Everybody keeps talking about how Apple's lawyers are going to go after Psystar any second now. Let me remind all of you that Apple's legal team is not undefeated. They lost the lawsuit against Microsoft about the "Look and feel" of their operating system.
When he was fucking with pro-life protesters, how many of you didn't care because you weren't pro-life? When he was fucking with gun owners, how many of you didn't care because you didn't own guns? Now that he's fucking with P2P, we have to do something about it?
I've never been in a Windows shop that would survive a 100% audit without finding something out of compliance.
You've clearly never worked in a Fortune 100 company. My employer is so paranoid about getting sued, we have to get permission to even install GPLed software.
Good idea for those young-ins that know what they are doing with computers.
But not too young. Anyone under, say 25 hasn't been using computers long enough to understand how things were when we had to do it the hard way. They say things like "Why do we have to have virtual memory when real memory is so much faster?" and then you have to explain MMUs, paging and swap to them. Or "What's with this stupid netmasking? We can just use IP addresses."
Worst of all is when the put suits in charge of IT. Not two months ago, I had to fill out a request for for Visual Studio 6.0 because I have to support a legacy app and infrastructure responded that there was no such thing as "Visual Studio 6.0". I sent their boss a link to Microsoft's support page for Visual Studio 6.0 and the next day it was installed.
Maybe I'm just having an old man moment, but I kept expecting some kind of punch line in there, and it ended up just being "my neighbor left his garage door open, and I stole a six-pack out of his fridge"
What I took away was more like "My neighbors left their curtains open, so I video taped them fucking".
My neighbor knows what the hell he's doing, if not I'd be jacking his internet right now.
So, men misinterpret friendliless for sexual attraction and then they mistake sexual interest for friendliness. I don't think that this problem is only on the males' shoulders. Women should try to be more clear.
Don't try to get my number if you're looking for another "friend", don't play coy if you're trying to get to know me. I'm currently not even on the market, but when I was I didn't have time for school yard games.
As long as that cult isn't taking part in criminal activity, yes. They should be free to raise their children in it.
I've known otherwise mainstream Christians who have raised their children without any outside influences. I think it's dangerous to start taking people's children away.
Everyone thinks MIT and CalTech at first, but other schools with the same reputation do exist, they just don't get much attention.
For CS, MIT can kiss CMU's ass. I just wish I could have afforded CMU's tuition. Hopefully, I'll be able to talk my employer into footing the bill for a CMU Master's Degree.
Let us remember his situation here. my upper-middle class family
I think that now is a time to quote from Soul Man.
"They have aid for people whose parents are poor, not people whose parent's are assholes".
If he has upper-middle class parents, they're going to be expected to pay a LOT by any school. He may need to go out and get a job for a few years until he's considered an independent student. They throw all kinds of money at those. I went back to school at 30 and they gave and loaned me all kinds of money.
There are plenty of rational reasons to hate Microsoft.
Microsoft is a shitty company. In the 1980s-1990s they did many unethical things. They "explored" a partnership with Stac and had their engineers steal Stac's ideas and code. That was just a modified replay of what they did to Apple half a decade earlier.
It's not about protecting the safety of cops. They have the ability to call for backup and they carry guns. This is about keeping critics silent. I suspect that there's an element of not wanting their mistresses to scream to the world when they end affairs.
Hell, I think they deserve a LOT of scrutiny, like 24/7 surveillance, GPS implants, weekly gas spectrograph drug tests, yearly competency testing, affirmative action, no unions, etc.
I'm with you on most of this, but affirmative action? Fuck that! Police should be chosen by who's best for the job, end of story. I'm a black man and I'd rather be pulled over by the cop who scored best on the psych eval than happens to be white than one who just happens to have the same skin color as I do.
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Everybody keeps talking about how Apple's lawyers are going to go after Psystar any second now. Let me remind all of you that Apple's legal team is not undefeated. They lost the lawsuit against Microsoft about the "Look and feel" of their operating system.
LK
Or is this a vindictive side of you, the side that might put a "Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot twice" sign on your fence?
No need to put up the sign, just do it. I guarantee no one will think of breaking into your house again.
LK
The police really don't care about break and entry anyway.
They will care if you happened to be home and the burglar beat your skull in with a floor lamp. The system would provide pics of your murderer.
LK
I am still a little annoyed that the "follow up" OS is really still about as useful as a bucket full of random sized bolts.
... ... ... ...
That's quite useful if you're making an IED.
Vista is like a roadside bomb...
Excellent point.
LK
I'm a second amendment supporter, I have been aware of Joe Biden's liberalism since I registered to vote when I was 18.
On a side note, I salute you. In my response to you, I was being an ass and you responded with class. Thank you for elevating the discussion.
LK
He came off as a libertarian conservative. I am rather surprised now.
Then you weren't fucking paying attention. Biden has been a rabid liberal for as long as he's been in politics.
LK
When he was fucking with pro-life protesters, how many of you didn't care because you weren't pro-life?
When he was fucking with gun owners, how many of you didn't care because you didn't own guns?
Now that he's fucking with P2P, we have to do something about it?
LK
..."21 days later"...
28 Days Later
LK
But we'd all have to buy them "for work".
LK
Maybe that's why so many cops are short.
LK
I've never been in a Windows shop that would survive a 100% audit without finding something out of compliance.
You've clearly never worked in a Fortune 100 company. My employer is so paranoid about getting sued, we have to get permission to even install GPLed software.
LK
I routinely have to write (or modify) my own programs to assist me in doing my job.
LK
Good idea for those young-ins that know what they are doing with computers.
But not too young. Anyone under, say 25 hasn't been using computers long enough to understand how things were when we had to do it the hard way. They say things like "Why do we have to have virtual memory when real memory is so much faster?" and then you have to explain MMUs, paging and swap to them. Or "What's with this stupid netmasking? We can just use IP addresses."
Worst of all is when the put suits in charge of IT. Not two months ago, I had to fill out a request for for Visual Studio 6.0 because I have to support a legacy app and infrastructure responded that there was no such thing as "Visual Studio 6.0". I sent their boss a link to Microsoft's support page for Visual Studio 6.0 and the next day it was installed.
LK
Maybe I'm just having an old man moment, but I kept expecting some kind of punch line in there, and it ended up just being "my neighbor left his garage door open, and I stole a six-pack out of his fridge"
What I took away was more like "My neighbors left their curtains open, so I video taped them fucking".
My neighbor knows what the hell he's doing, if not I'd be jacking his internet right now.
LK
So, men misinterpret friendliless for sexual attraction and then they mistake sexual interest for friendliness. I don't think that this problem is only on the males' shoulders. Women should try to be more clear.
Don't try to get my number if you're looking for another "friend", don't play coy if you're trying to get to know me. I'm currently not even on the market, but when I was I didn't have time for school yard games.
LK
As long as that cult isn't taking part in criminal activity, yes. They should be free to raise their children in it.
I've known otherwise mainstream Christians who have raised their children without any outside influences. I think it's dangerous to start taking people's children away.
LK
Hey you're not that fat chick from The View are you? She thinks that nothing predates Christianity too.
LK
I think it's pretty clear that it's a cult, but so what? People are free to join cults if they wish.
LK
The Buddha was just a person. Albeit an enlightened one.
LK
Everyone thinks MIT and CalTech at first, but other schools with the same reputation do exist, they just don't get much attention.
For CS, MIT can kiss CMU's ass. I just wish I could have afforded CMU's tuition. Hopefully, I'll be able to talk my employer into footing the bill for a CMU Master's Degree.
LK
Let us remember his situation here.
my upper-middle class family
I think that now is a time to quote from Soul Man.
"They have aid for people whose parents are poor, not people whose parent's are assholes".
If he has upper-middle class parents, they're going to be expected to pay a LOT by any school. He may need to go out and get a job for a few years until he's considered an independent student. They throw all kinds of money at those. I went back to school at 30 and they gave and loaned me all kinds of money.
LK
Even if the FCC has no authority in the case, the FTC certainly does.
LK
There are plenty of rational reasons to hate Microsoft.
Microsoft is a shitty company. In the 1980s-1990s they did many unethical things. They "explored" a partnership with Stac and had their engineers steal Stac's ideas and code. That was just a modified replay of what they did to Apple half a decade earlier.
LK
It's not about protecting the safety of cops. They have the ability to call for backup and they carry guns. This is about keeping critics silent. I suspect that there's an element of not wanting their mistresses to scream to the world when they end affairs.
LK
Hell, I think they deserve a LOT of scrutiny, like 24/7 surveillance, GPS implants, weekly gas spectrograph drug tests, yearly competency testing, affirmative action, no unions, etc.
I'm with you on most of this, but affirmative action? Fuck that! Police should be chosen by who's best for the job, end of story. I'm a black man and I'd rather be pulled over by the cop who scored best on the psych eval than happens to be white than one who just happens to have the same skin color as I do.
LK