And I thought chopping of a thiefs hand was medieval......
Naaahhhhh... Current practice in some countries. Not to mention being wrapped in a sheet, buried up to your knees in dirt, and stoned to death...(But that's for adultry).
No. You sound like someone has managed to avoid interpreting your surroundings as a personal insult.
That is fairly rare these days. The fashion now is to claim that anything you don't like is an insult to your gender/ethnicity/diety/social-group, and demand that it be removed. Since you are not a whiner, you will find yourself in the minority.
..and sponsored propaganda attacks from disguised Microsoft employees.
You are correct, of course. Unfortunately, there seem to be many/.ers who think "playing fair" is the most important thing. They are at a disadvantage against an enemy who has stated that they want Windows to be everywhere, for every purpose, on every machine, all the time.
Microsoft makes incompatible and obscure formats and protocols to prevent other choices from becoming viable. People who spend lots of time being focused on "Let's beat them for the right reasons" may one day find themselves with Linux boxes which can no longer use the web, because the new MSWEB protocol is only supported on windows.
I expect to get flamed for this by the pacifist camp, but what the hell:
Microsoft does not care if they eliminate Linux or any other choice "For the right reason" or by "being fair", or "not being childish". They just want it gone, and to them it is not a game, or sport, or episode of Xena or Buffy.
Think stone cold killer. Think Stazi, NKVD and Papa Doc Duvalier. This is the Microsoft focus, and they absolutely will NOT stop untill every other choice is eliminated.
Oh, I see, if someone disagrees with your opinion they are:
Stupid
Unwilling to learn
Well, you can add me to your list of the hopelessly ignorant, cause I agree with the original poster.. Mars probes are a lot of money spent to keep NASA alive.
I spend a great deal of time making sure my home internet connection is used properly
Oh, great, a control freak. When you are in the rest home, all alone, and your kids don't come and see you, you can think back on this moment and say: "Gee, maybe I should have lightened up a bit"
Our point is that the new standard is incompatible with the old, forcing us to upgrade in some way. Using the software model of new-product push pisses people off when applied to hardware.
If something better came along that does not break compatibility with our existing equipment, I don't think you would be hearing these (justified, IMNSHO) complaints.
The UK has a history of changing the broadcast format to a new, incompatible version.
The public got no real benefit then, but the few poor souls who already had a tv could no longer use it.
So perhaps you are conditioned to think this is OK.
NTSC works just fine, and this change provides no benefit to the public, just to the manufacturers of the new system. The broadcast industry has just taken the practices of the software industry (Mandatory software upgrades to use the new file format) and applied them to hardware.
The issue with TV today is content, not the format of delivery.
The budgets of universities and colleges would be destroyed if it wasn't for the windfall profits made in bookstores.
Don't forget the faculty. Many textbooks are written by faculty. Same faculty make their book req. for the courses they teach, and they get a cut of each book sale.
You don't think the faculty can get by just on their salary, and the sale of ideas and inventions they "borrow" from their graduate (and undergraduate) students, do you?
And while I am on this rant, Think about the contracts some schools push on the students regarding IP. Let's see, you pay the university money to get an education, but you are forced to sign a contract saying that anything you invent while getting your education belongs to the university? Hello?
If the university is going to get ownership of the results of your work, THEY SHOULD BE PAYING YOU!
Yes, but if you don't point out that it should be "too", instead of "to", how do you expect the original poster to see their error?
It helps no one to say RTFD.
My english is certainly not perfect, and subject to correction. But if you are going to take the effort and time to correct someone, then you may as well take the extra step and point out the specific error, and what the correct wording would be.
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Some of these people have posters in their cubes which say
Old Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.
No, that was not a joke..
Take new house 5 at MIT, a few years ogo..
Co-ed
Students of opposite sex openly living with each other it their rooms
Booze everywhere
great view of the charles river and boston
Most rooms are singles.
Oh, Yes, MIT traditionally had a porno movie marathon in kresge auditorium for the freshmen. Great way for them to learn about the mechanics of sex.
where the homeless are put on busses out of town
Where the mormons wear long underwear under their cloths all the time.. And don't take it off all the way when they shower...
On the bright side, the streets are wide, and street names are in a logical cartesian coordinate layout. That's it.
I mean, this schmuck has deliberately hosed his computer. Your time is being tied up to fix it. Said schmuck has zero productivity for rest of day.
Why isn't management there with the pliers and the blowtorch, to point out that this sort of behavior is not ok?
If said schmuck was to set his office on fire once a month, he would be gone. Why can he destroy his computer with impunity?
Naaahhhhh... Current practice in some countries. Not to mention being wrapped in a sheet, buried up to your knees in dirt, and stoned to death...(But that's for adultry).
and I likely sound like a freak
No. You sound like someone has managed to avoid interpreting your surroundings as a personal insult.
That is fairly rare these days. The fashion now is to claim that anything you don't like is an insult to your gender/ethnicity/diety/social-group, and demand that it be removed. Since you are not a whiner, you will find yourself in the minority.
Being in the minority is not a bad thing.
..and sponsored propaganda attacks from disguised Microsoft employees.
You are correct, of course. Unfortunately, there seem to be many /.ers who think "playing fair" is the most important thing. They are at a disadvantage against an enemy who has stated that they want Windows to be everywhere, for every purpose, on every machine, all the time.
Microsoft makes incompatible and obscure formats and protocols to prevent other choices from becoming viable. People who spend lots of time being focused on "Let's beat them for the right reasons" may one day find themselves with Linux boxes which can no longer use the web, because the new MSWEB protocol is only supported on windows.
I expect to get flamed for this by the pacifist camp, but what the hell:
Microsoft does not care if they eliminate Linux or any other choice "For the right reason" or by "being fair", or "not being childish". They just want it gone, and to them it is not a game, or sport, or episode of Xena or Buffy.
Think stone cold killer. Think Stazi, NKVD and Papa Doc Duvalier. This is the Microsoft focus, and they absolutely will NOT stop untill every other choice is eliminated.
Moderation, -1, "Not nice"
Your roasting went poorly, then, I take it?
Stupid
Unwilling to learn
Well, you can add me to your list of the hopelessly ignorant, cause I agree with the original poster.. Mars probes are a lot of money spent to keep NASA alive.
I bet 20% of the readers will think you are serious, marvel at your insight, and go and go take Linux away from their kids..
Would have been nice if I had put in the web site..www.mcmelectronics.com
Call them for a free paper catalog at 1 800 543 4330
They have a lot of cool stuff, and some of the special mini sales fliers have great prices on limited quantity closeout stuff.
I think you need to spend some more time thinking about this...
I will give you some examples.
Ghandi
Martin Luther King
Mother Teresa
Stalin
Pinochet
But hey, I define sucess as zen-like tranquility and satisfaction, not as Trump's money and his 37th wife.
Oh, great, a control freak. When you are in the rest home, all alone, and your kids don't come and see you, you can think back on this moment and say: "Gee, maybe I should have lightened up a bit"
If something better came along that does not break compatibility with our existing equipment, I don't think you would be hearing these (justified, IMNSHO) complaints.
This is sarcasm, people, and quite good too.
The part about garlic presses makes it pretty obvious.
Now you have to get a converter box, and you pay a fee to get digital TV signals over the air.
Plus you still have that TV tax thingy, right? (license)
And you are better off how? (I'm sure you must be, to do this, but the mechanics escape me).
The public got no real benefit then, but the few poor souls who already had a tv could no longer use it.
So perhaps you are conditioned to think this is OK.
NTSC works just fine, and this change provides no benefit to the public, just to the manufacturers of the new system. The broadcast industry has just taken the practices of the software industry (Mandatory software upgrades to use the new file format) and applied them to hardware.
The issue with TV today is content, not the format of delivery.
what's the density of Alky?
They get a cut.
Ummm.. You are not really putting your real info into netscape or IE, are you? Or into windows itself?
Don't forget the faculty. Many textbooks are written by faculty. Same faculty make their book req. for the courses they teach, and they get a cut of each book sale.
You don't think the faculty can get by just on their salary, and the sale of ideas and inventions they "borrow" from their graduate (and undergraduate) students, do you?
And while I am on this rant, Think about the contracts some schools push on the students regarding IP. Let's see, you pay the university money to get an education, but you are forced to sign a contract saying that anything you invent while getting your education belongs to the university? Hello?
If the university is going to get ownership of the results of your work, THEY SHOULD BE PAYING YOU!
P.S.
Some of those books really suck!
Exposure to foods other than pizza and Coke
Exposure to clothes other than jeans and t-shirts
Exposure to sunshine
Exercise
Lose 30 Lbs
Learn how to defend yourself
It helps no one to say RTFD.
My english is certainly not perfect, and subject to correction. But if you are going to take the effort and time to correct someone, then you may as well take the extra step and point out the specific error, and what the correct wording would be.
All boys school, then. :(
Happily, English girls in general were much more "friendly" for their age than the puritan american variety. 8)