well, yeah, i kinda expected a zp reference to be honest i.e. or e.g. whichever one is appopriate "Long answer: Noooooooooooo"hecticpicnic said:short answer: No
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did you expect a long answer?
well, yeah, i kinda expected a zp reference to be honest i.e. or e.g. whichever one is appopriate "Long answer: Noooooooooooo"hecticpicnic said:short answer: No
long answer:
did you expect a long answer?
Damn you, you magnificent man, I was caught in the crossfireHubilub said:I am banishing you to a black hole of time until you realize your mistake, young manheadshotcatcher said:That's like saying "Nazi Germany wasn't in the wrong, it was those stupid Allied forces for being bothered by them!"PayJ567 said:People can do as they like. How about YOU just don't get bothered by it. You're the problem here not the people who post it as you're the one making a thread about it and unnecessarily telling people what they can and can't do.
No, what is their fault is that the average user doesn't have a choice, because Micro$oft continually breaks the law to drive any would be competitors out of business.martyrdrebel27 said:consumer ignorance is Microsoft's fault? and not really "charging a lot of money" when it comes pre-installed on most pc's. it only costs a lot of money if you're upgrading or building a comp...Actual said:Ummm breaching antitrust law? Monopoly?
Charging a lot of money for a product the average computer user has no choice but to use.
but if that's the case than you're more than an "average computer user" and are savvy enough to be able to make that choice for yourself.
Short answer: nohecticpicnic said:short answer: No
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did you expect a long answer?
You have made a huge assumption, and are completely wrong on both accounts.chemicalreaper said:After that, I can say without a doubt that you're a P$3-owning Apple-user.Atmos Duality said:*snip*
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Ah. Thank you for the correction. I hate misinforming people, as bias as I can be at times.oktalist said:Slight correction: that's not reverse engineering. Reverse engineering is entirely lawful. That would be a simple case of copyright infringement. Similar to the SCO debacle. (Hah, remember that? When Microsoft provided substatial financial support to another company that would file phony lawsuits against IBM, Red Hat and others, to scare off businesses thinking of using Linux.)
Well, he can. But no one will listen. In fact people, like me, will just start doing the quirk to prove he is powerless to stop it.LordCuthberton said:You can't order people to stop quirks like that.
It is an order... In his world.LordCuthberton said:And as such it's not an order, it's a plea. So he can't order people...Redlin5 said:Well, he can. But no one will listen.
I don't know if someone has responded like this, but here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law] is your answer.maddawg IAJI said:Why is it that EVERY conversation, no matter the subject, brings up Nazis or WWII in some way shape or form. There is a difference between someone expressing their views through internet slang and a faction that committed widespread genocide.
Actually, yes, someone did point out Godwin's law to me earlier and when someone had quoted me wondering the same thing, I told him about it as well. Either way, it is a true and entertaining rule of the internet.blinkgun96 said:I don't know if someone has responded like this, but here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law] is your answer.maddawg IAJI said:Why is it that EVERY conversation, no matter the subject, brings up Nazis or WWII in some way shape or form. There is a difference between someone expressing their views through internet slang and a faction that committed widespread genocide.
OP: I know people who work for Microsoft and know for a fact that they have a fantastic human resources department, or so I'm told.
Actually, ALLOWING something and DISALLOWING something have the same weight. Nobody is the "problem". Freedom doesn't mean to live with disregard for others' rights or opinions. Certainly this debate over the sarcastic dollar sign in the rendition of the word "Micro$oft" is nothing at all to lose sleep over - I don't care. But then again, that's just my opinion. However, it's fair enough to find the exclusionary use of that dollar sign somewhat inconsistant with the reality of corporate greed. I think all company names could be written with some reference to the rabit collection of money in them.PayJ567 said:People can do as they like. How about YOU just don't get bothered by it. You're the problem here not the people who post it as you're the one making a thread about it and unnecessarily telling people what they can and can't do.