"Gates also took some credit for the genesis of open-source software. He said Microsoft made it possible by standardizing computers: "Really, the reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines," he said."
what happens at m$ headquarters when something like this is discovered? the way their quality control works, you'd think they just say "oh well, we'll get around to fixing it sometime." in most other companies, heads would roll.
now, whenever i log off of hotmail (i won't go into why i stil use it), it won't redirect me to their "please please give us your money for our half-assed, overpriced service" site.
if you buy the cd, why should you have to delete the mp3s? and what about live performances, unreleased material, etc that you can't buy? why should you not be allowed to download that?
well, it's also freedom of speech when some imbred hillbilly dons a white hood and starts yelling about how much he hates niggers and jews. it's also freedom of speech when the holier-than-thou, self-righteous fundamentalists say the rest of the world is against God because we don't think like they do. and it's still freedom of speech when i bitch and complain about all of it. (just your bitching is freedom of speech...enjoy it, pal.)
i believe the argument is more in favor of consumer rights (i.e. if i want to encode the cd i just bought to mp3s, i should be able to do that) than piracy.
nope, i think whatever you do with your own body is nobody's business but yours. and whatever you do with the music/movies/etc you own is likewise nobody's business but yours.
for a company that seems obsessed with hidding erected penises, dildos, and whispered messages like "hey kids, take off your clothes", this seems to be an odd departure.
was the 'ez jackster' logo shaped like a strap-on?
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i just hate that it's called XP...makes me not want to buy it. that is an acronym to be feared and avoided.
even if a white hood is the best costume they can find.
...have national ID implants? even scarier!
"Gates also took some credit for the genesis of open-source software. He said Microsoft made it possible by standardizing computers: "Really, the reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines," he said."
do i even need to comment on this?
it just realizes than lots of money it could have is getting away.
what happens at m$ headquarters when something like this is discovered? the way their quality control works, you'd think they just say "oh well, we'll get around to fixing it sometime." in most other companies, heads would roll.
caller: "i can't connect."
tech support: "what os are you using?"
caller: "windows xp."
tech support: "sorry. you're fucked."
nice to see them at least considering user's privacy (it that is their intent.)
...micro$oft xp was installed on every computer!
ahhh!
i got some 'offensive' words for them.
"go back to bed america, your government is in control." -bill hicks
now, whenever i log off of hotmail (i won't go into why i stil use it), it won't redirect me to their "please please give us your money for our half-assed, overpriced service" site.
well, it allows backwoods imbred language like 'shitbird' so why are you complaining?
with the new pre-school-type GUI, they have the Blue Screen of Uh Oh!
gates has a child fetish and all xp users are now his children...he's now the john wayne gacy of the computering world.
no text.
/. lameness filter wouldn't accept 'nt')
(damn
geeks like linux, and people who don't know any better like windows. end of debate.
there is no money in hell.
"those who would trade freedom for security deserve and shall have neither." -thomas jefferson
"those who would trade freedom for security deserve and shall have neither."
if you buy the cd, why should you have to delete the mp3s? and what about live performances, unreleased material, etc that you can't buy? why should you not be allowed to download that?
well, it's also freedom of speech when some imbred hillbilly dons a white hood and starts yelling about how much he hates niggers and jews. it's also freedom of speech when the holier-than-thou, self-righteous fundamentalists say the rest of the world is against God because we don't think like they do. and it's still freedom of speech when i bitch and complain about all of it. (just your bitching is freedom of speech...enjoy it, pal.)
i believe the argument is more in favor of consumer rights (i.e. if i want to encode the cd i just bought to mp3s, i should be able to do that) than piracy.
nope, i think whatever you do with your own body is nobody's business but yours. and whatever you do with the music/movies/etc you own is likewise nobody's business but yours.
for a company that seems obsessed with hidding erected penises, dildos, and whispered messages like "hey kids, take off your clothes", this seems to be an odd departure.
was the 'ez jackster' logo shaped like a strap-on?