This is one of those ideas that necessitates the saying, "This can't end well..."
In my mind's eye I see an entire server farm smoking and melting and the team from the TV show CSI walking in and going, "So what happened here?"
No, I didn't RTFA. But I had to post before doing so - because I just think it would be incredibly humorous to have a processor that fast that's stuck with 128mb of RAM.
"Yah! My penis is three feet long but I can't even pop wood!"
The best way I protected my stuff was to be a broke-ass bastard all through college. I had no money and therefore no stuff to worry about. That way, when you finally get some really good gear, you appreciate it so damn much that you don't let it out of your site. I sleep with my powerbook now.
Wow... nowadays all it takes to start a flamewar is just to say "government" or "bush" and they come out of the woodwork!
I saw the trailer a while back when it first came out. I'm excited - it's going to be hilarious I'm sure.
But in the meantime, I thought I'd try to keep the debate going with these equally important points:
Pinko! Republican Fat-Cats! Can't say "nuclear!" Tax cuts! Dirty Sanchez! Streisand! Coulter! School vouchers! Fahrenheit 9-11! Heinz Ketchup! War Hero! Communist! Boycott! Treason! Terrorist sympathizers! Immoral! Abstinence! Penile implants!
When Kroger, Harris Teeter, Bi-Lo, Food Lion, and pretty much every other grocery store jumped on the bandwagon of "savings cards" - we asked, "Are people really going to let grocery stores track their buying habits just to save a little money?"
This is very much the same concept as the insurange monitoring - IMHO. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually we have a "consumer card" with RFID - if not a national ID card - to track our buying habits if not our location at all times as well. But that's just me, and I'm wearing a tin foil hat as we speak. And I'm wardriving in order to hide my home IP address.
... (IMHO) probably because the advanced windows user knows how to speed up their machine on their own, while the sort of people who desperately need this have difficulty handling simple windows operations like installations. That's just my experience with 'em.
...When I get a monitor like that - I can't wait to see the detail on my por... I mean uhhh... I can't wait to see the detail of the serifs on my fonts. The possibilities are endless!
Actually, I don't think I'd ever pull up someone's picture on a monitor like that. Who wants to see high-resolution pimples?
Where are all the Microsoft apologists? I've noticed a few, but I thought there'd be more with such a HUGE story as this.
I still have lots of faith in Firefox. It hasn't let me down yet, and even when there are errors/security issues I actually feel like the Mozilla team is fixing them for your and my sake instead of to maintain an image.
I have a windows-based universal remote control. The advantage of that over a linux one is that it automatically makes every product in your house match in a lovely shade of "blue screen of death."
At the rate that Apple is expanding their grip on the digital music scene, I'm starting to feel sorry for all those unfortunate Windows users with protected WMV files.
Seriously though - as proprietary access grows, people with little knowledge of such things are going to be severely confused and angry about it. Even though I'm an Apple fanatic, right about now is when even I start dedicating some of my big-corporation-distrust (usually reserved for Microsoft) towards Apple.
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This is one of those ideas that necessitates the saying, "This can't end well..." In my mind's eye I see an entire server farm smoking and melting and the team from the TV show CSI walking in and going, "So what happened here?"
No, I didn't RTFA. But I had to post before doing so - because I just think it would be incredibly humorous to have a processor that fast that's stuck with 128mb of RAM.
"Yah! My penis is three feet long but I can't even pop wood!"
Wow - that's some old school hacking. Nobody uses tape and paper anymore. That guy must be pretty l33t to pull out that hack.
Who'da thunk that someone would pull a real-life DDOS attack? (hyuck hyuck)
The best way I protected my stuff was to be a broke-ass bastard all through college. I had no money and therefore no stuff to worry about. That way, when you finally get some really good gear, you appreciate it so damn much that you don't let it out of your site. I sleep with my powerbook now.
What is this "radio" of which you speak?
500 is all that Apple said they were allowed to sell. They really have that much control of the market now.
I loved my old powerglove. Now we just need someone to do an updated "ROB" and I'll be happy!
Wow... nowadays all it takes to start a flamewar is just to say "government" or "bush" and they come out of the woodwork!
I saw the trailer a while back when it first came out. I'm excited - it's going to be hilarious I'm sure.
But in the meantime, I thought I'd try to keep the debate going with these equally important points:
Pinko! Republican Fat-Cats! Can't say "nuclear!" Tax cuts! Dirty Sanchez! Streisand! Coulter! School vouchers! Fahrenheit 9-11! Heinz Ketchup! War Hero! Communist! Boycott! Treason! Terrorist sympathizers! Immoral! Abstinence! Penile implants!
So THERE!
When Kroger, Harris Teeter, Bi-Lo, Food Lion, and pretty much every other grocery store jumped on the bandwagon of "savings cards" - we asked, "Are people really going to let grocery stores track their buying habits just to save a little money?"
This is very much the same concept as the insurange monitoring - IMHO. I wouldn't be surprised if eventually we have a "consumer card" with RFID - if not a national ID card - to track our buying habits if not our location at all times as well. But that's just me, and I'm wearing a tin foil hat as we speak. And I'm wardriving in order to hide my home IP address.
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the CHUD
Oh. God.
I laughed, I cried, I stabbed myself in the eye.
A copyright crusading weasel? Will he also be teaching the children about IRONY?
... the Claria corporation (AKA Gator) announced that they will be releasing new versions of their "software" in the very near future.
... (IMHO) probably because the advanced windows user knows how to speed up their machine on their own, while the sort of people who desperately need this have difficulty handling simple windows operations like installations. That's just my experience with 'em.
Lycos was still around?
...When I get a monitor like that - I can't wait to see the detail on my por... I mean uhhh... I can't wait to see the detail of the serifs on my fonts. The possibilities are endless!
Actually, I don't think I'd ever pull up someone's picture on a monitor like that. Who wants to see high-resolution pimples?
... and now my Windows box catches virii 300% faster! You should see the speed on that blue screen o' death!
...where money has always been and will always be more important than justice.
Where are all the Microsoft apologists? I've noticed a few, but I thought there'd be more with such a HUGE story as this.
I still have lots of faith in Firefox. It hasn't let me down yet, and even when there are errors/security issues I actually feel like the Mozilla team is fixing them for your and my sake instead of to maintain an image.
There's something to be said for intentions.
...someone writes "Women: The missing manual."
There's a technology no one has figured out yet.
Batman: The Brooding Returns
...he doth protest too much
I have a windows-based universal remote control. The advantage of that over a linux one is that it automatically makes every product in your house match in a lovely shade of "blue screen of death."
At the rate that Apple is expanding their grip on the digital music scene, I'm starting to feel sorry for all those unfortunate Windows users with protected WMV files.
Seriously though - as proprietary access grows, people with little knowledge of such things are going to be severely confused and angry about it. Even though I'm an Apple fanatic, right about now is when even I start dedicating some of my big-corporation-distrust (usually reserved for Microsoft) towards Apple.
Obviously Google didn't have the same name respect when they clearly lifted the title of their company from the math term Googol.
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