Perhaps a short to mid-term solution is all they are looking for... something just enough so people who don't want to wait for the music to hit file swapping service will go out and buy the CD.
Uh.. Microsoft tried everything to get rid of Quicken as a competitor, from buying Intuit to those "FREE Microsoft Money" things you saw in stores. (isn't that called dumping, and is illegal?) They failed. Microsoft certainly didn't play "nice-nice" for Intuit's benefit.
Also, I think Microsoft threatened AOL way back when, saying something to the effect of "I can buy you out now, I can buy you out five years from now, or I can go into this business for myself and crush you." Last time I checked, AOL is still doing fine, despite Microsoft's efforts.
What, do they think they sharp edges might hurt someone?
No, but I think you are closer than you think. Rounded edges are more visually comforting than sharp ones. I think computers just tend to use rectangles because they are a very easy shape for a computer to logically deal with. Next time you are driving down street or the highway, check out all the rounded edges on the street signs. Only sign I can think of that doesn't use rounded edges is the stop sign, for obvious reasons. Check most objects on your desk right now. They pretty much all sport rounded edges. Even rectangular objects such as standard computer boxes and monitors use rounded edges.. some of that might be safety, but there is definately an attempt to make these objects more visually appealing using rounder edges.
"This will make ICANN a much more efficient and effective organization that will get things done better and faster and be more plugged-in to the community than we are now,"
Uh? How does getting rid of publicly voted board members, and then buffering yourself from the risk of being voted out make one "more plugged-in to the community"???
Two words:
Propaganda
...ok, maybe one word.
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He never said that the 26th of September was 6 months ago.
He could have asked them about the product, and the might have said something to the effect of.. oh, we started selling it to distributor XYZ five months ago.
Considering that people will not notice the change, the 'uptime' has really not been broken. The uptime in the slashbox is just that of the machine, not the website.
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Maybe you should upgrade to a Mac so your spell checker isn't so slow.
Watch Mononoke Hime, or Nausicaa, and then try to tell me it's all recycled Speed Racer.
Yes.
Perhaps a short to mid-term solution is all they are looking for... something just enough so people who don't want to wait for the music to hit file swapping service will go out and buy the CD.
I remember Virtual(void).. that was good stuff. If I could find my BeOS R5 Pro CD, I'd get you a copy.. :/
So when are you guys going to remove all that crapware & stealware from the LimeWire client?
When a good amount of people are willing to pay decent money for a client?
It sure does if you try to fit it into a CD player.
Nope.. they are still making CDs.. just not standard Audio CDs. The headline should say "BMG Stops Producing Red Book Audio CDs".
Yeh how bloody funny is that.. Get a life and contribute something to the topic.
It was funny. But then again, so is watching you post with a stick up your own anus.
If MS wants to give me billions for my company, I'd have no problem with it "ceasing to exist."
Then you must not be doing something you truly love with all your heart.
Uh..
Microsoft tried everything to get rid of Quicken as a competitor, from buying Intuit to those "FREE Microsoft Money" things you saw in stores. (isn't that called dumping, and is illegal?) They failed. Microsoft certainly didn't play "nice-nice" for Intuit's benefit.
Also, I think Microsoft threatened AOL way back when, saying something to the effect of "I can buy you out now, I can buy you out five years from now, or I can go into this business for myself and crush you." Last time I checked, AOL is still doing fine, despite Microsoft's efforts.
What, do they think they sharp edges might hurt someone?
No, but I think you are closer than you think. Rounded edges are more visually comforting than sharp ones. I think computers just tend to use rectangles because they are a very easy shape for a computer to logically deal with. Next time you are driving down street or the highway, check out all the rounded edges on the street signs. Only sign I can think of that doesn't use rounded edges is the stop sign, for obvious reasons. Check most objects on your desk right now. They pretty much all sport rounded edges. Even rectangular objects such as standard computer boxes and monitors use rounded edges.. some of that might be safety, but there is definately an attempt to make these objects more visually appealing using rounder edges.
On Slashdot, that is a compliment.
"This will make ICANN a much more efficient and effective organization that will get things done better and faster and be more plugged-in to the community than we are now,"
Uh? How does getting rid of publicly voted board members, and then buffering yourself from the risk of being voted out make one "more plugged-in to the community"???
Two words:
Propaganda
...ok, maybe one word.
Is that some hybrid of Hello Kitty and Halloween?
He never said that the 26th of September was 6 months ago.
He could have asked them about the product, and the might have said something to the effect of.. oh, we started selling it to distributor XYZ five months ago.
Which would kind of deny you the legal right to use the software. ;)
Dear sir,
Your capitalization and punctuation need a lot of work. Please take the time to properly format your post next time.
This is not intended to inflame or troll, but to inform. Thank you for understanding and learning.
Regards,
zapfie
Try fourth post.
Wow.. a troll at +5.. well done, my friend. Well done.
Oh great, now we will get urine jokes.
Considering that people will not notice the change, the 'uptime' has really not been broken. The uptime in the slashbox is just that of the machine, not the website.
*laughs* Nice one.
Because, you know, nothing good is ever worth paying for.
Hope you donated something to the Debian project.
Maybe, but your spelling is even more atrocious
And your lack of end punctuation tops it off nicely.
(quick, someone reply and berate me for starting a sentence with a conjunction!)