Then shouldn't this be brought up with the OEMs not microsoft? The old argument about microsoft raising the license fees if the OEMs do this or that is gone see linux being offered bt Dell, HP, probable others too. If HP and Dell can include all of this other software (DVD players, DVD/CD recording software, trials of anti virus software, etc.), then the OEMs could also include firefox, opera, or another free software. Come on Dell has an option to install adobe acrobat reader which is free. Adding a check box for a web browser is not too hard. Go after the OEMs. They are already selling PCs with a non microsoft OS, adding a free web browser is not going to cost the OEMs that much more.
What if the computer is the DVR? I know you can have it go into sleep mode and wake up. Does anyone have that working 100%? No user intervention to wake the machine up. It wakes up to record then goes back to sleep.
I see many people (including myself) looking at/buying these ultra low power CPUs and lower power video cards to run in the setups. I know of no one (granted small amount of people 30) who do not just leave their computer on 24/7 for this.
They also prevent their own people from getting an education. Women/girls having acid thrown in their faces because they went to school?! That is is just wrong. Having an education and being able to make informed decisions is a good thing. Certain leaders around the world know this and want to stop it. Less informed people are easier to control, and they know it.
3) Windows will need to be free(gratis) in order to keep market share.
It won't have to be zero instantly but the price must be very low and heading towards zero. When a PC was $2,000 the cost of DOS/Windows was easilly borne. As the price plummets to where Windows is easilly the most expensive component it becomes an unstable situation. The smart thing would be for Microsoft to get ahead of the curve and try to control the process.
I thought that was what got got microsoft into trouble in the first place. If microsoft tries to control the OEMs many (people and countries) will cry foul. And that is not something microsoft will be able to live with.
If you are not trying to behead or otherwise hurt someone why not walk around with it? I could see you being stopped and questioned by police but if you are taking it home or some other normal (i.e. not trying to kill someone) function it shouldn't be illegal. People have rifles and shotguns on display in their cars (not all but many do) and no one thinks twice.
If the sword becomes part of your wardrobe and you work in an office building I could see one being questioned. Think about it. How many people die from a sword accidentally beheading them on its own? I would believe that accidental sword deaths are very small.
The elected representatives in Iran are only figureheads. All the power lies with the Ayatollah. Part of his title is the Supreme Leader of Iran for a reason. Iran has done nothing in the last 30 years? What about the Hamas leader going to Iran and thanking the Ayatollah for Iran's help. That alone should be proof that Iran is indirectly starting wars.
The whole firing of rockets into Israel thing. If no rockets were fired, nothing would be done. Eventually you swat the fly that is bugging you. Ignoring it doesn't solve anything. Was Israel's reaction too much? Hell yes. But Hamas would not listen to anything else. Hamas signs a cease fire and then breaks it expecting Israel to not do anything about it.
Personally I think the UN should move in and make the entire Holy Land part of no country. People can visit for religious reasons. No weapons of any kind are allowed in and no one can live there. The kindergarten approach might have some value here. The people there do not play well together. Take their toys away. In this case the toys is the Holy Land itself.
So it is up the the federal government to prepare for all natural disasters?
You do know the states are supposed to take care of that themselves, right? They (the states) can ask for additional aid but still it is on the states to take care of that. The federal people were telling LA since the 60s to fix the levees. New Orleans and the rest of LA just kept on partying. Is it bad? yes. The entire blame should not be put on the federal government like it has been. Most of it should be on the state. Each state is supposed to have its own emergency system in case of natural disasters. Hurricanes are not new. And Katrina was not the strongest storm to ever hit the US. Hell FL got hit with what 4 in the same year and no one bitched about the federal response then.
That is easy, buy an OEM XP online and built the PC yourself. Places like newegg sell the hardware and software. I would still shop around and get the best deal you can find for both hardware and software. If XP is what you want, shop around for the best deal for it.
Unless you wanna go pirate or you can get the people on microsoft's phone line to grant you a new XP code. I know a lot of people who do that. They claim that their machine died (electrical short/flood/something believable) and they had to replace the machine. Might take some time but it often works.
ON topic: isn't citrix still a pain to setup with all of ones apps? And you still need the licensing for XP clients (plus app licensing).
Well if this second bailout gets passed we the people have a $1.6 trillion bill to pay on top of all the other debts.
I would have rather seen a better use of the remaining part of the first bailout package and repayment by the companies which got funds then a second package.
Wasn't microsoft not allowed to include those things from the antitrust lawsuits? A free PDF add in for office is there but not included. I wish it worked for any program not just office, but that is what cute PDF and a slew of other programs are for. If PDF is an open standard and companies are free to implement it if they want too, why is all but microsoft allowed? The trend is that Apple and Linux are gaining ground, so if microsoft drops to 50% or less will the antitrust rules go away?
For those on cable it is different. If you already use a digital cable box, you are set.
If you use cable but no box, your TV is the tuner you have to look at the age of your TV.
If that TV was made in 2004 or is newer (it might be 2002 I got to go look again) you are fine since federal law required that TV to have a digital tuner in it.
If you have an older TV and are using cable you may still need the converter. Cox cable has not been clear as to weather I will need a converter box or a new TV. Some say they will continue sending analog signals over the cable wire while some say they will only send digital signals over the cable wire. I have called 4 times 2 one way 2 the other. My computer is doing the recording so that is fine either way. I would like a straight answer as to if I need to replace/get a converter for my TV (it is from 1996 so no digital tuner in it) or not.
And many of us apartment/condo dwellers cannot charge at 'home'. There are a reasons: 1. few or no outside outlets to plug in to. 2. It could be against the rules of your place. We would have to move or see if work (it doesn't for me and my work is very very green) allows one to plug in.
Manned Venus orbiter sounds like a good idea, but wouldn't that trip be a few years long? Time to get there plus the time to do the experiments plus time to get back? Unless the people who went on the trip knew it was a one way trip.
On that same note... I can play any MP3 in an iPod just as easily as I can play it in another off-brand player. I cannot however play a Windows game or use a Windows Application in a generic off-brand operating system without reverse engineering Windows.
You do know the same is true with an OSX only app/game, a mainframe only app/game, a UNIX only app/game, a (enter name of OS here) only app/game. Send that complaint to the company that made that app/game. Not the OS it runs on.
Exchange is not being forced on users for email. You need a separate server to use exchange. The powers that be at microsoft may want it, but unless people start setting up their own exchange servers at the homes, it is not going to happen. Many businesses may use exchange, but there are many that do not.
Now if you were thinking of outlook, which is part of office (you can get it by itself, but it is an office product) that still can be used with exchange or any pop email account. It even works with a lot of web based email accounts. Personally I would rather use the web browser then an email client for web based email but some people do use an email client.
Microsoft may want to dominate in all those areas, but they are not to top dog in gaming (Xbox), music players, or web frame work. I need to check on the others but aside from office programs, base OS installs, and web browsers (since it is included with the OS) I do not see microsoft being number one. With web browsers, people do know that there are choices. They are starting to use those choices. So microsoft may get an install of IE with every OS installed, they do not get IE used as the only web browser beyond downloading firefox, or what ever other web browser is going to be used. To keep people using IE, microsoft either has to make IE better so people want to use it. Or make it impossible for another web browser to be installed. Since microsoft cannot stop people from installing a different web browser, that is not an option. People have choice, if those people do not use it, that is not microsoft's fault.
The same argument can be made for OSX. What web browser comes with OSX? People are forced to use safari. How many people use safari to go download firefox? I know I do on every OSX machine I have used. So what is the big deal with doing the same thing on windows? The only thing stopping people from installing their browser of choice is themselves.
But microsoft is a convicted... we have all heard it before. Should microsoft be watched more closely then others? yes. Should microsoft be hampered from people using their products? no. Should microsoft be forced to put other company's products into their OS? Only if every other company is forced to do the same thing. People only cry foul when microsoft does it, not when company ABC does the same thing or worse. If you really want to fair for all, all companies should have to adhere to the same rules. Then it is fair. Anything short of that, and it is not fair.
If Starbuck is not the final cylon, she is a clone. Remember they took out her ovary on Caprica. I always wondered why we didn't see a bunch of Starbuck's running around causing havoc. How clone Starbuck got memories, no idea. My vote she was the final cylon.
The ship being the final cylon, good idea bt they would have to have the ship do something, not just sit there. I thought the 12 models were 12 flesh cylon models. Cause if you add up all the cylon models: The cylon raiders, 7 known and 4 reveled flesh models, the actual robotic cylons, plus all the base star hybrid models, you get over 12 models.
Leaked? wasn't she on the team that designed the programming. She had all the source code. I thought in one episode she changed the code so the cylons could disable the computers.
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Then shouldn't this be brought up with the OEMs not microsoft? The old argument about microsoft raising the license fees if the OEMs do this or that is gone see linux being offered bt Dell, HP, probable others too. If HP and Dell can include all of this other software (DVD players, DVD/CD recording software, trials of anti virus software, etc.), then the OEMs could also include firefox, opera, or another free software. Come on Dell has an option to install adobe acrobat reader which is free. Adding a check box for a web browser is not too hard. Go after the OEMs. They are already selling PCs with a non microsoft OS, adding a free web browser is not going to cost the OEMs that much more.
What if the computer is the DVR? I know you can have it go into sleep mode and wake up. Does anyone have that working 100%? No user intervention to wake the machine up. It wakes up to record then goes back to sleep.
I see many people (including myself) looking at/buying these ultra low power CPUs and lower power video cards to run in the setups. I know of no one (granted small amount of people 30) who do not just leave their computer on 24/7 for this.
They also prevent their own people from getting an education. Women/girls having acid thrown in their faces because they went to school?! That is is just wrong. Having an education and being able to make informed decisions is a good thing. Certain leaders around the world know this and want to stop it. Less informed people are easier to control, and they know it.
3) Windows will need to be free(gratis) in order to keep market share.
It won't have to be zero instantly but the price must be very low and heading towards zero. When a PC was $2,000 the cost of DOS/Windows was easilly borne. As the price plummets to where Windows is easilly the most expensive component it becomes an unstable situation. The smart thing would be for Microsoft to get ahead of the curve and try to control the process.
I thought that was what got got microsoft into trouble in the first place. If microsoft tries to control the OEMs many (people and countries) will cry foul. And that is not something microsoft will be able to live with.
Shhhh!! Do not give them any ideas!
If you are not trying to behead or otherwise hurt someone why not walk around with it? I could see you being stopped and questioned by police but if you are taking it home or some other normal (i.e. not trying to kill someone) function it shouldn't be illegal. People have rifles and shotguns on display in their cars (not all but many do) and no one thinks twice.
If the sword becomes part of your wardrobe and you work in an office building I could see one being questioned. Think about it. How many people die from a sword accidentally beheading them on its own? I would believe that accidental sword deaths are very small.
The elected representatives in Iran are only figureheads. All the power lies with the Ayatollah. Part of his title is the Supreme Leader of Iran for a reason. Iran has done nothing in the last 30 years? What about the Hamas leader going to Iran and thanking the Ayatollah for Iran's help. That alone should be proof that Iran is indirectly starting wars.
source:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/01/iran.hamas/index.html
The whole firing of rockets into Israel thing. If no rockets were fired, nothing would be done. Eventually you swat the fly that is bugging you. Ignoring it doesn't solve anything. Was Israel's reaction too much? Hell yes. But Hamas would not listen to anything else. Hamas signs a cease fire and then breaks it expecting Israel to not do anything about it.
Personally I think the UN should move in and make the entire Holy Land part of no country. People can visit for religious reasons. No weapons of any kind are allowed in and no one can live there. The kindergarten approach might have some value here. The people there do not play well together. Take their toys away. In this case the toys is the Holy Land itself.
So it is up the the federal government to prepare for all natural disasters?
You do know the states are supposed to take care of that themselves, right? They (the states) can ask for additional aid but still it is on the states to take care of that. The federal people were telling LA since the 60s to fix the levees. New Orleans and the rest of LA just kept on partying. Is it bad? yes. The entire blame should not be put on the federal government like it has been. Most of it should be on the state. Each state is supposed to have its own emergency system in case of natural disasters. Hurricanes are not new. And Katrina was not the strongest storm to ever hit the US. Hell FL got hit with what 4 in the same year and no one bitched about the federal response then.
That is easy, buy an OEM XP online and built the PC yourself. Places like newegg sell the hardware and software. I would still shop around and get the best deal you can find for both hardware and software. If XP is what you want, shop around for the best deal for it.
Unless you wanna go pirate or you can get the people on microsoft's phone line to grant you a new XP code. I know a lot of people who do that. They claim that their machine died (electrical short/flood/something believable) and they had to replace the machine. Might take some time but it often works.
ON topic: isn't citrix still a pain to setup with all of ones apps? And you still need the licensing for XP clients (plus app licensing).
Well if this second bailout gets passed we the people have a $1.6 trillion bill to pay on top of all the other debts.
I would have rather seen a better use of the remaining part of the first bailout package and repayment by the companies which got funds then a second package.
Did he vote or just press 'present'?
Wasn't microsoft not allowed to include those things from the antitrust lawsuits? A free PDF add in for office is there but not included. I wish it worked for any program not just office, but that is what cute PDF and a slew of other programs are for. If PDF is an open standard and companies are free to implement it if they want too, why is all but microsoft allowed? The trend is that Apple and Linux are gaining ground, so if microsoft drops to 50% or less will the antitrust rules go away?
Here is the long ass link for the office add in for those interested:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en
By being born early the child is still actually born. The only difference is the child's birthday.
But not communicated clearly.
For over the air you need the converter.
For dish (and the others), you are already set.
For FIOS, I believe you are set.
For those on cable it is different.
If you already use a digital cable box, you are set.
If you use cable but no box, your TV is the tuner you have to look at the age of your TV.
If that TV was made in 2004 or is newer (it might be 2002 I got to go look again) you are fine since federal law required that TV to have a digital tuner in it.
If you have an older TV and are using cable you may still need the converter. Cox cable has not been clear as to weather I will need a converter box or a new TV. Some say they will continue sending analog signals over the cable wire while some say they will only send digital signals over the cable wire. I have called 4 times 2 one way 2 the other. My computer is doing the recording so that is fine either way. I would like a straight answer as to if I need to replace/get a converter for my TV (it is from 1996 so no digital tuner in it) or not.
Howard is that you?
And many of us apartment/condo dwellers cannot charge at 'home'. There are a reasons: 1. few or no outside outlets to plug in to. 2. It could be against the rules of your place. We would have to move or see if work (it doesn't for me and my work is very very green) allows one to plug in.
Manned Venus orbiter sounds like a good idea, but wouldn't that trip be a few years long? Time to get there plus the time to do the experiments plus time to get back? Unless the people who went on the trip knew it was a one way trip.
On that same note... I can play any MP3 in an iPod just as easily as I can play it in another off-brand player. I cannot however play a Windows game or use a Windows Application in a generic off-brand operating system without reverse engineering Windows.
You do know the same is true with an OSX only app/game, a mainframe only app/game, a UNIX only app/game, a (enter name of OS here) only app/game. Send that complaint to the company that made that app/game. Not the OS it runs on.
Exchange is not being forced on users for email. You need a separate server to use exchange. The powers that be at microsoft may want it, but unless people start setting up their own exchange servers at the homes, it is not going to happen. Many businesses may use exchange, but there are many that do not.
Now if you were thinking of outlook, which is part of office (you can get it by itself, but it is an office product) that still can be used with exchange or any pop email account. It even works with a lot of web based email accounts. Personally I would rather use the web browser then an email client for web based email but some people do use an email client.
Microsoft may want to dominate in all those areas, but they are not to top dog in gaming (Xbox), music players, or web frame work. I need to check on the others but aside from office programs, base OS installs, and web browsers (since it is included with the OS) I do not see microsoft being number one. With web browsers, people do know that there are choices. They are starting to use those choices. So microsoft may get an install of IE with every OS installed, they do not get IE used as the only web browser beyond downloading firefox, or what ever other web browser is going to be used. To keep people using IE, microsoft either has to make IE better so people want to use it. Or make it impossible for another web browser to be installed. Since microsoft cannot stop people from installing a different web browser, that is not an option. People have choice, if those people do not use it, that is not microsoft's fault.
The same argument can be made for OSX. What web browser comes with OSX? People are forced to use safari. How many people use safari to go download firefox? I know I do on every OSX machine I have used. So what is the big deal with doing the same thing on windows? The only thing stopping people from installing their browser of choice is themselves.
But microsoft is a convicted... we have all heard it before. Should microsoft be watched more closely then others? yes. Should microsoft be hampered from people using their products? no. Should microsoft be forced to put other company's products into their OS? Only if every other company is forced to do the same thing. People only cry foul when microsoft does it, not when company ABC does the same thing or worse. If you really want to fair for all, all companies should have to adhere to the same rules. Then it is fair. Anything short of that, and it is not fair.
If Starbuck is not the final cylon, she is a clone. Remember they took out her ovary on Caprica. I always wondered why we didn't see a bunch of Starbuck's running around causing havoc. How clone Starbuck got memories, no idea. My vote she was the final cylon.
The ship being the final cylon, good idea bt they would have to have the ship do something, not just sit there. I thought the 12 models were 12 flesh cylon models. Cause if you add up all the cylon models: The cylon raiders, 7 known and 4 reveled flesh models, the actual robotic cylons, plus all the base star hybrid models, you get over 12 models.
Well, he was my enemy when I first met him. More like he was the most evil being in the universe. We had a fight, and he cut off my right hand...
Leaked? wasn't she on the team that designed the programming. She had all the source code. I thought in one episode she changed the code so the cylons could disable the computers.
Where is vista sp2? I kind of thought windows 7 was vista sp2 not vista sp3.
But is firefox eating up memory the OS's fault or the people who wrote firefox?
Hooked an EEE to a 27 inch LCD. Granted I needed to turn off dual display to get the maximum (1920 X 1200). But it worked no problem.