It amazes me that people can still defend these types of Microsoft practices. I just don't get it.
I mean, come on, screwing with the connection between my video card and my monitor? That's just not cool, man!
It amazes me that people can still defend these types of Microsoft practices. I just don't get it.
I mean, come on, screwing with the connection between my video card and my monitor? That's just not cool, man!
i really dont care if they know i watch double dragon 2 on a nightly basis or not.....haha...its just that dont want to buy a new dang monitor so they would know,
just think of the calls that dell would get.....you mean i have to buy anoter monitor and this one is junk and its only 6 months old?
for those who 'really don't care" about their privacy - I have here a quote stolen from another shark's sig for you...
if you live in the USA ....plz get outQuote:
"Wise men are instructed by reason; Men of less understanding, by experience; The most ignorant, by necessity; The beasts by nature." -Letters to Atticus, Cicero
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Originally Posted by Bearded Kirklander
It amazes me that people like you still can't even understand this topic.
MS is only giving the ABILITY to do something that has been REQUESTED. They are not screwing with your monitor.
BK I swear discussing anything with you in regards to MS is like arguing with a 3 year old. Open up your extremely closed mind once in a while.
Oh well, by the time Longhorn comes out you'll probably want to switch to a new monitor anyway...
what does this have to do with privacy?Quote:
Originally Posted by I4one
isnt it in 2007? thats not that far away.....
It's just a nice true statement and i got tired of the Ben Franklin one :pQuote:
Originally Posted by PointlesS
...ahhh - the inferences and implications are endless - just like all Boob Tube adsQuote:
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety
This is NOT directed at anybody in particular at all
"Ignorance is Bliss - only if your ignorance affects no others" -- me ;)
Well, I guess on certain topics I can get rather passionate. I like a lot of the products that Microsoft creates, and I enjoy using them, but I do feel very strongly that their corporate mentality is at times appalling, and even though some of the stances they take are cool, it is stuff like this that infuriates me.Quote:
Originally Posted by vertices
I'm not sure what else to say. It's not that I don't feel that other points of view may not have merit, generally, but in this particular case, I don't see how anybody could possibly think this is a good thing for the consumer.
I don't believe it's based on a blind hatred of Microsoft as a whole, but I do believe it is based on seeing decisions like this one and others be so detrimental to the consumer that fuels my frustration.
Why is the blame being placed on Microsoft here anyhow? It's the RIAA and the American government that is to blame for the laws in place that restrict consumers, not Microsoft.
Do you really think Microsoft likes pissing off their client base? It's doubtful.
And to the lot of you using "M$" I laugh at you. I really wish I could find that webcomic with the nerd who thinks he's oh-so-special typing M$ instead of MS and how l33t he is.
-MrD
Come on, dude. It's pretty l33t. I mean, on a scale of 1 to 1337, it's like totally ΰβέ®.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Nothing l33t about it, man....just habit... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
You're right about the origins of this, its Hollywood and their best friends, polititions.
M$ is very interested in the livingroom. Without these types of restrictive DRM, they're going to be completely left out of the loop. Who wants a Media Center PC that useless for media? Blue-Ray/HD-DVD, HDTV(besides OTA), downoadable/streaming media and other content present a lot of opportunities to make money.....no DRM means no slice of the pie for M$.
Why does the PS3 contain 2 HDMI outputs? HDCP.....its got nothing to do with gaming, its about Blue-Ray movies...
I don't begrudge Microosft making money, but sometimes it's fun to jump on the bandwagon and type things like MoneySoft. Kind of like calling Alex Rodriguez PAYROD instead of A-ROD. :p
Microsoft has been openly embracing the DRM crowd, and in return has gotten things like wider WMA support and even gotten their WMV format added to the next gen of DVD playback chips and what not. There certainly does seem to be some behind the scenes deal making going on, kind of you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
I do wish Microsoft would simply take a stand on something in favor of the consumers. I don't like the idea of forced anything, really, at least by an entity like Microsoft which lacks any meaningful competition.
See, i doubt any of this is pissing off most of their user base since they dont know anything about it. I can ask my familty about it and my fellow students if you want and i bet not one of them know what the heck Trusted Computing is or DRM.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrDigital
Sorry to break it to you guys claiming that there is a lot of crap on tv, and a lot of crappy music. So you don't want to support certain things.
Everything in the entertainment buisness is subjective. Second of all crappy music, tv shows, and movies have been around long before computers. So don't kid yourself, crappy music has been flooding the ariwaves for years, there is no changing that.
The bottom line is, you like a band you buy there CD, you want to watch a movie you rent it, or purchase it, or go to the movie. It's really easy for a few computer nerds to sit behind a computer and say I should be able to do anything with media.
If you were creating media, writing music, making movies and you understood anything about the business in which the RIAA and MPAA were trying to protect you would have a different view.
But the problem is, you're perceptions of the entertainment business is soley based on what you see on TV, and that is not even close to the whole picture.
I'm not an advocate of people not being able to make backups of there DVD movies, or CDs. I think that's well withen are rights, as long as we purchased said intellectual property.
You simply to not understand the importance of protecting your intellectual property unless you create intellectual property. No one on this forum would go out and steal a DVD from the store, but a lot of us here would download that DVD, and think nothing of it.
That's the point, if you were producing those DVDs you would want to protect your product also.
You don't want to support a company or band, or actor that you feel is not worth your money, don't buy the product. But also don't download the thing, and say, I wasn't going to buy it anyway.