Discussing a topic on Slashdot without someone making a sideways political attack is like a global warming alarmist watching an SUV drive by and them not getting upset.
I don't know about in Australia, but in the States, there is a long history of companies that make false claims in advertiszing their products/services. The list is so long that you will have no problem finding examples with a quick Google search.
Many times, our government will step in on behalf of consumers, especially when the results could/do lead to physical harm.
I'm not arguing about which isp's are/are not specific in their user contracts/agreements, only that some of them are not (I've had both). The ones that are not specific are hoping to lure new customers in with bigger and bolder claims than their competition, all the while banking that they don't get called to task.
Yes, the isp landscape is changing. I predict more isp's will start to cater to the p2p crowd, along with a contract that enumerates that usage: while other providers will try to get rid of the pipe hogs, because the bulk of the revenue is from light users. Capitalism at its best, and worst.
Ahh, the good 'ole Victorian era. When British Navy ships would free slaves from American bound ships, while'st British factory workers endured harsher conditions than said slaves. Oh, and don't forget the child labor, prostitution, and imperialist colonizing economy. This was an era that set new heights in moral hypocrisy.
It's always kinda kooky to watch an atheist preaching.
Because it's based on a report from one the most used and trusted market research firms in America, Forrester Research?
Personally, I don't use their services. But that might change one day if I win the lottery. Right now I can't afford the $60,000/year fee. (Might be higher now, that was a couple years ago.)
Someone's message from a similar thread a couple days ago said "it's like we're hard wired to believe in these [apocalyptic events]". I think he was riffing on Chriton's meme here.
I wonder how many/.'ers, if asked what the most pressing issue for them was, would answer global warming: Instead of say cancer, aids, bird flu, war, economy, spiritual wellbeing, etc. I realize I'm combining personal and communal items. But really, global warming! To the point for some of them where the mere sight of an SUV on the highway makes them flush with anger. That's sad...and not healthy.
Ask a Protestant Christian why they believe in the rapture, and after several more questions you'll eventually arrive at the answer, faith. Faith that what is written in the Bible, and their interpretation of it, is true.
When someone says that the earth will soon be unkind to humans because of their own behavior, but can't prove it, then you're accepting that on faith.
I will admit that I'm not immune from this type of faith. But I try to place it in a positive theory, with its test that has been going on for tens of thousands of years, man. I have faith in man's ingenuity and drive to survive.
Let's all just wait another 10 years, and see what happens. I mean this isn't a hollywood movie where global warming/cooling kills us in 2 weeks! Everything I've read places time increments in the decades. So let's just wait, and study this more.
Emmulation/Virtualization rox. Don't know if that's what's happening with the XP task-manager, end process, restore normalcy maneuver; but avoiding the catastrophic I'm taking everyone down with me crash is a feature every os should sport.
Basically, what you seem to be advocating is a really locked down version of windows on inexpensive hardware
That's what you read into what he said. You brought a lot more knowledge of the computer industry and its practices into the message, which is not basic.
Basic to what he said, is usability and ease of use.
My several copies of XP pro have crashed exactly twice, and that was using an older copy of Maya.
I'm not pro/anti MS/Apple. Really. I've been using macs since they came out.
I just don't think it's fair or accurate to say that windows is any more or less stable than osX, without providing some verifiable data to back that statement up. I'm not aware of any large third party group that has studied the matter (of os stability in a consumer context). Does anyone know of such a study?
Went to your site and saw the picture of you in the MAF hangar in Ecuadaor. Man does that bring back memories! Had my first helecopter ride just 100 feet from where that photo was taken.
I've been in that hangar several times and many more throughout Central America. My father retired from MAF about 12 years ago, as manager of central american opertaions, having logged thousands of hours in Cessna 180's, 185's, and 210's.
The MAF'ers from my youth are some of the most spiritual and kindhearted souls I've ever met.
During those years I heard countless stories of the effectiveness of prayer. I think every Christian has. It's sad that some skeptics can only focus on the provability without seeing the dramatic impact these experiences have on the people involved.
I'm not a religious person anymore, rather I'm a practicing mystic. I follow a path based on the perennial philosophy, the core knowledge of thousands of years of man's wisdom traditions. We seem to track a bit here, and it's always good to see someone who has been dipped in the sauce, survived without drowning, and without a hatred for sauces.
Hold on there, the case isn't over yet. Nobody has paid they're way out of a court case.
The binding value of the '91 agreement is exactly why these parties are back in court.
But hey, Coward, nice try: using this case as an example of corporate malfeasance (after all, nobody forced Apple Corp. to accept the out-of-court settlement the first time!).
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Don't suppose you have any evidence do back up those accusations do you?
A democrat AND a coward. Why am I not suprised.
Language is dynamic. Definitions morph and change. Really, they do. Look it up.
Hmm. That was kinda political, wasn't it?
Many times, our government will step in on behalf of consumers, especially when the results could/do lead to physical harm.
I'm not arguing about which isp's are/are not specific in their user contracts/agreements, only that some of them are not (I've had both). The ones that are not specific are hoping to lure new customers in with bigger and bolder claims than their competition, all the while banking that they don't get called to task.
Yes, the isp landscape is changing. I predict more isp's will start to cater to the p2p crowd, along with a contract that enumerates that usage: while other providers will try to get rid of the pipe hogs, because the bulk of the revenue is from light users. Capitalism at its best, and worst.
Bad assumption: filesharing is only getting more popular. It's here to stay.
Taking a company on its word is not abuse. You're a tool for thinking so.
Keep trying preacher!
It's always kinda kooky to watch an atheist preaching.
Personally, I don't use their services. But that might change one day if I win the lottery. Right now I can't afford the $60,000/year fee. (Might be higher now, that was a couple years ago.)
Someone's message from a similar thread a couple days ago said "it's like we're hard wired to believe in these [apocalyptic events]". I think he was riffing on Chriton's meme here.
I wonder how many /.'ers, if asked what the most pressing issue for them was, would answer global warming: Instead of say cancer, aids, bird flu, war, economy, spiritual wellbeing, etc. I realize I'm combining personal and communal items. But really, global warming! To the point for some of them where the mere sight of an SUV on the highway makes them flush with anger. That's sad...and not healthy.
Ask a Protestant Christian why they believe in the rapture, and after several more questions you'll eventually arrive at the answer, faith. Faith that what is written in the Bible, and their interpretation of it, is true.
When someone says that the earth will soon be unkind to humans because of their own behavior, but can't prove it, then you're accepting that on faith.
I will admit that I'm not immune from this type of faith. But I try to place it in a positive theory, with its test that has been going on for tens of thousands of years, man. I have faith in man's ingenuity and drive to survive.
Let's all just wait another 10 years, and see what happens. I mean this isn't a hollywood movie where global warming/cooling kills us in 2 weeks! Everything I've read places time increments in the decades. So let's just wait, and study this more.
Get a new pair of glasses. Preferably ones that don't render everything in only open/closed source tones.
Just saw the movie Grizzly Man: documentary about a mega-idiot who becomes bear nurishment.
I'm gonna call this guy the Haxor Man.
Man, that's one big McCarthy turd you just laid Doc.
Emmulation/Virtualization rox. Don't know if that's what's happening with the XP task-manager, end process, restore normalcy maneuver; but avoiding the catastrophic I'm taking everyone down with me crash is a feature every os should sport.
Pointing to your incorrect use of the word basically. Yes, you've found my pet peeve.
Did he just admit that he buys eMachines?
Basically, what you seem to be advocating is a really locked down version of windows on inexpensive hardware
That's what you read into what he said. You brought a lot more knowledge of the computer industry and its practices into the message, which is not basic.
Basic to what he said, is usability and ease of use.
My several copies of XP pro have crashed exactly twice, and that was using an older copy of Maya.
I'm not pro/anti MS/Apple. Really. I've been using macs since they came out.
I just don't think it's fair or accurate to say that windows is any more or less stable than osX, without providing some verifiable data to back that statement up. I'm not aware of any large third party group that has studied the matter (of os stability in a consumer context). Does anyone know of such a study?
lol
Ah, I've been stung by the pedantic pisser!
How do you upgrade a computer that is turned off?
I think what really separates man from the other animals is his ability to argue for his own non-existence.
I've been in that hangar several times and many more throughout Central America. My father retired from MAF about 12 years ago, as manager of central american opertaions, having logged thousands of hours in Cessna 180's, 185's, and 210's.
The MAF'ers from my youth are some of the most spiritual and kindhearted souls I've ever met.
During those years I heard countless stories of the effectiveness of prayer. I think every Christian has. It's sad that some skeptics can only focus on the provability without seeing the dramatic impact these experiences have on the people involved.
I'm not a religious person anymore, rather I'm a practicing mystic. I follow a path based on the perennial philosophy, the core knowledge of thousands of years of man's wisdom traditions. We seem to track a bit here, and it's always good to see someone who has been dipped in the sauce, survived without drowning, and without a hatred for sauces.
The binding value of the '91 agreement is exactly why these parties are back in court.
But hey, Coward, nice try: using this case as an example of corporate malfeasance (after all, nobody forced Apple Corp. to accept the out-of-court settlement the first time!).