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elektro80
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:02 am Post subject:
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Well, at least don´t buy any more Sony gear.. you hear!
Anyways, I am now boycotting Sony. Anyone else?
I guess I should mention I am the one who is responsible for all the computer gear at work. It is impossible to trust a company like Sony. This means there will be no more Sony gear at work.
Any of you guys seen a list of the actual releases using the rootkit hack? I gotta prevent anyone from trying to run the installer on any of the PCs at work ( yes.. we do have 4 PCs there still ). |
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bachus
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:39 am Post subject:
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elektro80 wrote: | Well, at least don´t buy any more Sony gear.. you hear!
Anyways, I am now boycotting Sony. Anyone else? . |
I am. But I had made that decision after getting burned by the inadequate software bundled with the DVD drive. And that was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. Their insistence on proprietary accessories for every thing they make was starting to piss me off before that. I should have taken heed of my pissedness sooner. |
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mosc
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:21 am Post subject:
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Always heed thine own pissedness... _________________ --Howard
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seraph
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elektro80
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject:
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I just knew that my boycotting of Sony products would give instant results! _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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seraph
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brinxmat
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:18 pm Post subject:
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Power to Stein! (I suspect that some other people might have helped, so power to the people! (I suspect the trojan helped, whereby power also to the trojan-makers (not something you hear so often, eh?))) _________________ -- Say "&Eth;onne hit wæs hrenig weðer" |
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aquanaut
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elektro80
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:
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brinxmat wrote: | Power to Stein! |
Thank you. But I hear they are trying to produce green kryptonite from fermented polkaboards. Last edited by elektro80 on Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:28 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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bachus
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opg
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:41 am Post subject:
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Microsoft has a soul? Get outa here! It's like the Grinch, when you see the interior close-up on his little black heart...
All the while, Apple is laughing it's ass off.... |
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seraph
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aquanaut
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seraph
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seraph
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bachus
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:41 am Post subject:
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And they are cheats _________________ The question is not whether they can talk or reason, but whether they can suffer. -- Jeremy Bentham |
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seraph
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:54 am Post subject:
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"if I had stuck one of my fingers up my a**hole I'd have had more fun" this is an Italian proverb.
I guess this is what the guy who authorized the use of this spyware is thinking now or not |
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bachus
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:45 am Post subject:
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seraph wrote: | "if I had stuck one of my fingers up my a**hole I'd have had more fun" this is an Italian proverb.
I guess this is what the guy who authorized the use of this spyware is thinking now or not |
I hope they are also thinking: "Where am I going to get a new job?!" _________________ The question is not whether they can talk or reason, but whether they can suffer. -- Jeremy Bentham |
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Oskar
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:
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bachus wrote: | elektro80 wrote: | OK. My studio is now Sony free.
Anyone else? |
Gee, I got a sony DVD player in my main machine. But it's hard to see how removing it is going to advance the cause of liberty, justice and the electro-music way. However, that's a self serving position and I am deeply suspicious of such. I can see how the world would be better if I didn't buy anymore Sony s**t. But dumping what I got? How does that argument work? Perhaps I can be persuaded. |
There's only one person who's entitled to an opinion on that, Bachus, and that's you!
As for me, I do indeed have a couple of Sony gadgets, an old minidisc player and a dvd. They're both on thier last legs, and this is the incentive I needed to look elsewhere when I finally replace them! _________________ Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject:
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Well, I'd say it seems Sony is definitely turning around on these positions. For example: In their laptops (VAIO), they have ALWAYS had prorietary chipsets, limited drivers, and DRM long before M$ knew those 3 letters. MagicGate anyone? Any minidisc owners and your non-portable files?
Anyway, take a look at their latest laptops, the only things still there is a Memory Stick port, and they still call firewire "i.Link". In fact, the Memory stick device doesn't even offer MagicGate protection! They use only standard chipsets (Intel), and the DVD/CD trays are made my Matsushita (Panasonic). So, hoorah for the underground resistance, and all that. |
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elektro80
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:
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I am still boycotting Sony hardware and I am telling everyone else to do the same. That company cannot be trusted. _________________ A Charity Pantomime in aid of Paranoid Schizophrenics descended into chaos yesterday when someone shouted, "He's behind you!"
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Antimon
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:51 am Post subject:
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I try not to buy Nestlé products because of the breastmilk substitute shit that they do in 3rd world countries, but I'm not really sure that other companies like Kraft or Vanderberg (or whatever they're called) act in a more moral way. I generally distrust all companies, especially large ones. The same goes with this stuff - can we trust Philips or Sharp products to not implement shady stuff in their hardware? True, Sony is in a particular situation since they manufacture both hardware and media content - which makes their making mp3 players/VCRs/PVRs and DRM stuff all the more bizarre.
Anyway, what I was meaning to ask was: does some kind of global consumer information service exist, on the web or elsewhere? It would be great if you were able to check out a specific company to see if they were environment-friendly, not violating human rights etc. or doing stupid things like this Sony deal.
/Stefan
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opg
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Antimon
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:22 am Post subject:
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Great! Thanks!
/Stefan |
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