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• On the post: Chinese Student Sues Microsoft; Claims WGA A Violation Of Privacy

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 14 Sep, 2007 @ 11:34pm

  WTF?!

  So I guess MS isn't allowed to try and protect it's software from pirates but everyone else is. YOu people are stupid. If you hate MS so much stop using their software and STFU. I get soo tired of all the anti-Microsoft BS peopel spew.

• On the post: Judge Says That Making Available Is Infringement… RIAA Pounces Immediately

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2007 @ 08:19am

  Does discretion come into play?

  A few years ago I used some P2P application to share some of my own artwork. I misconfigured the thing and it was sharing the wrong folder. A week later I got a notice from my ISP asking me to remove a file from my shared folder. Thanks to them I was made aware of my mistake and corrected it right away. Should I have been charged and reemed for unintentional distribution?

• On the post: NetFlix Hopes Good Customer Service Will Keep Mail Boxes Stuffed With Red Envelopes

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2007 @ 03:17pm

  Re:

  Howmany people actually call Netflix? I have never had to call them. I just use their website. It's pretty easy. I don't really see a vlaid reason for needing to speak to someone other than maybe trying to cancel your service and trying to get the balance of your monthly fee back.

• On the post: NetFlix Hopes Good Customer Service Will Keep Mail Boxes Stuffed With Red Envelopes

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2007 @ 03:14pm

  Re: I am a Netflix customer and

  I recently went back to Netflix and have been a little upset with the service. In almost every 3rd rental I make one of the DVDs come to me either scratched really badly or broken. Netflix does rush a replacememnt copy to me but the fact that I have been getting this many damaged DVDs bugs me.

• On the post: Is There Any Need For The Concept Of A TV Channel Any More?

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2007 @ 09:29am

  Re: Broadband penetration...

  Broadband over powerlines would solve the issue of peopel in the stix not being able to get boradband. If you get power you can have broadband. I wonder howmuch cheaper it would be to push this out over a fullscale upgrade of telco and cable services.

• On the post: Is There Any Need For The Concept Of A TV Channel Any More?

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2007 @ 09:10am

  Re: But on the gripping hand,

  You are quite right. I used to work for Time Warner Cable and when we pushed out VOD(Video On Demand) we were slammed with calls from customers who were getting what pretty much was a busy signal. The VOD servers were not capable of serving the entrie customer base at once. We will see the same thing with the internet if it is abused in this way as it is today. The internet is already clogged as it is. Pushing video to it on a large scale as this would cripple it. Before we can do this there needs to be a mass upgrade of the internet hardware. It's old equipment and we never intended to serve the amount of data we want it to serve.

• On the post: Oh Look, Once Again A Judge Has Tossed Out Video Game Sale Ban As Unconstitutional

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2007 @ 12:37pm

  Re: It's about being "first"...

  Sorry but no. These laws will never pass. These politicians are just going through the motions to earn political points. Even a blind person could see that.

• On the post: Homeland Security Tries To Make Dubious Connection Between Mod Chippers And Money Laundering

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2007 @ 02:44pm

  Re: ORLY

  You do drugs? This expalins a lot.

• On the post: Homeland Security Tries To Make Dubious Connection Between Mod Chippers And Money Laundering

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2007 @ 02:41pm

  Re:

  Please show us where the US stole the resources. I get so tired of bullshit liek this.

• On the post: Homeland Security Tries To Make Dubious Connection Between Mod Chippers And Money Laundering

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2007 @ 02:34pm

  Re: Re: Nice

  Are they? Chances are they are at the same level as other US students. Behind students in other developed countries.

• On the post: Second Life On Mission To Purge All The Fun

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2007 @ 09:23am

  Re: Re: Re: How far might this go?

  Next saying the lord's name in vein will be illegal. MY GOD!!!! ;-P

• On the post: Thieves Vote For Blu-ray In DVD Standards Battle

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2007 @ 06:59am

  Re:

  Too bad there is no theft involved. It's simply copyright infringment.

• On the post: Thieves Vote For Blu-ray In DVD Standards Battle

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2007 @ 06:58am

  Re: Even easier

  Ummm.... that's the internet you boob

• On the post: Politicians Blame P2P Software For Not Stopping Gov't Employee Stupidity

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2007 @ 09:08am

  Re: The coming storm

  The next 911 level attack in the US will not happen while Bush is in office. I love how you blame talk radio for the shortcomings of the American public. In the end we only have ourselvs to blame and no one else.

• On the post: Politicians Blame P2P Software For Not Stopping Gov't Employee Stupidity

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2007 @ 09:05am

  WTF?!

  Sorry but the employees should face jail time for this PLUS the IT department should be fired and replaced by a more competant team. Where I work we do not give users other than admin users the rights to install anything on their systems.

• On the post: Microsoft: The Heavyweight OS Is Here To Stay

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2007 @ 10:53am

  Re: Re:

  I seriously would liek to try and see wht my 8800GTX can do uner linux with open source drivers. nVidia has screwed teh pooch royally so far with their drivers. I spend $600 on a video card only to have them turn me into a beta tester. WTF?!

• On the post: Microsoft: The Heavyweight OS Is Here To Stay

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2007 @ 10:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Nice. I speak the truth and you basicly call me a windows/MS fanboy. None of what you said changes the truth of what I said earlier. Linux is not for teh Average user. They will need a Linux-head type like you to get it running liek they want it. It's not quite as easy as you make it out to be. I have played with Linux for a few years now. I'm not just talking out of my ass.

• On the post: Microsoft: The Heavyweight OS Is Here To Stay

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2007 @ 10:46am

  Re: Re: Re: Disclaimer

  Darn it since you called me a joke I must be wrong. Emulation still is a joke. Do you want some cheese? I'd love to see you try to run a DX10 game using that. LOL!!!

• On the post: Microsoft: The Heavyweight OS Is Here To Stay

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2007 @ 10:35am

  Re: Next MSOS

  I don't now... Based on an interview I read they claim the next OS will be another major release not an incremental update to Vista. If this is true then we are in for a repeat of this. Should be fun. :(

• On the post: Microsoft: The Heavyweight OS Is Here To Stay

  

  norman619 ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2007 @ 10:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: one less customer for Micr

  I'd like blue and red eggs please!

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