Good, good post, but aren't you rationalizing too much?
Because MSFT is not just a company, but a cult, the cult of BG. And BG, besides being THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH (in all capitals), is quite simply a paranoid sociopath. And his underlings model him, and try to be (or at least appear to be) nastier than Bill.
Re-reading the classic books on MSFT, both pro and against, with the benefit of hindsight is an eye-opening experience.
I always have the feeling Spielberg made only two movies. A rehash of jaws, action with almost no story, and his artificial teardrop dramas, which normally means lousy story without action or moderate action, most characters being utterly unbelievable.
And, in fact, even Jaws was a rehash of his pretty good first little movie, Duel.
IMHO, Spielberg made just two good movies, Duel and Jaws. The rest is exactly as you have noted. Pretty images, but drivel. Downhill all the way.
Remember how long it took to get rid of NT4/98? Lots of people are still using 2k
My friend, lots and lots of people are still using 98! And even 95!
You know, AMD K6, 32 MB RAM, Win98, Office 97 and Opera make a mean little machine that's more than enough for home and small office use. Web browsing, e-mail and word-processing. I myself keep quite a lot of them in my business. No need for more. Non-abused hardware just doesn't want to die.
Of course, MY machine is a little beefier, and being updated to Mandriva 2007. Sweet!
Orwell was writing about what was already happening in 1948. Which is why people have been saying "1984 is already coming true" since, well, it was written.
Agreed. I've always been amazed by the fact that so few people here gets that 1984 is not Sci-Fi, but political satire.
Is that really a requirement? Microsoft's products are not what I'd call 'quality', nor do they tend to do the job well...they just have a lot of 'features'.
Out of mod points, so please receive my virtual +1, Insightful.
Perhaps you were just trying to make a little fun, sorry if my sarcasm detector is a little off this morning.
No, I was just trying to point that a country that hopes to live off Mickey Mouse & Windows Vista (yes, exaggerating for rethorical effect again) is putting itself in a very precarious position. Bear in mind that the only places in the world that have even a token respect for foreign IP are the USA, Canada and Western Europe, and all that would take for these artificial property rights to disappear in the event of political confrontation is a Government decree.
When and if any of these savings get passed on to the consumer, then I might say that you have a point.
Look at it this way. Years ago when you could find both CD and cassette, the CD was cheaper to produce, but it cost approximately 50% more than a cassette. Same story for VHS vs. DVD. If you believe for one moment that electronic books are really going to be cheaper than paper, you obviously have not paid much attention to the way the market has played out so far.
And the last time I (and everybody else with a computer and two working brain cells) actually BOUGHT a CD was 1998. What was your argument again?
It seems like everyone criticizing the eBook is actually criticizing the DRM.
But if this gets popular (by this I mean "eBooks") then it's going to do to books what mp3s did to music. I'm sure there will be plenty of ways to download DRM-free copies of books and I will be looking into them.
In any case, it seems plain to me that digital ink has the potential to be a real breakthrough,
Agreed, agreed, and agreed...
Actually, your post was the only one that made sense in the whole thread. Pity nobody seems interested in discussing the real story when one of the hot buttons is pressed.
Well, congratulations for a truly brilliant troll. Until now you had us all thinking you were a bumbling simpleton whose TV was stuck in Fox News, but this beauty:
Well the insurgency is facing three reasons why they won't win.
A commander-in-chief who is committed to this conflict. Our training of the Iraqi National Army so they can stand up to the insurgents when we leave. The fact that most of the insurgents are driven to fight by our very prescence. When we leave, much of the motivation for the majority of terrorist groups in Iraq leaves with us.
gave you away. Nobody can be so moronic as to believe that drivel, and find the power button of his computer. So, hats off to you, master troll!!!
Is there something in particular that is going to make buying a $400 gaming rig and a $500+ HDVD/BR rig a better deal than a single $600 device that does both
Dude, stop wasting your time arguing with these morons. You're right, they're not. Simple as that.
But, why do so many people fail to grasp that the whole PS3 business is just a loss leader intended to put a few million Blu-Ray players in living rooms before HD-DVD has any chance to gain some traction is beyond me.
Maybe if they had spent less time gaming and more working in the real world...
When you run out of gas, you can fill up again in 2 minutes. Travelling cross-country, it simply is *not* acceptable to have to sit around for 3 hours at the gas station waiting for your car to get enough juice to continue.
All fine and dandy, but the vast majority of cars don't travel crosscountry. In fact, they don't travel long distances at all. They sit all night in a garage, near an alectric outlet, commute to your workplace's parking lot, wher they could be near a (metered) electric outlet, or in the parking lot of the mall (ditto). In fact, every place with a parking lot where cars stay for a couple of hours could make some money with metered electric outlets. So, if you travel alot you get a gasoline car, commuters get an electric, and everybody is happy, except Exxon.
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Good, good post, but aren't you rationalizing too much?
Because MSFT is not just a company, but a cult, the cult of BG.
And BG, besides being THE RICHEST MAN ON EARTH (in all capitals), is quite simply a paranoid sociopath.
And his underlings model him, and try to be (or at least appear to be) nastier than Bill.
Re-reading the classic books on MSFT, both pro and against, with the benefit of hindsight is an eye-opening experience.
Cheers,
CC
I always have the feeling Spielberg made only two movies. A rehash of jaws, action with almost no story, and his artificial teardrop dramas, which normally means lousy story without action or moderate action, most characters being utterly unbelievable.
And, in fact, even Jaws was a rehash of his pretty good first little movie, Duel.
IMHO, Spielberg made just two good movies, Duel and Jaws. The rest is exactly as you have noted. Pretty images, but drivel. Downhill all the way.
Cheers,
CC
Barry Lyndon was possibly the best kubrick movie ever made.
Well, I'm a huge Kubrick fan, but Barry Lyndon is the second worst movie he made.
I think we all agree which was the worst.
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CC
I have no idea why you would like lost in translation so much
Yes, you don't. But that's your problem, not his or the movie's.
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CC
Remember how long it took to get rid of NT4/98? Lots of people are still using 2k
My friend, lots and lots of people are still using 98! And even 95!
You know, AMD K6, 32 MB RAM, Win98, Office 97 and Opera make a mean little machine that's more than enough for home and small office use. Web browsing, e-mail and word-processing.
I myself keep quite a lot of them in my business. No need for more. Non-abused hardware just doesn't want to die.
Of course, MY machine is a little beefier, and being updated to Mandriva 2007. Sweet!
Cheers,
CC
I have long pondered where under the sun man should live and this answer was revealed to me: God meant for man to live where he can grow grapes.
It's that simple, really. If the grapes like the climate, so will we.
Sir, I stand in awe of your insight. It's really so!
Cheers,
CC
Orwell was writing about what was already happening in 1948. Which is why people have been saying "1984 is already coming true" since, well, it was written.
Agreed. I've always been amazed by the fact that so few people here gets that 1984 is not Sci-Fi, but political satire.
Cheers,
CC
Is that really a requirement? Microsoft's products are not what I'd call 'quality', nor do they tend to do the job well...they just have a lot of 'features'.
Out of mod points, so please receive my virtual +1, Insightful.
Cheers,
CC
Perhaps you were just trying to make a little fun, sorry if my sarcasm detector is a little off this morning.
No, I was just trying to point that a country that hopes to live off Mickey Mouse & Windows Vista (yes, exaggerating for rethorical effect again) is putting itself in a very precarious position.
Bear in mind that the only places in the world that have even a token respect for foreign IP are the USA, Canada and Western Europe, and all that would take for these artificial property rights to disappear in the event of political confrontation is a Government decree.
Cheers,
CC
Sorry to nitpick on you otherwise fine post, bust I must point that:
"They" buy our movies,
No, we just download them.
our software
ditto...
and our clothing.
The last time I saw an USA branded clothing article actually made in the USA was maybe fifteen years ago. I guess YMMV.
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CC
So succintly put! A beauty...
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CC
Just from memory:
Mexican Revolution.
Spanish Civil War.
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CC
And the last time I (and everybody else with a computer and two working brain cells) actually BOUGHT a CD was 1998. What was your argument again?
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CC
It seems like everyone criticizing the eBook is actually criticizing the DRM.
But if this gets popular (by this I mean "eBooks") then it's going to do to books what mp3s did to music. I'm sure there will be plenty of ways to download DRM-free copies of books and I will be looking into them.
In any case, it seems plain to me that digital ink has the potential to be a real breakthrough,
Agreed, agreed, and agreed...
Actually, your post was the only one that made sense in the whole thread. Pity nobody seems interested in discussing the real story when one of the hot buttons is pressed.
Look! DRM! Let's rant! A Wookie!
Cheers,
CC
Exactly, democracy was named after its inventor, Democracy Jones, from Ohio.
And let's not forget his kid brother, Republic.
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CC
No, it's called SKUL.
Cheers,
Books are also not crippled by DRM either.
This must be one of the stupidest posts ever.
Physical (paper and ink) books are DRM's wet dream. Think photocopier, or scanner and OCR.
I can give you and my 10.000 best friends a CD with 200/300 books in TXT format for a few cents. I have 4000+ physical books. Do the math.
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CC
Please do not spread such FUD; or are you astroturfing?
My friend, nothing has been posted so far EXCEPT astroturfing.
I hate breaking the news to you, but these days one reads the MSFT stories in
Well, that could be the real explanation of Vista Forever: all the developers in Redmond are astroturfing here instead of coding...
Cheers,
CC
Until now you had us all thinking you were a bumbling simpleton whose TV was stuck in Fox News, but this beauty:
gave you away.
Nobody can be so moronic as to believe that drivel, and find the power button of his computer.
So, hats off to you, master troll!!!
Cheers,
CC
Is there something in particular that is going to make buying a $400 gaming rig and a $500+ HDVD/BR rig a better deal than a single $600 device that does both
Dude, stop wasting your time arguing with these morons. You're right, they're not. Simple as that.
But, why do so many people fail to grasp that the whole PS3 business is just a loss leader intended to put a few million Blu-Ray players in living rooms before HD-DVD has any chance to gain some traction is beyond me.
Maybe if they had spent less time gaming and more working in the real world...
Cheers,
CC
So, $51.776 may or may not be "a lot"
Ooops! It's $41,776. I shoud've used a calculator myself...
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CC
The Mandriva PowerPack version(option #3 from this document) is 80 euros =~ $62. $2 != "quite a lot"
What other Euro are you talkin about?
If it's the one they use in Europe, then:
80 Euro(s) = 101.776 American Dollar(s)
So, $51.776 may or may not be "a lot" to you, but they're more than $2.
Try another calculator.
Cheers,
CC
When you run out of gas, you can fill up again in 2 minutes. Travelling cross-country, it simply is *not* acceptable to have to sit around for 3 hours at the gas station waiting for your car to get enough juice to continue.
All fine and dandy, but the vast majority of cars don't travel crosscountry. In fact, they don't travel long distances at all.
They sit all night in a garage, near an alectric outlet, commute to your workplace's parking lot, wher they could be near a (metered) electric outlet, or in the parking lot of the mall (ditto).
In fact, every place with a parking lot where cars stay for a couple of hours could make some money with metered electric outlets.
So, if you travel alot you get a gasoline car, commuters get an electric, and everybody is happy, except Exxon.
Cheers,
CC
Let me guess, you're reading Hayek and Mises?
No, but thanks for introducing me!
Well, if you still haven't, you're in for an enjoyable ride. I'm kind of envious.
Cheers,
CC
Hmmm... I guess the moderators disagreed with you on that one.
Good for you!
CC