"If she is talking to me about something 'really important', like shopping, holidays, TV or hair and my brain doesn't agree how important it is I simply don't hear what she's saying. What worse is that she has a typical female ability to multiplex two or more streams of information, one of which might actually be important. This has lead to all sorts of arguments."
Would anybody ask..."Does this affect anyone else?"
The amazing thing about all this DRM hardware is the assumption that it will be all you are able to buy.
While the people who manufacture most of this hardware, will be quite happy to sell crazy cripple-ware into the US market, there is no way that they will try and foist it on the Asian market, and probally not onto the Euro market, as people will not buy it.
Slashdotter's will also have no issues with importing and installing proper hardware for their personal and families use.
Asian manufacuters will make what people want to buy, and will maintain their healthy disregard to trying to enforce an outdated business model by technological means.
Wait for it:
The moment it is released, all the little MS Press Drones will start to sing the praises of this wonderful new innovation, brought to you buy the wonderful people at Microsoft, the fact that we (Proper browser users) have been using this excellent interface for years now, will some how be not be newsworthy
Compare: Win 95 a.k.a. Mac 88
Telstra-Clear are in the same boat: reselling a horribly expensive product. I've worked for both these companies, Telecom was better, as I got free 2 MB unlimited broadband, and you didn't have to worry too much about your annual bonus, as they do predict their profits at the begining of the year, and adjust their price accordingly.
Leaving the local loop with a privatised telco, is STILL a monolopy.
I've always found it interesting that management put so much store in support, when what they are paying for is usually an Indian, who will sound enthausiastic, but in reality is just following the scripts.
If it's an issue that a competent admin can't resolve, there is very little chance that the "support" will resove anything without you having to repeat yourself (and wait) endlessly as the fault gets escalated through various layers of support.
Typing the error message into google may be a faster and more effective solution.
The NZ goverment is very differnet from the Oz goverment ( both in structure, and currently ideology, they signed up for a free trade deal with China...a proper free trade deal, all to do with bying and selling, as opposed to enforcing your outdated business models on a reluctant product.
The OZ-US "Free trade" deal is anything but.
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I'm in London, you insensitive clod...
Click on the Blue E.
And I was going to Mod it up and all Well spotted previous Mods...
Imagine such a thing. I think highly of the man, and admire his dedication, but when did we ever hear of Stallman being pleased.
Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hairstyle.
"If she is talking to me about something 'really important', like shopping, holidays, TV or hair and my brain doesn't agree how important it is I simply don't hear what she's saying. What worse is that she has a typical female ability to multiplex two or more streams of information, one of which might actually be important. This has lead to all sorts of arguments."
Would anybody ask..."Does this affect anyone else?"
Only every man who has ever HAD a girlfriend.
While the people who manufacture most of this hardware, will be quite happy to sell crazy cripple-ware into the US market, there is no way that they will try and foist it on the Asian market, and probally not onto the Euro market, as people will not buy it.
Slashdotter's will also have no issues with importing and installing proper hardware for their personal and families use.
Asian manufacuters will make what people want to buy, and will maintain their healthy disregard to trying to enforce an outdated business model by technological means.
Someone needs to explain U.S. != World
These people so don't get it !
Wait for it: The moment it is released, all the little MS Press Drones will start to sing the praises of this wonderful new innovation, brought to you buy the wonderful people at Microsoft, the fact that we (Proper browser users) have been using this excellent interface for years now, will some how be not be newsworthy Compare: Win 95 a.k.a. Mac 88
as +10 funny.....
They were not the films you were looking for....
Telstra-Clear are in the same boat: reselling a horribly expensive product. I've worked for both these companies, Telecom was better, as I got free 2 MB unlimited broadband, and you didn't have to worry too much about your annual bonus, as they do predict their profits at the begining of the year, and adjust their price accordingly. Leaving the local loop with a privatised telco, is STILL a monolopy.
Luxury.......we had to make our own bits out of pieces of gravel we had left over from dinner.
But I actually need to know about this....I have the good fortune to admin no copies of IE.
I've always found it interesting that management put so much store in support, when what they are paying for is usually an Indian, who will sound enthausiastic, but in reality is just following the scripts. If it's an issue that a competent admin can't resolve, there is very little chance that the "support" will resove anything without you having to repeat yourself (and wait) endlessly as the fault gets escalated through various layers of support. Typing the error message into google may be a faster and more effective solution.
Reluctant populace......
The NZ goverment is very differnet from the Oz goverment ( both in structure, and currently ideology, they signed up for a free trade deal with China...a proper free trade deal, all to do with bying and selling, as opposed to enforcing your outdated business models on a reluctant product. The OZ-US "Free trade" deal is anything but.
About that sig..... Yoda not Spock star WARS....not star Trek.....
Slashdot....You have failed me for the last time.. Start cool distance strangling powers......
It may be amusing..but what does it have to do with the bone in my upper arm ?