Amazing, really. Whoever supplies their paycheque is always in the right, no matter how wrong they are.
Paid by RIAA? Why, p2p is the very apocalypse itself and the terrorists who participate in it must be thrown in gaol until their flesh rots off their bones!
Not paid by RIAA any more? Why, p2p is the essence of puppies and kittens and all that is goodness and light in this world!
...'cause while the website may be gone, the news of the website being gone (and thus information regarding its contents) is spreading like fire in an Okanagan pine forest.
Honestly, Volpe's groupie could hardly have publicised his critic's point of view more effectively.
More and more it seems to me that Vista is all about gaming. It seems to me that Microsoft has essentially given up on creating a solid, secure platform for those of us who use their computers for work.
Which, I suppose, isn't all that bad a thing. The *nix OSes have such a long lead on all the important featuressystem uptimes, system security, solid code base, etcthat it probably really is best for Microsoft to focus on their XBox systems and cheezy Windows game-focused OS.
I'm pretty sure all the n00bs and game-players will be perfectly happy with Vista. It is very pretty, after all. I should think business people will be a bit more intelligent about their OS purchases next time around; pretty isn't nearly as important as, say, secure.
More and more it seems to me that Vista is all about gaming. It seems to me that Microsoft has essentially given up on creating a solid, secure platform for those of us who use their computers for work.
Which, I suppose, isn't all that bad a thing. The *nix OSes have such a long lead on all the important featuressystem uptimes, system security, solid code base, etcthat it probably really is best for Microsoft to focus on their XBox systems and cheezy Windows game-focused OS.
I'm pretty sure all the n00bs will be perfectly happy with Vista. It is very pretty, after all. Meanwhile, OS X, BSDs, and Linuxes start looking more and more appealing to people who actually want to get things done for real.
Is this just not a case of the school system taking on yet another parental role? Is there anything the school is not now held accountable for should someone's child do something stupid?
I can just imagine some asshat will sue the school board when little street-racer Johnny in his birthday-gift car runs over a pedestrian. "Oh, gosh, it's the school's fault: they're the ones that ran the drivers training course!
Perhaps it's all a CYA action on the school board's part. Or maybe they're chasing after Orwell's 1984. Either way it's a sign that we are living in a truly fucked-up society.
Personally, I wouldn't use either of those features, so why should I pay for them?
Good point.
And come to think of it, I wouldn't need a 1.8GHz processor; I could get by okay with an old PIII-400. And who needs a high-res screen? 800x600 was good enough for Jesus, so it's good enough for me! And an OS and office suite? Hah! Real men write their own, so you can unbundle those, too.
Hey, my computer comes out at $400 total. Suck that, Apple!
On the off chance that the Canadian telco of which you speak is Telus......what are some key words I need to drop when talking to customer service, in order to get myself some of those ultrafat pipes? I early-adopted DSL, and I'm game to adopt the next thing. It's been a sweet, sweet ride so far, IMO.
A majority incapable of finding Iraq on a map. A majority believing in Creationist bullshit. A majority unable to identify their Constitutional Rights. A majority not participating in voting.
I fail to be surprised that the general American public is too effing stupid to know when the Administration has driven the train right off the tracks.
What a wonderful world we'll live in when it becomes so financially risky to try anything new, out of fear of some obscure patent-camping leech stealing the investment and work it took to make that new thing.
We need patent reform: use your patent, or lose your patent.
Are they really? I'm on an iBook G4 w/768Mb of memory. I hardly ever shut the machine off; it does sleep mode perfectly, so there's never really a need to reboot. When I'm working, it's on only a few applications at a time; the second or two it requires to load a seldom-used application is so rare that I honestly can't see how a faster hard drive would provide me much benefit at all.
In all honesty, the slowest thing about my computer is me. Even if an app were to load instantaneously, my brain is still gonna spend a few seconds getting its shit together to actually use the application, let alone do anything truly useful with it.
I've always found myself upgrading the whole kit and kaboodle anyway... I suspect the people who piecemeal-upgrade their system are far in the minority.
Most people haven't the knowledge to do it themselves, and a good number of us who do built it ourselves are too cheap to be continuously upgrading, so that by the time we spring for a worthwhile upgrade, we also need new slot styles, memory stick design, CPU, maybe even PS or HD.
Why is this batshitinsane Dvorak asshat being given any media space here on Slashdot? I mean, sure, Dvorak is a famous retard... but what on earth makes Taco and crew think anyone gives a good goddamn about what some retard has to say about Apple, regardless his fame?
"Apparently, there's concern in Redmond that IE users are being exploited by companies running ad farms on typo domains."
It occurs to me that the only people dumb enough to use MSIE these days are precisely those sorts of users who would be susceptible to the advertising on linkfarms.
I'm not sure whether to praise Microsoft for trying to protect the retards from themselves, or to curse them for defeating the net's version of Darwinian selection...
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Amazing, really. Whoever supplies their paycheque is always in the right, no matter how wrong they are.
Paid by RIAA? Why, p2p is the very apocalypse itself and the terrorists who participate in it must be thrown in gaol until their flesh rots off their bones!
Not paid by RIAA any more? Why, p2p is the essence of puppies and kittens and all that is goodness and light in this world!
What a stone-cold bitch.
Any chance all these middle managers and politicos are being loaded onto a spaceship, with a course set to crashland on another planet?
I mean, I want to keep my hairdresser and telephone sanitizer dude and all that. It's the politicos I'm sick of having around...
...'cause while the website may be gone, the news of the website being gone (and thus information regarding its contents) is spreading like fire in an Okanagan pine forest.
Honestly, Volpe's groupie could hardly have publicised his critic's point of view more effectively.
Foot, meet bullet!
More and more it seems to me that Vista is all about gaming. It seems to me that Microsoft has essentially given up on creating a solid, secure platform for those of us who use their computers for work.
Which, I suppose, isn't all that bad a thing. The *nix OSes have such a long lead on all the important featuressystem uptimes, system security, solid code base, etcthat it probably really is best for Microsoft to focus on their XBox systems and cheezy Windows game-focused OS.
I'm pretty sure all the n00bs and game-players will be perfectly happy with Vista. It is very pretty, after all. I should think business people will be a bit more intelligent about their OS purchases next time around; pretty isn't nearly as important as, say, secure.
Oh, damn, wrong thread! Hope me, Taco!
More and more it seems to me that Vista is all about gaming. It seems to me that Microsoft has essentially given up on creating a solid, secure platform for those of us who use their computers for work.
Which, I suppose, isn't all that bad a thing. The *nix OSes have such a long lead on all the important featuressystem uptimes, system security, solid code base, etcthat it probably really is best for Microsoft to focus on their XBox systems and cheezy Windows game-focused OS.
I'm pretty sure all the n00bs will be perfectly happy with Vista. It is very pretty, after all. Meanwhile, OS X, BSDs, and Linuxes start looking more and more appealing to people who actually want to get things done for real.
Ah, to live in a country that has a history...
It is simply a sign of how frustrated people are with their choice of OS.
Is this just not a case of the school system taking on yet another parental role? Is there anything the school is not now held accountable for should someone's child do something stupid?
I can just imagine some asshat will sue the school board when little street-racer Johnny in his birthday-gift car runs over a pedestrian. "Oh, gosh, it's the school's fault: they're the ones that ran the drivers training course!
c/drivers ed/sex ed/life skills ed/fitness ed/etc.
Perhaps it's all a CYA action on the school board's part. Or maybe they're chasing after Orwell's 1984. Either way it's a sign that we are living in a truly fucked-up society.
I think "fear" is currently the big invisible overlord in much of the world.
Personally, I wouldn't use either of those features, so why should I pay for them?
Good point.
And come to think of it, I wouldn't need a 1.8GHz processor; I could get by okay with an old PIII-400. And who needs a high-res screen? 800x600 was good enough for Jesus, so it's good enough for me! And an OS and office suite? Hah! Real men write their own, so you can unbundle those, too.
Hey, my computer comes out at $400 total. Suck that, Apple!
On the off chance that the Canadian telco of which you speak is Telus... ...what are some key words I need to drop when talking to customer service, in order to get myself some of those ultrafat pipes? I early-adopted DSL, and I'm game to adopt the next thing. It's been a sweet, sweet ride so far, IMO.
A majority incapable of finding Iraq on a map.
A majority believing in Creationist bullshit.
A majority unable to identify their Constitutional Rights.
A majority not participating in voting.
I fail to be surprised that the general American public is too effing stupid to know when the Administration has driven the train right off the tracks.
100% dihydrogen monoxide. Available most everywhere, often for free.
I hear the government is trying to ban it, though. Something about terrorists using it.
AFAIK, space junk is a big problem up there these days. Perhaps the lasers could be used to vapourise a bunch of that crap.
:-)
My counterdefense idea: put a big-ass reflector up there, so that the laser is reflected back onto itself, destroying the laser equipment.
Out of curiousity, what do you see as Microsoft's "Core Competence"?
...sue the asses off those who do.
What a wonderful world we'll live in when it becomes so financially risky to try anything new, out of fear of some obscure patent-camping leech stealing the investment and work it took to make that new thing.
We need patent reform: use your patent, or lose your patent.
Are they really? I'm on an iBook G4 w/768Mb of memory. I hardly ever shut the machine off; it does sleep mode perfectly, so there's never really a need to reboot. When I'm working, it's on only a few applications at a time; the second or two it requires to load a seldom-used application is so rare that I honestly can't see how a faster hard drive would provide me much benefit at all.
In all honesty, the slowest thing about my computer is me. Even if an app were to load instantaneously, my brain is still gonna spend a few seconds getting its shit together to actually use the application, let alone do anything truly useful with it.
I think that [insert Microsoft product name here] will do an adequate job at this, although it seemed to be more complicated than necessary to me.
IMO, that basically describes the entirety of the Microsoft domain: adequate job, unnecessarily complicated. Applies to Word, MSIE, Windows, etcetera.
I've always found myself upgrading the whole kit and kaboodle anyway... I suspect the people who piecemeal-upgrade their system are far in the minority.
Most people haven't the knowledge to do it themselves, and a good number of us who do built it ourselves are too cheap to be continuously upgrading, so that by the time we spring for a worthwhile upgrade, we also need new slot styles, memory stick design, CPU, maybe even PS or HD.
Why is this batshitinsane Dvorak asshat being given any media space here on Slashdot? I mean, sure, Dvorak is a famous retard... but what on earth makes Taco and crew think anyone gives a good goddamn about what some retard has to say about Apple, regardless his fame?
"Apparently, there's concern in Redmond that IE users are being exploited by companies running ad farms on typo domains."
It occurs to me that the only people dumb enough to use MSIE these days are precisely those sorts of users who would be susceptible to the advertising on linkfarms.
I'm not sure whether to praise Microsoft for trying to protect the retards from themselves, or to curse them for defeating the net's version of Darwinian selection...
This isn't rocket science, people: purchase a damn Apple already, and be done with the bogus excuses.
Best. Explanation. Evah.
Thank you.
Yay, porn! Once again, it leads us out of the dark side!