So Webroot is endorsed by Micro$oft, so what? They probably paid M$ a lot of money to get that deal going, and will probably pay off from it.
What you said actually makes the matter works. Joe Computer User will think that the malicious software tool is all-inclusive, because most poeple don't read the MS Knowledge base. They will think this tool protects them from all malware.
The fact is that Windows Update should only be used for critical security updates.
Not the issue at hand.. TFA is geared towards people who want to skin their own cat, because they like their cat a specific way, with their own blend of herbs and spices.....
Yes, I love how Microsoft likes to constantly jam their own software down our throats through their Windows Update. This is unethical and bad business in my opinion, and I don't know why the rest of the industry won't go up in arms about it.
Why buy something like Webroot's SpySweeper when Microsoft pops up a window every month claiming that their anti-spyware suite is critical.
Windows Update should be just that, fix security issues, make windows more stable. Not as a conduit to make sure Joe Computer User always uses 100% Microsoft products.
What if the online retailer's servers are located in Michigan, their warehouse storage and staff are in Maryland. Soo, the transaction took place on their michigan server, shipped out of their maryland server. Do you pay michigan or maryland taxes?
Thats why its called science fiction. If everything presented in movies was plausible, that would make things kind of boring (explosions in space in movies like star wars, to name just one). I thought waterworld was enjoyable if you just took it as a fun, fantasy type movie.
Where I went to school, they had us use our SSN as our student ID. All professors wanted our ID's on exams, homework assignments, basically anything official. Our soc numbers were everywhere.
It was only after massive student uproar that the administration allowed us to apply for a seperate ID number, and it was only voluntary. New students still had their ID numbers default to their SSN.
I just want to know when everyone thought it was such a great idea to use the SSN as the ultimate piece of identification. It was created to track people for tax purposes and for social security benefits. It makes me sick that the only thing people really need is a damn number to wreak all kinds of havock on someones personal life.
"Software in general, whether it was from Microsoft or somebody else, was not set up for an environment where all the computers were connected together. So it's not like there was some software that had this security capability and our software did not."
Umm...Linux??? Unix??? I'm not sure what software Mr. Gates is getting at.
From TFA: "'At any point in our history, we've had competitors who were better at doing something,' Gates said in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, underscoring the fact that it wouldn't be unprecedented to come from behind now."
If Microsoft's competitors are better at doing things than they are, then does M$ prevail?????
This "protection" seems a little too harsh to me. Why should copyright holders care if a show is stored on your TiVo? I can see them adding a flag to disable the feature of copying the shows to your own PC, and in effect the internet.
I, for one, would be very pissed if I were a TiVo subscriber and basically the terms of service have changed. I go on vacation for a month, and all of a sudden TiVo can't keep my recorded shows because of the almighty copyright.
It's all about choices. If you choose to not listen to the radio, just don't use that feature. I enjoy listening to morning shows and getting updates on traffic, weather, and concert info.
What I don't understand is why, oh why hasn't apple incorporated an FM tuner into their iPod line yet?? Creative and iRiver have it on their models, it can't be that hard to implement. They are priced competitively as well so i can't be a cost issue.
Seriously, for me the downside of the Nano is the lack of FM tuner. Mp3's are great, but sometimes you just want to listen to radio.
I have been looking at getting an mp3 player for quite some time, and I thought the Nano was going to be my thing. But I will probably just wait until iRiver comes out with their clone with the FM tuner on it.
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So Webroot is endorsed by Micro$oft, so what? They probably paid M$ a lot of money to get that deal going, and will probably pay off from it.
What you said actually makes the matter works. Joe Computer User will think that the malicious software tool is all-inclusive, because most poeple don't read the MS Knowledge base. They will think this tool protects them from all malware.
The fact is that Windows Update should only be used for critical security updates.
Not the issue at hand.. TFA is geared towards people who want to skin their own cat, because they like their cat a specific way, with their own blend of herbs and spices.....
wait...eeewwwwwwwwww
Yes, I love how Microsoft likes to constantly jam their own software down our throats through their Windows Update. This is unethical and bad business in my opinion, and I don't know why the rest of the industry won't go up in arms about it.
Why buy something like Webroot's SpySweeper when Microsoft pops up a window every month claiming that their anti-spyware suite is critical.
Windows Update should be just that, fix security issues, make windows more stable. Not as a conduit to make sure Joe Computer User always uses 100% Microsoft products.
Because none of those can provide DVR-like capabilities, which is the point of connecting a PC to your home theater.
Did anyone else read this as " Major Retailer Chooses Linux for its Thrills" at first?
;)
Linux turns me on too...
I can see this as the next big "google game."
I remember in college people would waste time trying to formulate a google search query that would return exactly 1 result...
Now people will waste time typing in http://insertrandomfeature.google.com/ and see if it points to anything.
And.......
What if the online retailer's servers are located in Michigan, their warehouse storage and staff are in Maryland. Soo, the transaction took place on their michigan server, shipped out of their maryland server. Do you pay michigan or maryland taxes?
They are a developing country all right.....developing all that outsourced software...
Sorry, couldn't resist
This is modded funny, but the sad thing is that its not a joke...
And had to walk 10 miles to work, uphill, both ways!!!
I suggest the following method of rating amendments on a bill:
Every couple of weeks, certain legislatures will get "moderator access"
Then, they get to mod any 5 amendments as the following:
-Insightful
-Informative
-Funny
-Troll
etc.
Only amendments modded +5 make it into the final bill.
Sounds good to me!!!
Thats why its called science fiction. If everything presented in movies was plausible, that would make things kind of boring (explosions in space in movies like star wars, to name just one). I thought waterworld was enjoyable if you just took it as a fun, fantasy type movie.
No kidding... talk about a show that was definately ahead of its time...
Just wait until it goes to the second run theater for a buck....
Less whiney teenie boppers there too
I usually download, and then upon listening to it realize its crap I'm glad I didn't spend money on first.
Like many others on here (I believe, at least), I download first, listen to it, and buy later if its any good.
In the words of Larry the Cable Guy:
"If guns are responsible for killing people, then my pencil is responsible for all the mispelled words."
My professors did the same thing, but at least they only posted the last 4 digits of our numbers.
Where I went to school, they had us use our SSN as our student ID. All professors wanted our ID's on exams, homework assignments, basically anything official. Our soc numbers were everywhere.
It was only after massive student uproar that the administration allowed us to apply for a seperate ID number, and it was only voluntary. New students still had their ID numbers default to their SSN.
I just want to know when everyone thought it was such a great idea to use the SSN as the ultimate piece of identification. It was created to track people for tax purposes and for social security benefits. It makes me sick that the only thing people really need is a damn number to wreak all kinds of havock on someones personal life.
Does this mean it will now be fashionable to use both Windows and AOL cd's as coasters??
Or even for frisbee golf!!!
From TFA:
"Software in general, whether it was from Microsoft or somebody else, was not set up for an environment where all the computers were connected together. So it's not like there was some software that had this security capability and our software did not."
Umm...Linux??? Unix??? I'm not sure what software Mr. Gates is getting at.
From TFA:
"'At any point in our history, we've had competitors who were better at doing something,' Gates said in an interview with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, underscoring the fact that it wouldn't be unprecedented to come from behind now."
If Microsoft's competitors are better at doing things than they are, then does M$ prevail?????
This "protection" seems a little too harsh to me. Why should copyright holders care if a show is stored on your TiVo? I can see them adding a flag to disable the feature of copying the shows to your own PC, and in effect the internet.
I, for one, would be very pissed if I were a TiVo subscriber and basically the terms of service have changed. I go on vacation for a month, and all of a sudden TiVo can't keep my recorded shows because of the almighty copyright.
It's all about choices. If you choose to not listen to the radio, just don't use that feature. I enjoy listening to morning shows and getting updates on traffic, weather, and concert info.
What I don't understand is why, oh why hasn't apple incorporated an FM tuner into their iPod line yet?? Creative and iRiver have it on their models, it can't be that hard to implement. They are priced competitively as well so i can't be a cost issue.
Seriously, for me the downside of the Nano is the lack of FM tuner. Mp3's are great, but sometimes you just want to listen to radio.
I have been looking at getting an mp3 player for quite some time, and I thought the Nano was going to be my thing. But I will probably just wait until iRiver comes out with their clone with the FM tuner on it.
Wouldn't any USB 2.0 port be able to provide power for a drive such as this?