It's very busy this time of year at work but I could have sworn it was farther back than yesterday...
If yesterday was the earliest that it was played, then that is business as usual here.
I heard about this days ago on NPR.
Between the duplicates, late reports, and things more interesting than this being rejected...
What is going on here at Slashdot?
We need to boycott every site that employs FMV ads. If enough people do it, they will get the point.
Also, email any site running the ads, and for the fun of it, email unicast too.
Let's make it known we hate those ads. Don't just feel sorry for those people that don't have unlimited bandwidth, stand up for them.
Your unable to close it. What I saw of the ad didn't seem overly smooth. But then again, we didn't give it a chance. Right clicked on taskbar, clicked close, then End Now when it popped up. I wonder if microshaft provided/will provide a 'patch' to prevent you from ctrl-alt-delete or forcing a close, yet disguising it so people will actually install it.
many people that have used msn are now going to avoid it like the plague.
I'm probably going to attempt to block the downloading of that crap tonight. means I'll have to watch a few to make sure it works. But hey, it means I won't buy any of the crap I see.
I don't think companies and employees are going to be very happy.
Companies have to pay for bandwidth too, and most employees are not going to be aware they are downloading 2 megs in the background. And they they get in trouble for 2 things.
1. 2 megs every site adds up quick.
2. Many companies have rules against downloading media. Since it would be reported in a log, would it show up as media. I'm sure that eventually there will be an easy way for companies to get around that. But how many employees are going to get chewed out first?
I wouldn't doubt it if you close the window and up pops the video
Intel sucks, they messed up big time with the Rambus crap, and they went after VIA.
Either AMD didn't do anything that stupid, or I never heard about it.
What worked for Intel was tricking people into thinking that only Mhz mattered, when their p4 ran slower than same Mhz p3.
An EULA by a private organization is NO DIFFERENT from a constitutionally sound law passed by a majority of our elected senate and subject to the scrutiny, [1] of an impartial office whose members are appointed by a democratically elected leader (and subject to approval by our democratically elected senate.)
An EULA is wrong and here is a reason why. You buy some software, let's say graphics software, for $50. You have a few ideas for some really cool effects. You install the software as you normally do, not paying any attention to the EULE because let's face it, no one does. It takes forever to read it, and most people still wouldn't understand it. You spend hours painstakingly putting each and every pixel in place. Done.
Now to save. And you find out you can't save in the programs format, only bmp. You didn't send them the additional $50 as was stated in the EULA. Of course, you don't know that since you didn't read the EULA.
Needless to say, you are now very angry. You could get a screen shot, but no, you need the unique format that this software offers. Same for bitmaps, it could save a bitmap for every effect but that would be megs upon megs, and you need it to be 500kb which the proprietary format does. You look for information, and find out there is a crack to get around that.
Finally you find it, and get lucky, it allows you to crack it while it is running!. YES! Now you save your graphics, and publish them on your site. Finally, work done.
But wait, now your site is gone, your isp deleted it at the request of the company that made the software, and they are pressing charges of over $500,000. Seems you violated their EULA.
Did they forget to tell you that their proprietary software has a unique identifier for the software it came from and that it is not in their system as having permission to save? NOPE, you didn't read the EULA which stated that very information. But you signed the agreement when you clicked "Accept". So now you owe them $500,000 plus court costs. You are broke, and in debt for the next 25+ years.
Now do you think that is fair and "NO DIFFERENT from a constitutionally sound law"?
In High School we were working with Borland Turbo Pascal 3. something Lol. This was the program.
Begin
end.
It compiled fine of course, but when you ran it, you'd get the error saying something about command.com has been displaced or something to that affect.
Then in Borland C++ 4 or 5 on a compaq running Windows 98 (se I think) we did basically the same thing. and the computer screen went blank, then Green, and it did not want to turn off.
Something else I noticed. I made a program accessing mouse interrupts. It worked fine on every computer I tried it on, but when tried it on a compaq, It appeared to reverse the buttons and handle the mouse position differently.
Both the XBox and PS2 had a price drop from $299 to $199 a few months back in the US. Sony announced a drop in about a week, Microsoft said We'll drop tomorrow, and sony was forced to do the same. After a while, the price on every electronic product goes down. It's normal.
There is another company Petwarehouse, who is now joined with Drs Foster and Smith. I've ordered from them, nice service, but I cannot comment on the other one. I remember reading about Petswarehouse a year ago when I was 'tricked' into going to his website countless times. around that time I saw the comments against petswarehouse and then shortly afterwards heard about the suits.
If people cannot comment on a companies service without fear of being sued, Then how are people going to know when a service or product, whether hardware, software, pet, or other, is actually bad? Lmao, Microsoft could sue millions of people based on that thinking. Who knows? maybe they are planning on using your microphone to record every time you 'colorfully' complain about your windows and use it against you in a court of law.
BUT, they are still allowing 98 and me????????? They have flaws galore, and good luck making them 'secure'
So they ban the more stable and generally more secure operating systems in favor of a still relatively new operating system?
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It's very busy this time of year at work but I could have sworn it was farther back than yesterday... If yesterday was the earliest that it was played, then that is business as usual here.
I heard about this days ago on NPR. Between the duplicates, late reports, and things more interesting than this being rejected... What is going on here at Slashdot?
We need to boycott every site that employs FMV ads. If enough people do it, they will get the point. Also, email any site running the ads, and for the fun of it, email unicast too. Let's make it known we hate those ads. Don't just feel sorry for those people that don't have unlimited bandwidth, stand up for them.
Your unable to close it. What I saw of the ad didn't seem overly smooth. But then again, we didn't give it a chance. Right clicked on taskbar, clicked close, then End Now when it popped up. I wonder if microshaft provided/will provide a 'patch' to prevent you from ctrl-alt-delete or forcing a close, yet disguising it so people will actually install it. many people that have used msn are now going to avoid it like the plague. I'm probably going to attempt to block the downloading of that crap tonight. means I'll have to watch a few to make sure it works. But hey, it means I won't buy any of the crap I see.
I don't think companies and employees are going to be very happy. Companies have to pay for bandwidth too, and most employees are not going to be aware they are downloading 2 megs in the background. And they they get in trouble for 2 things. 1. 2 megs every site adds up quick. 2. Many companies have rules against downloading media. Since it would be reported in a log, would it show up as media. I'm sure that eventually there will be an easy way for companies to get around that. But how many employees are going to get chewed out first? I wouldn't doubt it if you close the window and up pops the video
Intel sucks, they messed up big time with the Rambus crap, and they went after VIA. Either AMD didn't do anything that stupid, or I never heard about it. What worked for Intel was tricking people into thinking that only Mhz mattered, when their p4 ran slower than same Mhz p3.
An EULA by a private organization is NO DIFFERENT from a constitutionally sound law passed by a majority of our elected senate and subject to the scrutiny, [1] of an impartial office whose members are appointed by a democratically elected leader (and subject to approval by our democratically elected senate.)
An EULA is wrong and here is a reason why. You buy some software, let's say graphics software, for $50. You have a few ideas for some really cool effects. You install the software as you normally do, not paying any attention to the EULE because let's face it, no one does. It takes forever to read it, and most people still wouldn't understand it. You spend hours painstakingly putting each and every pixel in place. Done.
Now to save. And you find out you can't save in the programs format, only bmp. You didn't send them the additional $50 as was stated in the EULA. Of course, you don't know that since you didn't read the EULA.
Needless to say, you are now very angry. You could get a screen shot, but no, you need the unique format that this software offers. Same for bitmaps, it could save a bitmap for every effect but that would be megs upon megs, and you need it to be 500kb which the proprietary format does. You look for information, and find out there is a crack to get around that.
Finally you find it, and get lucky, it allows you to crack it while it is running!. YES! Now you save your graphics, and publish them on your site. Finally, work done.
But wait, now your site is gone, your isp deleted it at the request of the company that made the software, and they are pressing charges of over $500,000. Seems you violated their EULA.
Did they forget to tell you that their proprietary software has a unique identifier for the software it came from and that it is not in their system as having permission to save? NOPE, you didn't read the EULA which stated that very information. But you signed the agreement when you clicked "Accept". So now you owe them $500,000 plus court costs. You are broke, and in debt for the next 25+ years.
Now do you think that is fair and "NO DIFFERENT from a constitutionally sound law"?
In High School we were working with Borland Turbo Pascal 3. something Lol. This was the program. Begin end. It compiled fine of course, but when you ran it, you'd get the error saying something about command.com has been displaced or something to that affect. Then in Borland C++ 4 or 5 on a compaq running Windows 98 (se I think) we did basically the same thing. and the computer screen went blank, then Green, and it did not want to turn off. Something else I noticed. I made a program accessing mouse interrupts. It worked fine on every computer I tried it on, but when tried it on a compaq, It appeared to reverse the buttons and handle the mouse position differently.
I can vouch for this one. I have seen it before too.
Both the XBox and PS2 had a price drop from $299 to $199 a few months back in the US. Sony announced a drop in about a week, Microsoft said We'll drop tomorrow, and sony was forced to do the same. After a while, the price on every electronic product goes down. It's normal.
you mean petSwarehouse right? Petwarehouse is now with drs foster and smith, and I have ordered from them before.
petwarehouse though is a good business. I have never ordered from petswarehouse, and never plan to.
Don't you remember? Didn't the Patriot act throw out the first amendment?
There is another company Petwarehouse, who is now joined with Drs Foster and Smith. I've ordered from them, nice service, but I cannot comment on the other one. I remember reading about Petswarehouse a year ago when I was 'tricked' into going to his website countless times. around that time I saw the comments against petswarehouse and then shortly afterwards heard about the suits. If people cannot comment on a companies service without fear of being sued, Then how are people going to know when a service or product, whether hardware, software, pet, or other, is actually bad? Lmao, Microsoft could sue millions of people based on that thinking. Who knows? maybe they are planning on using your microphone to record every time you 'colorfully' complain about your windows and use it against you in a court of law.
BUT, they are still allowing 98 and me????????? They have flaws galore, and good luck making them 'secure' So they ban the more stable and generally more secure operating systems in favor of a still relatively new operating system?