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   Review - DVD43

   3.6.2 (Aug 18, 2005)

   This software is junk. Sure it allows for easy copying of protected DVD's and I can trust someone would use it for their own personal use and that's their business right there what they do. BUT, in the wrong hands it can be used for illegal purposes - MEANING PIRACY - and for that particular reasi=on I have given the software not only low marks, but a complaint directed at the MPAA. Trash like this is why the studios lose money over unclaimed profits!! Now I'm not saying this as a representative of Hollywood (of which I am no such thing) - no, I'm sayng this as a just, concerned citizen - but I would advise this software be removed from the Internet to protect the free market from idiots who make it easy to abuse the system. Just because you have a good idea doesn't mean you should do it - if it were otherwise, Napster would still be free and there would be no need for me to rant off about this kind of thing (and neither is the case here, or in society for that matter). You get the idea. That's why I'm marking it so low... and why I complained to the MPAA on the software's existence. We're talkin' about "sumthin' fer nuthin'" stuff here in more than one way. So don't download this and you won't give the writer/s of the software any reason to do something that can legally backfire on him/her/them.

2. Comment - New Windows Live Movie Maker debuts, says good-bye to XP for good

   3.6.2 (Aug 21, 2009 - 9:15 AM)

   "Don't forget it costs money to upgrade, unless the company is willing budget it out, ain't gonna happen right away."
   
   Maybe so, but with the economy still not fully recovered it's doubtfull it will happen quickly, if at all -- many companies are still in layoffs and that means no money for people, expansions, even IT. My guess is that XP has a slight chance of sticking around for longer than it should because Vista and probably even 7 need more in the hardware department than XP. And when you factor in the economy like I just said (sorry to repeat that in the space here, just stating the obvious) then it's probably won't happen immediately, IF AT ALL. Consumers, on the other hand, are a different story and there Windows 7 will probably find a home among the geek set but otherwise it's possible for it to be Vista all over again, sorry to say.
   
   Again, blame the economy. Linux adoption in business will go up faster than Vista/7 because of cost as IT budgets right now can't handle hardware acq1uisitions necessary for Windows post-XP and likely won't be able to for a while, if ever.
   
   I could be wrong, of course -- but it's not likely right now as far as I can tell. Like I said, I'm just stating the obvious. In fact, about the only chance Windows 7 has in business is if the Netbook compatibility works in as much a way as possible, but even then it's a tossup. My guess is that the economy may have soured the last possible chance the Softies had to stay relevant in business, and on top of that is data services in the cloud and Linux that have done them in where Windows is concerned... but primarilly the economy did it worse IMO. Sorry to say, but with hardware requirements post-XP like they are the Windows guys are simply killing thier product in the IT departments.
   
   I'm still upgrading though, as I have my preorder in at Newegg from the first-orders upgrade special a month or so back. I just don't see businesses doing the same thing ever again because of the past economic slump. But again, I could be wrong -- yet I'm sorry to say that it doesn't seem likely. I'll say it one last time: just stating the obvious. That's all there is to it.
   
   And my apologies for going on as long as I did, but these are very legitimate concerns I have on the subject that I'm sure a lot of you have. No, I'm not trying to start a flame war... or even a troll battle -- though I'm sure a few of you guys will try it anyway so feel freee to make what you want of it. I'm not holding a single thing against you even if I know what type you are. (I've seen too many of your types, and on just about anything, to be honest with you -- and yes, I'm pretty sure you know who you are so don't even question it.)

3. Comment - FCC investigates Apple's App Store policy after Google Voice rejection

   3.6.2 (Aug 1, 2009 - 10:03 AM)

   Maybe so, but this might actually be a good thing for once if you go through my other posting on the subject (below whatever anyone else says, provided they actually have the nerve to square off with your brand of a** tard)
   
   EDIT: Sorry, I had to fix a spelling error before I could be cut off from it and then some other s*** on top of fixing a typo which I should hve caught to begin with. Those g**d*** editing timeclocks always seem to be popping up all over ****ing cyberspace as I write this, and in the last places I'd even want them to be if I even wanted them at all!

4. Comment - FCC investigates Apple's App Store policy after Google Voice rejection

   3.6.2 (Aug 1, 2009 - 6:59 AM)

   These are all some good points here (comments and article both) and I have to agree because this could really become something deeper as the FCC will probably now have no choice but to take up the issue of locked/timed exclusives involving cell phone sales in the U.S. (compared to other nations, at least) because of this ****ing mess. Try investigating the use of Skype connections on an AT&T iPhone (or tethering for that matter) and you'll see what I mean.
   
   On the other hand, the Feds should not have let this s*** go unchecked for so many g**d*** years. (And besides, referencing the Almighty like that is something I don't take very lightly for reasons of common morality.) Of course, we all know these are the kind of things for which Bureaucrats get a bad rap but we desperately need them to be in on s*** like this even if we don't always trust them anyway! Oh, and the antitrust guys need a look at this too, as I think Apple may need to be split up into parts like the older incarnation of Ma Bell itself was processed back in the day over MacOS and iPhone in double! (Even though computer products like the iMac are a topic for another discussion...)
   
   Yet even IF that is just my sole opinion, I can see a certain bit of coincidence to this (or perhaps not, depending on your opinion) when one stops to consider that the remainder of Ma Bell itself was bought out, did some buying and then started selling its current wireless services under the Ma Bell name... AFTER the original Ma Bell incarnate was gutted by the Feds in the first place! Kind of a wierd outcome if you ask me, considering what network the iPhone seems to be permanently glued to here in the States. And don't get me started on other such locked-up phones (I'm looking at you and your Palm Pre from here, Sprint 'tards!)
   
   What I'm trying to say is that we need a different kind of wireless phone services competition in the U.S. marketplace if we're truly going to dispose of this bulls***. Just talking about one or two corporate sales/development traps isn't going to get us out of this mess.

5. Comment - Microsoft to end support for MSN Music DRM

   3.6.2 (Apr 24, 2008 - 9:23 AM)

   That's a good point, and I agree that some people just don't adapt as fast to new stuff. Even so, I have done just fine with Vista (had to figure it out just to be able to use my new HP laptop) but then again, I can figure this stuff out much better than some other people so I don't mind it as much.
   
   And on the subject of DRM, I got tired of dealing with it as soon as I had a bad experience related to the subject. I had a lot of Napster songs (the DRM-type Napster, NOT the old-school type from the defunct non-DRM Napster of old) and after having too many PC crashes and a broken MP3 player (that I don't know how it got damaged) I can no longer play the songs from that service, and haven't been able to for a while now. If it were not for Amazon.com's non-DRM service and a few songs backed-up and re-ripped that I got from DRM-based programs to start rebuilding my library of tracks I would be screwed again for sure the next time this kind of thing happens!
   
   For the record, though, I'm sure that Plays for Sure was just a good idea gone sour. Yet even with THAT being said, any DRM platform has its limits -- even a common, shared DRM platform. Belive me, some things don't work out for most of us, and that's especially true even for the Softies. That's just the way it rolls sometimes, and that's perfectly fine with me.

6. Comment - That's the ballgame: Toshiba bows out of HD DVD

   3.6.2 (Feb 19, 2008 - 9:34 AM)

   You know something? I was actually pulling for HD-DVD to win, because I thought the PS3 being the lowest denominator in the videogame war this generation would hamper BluRay as a result. Shows what I know, ya think?
   
   Then again, at least the great HD disc debate is finally resolved. (And about damn time, I might add.) That alone should provide consumers an incentive to finally make a commitment owing that many were waiting for something like this to happen first.
   
   Of course, Sony could have just as easily pulled a "Betamax" once again; but oddly enough, all positioning has for some "bizarro" reason gone and flipped over it's head this time around.