Many cancellation departments, AOL in particular, will immediately disconnect you if you use any sort of profanity. So, be rude and firm, but be careful; these people CAN disconnect you and assure that you have to make another long-ass phone call to cancel whatever you're cancelling.
Grow up. The media doesn't have a political stance, it has a business stance. It's not concerned with a right or left agenda; it's concerned with it's own existence and profitability. If F9/11 hype is going to attract viewers/sell papers, that's what's gonna be in the news.
In order to stay "qualified" for these surveys and, in the end, get paid, many users will answer "yes" to every question that may lead to more questions. Internet surveys CAN be useful for market research purposes, but only when the respondents are confident that their answers won't effect their compensation rate. If a survey will pay you $10 if you're a beekeeper and answer beekeeping questions, many people will claim to be beekeepers. Who's stopping them?
For the longest time, I had an insecure wireless network in my home. It wasn't that I wasn't aware of the risk; it just seemed like a huge hassle. Getting my router set up and working with my cable modem and wired connections took enough time. Then, tweaking my laptop so it connected and worked correctly was a whole other headache. By the time i had that going, I was afraid I would screw it up again. It was a CompUSA generic brand router, so both the hardware and the software probably sucked, and I can't speak for Linksys or D-link customers. But securing my wireless network took a lot of rooting around in the options, changing settings and reading the manual over and over again. Securing the network should be MUCH easier and less intimidating.
I think it's just as much, if not more about people unconditionally loving Apple as people hating Real. If Microsoft refused to license WMA and Real reverese engineered it, suddenly Real would be the hero, because Microsoft's lock-in measures with proprietary software are evil, while Apple's are expected and encouraged.
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I've actually run into tons of people who LOVE weatherbug and beg me not to delete it every time I help them clean their systems. Can anyone recommend an alternative program that does the same thing but isn't so evil?
Have you been to real.com lately? You click on one link on the main page. And it's a great big link too. And suddenly, you're downloading the free player.
Since downloads from Real can work with a whole lot of other players, you're not locked into the Ipod the next time you buy an mp3 player. Say your Ipod is stolen; if you have a whole collection from ITMS you don't have much of a choice, do you? You have to save up and get another Ipod. If you have files from Real, you can get an mp3 player that's cheaper and less of a theif magnet and still play your whole collection.
The idea is, if enough people download music from Real, Apple CAN'T break the compatibility, or they'll anger/alienate a whole lot of people who paid for worthless songs. People will skip the update just so their songs still work. That's what Real is trying to accomplish with the sale...getting a sizable chunk of ipod users to download their songs so that Apple just has to deal with it. I applaud Real for making efforts to be more compatible instead of in the past, when they made efforts to lock us in.
This might have something to do with the fact that you're forwarding tons of email to your account. I think it would be easier to judge accuracy if the spam was being sent directly to your gmail account. Any spam filter is going to be wary of large amounts of forwarded messages from one place.
The Napster model the universities are signing on for is not the pay-for-song model. It is Napster's monthly service, meaning that the students get the same thing Rhapsody delivers....access to a large library of streaming songs. Streaming music is useless unless you're at a computer. While it's a nice idea, I'd prefer to own something than to subscribe to it. If a university made a deal with Itunes to give me cheaper songs, then I might be interested.
If you want to make money, then yes. If my ISP shut off my internet access with no warning for whatever reason, that would sound like the perfect time to switch my provider. People get pissed when they can't check their email.
The thing is, the average user whose PC is loaded with viruses and spyware isn't likely to have a server running and won't have any need to use a different port. A slashdot reader like yourself would probably take care of his windows box and fix it if such a virus did come along.
Aren't Linux users sacrificing compatibility (with Windows applications) for security? Aren't Mac users?
If I go by this article, I install SP2 and some of my favorite applications don't work. But, if I install Linux....some of my favorite applications don't work. Many, in fact. If someone can build a computer that runs everything out there, I'd love to see it.
Microsoft does have an opportunity to abuse this, but breaking something like Office 97 wouldn't be a smart move. Most people will revert back or uninstall SP2, making this a lot of work and hype for a few steps backward. Are people REALLY going to upgrade instead of just uninstalling SP2? Doubtful.
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Many cancellation departments, AOL in particular, will immediately disconnect you if you use any sort of profanity. So, be rude and firm, but be careful; these people CAN disconnect you and assure that you have to make another long-ass phone call to cancel whatever you're cancelling.
Grow up. The media doesn't have a political stance, it has a business stance. It's not concerned with a right or left agenda; it's concerned with it's own existence and profitability. If F9/11 hype is going to attract viewers/sell papers, that's what's gonna be in the news.
Does WinDVD in Linux become LinDVD?
In order to stay "qualified" for these surveys and, in the end, get paid, many users will answer "yes" to every question that may lead to more questions. Internet surveys CAN be useful for market research purposes, but only when the respondents are confident that their answers won't effect their compensation rate.
If a survey will pay you $10 if you're a beekeeper and answer beekeeping questions, many people will claim to be beekeepers. Who's stopping them?
For the longest time, I had an insecure wireless network in my home. It wasn't that I wasn't aware of the risk; it just seemed like a huge hassle. Getting my router set up and working with my cable modem and wired connections took enough time. Then, tweaking my laptop so it connected and worked correctly was a whole other headache. By the time i had that going, I was afraid I would screw it up again. It was a CompUSA generic brand router, so both the hardware and the software probably sucked, and I can't speak for Linksys or D-link customers. But securing my wireless network took a lot of rooting around in the options, changing settings and reading the manual over and over again. Securing the network should be MUCH easier and less intimidating.
The logos are adorable.
I think it's just as much, if not more about people unconditionally loving Apple as people hating Real. If Microsoft refused to license WMA and Real reverese engineered it, suddenly Real would be the hero, because Microsoft's lock-in measures with proprietary software are evil, while Apple's are expected and encouraged.
I've actually run into tons of people who LOVE weatherbug and beg me not to delete it every time I help them clean their systems. Can anyone recommend an alternative program that does the same thing but isn't so evil?
Have you been to real.com lately? You click on one link on the main page. And it's a great big link too. And suddenly, you're downloading the free player.
Since downloads from Real can work with a whole lot of other players, you're not locked into the Ipod the next time you buy an mp3 player. Say your Ipod is stolen; if you have a whole collection from ITMS you don't have much of a choice, do you? You have to save up and get another Ipod. If you have files from Real, you can get an mp3 player that's cheaper and less of a theif magnet and still play your whole collection.
The idea is, if enough people download music from Real, Apple CAN'T break the compatibility, or they'll anger/alienate a whole lot of people who paid for worthless songs. People will skip the update just so their songs still work. That's what Real is trying to accomplish with the sale...getting a sizable chunk of ipod users to download their songs so that Apple just has to deal with it. I applaud Real for making efforts to be more compatible instead of in the past, when they made efforts to lock us in.
I can think of at least two things wrong with that title...
This might have something to do with the fact that you're forwarding tons of email to your account. I think it would be easier to judge accuracy if the spam was being sent directly to your gmail account. Any spam filter is going to be wary of large amounts of forwarded messages from one place.
The poster is asking for storage site recommendations, not for storage solutions. None of these apply.
The Napster model the universities are signing on for is not the pay-for-song model. It is Napster's monthly service, meaning that the students get the same thing Rhapsody delivers....access to a large library of streaming songs. Streaming music is useless unless you're at a computer. While it's a nice idea, I'd prefer to own something than to subscribe to it. If a university made a deal with Itunes to give me cheaper songs, then I might be interested.
Does this mean we should prepare for the Browser Revolutions?
who's leaving it unfixed?
An insurance policy with a robot plan? Certainly, I'm too old.
And Fox News could use the technology to automatically blur out nipples! While still showing explicit penetration shots/
If your phone company shut off your phone service because your son and his friends were making prank phone calls, would you be ok with that?
If you want to make money, then yes. If my ISP shut off my internet access with no warning for whatever reason, that would sound like the perfect time to switch my provider. People get pissed when they can't check their email.
The thing is, the average user whose PC is loaded with viruses and spyware isn't likely to have a server running and won't have any need to use a different port. A slashdot reader like yourself would probably take care of his windows box and fix it if such a virus did come along.
There are ads when you attempt to access the webcam feature, the chat feature, and when you use the built-in Launchcast radio.
Aren't Linux users sacrificing compatibility (with Windows applications) for security? Aren't Mac users?
If I go by this article, I install SP2 and some of my favorite applications don't work. But, if I install Linux....some of my favorite applications don't work. Many, in fact. If someone can build a computer that runs everything out there, I'd love to see it.
Microsoft does have an opportunity to abuse this, but breaking something like Office 97 wouldn't be a smart move. Most people will revert back or uninstall SP2, making this a lot of work and hype for a few steps backward. Are people REALLY going to upgrade instead of just uninstalling SP2? Doubtful.
Let me plug your computer into any campus LAN. Sasser, Nachi, etc. will be on your computer before you can say "go."