If the company was indeed looking at the problem, then they lied about it. Their response to being notified of the problems, as described in the article, was to say "Gee, we're not going to bother fixing that. Instead we're going to work on a new product and just sell it as an upgrade to everybody."
When someone tells you flat out that they aren't going to do anything, why is assuming that they aren't doing anything false?
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Well, if they _did_ get broken into all the time, then that would be pretty embarrassing. The last thing they would want to do is publicize the fact, so it only makes sense that they would cover it up and say nothing about it.
Since nobody has _ever_ said anything about frequent break-ins, it's clear that they must be happening.
Why am I the only person who can see how obvious this is?
That should be pretty obvious. The moment that you start to make progress on a working Time Machine, something unfortunate and completely unforseen will happen to stop you from finishing it. Maybe you will just decide to paint bubble wrap red and paint the words 'TENSION SHEET' on it instead.
Because somewhere in the future, somebody has got to really hate having his history messed with.
The term "illegal" was used to mean "Software which is being used in a manner which is not allowed by its owners and in many cases is expressly disallowed by the license agreement". Automatix was conceived so that it could violate the licenses of almost everything it installed and Ubuntu wouldn't have to.
The new pricing 'narrows the price gap between original versions of Microsoft's software and pirated copies,' making it that much easier for consumers to 'do the right thing'."
I don't see how narrowing the price gap between original and pirated copies of Vista makes it easier for consumers to switch to something (anything) else. What's the connection there?
I wonder where I've heard this here "We'll ship it when it's finished" rhetoric before?
Oh, from Artifact Entertainment, who shipped a lame duck called Horizons when their last surviving developer left for a higher paying job in the fast food industry. The company promptly burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp before being bought out by... well, lets be generous and say they were bought by someone else.
We heard it again from Sigil Games shortly before they kicked a tech demo of Vanguard to the curb with a resounding plop. When it somehow failed to be a resounding commercial success the company... burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp before being bought out by Sony.
"We will ship when it's ready" is an industry code phrase for "I don't know if we can make this work or not, but we're going to keep shoveling money into it until we either get something good or go broke. You'll find out which one comes first when we do."
The Flashbacks are just a result of having a little too much LDS in college.
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Actually, the first company to release such a device will get grabbed off the street, wrapped up in lawsuits, and then dropped off a pier while wearing cement overshoes.
A perfect example is cited in the article: an elevator that has no buttons and stops on every floor. It's far less fucntional than an elevator with buttons. I don't like waiting unnecessarily. And if I were going from the top floor to the bottom floor, with no one else on the elevator, I would be fuming by the time I arrived.
Obviously you have never tried to use your PDA or phone in the proper manner, while eating a whole fried chicken with one hand and dipping the other into a vat of raw cookie dough.
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I really think you're going to have to come up with a better explanation than that, Dr. Schrödinger.
If the company was indeed looking at the problem, then they lied about it. Their response to being notified of the problems, as described in the article, was to say "Gee, we're not going to bother fixing that. Instead we're going to work on a new product and just sell it as an upgrade to everybody."
When someone tells you flat out that they aren't going to do anything, why is assuming that they aren't doing anything false?
Well, if they _did_ get broken into all the time, then that would be pretty embarrassing. The last thing they would want to do is publicize the fact, so it only makes sense that they would cover it up and say nothing about it.
Since nobody has _ever_ said anything about frequent break-ins, it's clear that they must be happening.
Why am I the only person who can see how obvious this is?
When it comes to the body of work that is Uwe Boll, I think that Howard Tayler put it best:
I'm serious. If I find out that you went and saw this film after I told you not to, I'll phone your friends up and tell them to go to your house and pour ants in your bed. And when you wake up screaming, covered in ants, you'll think "at least I'm not still watching BloodRayne."
Does that line really help you pick up the ladies?
They will go on the carpet, and somebody is going to have to clean up their little messes.
The Bacteria, named Cirroc, have said that they plan to attend law school and embark on a new career as a personal injury lawyer.
That should be pretty obvious. The moment that you start to make progress on a working Time Machine, something unfortunate and completely unforseen will happen to stop you from finishing it. Maybe you will just decide to paint bubble wrap red and paint the words 'TENSION SHEET' on it instead.
Because somewhere in the future, somebody has got to really hate having his history messed with.
Aliens, obviously.
The term "illegal" was used to mean "Software which is being used in a manner which is not allowed by its owners and in many cases is expressly disallowed by the license agreement". Automatix was conceived so that it could violate the licenses of almost everything it installed and Ubuntu wouldn't have to.
I don't see how narrowing the price gap between original and pirated copies of Vista makes it easier for consumers to switch to something (anything) else. What's the connection there?
And yet, somehow, it will all be wrapped up within 44 minutes and everything will be just like it was at the beginning.
Oh, from Artifact Entertainment, who shipped a lame duck called Horizons when their last surviving developer left for a higher paying job in the fast food industry. The company promptly burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp before being bought out by... well, lets be generous and say they were bought by someone else.
We heard it again from Sigil Games shortly before they kicked a tech demo of Vanguard to the curb with a resounding plop. When it somehow failed to be a resounding commercial success the company... burned down, fell over and sank into the swamp before being bought out by Sony.
"We will ship when it's ready" is an industry code phrase for "I don't know if we can make this work or not, but we're going to keep shoveling money into it until we either get something good or go broke. You'll find out which one comes first when we do."
No, I'm sure that burning the library down would have been good enough.
I'm sure in 1985 gasoline is available at every corner drugstore, but in this century it's a little hard to come by.
That's just a result of shrinkage from using all the steroids.
We tried to warn you, but you just weren't listening.
The Flashbacks are just a result of having a little too much LDS in college.
Actually, the first company to release such a device will get grabbed off the street, wrapped up in lawsuits, and then dropped off a pier while wearing cement overshoes.
No, I think that he very definitely was there the day that lesson was taught. It was the morning after he took a set of backup tapes home.
Are you suggesting that Star Trek has lied to us?
I'm guessing you're not Jewish. Those kind of elevators are really quite common.
Obviously you have never tried to use your PDA or phone in the proper manner, while eating a whole fried chicken with one hand and dipping the other into a vat of raw cookie dough.
Isn't one a month inconvenient enough?
Hacking its Gibson?