Okay, so he is a raging douchebag. No sure where you get the assertion that our tax dollars are funding him however. In fact (from the same wikipedia page you linked, the following paragraph in fact);
The American Jewish Committee condemned the Yosef's remarks, stating that "Rabbi Yosef’s remarks -- suggesting outrageously that Jewish scripture asserts non-Jews exist to serve Jews -- are abhorrent and an offense to human dignity and human equality [...] Judaism first taught the world that all individuals are created in the divine image, which helped form the basis of our moral code. A rabbi should be the first, not the last, to reflect that bedrock teaching of our tradition." [34] The remark was also condemned by the Anti-Defamation League.[35]
So yeah. He is a crazy old lunatic who spouts hateful rhetoric. But I'm not sure how we're either funding him or how he is altogether relevant in any way.
No, that *is* a monthly estimate. If you read the linked source it stated an estimated 5 million annual deaths, so I simply divided the figure by 12. 5,000,000 / 12 ~ 416666.667, so I rounded down to allow margin for error that wasn't in my favour.
Also, even if your stats are true, globally 609 dead per month from terrorism in comparison to the global total of 4,680,652 (from http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwe) is negligeble. Considering the number of average monthly deaths from smoking alone is over 410000 (http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/global.htm), I'm not sure how you can justify your statement of "not "quite small"...
You know, if you just replace 'Assange' with 'The US government', and the 'publishing documents' bit with 'invade and occupy Afghanistan and Iraq' you whole statement still makes perfect sense and is still true?
Because managers from beancounting backgrounds don't think in terms of milestones and projects, but in terms productivity and achieved hourly rates. ie *how you are doing it*, rather than *what you are doing*.
I'm more implying that the real innovations in gaming as a serious medium of artistic expression and gameplay variations (as opposed to arcade games, which are designed to be nothing more than puerile and addictive shallow entertainment) occurred on the PC; here is a small list of genre launching/breakthrough games:
Civilisation Railroad Tycoon Wolf 3D Elite Doom Daggerfall SimCity Fallout XCOM Dune 2 Flight Simulator
I could go on. Apart from platformers and JRPGs, any games that now matter have their roots in PC gaming.
Nice troll, but some managers *do* come from a technical background. The best COO I've ever worked with spent 10 years in sysops and data center management before being promoted to his position.
Of course he's going to blast the iPhone. Google needs to de-trone the iPhone as the market leader in advanced phones otherwise they run the risk of becoming irrelevant in the future in the same way that Microsoft did in the cloud (for lack of a better term).
Actually you'll find that what you're talking about isn't capitalism, but protectionism. Protecting revenue by banning cheaper products is inherently anti-capitalist.
FOSS is 100% compatible with capitalism, as it is simply implements a different business model, and chooses to compete on acquisition price and openness factors of the TCO, i.e. making those its competitive advantages.
Seriously. I've ditched Optus around about 1998, and haven't looked back. Vodafone care a heck of a lot more about their customers; for example, they're just about the only telco I know of that allows tethering on the iPhone. Very handy!
My point is, does anyone expect anything else from the likes of Floptus and Telescum?
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Actually, I grew up in the Soviet Union, and it wasn't really all that bad.
Okay, so he is a raging douchebag. No sure where you get the assertion that our tax dollars are funding him however. In fact (from the same wikipedia page you linked, the following paragraph in fact);
The American Jewish Committee condemned the Yosef's remarks, stating that "Rabbi Yosef’s remarks -- suggesting outrageously that Jewish scripture asserts non-Jews exist to serve Jews -- are abhorrent and an offense to human dignity and human equality [...] Judaism first taught the world that all individuals are created in the divine image, which helped form the basis of our moral code. A rabbi should be the first, not the last, to reflect that bedrock teaching of our tradition." [34] The remark was also condemned by the Anti-Defamation League.[35]
So yeah. He is a crazy old lunatic who spouts hateful rhetoric. But I'm not sure how we're either funding him or how he is altogether relevant in any way.
No, that *is* a monthly estimate. If you read the linked source it stated an estimated 5 million annual deaths, so I simply divided the figure by 12. 5,000,000 / 12 ~ 416666.667, so I rounded down to allow margin for error that wasn't in my favour.
Source?
Also, even if your stats are true, globally 609 dead per month from terrorism in comparison to the global total of 4,680,652 (from http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwe) is negligeble. Considering the number of average monthly deaths from smoking alone is over 410000 (http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/global.htm), I'm not sure how you can justify your statement of "not "quite small"...
And of course the most important thing here is her reaction, right? Not what actually happened?
Irrespective of her reaction, do you feel what happened to her is acceptable?
Sorry mate, but some of the advice you give is rubbish:
- "more professional to have a @companyname e-mail over @gmail."
You do know you can use google apps for your own domain, right?
- "I don't know if you are currently using or plan to use active directory"
You do know that Active Directory is a requirement for Exchange, right?
That's probably why Belgium is such a dominant global power.
You know, if you just replace 'Assange' with 'The US government', and the 'publishing documents' bit with 'invade and occupy Afghanistan and Iraq' you whole statement still makes perfect sense and is still true?
Food for though, certainly.
Because managers from beancounting backgrounds don't think in terms of milestones and projects, but in terms productivity and achieved hourly rates. ie *how you are doing it*, rather than *what you are doing*.
Creation is not solely defined by format or size of your file.
I'm more implying that the real innovations in gaming as a serious medium of artistic expression and gameplay variations (as opposed to arcade games, which are designed to be nothing more than puerile and addictive shallow entertainment) occurred on the PC; here is a small list of genre launching/breakthrough games:
Civilisation
Railroad Tycoon
Wolf 3D
Elite
Doom
Daggerfall
SimCity
Fallout
XCOM
Dune 2
Flight Simulator
I could go on. Apart from platformers and JRPGs, any games that now matter have their roots in PC gaming.
and quite possibly the crash of 1983 would have been permanent, leaving only PC games in the market.
And nothing of value would have been lost.
Nice troll, but some managers *do* come from a technical background. The best COO I've ever worked with spent 10 years in sysops and data center management before being promoted to his position.
Which is the intention of the license. So what's your point?
RTFK
Okay, here are some contries where they don't give a shit about your passport (from personal experience):
- Poland
- Czech republic
- Norway
- Australia
- New Zealand
Let the great pissing contest of 2010 begin...
Of course he's going to blast the iPhone. Google needs to de-trone the iPhone as the market leader in advanced phones otherwise they run the risk of becoming irrelevant in the future in the same way that Microsoft did in the cloud (for lack of a better term).
Actually you'll find that what you're talking about isn't capitalism, but protectionism. Protecting revenue by banning cheaper products is inherently anti-capitalist.
FOSS is 100% compatible with capitalism, as it is simply implements a different business model, and chooses to compete on acquisition price and openness factors of the TCO, i.e. making those its competitive advantages.
I think the grandparent may have been sarcastic.
Seriously. I've ditched Optus around about 1998, and haven't looked back. Vodafone care a heck of a lot more about their customers; for example, they're just about the only telco I know of that allows tethering on the iPhone. Very handy!
My point is, does anyone expect anything else from the likes of Floptus and Telescum?
"LEDs last 2.5 times as long as LEDs"
yeah...
Aren't those the same arguments used when talking about the superiority of Linux on the desktop, and yet we still have less than 5% market share?
Just sayin'
Giving speeches is a large part of what a politician does. Don't confuse politicians with administrators.
Have a look at the code for the source engine. The code for this allegedly awesome engine if full of spaghetti and brain fail.