Yesterday was Xmas. A whole lot of n00bs just got computers. How many have Linux? I would guess none. Someone used to Windows would be lost with any version of Linux, except maybe Linspire with Click and Run, as soon as they tried to install new software. They would then be berated as idiots if they went online looking for help.
Linux is of, by, and for unsociable dorks and dweebs who have no life beyond farting around with computers all day. They probably live in their mother's basements. Tired of Windows? Get a Mac. It just works.
Ripping off children has been the recording industry's MO from day one. That is why teen pop is such noise. They will stop listening to such junk when they grow up, so rob them now!
1.5 million. Million with an "M"? That is chump change to Sony. Why not order them to pay 25 cents? Punitive damages that really hit them in the wallet like 1.5 Billion with a "B" would be more appropriate.
Productivity takes a terrible nosedive when office workers have to stop doing their jobs to learn new software. Banking is a very conservative industry. The old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a mantra there, and why shouldn't it be?
If they refuse to sell hardware alone, they could pre-install a free Linux distro that the user can keep or toss without losing anything of value. They don't because they signed an agreement with Microsoft. In the PC industry, the customer is always wrong. The worst part of HP and Compaq systems is that they have spyware pre-installed that phones home as soon as a customer connects to the net. It allegedly keep you updated, but Windows can do that itself. Dell is not much better.
Their next title will be called Crusader. In the first part of it, you go to the middle east in the time of the crusades to kill Arabs, Byzantine Christians, and anyone else who happens to get in the way. Let God sort them out. If you win that portion, the next one is witch hunting back in Europe. Don't leave a single woman or girl alive, she could easily be a witch! You also break into Jewish ghettos killing Rabbis and burning Synagogues. The weird, unchristian stuff they do in there is probably witchcraft, too.
Phase 3 is set here in Jesusland, formerly known as The United States. It is a lot like the left behind game, as it is set in modern times, which every fundie knows are the end-times. Kill! Kill! Kill!
Neither "A" in RIAA stands for artists. The Recording Industry Association of America is of, by and for bloodsucking management and executive types who never created one note of music. This move to lower royalties is proof of that if anyone still doubted it. Don't Buy CDs!
They have banned physical activity that can get kids hurt. Some schools have even abolished recess entirely. At the same time, they have pop and snack machines. As a result, the kids are obese and lazy. There are even children with adult onset diabetes. Brilliant! How are kids supposed to learn a damn thing when the schools are run by idiots?
I agree. Boycotting is the only recourse consumers have. But there is one other thing I have to say. Do not call the recording industry the music industry. Plastic disks are a commodity produced by an industry, music is not. It has been around since the dawn of time, not just since the invention of the phonograph. It is best enjoyed live, not on any payback medium. It in many forms that the recording industry bloodsuckers don't think they can make a buck off of, and ignore. No industry owns music.
I watch movies at my computer all the time, and will boycott any studio that uses this DRM scheme. I stopped buying CDs the first time I got one that wouldn't work in my computer. The only way we can make the entertainment industries treat us like paying customers again and not suckers is to vote with our wallets.
You work for HP? So, I guess you are really getting a kick out of some of these replies. Some of us guys are very good at making it sound like we know what we are talking about, but trust you, we don't.
We just want to make ourselves sound smart, when in reality, we don't know what we are talking about.This is how bad info gets passed around.
If we dont know the topic...don't make ourselves sound like we do.
Cuz some Slashdotters believe anything we hear?
Indeed. Submitter needs to look up the words "partisan" and "political". They cannot be seperated. Non-partisan politics makes as much sense as dehydrated water.
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Who the hell is this Kahn guy? Everybody know Al Gore invented the Internet.
Yesterday was Xmas. A whole lot of n00bs just got computers. How many have Linux? I would guess none. Someone used to Windows would be lost with any version of Linux, except maybe Linspire with Click and Run, as soon as they tried to install new software. They would then be berated as idiots if they went online looking for help.
Linux is of, by, and for unsociable dorks and dweebs who have no life beyond farting around with computers all day. They probably live in their mother's basements. Tired of Windows? Get a Mac. It just works.
Ripping off children has been the recording industry's MO from day one. That is why teen pop is such noise. They will stop listening to such junk when they grow up, so rob them now!
1.5 million. Million with an "M"? That is chump change to Sony. Why not order them to pay 25 cents? Punitive damages that really hit them in the wallet like 1.5 Billion with a "B" would be more appropriate.
Oh the humanity!
Windows ME? Windows MistakE.
Productivity takes a terrible nosedive when office workers have to stop doing their jobs to learn new software. Banking is a very conservative industry. The old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is a mantra there, and why shouldn't it be?
Performance and function without Microsoft's crap? The answer is simple: Get a mac.
How, kemosabe. Boo boo boo boo boo boo!
If they refuse to sell hardware alone, they could pre-install a free Linux distro that the user can keep or toss without losing anything of value. They don't because they signed an agreement with Microsoft. In the PC industry, the customer is always wrong. The worst part of HP and Compaq systems is that they have spyware pre-installed that phones home as soon as a customer connects to the net. It allegedly keep you updated, but Windows can do that itself. Dell is not much better.
Their next title will be called Crusader. In the first part of it, you go to the middle east in the time of the crusades to kill Arabs, Byzantine Christians, and anyone else who happens to get in the way. Let God sort them out. If you win that portion, the next one is witch hunting back in Europe. Don't leave a single woman or girl alive, she could easily be a witch! You also break into Jewish ghettos killing Rabbis and burning Synagogues. The weird, unchristian stuff they do in there is probably witchcraft, too. Phase 3 is set here in Jesusland, formerly known as The United States. It is a lot like the left behind game, as it is set in modern times, which every fundie knows are the end-times. Kill! Kill! Kill!
Oh the humanity!
Neither "A" in RIAA stands for artists. The Recording Industry Association of America is of, by and for bloodsucking management and executive types who never created one note of music. This move to lower royalties is proof of that if anyone still doubted it. Don't Buy CDs!
Apple needs to tell Universal to go to hell. As for the Zune, nobody wants it. Kids who get it for Christmas will return it and get an iPod.
Nobody wants the Zune! If kids get one for Christmas, they will return it and get an iPod. Universal will get a whole lotta nothin'!
Nobody wants a stinkin' Zune anyway. Ipods will continue to sell like the proverbial hotcakes.
This Christmas, give the greatest gadget ever invented: The Thermos. It keeps hot stuff hot. It keeps cold stuff cold. How does it know?
Also, the "foreign man" character is a cliche as old as comedy itself.
They have banned physical activity that can get kids hurt. Some schools have even abolished recess entirely. At the same time, they have pop and snack machines. As a result, the kids are obese and lazy. There are even children with adult onset diabetes. Brilliant! How are kids supposed to learn a damn thing when the schools are run by idiots?
I agree. Boycotting is the only recourse consumers have. But there is one other thing I have to say. Do not call the recording industry the music industry. Plastic disks are a commodity produced by an industry, music is not. It has been around since the dawn of time, not just since the invention of the phonograph. It is best enjoyed live, not on any payback medium. It in many forms that the recording industry bloodsuckers don't think they can make a buck off of, and ignore. No industry owns music.
I watch movies at my computer all the time, and will boycott any studio that uses this DRM scheme. I stopped buying CDs the first time I got one that wouldn't work in my computer. The only way we can make the entertainment industries treat us like paying customers again and not suckers is to vote with our wallets.
So let me see if I understand you correctly.
You work for HP? So, I guess you are really getting a kick out of some of these replies. Some of us guys are very good at making it sound like we know what we are talking about, but trust you, we don't. We just want to make ourselves sound smart, when in reality, we don't know what we are talking about.This is how bad info gets passed around. If we dont know the topic...don't make ourselves sound like we do. Cuz some Slashdotters believe anything we hear?
Voodoo will be doodoo now.
Indeed. Submitter needs to look up the words "partisan" and "political". They cannot be seperated. Non-partisan politics makes as much sense as dehydrated water.
Something seems fishy about the whole thing!