What's wrong with a 3Gb per month limit? That's like about 100Mb per day. The difference between that and the paltry amount you'll get on dial-up is probably quite worth paying for!
A 56k connection downloading at a constant 5kB/sec for 30 days will use a total of approximately 13 GB of bandwidth. That's gigabytes (GB), not gigabits (Gb). I'm hoping that was just a typo, a 3 gigabit limit wouldn't allow you to download even one CD ISO. Hell, you'd use that up in a few days of merely web browsing (you can forget about using any streaming content).
I think the useful time to use this is when you're hooking up with a not-so-attractive chick and can't get up. Just whip out the pocket porn. Keep some stuff on there she might like too in case she needs help getting turned on as well.
Quoting Albert Einstein: "I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?"
As for "bitching" on Slashdot, it's our right to do so. People tend to like to express when they are unhappy with something. A security hole like this in IE is a major issue. What do you expect, people to sit around and praise Microsoft for yet another serious security hole?
Right on.. I was bitching back in the days when Windows 3.x was starting to gain popularity. I hated Windows then because it sucked, and I hate Windows and Microsoft now because they suck.
At least around the time of Windows 3.x there was plenty of good alternatives that could've become popular. But Microsoft muscled everybody out and now most people are stuck with a half-baked OS, and somehow their shoddy web browser has become standard.
I remember the days when the Internet was populated mostly by UNIX machines. As you can see animosity for Microsoft runs deep in some of us, and it isn't going to go away just because a few people think it should be kept quiet.
Keep in mind, the popular are the one's who get preyed on...
Get over it, this is news for nerds, not news for MSFT fans.
For every anti-microsoft message, there's a message complaining about how there are too many anti-microsoft messages. Someone is always complaining about something. But the complaining about the complaining needs to stop.
Here's a pattern for you:
Someone complains about something
Someone complains about someone complaining about something
Someone complains about someone complaining about someone complaining about something
...Someone complains (about someone complaining)^N about something And here I am caught in the middle of it...
Somehow I'd imagine there were more Linux/BSD users than MacOS users (sans the stuff that apple gave/sold-at-a-loss to schools labs)
I'd like to think that, but I don't think its true. You've got Macs being sold at many major computer/electronics stores. Sure Linux and BSD may be sold there as well, but not preloaded on PCs.
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What's wrong with a 3Gb per month limit? That's like about 100Mb per day. The difference between that and the paltry amount you'll get on dial-up is probably quite worth paying for!
A 56k connection downloading at a constant 5kB/sec for 30 days will use a total of approximately 13 GB of bandwidth. That's gigabytes (GB), not gigabits (Gb). I'm hoping that was just a typo, a 3 gigabit limit wouldn't allow you to download even one CD ISO. Hell, you'd use that up in a few days of merely web browsing (you can forget about using any streaming content).
I'm selling all my Slashdot karma 50 accounts for $1/each. Any takers?
This is yet another reason Microsoft should open the source for IE.
I think the useful time to use this is when you're hooking up with a not-so-attractive chick and can't get up. Just whip out the pocket porn. Keep some stuff on there she might like too in case she needs help getting turned on as well.
Quoting Albert Einstein:
"I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?"
As for "bitching" on Slashdot, it's our right to do so. People tend to like to express when they are unhappy with something. A security hole like this in IE is a major issue. What do you expect, people to sit around and praise Microsoft for yet another serious security hole?
Right on.. I was bitching back in the days when Windows 3.x was starting to gain popularity. I hated Windows then because it sucked, and I hate Windows and Microsoft now because they suck.
At least around the time of Windows 3.x there was plenty of good alternatives that could've become popular. But Microsoft muscled everybody out and now most people are stuck with a half-baked OS, and somehow their shoddy web browser has become standard.
I remember the days when the Internet was populated mostly by UNIX machines. As you can see animosity for Microsoft runs deep in some of us, and it isn't going to go away just because a few people think it should be kept quiet.
Get over it, this is news for nerds, not news for MSFT fans.
For every anti-microsoft message, there's a message complaining about how there are too many anti-microsoft messages. Someone is always complaining about something. But the complaining about the complaining needs to stop.
Here's a pattern for you:
Someone complains about something
Someone complains about someone complaining about something
Someone complains about someone complaining about someone complaining about something
...Someone complains (about someone complaining)^N about something
And here I am caught in the middle of it...
Somehow I'd imagine there were more Linux/BSD users than MacOS users (sans the stuff that apple gave/sold-at-a-loss to schools labs)
I'd like to think that, but I don't think its true. You've got Macs being sold at many major computer/electronics stores. Sure Linux and BSD may be sold there as well, but not preloaded on PCs.