On the touchy issue of security, Ballmer also dismissed the notion that Linux is more secure than Windows, saying that Linux would be attacked just as frequently as Windows if the open source operating system had as large a share of the operating system market as Windows.
I guess the only arena in which we can verify this is the server market. Anyone have any hard figures on successful attacks against Linux servers vs. those on Windows servers?
You can't stay out of jail because you gave cocaine away but didn't sell it......but you CAN beat a "possession with intent to sell" rap, which is the one with all the teeth in the sentencing guidelines.
Of course, why would you HAVE cocaine if you didn't use it or intend to profit off it? Seems like a lot of expense to go incur just to give it away....
Then, my friend, all you need is Microsoft Passport and.NET!
Seriously, wasn't the whole point of Passport to mitigate this whole free-registration-required nonsense, yet make it transparent to the individual user?
I'm sorry for bitching. I chose Slash because it had all the features I wanted, running correctly, directly from install. Not because of the color scheme.
And what do you do everytime you change a websites background color? Change the image?
I trust you've never tried running Slash on your website. I'm still using the default color scheme, mostly because I don't have time to dick with the hundred million (give or take a few orders of magnitude) images that populate the site.
Market capitalization is just one piece of the puzzle. Taking a look at Amazon's financials, they've got about $2.1 billion in assests, $3.2 billion in outstanding liability and another $1 billion in shareholder equity. From where I stand, that's still $2.1 billion in the hole.
Also, that $3.6 billion for Marshall Fields is cash. For fifty+ profitable brick-and-mortar stores. Target didn't jettison MF because they were losing money on the chain; they sold it because they weren't making money as fast as they wanted.
So, yes, if they were to purchase every outstanding share of Amazon stock, yes, it would cost them $21 billion. When was the last time one company bought another company by purchasing every outstanding share, though? I think a wad of cash and taking on outstanding debt would make quite an attractive buyout package, especially if it included stock in the resulting company.
Take Amazon's brand and knack for staying alive on the Web, cut it with Target's business sense and bleeding-edge-of-hip sensibilities (well, in their minds, anyway), and you might have a company that works. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it happened; if Target figured out how they could make Amazon into a cash-cow. It's not like they don't have experience managing a mail-order company.
Making Amazon consistently profitable, though - aye, there's the rub.
...that the "other" company is Target? It makes sense; T'r'U can't keep high-demand toys in stock, so Amazon lets Target sells toys in violation of its exclusivity agreement.
Hell, with the $3.6 BILLION Target's getting for marshall Fields, I wouldn't be surprised if Target bought Amazon.
It's simply becaues IE comes with Windows, and no smallwited user would know that there's alternatives, at all.
I wouldn't dare think of her small-witted, but about five years ago I was having a discussion with a secretary at work I had the hots for, and I happened to mention I hated my work 'puter and Windows (which were interrelated issues), and she asked me what alternative I had, even at home, since I didn't have a Mac.
There was a brief pause as I realized there were people not in tune with the whole open-source thing, and look of discomfort on her face like I was some sort of anarchist. It's true; unless you're a semi-power-user, you won't think there's any alternative.
A friend of mine wrote a short story for 12th-grade English which featured a pact with the devil that made a guy gut himself with a sword every night and bathe in his own blood. He got an A on the story, and a lot of concerned "Are you feeling okay today?"'s from the teacher for the following month.
...until some wiseass figures out a way spoof the grader, probably by sliding under the radar of whatever probabilistic models they've got that pass for spell- and grammar-checkers.
For example:
Flimblarm nif goondatakun, jut sekfar bel shon duc. Seempkin dar goolnac flar tefnek voz toulian; elmpar gef sogquel.
Grade: B+ Your use of double-negatives continues to haunt you, but I'm glad you've gotten over hanging participles.
You might be the only person who understood that I was joking.:)
Ah, the joys of Slashdot moderation. When I joke, I'm modded "insightful". When I'm trying to be insightful, I'm modded as "flamebait." When I flame, I'm modded "funny."
I don't have the ratings numbers sitting in front of me to reference, but I don't think that there was a significant drop-off during the UPN times
I note that you didn't say ratings went up. Remember, Buffy went to UPN because the producers wanted more $$ per episode, and WB couldn't make the numbers work. So, Buffy went to UPN, UPN couldn't make any money, and wasn't planning on renewing. SMG not renewing HER contract with a show that probably wasn't going to be around was just smart business. It let her go out with a little bit of class, and gave the show an easy way out.
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On the touchy issue of security, Ballmer also dismissed the notion that Linux is more secure than Windows, saying that Linux would be attacked just as frequently as Windows if the open source operating system had as large a share of the operating system market as Windows.
I guess the only arena in which we can verify this is the server market. Anyone have any hard figures on successful attacks against Linux servers vs. those on Windows servers?
This is all about how the Republicans are going to steal the election... Again.
Not if I can find out what the 'code' is...
When will I be able to buy an Ansible from my local radioshack?
I'm sending you the street date now.
Oh wait...I forgot you'd need an ansible to read it.
You can't stay out of jail because you gave cocaine away but didn't sell it... ...but you CAN beat a "possession with intent to sell" rap, which is the one with all the teeth in the sentencing guidelines.
Of course, why would you HAVE cocaine if you didn't use it or intend to profit off it? Seems like a lot of expense to go incur just to give it away....
* insert joke about being a movie producer here *
Just have each of their coders chip in a dollar, problem solved.
You'd ask each of your coders to give up five years's pay? You insensitive clod!
Sure, I'm the troll... ;)
I wasn't trying to troll, I was trying to be funny. The submission form f'd up and cut out the final line:
* puts head between knees and prepares for the karma hit *
Sigh.
It's no wonder Bill's warning that OSS kills jobs didn't work on Malaysia. How can OSS kill sweatshop jobs from American clothing manufacturers?
have to admit I have registration-fatigue.
.NET!
Then, my friend, all you need is Microsoft Passport and
Seriously, wasn't the whole point of Passport to mitigate this whole free-registration-required nonsense, yet make it transparent to the individual user?
I'm unemployed right now, so securing "financing" for that $600 price 2would definitely put my thumbs in jeopardy...
I'm sorry for bitching. I chose Slash because it had all the features I wanted, running correctly, directly from install. Not because of the color scheme.
:)
Thanks for the great code.
And what do you do everytime you change a websites background color? Change the image?
I trust you've never tried running Slash on your website. I'm still using the default color scheme, mostly because I don't have time to dick with the hundred million (give or take a few orders of magnitude) images that populate the site.
I knew I shouldn't have written that check, but the promise of endorphins was just too tempting to resist.
Market capitalization is just one piece of the puzzle. Taking a look at Amazon's financials, they've got about $2.1 billion in assests, $3.2 billion in outstanding liability and another $1 billion in shareholder equity. From where I stand, that's still $2.1 billion in the hole.
Also, that $3.6 billion for Marshall Fields is cash. For fifty+ profitable brick-and-mortar stores. Target didn't jettison MF because they were losing money on the chain; they sold it because they weren't making money as fast as they wanted.
So, yes, if they were to purchase every outstanding share of Amazon stock, yes, it would cost them $21 billion. When was the last time one company bought another company by purchasing every outstanding share, though? I think a wad of cash and taking on outstanding debt would make quite an attractive buyout package, especially if it included stock in the resulting company.
Take Amazon's brand and knack for staying alive on the Web, cut it with Target's business sense and bleeding-edge-of-hip sensibilities (well, in their minds, anyway), and you might have a company that works. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it happened; if Target figured out how they could make Amazon into a cash-cow. It's not like they don't have experience managing a mail-order company.
Making Amazon consistently profitable, though - aye, there's the rub.
...that the "other" company is Target? It makes sense; T'r'U can't keep high-demand toys in stock, so Amazon lets Target sells toys in violation of its exclusivity agreement.
Hell, with the $3.6 BILLION Target's getting for marshall Fields, I wouldn't be surprised if Target bought Amazon.
That said, there's something about Enterprise. I still watch it, and I'm still not sure why...
I think I can come up with at least one reason.
Which is why I only watch every other series now. :)
I loved TNG, couldn't stand DS9, Voyager had its moments, and now I don't even bother with Enterprise.
I'll give a Trek series by JMS a shot, though. Enough Rick berman and Brannon Braga already!
Does the same go for Penny Arcade?
I'm not sure, but chicks do look at me funny when I say stuff like "WHY IS THERE A HUGE COCK ON MY DOOR?" and You probably don't even know what France is."
Especially when that's how I introduce myself.
It's simply becaues IE comes with Windows, and no smallwited user would know that there's alternatives, at all.
I wouldn't dare think of her small-witted, but about five years ago I was having a discussion with a secretary at work I had the hots for, and I happened to mention I hated my work 'puter and Windows (which were interrelated issues), and she asked me what alternative I had, even at home, since I didn't have a Mac.
There was a brief pause as I realized there were people not in tune with the whole open-source thing, and look of discomfort on her face like I was some sort of anarchist. It's true; unless you're a semi-power-user, you won't think there's any alternative.
He is. Didn't you get that memo?
A friend of mine wrote a short story for 12th-grade English which featured a pact with the devil that made a guy gut himself with a sword every night and bathe in his own blood. He got an A on the story, and a lot of concerned "Are you feeling okay today?"'s from the teacher for the following month.
Luckily for him this was pre-WAVEamerica.
...until some wiseass figures out a way spoof the grader, probably by sliding under the radar of whatever probabilistic models they've got that pass for spell- and grammar-checkers.
For example:
Flimblarm nif goondatakun, jut sekfar bel shon duc. Seempkin dar goolnac flar tefnek voz toulian; elmpar gef sogquel.
Grade: B+ Your use of double-negatives continues to haunt you, but I'm glad you've gotten over hanging participles.
You might be the only person who understood that I was joking. :)
Ah, the joys of Slashdot moderation. When I joke, I'm modded "insightful". When I'm trying to be insightful, I'm modded as "flamebait." When I flame, I'm modded "funny."
Cheers.
I don't have the ratings numbers sitting in front of me to reference, but I don't think that there was a significant drop-off during the UPN times
I note that you didn't say ratings went up. Remember, Buffy went to UPN because the producers wanted more $$ per episode, and WB couldn't make the numbers work. So, Buffy went to UPN, UPN couldn't make any money, and wasn't planning on renewing. SMG not renewing HER contract with a show that probably wasn't going to be around was just smart business. It let her go out with a little bit of class, and gave the show an easy way out.
They should be more worried about being on UPN. Buffy fans can tell Enterprise fans what that's like.