You have the facts, they came from Microsoft. Please explain how that isn't honesty.
They still haven't denied that WGA will disable windows - they just claim it won't turn your computer off.
Most likely withhold security updates. And Microsoft has no responsibility to support people with pirated versions of their OS, nor to allow people to use pirated versions of their OS.
And the problem is that most people don't like being watched. they make the stuff that makes most PCs worthwhile. Who in their right mind would allow one company that sort of power?
Is it also what makes a dog a dog? Or what makes a venus fly trap a venus fly trap? Or a pencil a pencil? If it has no physical form, then how do you know it exists? What led to its discovery?
Because it's an abstract concept, duh. Pencils have no soul - what's your problem?
When the average American refuses to support a surcharge on gasoline (to bring its cost to $4.00 per gallon) to pay for the bloody war in Iraq, why the hell should Washington insist that soldiers sacrifice their lives?
They're soldiers - that's what they do.
I don't support a surcharge in gas (wtf?) because I want the war to just end. GWB fucked up bigtime, so let's stop the bleeding.
You're ignoring the much simpler explanation that it simply doesn't exist... which more than adequately explains the "no room for a physical soul of any weight [mass]".
It does exist - it's what makes you you. The fact that it has no physical form is immaterial.
Geopolitically Iraq is much more of a linchpin state, situated in the nexus of the Arab Sunni, Iranian Shiite and Kurdish and Caucasian sunni worlds. Placing a Shah type client government there would be highly convenient, as a counterweight to potentially hostile developments in Iran, Saudia Arabia or Syria.
Yeah, that worked so well the last time. What'd be cool is if we changed tactics from cold-war style proxy wars and started dealing with countries in ways that don't give them a reason to hate us.
When BestBuy wants to meet my needs, they tell me that I need to take my TV I just bought that doesn't work 200 miles to the nearest service center and wait for 6 weeks before I can go get it back.
simple solution (aside from not going to best buy): tell them you'll do a chargeback unless they stand behind their product.
I could have elected not to install it and had my machine function as before.
It misrepresented itself as a critical security update, according to reports, so what do you think the average user would do? (assuming that they run updates at all).
I find it distressing that the CDC report is no more specific than 'significant' on the effects of secondhand smoke. To me, it's a mild irritant, nothing more. It spends a lot of effort talking about the bad things in smoke, but very little backing that up with Cancer rates and the like. This is significant because MJ contains similar Carcinogens, but does not increase the risk of Cancer.
One place I worked at, the lawyers basically said that it wasn't copyright infringement if we used copyrighted images on internal pages. The implication was that if the images went outside our company, it'd be verboten. Based on that, I'd say that if it's part of something you're selling, like a presentation, then it's probably not kosher.
What sucks is that a real secretary is a post of some distinction - you keep the secrets of your boss. How taht turned into a typist/receptionist is beyond me.
now we go from "computer room" to "data center"?
Ever been to a data center? 10,000sf of computers deserves the name.
If memory serves, IBM field techs used to have a no-real-tie policy. They all wore clip-ons for safety reasons. If your tie gets caught in a printer, do you want to lose your tie or lose your neck?
Sounds like a perfect excuse to carry a folding knife:)
spare me. Some tool calls an employee a thief because he makes some coin off of the employee discount, while VPs do things like pick option grant dates retroactively so they can get an extra few grand (or more) and nobody cared until SOX came along.
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And if you did anything to the data you'd be in contempt of court. What a difference!
Nah, only if you did it after getting the subpoena. Beforehand, anything goes, more or less.You have the facts, they came from Microsoft. Please explain how that isn't honesty.
They still haven't denied that WGA will disable windows - they just claim it won't turn your computer off.
Most likely withhold security updates. And Microsoft has no responsibility to support people with pirated versions of their OS, nor to allow people to use pirated versions of their OS.
And the problem is that most people don't like being watched. they make the stuff that makes most PCs worthwhile. Who in their right mind would allow one company that sort of power?
Is it also what makes a dog a dog? Or what makes a venus fly trap a venus fly trap? Or a pencil a pencil? If it has no physical form, then how do you know it exists? What led to its discovery?
Because it's an abstract concept, duh. Pencils have no soul - what's your problem?
We're damn sure we have some terrorists, but we can't get a conviction in a Western-style court without exposing our classified sources.
That's the problem with using classified sources on civilians (they aren't soldiers, right?).
You might argue that this means we should set the bastards free, but... NO FUCKING WAY.
I'd rather do that than give W a way to legally throw someone in a hole forever.
Cyberlimbs, wired reflexes, datajacks and cyberdecks.
Screw that - I'll be a physical adept.
When the average American refuses to support a surcharge on gasoline (to bring its cost to $4.00 per gallon) to pay for the bloody war in Iraq, why the hell should Washington insist that soldiers sacrifice their lives?
Way to use a referral link jackass.
Why are you so hacked off about referral links? It doesn't cost you anything, so why would you care that someone else makes money?
You're ignoring the much simpler explanation that it simply doesn't exist... which more than adequately explains the "no room for a physical soul of any weight [mass]".
It does exist - it's what makes you you. The fact that it has no physical form is immaterial.
Geopolitically Iraq is much more of a linchpin state, situated in the nexus of the Arab Sunni, Iranian Shiite and Kurdish and Caucasian sunni worlds. Placing a Shah type client government there would be highly convenient, as a counterweight to potentially hostile developments in Iran, Saudia Arabia or Syria.
Yeah, that worked so well the last time. What'd be cool is if we changed tactics from cold-war style proxy wars and started dealing with countries in ways that don't give them a reason to hate us.
When BestBuy wants to meet my needs, they tell me that I need to take my TV I just bought that doesn't work 200 miles to the nearest service center and wait for 6 weeks before I can go get it back.
simple solution (aside from not going to best buy): tell them you'll do a chargeback unless they stand behind their product.
Maybe they just will stop offering tech support unless you have WGA installed.
since I'd be paying for it, then they better not pull that shit.
I could have elected not to install it and had my machine function as before.
It misrepresented itself as a critical security update, according to reports, so what do you think the average user would do? (assuming that they run updates at all).
I find it distressing that the CDC report is no more specific than 'significant' on the effects of secondhand smoke. To me, it's a mild irritant, nothing more. It spends a lot of effort talking about the bad things in smoke, but very little backing that up with Cancer rates and the like. This is significant because MJ contains similar Carcinogens, but does not increase the risk of Cancer.
If you don't want to be inconvenienced, then eat somewhere else. Secondhand smoke isn't dangerous.
hen Officer Smith has to keep his old, ratty patrol car for another year because Officer Jones was an asshat, Officer Jones becomes unpopular.
No, smith just writes more tickets.
on his private property where he lives and is getting harrassed, he can't use one to show the police what they've done to violate his rights?
Most places, it's a question of whether ou record audio. No audio = clear sailing in most places.
if you respect the police, they will respect you. If you treat the cops like assholes, they'll probably do the same to you.
That's fine - I can deal with a prick cop. What is not acceptable is them waving arrests around like teenagers trying out their new dicks.
Frogs allowing themselves to be boiled is an Urban Legend.
No, it's a metaphor for us stupid people.
One place I worked at, the lawyers basically said that it wasn't copyright infringement if we used copyrighted images on internal pages. The implication was that if the images went outside our company, it'd be verboten. Based on that, I'd say that if it's part of something you're selling, like a presentation, then it's probably not kosher.
Or Los Alamos missing hard drives ?
Last I heard, there were no missing hard drives. Someone simply assumed that there were because of a whole in the inventory numbering.
Because when you don't, you get crap like 'lie detectors'.
What sucks is that a real secretary is a post of some distinction - you keep the secrets of your boss. How taht turned into a typist/receptionist is beyond me.
now we go from "computer room" to "data center"?
Ever been to a data center? 10,000sf of computers deserves the name.
If memory serves, IBM field techs used to have a no-real-tie policy. They all wore clip-ons for safety reasons. If your tie gets caught in a printer, do you want to lose your tie or lose your neck?
Sounds like a perfect excuse to carry a folding knife :)
Dude, this is best buy - they don't have salesmen, they have box shifters. Actual product knowledge is actively discouraged.
spare me. Some tool calls an employee a thief because he makes some coin off of the employee discount, while VPs do things like pick option grant dates retroactively so they can get an extra few grand (or more) and nobody cared until SOX came along.