I can't afford an Aston Martin - so should I be allowed to purchase a subsidised one? No! I accept that it is a luxury beyond my means - or I steal one.
Music, Films and Computer games are luxuries - and if their cost is beyond the means of someone in a third world country then tough.
I like 10minutemail.com. No signing up, no management - nothing. Just visit the site and immediately get a temporary email address that lasts ten minutes.
I disagree.
With windows installed the OEM can put other crapware on the laptop for which they are paid. This can offset the cost of the windows license.
If you want a refund for refusing the windows license then also expect an invoice for the additional cost of having purchased hardware not subsidised by crapware.
According to that article heterogeneous multi-adapter will work in Vista/W7 if you use XPDM drivers instead of WDDM drivers.
At least that's my understanding of this:
A user could force the installation of a XPDM driver for each of these devices, and therefore get heterogeneous multi-adapter multi-monitor to work as in Windows XP.
Firstly, you do know that neither Vista nor 7 will let you use multiple cards with different drivers (e.g. you can't even use substantially different generations of nvidia cards together)? So much as you complain about it being hard to use nvidia+Intel cards for 3 screens on Linux, it's actually impossible in the latest versions of Windows.
I currently have a Quadro FX 570 and a GeForce GTS 250 installed. Once the different drivers were installed I had no problems with them both operating - both on Vista and now that I have upgraded to Win 7.
I don't know what gave you the strange idea that it wouldn't work.
"Spying on your children" might not be good parenting, but surely the same can not be said of monitoring their internet activities, and limited their access to objectional material. It's a very fine line.
Great idea. We just need a catchy slogan to market it - something like "Keeps you in a state of calm" - but I'll let the marketing folks improve on that.
Also throw in the possiblity that the seller could be a Minor, unemployed or tax exempt for some other reason and you have a hell of a problem.
Just put your WoW account in your offsprings name and claim they are exempt!
Indeed - Traditionally the Mac was the professional choice (print, design, video editing etc) and the PC was the home user choice (Games and t'Internet).
I had a similar experience with Which? Magazine when I tried to cancel my magazine subscription. I had to spend several minutes on the phone with a snotty woman who was pratically calling me an idiot - her basis was that the money their articles would save me would more than cover the subscription cost. I had a hard time convincing her that I hadn't called for a lecture but just wanted to cancel.
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I can't afford an Aston Martin - so should I be allowed to purchase a subsidised one? No! I accept that it is a luxury beyond my means - or I steal one. Music, Films and Computer games are luxuries - and if their cost is beyond the means of someone in a third world country then tough.
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I like 10minutemail.com. No signing up, no management - nothing. Just visit the site and immediately get a temporary email address that lasts ten minutes.
You yourself are making an assumption about the cost of the windows license.
No doubt this means the US will be stealing Serbian RADAR tech in order to defeat the Chinese stealth fighter.
I disagree. With windows installed the OEM can put other crapware on the laptop for which they are paid. This can offset the cost of the windows license. If you want a refund for refusing the windows license then also expect an invoice for the additional cost of having purchased hardware not subsidised by crapware.
But not _impossible_, as the poster implied.
As it happens, I don't recall the last time I played a DVD on my computer - I have a dedicated player for that - connected to a 50" screen.
Is DX10/11 needed for Visual studio? :p
According to that article heterogeneous multi-adapter will work in Vista/W7 if you use XPDM drivers instead of WDDM drivers.
At least that's my understanding of this:
A user could force the installation of a XPDM driver for each of these devices, and therefore get heterogeneous multi-adapter multi-monitor to work as in Windows XP.
I currently have a Quadro FX 570 and a GeForce GTS 250 installed. Once the different drivers were installed I had no problems with them both operating - both on Vista and now that I have upgraded to Win 7. I don't know what gave you the strange idea that it wouldn't work.
Windows 7 now has the ability to move full screen windows without having to restore-move-maximise.
What we really need is a laser that travels a few feet, and makes a swishing noise when you wave it around.
14,200 and rising.
"Spying on your children" might not be good parenting, but surely the same can not be said of monitoring their internet activities, and limited their access to objectional material. It's a very fine line.
Great idea. We just need a catchy slogan to market it - something like "Keeps you in a state of calm" - but I'll let the marketing folks improve on that.
Someone ought to tell the Inland Revenue they shouldn't be taxing me several £K a year for the company car I benefit from, but don't own, then!
Also throw in the possiblity that the seller could be a Minor, unemployed or tax exempt for some other reason and you have a hell of a problem. Just put your WoW account in your offsprings name and claim they are exempt!
I would want to add another Microsoft flop to the list too: Pasport.
Shoot them and invoice the family for the bullet.
If they want to ban anything it should be the bible, that thing is full of filth and debauchery.
$99 is a bit damn steep if you ask me.
Will the RIAAs members be increasing their payments to their artists by the same percentage then?
Many thanks for summing up exactly what I was thinking.
Indeed - Traditionally the Mac was the professional choice (print, design, video editing etc) and the PC was the home user choice (Games and t'Internet).
I would have thought a sponsorship deal would have been easy to come by. if he had covered himself in logos he would have had the money in no time.
I had a similar experience with Which? Magazine when I tried to cancel my magazine subscription. I had to spend several minutes on the phone with a snotty woman who was pratically calling me an idiot - her basis was that the money their articles would save me would more than cover the subscription cost. I had a hard time convincing her that I hadn't called for a lecture but just wanted to cancel.