I refuse to purchase one until the price goes down. If they sold at maybe half their price, I think more than twice as many people would have bought one. Profit. I know it's not precise, don't reply and say "but the profit margin is too blah blah blah."
They're still not going to prison. The laws will never have any meaningful enforcement as things stand now. 10 Million is less than a slap on the wrist.
Why do you compain about OS upgrades on Linux as much as you do for Windows? If they're going to charge for 98, which was (essentially, don't attack me with semantics) a bugfix for 95, and then do the same thing again and again, what's wrong with criticizing them for it? Linux distros are free, and you shouldn't complain about what you don't pay for if you want backwards compatability. As far as hardware compatability goes, Linux is far greater than XP. My desktop computer is a Dell, PII (I'm only 18, and going to buy a new one in the near future) and it runs the latest version of Linux. It's unlikely you could even begin to install, let alone use, WinXP on this computer, and yet it works well for me with Linux. So quit whining.
I guess you could also write off some of my MS hate as being a former ME user, sorry.
I have a large number of friends who have outright refused to watch the movies. I am 18, and they are aged 17-20. It's not hard to find people untouched by it.
Macintosh does not have 96% of the market share. In order to remain afloat, they have needed to maintain compatability with every other computer. There is Office for Macs, IE, and Doom 3. There's probably more, too. As for iTunes, I've found it's the best ripping software for females and other computer illiterati who consult me requiring computer assistance. Before people call me a sexist, I'm saying this as the absolute truth: only the computer illiterate consult me for help of this sort (duh) and most of them are female.
Even so, iTunes--as configured for her--rips to the mp3 format, and she couldn't be happier. It's universally readable by modern OS's, even though it's not "free" or open.
I don't know if other people have had this problem, but their hardware has been nothing except for incessant headaches for me, my stepbrother, my friends, and parents. I was willing to write off some of the problems as just kind of like a lemon computer (much like cars can be) but I am no longer sure at all. I gave up on it, and moved to Debian. I haven't been happier.
If you don't like it leave. The editors think that it will drive people to the site, and that they'll get ad dollars (although I haven't seen a single ad since I installed AdBlock). Stop complaining and go look at porn until the next story is posted. Oh, and you made a grammer error: You didn't put a semicolon after the inappropriately capitalized "NERDS".
I'm thrilled to see that someone else sees it this way. Just like the old adage, "The first bag of heroin is always free."
I'm showing my lack of age here, but I grew up using the Apple ][ GS in elementary school, in order to play Oregon Trail, and never even touched Windows 95 until 5th grade, although I enjoyed 3.1 at home. I moved to Linux June 25th of last year and I've hated everything else since. Macs don't have the same kind of desktop management features which I find essential. I find myself hitting Ctrl F5 to jump to the shell when I have a PuTTy session open in Winblows (Desktop 5 in KDE is my dedicated shell desk). Firefox refreshes. It's possible for people to migrate; I see myself as a Linux user five years from today. It's very cynical to say that everybody is going to remain stuck on Window$, but I agree with you wholeheartedly.
Why would you pay for shitty AAC anyway? I purchase non-DRM CD's. If they are DRM'd beyond rippability, I return them saying I am unable to play it. Amazon.com accepts that reason. I have purchased CD's that I have every MP3 on. Don't even try and use "moral high ground."
Considering that the equivalent of "being slashdotted" in German is called [being Heise-d] (geheiset werden) I don't think slashdot has much to offer that a DDoS didn't.
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I completely agree. My idea is a name like "G-Star" which sounds pretty cool and is a way of thumbing their nose at AOL.
Save the endangered species! Collect the whole set!
Thanks, mom. I actually would rather that nobody else used Firefox. If it gains usage, then it starts being targetted with code for popups etc.
Do you really think that age has anything to do with current vulnerabilities, or does security stem from good design, rather than patches?
I refuse to purchase one until the price goes down. If they sold at maybe half their price, I think more than twice as many people would have bought one. Profit. I know it's not precise, don't reply and say "but the profit margin is too blah blah blah."
They're still not going to prison. The laws will never have any meaningful enforcement as things stand now. 10 Million is less than a slap on the wrist.
The Recording Industry Association of America will never stop something as profitable as payola without the threat of jail. Period.
Why do you compain about OS upgrades on Linux as much as you do for Windows? If they're going to charge for 98, which was (essentially, don't attack me with semantics) a bugfix for 95, and then do the same thing again and again, what's wrong with criticizing them for it? Linux distros are free, and you shouldn't complain about what you don't pay for if you want backwards compatability. As far as hardware compatability goes, Linux is far greater than XP. My desktop computer is a Dell, PII (I'm only 18, and going to buy a new one in the near future) and it runs the latest version of Linux. It's unlikely you could even begin to install, let alone use, WinXP on this computer, and yet it works well for me with Linux. So quit whining.
I guess you could also write off some of my MS hate as being a former ME user, sorry.
...that it won't work in IE? Thank you, Google, you bring good things to my life by forcing MS to improve their browser.
You get what you pay for. Quit whining and fix it yourself. That's what Linux stands for.
Our brains can be like a computer. They say it's not 1's and 0's, but shades of gray? #010101 through #FEFEFE provide a little bit of room.
char V;
V = C;
They didn't want to code it as a character literal, in case they upgrade the language later.
I have a large number of friends who have outright refused to watch the movies. I am 18, and they are aged 17-20. It's not hard to find people untouched by it.
That is a really good question. Here's why:
Macintosh does not have 96% of the market share. In order to remain afloat, they have needed to maintain compatability with every other computer. There is Office for Macs, IE, and Doom 3. There's probably more, too. As for iTunes, I've found it's the best ripping software for females and other computer illiterati who consult me requiring computer assistance. Before people call me a sexist, I'm saying this as the absolute truth: only the computer illiterate consult me for help of this sort (duh) and most of them are female.
Even so, iTunes--as configured for her--rips to the mp3 format, and she couldn't be happier. It's universally readable by modern OS's, even though it's not "free" or open.
I don't know if other people have had this problem, but their hardware has been nothing except for incessant headaches for me, my stepbrother, my friends, and parents. I was willing to write off some of the problems as just kind of like a lemon computer (much like cars can be) but I am no longer sure at all. I gave up on it, and moved to Debian. I haven't been happier.
If you don't like it leave. The editors think that it will drive people to the site, and that they'll get ad dollars (although I haven't seen a single ad since I installed AdBlock). Stop complaining and go look at porn until the next story is posted. Oh, and you made a grammer error: You didn't put a semicolon after the inappropriately capitalized "NERDS".
I don't get how Transmeta chips use so much less electricity than single core chips.
I'm thrilled to see that someone else sees it this way. Just like the old adage, "The first bag of heroin is always free."
I'm showing my lack of age here, but I grew up using the Apple ][ GS in elementary school, in order to play Oregon Trail, and never even touched Windows 95 until 5th grade, although I enjoyed 3.1 at home. I moved to Linux June 25th of last year and I've hated everything else since. Macs don't have the same kind of desktop management features which I find essential. I find myself hitting Ctrl F5 to jump to the shell when I have a PuTTy session open in Winblows (Desktop 5 in KDE is my dedicated shell desk). Firefox refreshes. It's possible for people to migrate; I see myself as a Linux user five years from today. It's very cynical to say that everybody is going to remain stuck on Window$, but I agree with you wholeheartedly.
It's their decision, and if it drives away business, that was there error. This is still the free market, and as capitalists, they should know that.
At least there aren't any spelling errors in the randomly generated article...
I think an accurate portrayal of Bush would be enough of an April Fool's joke.
Why would you pay for shitty AAC anyway? I purchase non-DRM CD's. If they are DRM'd beyond rippability, I return them saying I am unable to play it. Amazon.com accepts that reason. I have purchased CD's that I have every MP3 on. Don't even try and use "moral high ground."
What's even more amazing is that he has a girlfriend!
Can you translate that to English? I don't do TLA's.
Considering that the equivalent of "being slashdotted" in German is called [being Heise-d] (geheiset werden) I don't think slashdot has much to offer that a DDoS didn't.