"Google is still #1 because people tried Bing and found it wanting. I did, the first day it was out."
Now that's some unflawed methodology right there.
Just to clarify, my reply was basically to the write up of the article where it said they were trying "to force the RIAA to return all the (ill-gotten) money they've earned from their litigation campaign." My point being that the money, other than a very small amount, wouldn't be returned. The RIAA would lose it but it wouldn't, for the most part, be returned.
Yes, I clearly said they shouldn't be paid.
If they won, the people in the suit would only get a tiny amount. The lawyers get pretty much all of it.
As an example, the class action suit against Netflix got the people one free month of service. What did the lawyers get? Over two and a half million dollars ($2,528,000) plus $2,000 to the representative of the suit.
If one is smart, you get the people that want to sue together and pick one lawyer. You're not doing a class action suit but each one is individual and since you're using the same lawyer, the lawyer is doing the same work for all of them and you can split the costs so it comes out cheaper.
Plus if you win, you are the one with the biggest slice of the judgment and not the lawyer.
Bit's rarely the people in IT who want to stay with windows.
If one works for a tiny company that doesn't use much software than firefox, or really basic programs, and don't interact with people or businesses outside of their domain, I'd agree.
In the real world, a good IT person would realize there's room for both products within the company and in most cases it wouldn't be a great idea to switch everyone's computer to linux.
There's nothing wrong with Windows when it does the job that's requested of it. Sure there's problems with it but there's software issues with linux also. At the same time, there's places for windows and saying linux needs to replace the computers in a company is just as ignorant as the company that demands windows only.
Transcoding shouldn't be too hard since there's a Zune setting in Super. People have found settings for Handbrake that already work with the zune so it should be just a few changes for this one.
I'll also imagine EncodeHD will have a setting since they have a setting for Zune(and ipods among other things).
Software isn't that bad as long as one spends time customizing it how they want, which I've managed to do. iTunes is also a resource hog and sucks just as bad until you spend time configuring it.
The biggest problem I had was going from a drag and drop player that didn't use tags(Creative Zen Vision:M), to one that used tags and having to tag all that crap. Can't blame the software for that.
If they were really the evil company everyone here makes them out to be, they'd cut down all the trees and do it that way while building R&D child labor camps along the road.
It's not your company. You can give your opinion but if the boss doesn't care you can either do your job or quit.
Maybe if people start quitting your company will figure something else out. Maybe another company will see this as an opportunity to start an ISP with no limits.
In the end though, no need to stress over anything like this. In the grand scheme of life, this is hardly a big deal.
On a windows machine, whenever quicktime it run, it's adds a process to the startup. You can uncheck it in msconfig but if you ever run quicktime again it puts it back.
"Speeds of 15Mbps or slower will have a 100GB monthly cap, while 15-25Mbps speeds will have a 250GB monthly cap."
Do they even proof read anything before putting it out there?
It's funny how the recent article where Linus said having multiple type of linux systems is a good thing and people agreed with him but of course if big bad Micro$oft does it, now it's a bad idea.
While many things are possible to do on linux, many of them are not simple tasks which make it even harder for non-tech types to accomplish.
For her, Windows works. She thought that by listening to Dell, it would be something she could do. She can't do it because of her obvious lack of computer skills.
Her computer skills do not pay the bills.
We had one lady where I work and we put OpenOffice on her machine. There was some formatting problem with her excel sheet that could have been solved by simply saving the original file with a period in a certain cell.(It was a sheet with a bunch of formulas and in OpenOffice that cell, without the period, would use the wrong data type).
After telling her the problem and giving her the solution, she still couldn't understand to save the original with a period in that cell.
These are the types of people that aren't going to even know what to search for to find the solution to getting her internet problem fixed or even her issue with getting Office to run.
I was wondering how many people wouldn't stop to think before they replied, blaming her in the process.
Not everyone is a computer whiz or cares to be one.
Do you know everything about everything? Most people, probably including you, has bought something at a point where they have no interest in learning everything about it and has asked someone for advice.
If they gave you advice that didn't help you after purchasing it, why should the people that understand what you did wrong blame you?
"were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista"
So even though it could run Vista, people are mad they couldn't run themes that require more hardware?
At least there was a man around that isn't going to spray grease all over his tools and then let them all float away.
Reminds me of the videos when a fire department was forced to lower test requirements to allow weaker women and the video showed they couldn't do the job.
Passports contain RFID chips which transmit the plans of the Death Star to anyone within range.
If they don't start taking those, where can we hide from a machine that can destroy a planet?
Since credit cards have that magnetic strip, terrorists could make some fake cards with info in the strip or rewrite the strip on valid cards.
That means the only way we'll be safe is if DHS takes our cards and tests them out by purchasing gifts for themselves.
They better check my $20 also. I may have scribbled instructions and deactivation password for my doomsday device.
If you recycle it through Costco's web site, they'll sometimes give you cash for it. At the very least you can get rid of stuff for free, including monitors.
You tell them what you have at the site and they send you a postage paid box.
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Your screen would explode from the rage. When Google does it, eh, not so much.
http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-admits-Office-2003-mistake/2100-1012_3-6224917.html Some of us use critical thinking and look at facts before raging against the machine.
"Google is still #1 because people tried Bing and found it wanting. I did, the first day it was out." Now that's some unflawed methodology right there.
Just to clarify, my reply was basically to the write up of the article where it said they were trying "to force the RIAA to return all the (ill-gotten) money they've earned from their litigation campaign." My point being that the money, other than a very small amount, wouldn't be returned. The RIAA would lose it but it wouldn't, for the most part, be returned.
Yes, I clearly said they shouldn't be paid. If they won, the people in the suit would only get a tiny amount. The lawyers get pretty much all of it. As an example, the class action suit against Netflix got the people one free month of service. What did the lawyers get? Over two and a half million dollars ($2,528,000) plus $2,000 to the representative of the suit. If one is smart, you get the people that want to sue together and pick one lawyer. You're not doing a class action suit but each one is individual and since you're using the same lawyer, the lawyer is doing the same work for all of them and you can split the costs so it comes out cheaper. Plus if you win, you are the one with the biggest slice of the judgment and not the lawyer.
In class action lawsuits, the lawyers are the ones that get most of the money. A tiny sliver will go to the people that tried to win it back.
Bit's rarely the people in IT who want to stay with windows.
If one works for a tiny company that doesn't use much software than firefox, or really basic programs, and don't interact with people or businesses outside of their domain, I'd agree. In the real world, a good IT person would realize there's room for both products within the company and in most cases it wouldn't be a great idea to switch everyone's computer to linux. There's nothing wrong with Windows when it does the job that's requested of it. Sure there's problems with it but there's software issues with linux also. At the same time, there's places for windows and saying linux needs to replace the computers in a company is just as ignorant as the company that demands windows only.
Transcoding shouldn't be too hard since there's a Zune setting in Super. People have found settings for Handbrake that already work with the zune so it should be just a few changes for this one. I'll also imagine EncodeHD will have a setting since they have a setting for Zune(and ipods among other things).
Software isn't that bad as long as one spends time customizing it how they want, which I've managed to do. iTunes is also a resource hog and sucks just as bad until you spend time configuring it. The biggest problem I had was going from a drag and drop player that didn't use tags(Creative Zen Vision:M), to one that used tags and having to tag all that crap. Can't blame the software for that.
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If they were really the evil company everyone here makes them out to be, they'd cut down all the trees and do it that way while building R&D child labor camps along the road.
It's not your company. You can give your opinion but if the boss doesn't care you can either do your job or quit. Maybe if people start quitting your company will figure something else out. Maybe another company will see this as an opportunity to start an ISP with no limits. In the end though, no need to stress over anything like this. In the grand scheme of life, this is hardly a big deal.
On a windows machine, whenever quicktime it run, it's adds a process to the startup. You can uncheck it in msconfig but if you ever run quicktime again it puts it back.
"Speeds of 15Mbps or slower will have a 100GB monthly cap, while 15-25Mbps speeds will have a 250GB monthly cap." Do they even proof read anything before putting it out there?
It's funny how the recent article where Linus said having multiple type of linux systems is a good thing and people agreed with him but of course if big bad Micro$oft does it, now it's a bad idea.
While many things are possible to do on linux, many of them are not simple tasks which make it even harder for non-tech types to accomplish. For her, Windows works. She thought that by listening to Dell, it would be something she could do. She can't do it because of her obvious lack of computer skills. Her computer skills do not pay the bills. We had one lady where I work and we put OpenOffice on her machine. There was some formatting problem with her excel sheet that could have been solved by simply saving the original file with a period in a certain cell.(It was a sheet with a bunch of formulas and in OpenOffice that cell, without the period, would use the wrong data type). After telling her the problem and giving her the solution, she still couldn't understand to save the original with a period in that cell. These are the types of people that aren't going to even know what to search for to find the solution to getting her internet problem fixed or even her issue with getting Office to run.
I was wondering how many people wouldn't stop to think before they replied, blaming her in the process. Not everyone is a computer whiz or cares to be one. Do you know everything about everything? Most people, probably including you, has bought something at a point where they have no interest in learning everything about it and has asked someone for advice. If they gave you advice that didn't help you after purchasing it, why should the people that understand what you did wrong blame you?
"were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista" So even though it could run Vista, people are mad they couldn't run themes that require more hardware?
At least there was a man around that isn't going to spray grease all over his tools and then let them all float away. Reminds me of the videos when a fire department was forced to lower test requirements to allow weaker women and the video showed they couldn't do the job.
Go to a college's CS department and offer it as a capstone project. Someone may or may not do it, but it'd get done for free.
Passports contain RFID chips which transmit the plans of the Death Star to anyone within range. If they don't start taking those, where can we hide from a machine that can destroy a planet?
Since credit cards have that magnetic strip, terrorists could make some fake cards with info in the strip or rewrite the strip on valid cards. That means the only way we'll be safe is if DHS takes our cards and tests them out by purchasing gifts for themselves. They better check my $20 also. I may have scribbled instructions and deactivation password for my doomsday device.
It's the 90s bomb making/revenge/wiretapping text file guides all over again. Only this time it's Web 2.0
If you recycle it through Costco's web site, they'll sometimes give you cash for it. At the very least you can get rid of stuff for free, including monitors. You tell them what you have at the site and they send you a postage paid box.
This goes to show what a great game an open source project can create
an imitation of a classic?