I often wondered whether as with food where there is a legal requirement to list the ingredients there should be a similar requirement for PC vendors to list all the bloat/crap/ad-ware they include on their products. Of course people may still not know what they're in for but at least there's a chance you can stop yourself getting affected by a keylogger if you bothered to check it was there.
Unfortunately, that wouldn't fix the problem. Just as they're now lobbying for the right to pass of HFCS as "corn sugar", they'd find some agreeable euphemism for their spyware to.
If they weren't utter morons they'd realize that this could be a golden opportunity for the mafiAA.
Step 1: get everyone to upload all their content to "the cloud"
Step 2: obtain warrants
Step 3: scan everyone's data in search of "IP infringement"
Step 4: sue everyone for a gazillion dollars
Step 5: profit!
I know, I missed the "???" step. Oh well...
Someone needs to let this blog writer know that writing an article based on knowledge learned in another article is not plagiarism.
I think someone needs to let him know that anyone who thought, even for a moment, that there was really such a thing as a "petite lap giraffe" and was over the age of 12 is a complete idiot who has no business ever writing anything. No-one needed him to point out they were fake.
Zune requires windows. Tying one's music collection to a particular OS, especially a proprietary OS, seems like extremely poor planning to me. The equivalent of signing in blood, one might say.
Don't forget that for less than the postage you also get the use of the paper itself for garden mulch, lining cages, making papier mache with your kids, etc.
Well, Blakey Rat, I'm sure it suits you just fine to conduct your little witch hunt, so that once you find something you're satisfied is "a hole in the story" you can go back to spending your cash with your oppressors without concern -- because you looked into it once, and "decided" it "isn't realistic". That's the difference between someone like you and someone who is conscientious and sincere (no offense intended). A sincere person does what they can. People like you tend to just rationalize and make excuses and continue on being part of the problem.
I've had complaints about OS X, but problems with case-sensitive HFS+ is not among them -- in spite of the fact that all the years I used OS X installed on case-sensitive HFS+, boot volume and all, with never a lick of trouble. TFA is basically a clueless rant on how he's incapable of coding for one system while using another, something many reasonably proficient developers have been doing for years. The rant highlights his incompetence fairly thoroughly.
Gender is a powerful cult in almost every culture. Yes it's lame and probably counter-productive in many ways, but that probably suits most people fine, when you get right down to it. Or as a very wise man once said: "People -- what a bunch of bastards!"
I am not playing whack-a-mole, I've succeeded at voting with my wallet. Whether or not it makes a real difference to anyone else I know I'm doing what's right for me. And maybe you're doing what's right for you, no-one could know that but you (though maybe you don't).
"Missing out" on "Spiderman 5" -- ZZZZZOOOOOOMMMMMGGGGGG!!!!!!!111eleventyonezeez!!!
No, I'm just kind of naturally not a consumer of a lot of that kind of crap. I guess it's ok if that's what you want out of life. Spiderman 5, LOL... No, Sony doesn't tempt me with that kind of silliness.:D
Ah slashdot, always peppered with erroneous supposition...
I do not claim to be ABSOLUTELY UNCONNECTED IN ANY WAY to Sony, so allow me to rephrase: I do not PAY SONY MONEY for anything, except perhaps they get a cut of my netflix subscription. Otherwise no, I do not "go to" movies (how does one "go to" an mpeg?:)). I do listen to music (and I pay for it when I like it enough and it's not on Sony), do not own blueray, PS3, vaio, walkman, headphones, or anything else made by Sony. Reality, not being black and white, allows for many positions between "I bought a vaio -- HAD NO CHOICE!!!!" and "I moved to another planet to get away from Sony".
No love of modern movie theatres, nor the unruly crowds one finds there these days. I have no problem with "pirating" content from evil companies, though I rarely do that myself. Surely some small change from my netflix subscription ends up in Sony's pockets. Still, that's a far cry from just throwing your hands up and buying a PS3 or vaio with the rationalization "I can't avoid them!". That's just lame.
Paranoia trumps reading comprehension? He said "Hell, even Zune for Windows Phone 7 has such a streaming service and it's far better than what Google is trying to offer here." That's not exactly the kind of wording one would use to bestow "glowing praise", is it?
Yes. You forgot that capitalism is the primary religion of the US. That's why many people believe that the offspring of a creative genius somehow deserves a life of leisure, gratis -- presumably for having the good sense to be born in the right family. It's a strange and primitive religion...
There are two android phones in my household and about thirty where I work, so I do know what I'm talking about. Nice touch though, accusing me of astroturfing when clearly that's your job...dipshit.
Well, if you use your android phone *LIKE* a phone
Are you chastising me for using my smart phone's features? What an idiot -- I do everything on my Blackberry, and plug it in nightly (as opposed to every four to six hours like everyone I know who uses Android). I don't have to jump through hoops to get that, it's normal.
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ok better now.
Unfortunately, that wouldn't fix the problem. Just as they're now lobbying for the right to pass of HFCS as "corn sugar", they'd find some agreeable euphemism for their spyware to.
If they weren't utter morons they'd realize that this could be a golden opportunity for the mafiAA.
Step 1: get everyone to upload all their content to "the cloud"
Step 2: obtain warrants
Step 3: scan everyone's data in search of "IP infringement"
Step 4: sue everyone for a gazillion dollars
Step 5: profit!
I know, I missed the "???" step. Oh well...
Okay, I'm convinced -- uneducated hick is more accurate. Feel better?
I think someone needs to let him know that anyone who thought, even for a moment, that there was really such a thing as a "petite lap giraffe" and was over the age of 12 is a complete idiot who has no business ever writing anything. No-one needed him to point out they were fake.
%s/Grammys/Nobel\ Peace\ Prizes/g
Whatever. I doubt I'd prefer zune over my current mpd/icecast setup anyway. But if it were available I'd try it just to learn about it. :)
When I can "sudo emerge -va zune", we'll talk.
Zune requires windows. Tying one's music collection to a particular OS, especially a proprietary OS, seems like extremely poor planning to me. The equivalent of signing in blood, one might say.
Contrary to what many believe here, making money is not proof of virtue, intelligence, or anything else. Lots of total 'tards are rich, look at Trump.
Fixed.
Well, Blakey Rat, I'm sure it suits you just fine to conduct your little witch hunt, so that once you find something you're satisfied is "a hole in the story" you can go back to spending your cash with your oppressors without concern -- because you looked into it once, and "decided" it "isn't realistic". That's the difference between someone like you and someone who is conscientious and sincere (no offense intended). A sincere person does what they can. People like you tend to just rationalize and make excuses and continue on being part of the problem.
I've had complaints about OS X, but problems with case-sensitive HFS+ is not among them -- in spite of the fact that all the years I used OS X installed on case-sensitive HFS+, boot volume and all, with never a lick of trouble.
TFA is basically a clueless rant on how he's incapable of coding for one system while using another, something many reasonably proficient developers have been doing for years. The rant highlights his incompetence fairly thoroughly.
Gender is a powerful cult in almost every culture. Yes it's lame and probably counter-productive in many ways, but that probably suits most people fine, when you get right down to it. Or as a very wise man once said:
"People -- what a bunch of bastards!"
I am not playing whack-a-mole, I've succeeded at voting with my wallet. Whether or not it makes a real difference to anyone else I know I'm doing what's right for me. And maybe you're doing what's right for you, no-one could know that but you (though maybe you don't).
:D
"Missing out" on "Spiderman 5" -- ZZZZZOOOOOOMMMMMGGGGGG!!!!!!!111eleventyonezeez!!!
No, I'm just kind of naturally not a consumer of a lot of that kind of crap. I guess it's ok if that's what you want out of life. Spiderman 5, LOL... No, Sony doesn't tempt me with that kind of silliness.
Vim, exactly. Though it's not a man thing, it's a competence thing. But I must admit, many geeks are pretty darn amusing when they try to get macho...
Ah slashdot, always peppered with erroneous supposition... :)). I do listen to music (and I pay for it when I like it enough and it's not on Sony), do not own blueray, PS3, vaio, walkman, headphones, or anything else made by Sony. Reality, not being black and white, allows for many positions between "I bought a vaio -- HAD NO CHOICE!!!!" and "I moved to another planet to get away from Sony".
I do not claim to be ABSOLUTELY UNCONNECTED IN ANY WAY to Sony, so allow me to rephrase: I do not PAY SONY MONEY for anything, except perhaps they get a cut of my netflix subscription. Otherwise no, I do not "go to" movies (how does one "go to" an mpeg?
HTH, HAND, blah blah blah...
No love of modern movie theatres, nor the unruly crowds one finds there these days. I have no problem with "pirating" content from evil companies, though I rarely do that myself. Surely some small change from my netflix subscription ends up in Sony's pockets. Still, that's a far cry from just throwing your hands up and buying a PS3 or vaio with the rationalization "I can't avoid them!". That's just lame.
No. I don't have Sony anything in my life since 2004. Sounds like you're just too lazy to research your purchases, frankly.
Paranoia trumps reading comprehension? He said "Hell, even Zune for Windows Phone 7 has such a streaming service and it's far better than what Google is trying to offer here." That's not exactly the kind of wording one would use to bestow "glowing praise", is it?
Should be similar to running it an android phone, which uses a VM anyway. There is no "bare metal" system per se.
Yes. You forgot that capitalism is the primary religion of the US. That's why many people believe that the offspring of a creative genius somehow deserves a life of leisure, gratis -- presumably for having the good sense to be born in the right family. It's a strange and primitive religion...
There are two android phones in my household and about thirty where I work, so I do know what I'm talking about. Nice touch though, accusing me of astroturfing when clearly that's your job...dipshit.
As I said, everyone I know has either a Droid or an iPhone, so the "2-4 days" is nonsense and you know it. Unless you just rarely use your phone.
Are you chastising me for using my smart phone's features? What an idiot -- I do everything on my Blackberry, and plug it in nightly (as opposed to every four to six hours like everyone I know who uses Android). I don't have to jump through hoops to get that, it's normal.