Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-24, 05:18

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by SquallStrife

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In order for free markets to exist, there has to be competition. When one company manages to buy out or destroy all competitors that is not an example of a free market. It seems like the ultimate expression of free market. One player has come up with the "killer" product that nobody has been able …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-24, 04:31

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by SquallStrife

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Still working on an accurate file download counter, but in the mean time, wrap your tendrils around October's Webalizer stats, folks! I removed any identifying information I could see.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-24, 03:31

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@SquallStrife Did you received my PM i sended you 2 days in the past.. Yeah, and I replied! Er.. I thought... Hang on. ..............I swore I had typed up a reply, but alas I must have forgot to click send, I'm very sorry. I did do a bit of testing that day, and everything seemed to work OK (did …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-24, 03:06

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by SquallStrife

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BALEETED!!

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Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 23:55

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by SquallStrife

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Again, read the articles before writing nonsense. No nonsense here. Especially when you compare what Google does to what Yahoo does. The problem is not that Google does a, b, c,... z. It's that it has a search monopol in Europe and is abusing this monopol. Yahoo does not have that monopol. I know. …

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Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 23:18

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Well, if you make the statement "search and mail is antitrust" then back that up with facts. Don't bring up examples that are not the culprit. Like I said, I'd still be typing if I'd gone "Offering search and mail and ads and social networking and video hosting and bla bla bla bla bla". I hoped it …

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Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 23:14

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If you informed yourself you'd know it's not about search and mail... Go, read some actual articles on the issue and don't make things up... Did I say it was just about "search and mail"??? I just listed some examples of what each company does. I'd still be typing it if I methodically listed every …

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Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 22:45

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European Union: You're not allowed to be successful. No, it's more like you can't use your dominant position in one area as a bludgeon to destroy competition in other areas that are not a part of your core business. Forcing them to spin off the search engine business places their other divisions on …

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Re: E.U. to Force Google to Spin Off Search Engine From Rest of Company?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 21:10

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by SquallStrife

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European Union: You're not allowed to be successful.

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Re: Poll: parts that have spontaneously died?

Posted on 2014-11-23, 09:34

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by SquallStrife

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My one working 386DX motherboard. 🙁

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-23, 04:04

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by SquallStrife

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Stiletto wrote: A download counter would be an interesting feature, especially if you had statistics from the past. I've been thinking about an accurate way to do that, actually...

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-23, 03:08

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I uploaded a basic WinImage created image of the driver/install floppy that comes with the Thrustmaster ACM card on this thread. WinImage doesn't create the best images, but works fine on non-copy protected disks. Should be fine for this. Thought you might want to add it to the drivers database :) …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-21, 10:42

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by SquallStrife

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I tried a few PC booter rips (that's all I have room for, until I get my CF card and adaptor). Graphically they're OK. The contrast is actually pretty good, and the 4 grey levels are distinguishable. Motion is another story. Moving things all but disappear. Another problem I have is that although …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-20, 21:08

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by SquallStrife

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I paid $16.50 AUD. The listing said "Doesn't work at all". Slipped in some batteries, and it works just fine. On top of that, enter and space work just fine (I read that they're prone to stopping working), and there is no hinge crack. I'm currently waiting on a PC->CF adaptor and 1GB CF card to come …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-20, 01:03

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by SquallStrife

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It should run games too, it contains a CGA chip. Basically an IBM XT in your pocket.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-20, 00:44

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by SquallStrife

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Picked up a HP 200LX, listing said it doesn't work, hoping I can repair it. Edit: For fun I chucked in some batteries....

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Re: Disk imaging tools that create compressed, mountable images

Posted on 2014-11-18, 05:14

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leileilol wrote: Windows 7 doesn't want to mount disk-compressed VHDs though I didn't even know you could have compressed VHDs. 😜

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Re: Disk imaging tools that create compressed, mountable images

Posted on 2014-11-18, 03:22

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VHD files might be the solution, but I don't know that they support compression. VHDs can be mounted in Windows 7 and up through computer management (Right click "Disk Management" and select "Attach VHD"), and can also be mounted in Linux with the virtualbox-fuse package. There's a Sysinternals tool …

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Re: It's a "Can you remember this game?" thread!!

Posted on 2014-11-16, 11:03

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by SquallStrife

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I must have only been 5 or 6 years old. Hmmmmmmmmmm. The terrain in the opening scene I remember was...uh...dark blue rocky kinda surface, I think. And there were robots...patrolling...maybe? Our computer had no sound card at that stage, so if it did have music, I didn't get to hear it. :( Sorry man …

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Re: It's a "Can you remember this game?" thread!!

Posted on 2014-11-16, 10:07

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Just had a flick-thru on Youtube, and it's neither of those, I'm afraid. 🙁

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