by christian.einfeldt (874074) on Thursday October 11, @06:25PM (#20947515)
(http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/) Think of all the copies of OpenOffice.org and GNU Linux that are drifting around the world!!
Microsoft cannot sue OpenOffice, because that's where they originally STOLE the source for MS Office. Back in the early 1990's there was a little German compay that created Star Office and released it as Open Source. MS took that code and created Office. So if anyone needs to get sued here, it's Microsoft.
My son just bought a new HP Notebook which, of course, came with Vista installed. It looks "pretty" and yes there is a lot you can potentially do with it. However, the main reason he bought the HP high end notebook was so he could install Call Of Duty and some other FPS games. COD worked for a couple of hours and then he installed the WinTV that came with the system - BOOM! COD stopped working. Uninstalling WinTV didn't work (we had to call HP Support to even figure out how to uninstall WinTV) because by then the damage had been done. Re-installing COD didn't work either.
We tried installing XP, but none of the drivers HP told us to download worked with the new hardware. So, we are back to restoring Vista. It really sucks.
If you want an GUI that looks "pretty", then by all means get Vista. If you want a gaming computer that will actually work for you, stick with XP or Windows Server 2K3.
The mean temperature on Mars has risen 2 degrees over the past few years. Yes, Mars is experiencing global warming too. Ergo, one must assume that the sun is actually getting warmer and it has nothing to do with Pres Bush. Oh, wait, the liberal, pinko, dems will try to find a way to blame Mr. Bush for that too.
I'm a fairly honest person and when WGA came out, I said, sure, I'll install this on my systems because they are all legitimate. Well, it broke the first one so seriously that I had to re-install Windows. After that, NO WGA FOR ME! Sorry, Micro$oft, I'll play your silly games as long as it doesn't interfere with my abilities to get work done.
I have used cracks for legitimate software primarily as a means of protecting the CD. Otherwise, if something happens to the CD I can't use the software any more. I'm sure the software vendor will be more than happy to send me a new copy of the CD immediately so I can continue to work... Oops, wrong utopian world.
Here's an idea! In the gaming world, you need to enter the CD key to get the game to install. Once it is installed, you need a valid key to play online. Now, keys can be generated that work, but let's take it one step farther. After installing the key, you register it with the vendor (no personal information, just the key). If you upgrade your hardware, you'll need to re-register, but that can easily be done without re-installing the software, which you would probably do anyway if you are upgrading the entire platform. Again, no big deal.
If you try to register a cracked key, the vendor will know that it is no good because it isn't the database of keys that were shipped. A pop-up window appears: There will be a knock on your door short while. Please have your computer and software ready for confiscation. Busted. If, as in gaming, they want to have the key verified online every time you use it, no problem, I can live with that.
Actually if you study the bible very closely the earth as created by God has been around just over 12,000 years. A day is 1,000 years to God, so the first 7 days in Genesis is really 7,000 years. We have a little over 5,000 years of recorded history, so 7000 + 5000 = 12,000.
I'm not saying Monster is great or even good, but it has worked for me. I arranged several job interviews through Monster - one just recently with a major insurance firm. It works, but only if you use it correctly: submitting your resume for a rocket scientist position when you have no training and only have a GED isn't going to get any call backs.
Many scams and doubtful business methods (including, btw. many insurances) only work because the general public is frighteningly uneducated in math, for example, and can't do even simple statistics. Buy this maintenance plan for your home heating system and we'll come out twice a year to check, clean and repair any damage. It only costs you $500 a year - great bargin.
If you have an older system, it might make sense, but do the math first:
$90/visit * 2 = $180.00
Difference = $500 - $180 = $320
Put that $320 in a special savings account and in 10 years you can buy a new unit or as maintenance costs go up, use that account to pay for the parts and labor AND get a little interest along the way and still have money left over.
Expertise of a reseller? BAH! Comcast isn't hiring the Bangalore Bargain Bin for their phone support, but the folks you talk to at the cable co call center have far less knowledge about the systems that your average geek. I have got to tell this one... I called Comcast because a replacement cable box wasn't working. After all the obligatory questions (is it plugged in, do you see anything on the TV screen) I was asked to make sure the power cord was plugged in good in the back. I told her that the clock was on. She still insisted that I make sure the power cord was "plugged in good". After several comments about me being an Engineer and her reading off a script, she finally got around to sending a hard reset signal to the box. Amazing it started working.
E280R running Sol 10 x86 As a Sun Engineer, I would really like to see x86 run on SPARC. WINE is not an option. Maybe you meant to say, the app was developed on SPARC on an E280R and ported to x86 running on an X4100. Yes, it would run much slower.
Can you think of another better way for Big Brother to watch your every move on the Internet? Give it away free - every one will want that and then monitor where they are going, who they contact on a regular basis, what inet-stores they shop at, etc., etc. Imagine the revenue from a database like that!
I had the Lazik+ surgery about 3 years ago and it was absolutely the best thing I have ever done. I understand it isn't for everyone and some people have apprehensions about what is being done to the cornea, but the benefits certain out weighted those concerns in my case. I also had a mild form of astigmatism which can be eliminated though the use of laser surgery. Even the best eye glasses in the world couldn't completely correct it. And contacts were not doing a good job either. My eye sight was pretty bad and even the lightest plastic lenses were heavy and by the end of the day were starting to cause some discomfort. I wore contacts since 1966 and towards the end they were becoming a pain to use too.
Getting up in the morning and being able to see the clock across the room is great! I don't get involved in a lot of sports, but not having to wear glasses or contacts when playing sports is a definite plus.
It is a surgical procedure and there can be consequences. If you have concerns then the best approach would be to have one eye done at a time with a 3 month gap in between. If you are absolutely paranoid, then it's probably best that you don't have the procedure.
I've actually seen hundreds of these, but I've never seen one captured (film or digital image). It's not a freak camera malfunction or some one's hoax - they are real. They always transverse at about the same inclination: I've never seen a truly vertical one. What are they? I think they are probably conduits to heaven for souls, but noone's going to buy that.
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Think of all the copies of OpenOffice.org and GNU Linux that are drifting around the world!!
Microsoft cannot sue OpenOffice, because that's where they originally STOLE the source for MS Office. Back in the early 1990's there was a little German compay that created Star Office and released it as Open Source. MS took that code and created Office. So if anyone needs to get sued here, it's Microsoft.
My son just bought a new HP Notebook which, of course, came with Vista installed. It looks "pretty" and yes there is a lot you can potentially do with it. However, the main reason he bought the HP high end notebook was so he could install Call Of Duty and some other FPS games. COD worked for a couple of hours and then he installed the WinTV that came with the system - BOOM! COD stopped working. Uninstalling WinTV didn't work (we had to call HP Support to even figure out how to uninstall WinTV) because by then the damage had been done. Re-installing COD didn't work either.
We tried installing XP, but none of the drivers HP told us to download worked with the new hardware. So, we are back to restoring Vista. It really sucks.
If you want an GUI that looks "pretty", then by all means get Vista. If you want a gaming computer that will actually work for you, stick with XP or Windows Server 2K3.
Oh, great. Here's another potential terriost act that we openly advertise to would be terriost. "Hey, guys, have you thought of this one?"
...have the CIA make them quietly disappear... While we are discussing government agencies, the correct term is "terminate with extreme prejudice".The mean temperature on Mars has risen 2 degrees over the past few years. Yes, Mars is experiencing global warming too. Ergo, one must assume that the sun is actually getting warmer and it has nothing to do with Pres Bush. Oh, wait, the liberal, pinko, dems will try to find a way to blame Mr. Bush for that too.
I'm a fairly honest person and when WGA came out, I said, sure, I'll install this on my systems because they are all legitimate. Well, it broke the first one so seriously that I had to re-install Windows. After that, NO WGA FOR ME! Sorry, Micro$oft, I'll play your silly games as long as it doesn't interfere with my abilities to get work done.
I have used cracks for legitimate software primarily as a means of protecting the CD. Otherwise, if something happens to the CD I can't use the software any more. I'm sure the software vendor will be more than happy to send me a new copy of the CD immediately so I can continue to work... Oops, wrong utopian world.
Here's an idea! In the gaming world, you need to enter the CD key to get the game to install. Once it is installed, you need a valid key to play online. Now, keys can be generated that work, but let's take it one step farther. After installing the key, you register it with the vendor (no personal information, just the key). If you upgrade your hardware, you'll need to re-register, but that can easily be done without re-installing the software, which you would probably do anyway if you are upgrading the entire platform. Again, no big deal.
If you try to register a cracked key, the vendor will know that it is no good because it isn't the database of keys that were shipped. A pop-up window appears: There will be a knock on your door short while. Please have your computer and software ready for confiscation. Busted. If, as in gaming, they want to have the key verified online every time you use it, no problem, I can live with that.
Actually if you study the bible very closely the earth as created by God has been around just over 12,000 years. A day is 1,000 years to God, so the first 7 days in Genesis is really 7,000 years. We have a little over 5,000 years of recorded history, so 7000 + 5000 = 12,000.
I'm not saying Monster is great or even good, but it has worked for me. I arranged several job interviews through Monster - one just recently with a major insurance firm. It works, but only if you use it correctly: submitting your resume for a rocket scientist position when you have no training and only have a GED isn't going to get any call backs.
If you have an older system, it might make sense, but do the math first:
She was a nice lady, but...
Can you think of another better way for Big Brother to watch your every move on the Internet? Give it away free - every one will want that and then monitor where they are going, who they contact on a regular basis, what inet-stores they shop at, etc., etc. Imagine the revenue from a database like that!
I had the Lazik+ surgery about 3 years ago and it was absolutely the best thing I have ever done. I understand it isn't for everyone and some people have apprehensions about what is being done to the cornea, but the benefits certain out weighted those concerns in my case. I also had a mild form of astigmatism which can be eliminated though the use of laser surgery. Even the best eye glasses in the world couldn't completely correct it. And contacts were not doing a good job either. My eye sight was pretty bad and even the lightest plastic lenses were heavy and by the end of the day were starting to cause some discomfort. I wore contacts since 1966 and towards the end they were becoming a pain to use too.
Getting up in the morning and being able to see the clock across the room is great! I don't get involved in a lot of sports, but not having to wear glasses or contacts when playing sports is a definite plus.
It is a surgical procedure and there can be consequences. If you have concerns then the best approach would be to have one eye done at a time with a 3 month gap in between. If you are absolutely paranoid, then it's probably best that you don't have the procedure.
I've actually seen hundreds of these, but I've never seen one captured (film or digital image). It's not a freak camera malfunction or some one's hoax - they are real. They always transverse at about the same inclination: I've never seen a truly vertical one. What are they? I think they are probably conduits to heaven for souls, but noone's going to buy that.