But sometimes that person is really tight with the CEO and it becomes very difficult to justify playing roullette with your own salary.
And I don't want to hear it about getting a better job where you don't have to deal with the politics...any sufficiently sized organization (say, more than three people) will develop office politics. It is human nature. I've worked in many organizations trying for years to find the mythical "no bullshit" company...the closest I ever got was when a business partner and I worked for ourselves as consultants...but even then, with just two people, bullshit happened.
...will be a worm that randomly generates GRids and sends them back to the RIAA. Thus killing two birds with one stone: screwing with all the M$ L0z3rz, and DDoSing the RIAA.
An honest typo? Oh, that makes sense. Someone must have just fat-fingered it...what with the "3" and the "0" being so close together on the keyboard...
Note: I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be a typo. I'm saying Microsoft has purposely modified their code to cause similar results in the past (DR-DOS, "Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run...", etc.) and I think it's fair to say the "benefit of doubt" is well worn out.
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You know, all jokes aside, I find this quite telling. On a site where (I presume) most readers/posters consider themselves free-thinkers, there still tends to be "group think" and the ideal of individualism gets swallowed up by our need to belong to a group. I think it says a lot about the human condition.
...Excuse me while I wipe away the water that just exploded from my mouth onto my monitor when I read that comment...
Very few of today's American and International Corporations are capitalist. They are all for government handouts (socialism) so long as they are handing out to them. They are not for free markets (capitalism) as they require true competition, an inherent lack of control, and an inability for wealth (and power) to amass to a miniscule subset of the global population.
They are oppressive, yes. They are not socialist. Neither are they capitalist. What they are (aside from horrible) is beyond me...
That being said...I am a lefty...but what that has to do with it I don't know. If I wrote with my right hand, I'd feel the same.
So what do you call a Nelson-like bunch of thugs that enslave artists with work for hire contracts, criminalize their customers, and invoke the fury of the government on those who would "interfere with private enterprise"?
Maybe if they stopped hyping pretty-looking but talentless actors and concentrated on people who could actually perform music in some way, we might actually be interested in buying it.
Well, I'm not sure what their acting talent has to do with it...but I get what you're saying. They are not much in the way of musicians.
But you're right. I don't get why the music industry is so interested in promoting "hot chicks" whose music sucks over ANYBODY whose music DOESN'T. I mean, aren't they the *music* industry? You'd think they were a soft-porn industry...after all, I'd much rather f%&k Britney than listen to her.
I think the real reason they've agreed to agree and stop pursuing new laws is because they figured out the harder they push for new legislation to protect themselves, the harder others (eg. Rick Boucher) will push for additional laws to protect consumers' fair use.
If they stop the push to legislate for business, the push to legislate for consumers lessens and they can do whatever they want since there are no laws against it.
You know...I find it interesting when retailers are talking about a newer technology (that is better than barcoding) for tracking movement of inventory that your link to the mark of the beast should be made.
Probably more info than most people will ever care about.
In normal circles, that's an innocuous statement. But, when said on slashdot, it's like slapping us in the face with your glove...or triple-dog-daring us to read the whole thing.
Of course, the majority of us still won't read the article.
As a software developer, the last thing I want is some entity telling me what my default format should be.
Ugh...How many times must I say this: then don't break the law. When you do, the government gets to tell you a lot of what you can and can't do anymore.
Microsoft did break the law. They were found guilty. Even though the current administration rolled over and played dead on the issue, they certainly have the right to force default formats on Microsoft if it were to be found as a fitting remedy to anti-trust violations (you know THOSE LAWS THEY BROKE).
I would hate to have the government telling me what the default values for things should be.
Yeah, well you're not a monopoly convicted of anti-trust violations are you?
Microsoft is a criminal organization. It's proven in court. Why shouldn't the government be allowed to tell them what to do? IMO, Microsoft lost the right to bitch about the government "regulating" them when they knowingly and willfully broke the law.
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Quoth the parent poster:
A lot of the suspense that goes with riding a ride is waiting in the line...
1. Call you cell phone provider.
2. Bitch and moan - get a new phone number.
3. Repeat as necessary.
If the telco keeps having to deal with this hassle, they'll be more likely to put pressure on Yahoo! or find a more permanent solution than to keep giving their customers new numbers.
Yes, it's a hassle to you to change your number; but if it's too much hassle, suck it up and Enjoy! Your! Yahoo! Alerts!
I remember playing Dungeon (the one written by those kids at MIT before they made it Zork) and some war simulation strategy game (can't remember the name) on a PDP-8 (I think it was...mighta been a 10). Those were fun.
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But sometimes that person is really tight with the CEO and it becomes very difficult to justify playing roullette with your own salary.
And I don't want to hear it about getting a better job where you don't have to deal with the politics...any sufficiently sized organization (say, more than three people) will develop office politics. It is human nature. I've worked in many organizations trying for years to find the mythical "no bullshit" company...the closest I ever got was when a business partner and I worked for ourselves as consultants...but even then, with just two people, bullshit happened.
Wait...maybe it's me!
...will be a worm that randomly generates GRids and sends them back to the RIAA. Thus killing two birds with one stone: screwing with all the M$ L0z3rz, and DDoSing the RIAA.
An honest typo? Oh, that makes sense. Someone must have just fat-fingered it...what with the "3" and the "0" being so close together on the keyboard...
Note: I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be a typo. I'm saying Microsoft has purposely modified their code to cause similar results in the past (DR-DOS, "Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run...", etc.) and I think it's fair to say the "benefit of doubt" is well worn out.
or government...
Oh, yeah (almost forgot)...Micro$haft SUCKS!
Yes, and his real name is Beelzebub.
That's odd... I thought America was discovered by the people who lived there.
Very few of today's American and International Corporations are capitalist. They are all for government handouts (socialism) so long as they are handing out to them. They are not for free markets (capitalism) as they require true competition, an inherent lack of control, and an inability for wealth (and power) to amass to a miniscule subset of the global population.
They are oppressive, yes. They are not socialist. Neither are they capitalist. What they are (aside from horrible) is beyond me...
That being said...I am a lefty...but what that has to do with it I don't know. If I wrote with my right hand, I'd feel the same.
The best way to play minesweeper is to set the grid size to its max and the number of mines to its min.
This way, you have a big space with like only ten mines. A lot of times, you can clear the board with one click.
YES! New Record! One Second! Woohoo!
But you're right. I don't get why the music industry is so interested in promoting "hot chicks" whose music sucks over ANYBODY whose music DOESN'T. I mean, aren't they the *music* industry? You'd think they were a soft-porn industry...after all, I'd much rather f%&k Britney than listen to her.
Economy slumps
Music sucks
Downturn...must be piracy.
I think the real reason they've agreed to agree and stop pursuing new laws is because they figured out the harder they push for new legislation to protect themselves, the harder others (eg. Rick Boucher) will push for additional laws to protect consumers' fair use.
If they stop the push to legislate for business, the push to legislate for consumers lessens and they can do whatever they want since there are no laws against it.
By definition, aren't all stories on /. repeats?
You know...I find it interesting when retailers are talking about a newer technology (that is better than barcoding) for tracking movement of inventory that your link to the mark of the beast should be made.
Principally because the exact same thing was (and is still) said about barcodes.
I prefer bubble-wrap.
What was it you were saying?
Of course, the majority of us still won't read the article.
Well, why not hook up with the Cube developers?
Microsoft did break the law. They were found guilty. Even though the current administration rolled over and played dead on the issue, they certainly have the right to force default formats on Microsoft if it were to be found as a fitting remedy to anti-trust violations (you know THOSE LAWS THEY BROKE).
Microsoft is a criminal organization. It's proven in court. Why shouldn't the government be allowed to tell them what to do? IMO, Microsoft lost the right to bitch about the government "regulating" them when they knowingly and willfully broke the law.
1. Call you cell phone provider.
2. Bitch and moan - get a new phone number.
3. Repeat as necessary.
If the telco keeps having to deal with this hassle, they'll be more likely to put pressure on Yahoo! or find a more permanent solution than to keep giving their customers new numbers.
Yes, it's a hassle to you to change your number; but if it's too much hassle, suck it up and Enjoy! Your! Yahoo! Alerts!
I remember playing Dungeon (the one written by those kids at MIT before they made it Zork) and some war simulation strategy game (can't remember the name) on a PDP-8 (I think it was...mighta been a 10). Those were fun.