[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: > > > You drink the kool-aid and I listen to people who > > > actually worked on Vista. > > > So, you bought a cheap Intel notebook with Vista on it, but I'm the one drinking the kool-aid. How do you like paying those double FICA taxes? > ...if you were paying attention you woul

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-31 Thread Bhairitu
Richard J. Williams wrote: >>> ...Microsoft Vista was designed from the bottom >>> up for PlaysForSure and the WMA format; >>> >>> > Bhairitu wrote: > >> You drink the kool-aid and I listen to people who >> actually worked on Vista. >> >> > If you listened to people who actually w

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-31 Thread Richard J. Williams
> > ...Microsoft Vista was designed from the bottom > > up for PlaysForSure and the WMA format; > > Bhairitu wrote: > You drink the kool-aid and I listen to people who > actually worked on Vista. > If you listened to people who actually worked on Vista you probably wouldn't have rushed off to Be

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-30 Thread Bhairitu
Rick Archer wrote: > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:24 AM > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 >

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-30 Thread Bhairitu
Richard J. Williams wrote: > Bhairitu wrote: > >> Windows Vista was built from the bottom up for DRM. >> >> > You need to get some smarts, Barry - Microsoft Vista was > designed from the bottom up for PlaysForSure and the WMA > format; DRM is a media company protocol. > > PC World: > > Mi

RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-30 Thread Rick Archer
From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard J. Williams Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:24 AM To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" Bhairitu wrote: > Windows Vista w

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
Bhairitu wrote: > Windows Vista was built from the bottom up for DRM. > You need to get some smarts, Barry - Microsoft Vista was designed from the bottom up for PlaysForSure and the WMA format; DRM is a media company protocol. PC World: Microsoft's Live Anywhere vision, laid out by Chairman an

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-30 Thread Richard J. Williams
TurquoiseB wrote: > ...(for example, Microsoft Word and Outlook) in 2 Mb > of memory (Microsoft's claimed minimum memory > requirement for Vista)... > Don't try this at home - Windows Vista needs 2GB of RAM and works best on a dual core processor. > This pandering to the copyright barons is al

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB >> wrote: >> >>> Great article, great protest. >>> >>> Having worked on the peripheries of the music and >>> film industry at one p

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > wrote: > > > > > > Great article, great protest. > > > > > > Having worked on the perip

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > wrote: > > I just saw a segment on TV about how popular bands are now doing > all > > of their marketing, publishing and distribution by themselves > > be

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > wrote: > > > > Great article, great protest. > > > > Having worked on the peripheries of the music and > > film industry at one point in my life, I have to > >

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread jim_flanegin
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great article, great protest. > > Having worked on the peripheries of the music and > film industry at one point in my life, I have to > admit that I don't have a lot of compassion for the > companies who are screamin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread Bhairitu
Windows Vista was built from the bottom up for DRM. It is a very bad mistake and will probably get a worse reputation than Windows ME. It doesn't even work the same way as previous versions of Windows. What the hell were they thinking? People will return new computers in droves. When on

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread Duveyoung
I've copywritten many a piece, and it saved my ass bigtime in one instance when material of mine was wholly ripped off and used on a Web site -- for profit -- $54,000's worth as it turned out. Because I had a copyright, the thief incurred a risk of much larger penalties than he would have faced

[FairfieldLife] Re: "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0"

2007-05-29 Thread TurquoiseB
Great article, great protest. This pandering to the copyright barons is also the thing that has crippled Windows Vista, because Microsoft capitulated to it. From what I hear, the moment you launch any of its multimedia utilities, the memory requirements of the operating system double, and someti