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Comment Re:Competing Isn't Cheap (Score 4, Interesting) 317

If you were to ask me, I would say Microsoft(no $ in there, by the way). I do not trust Google at all. It is not that I trust Microsoft so much as I do not trust Google at all. The fact that Google is just an advertising company that does search compared to Microsoft actually having products to support itself is a major factor in my decision.

Comment Re:Apple behind this? (Score 1) 372

And, by definition, you are a waste of resources and should be torn in half. And fed to the dogs.

Even if Google has a monopoly in some market, they are doing nothing illegal by merely existing. Since you can't grasp this point, you really are too deficient to bother with.

And yet you found time to bother with me. How nice.

I was going to go through and explain every bit of my post so possibly you could understand what I was saying. However, a brief look at your previous posts shows that you are merely a bitter troll who has an axe to grind and has nothing to offer the conversation.

There, I fed you, troll. Can the grownups talk now?

Comment Re:Apple behind this? (Score 1) 372

IOW, Google can unintentionally squish something that might have been really cool, and that invisible loss may ultimately not be in the public good.

I don't think there is anything unintentional that occurs when Google squishes a rival product or service. Google knows exactly what will happen when it enters a market that previously existed on a for-profit system and offers services and goodies for free that automatically work with its other services and goodies.

Comment Re:Apple behind this? (Score 1) 372

Consider for a second that "google" has become a verb, meaning 'to search online'. Then tell me that Google hasn't incredibly overwhelmed the competition so much that it cannot be considered balanced competition. By your very definition, Google is a monopoly, and should be broken up. Granted, I would say that Google is not a monopoly simply because it is the leader, but rather because it uses it enormous cash reserves and image to enter new markets, overtake them, and move on to new markets, in a cycle.

Also, I can easily build a computer, and install Linux on it. Apple conducts anti-competitive practices, and should be slapped for it.

As for examples of where to buy computers with Linux and OSX on them...Well, here goes:

Dell has Ubuntu here

Best Buy sells Apple computers(both in-store and online)

And of course, the Apple Store

Granted, it's only a few, but these are pretty much the main places most people buy computers. Perhaps the reason that Windows is everywhere is because...people prefer it.

Comment Re:Georgia will be a safe haven after the Rapture (Score 1) 222

Didn't people also believe that barcodes were the Mark of the Beast? And RFID on packaging? And the Dollar? And the Euro? And now there is the implantable microchip. People, make up your mind already! I need to know which random technology to abhor and shout against!

While I am not in favor of implantable microchips, this has more to do with the speed of evolution in technology vs. length of my life and privacy fears rather than any religious apocalyptic fear.

Comment Re:And he decided to pay the late fees... (Score 4, Funny) 146

"Shoot it!"

"But's it's former President George Washington! That's practically treason!"

"It wants our brains! Shoot it! It's coming through the door!"

"But, but...President! Founding Father! George Washington!"

"Zombie Apocalypse begins today if you don't shoot it!"

"But this is the Father of our Country"

"I don't care, give me the gun!"

BOOM!

"You...you shot George Washington...Who...Who are you?"

"Ash Williams. You can thank me now."

Submission + - Gadget Lab Hardware News and Reviews Zune Hackers (wired.com)

AnotherUsername writes: A three member developer team has created a toolkit that will allow developers to create programs for the Zune and ZuneHD. The toolkit, called OpenZDK allows for homebrew application development that includes making new applications, porting old ones, creating emulators and possibly having a rogue app store. Currently, there are no applications or games for the development kit yet. The OpenZDK wiki has tips for getting started, though.

Comment Re:Attn infected PC users: Can't have it both ways (Score 1) 330

Microsoft let the crap get on the machine in the first place.

They're ultimately responsible any way you try to spin this situation.

I will say that again s-l-o-w-l-y: It's Microsoft's OS. They are responsible for it. You even paid money for it.

I wasn't aware that Microsoft was to blame when a user went against safe operating practices, such as clicking on pop-ups and opening virus-filled emails. I suppose I was wrong.

Comment Re:Misleading title (Score 1) 330

So, if somebody isn't running your pet operating system, or they aren't as technically skilled as you, they automatically deserve everything they get? Your social skills are astounding, to say the least. I bet you get all the ladies.

"You mean to tell me that you don't know how to set up and admin a Cisco network? You don't know C? Get away from me, whore!"

The fact that your comment was modded insightful is discouraging, yet expected, to say the least. How sad.

How about realizing that not everyone is a computer guru, and sometimes people, while doing something 'stupid', may not understand that what they are doing is harmful. Such as clicking on popups for 'security software'. People who are not technically literate may not know not to click on those. They can use the Internet, and use a word processing program, but they don't know the security protocols that come with using computers, because people like you simply harass them and call them idiots because they don't know everything you do.

I hope you understand that the very same people that you make fun of for not being technically literate can probably run circles around you in other areas. How much do you know about vehicles? Farming? Construction? Plumbing? Healthcare? Be sure to be the supreme expert in all areas of life before you start labeling people idiots.

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