People with sufficient electronic knowledge have been known to keep track of a given "scene" - this one being that of the obvious. Their time may be considered that time which one would dedicate to any hobby or perhaps in some cases it is professional time which their employer allows them. To pay or not to pay? To me that's rather a foolish question. If THEFT of services is not an issue then why should I pay? Who puts out the information? Every component within a device is normally spec'd somewhere by it's manufacturer. As I said - it usually takes a pretty smart electronics type (of which I am not) to really dig into this type of thing. But once that hard part is done, the word gets out and blam - it might even show up here on/. right!
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This entire article is a direct violation of the DMCA and you are a party to it by simply having read the article. I would be extremely paranoid if I were you particularly because you left a comment, and your IP number has been permanently stored. The "authorities"TM will be asking for your identification soon.
This is too funny for words. Something about "you can't turn a pigs ear into a silk purse" or something.... But I think it may be even more pathetic than funny. As I age I can only call these the ugly times. Times in which only money matters. Lies,deceit,disinformation, and a complete loss of good faith have gone down the drain. Average intelligence must have followed integrity right down the sewer as well. It never ceases to amaze me at how many people actually watch network television let alone the incredible number that actually buy into the shit they are watching. Will $MS's efforts produce any results? That depends on what their definition of a result is. Nearly all of the market they are aiming at is already running their bullshit OS to begin with. Why bother to massage people into making them feel that it's cool? The only thing they'll derive is a bit of mindless mantra chanting in the moron's who watch this crap. If that is their intention then they will have gained more of a foothold to enhance future product placement and sales. But $MS will NEVER be cool. Not because I love Linux, not because I am a geek, but because $MS never had and never will have the elements that define a suave and sophisticated operating system. It will never bend to the will of it's users and reflect what he or she is. It is Windows and will always be Windows. That's my two cents.
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People with sufficient electronic knowledge have been known to keep track of a given "scene" - this one being that of the obvious. Their time may be considered that time which one would dedicate to any hobby or perhaps in some cases it is professional time which their employer allows them. To pay or not to pay? To me that's rather a foolish question. If THEFT of services is not an issue then why should I pay? Who puts out the information? Every component within a device is normally spec'd somewhere by it's manufacturer. As I said - it usually takes a pretty smart electronics type (of which I am not) to really dig into this type of thing. But once that hard part is done, the word gets out and blam - it might even show up here on /. right!
OR:
This entire article is a direct violation of the DMCA and you are a party to it by simply having read the article. I would be extremely paranoid if I were you particularly because you left a comment, and your IP number has been permanently stored. The "authorities"TM will be asking for your identification soon.
This is too funny for words. Something about "you can't turn a pigs ear into a silk purse" or something.... But I think it may be even more pathetic than funny. As I age I can only call these the ugly times. Times in which only money matters. Lies,deceit,disinformation, and a complete loss of good faith have gone down the drain. Average intelligence must have followed integrity right down the sewer as well. It never ceases to amaze me at how many people actually watch network television let alone the incredible number that actually buy into the shit they are watching. Will $MS's efforts produce any results? That depends on what their definition of a result is. Nearly all of the market they are aiming at is already running their bullshit OS to begin with. Why bother to massage people into making them feel that it's cool? The only thing they'll derive is a bit of mindless mantra chanting in the moron's who watch this crap. If that is their intention then they will have gained more of a foothold to enhance future product placement and sales. But $MS will NEVER be cool. Not because I love Linux, not because I am a geek, but because $MS never had and never will have the elements that define a suave and sophisticated operating system. It will never bend to the will of it's users and reflect what he or she is. It is Windows and will always be Windows. That's my two cents.