Get away from the computers and look to sipphone.com - just buy a small device and plug your phone into it. Except for the initial hardware purchase (which is minimal), it costs nothing. If you want to, you can also pay per minute and get to call regular phones, or even get yourself a normal phone number. I've been using it for about a year now and it works great.
Oh sorry, so they are enforcing the license that I bought, but wasn't shown until after I put down the money and could no longer get a refund. Thanks for clearing that up.
Then I must be free to stick it in a drive and let the drive do whatever it wants with it, right? Right?!
Oops, sorry, you actually AREN'T allowed to do whatever you want with that cd, even if it all stays on your own property (physically and network wise). Furthermore, I did buy lmited rights to use the game, but can't find out about those rights until AFTER I purchased the it?! And then can't easily return it, if at all? Or lets say I do agree with the EULA and then install it using a different cd key than the one that came on the box, and then the dissallow me to play the game anymore because they didn't like the cdkey!
I for one tend to think Michaels statement was right on par.
I must agree. I have had many different identities and have been around since very close to the beginning (damn master passwords - always make me lose passwords!). As far back as I can remember people have been complaining about this very issue. Actually/. has stayed relatively the same over the years IMHO, other than a few joke evolutions:)
Try President Forever (you can also get Primeminister Forever). It's a cheaper than the political machine, and is more focused on the strategy involved.
Errr, sure, but companies aren't people, or really even THINGS for that matter. Companies are defined networks of individuals, with very similar rights as people. Just because the law defines them as entities, doesn't mean morality such as good or evil makes sense applying to them.
Or, let me put it this way, a company can be considered evil, if a network (such as a P2P network) can also be considered evil.
Come on lets be serious here, it's not that MS programs have bugs or security problems (all software does), it's their companies attitude and power that bothers people. Is MS 'evil' for a company? Ignoring that companies really can't be evil or good, they don't seem to be dramatically worse than many other companies. The problem is that they have WAY more power than other companies! They are like 'the man'.
Well, that and their browser sucks ass. Their company attitude is a disgrace to the computer industry. IE was stagnant for years simply because of lack of competition. OSS isn't perfect, but at least it is by the people for the people, and changes as the people want (somewhat:)). MS has a corporate agenda, and corporate agendas are not moral, nor are they necessarily good for anything or anyone (sometimes they aren't even good for the company!).
Anyways, it's funner to kick the big guy than the little guy:) (especially when the big guy is an ass)
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Get away from the computers and look to sipphone.com - just buy a small device and plug your phone into it. Except for the initial hardware purchase (which is minimal), it costs nothing. If you want to, you can also pay per minute and get to call regular phones, or even get yourself a normal phone number. I've been using it for about a year now and it works great.
Oh sorry, so they are enforcing the license that I bought, but wasn't shown until after I put down the money and could no longer get a refund. Thanks for clearing that up.
Legal proceedings, actually, thanks. At least that would keep them semi-honest.
Sorry, was that the license they tried to enforce after you bought the game? Can I have my money back in that case?
Then I must be free to stick it in a drive and let the drive do whatever it wants with it, right? Right?!
Oops, sorry, you actually AREN'T allowed to do whatever you want with that cd, even if it all stays on your own property (physically and network wise). Furthermore, I did buy lmited rights to use the game, but can't find out about those rights until AFTER I purchased the it?! And then can't easily return it, if at all? Or lets say I do agree with the EULA and then install it using a different cd key than the one that came on the box, and then the dissallow me to play the game anymore because they didn't like the cdkey!
I for one tend to think Michaels statement was right on par.
I must agree. I have had many different identities and have been around since very close to the beginning (damn master passwords - always make me lose passwords!). As far back as I can remember people have been complaining about this very issue. Actually /. has stayed relatively the same over the years IMHO, other than a few joke evolutions :)
Try President Forever (you can also get Primeminister Forever). It's a cheaper than the political machine, and is more focused on the strategy involved.
Errr, sure, but companies aren't people, or really even THINGS for that matter. Companies are defined networks of individuals, with very similar rights as people. Just because the law defines them as entities, doesn't mean morality such as good or evil makes sense applying to them. Or, let me put it this way, a company can be considered evil, if a network (such as a P2P network) can also be considered evil.
Come on lets be serious here, it's not that MS programs have bugs or security problems (all software does), it's their companies attitude and power that bothers people. Is MS 'evil' for a company? Ignoring that companies really can't be evil or good, they don't seem to be dramatically worse than many other companies. The problem is that they have WAY more power than other companies! They are like 'the man'. Well, that and their browser sucks ass. Their company attitude is a disgrace to the computer industry. IE was stagnant for years simply because of lack of competition. OSS isn't perfect, but at least it is by the people for the people, and changes as the people want (somewhat :)). MS has a corporate agenda, and corporate agendas are not moral, nor are they necessarily good for anything or anyone (sometimes they aren't even good for the company!).
Anyways, it's funner to kick the big guy than the little guy :) (especially when the big guy is an ass)
Interesting.... Mind quoting your sources for this?