Posts by Rick 128 publicly visible posts • joined 24 Apr 2007
They were horrible. I for one am glad they are gone and as for J's post there is competition in the form of WAL-MARX or the internet. And if you are lucky there is a Fry's in your area like there is one in mine.
/will have to go to the one by my place to see if there is anything worth pilfering
"Piracy rates for Windows XP are much higher than for Vista, which Microsoft credits to Vista's anti-piracy technology rather than its popularity"
You really want me to believe that this is true?
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080512_157155.htm
http://www.infopackets.com/news/business/microsoft/2008/20080801_windows_xp_still_outselling_windows_vista.htm
"One recent survey shows that by the end of 2008, the majority of businesses will have 9 percent of the PCs running Vista, increasing to 28 percent in 2010. Microsoft needs to realize that Windows Vista is a lame duck and their recently unveiled $300 million ad campaign crafted to instill confidence in the flailing operating system probably won't achieve the desired results."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9998885-16.html
"A new survey by KACE, a systems management appliance company, suggests that 60 percent of those surveyed have no plans to deploy Microsoft Windows Vista, a 10 percent rise over a similar survey administered by KACE in November 2007. A full 42 percent of these are actively exploring Vista alternatives, with 11 percent having made the leap to alternative platforms like Mac OS X or Linux."
Why is this F*cktard AG going after the websites? Second why is this Judge even hearing this case? OK im from Texas and even we aren't that stupid!!! This is just another example of some bible thumping rednecks trying to impose their values on the rest of us. I am a God fearing person myself but even I know that when to keep my beliefs to myself. If they really want to do it right they need to get in contact with the Record ASS. of Amer. and get in on cracking down on the users in KY that use these sites. Will generate BILLIONS in revenue will create jobs building prisons and guards for all the people that get caught using the sites.
EA is about to F*ck there whole franchise up with Sh*t like "saying in some cases users would need to purchase a fresh copy to play Spore. Classy!" Why the hell are these twats even worried about piracy they own the largest portion of the gaming market overall. I mean come on WTF seriously is money that tight now you need DRM I would expect that from Micro$oft or RIAA and MPAA but seriously im about to just give up on all of it. Looks like we might be starting the very painful death of the gaming industry as we know it!!
CAN WE GET A FAIL ICON ADDED PLEASE??
>/ tux cause he knows all about open source and freeware
So the story states that the most attacks came from computers within the US well as the story also states most are controlled by hackers outside the US so all this shows is how lazy us Americans are in protecting ourselves. my question is why haven't the ISP's throttled those idiots? why should i get throttled because im downloading something when those douches can't even update their antivirus and basic system updates.
>/ Paris cause we all know shes been compromised!
To quote another story on this issue:
"To run afoul of these limits, Comcast said, customers would have to do one of the following: send 50 million e-mails; download 62,500 songs; download 125 standard-definition movies; or upload 25,000 high-resolution digital photos."
So does this mean spammers will have to find another ISP? Hmm i can see some advantages for the bandwidth cap but throttling is just completely wrong, I pay for "High Speed" bandwidth and if im within my limits its not my fault that I happen to be on itunes for hours at a time getting the lastest Britney and pop music and what about netflix and their on demand. Seriously why don't they just light up some of the dark fiber and stop this non-sense. They are just angling for a better payoff from what I see. Less for more seems to be the model now days.
>/Paris cause she knows all about max bandwidth!
maybe not for taking troops into a battle zone but still could be used for moving troops and gear around the US. could be easier to use the trucking them or putting them on railways. would like to see that can just imagine looking up and seeing that monster floating by...
we have alot of the evacuees still here. One guy reported that he rode out the storm in his neighbors third floor jacuzzi
"Michael Geml has braved other storms in his bayfront neighborhood in Galveston, where he's lived for 25 years, though none quite like Ike. The 51-year-old stayed in the third-story Jacuzzi of a neighbor's house, directly on the bay, with family pets as waves crashed across the landscape.
"I'll never stay again," Geml said. "I don't care what the weatherman says — a Category 1, a Category 2. I thought I was going to die."
Texas now is trying to bypass the right to refuse and is just doing both the breath test and blood test. so basically what they are now saying is that rights of the people no longer matter but being this is the state that the "dubya" is from goes to show. they are also implementing street cameras as well though they are not lawful here they use them under the civil code and issue you a civil fine which you dont have to pay under penalty of law but they put a lein on your house or car.
The RIAA and MPAA and Major network TV will never get it. they are just that STUPID!!! They have this huge coup to get DTV here in the states (which is just the back door they needed to get people to pay to watch TV) and, now they have that why can't they seem to figure out that in this digital age people are more prone to be in front of a desktop pc or laptop then in front of a TV and with that being said they could have some much more with all the interactive crap they try to push during the TV shows...FU**TARDS seem to be in charge maybe when I'm about 60 we might have it by then cause my generation will be in charge...that being said also might not have anything left as well....
>/Paris cause she knows what people want...
So let me get this straight that would make me a patio heater? I'm the third kid in my family. Second, seriously is it any better for someone in a developing nation to have 5 or more kids as they are less of a carbon foot print then 3 kids in a developed nation, what are they on cause I want some of that. Also begs the question how many brothers and sisters do they have.
John Guillebaud - Wife and 3 kids
Pip Hayes - Husband and 2 kids
>/ just doing my part to add to the carbon foot print.
This could totally work. I would take the gun and then not register the car and that way i could get free gas well it would require a stick up or more but still works.
And thanks to Barack "chicken lovin" Obama for continueing the stereotyping!!
>/ Mines the one with the Lynard Skynard emblem on the back and the holster on the inside.
The state could have and should have gone with a harassment charge or even child endangerment. This day and age the state just couldn''t see its way past the way the law was written but they still apply. This also sets very dangerous precident if this actually goes through because right now I am violating my works usage rules.
@ all the replys
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cdnmilitary/
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/
http://www.army.mil/index.html
http://www.comw.org/cmp/fulltext/iddschina.html
Armed Forces
Today: 62,000 military personnel including 9,500 sailors, 19,500 soldiers, 14,500 air force personnel and 20,000 administrative and support personnel. There are also about 22,000 reservists.
US As of April 2007, about 1,426,700 people are on active duty in the military with an additional 1,458,500 people in the seven reserve components.
In 2000, the total estimated personnel strength of the Chinese military was 2.5 million
Canada Second World War: More than one million served and approximately 45,000 died.
US 16 million who served in the armed forces of the U.S., the more than 400,000 who died
Second World War: At the end of the war, Canada had the third-largest fleet in the world, after the U.S. and the U.K. 23 Canadian ships were sunk by German U-Boats in the Battle of St. Lawrence alone.
First World War: During the course of the First World War, Canada's naval service grew to a force of 9,000 men and 100 ships.
Canadians on the front lines
Oh and none of your battle equipment is Canadian. So what are you cleaning up for us now??
Canada actually needs a spy satellite?? Now im just confused.. first they let just about anyone in. Second what kind of sea movements do they need to monitor? Finally "Chief Marc Garneau has said that sale of Radarsat to America would give away technology designed to protect Canada's sovereignty." I'm guessing that us Yanks probably have more advanced tech kit then them. besides I'd like to see the canucks defend themselves against China or Russia or anyone without our help.
>/ Paris because she likes to be on top in the dark.
....the patent!!! Hell they no longer seem interested in building new kit or actually intventing something....I can see the future headline now
"IBM in bitter takeover bid with the US Govt over patents."
>/ thinks I will patent a way of patenting useless/obvious patents. then i can take IBM for all its got.
and Paris cause patents are hot...
What about all the "home brewed" drivers for Linux? when are they gonna get a move on those people? This is another asnine attempt by a company to get in good with the beast from Redmond. Second it does not specify if he wrote his own code or just modified their code? Third and what everyone fails to see is that how is he stealing the IP? did he charge for his driver? Those F#@ktards at Creative need to pull their head out of there a$$es and realise that all he was trying to do was to get something to work on an OS that doesn't work!
BillG because high powers forbid something actually work on VISTA!!
Now that it has been confirmed WE NEED an icon for our new favorite sweet tart Ms. Lohan. I, nay the public, DEMANDS one forthwith!!! inaction on this issue will result in severe consequences (i.e. you will be forced to watch the movie and listen to her cd's on loop)!!! Going forward we must afford Ms. Lohan the same coverage of our Ms. Hilton.
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