Many of their services are built around advertising, which is a point that many seem to miss. At the end of the day google want eyeballs on their ads, and if offering x service at break even or a loss gets enough eyeballs to those ads to make a profit, they are doing well.
Obviously they can offer paid side services on top of this, like gmail for enterprise and google earth pro. Even android is about getting users on their platform, having their eyeballs where they want them.
You are lumping together everyone who pirates into the same group, which is ridiculous, people pirate for many different reasons, pre-release leaks, trying it out first, cant afford it right now but may well purchase in the future etc.
Im not trying to give you legitimate reasons for pirating, and im not trying to make out that it is legal or morally acceptable, but when you lump everyones reasons for doing it into one group, you are just as bad as the people who try and rationalise their decision to pirate.
Ive pirated games, sometimes for DRM reasons, sometimes because I wanted to get a true look at what they are like (Demo's tend to pimp only the very best points of a game and are hardly representative) but I also buy a hell of alot of games. Im not trying to say that pirating games is acceptable, im just saying that you are overly generalising, and it makes your point laughable.
By far the best tool ive ever seen to deal with a rootkit infection is ComboFix.
It uses a process I can only describe as black magic to eradicate it.
Use at your own risk though.
Firefox 4 is generally better.
You can change your UI so that it is the same as FF3.6 also, and its extremely easy to do, since its built right in. The only thing you need a mod to fix is the status bar.
Its a nice little analogy, however as far as I am aware there arent laws prohibiting me from popping the hood of car and re-enabling these features.
Software companies have gotten this anti-circumvention BS in, and its only (As was always predicted) being used to shaft consumers at large, not the pirates who surprise surprise dont have to deal with it.
Well the story was brought to you by timothy, editor of such other fuckups as the 1999 article on IQ scores which was posted this week, and many many more
Star Trek was an amazing film, it was exactly what the franchise needed in a reboot. There are still some ridicularitys such as "red matter" but on the whole that movie was solid.
Alias was also fine work.
Its not really a troll... He is putting forward reasons why he thinks Firefox is a better browser. Then you have put forward reasons why you think that isnt the case. Although wheras the OP has done it in a mature and reasonable way, youve resorted to sarcasm and direct attacks.
This isnt trolling, this is a discussion on the relative merits for two platforms. If you think thats what trolling is and respond in a similar way all the time your colleagues must have a fun time.
I personally use Firefox as my primary, but ill freely admit its got its problems, which is why I keep Chrome, Safari and Opera installed. Along with needing to ensure consistency across those platforms.
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Crème fraiche?
Isnt it going to be more difficult to create a microprocessor with magnets? I mean nobody knows how they work...
Many of their services are built around advertising, which is a point that many seem to miss. At the end of the day google want eyeballs on their ads, and if offering x service at break even or a loss gets enough eyeballs to those ads to make a profit, they are doing well.
Obviously they can offer paid side services on top of this, like gmail for enterprise and google earth pro. Even android is about getting users on their platform, having their eyeballs where they want them.
Please spare me yours.
You are lumping together everyone who pirates into the same group, which is ridiculous, people pirate for many different reasons, pre-release leaks, trying it out first, cant afford it right now but may well purchase in the future etc.
Im not trying to give you legitimate reasons for pirating, and im not trying to make out that it is legal or morally acceptable, but when you lump everyones reasons for doing it into one group, you are just as bad as the people who try and rationalise their decision to pirate.
Ive pirated games, sometimes for DRM reasons, sometimes because I wanted to get a true look at what they are like (Demo's tend to pimp only the very best points of a game and are hardly representative) but I also buy a hell of alot of games. Im not trying to say that pirating games is acceptable, im just saying that you are overly generalising, and it makes your point laughable.
Now im no EA Lover, but they have gotten alot better in recent years since their DRM fiasco's. Activision is where you should be placing your ire.
By far the best tool ive ever seen to deal with a rootkit infection is ComboFix. It uses a process I can only describe as black magic to eradicate it. Use at your own risk though.
The BBC still does some good war reporting. Its not as good as it used to be, but they still go into countries that they are not supposed to be in.
I fear there may be more to this story than meets the eye
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/onthemoon/On+The+Moon+ep.20/
Firefox 4 is generally better. You can change your UI so that it is the same as FF3.6 also, and its extremely easy to do, since its built right in. The only thing you need a mod to fix is the status bar.
Its a nice little analogy, however as far as I am aware there arent laws prohibiting me from popping the hood of car and re-enabling these features.
Software companies have gotten this anti-circumvention BS in, and its only (As was always predicted) being used to shaft consumers at large, not the pirates who surprise surprise dont have to deal with it.
Well the story was brought to you by timothy, editor of such other fuckups as the 1999 article on IQ scores which was posted this week, and many many more
"The Chinese Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible"
Star Trek was an amazing film, it was exactly what the franchise needed in a reboot. There are still some ridicularitys such as "red matter" but on the whole that movie was solid. Alias was also fine work.
There ARE other games companies out there. Since youve asked for one game ill give you one, Portal.
And the good news is a modern processor made from diamond will only cost as much as a new top of the line i7
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In Soviet Russia, Weather interferes with you!
For me, this was amazing, because I was fully able to tell all my friends who bought SC2 "I Told You so".
Just some minor damage around the red shifting, thatll buff out.
Nobody wants to see a cock on their TV
I would disagree, there is no other possible way to explain Jeremy Clarksons meteoric rise.
Brilliant. Now for mine .."How pandrijeczko Imagined being modded flamebait ... 40 minutes later."
Its not really a troll... He is putting forward reasons why he thinks Firefox is a better browser. Then you have put forward reasons why you think that isnt the case. Although wheras the OP has done it in a mature and reasonable way, youve resorted to sarcasm and direct attacks.
This isnt trolling, this is a discussion on the relative merits for two platforms. If you think thats what trolling is and respond in a similar way all the time your colleagues must have a fun time.
I personally use Firefox as my primary, but ill freely admit its got its problems, which is why I keep Chrome, Safari and Opera installed. Along with needing to ensure consistency across those platforms.
Anyone thats every played a Flight Sim for 5 Minutes knows that Landing is easy.
You take off, do the fun flying around bit then when its time to land, you find the keyboard and hit Alt F4. Job Done.
Uuuh not really, some theories cannot be tested, or we have not devised a way to do so yet. Hence why they are called Theories, not Proofs or Laws.
The Theory of relativity is a theory that is not testable, I wouldnt exactly say that isnt science.
Im not in favour of creationists here, but blanketly saying you can test your theories, and if you cant it isnt science, is just Wrong.
Please accept this reply in leiu of a "Wrong" Modification.
If you think Itchy and Scratchy is some of the more extremely violent animated comedy. Youve clearly never seen the Happy Tree Friends.