Heh...well maybe that's why he's not in business anymore. I think maybe they pissed him off. Sooner or later if these trolls keep suing everyday people they're going to run across one that's not wrapped too tight. It's only a matter of time before someone shows up at one of these lawyer's offices with a pump shotgun and sprays the place down. Keep fucking with everybody and the odds go up.
I'm surprised you would be running linux since it doesn't run any software or games you use and crashes all the time with you. I'll admit if I was a games junky I wouldn't use linux....I'd use a playstation. I'm sure you love windoze and all it's yummy malware goodness but I think you're a blatant liar about how many crashes you've seen on linux. I haven't seen a single system lockup since the 2.6 kernel and I doubt a windoze fanboy that can't find any decent linux software runs linux often enough to see "plent" of linux crashes. I call bullshit.
Actually everyone...every-single-person...that I know that upgraded from ME to XP, was fucking overjoyed! Without exception. In fact ME was even more hated than Vista....far more.
The only thing I've seen run Vista decently is hardware that shipped with it. They upgraded where I work recently and I haven't heard anyone with a kind word for Vista. "It sucks" is about the mildest comment I've heard. Everyone wants XP back. But no! They upgraded now and win 7 is about to release! I don't know why they couldn't wait for 7. Personally I think the best way to upgrade windoze is buy a new system with it pre-loaded.
It's not the fact that it's what people want. It's what they're going to get whether they want it or not. OEM's are going to ship it because M$ will tell them to. That's how monopolies work.
That's one. I know dozens that have had fits with their el cheapo laptops. The damn things are cheap for a reason. Quality is dismal for the most part. Sure some of them work okay...lots don't. Good for you that you're one of the lucky one. Keep on rolling the dice and you'll come up snake eyes. I've seen some nice Sony and Toshiba laptops with great build quality....and they cost about the same as Apple.
I bet some of them....most in fact, think they're doing a useful if thankless job of protecting society. Most of the ones I've known were pretty good people. The exceptions tend to stand out because of how much power they can wield abusively. They are, however, exceptions. To vilify an entire group of people because of the handful that are rotten is ridiculous.
Go ahead and rationalize it all you want. Children are not developed enough for sexual activity, particularly with adults. Society deems the act bad because it is bad. You think you want a society modelled after Roman decadence? Really? Go ahead...buy an island somewhere and start your own country. Molest your own children. I can rationalize as well as you. If you were to molest one of my grand children I could cheerfully slit your throat (firearms aren't personal enough for such revenge) and I bet my rationalizations would sit better with a jury than yours.
Really I'd love to have something just like a Kindle but with linux on it and totally open. The hardware is great but I don't want to be tied to Amazon. I can see why people that want it just to read books love it though.
Ah...but he doesn't want a tablet PC. According to what the original post asked for this seems to be a perfect fit. Cheaper would be nice...if it existed.
The reason people do things like watch television or tweet or text while behind the wheel is because they aren't afraid. They don't believe anything can happen to them. The punishment for this kind of thing should be severe. After all, they put all on the road at risk with this behavior. If the punishment actually reflected the crime then more might become cautious. I think reckless endangerment would be a good charge. A year or two in prison for subjecting their fellow motorists to the risk of loosing life and limb seems appropriate.
Right on! I don't feel the slightest bit of pity for the suckers that bought the crap. It's got Digital Restriction Management! DUH! It's crippled. Why would you buy crippled equipment and content? The beauty of it is that M$ could ditch the Zune and it's DRM format for another crippled device with a new DRM system totally invalidating all previous downloads....and people would buy it! "A fool and his money are soon parted." -Thomas Tusser
I think the C64 brings back bad memories from the home computer wars. Apple ultimately survived thanks to the Macintosh and DTP but CBM gave them fits in the low end market. In fact they were a high end company ever since.
I think everyone sees fire and police service as best handled by government. I think the reasons are obvious. The problem with government run health care is that it isn't as obvious a solution to everyone as it is to you. I work in the Defense industry and while defense is obviously a function that should be controlled by government I think it's myriad problems highlight why people distrust the government managing healthcare in the US. Money is pissed away by DOD like you wouldn't believe. I shudder sometimes at the huge amounts of money I see foolishly wasted...with no repercussions to the people who made the bad decisions. In fact often the most ineffective managers get the most promotions and awards. Thinking of these same people running my healthcare fills me with dread. In fact I fully believe a lot of what's wrong with US healthcare can be laid at the feet of government regulation and specifically congress.
I thought we were past worrying about the Constitution. Nobody pays attention to that dusty old relic except to pay lip service to it. I don't think the average congress critter has ever even read it.
Macs are NOT pc's. I use pc's at work and linux and mac at home. I really don't care that much for the MAC but I am impressed by how well it works. It's dead simple to use and the continuous stream of problems that windows at work gives me and the occasional weird driver problem from the linux box make me appreciate how much work they put in to make the Mac just work. I did hate paying for it though. It hurts to pay a 40 percent premium for a computer.
Part of the beauty of that ad is how they denigrate "PeeCee" to make Dell and HP and Toshiba and all the rest irrelevant. People here pick that add apart and I admit it has flaws to technical people but most people I know that don't have a mac regularly state that they wish they could afford one.
Did you miss the rest of the post?
"And PC Mag is reporting that, on the other side of the Atlantic, two new clone companies are just getting started. Like PsyStar, FreedomPC and RussianMac promise to deliver PCs with OS X preloaded."
Pystar was just the beginning. It's going to ramp up now.
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If that's the case then Win 7 is just Vista Service Pack 3....oh...wait......
Heh...well maybe that's why he's not in business anymore. I think maybe they pissed him off. Sooner or later if these trolls keep suing everyday people they're going to run across one that's not wrapped too tight. It's only a matter of time before someone shows up at one of these lawyer's offices with a pump shotgun and sprays the place down. Keep fucking with everybody and the odds go up.
And now I have a headache. Thanks so much.
I'm surprised you would be running linux since it doesn't run any software or games you use and crashes all the time with you. I'll admit if I was a games junky I wouldn't use linux....I'd use a playstation. I'm sure you love windoze and all it's yummy malware goodness but I think you're a blatant liar about how many crashes you've seen on linux. I haven't seen a single system lockup since the 2.6 kernel and I doubt a windoze fanboy that can't find any decent linux software runs linux often enough to see "plent" of linux crashes. I call bullshit.
Actually everyone...every-single-person...that I know that upgraded from ME to XP, was fucking overjoyed! Without exception. In fact ME was even more hated than Vista....far more.
The only thing I've seen run Vista decently is hardware that shipped with it. They upgraded where I work recently and I haven't heard anyone with a kind word for Vista. "It sucks" is about the mildest comment I've heard. Everyone wants XP back. But no! They upgraded now and win 7 is about to release! I don't know why they couldn't wait for 7. Personally I think the best way to upgrade windoze is buy a new system with it pre-loaded.
It's not the fact that it's what people want. It's what they're going to get whether they want it or not. OEM's are going to ship it because M$ will tell them to. That's how monopolies work.
That's one. I know dozens that have had fits with their el cheapo laptops. The damn things are cheap for a reason. Quality is dismal for the most part. Sure some of them work okay...lots don't. Good for you that you're one of the lucky one. Keep on rolling the dice and you'll come up snake eyes. I've seen some nice Sony and Toshiba laptops with great build quality....and they cost about the same as Apple.
ooohhh! I have no mod points to mod you insightful with. Damn! And the first intelligent post in this thread too.
I think long term exposure to that kind of pain is worse than the adrenaline damage.
I don't feel sorry for anyone and that includes you, cocksucker.
Suprisingly it seems that HP still makes a good 3 button optical mouse. http://h30094.www3.hp.com/product.asp?sku=2545791&pagemode=ca
I bet some of them....most in fact, think they're doing a useful if thankless job of protecting society. Most of the ones I've known were pretty good people. The exceptions tend to stand out because of how much power they can wield abusively. They are, however, exceptions. To vilify an entire group of people because of the handful that are rotten is ridiculous.
Go ahead and rationalize it all you want. Children are not developed enough for sexual activity, particularly with adults. Society deems the act bad because it is bad. You think you want a society modelled after Roman decadence? Really? Go ahead...buy an island somewhere and start your own country. Molest your own children. I can rationalize as well as you. If you were to molest one of my grand children I could cheerfully slit your throat (firearms aren't personal enough for such revenge) and I bet my rationalizations would sit better with a jury than yours.
Really I'd love to have something just like a Kindle but with linux on it and totally open. The hardware is great but I don't want to be tied to Amazon. I can see why people that want it just to read books love it though.
Ah...but he doesn't want a tablet PC. According to what the original post asked for this seems to be a perfect fit. Cheaper would be nice...if it existed.
The reason people do things like watch television or tweet or text while behind the wheel is because they aren't afraid. They don't believe anything can happen to them. The punishment for this kind of thing should be severe. After all, they put all on the road at risk with this behavior. If the punishment actually reflected the crime then more might become cautious. I think reckless endangerment would be a good charge. A year or two in prison for subjecting their fellow motorists to the risk of loosing life and limb seems appropriate.
Right on! I don't feel the slightest bit of pity for the suckers that bought the crap. It's got Digital Restriction Management! DUH! It's crippled. Why would you buy crippled equipment and content? The beauty of it is that M$ could ditch the Zune and it's DRM format for another crippled device with a new DRM system totally invalidating all previous downloads....and people would buy it! "A fool and his money are soon parted." -Thomas Tusser
I think the C64 brings back bad memories from the home computer wars. Apple ultimately survived thanks to the Macintosh and DTP but CBM gave them fits in the low end market. In fact they were a high end company ever since.
I think everyone sees fire and police service as best handled by government. I think the reasons are obvious. The problem with government run health care is that it isn't as obvious a solution to everyone as it is to you. I work in the Defense industry and while defense is obviously a function that should be controlled by government I think it's myriad problems highlight why people distrust the government managing healthcare in the US. Money is pissed away by DOD like you wouldn't believe. I shudder sometimes at the huge amounts of money I see foolishly wasted...with no repercussions to the people who made the bad decisions. In fact often the most ineffective managers get the most promotions and awards. Thinking of these same people running my healthcare fills me with dread. In fact I fully believe a lot of what's wrong with US healthcare can be laid at the feet of government regulation and specifically congress.
I thought we were past worrying about the Constitution. Nobody pays attention to that dusty old relic except to pay lip service to it. I don't think the average congress critter has ever even read it.
Macs are NOT pc's. I use pc's at work and linux and mac at home. I really don't care that much for the MAC but I am impressed by how well it works. It's dead simple to use and the continuous stream of problems that windows at work gives me and the occasional weird driver problem from the linux box make me appreciate how much work they put in to make the Mac just work. I did hate paying for it though. It hurts to pay a 40 percent premium for a computer.
Part of the beauty of that ad is how they denigrate "PeeCee" to make Dell and HP and Toshiba and all the rest irrelevant. People here pick that add apart and I admit it has flaws to technical people but most people I know that don't have a mac regularly state that they wish they could afford one.
Is that it puts me in the uncomfortable and rare position of beeing on Micro$ofts side.
Did you miss the rest of the post? "And PC Mag is reporting that, on the other side of the Atlantic, two new clone companies are just getting started. Like PsyStar, FreedomPC and RussianMac promise to deliver PCs with OS X preloaded." Pystar was just the beginning. It's going to ramp up now.