Channel 9 - Discussions by Another_Darren http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by Another_Darren http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Another_Darren/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/Another_Darren/Discussions en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:23:44 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:23:44 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Coffeehouse - [NSFW] One thing PC users can do that Mac users can't... Please could one of the admins ban my account.

Fed up with the constant digs at people living in Europe or anybody that likes anything (dare I say it) not produced by MS.

Honestly can't be bothered with a forum that's sole purpose is to pull down anything that might compete with MS, god forbid it be better.  Linux and Mac OS X are here people and trolling and FUD on this site is not going to make them go away.  Look at them, learn from them and make suggests how MS could improve their products. Slagging something off is just another form of flattery, what to jealous people do?

Maybe I'll look back here in a bot and see how it's going, but for now I waste my time doing something else. I'm sure the be plenty of replies to this telling me I'm wrong, but it's my opinion and my mind so it isn't. Plus I'm not going to read so use your time for something useful.

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Bas wrote:
Speaking of Darren, I'm still waiting for an explanation from him about that 'one troll to another' remark.


Sorry you don't make trolling comments, my bad will punish myself later.

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blowdart wrote:

Rossj wrote:Another "OSX Users are all zealots" thread. It never gets boring does it


Well not when Darren acts like a sterotype no *snicker*


Cool I'm a zealot.  Better tell the guys at work not to buy £150k worth of MS dev tools I just recommend.  The is a difference with making factual statments about something you know, to just reading the hype and regurgitating it.

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Darbacour wrote:

But buck up.  All that money your countries are stealing from MS will surely provide a much better life for those on the dole.


Congrats, you're the new Eagle.  Funny if someone outside of the US had made a comment like to you guys you'd be screaming for a ban. Re-arrange kcirp.

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Rossj wrote:

Darbacour wrote:Who KEPT Apple in solvent when they were going down?


The patent lawyers.  Why don't you check *why* Microsoft invested in Apple*? And why do you think $150M would make a difference to a company with over a billion dollars in cash (at the time).



* Here's a clue, code theft.


Oh dear you gave a valid answer.... You'll have to wait a long time for a reply on this one now.

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JChung2006 wrote:

CannotResolveSymbol wrote:They can remove charges for this kind of situation (that's why you don't use a debit card for online purchases, or at least I hope you don't).

My debit card supports removal of charges like this. /shrug


In the UK the laws around credit protect the consumer.  Say you buy a sofa on credit or credit card and the company that sold it goes bust before your 12 month warranty is up, the credit card company can be held responsible for dealing with the warranty claims.  If you debit card is a Visa Debit then it protects you for charge backs but not much more.

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eagle wrote:
Attitudes expressed here are positive proof and the quanity of email I receive at the address listed here with payloads of malicious software.


You heard him people.  Now if the C9 pirates could just step forward and say "Arrhh I'm a pirate"

I don't use an illegal copy of XP but thanks for calling me a liar anyway. Starts with I ends with diot.

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How about stop moaning and focus on the tread?

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Heywood_J wrote:
Nothing has been "cracked".  This is just another "activation bypass" that will work temporarily until Microsoft blacklists the keys involved.


Yes, they can black list the valid retail key that will shortly be sold to an unsuspecting customer who will suffer the process of trying to prove that they are not a software pirate to get a valid key.... Image how many of those customers will be repeat customers in the future?

Blacklisting the keys is not an easy option, they need to allow legit users to claim back there key.

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thekiwiguy wrote:
Go buy a media center.....AppleTV is a nice clone of the MCE, but its about 5 years too late...MSFT beat them to the punch on that....


ROTFLMAO.... MCE is software, you still to buy some hardware.  How does that compare?

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Rowan wrote:
When I was using OSX I noticed that the hotspot of the mouse pointer was a few pixels "off target", so I would keep missing things or clicking in the wrong place. I found that rather annoying.


So Apple have managed to sell millions of Macs to design industry and nobody noticed this. Get real.

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cescotto wrote:
We did it, it reached the frontpage. Unfortunately now fanboys are digging up any anti-MS comment and digging down any pro-MS comment in the article


May be the MS community is not as active as others?

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Bas wrote:

Rowan wrote:
In fact I found the whole OSX UI more difficult to understand than XP or Vista, it was less consistent (especially across programs) and wasn't self explanatory.


Wow, really? I've never used OSX myself, but every time I hear somebody talk about it, I hear "the UI is s much better and logical than Windows."


Wow so sureal... the first "one troll to another" post I've seen.

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Bas wrote:

Another_Darren wrote:You can all poke fun at the post but not one of you can show proof that he is telling the truth.  Look at this thread and see if any facts are in it?



Jason Cox wrote:The FAT file system.


No idea about the patents on that myself, but it seems like he at least has a point.


Since I've never installed the FAT filesystem on linux system as it has better filesystems I can't see this an issue? Linux can run without FAT.

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cescotto wrote:

corona_coder wrote:Open Letter to Steve Ballmer calling him out.  Showusthecode.com and every Linux user, developer and distributer wants to know the truth.  Its time to put up or be quiet.


Is somebody going to tell to the site owner that patents cover ideas and not code, or should we continue laughing at his knowledge of patents?


So the site got the code bit wrong, but they are right about Ballmer bull**** claims and threats about Linux infringing on MS patents.  Stop threatening and give details, if you want the infringement to stop then tell them.

No, because he prefers the threats and doubt.  It's FUD until he puts up or shuts up.  You can all poke fun at the post but not one of you can show proof that he is telling the truth.  Look at this thread and see if any facts are in it?

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CodeMonkey666 wrote:
I'm still holding out for Ozzy to take the reins and do some great things.


Have you used Notes? OMG designing a form just for a Notes client is such a mess, want to make support the web access as well.... give up before you loose all your hair.

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imekon wrote:
Is this funny any more?

"Stop Him Before He Speaks Again!Just keep him quiet! Should we expect another mea-culpa in the inbox?"

See here.




His latest is that software piracy in asia is killing Vista sales now.  I thought Vista had tougher WGA built in?  Or has that already been hacked?

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We prefer to call it 'innovating' not 'copying'

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Massif wrote:
I think he's more annoyed that the subsription is automatically charged again at the end of the year, and he has to cancel it. Whereas with a purchase you don't have to remember to unsubscribe if you uninstall.


Correct. Why can I not buy a one year subscription as in buy.  Say I wanted to purchase a years subscription for my Dad as a gift? I can't.  I can go the shops and buy McAffee, Norton, etc with a years subscription to updates. (not that I would buy that crap)

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[best evil laugh] Hahahah... MUHAhahahaha.... [/best evil laugh]

* this short break in the OS wars was brought to you by the letters M O V E and the word ON. Now back to our regular trolling.

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I went to buy it as I got a discount offer but I can only subscribe!

Other AV vendors offer subscriptions or purchases, what about MS?  If the only option is to subscribe then I'll look for something else.

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