It is a problem with the cellular industry, not the iPhone in particular. I spent nearly an hour on the phone with Verizon, going up through two levels of supervisors and management, and no one would tell me what the bottom-line charge would be for my cell phone. Not a single person.
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While blaming the world's problems on the iPhone certainly appears to be the norm nowadays, this one is a red herring. Blame the cellular industry. File a complaint with the FTC (US) about the bait and switch tactics in use.
I did not say to drop permissions or privilege levels, I agree that they are a good thing. Windows XP and Windows 2000 have permissions and privilege levels, that's not new with Windows Vista. UAC is the annoying pop-ups that encourage users to try to bypass the user permissions and privilege levels.
Mac OS-X has user permissions and privilege levels also, but it does not have the annoying UAC popups. It is a far-better designed user interface.
I use OpenBSD for the router duties of my network. I reboot it once a year, when I install a new version of OpenBSD.
If you have to reboot your router more frequently, it may be the symptom of a deeper problem.
They knew they were installing AVG, unlike the malware!
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A lot of malware is also installed as part of a package that the user freely agrees to install, or agrees to do, e.g., click here to see this pron. The user does not know the full payload being delivered and is an unwilling dupe, just like with AVG's new malware feature.
The more I think about it to discuss this with you, the more I am convinced that the AVG is building a malware DDoS botnet.
... and start charging AVG for all the excess bandwidth usage caused by AVG's DDoS against the websites?
AVG's botnet is currently 20 million strong and growing. If AVG can do this type of DDoS against websites, what is to stop any other malicious entity from doing the same?
I really wish that one keyboard vendor would take a stand, and move that CapsLock key to a more remote part of the keyboard. It is rarely used, and often accidentally hit.
300 servers housed in a single data center in Tampa, Fla.
Does anyone see the lack of planning that resulted in the placement of a major data center in the thunderstorm and lightning-strike capitol of the world?
Now, no matter good the game really is, the game and Atari have been stigmatized.
What a bone-headed thing to do. Like the other thread a bit earlier about google-bombing McCain, trying to suppress information rarely works, and often backfires.
Valid speculation, but speculation nonetheless. It may well be the case that someone would have filled the void, but I don't think you can consider it a certainty.
Nor can you take that nothing would fill the void as a certainty. Indeed, most of your argument is based upon everything else acting as if Windows were still around. That's a false premise as it is negated by the opening hypothesis, i.e., that Windows was not present. So your entire argument is based upon something that doesn't exist.
I guess I have more faith in the American ingenuity than you, and that I believe there would be a real innovator (not a fake one like Bill Gates) to fill the void were Bill Gates not handed the gift from IBM.
Microsoft really was in a somewhat unique place to do what they did
That's true. They instituted the illegal per-processor licensing scheme to build and fortify their monopoly.
It's all in the court transcripts, read it there if you'd like to learn more.
unless you act to use them for your own benefit, your opponent's information is going to get out there
So he thinks that McCain's information is so powerfully correct that the only way to beat it is by the suppression of it.
I am of the view that the only way to fight bad information is to use better information. He is admitting that his message is worse than McCain's, therefore he has to prevent people from seeing McCain's message.
Windows, for all it's warts, allowed almost everyone access to the world of computers.
What you fail to understand is that, without Windows, something else would have filled the void. Progress in personal computers would not have stopped if Windows weren't around. Indeed, Microsoft was so concerned about monopoly maintenance, that innovation in the PC industry suffered. Progress might have been faster without Bill Gates' presence.
Windows did a fantastic job of getting the PC into the lives of average people.
Windows did a fantastic job of stifling innovation in the PC industry. Imagine how much more reliable and diverse computers would have been if Microsoft had not prevented innovation from occuring? Microsoft was more concerned about monopoly maintenance than innovation.
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While blaming the world's problems on the iPhone certainly appears to be the norm nowadays, this one is a red herring. Blame the cellular industry. File a complaint with the FTC (US) about the bait and switch tactics in use.
I did not say to drop permissions or privilege levels, I agree that they are a good thing. Windows XP and Windows 2000 have permissions and privilege levels, that's not new with Windows Vista. UAC is the annoying pop-ups that encourage users to try to bypass the user permissions and privilege levels.
Mac OS-X has user permissions and privilege levels also, but it does not have the annoying UAC popups. It is a far-better designed user interface.
2) UAC
3) DRM
4) excessive bloating
5) DRM
I use OpenBSD for the router duties of my network. I reboot it once a year, when I install a new version of OpenBSD. If you have to reboot your router more frequently, it may be the symptom of a deeper problem.
Bad ideas like this one seem to have a life if their own in marketing departments.
Of course, that's not saying much.....
A lot of malware is also installed as part of a package that the user freely agrees to install, or agrees to do, e.g., click here to see this pron. The user does not know the full payload being delivered and is an unwilling dupe, just like with AVG's new malware feature.
The more I think about it to discuss this with you, the more I am convinced that the AVG is building a malware DDoS botnet.
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And this differs from malware, how?
AVG's botnet is currently 20 million strong and growing. If AVG can do this type of DDoS against websites, what is to stop any other malicious entity from doing the same?
What is the writer trying to illustrate? it is not even an apples to oranges comparison. More like apples to spare tires comparison.
btw, I intentionally said "had" because that credit card was shut off over a year ago. While they may still have the information, it is useless.
Why thank-you. :)
I really wish that one keyboard vendor would take a stand, and move that CapsLock key to a more remote part of the keyboard. It is rarely used, and often accidentally hit.
With this recent disclosure, I can no longer trust them. In my opinion, unethical is not a strong enough word to describe the act being reported.
On the North Pole web cam.
Most cars weigh much less than 4000 pounds. The average car weight is around 3000 pounds.
Does anyone see the lack of planning that resulted in the placement of a major data center in the thunderstorm and lightning-strike capitol of the world?
That means about one-third of the non-computing students think IT is exciting.
Nothing to see here, move along....
Which means we'd live longer and drive more.
Oh well, scratch that idea....
How much gas would we save each year if the US met those Japanese guidelines for obesity?
How much lower would our food costs be if we Amercians didn't overeat as much as we do?
Lose weight, prevent a recession!
What a bone-headed thing to do. Like the other thread a bit earlier about google-bombing McCain, trying to suppress information rarely works, and often backfires.
Nor can you take that nothing would fill the void as a certainty. Indeed, most of your argument is based upon everything else acting as if Windows were still around. That's a false premise as it is negated by the opening hypothesis, i.e., that Windows was not present. So your entire argument is based upon something that doesn't exist.
I guess I have more faith in the American ingenuity than you, and that I believe there would be a real innovator (not a fake one like Bill Gates) to fill the void were Bill Gates not handed the gift from IBM.
Microsoft really was in a somewhat unique place to do what they did
That's true. They instituted the illegal per-processor licensing scheme to build and fortify their monopoly. It's all in the court transcripts, read it there if you'd like to learn more.
So he thinks that McCain's information is so powerfully correct that the only way to beat it is by the suppression of it.
I am of the view that the only way to fight bad information is to use better information. He is admitting that his message is worse than McCain's, therefore he has to prevent people from seeing McCain's message.
Yeah, that'll work....
What you fail to understand is that, without Windows, something else would have filled the void. Progress in personal computers would not have stopped if Windows weren't around. Indeed, Microsoft was so concerned about monopoly maintenance, that innovation in the PC industry suffered. Progress might have been faster without Bill Gates' presence.
Windows did a fantastic job of stifling innovation in the PC industry. Imagine how much more reliable and diverse computers would have been if Microsoft had not prevented innovation from occuring? Microsoft was more concerned about monopoly maintenance than innovation.