How embarassing, though, when you're simply showing a friend a new web site you found, and the.NET music server checks your music listening history and begins playing your all-time favorite song by N*Sync. You'd kept the obsession a secret for all these years, only to be betrayed by Microsoft. Damn them all.
That will only happen if you try to access so-called "pinko commie" sites that endorse use of "heretical anti-american" software such as "LUNIX" or "Red Hats."
So just back off, what are you, a Linus Lover? Damn commies. Everytime you click "Ok" another Microsoftie gets to vest their options.
We should know that this is more than just a simple PR move by Microsoft. I mean, don't they normally release information to the press in order to let their employees know how they're changing their focus?
If you look at the other side of the story, this is pretty much admitting that they haven't cared about security at all. At least now they'll release more PR regarding security issues.
Especially if they find that anyone's distributing exploit code.
Yeah, it comes out here. People here are just as gullible as in the lower 48.
I just find this article exceptionally funny - nothing like a non-existent organization and a fake expert to instill mindless fear in the Compaq Presario owners of the world.
In no way affiliated with them, but for the guilty consciences out there, you can just pay EMusic for unlimited access to MP3s by recognized artists. I'm a fan of the fact that I can trust the MP3 Info tags on their files a whole lot more than I can those of the average Napster joker.
Oh come on - you could pay the same to http://www.emusic.com and get as much as you can download. Sure, you can't directly interact with the other users, but that's way over-rated since many conversations would beging with "a/s/l?" anyhow.
Unfortunately, that was an optional feature and they opted not to install the wipers at the factory, planning to get an after market add-on.
See, the factory version would have added $5.7 million to the before tax cost, and this guy on the project knew a guy whose brother found the exact same component at a flea market for $10. NASA's trying to come in closer to budget now, after all, so...
There needs to be a support group for the couple hundred of us who didn't "GET" LotR...
I was only recently able to get through The Hobbit... I can't even imagine reading the Rings series. I tried them in junior high, but couldn't deal with them.
I also am not a big Star Trek fan. I only manage to survive geek gatherings by relying on my knowledge of Monty Python to change the subject anytime LotR or ST come up...
Well, I think that they swore never to tell what the tattoo's image was. Imagine if the secret got out that they all had huge 12" pink unicorns inked onto their backs for the rest of their lives. I mean, the shame....
I love their claims that this way I can "literally" put my whole mp3 collection in my pocket. I have roughly a 100 GB of mp3 files... so would I need to buy 10 of these things and then some massively over-pocketed cargo pants? Or does this thing come with those as features too?
You may as well say "if the world abandoned that crazy hatred thing."
It may be nice to picture a world where everyone gets along and where everyone runs Free (tm) software, but it's not likely to happen, regardless of the involvement of RMS or anyone.
Corporate backing for software development includes such things as IBM paying developers to port free software to linux. It includes businesses having open sourced drivers written for their hardware. It includes college students writing code for open release as part of a project.
Corporate backing isn't all Microsoft and One True Way. Sometimes it's ugly coding and someone needs to be paid to write it in one fashion or another.
I started watching the show last night simply to ensure that you lasted longer than Shatner. I'm thinking that most people could have, but I'm still glad.
Being Canadian, I was more surprised and amused by her look of absolute shock and excitement that she was RIGHT. I laughed throughout this show; one that I can rarely stand to watch.
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Populate Washington State with clones of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer?
Sorry - it's a three letter acronym for "Career Limiting Move"
How embarassing, though, when you're simply showing a friend a new web site you found, and the .NET music server checks your music listening history and begins playing your all-time favorite song by N*Sync. You'd kept the obsession a secret for all these years, only to be betrayed by Microsoft. Damn them all.
So just back off, what are you, a Linus Lover? Damn commies. Everytime you click "Ok" another Microsoftie gets to vest their options.
Yeah, that'd be a new way of them "secretly" changing focus.... heh
Trying to add major baseline features to code in the wild... that'd be a potentially CLM for your average software engineer, wouldn't it?
On another tangent, I'm highly amused by the bit about how they're also focusing on privacy. Yup, .NET will help MS keep your data secure.
If you look at the other side of the story, this is pretty much admitting that they haven't cared about security at all. At least now they'll release more PR regarding security issues.
Especially if they find that anyone's distributing exploit code.
I just find this article exceptionally funny - nothing like a non-existent organization and a fake expert to instill mindless fear in the Compaq Presario owners of the world.
National CyberCrime Prevention Foundation...
In no way affiliated with them, but for the guilty consciences out there, you can just pay EMusic for unlimited access to MP3s by recognized artists. I'm a fan of the fact that I can trust the MP3 Info tags on their files a whole lot more than I can those of the average Napster joker.
Was I the only one that googled for Yabenson? Funny that nobody's ever heard of him, and that organization he'd head of? No website.
Oh come on - you could pay the same to http://www.emusic.com and get as much as you can download. Sure, you can't directly interact with the other users, but that's way over-rated since many conversations would beging with "a/s/l?" anyhow.
See, the factory version would have added $5.7 million to the before tax cost, and this guy on the project knew a guy whose brother found the exact same component at a flea market for $10. NASA's trying to come in closer to budget now, after all, so...
I was only recently able to get through The Hobbit... I can't even imagine reading the Rings series. I tried them in junior high, but couldn't deal with them.
I also am not a big Star Trek fan. I only manage to survive geek gatherings by relying on my knowledge of Monty Python to change the subject anytime LotR or ST come up...
Well, I think that they swore never to tell what the tattoo's image was. Imagine if the secret got out that they all had huge 12" pink unicorns inked onto their backs for the rest of their lives. I mean, the shame....
I'm sure that those glasses looked like a good idea on paper, but come on, just how crappy looking a product to use to promote a film... honestly.
Maybe for those of us who work predominantly on laptop computers perhaps.
You should try reading the articles before shooting for your first posts... SatireWire publishes (get this...) SATIRE.
I love their claims that this way I can "literally" put my whole mp3 collection in my pocket. I have roughly a 100 GB of mp3 files... so would I need to buy 10 of these things and then some massively over-pocketed cargo pants? Or does this thing come with those as features too?
Well, considering that Everquest appears to be much more than just a simple lifestyle choice....
If you read the intro, it mentions that Bruce is busy and called in and dictated the answers to someone else.
You may as well say "if the world abandoned that crazy hatred thing."
It may be nice to picture a world where everyone gets along and where everyone runs Free (tm) software, but it's not likely to happen, regardless of the involvement of RMS or anyone.
Corporate backing for software development includes such things as IBM paying developers to port free software to linux. It includes businesses having open sourced drivers written for their hardware. It includes college students writing code for open release as part of a project.
Corporate backing isn't all Microsoft and One True Way. Sometimes it's ugly coding and someone needs to be paid to write it in one fashion or another.
I wonder just how many ballots were discarded because RMS supporters complained on them that the voting method wasn't really "FREE"...
Even with a ~150 vote gap, I smell a recount.
I started watching the show last night simply to ensure that you lasted longer than Shatner. I'm thinking that most people could have, but I'm still glad.
Being Canadian, I was more surprised and amused by her look of absolute shock and excitement that she was RIGHT. I laughed throughout this show; one that I can rarely stand to watch.