I agree, this is a complete flamebait. Many people have given really insightful comments about this before, I'm not going to repeat everything. It seems it isn't even necessary even more to RTPUTA (read the posts underneath the article).
Oh and next time, form an opinion, instead of giving some offtopic brainless reply. Do you even understand the subject for the matter?
I fully agree. At least you can call racists names (ooh the irony);)
But... did you guys realise too the editors silently neglected to mention the party discriminated against?
With this new system I developed, I can play games with brain signals! I send a brain signal to my finger to press the correct key, and presto! The avatar moves!
Hah, I already patented that system. Prepare to be sued.
-- God
Of course it's an advantage! You get to download all those great programs like Internet Explorer (t3h 1337) and Windows Media Player. I wouldn't live for long if I hadn't installed them!
I agree that windows might be^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H is overpriced. However, your example isn't a very good one. Would MSFT still make a profit selling windows for only 3 bucks? I wouldn't think so. To be able to prove the fact that windows is overpriced one should know the current profit margin, not the price the shady guy at the docks wants you to pay.
Second, maybe the EU will recognize the importance of shifting away from MS software, and possibly even offer incentives of some sort. If a single foreign company can put every EU company at a competitive disadvantage, willfully or otherwise, maybe it's time to seriously re-evaluate your dependencies.
(sorry for making another post, but I just couldn't resist)
As if the US aren't as dependant on MS products! (really, if the situation was reversed you would be bashing MS like hell) MSFT has been building a monopoly and abused it constantly without anyone holding them back. Maybe the EU realised it too late, but at least they're trying to do something about it!
Biting the flamebait sucks, but it was too much, even for me.
However sexual desire is hard to control - the odds that he will abuse some day are very high.
Maybe, but on the other hand, if nobody wants to have sex with me (I post on slashdot;)) would I become frustrated? Likely. Would I rape random women? No way!
My point is: it really depends on character and I'm inclined to think that most pedophiles are mentally healthy and are able to control their desire, while a bunch of sickos can't control themselves. The self justification part is quite normal in human behaviour when they know they're wrong.
I've always been careful selecting the people who I give my "private" address.
Never had a problem. Up till the point some trusted person included me in some lame "help me my daughter is dying!" chainmail:(
NTFS already supports symlinks, I've even created some in Windows XP to redirect My documents to my "real" documents directory on an EXT3 volume.
The only disadvantage is that MS likes to create "My XXX" dirs:( and I don't mean a pr0n dir by this:)
That's in fact a real problem here in Belgium: there's a low transfer limit, typically about 10-20GB.
The ISP's promote online multimedia heavily, but the ads don't mention the artificial limit on the "online digital high definition multimedia experience" (or whichever buzzword combination is popular at the moment).
From a lot of Dutch people I hear the situation over there is much better (higher speeds, higher transfer limits (Fair Use Policy) and lower prices)...
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You *do* realize your "evidence" is as useless as his, do you?
Grog smash puny atoms!
Mabye Gates isn't the power hungry asshole you make him seem to be?
I agree, this is a complete flamebait. Many people have given really insightful comments about this before, I'm not going to repeat everything. It seems it isn't even necessary even more to RTPUTA (read the posts underneath the article). Oh and next time, form an opinion, instead of giving some offtopic brainless reply. Do you even understand the subject for the matter?
Could you tell me what planet you're from? Otherwise I can't make an overlord joke.
It nagged me enough to turn off the security center :)
(but I use Linux most of the time anyway)
I fully agree. At least you can call racists names (ooh the irony) ;)
But... did you guys realise too the editors silently neglected to mention the party discriminated against?
-1 Smartass
In Soviet Russia... wait... that's just the ugly truth :(
I can respond in one quote:
-- houghiYeah homies let's go pop them unsuspecting computer users with da intratubes! Show 'em what bangin' is about.
I agree that windows might be^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H is overpriced. However, your example isn't a very good one. Would MSFT still make a profit selling windows for only 3 bucks? I wouldn't think so. To be able to prove the fact that windows is overpriced one should know the current profit margin, not the price the shady guy at the docks wants you to pay.
WTF? Who modded this 'Insightful'? :P
A karma whoring chain letter?
Maybe, but on the other hand, if nobody wants to have sex with me (I post on slashdot ;)) would I become frustrated? Likely. Would I rape random women? No way!
My point is: it really depends on character and I'm inclined to think that most pedophiles are mentally healthy and are able to control their desire, while a bunch of sickos can't control themselves. The self justification part is quite normal in human behaviour when they know they're wrong.
NTFS already supports symlinks, I've even created some in Windows XP to redirect My documents to my "real" documents directory on an EXT3 volume. The only disadvantage is that MS likes to create "My XXX" dirs :( and I don't mean a pr0n dir by this :)
Oh crap
That's in fact a real problem here in Belgium: there's a low transfer limit, typically about 10-20GB. The ISP's promote online multimedia heavily, but the ads don't mention the artificial limit on the "online digital high definition multimedia experience" (or whichever buzzword combination is popular at the moment). From a lot of Dutch people I hear the situation over there is much better (higher speeds, higher transfer limits (Fair Use Policy) and lower prices)...