Posts by Michael Habel

Re: I can disprove this case 3 three steps or less

Save the porn thing for later though.

Quite frankly I'm shocked that AT&T would give you enough data to actually watch a porn vid. Then again pretty much any video. Without eating up what little Data you had for the Month.

Re: Time to sue the Internet

It's fantastic. This guy finds out how much everybody in the neighborhood is paying for hay, grows that, instead of more fucking corn, undercuts the local asses by 20% and now he's got four trucks and 300 acres of hay growing 30 miles away and all because this guy figured out how to give Google money.

1) Its called Capitalism - in a otherwise free market.

2) Nobody is forcing you (or your neighbors), to buy from him, and your welcome to stay loyal for +20% of what your "Friend" charges you.

If he makes more money selling Hay, then he would by selling Corn. I'd for one call that a smart business decision. So why are you so angry about that part again?

The Idiots that can't, or won't think about why its a bad idea to pay someone cash for something they should be able to do themselves... (i.e. Replace some dead Batteries). Deserve to get stung much harder for their trouble if you asked me.

Re: Time to sue the Internet

The internet has become a monopoly for sending information over long distances. "It’s clear that [the Internet] has not achieved this monopoly through offering a better [system], but through its strategic, anti-competitive placement, and it doesn’t take a forensic economist to see that this is evidence of market manipulation".

I bet all the Worlds Postal Services must be salivating right about now. I still find it humorous that the German Post at least attempted to create a "Premium Rate" eMail Service Once to try and compete with the Internet. Do to lacking sales on regular postage. For all I know they maybe either continuing to sell this, or finally let it die a death.

But, its hard not to see how the Internet (of things), has kicked-in one massive dent into these postal Services, since the Internet came along.

Re: Browser settings: Advanced: Set Search Engine

Browser settings: Advanced: Set Search Engine. Done.

*yes that's 2 settings

If it were anymore simpler these trolls would still find something to bitch about. Me personally I would like to see a class action against Apple for always getting all the "Good Apps" BBC iPlayer et-al long before the Worlds Nr.1 Mobile OS Android. Which despite being the "Worlds Nr1 Mobile OS", is always getting treated as a Third-Class Citizen.

This needs to stop!

Re: Hagens Berman works for Microsoft

If you google "Hagens Berman", you'll find that it is located in Seattle and that one of its partners is "an active member of the firm's Microsoft defense team." Coincidence?

Personally I don't believe in coincidences...

well they are lawyers after all. And dumb ones at that. Everyone has a choice on what search engine they use. ALTA VISTA is a good one I hear, so are others that are not in the Good ole USA. Too bad that Google is the most popular currently. Also too bad that the plaintiffs do not know anything about how Internet and Internet Search work.

I though Alta Vista went tits-up yonks ago... Then again perhaps I was thinking of Astalavista...

Re: I can disprove this case 3 three steps or less

You just glossed over the part where the default home page is http://www.[vendor].com/launch.js?vendor=[vendorname] which then forwards you to http://www.google.com.

I tried Firefox on Mobile Once... And it sucked!! END OF FORKING LIST!

The enforced Awesome Screen is anything but, awesome. And, I'm fairly confident that you can at least alter the homepage in most Browsers AOSP Browser (Which I use in CM10), and again on Chrome, as well as Dolphin or Opera. To any Website, or other Search Engine of your choice. But, of course this is like to much work for some people ain't it?

Its only on Firefox that prevents you from actually (i.e. simply) reaching the Homepage without having to jump though a bunch of fecking shite first.

So you argument is invalid!

The problem is that all of Google's services are bundled. If you want to offer Maps, Calendar, Music, Play Store, but use a different search engine, you're screwed.

How so?! I bought my Androids knowing full well that they were "with GOOGLE". After all its the GAPPs that make Android what it is. So is this pissing & moaning so much about the Search Engine, or the success of GAPPs, that both Apple, and MicroSoft have yet to figure out?

Re: Pride goeth before a fall

you forgot their proprietary memory. Duo and Duo plus I think.

They made great technology but as most Japanese companies have been trying to dictate consumers what they want along with an aversion to take any risk and now that mentality is biting them.

Nope.jpg At least you could use those in their Phones & Camera's. I think your looking for that PS-Vita Memory that was only made to be used by it, and it alone. That my dear friend was low... Very, very low!

Re: Pride goeth before a fall

Most of it's wounds have been self-inflicted.

Too bad, really, they've always made nice kit.

I personally believe the Market would have gone with HD-DVD if they had any real choice in the matter. The fact is S0NY managed to skew the Numbers Game in their favor by counting every PS3 as a BlueRay Player. With which it dazzled the like of Warner Brothers with its bullsh-- to get it to back its Format over HD-DVD, at the time.

And here I've never once even seen a full BlueRay Movie ever. I do have the 20 PS3 Games on BlueRay though. Just no Movies.

Sony should sell off Columbia studios. It will at least film industry better

I concur S0NY would do well to get out of the Music, and Film industries.

Re: It's not my birthday today! @Gene Cash

A surprising reaction to news of a company that's in trouble, who, over the years have provided a fair few innovations, in many areas of both consumer and professional electronics. The Walkman and the first CD player, immediately spring to mind.

Not sure about the WalkMan. But, wasn't the Compact Disk not a Phillips invention?

Re: It's not my birthday today!

Because he likes Xbox.... And Microsoft told him that the nasty people at Sony took away his OtherOS, which he was planning to use to get free pirated games.

OtherOS could, and would never be used to get free Games. The only thing that gave anyone free Games was S0NY inability to properly write a PRNG Code. Which gave gave pissed off OtherOS Hackers some nice Ammo to shoot down S0NY with. If you want Free Games on the PS3 Format... Just get yourself a shiny used CECH-20xx or CECH21xx (Slim) Console, and a NOR Flash ROM Programer. Then you can install CFW to our hearts content!

Re: Nearly

Install an extension called "Classic Theme Restorer". It turns Firefox 29 back into a usable web browser.

And be sure to install that Stardock Shite to fix your Windows 8 too!!!

Re: Nearly

I prefer Firefox, but now it seems I don't have much of a choice.

Mozilla, if I liked the look and feel of Chrome, I would have downloaded Chrome, not get a new skin for Firefox!

Ignoring what your Customers / Users have to say.... Its not just for MicroSoft anymore!

Re: Nearly

You can search from the address box too. If you don't like the separate search box along side it, remove it.

I just open a new tab, that takes me directly back to Google's Homepage... Same sh-- I've been doing for all these Years. Seems to work fine for me!

But yet, they will wear you out if they even think you have a single character of their code in your stuff.

Fucking hypocrites. I can wait for MS to die.

In the Satya Nadella "Mobile-first.... Cloud-first" World of MicroSoft... This shouldn't hopefully take long before they fall into irrelevance. me thinks that they forgot which side their Bread was buttered on....

Stop slagging them off. They brought us tiles FFS. And that seamless, streamlined customer experience across all Windows platforms that we all enjoy and love. That Xbox Live tile on my business workstation is a Godsend.

Yeah, how stupid do ya feel now huh MS haters?

Obvious sarcasm is obvious Here have an up vote for your effort!

Also: Linux is evil cancer that only nerds with no lives would ever use and Microsoft is unicorn farts that tastes like rainbows.

Yeah, but the... flavor... seems... to... be... a bit off with this Window 8 thing it tastes like shit!

Re: wtf

It's like a fondleslab but with a built in phone.

I thought we called those Phablets?

Re: Or maybe

They could swallow their ego, snuff out Windows 8 and Windows phone, sell android phones and a new hybrid NT-Linux with 100% Win API compatibility!

And Pigs will fly!!

Re: Needs more Norway

That was also my first thought (so I'm not the only one pining for the fjords). Then I thought, why not do the Benelux countries? It's sure to come in at much less than a Terabyte, being so boring and all (geographically speaking, of course).

Wait the Benelux Countries did you say? Isn't that where the Country with the most offensive name in the entire Galaxy is located? I shall refrain from speaking it so as to not upset all the turlingdromes out there.

Re: @ Winkypoop

Blaming death and destruction on religion is like blaming poor people for your not being rich, government for stifling business or Jews for the plague. It's Humans who are the problem.

A once great comedian once said...

Hey, if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death. Has been for thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Christians all taking turns killing each other 'cause God told them it was a good idea. The sword of God, the blood of the lamb, vengeance is mine. Millions of dead motherf**kers. Millions of dead motherf**kers all because they gave the wrong answer to the God question. 'You believe in God?' 'No.' Boom. Dead. 'You believe in God?' 'Yes.' 'You believe in my God? 'No.' Boom. Dead. 'My God has a bigger dick than your God!'

--George Carlin...

He was of course very much onto something with this!