That's like me saying I got a divorce because my wife wouldn't put the cap back on the toothpaste.
Hey, if your wife shows a pattern of negligence then it's only a matter of time before you're eating something toxic. Good call on the divorce, even if it hasn't happened yet.
They will do what they have always done, apple support will be a distant second and linux support if it exists will be in name only. See silverlight, and no moonlight is not anything other than support in name only. Even if they could make more money by having wider support, when it comes to Microsoft all will be sacrificed at the alter of the desktop monopoly.
A few days ago, for the first time in my life ever, I heard an ad recruiting for the CIA on the radio. Yes, I am seriously thinking it might be time to get out, like early 1930's Germany...
Sorry, I very much can have the same opinion; I might not have expressed it to your satisfaction, so here goes:
There was this sense of expectation that the big payoff was going to come after all his literary grunting and groaning, but it just sort of ended in a flappy fart.
When I read the book "The White Plague" by the same author, I got the same feeling.
(And, snarkiness aside, you are correct that there was some ambiguity in my original post, as I was referring to his side point. Then again, "Give me ambiguity, or give me something else.")
While your AC response said "Duty first is a fascist principle", I feel the root idea has some merit. In just about anything, one receives benefits commensurate with one's participation. If I buy more shares, I get more money as dividend if that stock pays dividends. So I don't see why aligning the government with this model is such a bad thing. For years, I've felt that those who spend more towards the government (taxes, user fees, etc) should have more say in how their money is spent. In other words, "one dollar, one vote". But that dollar must be constantly spent to overcome others' votes, so a corporation couldn't just spend a bunch of money to vote in laws that favor it, because another will spend more money to change the laws (if, that is, the "more money" is less than the amount they'd gain by changing the laws).
I have the same opinion as you, but I haven't read Dune. I read his "The White Plague" many years ago, which was an awesome story, but a poorly-written novel. In describing it to friends, I used to say "Great story; three times too many words". Herbert must have been paid by the word, and perhaps on an exponentially-sliding scale...
Government was never about efficiency, always about control. Now get back to coding your efficiency in your noisy cubicle, while management plays golf in the nice sunny day.
The more I read about the brain the more I see a future where we're tailoring "specialized" people who might process specific types of information with vast superiority while debilitating themselves in other areas. I could see area's where say an engineer would have highly developed logical/mathmatical ability while maybe gimping himself in auditory processing or something. Which actually seems something like self induced autism.
Well, I use noise-cancelling headphones. So: am I "self-inducing autism" because I want to keep the inane chatter out, in order to focus and be productive? I guess so: I've been doing it for many years, and I have close to zero social life. But my Ferrari and houses are paid off. Autism FTW! (Well, it feels more like Asperger's...)
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That's like me saying I got a divorce because my wife wouldn't put the cap back on the toothpaste.
Hey, if your wife shows a pattern of negligence then it's only a matter of time before you're eating something toxic. Good call on the divorce, even if it hasn't happened yet.
They will do what they have always done, apple support will be a distant second and linux support if it exists will be in name only. See silverlight, and no moonlight is not anything other than support in name only. Even if they could make more money by having wider support, when it comes to Microsoft all will be sacrificed at the alter of the desktop monopoly.
As in, "Pray they do not alter it any further?" :)
A few days ago, for the first time in my life ever, I heard an ad recruiting for the CIA on the radio. Yes, I am seriously thinking it might be time to get out, like early 1930's Germany...
Xbox points.
Dark matter is our competition's Dyson spheres. Or Matrioshka Brains. They're well underway; we'd better get started, soon!
Did the brain suddenly discover quantum mechanics when it reached a certain level of complexity? It seems improbable
Actually, evolution taking advantage of natural phenomena does not seem improbable. Rather, it seems inevitable.
Haha, yes, I had sex in a library more than the statute of limitations ago.
Exactly. "Digitize" was the tag I added (well, not capitalized; some systems are not robust).
Quick! Everyone get a student loan, and we'll avoid the S&L bailout of the 80s!
There was this sense of expectation that the big payoff was going to come after all his literary grunting and groaning, but it just sort of ended in a flappy fart.
When I read the book "The White Plague" by the same author, I got the same feeling.
(And, snarkiness aside, you are correct that there was some ambiguity in my original post, as I was referring to his side point. Then again, "Give me ambiguity, or give me something else.")
Aaaaaaand, we are all sinners. Nice circular definition, that.
While your AC response said "Duty first is a fascist principle", I feel the root idea has some merit. In just about anything, one receives benefits commensurate with one's participation. If I buy more shares, I get more money as dividend if that stock pays dividends. So I don't see why aligning the government with this model is such a bad thing. For years, I've felt that those who spend more towards the government (taxes, user fees, etc) should have more say in how their money is spent. In other words, "one dollar, one vote". But that dollar must be constantly spent to overcome others' votes, so a corporation couldn't just spend a bunch of money to vote in laws that favor it, because another will spend more money to change the laws (if, that is, the "more money" is less than the amount they'd gain by changing the laws).
I have the same opinion as you, but I haven't read Dune. I read his "The White Plague" many years ago, which was an awesome story, but a poorly-written novel. In describing it to friends, I used to say "Great story; three times too many words". Herbert must have been paid by the word, and perhaps on an exponentially-sliding scale...
I liked the Skyline version: sure, the Rapture has been predicted and will happen, but it is not at all anything religious; they want our brains.
Of course; of course.
Many more of us saw the recent XKCD as well. :)
Eagles and not vultures? Yeah, the religious types sure get science right...
The suicide pact is with the banks.
Come on, you wouldn't really want these people to be out of work and their children going hungry, would you?
Actually yes, yes I would like to see that happen. Perhaps their children could be groped by strangers as well.
Government was never about efficiency, always about control. Now get back to coding your efficiency in your noisy cubicle, while management plays golf in the nice sunny day.
The more I read about the brain the more I see a future where we're tailoring "specialized" people who might process specific types of information with vast superiority while debilitating themselves in other areas. I could see area's where say an engineer would have highly developed logical/mathmatical ability while maybe gimping himself in auditory processing or something. Which actually seems something like self induced autism.
Well, I use noise-cancelling headphones. So: am I "self-inducing autism" because I want to keep the inane chatter out, in order to focus and be productive? I guess so: I've been doing it for many years, and I have close to zero social life. But my Ferrari and houses are paid off. Autism FTW! (Well, it feels more like Asperger's...)
I think your signature has some issues with your post.
OT re sig: "Attribute your quotes!" -- Mark Twain
Yeah but Skype isn't "hard" to duplicate. Seems like (as always) Microsoft is wasting their money.
Yeah, except... Try running on a position of "reduce the Military Industrial Complex" and see how long you survive random accidents.