And if they didn't go bankrupt, how long do you think it would take for the USA to shut them down for "supporting terrorists?" After all, that's the kind of thing a terrorist would dream of...
Additionally, I am a photo-CD model whose picture can be purchased for a modest fee individually or bundled in a collection. The person in the photograph is not me...
What if they sold MS keyboards and mice that you could plug into the Xbox to use in Linux? That way, they could make back some of that money and have that excuse for when they release their own system and shut everybody else out of the market.
And for anyone who may be wondering, yes, he is also clever enough to concatenate "Office Space" into one word, "Officespace," and trick everyone into not noticing. Ha! It didn't work! This "fjordboy" is trying to subvert all of us uber-geek Peter-Jackman-in-Swordfish don't-have-to-actually-type-because-slamming-the-k eys-randomly-looks-better real computer programmers.
Actually, there are four primary rules for watching movies coming out of Hollywood. Here they are:
1. Do not talk.
2. Do not talk. 3. Do not ask questions. 4. He is always still alive.
I hope that clears some things up. Feel free to quote these rules when someone is bugging you throughout the movie trying to get you to explain what just happened and asking you incredulously if the bad guy or good guy is really dead.
I reject the implication that only nerds and unpopular people are able to spout Simpsons wisdom at the drop of a hat. I find that even the prettiest of people are awed when I and a couple of my friends can recite an entire Simpsons episode in order, from beginning to end, with proper comedic timing. It gets old and irritating only when it is botched (or performed by people who are unattractive or otherwise unpleasant to look at/listen to).
But the computer industry needs to tap into other industries in order to spread itself around, and a lot of money is required to make that happen. Microsoft has that money, so it will take more than a good idea to make the company worthless, and it won't happen overnight.
That day is not now, because as long as they have that money they cannot be defeated.
Well, in America false advertising is expected, if not required, in order to get the ad on TV. If it isn't a lie, it doesn't get played. (Regardless of legality.)
You are totally convinced, eh? Let me guess: you are not a geneticist, nor even a biologist. Well, of course that grants you the expertise necessary to discount hundreds of scientists who for the most part all agree that what they are currently doing is the most likely possibility (but, like real scientists, are not sworn to uphold some idea that they've been using but hasn't been proven). The fact that you are totally convinced means nothing to anyone, considering the fact that the extent of your expertise is a book you may or may not have finished about a "systems thing."
I didn't count the failure of the new heavy lift rocket. That was the second failure in 14 launches of the Ariane 5 rocket. No matter which way you look at it, that is much worse than 116 safe launches.
Although it's just a matter of time before MS Office installs something to the boot sector, perhaps continually corrupting anything that isn't Windows on there. Maybe the next XP service pack will do it. Really, applications/installers shouldn't be able to do anything to the boot record.
Enabling mouse gestures never disables the keyboard. If you have both hands on the keyboard typing, you are in position to use the keyboard to navigate, not the mouse. On the other hand, if you are using the mouse (say, to click links in your web browser or filesystem browser), your hand is in ideal position to use a mouse gesture to pop back to the previous page if you click the wrong link.
Ultimately, neither mouse gestures nor keyboard shortcuts should be removed just because the other has the same functionality -- they should be redundant systems, that share functionality. They should not complement each other.
Oh boy, can you please tell me how you would go about convincing the RIAA (and/or a judge) that that is fair use? It seems to me that that can only be used to illegally download music, and there is no other use. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Actually I invented my sig 3 years ago in my freshman English class. I was trying to comprehend the idiocy of my classmates, and the phrase just wrote itself down on paper.
I do not know who invented the quote you mentioned (but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the same person... ie "not me";) ), but I would certainly subscribe to it.
And by the way: if anyone can find a classical source that actually invented my sig, I would be interested in knowing it. As far as I know, I invented it, but if someone else came up with it first, I plagiarised it completely unknowingly. If I didn't really come up with it, I would like to give credit where credit is due.
Most Windows users don't have to edit their startx script, which is precisely where the danger lies. If the PC manufacturers who sell their machines give in to market demands to do away with the "useless" keys, users become ever more locked in to Windows when they buy a new computer. How many people do you think you could convince to switch over to Linux if they had to buy a new "Open" keyboard to replace the "Windows" keyboard that came with their computer.
I use an old IBM metal keyboard that I've been using since the mid 80s. The keys haven't worn out and it feels very solid and professional. Not bad for something that was free and has been around for well over 15 years. And I'd call that much more cost effective than the Kinesis keyboard (free amortized over 15 years vs. $375... hmm...)
People have already complained about doubling up on keys, and the average user is much more likely to discover the right-click key that the Shift-F10 key combination.
"Hmm, what is this weird looking key for?" Is much more likely to take place than: "Hmm, I wonder what this obscure key combination might do..."
That's why most good spam blockers (especially OS X's Mail.app) use their filters but compare the senders to a whitelist so that your friends can send you whatever they want to. If you've been receiving CRYPTO-GRAM for a while, it should be on your whitelist, and the blocker should just let it by.
But you don't always want to get everything people send you (everybody has those people who send you things they think are funny but you just can't stand). So there should be levels of "friendship" in the whitelist, so that some senders can be considered dubious (their mail shouldn't be deleted like spam, but perhaps placed in a different "Uninteresting" folder).
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160 tons of payload... All they would need to do is disguise it as legitimate and deliver it wherever they want--
(Does it look like I work at for the help-desk?)
...or the English department?
And if they didn't go bankrupt, how long do you think it would take for the USA to shut them down for "supporting terrorists?" After all, that's the kind of thing a terrorist would dream of...
Additionally, I am a photo-CD model whose picture can be purchased for a modest fee individually or bundled in a collection. The person in the photograph is not me...
Yeah, because a pickup truck is cheaper than 50 hobby rockets...
What if they sold MS keyboards and mice that you could plug into the Xbox to use in Linux? That way, they could make back some of that money and have that excuse for when they release their own system and shut everybody else out of the market.
And for anyone who may be wondering, yes, he is also clever enough to concatenate "Office Space" into one word, "Officespace," and trick everyone into not noticing. Ha! It didn't work! This "fjordboy" is trying to subvert all of us uber-geek Peter-Jackman-in-Swordfish don't-have-to-actually-type-because-slamming-the-k eys-randomly-looks-better real computer programmers.
Um. Yeah. So, alright then.
I hope that clears some things up. Feel free to quote these rules when someone is bugging you throughout the movie trying to get you to explain what just happened and asking you incredulously if the bad guy or good guy is really dead.
I reject the implication that only nerds and unpopular people are able to spout Simpsons wisdom at the drop of a hat. I find that even the prettiest of people are awed when I and a couple of my friends can recite an entire Simpsons episode in order, from beginning to end, with proper comedic timing. It gets old and irritating only when it is botched (or performed by people who are unattractive or otherwise unpleasant to look at/listen to).
But the computer industry needs to tap into other industries in order to spread itself around, and a lot of money is required to make that happen. Microsoft has that money, so it will take more than a good idea to make the company worthless, and it won't happen overnight.
That day is not now, because as long as they have that money they cannot be defeated.
They should name it Bellerophon. You know, the guy who killed the Chimera...
Well, in America false advertising is expected, if not required, in order to get the ad on TV. If it isn't a lie, it doesn't get played. (Regardless of legality.)
You are totally convinced, eh? Let me guess: you are not a geneticist, nor even a biologist. Well, of course that grants you the expertise necessary to discount hundreds of scientists who for the most part all agree that what they are currently doing is the most likely possibility (but, like real scientists, are not sworn to uphold some idea that they've been using but hasn't been proven). The fact that you are totally convinced means nothing to anyone, considering the fact that the extent of your expertise is a book you may or may not have finished about a "systems thing."
Troll.
Yeah, but that isn't as frightening. In fact, I don't know which scares me more: the Army or the NRA...
I didn't count the failure of the new heavy lift rocket. That was the second failure in 14 launches of the Ariane 5 rocket. No matter which way you look at it, that is much worse than 116 safe launches.
I was talking about the idea to link it to a downloadable Kazaa file. Not the idea itself, which I like.
1 failure in 13 is not very reliable. Over 100 successful launches is reliable.
Although it's just a matter of time before MS Office installs something to the boot sector, perhaps continually corrupting anything that isn't Windows on there. Maybe the next XP service pack will do it. Really, applications/installers shouldn't be able to do anything to the boot record.
Enabling mouse gestures never disables the keyboard. If you have both hands on the keyboard typing, you are in position to use the keyboard to navigate, not the mouse. On the other hand, if you are using the mouse (say, to click links in your web browser or filesystem browser), your hand is in ideal position to use a mouse gesture to pop back to the previous page if you click the wrong link.
Ultimately, neither mouse gestures nor keyboard shortcuts should be removed just because the other has the same functionality -- they should be redundant systems, that share functionality. They should not complement each other.
Oh boy, can you please tell me how you would go about convincing the RIAA (and/or a judge) that that is fair use? It seems to me that that can only be used to illegally download music, and there is no other use. Correct me if I'm wrong...
Actually I invented my sig 3 years ago in my freshman English class. I was trying to comprehend the idiocy of my classmates, and the phrase just wrote itself down on paper.
;) ), but I would certainly subscribe to it.
I do not know who invented the quote you mentioned (but I'm pretty sure it wasn't the same person... ie "not me"
And by the way: if anyone can find a classical source that actually invented my sig, I would be interested in knowing it. As far as I know, I invented it, but if someone else came up with it first, I plagiarised it completely unknowingly. If I didn't really come up with it, I would like to give credit where credit is due.
Most Windows users don't have to edit their startx script, which is precisely where the danger lies. If the PC manufacturers who sell their machines give in to market demands to do away with the "useless" keys, users become ever more locked in to Windows when they buy a new computer. How many people do you think you could convince to switch over to Linux if they had to buy a new "Open" keyboard to replace the "Windows" keyboard that came with their computer.
This could be dangerous...
I use an old IBM metal keyboard that I've been using since the mid 80s. The keys haven't worn out and it feels very solid and professional. Not bad for something that was free and has been around for well over 15 years. And I'd call that much more cost effective than the Kinesis keyboard (free amortized over 15 years vs. $375 ... hmm...)
People have already complained about doubling up on keys, and the average user is much more likely to discover the right-click key that the Shift-F10 key combination.
"Hmm, what is this weird looking key for?" Is much more likely to take place than: "Hmm, I wonder what this obscure key combination might do..."
That's why most good spam blockers (especially OS X's Mail.app) use their filters but compare the senders to a whitelist so that your friends can send you whatever they want to. If you've been receiving CRYPTO-GRAM for a while, it should be on your whitelist, and the blocker should just let it by.
But you don't always want to get everything people send you (everybody has those people who send you things they think are funny but you just can't stand). So there should be levels of "friendship" in the whitelist, so that some senders can be considered dubious (their mail shouldn't be deleted like spam, but perhaps placed in a different "Uninteresting" folder).