TFA is organized into 19 pages that have a small summary on each page. Let me reach into my wordbag and pull out something to describe that. Let's see..."annoying," yeah that works.
They died because theyknew what the customer needed. NOT what the customer actually wanted, but what they thought the customer should have. DEC was a bunch of business dumb asses run by arrogant engineers who thought that they knew better. Period.
The rest died because their business was not viable - for what ever reason. Period.
Sorry, but Microsoft and Apple are still here because they have viable businesses.
People only bother protesting things if they feel that the majority, or those in power, have different opinions. If you took to the streets shouting 'Terrorism! It's bad!' people would look at you like some kind of crazy person, and wonder why kind of twisted world view you had that made you think it was necessary to actually bother saying that.
I'm not denying or confirming what you said, but when I see thousands of Muslims protesting in the streets with that poster of Osama Bin Laden chanting "Death to America" or whatever, I take that as a direct threat and an indication that Islam wants all of us in America dead.
And, I would really like to see some Muslim protests, in the street, against terrorism - those (rare) strongly worded letters condemning terrorism don't cut it in my book.
The most frequent terrorist attacks these days are Muslim. Especially since the IRA has called it quits.
3. Don't overload me with java/javascript crap, I don't care what my mouse pointer looks like, just let me click
4. Not everything needs a php/mysql front/back end.
You have to build up your resume some how in order to keep your job or to get a better one. What better way than to develop shit that the project really doesn't need but will sure look great on a resume!
And it's not just techies. Back in the mid nineties, it seemed that every CIO was moving his system from mainframe to distributed architecture. And then in the late 90s, it became moving the company onto the web. One project I was on had three different CIOs by the time it was done because they all went on to better things - thanks to the project building their resumes.
That's the way it is. IT is so "latest and greatest technology" centered that you have no choice. Otherwise, you're out of date and work dries up REAL fast. You always have to keep your skills up to date! Huh my fellow old timers?
Requires agencies to identify "market failures," where the private sector fell short in dealing with a problem, as a factor in proposing a rule.
I see this as a good thing. Many times Government sticks their noses in at the wrong time and end up making a problem much worse. This will allow the private sector to fix the problem before hand. And believe me, this is an incentive because the last thing many folks want is the Government coming in.
On the other hand, if we're going to talk about the mining industry (and other like them who get a free ride on the backs of the tax payer) and how they count on Government coming in to clean up their mess, I would want some penalties against the private sector when the Government is required to come in. It's just not fair for the American Tax payer to clean up the mess that the private sector causes and allow them to go away free and clear.
Who is responsible for accidental broadcasting of expletives.
Whoever has the deepest pockets. In other words, those who can afford the fines.
This will also mean that "Saving Private Ryan" or any other Spielberg film will not be shown on TV anymore because in order to get permission to show it, you are not allowed to edit it for any reason. This, of course, could change if Spielberg changes his mind.
The Private Surfing web based and toolbar version was discontinued on June 20th, 2007.
We are currently requiring our customers to download and utilize the software version of the service.
God, give it a fucking rest - it's just a private service.
Fucking Slashdot editors - got your fucking advertising revenue? Huh? Jesus Motherfucking Christ! Talk about Ad (Karama) Whores.....
Landing at mach one still sounds pretty fast -- better aim for water! Oh, wait...
LOL. I was once in Aruba and I rented a one of those Ski-doo things. I revved the fucker up to 55 and went off. Then I made a turn. Well, G-Forces took over and I went flying across the ocean. Now, you'd think water was soft (I know YOU don't because of your post, but others...), but when I hit it, it felt HARD. So, I went again, and did the same thing...well, look at my user name...duh! (I live up to it, man!)Oh, the water was still fucking hard at 50+ MPH!
I stand corrected then. When I was in London a couple of years ago, I wanted to throw away a kleenex; only to find no trash bins. When I asked a passerby, I was informed that it was because of the IRA attacks and the police took them away. I guess I was misinformed.
...there are still Nazis. In fact, a lot of them live in America! We didn't declare war on the Nazis, we wanted to liberate Europe from the German army under command of Hitler.
I'm hemorrhaging here! I don't know if you've invoked Goodwin's law or not....Arrrrrghhhh! Damnit! How can anyone flame you!?! Geeze man! Have a heart!
Fortunately the goods got to me, but when I questioned the seller over whether the address was obtained from my Ebay account they just got defensive.
I sell a few things on eBay (old Collectibles) and I'll get a customer's address from eBay that doesn't quite match the one from PayPal. This may not apply to you, but I think with some of the old accounts (i.e. before eBay bought PayPal), folks entered two different addresses into each system - maybe because they opened the accounts at different times and entered the addresses differently - I don't know. I always send an email verifying that address: even if both match.
BUT, that doesn't excuse the seller's attitude towards you. That's just plain incompetence on their part.
Perhaps it could be said, then, that owing to human nature, terrorism is guaranteed to work?
Yes. Fortunately, the folks who use terrorism undermine their cause and unfortunately, bring down others with same goals but try to achieve them peaceably - see Palestinians.
If you live in the UK or US then you have probably never experienced many MOMENTS of terror, let alone LIVED in terror.
As far as folks in the UK are concerned, I guess you never heard of the IRA. That's the reason that to this day, you will not find any trash cans on most London streets.
Also, if you truly believe that police monitoring TRAFFIC cameras in the UK was one of the goals of the terrorists then I want to have words with your teachers. The goals of terrorists are to get us to be terrified and to allow our Governments to continue the erosion of our privacy and Civil Liberties. Monitoring by Police, for whatever reason, is yet another means of said destruction of those liberties.
So while we should be vigilant we also should be thankful for the freedoms we have, I am so grateful for them and love them so much, that I become quite angry when any one of them is eroded for achieving the sense of (false) security.
...grateful to those who died so that we could have them, and honor those who sacrifice so much to maintain them even to this day I have a several family members who would shove their Bronze Stars up your ass for saying that to me.
They have sadly let you down in both your education and critical thinking skills. I'll be crying myself to sleep tonight because of that comment.
It's interesting that folks who are so worried about getting killed by a terrorist, they allow things like this to happen - thinking that the terrorist's goal is to kill people.
Then, our Government(s) do things like the article with the blessing of the majority of folks thinking that they're "fighting" terrorism, when in fact, by reacting they way they are, they are playing right into the hands of the terrorists.
The terrorists want to cause terror and make us react in exactly the way we (the majority) have been - giving up our civil rights, running around panicking, and anytime there's even a threat of an attack, our level goes up to "Orange" or some such nonsense.
I don't know about you, but Osama and gang have been very effectual and are doing a great job winning the "War on Terror" (TM). (We're living in a state of terror - aren't we?)
I really can't blame the Governments too much because if they just say, "Shit happens and we can't panic. We'll work on this and bring these guys to justice. And in the meantime, let's see what we can do to stop this kind of activity in the World." It'll never happen because the general public wouldn't accept it.
The self-importance and the cheek-puffing by the TSA in the airports is, no doubt, annoying,...
I quit a job because of that. The stress of showing up 2 hours early (after an hour commute to the airport), worrying if I had any banned items - you know the dangerous toothpaste or a 4 ounce bottle, getting randomly removed from line because of that wonderful 'SSSS' on my boarding pass, having the TSA make me miss my flight even after being there 2 hours early, and I just have to wonder, "If they're spending all this time on me, an innocent person, then do they even know who their target is?" The stress got so bad I had to quit. And whenever I go to an interview and I'm asked how do I feel about travel, I answer,"I hate it". Then I'm shown the door.
The TSA and all the other "security" measures by our Government does not make me feel safe. I find it an intrusion of my personal space and insulting. I'd rather not have to put up with it, and if I'm killed by a terrorist, well, as you pointed out, I'll be dead so it won't matter how good security was.
The odds are, I'll be killed by heart disease, traffic accident, or cancer. That really scares me. If I had a choice, I'd rather die quickly from a terror attack than rotting away in a hospital bed watching my family suffer - as happened to my uncle last month.
Yes, if I get cancer, and the doctors can't cure it, I will find a way to commit suicide.
The other folks who were quite insulting towards you are afraid of our wonderful Republic turning into a police state. I have those same concerns. As you well know, there have been a few instances in this country's past alone where security was used as a means for suppression.
I love my freedom as much as you do and I don't want it thrown away because folks are more concerned about the very remote chance of dying or worse, their children dying from a terrorist attack. I don't want generations that come to look back and say, "Wow, look at all of the freedoms America had."
Are my concerns probable? I don't know. Possible? Yes. I admit, I may be as alarmist as the "security over privacy" folks in other other direction - i.e. I'm over reacting. But, that's what you folks are for: pointing out that we don't have a gestapo.
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Why do they have a monopoly? Because of our legislatures.
There you go.
people voted with their money!
A-fucking-men!
Their format was fucking retarded! I should know.
They died because they knew what the customer needed. NOT what the customer actually wanted, but what they thought the customer should have. DEC was a bunch of business dumb asses run by arrogant engineers who thought that they knew better. Period.
The rest died because their business was not viable - for what ever reason. Period.
Sorry, but Microsoft and Apple are still here because they have viable businesses.
'NUFF said.
"If" == Hypothetical.
Your comment is irrelevant.
Muslims are out to kill us because of their religious teachings. They need to be reeducated.
I agree.
Regular Muslims want me dead.
The Irish have never chanted "Death to America".
And, I would really like to see some Muslim protests, in the street, against terrorism - those (rare) strongly worded letters condemning terrorism don't cut it in my book.
The most frequent terrorist attacks these days are Muslim. Especially since the IRA has called it quits.
You have to build up your resume some how in order to keep your job or to get a better one. What better way than to develop shit that the project really doesn't need but will sure look great on a resume!
And it's not just techies. Back in the mid nineties, it seemed that every CIO was moving his system from mainframe to distributed architecture. And then in the late 90s, it became moving the company onto the web. One project I was on had three different CIOs by the time it was done because they all went on to better things - thanks to the project building their resumes.
That's the way it is. IT is so "latest and greatest technology" centered that you have no choice. Otherwise, you're out of date and work dries up REAL fast. You always have to keep your skills up to date! Huh my fellow old timers?
I see this as a good thing. Many times Government sticks their noses in at the wrong time and end up making a problem much worse. This will allow the private sector to fix the problem before hand. And believe me, this is an incentive because the last thing many folks want is the Government coming in.
On the other hand, if we're going to talk about the mining industry (and other like them who get a free ride on the backs of the tax payer) and how they count on Government coming in to clean up their mess, I would want some penalties against the private sector when the Government is required to come in. It's just not fair for the American Tax payer to clean up the mess that the private sector causes and allow them to go away free and clear.
Whoever has the deepest pockets. In other words, those who can afford the fines.
This will also mean that "Saving Private Ryan" or any other Spielberg film will not be shown on TV anymore because in order to get permission to show it, you are not allowed to edit it for any reason. This, of course, could change if Spielberg changes his mind.
Freedom of speech indeed.
God, give it a fucking rest - it's just a private service.
Fucking Slashdot editors - got your fucking advertising revenue? Huh? Jesus Motherfucking Christ! Talk about Ad (Karama) Whores.....
Absolutely! And we can thank George Bush for it!
LOL. I was once in Aruba and I rented a one of those Ski-doo things. I revved the fucker up to 55 and went off. Then I made a turn. Well, G-Forces took over and I went flying across the ocean. Now, you'd think water was soft (I know YOU don't because of your post, but others...), but when I hit it, it felt HARD. So, I went again, and did the same thing...well, look at my user name...duh! (I live up to it, man!)Oh, the water was still fucking hard at 50+ MPH!
Sincerely,
A Yankee Visitor
I'm hemorrhaging here! I don't know if you've invoked Goodwin's law or not....Arrrrrghhhh! Damnit! How can anyone flame you!?! Geeze man! Have a heart!
*Cue Empire theme music.*
By the end of the day, there'll be hundreds of comments. Slashdot's advertisers must be happy.
I think these inflammatory headlines are Slashdot's editorial staff's attempt at increasing views and as a result, Ad revenue.
And all of us bite onto the bait - hook, line and sinker.
"Ooooo, I wonder what Linux distro to put on it?!"
Oh oh! I have these cartoons showing MACs blowing up and Steve Jobs carrying them.
I sell a few things on eBay (old Collectibles) and I'll get a customer's address from eBay that doesn't quite match the one from PayPal. This may not apply to you, but I think with some of the old accounts (i.e. before eBay bought PayPal), folks entered two different addresses into each system - maybe because they opened the accounts at different times and entered the addresses differently - I don't know. I always send an email verifying that address: even if both match.
BUT, that doesn't excuse the seller's attitude towards you. That's just plain incompetence on their part.
Yes. Fortunately, the folks who use terrorism undermine their cause and unfortunately, bring down others with same goals but try to achieve them peaceably - see Palestinians.
As far as folks in the UK are concerned, I guess you never heard of the IRA. That's the reason that to this day, you will not find any trash cans on most London streets.
Also, if you truly believe that police monitoring TRAFFIC cameras in the UK was one of the goals of the terrorists then I want to have words with your teachers.
The goals of terrorists are to get us to be terrified and to allow our Governments to continue the erosion of our privacy and Civil Liberties. Monitoring by Police, for whatever reason, is yet another means of said destruction of those liberties.
So while we should be vigilant we also should be thankful for the freedoms we have,
I am so grateful for them and love them so much, that I become quite angry when any one of them is eroded for achieving the sense of (false) security.
I have a several family members who would shove their Bronze Stars up your ass for saying that to me.
They have sadly let you down in both your education and critical thinking skills.
I'll be crying myself to sleep tonight because of that comment.
Then, our Government(s) do things like the article with the blessing of the majority of folks thinking that they're "fighting" terrorism, when in fact, by reacting they way they are, they are playing right into the hands of the terrorists.
The terrorists want to cause terror and make us react in exactly the way we (the majority) have been - giving up our civil rights, running around panicking, and anytime there's even a threat of an attack, our level goes up to "Orange" or some such nonsense.
I don't know about you, but Osama and gang have been very effectual and are doing a great job winning the "War on Terror" (TM). (We're living in a state of terror - aren't we?)
I really can't blame the Governments too much because if they just say, "Shit happens and we can't panic. We'll work on this and bring these guys to justice. And in the meantime, let's see what we can do to stop this kind of activity in the World." It'll never happen because the general public wouldn't accept it.
I quit a job because of that. The stress of showing up 2 hours early (after an hour commute to the airport), worrying if I had any banned items - you know the dangerous toothpaste or a 4 ounce bottle, getting randomly removed from line because of that wonderful 'SSSS' on my boarding pass, having the TSA make me miss my flight even after being there 2 hours early, and I just have to wonder, "If they're spending all this time on me, an innocent person, then do they even know who their target is?" The stress got so bad I had to quit. And whenever I go to an interview and I'm asked how do I feel about travel, I answer,"I hate it". Then I'm shown the door.
The TSA and all the other "security" measures by our Government does not make me feel safe. I find it an intrusion of my personal space and insulting. I'd rather not have to put up with it, and if I'm killed by a terrorist, well, as you pointed out, I'll be dead so it won't matter how good security was.
The odds are, I'll be killed by heart disease, traffic accident, or cancer. That really scares me. If I had a choice, I'd rather die quickly from a terror attack than rotting away in a hospital bed watching my family suffer - as happened to my uncle last month.
Yes, if I get cancer, and the doctors can't cure it, I will find a way to commit suicide.
The other folks who were quite insulting towards you are afraid of our wonderful Republic turning into a police state. I have those same concerns. As you well know, there have been a few instances in this country's past alone where security was used as a means for suppression.
I love my freedom as much as you do and I don't want it thrown away because folks are more concerned about the very remote chance of dying or worse, their children dying from a terrorist attack. I don't want generations that come to look back and say, "Wow, look at all of the freedoms America had."
Are my concerns probable? I don't know. Possible? Yes. I admit, I may be as alarmist as the "security over privacy" folks in other other direction - i.e. I'm over reacting. But, that's what you folks are for: pointing out that we don't have a gestapo.
Just an opinion from the other side.