Microsoft doesn't need brand image among consumers. The great majority of MS' consumers have their home boxen because that's something they also have at work. And that's the crux; MS must advertise to the dry and dull middle management, who have to set up workplaces for their underlings, and do it as reliably and cheaply as possible. They wouldn't know 'hip' from their waistline, and no amount of 'hip' is going to change their buying-decisions; they've already made up their minds. And it's going to be Microsoft again, but this time a bit later than usual. You know, the crisis and stuff.
It's the same thing with planets and Pluto; early in school you need simple classifications. Unfortunately, some people will never really outgrow this level and continue to need them throughout their lives.
There is NOTHING wrong with using i,j or k for integers in loops. What's wrong is creating function bodies that have more in them than just that loop definition + another functioncall. And what's really wrong is languages that encourage the behaviour of making 800 line method bodies (I'm looking at you C++, and to a lesser extent you, java !).
'Invention' is compatible with open source 'schtuf', but the GP is right that Linux is a unix-clone and therefore, limited in the amount of (software) invention it will allow. Granted,/any/ OS is limited and unix is a better choice than most, but there/are/ better models out there, including, ironically, models invented by the very inventors of unix that were already available when Linux was still in its infancy. All you get from cloning unix is a lot of eyeballs and a lot of already compilable source-code. But many choices of better desktop-OS-es and better server-OS-es and better embedded-OS-es have since come and gone.
Couldn't one create a layer of floating trees then, at 50 km above the surface ? All you'd need is a (admittedly very large) grid to walk/root on. The trees would slowly convert all the CO2 to oxygen. How's the sunlight at 50 km above Venus ?
No, the point is that different stages in a war require different tactics. Admittedly, after years and years of coming down heavily on Iraqis (and others) who, for whatever reason, tried to fight Americans in Iraq, things seem to be calming down a little bit. But McCain is such a one-trick pony (and the GOP is such a talking-point party) that they just can't see when to stop anymore. And this is completely aside from answering the question of whether this was a/good/ tactic to begin with (because, as Chechnia shows us, these things have a tendency to resurface, or 'be inherited' after a while). Sure, the amount of people willing to insurge must drop to a trickle if you keep on killing them for more than five years straight. But what strategic failures, the infinite detentions, and the complete refusal to set up a timeline shows us, is that the GOP simply has no idea. No idea at all, but one: use violence. And if that doesn't help, use more of it.
One of the safer ways to do solve this, is by having a pre-determined set of key-pairs between the OS-enduser and the distributor of updates. But I very much doubt that the distributors would do such a thing for free, as you would have to use an alternate channel (like email), or pre-printed media (certified CD's), and perhaps certification by a CA. A cheaper alternative would be to have a distribution come with a public key of the distributor, and establish a public key on your behalf during the installation. You would only have to trust the downloaded installation media then. Plus, the distributor would have to maintain a database of joined subscribers for updates.
It'll probably be best for them to form two distinct umbrella sub-companies; one with all the experts and one with all the lay people, and have those sub-companies file all the lawsuits on their behalf. Perhaps they can push all the techies to the first, and all management to the second company.
Dunno, I cycle about 25 kilometers (what's that ? 17 miles ?) a day through flat land, and I find that that is a good distance. I don't know if I'd be inclined to cycle farther.
It's about a communist as labour unions. In a free (information) society, people are free to gather and fix prices and demands collectively. And why shouldn't they ? This is not problematic, or at odds with capitalism at all. What/is/ problematic is that companies aren't allowed to do the same. There are laws against price cartels. Unless you're big oil, of course. Then it's all good and natural.
Isn't there some law that, unless you are a convicted monopolist, you can't be expected to help the competition ? I'm sure Viacom will do nothing with this data to help its own advertising business, no sirree.
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Exactly. There is no need for the hardware to still work after you've compiled a change onto it. As there is no need for the software to do anything practical when you run it on a PC. 'A working Tivo' isn't your benchmark; faultless compilation and performing efficiently on certain pieces of hardware _is_. A world where all hardware refuses to run unsigned binaries would be a world without the FSF anyway.
I think you'll find that, in your melancholy world of long ago, when men were men and real judges put real crooks behind bars, that blacks were arbitrarily lynched for perhaps looking at a white woman, and that people went to jail for ten years for stealing an apple. Legal trends come and go, and good judges live among the bad during all those times. What changes is the way the rest of society is perhaps better able to understand the process, and that other people make statistics around verdicts to see how we stack up. We aim to get better, that's the whole idea.
Or send your wife round to give him a blowjob, of course. Or maybe wash his car. The possibilities of paying back your NFCG are endless. Just use your imagination !
In short, it's an arms race; both parties are equally equipped and both parties care none for the collateral. And the first rule of arms races is that whoever started it, lost.
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Microsoft doesn't need brand image among consumers. The great majority of MS' consumers have their home boxen because that's something they also have at work. And that's the crux; MS must advertise to the dry and dull middle management, who have to set up workplaces for their underlings, and do it as reliably and cheaply as possible. They wouldn't know 'hip' from their waistline, and no amount of 'hip' is going to change their buying-decisions; they've already made up their minds. And it's going to be Microsoft again, but this time a bit later than usual. You know, the crisis and stuff.
It's the same thing with planets and Pluto; early in school you need simple classifications. Unfortunately, some people will never really outgrow this level and continue to need them throughout their lives.
There is NOTHING wrong with using i,j or k for integers in loops. What's wrong is creating function bodies that have more in them than just that loop definition + another functioncall. And what's really wrong is languages that encourage the behaviour of making 800 line method bodies (I'm looking at you C++, and to a lesser extent you, java !).
In Korea, only old people will complain about these things.
I always test search engines by issuing a 'tits' query. There should be some birds among the results.
barbeque is spelled 'barbecue'.
'Invention' is compatible with open source 'schtuf', but the GP is right that Linux is a unix-clone and therefore, limited in the amount of (software) invention it will allow. Granted, /any/ OS is limited and unix is a better choice than most, but there /are/ better models out there, including, ironically, models invented by the very inventors of unix that were already available when Linux was still in its infancy. All you get from cloning unix is a lot of eyeballs and a lot of already compilable source-code. But many choices of better desktop-OS-es and better server-OS-es and better embedded-OS-es have since come and gone.
Couldn't one create a layer of floating trees then, at 50 km above the surface ? All you'd need is a (admittedly very large) grid to walk/root on. The trees would slowly convert all the CO2 to oxygen. How's the sunlight at 50 km above Venus ?
Thank you. I needed that. I must admit - I was out of touch.
Trust me, slashdot was like this way before the first person coined the term 'web 2.0'.
Some people are just too young to remember, you know. They came about when agile was /old/.
No, the point is that different stages in a war require different tactics. Admittedly, after years and years of coming down heavily on Iraqis (and others) who, for whatever reason, tried to fight Americans in Iraq, things seem to be calming down a little bit. But McCain is such a one-trick pony (and the GOP is such a talking-point party) that they just can't see when to stop anymore. And this is completely aside from answering the question of whether this was a /good/ tactic to begin with (because, as Chechnia shows us, these things have a tendency to resurface, or 'be inherited' after a while). Sure, the amount of people willing to insurge must drop to a trickle if you keep on killing them for more than five years straight. But what strategic failures, the infinite detentions, and the complete refusal to set up a timeline shows us, is that the GOP simply has no idea. No idea at all, but one: use violence. And if that doesn't help, use more of it.
Rome was built by slaves. Slaves and stuff they pillaged from countries they'd just expanded their empire into.
One of the safer ways to do solve this, is by having a pre-determined set of key-pairs between the OS-enduser and the distributor of updates. But I very much doubt that the distributors would do such a thing for free, as you would have to use an alternate channel (like email), or pre-printed media (certified CD's), and perhaps certification by a CA. A cheaper alternative would be to have a distribution come with a public key of the distributor, and establish a public key on your behalf during the installation. You would only have to trust the downloaded installation media then. Plus, the distributor would have to maintain a database of joined subscribers for updates.
It'll probably be best for them to form two distinct umbrella sub-companies; one with all the experts and one with all the lay people, and have those sub-companies file all the lawsuits on their behalf. Perhaps they can push all the techies to the first, and all management to the second company.
Hey, look at the bright side ! You can probably make a reality TV show out of it.
Dunno, I cycle about 25 kilometers (what's that ? 17 miles ?) a day through flat land, and I find that that is a good distance. I don't know if I'd be inclined to cycle farther.
It's about a communist as labour unions. In a free (information) society, people are free to gather and fix prices and demands collectively. And why shouldn't they ? This is not problematic, or at odds with capitalism at all. What /is/ problematic is that companies aren't allowed to do the same. There are laws against price cartels. Unless you're big oil, of course. Then it's all good and natural.
Isn't there some law that, unless you are a convicted monopolist, you can't be expected to help the competition ? I'm sure Viacom will do nothing with this data to help its own advertising business, no sirree.
Exactly. There is no need for the hardware to still work after you've compiled a change onto it. As there is no need for the software to do anything practical when you run it on a PC. 'A working Tivo' isn't your benchmark; faultless compilation and performing efficiently on certain pieces of hardware _is_. A world where all hardware refuses to run unsigned binaries would be a world without the FSF anyway.
I think you'll find that, in your melancholy world of long ago, when men were men and real judges put real crooks behind bars, that blacks were arbitrarily lynched for perhaps looking at a white woman, and that people went to jail for ten years for stealing an apple. Legal trends come and go, and good judges live among the bad during all those times. What changes is the way the rest of society is perhaps better able to understand the process, and that other people make statistics around verdicts to see how we stack up. We aim to get better, that's the whole idea.
Or send your wife round to give him a blowjob, of course. Or maybe wash his car. The possibilities of paying back your NFCG are endless. Just use your imagination !
Still too many words !
Well, perhaps it's because you're a woman, and you *did* say 'string-drop'. Which gets me all flustered and confused.
In short, it's an arms race; both parties are equally equipped and both parties care none for the collateral. And the first rule of arms races is that whoever started it, lost.