Stick with me… the road gets complex and takes many turns.
This story begins with a recent announcement from Adobe that they will be killing the ability for all customers to own a perpetual software license moving into future versions of Adobe software. Instead, millions of very unhappy customers (Hitler included via the parody below – NSFW Language) will be forced to purchase a monthly subscription to the Cloud should anyone want to use future releases of Adobe software. Just read the comments on the links provided in this article to get a sense of the outrage brewing over this decision.
What will the Cloud model look like? Instead of paying a one time fee to own the software, you will be forced to pay a monthly subscription to rent the software. Adobe tries to make this sound attractive by saying the software costs $1500 for a full suite. Therefore, the $50 monthly fee is more cost effective. First, the software suite for an educational discount does not cost $1500, but ranges in price (depending on the suite) from $199.99 to $359.99 on average. The master collection (everything under the sun)… could be found for $599.99. A typical cycle between software versions is around 18 months, thus if you do the math, renting at $50 a month is not cheaper. And like the cable TV model, once you’re a subscriber, the price can be jacked up and you’ve got no where to go (if fully invested in the cloud software). Should you decide to cancel the subscription, the software ceases to function and the files dependent on that software will no longer open or function as well. The cloud model also forces you to upgrade whether you want to or not.
Beware of those with stock in Adobe who are trying to tell you this is a great thing, and everyone loves it. Scott Kelby comes to mind and Jeff Schewe feels no shame in insulting anyone who fails to embrace the Cloud concept.
Beware of those with stock in Adobe who are trying to tell you this is a great thing, and everyone loves it. Scott Kelby comes to mind and Jeff Schewe feels no shame in insulting anyone who fails to embrace the Cloud concept.
I use Foxit, that's all I need. Adobe keeps wanting to update, which I decline.
If I knew how to extract Adobe I would.ETA:
Noticed recently, when surfing, info offered in PDF does not have a save or when you do save it doesn't save what has be loaded into the computer it wants to go "to the cloud?" and retrieve it.
It does, however, allow one to print and I choose print then "print to file" and it saves it as a microsoft doc I forgot the suffix.
Yes. The NSA captures every packet that traverses the Internet. Everything. And with the proliferation of home broadband and "smart" appliances, Orwell's Big Brother screen in every home is pretty much here already. You won't even have to have broadband. Smart meters can talk to smart appliances through the power line itself, effectively creating a little swarm of listening devices throughout your home.
They capture all this data, completely without warrant, claim "it's for national security" and that shuts everyone up. But this is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, lest you forget. We'll be reminded of it a month from now when everyone gets a day off to stuff their fat faces and pat themselves on the back for living in a "free" country.
Well, assuming that some progressive asshole is out there watching us right now, here's a hearty fuçk you, you treasonous fascist slime. Bring it the fuçk on. I love my wife and kids and life itself, but none of it means anything without liberty. If someone has to die, I choose you.
Yes. The NSA captures every packet that traverses the Internet. Everything. And with the proliferation of home broadband and "smart" appliances, Orwell's Big Brother screen in every home is pretty much here already. You won't even have to have broadband. Smart meters can talk to smart appliances through the power line itself, effectively creating a little swarm of listening devices throughout your home.
They capture all this data, completely without warrant, claim "it's for national security" and that shuts everyone up. But this is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave, lest you forget. We'll be reminded of it a month from now when everyone gets a day off to stuff their fat faces and pat themselves on the back for living in a "free" country.
So.... I'm just thinking here... What if some group were to create some Gigabyte size file of gibberish and start e-mailing it to their friends and they to even more friends ad infinitum. Would they be able to overload the NSA storage facilities? How long would it take? Would there be any repercussions? Would the NSA be able to figure out what was happening? Just curious.
I sent a text yesterday telling all fascists their days are numbered and ended with a hearty "Oh, and f**k Obama!" for good measure.
But remember, you are free...free to be spied on, free to be manipulated and lied to, free to be violated, free to be imprisioned...free...
To be truely free...fascists will need to be dealt with sooner rather than later!