This "opt-out" strategy is not unique to Microsoft. Our holier than thou Google does the same thing with their toolbar. Adobe does it with their reader software and !GASP! until recently Apple tried the same thing by making it rather difficult to find their Quicktime standalone installer void of iTunes. So to bash Microsoft alone on this is unfair. It annoys me too but I am shocked that any person reading Slashdot just blindly accepts program defaults when installing software.
I did as you mentioned above. I had read about the bannings for the HD checksums. Fortunately I was able to find a felow that modded Xbox's for a private school with no broadband access. He would extract the EEPROM from somewhere (over my head) and "lend" it to others on the internet. The transaction was based solely on the faith that the particular xbox the EEPROM was extracted from would never be connected to the internet. Anyway, it worked for me and to this date I haven't had any problems. This isn't terribly difficult with the right research...I consider myself pretty technically competent but I'm no programmer or code junkie. I do networks and desktop support. Fun stuff though!!
Informative?...Are you fucking kidding me! What ass hat moderator did this shit. Do us a favor and shoot yourself. Also, take the time to read the moderator guidelines. I understand it's not law but not adhearing to those guidelines ruins part of what makes Slashdot so great. Can someone with points please mod the parent properly.
Personally one of the major shortcomings with the PS3 is the fact that they've used the same controller (the layout at least) on their last three systems. It's nice they've added "triggers" but from what I've read they are awkward to use. The motion sensing seems like an afterthought to me. I used to love Sony's controller but as games started adopting the analog sticks the flaw in the Sony design began to show itself. Their placement makes it difficult to accurately and quickly transistion from left to right. You have to "extend" your thumb to make this motion (very important in driving games especially). With the 360 controller and the old S model, the left to right action is better aligned with your thumbs range of mobility. Rather than "extending" your thumb you simply move it left and right. I noticed this when I made the switch from Gran Turismo 4 to PGR. I loathed the analog on GT4 because I couldn't input fast enough. When I picked up the XBOX it just worked.
Sony's controllers now feel very awkward when placed in my hands almost to the point of making me now invest in a PS3. No one uses the D-pad anymore, save for some fighting games, as their primary. Move the analog to a more natural position.
Funny, I had a buddy mention this exact thing the other day when I tried a racing game on my computer with the 360 controller. He mentioned he could never use the analogs with GT4 but never fully understood why.
Bottom line...it seem's rather lazy and short-sighted IMO to have been so stagnant with the controller. I know, I've thought about this too much but it just baffles me.
I admit I was a little out of my comfort zone...I don't know much about the process of writing software. I am a net admin/helpdesk *professional* sarcasm though.
When I used Firefox a couple years ago I never really botherd with the extensions much.
As far as the extension issue, it just seems to always come up at some point or another in any discussion related to new releases, thats all.
Your comment sounds funny considering this is RC3. On a different note, I was just serious anyway, doesn't it bug you guys/gals that your extensions are always breaking? Just use Opera, it does a lot of things by default that require extensions in Firefox (mouse gestures!). I'm not saying it's better than Firefox but I think people would really learn to like it if they gave it some time (I know, the interface is a bit wacky and things are hard to find at first but those growing pains go away quickly).
Is it not in the apps best interest to be used and tested by as many people as possible BEFORE it goes final? With that said, I don't pay any god damned attention to Mozilla's website. Nor do I visit any other technical forums. So I appreciate it. Just becuase YOU don't care doesn't make it meaningless news.
Well obviously. Heres an analogy to the GP's comment about AMD being able to "capitalize" for the ones having a hard time understanding.
Dick and Bob are up for the same promotion. Dick is obviously more qualified so he gets the job. Now...rather than Bob trying to prove himself and perform to the proper level so he can replace Dick, Bob waits for Dick's boss to find out about all the porn on Dick's computer. In both scenarios Bob ultimately gets the job but which way is ultimately better for the company?
I was not trying to imply that competition is bad. The GP had hopes that AMD would capitalize on Intel's misfortunes, not with a better product but merely riding a wave of bad Intel news.
Hope AMD can capitalize on what...getting away with an inferior product. Spoken like a true fanboy. Right now Intel has the better product and that won't change if a lawsuit is smacked down on them. Whether or not they had shady business deals is seperate from the fact that the consumer would be better in picking an Intel product. I may be a bit trollish here but your comment isn't insightful...it's the cry of a sad, sad AMD fanboy who doesn't want to see the big bad Intel back on top. AMD can capitalize on whatever it wants once it has a better chip.
I can't wait for this one to come out! I feel it's a great bridge between your home computer and your portable life. I was initially interested in a UMPC but I realized I didn't need all the features and added cost...>$1000. The only reason I considered a UMPC over a video iPod was for occasional internet access. With the 604 Wifi I get everything I wanted in a smaller, lighter, more power efficient product. I just wish they would announce a release date and offer it with a larger hard drive.
I do like the iPod's size but my primary use would be in the car or visiting a friends house, or my bedroom for that matter (much lighter than a laptop). I guess if you were walking around a campus or just plain need something that will comfortably fit in your pocket the iPod or similar product is for you.
...He is either lying or has a hard problem keeping sensitive things to himself. They (the DoD) wouldn't release classified information like that to a potential employee.
I used to think like you but now I see I was wrong. Company's who offer long warranties do so, primarily, because they believe their product is good enough to last that long. That's why most electronics come with a 90 day warranty...they don't have faith in the product and don't want to be financially liable to replace the product in a year or two or three, etc. If Seagate is offering a 5 year warranty that shows me they have the confidence that their device will last beyond that five years. Or, it could be a clever marketing ploy and I'm dumb. I think it's a sad state the electronics industry is in when the average warranty length is only 90 days. Could you imagine if other complex items came with such a short warranty...cars for example. Having a long warranty often implies a quality product and a company willing to stand behind you. I've blowtorched and bent a SnapOn* tool once to get into a tight spot in my engine bay. I went to my Dad's shop the next time the SnapOn guy was there, handed him my bent tool and he provided me a new one, no questions asked. That is service! It's also the type of service that will have me continue shopping with SnapOn for the rest of my tool needs.
*You get what you pay for I suppose. SnapOn is damn expensive and often times the cost of the tool doesn't outweigh the benefit I will get. For those tools I buy Craftsmen or Huskey, both available in B&M stores and come with a lifetime warranty.
Here are a few off the top of my head...
- explosion of the cellphone, wireless in general I guess, allowing people and business to stay connected 24/7 everywhere (good or bad depending on how you look at it)
- GPS
- nanotech
- cloning
- lasik eye surgery (one of the greatest inventions in the world if you previously had poor eyesight)
- global finance
- advances in manufacturing materials (polymers, alloys, etc.)
- You seem to ignore the internet as a whole. While the bits and pieces examined by themselves are not technological breakthroughs, the system as a whole has COMPLETELY changed the way in which our world communicates and does business. To ignore the impact it has had is shortsighted.
- the Patriot missle system
- Wordstar...you included a damn word processor on your freaking list!! I understand it was popular at the time but come on man! I believe all the medical breakthroughs in the last 10-15 years trumps that silly word processor. Oh that's right, you live inside a small bubble consisting of space and computers. Nothing EVER happens outside of those two subjects.
Well...I was in the same position but I decided to *gasp* click the linky. WAAM!! Right there at the top of the page (I didn't even have to move my mouse!) was an explanation of the product. I understand they could have explained it a bit better in the summary but the time it took you to write your little bitch session you could have read most of the review. Waa waa waa, my finger hurts...I can't click the linky. Besides, the title does have the words "KEYBOARD" and "OLED" in it which kinda gives me an idea of what the article was about. You do know what a keyboard is, don't you?
You remind me of the people who come to my office asking a computer question then get mad when I tell them to send an email to the helpdesk. They say, "but it's just a real quick question, why can't you answer it now?", to which I say, "you could have saved yourself the energy and probably had an answer quicker if you had sent the email in the first place."
I'm splitting hairs here (it's not that big a deal) but it was rather original since this project "Easy Gate" is new. Aside from that I haven't heard an original poke at the French in a while.
Bahumbug! As an American I am able to laugh at jokes using American stereotypes. They're natural and unless used in an insulting or deragatory manner they're harmless. As others have noted it's...ironic, I guess?!?, taking history into consideration.
You must have read those "reviews" wrong. Just off the top of my head their new "imaging" method is very exciting to me. They claim that the HAL will be separated out and won't require you to maintain multiple images for different hardware architecture's. This alone will save me alot of time. Imaging a machine takes some time especially when it's mixed into your daily job requirements. Having only one image to maintain would be a god send. I'm sure there are more usefull features being introduced...not sure how much of this has already been implemented in Linux though.
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This "opt-out" strategy is not unique to Microsoft. Our holier than thou Google does the same thing with their toolbar. Adobe does it with their reader software and !GASP! until recently Apple tried the same thing by making it rather difficult to find their Quicktime standalone installer void of iTunes. So to bash Microsoft alone on this is unfair. It annoys me too but I am shocked that any person reading Slashdot just blindly accepts program defaults when installing software.
Pussy. ;-)
I did as you mentioned above. I had read about the bannings for the HD checksums. Fortunately I was able to find a felow that modded Xbox's for a private school with no broadband access. He would extract the EEPROM from somewhere (over my head) and "lend" it to others on the internet. The transaction was based solely on the faith that the particular xbox the EEPROM was extracted from would never be connected to the internet. Anyway, it worked for me and to this date I haven't had any problems. This isn't terribly difficult with the right research...I consider myself pretty technically competent but I'm no programmer or code junkie. I do networks and desktop support. Fun stuff though!!
Yes, except they call them "work camps" or half-way houses.
Informative?...Are you fucking kidding me! What ass hat moderator did this shit. Do us a favor and shoot yourself. Also, take the time to read the moderator guidelines. I understand it's not law but not adhearing to those guidelines ruins part of what makes Slashdot so great. Can someone with points please mod the parent properly.
Or jump for that matter. Sorry if I missed the sarcasm.
That word "meme" you speak of...I do not think it means what you think it means.
Sony's controllers now feel very awkward when placed in my hands almost to the point of making me now invest in a PS3. No one uses the D-pad anymore, save for some fighting games, as their primary. Move the analog to a more natural position.
Funny, I had a buddy mention this exact thing the other day when I tried a racing game on my computer with the 360 controller. He mentioned he could never use the analogs with GT4 but never fully understood why.
Bottom line...it seem's rather lazy and short-sighted IMO to have been so stagnant with the controller. I know, I've thought about this too much but it just baffles me.
All that cocaine must have cost you a fortune!!!
When I used Firefox a couple years ago I never really botherd with the extensions much.
As far as the extension issue, it just seems to always come up at some point or another in any discussion related to new releases, thats all.
Your comment sounds funny considering this is RC3. On a different note, I was just serious anyway, doesn't it bug you guys/gals that your extensions are always breaking? Just use Opera, it does a lot of things by default that require extensions in Firefox (mouse gestures!). I'm not saying it's better than Firefox but I think people would really learn to like it if they gave it some time (I know, the interface is a bit wacky and things are hard to find at first but those growing pains go away quickly).
EAT FRESH!!
Dick and Bob are up for the same promotion. Dick is obviously more qualified so he gets the job. Now...rather than Bob trying to prove himself and perform to the proper level so he can replace Dick, Bob waits for Dick's boss to find out about all the porn on Dick's computer. In both scenarios Bob ultimately gets the job but which way is ultimately better for the company?
I was not trying to imply that competition is bad. The GP had hopes that AMD would capitalize on Intel's misfortunes, not with a better product but merely riding a wave of bad Intel news.
Hope AMD can capitalize on what...getting away with an inferior product. Spoken like a true fanboy. Right now Intel has the better product and that won't change if a lawsuit is smacked down on them. Whether or not they had shady business deals is seperate from the fact that the consumer would be better in picking an Intel product. I may be a bit trollish here but your comment isn't insightful...it's the cry of a sad, sad AMD fanboy who doesn't want to see the big bad Intel back on top. AMD can capitalize on whatever it wants once it has a better chip.
I do like the iPod's size but my primary use would be in the car or visiting a friends house, or my bedroom for that matter (much lighter than a laptop). I guess if you were walking around a campus or just plain need something that will comfortably fit in your pocket the iPod or similar product is for you.
...He is either lying or has a hard problem keeping sensitive things to himself. They (the DoD) wouldn't release classified information like that to a potential employee.
*You get what you pay for I suppose. SnapOn is damn expensive and often times the cost of the tool doesn't outweigh the benefit I will get. For those tools I buy Craftsmen or Huskey, both available in B&M stores and come with a lifetime warranty.
- GPS
- nanotech
- cloning
- lasik eye surgery (one of the greatest inventions in the world if you previously had poor eyesight)
- global finance
- advances in manufacturing materials (polymers, alloys, etc.)
- You seem to ignore the internet as a whole. While the bits and pieces examined by themselves are not technological breakthroughs, the system as a whole has COMPLETELY changed the way in which our world communicates and does business. To ignore the impact it has had is shortsighted.
- the Patriot missle system
- Wordstar...you included a damn word processor on your freaking list!! I understand it was popular at the time but come on man! I believe all the medical breakthroughs in the last 10-15 years trumps that silly word processor. Oh that's right, you live inside a small bubble consisting of space and computers. Nothing EVER happens outside of those two subjects.
You remind me of the people who come to my office asking a computer question then get mad when I tell them to send an email to the helpdesk. They say, "but it's just a real quick question, why can't you answer it now?", to which I say, "you could have saved yourself the energy and probably had an answer quicker if you had sent the email in the first place."
Sorry but I had to bust your balls on this one for the not-so-original idea.
I'm splitting hairs here (it's not that big a deal) but it was rather original since this project "Easy Gate" is new. Aside from that I haven't heard an original poke at the French in a while.
Bahumbug! As an American I am able to laugh at jokes using American stereotypes. They're natural and unless used in an insulting or deragatory manner they're harmless. As others have noted it's...ironic, I guess?!?, taking history into consideration.
HUH!!!
You must have read those "reviews" wrong. Just off the top of my head their new "imaging" method is very exciting to me. They claim that the HAL will be separated out and won't require you to maintain multiple images for different hardware architecture's. This alone will save me alot of time. Imaging a machine takes some time especially when it's mixed into your daily job requirements. Having only one image to maintain would be a god send. I'm sure there are more usefull features being introduced...not sure how much of this has already been implemented in Linux though.