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| 133108 | 2003-04-04 00:39:00 | Hmmm .... I can see big after-market updates/add-ons for Win98 - it's still so popular even after MS stop supporting it. Oh .... and Sony = quality ??? I think NOT !!!!! Most Sony products are full of lowest-bidder-type components with a Sony sticker slapped on the front. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 133109 | 2003-04-04 00:43:00 | Yeah... and next is Win ME.. then Win2K... who knows when though. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 133110 | 2003-04-04 02:40:00 | >>Oh .... and Sony = quality ??? I think NOT !!!!! I have to disagree. They make some of the best cd and dvd players in the world (for their respective classes). I have 2 Sony cd players and they are good. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 133111 | 2003-04-04 04:12:00 | Don't worry. Look at the comp.risks newsgroup and see what the stupid politicians of a number of US states have done. Use NAT? Use a firewall? etc. etc. All illegal. This will stop you from being a terrorist (or soemone who illegally copies music. :D Our idiots will probably copy. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 133112 | 2003-04-04 05:35:00 | Ya, I was reading that with some amusement over on Linux Security :) What was it, about five states and one of thems bound to be Texas ;) If our government decided to introduce a bill like that you can be sure that while it would be illegal to run a firewall there would be a wee clause to say that illegal activities are allowed by government departments. They could make it retro-active as well just to be on the safe side :) Er looks like someone's breaking in. I'd better call the police. Oh, no, it's okay. Only the SIS :D |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 133113 | 2003-04-04 06:45:00 | I reckon that before amd/intel/microsoft release their palladium chip, we all go out and buy a couple of the fastest normal chips you can buy, and then stick them into a dual processing motherboard. That way we'll have a pc equivalent to about 10ghz and be set up for life and will not have to buy a stupid palladium chip :) Rest assured you will know when they will release their chip, well before hand because they will advertise it. So get in and buy the best possible system available before they bring in the palladium! |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 133114 | 2003-04-04 08:19:00 | Microsoft = US government :D why not use a major company like MS that has ( through its software ) the ability to access computers running its software globally? just like when it was against US law to use encryption higher than 40 bit when communication with a US citizen because - presumably - the US could break 40bit... they now turn their eyes to getting more access to your pc. I mean they don't know what we're doing and I could be a terrorist, and I might have a O.S.M.D ( Opperating System of Mass Destruction! ie: Linux ) and worse, I might have paid for it!! Although even back as far as windows 95 the EULA said back then that you the user didn't own the OS you just had the right to use it, so in a sense the new stuff ( palladium etc ) is just an extension. I think that what MS will do when they launch Palladium is launch it with a new ( and bugged ) OS that has a minimum system requirement of the Palladium enabled hardware. Easy to do... and then you'll get games that will only run the best on the new MS OS etc etc... and no I am NOT supporting MS and Geoffs article in the April PC World is a really good read for those that havn't read it. :) |
minos#2 (318) | ||
| 133115 | 2003-04-04 20:00:00 | >>Of course a big corporation like Microsoft, has our best interests at heart. :D :D :D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 133116 | 2003-04-05 04:03:00 | Maybe Macintosh should have won the battle of the giants? Maybe we would be better off?? Maybe.... Or. who cares. |
OldEric (3062) | ||
| 133117 | 2003-04-05 04:07:00 | To tell you the truth I wouldn't actually worry too much about palladium. If palladium is made, you've got many many hackers who are going to try and stop the software from reporting home etc and allowing people to spy on what you are doing. Heck, MSoft's Windows Product Activation was cracked within hours of being released. I'm not too convinced they can bring out anything unstoppable. :) Also with a very carefully configured external firewall/router that doesn't have anything to do with the computer software or cpu itself, it wouldn't be that difficult to stop any bad packets being sent/recieved to MSoft/Gov goons. ;) |
PoWa (203) | ||
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