The simplest solution to the problem would be the following:
Insert a drive by download into a popular webpage that will cause IE to download, install and set to default Firefox. Extra points for disabling IE.
I am sure that someone here is able to do that
Disclaimer: The above is merely me thinking out loud. I accept no responsibility for anyone doing anything like this.
All that is gold does not glitter
[sigh] [pointing-out-stupidity] 2000-2010 is 11 years [/pointing-out-stupidity]
Now that that is over, perhaps it is best to listen to the sage advice of Douglas Adams.
instead of saying that we have got the end of the millennium (or bi-millennium) wrong, we should say that our ancestors got the beginning of it wrong, and that we've only just sorted the mess out before starting a new mess of our own ["Unfinished Business of the Century" by Douglas Adams, first published in "The Independent on Sunday" November 1999]
Just substitute "millennium" with "decade" and it still rings true.
Also I would like to ask you this question: "so what if we end up with a 9 year decade way back in 1-9AD? What difference does it make to our lives now?"
I think you'll find that he is referring to a "column-shift" gear selector.
The most important thing to do in London is simple - Monopoly board pub crawl. Start at Old Kent road and work your way up to Mayfair. One pub per street on the Monopoly board
Or even better have Apple simply drop this case.
Since Psystar isn't stealing Apple's customers, why bother with a lengthy suit?
the simple reason is this: support. Apple are able to provide adequate, functional support for the systems that they sell because they know what hardware configuration the system is running and that the various components have been tested to some degree.
For Apple to provide support to those running OSX on non-Apple hardware, it would require a significant amount of money to be spent. Essentially, it is much cheaper for them to go to court to have Psystar stopped from selling Hackintosh computers, then it would be for them to support the users who use said computers.
cancer virus
Virus - meaning of "agent that causes infectious disease"
Cancer is not infectious, ergo cancer is not a virus
This just in, tin foil hats cause the following:
* Stupid inane comments
* Uninformed decisions
* Leaping to conclusions
* Paranoia
* Annoia
* Repetitive posting in the hope that it won't be marked as a troll eventually
* Trolling
* A sub 50 IQ
* The inability to reason
You do realise that the source that you have cited is a website called "Fluscam" right? When making a reasoned and informed decision on anything you must, I repeat MUST, consult an unbiased source. Visiting "fluscam" for any information regarding influenza vaccines would be akin to asking a creationist how old the world is - you are not going to get an informed, intelligent answer.
I was thinking more along the lines of euthanasia.
I'm pretty sure that the youth-in-asia would also be quite annoyed with his attempts to ban games
$388M was the original figure that was awarded
$388M minus *cough* court costs *wink*
means that Microsoft are getting $338M back
I'm kidding
I've contacted ISP's about their customers attempting to "hack me" because they were infested with Code Red and Nimda and for some reason my Apache server on Linux looked incredibly tasty. They of course proceeded to ignore me and not even to contact their customers.
I had a similar experience at University. I was living on campus and had my Apache server running along nicely on my Linux box, and kept on getting these weird error logs. As soon as I saw it I had a feeling that it was Code Red, so I checked up on the net just to confirm. It was. So I then traced it back to its source - one of the University's own computers. I contacted the Uni's IT staff and informed them that they had a machine that was infected with Code Red. Do you know what response they gave me?
"It isn't our machine that is infected. Your machine is the infected one."
For anyone who didn't read the above properly, or can't be bothered going back over it again, I was running Apache on Linux and the Code Red worm infected Microsoft IIS Web Servers.
In the same dig they also located the first page of the bible. It reads,
To my darling Candy.
All characters portrayed are fictional and any
resemblance to any persons is merely coincidental
Religious groups around the world are condemning the find and refuting its authenticity
It had better be durable enough to withstand the chafing of hard plastic and metal because everyone knows that the only things Apple users like to make love to are their Apple products.
We also love your mum. However, unlike your mum, my Mac has no viruses, infections or diseases
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
The summary doesn't really say anything about people learning to play guitar, so I'm not sure where your comments come from... But if you read the summary you'll see that originally they were trying to build a game that wanted you to improvise. And people didn't want to improvise, they just wanted to play their favorite songs. This is where creativity comes into the discussion. Folks didn't want to create new music, they just wanted to replicate the music they knew.
My comments aren't directed at the article nor the summary, they are directed at every person here who instantly goes "pfft, Guitar Hero? That's not playing a guitar. Go learn to play one." If you read through the comments you will see this sentiment repeated over and over again.
Seriously guys, who in their right mind honestly believes that there is any correlation between Rock Band/Guitar Hero and learning to play a guitar. The two have absolutely nothing in common. People play guitar hero or rock band for a bit of fun, they have no interest in learning how to play a guitar.
Just like most people would rather play Halo than to build a FPS.
Actually that is a lot closer a correlation:
Guitar Hero/Rock Band = Playing Halo
Learning to play a guitar = Writing and designing a game.
So get off of your bloody high horses and realise that this is all about ENTERTAINMENT, not CREATIVITY.
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. -- Plato
