Your examples suck. The page you get from Comcast (or whoever) is the same as getting the busy signal/number not found. They're also irrelevant for mail delivery, as last time I checked, mail wasn't sent via HTTP.
Sounds like a crappy VPN client to me. Your VPN should always check internal first, THEN external DNS servers. Doing it the other way around is backwards. HOSTS files --> Internal DNS --> External DNS or Narrow scope --> Broad scope.
Ugh...that is one thing that bothered me quite a bit when using Linux...every app is either Kxxxxx or Gxxxxx, and you have to install all the libraries for both desktop environments to run them. Then, you have to manage two different sets of themes so that everything doesn't look like crap.
"It's well past Windows in terms of usability and elegance." Oh ho ho, that's a good one. I just got done with a three year fling with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, and Windows 7 brought me back. It was a combination of non-suck and being able to use the software that I wanted without having to mess around with WINE all the time. Oh, and the whole Mono debate enlightened me as to how ridiculous OSS ideologues can be. It's hard to hang out with people (and Linux is a community thing) that always think that they are being persecuted by Microsoft or Apple or whoever.
"Just because the city contracts me to redesign their sewers doesn't mean they dictate what will be run on my office machines" Yes, they can if you want to do business with them. If you don't like the rules, don't take the job. That said, it would be stupid of someone to not accept a contract over something like P2P apps.
He didn't make an offer. Saying "I'll give a million dollars for someone to prove me wrong" is not an offer, it's a statement of how certain he was that he was correct. Why do people check their brains at the door over this kind of stuff?
No, it was a figure of speech to say how impossible he thought it was. Most people correctly would understand that that was all he meant. This retard kid's case will rightly get tossed out of court.
He's not going to need to argue much of anything to get out of the million dollar deal. It was obvious to anyone that he wasn't being serious. To say something like "I'd give a million dollars for a glass of water" when you're thirsty would not mean that you had to give someone a million dollars if they brought you water, as it would be obvious that you were simply saying how thirsty you were. The same goes for this case.
Grandstanding does not an enforceable contract make. No reasonable person would have thought he would actually pay someone a million dollars, and the reasonable person standard is what will be used in this case.
No, that's not how it works. He was obviously not being serious in his offer, and this case will get tossed out of court. Just because someone says something like that doesn't mean it's an enforceable contract. It's obvious that he was stating his opinion as to the ability of one to make the trip in the allotted time, not offering anyone a million dollars.
Do you mean to say that Microsoft has a monopoly on determining which programs to ship with their own OS? Dear. God. THere are other things that MS can get smacked for, but the browser thing is simply stupid all around.
WHy the hell should a user have to download anything? "Oh here, take this shitty, stripped web browser because the producers of a relatively obscure browser called Opera had a hissy fit in front of the EU." IE7 and IE8 are great browsers...and I don't see why MS should be forced to stop shipping it just because some other companies decided to make their own.
"At this point, the Bay founders probably realise just how much the entire justice system was railed against them. With the media industries monetary, political and personal connections being able to exert such heavy influence on the Swedish justice system, they never had a ghost of a chance and now they know it."
The fact that they, and the people using their site, were breaking the law probably had nothing to do with it, right?
Google House View. This would be a map of the interior of people's houses made by people wearing backpacks with cameras mounted on top. This will be part of the new Google search that will help you locate items in your home. Google "where are my keys" and get back "Your keys are on the dresser." with a map pointing to your dresser.
How does baseless nonsense like this get modded up?
The DRM in Windows ONLY ONLY ONLY works with DRM'd media. It doesn't check shit unless you're playing media that is DRM'd. It's not going to do anything to your own videos, your mp3s, Youtube, etc. Just DVD's and downloads that are protected by DRM.
I'll wager that once Windows 7 is released, we never see a discussion about "Windows 7 Starter Edition" because you're not going to be able to find a machine in the US/Europe that has it installed.
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Your examples suck. The page you get from Comcast (or whoever) is the same as getting the busy signal/number not found. They're also irrelevant for mail delivery, as last time I checked, mail wasn't sent via HTTP.
Sounds like a crappy VPN client to me. Your VPN should always check internal first, THEN external DNS servers. Doing it the other way around is backwards. HOSTS files --> Internal DNS --> External DNS or Narrow scope --> Broad scope.
Ugh...that is one thing that bothered me quite a bit when using Linux...every app is either Kxxxxx or Gxxxxx, and you have to install all the libraries for both desktop environments to run them. Then, you have to manage two different sets of themes so that everything doesn't look like crap.
"It's well past Windows in terms of usability and elegance." Oh ho ho, that's a good one. I just got done with a three year fling with Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, and Windows 7 brought me back. It was a combination of non-suck and being able to use the software that I wanted without having to mess around with WINE all the time. Oh, and the whole Mono debate enlightened me as to how ridiculous OSS ideologues can be. It's hard to hang out with people (and Linux is a community thing) that always think that they are being persecuted by Microsoft or Apple or whoever.
"Just because the city contracts me to redesign their sewers doesn't mean they dictate what will be run on my office machines" Yes, they can if you want to do business with them. If you don't like the rules, don't take the job. That said, it would be stupid of someone to not accept a contract over something like P2P apps.
Hey, at least you have culture! /American
It might be more than a little suspicious if authors were getting murdered right before the announcements of movies based on their writing.
He didn't make an offer. Saying "I'll give a million dollars for someone to prove me wrong" is not an offer, it's a statement of how certain he was that he was correct. Why do people check their brains at the door over this kind of stuff?
No, it was a figure of speech to say how impossible he thought it was. Most people correctly would understand that that was all he meant. This retard kid's case will rightly get tossed out of court.
He's not going to need to argue much of anything to get out of the million dollar deal. It was obvious to anyone that he wasn't being serious. To say something like "I'd give a million dollars for a glass of water" when you're thirsty would not mean that you had to give someone a million dollars if they brought you water, as it would be obvious that you were simply saying how thirsty you were. The same goes for this case.
Grandstanding does not an enforceable contract make. No reasonable person would have thought he would actually pay someone a million dollars, and the reasonable person standard is what will be used in this case.
No, that's not how it works. He was obviously not being serious in his offer, and this case will get tossed out of court. Just because someone says something like that doesn't mean it's an enforceable contract. It's obvious that he was stating his opinion as to the ability of one to make the trip in the allotted time, not offering anyone a million dollars.
Do you mean to say that Microsoft has a monopoly on determining which programs to ship with their own OS? Dear. God. THere are other things that MS can get smacked for, but the browser thing is simply stupid all around.
WHy the hell should a user have to download anything? "Oh here, take this shitty, stripped web browser because the producers of a relatively obscure browser called Opera had a hissy fit in front of the EU." IE7 and IE8 are great browsers...and I don't see why MS should be forced to stop shipping it just because some other companies decided to make their own.
Most desktop users don't need them, so your point is actually not a point.
In South Korea, virus writes U!
If (relatively inexpensive) safety measures put a company out of business, then they had no business being in business.
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They don't need to worry about laws in other countries. They need to be concerned about Swedish law.
"At this point, the Bay founders probably realise just how much the entire justice system was railed against them. With the media industries monetary, political and personal connections being able to exert such heavy influence on the Swedish justice system, they never had a ghost of a chance and now they know it." The fact that they, and the people using their site, were breaking the law probably had nothing to do with it, right?
Google House View. This would be a map of the interior of people's houses made by people wearing backpacks with cameras mounted on top. This will be part of the new Google search that will help you locate items in your home. Google "where are my keys" and get back "Your keys are on the dresser." with a map pointing to your dresser.
Email it to various media contacts and let them take care of it. If it's as inflammatory as you claim, they should pick it up and run with it.
>How many "data files" will it make that are Windows 7 only, making return to XP impossible? None.
How does baseless nonsense like this get modded up? The DRM in Windows ONLY ONLY ONLY works with DRM'd media. It doesn't check shit unless you're playing media that is DRM'd. It's not going to do anything to your own videos, your mp3s, Youtube, etc. Just DVD's and downloads that are protected by DRM.
I'll wager that once Windows 7 is released, we never see a discussion about "Windows 7 Starter Edition" because you're not going to be able to find a machine in the US/Europe that has it installed.