"Their not tieing this to a record of an individual person. They are not providing the data to the "Office of Homeland Security" to determine who the terrorist / non-bud-drinkers are.."
Much ado about nothing, but hey, at least it's not about SCO."
How do we know this? How do we know the WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM isn't running on some huge borg of a Unix monster running SCO UnixWare? HOW DO WE KNOW? See, see? It all comes back to SCO!
Suppose Bud 24 ounce piss-water cans actually have a possibility of several different UPC codes associated with them that relate to spacific parts of the calendar year?
I'm sorry, but you are full of shit. As you very well know, there are many differences between the legal systems in the UK and USA. If you can't see them or don't know about them, then perhaps you are either NOT a lawyer, or a crappy one.
And once again, just like with the free-but-registration-required web sites, no one forces you to use any real information when you get one of those cards. Non-issue, nothing to see, move on.
This is a non-issue, unless you're one of the tinfoil hat types. This is simply a good use of technology to track marketing issues, like any competent product manufacturer should. There is no personal ID tracking, just product sales and associated information. Good fucking Lord, if this makes you paranoid, you need professional help. WHO GIVES A CRAP? Non-story.
"We position Windows server as a multifunction server that does a variety of things. So in some ways, we've got a McDonald's No. 5 super-size offering that costs $2.99 and someone just wants a Diet Coke that costs 99 cents."
It's interesting that Mr. Taylor should say this, because for many people, this is entirely the point (beyond the bug issue).
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i love what RMS has done for Free Software. the comment above is a joke, take it as such.
I might consider your request if your comment was... funny?
Of course, this is an "urban legend", and mostly BS. Neither NASA nor NASA funds developed the Fisher Space Pen. The "Space Pen" came about from research into problems with early refill cartages.
From the Snopes "Urban Legend" web site: "NASA never asked Paul C. Fisher to produce a pen. When the astronauts began to fly, like the Russians, they used pencils, but the leads sometimes broke and became a hazard by floating in the [capsule's] atmosphere where there was no gravity. They could float into an eye or nose or cause a short in an electrical device. In addition, both the lead and the wood of the pencil could burn rapidly in the pure oxygen atmosphere. Paul Fisher realized the astronauts needed a safer and more dependable writing instrument, so in July 1965 he developed the pressurized ball pen, with its ink enclosed in a sealed, pressurized ink cartridge. Fisher sent the first samples to Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Houston Space Center. The pens were all metal except for the ink, which had a flash point above 200C. The sample Space Pens were thoroughly tested by NASA. They passed all the tests and have been used ever since on all manned space flights, American and Russian. All research and development costs were paid by Paul Fisher. No development costs have ever been charged to the government.
From the Fisher Space Pen web site:
The cartridge was pressurized with nitrogen so that it didn't rely on gravity to make it work. It was dependable in freezing cold and desert heat. It could also write underwater and upside down. The trick was to have the ink flow when you wanted it to, and not to flow the rest of the time, a problem Fisher solved. Fisher's development couldn't have come at a more opportune time. The space race was on, and the astronauts involved in the Mercury and Gemini missions had been using pencils to take notes in space since standard ball points did not work in zero gravity. The Fisher cartridge did work in the weightlessness of outer space and the astronauts, beginning with the October, 1968 Apollo 7 mission began using the Fisher AG-7 Space Pen and cartridge developed in 1966.
This makes sense if you think about it. If you install some sort of aftermarket sound card and fry your motherboard, we can hardly be held responsible for that.
When I ordered DSL, it had to be MSN. It never worked. But even as the Tech Support guys (in India) could not find the problem in their database (and therefor could not solve the issue, I just bailed on DSL for cable), they where polite and actually spent lots (LOTS) of time with me. Now the Comcast guys, they suck, tried to stick me with a "premium" install service charge even though all they did was drop off a box and a disc (my wife, the barracuda took care of them).
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Hopefully, as GIMP closes in on PhotoShop, Adobe will realize they need to release a Linux version.
Come to think of it, if you're in a Redneck bar you can use it for slug bait too!
Have to start somewhere.
"they help build stupid peoples' egos..."A very elitist statement that clearly shows the size of your ego...
If you have a garden, you can use it for slug bait.
Now that you mention it...
Safeway, QFC, and RiteAid gave me cards on the spot, even though I listed my address as "1238 Beowulf Drive...".
How do we know this? How do we know the WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM isn't running on some huge borg of a Unix monster running SCO UnixWare? HOW DO WE KNOW? See, see? It all comes back to SCO!
Suppose Bud 24 ounce piss-water cans actually have a possibility of several different UPC codes associated with them that relate to spacific parts of the calendar year?
I'm sorry, but you are full of shit. As you very well know, there are many differences between the legal systems in the UK and USA. If you can't see them or don't know about them, then perhaps you are either NOT a lawyer, or a crappy one.
And once again, just like with the free-but-registration-required web sites, no one forces you to use any real information when you get one of those cards. Non-issue, nothing to see, move on.
This is a non-issue, unless you're one of the tinfoil hat types. This is simply a good use of technology to track marketing issues, like any competent product manufacturer should. There is no personal ID tracking, just product sales and associated information. Good fucking Lord, if this makes you paranoid, you need professional help. WHO GIVES A CRAP? Non-story.
Remember, the story refers to the UK, not the USA. Things are different there, government and law struture wise.
It's interesting that Mr. Taylor should say this, because for many people, this is entirely the point (beyond the bug issue).
I might consider your request if your comment was... funny?
From the Snopes "Urban Legend" web site: "NASA never asked Paul C. Fisher to produce a pen. When the astronauts began to fly, like the Russians, they used pencils, but the leads sometimes broke and became a hazard by floating in the [capsule's] atmosphere where there was no gravity. They could float into an eye or nose or cause a short in an electrical device. In addition, both the lead and the wood of the pencil could burn rapidly in the pure oxygen atmosphere. Paul Fisher realized the astronauts needed a safer and more dependable writing instrument, so in July 1965 he developed the pressurized ball pen, with its ink enclosed in a sealed, pressurized ink cartridge. Fisher sent the first samples to Dr. Robert Gilruth, Director of the Houston Space Center. The pens were all metal except for the ink, which had a flash point above 200C. The sample Space Pens were thoroughly tested by NASA. They passed all the tests and have been used ever since on all manned space flights, American and Russian. All research and development costs were paid by Paul Fisher. No development costs have ever been charged to the government.
From the Fisher Space Pen web site: The cartridge was pressurized with nitrogen so that it didn't rely on gravity to make it work. It was dependable in freezing cold and desert heat. It could also write underwater and upside down. The trick was to have the ink flow when you wanted it to, and not to flow the rest of the time, a problem Fisher solved. Fisher's development couldn't have come at a more opportune time. The space race was on, and the astronauts involved in the Mercury and Gemini missions had been using pencils to take notes in space since standard ball points did not work in zero gravity. The Fisher cartridge did work in the weightlessness of outer space and the astronauts, beginning with the October, 1968 Apollo 7 mission began using the Fisher AG-7 Space Pen and cartridge developed in 1966.
For more information about the history of the ball point pen, go here: http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo30/history_b allpoint_pen.htm
Sounded kind of sexual to me, but then I'm a perv.
Fsking? What the fuck is this word?
I don't buy it. Machine on or off. And snapping parts off the mother board? Are we talking about an eMachine? Is your name Ken?
He'll interrupt with, "Tell them we can't support the system unless it's in its original condition."
Compaq.
Really? How?
I, of course, always go to the Nude Babe Gamers webcam site... I don't subscribe, I just take the free tour over and over againe.
Yes, and she has sharp teeth. I shall forward her your address...
When I ordered DSL, it had to be MSN. It never worked. But even as the Tech Support guys (in India) could not find the problem in their database (and therefor could not solve the issue, I just bailed on DSL for cable), they where polite and actually spent lots (LOTS) of time with me. Now the Comcast guys, they suck, tried to stick me with a "premium" install service charge even though all they did was drop off a box and a disc (my wife, the barracuda took care of them).
Yes, I know it's "Communist". Thank you for your time.
Isn't "flash mob computing" called "slashdotting"?