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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/08/09

    In reply to Get Internet Connection Sharing in Windows 7 Starter in One Easy Step
    It doesn't play nice with my Mac
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Anyone who would give Windows 7 as a Christmas gift doesn't deserve a family in the first place.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    From here: [www.microsoft.com]

    Thank you for your interest in Windows 7. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer has ended. Please check our other offers. And, to receive helpful articles, tips and tricks, and the latest special offers, subscribe to the monthly Exploring Windows Newsletter.

    Damn. I shouldn't have put it off.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    12/04/09

    In reply to Microsoft "Runs Out" of Cheaper Windows 7 Family Packs, Just In Time For Christmas
    Well, that's tacky. Good one, Microsoft.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: Why is it tacky? It was known to be a limited time offer and it makes sense to time them to run out around holidays.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    12/04/09

    @Nathan Obbards: it's tacky because they didn't say how "limited" the limited time was, and that mysterious limited time conveniently ran out when people were most likely to take advantage of it.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/04/09

    @lostarchitect: So no one should ever run a limited time, limited supply offer? For all you know, it was a limited number and other people were smart and bought it in advance. MS is not running around pulling stock from shelves, stores are running out of them and they're no longer being sold online. In no way is this tacky. That's like saying Apple is being tacky for not saying how long specific free songs on iTunes are going to remain free for. That's like saying a car dealership is being tacky for while supplies last offers.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    12/05/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Dude, come on. You're just being an apologist. They knocked off a good offer right before the holidays with no warning. That's lame. It would be lame no matter who did it.

    And since you asked, yes, it IS tacky when other companies have "limited time" offers and don't say when that time ends.
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    Image of Optimistic Prime Optimistic Prime
    12/05/09

    @lostarchitect: I think in this case it wasn't a "limited time" per se. You could limit time if you plan on selling the product beyond the end date. However here supplies are gone, never to return. We give MS a lot of credit, but I really don't think they hire psychics. If they did, we would've never been given Clippy.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/05/09

    @lostarchitect: Trust me, I'm not being an apologist. I'd say it if it was fucked up. It's just how businesses work though. If you didn't get it before Christmas, too bad for you, it's your own fault, not Microsoft's. If Apple offered a limited time free upgrade to the latest version software for an iPod Touch and they didn't say when it would end and I missed out on it, I wouldn't blame them, I'd blame myself. It is in no way tacky. I think you just dislike MS so much that you are willing to view everything they do as intentionally evil. Limited supply, limited time offers are contingent upon the consumer using their brain and getting the product early, not bitching that supplies ran out at an inconvenient time or that it ended at an inconvenient time for you.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    12/05/09

    @Nathan Obbards: OK, If you're assuming that I "dislike MS so much", and not that I have a general dislike of horseshit so-called "limited time offers", then I think the problem here is really yours. Have a good one.
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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/01/09

    In reply to Windows Patch Causing Black Screen of Death
    Who needs viruses when you have Windows security updates to do the crashing for you.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/01/09

    In reply to Windows Patch Causing Black Screen of Death
    Black?? But that's the worst color there is!
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/30/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Still not as bad as the horrible iPhone insert into CSI.
    "There's an app for that!"
    "That phone has excellent reception"

    I mean reeeeally? At least family guy isn't supposed to be serious.

    "There's an app for that" has to be the most obnoxious marketing slogan this century.
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    11/29/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
    That robot looks like Alien Hominid's first boss. o.O
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    Edited by SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! at 11/29/09 3:39 PM SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was starred SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! was unstarred
    Image of Span_Wolf Span_Wolf
    11/29/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Yep, my thought too. I was wondering why it wasn't windmilling. ;)
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    Image of Nerval77 Nerval77
    11/29/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
    yawn [sigh] ...
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    Brian Hogg promoted this comment Edited by Nerval77 at 11/29/09 3:14 PM Nerval77 was starred Nerval77 was unstarred
    Image of Brian Hogg Brian Hogg
    11/29/09

    @Nerval77: Not just a yawn or a sigh, but *both* a yawn and a sigh?
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    Image of hater001 hater001
    11/29/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
    um...these videos are boring...they suck....try harder...you've wasted your life...enjoy this coment...
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    Image of Brian Hogg Brian Hogg
    11/29/09

    @hater001: Before I can acknowledge your scathing critique of my work, I need to know what a "coment" is. Your spelling and grammar are otherwise perfection, so I can only assume that it's a thing I haven't heard of and not simply a sloppy mis-spelling of "comment."
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    Image of nicroma nicroma
    11/29/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Apocalypse: Hard Reboot Gets a New Meaning
    By the sound of it, the robot is actually running Windows XP.
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    Brian Hogg promoted this comment nicroma was starred nicroma was unstarred
    Image of Brian Hogg Brian Hogg
    11/29/09

    @nicroma: I was going to use the Windows 7 sounds, but figured more people would recognize the XP sounds.
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    Image of GuidoDoe GuidoDoe
    11/29/09

    @Brian Hogg: Then why call it Windows 7 Apocalypse? lol
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    Image of Brian Hogg Brian Hogg
    11/29/09

    @GuidoDoe: Because that sounds catchier than Windows XP Apocalypse.
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    Image of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Seth MacFarlane in 2000: I'm gonna push some boundaries, because that's the way I like making TV.
    Seth MacFarlane today: HURP DURP I LIEK MONEY
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    Image of James Stewart James Stewart
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    Family Guy has sucked since season 2 0r 3. Even then... borderline garbage.
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    Image of BeerManMike BeerManMike
    11/27/09

    @James Stewart: Please don't say that southpark is better, just please.
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    11/28/09

    @BeerManMike: @Millah: South Park fking blows. There I said it. Only brain dead idiots watch it. There I said that too. Don't like my opinions? You don't really have to. There I said that too.
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! was starred psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/28/09

    @psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!: @BeerManMike: Guys, guys, guys... BOTH your favorite shows blow!
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    Image of mrmonkey72 mrmonkey72
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    ...wait... this wasn't killed, I saw some of these on the air like last Sunday. Or by killed, is it just that they're not going to continue showing them?
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    11/27/09

    @mrmonkey72: The special that had nothing to do with these clips isn't going to air anymore.
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    Image of taketheleap taketheleap
    11/27/09

    In reply to The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
    They shoulda have taken a South-Park-esque stance on it: complain that it doesn't work, bring Bill Gates in
    and when he lies, shoot him in the face.

    ... come on, who hasn't wanted to shoot Bill Gates in the face when they get a BSOD?
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