Apparently MS are out to get you...
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A little over the top obviously, but he has some points.. Such as DRM being evil (it is, it's not just "we want to make money", it's "we want to make money AND severely restrict you in ways that would be illegal if they weren't digital")
DRM in Windows only has effect if you have *purchased* DRM-protected media. I've never purchased DRM-protected media for this reason.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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DRM in Windows only has effect if you have *purchased* DRM-protected media. I've never purchased DRM-protected media for this reason.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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Nor do I, but should it be there in the first place? IMO it shouldn't - it's more like something to put in DVD player software (which will then of course be hacked, which I won't say is bad)
Well the problem is with Blu-Ray discs manufacturers (Microsoft, for once, is not included): they require HDCP for playing HD movies which in turns requires the video and display drivers (and the monitor of course) to explicitly support HDCP, thus the need for some hooks in the operating system. That's the reason why you cannot play Blu-Ray movies on GNU/Linux.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I don't want out. After trying Linux I'm very much pro-windows! The character Lady Whiteadder sprang to mind while I was reading the article.
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Well the problem is with Blu-Ray discs manufacturers (Microsoft, for once, is not included): they require HDCP for playing HD movies which in turns requires the video and display drivers (and the monitor of course) to explicitly support HDCP, thus the need for some hooks in the operating system. That's the reason why you cannot play Blu-Ray movies on GNU/Linux.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
Dario Solera wrote:
That's the reason why you cannot play Blu-Ray movies on GNU/Linux.
It won't be long before you can. Someone will come along and hack it (and then the keys will be invalidated, found again, repeat ad nauseam, just like the CSS debacle)
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
blah, give me a break. in every one of the cases sited, there are free alternatives for Windows machines. And the blather that Microsoft is scanning our private data without our consent is pure bullshize.
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
He's just pissed that he didn't have the idea of Windows first so that he could have $40bln in his pocket, like Billy-Boy does. And he's so daunted by the prowess of the Mighty Microsoft that his brain has been fried. He can't think of anything to make money for himself. Complete Moron!
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
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A little over the top obviously, but he has some points.. Such as DRM being evil (it is, it's not just "we want to make money", it's "we want to make money AND severely restrict you in ways that would be illegal if they weren't digital")
you don't have to use WMP. there are plenty of free or inexpensive players on the market.
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Dario Solera wrote:
That's the reason why you cannot play Blu-Ray movies on GNU/Linux.
It won't be long before you can. Someone will come along and hack it (and then the keys will be invalidated, found again, repeat ad nauseam, just like the CSS debacle)
harold aptroot wrote:
come along and hack it (and then the keys will be invalidated
already been done
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
I really will never understand why there is so much people in the world that are completely pro-Linux or completely pro-windows... I like both of them, having Red Hat 5 in my server has saved me a lot of money and it works like charm (when it doesn't want to kick me in the a##), and having all the workstations in windows gives me easiness and compatibility with all the apps that everyone out there uses (but users are always crappy even if things are easy)... But this is only my opinion and the way I work, aaaaaaand I don't want to make any other to think like me, I've chosen and if other people wants to take a side its their problem... What I feel ridiculous is this amount of stupid things that Microsoft guys say about open source and the amount of stupid things the open source guys say of Microsoft... (of course it is more frequent to listen to that last case). Now I'll go back to my job...
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blah, give me a break. in every one of the cases sited, there are free alternatives for Windows machines. And the blather that Microsoft is scanning our private data without our consent is pure bullshize.
ahmed zahmed wrote:
Microsoft is scanning our private data without our consent is pure bullshize
AAAARgh! are they doing that?! Are they looking at my p0rn collection? :laugh: PS: of course I don't own this kind of thing, I only have the pictures of machines and those stupid but nice backgrounds that Microsoft install in their operating systems in my computer... I don't have space for p0rn in my HDD... ;P
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you don't have to use WMP. there are plenty of free or inexpensive players on the market.
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I don't want out. After trying Linux I'm very much pro-windows! The character Lady Whiteadder sprang to mind while I was reading the article.
Steve Thresher wrote:
After trying Linux I'm very much pro-windows!
Me, too -- untill the words "Microsoft Office 2007" are uttered!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
Microsoft is scanning our private data without our consent is pure bullshize
AAAARgh! are they doing that?! Are they looking at my p0rn collection? :laugh: PS: of course I don't own this kind of thing, I only have the pictures of machines and those stupid but nice backgrounds that Microsoft install in their operating systems in my computer... I don't have space for p0rn in my HDD... ;P
Joan Murt wrote:
Are they looking at my p0rn collection?
Yes, and if it it's not good enough, you get a letter of reprimand.
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:-D so do I, yep that counts. :-D
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
A bit of a repost, I'm afraid; this was in the Insider (I think) last week. IIRC, the general conclusion was that this guy is a complete douchebag (as opposed to a partial one), and should remove his head from Stallman's anal orifice.
Software Zen:
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
This is a repost btw (by me, but about a couple of weeks ago I think). No harm in posting again though. :)
Kevin
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What a bunch of morons: what, exactly, is wrong with MS attempting to profit from its investment? Further, why shouldn't they restrict the software and/or create different priced versions so as to maximise the potential sales and market??? Perhaps if open source software was better/easier to use/more accessible/easier for hardware manufacturers to install/easier for users to install it might provide real competition to MS. Perhaps that's the issue they should address.
Interestingly, despite people like this always banging on about Microsoft, in practice successful open source software has inflicted more damage on less successful commercial vendors than it has on Microsoft.
Kevin
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Is the author paranoid or is just me? http://windows7sins.org/[^]
Many of his arguements sound great and seem to make sense at first. But most of them sit on the foundation of people being able to look into the source code and fix something themselves if its broken or they dont like how it works. Very few people in the world (compared to the general population) have the skills to jump into an operating system and change it to do what they want.