe them when they say they won't make Windows 10 a monthly subscription service?
Coming from a company that doesn't take NO for an answer, I would not put too much faith in any promise they made after they already have your money.
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considering everything is "connected" now so that they can harvest your varies habits and use them to their advantage, most stuff will just stop working when they decided there's no more money to be made from it and shuts down the server (Nest comes to mind...) The servers would've gone offline long before any of the component fails.
I am sure legal risk assessment was done before their sordid attempts to force themsel... win10 on all existing windows installations, and it was deem to be acceptable by the management of highest level.
Microsoft obvious does not understand one extortion invites another. For a company that inflicts the very same on others regularly, its naivete is surprising. The IBM feeds its Nazgûls well for a reason, so soon after failing to learn that very lesson in the SCO affairs is a mistake that reflects poorly on Microsoft management.
if incidents of drunk driving go down, do you realise how many --
court clerks ... naw, fuck the lawyers
paramedics
fire fighters
lawyers
judges
undertakers
"piece" officers
hospital janitors
nurses
accounting clerks
doctors
tow truck drivers
insurance adjusters
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could be sh_t out of a job?
As long as it's expected to just watch, and not actually believes.
The last time an Electric Monk (tm) believed what it watched, things did not end well for some.
It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
and they save a whole whopping nickel off each unit. move a few million units and it's easily 100k+.
is to be paid anytime when you even so much as thinking of lyrics or melodies in your head. the only thing that's stopping them right now is their inability to read minds.
Federal law forbids the use of the military for domestic purpose.
That's okay. The government has had much success turning local police into military force.
I find myself in a bad situation where deadly force is required,
What kind of fucked up life do you have where that's ever a concern?
Just because you go out of your way to avoid trouble doesn't mean trouble won't find you regardless.
when you can be held indefinitely until you surrenders the encryption key?
Hint: the men guarding the Japanese internment camps containing both naturalized and natural born citizens during WW2 are not civilians.
The government obeys law when it's convenient.
In other news, Mr. Musk announced a new line of sneakers that allows wearer to walk on water...
Arbitration is evil, because arbitrator more often than not rule in favor of the side paying his invoices; that is almost never the "little people."
"sell out."
The iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus were launched in 2014. What took them so long?
The wheel of (in)justice turns slowly... unless someone grease the wheel.
For some reason, the capacitor electrolyte fiasco some decade ago comes to mind...
the entire country('s politicians) is China's bitch. No other country are its politicians for sale to foreign interest more than the United States.
because he got greedy. Had he simply handed the code over to his Chinese government handler and move on, he would've been free to do this again else where. What an idiot.
"Think Different." Apparently that worked wonders at Apple Store for a couple of enterprising thieves.
the reason why you should never trust data you want to keep with a third party.
The last several preview releases (including edge) now support adblock extensions. Reading, it's fundamental.
Coming from MS, I do wonder if it blocks all but MS ads.
I bet real money the executive compensation packages will continue to grow unabated.
The cockroach that came up with this one will get an extra bonus for the year.
And hope some idiot somewhere will cave.
Microsoft has stated they will support Windows 7 until the year 2020. They cannot renege on that. Otherwise who would believe them when they say they won't make Windows 10 a monthly subscription service?
Coming from a company that doesn't take NO for an answer, I would not put too much faith in any promise they made after they already have your money.