speaking to a mixed group of diverse political points of view in a manner so as not to offend anyone.
It has meant this since it's first known published appearance in 1798 when it was coined in order to form a distinction between the American *government* and the American *people.*
A distinction still valid today.
In the 70's the left adopted the term and began to apply it in a reductio ad absurdum manner, but did not, in essence, alter its meaning.
The fact that is now used in a derisive manner not only by the right but by the middle is only an indication of how far the left has pushed the meaning, not that it has essentially altered.
Beats the hell out of me. From my perspective the "failure" of banner ads has come from the advertisers themselves not having a very clear idea of their own business. This is less uncommon than many people think.
For a perspective on this read "Ogilvy on Advertising." Why this book isn't on every executive's desk is beyond me.
Most companies don't have a clear idea on the difference between advertising and promotion either. I recall seeing an interview with A-B's NASCAR rep. He explicitly stated that the 50 million or so they spend in Budweiser sponsorship, so far as they knew, didn't result in one *single* can of beer being sold, and that they didn't care. That wasn't what they were spending that money for in the first place.
Please note that Budweiser is the number one selling beer in America by a goodly margin. These people have taken a ride on the clue train. Why others don't observe and learn is a wonder and a mystery.
Porsche sold every 959 at a loss. Estimates of how *much* of a loss range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands . . . *per unit.* No one but Porsche knows for sure.
Decades later Porsche still considers this some of the best money they've ever spent. Hmmmmmmmm, maybe another clue?
Banner ads work. It isn't the fault of the *ads* if the *advertisers* don't understand the definition of "works."
here on the other side of the pond the Discovery Channel still gives us great scientific programing, like " Dopey interpretations of quantum theory for morons who think Battlestar Gallactica was a historical document but flunked grade school math" and "I was abducted by an alien ghost that rode down on a killer tornado from Atlantis for Jesus".
Man, hard core tech programing just don't get no better than that. Maybe you Brits should import some of it to fill the gap.
of refusing to give software away for free in order to drive a competitor out of business, and I, for one, applaud them for taking this courageous stance for capitalistic freedoms.
I guess this is why Road Runner stuck me with one of these things.
They probably don't pay as much per unit as a decent chocolate bar.
It brings up an interesting use for having source though, even if you don't code. Before buying a particular bit of hardware it might be interesting to read the driver comments to see what the programer thought of the thing at the low level.
As you note the code gets cleaned up before release. Management learned a long time ago that it's wise to grep for "fuck" before letting raw code out the door.
Only the best code written by the coolest people in a great working enviroment is like that.
I think that's the real reason MS won't release code. It isn't that the code sucks and they'd be emabrassed ( because that cat is already out of the bag), it's that it would reveal what a dull lot the lot of them were and make it hard to recruit.
I bet you won't find *one* "Fuck Clippy" comment in the whole code base, and you know they *want* to say it.
Damned marketroids won't let people have *any* fun.
Oh man, does Windows fail *this* test. Have you *seen* the list of Windows books at O'Reilly?
The very first thing anyone should do after installing ( or purchasing preinstalled) Windows is the get the O'Reilly Windows Annoyances book for their particular flavor.
After that a trip to fuckmicrosoft.com is in order.
Between these two resources you'll have a good start at getting your system cleaned up, configured and able to do something, but not much before.
RC. I also rather enjoy Adirondack, Polar and Stewarts is ok in a pinch. Jolt is universally known even though it sells nearly several cans of the stuff a year.
I can get "support" for these brands at any of my local stores. In fact, I have to walk farther to get a Coke than a Polar.
See, there's plenty of room for everyone.
Of course it isn't your fault you picked a bad analogy. ANY other field will be a bad analogy because the software "industry" works to its own peculiar set of rules.
Those rules are wearing thin and starting to break down though. It's Free Software that actually makes software *more* like cola, where anyone can come up with a recipe and join the game.
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speaking to a mixed group of diverse political points of view in a manner so as not to offend anyone.
It has meant this since it's first known published appearance in 1798 when it was coined in order to form a distinction between the American *government* and the American *people.*
A distinction still valid today.
In the 70's the left adopted the term and began to apply it in a reductio ad absurdum manner, but did not, in essence, alter its meaning.
The fact that is now used in a derisive manner not only by the right but by the middle is only an indication of how far the left has pushed the meaning, not that it has essentially altered.
KFG
getting confused by the way the article has been posted.
Please note that there are *two* cases linked to, one of which is a standard tower, and *one* of which is an AV style case.
Please read the article carefully and follow both links if you expect your comments to make sense.
KFG
that kind of behaviour on the web??"
Beats the hell out of me. From my perspective the "failure" of banner ads has come from the advertisers themselves not having a very clear idea of their own business. This is less uncommon than many people think.
For a perspective on this read "Ogilvy on Advertising." Why this book isn't on every executive's desk is beyond me.
Most companies don't have a clear idea on the difference between advertising and promotion either. I recall seeing an interview with A-B's NASCAR rep. He explicitly stated that the 50 million or so they spend in Budweiser sponsorship, so far as they knew, didn't result in one *single* can of beer being sold, and that they didn't care. That wasn't what they were spending that money for in the first place.
Please note that Budweiser is the number one selling beer in America by a goodly margin. These people have taken a ride on the clue train. Why others don't observe and learn is a wonder and a mystery.
Porsche sold every 959 at a loss. Estimates of how *much* of a loss range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands . . . *per unit.* No one but Porsche knows for sure.
Decades later Porsche still considers this some of the best money they've ever spent. Hmmmmmmmm, maybe another clue?
Banner ads work. It isn't the fault of the *ads* if the *advertisers* don't understand the definition of "works."
KFG
to use your enemy's own money and resources against them when your own resources are considerably less.
It's an Aikido thing.
KFG
"For my organization, about 45% of the customer's cost goes to pay for bandwidth. The rest is mostly people costs."
:-)
Which rather brings up the question, "What is the origin of the cost of bandwidth?"
Maybe someone should do an Ask Slashdot on that.
KFG
here on the other side of the pond the Discovery Channel still gives us great scientific programing, like " Dopey interpretations of quantum theory for morons who think Battlestar Gallactica was a historical document but flunked grade school math" and "I was abducted by an alien ghost that rode down on a killer tornado from Atlantis for Jesus".
Man, hard core tech programing just don't get no better than that. Maybe you Brits should import some of it to fill the gap.
KFG
A small chest.
KFG
Yes.
KFG
Yeah, and the throughput is better than the Realtek's. You have to liquid cool it though or you get a complete meltdown.
KFG
"His great great grandfather was a guy named Lafeytte. That guy was a fuckin' international *revolutionary*. Time to wheel out the Black Maria."
KFG
of refusing to give software away for free in order to drive a competitor out of business, and I, for one, applaud them for taking this courageous stance for capitalistic freedoms.
Shoe? Meet other foot.
KFG
I guess this is why Road Runner stuck me with one of these things.
They probably don't pay as much per unit as a decent chocolate bar.
It brings up an interesting use for having source though, even if you don't code. Before buying a particular bit of hardware it might be interesting to read the driver comments to see what the programer thought of the thing at the low level.
KFG
I said you couldn't *find* it.
Two totally different statements.
As you note the code gets cleaned up before release. Management learned a long time ago that it's wise to grep for "fuck" before letting raw code out the door.
KFG
Only the best code written by the coolest people in a great working enviroment is like that.
I think that's the real reason MS won't release code. It isn't that the code sucks and they'd be emabrassed ( because that cat is already out of the bag), it's that it would reveal what a dull lot the lot of them were and make it hard to recruit.
I bet you won't find *one* "Fuck Clippy" comment in the whole code base, and you know they *want* to say it.
Damned marketroids won't let people have *any* fun.
KFG
Give up some comfort. Oddly enough, I've found it quite comfortable.
KFG
about the shoemaker's children?
KFG
Oh man, does Windows fail *this* test. Have you *seen* the list of Windows books at O'Reilly?
The very first thing anyone should do after installing ( or purchasing preinstalled) Windows is the get the O'Reilly Windows Annoyances book for their particular flavor.
After that a trip to fuckmicrosoft.com is in order.
Between these two resources you'll have a good start at getting your system cleaned up, configured and able to do something, but not much before.
KFG
RC. I also rather enjoy Adirondack, Polar and Stewarts is ok in a pinch. Jolt is universally known even though it sells nearly several cans of the stuff a year.
I can get "support" for these brands at any of my local stores. In fact, I have to walk farther to get a Coke than a Polar.
See, there's plenty of room for everyone.
Of course it isn't your fault you picked a bad analogy. ANY other field will be a bad analogy because the software "industry" works to its own peculiar set of rules.
Those rules are wearing thin and starting to break down though. It's Free Software that actually makes software *more* like cola, where anyone can come up with a recipe and join the game.
KFG
Caesar taxes at all?
Because of who's picture is on the coin.
KFG
"I admit, I have never read the license agreement / terms and conditions which may well state the Apple may impose a charge in the future"
I represent the ForeverWear Siding company. May I have a moment of your time? I promise, it won't hurt a bit.
KFG
very hard, very long, or with overmuch understanding, did you Grasshopper?
KFG
they've left it too late. Since they did not make Office available for Linux others have moved in and filled the gap already.
Why on earth would I install MS Office on Linux when I've already replaced it, even on my Windows partition?
Keep up, or drop out. MS dropped the ball on this one because they thought no one could catch up, let alone put *them* in the catch up position.
They were wrong.
KFG
is failing to do in the realm of cheap and efficient labor. That would be the *reason* that restrictions on work visas exist in the first place.
Otherwise the work, and the workers, would be flowing out, not in.
It's a simple capitalistic concept.
KFG
their "standards" are unrealistic and inherently *based* on taking advantage of other nations?
KFG
changing away from the telegraph billing model?
KFG