Those who download on Bit Torrent, do so out of choice, and undoubtedly dont care about in-theatre "magic". Those who dont, or who go to the theatre as well downloading the movie get the same experience, regardless of whether their friend downloaded it, or they do later that night. If anything, early downloaders could increase hype by saying it was good before most have seen it (im assuming it was).
So if by magic they mean money, and they always do -- then george lucas is a tiny bit worse off, boo-hoo for the billionare. Id be happier going to the theatres for EVERY movie that comes out if it didnt cost me $10 bloody dollars per seat.
its a shame that most of there "portables" are less than such weighing in at around 7-12 pounds -- hell they have some that are 15 pounds! It doubles as a door holder, a paper weight, and a dumbell i guess?
That is a well needed support article, those 20 inch things are almost as heavy as dell laptops (dont troll me for this -- you know its true, portables my ass). Carry an Imac wrong and your likely to end up with all 30lbs. times Gravity of 9.8m/s (unless on a different planet or zero G) on your foot. I believe its so important that they should have mac specialists doing visual training how to carry them like they do on planes for those air respirators.
at the same time no one else owns space either. so i would assume if a missle got shot at said billboard then the party responsible wouldnt be held accountable. so basically i assume that its like the wild west, and our carefully aimed (hopefully) missles will be the sheriffs?
Is microsoft even #3 as search engines go? i dont understand how a company that is getting pounded by firefox, apple and others keeps proclaiming these fix-all pie in the sky type new programs. How they do it with a straight face is even more amazing. Im even more baffled when they actually get people like this guy to push there products. So microsoft mobile is gonna revolutionize phones Bill? Yeah it definately makes them crash more often. So microsoft janus will crush the ipod Bill? Well thats good, their 90% mp3 market share is getting annoying, they almost have a monopoly, and monopolies are bad. Oh and now of course microsoft search will dominate... nevermind the fact about not even being able to make a secure browser in the first place. When microsoft starts fixing its existing products or replacing them with something respectable, maybe ill show their new projects some respect... but for now, this is just more talk by M$ and its pawns wishing they were as good as google, apple, mozilla, company X, company Y etc...
sounds good... we can also head to mars at the same time right? Oh and dont forget handling Iran and Horth Korea and finish up with the little skirmish in Iraq... oh and break Al Queda and reform our economy and hell even cut taxes at the same time, and all on the cheap of course!
well at least the google search works... Trying to find files with existing windows search is about as useful as breaking the harddrive opening and trying to find it by hand on the platter.
umm yes i do think this *could* make a difference. remember the N.C. spammer who was charged with breaking the virginia anti-spam law-- and convicted.
most spam and spyware originates from the USA right now -- so yes, i dont see why the USA would not send those guilty of breaking a spyware law in Austrailia to Austrailia, what with extradition treaties. I mean who would defend them, everyone hates spyware -- no one will try to keep them from being convicted i assure you.
Also you have to assume english spyware is more commonly created in English speaking countries, like Austrailia the USA etc -- so this law can make a difference, assuming they put the funds needed to actually track spyware makers down. The virginia spam law's only problem was that they only went after big fish due to resource limitations.
yes, i mean you may pass out... but its surely worth it in order to have the power to get to level 13 on tetris while out and about.
besides what better story for the hospital -- any guy next to you can glorify his brave rushing into a burning building to safe children, but a level 14 related tetris concussion, now thats something to be proud of!
Why bother explaing about IBM, Just make a 10 foot tall billboard that says "NO SPYWARE YOU DOLT!" Your boss will get the message... and maybe fire you, but its worth it if one less person is using IE -- at least thats what i tell myself... by the way, anyone hiring?
not a bad idea, just it would add a bunch of extra space needed for the review icons or text, and quite frankly i like the simplicity of google, thats what made it great in the first place, right?
little things like the movie reviews, basic calculator and answers to simple questions like "population of country X" are all great, but anything more -- esspecially in the way of code for EVERY web page would both be bulky and in my opinion detracting from the original concept of simplicity.
now if only AMD would make it so that your system would halt when Windows is detected, prompting you to get an OS that can take advantage of 64 bits... or just doesnt suck intirly, then we would be making real progress.
Also, loading a fan by making it spin in oil might make it use more power than normal, possibly overloading and overheating either the motor or the drive circuit, though the better cooling provided by the oil could alleviate that.
id be more concerned with just wearing out the motor due to the heightened density the fins have to push threw.
if i cared about 18 year olds getting a beer (which i dont) then i would say #4 was a pretty dam good thing. afterall states like Maine and Rhode Island (i think?) have basically no security on their ID's -- rhode island was like positioning of the DOB is the only way to tell if its fake... and basically if it looked real, it was probably fake, since a real one looks like a fake piece of crap made on a lexmark Z11.
since some states havent met even basic let alone second world security standards, its probably good to have a national ID... besides it could be like Nazi Germany! i could be like "can i see your papers please" when someone tries to buy something from my store! hurrah!
her problem seems to be with DRM -- so she should really take her complaint up with that other organization, the one that keeps forcing people to use DRM -- or they get sued. whats the organization called... umm... oh yeah the RIAA -- maybe this rosen person should take her complaints up with them.
i agree with the other guy, this is bizarro world.
Symantec isnt pushing fearmongering, thats just silly. Symantec has nothing to gain from people being fearfull and buying more virus software and upgrading subscriptions.
remote desktop doesnt seem to work properly anymore. it has trouble seeing other computers -- and if it sees them, it wont let you take control... very odd. machines that werent updated to panther seen to be controlled by remote desktop without conflict.
like it matters? tiger direct last i checked doesnt actually make computer components, they just sell them -- they are more of a retail computer sales, whereas mac os x tiger is an operating system.
all in all this lawsuit will go down in flames, you cant patent a specific and commonly used word so broadly.
if their computer is one that has been used to spread a virus due to not upgrading software or just stupid user syndrone, cut them off.
plain and simple, say nicely and politely, since you are not taking the necessary procautions to protect your own system you are endangering all systems on the network and the network itself, and therefore your use of the network is suspended (either until futher notice, for a set amount of time or until they prove they know how to protect themselves) -- you choose. i personally like the time limit thing along with telling them to prevent this in the future, learn proper procedure on how to protect yourself from viruses.
sometimes its the only way to get through to lazy ID-10-T users, hit them where it hurts, and cut them off -- as there actions cause EVERYONE to be cut off by not protecting themselves.
tough but has worked for me in a smaller environment (50 users) -- i got all to properly update each week -- or else:-) if i found any computers with problems being 1+ month outdated, i kicked their system for a week or until they properly bitched and i bitched back.
nono -- its the lobbyists. American politicians are subject to lobbying from the RIAA and the bunch, and they give in for political gain, since people here forget the bad stuff their politicians do by tomorrow... sometimes sooner. in any event it sounds like if your politicians passed a DMCA there would be hell to pay from citizens. i appluad you guys for that. you know... for caring... about your future and all. rather than just caring about your bling bling and impressing your boys in your crib yo.
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Those who download on Bit Torrent, do so out of choice, and undoubtedly dont care about in-theatre "magic". Those who dont, or who go to the theatre as well downloading the movie get the same experience, regardless of whether their friend downloaded it, or they do later that night. If anything, early downloaders could increase hype by saying it was good before most have seen it (im assuming it was).
So if by magic they mean money, and they always do -- then george lucas is a tiny bit worse off, boo-hoo for the billionare. Id be happier going to the theatres for EVERY movie that comes out if it didnt cost me $10 bloody dollars per seat.
its a shame that most of there "portables" are less than such weighing in at around 7-12 pounds -- hell they have some that are 15 pounds! It doubles as a door holder, a paper weight, and a dumbell i guess?
That is a well needed support article, those 20 inch things are almost as heavy as dell laptops (dont troll me for this -- you know its true, portables my ass). Carry an Imac wrong and your likely to end up with all 30lbs. times Gravity of 9.8m/s (unless on a different planet or zero G) on your foot. I believe its so important that they should have mac specialists doing visual training how to carry them like they do on planes for those air respirators.
"Microsoft security gurus"
Thats gotta be some kind of double negitive or ironic in some way -- i just cant quite put my finger on it.
at the same time no one else owns space either. so i would assume if a missle got shot at said billboard then the party responsible wouldnt be held accountable. so basically i assume that its like the wild west, and our carefully aimed (hopefully) missles will be the sheriffs?
Is microsoft even #3 as search engines go? i dont understand how a company that is getting pounded by firefox, apple and others keeps proclaiming these fix-all pie in the sky type new programs. How they do it with a straight face is even more amazing. Im even more baffled when they actually get people like this guy to push there products. So microsoft mobile is gonna revolutionize phones Bill? Yeah it definately makes them crash more often. So microsoft janus will crush the ipod Bill? Well thats good, their 90% mp3 market share is getting annoying, they almost have a monopoly, and monopolies are bad. Oh and now of course microsoft search will dominate... nevermind the fact about not even being able to make a secure browser in the first place. When microsoft starts fixing its existing products or replacing them with something respectable, maybe ill show their new projects some respect... but for now, this is just more talk by M$ and its pawns wishing they were as good as google, apple, mozilla, company X, company Y etc...
sounds good... we can also head to mars at the same time right? Oh and dont forget handling Iran and Horth Korea and finish up with the little skirmish in Iraq... oh and break Al Queda and reform our economy and hell even cut taxes at the same time, and all on the cheap of course!
Maybe i should learn Mandarin about now.
well at least the google search works... Trying to find files with existing windows search is about as useful as breaking the harddrive opening and trying to find it by hand on the platter.
so when are we sending humans to Mars again Mr. Bush?
Seeing as how we cant perfect getting a rover on the planet, im assuming this Dubya initiative has been scrapped?
umm yes i do think this *could* make a difference. remember the N.C. spammer who was charged with breaking the virginia anti-spam law-- and convicted.
most spam and spyware originates from the USA right now -- so yes, i dont see why the USA would not send those guilty of breaking a spyware law in Austrailia to Austrailia, what with extradition treaties. I mean who would defend them, everyone hates spyware -- no one will try to keep them from being convicted i assure you.
Also you have to assume english spyware is more commonly created in English speaking countries, like Austrailia the USA etc -- so this law can make a difference, assuming they put the funds needed to actually track spyware makers down. The virginia spam law's only problem was that they only went after big fish due to resource limitations.
yes, i mean you may pass out... but its surely worth it in order to have the power to get to level 13 on tetris while out and about.
besides what better story for the hospital -- any guy next to you can glorify his brave rushing into a burning building to safe children, but a level 14 related tetris concussion, now thats something to be proud of!
Why bother explaing about IBM, Just make a 10 foot tall billboard that says "NO SPYWARE YOU DOLT!" Your boss will get the message... and maybe fire you, but its worth it if one less person is using IE -- at least thats what i tell myself... by the way, anyone hiring?
not a bad idea, just it would add a bunch of extra space needed for the review icons or text, and quite frankly i like the simplicity of google, thats what made it great in the first place, right?
little things like the movie reviews, basic calculator and answers to simple questions like "population of country X" are all great, but anything more -- esspecially in the way of code for EVERY web page would both be bulky and in my opinion detracting from the original concept of simplicity.
why would i need antivirus software... oh thats right, i need MICROSOFT antivirus software to secure the crappy insecure MICROSOFT Windows software...
hmmm... tiger was $130 right?
now if only AMD would make it so that your system would halt when Windows is detected, prompting you to get an OS that can take advantage of 64 bits... or just doesnt suck intirly, then we would be making real progress.
Also, loading a fan by making it spin in oil might make it use more power than normal, possibly overloading and overheating either the motor or the drive circuit, though the better cooling provided by the oil could alleviate that.
id be more concerned with just wearing out the motor due to the heightened density the fins have to push threw.
if i cared about 18 year olds getting a beer (which i dont) then i would say #4 was a pretty dam good thing. afterall states like Maine and Rhode Island (i think?) have basically no security on their ID's -- rhode island was like positioning of the DOB is the only way to tell if its fake... and basically if it looked real, it was probably fake, since a real one looks like a fake piece of crap made on a lexmark Z11.
since some states havent met even basic let alone second world security standards, its probably good to have a national ID... besides it could be like Nazi Germany! i could be like "can i see your papers please" when someone tries to buy something from my store! hurrah!
her problem seems to be with DRM -- so she should really take her complaint up with that other organization, the one that keeps forcing people to use DRM -- or they get sued. whats the organization called... umm... oh yeah the RIAA -- maybe this rosen person should take her complaints up with them.
i agree with the other guy, this is bizarro world.
Symantec isnt pushing fearmongering, thats just silly. Symantec has nothing to gain from people being fearfull and buying more virus software and upgrading subscriptions.
Now the people at Norton on the otherhand...
"magine porn sites auto-installing adware widgets without your knowledge."
i dont need to imagine, im running windows xp.
hate to make my karma go lower, but it was version 2.2 -- :-) oh well, im sure it will get fixed one way or another.
remote desktop doesnt seem to work properly anymore. it has trouble seeing other computers -- and if it sees them, it wont let you take control... very odd. machines that werent updated to panther seen to be controlled by remote desktop without conflict.
like it matters? tiger direct last i checked doesnt actually make computer components, they just sell them -- they are more of a retail computer sales, whereas mac os x tiger is an operating system.
all in all this lawsuit will go down in flames, you cant patent a specific and commonly used word so broadly.
if their computer is one that has been used to spread a virus due to not upgrading software or just stupid user syndrone, cut them off.
:-) if i found any computers with problems being 1+ month outdated, i kicked their system for a week or until they properly bitched and i bitched back.
plain and simple, say nicely and politely, since you are not taking the necessary procautions to protect your own system you are endangering all systems on the network and the network itself, and therefore your use of the network is suspended (either until futher notice, for a set amount of time or until they prove they know how to protect themselves) -- you choose. i personally like the time limit thing along with telling them to prevent this in the future, learn proper procedure on how to protect yourself from viruses.
sometimes its the only way to get through to lazy ID-10-T users, hit them where it hurts, and cut them off -- as there actions cause EVERYONE to be cut off by not protecting themselves.
tough but has worked for me in a smaller environment (50 users) -- i got all to properly update each week -- or else
nono -- its the lobbyists. American politicians are subject to lobbying from the RIAA and the bunch, and they give in for political gain, since people here forget the bad stuff their politicians do by tomorrow... sometimes sooner. in any event it sounds like if your politicians passed a DMCA there would be hell to pay from citizens. i appluad you guys for that. you know... for caring... about your future and all. rather than just caring about your bling bling and impressing your boys in your crib yo.
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