And what about EVERYONE who bought a computer since last November or so who purchased their PC because they got Vista with it, even though they had to wait for it? Is this really an upgrade for them? They are already dealing with the inconvenience of having to find tune XP before upgrading to Vista and fine tuning again. Only to find out that this is the process for every subsequent format.
I am sure a good many of them do not consider this an upgrade, but rather final delivery of the OS they were promised when they purchased their hardware.
Are you implying that FREE Gmail will be run using the same constraints as my $500 per copy Office suite?
Nice.
The saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" comes to mind. I'm buying a horse, and the most expensive horse on the average users markets and I'm looking at the teeth very thoroughly.
It's interesting that a hospital or Dr. can be sued for watching a patient die and not helping but Pharmaceuticals do this everyday with no repercussions.
I wonder if this could be winnable in a US court.....probably not....
Why isn't this murder? Watching someone die a slow painful death when you could keep them alive is certainly not something that this country claims is humane.
Did anyone consider that people with weak immune systems (or at a weak immunity stage) might be more prone to being in a bad mood.......
The cause and effect would then reverse - colds cause bad moods which I would consider quite obvious. I have felts many colds coming on long before they happened - and I am sure that I have read that the most contageous stage of a cold is almost before you 'know' you have it.
Now I am not saying that these 'bad mood' people actually had colds, simply that when your immune system is working hard in one area and leaving you weak in another, it is certainly possible that your moods may be affected.
I suspect that Cable providers might want to continue to use analog networks as long as they can. This one feature that Satellite companies cannot compete against - in a big way.... If I have one 'main' TV in the living room with a Digital converter I can still have TV's in all the bedrooms that receive analog. Satellite providers do not provide analog, so would need converters for each TV.
I just can't see cable providers willingly give up this advantage as long as it remains something that consumers continue to want.
My phone through my internet provider uses coaxial outlets from my wall. The same coaxial cable they use to feed my cable TV and my Internet.
My phone line actually relays information on the way to my phone via the Motorola Surfboard SB5100 Cable Modem which only has an "in" outlet in coaxial format.
You asked why cable might be different and rather than accept that cable might be different simply want to explain once again how yours is. Not everyone has your set up or can utilize your setup.
There are not many reasons to buy a 64 bit PC right now when it comes with 32 bit XP. To consider that I'd buy one and then outright buy Vista when it's released is bizarre. The fact is that most computer buyer's do use windows and will continue to use windows.
This really is something that MS must do to appease the hardware providers they deal with constantly. That it may prove to be an inconvenience (doing an install twice and losing your settings) is unfortunate but it will at least offer an option for those who are shopping.
I know that my 3 1/2 year old PIV 1700 machine has served me well. I expect my next machine will last a while too and there is no reason to be stuck with XP forever. Vista is actually one of the reasons I have held off a purchase right now. A purchase today will allow me to play with my toy and not working about messing stuff up. I'll format in January when I grab Vista (or March or June or whenever).
Imagine a linux user loading it once and, after being confused, advising everyone it was crap. Buy an iPod and instead of taking the time to figuring out how to synchronize it, throwing it out.
Real Player certainly was crap before - loading itself into your startup even after you removed - was, for example, horrid. That has not happened for a long time.
While I still only use Real Player when I need to it exists on my machine just fine and to play *.rm files I've never had a pop-up - never had anything other then the media player itself work for me.
Learn how to use the program and then offer your opinion and maybe it will actually matter.
Once again I'll suggest the easiest solution I have come across. And it really does work.
Visit http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and download the hosts file. Set it up (takes about 2 minutes) and then make it read only. Once a month or so - whenever you visit, update the hosts file. The file on this site is updated regularly. The last update is from yesterday.
This file is released under the Creative Commons license and prevents 'bad' pages or sites from loading. Obviously, spyware from unknown sites is not stopped by this but it prevents such a high percentage of unwanted crap that it has resulted in NO calls from friends or family members to fix spyware related problems on their pc's.
With Telus, you MUST register your MAC address to use the service, whether or not you install any Telus software. Before you can browse you must visit http://oca.on.hsia.telus.net (substitute "on" with "bc" or "alta" if applicable). Pretty easy to have a once click "I agree" there.
But it wouldn't matter anyhow. Contracts are often made over the phone or computer. Have you ever made a change to your mobile service? Or added third party long distance? You are clearly not disputing the fact that you have an agreement with Telus, you are disputing whether or not you have a commitment.
As a Telus subscriber I can assure you that they are far from dubious. I was clearly "offered an lesser rate for the first year, followed by $10/month more for following years, as well as their DSL modem for free." I was also clearly advised that this would require a commitment. I chose not to take this deal as I WAS ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY SAID to me. I chose not to commit.
I notice that you have not suggested paying the $10 more per month that you saved. I noticed that you aren't suggesting you pay for the modem you have been 'renting'. When you were saving money each month over a Telus subscriber like me I'm guessing you never once considered Telus dubious.
And every store and bank in New Hampshire that has a video camera is violating the same law? This is absolutely the silliest arrest I've read of in a long long time.
As an employee of a cell phone company who works in Customer Care I'll offer my two bits.
1) When you call customer care ask for and write the down the Care agents name. If they hang up on (unless you are being incredibily agressive and swearing) that information will be handy to their Supervisor. Call back and let that be known.
2) Both the IMEI number on the handset and Sim Care will be recorded. If both do not match on a disputed call this is strong evidence of cloning.
3) You have 3 way calling, you have voice mail - two calls at one time is not an anomaly in itself.
4) Ask for a Supervisor if you do not recieve care at a lower level.
5) View your online account and watch you billing daily if you think this is a cloning problem. Trying to remember a call from 5 weeks ago is not easy.
6) Don't dispute calls in general. Dispute specific calls. We can look up specific calls. Saying I have 47 billed minutes I didn't use means nothing. Saying, the call to 123-456-7890 on 6/03/06 at 2:57pm was not made by me. We can actually help with that.
7) Correspond via email instead of calling. Over the phone pressure exists to keep the lenght of the call down. Via email agents can research your issue without having to leave you on hold - the pressure for resolution in a 5 minute phone call is not there.
8) When you hear this often in a Call center you do become immune to it. People lie all the time - a popular one is "I have bad coverage" only to find out after reviewing their account that they've used 2800 minutes this month and are happy to accept a discounted handset with a 2 year deal. People with truly bad coverage do not renew for two years and have 2800 minutes usage per month. As such, it is easy for a Care agent to dismiss you without much investigation. Do not give up after 1 or 2 calls (or email). This does not mean that you are right, merely that your issue will be investigated more thoroughly the second or third time. This is normal in many businesses.
"While the court did not explain just what sort of security measures would invoke the SCA, it did hint that a webmaster who "screens the registrants before granting access" would have a stronger claim than one who merely asks his registrants to "self screen"
Imagine having a bar with a sign out front saying "if you are under the legal age you cannot purchase alcohol here. By entering you are agreeing you are of legal age". You can't just sell alcohol to anyone entering because they agreed they were old enough.
You need to "screen of registrants" or patrons in this case.
At the same time the "underage" drinkers will be charged and deemed responsible for their actions (even though the bar may be charged or lose their license as well).
I agree. I want a simple mobile phone that can text message. As seemingly does the average consumer. What does service start at for that? About $30/month? Add internet and you're now at $60/month so that I can what?
I am fairly certain that people don't want to pay for phones with features that cost more and more money to use. And how annoying is to have 50% of your phones capabilities 'in the way' when you don't activate them.
Imagine owning a car with a Radio or Cruise Control or whatever useful feature, but having to pay extra to use it. Would you be happy with it or find it cumbersome if you didn't pay that extra? Even in the best circumstances it would be an annoyance.
I don't think this has to do with Mac Clones. I think this is just one way that Apple can continue to be progressive in their marketing.
Maybe I have a skewed view of the typical Mac user - but I consider them more progressive, open to new technologies and, well - maybe even more likely to be a vegetarian or drive an economical but classy car then a PC user.
You must remember that Microsoft won't be able to compete on this level - they don't make the hardware and likely won't recycle it for free. The average computer users sees Apple or Microsoft as the two choices. Maybe something like this will appeal to some undecided buyers.
The point is that this hosts file offers 11,000 lines worth of links - that link back to 127.0.0.1
You try to go to www.screensaver.com, for example - and you can't. What a wonderful sounding place to get a screensaver - but apparently it offers spyware or tracks you - don't believe and want to go anyhow? Turn off your hosts file or comment out the line. Simple.
You can read every entry. Nothing hidden. Simple. Preventative. Free. And nothing to install. What more can you ask for?
Maintain an up to date hosts file - the best I've found is from here - http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm.
Blocking a site from loading prevents - well prevents if from loading. What more can you ask for? If you keep your file up to date (their most recent hosts file is 6 days old) you certainly are preventing a lot of the risk.
I didn't read the article, but I do read: "$25B:g" in the original post and "10 milligrams of positrons needed for a human Mars mission is about 250 million" in the yours.
Isn't $25 billion per gram the same as $250 million for 10 milligrams? Or is my math bad? Units. I'm guessing you missed the units.
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And what about EVERYONE who bought a computer since last November or so who purchased their PC because they got Vista with it, even though they had to wait for it? Is this really an upgrade for them? They are already dealing with the inconvenience of having to find tune XP before upgrading to Vista and fine tuning again. Only to find out that this is the process for every subsequent format.
I am sure a good many of them do not consider this an upgrade, but rather final delivery of the OS they were promised when they purchased their hardware.
You just trolling? If you read the article you would know that they were all free.
Are you implying that FREE Gmail will be run using the same constraints as my $500 per copy Office suite?
Nice.
The saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" comes to mind. I'm buying a horse, and the most expensive horse on the average users markets and I'm looking at the teeth very thoroughly.
Search for Search or Search Engine in Google.
u tf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox -a
Msn shows up first.
http://www.google.ca/search?q=search&ie=utf-8&oe=
Obviously google are biased towards MSN since 70% (as quoted in the article) use the search engine placed next (google).
It's interesting that a hospital or Dr. can be sued for watching a patient die and not helping but Pharmaceuticals do this everyday with no repercussions.
I wonder if this could be winnable in a US court.....probably not....
Why isn't this murder? Watching someone die a slow painful death when you could keep them alive is certainly not something that this country claims is humane.
Did anyone consider that people with weak immune systems (or at a weak immunity stage) might be more prone to being in a bad mood.......
The cause and effect would then reverse - colds cause bad moods which I would consider quite obvious. I have felts many colds coming on long before they happened - and I am sure that I have read that the most contageous stage of a cold is almost before you 'know' you have it.
Now I am not saying that these 'bad mood' people actually had colds, simply that when your immune system is working hard in one area and leaving you weak in another, it is certainly possible that your moods may be affected.
$40 per TV.
I suspect that Cable providers might want to continue to use analog networks as long as they can. This one feature that Satellite companies cannot compete against - in a big way.... If I have one 'main' TV in the living room with a Digital converter I can still have TV's in all the bedrooms that receive analog. Satellite providers do not provide analog, so would need converters for each TV.
I just can't see cable providers willingly give up this advantage as long as it remains something that consumers continue to want.
My phone through my internet provider uses coaxial outlets from my wall. The same coaxial cable they use to feed my cable TV and my Internet.
My phone line actually relays information on the way to my phone via the Motorola Surfboard SB5100 Cable Modem which only has an "in" outlet in coaxial format.
You asked why cable might be different and rather than accept that cable might be different simply want to explain once again how yours is. Not everyone has your set up or can utilize your setup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_fiber_coaxial
Coaxial cable is often used by cable companies when providing phone service.
This is far different then telephone lines provided by the telco's....as you are surely aware, coaxial cabling and phone lines aren't the same.
Hope abounds.
There are not many reasons to buy a 64 bit PC right now when it comes with 32 bit XP. To consider that I'd buy one and then outright buy Vista when it's released is bizarre. The fact is that most computer buyer's do use windows and will continue to use windows.
This really is something that MS must do to appease the hardware providers they deal with constantly. That it may prove to be an inconvenience (doing an install twice and losing your settings) is unfortunate but it will at least offer an option for those who are shopping.
I know that my 3 1/2 year old PIV 1700 machine has served me well. I expect my next machine will last a while too and there is no reason to be stuck with XP forever. Vista is actually one of the reasons I have held off a purchase right now. A purchase today will allow me to play with my toy and not working about messing stuff up. I'll format in January when I grab Vista (or March or June or whenever).
You used it once and now you are an expert?
Imagine a linux user loading it once and, after being confused, advising everyone it was crap. Buy an iPod and instead of taking the time to figuring out how to synchronize it, throwing it out.
Real Player certainly was crap before - loading itself into your startup even after you removed - was, for example, horrid. That has not happened for a long time.
While I still only use Real Player when I need to it exists on my machine just fine and to play *.rm files I've never had a pop-up - never had anything other then the media player itself work for me.
Learn how to use the program and then offer your opinion and maybe it will actually matter.
Once again I'll suggest the easiest solution I have come across. And it really does work. Visit http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and download the hosts file. Set it up (takes about 2 minutes) and then make it read only. Once a month or so - whenever you visit, update the hosts file. The file on this site is updated regularly. The last update is from yesterday. This file is released under the Creative Commons license and prevents 'bad' pages or sites from loading. Obviously, spyware from unknown sites is not stopped by this but it prevents such a high percentage of unwanted crap that it has resulted in NO calls from friends or family members to fix spyware related problems on their pc's.
With Telus, you MUST register your MAC address to use the service, whether or not you install any Telus software. Before you can browse you must visit http://oca.on.hsia.telus.net (substitute "on" with "bc" or "alta" if applicable). Pretty easy to have a once click "I agree" there.
But it wouldn't matter anyhow. Contracts are often made over the phone or computer. Have you ever made a change to your mobile service? Or added third party long distance? You are clearly not disputing the fact that you have an agreement with Telus, you are disputing whether or not you have a commitment.
As a Telus subscriber I can assure you that they are far from dubious. I was clearly "offered an lesser rate for the first year, followed by $10/month more for following years, as well as their DSL modem for free." I was also clearly advised that this would require a commitment. I chose not to take this deal as I WAS ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY SAID to me. I chose not to commit.
I notice that you have not suggested paying the $10 more per month that you saved. I noticed that you aren't suggesting you pay for the modem you have been 'renting'. When you were saving money each month over a Telus subscriber like me I'm guessing you never once considered Telus dubious.
Another helpful site is Answers That Work
And every store and bank in New Hampshire that has a video camera is violating the same law? This is absolutely the silliest arrest I've read of in a long long time.
As an employee of a cell phone company who works in Customer Care I'll offer my two bits.
1) When you call customer care ask for and write the down the Care agents name. If they hang up on (unless you are being incredibily agressive and swearing) that information will be handy to their Supervisor. Call back and let that be known.
2) Both the IMEI number on the handset and Sim Care will be recorded. If both do not match on a disputed call this is strong evidence of cloning.
3) You have 3 way calling, you have voice mail - two calls at one time is not an anomaly in itself.
4) Ask for a Supervisor if you do not recieve care at a lower level.
5) View your online account and watch you billing daily if you think this is a cloning problem. Trying to remember a call from 5 weeks ago is not easy.
6) Don't dispute calls in general. Dispute specific calls. We can look up specific calls. Saying I have 47 billed minutes I didn't use means nothing. Saying, the call to 123-456-7890 on 6/03/06 at 2:57pm was not made by me. We can actually help with that.
7) Correspond via email instead of calling. Over the phone pressure exists to keep the lenght of the call down. Via email agents can research your issue without having to leave you on hold - the pressure for resolution in a 5 minute phone call is not there.
8) When you hear this often in a Call center you do become immune to it. People lie all the time - a popular one is "I have bad coverage" only to find out after reviewing their account that they've used 2800 minutes this month and are happy to accept a discounted handset with a 2 year deal. People with truly bad coverage do not renew for two years and have 2800 minutes usage per month. As such, it is easy for a Care agent to dismiss you without much investigation. Do not give up after 1 or 2 calls (or email). This does not mean that you are right, merely that your issue will be investigated more thoroughly the second or third time. This is normal in many businesses.
This both makes sense and doesn't.
"While the court did not explain just what sort of security measures would invoke the SCA, it did hint that a webmaster who "screens the registrants before granting access" would have a stronger claim than one who merely asks his registrants to "self screen"
Imagine having a bar with a sign out front saying "if you are under the legal age you cannot purchase alcohol here. By entering you are agreeing you are of legal age". You can't just sell alcohol to anyone entering because they agreed they were old enough.
You need to "screen of registrants" or patrons in this case.
At the same time the "underage" drinkers will be charged and deemed responsible for their actions (even though the bar may be charged or lose their license as well).
8.8? I do hope that you were trying to be funny.
I agree. I want a simple mobile phone that can text message. As seemingly does the average consumer. What does service start at for that? About $30/month? Add internet and you're now at $60/month so that I can what?
I am fairly certain that people don't want to pay for phones with features that cost more and more money to use. And how annoying is to have 50% of your phones capabilities 'in the way' when you don't activate them.
Imagine owning a car with a Radio or Cruise Control or whatever useful feature, but having to pay extra to use it. Would you be happy with it or find it cumbersome if you didn't pay that extra? Even in the best circumstances it would be an annoyance.
I don't think this has to do with Mac Clones. I think this is just one way that Apple can continue to be progressive in their marketing.
Maybe I have a skewed view of the typical Mac user - but I consider them more progressive, open to new technologies and, well - maybe even more likely to be a vegetarian or drive an economical but classy car then a PC user.
You must remember that Microsoft won't be able to compete on this level - they don't make the hardware and likely won't recycle it for free. The average computer users sees Apple or Microsoft as the two choices. Maybe something like this will appeal to some undecided buyers.
The point is that this hosts file offers 11,000 lines worth of links - that link back to 127.0.0.1
You try to go to www.screensaver.com, for example - and you can't. What a wonderful sounding place to get a screensaver - but apparently it offers spyware or tracks you - don't believe and want to go anyhow? Turn off your hosts file or comment out the line. Simple.
You can read every entry. Nothing hidden. Simple. Preventative. Free. And nothing to install. What more can you ask for?
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Maintain an up to date hosts file - the best I've found is from here - http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm.
Blocking a site from loading prevents - well prevents if from loading. What more can you ask for? If you keep your file up to date (their most recent hosts file is 6 days old) you certainly are preventing a lot of the risk.
I didn't read the article, but I do read: "$25B:g" in the original post and "10 milligrams of positrons needed for a human Mars mission is about 250 million" in the yours.
Isn't $25 billion per gram the same as $250 million for 10 milligrams?
Or is my math bad? Units. I'm guessing you missed the units.
Now be a good boy and say your sorry.
And what did you give your regular hand?
Google is a competitor is it not? If you visit http://www.kinderstart.com you will see that it offers itself as a search engine.
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I think Google should sue them though. If I type "google" into their search engine all I get is:
Home : Search Results
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