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When writing in the second person, one is generally only one character. One don't become everybody, one just becomes the protagonist. "They "remain "They"
Generally, you disregard these book reviews, as you're an American and do not read. However, you vow to read this book and take it to every English teacher you have ever had to rub it in their face. For years you have labored to start a second-person movement. Oh they would whine about and bemoan my efforts, "Macbeth makes no sense when every noun is 'you'! You're just full of it!" WELL THE JOKE IS ON THEM! By the way, this is why you love/., as every now and then something pops up that completely vindicates you with regard to a childish feud you had with a teacher in school.
Why is it everyone is always worried about the bottom line? Everyone in the country worries about whether the GDP is going up or down or overseas. What does it matter that OSS cost M$ and other billions of dollars, even if it is an accurate number. Does Bill Gates need the money? Do the already wealthy stock holders need the money? Or is it more important that all the people that actually use computers get a useful product?
The whole system is set up so that companies try to make a product that everyone wants, but has planned obsolescence, or planned failure time, just so they can make a new version and sell it to you all over again? (I have yet to hear a compelling reason why Vista is better than XP, or at least so much better that it didn't make sense to just create another service pack for XP)
Instead of worrying about the bottom line, why don't we all create a goal, and work to achieve that goal. Instead of trying to sell the same broken stuff to each other all the time we could actually try to accomplish something useful.
This would probably mean more jobs for everyone.
(And I bet in the long run our GDP would go up anyway.) Oh wait, that's exactly what the open source community did, and it scares the crap out of people who are greedy for the sake of greediness.
Notice how M$ isn't out there trying to make a superior product or making any attempt at all of not angering their customer base. Instead they are complaining that the rules aren't fair, even as they try to set up a monopoly.
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When writing in the second person, one is generally only one character. One don't become everybody, one just becomes the protagonist. "They "remain "They"
/., as every now and then something pops up that completely vindicates you with regard to a childish feud you had with a teacher in school.
Generally, you disregard these book reviews, as you're an American and do not read. However, you vow to read this book and take it to every English teacher you have ever had to rub it in their face. For years you have labored to start a second-person movement. Oh they would whine about and bemoan my efforts, "Macbeth makes no sense when every noun is 'you'! You're just full of it!" WELL THE JOKE IS ON THEM! By the way, this is why you love
It's amazing what lengths companies will go to in order to anger the customers that use their service the most.
Why is it everyone is always worried about the bottom line? Everyone in the country worries about whether the GDP is going up or down or overseas. What does it matter that OSS cost M$ and other billions of dollars, even if it is an accurate number. Does Bill Gates need the money? Do the already wealthy stock holders need the money? Or is it more important that all the people that actually use computers get a useful product? The whole system is set up so that companies try to make a product that everyone wants, but has planned obsolescence, or planned failure time, just so they can make a new version and sell it to you all over again? (I have yet to hear a compelling reason why Vista is better than XP, or at least so much better that it didn't make sense to just create another service pack for XP) Instead of worrying about the bottom line, why don't we all create a goal, and work to achieve that goal. Instead of trying to sell the same broken stuff to each other all the time we could actually try to accomplish something useful. This would probably mean more jobs for everyone. (And I bet in the long run our GDP would go up anyway.) Oh wait, that's exactly what the open source community did, and it scares the crap out of people who are greedy for the sake of greediness. Notice how M$ isn't out there trying to make a superior product or making any attempt at all of not angering their customer base. Instead they are complaining that the rules aren't fair, even as they try to set up a monopoly.
Macs: Can't even get negative attention.