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15 Nov 2005, 00:04
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[Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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15 Nov 2005, 00:06
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Heh, Leeds !
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
Tee hee, Microsoft get it right again !
Thats 4 times in recorded history.
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15 Nov 2005, 00:07
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
\o/
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15 Nov 2005, 00:07
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
For once I agree with microsoft, though my ahem sceptical tendacies surmise that well judging by how riddled with DRM Vista will be, this is a ploy to discredit Sony...
Though I must say I'm glad to see somebody giving sony stick about this.
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15 Nov 2005, 11:01
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
how pissed off must sony be now i wonder how much that software cost/is going to cost them and how sacked the exec responsible for it is lol
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15 Nov 2005, 11:08
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
"software has been labelled as spyware by Microsoft."
oh lol
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15 Nov 2005, 11:31
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
the funny thing is, I cant see anyone else other than microsoft standing up to sony, its quite funny as im sure sony is one of those corporations who have been able to do whatever they want, whenever they want. Now microsoft are actually using there power to some good.
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"software has been labelled as spyware by Microsoft."
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15 Nov 2005, 11:41
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
It is a bit amusing Microsoft are for once the heros. Now we have to get the update with the spyware detection kit, the patch to fix the bugs with it, the patch to actually find all of the files and fix the whole problem ...
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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the funny thing is, I cant see anyone else other than microsoft standing up to sony, its quite funny as im sure sony is one of those corporations who have been able to do whatever they want, whenever they want. Now microsoft are actually using there power to some good.
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i will get something useful out of this thread...
what does idd mean?
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15 Nov 2005, 14:39
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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i will get something useful out of this thread...
what does idd mean?
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ahhh sorry
indeed
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15 Nov 2005, 15:10
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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ahhh sorry
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Or "I Don't Disagree"
Or "yes".
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15 Nov 2005, 15:33
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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Or "I Don't Disagree"
Or "yes".
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Or 'indeed'.
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15 Nov 2005, 15:44
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
I think at this point the best and brightest business women and men must be leaving the music industry, seeing that it's going in a direction that it can't win.
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15 Nov 2005, 16:28
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
I don't even own a music CD that's done by Sony.
Some of their artists are shit.
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15 Nov 2005, 16:30
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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Or 'indeed'.
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"Indeed" or "I don't disagree" or "yes" or "indeed"? Have you been at the gaffer's special brew?
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15 Nov 2005, 16:31
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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I don't even own a music CD that's done by Sony.
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I own several, the albums of the Manic Street Preachers are probably the most likely to be owned by someone on this forum (ignoring the music collections of mad dutchmen).
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15 Nov 2005, 17:09
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
Super Furry Animals. Kasabian. The Go! Team. The Zutons. Editors. Mylo. The Dead 60s. Mew. Pure Reason Revolution. The Longcut.
so ends the list of Sony BMG artists on my mp3 player right now.
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
I got torrent copies of the artists listed above.
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15 Nov 2005, 18:00
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
Yeh , i read that article on BBC News , but was interested to note that mention of Sony was kept to a minimum as the fact no specific companies have been named meant there was a risk of going off half-cocked.
I have no doubt theyll name a few of the large electronics retailers, and of course, Microsoft are "Doing a Sony" this year by claiming they cant meet demand for the Christmas period of their XBox 360. At least theyre not claiming the ship with the supplies is stuck in the Panama Canal, as Sony did last year. This of course guarantees the XBox 360 will be the "must have" present for the year, and of course that theyll have another good 2-3 months of strong initial sales in the new year, when most companies find takings fall after people run out of money following the January sales.
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15 Nov 2005, 19:01
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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"Indeed" or "I don't disagree" or "yes" or "indeed"? Have you been at the gaffer's special brew?
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Well they all mean almost the same thing.
However, given the nature of the word "idd" it would either have to be "I don't disagree" or "Indeed".
"Indeed" is said far more ofen than "I don't disagree" therefore it should be assumed that that is what is meant.
Also, another great picture and caption from the BBC \o/
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
isn't "I don't disagree" a double negatative and therefore evil anyway?
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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isn't "I don't disagree" a double negatative and therefore evil anyway?
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double negatives aren't evil.
lawyers use them all the time because they can be much more precise.
they're only 'evil' when incorrectly used.
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Well they all mean almost the same thing.
However, given the nature of the word "idd" it would either have to be "I don't disagree" or "Indeed".
"Indeed" is said far more ofen than "I don't disagree" therefore it should be assumed that that is what is meant.
Also, another great picture and caption from the BBC \o/
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no, that wasn't what he meant, the point was that boogster oh god never mind.
whats so great about the picture/caption?
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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no, that wasn't what he meant, the point was that boogster oh god never mind.
whats so great about the picture/caption?
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Oh, if i missed the point i apologise
and "its sheer irrelevance"
Any excuse to show a pretty girl, it reminds me of the the telegraph.
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"Indeed" or "I don't disagree" or "yes" or "indeed"? Have you been at the gaffer's special brew?
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They all mean the same thing. So, really, there was no point in elaborating, as was my point. Pig's explanation was perfectly adequate and, idd, the most apt.
Perhaps you took a swig.
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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double negatives aren't evil.
lawyers use them all the time because they can be much more precise.
they're only 'evil' when incorrectly used.
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I was always under the assumption that double negatives were not correct Queens English, but i'm sure you're more knowledgable than I in such things. *shrug*
PS could you give me an example of a precise double negative, i'm rather interested to know?
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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They all mean the same thing. So, really, there was no point in elaborating, as was my point. Pig's explanation was perfectly adequate and, idd, the most apt.
Perhaps you took a swig.
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My point was that there's little point in typing "idd" instead of "yes", which is easier to type. "I don't disagree" is another accepted definition as well.
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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I was always under the assumption that double negatives were not correct Queens English, but i'm sure you're more knowledgable than I in such things. *shrug*
PS could you give me an example of a precise double negative, i'm rather interested to know?
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"I didn't do nuffin'"
It's more precise as it's exactly what the defendant said.
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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"I didn't do nuffin'"
It's more precise as it's exactly what the defendant said.
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lol. it's not a double negative though
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Re: [Technology] Microsoft says "**** You" to Sony.
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My point was that there's little point in typing "idd" instead of "yes", which is easier to type. "I don't disagree" is another accepted definition as well.
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I think "indeed" or even "idd" sounds better than "yes".
also, "idd" is easier to type than "yes"
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