Windows PC and therefore nothing was really all that smooth
When we had RoadRunner hook up our cable internet here in the appartment, it was as simple as hooking up an Ethernet cable to the NIC on the computer. Later we purchased a wireless router so we could keep miho-san in the bedroom. Didn't need any more software, didn't even need to configure PPPoE like I did in PA. It was assigned an IP and off we went. What OS was I running? Oh, right, Windows XP. Hell, Knoppix and OS 10.1 worked fine too. This is how you say, ah yes, a non-argument.
Then, something happened.
Something sinister, something involving tentacles and Japanese animation...
Something swarmed her...
See?
computer the instant
Oh.
McAfee AntiVirus protection for $39.95?
It sounds as if this fellow's so horribly inept that it'd be a grand starting place, sure.
Are you using a PC? You probably have spyware
Hrm...
Why the hell do people put up with this?
The same way anyone deals with anything. Those that're too stupid to learn how to effectively deal with a problem either cope and are unhappy or pay someone more intelligent than themselves (in that area, at least) to fix it for them. Of course, the truly cunning read, comprehend and understand a problem based upon the scientific method (remember that lovely practice that they taught you in elementary school? No? That somehow doesn't surprise me...) and break it down into its baser parts, develop a hypothesis and perform experimentation. Do it once, figure out how everything works together, never worry about it again.
Why is there not a huge contingent of furious users
See my above statement.
stomping up to Seattle with torches and scythes
Microsoft is in Redmond (as is Nintendo of America, believe it or not). A suburb makes not a city-center, despite what the yuppies there might want to believe.
consumers would scream bloody murder and demand their money back and there would be some sort of investigation, class-action litigation, a demand for Bill Gates' cute little geeky head on a platter.
Yeah, it probably has something to do with the fact that you realize, on some level or another, that Billy G has made you his bitch, Minnie Can't-Driver. Good for him. There's a lot of negative things I could say about William H. Gates III, but his ability to get money from idiots is unparalleled. Bravo, friend.
Yay yay new car.
Nothing technical here, but who in the hell writes like this and considers themselves a professional?
that's they way they all run.
Odd, as you've already seen, my system (my Windows XP system) doesn't have spyware. Nor does hinkypunk, my girlfriend's laptop. Nor does the G3 I own that runs OS X. Nor does the Linux partition on my main computer. Sorry there, sport, but generalizations like 'all' are far from the truth. Don't want spyware/adware/Trojans? Learn to use XP correctly. Use a different OS. Or use a different computer altogether. Hell, those Mini Macs look pretty keen, and they're (relatively) cheap, no? "But I can't use Kazaa or SuperCrapoTimeSetter or PornWatcher5000!" you say. Tough. The only P2P application is BitTorrent, and it has clients for practically every OS out there. Those other apps? Fuck 'em. In a lot of cases there are alternatives that work just as well or better or, in some cases, have versions made by the same company. Photoshop, Office, these are the kind of applications people really need/can't live without, and they're easily available i
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When we had RoadRunner hook up our cable internet here in the appartment, it was as simple as hooking up an Ethernet cable to the NIC on the computer. Later we purchased a wireless router so we could keep miho-san in the bedroom. Didn't need any more software, didn't even need to configure PPPoE like I did in PA. It was assigned an IP and off we went. What OS was I running? Oh, right, Windows XP. Hell, Knoppix and OS 10.1 worked fine too. This is how you say, ah yes, a non-argument.
Something sinister, something involving tentacles and Japanese animation...
See?
Oh.
It sounds as if this fellow's so horribly inept that it'd be a grand starting place, sure.
Hrm...
The same way anyone deals with anything. Those that're too stupid to learn how to effectively deal with a problem either cope and are unhappy or pay someone more intelligent than themselves (in that area, at least) to fix it for them. Of course, the truly cunning read, comprehend and understand a problem based upon the scientific method (remember that lovely practice that they taught you in elementary school? No? That somehow doesn't surprise me...) and break it down into its baser parts, develop a hypothesis and perform experimentation. Do it once, figure out how everything works together, never worry about it again.
See my above statement.
Microsoft is in Redmond (as is Nintendo of America, believe it or not). A suburb makes not a city-center, despite what the yuppies there might want to believe.
Yeah, it probably has something to do with the fact that you realize, on some level or another, that Billy G has made you his bitch, Minnie Can't-Driver. Good for him. There's a lot of negative things I could say about William H. Gates III, but his ability to get money from idiots is unparalleled. Bravo, friend.
Nothing technical here, but who in the hell writes like this and considers themselves a professional?
Odd, as you've already seen, my system (my Windows XP system) doesn't have spyware. Nor does hinkypunk, my girlfriend's laptop. Nor does the G3 I own that runs OS X. Nor does the Linux partition on my main computer. Sorry there, sport, but generalizations like 'all' are far from the truth. Don't want spyware/adware/Trojans? Learn to use XP correctly. Use a different OS. Or use a different computer altogether. Hell, those Mini Macs look pretty keen, and they're (relatively) cheap, no? "But I can't use Kazaa or SuperCrapoTimeSetter or PornWatcher5000!" you say. Tough. The only P2P application is BitTorrent, and it has clients for practically every OS out there. Those other apps? Fuck 'em. In a lot of cases there are alternatives that work just as well or better or, in some cases, have versions made by the same company. Photoshop, Office, these are the kind of applications people really need/can't live without, and they're easily available i