This is how big coperations handle this. I know this becuase it happened to my brother.
They have no conclusive evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he in fact did this illegal upload. They will hound him anyway until he runs out of funds and settles out of court just to make them go away. They will make him sign a confession to settle. They don't care that there is no clear evidence of his guilt.
I saw DirectTV do this to someone just becuase they ordered something that could be used to bootleg thier service. It doesn't matter that they never did or intend to.
If you had the ability and power to create life and set forth the rules of physics and behaviour for said life, how does that define you as "Tyrant"? Would that not define you as "The Creator" of said life?
Actually WhenDoze does have 64 bit commercial support. I have been running XP64 for some time and it is quite stable. There are no real applications yet and probably won't be for some time.
Personaaly, I think 64 bit has a long way to go (many years) before the public really needs anything from it. It may even be 10 years away from being real.
The sad part is there is no killer software out there or on the horizon for M$ or anyone else. Stay with WhenDozeXP for the desktop. It is good for at least 10 more years.
I don't think it was sarcastic. I agree. If they want control of the Internet, they can build thier own. The U.S. industry invented it, built it and now control it. This is as it should be. I like the way it works.
Besides, the poorer nations can't even own computers, what good will the internet do them. You notice that it is the poorer nation's government that is crying fowl, not the people. The people don't have a clue because thier govrnments are hogging everything. Until thier governments decide to work for the people, the poorer nations will stay poor.
This is the stupidest, most ridiculous idea I have ever heard. These must be liberals who want a piece of the action.
Name one thing that the government has successfully achieved besides the military and wasting our money
The government does not belong in the open source area. It will no longer be open. We will be forced to pay for the software whether we want it or not. This is absurd.
You are so full of it. Right and wrong are black and white. Stealing is stealing. It does not matter how it is looked upon by someone else. It does not matter whether it is punished or not. If the speed limit is 30 and you go 31, you are wrong. If you take anything that does not belong to you, you are wrong. Whatever the law is, it is. It defines right and wrong.
To say grey means you wish to confuse the issue with irrelavency. To say grey means you have no moral compass. It is that simple and there is no other way to explain it.
Since it is established that hardly anybody reads them and that clicking proves nothing, has any court ever upheald a EULA? Cany any court do so with any seriousness? Is there anyone out there that acuually reads and understand them? Does anyone care? Is anyone even reading this? Do I matter? Who am I?
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You know that this little news item will disappear into the oblivion becuase absolutly nothing will come of this experiment and the total failure will never be publicly announced. Every attempt to play God will always meet in absolute failure.
"This is possibly the only application with more anticipation surrounding it than..."
The only thing I am anticipating is to stop hearing about this piece of crap that I have no use for. I have reviewed earlier versions of "Longhorn" and it is total junk.
My XP works fine (bugs, crashes, and all). All of the software I need is on it and nobody is junmping on 64 bit because nobody needs it (except a few industrial strenght apps).
What I want to know is; why is any country that has an oppressive government that filters internet content to it's people connected to my internet. I want all of those countries cut off from the rest of the free internet completely. Like what we did with Iraq.
Ok, I have to chime in here. I have two teenage boys, one of which will play video games 23/7 (and hour in for the bathroom) if we were to allow it. Also, without very strict guidance, they would play ANYTHING they could get their hands on. The have friends (many whose parants let them buy and play any game they want. Their explanation, "it's only a game", without even looking at the content. Two of those boys are turning into little criminals becuase they have no concept of the consequences of thier actions.
This scenario is becoming more common throughout this country. Two working parents and no supervision on kids with video games. The main difference between movies and the games is that the movies are viewed once or twice and that's it. The games are viewed for hours and days at a time so there is more concetrated effect on the minds of the players.
Until parents can "get a clue" and have common sense about this, that leaves no other option but for the government to step in. I am not advocating the government as any solution to social problems (it never is) but it allways seems to fill the void when there is no other solution.
Just my 2 cents worth.
The concept of one world control of anything is absurd! The only thing large governing bodies can do successfully, is screw everything up. Hell, even the U.S. federal government succeeds at that.
Now, as far the Internet; leave it alone. Do not hand any portiong of it over to the U. N. The U.S. is freedom and that is what the Internet is today. Look at the countries that would control the Internet if handed over. Just look at the countries that most of the spam originates in. I don't want them in control of any of it.
Besided what does the acronym UN stand for anyway? Isn't it a prefix that meaans "opposite of" as in undo, undone, and unlucky?
Let's charge them lots of money for the latest software and make sure we change it enough so that we can charge for the training too.
more M$ money grab.
Yea, let's make it look and work totally different from the way everyone is used to and even charge them for it!
Do they really think that everyone is going to rush out and buy this when what they have already, works fine? Do they really think that everyone is going to spend the time to learn it all over again?
Make it better, not different.
Stay away from UMAX. They have horrible support issues in that they obsolete support on scanners that are still being sold.
HP products aren't as good as they used to be.
Canon is the best buy for you money. I have had 2 Umax and 2 HP scanners but the one Cannon I bought has lasted longer, been more reliable and accurate than any other. They have a good line that only needs a USB cable and no external power supply which makes it the easiest to hookup.
I am going to get hammered for this one.
Here is the problem as I see it.
1. Chinese IP addresses are known for massive hacking attempts and brekins.
2. Excessive amounts of spam come for Chinese IP addressses, quite possible the largest percentage.
3. The Chinese government censors the Internet for it's public, not permitting a very large percentage of U.S. sites access.
For these three reasons alone, the U.S. government needs to pass a law, that until the Chinese get thier act together - ALL IP ADDRESSES ASSIGNED TO THE CHINESE BE BLOCKED. The only acception for this is email addresses be allowed only to companies that formally request access.
This is harsh but necessary. I see the Chinese as a threat to the freedom that is the Internet.
Real simple on the PVR. I just dropped a Hauppauge PVR-250 on a pci right angle riser and everything works great. I run on a 600Mhz CPU (fanless) and I have no problems running on WinXP. I don't have the time to spend hours or days debugging Linux drivers and configs.
I just don't bother using iTunes. Between WalMart and other (unnamed but you know who) sources, I can get my music DRM free and put it on my no-name MP3 player and all of my computers.
There is always a way to defeat DRM.
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This is how big coperations handle this. I know this becuase it happened to my brother.
They have no conclusive evidence that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that he in fact did this illegal upload. They will hound him anyway until he runs out of funds and settles out of court just to make them go away. They will make him sign a confession to settle. They don't care that there is no clear evidence of his guilt.
I saw DirectTV do this to someone just becuase they ordered something that could be used to bootleg thier service. It doesn't matter that they never did or intend to.
I find this line of discussion quite flamebait.
If you had the ability and power to create life and set forth the rules of physics and behaviour for said life, how does that define you as "Tyrant"? Would that not define you as "The Creator" of said life?
Let's see if I can comment on this. Would I like to have ads shove in my face (more than they are now) from the operating system.
I can answer this in one word.... NO, acturally two words.... HELL NO!!
Actually WhenDoze does have 64 bit commercial support. I have been running XP64 for some time and it is quite stable. There are no real applications yet and probably won't be for some time.
Personaaly, I think 64 bit has a long way to go (many years) before the public really needs anything from it. It may even be 10 years away from being real.
The sad part is there is no killer software out there or on the horizon for M$ or anyone else. Stay with WhenDozeXP for the desktop. It is good for at least 10 more years.
I don't think it was sarcastic. I agree. If they want control of the Internet, they can build thier own. The U.S. industry invented it, built it and now control it. This is as it should be. I like the way it works.
Besides, the poorer nations can't even own computers, what good will the internet do them. You notice that it is the poorer nation's government that is crying fowl, not the people. The people don't have a clue because thier govrnments are hogging everything. Until thier governments decide to work for the people, the poorer nations will stay poor.
We invented it. We created it. We will manage it.
If you want any control, create your own. We don't care.
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The Internet is mine, keep your crap out!
Great! More useless web content. I am going to waist a couple of hours of my time at work watching someone elses crap on the internet.
Spectacular idea!
This is the stupidest, most ridiculous idea I have ever heard. These must be liberals who want a piece of the action.
Name one thing that the government has successfully achieved besides the military and wasting our money
The government does not belong in the open source area. It will no longer be open. We will be forced to pay for the software whether we want it or not. This is absurd.
Not a penney more than $1 which is what I pay now.
You are so full of it. Right and wrong are black and white. Stealing is stealing. It does not matter how it is looked upon by someone else. It does not matter whether it is punished or not. If the speed limit is 30 and you go 31, you are wrong. If you take anything that does not belong to you, you are wrong. Whatever the law is, it is. It defines right and wrong.
To say grey means you wish to confuse the issue with irrelavency. To say grey means you have no moral compass. It is that simple and there is no other way to explain it.
Since it is established that hardly anybody reads them and that clicking proves nothing, has any court ever upheald a EULA? Cany any court do so with any seriousness? Is there anyone out there that acuually reads and understand them? Does anyone care? Is anyone even reading this? Do I matter? Who am I?
You know that this little news item will disappear into the oblivion becuase absolutly nothing will come of this experiment and the total failure will never be publicly announced. Every attempt to play God will always meet in absolute failure.
"This is possibly the only application with more anticipation surrounding it than..." The only thing I am anticipating is to stop hearing about this piece of crap that I have no use for. I have reviewed earlier versions of "Longhorn" and it is total junk. My XP works fine (bugs, crashes, and all). All of the software I need is on it and nobody is junmping on 64 bit because nobody needs it (except a few industrial strenght apps).
What I want to know is; why is any country that has an oppressive government that filters internet content to it's people connected to my internet. I want all of those countries cut off from the rest of the free internet completely. Like what we did with Iraq.
Ok, I have to chime in here. I have two teenage boys, one of which will play video games 23/7 (and hour in for the bathroom) if we were to allow it. Also, without very strict guidance, they would play ANYTHING they could get their hands on. The have friends (many whose parants let them buy and play any game they want. Their explanation, "it's only a game", without even looking at the content. Two of those boys are turning into little criminals becuase they have no concept of the consequences of thier actions. This scenario is becoming more common throughout this country. Two working parents and no supervision on kids with video games. The main difference between movies and the games is that the movies are viewed once or twice and that's it. The games are viewed for hours and days at a time so there is more concetrated effect on the minds of the players. Until parents can "get a clue" and have common sense about this, that leaves no other option but for the government to step in. I am not advocating the government as any solution to social problems (it never is) but it allways seems to fill the void when there is no other solution. Just my 2 cents worth.
The concept of one world control of anything is absurd! The only thing large governing bodies can do successfully, is screw everything up. Hell, even the U.S. federal government succeeds at that. Now, as far the Internet; leave it alone. Do not hand any portiong of it over to the U. N. The U.S. is freedom and that is what the Internet is today. Look at the countries that would control the Internet if handed over. Just look at the countries that most of the spam originates in. I don't want them in control of any of it. Besided what does the acronym UN stand for anyway? Isn't it a prefix that meaans "opposite of" as in undo, undone, and unlucky?
Let's charge them lots of money for the latest software and make sure we change it enough so that we can charge for the training too. more M$ money grab.
Yea, let's make it look and work totally different from the way everyone is used to and even charge them for it! Do they really think that everyone is going to rush out and buy this when what they have already, works fine? Do they really think that everyone is going to spend the time to learn it all over again? Make it better, not different.
Stay away from UMAX. They have horrible support issues in that they obsolete support on scanners that are still being sold. HP products aren't as good as they used to be. Canon is the best buy for you money. I have had 2 Umax and 2 HP scanners but the one Cannon I bought has lasted longer, been more reliable and accurate than any other. They have a good line that only needs a USB cable and no external power supply which makes it the easiest to hookup.
I am going to get hammered for this one. Here is the problem as I see it. 1. Chinese IP addresses are known for massive hacking attempts and brekins. 2. Excessive amounts of spam come for Chinese IP addressses, quite possible the largest percentage. 3. The Chinese government censors the Internet for it's public, not permitting a very large percentage of U.S. sites access. For these three reasons alone, the U.S. government needs to pass a law, that until the Chinese get thier act together - ALL IP ADDRESSES ASSIGNED TO THE CHINESE BE BLOCKED. The only acception for this is email addresses be allowed only to companies that formally request access. This is harsh but necessary. I see the Chinese as a threat to the freedom that is the Internet.
Real simple on the PVR. I just dropped a Hauppauge PVR-250 on a pci right angle riser and everything works great. I run on a 600Mhz CPU (fanless) and I have no problems running on WinXP. I don't have the time to spend hours or days debugging Linux drivers and configs.
I just don't bother using iTunes. Between WalMart and other (unnamed but you know who) sources, I can get my music DRM free and put it on my no-name MP3 player and all of my computers. There is always a way to defeat DRM.