And if I have a valid license, they have no right to treat me like a criminal, PERIOD. Stores can't demand to inspect your purchases after you've paid for them. Why does MS have the right? Because they can ammend the terms you are bound to any time they like?
Using their patch delivery system for marketing purposes stinks to high heaven. And is offensive to those of us who paid cash for OS. Plus it's one more piece of code taking up room (I don't care if it's 1k or 1000k) and cycles on my machine just to digitally ask "papers please." I've installed the other "genuine advantage tools" crap, registered, and so on. Why yet another? It's the last straw!
It pissed me off enough that I wrote them. I bought WinXP in the box at MicroCenter. Now they want to use their patch delivery system as a marketing tool to pester folks like me that paid cash? One more nail in the coffin before we convert to Linux or OSX around here.
... try to look busy. You might do a screen capture of actual work to use as a background later to fool casual glances.
As an aside, the desktop screen capture is my favorite pc prank. No harm done, but confuses the heck out of someone returning, clicking away, and nothing happening (minimize the taskbar for maximum effect).
Love him or hate him, I found a few interesting things to think about in one of his recent commentaries http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1952995,00.as p Summary: MS's biggest problem is IE and they should just dump it.
I wonder if anyone has tried that for real. Some sort of multiple server system up and running when someone puts a bullet through one without the system missing a beat. Now that's a video that would get some attention, both for the insanity and technical merit.
It may have to do with the presumption of the developers that folks smart enough not to use the default IE in windows are so smart they don't need a spell check. The fact it was in 1.0.x was an oversight.
Hmmmm, I could use autocorrect for typing my own last name in more than just Word. Put the accent marks in automagically.
It's called a joke. With all the articles about how boot camp will increase sales, this is one possiblility that no one considered. For good reason, as you pointed out.
Even funnier is how someone bothered to even mod it down.
Like creating some sort of grim reaper that starts chasing banned folks where ever they go, like in Gauntlet. Only it never gives up and if you're ever touched, you're dead, er, banned forever. Make it move at a nice steady pace so that everyone else is treated to some Pepe Le Pew style comedy. Or make it like a biblical plague. From time to time, folks are cleared out by frogs, boils, flies, etc.
(I've never played, so it may not as good an idea as it sounds)
I've often thought it was more a question of patent OR copyright. Is a particular piece of software "science" or "art?" I'm sure someone could claim the two are not mutually exclusive, but I have this gut feeling they are. So, how about folks pick which protection applies. You want broad, but relatively short protection, or long and narrow.? One or the other but not both.
Good point on being superior, but still in jeopardy if sold on other machines.
I wouldn't so much call it sour grapes as being disillusioned. Ignoring old problems (resource vs data fork), I've got a powerbook and a PC (and have tinkered off and on with Linux since 94). The powerbook continually disappoints. Great OS, but the UI irks the hell out of me. Yes, that's personal opinion. I don't have a beef with Apple, just the zealots who insist the UI is ok, I'm messed up (I don't like how it looks, how it's arranged, or how it works, personal opinion, so they can just get bent). And I still take issue with folks getting excited about windows running on an intel processor. BFD.
Just a clarification of what I misread originally: it seems to say that everyone should have a reason to have OSX. But this is just slashdot. If we were all perfect, it'd be boring.
Imagine? Sure. But I had an uncontrollable urge to poke the bear. I'm just underwhelmed by the whole dual boot story here. It's only a story because because Apple decided not to allow OSX to run on other platforms. Sort of like having a friend who will never come over to your (nearly identical) house, but will let you come over to his. It's nothing to excited about, it is what it is.
To tell the truth, I think I may have read the original posts wrong too, but had fun posting anyway.
By the way, of the OS's in front of you, which only run on one vendor's hardware? Hey everybody, party at Apple's place!
Ah yes. As we all know, you must have OSX, or your life is an utter failure. Besides being the only OS that runs programs, it improves your karma, rinses you free of sins, and tames them pesky thetans. And I hear it will change the kitty litter in the next upgrade.
exactly. vapor does change. The ice age was colder and drier http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc130k.html Or were you refering to some of the precambrian ice ages? I just find it confusing that water vapor gets neglected in most discussions except for the caveat that cloud cover may change. But in any case, CO2 is only one factor amongst many. The pessimist in me thinks that focusing on just one part is going to result in us shooting ourselves in the foot somehow.
details details. The point was the original poster suggested shortening the patent life by following other countries. Well, that's not going to help since theirs isn't shorter.
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And if I have a valid license, they have no right to treat me like a criminal, PERIOD. Stores can't demand to inspect your purchases after you've paid for them. Why does MS have the right? Because they can ammend the terms you are bound to any time they like?
Using their patch delivery system for marketing purposes stinks to high heaven. And is offensive to those of us who paid cash for OS. Plus it's one more piece of code taking up room (I don't care if it's 1k or 1000k) and cycles on my machine just to digitally ask "papers please." I've installed the other "genuine advantage tools" crap, registered, and so on. Why yet another? It's the last straw!
It pissed me off enough that I wrote them. I bought WinXP in the box at MicroCenter. Now they want to use their patch delivery system as a marketing tool to pester folks like me that paid cash? One more nail in the coffin before we convert to Linux or OSX around here.
... try to look busy. You might do a screen capture of actual work to use as a background later to fool casual glances.
As an aside, the desktop screen capture is my favorite pc prank. No harm done, but confuses the heck out of someone returning, clicking away, and nothing happening (minimize the taskbar for maximum effect).
Love him or hate him, I found a few interesting things to think about in one of his recent commentaries http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1952995,00.as p
Summary: MS's biggest problem is IE and they should just dump it.
I'm really looking forward to a good experience when running Windows Update experience, since that's all I ever use IE for.
This technology has been around for a while: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010901/bob14 .asp
I wonder if anyone has tried that for real. Some sort of multiple server system up and running when someone puts a bullet through one without the system missing a beat. Now that's a video that would get some attention, both for the insanity and technical merit.
I believe IE just had that bug fixed and now makes users actively accept activeX bits.
It's a joke! Laugh!
It may have to do with the presumption of the developers that folks smart enough not to use the default IE in windows are so smart they don't need a spell check. The fact it was in 1.0.x was an oversight.
Hmmmm, I could use autocorrect for typing my own last name in more than just Word. Put the accent marks in automagically.
It's called a joke. With all the articles about how boot camp will increase sales, this is one possiblility that no one considered. For good reason, as you pointed out.
Even funnier is how someone bothered to even mod it down.
as folks have to buy new macs to replace the damaged ones.
Like creating some sort of grim reaper that starts chasing banned folks where ever they go, like in Gauntlet. Only it never gives up and if you're ever touched, you're dead, er, banned forever. Make it move at a nice steady pace so that everyone else is treated to some Pepe Le Pew style comedy. Or make it like a biblical plague. From time to time, folks are cleared out by frogs, boils, flies, etc.
(I've never played, so it may not as good an idea as it sounds)
I've often thought it was more a question of patent OR copyright. Is a particular piece of software "science" or "art?" I'm sure someone could claim the two are not mutually exclusive, but I have this gut feeling they are. So, how about folks pick which protection applies. You want broad, but relatively short protection, or long and narrow.? One or the other but not both.
Good point on being superior, but still in jeopardy if sold on other machines.
I wouldn't so much call it sour grapes as being disillusioned. Ignoring old problems (resource vs data fork), I've got a powerbook and a PC (and have tinkered off and on with Linux since 94). The powerbook continually disappoints. Great OS, but the UI irks the hell out of me. Yes, that's personal opinion. I don't have a beef with Apple, just the zealots who insist the UI is ok, I'm messed up (I don't like how it looks, how it's arranged, or how it works, personal opinion, so they can just get bent). And I still take issue with folks getting excited about windows running on an intel processor. BFD.
Just a clarification of what I misread originally: it seems to say that everyone should have a reason to have OSX. But this is just slashdot. If we were all perfect, it'd be boring.
Thanks for the give and take...
Imagine? Sure. But I had an uncontrollable urge to poke the bear. I'm just underwhelmed by the whole dual boot story here. It's only a story because because Apple decided not to allow OSX to run on other platforms. Sort of like having a friend who will never come over to your (nearly identical) house, but will let you come over to his. It's nothing to excited about, it is what it is.
To tell the truth, I think I may have read the original posts wrong too, but had fun posting anyway.
By the way, of the OS's in front of you, which only run on one vendor's hardware? Hey everybody, party at Apple's place!
I just assumed it was some sort of odd compound made of bromine, arsenic, and sulfur.
So what you're saying is this may be a prank on Fleming House AND MIT by someone at Caltech? Brilliant!
Ah yes. As we all know, you must have OSX, or your life is an utter failure. Besides being the only OS that runs programs, it improves your karma, rinses you free of sins, and tames them pesky thetans. And I hear it will change the kitty litter in the next upgrade.
I thought he was more concerned with slavery and who was standing behind him at the theater. Now I'm impressed he warned of corporate influence too.
exactly. vapor does change. The ice age was colder and drier http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc130k.html
Or were you refering to some of the precambrian ice ages?
I just find it confusing that water vapor gets neglected in most discussions except for the caveat that cloud cover may change. But in any case, CO2 is only one factor amongst many. The pessimist in me thinks that focusing on just one part is going to result in us shooting ourselves in the foot somehow.
details details. The point was the original poster suggested shortening the patent life by following other countries. Well, that's not going to help since theirs isn't shorter.
Funny, it used to be 17 years until we harmonized with other countries. Now it's 20.
good ol' H2O vapor is the main source of warming. I've heard it is responsible for 31 celcius increase in the planet's temperature. Nifty!
You mean the clergy or Israel/Palestenians?