Vista *curse*

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:50:16 +0200, DG
<dammygerritsen RemoveThis @censored.zzn.com> wrote:

>ervaqre schreef:
>> | What kind of capitalist are you? Punishing people when they have an
>> | income! Making them have to pay for stuff.
>>
>> In my capitalist dictatorship Pixel would also not pay any taxes, so
>> he'd have plenty of money to pay for his software. Besides, I don't mind
>> paying for programs when I think they're really worth the money, even if
>> I could simply use the evaluation version with no limitations for all
>> eternity. It's just a matter of being honest. The only thing I don't
>> like is paying taxes over software though.
>>
>I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>befriended the dictator.

Dictators don't have friends.

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Earlier Kasper muttered:

>>> In my capitalist dictatorship Pixel would also not pay any taxes, so
>>> he'd have plenty of money to pay for his software. Besides, I don't mind
>>> paying for programs when I think they're really worth the money, even if
>>> I could simply use the evaluation version with no limitations for all
>>> eternity. It's just a matter of being honest. The only thing I don't
>>> like is paying taxes over software though.
>>>
>>I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>>befriended the dictator.
>
>Dictators don't have friends.

Well, neither do Aglamians.


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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:50 +0200, "Pixel \"#~"
<jjwweerrff RemoveThis @phil.uu.nl> wrote:

>Earlier Kasper muttered:
>
>>>> In my capitalist dictatorship Pixel would also not pay any taxes, so
>>>> he'd have plenty of money to pay for his software. Besides, I don't mind
>>>> paying for programs when I think they're really worth the money, even if
>>>> I could simply use the evaluation version with no limitations for all
>>>> eternity. It's just a matter of being honest. The only thing I don't
>>>> like is paying taxes over software though.
>>>>
>>>I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>>>befriended the dictator.
>>
>>Dictators don't have friends.
>
>Well, neither do Aglamians.

Exactly.

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Earlier Vigilante muttered:

>> If this is a story about hurting pandas, I am not listing!
>>
>> *puts fingers in ears*
>>
>> lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala
>
>Basically Homer gets raped by a panda.

Hmmm, is that a nasty thing or a not nasty thing for panda-lovers?


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Earlier Kasper muttered:

>>>>> In my capitalist dictatorship Pixel would also not pay any taxes, so
>>>>> he'd have plenty of money to pay for his software. Besides, I don't mind
>>>>> paying for programs when I think they're really worth the money, even if
>>>>> I could simply use the evaluation version with no limitations for all
>>>>> eternity. It's just a matter of being honest. The only thing I don't
>>>>> like is paying taxes over software though.
>>>>>
>>>>I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>>>>befriended the dictator.
>>>
>>>Dictators don't have friends.
>>
>>Well, neither do Aglamians.
>
>Exactly.

Yeah! Exactly.

Uhm, how does this prove my point again? Also, what was my point?


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ervaqre schreef:
> | Well here we do have a good reason for a faster computer. Though mostly
> | it's not the internet. Not right now at least. Try Youtube (or any video
> | or flash) on a Pentium II or III. You may run into trouble. Certainly
> | with anything slower.
>
> Oh yes, that's true. But then again the VP6 and Sorenson codecs used in
> Flash are terribly CPU-inefficient. It doesn't make much sense that a
> low-quality and low-res flash video uses twice as much CPU on my system
> than a high-quality and high-res video encoded with Xvid, for instance.

I wonder how fast a computer needs to be to run Youtube, flash,
antivirus, XVID, XP and some other stuff decently, mostly
simultaneously. It can certainly be done on a 1Ghz machine. But anything
lower than that and CPU, chipset, memory, videocard and what have you
may become dealbreakers. Financially it doesn't make much sense to go
for specs that low. A 2Ghz PC would be hardly more expensive and would
last you longer.

> | The most important reason for a higher specs system is simple: it has to
> | be prepared for things to come. Upgrading the system is over most
> | peoples heads. Yet they expect a PC last 5 years if not a lifetime (it
> | should because it's so darn expensive). And the kids are bound to come
> | home with some game or other software that won't run on anything that's
> | two years old.
> |
> | I've told people once too many "of course it doesn't work, it demands a
> | 32mb videocard" and gotten the response "there's 64mb inside". Ram that is.
>
> Well, okay, you have a point, I hadn't thought of future references. And
> unfortunatly, from what I've heard from friends, MS Word 2007, which in
> effect is just a program to make a few documents, does require that
> cutting edge computer. For myself though, my laptop that's over three
> years old is more than enough.
>
As it should be. Say a laptop lasts you 3 years and you buy a half
decent one for 600 euro's, then you spend 200 a year. Longer use is just
profit on the write off.

Of course, if the 100 dollar laptop heads our way too (if it appears at
all, that is), you might actually be better off buying a new machine
every year. Throwaway laptops, imagine that.

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Pixel "#~ schreef:
>> Well, Pixel and I still haven't settled the matter of his niece.
>
> I'll never get you into power if you won't leave my niece alone.
>
>
3000 volts should do it.

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Kasper schreef:
>>>
>> I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>> befriended the dictator.
>
> Dictators don't have friends.
>
Benevolent ones do. Who else would they kill when things go wrong and
their empire crumbles?

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ervaqre schreef:
> | I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
> | befriended the dictator.
>
> Well, Pixel and I still haven't settled the matter of his niece.
>
Niece or taxes. How good a shot is his sister?

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Earlier DG muttered:

>>> I thought Pixel wouldn't have to pay for anything since he had
>>> befriended the dictator.
>>
>> Dictators don't have friends.
>>
>Benevolent ones do. Who else would they kill when things go wrong and
>their empire crumbles?

Also, if they have no friends, who will stab them in the back in the
end?


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Pixel "#~ schreef:
>>> Dictators don't have friends.
>>>
>> Benevolent ones do. Who else would they kill when things go wrong and
>> their empire crumbles?
>
> Also, if they have no friends, who will stab them in the back in the
> end?
>
>
It's either the back or their end where they'll be stabbed. Although
Julius Caesar would disagree, maybe.

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:42:28 +0200, DG
<dammygerritsen.RemoveThis@censored.zzn.com> wrote:

>Throwaway laptops, imagine that.

Yeah. Just send them to Sweden to be reloaded.

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:47:28 +0200, "Pixel \"#~"
<jjwweerrff RemoveThis @phil.uu.nl> wrote:

>>>>Dictators don't have friends.
>>>
>>>Well, neither do Aglamians.
>>
>>Exactly.
>
>Yeah! Exactly.
>
>Uhm, how does this prove my point again? Also, what was my point?

Two negatives make a positive.

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