Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Are you really that clueless about business economics? I expect better, > even from a WFB. To stay in business these companies are either going to > raise prices 50 to 100% or start sourcing their parts at junkyards. A > profit margin that slim is simply unsustainable. Project, monkey boy, proje

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>  When I speak of what type of computer one wants, I am speaking of > personal use.  A fair number of purchases for personal use are also > predicated upon the need to do work at home for an employer. It may very well be the situation, but that is a business tool needs case. >  Windows buyers fe

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: >>Of course apple ram is so much better, they have the same switch when memory >>is made. > > Read about DDR2 vs DDR3 before you spout off. A marginal performance increase, ~5%, in most applications for a significant price premium, ~100%-200%. I

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> The number one reason I am given > by Windows users when i ask why they use that OS is one of necessity. > They maintain they have to have Windows for better or for worse is > because, and I'm not making this up, "Everyone else has it."  They > fear being left out in the cold.  Basically, Windows

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Don't get snarky here. Who?? Me? >  In the Windows world, the competition is between the makers of the > machines that run the OS.  Apple makes its machines, so there is no > competition in the machine arena. I don't think that is necessarily true. Apple and PC makers do compete with one ano

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> I just read a report (sorry I don't have the link handy) that the average > profit margin for a PC manufacturer is down to 1.7%. That implies that > many of them are at less than 0%. This is why you love to quote stats so much; you can get them to say whatever you want with enough vague hand-wav

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> I can't wait for the next MS ad to come out. This last one led to > loads of fun. $300 for a new 14.1" Dell business line laptop. Its specs are nothing to throw a party over, but for most people, it's adequate, but more importantly, can be cheaply and easily upgraded and still walk away with

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

>> 30 percent faster for $0 more is certainly going to disturb WFBs. >> > So the original article says 21%...you quoted it at 23% and now it's 30% by > your estimates.  If you wait a couple more days to email this thread again, > you might get an increase of 85 to 92%. > > BTW, the increases in spe

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Right now I would declare it even. > > They both have the same size. > > GIVE IT UP GUYS! I do believe that's what I've been claiming all along. I don't like to talk, but it's a little known fact that Tom was rejected as an early version of Smilin' Bob for the Enzyte ads. *

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Have you seen > the various stop-motion dissections of the ads posted on YouTube? Oh. My. God. I've seriously been underestimating how much deep, deep psychosis this ad has disturbed. * ** List info, subscription managem

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market

> Lets stay away from any technical discussions. We don't want to talk > about computers here. Lets just focus on the atmospherics Except that you haven't actually talked about anything. It's just been a bizarre collection of rantings and non-sequitors. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> WFBs love to wallow in cheap. That's why the bad choices made in Laptop > Hunters are so appealing to you. The only thing appealing to me about the ads are how they drive you and rest of the Bizarro-Scooby Gang bat-shit crazy. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Old benchmarks run with old chipsets that don't take advantage of DDR3 > show speed increases of 2 to 5 percent. Not much, but not bad for $12. > http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=8 I saw that test and avoided mentioning it because it was so old. Turns out, not much has chan

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Old benchmarks run with old chipsets that don't take advantage of DDR3 > show speed increases of 2 to 5 percent. Not much, but not bad for $12. > http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2989&p=8 I call 2-5% statistically insignificant. So, you can get a new motherboard and 1 GB of RAM

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market

> The report in Dailytech refers to a planted Microsoft story and > acknowledges that with the phrase "Microsoft says...". Unfortunately, > anything Microsoft says is news. The reporter knows it is bullshit, but > nevertheless feels the need to report it. But why are you harping on > that? Isn't

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Four times faster memory access. It's like a 4-lane road, desgined to handle 1,000 cars/minute, with a speed limit 100 MPH, but has 6,000 cars per minute on it. It doesn't matter how big the road is if it's filled with nothing but 911 Targas driven by legally-blind little old ladies with glacia

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Dominates Netbook OS Market

> MS is planting stories that Windows has driven Linux out of the netbook > market. According to these stories the return rate on Linux-based > netbooks has been so huge that retailers have stopped carrying Linux in > favor of the far superior offering from Microsoft. MS now claims a 90% > market s

Re: [CGUYS] Another new Windows ad...

> Laptop Hunters strikes again. And misfires again. > > This time we meet "G." I encounter this type of person from time to time. > Someone with a tenuous grasp on technology who thinks they know it all. > Best to just stand back and let them waste their money. Not a sympathetic > character either.

Re: [CGUYS] Ipod Touch question

> Woot.com had Refurb 30GB iPods last week for $100. You can find them > on > amazon for $125. I had one of those from buy.com (which owns woot) and the hold switch was broken when I got it. The battery life was very poor, too. I returned it and luckily, they were out, so they issued a refund.

Re: [CGUYS] Angry Luddites attack Google Street View car

> Vans dispatched globally to suck up everyone's remaining cash. Watch out > for the pocket vac attachment! I think there's an iPhone app for that. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

Re: [CGUYS] First Place? [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> MS certainly has. Most obviously, they neglected InternetExplorer for > years and are now playing catch up. Waiting years for Vista and then > getting a flop is another. They are behind in cloud computing. Their > search engine is a very distant third so they are really back in the > pack > with

Re: [CGUYS] toast

> That just shows how much you have been deprived. People love their > Macs, > iMacs, MacBooks, Minis, iPods, iPhones, and iTouchs. They are truly > excited by them. They love how useful thay are in their lives. They > love > their style and their great engineering. Look at a MS product and your >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Seriously, this is funnier than Monty Python's old Ministry of > Arguments > sketch. No, it isn't! If only this thread would pine for the fjords. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

Re: [CGUYS] Angry Luddites attack Google Street View car

> I thought this was an April Fool's joke, but it's not. Well, the > picture is, > sort of, but the story apparently isn't. > > http://tinyurl.com/google-luddites Zombies. I hate British zombies. As I was coming out of the parking garage at work the other day, a MS Live Streets van drove past m

Re: [CGUYS] First Place? [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop

> > I dunno. As the mother of four boys that have > > been doing the whole game system thing since > > the Atari/Pong days, according to my kids, plus > > all of their friends for nigh on too many years > > to mention, our current XBox is better than > > anything that's come before. Accordi

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

> Won't hurt to go to grc.com and run a shields up scan either. > > Anything other than green on an all ports scan should be > cause for concern. On top of that, you should use Secunia's Personal Software Inspector. Since many of the security problems today are also from 3rd party apps (I'm look

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

> The people running these botnets do not want to be noticed. But they are being noticed. Some very smart people in the industry are watching how it develops. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

> I just found a conficker test page- > http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html > I think that this is simple enough for the relatives. That's excellent. What a very simple methodology to show possible infection. **

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

> Blissfully ignorant. Nope, just not hysterical. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ **

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> Get real! Nobody is stupid enough to think that John Hodgman really is > a > PC and Justin Long really is a Mac! Are they? "Mac" and "PC" are > caricatures. Cute and funny, too. > > "Lauren" is presented as a "real person" but she's not. She claims, or > her character claims to shop at an Apple

Re: [CGUYS] FYI - Google's Gmail Autopilot(TM)

>> What I can't figure out is: If this is just an April Fool's joke, how >> was I supposed to know about it? I'd expect a blurb somewhere on my >> gmail page. It's an April Fools joke. They do one every year. * ** List inf

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

> Perhaps nothing happening would be the worst sign at all. One big > silent > bot net take over. Or, you know, nothing. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a me

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> What other ads does MS have out touting their OS? Do they tout > anything > else? Advertisements build brand; MS seems to be going for the Wal- > Mart > image in this one. Do you hear that sound? It's the sound of a million rending souls in the snobosphere. Please, Microsoft, make many, many

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> I'm thinking of Holy Grail, where the questers ask the French, "Who > will > join us in our quest for the Holy Grail?" John Cleese, in his > ridiculous > French accent, leans over the castle wall and responds that they > already > have one, then bends down to his confreres and says, "I told them

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> > > Seriously, this is funnier than Monty Python's old Ministry of > > > Arguments > > > sketch. > > > > No, it isn't! > > > Yes, it is. Oh look, this isn't an argument. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules

Re: [CGUYS] 60 Minutes story on deadly computer virus

My prediction is that after all this hype, nothing significant will happen. Either that or millions of desktop screens will turn upside down. > -Original Message- > I heard speculation that the virus payload may be up for auction and > all > this publicity could drive up the prices. ***

Re: [CGUYS] toast

> I like toast.  I have a 10 dollar toaster oven I got at a garage sale, looks > brand new.  I could have bought a 150 dollar toaster oven at some shop that > did toast perfectly, but I got the 10 dollar deal down the road. You must have an old centurion model. The frakkin' skin jobs are the $150

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

>  Fine.  Well built and reliable.  Better built and more reliable than > a similarly outfitted Macintosh?  Far less worrisome in operation? > Much less need for "Geeks On Call?" Just as reliable and well-built, if not more so. I don't know about the "Geeks." I've never needed nor used them. >

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Game Over. Thank GOD. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

>  It is likely that for the most part Macintosh machines are of higher > quality in terms of component parts than are far less expensive > similarly sized and outfitted machines designed and marketed for the > Windows OS.  It is very difficult for me to believe that a $700 > computer will be of eq

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> Jeff, I do use _both_ W XP and OS X daily.  I never called windows users > riff-raff.  You seem to want to drag that in.  I am not whining about MS > commercial, just criticizing it. Then you aren't paying attention to what you are writing. > Don't buy a Mac, but at least try one before you whi

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> Apple does not choose to build laptops good for only a year or two.  My > wife's ibook circa 2004 is still going strong as is my 2006 Macbook Pro.  At > work they have to cycle out their Dell laptops every two years - cheaper > than keeping them in repair. Are they used in the same manner in the

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> I don't care what the budget buyer's want; I want a good laptop > computer, and Apple has models that appeal to that. I am over 50, so I > don't care about looking cool. But I can appreciate cool hardware and > software, and Apple can provide that. Nor do I think people with > windows laptops

Re: [CGUYS] Dino Dai Zovi [Was: Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

Here Thomas, this one is from this century, and actually relevant: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pwn2own-mac-hack,2254.html It turns out that Miller, a Mac user, says what we PC Weenies have been saying all along: you rob banks because that's where the money is (oh, and Macs are safer throu

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Or you say "I need a compact one-piece computer that won't clutter my > house with computer hardware." For that need an 8-pound "laptop" may be > just fine. The 20-inch iMac would also be fine. > > My point is that saying it must be a laptop makes as much sense as > saying > your MP3 player must

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> This is pointless name calling. The Mac is the cheap seats. The Mac > would > come with the iWork productivity suite and iLife media suite. All > excellent programs. That's called "competing," and that's good. Apple is trying to create value for their customers and I won't criticize them for t

Re: [CGUYS] The IT dilemma (was not cool enough)

> Having worked hardware support many eons ago, The biggest problem with > getting things to work is not those who do not know what they are doing, but > working with the individual who assumes they know everything. Yeah, there is that too. Our CEO came from a smaller organization where they outs

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> That can be a self fulfilling limitation though - the TCO appears high > because of the labor, limiting the number management will purchase, with the > limited number being used to justify not buying the one unit and application > that would lower the TCO ... Matthew - Yes I do know this alread

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> Oh, a factory or business shop full of idiots who know very little, > making you look the quintessential fountain of knowledge. Actually, yes. That's my job; to be the resident IT expert. I also believe in the division of labor, so that we get the highest return on investment in staff. We have

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> So, if I order anything other than the cheapest thing on the menu, I am > _elitist_? Nope. But, when you publicly sneer at those who don't have any choice but to sit in the cheaper seats, then yes, you are an elitist snob. > What kind of warped logic is that? Are you getting > desperate? I d

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> You do?  Then you are not using the correct management tools. I fully understand that, but we don't have enough Macs on the network to justify the cost at this point. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, a

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> We had the seniority to tell the administrator what his priorities were; > we defined his job and had him document any new processes we hadn't > already documented as we set things up. > >> If I had a quarter for every question that I answered with "Did you > read the email I sent out about this

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> If all MS has to offer is cheap (and only mention purchase price), then > they are in more trouble than I imagined. > > Buy a Yugo or a Chrysler-Fiat; nobody (who advertizes) will sell you one > cheaper.  Wow.  Are they chasing Walmart? I take it that the Mac camp is OK with being seen as elitis

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote: > My company follows all of the mandatory MS patches, which come out a > little over one a month and push them down to desktops and servers. > > My experience with Macs in corporate world was with power-users (all > engineers) who di

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> As someone who spends 90% of computing time on W-XP, but prefers Apple > (and has for my own compute time), I find your WFB rants a bit > disingenuous.  I don't spend near as much maintaining my OS X computer > as the company spends on this W XP laptop.  You just come off sounding > ignorant to s

Re: [CGUYS] Not cool enough [was re: Laptop Hunters]

> No you are not. WFBs are just stuck on the old (and dumb) idea that a > compact home computer should be a fat laptop. That just demonstrates a > lack of imagination on the part of Windows computer manufacturers. Apple > took the trouble to think the problem through and came up with a much > bette

Re: [CGUYS] One more question...

> I'm more worried that WIN7 has reached the pin the old feature on the > new OS > stage. This is where the other units at M$ get a whack at adding back > old > things that mess up the OS. Everything I've read in statements from MS is that Win7 is feature complete. OTOH, never rule out scope cree

Re: [CGUYS] Beta Software Warning [Was: One more question...]

> Folks do not do this! Sez the man who has never touched it. Ignorance or real-world experience: I wonder which is more credible? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calm

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> She could have bought an iMac with a 20-inch screen for $1099 by > flashing > her college ID. That is so close that the difference is mere quibbling. You seem to be confused Thomas, so let me help. "A laptop (also known as a notebook) is a personal computer designed for mobile use small enough

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Absolutely true. To repeat an earlier post: "If I'm given $15,000 and I > can't buy a BMW, but I can buy a Kia then the Kia is obviously better? Oh, buy a BMW, definitely. Because, unless you drive like a self-absorbed tool and piss off every driver around you for the last 25 miles, when you pu

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Those Windows haters over at PCMagazine weigh in with... > "Fact-checking Microsoft's Latest Anti-Apple Ads" > www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344017,00.asp The "Go to: Everything Apple" guy? Do you have any information that isn't solely fanboi authored? > They point out that the DV7 she bought

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Those Windows haters over at PCMagazine weigh in with... > "Fact-checking Microsoft's Latest Anti-Apple Ads" > www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344017,00.asp Yep, MS hit this one out the park. The Macarazzi are going apoplectic! Next, they'll be whining that you can't hit a kid with glasses or a

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> I thought you guys were joking. > > You fanbois are seriously trying to say that the ad is deceptive on > some > significant level because the girl may not have physically walked into > the > Apple store--which you can't even prove--despite the fact that its > product > claims are accurate? You

[CGUYS] Honda Busts Out Programming Skilz In New Insight Ad

http://jalopnik.com/5186976/honda-busts-out-programming-skilz-in-new-insight -ad?autoplay=true "Titled "Let It Shine" and set to the tune "This Little Light Of Mine", the ad uses a huge field of Honda Insights, all hooked together in an array and using their headlights for some old-fashioned pixel

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> I looked at the video. Lauren didn't go into the Apple Store at all. > She walked to the > door, turned around and walked away. Same guy is walking past in both > scenes. > > Wow! Another fake M$ ad with ACTORS! What a surprise! Or maybe, just maybe, it was a representation of an idea, that wor

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Perhaps you may have been hoodwinked? This shopper was an actress (a > real > one: member of the Screen Actors Guild > ), not a real shopper. We will > probably never know how much of the dialog was improv vs. scripted. John Hodgeman is *really* a PC and

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters - and Silverlight

> MS has cooperated with Flip4Mac to replace Windows Media Player, yet > their Silverlight doesn't run. It's not universal like Flash or MPEG. > What's the point of Silverlight? What kind of business model is that? > Built-in failure or intimidation or just bad design? I'm betting that Flash wasn'

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> ComputerWorld has an > interesting review of the computer Lauren supposedly bought. "This is > the > kind of setup that sparked the 'Made for Vista' lawsuits." "...has the > worst screen I have seen in my life." "...loaded up with trial > crapware

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Perhaps you may have been hoodwinked? This shopper was an actress (a > real > one: member of the Screen Actors Guild > ), not a real shopper. We will > probably never know how much of the dialog was improv vs. scripted. I'm > sure MS has enrolled Lauren in

Re: [CGUYS] Laptop Hunters

> Well I only match Tom's sarcasm for fun. Indeed the 2k model is a > midrange > mac according to apple. Truly it's hard to compare macs to other pc's, > if > the large extra cost is worth the OS to those who buy it, then good for > them, really, that's great. Some don't want the larger price fo

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> MS has badly screwed up with the architecture of Office. We used to > start > training classes with a bird's eye view to give students a framework > for > what we were going to cover in class. So I know the problem from close > observation and careful note taking. We kept having to edit the pages

Re: [CGUYS] Change isn't always good

> You don't say *which* version, so I must suspect it isn't Office 2007, > because if it was, you'd see right on the Home tab to the left in big > size Paste, Cut, Copy, etc. All right out in the open, not hidden away > behind menus. I can't imagine what would be easier for novices. > > Of course,

Re: [CGUYS] What a pain... Sad.

> -Original Message- > I don't know what Microsoft did for backwards compatibility when it > moved Win2K and XP, but you might be running into some limitation. > Your only hope would be to move to a new program, or set an older > computer aside with ME on it and use that just to run Organiz

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> That would be true in a free market. MS has insulated itself from > market > forces and hence is free to be as shoddy as it wants to be. Ah, the Sleepy Jackson stratagem: when reality is inconvenient and renders your point moot, cheat. I'm sure you will enlighten us with how they prevent anyone

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> Here is kind of where you are right and wrong. And here is where I disagree with you. > Corel is now marketing a version of Word Perfect, but that power > house has now become a joke of a program. > > This is one case where MS used their monopolistic market muscle to > force people into using

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> I am a MSfan boy according to Tom and I dislike them immensely for > this change!!! That's the final straw! Turn in your badge and decoder ring at the door. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives,

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> It is interesting that the cheerleaders for this latest interface > travesty are the same two people who are always cheerleaders for > whatever > MS deigns to dish out. I'm sorry that you're having such a tough time with objective reality, Tom. Should I tell them that they're doing it all wrong?

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> Just curious, what is the experience level and age range for the > people who loved the new interface? Experience level was average and ages in the 20's to late 30's. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, a

Re: [CGUYS] Office 2007

> I have yet to meet a non IT person who doesn't strongly dislike MS's > 07 versions. > People just want to do their work ... not be forced to slow down to > learn something in the process for no good reason. My experience has been the complete opposite. When I first started rolling it out to st

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

> I'm not sure _what_ that is, but it seems to be for an older version > of Windows. Vista comes with WMP11. That's odd that they don't have a d/l for Vista. I didn't even notice that. I would try to install it anyway. At worst it will bark at you that it's for XP. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

> That's really pretty difficult to do for a Windows component. When I > try it, I can only find an old update, which should have been > installed automatically in 2007. And there's no listing in Add-Remove > Programs. Huh? It's right here on the MS site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows

Re: [CGUYS] Meanwhile... Windows Media Player sound

Have you tried d/l'ing and reinstalling? > -Original Message- > I appreciate all of the discussion under this title > Meanwhile, I still don't get any audio on some WMV files and I do get > sound on others -- using WMP 11. > Still looking for any firm advice/how-to to fix this problem.

Re: [CGUYS] multiple monitors

> I'm not even sure why I keep this second monitor on my desktop, as I > haven't turned it on for weeks. I can't remember what I was doing that > day to prompt me to turn it on. I have 2 19" LCDs at work. I use one for email and sometimes browsing, the other for remoting into servers and whatever

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> Silly man. They don't. They will close down the Subway for serving you a > cockroach sandwich and that would be right. Your radical philosophy leads > to people dying from eating a peanut cookie. You may think that running a > filthy plant is good free-market competition, but I think it is crimin

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> Is there really that much to be gained from being able to decide for > myself what software is installed on *my* computer? > > You have got to be kidding. Talk about "dictate." You obviously zoned out over the part about whether or not all of the public and private resources expended on the MS

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> Yep, it actually seems to be improving Windows by making it more > adjustable > by the end user. Yes, change is good and it may, in fact, be a big winner in terms of Windows sales, but how much of this is utterly wasted capital in the form of the baker's window? If nothing else, a whole lotta

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

> Even sports teams have referees. You have no proof that lawless anarchy > will magically bring us paradise and current events amply demonstrate > the > ruination that laissez faire brings. Ah, I see you're from the school of "no failure" capitalism. It's always supposed to be spring flowers and

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

> Next you will be calliing them "Old Europe." Why are you so terrified > of > government of the people, by the people, and for the people? The > oligarchs you support have brought us nothing but ruin. Is the guillotine coming back in fashion on the continent, just in time for the summer? Too bad

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

> If the US had not been run by corrupt leaders for the last 8 years the > current economic crash would not have happened. We are now suffering > the > consequences of their malfeasance. At least you and I agree on that. Had the state not manipulated and interfered with a well-functioning market

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

> MS > was found guilty in US Federal court and necessary remedies were > squashed > by an administration that preferred illegitimate profits over law and > order. Ever hear of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia? U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly? No? That explains

Re: [CGUYS] Criminal Intent [Was: Windows Media Player sound

> These are democratically elected governments working to protect their > citizens from the ravages of a predatory monopolist. They do not > "dictate" they enforce the laws. No, they are appointed bureaucrats, with their own transparent, authoritarian agenda. Do you honestly think that public ele

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> No there is evidence that M$ has been adjusting things in Windows to > allow > it to conform to the EU dictates. I expect that any big EU complaint > will > change Windows for the whole world. Microsoft created the Windows N version for Europe, Windows without WMP bundled, to comply with the EU

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

No problem here in Vista, with all patches applied. > Well, I've since powered down and rebooted. Still WMP has no sound > from mp3s. Most odd. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** **

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> It is quite > likely that at some point the product will be abandoned for something > more profitable or changed to do obnoxious things to its users > (draconian > DRM etc.). Hey now. We're not talking about iTunes. * **

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Media Player sound

> Yeah, you could say that about every company that ever was in > business. Yes, you are darn right that I'll use every strength that > I have to get an advantage. > > If Microsoft can't do the job I'll take my business elsewhere. > > Doesn't matter who sells me the technology, the mission is wh

Re: [CGUYS] sxsw

> I know this isn't quite a computer topic but it does relate to digital > music > so.. > > The South by Southwest music festival takes place soon and this link is > to > torrents to download almost 6 gigs of music to fill up your ipod...or > really > cheap player you may regret buying. I got all

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

What topic exactly? > -Original Message- > If I'm not mistaken, google has brought this topic up before several > years > ago. > > > > > This explains why Google quietly changed their position on net > neutrality > > in > > December, despite PR-numbed statements otherwise. > > > > http:

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

> BHO's CTO is home on leave pending resolution of the mess in his old DC > government office. IS BHO's CTO a BOFH? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member

Re: [CGUYS] Google Voice

> It will be interesting to watch Google terrorize complacent telecom > providers. Do you think they will suddenly find they need to "manage" > Google's traffic? This explains why Google quietly changed their position on net neutrality in December, despite PR-numbed statements otherwise. http://o

Re: [CGUYS] crazy fast

> Cool, The defrag was impressive. I hear you have to that a lot > with SSD right now. I was looking at SSD prices recently and > for a decent size they are above 10x the cost of a conventional > drive. > > But it WAS very cool. WAY cool. I've read that you shouldn't defrag an SSD because A) i

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