Let me get this straight: You *didnt* read what i wrote, but yet you feel you can judge what i was saying and accuse me of being a troll and insult my intelligence?
You are worse off then i thought. Ever thought of jumping off a bridge? Ridding the rest of us from the burden of having to use our tax dollars to support your sorry ass would be a good thing.
Just because you are a monopoly doesnt mean there are ZERO alternatives. It just means the alternatives are so small in marketshare compared to you that you still control the game.
Oh, and dont forget they were legally declared one.. I dont see any change in that either.
You do realize that i dont take orders ( or suggestions ) from people like you?
Perhaps you need detailed directions on how to think. Or are you too far gone with your unfounded confused hatred for our duely elected president that it effects all aspects of your life? I vote yes.
If you are under investigation, i dont think that a bit of PGP will matter, unless you beam your thought to the phone.
A good parabolic dish across the street will pick up every word you say.
And if you REALLY call attention to yourself, it wont matter much what you said. The fact you said anything might get you tossed in the can for 'questioning'.
Because there are a LOT of legal uses for them. Just because something can be used improperly does not mean you should just automatically penalize those that are not.
The 'pirates' would just go father underground and as long as you allow any connections then the data will flow. You *cant* stop all flow of data, or you wouldnt be providing a service anylonger.
The only way to stop it is to make bandwidth so expensive its cheaper to go buy the item. ( but of course lose all your customers in the process )
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While you can mask your fingerprint, what will most likely happen is you have to run an 'applet' to gain access ( remember netzero? ).
That will be harder ( not impossible of course ) to fake.
And if you get caught, dont be suprised if its a CRIME, and the feds swoop down on you aferwards.
So much the eaiser to fix prices if you 'collaborate' your R&D and production.
In other words " since microsoft is a monopoly with a stranglehold on the industry, we will do whatever they say so we dont upset them"
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Let me get this straight: You *didnt* read what i wrote, but yet you feel you can judge what i was saying and accuse me of being a troll and insult my intelligence?
You are worse off then i thought. Ever thought of jumping off a bridge? Ridding the rest of us from the burden of having to use our tax dollars to support your sorry ass would be a good thing.
Such a small man. We feel sorry for you.
Just because you are a monopoly doesnt mean there are ZERO alternatives. It just means the alternatives are so small in marketshare compared to you that you still control the game.
Oh, and dont forget they were legally declared one.. I dont see any change in that either.
Nice to see you have come around and joined us.
Perhaps they just forgot to mention their 3d apps on the web page this time around.
Didnt try the disk myself, was just commenting after reading their 'contents' pages.
how can they be serious in the 'media' arena if they forgot that?
You do realize that i dont take orders ( or suggestions ) from people like you?
Perhaps you need detailed directions on how to think. Or are you too far gone with your unfounded confused hatred for our duely elected president that it effects all aspects of your life? I vote yes.
Thanks for proving my point.
If they go against actual cost, then commercial software is screwed.
if they go against some abstract concept of 'value', then OSS gets the shaft as well.
If your admin turns on IMAP on your Exchange server, then your choices increase greatly.
Just like the 'research' on eggs, just wait another week and they will be good for you.
Too bad you had to toss that in the end there. You just totally discredited what started out as an intelligent post.
Idiot. Your side lost the election according to the rules set forth by the constitution. Get over it already and do something constructive.
You must be kidding, they would never do that..
*yawn*. nothing to see here but the consumer getting screwed yet again.
Geesh.. You have the source, just go read that and figure it all out on your own. Its the holidays, I'm sure you have some extra time on your hands.
Achievement of 2005? What are these people smoking?
Whats next, electricity?
No, I'm not kidding. In another 10 years when all of us oldtimers retire, there will be guaranteed jobs for kids that know what the hell it is.
If you just want something 'cool', then i guess either works if you stick with it and become proficient.
Just have to kill off the golden goose dont we?
Between this, and over regulation, and 'content controls' the net's days ( as we know it ) are numbered.
No risk of it not being extended. Governments wont give up power like this willingly. Even if it means getting along with the 'other' party.
So, one can assume that the barrier of entry to produce equipment or content that is compliant will be so high as to squeeze out the little guy.
Sure, its optional today. Tomorrow it wont be. Is everyone blind and cant see the 'creep' that is taking place?
I happen to agree with your statement, however the FEDs look at it differently.
Using some sort of encryption might raise a red flag.
Bad thing is that when you hit a IE only site, now you wont have an alternative ( other then taking your business elsewhere )
If you are under investigation, i dont think that a bit of PGP will matter, unless you beam your thought to the phone.
A good parabolic dish across the street will pick up every word you say.
And if you REALLY call attention to yourself, it wont matter much what you said. The fact you said anything might get you tossed in the can for 'questioning'.
Because there are a LOT of legal uses for them. Just because something can be used improperly does not mean you should just automatically penalize those that are not.
The 'pirates' would just go father underground and as long as you allow any connections then the data will flow. You *cant* stop all flow of data, or you wouldnt be providing a service anylonger.
The only way to stop it is to make bandwidth so expensive its cheaper to go buy the item. ( but of course lose all your customers in the process )