Its not infringing on others rights and its not a national security problem... therefore why should any of it be regulated? Why should anyone decide what is appropriate for kids except for the legal parents and guardians?
I mean im all for giving the PARENTS more ability to disable certain programming-- but having the government mandate what is okay for everyone? I know of lots of governments that were famous for these kind of steps in the past (though they were more extreme)-- still i dont believe they were called democracies.
Im sorry, freedom of speech should not be an option when it comes to media and public airwaves.
I happen to be in a leadership position at a radio station, and i have to say the FCC is just an unnecessary pain in the ass and an infringement on our constitutional rights. Its the very 1st ammendment for a reason.
As much as i wanna make a crack about this, it makes sense. Probably a good thing to hire someone who is familiar with the mistakes Microsoft makes and can help make sure that Mozilla doesnt duplicate them. Aside from this he also probably has a lot of knowledge about exploits in a Windows environment.
they are just cutting costs-- i mean do you know how much it costs to set up and maintain a illegal webpage these days!? its highway robbery! Not to mention how it keeps getting shut down, its really a big hassle.
who cares whether they have actually won or not. The important thing is i can go back to downloading my hilary duff album... right? I mean am i right people!?
ill be trusting a company (and forking out more dough) for security fix software from the same company that released the unsecure software in the first place?
I agree with this author 100%. the reason i switched to a shuffle was because of the crap software.
However you are not forced to use Sonic Stage, you can also use Real One. But honestly, when Real One is the better alternative, you know you have a problem.
I want vista because the GUI is better and honestly the sourcecode probably wouldnt be any more buggy or exploitable than XP. I like it because the GUI is more and smooth and consistant -- The only think XP's GUI is, is Fisher Price.
wow. what is going in the minds of MS execs heads? dont they realize they are quickly losing ground, prestige and time to open source and apple?
just wow.
i mean how long does it take to quickly put together some new code for the same functions, a brand spanking new GUI and lots of "cool" new "features"?... no seriously im asking, i figure microsoft has some experience with this question./honest frustation
why...? they just launched a bunch of new XPS systems and have an expensive marketting plan for them -- why while doing that do they buy a product line that cannibalizes it?
As far as the prestige of aleinware line being lost -- most tech savvy users are aware you can build the same for half the price. They dont have much prestige except among those less technical semi-geeks and im guessing they arnt the ones reading slashdot and so would never know about this sale. But who knows.
its short sighted...
1. Name one microsoft product with rock solid security and regular updates to keep it such (5 patches a week to XP is not an example of good security even if it does meet the update part). So microsoft can say they are getting tough on security and you need not worry all they want-- like when they said XP and then SP2 would fix things... oh and like they said the soon to be released IE7 would fix things... yeah im still waiting.
2. Most of the best anti-spyware stuff out there is already free and make money off pro versions and donations (Adaware, spybot, crapcleaner)
3. The only spyware companies that might go out of business are the ones like webroot that get sold at best buy by their associates -- because rather than saying "you need to buy this other product for security too" it makes more sense and is easier from a sales stand point to just say "this computer comes with vista and it has super fantastic anti-spyware software included" see reason 1 for why free spyware programs wont go out of business.
suprise people that its not really 2x faster? oh my! could this mean that the new power--errr-- macbook pro isnt 5x faster? oh course.
Companies are always hyping their new stuff as 2x, 3x or 10x faster than the old. Its never true. They are always referring to specific benchtests in speicific environments concerning specific variables... But it makes more marketting sense to say "look at this benchmark its 3x faster" rather than "in certain benchmarks concerning variable X its 3x faster, in all others its.3x faster". SATA is a great example, they hype it as having 150mbps as compared to ATA which tapped out at 133. The truth is the harddrives cant handle 150 let alone 133 transfer rates, so it doesnt really matter either way -- still companies like to say now with the faster SATA. Its called marketting... or lying... i forget = )
Another Networking Flaw? Dam, i mean the first 74 were completely predictable, but i have to say this one caught me completely off guard. You win this round malicious hackers *shakes fist into air*.
but by this standard why bother making it for windows either... i mean nobody buys windows for all the great apps you get (because you dont really get any) -- and i dont see how it was making them money seeing as how they have no music store or anything. Besides companies like HP have been bundling things like musicmatch, itunes/quicktime and rhapsody. WMP cant even defaultly play half the media thats out there without codecs. No, i think the reason was less about money (which also may have been a role though) and more about that no one on the mac used it.. i tried to download it once and it never worked (i think it was giving me an old OS9 "executible" ). I personally use VLC which is typically what i find on apple based machines. Still i agree Apple should natively have software (preinstalled) that can play a freaking.avi file.
Possible presidential run? You nuts? You realize Pataki has never won a majority in New York. Are you also aware that his approval rating is in the low 30's. Not to mention the guy supports abortion, not really a guy "value voters" can get behind. Not to mention part of the reason behind his recent more moderate actions is because he will be thrown out of office soon (almost certainly replaced by Spitzer, who has an approval rating in the low 70's). As a Moderate Upstate New Yorker, my vote will be going for Spitzer... so maybe your right about the presidential thing afterall, because he will definately be looking for a new job.
no, amazon needs to focus on getting me my dam shaving lotion!!
seriously... my face is starting to hurt =(... i should probably write a customer review about amaz-- oh dam!
true. and then you turn on the little 200k program that records what is playing through your sound card and release the song as a torrent... the RIAA still fails, and they look like even bigger and more hated bastards in the process. What part of downloads increase CD sales dont they understand? Just give up Riaa, or encourage a tax on cd-rs like in Canada.
1 leader of a muslin group (centered in the free world) does not speak for the arab street in the middle east... you know where things are blowing up and America and the west are condemned daily.
It wouldnt be hard to find 10 quotes claiming death to the West or death to israel or the american occupiers (which we are by the way) -- except they would be from religious leaders IN the middle east, where it actually matters what they say. No one in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan or Suadi Arabia is listening to a North American Muslim counsil, im sorry.
luckily this will be easy to reverse engineer, followed by a change from:-) to |:-J... problem solved! wait is that a dunce cap... err... close enough.
why do i feel like the people running windows 95/98 and ME wont care to update their browsers? Oh thats right because their 89 year old women who are too busy knitting or sitting around wondering and complaining about how Netscape 3.2 wont connect to www.Kittens&KnittingEXTREME.com
"Is... is it safe to tuuurn yet?" -Your grandma in florida after waiting 5 minutes to take a right turn with little or no traffic
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Its not infringing on others rights and its not a national security problem... therefore why should any of it be regulated? Why should anyone decide what is appropriate for kids except for the legal parents and guardians? I mean im all for giving the PARENTS more ability to disable certain programming-- but having the government mandate what is okay for everyone? I know of lots of governments that were famous for these kind of steps in the past (though they were more extreme)-- still i dont believe they were called democracies. Im sorry, freedom of speech should not be an option when it comes to media and public airwaves. I happen to be in a leadership position at a radio station, and i have to say the FCC is just an unnecessary pain in the ass and an infringement on our constitutional rights. Its the very 1st ammendment for a reason.
As much as i wanna make a crack about this, it makes sense. Probably a good thing to hire someone who is familiar with the mistakes Microsoft makes and can help make sure that Mozilla doesnt duplicate them. Aside from this he also probably has a lot of knowledge about exploits in a Windows environment.
they are just cutting costs-- i mean do you know how much it costs to set up and maintain a illegal webpage these days!? its highway robbery! Not to mention how it keeps getting shut down, its really a big hassle.
convinced that i should install WGA that is... I mean, on top of having my OS turned off without it i wont be able to install SP4.
To Microsoft: Get Vista out the door and fix your bugs before you even think of trying to further punish your "customers".
take Ballmer with you.
who cares whether they have actually won or not. The important thing is i can go back to downloading my hilary duff album... right? I mean am i right people!?
*chirp*
*chirp*
just keep in mind your making it easier for magneto to get you to punch yourself in the face
ill be trusting a company (and forking out more dough) for security fix software from the same company that released the unsecure software in the first place?
Quite simply, they are nuts.
I agree with this author 100%. the reason i switched to a shuffle was because of the crap software.
However you are not forced to use Sonic Stage, you can also use Real One. But honestly, when Real One is the better alternative, you know you have a problem.
you still need javascript effects and music to pass as a 14 year olds myspace page.
I want vista because the GUI is better and honestly the sourcecode probably wouldnt be any more buggy or exploitable than XP. I like it because the GUI is more and smooth and consistant -- The only think XP's GUI is, is Fisher Price.
i think adobe should be concerned too...
wow. what is going in the minds of MS execs heads? dont they realize they are quickly losing ground, prestige and time to open source and apple?
... no seriously im asking, i figure microsoft has some experience with this question. /honest frustation
just wow.
i mean how long does it take to quickly put together some new code for the same functions, a brand spanking new GUI and lots of "cool" new "features"?
why...? they just launched a bunch of new XPS systems and have an expensive marketting plan for them -- why while doing that do they buy a product line that cannibalizes it?
As far as the prestige of aleinware line being lost -- most tech savvy users are aware you can build the same for half the price. They dont have much prestige except among those less technical semi-geeks and im guessing they arnt the ones reading slashdot and so would never know about this sale. But who knows.
its short sighted... 1. Name one microsoft product with rock solid security and regular updates to keep it such (5 patches a week to XP is not an example of good security even if it does meet the update part). So microsoft can say they are getting tough on security and you need not worry all they want-- like when they said XP and then SP2 would fix things ... oh and like they said the soon to be released IE7 would fix things... yeah im still waiting.
2. Most of the best anti-spyware stuff out there is already free and make money off pro versions and donations (Adaware, spybot, crapcleaner)
3. The only spyware companies that might go out of business are the ones like webroot that get sold at best buy by their associates -- because rather than saying "you need to buy this other product for security too" it makes more sense and is easier from a sales stand point to just say "this computer comes with vista and it has super fantastic anti-spyware software included" see reason 1 for why free spyware programs wont go out of business.
suprise people that its not really 2x faster? oh my! could this mean that the new power--errr-- macbook pro isnt 5x faster? oh course.
.3x faster". SATA is a great example, they hype it as having 150mbps as compared to ATA which tapped out at 133. The truth is the harddrives cant handle 150 let alone 133 transfer rates, so it doesnt really matter either way -- still companies like to say now with the faster SATA. Its called marketting ... or lying... i forget = )
Companies are always hyping their new stuff as 2x, 3x or 10x faster than the old. Its never true. They are always referring to specific benchtests in speicific environments concerning specific variables... But it makes more marketting sense to say "look at this benchmark its 3x faster" rather than "in certain benchmarks concerning variable X its 3x faster, in all others its
Another Networking Flaw? Dam, i mean the first 74 were completely predictable, but i have to say this one caught me completely off guard. You win this round malicious hackers *shakes fist into air*.
but by this standard why bother making it for windows either... i mean nobody buys windows for all the great apps you get (because you dont really get any) -- and i dont see how it was making them money seeing as how they have no music store or anything. Besides companies like HP have been bundling things like musicmatch, itunes/quicktime and rhapsody. WMP cant even defaultly play half the media thats out there without codecs. No, i think the reason was less about money (which also may have been a role though) and more about that no one on the mac used it.. i tried to download it once and it never worked (i think it was giving me an old OS9 "executible" ). I personally use VLC which is typically what i find on apple based machines. Still i agree Apple should natively have software (preinstalled) that can play a freaking .avi file.
Possible presidential run? You nuts? You realize Pataki has never won a majority in New York. Are you also aware that his approval rating is in the low 30's. Not to mention the guy supports abortion, not really a guy "value voters" can get behind. Not to mention part of the reason behind his recent more moderate actions is because he will be thrown out of office soon (almost certainly replaced by Spitzer, who has an approval rating in the low 70's). As a Moderate Upstate New Yorker, my vote will be going for Spitzer... so maybe your right about the presidential thing afterall, because he will definately be looking for a new job.
no, amazon needs to focus on getting me my dam shaving lotion!! seriously... my face is starting to hurt =(... i should probably write a customer review about amaz-- oh dam!
true. and then you turn on the little 200k program that records what is playing through your sound card and release the song as a torrent... the RIAA still fails, and they look like even bigger and more hated bastards in the process. What part of downloads increase CD sales dont they understand? Just give up Riaa, or encourage a tax on cd-rs like in Canada.
1 leader of a muslin group (centered in the free world) does not speak for the arab street in the middle east... you know where things are blowing up and America and the west are condemned daily.
It wouldnt be hard to find 10 quotes claiming death to the West or death to israel or the american occupiers (which we are by the way) -- except they would be from religious leaders IN the middle east, where it actually matters what they say. No one in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan or Suadi Arabia is listening to a North American Muslim counsil, im sorry.
luckily this will be easy to reverse engineer, followed by a change from :-) to |:-J... problem solved! wait is that a dunce cap... err... close enough.
why do i feel like the people running windows 95/98 and ME wont care to update their browsers? Oh thats right because their 89 year old women who are too busy knitting or sitting around wondering and complaining about how Netscape 3.2 wont connect to www.Kittens&KnittingEXTREME.com
"Is... is it safe to tuuurn yet?" -Your grandma in florida after waiting 5 minutes to take a right turn with little or no traffic
and everytime i try to be funny i get "-1, troll", quit complaining, you have it good.