It doesn't really matter if Windows installs can be made more modular (I say more modular, because the last time I installed it it asked loads of questions about what I wanted install). The reason it doesn't matter is because MS will just release versions without IE, Media Player etc, and then force you into installing them later:
"Notepad requires Windows Media Player to run. You must intsall Windows Media Player to continue. [Install] [Cancel]"
"Office requires a totally unrelated piece of MS bloatware. You must intsall some more bloatware to continue. [Install] [Cancel]"
"Blue Screen of Death requires Internet Explorer to run. Internet Explorer is an essential part of our BSOD technology, you will not get any BSOD's unless you intsall Internet Explorer. [Install] [Cancel]"
I've recently coughed up the $60 because I've used their distro's in the past, and benefitted from them. Even though I have no intention of using StarOffice and will not be affected by it, I am dismayed at their policy change.
Mandrake should either offer those members that want it the chance to upgrade, or the opportunity to get their money back.
I haerd that CNN has dispensed with their provider (was it Akamai?) 2 weeks before Sep 11 because they had too much bandwidth, and that was the cause of their problems.
I live in the USA, and I too was able to get stream video from the BBC, but even static pages from CNN. All my colleagues were crowding round my desk looking at this new fangled news provider called the BEE BEE CEE.
Don't think my cable co is gonna be happy when they find out that somebody else is watching all those adverts that I've only paid enough for myself to watch...
Despite being a partnership between MS and NBC, they show a remarkable lack of favoratism towards MS.If anything, I would say it goes the other way: they go out of their way to disparage MS.
So, either M$NBC doesn't use FrontPage or the rules don't apply to Microsoft. Oh wait, I think I just figured it out...
I am the same, I use cash whenever possible, but do use c/c's for flights. But isn't this just going to attract attention? Little used c/c buying flights will (should?) trigger somebody's attention.
You could use cash to buy flights, but this too triggers flags as you're less traceable. Then they'll want more ways to track you.
I work in the USA, and on 11th Sept the BBC news web site was the only one we could get to at work. MSN was down, CNN was a complete disaster and couldn't even display text pages. The BBC however, managed to deliver live (well, internet live) video. It would drop out occassionaly, but we could always reconnect. Kudos to the beeb for that, and hats off to them for using Ogg Vorbis too.
It doesn't matter how many valid arguments that are presented, the law makers here in the USA have consistently exposed their technological ignorance by passing laws against the public good, and that are only in the interest of companies that paid for them.
"It's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." - Sir Clarence Worley
The same number of people that died in the WTC are killed by guns every 6-7 weeks in the USA. Perhaps you need to review your comment about being humane...?
Presumably the digital out on my CD player is unaffected? If I have a digital in on my PC, could I rip all CDs then?
Re:PayPal. Nice idea, but it has it's problems.
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You're absolutley right, but you missed my point. I was objecting to this remark
If you're unwilling to do this, I can only assume you're in the wrong.
This is quite clearly nonsense. Your being right or wrong is not determined by weather or not you pursue the matter through the judicial system.
Besides, there are other methods to 'get your own back'. Voicing your experience in public can, occasionally, be quite affective. You may not get your money back, but you can influence othr people. I have never used pay pall, but having seen the horror stories here and elsewhere, I am not likely to. And for that reason, I am grateful to people who do post their bad experiences. After all, isn't that what Slashdot is all about?
Once again, I think you are right, its just the original assertion that I disagree with.
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If you're unwilling to do this, I can only assume you're in the wrong.
Or maybe, just maybe, the cost to rectify the situation through legal channels just isn't worth it. By costs, I mean time invested (several hours at a minimum), financial costs and the frustration of dealing with the system. Couple that with the fact that you don't know if you're actually going to get your money back, let alone any compensation for having to fight the system and all the heart-ache, its little wonder that most people don't resort to doing the right thing. Just because you're morally right, doesn't mean the system is going to back you up.
From your arguement, I can only assume that you have righted every wrong through all necessary channels, and that you are hiding behind your real name, which is Super Man, Buffy or Mr T.
What do you mean, Bush is backing down on Microsoft? Don't you watch the TV? He's been on almost everyday saying how he's going to get rid of the evil-do-ers.
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I've recently coughed up the $60 because I've used their distro's in the past, and benefitted from them. Even though I have no intention of using StarOffice and will not be affected by it, I am dismayed at their policy change.
Mandrake should either offer those members that want it the chance to upgrade, or the opportunity to get their money back.
I haerd that CNN has dispensed with their provider (was it Akamai?) 2 weeks before Sep 11 because they had too much bandwidth, and that was the cause of their problems.
I live in the USA, and I too was able to get stream video from the BBC, but even static pages from CNN. All my colleagues were crowding round my desk looking at this new fangled news provider called the BEE BEE CEE.
- My question: Windows XP has been out there for what, a year? It took people that long to realize that the license agreement disallows the use of VNC?
Mandrake User has IIRC been reporting this since prior to XP being launched.No wonder the news is just hitting Slashdot.
Don't think my cable co is gonna be happy when they find out that somebody else is watching all those adverts that I've only paid enough for myself to watch...
Hang on, isn't there a rule that says each entry has got to be workable?
So, either M$NBC doesn't use FrontPage or the rules don't apply to Microsoft. Oh wait, I think I just figured it out...
Well, first I'd get rid of Internet Explorer, and make the default....
My mother always said that bad things would come from Palm abuse...
- Bill Gates "is really annoyed by the incredible pain we put everyone through in computing."
Has he only just started using Windows then?I am the same, I use cash whenever possible, but do use c/c's for flights. But isn't this just going to attract attention? Little used c/c buying flights will (should?) trigger somebody's attention.
You could use cash to buy flights, but this too triggers flags as you're less traceable. Then they'll want more ways to track you.
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I work in the USA, and on 11th Sept the BBC news web site was the only one we could get to at work. MSN was down, CNN was a complete disaster and couldn't even display text pages. The BBC however, managed to deliver live (well, internet live) video. It would drop out occassionaly, but we could always reconnect. Kudos to the beeb for that, and hats off to them for using Ogg Vorbis too.
According to the Reuters report, AOL bought Netscape in 1999. Wasn't the damage already done by then? How will this affect the claim?
It doesn't matter how many valid arguments that are presented, the law makers here in the USA have consistently exposed their technological ignorance by passing laws against the public good, and that are only in the interest of companies that paid for them.
You may be right, but here that's not enough.
I had a ZX spectrum once, took about a second to boot.
- "It's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it." - Sir Clarence Worley
The same number of people that died in the WTC are killed by guns every 6-7 weeks in the USA. Perhaps you need to review your comment about being humane...?Pah, I dunno. My Toshiba Libretto has 640x480. I would have worked 25 hours a day and got up before I went to bed for 800x600.
I have the ISOs, but I've just been clobbered by Comcast, so It would take forever to get the from me.
The Australians hunted the Aboriginals until they were extinct on Tasmania, are they going to re-introduce them too?
- Bruce should be familiar to you though such films as the Evil Dead
Should that link to the Evil Dead really be to http://slashdot.org/ ?Presumably the digital out on my CD player is unaffected? If I have a digital in on my PC, could I rip all CDs then?
- If you're unwilling to do this, I can only assume you're in the wrong.
This is quite clearly nonsense. Your being right or wrong is not determined by weather or not you pursue the matter through the judicial system.Besides, there are other methods to 'get your own back'. Voicing your experience in public can, occasionally, be quite affective. You may not get your money back, but you can influence othr people. I have never used pay pall, but having seen the horror stories here and elsewhere, I am not likely to. And for that reason, I am grateful to people who do post their bad experiences. After all, isn't that what Slashdot is all about?
Once again, I think you are right, its just the original assertion that I disagree with.
- If you're unwilling to do this, I can only assume you're in the wrong.
Or maybe, just maybe, the cost to rectify the situation through legal channels just isn't worth it. By costs, I mean time invested (several hours at a minimum), financial costs and the frustration of dealing with the system. Couple that with the fact that you don't know if you're actually going to get your money back, let alone any compensation for having to fight the system and all the heart-ache, its little wonder that most people don't resort to doing the right thing. Just because you're morally right, doesn't mean the system is going to back you up.From your arguement, I can only assume that you have righted every wrong through all necessary channels, and that you are hiding behind your real name, which is Super Man, Buffy or Mr T.
You're absolutely right. However, we have picked the wrong opponent for a clean fight.
What do you mean, Bush is backing down on Microsoft? Don't you watch the TV? He's been on almost everyday saying how he's going to get rid of the evil-do-ers.