Posts by Nameless Faceless Computer User

Dumb

I don't see any reason to kill off perfectly working software just because it's old. Software does not suffer from rot or rust.

Except it doesn't work...

The use of WGA is debatable, if it worked. There are many incidents of false positives that it punishes the innocent. It checks for a pirated copy over and over again. Why not check once, bless the OS, and be gone? Even people who use embedded Windows on the cell phones have received the "Your copy of Windows may not be genuine" - expecting end users to re-flash their phones?

Over-reaction

Who still calls it a beaver? That's an 80's, maybe 90's slang. Most ladies prefer the Kojak look (that's a 70's reference for bald with a lolly pop). The correct term is Bush, which will be an obscene word for decades to come.

I don't know what Apple is doing

I'm waiting for Apple to fix the firewire interface which they broke in 10.6

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2136580&start=0&tstart=0

Really?

Best Pickup Line Ever!

What he really said

He actually said, "I have a rocket in my pocket" but Santa misunderstood him.

Who wants a Rolex?

Now they just have to nail that fake Rolex spammer.

I see where this is leading

Pretty soon, people will be renting out their bodies as human billboards selling advertising time on Ebay. It's happened before.

I bought a mac

Not to say that Mac doesn't have its own problems, but I grew tired of cheap hardware, third-party drivers written by monkeys, and Windows over-writing key system files every time I install something. The Windows registry aka "all eggs in one basket" approach combined with "shared dll's" is the worst design ever conceived.

For those who think OS X is horrible, you obviously do not understand that it's just a pretty shell sitting on top of a Unix operating system - probably the best OS ever written.

Operating systems should sit quietly in the background and load my applications. I don't want an "in your face" OS. I want to run my own applications. I never liked anything Microsoft ever wrote, stole, or borrowed. It's all crap.

OnStar is evil

Who in their right mind wants a system in their car which constantly monitors, spies, listens, and apparently can disable you? If I ever bought a car with OnStar I would rip it out immediately.

Does it come with a working operating system?

Too bad that Snow Leopard is riddled with severe bugs, such as broken firewire drivers and randomly ejects external drives.

No backup?

Who has 250gb on a hard drive without a backup? External drives are really cheap these days. Combine this with using an unproved, recently released operating system. My Apple is still running 10.4. I may not be able to run all the latest software but I still have all my data.

Not the only bug

Don't forget to mention that Snow Leopard breaks firewire and spontaneously ejects mounted external drives, often destroying the data.

Ever looked at Microsoft.com?

Ever looked at the P3P policy at Microsoft.com? It basically says they will steal, sell, and distribute as much of your personal information as they can legally get away with. So, what's the point?

Not really piracy

Here's what they're not telling you. Audio CD's are more expensive than data CD's, the reason being that there's a tax added to audio CD's which kicks back to the recording industry. Many recorders will only record music onto an audio CD. Hence, every time you burn an audio CD you are paying for the copy of the music.

This of course does not take into account those who create their own music - in which case, you are being taxed on your own music.

A day late

Why couldn't you post this article yesterday?! I just clicked on the update button before I read about all the problems. Well, so far - I don't see anything wrong (knock wood). Strong signal, GPS working, messaging looks ok, email and web working.

Here's one from a few years ago...

Having your teeth cleaned at the dentist could lead to a heart attack. Who is paying for all these studies?

Polished Turd

I still don't understand why people are still buying software "upgrades" from XP. I certainly don't understand why people stand on line, camped outside their local retailer to grab the first copy off the assembly line.

Computers are evil

You know, this never would have happened if the software was written in COBOL.

Lock 'em up

Give 'em 20 years hard labor or the option to have all of his fingers chopped off.

RIP

Yup, I was 71331.3543 back in the 80's and 90's (if memory serves me). They charged me 10 cents a minute at 300 baud or 30 cents a minute at 9600 baud. I used to have my email sent to my alpha-pager since the service was cheaper than actually logging in to check my email. They also charged 25 cents per message for *receiving* Internet emails. That worked until I received my first piece of SPAM - the author of which actually expected me to purchase his snake oil after I incurred expense to read his dribble. That was the end of the service for me after years of entertaining ads in the classifieds section - similar to what Craig's List is today.

Research?

Coffee is bad for you - oh wait, no. Coffee raises your cholesterol. No wait, that butter and eggs. Have some imitation butter and cut back on the eggs. That's not it. Imitation butter is actually worse for you than real butter and while eggs contain cholesterol they don't raise your cholesterol level. But, watch out for red meat. Oh, but red meat has enzymes in it which allow you to eat it without being a health risk. Or, is it? Oh, screw it - let's all do some more research on how all Italian food is bad for you.

Great idea!

This could turn out as well as the remake of the The Shining. Oh wait, that sucked!

No beta testing for me

I will be waiting patiently for 3.0.1, thank-you. My time is important to me and I'd rather not spend it as an unpaid Apple Beta Software Tester.

Who would want to upgrade anyway?

AT&T is simply saving existing 3G customers some money by encouraging them to wait for the iPhone 4G.

really?

I didn't know that people were still buying Microsoft products.

They have how many developers?

I thought Microsoft developers have all been replaced by lawyers years ago.

I object to the term Craigslist Killer

Craigslist is an important forum of free speech and should not be shut down by the government. I object to the term Craigslist Killer or Craiglist Murder. This is just media hype over that evil Internet. What if the so-called Craiglist Killer used the Yellow Pages? Would the media call him the Yellow Pages Murderer?

Long Live XP

WindowsXP will be the last Microsoft operating system I will ever use. It's a pity they no longer make any useful software. I switched to OS X.

About time

I quit doing business with Tiger Direct over ten years ago. They put me on their email spam list and I fought with them for a year to have my name removed. I did not succeed and I never bought anything ever again. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

so what?

How is this game different from killing zombies or nuking aliens? Last time I checked, bad taste was not illegal. Shake a simulated baby and suddenly everyone is offended. Bad taste? Sure, but no real babies were harmed in the making of this app.

Out of line

At least he wasn't caught downloading music.

I'll exchange places with you

Here in the US public television is supported by advertising. Ads interrupt the broadcast every few minutes. Channel identifiers are displayed in the lower right corner. Pop-up advertising takes up the lower third of the screen. During commercial breaks, the volume is often raised to uncomfortable levels. I would rather pay them off so I didn't have to look at it all.

wonderful

Sounds like HTML 5 will be fertile ground for the next generation of virus and worm authors. Bravo.

How?

I have seen those ignoring traffic signals get more jail time.

Not surprising

This is not surprising to anyone who has dealt with the Illinois police department. The slightest infraction of any law is met with overwhelming and unnecessary ferocity.

Blown out of scope

It doesn't matter which shop and which cash register I would have been in front of. If I hand a clerk money for goods, the money is taken out of my hands, then I'm told "Sorry, tough luck. We don't have the goods and we're not giving you a refund..." There would have been a lot of yelling and screaming. Matter of fact, it would be the manager of the store calling 911 to remove ME from the store. The woman was robbed. Screw the McNuggets.

Lock him up already

Lock him up, clip his connection, confiscate his computers. People have been sent to prison for far less. Why is this guy still making headlines?

Yet another feature I don't need or want

This is another solution for advertisers to drum up traffic and a solution for Microsoft to charge for the service. I don't need any "suggestions" for where to surf. I've been doing it quite nicely on my own without any help.

I think I know what's going on

It's starting to sound like the programmer who wrote Flash for Adobe quit the company and they're scrambling to recover.