Speaking of language and engineers, I am told that engineers the world over, in a hundred languages, all describe a very small distance using the same phrase. Unfortunately it is not used in polite conversation so I can't tell you what it is.
I was looking at Google Maps and noting that they now show a photo of the house if you enter a specific address., Tried it for my house. So I got a nice photo of a house further up the road.
I was wondering where my delivery went.
(that latter remark, by the way, is unfortunately not a joke).
You have a valid point Frenzie. (almost ) However, the Robin Hood spirit in me can't conform. For artists and writers even pirated distributions means publicity and popularity (lifting their market value). As for the RIAA, fluck them.
Hmm, weird. I'm not signed in nor have I an account at Yahoo. Wonder what goes wrong on your side
Edit: Since the ad is in German, I get it probably because of my IP. So far the mistery is probably solved. Wonder though why you don't get an ad according to your IP/language.
Microsoft imposes agreements to computer sellers that dual-boot machines must never be sold, and this is the de facto situation too.
I'm aware of such practices and some other even worse. I'm against such practices but it's up to politicians to regulate the market or leave it at the discretion of some monopolists. We as an user can little do about it and IMO piracy will rather help the monopolist/Microsoft.
You, on the other hand, seem to condemn pirating. What is pirating and why is it condemnable?
I'm against software piracy for different reasons:
A. Monopolist Microsoft
The more pirated Microsoft OS, the less incentive to search for alternatives. A worldwide totally ban of pirated MS-OS would make alternatives like an open source/free OS even more attractive, maybe not stringent in wealthy countries but in those (the majority) where every $ counts. Beat the devil with its own arms I hope you can follow my reasoning.
B. Individual programmers who spend hundreds and thousands of working hours trying to make something usefull and hope to get rewarded in case their product is valued.
What options have such programmers?
a. The donation button. Nice but unfortunately it doesn't work. b. Offer your software to some distributors (like Download.com) who will pay you a lick off but will bundle your software with crapware. c. Lock the software and make it shareware. Only problem, it's almost impossible to lock the software at a degree it can't be hacked. d. Give it up or sell your software to a company in case you get an acceptable offer and never look back. I hope you can follow my reasoning.
Are you a teen using a copyright infringing copy of Windows with a copyright infringing copy of Photoshop for study purposes?
You don't have to use neither Windows nor Photoshop for study purposes. How about a Unix derivate and GIMP? Besides if you've got a mashine with Windows preinstalled and don't want to use GIMP, you can buy maybe Photoshop for a discount fee (for students).
the conditions merely said that it could be installed on one machine only, which I interpreted as meaning one at a time, especially after that was mentioned explicitly on one or two of the SW packages. At no time did I see a statement saying that it could be installed only once, nor did the wording imply that.
That's correct. You can install Windows (or any other software) on one machine only, except you have a license for more machines. In case you trash the maschine you can install it on a new one.
When my wife's laptop needed to be repaired, the owner of the shop removed W8 and installed W7, then did the same for my machine which came with W8 installed.
I'm sure the Windows Police would like to know about it.
The Windows Police wouldn't care since you probably got a valid serial key for your Win7. It's not forbidden to downgrade Windows. However Microsoft made it difficult for the average user to do so.
How can those organizations fight an army of lawyers financed by the most lucrative business in the world?
By pirating, that's the only answer I see.
IMHO that's the wrong approach.
I would like to see laws in every country that prosecute owners of pirated Windows and punish them with draconic sentences. Only problem is that it can't work without Microsoft's help. Microsoft will rather turn a blind eye to piracy than losing market share to another OS. Now China is developing its own OS (Unix derivate). Wonder how Microsoft (or the US administration) feels about it. What if India and other countries will follow China's path? Will they be blocked through browser sniffing?
As for applications, nobody is forced to use/purchase shareware. With the exception of one application (Office 2003 which I got a valid licence for as gift) I'm using only freeware/free software.
The OS disc that you get along with the purchase, should be used for reinstalls on that machine only. Also, as far as I know, you are not even allowed to install some other OS on the machine to replace Windows, at least not as long as the warranty lasts. Not simply discouraged, but forbidden, it's an illegal operation.
I can't confirm the above. In case you trash your mashine you can reinstall the OS on another mashine with an OS disc you have a license key for. I did it myself for friends. They even registered to Microsoft after that and never had problems. Only limitation, you are forbidden to install from your licensed OS disc on more than one computer.
New "genuine" or authenticated Win PC's come with a sticker displaying the unique identity code on it. The OS disc that you get along with the purchase, should be used for reinstalls on that machine only.
Those are probably surrogate OS discs, some trash like recovery discs. I'm a speaking about real OS discs you can also buy at a shop. When I purchased this mashine I got also a real OS disc which I could install on every mashine (taking into consideration the limitation of only one mashine at once).
It's also not forbidden or illegal to replace Windows during waranty. You may lose your waranty but that's not the same as "forbidden" or "illegal".
At any rate, nothing to worry about since Herr Putin says that everybody will be safe.
After safeguarding Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria ..., Emperor Obama is sending warships into the Black Sea to make sure nothing can go wrong in the region.
I like the NYTimes but it limits access to ten free articles per month and I'm not about to shell out $8.75 a week for what they call all digital access.
You can circumvent that easily. With the old Opera open a "New Private Tab" before visiting NYTimes. With Firefox open a "New Private Window" before visiting NYTimes. Close the "New Private Tab" or the "New Private Window" after you have done with reading the NYTimes.
Can't tell you how/if it works with Safari since I don't have a Mac, nor do I intend to buy one in the future.
If you don't trust the software company a better approach is to do network analysis to see what downloads and uploads are done, and when.
Another approach for the case you don't trust the company (anymore) is to simply dump their product.*
* If I would be consequent, I wouldn't use the internet at all I don't see any reason to trust Microsoft or Intel (to name just two market leaders), nevertheless I use their products.
On modern computers it still starts up quite quickly. If you could disable signature checks (I don't think you can, never bothered) even the newest version would probably start quickly on older systems. TaskInfo was my preferred task manager since w2k. It was more comprehensive than ProcessExplorer or any other task manager. Among the things I like abut TaskInfo is that it will also show you the kernel drivers (even those injected - you can test by launching ProcessExplorer).
TaskInfo is one of the most comprehensive Task Managers for Windows systems (NT 4.0, 2000, WinXP 32 and 64 bit, Server 2003 32 and 64 bit, Vista 32 and 64 bit., Server 2008 32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 and Server 2008 r2 (32 and 64 bit) Screenshot TaskInfo Home Page "Free for personal non-commercial use"!
Something for advanced users and those who want to be there
Why you would ever want to do an online installation of any software is beyond me.*
* Not actually true. I quite like the Debian netinstall.
* I'm sure you would fall in love with Chropera's 'netinst' as it is for now The funny part of Opera's new revolutionary online installer is that for now it installs the full installer (same size) which is hidden in some temp directory before it gets executed. So the main (so far only?) difference is that it is hidden from the prying eyes of the average user
Why you would ever do an offline installation of a web browser is beyond me
Priceless
And it would be funny as well if Daniel Aleksandersen wouldn't be Mac product Test Lead in the Desktop Team at Opera’s headquarters in Oslo.
BTW, finally Opera Blink has introduced another important feature that everybody forgot to ask for. The online installer. It's aimed for the user base of the Third World, people with modern computers but lousy internet connectivity
This must mean just one thing: Edward Snowden is not a criminal.
It's always a matter of perspective. Only a matter of perspective.
A statesman waging wars, destabilizing entire regions, responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of inocent lifes can be a worldwide 'respected' person. Same applies for a statesman having the blood of hundreds of innocent people on his hands. Such statesmen can even be hailed as leaders of our free world. At least as long as they represent an oligarchy backed by a mighty military force.
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