All this app does is partition the disk, and burn a CD with the drivers that Windows needs to use Apple's hardware. If you want to run Linux, you're still on your own.
IBM was conned into bundling it with their monopoly PC biz at the time.
No, they weren't. They knew exactly what they were doing, they knew that the code was stolen, and they cut a deal with Kildall (that seriously fucked him over) so that they could ship it without owing him hundreds of millions in damages. IBM taught Gates how to get away with software piracy.
Why is there never any retaliation against the companies that produce this software?
Probably because the license agreement guarantees NOTHING, in great big capital letters. They exclude all warranties, including the statutory implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.
Software is sold on a "if it sucks, you lose" basis.
You jest, but this is precisely what MS is going to be flogging to convince people to buy longwind. "Oh, sorry... We've been lying to you for decades about the securability of NT, XP, etc, but now we admit it's crap. So, buy Vista: this time, it's securable. Really, we promise."
Today, it's possible to replace noses, ears, and bladders. Someday it will be hearts, major blood vessels, livers, and lungs.
If you know any medical researchers, biologists, surgeons, or anyone else who works in the medical field today, drop them a note and thank them. They're making a better world.
You have to call bullshit AND argument from authority.
Only when both are promulgated, sunshine.
Next time someone quotes a study at your, or references a published article, just go "way to go with that argument from authority".
If a paper says "this is so, because the researcher is eminent", then it is an argument from authority. If it says "these are the data we collected, and this supports our hypothesis. and here's how to duplicate our tests and check it out for yourself", then it's something else altogether.
Besides, it's cool to call Harvard bullshit.
Did you seriously expect me to agree with you just because you pointed out that there are people at Harvard who share some aspects of your fantasy life? Harvard also has faculty members who condemn your church's stand on many issues of the day. Should your "prophet" reverse his position on gay marriage (for example) because there are Harvard faculty who advocate it, or is the alleged position of your imaginary friend in the sky the last word on the matter?
That takes big kahonas.
Did you mean "cajones", or "Kahunas"? One is a body part, and the other is a cleric of a different franchise than yours. In either case, bravery really isn't at issue here, since there's no danger involved. Harvard doesn't issue fatwas against people who criticise them, and I'm not at all concerned that they might decide to ostracise me.
Have you actually read any prominent thinkers in history?
Yes, and I've also read quite a bit from the proselytutes. Got any more conclusions you'd like to jump to?
Theology is an extremely deep and intellectually taxing field,
Theology isn't deep, so much as it is high: As in, a massive pile. A vast house of cards. A tower of babbling. Of course, I'm sure you find it very "intellectually taxing" to invent one rationalization after another to support your flimsy conjecture.
worshipping the altar of evolution;
Ah, there we go. Thanks for making your position so clear.
What you don't seem to understand is that the less you know about something the easier it is to write it off as "bullshit"
What YOU don't understand is that whatever you build upon an untestable premise (like, say... that you have an imaginary friend in the sky), in no way validates the premise itself. God is a flimsy conjecture, supported only by hearsay. Theology is bullshit, no matter how much of a snit you work yourself into. Go cope.
I have to wonder, why is it so important to people to "convince" them of anything?
When one subscribes to an unsupportable conjecture, and has a deep emotional commitment to it, it's natural to seek reinforcement for that belief. Preaching to one's fellow believers isn't nearly as much of a reward as getting a "convert" to go along with you.
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It does burn a custom Windows XP installation disc
No, it burns a drivers disk. You still install from the MS install disk.
-jcr
All this app does is partition the disk, and burn a CD with the drivers that Windows needs to use Apple's hardware. If you want to run Linux, you're still on your own.
-jcr
Its the united nations and the EU that has to come in and clean up your shit.
Heh.. First time for everything, eh?
-jcr
I'm all over that. What a freaking brilliant invention.
-jcr
Uhh, sold? These people didn't buy these programs.
Oh, I thought you were talking about Windows.
-jcr
IBM was conned into bundling it with their monopoly PC biz at the time.
No, they weren't. They knew exactly what they were doing, they knew that the code was stolen, and they cut a deal with Kildall (that seriously fucked him over) so that they could ship it without owing him hundreds of millions in damages. IBM taught Gates how to get away with software piracy.
-jcr
only IBM's are actually PCs.
Nope. The term predates IBM's entry into the personal computer market.
-jcr
Why is there never any retaliation against the companies that produce this software?
Probably because the license agreement guarantees NOTHING, in great big capital letters. They exclude all warranties, including the statutory implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.
Software is sold on a "if it sucks, you lose" basis.
-jcr
You jest, but this is precisely what MS is going to be flogging to convince people to buy longwind. "Oh, sorry... We've been lying to you for decades about the securability of NT, XP, etc, but now we admit it's crap. So, buy Vista: this time, it's securable. Really, we promise."
-jcr
At least it's cheap, it only costs us $4,200 per year per low end laptop.
Wow... A MacBook Pro, maxed out, retail quantity one is only $3199.
There's a war on. Shouldn't someone in your procurement chain be facing a court martial?
-jcr
how long does it take Slashdot to post something?
;-)
The first time, you mean?
-jcr
Apple and probably Google will be supplanted by companies selling unencumbered digital downloads in standard formats for competitive prices,
What makes you think that Apple and Google wouldn't go right ahead and sell non-DRM material if the producers let them?
Really, if it was up to ANYONE besides the record companies, there wouldn't be any DRM in the first place.
-jcr
Will music from Google work on my iPod?
If not, it's a non-starter.
-jcr
Today, it's possible to replace noses, ears, and bladders. Someday it will be hearts, major blood vessels, livers, and lungs.
If you know any medical researchers, biologists, surgeons, or anyone else who works in the medical field today, drop them a note and thank them. They're making a better world.
-jcr
You're admitting that any Jesuit or Yeshiva student could demonstrate that theology is more than guesswork?
I admit nothing of the kind. I just point out that they could do a far better job of attempting it than you have.
you just have some serious ego issues
Project much?
I'm not the one with an emotional investment in whether people believe in my imaginary friend.
-jcr
I think we're done here.
Suit yourself.
Oh, and if you ever come up with a cogent argument in favor of theology being anything more than guesswork, feel free to present it.
(Hint: try to do it without getting in a snit. You could learn a lot from any Jesuit or Yeshiva student.)
-jcr
You have to call bullshit AND argument from authority.
Only when both are promulgated, sunshine.
Next time someone quotes a study at your, or references a published article, just go "way to go with that argument from authority".
If a paper says "this is so, because the researcher is eminent", then it is an argument from authority. If it says "these are the data we collected, and this supports our hypothesis. and here's how to duplicate our tests and check it out for yourself", then it's something else altogether.
Besides, it's cool to call Harvard bullshit.
Did you seriously expect me to agree with you just because you pointed out that there are people at Harvard who share some aspects of your fantasy life? Harvard also has faculty members who condemn your church's stand on many issues of the day. Should your "prophet" reverse his position on gay marriage (for example) because there are Harvard faculty who advocate it, or is the alleged position of your imaginary friend in the sky the last word on the matter?
That takes big kahonas.
Did you mean "cajones", or "Kahunas"? One is a body part, and the other is a cleric of a different franchise than yours. In either case, bravery really isn't at issue here, since there's no danger involved. Harvard doesn't issue fatwas against people who criticise them, and I'm not at all concerned that they might decide to ostracise me.
-jcr
someone who takes the trouble to think clearly about the subject
That certainly leaves you out.
-jcr
Have you actually read any prominent thinkers in history?
Yes, and I've also read quite a bit from the proselytutes. Got any more conclusions you'd like to jump to?
Theology is an extremely deep and intellectually taxing field,
Theology isn't deep, so much as it is high: As in, a massive pile. A vast house of cards. A tower of babbling. Of course, I'm sure you find it very "intellectually taxing" to invent one rationalization after another to support your flimsy conjecture.
worshipping the altar of evolution;
Ah, there we go. Thanks for making your position so clear.
-jcr
How many Jurors can dance on the head of a pin?
-jcr
I probably want to come up with something better than "oh - that's an appeal to authority".
Dude, you chose the tactic. I just called you on it.
if you're more than a superficial internet troll
So, when the appeal to authority doesn't work, go for the ad-hominem!
Seriously, don't they train you clowns any better than this when they send you out to win converts?
-jcr
I watched religion being used as a tool to bend others to those in powers will.
I'd have to say you've achieved Enlightenment. Congratulations.
-jcr
What you don't seem to understand is that the less you know about something the easier it is to write it off as "bullshit"
What YOU don't understand is that whatever you build upon an untestable premise (like, say... that you have an imaginary friend in the sky), in no way validates the premise itself. God is a flimsy conjecture, supported only by hearsay. Theology is bullshit, no matter how much of a snit you work yourself into. Go cope.
-jcr
Whatever you majored in or want to study, I now declare bullshit.
Why exactly should your judgement matter to me?
-jcr
I have to wonder, why is it so important to people to "convince" them of anything?
When one subscribes to an unsupportable conjecture, and has a deep emotional commitment to it, it's natural to seek reinforcement for that belief. Preaching to one's fellow believers isn't nearly as much of a reward as getting a "convert" to go along with you.
-jcr