Any specifics? I've used the K-Lite pack many times without problems. Sometimes it doesn't always have all the codecs I need, but it has never "hose[d] lots of things" and includes the great Media Player Classic.
If it was we could eliminate the vast majority of career welfare recipients overnight, since reducing taxes that pay for these services would benefit the many regular taxpayers while only impacting the relatively few social leeches.
You've failed to properly consider the 'good' in this situation. The benefit that comes from welfare is, in theory, to avoid having a large underclass that resorts to crime to get resources. What good is having that tax money back if you're just going to spend it on more police, security systems, etc.?
Our power in the world was won through superior military force. We are currently having difficulty in maintaining that force. Measures are being taken to resolve that issue. Period.
The armies used to fight World War I and World War II were conscription armies. The force used to win those wars has never been maintained.
All of those hailing this as another nail in the coffin of paid content on the Internet should notice that what you paid for on CNN was content that was free on my cable channel.
Please then, enlighten us! Teach us know the secret of (legal) free cable!
If a company has my information or, more importantly, my money, they damn well better have the network equivalent of a vault. If they don't, then yes it is their fault when my information/money gets stolen.
Playing devil's advocate: Why isn't it your fault that you trusted the company without verifying they provide the level of service you desire?
Assuming you have a choice of vendor (as with a bank). This doesn't apply to the recent credit card processor break-ins.
sorry, but you, along with so many other people, just don't understand how the music industry works. the traditional music industry is an exercise in massive cross-subsidy.
Assuming your portrayal is accurate, the question is "Why?"
In any other business, products that don't sell well are cut. You keep the products that make you money, and you get rid of the ones that don't. You don't see Crystal Pepsi around any more for a reason. Why on earth would a record company release albums it knows will lose money? It's not like less people will buy PopStar's record because the company didn't release FolkSinger's latest album. It just doesn't make any sense.
Having recently dealt with poisoned BT downloads (Six Feet Under), I can say that the BT system is not foolproof. The hashes are checked after you've downloaded the block (of course), so while you will never get a corrupt file, you may have to download some pieces many times before you get the authentic piece you're looking for. I downloaded over 200 MB more than I needed to (of a 350 MB file). My client does block IPs that send bad data, but the bad data was coming from many different IPs. Banning a range of IPs did significantly improve the situation.
However, I don't think any system can be perfect when there are malicious entities on the network.
Having had previous problems with the installer, i can say that you're probably screwed and need to start from scratch.
However, my problem was caused by a Cisco VPN install crashing (BSOD) while installing the VPN driver (W2k). The installer stopped working, and if I went to add/remove programs, nothing happened!
Dunno about the NYT article, but the NPR piece on this yesterday (ATC) said that they had just recently passed an MC audit, so they didn't think they were breaking any rules.
I'm one of the biggest Bush-bashers around, but I don't ever recall the administration stating that they think porn is illegal. Maybe they think it should be illegal, but that has a completely different meaning then what you said.
You'd rather fix box after box after box rather than actually make any of them do anything useful?
I don't believe I said that.
If the mindless work wasn't necessary, computer users will find a reason to go and get "professional" work done for them.
Users turn to professional help when they don't know what to do or how to do it. If their machine is letting them access the Internet, not popping up 100 windows a minute, and they aren't getting spammed to death, they aren't going to just invent new reasons to spend more money on the computer. That's like saying "Whoaa.. my car's working great! I better replace the gas tank!" Yes, there is a small set of the population that "upgrades" their car, but the vast majority of people just want the thing to get them from A to B without breaking. So long as that happens, they aren't going to put an extra dime into the machine. From my experience, the same principle applies to computers.
So basically I don't think anyone will be out of a job, it's just that the job's focus will be shifted.
Somehow I doubt that everyone currently wiping machines (this includes corporate IT, compusa types, and small shops) would be able to find the same amount of work providing other services, such as your example of application installation.
That all being said, I do not in any way support spyware. I'm just talking about what I percieve as the realities of the situation.
Err.. I'm not arguing that we should keep spyware around because it provides some people a job. I'm merely saying that those "billions of dollars" are not simply vaporized.
Instead of having presidential/vp candidates running in pairs, go back to how it orginally was, with everyone running for president:
No, let's not.
In our current system, this would almost always result in the President and Vice-President being political opponents. For instance, we would now have President Bush and Vice-President Kerry.
The problem with this is that the Vice-President replaces the President when he resigns, dies, is impeached, or is otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office, as prescribed by the 25th Amendment.
When the President chooses to resign, for whatever reason, they should be able to do so with the peace of mind that their successor will be at least somewhat politically aligned with them. Without this, the President would essentially never resign. Granted, this is an extremely rare occurrence. In a similar line of thinking, the cabinet, which is appointed by the President and rarely non-partisan, would almost never vote no-confidence in the President, since it would result in a massive change of political power (assuming Congress approves), and probably the loss of their jobs!
However, the whole death thing is significant. If Kerry were the VP right now, you can bet your ass that assassination attempts on the President would be far greater than the one recently recorded attempt in the Ukraine. It simply makes for an unstable state, which is bad.
Furthermore, if the President was of a party with a small minority in the Congress, it's conceivable that the Congress would abuse their power of impeachment, or the powers under the 25th Amendment, to bring someone from their party into office. This is also bad.
If you think this is a little irrational, just remember that the financial damages caused by computer viruses are probably in the billions of dollars every year. Imagine how much trouble could be prevented.
True, but one can think about it another way. If viruses/spyware weren't a problem, there would be fewer jobs in IT. Those estimated 'billions of dollars' don't just go into an incinerator. The productivity losses do (money that never existed, btw), but money spent to correct problems goes into the economy.
When they're secret, unchallengable, and you're not allowed to talk about them, yes, they do.
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That is because the Moon could build all of the space hardware and refine the fuel so we would not have to lift that mass out of the Earth's gravitational well.
Couldn't have said it better myself. 100% correct.
It's said that Citibank and Goldman-Sachs (iirc) received huge subsidies to stay in NYC after 9/11. They didn't have any plans on moving, though. They merely raised the threat and got hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
New Jersey was selected to be the home of the new global HQ for Verizon. How did that happen? Massive tax breaks and other incentives. While it's great that those jobs will be here, I wonder if it is worth the extra burden on our already strained transportation and other infrastructure. Virginia was almost chosen, but I guess they just didn't offer enough money.
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Any specifics? I've used the K-Lite pack many times without problems. Sometimes it doesn't always have all the codecs I need, but it has never "hose[d] lots of things" and includes the great Media Player Classic.
If it was we could eliminate the vast majority of career welfare recipients overnight, since reducing taxes that pay for these services would benefit the many regular taxpayers while only impacting the relatively few social leeches.
You've failed to properly consider the 'good' in this situation. The benefit that comes from welfare is, in theory, to avoid having a large underclass that resorts to crime to get resources. What good is having that tax money back if you're just going to spend it on more police, security systems, etc.?
Our power in the world was won through superior military force. We are currently having difficulty in maintaining that force. Measures are being taken to resolve that issue. Period.
The armies used to fight World War I and World War II were conscription armies. The force used to win those wars has never been maintained.
(And don't give my any bullshit about "branding." That's a load of crap.)
Sure is easy to be right when you exclude the alternatives, isn't it?
Branding is real. You can deny its existence if you want, but you're only fooling yourself.
Just remember that when you're driving on the "taxpayer subsidized"way!
Gee, I thought the free market was supposed to encourage things that were good for customers.
Well that's where you made your mistake. The free market makes things good for people who control the resources: corporations.
All of those hailing this as another nail in the coffin of paid content on the Internet should notice that what you paid for on CNN was content that was free on my cable channel.
Please then, enlighten us! Teach us know the secret of (legal) free cable!
Did you happen to read what Durbin said, or did you just hear about it from Hannity?
If a company has my information or, more importantly, my money, they damn well better have the network equivalent of a vault. If they don't, then yes it is their fault when my information/money gets stolen.
Playing devil's advocate: Why isn't it your fault that you trusted the company without verifying they provide the level of service you desire?
Assuming you have a choice of vendor (as with a bank). This doesn't apply to the recent credit card processor break-ins.
sorry, but you, along with so many other people, just don't understand how the music industry works. the traditional music industry is an exercise in massive cross-subsidy.
Assuming your portrayal is accurate, the question is "Why?"
In any other business, products that don't sell well are cut. You keep the products that make you money, and you get rid of the ones that don't. You don't see Crystal Pepsi around any more for a reason. Why on earth would a record company release albums it knows will lose money? It's not like less people will buy PopStar's record because the company didn't release FolkSinger's latest album. It just doesn't make any sense.
Having recently dealt with poisoned BT downloads (Six Feet Under), I can say that the BT system is not foolproof. The hashes are checked after you've downloaded the block (of course), so while you will never get a corrupt file, you may have to download some pieces many times before you get the authentic piece you're looking for. I downloaded over 200 MB more than I needed to (of a 350 MB file). My client does block IPs that send bad data, but the bad data was coming from many different IPs. Banning a range of IPs did significantly improve the situation.
However, I don't think any system can be perfect when there are malicious entities on the network.
Having had previous problems with the installer, i can say that you're probably screwed and need to start from scratch.
However, my problem was caused by a Cisco VPN install crashing (BSOD) while installing the VPN driver (W2k). The installer stopped working, and if I went to add/remove programs, nothing happened!
Dunno about the NYT article, but the NPR piece on this yesterday (ATC) said that they had just recently passed an MC audit, so they didn't think they were breaking any rules.
Google, as well.
I'm one of the biggest Bush-bashers around, but I don't ever recall the administration stating that they think porn is illegal. Maybe they think it should be illegal, but that has a completely different meaning then what you said.
Hi, maybe you should read the replies to the comments you reply to.. before you reply.
usually, when you think you've been mis-read, you clarify yourself. you've failed to do this. explain this statement:
If the mindless work wasn't necessary, computer users will find a reason to go and get "professional" work done for them.
What I said was that people aren't going to just "find a reason" to spend money. That's just not the way the world works.
You'd rather fix box after box after box rather than actually make any of them do anything useful?
I don't believe I said that.
If the mindless work wasn't necessary, computer users will find a reason to go and get "professional" work done for them.
Users turn to professional help when they don't know what to do or how to do it. If their machine is letting them access the Internet, not popping up 100 windows a minute, and they aren't getting spammed to death, they aren't going to just invent new reasons to spend more money on the computer. That's like saying "Whoaa.. my car's working great! I better replace the gas tank!" Yes, there is a small set of the population that "upgrades" their car, but the vast majority of people just want the thing to get them from A to B without breaking. So long as that happens, they aren't going to put an extra dime into the machine. From my experience, the same principle applies to computers.
So basically I don't think anyone will be out of a job, it's just that the job's focus will be shifted.
Somehow I doubt that everyone currently wiping machines (this includes corporate IT, compusa types, and small shops) would be able to find the same amount of work providing other services, such as your example of application installation.
That all being said, I do not in any way support spyware. I'm just talking about what I percieve as the realities of the situation.
Just a little ironic
No, it's not ironic, it's hypocritical. Learn what the fucking words mean before you use them.
Err.. I'm not arguing that we should keep spyware around because it provides some people a job. I'm merely saying that those "billions of dollars" are not simply vaporized.
Instead of having presidential/vp candidates running in pairs, go back to how it orginally was, with everyone running for president:
No, let's not.
In our current system, this would almost always result in the President and Vice-President being political opponents. For instance, we would now have President Bush and Vice-President Kerry.
The problem with this is that the Vice-President replaces the President when he resigns, dies, is impeached, or is otherwise unable to perform the duties of the office, as prescribed by the 25th Amendment.
When the President chooses to resign, for whatever reason, they should be able to do so with the peace of mind that their successor will be at least somewhat politically aligned with them. Without this, the President would essentially never resign. Granted, this is an extremely rare occurrence. In a similar line of thinking, the cabinet, which is appointed by the President and rarely non-partisan, would almost never vote no-confidence in the President, since it would result in a massive change of political power (assuming Congress approves), and probably the loss of their jobs!
However, the whole death thing is significant. If Kerry were the VP right now, you can bet your ass that assassination attempts on the President would be far greater than the one recently recorded attempt in the Ukraine. It simply makes for an unstable state, which is bad.
Furthermore, if the President was of a party with a small minority in the Congress, it's conceivable that the Congress would abuse their power of impeachment, or the powers under the 25th Amendment, to bring someone from their party into office. This is also bad.
If you think this is a little irrational, just remember that the financial damages caused by computer viruses are probably in the billions of dollars every year. Imagine how much trouble could be prevented.
True, but one can think about it another way. If viruses/spyware weren't a problem, there would be fewer jobs in IT. Those estimated 'billions of dollars' don't just go into an incinerator. The productivity losses do (money that never existed, btw), but money spent to correct problems goes into the economy.
So subpoenas violate the highest law of the land?
When they're secret, unchallengable, and you're not allowed to talk about them, yes, they do.
That is because the Moon could build all of the space hardware and refine the fuel so we would not have to lift that mass out of the Earth's gravitational well.
Where do the raw materials come from?
Couldn't have said it better myself. 100% correct.
It's said that Citibank and Goldman-Sachs (iirc) received huge subsidies to stay in NYC after 9/11. They didn't have any plans on moving, though. They merely raised the threat and got hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
New Jersey was selected to be the home of the new global HQ for Verizon. How did that happen? Massive tax breaks and other incentives. While it's great that those jobs will be here, I wonder if it is worth the extra burden on our already strained transportation and other infrastructure. Virginia was almost chosen, but I guess they just didn't offer enough money.