tired of this propaganda.. it's like that stupid ass documentary "Google Behind the Scenes".. it seems that if you use just the right wording, you can make anyone look bad.. thank you typical media!! please let us not forget that people hardly knew what or who Google was 5 years ago.. it's inevitable that with all the technology that exists today, that some company has tons of information regarding you.. Walmart probably knows more about you than Google does.. as long as Google keeps my information private, then there's nothing I'm afraid of.. and if they go against their motto, then they will feel the karmic wrath..
man that is so retarded I hardly know where to begin.. first of all, are you that fucking lazy to the point that you can't re-add your stupid fucking applets?? it takes 10 seconds at the most.. why anyone would be "fuming" i have no idea.. my personalized homepage has been fine.. this article is ridiculous..
It seems to me that XP didn't receive any platinum record awards the first couple months of its release either.. in due time, it'll be more widely used than it is now of course.. people seem to be forgetting that the sales of Laptops and Desktop PC's jumped incredibly high in the past couple years.. and all of those machines came with Windows XP.. it makes perfect sense that all those people who bought computers in the past, aren't so keen on upgrading at the moment.. when their computers are finally about to kick the bucket, they'll most likely start fresh with Windows Vista..
I've been actively using Linux and FreeBSD for years now and there's still something that I find nice about Vista.. I work for small local IT company and we probably get around 10-20 new PC's a week for our various customers with Vista pre-installed on them.. After De-Whoring each computer by removing Google Toolbar, Roxio, and any prepackaged virus software or Greeting Card Magic, the computers run great..
The only problems I've been seeing are when people are upgrading their computers.. If you have some special type of device that doesn't have proper drivers, of course Vista won't work the way you want it to.. If you run some horrible old 16-bit application and are angry that doesn't work right in Vista, then boo-freakin-hoo.. but for the most part, there are still some little quirks here and there that MS needs to fix, but Vista in general is actually a huge step in the right direction as far as people's computers becoming more advanced and usable.. it's slightly educating people too given all the new System Performance utilities, and Parental Control, and AV..
all in all, if you simply don't like MS, then don't use their OS:-D i've come close to smashing my Windows machine in the past, but I think they're surely making a bit of progress.. just wait for newer computers and newer hardware, then we'll start to see the need for Vista..
I think another very simple factor to take in to consideration is that there aren't hundreds of thousands of Romanians who are out there trying to hack OS X.. they're targeting Windows.. if people actually gave a shit about hacking a Mac, then there'd probably be a lot more vulnerabilites.. just because there's hardly any hacks, doesn't mean OS X is unhackable.. it just means people don't care..
I've always liked collecting vinyl for novelty reasons.. yea of course other types of media might *sound* better, but who cares.. I can buy a jazz record that I'd have a hard time finding on iTunes or some shit if it even exists on there, for $1 at a thrift shop instead.. that is priceless.. plus you own a piece of physical history.. the sound has never mattered to me.. caring about the sound is like only saying you'll listen to bands that record with ProTools and who are Auto-Tune trigger happy.. sometimes it's the music that matters.. the vinyl surpasses the value of a CD as a physical object.. hell, it lasts longer and the inserts and album art are 3 times the size.. 3 times the fun for me baby..
it's that good damn Doom computer game I've been hearing about.. spawning satan's children.. you kids need to quit it with your megabytes and your fancy typewriters and rap music..
although I do agree with you completely, I just wanted to point out that pigeons are one of the most diverse species on this planet.. did you know a white Dove is a pigeon? however, the ones in the City's, Feral pigeons, are definitely a cause of pollution and annoyance.. related to the DoDo bird too which is kinda cool.. some of the pigeons out there you wouldn't even think were pigeons.. but regardless, it's a very bad name to have for ol' gaim..
I did a little math back when I was working for a small company that only had dialup for the longest time.. 3 people shared one damn internet connection and it was horrible.. but at the end of the day i'd always check on the amount of bytes that were received.. in an 8 hour work day, depending on the consistency of internetwork flow, we would easily download about 130-150 megabytes just from browsing the net.. thats just about 4 gigs a month just from browsing the net on a damn 56k dialup modem.. and we certainly didn't download any movies.. if someone can almost achieve 4gigs a month just by browsing the net, then if you're on a faster connection, and depend on EvDO, then I don't understand why it's so inconceivable to download 5 gigs in a month.. since it's faster, you have the tendancy to visit more pages than you would if you were simply on dialup.. not to say that people are spending 8 hours a day on their phone or PDA, but I think it's a lot easier than people think to download 5 gigs worth of data in a very quick period of time..
you seem to have mistunderstood everything I said.. experts typically can tell right away when their system is acting funky as if a virus was installed.. I would seriously try using those utilities because they actually do much more than any AV software I've ever seen.. To me, it is very like a moron to depend completely on AV software.. It simply doesn't work!! Every week I fix atleast 10-20 people's computers in my little redneck town of Maryland.. Every one of them has some type of AV software.. And waddya know, every one of them still gets infected with viruses! It's not that the AV software is dumb and pointless, it's simply impossible to keep up with all the new software exploitation that comes out on a daily basis.. Atleast with the proper tools, you can look at the important areas of the machine like the Startup, Registry, and Browser settings, to tell what is seriously fucked up.. I'm not going to recommend that my customers stop using AV software together, because it IS important for the Noobs, like yourself, but it is very low priority for me, and I'll continue to never use the shit and have it waste my fucking time and resources when I can just as easily figure it out by myself..
I'm personally sick and tired of these retarded Geek Squad bastards installing Norton or Mcafee on these horrible Hewletts with 256mb of RAM attempting to run XP.. Old people have no freakin' clue what to do or what they're buying, so it ends up ruining their computers even more than what they already are..
AV should seriously die a horrible death in my opinion because there's always going to be the need for bigger and better security, and the low-end computers that everyone buys because they're $300 at Walmart, aren't going to be able to handle it.. leave it up to the operating system to be secure, and leave it up to the computer experts to remove bad viruses if and when they do come around.. face it, when is the last time your AV software actually got rid of bad virus? the only program that even comes close to operating correctly without hogging up tons and tons worth of precious resources is Panda AV anyway..
People that have a decent expert opinion with computers typically don't even use AV software.. and if you do, you must be one lazy bastard and don't care how fast your system operates.. you should be using hijackthis, autoruns, killbox, and some of the other nifty utilities out there..
I will say that I've been a little impressed with Vista's CPU prioritization of certain tasks.. Maybe if they make new AV software that operates similarly to the way Vista indexes, and can scan your computer all the time using a lower CPU priority, then I think it will be more worth while for the regular user..
as for now, customers rather pay me $40 in-shop labor for removing all the horrible spyware and viruses from their computers every few months, than have to deal with slow computers running AV software and having them prompt them every 10 seconds regarding something they don't even understand..
Whenever I go to Amazon to buy something, which I do frequently because the service is decent, and I've been doing a lot of shopping lately thanks to my free Amazon Prime trial, I always stay WAY clear of people who actually sell on Amazon.. In other words, I buy directly from Amazon all the time.. If I wanted to deal with 2-bit power sellers, then I'd take my chances and gamble with someone that has a pseudo reputation on eBay.. I don't know, I guess the idea is cool and all, but the only reason I go to Amazon in the first place, is to deal strictly with a big ass corporate company that will guarantee the delivery of my product and provide proper tracking information.. and plus, none of those 3rd parties offer free shipping via Amazon Prime;D that is handy..
I personally love crankin' some DOA, MDC, or The Ramone, TSOL, and numerous other punk and hardcore bands before doing things that require some intelligence..
then again I'm not a teenager.. and good punk rock is a thing of the past.. god knows what they even consider metal nowadays.. hopefully it's none of that screamo crap.. and if that is the shit that is inspiring and influencing kids, then god save us all...
Musicians need to simply stop selling their souls just for some promotion and tshirts, and do the work the hard way, and enjoy the more simplier things about playing music. stick with an independent label, or just write and record the music all yourself.. that way the god damn RIAA won't have shit to worry about.. the music belongs to the people the moment it is aired anyway..
I guess the RIAA should just cancel their music all together because there's no getting around broadcasting it, or pirating it.. Everyday more and more independent bands spring up and start becoming more well known without the help of the recording industry.. of course you might not get all the 13 year screaming teenage girl fans that you've always dreamed of due to the RIAA infiltrating Nickolodeon, but is that what you really want anyway?
cancel out the middle-man (RIAA), and simply let the people have your music, and we'll never have to worry about this bullshit ever again..
as much as I despise Apple in the first place, I don't think a move like this will harm them.. I'm sure they could just make their own Office Suite, or someone will figure out a way to run OpenOffice like the guys at http://porting.openoffice.org/mac
if they're desperate, they'll install XP on their Mac, or just continue to use older versions of Office for Mac.. at this point in the game, it'd be stupid to stop making the software since I'm sure it makes M$ a *little* bit of a money..
first and foremost, i've always been a huge OSS and Un*x fan.. i use it on a daily basis.. once did some sys admining for a couple years.. and I stand by it through and through.. I run both Linux and FreeBSD at home, along with a bunch of other super old crappy computers that I plan to hang on to because I'm a technology pack rat.. i work for a small IT consulting company now, and work primarily with Windows of every flavor..
i'm just getting pretty sick and tired of hearing people vista complaints.. haha.. i mean, if your computer sucks ass, then why try installing Vista? i've experienced this situation from several clients.. they think they're computer is capable of vista, and of course it's no where near close, and they waste $200+.. it takes some simple information gathering to determine whether or not your computer is capable of it.. and if it is, and Vista still fucks off on you, than there's something wrong with your computer, and it simply shouldn't be running Vista.. done.. end of story..
despite the things Vista has copied off of OSX, the OS still works.. and I might add that it works quite well on a computer that is meant for it.. we all know how MS plays the game by now.. new OS, new computer, or upgrades..
this shit has gotten so much negative news coverage it amazes me that people haven't figured it out yet..
so i've been using the official released version of Vista on my computer at work the past few days to no avail.. i spent a long time learning all the little quirks, and I finally got the hang of where certain things are.. i pretty much wasted a lot of time.. The Desktop Manager constantly crashes on me.. Whether Aero is running or not, as soon as the computer boots in to Windows, give it about 3 minutes before the Desktop Manager Crashes.. Then, give it about another 15 minutes, and it bluescreens completely.. Something about a driver_irqd... i figured it was my 7600GT card, so I uninstalled the driver, and used Windows' default driver which eventually produced the same results.. So I just took the damn card out and used my onboard video.. Whaddya know? Still bluescreens.. After 2 days of fucking with it, I formatted and put XP Pro back on.. They got a long fucking way to go before I can start using this practically in my work environment.. Why even release something so damn buggy? Its like Windows 95 all over again!
but i will say, that once all the bullshit is worked out, it'll be one damn nice OS..
this kind of shit just makes me laugh.. malicious hackers, korean and romanian and all the rest, are so god damn retarded.. one day they will surely succeed in taking down the internet.. they'll be sittin' on IRC with all their little stupid hacker friends.. the convo will probably go a little something like this:
[`h4x0r15`] K R U REDDIE !?!?
[MinGaw14f] LOLZ YEE.. DOIT!!!
[`h4x0r15`] OKIES HERE I GO!!
* `h4x0r15` takes down internet
** Disconnected: []
`h4x0r15` IRL: "shit.. why the hell did i do that again?? there goes my night of watching videos on youtube and talking with my IRC buddies.."
A few months ago I purchased the Audiovox XV6700 through Verizon.. Its a damn amazing phone and I'm very glad to have bought it.. I personally use the Wifi capabilities to sync up with the exchange server at work.. even when I'm home, I have a little crappy belkin wireless router and it's great when I need to sync up my appointments and email before I leave for work.. plus, i think it's a good way to experience a free way of using the Internet on a cell phone without paying those ridiculous data plans.. it'll probably soon become standard just as the camera did..
it is mostly an IRC joke.. But it just so happens tht 95% of romanian chatters use the Grave key instead of the Apostrophe.. like "they`re" instead of "they're".. or "you`re" instead of "you're".. you get the picture..
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tired of this propaganda.. it's like that stupid ass documentary "Google Behind the Scenes".. it seems that if you use just the right wording, you can make anyone look bad.. thank you typical media!! please let us not forget that people hardly knew what or who Google was 5 years ago.. it's inevitable that with all the technology that exists today, that some company has tons of information regarding you.. Walmart probably knows more about you than Google does.. as long as Google keeps my information private, then there's nothing I'm afraid of.. and if they go against their motto, then they will feel the karmic wrath..
i gots dat cellaba fone wiff da pay-pre wut about meh?
man that is so retarded I hardly know where to begin.. first of all, are you that fucking lazy to the point that you can't re-add your stupid fucking applets?? it takes 10 seconds at the most.. why anyone would be "fuming" i have no idea.. my personalized homepage has been fine.. this article is ridiculous..
I've been actively using Linux and FreeBSD for years now and there's still something that I find nice about Vista.. I work for small local IT company and we probably get around 10-20 new PC's a week for our various customers with Vista pre-installed on them.. After De-Whoring each computer by removing Google Toolbar, Roxio, and any prepackaged virus software or Greeting Card Magic, the computers run great..
The only problems I've been seeing are when people are upgrading their computers.. If you have some special type of device that doesn't have proper drivers, of course Vista won't work the way you want it to.. If you run some horrible old 16-bit application and are angry that doesn't work right in Vista, then boo-freakin-hoo.. but for the most part, there are still some little quirks here and there that MS needs to fix, but Vista in general is actually a huge step in the right direction as far as people's computers becoming more advanced and usable.. it's slightly educating people too given all the new System Performance utilities, and Parental Control, and AV..
all in all, if you simply don't like MS, then don't use their OS :-D i've come close to smashing my Windows machine in the past, but I think they're surely making a bit of progress.. just wait for newer computers and newer hardware, then we'll start to see the need for Vista..
sounds like metaphysics to me
I think another very simple factor to take in to consideration is that there aren't hundreds of thousands of Romanians who are out there trying to hack OS X.. they're targeting Windows.. if people actually gave a shit about hacking a Mac, then there'd probably be a lot more vulnerabilites.. just because there's hardly any hacks, doesn't mean OS X is unhackable.. it just means people don't care..
I've always liked collecting vinyl for novelty reasons.. yea of course other types of media might *sound* better, but who cares.. I can buy a jazz record that I'd have a hard time finding on iTunes or some shit if it even exists on there, for $1 at a thrift shop instead.. that is priceless.. plus you own a piece of physical history.. the sound has never mattered to me.. caring about the sound is like only saying you'll listen to bands that record with ProTools and who are Auto-Tune trigger happy.. sometimes it's the music that matters.. the vinyl surpasses the value of a CD as a physical object.. hell, it lasts longer and the inserts and album art are 3 times the size.. 3 times the fun for me baby..
it's that good damn Doom computer game I've been hearing about.. spawning satan's children.. you kids need to quit it with your megabytes and your fancy typewriters and rap music..
although I do agree with you completely, I just wanted to point out that pigeons are one of the most diverse species on this planet.. did you know a white Dove is a pigeon? however, the ones in the City's, Feral pigeons, are definitely a cause of pollution and annoyance.. related to the DoDo bird too which is kinda cool.. some of the pigeons out there you wouldn't even think were pigeons.. but regardless, it's a very bad name to have for ol' gaim..
I did a little math back when I was working for a small company that only had dialup for the longest time.. 3 people shared one damn internet connection and it was horrible.. but at the end of the day i'd always check on the amount of bytes that were received.. in an 8 hour work day, depending on the consistency of internetwork flow, we would easily download about 130-150 megabytes just from browsing the net.. thats just about 4 gigs a month just from browsing the net on a damn 56k dialup modem.. and we certainly didn't download any movies.. if someone can almost achieve 4gigs a month just by browsing the net, then if you're on a faster connection, and depend on EvDO, then I don't understand why it's so inconceivable to download 5 gigs in a month.. since it's faster, you have the tendancy to visit more pages than you would if you were simply on dialup.. not to say that people are spending 8 hours a day on their phone or PDA, but I think it's a lot easier than people think to download 5 gigs worth of data in a very quick period of time..
great! You might as well sue Dillotoo ya bastards!
haha I got moderated offtopic yet my post had everything to do with the article? silly goose..
AV should seriously die a horrible death in my opinion because there's always going to be the need for bigger and better security, and the low-end computers that everyone buys because they're $300 at Walmart, aren't going to be able to handle it.. leave it up to the operating system to be secure, and leave it up to the computer experts to remove bad viruses if and when they do come around.. face it, when is the last time your AV software actually got rid of bad virus? the only program that even comes close to operating correctly without hogging up tons and tons worth of precious resources is Panda AV anyway..
People that have a decent expert opinion with computers typically don't even use AV software.. and if you do, you must be one lazy bastard and don't care how fast your system operates.. you should be using hijackthis, autoruns, killbox, and some of the other nifty utilities out there..
I will say that I've been a little impressed with Vista's CPU prioritization of certain tasks.. Maybe if they make new AV software that operates similarly to the way Vista indexes, and can scan your computer all the time using a lower CPU priority, then I think it will be more worth while for the regular user..
as for now, customers rather pay me $40 in-shop labor for removing all the horrible spyware and viruses from their computers every few months, than have to deal with slow computers running AV software and having them prompt them every 10 seconds regarding something they don't even understand..
Whenever I go to Amazon to buy something, which I do frequently because the service is decent, and I've been doing a lot of shopping lately thanks to my free Amazon Prime trial, I always stay WAY clear of people who actually sell on Amazon.. In other words, I buy directly from Amazon all the time.. If I wanted to deal with 2-bit power sellers, then I'd take my chances and gamble with someone that has a pseudo reputation on eBay.. I don't know, I guess the idea is cool and all, but the only reason I go to Amazon in the first place, is to deal strictly with a big ass corporate company that will guarantee the delivery of my product and provide proper tracking information.. and plus, none of those 3rd parties offer free shipping via Amazon Prime ;D that is handy..
then again I'm not a teenager.. and good punk rock is a thing of the past.. god knows what they even consider metal nowadays.. hopefully it's none of that screamo crap.. and if that is the shit that is inspiring and influencing kids, then god save us all...
I guess the RIAA should just cancel their music all together because there's no getting around broadcasting it, or pirating it.. Everyday more and more independent bands spring up and start becoming more well known without the help of the recording industry.. of course you might not get all the 13 year screaming teenage girl fans that you've always dreamed of due to the RIAA infiltrating Nickolodeon, but is that what you really want anyway?
cancel out the middle-man (RIAA), and simply let the people have your music, and we'll never have to worry about this bullshit ever again..
UPDATE THE DAMN DONORS LIST PLZKTHX....
if they're desperate, they'll install XP on their Mac, or just continue to use older versions of Office for Mac.. at this point in the game, it'd be stupid to stop making the software since I'm sure it makes M$ a *little* bit of a money..
i'm just getting pretty sick and tired of hearing people vista complaints.. haha.. i mean, if your computer sucks ass, then why try installing Vista? i've experienced this situation from several clients.. they think they're computer is capable of vista, and of course it's no where near close, and they waste $200+.. it takes some simple information gathering to determine whether or not your computer is capable of it.. and if it is, and Vista still fucks off on you, than there's something wrong with your computer, and it simply shouldn't be running Vista.. done.. end of story..
despite the things Vista has copied off of OSX, the OS still works.. and I might add that it works quite well on a computer that is meant for it.. we all know how MS plays the game by now.. new OS, new computer, or upgrades..
this shit has gotten so much negative news coverage it amazes me that people haven't figured it out yet..
the question is, were they 5,000 GRID computers?? like these? heheh
but i will say, that once all the bullshit is worked out, it'll be one damn nice OS..
[`h4x0r15`] K R U REDDIE !?!?
[MinGaw14f] LOLZ YEE.. DOIT!!!
[`h4x0r15`] OKIES HERE I GO!!
* `h4x0r15` takes down internet
** Disconnected: []
`h4x0r15` IRL: "shit.. why the hell did i do that again?? there goes my night of watching videos on youtube and talking with my IRC buddies.."
A few months ago I purchased the Audiovox XV6700 through Verizon.. Its a damn amazing phone and I'm very glad to have bought it.. I personally use the Wifi capabilities to sync up with the exchange server at work.. even when I'm home, I have a little crappy belkin wireless router and it's great when I need to sync up my appointments and email before I leave for work.. plus, i think it's a good way to experience a free way of using the Internet on a cell phone without paying those ridiculous data plans.. it'll probably soon become standard just as the camera did..
it is mostly an IRC joke.. But it just so happens tht 95% of romanian chatters use the Grave key instead of the Apostrophe.. like "they`re" instead of "they're".. or "you`re" instead of "you're".. you get the picture..