You're operating on the assumption that a future employer will be going over Vladsinger's resume and saying, "good, good..." then getting to the background check and saying, "Wait a second...this here says that Vladsinger's a little gay bitch, and he cries like one as well! I can't, in good conscience, hire a total pussy like him."
On the one hand if they're going to regulate language and other morality, they ought to balance it out by regulating violence as well. On the other hand, a far better solution would be for the FCC to get the fuck off of the babysitting career path altogether and find real jobs.
The really hilarious part here is that I've never seen those infomercials before movies, because I stopped paying for the movie theater "experience" (i.e., douchebags with cell phones, sticky floors, and 25 minutes of car commercials on the screen) long before the studios started adding them. So the people like me--who might actually feel a smidgen of guilt at seeing the infomercials--don't actually see them, while people who are doing the right thing by paying instead of stealing get to be annoyed by shit that doesn't apply to them in the first place.
"If a brick and mortar store had an error in their cash register that was charging the wrong price, would we really allow someone to stand on the corner with a sign saying 'come on in and get free stuff from this place!' until they fixed it?"
If the corner is public property, then yes--at least in America (where Amazon is incorporated).
"If you receive goods for no consideration, then ownership does not pass."
So then these free sample razor blades I got in the mail aren't really mine? Am I licensing them? Can Gillette tell me to send them back or else they'll charge my card? I guess your analogy's just not valid.
"An ethical company would learn from their mistake and avoid selling things at a loss in the future."
I realized Amazon was not an ethical company back when it took a snail mail complaint to the Attorney General to finally get them to stop spamming me, after about 4 months of me asking various management levels and upstream providers to stop the sales pitches and cancel my account (the online cancellation link happily took my info but didn't actually cancel anything).
Now these people who are going through credit card chargeback procedures on a completed sale might realize the same thing. Fuck Amazon.
"Anyway, it turns out the Windows auto-install script set this thing up with no protection what-so-ever."
This sounds familiar. I just set up a "wireless gaming router" on my DSL router (outside the firewall and with appropriate filters to keep the wireless router from accessing the internal network) so that my neighbor would be able to check his email without going to the library, and during the installation process I found out that it can be configured over the wireless link, as I had forgotten to hook up the CAT5. Even better, there's NO default password and no way to set one. I set him up with an SSH tunnel to a secure external server but let him know he should buy a real router with some security built in. The gaming router does have WEP128 but that would only hold out for a minute or two. Anyone with a spare wireless card and a copy of the "quick setup" program can reconfigure the router however they want.
"(Dell no longer offered the integrated Audigy card I wanted and I was forced to settle with generic integrated sound because of compatibility issues with the audigy's drivers.)"
Dell's "integrated Audigy card" is actually the integrated SigmaTel card you ended up with, plus EAX software from Creative. In reality the SigmaTel is the best integrated sound card I've ever used (and I'm a musician doing audio engineer work on the side), easily rivaling the PCMCIA Audigy 2ZS I was using on my last laptop. If you don't need the useless echo and reverb effects EAX brings, you won't miss not having an "Audigy" in your laptop.
Of course it was flamebait. I almost used the word for my subject line, in fact. But as someone who uses Windows daily as a primary OS, I recognize that there is almost no innovation involved in it. That's not much different from other operating systems, really, but it's still a fact.
Some of it may be diminishing due to people who "wise up" to scammers, but those of us who already knew better still get screwed by third parties who lose SSN information. Like my old school, Metropolitan State College of Denver. Or the people who manage my student loan payments, Nelnet. Basically, fuck those guys right in the ear.
"There is no expected time period for a fix at this time."
I guess that would depend on the speed of your connection and the quality of your usenet provider.
For instance, on my rather slow connection I could have the 32- and 64-bit combo RTM DVD in about 6 hours if I actually wanted it, and about another 20-30 seconds for the Vista final activation crack.
So really, MS doesn't have to worry about a thing. The market will fix itself.:)
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You're operating on the assumption that a future employer will be going over Vladsinger's resume and saying, "good, good..." then getting to the background check and saying, "Wait a second...this here says that Vladsinger's a little gay bitch, and he cries like one as well! I can't, in good conscience, hire a total pussy like him."
On the one hand if they're going to regulate language and other morality, they ought to balance it out by regulating violence as well. On the other hand, a far better solution would be for the FCC to get the fuck off of the babysitting career path altogether and find real jobs.
The really hilarious part here is that I've never seen those infomercials before movies, because I stopped paying for the movie theater "experience" (i.e., douchebags with cell phones, sticky floors, and 25 minutes of car commercials on the screen) long before the studios started adding them. So the people like me--who might actually feel a smidgen of guilt at seeing the infomercials--don't actually see them, while people who are doing the right thing by paying instead of stealing get to be annoyed by shit that doesn't apply to them in the first place.
I guess I just defined irony.
"If a brick and mortar store had an error in their cash register that was charging the wrong price, would we really allow someone to stand on the corner with a sign saying 'come on in and get free stuff from this place!' until they fixed it?"
If the corner is public property, then yes--at least in America (where Amazon is incorporated).
"If you receive goods for no consideration, then ownership does not pass."
So then these free sample razor blades I got in the mail aren't really mine? Am I licensing them? Can Gillette tell me to send them back or else they'll charge my card? I guess your analogy's just not valid.
"An ethical company would learn from their mistake and avoid selling things at a loss in the future."
I realized Amazon was not an ethical company back when it took a snail mail complaint to the Attorney General to finally get them to stop spamming me, after about 4 months of me asking various management levels and upstream providers to stop the sales pitches and cancel my account (the online cancellation link happily took my info but didn't actually cancel anything).
Now these people who are going through credit card chargeback procedures on a completed sale might realize the same thing. Fuck Amazon.
"If you placed a heavy package on the passenger side, it had to be buckled in."
That's really not a bad idea, interlock or not. Loose objects flying around your car during an accident are no picnic.
"Anyway, it turns out the Windows auto-install script set this thing up with no protection what-so-ever."
This sounds familiar. I just set up a "wireless gaming router" on my DSL router (outside the firewall and with appropriate filters to keep the wireless router from accessing the internal network) so that my neighbor would be able to check his email without going to the library, and during the installation process I found out that it can be configured over the wireless link, as I had forgotten to hook up the CAT5. Even better, there's NO default password and no way to set one. I set him up with an SSH tunnel to a secure external server but let him know he should buy a real router with some security built in. The gaming router does have WEP128 but that would only hold out for a minute or two. Anyone with a spare wireless card and a copy of the "quick setup" program can reconfigure the router however they want.
"merely degrade the quality of the video only while playing high definition content"
God forbid I should watch HD content in HD on my HD monitor because Microsoft gets wind of hacked firmware in Romania.
"Baby Monitor" would be a good codename for their next OS, since they missed it this time around. Or perhaps "Leash."
"(Dell no longer offered the integrated Audigy card I wanted and I was forced to settle with generic integrated sound because of compatibility issues with the audigy's drivers.)"
Dell's "integrated Audigy card" is actually the integrated SigmaTel card you ended up with, plus EAX software from Creative. In reality the SigmaTel is the best integrated sound card I've ever used (and I'm a musician doing audio engineer work on the side), easily rivaling the PCMCIA Audigy 2ZS I was using on my last laptop. If you don't need the useless echo and reverb effects EAX brings, you won't miss not having an "Audigy" in your laptop.
"What do you think Wikimedia should do to shore up the financial situation of the Wikipedia?"
Wikimedia should let Wikimedia shrivel and die.
Hey, you asked for my opinion.
The word "New" here is unnecessary. "Kansas Adopts Science Standards" is more concise and accurate.
"I guess now any defendant can point to this as a way of showing that the prosecutor's case is *not* beyond a resonable doubt."
Then the judge laughs in the defendant's face, and reminds him that that means nothing in a civil case.
"We don't know where the ringing is coming from"
I, for one, welcome our new Martian overl--OH MY GOD, THEY HAVE DEATH RAYS! RUN!
"Sometimes that "really interesting video on youtube" ... isn't really that interesting at all."
But...but Digg told me it was a cool new commercial! They wouldn't deceive me!
Of course it was flamebait. I almost used the word for my subject line, in fact. But as someone who uses Windows daily as a primary OS, I recognize that there is almost no innovation involved in it. That's not much different from other operating systems, really, but it's still a fact.
Also: fucked your mom.
"It's too early for me to talk about it"
Translation: "We haven't figured out who we're going to rip off yet. Probably Apple."
I read the fucking article, but "Legion303 says the RIAA would get fucked" sounds a bit silly.
"RIAA Says CDs Should Cost More"
Legion303 says the RIAA should get fucked.
More importantly, is this definitive proof that Outlook's spell-checker is a heap of shit?
Don't leave your email on someone else's system if it's that important to you.
I'm finding it rather hard to give a shit about either side here.
Some of it may be diminishing due to people who "wise up" to scammers, but those of us who already knew better still get screwed by third parties who lose SSN information. Like my old school, Metropolitan State College of Denver. Or the people who manage my student loan payments, Nelnet. Basically, fuck those guys right in the ear.
"There is no expected time period for a fix at this time."
:)
I guess that would depend on the speed of your connection and the quality of your usenet provider.
For instance, on my rather slow connection I could have the 32- and 64-bit combo RTM DVD in about 6 hours if I actually wanted it, and about another 20-30 seconds for the Vista final activation crack.
So really, MS doesn't have to worry about a thing. The market will fix itself.
Well, it turns out I was thinking of the Senate, but Pyron9999 set me straight.
"Bush himself has even, (on one occasion it is reported) referred to it as 'just a goddamned piece of paper'"
Reported by noted bullshitters Capitol Hill Blue, unsourced and unverified.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn GW would blow his nose on the constitution if he could. But it would surprise me if CHB started doing real reporting.