You already paid all the other fees. They are basically charging you the less than a buck for the disc, a small fee for the extra hassle on their end, and a bit of profit.
Not in Texas. In Texas, if someone/thing decides to trespass on your property, and they are in any way a threat, you have the legal right to shoot them.
Does this have any effect on that at all? IANAL, but it seems like it certainly would. Is it the fact that they are just blocking/throttling a particular type of traffic and not basing blocking/throttling on content?
...did these people end up getting funding from the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? They are a religious organization, and they are running a religious campaign under a general header of "anti-obscenity." How?
Actually, according to certain people in the current administration, if you aren't a US citizen, then you essentially have no rights within the US judicial system.
...that in his keynote, Carmack stated that Quake Zero was probably going to be more along the lines of 2.5d than 3d. Also, and I find this odd that nobody has written about it, Carmack talked for a bit about what they were originally working on before Rage, a game called Darkness, which was more of a survival horror game and got shelved because they didn't feel it was coming together at the time.
What you say about the staff being trained on office and teaching resources being in office, as well as the office classes for the kids (which is why I avoided a good deal of my schools computer classes, because computer = some Microsoft program) are moot. since the UI changes. The people who went through that training and would be tripped up by a different office suite are the ones who are going to have issues because the UI is different. In all actuality, if they needed to switch office suites, then they might have just been better off going with OpenOffice.org considering how the UI is closer to Office 2003's then Office 2007's is.
In all likelihood, the notice was probably sent out because some guy in IT said to some person that Office 2007 files have issues with versions of Office other than 2007. Probably didn't catch mention of the reader for 2003, or didn't care about that because a lot of people are using versions of Office older than 2003. I would be willing to bet that the people who signed off on this transition from whatever they were using before to 2007 never used 2007, for all of the reasons you state in your first sentence.
Switching to OpenOffice.org (assuming that tis the "entirely different office suite" you are talking about) would, as you stated, save the parents money, but would actually be a lot less painful than a switch to 2007 (because of the UI similarity and how easy it is to set it to save all files it produces in Office formats). What you say about Office with educational discounts should really be thought about more carefully. Most people don't know about educational discounts for software. In this case, there is a specific discount being offered (final price of $84.85) it is still costing the parents money.
Anyone using a Livespace, anyone with an Xbox Live account (pretty sure about that one, not entirely however), almost anyone on any forum for a company owned by Microsoft (Bungie, for example), and the list goes on.
OS over head (most people use what comes with the OS, which is generally what is currently being sold by Microsoft, which is always light on system resources) and bloat in many programs themselves.
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...Kentucky Fried Recording Industry Association of America!
I somehow don't buy that argument because of Vista/XP.
You were aware of the black box and what happened to that BEFORE you wrote your post defending the Orange Box, weren't you?
Thanks for the correction.
Lorry is british for big rig, or anything close size wise, I believe (thank you Top Gear).
You already paid all the other fees. They are basically charging you the less than a buck for the disc, a small fee for the extra hassle on their end, and a bit of profit.
Not sure about most schools, but all the schools I went to, after thumbdrives came out, started prohibiting people from using thumbdrives.
...Bravias have rootkits! Honestly, at this point, I think non-rootkit news about sony would be front page worthy. At this point, it is just expected.
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Not necessarily. He could spend money that should be spent on training or equipment on a new employee.
Not in Texas. In Texas, if someone/thing decides to trespass on your property, and they are in any way a threat, you have the legal right to shoot them.
No. They announced that software that they are willing to use to keep track of someone under probation terms is windows only. Nothing more.
Does this have any effect on that at all? IANAL, but it seems like it certainly would. Is it the fact that they are just blocking/throttling a particular type of traffic and not basing blocking/throttling on content?
...did these people end up getting funding from the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? They are a religious organization, and they are running a religious campaign under a general header of "anti-obscenity." How?
Which is relevant how when we are talking about a device with only one actual button?
Actually, according to certain people in the current administration, if you aren't a US citizen, then you essentially have no rights within the US judicial system.
Actually, you should add all the people who don't take the time to even be aware of current events to that list.
...that in his keynote, Carmack stated that Quake Zero was probably going to be more along the lines of 2.5d than 3d. Also, and I find this odd that nobody has written about it, Carmack talked for a bit about what they were originally working on before Rage, a game called Darkness, which was more of a survival horror game and got shelved because they didn't feel it was coming together at the time.
I find myself wondering how well other distros than the one installed (some wacky version of xandros, I believe) will work with the hardware.
What you say about the staff being trained on office and teaching resources being in office, as well as the office classes for the kids (which is why I avoided a good deal of my schools computer classes, because computer = some Microsoft program) are moot. since the UI changes. The people who went through that training and would be tripped up by a different office suite are the ones who are going to have issues because the UI is different. In all actuality, if they needed to switch office suites, then they might have just been better off going with OpenOffice.org considering how the UI is closer to Office 2003's then Office 2007's is.
In all likelihood, the notice was probably sent out because some guy in IT said to some person that Office 2007 files have issues with versions of Office other than 2007. Probably didn't catch mention of the reader for 2003, or didn't care about that because a lot of people are using versions of Office older than 2003. I would be willing to bet that the people who signed off on this transition from whatever they were using before to 2007 never used 2007, for all of the reasons you state in your first sentence.
Switching to OpenOffice.org (assuming that tis the "entirely different office suite" you are talking about) would, as you stated, save the parents money, but would actually be a lot less painful than a switch to 2007 (because of the UI similarity and how easy it is to set it to save all files it produces in Office formats). What you say about Office with educational discounts should really be thought about more carefully. Most people don't know about educational discounts for software. In this case, there is a specific discount being offered (final price of $84.85) it is still costing the parents money.
I think the problem is that, IMHO, at least from my understanding of this, people who AREN'T infected in any way are being screwed as well.
Anyone using a Livespace, anyone with an Xbox Live account (pretty sure about that one, not entirely however), almost anyone on any forum for a company owned by Microsoft (Bungie, for example), and the list goes on.
I never knew that pidgin was a fork. I thought it was officially gaim, only with a name change. At least according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_(software) and the sourceforge page http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim.
If by similar, you mean with a 13.3 gig hard drive, no optical drive, and 256 megs of ram...although then again, the box from mad tux is only $139.
OS over head (most people use what comes with the OS, which is generally what is currently being sold by Microsoft, which is always light on system resources) and bloat in many programs themselves.