Worst Technology Product Ever

[sir_inferno]

Waccoon wrote:

Motorollin:  What's wrong with QuickTime?

Where to begin?

[words]

http://www.codecguide.com/about_qt.htm

[sir_inferno]

so many to choose from...

norton, quicktime, real player, msnm, vista (i really don't know why so many people hate win me so much...i've never had significant problems with it [as in, nothing more than i get with anything pre-xp/2000], firefox, microsoft bluetooth stack, etc...


but i'll go with quicktime

[sir_inferno]

Colani1200 wrote:
[So what's so impressive about that site? That you don't see anything if you don't exactly use one of those OS/browser combinations? I can do that easily...

@silverlight

Seamless, fast installation for users

effort...who wants to install stuff

Consistent experiences between Windows-based and Macintosh computers

that's what "STANDARDS" are for

Stunning vector-based graphics, media, text, animation, and overlays

ah, you mean like svg, flash, etc etc

lol...what poop

ed: to add insult to injury, it doesn't work with opera, and it didn't ask me where it wanted to install...

further ed: it's a resource hog...and watching that video, there's nothing but eye candy...poop that i'll never use, and i'd rather they'd have spent the years of development optimising their nt kernel, rather than mucking around with this kinda crap

[sir_inferno]

stopthegop wrote:
I also refuse to use anti-virus software.  The one time I tried Norton, it brought my 3Ghz machine literally to its knees.  Its a case of the cure being worse than the disease.

it's a case of using the right cure...namely avg/avast

[sir_inferno]

lou_dias wrote:

McVenco wrote:

lou_dias wrote:

I also refuse to run anti-virus software and have never gotten a virus.

How'd you know if there's nothing that warns you when you've been infected? :lol:

Anyone who's built their own PC and diables all the un-necessary Windows "services" and can hear their hard drive knows whether or not they have a virus.

Add to that:  Microsoft's automatic updates run the "Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool" monthly and it's updated monthly.  Also, in Internet Explorer, I have everything set to "Prompt" before anything gets executed through my browser, even cookies.

hmm....firstly, i wouldn't trust windows to deal with spyware...spybot s&d and adaware are the only viable anti-spyware things around at the moment

secondly, there will _always_ be exploits in browsers...your prompting thing, whilst perhaps a good habit (perhaps excessive and unnecessary control) won't counteract those exploits

It's not hard to live virus/anti-virus free, you just have to actively persue it.

sure...but it helps having an efficient antivirus running in the background in addition to your good computing practice

My QuickTime crashes currently.  It was always slow to launch to begin with.  One of these days, I might care enough to uninstall it and download the latest version.  I do have some .mov files that I care about - unfortunately...  The one I have now installed I-Tunes along with an I-Tunes "service" which I disabled...

/me shouts and points to sir_inferno's above link for quicktime alternative codec...doesn't install poop (well...excluding the quicktime codecs of course)

[sir_inferno]

Amiduffer wrote:
Having 3 PC's at the office with Win ME, 2000, and XP, ME wins hands down as the lamest of the three.

I guess I'll have to try and wipe Norton off the ME and maybe that'll speed it up a bit.

not particularly fair comparing an 9x with an NT one...(especially with XP...i mean come on...a fair bit of time between them lol)

MAYBE?!?!!? lol...norton is the "antidote" to efficient and stable computing