Why does it seem like so many people have problems with Microsoft? Thanks

I answered this question in a previous thread

Look at the thread called Bill Gates and Microsoft

I did a thread on Bill Gates and microsoft.... Hey 143857.. u should read some of the threads b4 posting.....

Basically, a summary would be that windows costs too much for what it is, its unstable, slow and buggy (although XP seems to be failrly stable) and MS lock you into upgrades. Also office is very expensive and locks you into an upgrade cycle.

We all should love Microsoft its a great OS and its free ( well almost you pay for the internet call charges while downloading either a crack or the whole NT operating system )

-Vlad

Original Windows is free, as long as you show up for the Launch events ^^

Yeah well that means wasting precious time on going to listen to stupid microsoft people.

And who knows what the entry fee for those events is?

And what sort of food they have, if any ( thats important ). Really Microsoft Mass Capitalism Propaganda events dont look nice ...

The trick is to listen to hard music while your in the danger zone (means every place where you can still here the marketing people).

You mean metallic.

Cya all - Vlad.

Doesn't matter,as long as its loud! And don't be egoistic, don't use a headphone. Use speakers, big ones and many of them. Everyone (except MS-people) will be thankfull.

Let's crash a launch event and play some Strapping Young Lad! S.Y.L.

How about we replace the gold disk of the next windows release by a CD with linux. I bet that would be funny.

Metallica or Megadeth or Mozrt or Sveridov !!!

/me replaces Windows XP-SE with Debian Woody (woody was _finally_ released)

I got a techno song that goes "This is meant to be played at high volume, preferably in a residential area" One of my favorite trunk thumping car songs

"This is meant to be played at high volume, preferably in a residential area" .... That comes from Dr.dre's CHronic album.....

They must've stole the lyrics cus it is a techno song, not rap

Depends on which of the songs were made first, doesn't it? Could just as well be stolen from the rap song. I mean, those annoying DJs does it all the time, so why not?

nah dude.... im telling u... tha Chronic came out long time ago.. but its all good... they always take shit from RAP ne way.... look at fuking MOBY ( who i cant stand) and Limp Bizkit (who I love) just to name a few... but music is music so fuk it...

What was wrong with SYL by Strapping Young Lad? It's loud, fast, angry, and anti-corporate.

I dont get it... lets just drop this topic and stop wasting bandwith.... seems like a lil bit of VLAD has rubbed off on all of us...

Yeah! Let's blame all the world problems on Vlad. It's soooo convenient.

You know, the bandwidth wasted by you telling me to stop wasting bandwidth was more than what I wasted with my post. Of course, I am wasting bandwidth by saying this (and the explination of how I am wasting bandwdith, it's endless recursion). And the bandwidth wasted might not be wasted (depends on who you ask), and it's such a small amount anyway (come on, is a few dozen bytes worth crying over?)

Enough.

"Depends on which of the songs were made first, doesn't it? Could just as well be stolen from the rap song. I mean, those annoying DJs does it all the time, so why not?"

That's what I meant, the techno DJ stole it from Dre

oh man... i thought we were dropping this damn topic... can someone plz lock this thread!.. there is already one like it... (the bill gates forum i started a while back!)....

Bill Gates is a whore

Look, he's trying to screw over Lindows
http://www.forumoc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37512

Well, one of these days Billy will get his own Watergate.

RedX

Its funny to see how people hate Bill Gates, but i bet ne amount of cash that If you people had the opportunity to be him.... you will!!!

I wouldn't be Bill Gates. He is a godless, evil, proprietary software pushing capitalist. Capitalism is bad for your health. Free Software is the only way to go.

HAHA.... then move to Cuba dude... What makes you think that he is GODless.... he is no different than any of these other TOP BUSINESS MEN HERE IN AMERICA (and you know what im talking about).. the only difference wit Gates is that he is richer than the other BLOODSUCKERS!

Marxism != good either.

http://www.anarchismfaq.org/

sorry but i dont believe in anarchism

What do you mean "I don't believe in anarchism"?
Surely "I don't support anarchism" would be more appropriate? Not believing implies that you are questioning it's existance.

Anarchy is great.

IM sorry MR.GIAN.... I do not "support" Anarchism

"Anarchy is great"

Lots of rebelious teens seem to think so until they learn how the real world works

Real World (tm) eh? The real world is what you make of it.

reality, what ever the hell that is.....

Anyway, democracy and a free market are better than most forms of government. However Marxist communism do have its advantages (everyone gets paid the same amount), but wouldnt work due to corruption. While were talking about government, i think the best type to have would be a virtual (pure) democracy. One where we dont have a senete or parlement, but where the people vote on every aspect, not just in general and local elections. It would require more political education for that though.

In Anarchist social structures everyone is equal so the problem of corruption doesn't exist. It just assumes that people are smart enough to run their own lives and can do things for themselves (direct action). Current governments assume that people are basically idiots that need other people to tell them how to live. I for one don't think that is true.

"Current governments assume that people are basically idiots that need other people to tell them how to live. I for one don't think that is true"

I can tell you for a FACT that the majority of the population ARE idiots who DO need other people to keep them in line. If America's system of government ceased to exist, our economic and industrial infrastructure would collapse in a matter of months. Crime rate, unemployment, and poverty would skyrocket. Our hospitals would shut down, diseases would run rampant killing off vast chunks of our population. Basically we would become a third world country overnight, and that is not a coincedence, third world countries are so because of their lack of a competent government.

"The real world is what you make of it"

Again, lots of rebelious teens seem to think so...

"Current governments assume that people are basically idiots that need other people to tell them how to live" does imply that M$ is a government.

I think humanity will evolve into an anarchy when it grows up. Just give the kids time to learn.

"The real world is what you make of it" is inaccurate.

"The real world is what we all make of it" would be more correct.

Just look at the Enron thing. Cost thousands of people their lives savings, sent our economy into a downward spiral we're nowhere near getting out of, and that happened WITH government controls in place.

Multinationals are simply more powerfull than governments. If the government doesn't cooperate, they close there local factories and reopen them in some cheap labor country. A democratic government can't afford such a thing as that would make re-election improbable (would you vote for the person who costed your job?).

The corporations wouldn't exist in anarchy. You know, maybe crime is caused by the government--when you have a hierarchical social structure (i.e. a class system) you create a group of people who must do things like steal to survive. If there were no higher classes and everyone shared (what a concept; you could share when you were five, so why can't you share when you grow up) then crime would be lowered drastically. The world is a different place when "the man" isn't crushing your hopes and dreams anymore.

Society creates its own foils ^_^

Well lamer, take this into consideration, if the US developed under anarchy, crime and all that may very well have been better, however, what are the chances we would have automobiles today? or the assembly line? or plastics? or airplanes? or computers? If there were no incentive to come up with new ideas no one would bother, the reason we do is for money, the reason everyone does everything is for money.

Does it matter if you have those things as long as you are happy?

I wouldn't be very happy if I was unable to go see my mom and my little sisters who live over 1000 miles from me

Your mom and sisters wouldn't live 1000 miles away from you. The family unit would be much more important.

arguing about what if's isn't going to get you anywhere, the question is, what would you want tomorrow to be? more crime and technology, or something else?