The fact still remains that Microsoft has no right to dictate how I use my PC, or what I choose to do with any content on that machine. I've been using MS products since 1987, and am a professional programmer of Microsoft products, but am now using a Mac at home thanks to Vista. Nobody has the right to dictate how I use my computer, or for what purposes. Many governments in the world have tried, and they can all go fuck themselves as far as I'm concerned. Why should I respect the demands of a corporation who has even less right than a government to impose arbitrary censorship rules on me? They can rot in hell. I'm done with Microsoft.
Apple is clearly doing something correct with the iPod. I have to use Macs for work, and honestly, hate every minute of it. But I just recently bought my first iPod (80GB video) after months of struggling to find another player. I didn't.
The reason I finally realized the iPod was the choice for me is very simple: The iTunes Music Store. It has more content that I want than any other competing service by a huge margin. TV shows in particular, but music as well. It just has the content I want, easily available, so I swallowed my hatred of Apple, went to the damn store, and bought my iPod.
If they can convince me, they can convince anyone. I don't even have a cell phone, but now I have an iPod that you can have when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
It's actually not clear if Iron Man lives. Ozzy does appear to have some basic brain stem function... depends on your definition of "living" I suppose.
If the Wii is more fun to play with, and costs half of what the PS3 and the XBOX 260 cost, it will win.
I don't think it's that simple, although I agree it should be. Don't underestimate the power of Marketing, and the power of Inertia (in the sense of "I had a Sony last time, I'll buy another Sony without even looking at the options").
The sad part is, most of us slashdotter, that stand up against such absurdities in the video game world, will probably the first to shout at their children that they spend too much time in the Holodeck.
(That is, those/.ers who managed to find a person of the opposite sex to have children with...)
Don't forget about us slashdotters who plan to be too busy being in the holodeck ourselves... Probably having sex...
Ahhh, MediEvil. As an old fart, this single game was the thing that got me back into gaming. After seeing it I went out and bought a PlayStation and a copy of MediEvil. Simply one of the best games I've ever played.
Another highly recommended one if you have an XBox (not 360) is Voodoo Vince.
All they would really need to achieve the status of "much better" is a bunker that is far, far underground, whose location is not public knowledge around the world. Cheyenne Mountain isn't exactly a secret. Seems to me that's its weak point, no matter how fortified it is.
I actually find it pretty amazing that we still don't know for a fact what causes it. It's clearly chemical, but there's no single answer that's accepted across the board. Damnit, where is Bones with his tricorder when we need him?
obsessive-compulsive behavior is fueled by dopamine
It is caused by an excess or inadequate supply of a neurotransmitter (depending on who you ask), with the most commonly cited culprit these days being Serotonin, although it is not known with 100% certainty. It is known that SSRI drugs (Zoloft et. al.) do produce positive results in many OCD sufferers, which lends some credence to Serotonin being at least partially responsible.
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Unfortunately crap like this is the main reason I rarely play PC games anymore. You can't fuck up my XBox with copy protection, nor can you root it. And if you do root it I don't really care, as my personal finances aren't kept on my XBox!
This might even mean that in a few years when you have to get new batteries for your Tesla, the new ones will be cheaper, lighter, and provide a greater range because the tech has moved on.
This is an excellent point. I don't recall ever taking my car into the dealer for service and being able to drive it twice as far on a single tank of gas afterwards. That would be nifty!
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4) Rusty old, hoodless 1955 Chevy tow truck.
My daughter (2.5 y.o.) has one of these in plastic. In came in a box of Mini-Wheats. We took her to see the movie a couple of weeks after it came out, and immediately upon seeing the poster with that car on it she started yelling "MINI-WHEAT! MINI-WHEAT!!!!!" Seems she thought the truck's name was in fact "Mini-Wheat".
1) Apple can now launch their "THINK SIMILAR(LY)" campaign, where they encourage Windows users to stay the hell away, thus maintaining OS X's status as a relatively obscure and therefore unattractive target.
I've got a MacBook Pro (the "G" rev, which supposedly has most problems fixed), and it's a piece of shit. It gets so hot you can't hold it. The screen constantly flickers at you even if you disable the idiotic auto-brightness-adjustment. It makes an annoying buzzing sound about 3/4 of the time it's turned on. It blows through the battery in no time flat. The trackpad is installed incorrectly, and there are visible gaps and misalignments all over the casing. All this for $2,600? Luckily it's a work machine. After seeing this I'd never buy one for personal use.
Do you think you could get me Leela's communicator number? That purple hair and giant eye make me feel funny in my pants. OK, and the big tits too. Of course I'd need to find a way to was the Zapp Branigan stank off her first.
When you purchase a machine from Dell you have the option to purchase clean MS Windows install media for a small charge. At least I did when I bought my Inspiron E1505, it was well worth the $10. You still get the "system restore" disc too, which is handy as a coaster. Format, use the MS install media, all done!
Oh man, I loooooved that game! The secret agent level was especially great, with all the agents trying to pretend they were just ordinary citizens. Some of the things they said had me alughing out loud.
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I'm the original owner of (and still use) one of these bad boys. And no it's not for sale.
the topic will change from a mere technical analysis to the usual religion flamwar.
I'm not so sure... These ARE Brits we're talking about here. Much too polite for a flamewar I think.
The fact still remains that Microsoft has no right to dictate how I use my PC, or what I choose to do with any content on that machine. I've been using MS products since 1987, and am a professional programmer of Microsoft products, but am now using a Mac at home thanks to Vista. Nobody has the right to dictate how I use my computer, or for what purposes. Many governments in the world have tried, and they can all go fuck themselves as far as I'm concerned. Why should I respect the demands of a corporation who has even less right than a government to impose arbitrary censorship rules on me? They can rot in hell. I'm done with Microsoft.
The fact is that phones with entirely touchscreen-driven interfaces have failed in the market so far
Not to mention that they're completely unusable by blind people.
I'm not a company, but personally Vista is the thing that finally pushed me over the edge. Saving my pennies now for a shiny new MacBook Pro.
Did I mention I'm a professional Windows developer? Guess I'll be using Vista at work anyway...
STOP TALKING ABOUT MACS YOU BASTARDS!
Yes, I was a Windows fan. Now I'm saving my pennies for a MacBook Pro (using one at work right now). I have a huge iBoner to get a Mac now.
STOP RUBBING IT IN! At least until I get my MBP and can join the bragging, anyway...
I've used Windows since, well, DOS 1.0.
I'm getting a Mac next time. Vista is unacceptable in the DRM department as well as the licensing department.
And I'm no long-haired FOSS type either. If anything you could have called me an MS fanboy up until now.
Time to get back to what computers are all about, and what they're all about is quite the opposite of limiting what you can do with them!
Apple is clearly doing something correct with the iPod. I have to use Macs for work, and honestly, hate every minute of it. But I just recently bought my first iPod (80GB video) after months of struggling to find another player. I didn't. The reason I finally realized the iPod was the choice for me is very simple: The iTunes Music Store. It has more content that I want than any other competing service by a huge margin. TV shows in particular, but music as well. It just has the content I want, easily available, so I swallowed my hatred of Apple, went to the damn store, and bought my iPod. If they can convince me, they can convince anyone. I don't even have a cell phone, but now I have an iPod that you can have when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
It's actually not clear if Iron Man lives. Ozzy does appear to have some basic brain stem function... depends on your definition of "living" I suppose.
If the Wii is more fun to play with, and costs half of what the PS3 and the XBOX 260 cost, it will win.
I don't think it's that simple, although I agree it should be. Don't underestimate the power of Marketing, and the power of Inertia (in the sense of "I had a Sony last time, I'll buy another Sony without even looking at the options").
The sad part is, most of us slashdotter, that stand up against such absurdities in the video game world, will probably the first to shout at their children that they spend too much time in the Holodeck.
/.ers who managed to find a person of the opposite sex to have children with...)
(That is, those
Don't forget about us slashdotters who plan to be too busy being in the holodeck ourselves... Probably having sex...
Ahhh, MediEvil. As an old fart, this single game was the thing that got me back into gaming. After seeing it I went out and bought a PlayStation and a copy of MediEvil. Simply one of the best games I've ever played.
Another highly recommended one if you have an XBox (not 360) is Voodoo Vince.
Never look a gift horse in the bush!
All they would really need to achieve the status of "much better" is a bunker that is far, far underground, whose location is not public knowledge around the world. Cheyenne Mountain isn't exactly a secret. Seems to me that's its weak point, no matter how fortified it is.
I actually find it pretty amazing that we still don't know for a fact what causes it. It's clearly chemical, but there's no single answer that's accepted across the board. Damnit, where is Bones with his tricorder when we need him?
obsessive-compulsive behavior is fueled by dopamine
It is caused by an excess or inadequate supply of a neurotransmitter (depending on who you ask), with the most commonly cited culprit these days being Serotonin, although it is not known with 100% certainty. It is known that SSRI drugs (Zoloft et. al.) do produce positive results in many OCD sufferers, which lends some credence to Serotonin being at least partially responsible.
OCD sufferer who refuses to take his meds posting...
Unfortunately crap like this is the main reason I rarely play PC games anymore. You can't fuck up my XBox with copy protection, nor can you root it. And if you do root it I don't really care, as my personal finances aren't kept on my XBox!
This might even mean that in a few years when you have to get new batteries for your Tesla, the new ones will be cheaper, lighter, and provide a greater range because the tech has moved on.
This is an excellent point. I don't recall ever taking my car into the dealer for service and being able to drive it twice as far on a single tank of gas afterwards. That would be nifty!
4) Rusty old, hoodless 1955 Chevy tow truck.
My daughter (2.5 y.o.) has one of these in plastic. In came in a box of Mini-Wheats. We took her to see the movie a couple of weeks after it came out, and immediately upon seeing the poster with that car on it she started yelling "MINI-WHEAT! MINI-WHEAT!!!!!" Seems she thought the truck's name was in fact "Mini-Wheat".
No soft toilet papers in Hotel Bastardos! You want soft toilet papers, you go to Hotel Gayboy!
And no flushing guns down the toilet!
1) Apple can now launch their "THINK SIMILAR(LY)" campaign, where they encourage Windows users to stay the hell away, thus maintaining OS X's status as a relatively obscure and therefore unattractive target.
2) ???
3) (lack of) Profit!
I've got a MacBook Pro (the "G" rev, which supposedly has most problems fixed), and it's a piece of shit. It gets so hot you can't hold it. The screen constantly flickers at you even if you disable the idiotic auto-brightness-adjustment. It makes an annoying buzzing sound about 3/4 of the time it's turned on. It blows through the battery in no time flat. The trackpad is installed incorrectly, and there are visible gaps and misalignments all over the casing. All this for $2,600? Luckily it's a work machine. After seeing this I'd never buy one for personal use.
Do you think you could get me Leela's communicator number? That purple hair and giant eye make me feel funny in my pants. OK, and the big tits too. Of course I'd need to find a way to was the Zapp Branigan stank off her first.
When you purchase a machine from Dell you have the option to purchase clean MS Windows install media for a small charge. At least I did when I bought my Inspiron E1505, it was well worth the $10. You still get the "system restore" disc too, which is handy as a coaster. Format, use the MS install media, all done!
Oh man, I loooooved that game! The secret agent level was especially great, with all the agents trying to pretend they were just ordinary citizens. Some of the things they said had me alughing out loud.