I'm pissed about this too, and have been looking for an alternative provider since I got their E-mail notice.
In just the past few days, I downloaded maybe a gig of updates(All software I use, not just Windows) because I reformatted.
There goes 1/5th of my allotment.
Screw Sympatico. For five bucks more a month ($50), I can triple my speed with cable. Although, I was hoping I wouldn't have to rip up the lawn to have a cable box installed.
"CDs that don't have a code would raise a red flag."
What if I copy a tagged disk bit for bit?
My copy should be a perfect duplicate in every respect. It's the same with copy protected disks. All of these protection and ID schemes are pointless if we can make perfect copies of the original disks.
...recently hiked rates by $5 and capped my dl/ul at 5 gigs. I'm paying more for less now.
I will be switching to one of the other four DSL providers in the area, or going cable.
I don't know how Americans have it, but in Canada, there are more than enough choices to go around. And they seem to be getting cheaper every year. Hiking your rates is either blatant stupidity or suicide around here, because there will always be a cheaper(and reliable) alternative.
...as I'm sure the original internet was when it was first tested(arpanet?). Then came the masses, and look at what we have now. The internet 2 will eventually suffer the same bottlenecks as the original we use today.
"No, wait: Anakin tells Padme at one point: 'I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth.' I hadn't heard that before.
I guess Gene died before he had the chance to tell Roger how he really felt.
Roger's loss, I guess.;)
The truth, in a sense, was that they explained religion. The secret they have been hiding since day one of the show is that God is in fact alien beings from the heavens(any culture 2000 years ago would have called a flying ship God). And the invasion of 2012 is the foretold second coming of Christ.
I think the big secret is that mankind spent 2000 years worshipping a God that wasn't even a God, and that all religion is one big lie.
There IS a culture that believes strongly in this principle, and their art and stone carvings depict beings from the sky visiting the earth.
Carter did nothing but regurgitate what certain cultures have believed for thousands of years.
Yay.
"Hopefully Blizzard will drop their attack against Bnetd before the release."
Why, so you won't feel like such a scum sucking pig when you drool your way to the store to help fuel the machine that wants to take away your rights?
Maybe they will drop their lawsuit, and maybe they won't. But this won't be the end of it. And you're a corporate whore no matter which side the coin lands on. What, are you French or something? Willing to trade in your principles at the drop of a hat for your shiny little games? Oh, wait. You're the guy who shut down the censorware site, right? Sorry, you have to have principles in the first place to qualify.
My apologies to the French.
...overlaid advertising. Good luck finding a popup killer for that kind of software.
Or imagine being turned away at the airport because your implants don't have DRM implemented.;p~
And in a perfect world, every OEM would simultaneously switch to an alternative OS, and Microsoft would pay for their sins in one fell swoop.
Microsoft isn't as powerful as they think they are. If windows doesn't ship by default, their marketshare dies. Albeit slowly, but surely.
Who cares if they're the standard. Change is a beautiful thing in the eyes of those willing to take that risk.
There's nothing wrong with that at all.
The thing is, no one is forcing you to use it.
Download Mozilla if that is your fancy. There's no lock on the OS telling you that you are not allowed to install x browser. And there is no software preventing you from doing so.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing some of these choices come with windows. It saves Lazy Joe Sixpack the trouble of finding it himself. Because we both know that he (he, being the 90% majority) isn't going to go looking for it himself.
Fine. When I decide to whip out an arsenal and mow down a bunch of colleagues, I'm going to write something in my journal to the effect of, "And I'll mow those assholes down like a senator mows down civil liberties". That will illustrate my point of view nicely.
I wonder how congress droids will try and spin that one.
"Right - you know I really hate it when I have to go out and pick a telephone provider, or gas station, or what kind of car to drive. Wouldn't it just have been easier if we all drove Ford cars filled with Standard Oil gas while talking on our AT&T phones?
Don't get me wrong, my remarks had nothing to do with companies competing. Competition is great. This has everything to do with companies colluding to litigate a stronger competitor out of the market.
Castrating Windows won't hurt Microsoft in the least. If anything, it will hurt the consumer who just wants to turn his machine on and get E-mail. Oops, Joe sixpack needs to download a mail client to get his mail. What? There's no browser installed? Joe is fucked unless he knows how to use telnet or ftp. But wait.. They weren't allowed to include those either. Oh well. But at least Sun et al got their way.
I don't condone a lot of what Microsoft has done. Some of their tactics are downright dirty. But you can't tell me that the same competitors who are sueing them now wouldn't have done the same thing if they had that kind of leverage.
These companies aren't seeking damages. They're seeking revenge. Plain and simple.
What, you think AOL bought Netscape because it was a good browser? Man, I want to know who your dealer is. That must be some prime smack he's selling you.
They bought Netscape for the right to sue Microsoft. A nice card in their hand, if you ask me.
The States came after Microsoft because they had dollar signs in their eyes.
Nothing more, nothing less. They just wanted a piece of the pie. MS's competitors are just as bad. Why do you think all of MS's competitors are suddenly coming out of the woodwork and bringing on lawsuits? Because they know MS is in a state of weakness. What better way to eliminate your biggest competition than through litigation? Not to mention, being ruled a monopoly is a surefire way to ensure every con artist and halfwit who can't make it in the market on their own will slither out of the woodwork and make bogus claims against you. Oracle and Sun are a big example of this.
My newer Athlon has a similar case. The door is on the side, rather than being the entire outer shell. The screws on the back can be turned by hand, and the thing just slides right off.
Still, I find it's sitting beside the computer, detached from the case more often than not.
Maybe I'm just a lazy bastard.;)
Heh, I know the feeling.
In the four years I had my old computer, the front and side panels were never on it. Hardware was being swapped so often, I figured it was a waste of time screwing the thing back on.
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I'm pissed about this too, and have been looking for an alternative provider since I got their E-mail notice.
In just the past few days, I downloaded maybe a gig of updates(All software I use, not just Windows) because I reformatted.
There goes 1/5th of my allotment.
Screw Sympatico. For five bucks more a month ($50), I can triple my speed with cable. Although, I was hoping I wouldn't have to rip up the lawn to have a cable box installed.
What if I copy a tagged disk bit for bit?
My copy should be a perfect duplicate in every respect. It's the same with copy protected disks. All of these protection and ID schemes are pointless if we can make perfect copies of the original disks.
...recently hiked rates by $5 and capped my dl/ul at 5 gigs. I'm paying more for less now.
I will be switching to one of the other four DSL providers in the area, or going cable.
I don't know how Americans have it, but in Canada, there are more than enough choices to go around. And they seem to be getting cheaper every year. Hiking your rates is either blatant stupidity or suicide around here, because there will always be a cheaper(and reliable) alternative.
...as I'm sure the original internet was when it was first tested(arpanet?). Then came the masses, and look at what we have now. The internet 2 will eventually suffer the same bottlenecks as the original we use today.
"No, wait: Anakin tells Padme at one point: 'I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth.' I hadn't heard that before.
I guess Gene died before he had the chance to tell Roger how he really felt. ;)
Roger's loss, I guess.
Isn't this why there is a diary section?
The truth, in a sense, was that they explained religion. The secret they have been hiding since day one of the show is that God is in fact alien beings from the heavens(any culture 2000 years ago would have called a flying ship God). And the invasion of 2012 is the foretold second coming of Christ.
I think the big secret is that mankind spent 2000 years worshipping a God that wasn't even a God, and that all religion is one big lie.
There IS a culture that believes strongly in this principle, and their art and stone carvings depict beings from the sky visiting the earth.
Carter did nothing but regurgitate what certain cultures have believed for thousands of years.
Yay.
Screw you, hippie! ;)
I'll be one of "those guys" in the bunker.
Why, so you won't feel like such a scum sucking pig when you drool your way to the store to help fuel the machine that wants to take away your rights?
Maybe they will drop their lawsuit, and maybe they won't. But this won't be the end of it. And you're a corporate whore no matter which side the coin lands on. What, are you French or something? Willing to trade in your principles at the drop of a hat for your shiny little games? Oh, wait. You're the guy who shut down the censorware site, right? Sorry, you have to have principles in the first place to qualify.
My apologies to the French.
...drive in two dimensions, nevermind three.
Imagine the disaster that would be.
You call that real programming? You pussy.
Don't be such a tool.
Talk about bloatware.
Windows fits on a single CD.
And then came Life of Brian. ;p~
...overlaid advertising. Good luck finding a popup killer for that kind of software. ;p~
Or imagine being turned away at the airport because your implants don't have DRM implemented.
You're still pissed off about that whole genetically altered/radioactic spider confusion, aren't you? ;)
And in a perfect world, every OEM would simultaneously switch to an alternative OS, and Microsoft would pay for their sins in one fell swoop.
Microsoft isn't as powerful as they think they are. If windows doesn't ship by default, their marketshare dies. Albeit slowly, but surely.
Who cares if they're the standard. Change is a beautiful thing in the eyes of those willing to take that risk.
There's nothing wrong with that at all.
The thing is, no one is forcing you to use it.
Download Mozilla if that is your fancy. There's no lock on the OS telling you that you are not allowed to install x browser. And there is no software preventing you from doing so.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing some of these choices come with windows. It saves Lazy Joe Sixpack the trouble of finding it himself. Because we both know that he (he, being the 90% majority) isn't going to go looking for it himself.
Fine. When I decide to whip out an arsenal and mow down a bunch of colleagues, I'm going to write something in my journal to the effect of, "And I'll mow those assholes down like a senator mows down civil liberties". That will illustrate my point of view nicely.
I wonder how congress droids will try and spin that one.
Don't get me wrong, my remarks had nothing to do with companies competing. Competition is great. This has everything to do with companies colluding to litigate a stronger competitor out of the market.
Castrating Windows won't hurt Microsoft in the least. If anything, it will hurt the consumer who just wants to turn his machine on and get E-mail. Oops, Joe sixpack needs to download a mail client to get his mail. What? There's no browser installed? Joe is fucked unless he knows how to use telnet or ftp. But wait.. They weren't allowed to include those either. Oh well. But at least Sun et al got their way.
These companies aren't seeking damages. They're seeking revenge. Plain and simple.
What, you think AOL bought Netscape because it was a good browser? Man, I want to know who your dealer is. That must be some prime smack he's selling you.
They bought Netscape for the right to sue Microsoft. A nice card in their hand, if you ask me.
The States came after Microsoft because they had dollar signs in their eyes.
Nothing more, nothing less. They just wanted a piece of the pie.
MS's competitors are just as bad. Why do you think all of MS's competitors are suddenly coming out of the woodwork and bringing on lawsuits? Because they know MS is in a state of weakness. What better way to eliminate your biggest competition than through litigation? Not to mention, being ruled a monopoly is a surefire way to ensure every con artist and halfwit who can't make it in the market on their own will slither out of the woodwork and make bogus claims against you. Oracle and Sun are a big example of this.
...sheep do NOT push against the cliff. =\
My newer Athlon has a similar case. The door is on the side, rather than being the entire outer shell. The screws on the back can be turned by hand, and the thing just slides right off. ;)
Still, I find it's sitting beside the computer, detached from the case more often than not.
Maybe I'm just a lazy bastard.
Heh, I know the feeling.
In the four years I had my old computer, the front and side panels were never on it.
Hardware was being swapped so often, I figured it was a waste of time screwing the thing back on.