"how would you feel if a program was made that automatically created perfect code by letting your manager put in all his wishes"
That would be fantastic! It would prove that mutually exclusive wishes can be programmed in. "I want it red" followed by "I don't like red" followed by "I wanted it red", followed by "I told you not red".
Now if a program could code that, I would pay top dollar for it. Seriously.
"No, I don't. Turkey, Iran*, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) are some countries that do not experience this "surge in violence" that you keep referring to."
Actually, since you mentioned it, Turkey has had a great deal of Muslim violence over the years, just ask the Armenians and the Kurds. But since both have been almost disappeared, there isn't much violence anymore. Kuwait and UAE are small almost quaint countries, and I would agree that they are exceptions to the rule, but you'll see why later on in this reply. Honestly I don't know much about Kazakhstan.
Now Iran is interesting story, because we had the very long, and recent war with Iraq. Not to mention the violent overthrow of the previous (albeit tainted) administration. I actually fear for the entire middle east should Iran get nukes. Their involvement in the sectarian violence in Iraq is also quite suspected.
Okay, so of the several you mention, only two small emirates are relatively violence free, and mainly because they are small enough that they really don't matter much. Saudi Arabia is also relatively peaceful, as is many other Muslim countries.
I dare say that this is because most of these are homogenized Muslim countries, being largely of one sect or another. You are free to worship Allah, just as long as it is in the prescribed way according to that country's position. Anything less is not tolerated, and is purged, often violently.
"You chastise the parent for not providing facts about Islam, yet, you come across as someone who only discovered Islam after 9/11 by providing ZERO facts of your own. You may have a pHd in Islamic studies, but, based on this post, you make no mention as to where you are getting your information from."
I think I mentioned the Channel Four secret video of Muslim Clerics preaching their hatred. There are plenty of information available. The most chilling is what Islam teaches its children and promotes on National TV programs...
The reference about Pepsi is quite telling about the Muslims of the world.
"Basmallah: The Pepsi company."
For those who may not understand the referrence the little girl made to "PEPSI", there is a lie circulating among Muslims worldwide, that the company is owned by the "Jews" and that the popular drinks name is an anagram, meaning;
"Pay Every Penny Save Israel"
This is being PROMOTED on NATIONAL TV (Iqra TV) by the MODERATE Islamic state of Saudi Arabia. Little three year old girl saying she would kill a Jew. Nice.
Now tell me, where exactly does Mainstream Islam stand on such issues? All I hear is deafening silence. I understand why, death threats usually silence all but the truly heroic people.
Please define Mainstream Islam. Is it Sunni or Shiite?
You know, that both consider each other heretics, and worthy of death, which is what the whole civil war in Iraq is about, right???
You know that every place that has a significant muslim population has a surge in violence, right?
You know that they blame Israel and the USA for all their problems, even when Israel and USA have nothing to do with the conflicts they have in certain regions (eg Cashmere, Indonesia etc)
While I agree that not ALL muslims are hateful people, and violent, a significant portion of them are. And even more importantly, the violent hate filled portion have the loudest voice. In fact, most people would appreciate more and louder voice from the peaceful, non-hating muslims. But like the rest of the world, the peaceful muslims buy into at least PART of the ideology of hatred and violence that is propagated by that significant portion that they tacitly support them.
All you need to do is see the video of Channel 4 of the Imams hate speech from the Mosque to realize that Islam is under the control of a radical and significant portion of Muslims.
So, by definition, I would almost agree that "mainstream" Islam DOES incourage violence (not just against not muslims, be even against other muslims, which aren't muslim enough). The evidence of world wide violence by a significant portion of muslims is all one needs to conclude this.
--- By significant portion, I do not necessarily mean a majority, or even plurality, just enough to be viewed as something other than an oddity. It is at this point that many ignorants try to portray Tim McVey or other "Christian" extremist as some sort of norm in Chritianity, which is clearly not the case.
So, you can try to portray me as some sort of "sad fucker" all you want. The problem is, you are either ignorant or stupid to suggest that "mainstream" Islam is anything, without actually backing it up with facts.
Lastly, what does Bush's approval rating have to do with what Islam and Muslims teach? Or you just used to non-sequitors to try and win points. Yes Bush is an idiot, but so is everyone else in Washington. I think it is a qualification for the job of politician.
Exactly, a bit compare of two installs on the same machine should result in a Registry Hack to enable the OS. However, with WGA such an exploit would quickly be discovered and the offending OS disabled by Microsoft Remotely.
Shut Up Dude. I'm sure there is at least one of their staffers reading slashdot right now, and you are giving them more ideas. SHUT UP. They don't need any more wacky ideas.
I mean they are out to ban spanking for crying out loud. These are the same people who cry "stay out of my bedroom" or "my body" or whatever at the drop of the hat, but when it comes to everyone else... why the sky's the limit!
The problem here is that there has been a huge divide between "legal" and "moral" responsibility, because we cannot legislate "morality" because of the left wingers view of what right wingers want in regards to "morality". This is the unintended consequence of this liberal mindset.
For those on the left and right, it is a moral dilemma of huge proportions. The left doesn't want to legislate morality because they want free sex, porn on every corner, and unfettered access to abortion. The right doesn't want morals to interfere with their pocketbooks.
Both sides have it wrong. Morality is doing what is RIGHT, in spite of what is "legal", or "illegal". The problem we have in most western societies, is we have laws in place that make what is MORAL, actually illegal. So when people stop acting morally, we ought to understand WHY it is that way.
Nobody wants anyone else's morality thrusted upon them, but also, they want their morality thrusted upon everyone else.
I'm fully aware that Term Services doesn't have this feature. To do Term Services right, one HAS to use Citrix. I know this.
However, some marketing drone got a hold of the boss, and sold them a bill of goods, now I have to support the crap that was sold, and no more funding is coming to fix the problem I didn't create. I would scrap the Term Services tomorrow if I was allowed to, but the boss still believes that they are worth "saving" after two years of progressive problems and software incompatibilities and failures.
Sometimes, just sometimes, the problems aren't the Network guy's fault. They aren't going to spend 50K on Citrix anytime soon, and they don't want to scrap the investment in Term Servers, and they expect it to do everything the marketing drone said it would even though it can't. Oh well.
Powerpoint has the unique ability to swallow all available computing power from just one person doing a Powerpoint "presentation". I know, because I see it daily.
Most of the time, word processing (Word), Spreadsheets (Excel), and even Internet (IE) and Database (Access) usage is such that a single box, properly configured, can support hundreds of concurrent users. Adding ONE presentation (powerpoint) the mix breaks that model every time.
And Powerpoint is such a big deal these days that everyone who doesn't actually need it, uses it for everything. Even Web people are using Powerpoint, converting them into Flash.
All it takes to bring a system down, is one person doing something the system was never desinged to do.
Why should I consider Vista over WinXP, other than marketing drone speak. I have yet to see a COMPELLING reason to upgrade. Not even one. I have seen all sorts of compelling reasons NOT to.
Mind you, most of the press is hyping Vista as the latest greatest, and it might be. Mind you, the best of the features that Vista provides is the backup and enhanced restore points features, but what does that say about the OS in general, where such things are actually designed into it?
I bet secretly, Apple is looking forward to this. Why you say??? Easy. Apple doesn't want DRM, never did. Remember RIP, Burn, Play???? DRM was forced upon Apple (and all the other music stores btw) and Apple created their own, which has ways around it (if you are willing to work).
The solution Apple will offer is this.... MP3s only on iTMS Norway. No DRM what-so-ever.
There is no Licence Free DRM, and if I were Apple, I would complain about having to license Plays For Sure from Microsoft, my main competitor. In fact, I would insist that ALL music stores sell MP3s since that is the ONLY universal music format (sorry Og fans).
The *IAA crowd will then have to defend DRM, which is proprietary by its nature (someone has to pay a licence to someone else).
Why? To enjoy the theater experience. You know, flying popcorn, being kicked by the idiot behind you, cell phones ringing, babies crying, people talking endlessly.
I'm more interested in the next WinXP SP, as there are currently some 80 patches needed after a clean install of XP SP2. Yeah, I know all about all the goodies that help streamline installing them, but they are only patches to something Microsoft ought to be doing.
I often wonder if people consider that there is anything worth killing for, or dying for.
I know many of the left wing elites don't really believe so, and because of that, they are some of the scariest people in the world, because they wouldn't stop an invasion because they don't value what they have above "life".
On the other hand, there are tyrants of the world, who only value power/wealth and are willing to kill people who are in the way to acquiring and accumulating it.
In the middle of these two extremes is 99% of the people, who just want to be left alone to live life quietly and in peace. They don't line up on the streets with signs saying "no war" and "peace at all costs", neither do they resist the powerful, as long as that power is kept in check.
I'll kill and be willing to die for a cause greater than myself. But I'm not in it for myself at that point, I'm in it for posterity of my children and grandchildren.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the Blood of Patriots and tyrants it is it's natural manure" Thomas Jefferson
Most are actually quite intellegent, until it comes to... common sense. They seem to have lost that gene somewhere along the line. Things that seem so obvious elude them, while they can grasp even the most esoteric concepts.
And by "work very hard" I assume you mean "looking busy all the time". I do agree that they tend to put a great deal of effort into climbing social ladders, and usually at the expense of family and friends (personal friendships having nothing to do with work). I have yet to find one person, who, while lying on his death bed said, "I wish I spent more time at the office".
"You have to remember that they are supposed to maximize profits for the company."
Plenty of people have sold their souls to make an extra buck, and some have bankrupted their company in the process of ripping ever last shred of profit from this quarter at the expense of future earnings. Looks good on paper, that's for sure.
"most are smart, hardworking, supremely aware of how the business works and increasingly savvy regarding the workings of external customers' minds"
Which is exactly opposite of what is required by CEOs, who almost by definition should be stupid, lazy, unaware of anything let alone the business they are in, and have complete disregard for customers.
Slashdot Mirror
"how would you feel if a program was made that automatically created perfect code by letting your manager put in all his wishes"
That would be fantastic! It would prove that mutually exclusive wishes can be programmed in. "I want it red" followed by "I don't like red" followed by "I wanted it red", followed by "I told you not red".
Now if a program could code that, I would pay top dollar for it. Seriously.
"No, I don't. Turkey, Iran*, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and the UAE (United Arab Emirates) are some countries that do not experience this "surge in violence" that you keep referring to."
...
Actually, since you mentioned it, Turkey has had a great deal of Muslim violence over the years, just ask the Armenians and the Kurds. But since both have been almost disappeared, there isn't much violence anymore. Kuwait and UAE are small almost quaint countries, and I would agree that they are exceptions to the rule, but you'll see why later on in this reply. Honestly I don't know much about Kazakhstan.
Now Iran is interesting story, because we had the very long, and recent war with Iraq. Not to mention the violent overthrow of the previous (albeit tainted) administration. I actually fear for the entire middle east should Iran get nukes. Their involvement in the sectarian violence in Iraq is also quite suspected.
Okay, so of the several you mention, only two small emirates are relatively violence free, and mainly because they are small enough that they really don't matter much. Saudi Arabia is also relatively peaceful, as is many other Muslim countries.
I dare say that this is because most of these are homogenized Muslim countries, being largely of one sect or another. You are free to worship Allah, just as long as it is in the prescribed way according to that country's position. Anything less is not tolerated, and is purged, often violently.
"You chastise the parent for not providing facts about Islam, yet, you come across as someone who only discovered Islam after 9/11 by providing ZERO facts of your own. You may have a pHd in Islamic studies, but, based on this post, you make no mention as to where you are getting your information from."
I think I mentioned the Channel Four secret video of Muslim Clerics preaching their hatred. There are plenty of information available. The most chilling is what Islam teaches its children and promotes on National TV programs
http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=924
The reference about Pepsi is quite telling about the Muslims of the world.
"Basmallah: The Pepsi company."
For those who may not understand the referrence the little girl made to "PEPSI", there is a lie circulating among Muslims worldwide, that the company is owned by the "Jews" and that the popular drinks name is an anagram, meaning;
"Pay Every Penny Save Israel"
This is being PROMOTED on NATIONAL TV (Iqra TV) by the MODERATE Islamic state of Saudi Arabia. Little three year old girl saying she would kill a Jew. Nice.
Now tell me, where exactly does Mainstream Islam stand on such issues? All I hear is deafening silence. I understand why, death threats usually silence all but the truly heroic people.
Please define Mainstream Islam. Is it Sunni or Shiite?
You know, that both consider each other heretics, and worthy of death, which is what the whole civil war in Iraq is about, right???
You know that every place that has a significant muslim population has a surge in violence, right?
You know that they blame Israel and the USA for all their problems, even when Israel and USA have nothing to do with the conflicts they have in certain regions (eg Cashmere, Indonesia etc)
While I agree that not ALL muslims are hateful people, and violent, a significant portion of them are. And even more importantly, the violent hate filled portion have the loudest voice. In fact, most people would appreciate more and louder voice from the peaceful, non-hating muslims. But like the rest of the world, the peaceful muslims buy into at least PART of the ideology of hatred and violence that is propagated by that significant portion that they tacitly support them.
All you need to do is see the video of Channel 4 of the Imams hate speech from the Mosque to realize that Islam is under the control of a radical and significant portion of Muslims.
So, by definition, I would almost agree that "mainstream" Islam DOES incourage violence (not just against not muslims, be even against other muslims, which aren't muslim enough). The evidence of world wide violence by a significant portion of muslims is all one needs to conclude this.
--- By significant portion, I do not necessarily mean a majority, or even plurality, just enough to be viewed as something other than an oddity. It is at this point that many ignorants try to portray Tim McVey or other "Christian" extremist as some sort of norm in Chritianity, which is clearly not the case.
So, you can try to portray me as some sort of "sad fucker" all you want. The problem is, you are either ignorant or stupid to suggest that "mainstream" Islam is anything, without actually backing it up with facts.
Lastly, what does Bush's approval rating have to do with what Islam and Muslims teach? Or you just used to non-sequitors to try and win points. Yes Bush is an idiot, but so is everyone else in Washington. I think it is a qualification for the job of politician.
"Actually, I tend to feel like I'm being treated like a criminal unless I've been robbed."
.... criminals, who are treated like victims.
Never been robbed, have you. The only people not treated like criminals are
"Windows, open iPod Bay City Rollers"
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
Exactly, a bit compare of two installs on the same machine should result in a Registry Hack to enable the OS. However, with WGA such an exploit would quickly be discovered and the offending OS disabled by Microsoft Remotely.
I Think what you mean is that the troglodyte Assembly and Senate critters ought to go screw themselves.
Troll, Coward, Leach, Freak, Zombie.
Shut Up Dude. I'm sure there is at least one of their staffers reading slashdot right now, and you are giving them more ideas. SHUT UP. They don't need any more wacky ideas.
... why the sky's the limit!
I mean they are out to ban spanking for crying out loud. These are the same people who cry "stay out of my bedroom" or "my body" or whatever at the drop of the hat, but when it comes to everyone else
The problem here is that there has been a huge divide between "legal" and "moral" responsibility, because we cannot legislate "morality" because of the left wingers view of what right wingers want in regards to "morality". This is the unintended consequence of this liberal mindset.
For those on the left and right, it is a moral dilemma of huge proportions. The left doesn't want to legislate morality because they want free sex, porn on every corner, and unfettered access to abortion. The right doesn't want morals to interfere with their pocketbooks.
Both sides have it wrong. Morality is doing what is RIGHT, in spite of what is "legal", or "illegal". The problem we have in most western societies, is we have laws in place that make what is MORAL, actually illegal. So when people stop acting morally, we ought to understand WHY it is that way.
Nobody wants anyone else's morality thrusted upon them, but also, they want their morality thrusted upon everyone else.
Now you know why.
I'm fully aware that Term Services doesn't have this feature. To do Term Services right, one HAS to use Citrix. I know this.
However, some marketing drone got a hold of the boss, and sold them a bill of goods, now I have to support the crap that was sold, and no more funding is coming to fix the problem I didn't create. I would scrap the Term Services tomorrow if I was allowed to, but the boss still believes that they are worth "saving" after two years of progressive problems and software incompatibilities and failures.
Sometimes, just sometimes, the problems aren't the Network guy's fault. They aren't going to spend 50K on Citrix anytime soon, and they don't want to scrap the investment in Term Servers, and they expect it to do everything the marketing drone said it would even though it can't. Oh well.
One Word: Powerpoint.
Powerpoint has the unique ability to swallow all available computing power from just one person doing a Powerpoint "presentation". I know, because I see it daily.
Most of the time, word processing (Word), Spreadsheets (Excel), and even Internet (IE) and Database (Access) usage is such that a single box, properly configured, can support hundreds of concurrent users. Adding ONE presentation (powerpoint) the mix breaks that model every time.
And Powerpoint is such a big deal these days that everyone who doesn't actually need it, uses it for everything. Even Web people are using Powerpoint, converting them into Flash.
All it takes to bring a system down, is one person doing something the system was never desinged to do.
I have a simple question ... "WHY?"
Why should I consider Vista over WinXP, other than marketing drone speak. I have yet to see a COMPELLING reason to upgrade. Not even one. I have seen all sorts of compelling reasons NOT to.
Mind you, most of the press is hyping Vista as the latest greatest, and it might be. Mind you, the best of the features that Vista provides is the backup and enhanced restore points features, but what does that say about the OS in general, where such things are actually designed into it?
You problem is that you stop at the fourth element, when we all know it takes 5.
Fifth Element, "Chicken Good!"
I bet secretly, Apple is looking forward to this. Why you say??? Easy. Apple doesn't want DRM, never did. Remember RIP, Burn, Play???? DRM was forced upon Apple (and all the other music stores btw) and Apple created their own, which has ways around it (if you are willing to work).
.... MP3s only on iTMS Norway. No DRM what-so-ever.
The solution Apple will offer is this
There is no Licence Free DRM, and if I were Apple, I would complain about having to license Plays For Sure from Microsoft, my main competitor. In fact, I would insist that ALL music stores sell MP3s since that is the ONLY universal music format (sorry Og fans).
The *IAA crowd will then have to defend DRM, which is proprietary by its nature (someone has to pay a licence to someone else).
As opposed to the other kind of dupe, which is what??? From Tomorrow?
"Why ever would I goto the cinema"
Why? To enjoy the theater experience. You know, flying popcorn, being kicked by the idiot behind you, cell phones ringing, babies crying, people talking endlessly.
Thats why!
I'm more interested in the next WinXP SP, as there are currently some 80 patches needed after a clean install of XP SP2. Yeah, I know all about all the goodies that help streamline installing them, but they are only patches to something Microsoft ought to be doing.
Don't forget about the Guacamole !
... "I'll put Strychnine in the guacamole"
Mumbling to self
Source Trust Detection (STD)
...
There, fixed your spelling
I know of a way, but it is distasteful to too many people.
Death
I often wonder if people consider that there is anything worth killing for, or dying for.
I know many of the left wing elites don't really believe so, and because of that, they are some of the scariest people in the world, because they wouldn't stop an invasion because they don't value what they have above "life".
On the other hand, there are tyrants of the world, who only value power/wealth and are willing to kill people who are in the way to acquiring and accumulating it.
In the middle of these two extremes is 99% of the people, who just want to be left alone to live life quietly and in peace. They don't line up on the streets with signs saying "no war" and "peace at all costs", neither do they resist the powerful, as long as that power is kept in check.
I'll kill and be willing to die for a cause greater than myself. But I'm not in it for myself at that point, I'm in it for posterity of my children and grandchildren.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed
from time to time with the Blood of Patriots
and tyrants it is it's natural manure"
Thomas Jefferson
Actually, I do.
... common sense. They seem to have lost that gene somewhere along the line. Things that seem so obvious elude them, while they can grasp even the most esoteric concepts.
Most are actually quite intellegent, until it comes to
And by "work very hard" I assume you mean "looking busy all the time". I do agree that they tend to put a great deal of effort into climbing social ladders, and usually at the expense of family and friends (personal friendships having nothing to do with work). I have yet to find one person, who, while lying on his death bed said, "I wish I spent more time at the office".
"You have to remember that they are supposed to maximize profits for the company."
Plenty of people have sold their souls to make an extra buck, and some have bankrupted their company in the process of ripping ever last shred of profit from this quarter at the expense of future earnings. Looks good on paper, that's for sure.
Your SO is a "her" with a "fat pipe"? EWWWWWWW
"most are smart, hardworking, supremely aware of how the business works and increasingly savvy regarding the workings of external customers' minds"
.... PHB.
Which is exactly opposite of what is required by CEOs, who almost by definition should be stupid, lazy, unaware of anything let alone the business they are in, and have complete disregard for customers.
There is a reason we call them