But they are the boss of the agreements that your country agreed to. Plus, remember who came and saved your asses back in WW1 and WW2:P
You can afford to toss us a hacker every now and then. Not any different than if some guy from the US hacked into the UK systems and got extradited to the UK.
Lol - tell the guy he can bring his sorry ass up here and come get it himself, in person...then deny him access to the country.
Or, Bill, pay the man his money, but then blacklist his country from your charitable foundation's list of countries you help...even better...then tell their govt that it's the guy's fault:)
Or......
How about don't pirate Windows?
I don't mind phone home features - why? Because I'm honest. Unlike most of you hacks here. Doesn't bother me.
Then again, I'm all for national ID's with fingerprints, retinal scans, and dna info embedded, as well as a national DNA database which would make it easier to track and capture criminals...But hey, all you psychos who think it's "safer" without those things are retards.
Idiots like this guy...think his product is "first best".
Then why is it, on a severely infected machine, I can run MS, Webroot, AdAware, and Dr. Spyware, and they all find stuff that the others don't?
Wonder why that is.
Perhaps because there is no BEST in the industry?
**** The RIAA did not disclose the methodology they used to determine that filesharing is occuring on those local networks, but it probably didn't involve asking permission. ****
Yeah, like doing a reverse lookup of an IP is a difficult thing to do...much less need permission for.
*** It was built to destroy the competition and then halt the progress of the web. That's just bad, no two ways about it. ***
You're an idiot. If you write a piece of software that does X, people have the choice ot use X, Y, Z, whatever. It doesn't matter if it's the default. Nutscrape (and hell, even AOL) was around ebfore IE was worth crap...Lots of people heard about them, etc. Back then, people could have chosen to use Nutscrape.
It didn't halt the progress of the web. If it did, that means other people LET IT. So, in the end, since YOU LET IT, I blame you, retard.
Yes, because the Law of the Land says you may transfer a licence -- and rights given to you by the Law of the Land cannot be denied to you by entering into a contract.
Except you CAN enter into an agreement with a private entity and give up your unalienable rights by your own choice, as dictated by the agreement and then be held liable for breaking that agreement.
If I enter into an agreement with you agreeing never to curse at you, or X will happen (thus, giving up a portion of my right to free speech in this particular, specific instance), if I curse at you, you can then sue me for breech of contract.
If you make OS X available for a PC then really, what incentive is there to buy a mac? Give me one good reason.
There is none, because they make most of their bottom line from iPods and ITMS? They should drop their hardware PC business because they will NEVER, *EVER*, become competitive in the PC world, and sell the OS and iPods, etc.
These households know they run Microsoft software but would be just as happy to leave it behind -- if they could." Does Microsoft face that big of a risk?"
What's funny is that they can, they CHOOSE not to. Point them anywhere where they can download linux. If you're a friend of theirs, give them a cd/dvd of it.
But wait. I guess this isn't happening...Most of these affluent people they are talking about just use their computers for basic stuff....
And to the comment about Apple taking over any market they entered...Is this person even real? Apple, as a computer company, was gone long ago. Sure, they are still there - propped up by the iPod and iTunes Music Store. I'm noping the class-action suits beat them and force them to open up to other players...After all, that's what they would try and do to MS. But Apple could get rid of their computers lock, stock, and barrel right now, and still be just as successful as they are, right now.
But the company is too STUPID to realize that if they were to sell OS/X for Intel on the shelf next to Windows XP/Vista, they would make a good amount of money....But well, it's Apple...They lucked into iTunes and the iPod....just like the sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while. Beyond those 2 things - they are pretty much dead weight in the computer industry.
...and I see no place for games like GTA....violent video games where you're killing non-"real" (or real-like) stuff is one thing...when you're goin around stealing cars, offin' people, and other crap, it's just stupid.
Non-stupid users. If we tell you not to do something, don't do it. Clicking on something that says "improve your email with smileys!" after we have uninstalled Smiley Central a bajillion times is unacceptable.
Soon as users start taking some responsibility for their own actions, then I'll listen/ Luckily at my company, I have the authority to write employees up for mis-use of corporate technology...so if I get sick and tired of your ass clicking everything, I'll write your ass up. Three times? see ya!
...are bad...mmmmmkey?
Once upon a time, they had their place for workplace safety. However, using them to complain about wages - part of the problem with such is that you have to pay union dues...out of those wages...to pay the guys...who tell you to strike...all while those guys running the union still get their pay.
Funny how that works and people are suckers for it.
If you don't think you're getting paid enough, prove it to the company through your abilities, and if they don't come around, find a new job, and let some other schmoe who will come in and take the paltry pay, have your position.
isn't that how free markets work?
F the EU. Like, MS should pull all MS licenses from everyone in the EU, then turn the courts against those entities. Let's see who makes more money per day for non-compliance.
Then you are an idiot. Drivers for your controller are provided on floppy or cd, and when you install Vista, you can install them quite easily.
Funny how that works. Blame MS for YOU being an idiot. Classic.
Looks like donating your time isn't a thankless job anymore
As long as it's to a huge multi-billion dollar company who could technically get rid of their computer line and just ride the IPOD up the market.
Donating your time to something small and REAL open source - you know, the ones where the software is great, but they don't have all this extra money lying about ot "thank" their developers...
Now THOSE are the real devs. Writing a companies software for free, where they could afford to hire the programmers and still give it out for free. Woo...and you thought MS was bad. Way to exploit the "workforce" there Apple! Tossing a few cookies to some of the crowd...yeah...cheapskates.
I hope you realise that it shows that something is profoundly wrong with America.
America? Look here basher....There's plenty of billionaires out there in the world that aren't US based. There's plenty wrong with the corruption in dictatorship countries like Cuba (think Fidel is struggling ot make ends meet for himself)? How about Venezuela? We won't even get into the Asian countries where slipping a politician some cash is sure to get you heard.
Through all of them - no one - NO ONE - is anywhere near as charitable as Bill. At least he's that. He earned his money off the backs of people. But you know, nowadays people have plenty of choices of software that isn't MS. What's funny is that they still use it.
But don't come here trying to preach how bad America is, because it's no different anywhere else in the world.
Tell the EU that if they don't reconsider, that you will pull every license from every computer with an MS application or OS on it, from every country in the EU, and start suing people who don't comply with the terms of their license.
No one should have to open up anything because of some short-sighted, idiotic politicians.
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But they are the boss of the agreements that your country agreed to. Plus, remember who came and saved your asses back in WW1 and WW2 :P
You can afford to toss us a hacker every now and then. Not any different than if some guy from the US hacked into the UK systems and got extradited to the UK.
Thing is - why is this so bad? You don't think a company has a RIGHT to defend their product and protect their interests?
Ya know, if no one out there in the world pirated software, I betcha this stuff wouldn't be in...
But hey, guess the obvious is too easy for retards like you to see...bet you run illegal copies of software too.
Nope - creating other, monopolistic, badgering, products (i.e. iTunes) is their source.
Funny how that works. Can't wait til they are forced to open it up and apple slides again.
Lol - tell the guy he can bring his sorry ass up here and come get it himself, in person...then deny him access to the country.
:)
Or, Bill, pay the man his money, but then blacklist his country from your charitable foundation's list of countries you help...even better...then tell their govt that it's the guy's fault
Or...... How about don't pirate Windows? I don't mind phone home features - why? Because I'm honest. Unlike most of you hacks here. Doesn't bother me. Then again, I'm all for national ID's with fingerprints, retinal scans, and dna info embedded, as well as a national DNA database which would make it easier to track and capture criminals...But hey, all you psychos who think it's "safer" without those things are retards.
Idiots like this guy...think his product is "first best". Then why is it, on a severely infected machine, I can run MS, Webroot, AdAware, and Dr. Spyware, and they all find stuff that the others don't? Wonder why that is. Perhaps because there is no BEST in the industry?
**** The RIAA did not disclose the methodology they used to determine that filesharing is occuring on those local networks, but it probably didn't involve asking permission. ****
Yeah, like doing a reverse lookup of an IP is a difficult thing to do...much less need permission for.
When you sign the contract giving away most of your rights to what you create...you don't get much say....
In the words of many a WoW gamer:
"Cry more noob"
*** It was built to destroy the competition and then halt the progress of the web. That's just bad, no two ways about it. ***
You're an idiot. If you write a piece of software that does X, people have the choice ot use X, Y, Z, whatever. It doesn't matter if it's the default. Nutscrape (and hell, even AOL) was around ebfore IE was worth crap...Lots of people heard about them, etc. Back then, people could have chosen to use Nutscrape.
It didn't halt the progress of the web. If it did, that means other people LET IT. So, in the end, since YOU LET IT, I blame you, retard.
Yes, because the Law of the Land says you may transfer a licence -- and rights given to you by the Law of the Land cannot be denied to you by entering into a contract.
Except you CAN enter into an agreement with a private entity and give up your unalienable rights by your own choice, as dictated by the agreement and then be held liable for breaking that agreement.
If I enter into an agreement with you agreeing never to curse at you, or X will happen (thus, giving up a portion of my right to free speech in this particular, specific instance), if I curse at you, you can then sue me for breech of contract.
If you make OS X available for a PC then really, what incentive is there to buy a mac? Give me one good reason.
There is none, because they make most of their bottom line from iPods and ITMS? They should drop their hardware PC business because they will NEVER, *EVER*, become competitive in the PC world, and sell the OS and iPods, etc.
These households know they run Microsoft software but would be just as happy to leave it behind -- if they could." Does Microsoft face that big of a risk?"
What's funny is that they can, they CHOOSE not to. Point them anywhere where they can download linux. If you're a friend of theirs, give them a cd/dvd of it.
But wait. I guess this isn't happening...Most of these affluent people they are talking about just use their computers for basic stuff....
And to the comment about Apple taking over any market they entered...Is this person even real? Apple, as a computer company, was gone long ago. Sure, they are still there - propped up by the iPod and iTunes Music Store. I'm noping the class-action suits beat them and force them to open up to other players...After all, that's what they would try and do to MS. But Apple could get rid of their computers lock, stock, and barrel right now, and still be just as successful as they are, right now.
But the company is too STUPID to realize that if they were to sell OS/X for Intel on the shelf next to Windows XP/Vista, they would make a good amount of money....But well, it's Apple...They lucked into iTunes and the iPod....just like the sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while. Beyond those 2 things - they are pretty much dead weight in the computer industry.
...and I see no place for games like GTA....violent video games where you're killing non-"real" (or real-like) stuff is one thing...when you're goin around stealing cars, offin' people, and other crap, it's just stupid.
Non-stupid users. If we tell you not to do something, don't do it. Clicking on something that says "improve your email with smileys!" after we have uninstalled Smiley Central a bajillion times is unacceptable.
Soon as users start taking some responsibility for their own actions, then I'll listen/ Luckily at my company, I have the authority to write employees up for mis-use of corporate technology...so if I get sick and tired of your ass clicking everything, I'll write your ass up. Three times? see ya!
...are bad...mmmmmkey? Once upon a time, they had their place for workplace safety. However, using them to complain about wages - part of the problem with such is that you have to pay union dues...out of those wages...to pay the guys...who tell you to strike...all while those guys running the union still get their pay. Funny how that works and people are suckers for it. If you don't think you're getting paid enough, prove it to the company through your abilities, and if they don't come around, find a new job, and let some other schmoe who will come in and take the paltry pay, have your position. isn't that how free markets work?
F the EU. Like, MS should pull all MS licenses from everyone in the EU, then turn the courts against those entities. Let's see who makes more money per day for non-compliance.
Then you are an idiot. Drivers for your controller are provided on floppy or cd, and when you install Vista, you can install them quite easily. Funny how that works. Blame MS for YOU being an idiot. Classic.
Looks like donating your time isn't a thankless job anymore
As long as it's to a huge multi-billion dollar company who could technically get rid of their computer line and just ride the IPOD up the market.
Donating your time to something small and REAL open source - you know, the ones where the software is great, but they don't have all this extra money lying about ot "thank" their developers...
Now THOSE are the real devs. Writing a companies software for free, where they could afford to hire the programmers and still give it out for free. Woo...and you thought MS was bad. Way to exploit the "workforce" there Apple! Tossing a few cookies to some of the crowd...yeah...cheapskates.
I hope you realise that it shows that something is profoundly wrong with America.
America? Look here basher....There's plenty of billionaires out there in the world that aren't US based. There's plenty wrong with the corruption in dictatorship countries like Cuba (think Fidel is struggling ot make ends meet for himself)? How about Venezuela? We won't even get into the Asian countries where slipping a politician some cash is sure to get you heard.
Through all of them - no one - NO ONE - is anywhere near as charitable as Bill. At least he's that. He earned his money off the backs of people. But you know, nowadays people have plenty of choices of software that isn't MS. What's funny is that they still use it.
But don't come here trying to preach how bad America is, because it's no different anywhere else in the world.
Perhaps I should just move to the US but with the god-bothering, shootings and rampant intake of GE food I think I'll give it a miss thanks
:P
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The show sucked and the movie is a box office failure.
And let me say...
:)
Will be great to steal your flash drive with all your stuff on it. Lots easier than stealing your computer
We won't even talk about when you break it in your pocket.
Tell the EU that if they don't reconsider, that you will pull every license from every computer with an MS application or OS on it, from every country in the EU, and start suing people who don't comply with the terms of their license.
No one should have to open up anything because of some short-sighted, idiotic politicians.
A dog knows how to shit...
The tough part is training them how to shit OUTSIDE.
Take your grandma outside...please....