Joe Sixpack isn't holding off buying a new box because of Vista. Only nerds do that.
Maybe, this could be a case of salesmen's upsell efforts backfiring. Joe Sixpack goes in to buy a PC, and the salesmen tries to sell him on the model with the better graphics card, ect "Becuase Vista will be out at the beginning of next year." Suddenly Joe Sixpack becomes aware that a major software change is about to happen "Maybe I should wait till it starts coming on new PCs."
I used to work for a government subcontractor (end-user support for a goverment website) and I had to get a class C-5 (moderate risk) government clearance. I seem to remember people mumbling about the fact we had access to SSN that were verified with Social Security Administration as the reason. But then, we also had financial figures straight off of people's tax forms as well. So it could have been a combination of things. Perhaps enough data from different pools to forge an identity.
Yeah, except that if Vader used Dell parts, his respirator would crash every half hour. Plus, instead of the neat black colour scheme, his armour would probably have holstein spots.
Wouldn't that be Gateway, not Dell, if there were holstein spots?
If it was a scam why couldn't I just call the phone company, give them the number and then they'd be able to trace it to an address or person?
You think the phone company would just tell you who a line belonged to if you called them up?
Nope. Even if the other party is calling you and harrassing you repeatedly you would have to file a police report and get the information sopenaed. The telco doesn't want to be named in any lawsuit if someone goes vigilante after getting the info.
You can use reverse directories online and such, but that assumes the number is publically listed.
If a store tells you they don't take Amex do you sue them? No, the most you can do is not purchase from them. Same goes for eBay.
Your analogy is completely flawed because nobody buys anything from eBay itself. They buy it through the seller. EBay can't prevent the seller from accepting money sent through Googlepay for payment for an auction, and they can't prevent the seller from shipping the item to the buyer once he receives the Googlepay Payment.
People are saying that WesternUnion is an officially non-allowed payment method. That's funny because I see it on auctions listings all the time.
The seller could concievably list the most inconvienent methods of payment available, then include a note to email him for other payment methods [wink, wink].
A horde of blue-shirts also invaded [improveverywhere.com] Best Buy and walked away with NOTHING! Not even a customary "Would You Like Extended Protection?"
Well since they didn't BUY anything, what sort of discount would they have been expecting? Ten percent off zero is still zero.
Also means there was nothing to sell extended warranties for.
All they did was pretend to be store employees (some doing a better job that some of the store's offical personnel), and annoy the management.
OS: Neccessity (on a computer system) CDs/DVDs: Entertainment, not so much.
Yes, but Windows XP is not the end all-be all of OS's. You can switch to Linux or even just an older version of Windows (how much software requires XP but wont work on 2000?).
Now in addition to having pop-ups, loud noises, and other issues, your computer can smell like vomit when you visit that unscrupulous porn or warez site!
You computer would smell like vomit when visiting a porn site?
I don't want to know what kind of porn you're looking for.
Here's a little hint: If pirated copies stopped working, people would buy a legal copy.
Wow, do you go to RIAA University? The same one that says if P2P doesn't exist all those customers would go out and buy those CDs and DVDs they pirated?
On the one hand they break compatibility and a bunch of sysadmins chime and and bich about some custom app not working any more and they will refuse to upgrade their LAN, and if they don't, well you are exactly correct... Some security holes are left open.
That's fine. Let them eat it when the security issue ends up causing a major problem at the company. If Microsoft releases the secure OS they need and they choose of their own will not to migrate they have no one to blame but themselves for what happens next.
Ma and Pa aren't running old CLI-based accounting software with an ugly GUI pasted over it. Ma and Pa aren't having to pay thousands for support contracts. Ma and Pa want a computer that's safe for their financial information. Let MS move on and everyone can make their own choice what's more important to them. Letting some anxious sysadmins and lazy enterprise coders run the show is giving no one a choice.
As long time Mac user (and PC owner) I'm having trouble seeing how this is such an issue, with every major system change 68k->PPC, OS9->OSX, and now with PPC->Intel, there was a get on or get lost point. Real artists ship, so the software companies will just have to rewrite to MS's new standard or go get bus-boy jobs. Their clients will demand it.
That's a part of life. They need to take a queue from practically every other platform and just BREAK STUFF sometimes for the greater good.
I get the impression there's a lot of mission-critical apps being used by businesses that are also abandonware or so poorly implemented they can't be rewriten to function correctly in a truly secure OS. Otherwise the pressure woudn't be directed at Microsoft to maintian compatability with 15 years of software, but on software companies to get on the ball and release their "Vista compatable" version of their software.
Sorry, but that gave me a chuckle. Reliability, compatibility and security are still in beta.
What's funny is Microsoft is still not getting it. MOst of the security problems are part of features they implemented for convienence sake. They can't maintain compatability with these technologies without making IE 7 less secure, unless they implemented some complicated embedded sandbox, with might not work for every situation and would be an unreliable solution.
At least war pays for pure R&D and cutting edge science. Seems shareholders are only interested in only doing research that will generate revenue on a quarterly basis.
War doesn't pay for pure R&D and science unless there is some potential military application. Their interest in doing research is as biased as the corporate shareholders you mentioned.
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Joe Sixpack isn't holding off buying a new box because of Vista. Only nerds do that.
Maybe, this could be a case of salesmen's upsell efforts backfiring. Joe Sixpack goes in to buy a PC, and the salesmen tries to sell him on the model with the better graphics card, ect "Becuase Vista will be out at the beginning of next year." Suddenly Joe Sixpack becomes aware that a major software change is about to happen "Maybe I should wait till it starts coming on new PCs."
But I hear he managed to avoid involvement in the Clone Wars...
I used to work for a government subcontractor (end-user support for a goverment website) and I had to get a class C-5 (moderate risk) government clearance. I seem to remember people mumbling about the fact we had access to SSN that were verified with Social Security Administration as the reason. But then, we also had financial figures straight off of people's tax forms as well. So it could have been a combination of things. Perhaps enough data from different pools to forge an identity.
to clean your DVD's.
unless they're doing some kind of business with the government, or spying on the people - why would they require a security clearence?
You might have access to Social Security numbers at some point in the job, if they were verified SSNs that would mean a security clearance.
I feel bad for all the windows users that complain about their computers getting slower. Its probably this companies fault.
Nono, didn't you see that part about removing competitors adware? This is the GOOD spyware company.
Yeah, except that if Vader used Dell parts, his respirator would crash every half hour. Plus, instead of the neat black colour scheme, his armour would probably have holstein spots.
Wouldn't that be Gateway, not Dell, if there were holstein spots?
Why else would any lawyers argue over a minors' Constitutional rights in court all the time?
Because they get paid for representing their client whether they're right or not?
You think the phone company would just tell you who a line belonged to if you called them up?
Nope. Even if the other party is calling you and harrassing you repeatedly you would have to file a police report and get the information sopenaed. The telco doesn't want to be named in any lawsuit if someone goes vigilante after getting the info.
You can use reverse directories online and such, but that assumes the number is publically listed.
and yes, I DO work for a phone carrier.
If a store tells you they don't take Amex do you sue them? No, the most you can do is not purchase from them.
Same goes for eBay.
Your analogy is completely flawed because nobody buys anything from eBay itself. They buy it through the seller. EBay can't prevent the seller from accepting money sent through Googlepay for payment for an auction, and they can't prevent the seller from shipping the item to the buyer once he receives the Googlepay Payment.
People are saying that WesternUnion is an officially non-allowed payment method. That's funny because I see it on auctions listings all the time.
The seller could concievably list the most inconvienent methods of payment available, then include a note to email him for other payment methods [wink, wink].
Small details, but they didn't pretend to be store employees. They just had blue shirts, and would help people out if they were asked.
If it looks like a duck,
and walks like a duck,
and quacks like a duck...
A horde of blue-shirts also invaded [improveverywhere.com] Best Buy and walked away with NOTHING!
Not even a customary "Would You Like Extended Protection?"
Well since they didn't BUY anything, what sort of discount would they have been expecting? Ten percent off zero is still zero.
Also means there was nothing to sell extended warranties for.
All they did was pretend to be store employees (some doing a better job that some of the store's offical personnel), and annoy the management.
OS: Neccessity (on a computer system) CDs/DVDs: Entertainment, not so much.
Yes, but Windows XP is not the end all-be all of OS's. You can switch to Linux or even just an older version of Windows (how much software requires XP but wont work on 2000?).
It looks like they're about to get ICANNED. :-)
[ducking]
Now in addition to having pop-ups, loud noises, and other issues, your computer can smell like vomit when you visit that unscrupulous porn or warez site!
You computer would smell like vomit when visiting a porn site?
I don't want to know what kind of porn you're looking for.
That would be seriously scary, getting attacked by a bunch of flying cell phones could ruin your whole day.
Especially if they were all ringing with incoming calls from telemarketers.
Here's a little hint: If pirated copies stopped working, people would buy a legal copy.
Wow, do you go to RIAA University? The same one that says if P2P doesn't exist all those customers would go out and buy those CDs and DVDs they pirated?
On the one hand they break compatibility and a bunch of sysadmins chime and and bich about some custom app not working any more and they will refuse to upgrade their LAN, and if they don't, well you are exactly correct... Some security holes are left open.
That's fine. Let them eat it when the security issue ends up causing a major problem at the company. If Microsoft releases the secure OS they need and they choose of their own will not to migrate they have no one to blame but themselves for what happens next.
Ma and Pa aren't running old CLI-based accounting software with an ugly GUI pasted over it. Ma and Pa aren't having to pay thousands for support contracts. Ma and Pa want a computer that's safe for their financial information. Let MS move on and everyone can make their own choice what's more important to them. Letting some anxious sysadmins and lazy enterprise coders run the show is giving no one a choice.
As long time Mac user (and PC owner) I'm having trouble seeing how this is such an issue, with every major system change 68k->PPC, OS9->OSX, and now with PPC->Intel, there was a get on or get lost point. Real artists ship, so the software companies will just have to rewrite to MS's new standard or go get bus-boy jobs. Their clients will demand it.
No you idiot! It's not "PPeople" it's "Ppeople"! If you're going to mention a typo at least type the typo correctly!
That's a part of life. They need to take a queue from practically every other platform and just BREAK STUFF sometimes for the greater good.
I get the impression there's a lot of mission-critical apps being used by businesses that are also abandonware or so poorly implemented they can't be rewriten to function correctly in a truly secure OS. Otherwise the pressure woudn't be directed at Microsoft to maintian compatability with 15 years of software, but on software companies to get on the ball and release their "Vista compatable" version of their software.
What's funny is Microsoft is still not getting it. MOst of the security problems are part of features they implemented for convienence sake. They can't maintain compatability with these technologies without making IE 7 less secure, unless they implemented some complicated embedded sandbox, with might not work for every situation and would be an unreliable solution.
Compatability, Security, Reliability. Pick two, Microsoft.
Or Office Forever?
That would save them from ever having to ship it.
In Soviet Russia...
car photographs YOU!
At least war pays for pure R&D and cutting edge science. Seems shareholders are only interested in only doing research that will generate revenue on a quarterly basis.
War doesn't pay for pure R&D and science unless there is some potential military application. Their interest in doing research is as biased as the corporate shareholders you mentioned.
Keep in mind she's as old as your mom now.