While I agree with your point, Adobe and Intuit aren't going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, both Adobe and Intuit have seen a revenue growth since 2004 of 18% and 12.4% respectively, and a respective profit growth of 33.8% and 20.4%. To say that they are slowly disappearing is nonsense.
"You disagree with DRM, yet you purchased Vista..."
Maybe I missed something, but where in Jugalator's comment does it say anything about having purchased Vista?
"Huh? MS has already released recommended specs.
It ran quite well on my old P4 2.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM and Geforce 6600 GT...
That is, far below what e.g. Dell has sold the past few years."
It's definitely possible that he/she used a free (as in beer) RC build or even got the damned thing off of The Pirate Bay. Use != purchased.
Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about as you have included step 2. Dude, NO ONE has any idea what step 2 is, not even the underpants gnomes.
OK, I have to say it. Guinness is alright, but a good German dark beer (Warsteiner Dunkel or Julius Echter Hefe-Weis Dunkel just off the top of my head) is WAY better. Besides, only the Germans have the Reinheitsgebot (purity law, look it up on Wikipedia, and yes it has been lifted but most breweries in Germany still follow it).
It was inevitable that Vista Enterprise would be cracked in some way. Every version of Windows has been. In fact, I can't think of a single large-scale (scale as in cost) software that has not been cracked. No matter what any software vendor does, the dedicated pirates will always be one step ahead. Measures like product activation are only to stop widespread casual piracy, not piracy in its entirety.
I had to install one on my garage a few summers ago. Some wired ones do exist but are much more expensive than your typical base model, which runs off of RF and you program to match your particular model. I used to think the same thing too, and that was the main reason I dreaded the project so much, but once I realized that most were RF based I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Someone should be suggesting the keypads to the affected folks.
Except that those keypads typically use the same radio frequency as a remote garage door opener, and really are nothing more than glorified remote openers.
My Blackberry uses a qwerty letter arrangement (over 5 keys instead of 3, but the point remains). It allows me to enter letters directly into the number I am dialing and then converts the letters into the appropriate numbers before placing the call. For example, in the number you provide, I would enter 1-800-COMCAST. My Blackberry would then convert that into 1-800-266-2278 and place the call.
Does anyone know if 6.10 will get the same long-term support that 6.06 has? Everything on the Ubuntu website still refers to 6.06 as the only version with LTS. It's not a big deal (to me anyway), just more of a curiosity.
I could see this as being useful in an educational setting, as a good way to show recent events to middle/high school kids who otherwise could care less and are probably more concerned about who just sent them a friend invite on MySpace. After all, who do you think spends $24.95 to buy the same program you just saw on the History Channel? Outside of this though, I have no idea who could possibly have any use for this, even after reading TFA.
I work for the Geek Squad (let the flaming commence). My job requires me and everyone else with whom I work to stand for almost the entire duration of our shifts. For 4-6 hour shifts (I'm a part-time employee), I do find that I am more productive than I would be be sitting. I am able to efficently work up and down the bench of computers in repair as opposed to working on just 3 or 4 on a KVM. However, on shifts that last longer than 6 hours, I end up being more concerned about my feet being sore than actually fixing units, which does adversly affect my productivity (and I do wear comfortable shoes with good insoles). I just want to sit down and work. On the longer shifts, it turns out to be something of a wash. It would be nice to have a chair or stool around, but overall I prefer working while standing.
I'm about to be on my way out of the Geek Squad, so I'll share some of my experiences with them. First of all, I do want to say that there actually some people there who know what they are talking about. With that being said, for every person who knows what they are doing, there are 10 people who have no business being within 25 feet of a computer keyboard. For example, here some questions I have been asked by other "agents":
- Why do jumpers matter on a HDD? - What are drivers? - What's the difference between a quick format and a full format? Aren't they the same thing? - Huh, this graphics card has what looks like the power connector on a HDD/CD-ROM drive. What is that doing there?
And my personal favorite: - (Pointing to a packaged ethernet cable) How long is a 25'[sic] ethernet cable?
Let me make it painfully clear (in case it isn't already) that there ARE ABSOLUTELY NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO WORK THERE! None. One guy we hired came directly from working part time at McDonalds. I wish I was making that up. What they are SIGNIFICANTLY more concerned with is how much you can sell, for reasons already discussed in many an anti-Best Buy post. They could care less if you actually fixed anything. With recent price hikes ($59 to install MICROSOFT OFFICE!!!!), hopefully it won't be too much longer until Geek Squad is nothing but a footnote in the annals of tech infamy.
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While I agree with your point, Adobe and Intuit aren't going anywhere anytime soon. In fact, both Adobe and Intuit have seen a revenue growth since 2004 of 18% and 12.4% respectively, and a respective profit growth of 33.8% and 20.4%. To say that they are slowly disappearing is nonsense.
"You disagree with DRM, yet you purchased Vista..."
Maybe I missed something, but where in Jugalator's comment does it say anything about having purchased Vista?
"Huh? MS has already released recommended specs.
It ran quite well on my old P4 2.6 GHz, 1 GB RAM and Geforce 6600 GT...
That is, far below what e.g. Dell has sold the past few years."
It's definitely possible that he/she used a free (as in beer) RC build or even got the damned thing off of The Pirate Bay. Use != purchased.
You mean this video?
Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about as you have included step 2. Dude, NO ONE has any idea what step 2 is, not even the underpants gnomes.
My Vista DVD doesn't have a hologram. It just says "Verbatim" for some reason.
OK, I have to say it. Guinness is alright, but a good German dark beer (Warsteiner Dunkel or Julius Echter Hefe-Weis Dunkel just off the top of my head) is WAY better. Besides, only the Germans have the Reinheitsgebot (purity law, look it up on Wikipedia, and yes it has been lifted but most breweries in Germany still follow it).
Did anyone else see that first picture of the kid that had a jart stuck in his shoulder and immediately start playing with it in Photoshop?
It was inevitable that Vista Enterprise would be cracked in some way. Every version of Windows has been. In fact, I can't think of a single large-scale (scale as in cost) software that has not been cracked. No matter what any software vendor does, the dedicated pirates will always be one step ahead. Measures like product activation are only to stop widespread casual piracy, not piracy in its entirety.
I had to install one on my garage a few summers ago. Some wired ones do exist but are much more expensive than your typical base model, which runs off of RF and you program to match your particular model. I used to think the same thing too, and that was the main reason I dreaded the project so much, but once I realized that most were RF based I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Someone should be suggesting the keypads to the affected folks. Except that those keypads typically use the same radio frequency as a remote garage door opener, and really are nothing more than glorified remote openers.
I should mod you +1, Funny
I just got a Sony this past week. It actually runs quite cool and has remarkable battery life. I'm not worried about it blo
My Blackberry uses a qwerty letter arrangement (over 5 keys instead of 3, but the point remains). It allows me to enter letters directly into the number I am dialing and then converts the letters into the appropriate numbers before placing the call. For example, in the number you provide, I would enter 1-800-COMCAST. My Blackberry would then convert that into 1-800-266-2278 and place the call.
And I'm on Slashdot for some godforsaken reason.
Does anyone know if 6.10 will get the same long-term support that 6.06 has? Everything on the Ubuntu website still refers to 6.06 as the only version with LTS. It's not a big deal (to me anyway), just more of a curiosity.
SHHHHH!!! You'll give them new, useless ideas!
I could see this as being useful in an educational setting, as a good way to show recent events to middle/high school kids who otherwise could care less and are probably more concerned about who just sent them a friend invite on MySpace. After all, who do you think spends $24.95 to buy the same program you just saw on the History Channel? Outside of this though, I have no idea who could possibly have any use for this, even after reading TFA.
I work for the Geek Squad (let the flaming commence). My job requires me and everyone else with whom I work to stand for almost the entire duration of our shifts. For 4-6 hour shifts (I'm a part-time employee), I do find that I am more productive than I would be be sitting. I am able to efficently work up and down the bench of computers in repair as opposed to working on just 3 or 4 on a KVM. However, on shifts that last longer than 6 hours, I end up being more concerned about my feet being sore than actually fixing units, which does adversly affect my productivity (and I do wear comfortable shoes with good insoles). I just want to sit down and work. On the longer shifts, it turns out to be something of a wash. It would be nice to have a chair or stool around, but overall I prefer working while standing.
I'm about to be on my way out of the Geek Squad, so I'll share some of my experiences with them. First of all, I do want to say that there actually some people there who know what they are talking about. With that being said, for every person who knows what they are doing, there are 10 people who have no business being within 25 feet of a computer keyboard. For example, here some questions I have been asked by other "agents":
- Why do jumpers matter on a HDD?
- What are drivers?
- What's the difference between a quick format and a full format? Aren't they the same thing?
- Huh, this graphics card has what looks like the power connector on a HDD/CD-ROM drive. What is that doing there?
And my personal favorite:
- (Pointing to a packaged ethernet cable) How long is a 25'[sic] ethernet cable?
Let me make it painfully clear (in case it isn't already) that there ARE ABSOLUTELY NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO WORK THERE! None. One guy we hired came directly from working part time at McDonalds. I wish I was making that up. What they are SIGNIFICANTLY more concerned with is how much you can sell, for reasons already discussed in many an anti-Best Buy post. They could care less if you actually fixed anything. With recent price hikes ($59 to install MICROSOFT OFFICE!!!!), hopefully it won't be too much longer until Geek Squad is nothing but a footnote in the annals of tech infamy.