And then someone runs up and accidentally scrapes their finger across the Commandments, thus screwing them up and changing history thanks to Windows and handwriting recognition.
"Blessed are the geeks, for they have rejected the Mark in favor of anonymity, and they are my Children. They shall be given women and computers in My Kingdom, and the Marked shall lay at their feet with much wailing and grinding of teeth."
Yes, it's becoming vaguely "Star Wars"-ish. Darth Gator versus PepiMK Skywalker... oy, there's something I never wanted to see.
However, at the school district where I work, we're coming up with an interesting method of combating spyware: lawsuits against the companies.
Since the spyware is often found on elementary school computers, and it's children who download it, the technical staff has considered lawsuits.
IANAL, but it goes something like this: the children are obviously minors, and when they click the EULA for installing an ActiveX control or someone goes through the ByteVerify exploit, they do not create a legally binding contract, and as it's an elementary school, the advertisers are very obviously collecting data on people under 13, which violates the COPA.
Hence, we sue.
It made sense to the legal department, and they're now trying to take out Rightfinder and CoolWebSearch.
Also, since the CWS group of spyware can be classified as Trojan horses/virii, aren't they in violation of some obscure section of the USC? I'd _swear_ that they were.
Dell's going to try to cater to a business model rather than what the customers want, just like with their PCs.
If they (or iTunes, better yet) went and put stuff from Gainax, Toei, Viz, and many, many other anime companies, they'd make a bleeding _fortune_ thanks to all the otaku out there.
But if the service is anything like their computers... God help anyone who joins. I know from experience; I'm a technology administrator at a local primary school, and we're locked into Dell. >_
Even worse is that we're stuck paying three grand for their crappy Latitude D600s and that sweet new 17-inch Toshiba's five hundred less - three hundred, counting the upgrade to XP Pro.
I know the feeling. I bought Starcraft: Brood War about two years ago and I've run through eight disks already.
Then after the third fail, I got a CD burner and duped the bugger about six times. Much easier than going to the store over and over.
And after all, I paid for the software, not poorly done media.
But only if you're on broadband.
If you're on 56K (God help those poor people), you're pretty much screwed any way you turn, especially if you've got pages with Java/Javascript running.
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Now all we need is Scorpion to make a comeback.
And then someone runs up and accidentally scrapes their finger across the Commandments, thus screwing them up and changing history thanks to Windows and handwriting recognition.
And there is much rejoicing.
Yes, it's becoming vaguely "Star Wars"-ish. Darth Gator versus PepiMK Skywalker... oy, there's something I never wanted to see. However, at the school district where I work, we're coming up with an interesting method of combating spyware: lawsuits against the companies. Since the spyware is often found on elementary school computers, and it's children who download it, the technical staff has considered lawsuits. IANAL, but it goes something like this: the children are obviously minors, and when they click the EULA for installing an ActiveX control or someone goes through the ByteVerify exploit, they do not create a legally binding contract, and as it's an elementary school, the advertisers are very obviously collecting data on people under 13, which violates the COPA. Hence, we sue. It made sense to the legal department, and they're now trying to take out Rightfinder and CoolWebSearch. Also, since the CWS group of spyware can be classified as Trojan horses/virii, aren't they in violation of some obscure section of the USC? I'd _swear_ that they were.
Otaku means fanboy, not homebody. Your literal translator must have slipped a sector somewhere.
Dell's going to try to cater to a business model rather than what the customers want, just like with their PCs.
If they (or iTunes, better yet) went and put stuff from Gainax, Toei, Viz, and many, many other anime companies, they'd make a bleeding _fortune_ thanks to all the otaku out there.
But if the service is anything like their computers... God help anyone who joins. I know from experience; I'm a technology administrator at a local primary school, and we're locked into Dell. >_
Even worse is that we're stuck paying three grand for their crappy Latitude D600s and that sweet new 17-inch Toshiba's five hundred less - three hundred, counting the upgrade to XP Pro.
It doesn't take a master to design something to last forever.
It takes a genius to make something that breaks down and forces people to spend money repairing it.
Case in point: Nintendo, Sega, Microsoft, Sony...
You get the idea.
I know the feeling. I bought Starcraft: Brood War about two years ago and I've run through eight disks already. Then after the third fail, I got a CD burner and duped the bugger about six times. Much easier than going to the store over and over. And after all, I paid for the software, not poorly done media.
But only if you're on broadband. If you're on 56K (God help those poor people), you're pretty much screwed any way you turn, especially if you've got pages with Java/Javascript running.