Because, Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has locked internet exploder so deep into the os, that if you actually do remove it, you cripple the os.
Nice eh? I watched the bastards sneak that in from win 95a to win 95c. Win 95c "WAS" windows 98 first edition but at that point syou could still remove ie without issue. Now, it's almost impossible. Leave it, delete the big blue "e" and use something else.
All the problems with running FTP on a home desktop machine are associated with having a dynamic IP rather than static, and otherwise with the fact that FTP kind of sucks as a protocol.
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EXACTLY! You sir, fine Opportunist have won the thread! This is why the industry will almost die in the next few years. The upgrade cycle has died long ago. People are happy with their machines and the last (arguable) thing to cause upgrades were games.
I have an AMD dual core 4400 with a couple Nvidia 7300's that will take anything I throw at it. I don't think I'll ever need another computer unless the thing fries. They have also become so cheap that they have also become commodities. Why fix something for $200 when you can have the new faster version for $350?
Sad that the end result of cheap computers and shitty microsoft software will be land fills full of perfectly functional computers.(once they are reinstalled). I routinely pull p4 2 ghz machines from the "e-waste" trailer here. Sad.
I wish I had mod points. This is exactly how I feel and I honestly don't think that ipv6 will ever happen. Nat works and will be used by the isps. I've seen it done now first hand.
It's not like cell phones. I may need 3 or 4 phone numbers, but I only "NEED" 1 ip. everything else is natted. I fail to see why this is such a big issue. This whole ipv6 shit will break more than it fixes if it ever gets off the ground. The sky has been falling for ten years now and I think most of us just ignore it now.
It's almost the same as the linux zealots. That shit'll never fly either.
Try fixing systems at home. I have a static ip. About 5 months ago Microsoft must have flagged me as a pirate. No activations work from my ip anymore. I can fix the machines, send them home and the end user can activate immediately.
You do get 5 activations before they start getting shitty. Nlite is nice though to eliminate that crap, and no, Genuine Disadvantage has never been installed on my lan.
I guess you just can't ever tell. I've run Asus boards exclusively for about 8 years now and have never had any issues personally. I had to replace one on warranty years ago after the user did something dumb.
Mine have been flawless and am still using 4 or 5 now. I'm starting to think that the hardware can sense whether a person likes the product or not, kinda like a self-fulfilling prophesy.. hate the boards and they crap out on ya. hehe
A proposal like this should include all the stake holders.
All the record and movie companies and should provide actual licenses. This should be a flat internet tax on everyone, not just universities.
I doubt that anything like this will work now though, they should have done this in 1997. It's pretty hard to compete with free.
These guys just don't get it do they?
Make the games good, remove the damned drm and make them affordable. How is that difficult to understand?
I will buy games after a half year or so, so that there is a good no-cd crack and the price is about half. I can't afford $60+ on a game. $20, ya no problem. I'll wait for the price drop, but drm, shit that's a deal breaker, I won't even bother with a hacked version.
I will download and try a game. If I actually do play it for more than an hour, I'll buy it. It's not that big a deal for me. I still have been burned though.. I downloaded Sid meiers Railroads. The pirate copy worked but had these crashes all the time. I bought the game only to find out that the patch didn't help anything and the game still crashes.Sucks cause I really like the game.
The other one that pisses me off is Battlefront II. Worked fine on the AMD 3000+. Upgraded my machine to Dual core 4400 and the thing won't even run. The forums are full of pissed off people but nothing will be done.
To get back to my orignial point, that I've obviously rambled away from, once I install the pirate copy and the no-cd crack, I never reinstall the legal game, it just stays on the shelf.
Cry me a farking river! If these industry assholes would have got on the bus in 97, they may have a viable option now.
They're so narrow-minded that they can look through a keyhole with both eyes at the same time.
The industry should have been the first out the gate with mp3's, giving the customers what they wanted and not what the record industry wanted to sell them.
It's almost poetic justice, the record companies have screwed the artists for years and now they seem to be getting their comeuppance.
I care for these assholes about the same that I care for that dinosaur car industry. Change or die!
I bought a used old 5.1 amp for $80 and two Technics speakers for $90. The system is hooked up to an AMD 3000 with a Gforce 5200 and media portal. I used a haupage remote. This mess is hooked up to a $500 projector (with which I received a free mount and screen). I have it set to 80" diagonal and it works perfectly. I've had it for over a year now and only used it 470 hours(Apparently, I thought it was a lot more). It's got a Wii and dvd also connected to it. All I'll ever need.
Excuse me? So you're saying high testosterone levels equals good memory? Interesting.
I don't think I'd want to replace my balls though, not even for a photographic memory!
Live there and try to do anything. If you do live there, try moving somewhere else to see how things are done there. Ontario has consistently added extra laws, steps, regulations to give more swivel servants jobs and make peoples live more miserable.
I have personally seen laws that were made with no common sense or value whatsoever other than to harass small business people.
These laws were made under the guise of "safety". Take that "emissions testing" for example. Complete waste of money and time. The garages know how to game the system and the failure rate is low enough to render the entire process moot. It's simply another step you must do in order to drive in Ontario, yet all it does is remove money form your wallet.
Honestly, the whole place is fucked. Unions, regulations, socialist policies. Unfortunatly, (sp?)the only way the people find out about this is if they move somewhere else.
I went to a hospital there once, in the middle of the night. The city had a pop. of over 100,000 so it was a fair sized hospital. I needed to get some pain killers and some antibiotics for an ear infection. I was the ONLY GUY IN THE WAITING ROOM! I waited 4 hours as I watched the doctor bullshit with nurses, and go for coffee and generally fuck the dog. When he finally did see me, it took him all of 10 minutes and I was out the door. There were no emergency ambulances come in during this time and I didn't see anyone else leave emerg.
It matters not which flavour of party is currently governing. It seems to be just the "way things are". Excuses that I have heard from government employees are that all the regulations are needed because of the large population.
Words cannot describe how much I hate that province and their attitudes. This latest economic downturn is going to slap the province upside the head big time. The smart people, that know how to work will leave before it turns into a welfare state.
For the first time ever, Ontario will RECEIVE equalization payments. The once proud mighty engine of the Canadian economy is finished.
They've tried twice before and Harper won't give up yet. Hopefully the Liberals have more backbone this time and they shut down the dreaded C-61 since they are not afraid of voter repercussion.
The Conservative MINORITY government has been told loud and clear that Canadians are not interested in a version of the DMCA. They will try and ram it through to satisfy the Americans but this may become a moot point if the economy tanks big time. We may be selling more to China and Europe than America.
The really, really bad part is that this is in Soviet Socialist Ontario, where nothing ever improves. The place was founded on red tape so this doesn't surprise me at all. Gotta keep all those swivel servants employed now don't we?
Left 3 years ago.
Never going back. Damn Lieberals. Yes I spelled that right.
Use of "boxen" is actually really annoying to many people, including myself; and honestly,
Well, better than my slip up. I was working at an office with a secretary. She was showing me around the place, where the machines were etc. We had finished and needed to get back to her station to fix her system. Guess what I said without even thinking?
"Well I guess we should go now and take a look at your box." She laughed pretty hard.
I couldn't believe that I said that.
I'm happy that Harper didn't get a majority.
I'm hoping the opposition will have enough balls to defeat the Canadian DMCA
I'm glad the Liberals were told what we think of Dions "Green Plan"
I would have been happier if Harper lost his seat.
Think minority governments might be here to stay.
/actually conservative //think we're being sold out to the states ///Yes I know this isn't Fark
Credit card companies will NOT reimburse payments made through Paypal as that is a 3rd party. They tell you to take it up with Paypal. Been there, got ripped off for $300. once... only once.
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I've seen 100 people/connections on a 10 mbit fibre link and I had no problems getting 1.5mbps download ever.
Nice eh? I watched the bastards sneak that in from win 95a to win 95c. Win 95c "WAS" windows 98 first edition but at that point syou could still remove ie without issue. Now, it's almost impossible. Leave it, delete the big blue "e" and use something else.
All the problems with running FTP on a home desktop machine are associated with having a dynamic IP rather than static, and otherwise with the fact that FTP kind of sucks as a protocol.
http://no-ip.com/
That is all.
I have an AMD dual core 4400 with a couple Nvidia 7300's that will take anything I throw at it. I don't think I'll ever need another computer unless the thing fries. They have also become so cheap that they have also become commodities. Why fix something for $200 when you can have the new faster version for $350?
Sad that the end result of cheap computers and shitty microsoft software will be land fills full of perfectly functional computers.(once they are reinstalled). I routinely pull p4 2 ghz machines from the "e-waste" trailer here. Sad.
It's not like cell phones. I may need 3 or 4 phone numbers, but I only "NEED" 1 ip. everything else is natted. I fail to see why this is such a big issue. This whole ipv6 shit will break more than it fixes if it ever gets off the ground. The sky has been falling for ten years now and I think most of us just ignore it now.
It's almost the same as the linux zealots. That shit'll never fly either.
You do get 5 activations before they start getting shitty. Nlite is nice though to eliminate that crap, and no, Genuine Disadvantage has never been installed on my lan.
I guess you just can't ever tell. I've run Asus boards exclusively for about 8 years now and have never had any issues personally. I had to replace one on warranty years ago after the user did something dumb.
Mine have been flawless and am still using 4 or 5 now. I'm starting to think that the hardware can sense whether a person likes the product or not, kinda like a self-fulfilling prophesy.. hate the boards and they crap out on ya. hehe
Dennis Leary said it best: "I'm an asshole!"
Seems the whole world is full of em now. Never seen so many pissed off people for so many different reasons in my life.
I doubt that anything like this will work now though, they should have done this in 1997. It's pretty hard to compete with free.
Make the games good, remove the damned drm and make them affordable. How is that difficult to understand?
I will buy games after a half year or so, so that there is a good no-cd crack and the price is about half. I can't afford $60+ on a game. $20, ya no problem. I'll wait for the price drop, but drm, shit that's a deal breaker, I won't even bother with a hacked version.
Thanks! Ya it seems to have many uses... some entertaining. It took me about 2 years to find out what it was. I had tons growing under a plum tree.
Comfrey? How do you kill that shit? I have it growing everywhere!!!!
I will download and try a game. If I actually do play it for more than an hour, I'll buy it. It's not that big a deal for me. I still have been burned though.. I downloaded Sid meiers Railroads. The pirate copy worked but had these crashes all the time. I bought the game only to find out that the patch didn't help anything and the game still crashes.Sucks cause I really like the game.
The other one that pisses me off is Battlefront II. Worked fine on the AMD 3000+. Upgraded my machine to Dual core 4400 and the thing won't even run. The forums are full of pissed off people but nothing will be done.
To get back to my orignial point, that I've obviously rambled away from, once I install the pirate copy and the no-cd crack, I never reinstall the legal game, it just stays on the shelf.
So umm, how's that Vista working out for you? What'd they use for the attack? Solitaire?
Is it ready for the hood? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIbQDAlAjM
Cry me a farking river! If these industry assholes would have got on the bus in 97, they may have a viable option now.
They're so narrow-minded that they can look through a keyhole with both eyes at the same time.
The industry should have been the first out the gate with mp3's, giving the customers what they wanted and not what the record industry wanted to sell them.
It's almost poetic justice, the record companies have screwed the artists for years and now they seem to be getting their comeuppance.
I care for these assholes about the same that I care for that dinosaur car industry. Change or die!
I bought a used old 5.1 amp for $80 and two Technics speakers for $90. The system is hooked up to an AMD 3000 with a Gforce 5200 and media portal. I used a haupage remote. This mess is hooked up to a $500 projector (with which I received a free mount and screen). I have it set to 80" diagonal and it works perfectly. I've had it for over a year now and only used it 470 hours(Apparently, I thought it was a lot more). It's got a Wii and dvd also connected to it. All I'll ever need.
Excuse me? So you're saying high testosterone levels equals good memory? Interesting. I don't think I'd want to replace my balls though, not even for a photographic memory!
The average user is an idiot and should have never bought a computer. There, I said it. You know you were thinking it too.
I have personally seen laws that were made with no common sense or value whatsoever other than to harass small business people. These laws were made under the guise of "safety". Take that "emissions testing" for example. Complete waste of money and time. The garages know how to game the system and the failure rate is low enough to render the entire process moot. It's simply another step you must do in order to drive in Ontario, yet all it does is remove money form your wallet.
Honestly, the whole place is fucked. Unions, regulations, socialist policies. Unfortunatly, (sp?)the only way the people find out about this is if they move somewhere else.
I went to a hospital there once, in the middle of the night. The city had a pop. of over 100,000 so it was a fair sized hospital. I needed to get some pain killers and some antibiotics for an ear infection. I was the ONLY GUY IN THE WAITING ROOM! I waited 4 hours as I watched the doctor bullshit with nurses, and go for coffee and generally fuck the dog. When he finally did see me, it took him all of 10 minutes and I was out the door. There were no emergency ambulances come in during this time and I didn't see anyone else leave emerg.
It matters not which flavour of party is currently governing. It seems to be just the "way things are". Excuses that I have heard from government employees are that all the regulations are needed because of the large population.
Words cannot describe how much I hate that province and their attitudes. This latest economic downturn is going to slap the province upside the head big time. The smart people, that know how to work will leave before it turns into a welfare state.
For the first time ever, Ontario will RECEIVE equalization payments. The once proud mighty engine of the Canadian economy is finished.
The Conservative MINORITY government has been told loud and clear that Canadians are not interested in a version of the DMCA. They will try and ram it through to satisfy the Americans but this may become a moot point if the economy tanks big time. We may be selling more to China and Europe than America.
Left 3 years ago.
Never going back. Damn Lieberals. Yes I spelled that right.
Well, better than my slip up. I was working at an office with a secretary. She was showing me around the place, where the machines were etc. We had finished and needed to get back to her station to fix her system. Guess what I said without even thinking?
"Well I guess we should go now and take a look at your box." She laughed pretty hard.
I couldn't believe that I said that.
I'm hoping the opposition will have enough balls to defeat the Canadian DMCA
I'm glad the Liberals were told what we think of Dions "Green Plan"
I would have been happier if Harper lost his seat.
Think minority governments might be here to stay.
I agree, paypal should be regulated like a bank.