OK, now do the RIAA/MPAA/whatever-AA really lose that much money due to fileswapping, piracy, video-taping, etc., that it is even financially worth all this bad PR? Or are they just run by a bunch of outright bastards who like being thought of as professional killjoys?
Easier said than done. Even if I could be bothered, in a post-coital daze, to get out my Black & Decker and mangle the chip, the resulting noise and mess would hose the mood something proper. And as for waiting until morning and rummaging through the bin — no way!
Surely this is nothing a drill*/pair of scissors/giving up smoking/strong high-frequency magnetic field couldn't solve. After all, it's your RFID chip. So destroy it!
*You probably shouldn't try this if the chip is on a condom.
Fuck your Quantum Flux Technology, I've got Quatum Optical loudspeakers with a 2 TB dynamic range and frequency response up to 6,8 GHz.
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They also had integrated filters as well. A fact that for the sake of a cheap joke, gets left off.
I better tell the experimentalists in the lab below using plain old kettle leads for their instruments that they're doing it all wrong, because some dude on Slashdot reckons there are people out there who can hear mains noise in the playback of their Jethro Tull LPs.
Yes, those "RTFM n00b" types are a real pain in the backside. Like those idiots who tailgate learner drivers. They don't help free software, especially when TFMs are sometimes quite complex. Some people need to be reminded of the help others gave freely to them.
I try not to hold any OS or manufacturer in contempt - I think everything has its use and I'll reccomend the most appropriate software to someone for what they're trying to do.
I'm not saying that you would. (I have also seen a lot of Linux users stick their noses up at Windows more than it deserved. I must also confess to having been guilty of this, but this was back when I was an immature teenage male and Linux was "cool". These days I actually make use of it, and realise it was a great way to get hands-on experience of UNIX-like operating systems.)
Currently I use Windows on my desktop since the recording software I use (I'm a musician) isn't avaliable for Unix.
Funny you should say that. My brother's box dual boots with Linux and Windows XP for a similar reason. He uses FL Studio, which has no Linux port. He's also rather fond of certain games.
We really need more people around here like that instead of the mass of MS/Linux/BSD/OSX zealots who preach their OS of choice as the only solution for everyone no matter what the person wants to do.
Indeed. There's a lot of, well it's not exactly "FUD", spread around here about Windows, in particular its security, stability, etc. Although I'm no Microsoft fan, it really makes me wince when the truth is distorted.
...it can't be said that every Linux user uses it out of hatred for Microsoft and that every BSD user uses it for love of Unix.
There are BSD fans like to "rile" Linux users with [friendly] jibes of "weenie" and "get a proper operating system". But it really goes without saying what some of them think of Microsoft products. Not so much hatred, as sheer, unbridled contempt: they barely acknowledge Windows as software. And for the record, I use Linux because I like Linux.
(I also read Playboy for the articles, and BoingBoing for the SuicideGirls adverts.)
Windows has taught the world that "Home Edition" is synonymous with "Crippled Edition."
Come on now, XP Pro has, what, Active Directory/Windows Domain/whatever-else-Microsoft-tried-to-replace-LD AP-with support? A nice GUI for managing NTFS ACLs which you can manipulated in XP Home with cacls? As far as I know, Pro is only really useful if you're managing a large gaggle of Windows boxes. For instance, at home I run all my network services under Linux. I've a few boxes dual-booting with XP Home, and one with XP Pro. Pro sees no benefits whatsoever in this environment; it's no more stable, functional or secure.
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Thought of another.
4. It's implemented by a user-space daemon on a per-session basis.
Yes, but:
With games like Musical Flying Chairs, that's a sure thing.
Well, I've no a priori objection to being subjugated by a princess!
You bastards!
If this is not a hoax, and I sincerely hope it's not, let's hope it starts a trend.
Are you listening, Wolfram?
You know that ruddy "Linux vs. Windows Usability: The Quake Installation Test" troll is lurking around here somewhere.
I'm not an American, which is perhaps why I don't understand.
OK, now do the RIAA/MPAA/whatever-AA really lose that much money due to fileswapping, piracy, video-taping, etc., that it is even financially worth all this bad PR? Or are they just run by a bunch of outright bastards who like being thought of as professional killjoys?
Is that what's know as a "blow job by proxy"?
Easier said than done. Even if I could be bothered, in a post-coital daze, to get out my Black & Decker and mangle the chip, the resulting noise and mess would hose the mood something proper. And as for waiting until morning and rummaging through the bin — no way!
Surely this is nothing a drill*/pair of scissors/giving up smoking/strong high-frequency magnetic field couldn't solve. After all, it's your RFID chip. So destroy it!
*You probably shouldn't try this if the chip is on a condom.
Fuck your Quantum Flux Technology, I've got Quatum Optical loudspeakers with a 2 TB dynamic range and frequency response up to 6,8 GHz.
I better tell the experimentalists in the lab below using plain old kettle leads for their instruments that they're doing it all wrong, because some dude on Slashdot reckons there are people out there who can hear mains noise in the playback of their Jethro Tull LPs.
You bought those cables, didn't you?
Being from the Fraunhofer "Now-It's-Popular-You-Will-Pay-For-The-Right-To-En code-To-Our-Crappy-Outdated-Codec" Institute, it should do.
Next time, try using fdisk.
No, just no genitals.
Isn't that a bit like homicidal murderers?
Hey now, hold on, are you comparing the RIAA to an organised crime syndic... ah...
Yes, those "RTFM n00b" types are a real pain in the backside. Like those idiots who tailgate learner drivers. They don't help free software, especially when TFMs are sometimes quite complex. Some people need to be reminded of the help others gave freely to them.
I'm not saying that you would. (I have also seen a lot of Linux users stick their noses up at Windows more than it deserved. I must also confess to having been guilty of this, but this was back when I was an immature teenage male and Linux was "cool". These days I actually make use of it, and realise it was a great way to get hands-on experience of UNIX-like operating systems.)
Funny you should say that. My brother's box dual boots with Linux and Windows XP for a similar reason. He uses FL Studio, which has no Linux port. He's also rather fond of certain games.
Indeed. There's a lot of, well it's not exactly "FUD", spread around here about Windows, in particular its security, stability, etc. Although I'm no Microsoft fan, it really makes me wince when the truth is distorted.
There are BSD fans like to "rile" Linux users with [friendly] jibes of "weenie" and "get a proper operating system". But it really goes without saying what some of them think of Microsoft products. Not so much hatred, as sheer, unbridled contempt: they barely acknowledge Windows as software. And for the record, I use Linux because I like Linux.
(I also read Playboy for the articles, and BoingBoing for the SuicideGirls adverts.)
Actually, it's Rogers (no "d"). From Wikipedia,
OK, let's have a show of hands: how many of you guys around here do this as well?
Come on...
Come on now, XP Pro has, what, Active Directory/Windows Domain/whatever-else-Microsoft-tried-to-replace-LD AP-with support? A nice GUI for managing NTFS ACLs which you can manipulated in XP Home with cacls? As far as I know, Pro is only really useful if you're managing a large gaggle of Windows boxes. For instance, at home I run all my network services under Linux. I've a few boxes dual-booting with XP Home, and one with XP Pro. Pro sees no benefits whatsoever in this environment; it's no more stable, functional or secure.
Whoa — or, "Ubuntu Starter Edition"!
I think we're on to something here!
Toxic darts?! Dude, nothing keeps away unwanted house guests like a dog that gets too friendly with legs.