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  1. Well, try this. on Options for 'Fixing' A Pirated Copy of Windows · · Score: 1

    Just buy the windowsXP and don't install it. It leaves you out of your guilty feeling.


    For real, At first I would download a cdkey changer which allows changing the cdkey without reinstalling it. Yes it's piracy software used to broke windows security.

    But I'd really recommend waiting for Windows Vista, since it will be about as expensive as Windows XP. And does contain a lot of important security and useability fixes.

    Althought, I'd really just love to see how well Linux can survive in your home. Novell has come up with really good distro with SUSE 10, and ubuntu doesn't do that bad job either. Or just try Fedora Core.

    Try one of these... :)

  2. I totally do agree with him. on Why Have Movies Been So Bad Lately? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I am 19, and I have watched a lots of films in my life. Espesially with friends. And I have to say that most Hollywood films are just boring, stypid, they're not funny when they supposed to be so. And it's overall very bad. Now, when films are this bad, less and less people go to watch them. And then Hollywood can easily talk about how piracy is causing them to loss more and more money when in fact hollywood is making big mistake not trying to fix their own problems with big productions. At least some small productions with a lot of less money are occasionally making o.k films. But usually Asian productions are much better. Japanese action and horror films are great. At the moment I know only one American film director who has made some good movies lately, and he is Quentin Tarantino. Can you agree with me?

  3. Re:Yeah sure... on End of Win 98 Support May Boost Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    ...Exept that default ubuntu desktop with dark brown against black and gold against bright brown looks ugly in my opinion. I know a lot of guys with similar thoughts. They all however, agree that Ubuntu, is one of the best things ever happened on a road towards Linux desktop at home.
    Even with it's theme design flaws. I hope that some day I will be acctually see the boot messages in normal day light instead of fixing brightness to the top of the monitor maxium value. Also it would be great to have a ubuntu setup tool witch asks for default desktop. Kubuntu has a lot of fixes to these couple issues and I hope they will continue on that line improving Ubuntu their own way.

  4. hell freezes over again... on Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year? · · Score: 1

    Finland won the Eurovision song contest. I am pretty sure that since it is possible for hell to freeze over then Duke Nukem might acctually have a change get out by christmas...

  5. About 'experts' on Illumio to Launch Social Network Advice Software · · Score: 1

    The questions can then be answered locally based on a novel reverse auction system that Illumio uses to determine who the experts are.

    Without mentioning that these "experts" can be from competitative company and tell you not to buy either one. Instead they tell you to buy from them...

    Think about it.

  6. heh on Vista Beta 2 has Major Problems · · Score: 1

    seconded.

  7. Re:i bet on Windows Media Player 11 and Urge · · Score: 1

    iTunes allows you to burn CDs of your music and then you can later RIP those cds as much as you want. Volá DRM won't prevent that.

  8. just a quick note on Mac OS X Kernel Source Now Closed · · Score: 1

    With the public sources, all that could be built for PowerPC anyway was Darwin which is another BSD derivative. It's not OS X...it doesn't have Quartz, QuickTime, Java, Aqua, the Dock, Carbon, or anything else that makes OS X the operating system that it is. Those components of OS X were never open source and never will be. Where Darwin shined, however, was in opening up the source for drivers.

    Darwin is Mac OSX... ^^
    or should I say: Mac OSX is Darwin...

    The thing here is that Mac OSX ain't operating system. It's just a name for a software collection consisting of operating system called Darwin OS and some nifty libraries and programs: Quartz, QuickTime, Java, Aqua, the Dock, Carbon ...

    And Darwin OS happens to use XNU as well as it's kernel. So since Apple will close down XNU open development it won't be possible for 'free' Darwin to survive unless Apple continues to release newer sources for the kernel.

    But it doesn't matter anyway since Apple has failed to prove it's software 'open' anyway. Building Apple Darwin is pain in...

  9. stypid.. on Creative Sues Apple · · Score: 1

    this is stypid, apple was there first with their interface and creative comes miles behind. Apple owns their file browser system. It maybe that neither creative or apple did develop that interface anyway. this will be interesting fight.

  10. no freaking way.. on Indie Game Devs Should Give Up · · Score: 1

    That's just bull. Without indie developers there won't be interesting, innovative, fun games to play. Either that guy is insane or his greedy 3vil twin has taken control.

  11. about delaying vista... on Microsoft May Delay Windows Vista Again · · Score: 1

    Microsoft cannot afford delaying vista anymore. It is bad for bussiness to do so.

  12. about ballmer on Why Email is a Bad Collaboration Tool · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer is CTO of Microsoft because it' is Microsoft. Somebody's got to take responsibility of becoming flop of Windows Vista... ;)

  13. Re:Outdated in the future... on New Apple Campaign Target PC Flaws · · Score: 1

    Outdated because everybody already knows every windows joke exept mac users. Apple is attacking PCs like no other. They should have made difference between their Intel PCs and Intel PCs of our world.

    Microsoft versus Apple... what a lovely debate.

  14. Re:funny but outdated jokes... on New Apple Campaign Target PC Flaws · · Score: 1

    We've been hearing that for years now. Even when it does make its appearance, it won't solve all of Windows' problems.

    So what if Microsoft did published the release date and then moved it with six months. Everything else has been speculation from people like you. Microsoft by during these years did show their system and it's development with their restarts and feature drop-outs. They have done most of things to keep us informed what's going to change with next windows. Remember windows95? Not until it was released people got known about it well.

    They have keept the release date and I guess they will keep it since it's about time to new windows to show up soon.

    Apple isn't the one who twisted the use of the term "PC" -- it's been that way for a long time. It's like the term "hacker" has been twisted. Sad, true, get used to it.

    Some information for you. AppleII was sold as "home PC". By during these years, Apple has sold their computers as "home PCs" until they changed and started sold them as Macs. I recall that it was just before the modern Macs came to stores.
    Maybe Apple didn't create that twist or they did... No one knows.

    Virus makers don't target CPUs: they target operating systems. By your logic, Linux on Intel would also be a hi-security [sic] risk.

    I ment here that PPC was a platform that does not interest any virus writers. Tell me honestly, how many PPCs there are against the Intel PCs out there in the world? I can't tell you nothing exept my best guess. I guess that there are 7:100 PPCs out there. This is my guess then. Now tell me, How many people who own the PPC are virus writers or have some interests to write viruses to PPCs? Got my point?

    People who write viruses are running their system on most cases on Intel platform. Windows has lots of vulnerabilities. Not only because of it's history but also bad design choises have their effects. Windows also happens to be most used Intel platform operating system out there. It's very natural that virus writers do their stuff for it.

    Mac is also a many ways similar to Windows. It's got so called legacy code base which has vulnerabilities like windows does. Like it was slashdotted weeks ago, OSX has vulnerabilities which in other Unixes where fixed like in 80's.

    Mac can now be used on any Intel PC with some limitations thought unless it's a official Apple Intel Mac.

    I'd expect more Mac viruses in future since Mac is vulneral to attacks. I'll expect more viruses and troijas for Mac platform with Apple market share rising. If Apple would have kept on PPC they could have kept the slogan: "There no known viruses for OSX".

    Gnu/Linux doesn't interest virus writers at all. Why? It's the same as wrecking your own house for those people who are hackers and write viruses. People like kids doesn't know how to write or aren't interested writing viruses to Gnu/Linux. Crackers who write viruses for Gnu/Linux have noticed it much more harder to do it and it's spreading is offen stoped with allmost immidiate fixes. Also Linux doesn't have so called legacy codebase. Linux transforms it's shape like in everyday little by little.

    But you are right that since Gnu/Linux operates also on x86, all Gnu/Linuxes running on x86 have higher change to got a virus than the linuxes which are running on other platforms.

    Funny how that segues into my comment: you can count the number of Mac viruses on 1 hand. Also, there were/are PPC-Mac viruses, but, again, only a handful.

    By reading http://www.securemac.com/ I know that there are no known PPC viruses for Mac. There are troijans but those aren't effected for many years anymore. And they effect on PPC Mac Internet Explorer in most cases. But there is at least one or two real Intel Mac viruses. It depends on who are you asking from...
    For years Macs have had security problems which have been fixed not immidiedly but with time. In all peace. Why nobody haven't used these flavs before? I'd really like you to explain that.

  15. funny but outdated jokes... on New Apple Campaign Target PC Flaws · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Those adverts are acctually quite funny. They joke about the current situation of the Windows PCs... But how long? Vista is peeping around the corner... And since I am a Debian Linux user I didn't understand why they attack the PC's so directly. Mac is also a Personal Computer aka PC, no matter how they will twist or put it to their ads. Mac OSX with Intel platform is a hi-security risk because PPC was a platform no virus makers where even targetting. Now they have ability to attack macs too. No wonder that mac has a one to five known viruses right now.. when previously there where none...

  16. easy to explain.. on Do Kids Still Program? · · Score: 1

    microsoft has made programming difficult to start among the young windows programmers. I remember that visual basic was interesting but I pumped it after being not able to do anything fun with it. Basic was more fun back then and I did acctually wrote many text adventure games. After moving to C it all went to so difficult that if you are a kid, you want to make something fun, programming with c# a console program is after a big work and if you even find any program you are able to compile your program. Yes you can get a free visual studio c++ .net from microsoft but how many people even know about that? To get it you have to register and give away your home address and stuff...

    While in linux side, starting programming is easier but getting know to linux and hey, they are kids! Linux might be fun and productive enviroment but again. Microsoft rules the world and there are little of families with kids using linux only. Getting interested about programming is hard for them even thought it might be easy. At least programming text adventure with python or basic c in linux is easier than what it is in windows but not much.

    I accuse that more and more developing computers have become so hard to understand that it's needed something like big books to getting started with programming. It's easier to make fun looking www-site than to do 'hello world' program in windows. that could explain the rising fashion to consentrate on www development than actual windows or linux as software platform. will to learn php is bigger.

    this could be fixed with programming language everybody uses, it would be easy to learn but hard to master. With it could every single interesting function able to be learned from the IDE. it would be cheap and come with every computer. Basic is great example of this as it's version 2 came with like every Commodore =64 and what happened? A living room game makers where like big stars. John Romero and John Carmack started their careers like this.. I doupt that it's possible in modern day society where consoles like xbox360 will not do anything exept run some video, music and play games.

    Playstation 3 could be first console to change this sceme if it really comes with linux pre installed on hard drive and python and instructions somewhere available how to start programming with couple easy steps.

  17. yes on Should Linux Use Proprietary Drivers? · · Score: 1

    Yes of course closed source drivers should be tolerated on linux kernel. Free software shouldn't mean forcing hardware developer to reveal their trade secrects if they don't want it. Since the enviroment is open source the driver along the time will be opened...

    Like in the 1500s being cristian in muslim community is tolerated but being a muslim in muslim community gives you some additional rights which others already have. :)

  18. So what? It's art. on What Do You Think of the 'Hitman' Ad? · · Score: 1

    If you would just pay attention to what kind of photographic art photos artistic people send to deviantart this would seem to be pretty normal art picture. I fail to see it sexist. Hitman the whole game serie is about "assasin simulation" if you would like to use those words. If so, then also games such as Soldier of Fortune or Postal should be called "Murder Simulators" which they are or are not depending on who you ask.

    I see the ad as art. It's maybe sensational and makers of Hitman: Blood Money want to wake some talk with this topic intentionaly.

    Tell me one thing, why people who make movies have allmost free will to do anykind of ad they want? Movies are more brutal these days than they where and if you would just go and take a good look of The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hard Boiled, Desperado, Man Bites Dog... I would love to add also Kill Bill Vol.1 and Reservoir Dogs as fan of Quentin Tarantino. You maybe could understand what these really are.

    Why these movies won't be accused of killing or inspiring to kill people? And yes some of them have been restricted US and are still restricted in some other countries.

    I think that I have a sollution this question. I'll start the chain from 50's because it's easier to follow. First there was radio then movies followed by tv and finaly computers. Each generation has their own style and ways, their unique way of being human. Computers and digital, more dynamic, interactive media is newest in the series. People of the previous generation have never understand the newer technological steps or newer generation. It's human nature to deny new things because they are scary. Change is allways leap to unknown exept for the people who are born at the other side of the gate.

    So this hitman ad is just about couple things which can be put in this order:
    1. it's about shoking older people and getting more mature audience for the game.
    2. it's about being opinion...
    3. it's very beautiful art picture.


    Moral reasons and philosophy comes just only after few minutes of watching the picture I don't have anything against. It's free will and free speech comes first. It might not be most suitable interactive movie (read it as: PC/Console game) ad but makes a very good effort in that.

    I could bet that after ten or twenty years people won't make much difference between static or interactive movies. Games are going to be their own category by then.

    To answer that question. I cannot say it. It depends from who is watching the ad. And my opinion is that it's not both. It's something more.

  19. Re:why apple did allow XP on Macs, (xP) on Apple Officially Releases Beta Dual Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    But PPC is my life man! I have AmigaOne and I am student and I need a laptop. And seriously. Macs PPC apps work better than the ones on Intel platform. Plus Intel Macs cost more.

    I am not in a need of windows. So basicly since the only operating system I run is Linux I can have it running on PPC and OSX sametime. Corel Painter IX isn't going to be Universal Binary anytime soon. And Rosetta will allways be an emulator no matter how good performance it provides.

    Intel Macs have lots of problems and currently Apple is fixing them. I think that since I have seen quite many laptops lately that Apple won't get Intel Macs working anytime soon. It takes year or two before Intel Macs will be useful... I am not sure if they are even then. I can buy a Intel Laptop from HP which has allmost similar Hardware to Apple's MacBookPro. It's all the same when ever I own Laptop made to run Windows and I can run OSX besides it. Or buy Laptop made to run OSX and install Windows besides it.

    I hope you are not those Apple fanatics... I hate to pay for name "Apple" in my computer hardware...

  20. Appz I use... on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
    Sun Microsystems Java: http://www.java.com/en/
    Azureus: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
    iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes
    Winamp: http://www.winamp.com/
    AudioScrobbler: http://www.last.fm/
    Mozilla Suite: http://www.mozilla.org/
    Opera: http://www.opera.com/
    GIMP: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
    GAIM: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

    I also suggest to get:
    B's Recorder gold: http://www.bhacorp.com/products/gold8/index.html
    Corel Painter IX: http://www.corel.com/
    Powerquest.. sorry Norton Partition Magic: http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/s ystem_performance/pm80/index.html

    I'd like to write a small descriptions for each software but I have busy now so this is just fast reply. :)

  21. Re:Microsoft engages in foul play even here on /. on Buy PC Without an OS... Get a Visit From MSFT? · · Score: 1

    I guess I am not writing here offen enought to say that you are right but I think that this news is all about microsoft shit talk... They won't do that. They don't have balls for that.

    Linux rocks. Install it everywhere. It will be everywhere. It is everywhere. Microsoft might try to slowdown pirates and linux with this. Smart move if it works thought I think that it won't. :)

  22. why apple did allow XP on Macs, (xP) on Apple Officially Releases Beta Dual Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    Well I guess that Apple tries to fix their karma with this release... When someone hacked their system they now need to do full 180 degree turn and say: "we where all the time going to support this but dammn those guys hit the goal first..."

    What does consumer thinks about this? I think that this is great, now we can have officially Windows on Apple machines... :)

    Thought, what makes the difference anymore between Macs and Dell or Sony or IBM or some other laptop? they all run on Intel/Amd hardware with WindowsXp...

    I think that Apple was great because they had the PPC and it's still the point what makes me want to buy MacPowerBook instead of MacBookPro...

  23. What I think on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1

    I think that she is not totally wrong. Computers on education are bad since there was a research on somewhere that computers acctually did make students perform bad on same tests that students that did not have computers. I think this research was performed in Israel... It could make some sence why it even was studied. :)

  24. oh no! on Gnome 2.14 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh no! Just when I got compiled Gentoo from stage1 on x86_64 and Gentoo current... 2.12, just my bad luck... Well I have to start compilers again and resolve the depencies... huoh...

  25. FUID? on Microsoft Claims Worlds Best Search Engine Soon · · Score: 1

    FUID?

    FUID! FUID FUID-FUID !!!

    FUID?!?

    Microsoft FUID????
    micro$oft fuid!!!!

    FUID=FUID? FUID=/ ???

    FUID?

    Sorry, I don't speak corporate bullshit...