User: Cryptosporidium

Re:Hmmmm

On: Different View Of MS Code Theft

If they didn't, they'd get flak for supressing news, bias, etc. You're dead one way or the other.

Re:The Next Microsoft Ad

On: What To Do If Linux Sneaks Onto Your Network

you are the same kinda person that thinks user friendly is funny. it isn't.

How ironic. I'm a regular User Friendly reader. Maybe our humor just runs along different lines. No need to be so harsh about it.

The Next Microsoft Ad

On: What To Do If Linux Sneaks Onto Your Network

Fade in on IT Department..

A computer starts beeping and the operator looks at it with shock. He stands up and runs over to his supervisor to whisper a few words.

The supervisor runs toward the middle of the room and gets everyone attention..

"Break out the NT CDs! Bring our Exchange server online! Get those Bill Borgs out here in five minutes!"

There is a dramatic pause as the supervisor mutters in a low, gravelly voice.

"Someone's installing Linux on the network."

Re:Technology in Hong Kong

On: Has Hong Kong Technology Transformed China?

Why was this marked funny?

In any case, the post is completely correct. Hong Kong is wired to the teeth. Most people have cell phones and pagers wherever they go.

I was riding the MTR (last month when I visited), and I saw an 85 year old man speaking on a Motorola Startac. He appeared very comfortable with the technology and deftly switched off the phone when he was done with the call. Students in Hong Kong also have pagers and cell phones and often use them to keep in touch.

Cell phone use in Hong Kong is much greater compared to the United States. Most likely, Hong Kong has one of the greatest percentages of cell phone use in the population. (I have no stats, anyone?)

Re:The Fishy stinks

On: Pentium IV Problems?

Aren't both AltaVista's Babel Fish and Alis Technologies' powered by Systran Translation software?

As a side note, the link in the article points to The Babel Fish Corporation(TM), a whole other deal entirely.

Sequels and Prequels

On: Machinima On The Horizon

The film he points to (September 16, 1999) is Apartment Hunting.

Hardly Workin' is the sequel.

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