MapPoint is amazing. I know that it's MS and praising MS is like yelling, "Hail Satan!".
It has the ability to download construction info, which has saved me headaches the few times I've had to drive long distances. It lets you know how to avoid the bad spots.
You can also set preferences... want to drive highways, artery roads, service routes? None of the above? Do you want the fastest way to get there, or the most direct route? (Yes, there's a difference and believe it or not will save you $20 on gas if you need to drive 600+ miles).
You can even type in your MPG and current (average) price of gas to get a fairly accurate reading on how often you'll need to stop and fill up.
The aforementioned features might be a tad bit overkill for something local, but it gets the job done nonetheless.
I drove from Virginia to Michigan and the very first time I didn't remotely get lost once. When it tells you "2.2 miles" it's so accurate that you can reset your trip odometer and once it hits that point, you're right at the spot you should be to turn, get on the ramp, merge, etc...
But enough MS praise, you're making me feel dirty...
Seriously... they aren't gonna stop music pirates or people who share music.
It is so obvious that music sharing has absolutely no impact on CD sales. If you want proof, look at Outkast who recently released their double CD. Sales SKYROCKETED. That CD was in circulation weeks before it was released.
Look how long the industry's been trying to stop warez and how they claim it hurts the industry. Almost everyone I know has a pirated copy of Windows. Doesn't seem to hurt MS.
Yeah yeah, the hardcore anti-pirates on slashdot will probably keep posting "Good, these criminals deserve it," but in all, even if they do deserve it, it's not going to sway public opinion or fix the problem.
Well, with this decision they made and the lie that internet users find it a helpful tool (and it is a lie), I guess we'll just have to introduce them to Mr. DoS.:)
You can get a mod for the XBox that allows you to put your own HD in the machine, and from there you can store images of games themselves without having to burn a DVD. This has actually been out for a while.
Considering that exists, MS probably isn't even remotely concerned with this any more than they are with current methods of piracy.
Most commercial DVDs are around 7 gigs and it really sucks to have to determine whether or not to split it up to two DVDs or to just strip the main movie and recompress it.
Ever try to copy a full season of the sopranos? You NEED 8 dvds for it all. Although I suppose $11 is better than $80, so there ya go.
It's okay for them to rip consumers off, but it's not okay for consumers to rip them off?! How does THAT work?
They complain about piracy, yadda yadda yadda, but then they have the nerve to re-release the same movie every year or so under a Specila Ultra Deluxe Edition or whatever.
I HOPE people lose their jobs over this. It might sound harsh, but come on, telemarketers who peddle shit are looking to scam consumers, not help them. We all know this.
Having a job scamming money from people should be no more LEGAL than having a job selling drugs to kids or being a hitman for the mafia.
Others might benefit from these lists for the obvious reasons, but what about those who are wrongly accused of spamming for absolutely NO reason whatsoever?
Oh, they get blacklisted like I did.
No, I'm not a spammer. Never was. I have absolutely NO affiliation with spammers/spam domains at all. They can't tell me how and why I was added to this list.
Not that it matters because it's not like I'm constantly sending out email that can't get anywhere, but it's the principle of the thing.
In terms of drugs it's more understandable than, say, file sharing. Who's to tell you what you can or cannot do to yourself? If I choose to smoke a joint in the privacy of my own home, I should be more than welcome to ESPECIALLY if I'm not harming anyone.
In Michigan, buying beer before noon on sunday is illegal. It's a ridiculous law that almost no one enforces. Very few stores do. Do you see people wasting their time trying to get that law abolished? No. People use common sense and see nothing wrong with picking up a bottle of wine to go along with your sunday morning grocery shopping.
I perfectly understand your stance on, "It's illegal. End of story," but when it comes to what I do in the privacy of my own home, I should be able to do whatever I want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.
This may very well be the stepping stone we need to finally bridge the laptop/stove gap.
With the heat put out from this bad boy, you'll be able to cook a meal within the confines of your cubicle WHILE remaining productive. Talk your co-workers into buying one and everyday lunch can be a cookout.
However, Part 9... that was amazing. It's like a mixture of 6 and 7. Very good stuff.
8 was very out of place and 10 was okay. They certainly aren't as fun as the older FF games.
They might make better games now that they're paired up with Enix. Ever play Dragon Warrior 7? Good god that's a long game... and it keeps the traditional battle sequence, which is great, I think.
There is absolutely no benefit whatsoever to being THAT anal about being late. The only thing the company will get out of it is pissed off employees.
I've been there, done that. In my experience, any company who's that strict on being on time will pretty much fold. Whether it's going out of business or having all the best employees quit, it'll happen eventually.
Honestly, quit and find a better job. They aren't worth the time and hassle.
If you arrive at 7:31, technically you're late, but give me a break. It's 1 f'n minute.
The vast majority of these Judges are uneducated when it comes to technology.
You kidding me? I could walk up to any judge and ask him the difference between FTP and P2P and receive nothing but blank stares.
Of COURSE the uneducated are easily manipulated. If you know nothing about cars and you take your car in to get the brakes fixed and they come back and make some BS story up about how your exhause pipe is cracked, how would you know if it's valid or not? The majority of people would just nod and accept that it needs to be fixed rather than checking the validity of the problem. Much like the RIAA is trying to sway judges by saying it's now a medium to trade child porn or whatever bullshit story they come up with.
These people are making decisions on things they know NOTHING about. Why don't people question *that* instead?
I *would* love to be contacted if something happened to my server, but honestly, it's not that important for me to completely reveal where I live. My yahoo accout might not get checked as often as my main email account, but it *will* get checked.
I know it sounds crazy or maybe I'm just extremely paranoid, but I participate in a lot of message boards and often link stuff from my site. People are f'n crazy and all it really takes is someone to be pissed of at a particular opinion of yours or someone who feels they're your "enemy" due to your online persona.
I've seen it happen before and it ain't pretty! I'd kinda.. rather avoid all of that.
...or again, maybe I'm just paranoid. *pops a few prozac*
As much as we like Open Source and our Linux distros, they need to get their money from somewhere.
Let's face it, of all people actually using these distros only a FRACTION of them have actually purchased the packaged software/support or have donated money to them.
Not sure what you're talking about. *I* have the right to a private domain as does anyone else.
I don't use it for business purposes, which would be a different story. It's my own personal site on my server on my T1. I have every right to hide my private information!
I've had fake information (invalid address, phone, name, etc) and a yahoo account as my email for the past 3 years.
"How can someone contact you then," you ask? Well, that's the point. No one needs to contact me. They can do so via my yahoo account.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see a single thing wrong w/ that.
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MapPoint is amazing. I know that it's MS and praising MS is like yelling, "Hail Satan!".
It has the ability to download construction info, which has saved me headaches the few times I've had to drive long distances. It lets you know how to avoid the bad spots.
You can also set preferences... want to drive highways, artery roads, service routes? None of the above? Do you want the fastest way to get there, or the most direct route? (Yes, there's a difference and believe it or not will save you $20 on gas if you need to drive 600+ miles).
You can even type in your MPG and current (average) price of gas to get a fairly accurate reading on how often you'll need to stop and fill up.
The aforementioned features might be a tad bit overkill for something local, but it gets the job done nonetheless.
I drove from Virginia to Michigan and the very first time I didn't remotely get lost once. When it tells you "2.2 miles" it's so accurate that you can reset your trip odometer and once it hits that point, you're right at the spot you should be to turn, get on the ramp, merge, etc...
But enough MS praise, you're making me feel dirty...
Same here. I haven't purchased a CD from an RIAA associated record label in over 2 1/2 years.
It kinda sucks because I want to support my fav. bands, but I can't... so I just gotta download it and support them by going to their concerts.
Please... we're talking about downloading music, not violence against other humans.
I hate when people try to use analogies totally inappropriate to the situation...
Seriously... they aren't gonna stop music pirates or people who share music.
It is so obvious that music sharing has absolutely no impact on CD sales. If you want proof, look at Outkast who recently released their double CD. Sales SKYROCKETED. That CD was in circulation weeks before it was released.
Look how long the industry's been trying to stop warez and how they claim it hurts the industry. Almost everyone I know has a pirated copy of Windows. Doesn't seem to hurt MS.
Yeah yeah, the hardcore anti-pirates on slashdot will probably keep posting "Good, these criminals deserve it," but in all, even if they do deserve it, it's not going to sway public opinion or fix the problem.
Well, with this decision they made and the lie that internet users find it a helpful tool (and it is a lie), I guess we'll just have to introduce them to Mr. DoS. :)
The "spy" program was sent to the founder's email. He downloaded it and installed it. Come on... how stupid can someone be?
.vbs file and spreads the virus.
This is just like the stupid office secretary that thinks, "OOooh someone LOVES MEEEE!!" Then they open the
This is also like the millions of people who fail to patch their Windows XP machines and complain once they get a virus.
Come on, people. It should be implanted into your HEADS to not do dumb crap like this.
You can get a mod for the XBox that allows you to put your own HD in the machine, and from there you can store images of games themselves without having to burn a DVD. This has actually been out for a while.
Considering that exists, MS probably isn't even remotely concerned with this any more than they are with current methods of piracy.
It's so annoying trying to copy a DVD.
Most commercial DVDs are around 7 gigs and it really sucks to have to determine whether or not to split it up to two DVDs or to just strip the main movie and recompress it.
Ever try to copy a full season of the sopranos? You NEED 8 dvds for it all. Although I suppose $11 is better than $80, so there ya go.
If they take the clean slate route, then how are they supposed to continue downloading music they haven't paid for?
What a misleading article.
Could've at least put non x86 or embedded device in the title.
It's okay for them to rip consumers off, but it's not okay for consumers to rip them off?! How does THAT work?
They complain about piracy, yadda yadda yadda, but then they have the nerve to re-release the same movie every year or so under a Specila Ultra Deluxe Edition or whatever.
I HOPE people lose their jobs over this. It might sound harsh, but come on, telemarketers who peddle shit are looking to scam consumers, not help them. We all know this.
Having a job scamming money from people should be no more LEGAL than having a job selling drugs to kids or being a hitman for the mafia.
Others might benefit from these lists for the obvious reasons, but what about those who are wrongly accused of spamming for absolutely NO reason whatsoever?
Oh, they get blacklisted like I did.
No, I'm not a spammer. Never was. I have absolutely NO affiliation with spammers/spam domains at all. They can't tell me how and why I was added to this list.
Not that it matters because it's not like I'm constantly sending out email that can't get anywhere, but it's the principle of the thing.
Depends on the issue.
In terms of drugs it's more understandable than, say, file sharing. Who's to tell you what you can or cannot do to yourself? If I choose to smoke a joint in the privacy of my own home, I should be more than welcome to ESPECIALLY if I'm not harming anyone.
In Michigan, buying beer before noon on sunday is illegal. It's a ridiculous law that almost no one enforces. Very few stores do. Do you see people wasting their time trying to get that law abolished? No. People use common sense and see nothing wrong with picking up a bottle of wine to go along with your sunday morning grocery shopping.
I perfectly understand your stance on, "It's illegal. End of story," but when it comes to what I do in the privacy of my own home, I should be able to do whatever I want as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.
Does it happen to have a feature where if you forget your PIN 3 times, you get to reset it?
:(
I sure hope so. I forget mine all the time
This may very well be the stepping stone we need to finally bridge the laptop/stove gap.
With the heat put out from this bad boy, you'll be able to cook a meal within the confines of your cubicle WHILE remaining productive. Talk your co-workers into buying one and everyday lunch can be a cookout.
I'll take two!
I agree.
However, Part 9... that was amazing. It's like a mixture of 6 and 7. Very good stuff.
8 was very out of place and 10 was okay. They certainly aren't as fun as the older FF games.
They might make better games now that they're paired up with Enix. Ever play Dragon Warrior 7? Good god that's a long game... and it keeps the traditional battle sequence, which is great, I think.
There is absolutely no benefit whatsoever to being THAT anal about being late. The only thing the company will get out of it is pissed off employees.
I've been there, done that. In my experience, any company who's that strict on being on time will pretty much fold. Whether it's going out of business or having all the best employees quit, it'll happen eventually.
Honestly, quit and find a better job. They aren't worth the time and hassle.
If you arrive at 7:31, technically you're late, but give me a break. It's 1 f'n minute.
Do these parents realize they have absolutely NO case whatsoever?
There's something called a rating system. GTA is obviously rated M, so those kids shouldn't have been playing it in the first place.
Parents like that make me sick. They want to point fingers and blame others because they fucked up raising their kids.
Sorry, nobody's fault but their own.
The vast majority of these Judges are uneducated when it comes to technology.
You kidding me? I could walk up to any judge and ask him the difference between FTP and P2P and receive nothing but blank stares.
Of COURSE the uneducated are easily manipulated. If you know nothing about cars and you take your car in to get the brakes fixed and they come back and make some BS story up about how your exhause pipe is cracked, how would you know if it's valid or not? The majority of people would just nod and accept that it needs to be fixed rather than checking the validity of the problem. Much like the RIAA is trying to sway judges by saying it's now a medium to trade child porn or whatever bullshit story they come up with.
These people are making decisions on things they know NOTHING about. Why don't people question *that* instead?
But it'd be FREEEEEEE!
I completely understand what you're saying.
...or again, maybe I'm just paranoid. *pops a few prozac*
I *would* love to be contacted if something happened to my server, but honestly, it's not that important for me to completely reveal where I live. My yahoo accout might not get checked as often as my main email account, but it *will* get checked.
I know it sounds crazy or maybe I'm just extremely paranoid, but I participate in a lot of message boards and often link stuff from my site. People are f'n crazy and all it really takes is someone to be pissed of at a particular opinion of yours or someone who feels they're your "enemy" due to your online persona.
I've seen it happen before and it ain't pretty! I'd kinda.. rather avoid all of that.
As much as we like Open Source and our Linux distros, they need to get their money from somewhere.
Let's face it, of all people actually using these distros only a FRACTION of them have actually purchased the packaged software/support or have donated money to them.
Not sure what you're talking about. *I* have the right to a private domain as does anyone else.
I don't use it for business purposes, which would be a different story. It's my own personal site on my server on my T1. I have every right to hide my private information!
I've had fake information (invalid address, phone, name, etc) and a yahoo account as my email for the past 3 years.
"How can someone contact you then," you ask? Well, that's the point. No one needs to contact me. They can do so via my yahoo account.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see a single thing wrong w/ that.
Just don't use your real contact information. It's not rocket science.
My info is something like:
Mr. Roboto
123 Street
City, CA 90505
555-555-5555
Absolutely nothing wrong w/ doing that either.