ok ... for our american friends .. something very simple (in metric)

we have a hole in the ground

long 9 meters

wide 6 meters

deep 3 meters

we fill the hole with water

how much does the water weight in kg or pounds??

and how much time you needed to calculate the result ?

to help a little bit:

1 liter of water weights 1 kg

and

9 meters = 9.84251969 yard = 29 feet 621⁄64 inches

do they have advertisements ?? than my adblock is doing a good job ....

Secure ??

If it only take 5 seconds to crack a password, why take the time to create one (write it on the side of the pc in case you forget it etc)

Oh sorry , i just read that most windows users already follow that line of not creating passwords

.... i said nothing

criminals or just plain stupid?

Are they at microsoft hardcore criminals or are they really just to stupid to create a little program without errors to make a simple program to create random choices and think that nobody will notice it ??

LOOOOOOOSERS !!!!!!!!

lost cause

If you don't train users, specially on the level of vista joe xp 7 pack, who just click around on anything to get something finally going, to read and to use their own brains,

scamware levels will go skyhigh, offering quicker nicer better more beautiful software patch/upgrade buttons.

And the "Use our software and everything will go automatically" slogan and policy has to be wiped out as soon as possible and the inventors of this BS as well.

fix-it ?

And the time limit to fix a bug can be .. let me think .. Oh yes something like 17 years ?? .. and in that time you paid already how many time for the same error ??

In other words,

the "little" get smacked/sued and have to pay and/or fix their program immediately

and the "BIG" will start press conferences, lawyertalk, mumbeling about options, undocumented features, etc etc and nothing changes for a long time ..

and Paris ??

She knows BIG is NOT always better

Croocks

The bunch of thieves called microsoft owns me still the refund of 32 unused and sealed winnt licenses, even ordered by court to pay (now 15 years ago) they let you run around the world and force you to use all of your money to rent lawyers, till you give up or that the cost to collect are higher than the refund.

they just don't want to pay ..

I praise this guy that he got his money back

LOL

i don't know what made me laugh harder, this article or the new BOFH

Zombie ??

Now it is getting clear who the real microsoft zombies are.

Or are they just a bit brown around the nose ....

business model?

I thought that 'irreparable harm' was/is part of the microsoft business model

Just like sue-ing the hell out of everybody else microsoft doesn't like

and:

>> Microsoft has said in a court filing to stay the injunction: "Even if Microsoft ultimately succeeds on appeal, it will never be able to recoup the funds expended in redesigning and redistributing Word, the sales lost during the period when Word and Office are barred from the market, and the diminished goodwill from Microsoft's many retail and industrial customers."

We know a bunch of companies that microsoft "killed/demolished" that way

and that a number of companies like "Best Buy, Hewlett-Packard and Dell" "face the imminent possibility of a massive disruption in their sales"

Yes good one, take responsibility for that, YOU, microsoft sold broken/stolen goods to them, don't blame others for your actions.

==================================

So, about what is microsoft crying now ?

OpenOffice next ? I don't think so, SUN did not make $$$$$ out of the xml use

But time will tell ..

A.

great, thank you all

And i got lately the feeling that i was the only one who does not use twitter/facebook/myspace etc

You all made me sane again today with the great comments

surprised ??

I have no idea why those researchers get upset,

illegal practices is the trademark of microsoft

what else can you expect than ??

smart ??

Now we know at least a few things:

A) ie8 is not using standards else you could use opera/ff as well

B) ie8 is prob. crap, else it would be chosen for its quality and not for a $$$ bribe.

C) what other "easter eggs" or "options" are hidden in ie8 ??

So ms pays/bribe you when you search+shop with blunt/live/whatever they call it today, but if you get too smart they cry foul-play

So what will happen if a bunch of smart guys "find" the treasure at the same time ??

i would LMAO

And one thing is for sure:

the ms pricing will go up to cover all those financial games.

i think you have a better chance in the lottery ...

<my warped blue striped coat with pinguins and dragons on it ...>

now it is clear

After reading the responses on the article it is painfully clear that 98% of the pro-ms/anti-eu people have a reading problem, and have almost NO CLUE what is is all about !

Even when perfectly is explained the WHY, WHAT and the HOW, they continue to point to the same things that are NOT relevant.

Maybe caused by the [next] [continue] [ok] [accept] buttons that are always flashing around several times.

..clue??..

i am 4.5 years old and i am a pc

(usa advertisement)

%^%CRASH^&&^

that happens if you let kids work with windows

i knew it

> Two restarts to remove an executable?

Yes, it is still the old windows NT ... nothing changes ....

It is like flushing the toilet twice before etc etc

business=business

re: Paris, I'm sure she knows more about safe Hex than some of the muppets who set site update policy or don't bother checking their AV is working correctly.

Call them Lemmings, who after years of abuse [yes/no/maybe] [error 35654@54] [contact your system administrator] they figured out that just clicking on something till it maybe works, is the quickest solution. reading the given information is proved to be a loss of time ..... .

Result, switch off updates (you cannot always trust them), remove anti-virus programs else you cannot access your favorite word document of music stick without those annoying messages and overkill popups.

re: I think you will find that Bill has always said he is first and foremost a businessman, so one cannot really blame the Windows mess on his inferior programming skills

That is oh so true, business first, if the product works for you, be happy, if it does not .. wait and pay for the next update. MS does really care about NOT having high quality, else they will never be able to sell an update or new version, and THAT is bad for business.

(yes, there are OSses out there that you install once and forget for the next xx years, like some Novell servers, IBM flavors and that does not make money, thus VERY VERY bad for business)

re: $250.000 ...

What an awfull cheap offer, but again business is MS-business, they don't really care about 250k, but it covers the FREE advertisement/name-recognition in several magazines, newspapers, etc

As long as MS does not loose $$$$$ they are not really trying to invest $ in training users/administrators to keep their systems running clean.

They rather sell you a new update/version,whatever

For me:

I prey that MS does not go down, because all the sh$t that comes with them makes for me $$ to fix it, and that pays the bills.

But at my places everything is MS free, so i have at least some place to work relaxed without being afraid for the next crash.

My coat .. filled with OS/2,OpenSuse,Ubuntu for relaxed work and a xp-ue copy to make $$

re: Aid and Self-help

As living in a country that fits the OLPC profile and being the neighbour of the country that fits it even better :

YES the idea was good in the beginning

> free software (linux based) and machines that can work in critical conditions for the people who cannot afford a computer etc etc

YES the whole setup has many flaws

> when people are hungry they will sell the machine for food

> when ppl never learned to read or write how can they work with those magic boxes

> 1 internet connection for all, what? internet where? in a 50 km range with no electricity or phone service..??

and now, because of "to keep up with the technology" the laptops are (also) provided with a special version of XP, and the enduser needs to license and pay for the software ....

how ?? as it was intended for the poorest people/areas ??

At this point the project is going downhill, too many ppl, with no knowledge of being real poor (as defined in western eyes, a lot of those real poor are rather happy with their lives) are getting involved and $$ companies who go for the free advertisement/profit/marketing opportunities and who don't give a sh#t about those poorest.

A.

Maybe i am extremely wrong but

I always thought that windos was build around IE

Now when they try to start using Standards they will prob. get into problem with their OS

One browser fighting the other ??

Or is this IE8 the base of windows7 (or 8?)

It is just a thought, i won't have the problem , the last version of windows that i used was 3.0 for a few days.

they really need to go back to school

So now we have a "cheap" laptop for the "poorest" countries and people

Most of these people can't read and/or write correctly, have NO MONEY almost to eat and than we give them laptops with the most expensive operatingsystem in service/software/ownership ??

How the F%^K does that fit ...

Someone is filling his pockets with M$$$$$ or they are plain stupid and need to go back to school

BTW, they also never really investigated in those poor areas with no infrastructure, electricity, telephone and other "normal" services, where the people are really hungry, how fast that laptop is changed for food ...

A.

bright star ??

now it is very clear,

or at microsoft they are unable to program correctly

or at microsoft they dont give a shit about their clients

apples and apples ?

In Holland if you leave your car door/window open and something is stolen it is YOUR fault, because you gave free access to the thief and nothing has to be broken.

But if you are willingly or/and stupidly give free access to a wireless router it is NOT your fault ...

too easy

c:\freezta\dllbackup.16\43677aebcdd887621\ibmdos\undelete.com c:\lastus~1\mydo~1.5* /s /yes

Re: OS/2 and pound notes

WsEB 4.52 (6times) and still kicking ass, maybe for the sake of the economy i need to upgrade to Vi$ta $erver ??

what's fdisk?

LVM /newmbr:1

or use a tool like DFsee

Babelonisch ??

HOW, if those journalists, who have no idea about other languages, wants to communicate with officials, when they are in holland ....

Oh a laptop with hebrewfish on it maybe .....