I'm in Florida and I own 4-5 acres of land thats empty. I could setup enough solar to power a small neighborhood. If I wasn't alone, there would be barely any fossil fuel energy burnt during the day.
It may be a big big deal for "us", but its a big big deal for Microsoft also.
Think about how their API's are basically going open source...
What happens when someone is building an application and referencing the API. He sees a bug. He says "Well shit I can't work on a broken piece of code. Let me fix this."
He patches it and submits it to Microsoft. The API slowly but surely gets closer to bug free. Microsoft's API gets strengthened with thousands of bug fixes and it keeps on selling.
Where does that leave Linux/X/KDE/Gnome/etc.? Well they can't steal code and implement it into their open source products (could you imagine if SCO was Microsoft (more directly.. not just the ca$h behind it)).
Either way, I'd say let the boat sink. Unbundle stuff but if you open up the engine, people are going to nut and bolt it to where it should be and Microsoft will gain from it.
Yeah that whole "backwards compatible with the PS1" thing really killed Sony with the PS2 sales....
oh wait back into reality...
I actually seriously think I will purchase a PS3 because I'm very close to buying a PS2 right now but I could wait and get both for the price of a PS3.
Technology also exists to setup PV (solar) power on the same power grid where it returns the solar power it gathers back into the grid. no polution.
if more people would have invested in the clean energy and installed it correctly, this wouldn't be as big of a problem.
and if they bitch about money, ask them how much money they lose when the power goes out for a day or 2. I'm sure it'll easily pay for a 5kw PV system.
I can understand you not having the brainpower to not take something seriously... but think about what you would smell like coming home from sweating 9-10 hours a day working in sewage. EVERYDAY!
Yes your coworkers (lusers) may reinstall bonzi everyday but as a plumber, people urinate, and shit, and whatever down the toilet everyday, and you have to work in it! Wouldn't you think that gets more annoying?
The shit just keeps on coming, whichever job you may be working.
But then again, very few plumbers have to deal with users who consistently download BonziBuddy, blindly click on suspicious email attachments and use their cd trays as cupholders.
But then again, no IT guys have to work in feces in a sweaty, humid, tiny room. STFU you little baby.
if there was damage, the recovery from the damage is the cost that they should have spent securing the system in the first place. i guarantee an accountant showed the cost of a better system and it was turned down for the "OK" version that didn't cost as much.
you just CANT halfass storing financial data. and if it takes someone breaking into it to make it secure, then so be it.
just don't act like its comparable to murdering someone to prove a point.
I give my batteries to an auto-repair garage and he gets PAID to give them to someone else.
So you're getting skrewed.
And as far as the 2 year problem... I replace all batteries once a year. Its just the way it is. To make it easier on yourself just try using UPS units with larger batteries (less number of batteries but larger units).
Hold yourself to a good standard. Don't undercut someone like that. I understand competition and lower prices but if we had that mentality for all service industries and people could do it from afar, everyone would be jobless.
Businesses big enough to do the outsourcing are already too big to not be greedy. I would expect them to be. They're in business to make money. Not make people happy.
On re-outsourcing: Ashvini Vishvakasarma, a consultant with Techspan, feels that American and European companies currently outsourcing work to India won't hesitate for a second to move their work elsewhere if they find a cheaper alternative. "They will move in a flash," he says. "They're leaving for the Philippines already. It's very disturbing for Indian programmers."
Aint that a bitch.
Can't work from your home country nickel and diming some other countries natives out of their jobs anymore.
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The thumpers finally get a film and someone has to get all opposition-like. Sheesh.
Since most people complain about the "thumpers" preaching to them, I would think they wouldn't do it back. But thats what I get for thinking.
Yeah also try explaining that Xerox invented the mouse and the GUI. I get great responses to that.
;)
Normally I explain that to people whom I no longer wish to do computer work for
I'm in Florida and I own 4-5 acres of land thats empty. I could setup enough solar to power a small neighborhood. If I wasn't alone, there would be barely any fossil fuel energy burnt during the day.
not only that, but what happens when a "whatever" you are buying has 2 rfids on it? whoops you get charged twice.
its kinda like the accidentaly addition of $1.37 or $.92 or $3.11 to your phone bill (which happens to millions of people... you add it up)
a big accident that lands the company loads of money.
We'll all have to start wearing RFID blockers.
:-(
You mean I'll have to upgrade my tin foil hat?!
It may be a big big deal for "us", but its a big big deal for Microsoft also.
Think about how their API's are basically going open source...
What happens when someone is building an application and referencing the API. He sees a bug. He says "Well shit I can't work on a broken piece of code. Let me fix this."
He patches it and submits it to Microsoft. The API slowly but surely gets closer to bug free. Microsoft's API gets strengthened with thousands of bug fixes and it keeps on selling.
Where does that leave Linux/X/KDE/Gnome/etc.? Well they can't steal code and implement it into their open source products (could you imagine if SCO was Microsoft (more directly.. not just the ca$h behind it)).
Either way, I'd say let the boat sink. Unbundle stuff but if you open up the engine, people are going to nut and bolt it to where it should be and Microsoft will gain from it.
Yeah that whole "backwards compatible with the PS1" thing really killed Sony with the PS2 sales....
oh wait back into reality...
I actually seriously think I will purchase a PS3 because I'm very close to buying a PS2 right now but I could wait and get both for the price of a PS3.
Technology also exists to setup PV (solar) power on the same power grid where it returns the solar power it gathers back into the grid. no polution.
if more people would have invested in the clean energy and installed it correctly, this wouldn't be as big of a problem.
and if they bitch about money, ask them how much money they lose when the power goes out for a day or 2. I'm sure it'll easily pay for a 5kw PV system.
I can understand you not having the brainpower to not take something seriously... but think about what you would smell like coming home from sweating 9-10 hours a day working in sewage. EVERYDAY!
Yes your coworkers (lusers) may reinstall bonzi everyday but as a plumber, people urinate, and shit, and whatever down the toilet everyday, and you have to work in it! Wouldn't you think that gets more annoying?
The shit just keeps on coming, whichever job you may be working.
But then again, very few plumbers have to deal with users who consistently download BonziBuddy, blindly click on suspicious email attachments and use their cd trays as cupholders.
But then again, no IT guys have to work in feces in a sweaty, humid, tiny room. STFU you little baby.
thats not what he's talking about. copying something thats still encrypted (2 protected dvds, not 1 protected, 1 unprotected) isn't circumventing protection.
if there was damage, the recovery from the damage is the cost that they should have spent securing the system in the first place. i guarantee an accountant showed the cost of a better system and it was turned down for the "OK" version that didn't cost as much.
you just CANT halfass storing financial data. and if it takes someone breaking into it to make it secure, then so be it.
just don't act like its comparable to murdering someone to prove a point.
what? there was no damage. only facts of financial information were collected.
how can you compare that to murder?
to not have to pay for licenses when creating a system to pirate the latest microsoft products?
lol.
Thats a great informative post there.
I don't have to wait at all either. I have a P2 450 with fluxbox and kmail. I paid $150 for mine. How about you?
He's bald and jumps around screaming "iPODS!!! iPODS!!! iPODS!!! iPODS!!!" with sweat stains in his arm pits right?
Is that you Lars? ;)
(hint... sounds like the argument Metallica had over Napster)
If they did release this live CD, it would be cumbersome to patch and keep in the "live CD" format.
It would also be hard to have add-ons and mods and such.
It would be even harder to get all the drivers for all the hardware on the CD.
It would be great for a demo though.. which is about all its worth
and has Orange County Choppers made a lame commercial about it yet?!
I give my batteries to an auto-repair garage and he gets PAID to give them to someone else.
So you're getting skrewed.
And as far as the 2 year problem... I replace all batteries once a year. Its just the way it is. To make it easier on yourself just try using UPS units with larger batteries (less number of batteries but larger units).
which means you enjoyed it without the deadlines, forced work, etc.
basically you liked it as a hobby, not as a job.
a good thing to keep in mind.
Hold yourself to a good standard. Don't undercut someone like that. I understand competition and lower prices but if we had that mentality for all service industries and people could do it from afar, everyone would be jobless.
Businesses big enough to do the outsourcing are already too big to not be greedy. I would expect them to be. They're in business to make money. Not make people happy.
On re-outsourcing: Ashvini Vishvakasarma, a consultant with Techspan, feels that American and European companies currently outsourcing work to India won't hesitate for a second to move their work elsewhere if they find a cheaper alternative. "They will move in a flash," he says. "They're leaving for the Philippines already. It's very disturbing for Indian programmers."
Aint that a bitch.
Can't work from your home country nickel and diming some other countries natives out of their jobs anymore.
its actually cheaper than you think.
this is john carmack's side-job with his rockets. and by space... they mean 400, maybe 500 feet in the air.
you mean 539-60-5125?