Within hours, I realized what a stupid piece of crap it was and returned it the next day for a full refund.
As long as you realize you should be grateful to their customer service for this - one thing merchants are never obligated to do (except in big ticket purchases like cars/homes, and sometimes not even then, where you have a cooling off period) is accept a return for refund because you/changed your mind/.
Methinks that someone that intent on knowing that the internal workings of their LCD monitor in the first place, is not going to buy a 6-bit LCD in that first place.
Although I did hear, I think, that they were moving to 8 bit panels...
Though I can't see why anyone would use an Apple monitor; you can get the same monitor for 1/3 of the price from a different company...
Shhh! That glowing Apple logolight was hand etched by a 96 year old Tibetan monk, that's the real reason the Apple monitor with the same LCD inside is several hundred dollars more than the same LCD that's inside a Dell shell.
My Asus Windows PC. Logitech keyboard and mouse. Westinghouse 24" LCD monitor. Harmon/Kardon speakers. Linksys wireless router.
I'm failing to see your so-called "point"?
That Windows wouldn't work with your Logitech keyboard and mouse? That Windows wouldn't work with your Dell monitor? That Windows wouldn't work with your Bose speakers? That Windows wouldn't work with your Linksys wireless router?
Cause unless all of the above is true, I think most people would struggle to see whatever the hell it is your post was trying to prove.
Wow. That's amazing. It's almost like Windows has no idea what programs are registered handlers for a filetype unless you go into "File and Settings Defaults Manager" (whatever the hell that is, you mean "Set Program Access and Defaults").
Except your example shows you doing almost exactly what a Windows user would do.
You pulled down an application, extracted it and dropped it into a folder, and voila, said application is now registered with the OS and can be used for handling that file type.
Windows user:
Pulls down an application, extracts it and runs it, and voila, said application is now registered with the OS and can be used for handling that file type.
I'm always amused by people going on and on about "Wow, how much more intuitive is the Mac to you guys stuck on sucky-ass Windows. I mean look, this is all I have to do - [insert here sequence of instructions with almost identical Windows counterpart that is somehow magically more crappy than said sequence of instructions on the Mac, because, well, uh, I guess, they're on a Mac, because there often ain't much difference beyond that]."
Bleh. There are plenty of areas where OS X outshines Windows. It's funny to see people use examples where processes are near identical.
Don't be silly. CxOs rarely buy themselves planes. They have the board give them a plane out of the company's funds. Or at least a lease at drastically below market rates.
How in the name of blue fuck was this modded insightful? Ads which mock PC users, humble? At what point do you realize that a company with a market value of OVER $150 BILLION is not a quiet little family company? Spare me the 'but it's the ethos, man'? Apple is no more a garage company, it's a tightly choreographed Broadway production.
Birth control leads to the objectification of women
Show me this study, I'm curious. Or was it just one thrown in there that seemed like it might fit, and just so happens to further the 'birth control is evil' agenda?
I would never complain about someone carrying a baby bag, even oversized. It's the huffing and puffing types, who don't even get off their cellphone as they're trying to stuff it in a locker, usually unsuccessfully the first time, nearly braining me on occasions.
Those are the ones first up against the wall when the revolution comes...
Maybe their trying to get dibs on overhead compartment space?
I do that, too, now, on domestic US flights.
Because I am sick. to. fucking. death. of complete assclowns trying to stuff upto and including fullsize bags into the overhead compartment with zero concern for anyone else, just so they avoid having to check bags. I've lost track of the number of times I've had to try to stuff my (small) laptop backpack under the seat in front of me, and twice I had to have the bag taken from me and check it, because people had stuffed the overheads full to bursting point, on a flight that was 80% full, at most. Ye gods. Airlines need to get really pedantic. "If your bag don't fit in this template, it's/not/ going on. It's not going on because we're not wanting you to get pissy about it (because people get very pissy about it), etc, etc. But because, selfish fuckwit, other people have a right to space for their carryons, too."
wait, what, you were serious? you actually threw up OSx86 (as cool as it is) as a realistic option for people thinking of switching to a Mac through frustration with Windows? With all the 'can't update' fun that that entails? Heaven help them if they have a Centrino laptop. I looked for info on using my 2200BG card under this in Jan 06 - was the only device not supported on my laptop. I followed threads. 22 MONTHS LATER, no-one has got a single Intel wireless device running. So there goes a good 80-90%+ of potential laptop users.
That's lovely. End of day none of my mission critical "gotta have or we'll go out of business" applications work on Vista. _None_. No, I'm not making that up, sadly. I sincerely tried to move to Vista and have since rolled back to XP. Blame the other development shops if you'd like, but what bugs me is that even if Vista were all that, none of the tools I need work on it.
Your "argument" would have held a lot more credibility if you'd named these mission critical applications. Any single one. (Yes, I know there are programs that don't work - but you didn't actually specify a single one).
how XP piles them all into one icon that ZOMFG! requres... you... to... click... it!
An option quickly turned off in Taskbar Properties, like Finder is configured through its preferences. One of the first things I do on a new Windows install.
Why, because when you get bought out all your existing contracts are voided? There was serious cash that changed hands for such agreements, and special access to resources. That's not coming without a contract that doesn't go away because you got bought out by EA.
To answer your question in general, your cell company needs your SSN so they can check your credit. Unless you use pre-paid service, they're essentially lending you money which you pay back monthly.
I know you said 'essentially', but not really, they're giving you a service and allowing you to pay in arrears.
A comparison would be any restaurant where you pay your bill at the end of the meal. Many people I know have larger individual restaurant bills than monthly cellular bills, but no credit check there...
Well, yes and no. Granted I find the US system hellish at times (I moved here about 10 months ago from Australia), but realistically, you can pay $20 for unlimited texting for 'families' (read, all lines under one account), and most reasonable plans by default offer unlimited calling/messaging to other lines on account.
it's unlikely that anyone grabbing one of the cracked games would have the types of problems they're having, and would report it to EA ('What's that? You're having problems? Well lets just check your CD Key...oh what's this? Cracked version, BANNINATION).
You'd still use your CD key if prompted to run a cracked version, if your only real interest was 'not wanting to insert CD' - I can completely appreciate that pain. If you're running with a warezed key? You'll forgive me if I give slightly less than two shits whether your crack is making things run shitty.
The drive is 50 miles one-way and takes about 45 minutes (there's rarely any traffic at the hours she drives). She must be at work no later than 0630, as the operating rooms open at 0700. We figured out that each day's round trip costs $48.50 at the current mileage rate.
100 miles, $48.50 worth of gas. Average gas price, $3.20 a gallon, gallons used, 15.15 gallons. 15.15 gallons of gas used to drive 100mi? 6.6MPG.
Here's another solution, drive something smaller than a freaking land yacht that guzzles a gallon of gas every six miles! What is it, a Ford FuckOffYou'reInMyWay SUV? Even the Expedition gets 12MPG city cycle!
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As long as you realize you should be grateful to their customer service for this - one thing merchants are never obligated to do (except in big ticket purchases like cars/homes, and sometimes not even then, where you have a cooling off period) is accept a return for refund because you /changed your mind/.
Although I did hear, I think, that they were moving to 8 bit panels...
Shhh! That glowing Apple logolight was hand etched by a 96 year old Tibetan monk, that's the real reason the Apple monitor with the same LCD inside is several hundred dollars more than the same LCD that's inside a Dell shell.
My Asus Windows PC. Logitech keyboard and mouse. Westinghouse 24" LCD monitor. Harmon/Kardon speakers. Linksys wireless router.
I'm failing to see your so-called "point"?
That Windows wouldn't work with your Logitech keyboard and mouse? That Windows wouldn't work with your Dell monitor? That Windows wouldn't work with your Bose speakers? That Windows wouldn't work with your Linksys wireless router?
Cause unless all of the above is true, I think most people would struggle to see whatever the hell it is your post was trying to prove.
Except your example shows you doing almost exactly what a Windows user would do.
You pulled down an application, extracted it and dropped it into a folder, and voila, said application is now registered with the OS and can be used for handling that file type.
Windows user:
Pulls down an application, extracts it and runs it, and voila, said application is now registered with the OS and can be used for handling that file type.
I'm always amused by people going on and on about "Wow, how much more intuitive is the Mac to you guys stuck on sucky-ass Windows. I mean look, this is all I have to do - [insert here sequence of instructions with almost identical Windows counterpart that is somehow magically more crappy than said sequence of instructions on the Mac, because, well, uh, I guess, they're on a Mac, because there often ain't much difference beyond that]."
Bleh. There are plenty of areas where OS X outshines Windows. It's funny to see people use examples where processes are near identical.
Don't be silly. CxOs rarely buy themselves planes. They have the board give them a plane out of the company's funds. Or at least a lease at drastically below market rates.
Heh. When I married my wife, and filed for permanent residency, we HAD to demonstrate that we had shared access to financial accounts, etc, to USCIS.
How in the name of blue fuck was this modded insightful? Ads which mock PC users, humble? At what point do you realize that a company with a market value of OVER $150 BILLION is not a quiet little family company? Spare me the 'but it's the ethos, man'? Apple is no more a garage company, it's a tightly choreographed Broadway production.
Show me this study, I'm curious. Or was it just one thrown in there that seemed like it might fit, and just so happens to further the 'birth control is evil' agenda?
This shit has got to stop. Someone has to be accountable! Make the bastards pay.
Seriously, I'm trying to figure out what your so-called point is.
Replace "Microsoft" with "apple", replace "XBox360" with "PowerMac/iMac/MBP", and you could say the same. Face it, all companies do this.
"Join us now and share the software. You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free."
Those are the ones first up against the wall when the revolution comes...
I almost never do this, but "Mod parent up, +1 Insightful". One of the most cogent theories I've read in this topic.
I do that, too, now, on domestic US flights.
Because I am sick. to. fucking. death. of complete assclowns trying to stuff upto and including fullsize bags into the overhead compartment with zero concern for anyone else, just so they avoid having to check bags. I've lost track of the number of times I've had to try to stuff my (small) laptop backpack under the seat in front of me, and twice I had to have the bag taken from me and check it, because people had stuffed the overheads full to bursting point, on a flight that was 80% full, at most. Ye gods. Airlines need to get really pedantic. "If your bag don't fit in this template, it's /not/ going on. It's not going on because we're not wanting you to get pissy about it (because people get very pissy about it), etc, etc. But because, selfish fuckwit, other people have a right to space for their carryons, too."
wait, what, you were serious? you actually threw up OSx86 (as cool as it is) as a realistic option for people thinking of switching to a Mac through frustration with Windows? With all the 'can't update' fun that that entails? Heaven help them if they have a Centrino laptop. I looked for info on using my 2200BG card under this in Jan 06 - was the only device not supported on my laptop. I followed threads. 22 MONTHS LATER, no-one has got a single Intel wireless device running. So there goes a good 80-90%+ of potential laptop users.
Your "argument" would have held a lot more credibility if you'd named these mission critical applications. Any single one. (Yes, I know there are programs that don't work - but you didn't actually specify a single one).
An option quickly turned off in Taskbar Properties, like Finder is configured through its preferences. One of the first things I do on a new Windows install.
Except when they discover the datacenter storing those records was in a basement level facility in N'awlins, right? :)
Why, because when you get bought out all your existing contracts are voided? There was serious cash that changed hands for such agreements, and special access to resources. That's not coming without a contract that doesn't go away because you got bought out by EA.
I know you said 'essentially', but not really, they're giving you a service and allowing you to pay in arrears.
A comparison would be any restaurant where you pay your bill at the end of the meal. Many people I know have larger individual restaurant bills than monthly cellular bills, but no credit check there...
Well, yes and no. Granted I find the US system hellish at times (I moved here about 10 months ago from Australia), but realistically, you can pay $20 for unlimited texting for 'families' (read, all lines under one account), and most reasonable plans by default offer unlimited calling/messaging to other lines on account.
You'd still use your CD key if prompted to run a cracked version, if your only real interest was 'not wanting to insert CD' - I can completely appreciate that pain. If you're running with a warezed key? You'll forgive me if I give slightly less than two shits whether your crack is making things run shitty.
Okay, I'll stand corrected ... being a new American, 'mileage rate' is a new phrase to me. That seems far more reasonable.
100 miles, $48.50 worth of gas. Average gas price, $3.20 a gallon, gallons used, 15.15 gallons. 15.15 gallons of gas used to drive 100mi? 6.6MPG.
Here's another solution, drive something smaller than a freaking land yacht that guzzles a gallon of gas every six miles! What is it, a Ford FuckOffYou'reInMyWay SUV? Even the Expedition gets 12MPG city cycle!