Try again. Cheapest is $29.99 for a standalone player. Also, a DVD drive is a perfectly good player, and come standard in most computers, which can hook up to most TVs with the right cables. And nevermind that if you shop around, you can buy a standalone player for less than $20 USD at retail outlets. DVD players are incredibly cheap.
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Oh, so you spend CONSIDERABLY more money on videos than the average consumer. Good to know that the top 1% feels differently than the other 99%.
I use Eset Nod32, and, with the latest updates, it comes up with zero infected files. Maybe you should post the names of the infected files, or scan them with an aggregate scanner.
Yes, we've all read it. Orwell tells us to think of something like a not unblack dog and a not unwhite rabbit, completely missing the idea behind it that said structure never uses concrete objects. While Orwell may have had a point (but I don't think so), his own example and reasoning falls flat.
You mean taking advantage of a situation removes all blame from you? You really think the US companies are dumping this waste without knowing full well what will happen to it? I doubt it.
Then again, we could have another Mattel-lead-paint situation, where they got it done for cheap overseas, without fully looking in to how bad the situation really was.
Then tell me what exactly SHOULD be sane, eh? Taking off your shoes is such a huge invasion of your privacy, such a huge slam against your rights, eh? You're barely human anymore now that they try to ensure border safety.
No, you've overreacting, 110%. To say that something that takes an extra perhaps 3 seconds is somehow "insane" means you've never studied history to know what a "human rights violation" actually is. You probably are also OK with many other things the US government does that are flat out wrong, but you don't care because they're either no longer fashionable to decry, or it doesn't directly affect you.
I've traveled recently, and maybe it's different for different ports (I flew out of GRR), but I had zero hassle. I just put my laptop in the bin; didn't even have to turn it on, like I was expecting. They even forgave me when I forgot to take off my shoes. Honestly, if this is the way that border searches are normally done, I see absolutely no reason we're even talking about this. I know we hear about people's laptops being confiscated, etc, but there are also times you have to remember that those who've been wronged speak the loudest. People travel over the US border every day without hassle, but we never hear about it - only the one or two cases where something goes wrong, and you usually don't even get the full story when it does hit the news.
Do you live in the US? You'd have to be used to this by now, if you follow politics at all. One big, powerful, arrogant party tells you that, yes, what they're doing might be wrong, but it's "OK" because the other big, powerful, and arrogant party already does it.
Though you do not have facts to back up the last statement, you've always conceded that they are a luxury around here.
Holy Jesus man, have you even been to any other web forum? Compared to the normal signal-to-noise ratio on the internet, Slashdot (if you browse at +3 or +4) is a cut or three above just about anything else, and almost exclusively so for unmoderated forums. But yeah, other than that, you hit the "groupthink" idea right on, except for that a lot of people, lately, have been getting annoyed at google's "collect data for everything" policy, among other things.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but there seems to have been a stream of negative Apple/iPod Touch articles lately, to cater to the "hate the touch" crowd around here. Maybe I'm cynical, or maybe my tin foil hat is on too tight, but this just stinks of the same quality as the occasional "MS did something not noteworthy, but we can spin it to be negative" article.
*applause* You can't get worked up over activation of Windows, but you apparently can very easily get worked up over somebody countering your points. Sorry, I know you're new here, but this is Slashdot. A lot of people here are very smart, and really good at arguing. If you can't take it, then leave, but there's no reason to post just "FUCK YOU" unless you want to get modded into the ground (here's hoping a mod is watching). I mean, really. Take three deep breaths, and realize that, yes, it is ok to be wrong sometimes, and yes, I am a real person, but that you really shouldn't take it personally. We're just trading words here, after all. We can't see, hear, touch, taste, or smell each other in the least. How can you frankly get that worked up over something like that? Take a step back, examine yourself, and lurk more. Even though slashdot suffers from groupthink (anti-microsoft, libertarian, pro-science), most posts modded +5 truly are intelligent and well thought out. Read a few of them from time to time, and try not to just start yelling profanity as an excuse for not having a real response. If you really can't think of one better than that, it's OK to just not respond at all; the other person can't do anything about being ignored, so the topic dies. I hope to someday see you posting with the pride we all once had, but with the advent of idle, I just can't see that happening with you millions.
Since there's more to life than some issue with a computer operating system, I can't get hyped over such matters.
Uh, you're commenting in ONE article in ONE section on SLASHDOT. We're talking about it because it came up. Apathy is nice and all, but doesn't really add much. I'm pretty sure everyone here already realizes that there's a lot more to life than activation issues, but considering Microsoft has well over 90% marketshare, it just happens to keep coming up.
Particularly when it's not a big deal
It's a big deal as soon as it affects YOU, but since it doesn't, it's easy to ignore what other people are saying, right?
Problem is that most people just don't care
Ever tried getting people to register to vote, or get to the booths? There's a LOT of important things that many people just don't give two shits about. Bringing that up accomplishes nothing.
Also, slashdot has a preview button. I recommend it.
JUST because of something trivial as the activation of XP?
And there's supporting a monopoly of mediocre software. There's that too. And clearly activation isn't "trivial" to several of the people around you in this discussion. Also, watch out, because you're taking a very utilitarian approach here, which while not a fallacy in and of itself, is often easily countered, especially considering the variables that differ from person to person. Observe:
Why give up a system...
Why give up an apple pie covered in shit? There's plenty of apple pie left, just ignore the shit. Or scrape it off. Once you do that, you've got sweet apple pie!
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Try again. Cheapest is $29.99 for a standalone player. Also, a DVD drive is a perfectly good player, and come standard in most computers, which can hook up to most TVs with the right cables. And nevermind that if you shop around, you can buy a standalone player for less than $20 USD at retail outlets. DVD players are incredibly cheap.
Oh, so you spend CONSIDERABLY more money on videos than the average consumer. Good to know that the top 1% feels differently than the other 99%.
A couple iTunes? You mean the whole store? You're fucked.
You can how? He just accidentally the install.
I use Eset Nod32, and, with the latest updates, it comes up with zero infected files. Maybe you should post the names of the infected files, or scan them with an aggregate scanner.
Run one of the Javascript benchmarks in a browser and you'll be surprised how much memory your browser can eat up.
Why would I be surprised? Where else is it going to store that data? Why else do I have 3 gigs of ram in my computer?
Yes, we've all read it. Orwell tells us to think of something like a not unblack dog and a not unwhite rabbit, completely missing the idea behind it that said structure never uses concrete objects. While Orwell may have had a point (but I don't think so), his own example and reasoning falls flat.
Actually, you were looking for This. Click the 5th one.
You mean taking advantage of a situation removes all blame from you? You really think the US companies are dumping this waste without knowing full well what will happen to it? I doubt it.
Then again, we could have another Mattel-lead-paint situation, where they got it done for cheap overseas, without fully looking in to how bad the situation really was.
Encryption doesn't help if it's a single-password system and they guess your password.
Then tell me what exactly SHOULD be sane, eh? Taking off your shoes is such a huge invasion of your privacy, such a huge slam against your rights, eh? You're barely human anymore now that they try to ensure border safety. No, you've overreacting, 110%. To say that something that takes an extra perhaps 3 seconds is somehow "insane" means you've never studied history to know what a "human rights violation" actually is. You probably are also OK with many other things the US government does that are flat out wrong, but you don't care because they're either no longer fashionable to decry, or it doesn't directly affect you.
I've traveled recently, and maybe it's different for different ports (I flew out of GRR), but I had zero hassle. I just put my laptop in the bin; didn't even have to turn it on, like I was expecting. They even forgave me when I forgot to take off my shoes. Honestly, if this is the way that border searches are normally done, I see absolutely no reason we're even talking about this. I know we hear about people's laptops being confiscated, etc, but there are also times you have to remember that those who've been wronged speak the loudest. People travel over the US border every day without hassle, but we never hear about it - only the one or two cases where something goes wrong, and you usually don't even get the full story when it does hit the news.
There are times that, given the context and what is known to both the composer and reader, the ambiguity disappears. Slashdot is obviously moderated.
Read again. +4 is better than most forums, and better than almost all unmoderated forums.
His name is Clippy. And yes, I do feel bad for knowing that.
And some would consider that a feature, you know.
Do you live in the US? You'd have to be used to this by now, if you follow politics at all. One big, powerful, arrogant party tells you that, yes, what they're doing might be wrong, but it's "OK" because the other big, powerful, and arrogant party already does it.
Holy Jesus man, have you even been to any other web forum? Compared to the normal signal-to-noise ratio on the internet, Slashdot (if you browse at +3 or +4) is a cut or three above just about anything else, and almost exclusively so for unmoderated forums. But yeah, other than that, you hit the "groupthink" idea right on, except for that a lot of people, lately, have been getting annoyed at google's "collect data for everything" policy, among other things.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but there seems to have been a stream of negative Apple/iPod Touch articles lately, to cater to the "hate the touch" crowd around here. Maybe I'm cynical, or maybe my tin foil hat is on too tight, but this just stinks of the same quality as the occasional "MS did something not noteworthy, but we can spin it to be negative" article.
*applause* You can't get worked up over activation of Windows, but you apparently can very easily get worked up over somebody countering your points. Sorry, I know you're new here, but this is Slashdot. A lot of people here are very smart, and really good at arguing. If you can't take it, then leave, but there's no reason to post just "FUCK YOU" unless you want to get modded into the ground (here's hoping a mod is watching). I mean, really. Take three deep breaths, and realize that, yes, it is ok to be wrong sometimes, and yes, I am a real person, but that you really shouldn't take it personally. We're just trading words here, after all. We can't see, hear, touch, taste, or smell each other in the least. How can you frankly get that worked up over something like that? Take a step back, examine yourself, and lurk more. Even though slashdot suffers from groupthink (anti-microsoft, libertarian, pro-science), most posts modded +5 truly are intelligent and well thought out. Read a few of them from time to time, and try not to just start yelling profanity as an excuse for not having a real response. If you really can't think of one better than that, it's OK to just not respond at all; the other person can't do anything about being ignored, so the topic dies. I hope to someday see you posting with the pride we all once had, but with the advent of idle, I just can't see that happening with you millions.
Uh, you're commenting in ONE article in ONE section on SLASHDOT. We're talking about it because it came up. Apathy is nice and all, but doesn't really add much. I'm pretty sure everyone here already realizes that there's a lot more to life than activation issues, but considering Microsoft has well over 90% marketshare, it just happens to keep coming up.
It's a big deal as soon as it affects YOU, but since it doesn't, it's easy to ignore what other people are saying, right?
Ever tried getting people to register to vote, or get to the booths? There's a LOT of important things that many people just don't give two shits about. Bringing that up accomplishes nothing.
Also, slashdot has a preview button. I recommend it.
And there's supporting a monopoly of mediocre software. There's that too. And clearly activation isn't "trivial" to several of the people around you in this discussion. Also, watch out, because you're taking a very utilitarian approach here, which while not a fallacy in and of itself, is often easily countered, especially considering the variables that differ from person to person. Observe:
Why give up an apple pie covered in shit? There's plenty of apple pie left, just ignore the shit. Or scrape it off. Once you do that, you've got sweet apple pie!
Can it change the RSS feed I use to read it?
Also, if they are huge.. That would mean they would have huge guts.
Dude, that's like saying "This shitpickle is way better, because there's plenty of pickle there underneath the shit! And who doesn't love pickles?"
"Furthermore, the little man should be fleeced of everything he owns for the sake of greed, which was unanimously agreed to be good. For them."
Just insert a reference to baby eating and Hitler and you're golden!