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Microsoft Slaps Its Most Valuable Professional
Violent Offender writes with a touching story in The Register about Microsoft's awarding of its Most Valuable Professional credential to a British hobbyist, Jamie Cansdale, then turning around and threatening him with a lawsuit for the very software that won him the award. The article links to the amazing correspondence from Microsoft on Cansdale's site.
What are the odds?
Maybe the editors just can't get enough of the guys who feel that their sole purpose in life is to point out Slashdot dupes, and the incredibly boring conversation about dupes one is forced to wade through just to get to the topical discussion...
ZuluPad, the wiki notepad on crack
We don't need Linux. We need OLPC (One Lawyer Per Coder). :)
What's better is that when I viewed this story the ad was for Microsoft Visual Studio. Irony makes itself.
No kidding. I had an interview for a Microsoft job last week. The moral delimma was: do I sell out to the Evil Empire to advance my career, or do I stay true to myself to continue commenting on Microsoft-related stories on Slashdot? Tough one. But I didn't get the job.
Not that I'm suggesting that Steve Ballmer is literally trying to get developers to sleep with him, obviously. At least, not that I'm aware of...
"Slashdot - News and Chat Sites Deviant". (Click "homepage" link above for details).
I believe they left out the part where Weber says "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Fuck you. My dick is huge.
There are some career alternatives to posting on Slashdot.
Considering badgering cell-phone sales people, like those in booths at Costco selling Verizon.
To get started:
1) Is there any reason besides restraint of trade for me to sign a two-year contract?
2) When will you be getting the iPhone? Can I switch to one when they're available?
3) What was that "MP3" phone you guys had that doesn't play MPs, but requires a WINDOWS computer to convert everything to WMA? Have you thought about selling cars? You could sell "runs on cheaper diesel" cars that require the user to by your companion refinery interface that processes it (into regular gassline) before it goes into the car.
4) Which phone was it that could get ringtones and backgrounds free directly from a computer over Bluetooth before you made the manufacturer change the firmware so that such things had to come from your network at a price?
5) Please explain to me why we have to pay extra for sending text messages that use almost no network bandwidth?
6) It really was nice of you to withdraw your help to the city of New Orleans when they said they were setting up free WiFi
7) Good job with the campaign to scare people aware from hosting open wireless networks. We wouldn't want people avoiding using cell minutes by getting free access to VoIP.
8) So which of these phones can fall back to using VoIP when I've got WiFi Wireless connectivity?
9) Great job you telcos are doing offering pay-tv over the net. Isn't it convenient that you'll be buying up as much spectrum as possible so you can charge us for it after they turn off our NTSC tv.
10) I was going to offer you a good deal on a used congressman or FCC commissioner. Can you name one you don't already own?
11) I'd rather not support those broadcast stations controlled by Clear Channel. I don't suppose that you and AT&T would consider dropping all that advertising spending and giving the money back to us consumers instead?
Can you hear me now?
Have a twelve year old install it on your computer. They can't enter a legal contract.