On a high end window's machine you can easily spend just as much. That being said, Apple's generally are more expensive, but that being said, is it really a wise move for Microsoft to point this out? Shouldn't they just get some comedians to point out how Apple is full of chic jerks and PC's are where real computing is done?
As a Rochester Time Warner customer myself and my friends who are also customers are pretty upset about all of this. The big problem is that as far as broadband goes choices are slim. Either Time Warner, or Earthlink, who buys its bandwidth from Time Warner. Beyond that its either Clearwire, Frontier DSL, both of which suck, or shell out a ton for a commercial grade installation in your house/apartment, which probably isn't actually an option. I've already said that if someone like Verizon were to introduce FiOS to the area at the same time Time Warner did this, they'd probably have a lot of people jump ship...
Security implementations constantly lag behind the times. Even the pentagon does more reactive rather than proactive implementations. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/08/2246248
Even if this were to change, it would more likely just cause an escalation of the issue. Even as security gets more complex, so too will the hackers, especially those funded or controlled by organized crime. Your best bet is to use robust security, and never, ever assume that the Internet, or any network, is a safe place.
I remember a time when Jack Thompson angered me for his ignorance, but now, its better than daytime soap opera drama! He's like the Al Sharpton of video game violence or something, and at this point no one is taking him seriously anyway. I love a good Jack Thompson headline these days, makes me feel better about myself.
Excellent point. Plus, with all the suing they were doing, they had to have an incredibly large pool of lawyers working for them. Plus really, we all have that past job we aren't proud of...
I suppose that to really look at the correlation you'd have to look at a lot of schools as different trends will show up in different environments. Tech Schools versus Liberal Arts etc. On the other hand I have a friend who's very anti social, but also isn't really very interested in studying either.
Could it be that the same quiet kids in high school that kept to themselves, studied and did well in school, are the same kids that are less likely to get into anything with the word social in it? I think its just more likely that facebook attracts the social people who spend less time worrying about schooling, and shows no interest to the people who are brainy loners.
Wow I wish I'd read through all the comments first... I just made a Sim City joke. Though mine was more of a reference to what happened when the beam missed rather than something specific about the mechanics of the process.
You're right, but as the other people that replied to you pointed out a C&D letter is the prelude to a lawsuit. My bigger point was that the strong arm reactionary tactics that seem to be increasingly common have not shown to produce desired results. Though that being said I don't have a window into the financial information of the RIAA and others, for all I know it is making them more money. But I doubt it.
If the RIAA has taught us anything, no one likes strong arm tactics and poorly thought out legal maneuvering. Seriously, suing an affiliate? That will really help them turn around the economic slump by attracting a large customer base. Seriously, give me a break.
That even the Pentagon is spending a lot of time playing catch-up rather than staying on top of things. Not that it's really a good thing per-se, but its nice to know they're just as human as the rest of us.
I can't blame him for moving on as the Maxis IP has turned into nothing more than a platform for the Sims and its spin offs, the latest Sim City will taking a fresh spin on things, was really just a dumbed down version of the complex monolith I'd grown to love.
Till the DSi is rebuilt into something geeky like the Millennium Falcon or the Battlestar Galactica? That's the sort of hand held gaming that I can get behind!
I used to work as an IT consultant, and I can't begin to tell you how many small customers I went to that were using Windows 2000, or older, Server 2000, Office 2000. I would have loved if they'd wanted to even switch to XP both OS and Office wise. Lots of people don't really look at their computers as something that ever needs to change or be upgraded. People who have hung on to XP this long probably won't be jumping off the bandwagon just because mainstream support is stopping.
So far the beta while not huge amounts different, is a very nice polished UI update to Vista. It helps to both correct some of the problems Vista had, plus adds some spiffy new features.
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On a high end window's machine you can easily spend just as much. That being said, Apple's generally are more expensive, but that being said, is it really a wise move for Microsoft to point this out? Shouldn't they just get some comedians to point out how Apple is full of chic jerks and PC's are where real computing is done?
Yeah that's what I wasn't sure about with Earthlink, though I figured something like that would happen...
As a Rochester Time Warner customer myself and my friends who are also customers are pretty upset about all of this. The big problem is that as far as broadband goes choices are slim. Either Time Warner, or Earthlink, who buys its bandwidth from Time Warner. Beyond that its either Clearwire, Frontier DSL, both of which suck, or shell out a ton for a commercial grade installation in your house/apartment, which probably isn't actually an option. I've already said that if someone like Verizon were to introduce FiOS to the area at the same time Time Warner did this, they'd probably have a lot of people jump ship...
Do we really need a bunch of thieves stealing ears to break into laptops and atms?
Security implementations constantly lag behind the times. Even the pentagon does more reactive rather than proactive implementations. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/08/2246248 Even if this were to change, it would more likely just cause an escalation of the issue. Even as security gets more complex, so too will the hackers, especially those funded or controlled by organized crime. Your best bet is to use robust security, and never, ever assume that the Internet, or any network, is a safe place.
Obvious things like 1-2-3-4 are not allowed.
That's the combination to my luggage!
I remember a time when Jack Thompson angered me for his ignorance, but now, its better than daytime soap opera drama! He's like the Al Sharpton of video game violence or something, and at this point no one is taking him seriously anyway. I love a good Jack Thompson headline these days, makes me feel better about myself.
My dad's long been preaching to me about the benefits of eating yogurt to add back in good bacteria, especially after being on an antibiotic regimen.
Excellent point. Plus, with all the suing they were doing, they had to have an incredibly large pool of lawyers working for them. Plus really, we all have that past job we aren't proud of...
I suppose that to really look at the correlation you'd have to look at a lot of schools as different trends will show up in different environments. Tech Schools versus Liberal Arts etc. On the other hand I have a friend who's very anti social, but also isn't really very interested in studying either.
Could it be that the same quiet kids in high school that kept to themselves, studied and did well in school, are the same kids that are less likely to get into anything with the word social in it? I think its just more likely that facebook attracts the social people who spend less time worrying about schooling, and shows no interest to the people who are brainy loners.
Wow I wish I'd read through all the comments first... I just made a Sim City joke. Though mine was more of a reference to what happened when the beam missed rather than something specific about the mechanics of the process.
This reminds me a lot of the Microwave power from Sim City 2000... Anyone remember the disaster that happened with the beam would occasionally miss?
I'd much rather have a company own up to an issue, fix it, and move on, rather than deny it or try to use PR to quiet it away.
You're right, but as the other people that replied to you pointed out a C&D letter is the prelude to a lawsuit. My bigger point was that the strong arm reactionary tactics that seem to be increasingly common have not shown to produce desired results. Though that being said I don't have a window into the financial information of the RIAA and others, for all I know it is making them more money. But I doubt it.
The sun just needs to build up its reserve power before catastrophically attack the Earth in a fury of solar activity in 2012!
If the RIAA has taught us anything, no one likes strong arm tactics and poorly thought out legal maneuvering. Seriously, suing an affiliate? That will really help them turn around the economic slump by attracting a large customer base. Seriously, give me a break.
That even the Pentagon is spending a lot of time playing catch-up rather than staying on top of things. Not that it's really a good thing per-se, but its nice to know they're just as human as the rest of us.
I need to head to the closest butchers shop!
I can't blame him for moving on as the Maxis IP has turned into nothing more than a platform for the Sims and its spin offs, the latest Sim City will taking a fresh spin on things, was really just a dumbed down version of the complex monolith I'd grown to love.
Till the DSi is rebuilt into something geeky like the Millennium Falcon or the Battlestar Galactica? That's the sort of hand held gaming that I can get behind!
I used to work as an IT consultant, and I can't begin to tell you how many small customers I went to that were using Windows 2000, or older, Server 2000, Office 2000. I would have loved if they'd wanted to even switch to XP both OS and Office wise. Lots of people don't really look at their computers as something that ever needs to change or be upgraded. People who have hung on to XP this long probably won't be jumping off the bandwagon just because mainstream support is stopping.
So far the beta while not huge amounts different, is a very nice polished UI update to Vista. It helps to both correct some of the problems Vista had, plus adds some spiffy new features.
Clearly all this proves is that we really don't know that much about what's going on in the universe.
But my girlfriend is! :)