Considering how tech support is for the normal clueless users - who demand this and that - I can hardly think that doing tech support for the MOB would be very healthy!
"I did'nt do anything on my computer! What the f*ck are you trying to sayn - i did'nt install any spyware - why would I want people spying on me! I'll break your legs unless you fix this right now!"
You could start by removing the stupid "insert-cd-in-drive-you-pirate-son-of-a-bitch" crap you put on all titles, so I could start buying your games again - instead of pirating them.
But i understand, this new anti-piracy-crap you were sold (or forced down your throat from the publisher) was supposed to work with all 3 major cd-drives, only reduce the game performance by 10%, and spin the drive all the time - to ensure that you are not using a pirated cd (or, by god! you criminal bastard) letting a friend try out the game as you play it - on a lan for example (not a 4000 person lan, but a 4-5 friends lan).
Looking Glass did not go under because of piracy.
Does'nt matter what kind of quality products you create - or employees you have - if management is fucked up - or that your game does not fit into "zombie flavour of the month".
Not all cd's cost 10$ (where I live they range between 16-22$)
I can not speak for anyone else regarding why I download mp3 files from select groups/sources as opposed to purchasing their media in the record store (appart from the fact that most of the cd's are unavailable except for import - which means that you can add another 25$ + another 10-15$ to get it sent here - as well as run the risk that it will be delayed in custsoms for 1 month - AND that it finally may be broken upon receiept due to some incompetent fuck at the post office (who is probably only working there to steal GSM SIM Cards etc..) (to pay off his drug habit). Anyway.
I will not purchase a medium that ASSUMES that I would be a criminal unless they fucked it up with lots of consumer-unfriendly-measures (CUM) (lol).
This includes: CD's that are not (cd's) Games that contain Safedisc, Securom, etc. DVDs with region lock.
But Still, I can hapilly purcahse CD's, Play Games, Watch movies, etc.
Why?
Because I can download it freely from the internet, I can purcahse porno dvd's that are not region coded, I can purchase audio cd's (real cd's) directly from the Artist - at a higher price than a store - but where HE will get most of the money - and I will get a signed CD (www.lynnemusic.com - for example), and there are lots of games out there that do not cost anything.
And, I can also get all the "PROTECTED" CDs, Movies and Games -.. But? Wait?! did we not add all this crap on the cd's to ensure that we could 'combat piracy'? WEll, ITS NOT WORKING AND ONLY CAUSES PROBLEMS!
They are alienating their customers, who will (some at least.. to bad most consumers are drones from zombie land) as a result: a) stop purchasing products from the customer-unfriendly-corporations (CUC) b) aquire them through "friends". c) be labeled a criminal and risking stupid-ass comments from the "Morally supperiour"-crowd that lurk around slashdot
After reading his comments, and from the web page (how many web pages lets you communicate directly with the ceo?) it seems like Sunncomm atleast is "honestly" trying to suit both the music industry (RIAA crapz!) and the users.
Although their technology is flawed, atleast those working on it seemed to not be zombie-bastards-from-RIAA-hell.
Relying in AV software for your false sense of security is not recomended either, atleast not by me:-) - If you notice most virus updates appear AFTER the virus is out in the wild, which is kinda pointless if you already have the virus on your computer.
Maintaining your computer and operating 'safely on the.net' is more important than AV. But atleast - Get it for free - No need to pay money to the useless AV cartells.
Well, the US Seems to think that its ok for iranians to have access to anonymizer.com, but maybe the same anonymity rights does not apply to their own citizens.
Netcraft are using specially trained hacker-monkeys that analyze the transmissions from the web servers using a patended space-age-technology method involving forensic methodology to reveal the hidden operating system behind the web page.
Well, seems to me that the linux crown has been chanting about how much IIS (4.0) sucks and how good Apache / Linux is that they forgot how to improve on the quality of their product(s). IIS 6.0 is a huge improvement from previous versions of IIS and that is probably why many choose to run on IIS 6.0/2003 than some linux distro.
+ a hundred zillion $'s in marketing.:-)
My company upgraded from NT 4 -> 2003 for the entire organization (700 servers) and its a big improvement (and we are now down to 400 servers due to consolidation).
Its when you loose control of the vehicle beacuse you are more busy with reading a magazine, getting a blowjob, snorting cokaine or anything else *ed up drivers to while driving it becomes dangerous.
110km/h is just as safe as 50km/h. Or just as dangerous when you are hit by a truck driver who gets a heart attack due to poor health due to eatig at bronco burger for the past 25 years.
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Anyway, I support EFF in their fight againts RIAA. Not because I want to "pir8" but because what RIAA is doing is despicable (or how you write it..)
Hey Granny, you dont need to post as AC. The \. Crowd will protect thee.
I knew it! Virtual Pc - Mac - Kazaa..
If somebody patented p2p technology (probably already through some obscure definitions) I bet RIAA would sue the p2p patentee holders as well.. and request to take over the p2p patent.. Oh sh*t, imagine if RIAA owns the patent for P2P! (omg the sky is falling!)
I bet the RIAA will be back with a vengeance once they "discover" that granny had a haxx0red version of Kazaa able to run on the Macintosh. After all, you can use a mac emulator.. are you free to go then?
Hm.. maybe that would be a good use for VMware or similar... "I dont even have Kazaa installed on my computer".. And your VMWare installation is ofcourse - gone...
A good secure configuration with educated lusers does not need av software.
And even though the users may be morons, a good configuration should still be able to combat them, provided they also have 'measures in place' to punish users who disregard security practices.
CDs without Anti-consumer measures have a lot better quality than any MP3.
If he's poor I can understand it.. if you have the money, the Cd is a CD (and not some crap with anticonsumer measures) and you want everything, you should buy the CD... unless you are boycotting the recording industry due to their methods (like I do.)
Slashdot Mirror
Do you trust your ISP to filter out ONLY the SPAM and not any legit emails you should have received?
So far all the anti-spam tools I've used - or seen - catch a lot of emails that are not SPAM - and it would suck to loose any of them.
Considering how tech support is for the normal clueless users - who demand this and that - I can hardly think that doing tech support for the MOB would be very healthy!
"I did'nt do anything on my computer! What the f*ck are you trying to sayn - i did'nt install any spyware - why would I want people spying on me! I'll break your legs unless you fix this right now!"
You could start by removing the stupid "insert-cd-in-drive-you-pirate-son-of-a-bitch" crap you put on all titles, so I could start buying your games again - instead of pirating them.
But i understand, this new anti-piracy-crap you were sold (or forced down your throat from the publisher) was supposed to work with all 3 major cd-drives, only reduce the game performance by 10%, and spin the drive all the time - to ensure that you are not using a pirated cd (or, by god! you criminal bastard) letting a friend try out the game as you play it - on a lan for example (not a 4000 person lan, but a 4-5 friends lan).
Looking Glass did not go under because of piracy.
Does'nt matter what kind of quality products you create - or employees you have - if management is fucked up - or that your game does not fit into "zombie flavour of the month".
Not all people download full cd's.
Not all cd's cost 10$ (where I live they range between 16-22$)
I can not speak for anyone else regarding why I download mp3 files from select groups/sources as opposed to purchasing their media in the record store (appart from the fact that most of the cd's are unavailable except for import - which means that you can add another 25$ + another 10-15$ to get it sent here - as well as run the risk that it will be delayed in custsoms for 1 month - AND that it finally may be broken upon receiept due to some incompetent fuck at the post office (who is probably only working there to steal GSM SIM Cards etc..) (to pay off his drug habit). Anyway.
I will not purchase a medium that ASSUMES that I would be a criminal unless they fucked it up with lots of consumer-unfriendly-measures (CUM) (lol).
This includes:
CD's that are not (cd's)
Games that contain Safedisc, Securom, etc.
DVDs with region lock.
But Still, I can hapilly purcahse CD's, Play Games, Watch movies, etc.
Why?
Because I can download it freely from the internet, I can purcahse porno dvd's that are not region coded, I can purchase audio cd's (real cd's) directly from the Artist - at a higher price than a store - but where HE will get most of the money - and I will get a signed CD (www.lynnemusic.com - for example), and there are lots of games out there that do not cost anything.
And, I can also get all the "PROTECTED" CDs, Movies and Games -
They are alienating their customers, who will (some at least.. to bad most consumers are drones from zombie land) as a result:
a) stop purchasing products from the customer-unfriendly-corporations (CUC)
b) aquire them through "friends".
c) be labeled a criminal and risking stupid-ass comments from the "Morally supperiour"-crowd that lurk around slashdot
Argh..
DRM is Death.
Thats why it should be tried in court.
Someone should just fund a 'loosing court case' regarding this, just to have it "judged" that this is bullshit. (I.e. the outlawing of backup copies)
Is this some sort of al quaida code being spread using slashdot?
Or does'nt my screen render all characters correctly?
After reading his comments, and from the web page (how many web pages lets you communicate directly with the ceo?) it seems like Sunncomm atleast is "honestly" trying to suit both the music industry (RIAA crapz!) and the users.
Although their technology is flawed, atleast those working on it seemed to not be zombie-bastards-from-RIAA-hell.
Free AV does not mean it sucks..
:-) - If you notice most virus updates appear AFTER the virus is out in the wild, which is kinda pointless if you already have the virus on your computer.
.net' is more important than AV. But atleast - Get it for free - No need to pay money to the useless AV cartells.
Relying in AV software for your false sense of security is not recomended either, atleast not by me
Maintaining your computer and operating 'safely on the
So by your logic the only 'real gift' you can give another person is if you buy it?
People should replace their Personal Identification number with a "consumer ID" - yours is #1.
Well, the US Seems to think that its ok for iranians to have access to anonymizer.com, but maybe the same anonymity rights does not apply to their own citizens.
A spoon and a pack of ice cubes shuld do the trick.
He was probably on that l33t network Kazaa?
"[DSL]RIAA (1.4TB )"
Do they have any legal rights to demand such a shutdown?
Its just informing consumers, what could be wrong about that.
Hmm.. well, I'm not a Lawier, or Lawrence, so I have no idea. Anyone care to Enlighten?
"Most of the recent viruses attacked 2K3"
Hey, how about a list of the 'recent viruses attacking 2K3'
Netcraft are using specially trained hacker-monkeys that analyze the transmissions from the web servers using a patended space-age-technology method involving forensic methodology to reveal the hidden operating system behind the web page.
Well, seems to me that the linux crown has been chanting about how much IIS (4.0) sucks and how good Apache / Linux is that they forgot how to improve on the quality of their product(s). IIS 6.0 is a huge improvement from previous versions of IIS and that is probably why many choose to run on IIS 6.0/2003 than some linux distro.
:-)
+ a hundred zillion $'s in marketing.
My company upgraded from NT 4 -> 2003 for the entire organization (700 servers) and its a big improvement (and we are now down to 400 servers due to consolidation).
You do know that people die without food?
What do you recon is more usefull than helping people avoid death?
Speeding is not dangerous or kills people.
Its when you loose control of the vehicle beacuse you are more busy with reading a magazine, getting a blowjob, snorting cokaine or anything else *ed up drivers to while driving it becomes dangerous.
110km/h is just as safe as 50km/h.
Or just as dangerous when you are hit by a truck driver who gets a heart attack due to poor health due to eatig at bronco burger for the past 25 years.
-
Anyway, I support EFF in their fight againts RIAA.
Not because I want to "pir8" but because what RIAA is doing is despicable (or how you write it..)
Hey Granny, you dont need to post as AC. The \. Crowd will protect thee.
I knew it! Virtual Pc - Mac - Kazaa..
If somebody patented p2p technology (probably already through some obscure definitions) I bet RIAA would sue the p2p patentee holders as well.. and request to take over the p2p patent.. Oh sh*t, imagine if RIAA owns the patent for P2P! (omg the sky is falling!)
Hey, Where is the ADVERTISEMENT listed on the top of your cut'n paste?
I bet the RIAA will be back with a vengeance once they "discover" that granny had a haxx0red version of Kazaa able to run on the Macintosh. After all, you can use a mac emulator.. are you free to go then?
Hm.. maybe that would be a good use for VMware or similar... "I dont even have Kazaa installed on my computer".. And your VMWare installation is ofcourse - gone...
That sounds like something you'll read in a comic book.
We'll never get the matrix, Judge dredd or anything.. it will just be.. like this.. only worse.. with more technology, poverty and pollution.
3. Anti virus software is bullshit.
A good secure configuration with educated lusers does not need av software.
And even though the users may be morons, a good configuration should still be able to combat them, provided they also have 'measures in place' to punish users who disregard security practices.
So they'll blame this virus attack on terrorists then maybe?
Well, it would have been interesting if the terrorists created a virus that got inside these systems and then started having some fun with the data...
Good to see that security is taken seriously in the government and that systems such as these are protected.
CDs without Anti-consumer measures have a lot better quality than any MP3.
If he's poor I can understand it.. if you have the money, the Cd is a CD (and not some crap with anticonsumer measures) and you want everything, you should buy the CD... unless you are boycotting the recording industry due to their methods (like I do.)