They're complaining that Microsoft has software built into its OS with considerable power to mess with your property that does you no good and assumes you are a criminal. What makes it worse is that WGA will never stop real pirates.
The name is also stupid. It should be called "Windows Copy Protection".
OS X has a lot of free software activity. Certainly most of the well know OSS has a Mac version. You are probably thinking of the old Mac OS, which did not.
If something goes critically wrong with commercial software, you have someone to sue. OSS doesn't have that luxury.
And, is it really practical for a company to hire a bunch of engineers to fix their programs when they break?
I think he is complaining because he has to use the Skype application.
He can't do anything useful with the protocol except when he uses their application.
So, are you saying then BillG created a charitable foundation in his name not to continue controlling his earned money without paying taxes, but to actually help poor people?
Yes, he did. He has donated to charity more than any other person, and there is no real reason for him to worry about paying taxes. He has billions of dollars.
If he cared about indian kids and being impartial, may be he should have donated cheap computers without an OS installed.
Those would be useless. Most people cannot install an OS, and if they did go to do so would use Windows, which he gave them. Do you expect someone in an area probably without Internet access to know what Linux is, figure out how to download it, figure out how to burn it to a DVD, figure out how to install it, without having a computer to do any of that on?
What about when he gives money to Africa to buy AIDS drugs from the company he has $200m stake in?
Should he purposely avoid that company? Maybe he invested because it he thought it's products looked promising?
It could, especially if politicians voted to end the ban on drilling in ANWR (the area where they want to drill is barren tundra and has very little life, and they will only drill a tiny portion of it).
It doesn't go down.
It goes down a lot, most recently in 2002, when it got down to around $1.00.
Communism is an extreme ideology. It supports total lack of freedom and complete devotion to the "magical state-like entity that somehow makes everyone share".
Libertarianism is not extreme. It supports a government, just a limited one that allows freedom.
Why would the richer people get to decide policy, any moreso than now? The difference would be fewer laws/taxes/and government programs and more freedom.
Why wouldn't the hard drive company buy it and use it? If they buried it, they would make no money, and be in the same place they were. If they used it, they would get far ahead of the competition, make tons of money, and the CEO would get a new yacht.
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Copy Protection is a standard term for protecting copyright. Genuine Advantage is not.
The purpose of the program is not user interference.
They're complaining that Microsoft has software built into its OS with considerable power to mess with your property that does you no good and assumes you are a criminal. What makes it worse is that WGA will never stop real pirates.
The name is also stupid. It should be called "Windows Copy Protection".
You do have a point, though.
OS X has a lot of free software activity. Certainly most of the well know OSS has a Mac version. You are probably thinking of the old Mac OS, which did not.
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Charleston, Birmingham, Vancouver, ............
Why would a programmer know C, Fortran, or Java? Real programmers program in binary.
I bet this is a new feature of WGA.
If something goes critically wrong with commercial software, you have someone to sue. OSS doesn't have that luxury. And, is it really practical for a company to hire a bunch of engineers to fix their programs when they break?
Both of your hands are right hands? WOW!
Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon have every right to do whatever they want with their product.
The telcos are slightly different, in that a lot of their infrastructure is on public land.
No, my a idiot!
You've got it completely wrong. It isn't maintaining the status quo, it's imposing a false equality.
I think he is complaining because he has to use the Skype application. He can't do anything useful with the protocol except when he uses their application.
So, are you saying then BillG created a charitable foundation in his name not to continue controlling his earned money without paying taxes, but to actually help poor people?
Yes, he did. He has donated to charity more than any other person, and there is no real reason for him to worry about paying taxes. He has billions of dollars.
If he cared about indian kids and being impartial, may be he should have donated cheap computers without an OS installed.
Those would be useless. Most people cannot install an OS, and if they did go to do so would use Windows, which he gave them. Do you expect someone in an area probably without Internet access to know what Linux is, figure out how to download it, figure out how to burn it to a DVD, figure out how to install it, without having a computer to do any of that on?
What about when he gives money to Africa to buy AIDS drugs from the company he has $200m stake in?
Should he purposely avoid that company? Maybe he invested because it he thought it's products looked promising?
Gas won't go down below ~ 3 dollars ever.
It could, especially if politicians voted to end the ban on drilling in ANWR (the area where they want to drill is barren tundra and has very little life, and they will only drill a tiny portion of it).
It doesn't go down.
It goes down a lot, most recently in 2002, when it got down to around $1.00.
"and starting today, all passwords must contain letters, numbers, doodles, sign language and squirrel noises."
There are many companies worth over a billion dollars, relatively speaking.
Cue the Mac OS-X / *Nix / *BSD zealotry.
Psh, my graphing calculator is much more secure than any of those. No security exploits, ever.
Or they could compete on offering net neutrality.
The government should do as little forcing as possible, they should only be in the business of giving opportunities.
This "opportunity-giving" requires them to force money from people.
I agree with you about the minimum wage, though.
Communism is an extreme ideology. It supports total lack of freedom and complete devotion to the "magical state-like entity that somehow makes everyone share". Libertarianism is not extreme. It supports a government, just a limited one that allows freedom.
Why would the richer people get to decide policy, any moreso than now? The difference would be fewer laws/taxes/and government programs and more freedom.
Why wouldn't the hard drive company buy it and use it? If they buried it, they would make no money, and be in the same place they were. If they used it, they would get far ahead of the competition, make tons of money, and the CEO would get a new yacht.
You could fit at least one thousand in most cars, and probably one million in a semi-truck. So 303 TB/s.
irregardless == regardless
opposite(regardless) == regardful
What does "regardless ... or not" mean?