This is exactly my thought. If Microsoft doesn't want to sell the product there then the government will not go through any trouble to combat the widespread piracy that will happen. Why would not buying something that isn't sold be illegal?
They teach the same stuff here as they do over there, but here they don't actually require students to learn it. I mean can you imagine if a teacher had to FAIL a student. That would mean that we arent all equal! So basically you get dumb down tests that are later curved so the bottom of the barrel can get a paper at the end of the year that says they attended school.
Sorry if that seems mean but our school system sucks in my opinion but hey we are number 1...at something.
*Note I don't blame the teachers
I leave the ads up because people do make money off of those things and it doesn't really affect my surfing on broadband. If I ran a site and needed a little revenue to keep the thing a float I wouldn't want people blocking it either. (there is the outside I chance I might want to click it...not really)
The main reason is I don't even notice them any more. My brain mentally blocks out most of the ads and only annoying flashing ones get even a glance.
Now popups are another story, I use firefox because it is good at blocking those. You can show me ads just don't interfere with my surfing. That's also the reason I avoid websites that place ads in the MIDDLE of the dang article.
I believe the founders are still in control due to the way they structured their IPO. The shares that the public bought were a lower "tier" on the voting scale so they can be out voted by Larry and Sergey.
While I am impressed with a quiet strong power supply I would rather see advances in NOT needed something this big. Though a single computer doesn't really draw that much power most of the people (read geeks) I know have a bunch of computers. I really don't want my computers drawing more power than the house next door.
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This is exactly my thought. If Microsoft doesn't want to sell the product there then the government will not go through any trouble to combat the widespread piracy that will happen. Why would not buying something that isn't sold be illegal?
They teach the same stuff here as they do over there, but here they don't actually require students to learn it. I mean can you imagine if a teacher had to FAIL a student. That would mean that we arent all equal! So basically you get dumb down tests that are later curved so the bottom of the barrel can get a paper at the end of the year that says they attended school. Sorry if that seems mean but our school system sucks in my opinion but hey we are number 1...at something. *Note I don't blame the teachers
I leave the ads up because people do make money off of those things and it doesn't really affect my surfing on broadband. If I ran a site and needed a little revenue to keep the thing a float I wouldn't want people blocking it either. (there is the outside I chance I might want to click it...not really) The main reason is I don't even notice them any more. My brain mentally blocks out most of the ads and only annoying flashing ones get even a glance. Now popups are another story, I use firefox because it is good at blocking those. You can show me ads just don't interfere with my surfing. That's also the reason I avoid websites that place ads in the MIDDLE of the dang article.
I believe the founders are still in control due to the way they structured their IPO. The shares that the public bought were a lower "tier" on the voting scale so they can be out voted by Larry and Sergey.
While I am impressed with a quiet strong power supply I would rather see advances in NOT needed something this big. Though a single computer doesn't really draw that much power most of the people (read geeks) I know have a bunch of computers. I really don't want my computers drawing more power than the house next door.