Hmmm, but we still make most of the CPU's and Operating Systems the world uses. Hell, even all the programming languages are English based. You guys overseas don't know about the "Secret" virus program we have to disable all systems in the world running outside of the US in the event of doomsday. Besides, we have our music, movies, and clothes in EVERY corner of the world. Culture is one way to conquer the world. Note this message is all in jest and not flamebait.:)
We could also eat fish from our lakes and streams again. Since the methyl mercury being dumped into the atmosphere from the coal plants and other industry has raised the mercury levels in all fresh water fish to high levels.
In the US. But in Europe and Japan they use Nuclear power extensively. Even though they have much more to lose in the event of a disaster due to the population density. I'm I the only one that wonders about this?
You are forgetting one important point. India would already be full of experienced senior programmers and architects, if they stayed in India. A large Majority of them come to the US after a few years and get their Green Card. Many stay and become US Citizens. The company I work for was founded by 3 Indians, 2 in the US. One of the owners, my boss, agrees with me that its almost impossible to do any work from India where client interaction is required. Which to design software, client interaction and onsite work is very much required. Hence our Indian office only does website work, while we do all the consulting and custom software for clients in the US.
The previous company I worked for had a software development staff of more than 100, half of which are Indian. Most of them are still here. The ones that returned to India, still work for that company, in the Indian office, making a salary much higher than most Indians. Until salaries go up in India, the most experienced will always come to the US where they can make more money.
One additional point, if your on the Internet, you are open to all sorts of viruses. If your virus scanner is catching a virus, it doesn't mean its coming through the browser. It can be coming in on ANY TCP/IP port depending on what exploit the virus is targeting. But its pretty well established that for browser SPECIFIC viruses that target the browser, IE is much more dangerous than IE. And I'm not saying FireFox is better. Its just a function of the fact that: 1. IE has been around much longer 2. IE has a much wider user base
Criminals and losers are lazy. They are going to target the product where they can mess up the most users. Hence my original post, that IE will be more dangerous to use until FireFox gets a much wider user base.
I miss the old days when I could just do text searches with Archie, Veronica, and Gopher, and telnet to a BBS:)
I didn't say safe, I said "safer". Besides, if you look at the viruses, many are TARGETED specifically against IE and OUTLOOK. I don't use outlook. I've been emailed several of the "worms" from my friends by accidents. They don't even work if you don't use Outlook, because they use Outlook API's to get emails from the Outlook address book. Same with IE. Several of the IE exploits are specific to the way IE handles ActiveX pages and URL processing.
There are a lot more security problems with IE than FireFox. IE has been out much longer and has a much more widely installed base. These guys have been writing stuff to exploit IE for years. FireFox will have its problems and exploits against FireFox will increase, as the Spyware/Script Kiddies start targeting it. But at this moment in the timeline, my friend, it pretty obvious that IE is much more dangerous to run in FireFox.
Most spammers and spyware will go after the easy targets. PC's running IE as a browser, which is what most people, especially non-technical people will be using. So this is just another reason to use FireFox. FireFox will be safer until it becomes much more well used. Note that using Outlook is also dangerous.
Prison isn't already bad enough? Besides, China is executing people for non-violent crimes. Like fraud and accepting bribes. Thats a little harse, don't you think?
That doesn't change the fact China's government is a human rights violator. Besides, I would wager that many murders in China are not even reported, especially out in the villages and provinces. Besides, a lot of people are being executed for non-violent crimes.
By the way, I checked, the murder rate per-capa is higher in the US, but the Chinese government likely "fudged" their figures to look better. Meanwhile, chinese newspapers and websites continue to "distort" the news to make the US look much worse than what it is. This was the same thing Soviet Russia used to do.
Hey Doctor, I had chemical sensitivies too. Most of the doctors put me on anti-histamines and other crap which didn't help for long. My problem turned out to be caused by a chronic infection and food allergies that had my immune system all torqued up. Once I started avoiding certain foods and treated the infection, the allergies disappeared.
Why is it so many doctors refuse to believe you can become allergic to man-made chemicals? Commpassion and understanding is one the elements of being a doctor, is it not? Do they not teach this in medical school?
Its the Eureka Boss SmartVac 4870D. It was the quietest one they tested. And it cleans better than the almost 300 buck vaccum I had before. the last vaccum was a jet engine. This vaccum is much quieter. I'm very pleased. You can buy it online for around $150 at several websites.
withing was supposed to be without, in case anyone missed it. Even the Emperor of the Known universe makes typos. Its those Bene Gesserit witches and that damn "voice". I heard "You will make a typo" and I couldn't stop my hands from mis-typing without.
Yeap, it takes several Open sources apps to find the same problems you can find in every "SINGLE" release of Windows since 3.0 and most other microsoft products.
And you have to pay for Windows and those products withing being able to see the source or modify it so you can't fix the problem or help others fix it...
Besides, I don't think GNOME or KDE with a linux kernal take NEAR as much disk space as Windows. The Windows version I'm running takes almost 2 GIGS of disk space IN THE WINDOWS DIRECTORY alone!! I had a Linux box with both KDE and Gnome installed and other software and games. The entire file system on that box was only about 2 gigs used!!
I just checked, my MS Office installation takes a heafty 410 megs.
Maybe the hard drive manufacturers are giving kick-backs to Microsoft.:)
True, True. Fair enough, its Eisner's word against Michael Moores Agent. http://feed.proteinos.com/001952.html
But CEO's are the most realible sources.
Yeap, maybe Moore did take advantage of the publicity. But Disney not showing the film is odd, especially since they have a lot of bombs under Eisner.
By the way, I'm not Democrat or Republican. I think most politicians do not have our best interest in mind. But right now the "Right" armpit stinks a little more than the "Left" if you know what I mean.:>
Fair enough, its Eisner's word against Michael Moores Agent. http://feed.proteinos.com/001952.html
But CEO's are the most realible sources. Anyway, Disney refusing to distribute the movie is kind of odd, don't you think? Especially since most of their movies have been bombs lately. But in any case, it was said in a private conversation between Eisner and Ari Emanuel so we will probably never know the truth.
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Hmmm, but we still make most of the CPU's and Operating Systems the world uses. Hell, even all the programming languages are English based. You guys overseas don't know about the "Secret" virus program we have to disable all systems in the world running outside of the US in the event of doomsday. Besides, we have our music, movies, and clothes in EVERY corner of the world. Culture is one way to conquer the world. Note this message is all in jest and not flamebait. :)
We could also eat fish from our lakes and streams again. Since the methyl mercury being dumped into the atmosphere from the coal plants and other industry has raised the mercury levels in all fresh water fish to high levels.
In the US. But in Europe and Japan they use Nuclear power extensively. Even though they have much more to lose in the event of a disaster due to the population density. I'm I the only one that wonders about this?
You are forgetting one important point. India would already be full of experienced senior programmers and architects, if they stayed in India. A large Majority of them come to the US after a few years and get their Green Card. Many stay and become US Citizens. The company I work for was founded by 3 Indians, 2 in the US. One of the owners, my boss, agrees with me that its almost impossible to do any work from India where client interaction is required. Which to design software, client interaction and onsite work is very much required. Hence our Indian office only does website work, while we do all the consulting and custom software for clients in the US.
The previous company I worked for had a software development staff of more than 100, half of which are Indian. Most of them are still here. The ones that returned to India, still work for that company, in the Indian office, making a salary much higher than most Indians. Until salaries go up in India, the most experienced will always come to the US where they can make more money.
Is he made of wood, and does he weigh more than a Duck? We have to make sure its a fair court. :)
One additional point, if your on the Internet, you are open to all sorts of viruses. If your virus scanner is catching a virus, it doesn't mean its coming through the browser. It can be coming in on ANY TCP/IP port depending on what exploit the virus is targeting. But its pretty well established that for browser SPECIFIC viruses that target the browser, IE is much more dangerous than IE. And I'm not saying FireFox is better. Its just a function of the fact that:
:)
1. IE has been around much longer
2. IE has a much wider user base
Criminals and losers are lazy. They are going to target the product where they can mess up the most users. Hence my original post, that IE will be more dangerous to use until FireFox gets a much wider user base.
I miss the old days when I could just do text searches with Archie, Veronica, and Gopher, and telnet to a BBS
I didn't say safe, I said "safer". Besides, if you look at the viruses, many are TARGETED specifically against IE and OUTLOOK. I don't use outlook. I've been emailed several of the "worms" from my friends by accidents. They don't even work if you don't use Outlook, because they use Outlook API's to get emails from the Outlook address book. Same with IE. Several of the IE exploits are specific to the way IE handles ActiveX pages and URL processing.
Are you guys posting from Redmond?
There are a lot more security problems with IE than FireFox. IE has been out much longer and has a much more widely installed base. These guys have been writing stuff to exploit IE for years. FireFox will have its problems and exploits against FireFox will increase, as the Spyware/Script Kiddies start targeting it. But at this moment in the timeline, my friend, it pretty obvious that IE is much more dangerous to run in FireFox.
Most spammers and spyware will go after the easy targets. PC's running IE as a browser, which is what most people, especially non-technical people will be using. So this is just another reason to use FireFox. FireFox will be safer until it becomes much more well used. Note that using Outlook is also dangerous.
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Phase 1 - Collect Underware
Phase 2 - ?
Phase 3 - Profit
Microsoft
Phase 1 - Alienate Customers and treat them like Crap
Phase 2 - ?
Phase 3 - Profit
Makes sense to me...
Can they see Klingons orbiting Uranus?
:)
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Yeah, and you get the IE and Windows patches that DON"T work automatically as well...
:)
I'm sure they will add an automatic update feature at some point, if you need it. It took Microsoft about 5 or 6 versions of Windows to get one.
So I guess with your logic, that makes anyone that gives something away for free a communist?
Prison isn't already bad enough? Besides, China is executing people for non-violent crimes. Like fraud and accepting bribes. Thats a little harse, don't you think?
That doesn't change the fact China's government is a human rights violator. Besides, I would wager that many murders in China are not even reported, especially out in the villages and provinces. Besides, a lot of people are being executed for non-violent crimes.
By the way, I checked, the murder rate per-capa is higher in the US, but the Chinese government likely "fudged" their figures to look better. Meanwhile, chinese newspapers and websites continue to "distort" the news to make the US look much worse than what it is. This was the same thing Soviet Russia used to do.
Executions:
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China 5,000 - 10,000 a year, estimated,
US 928 since 1976.
Economic progress and population growth are not the only factors in a society.
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/14/news/internatio
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?sci
Execution for embezzling, a little harse, isn't it?
http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/14/news/internatio
Hey Doctor,
I had chemical sensitivies too. Most of the doctors put me on anti-histamines and other crap which didn't help for long. My problem turned out to be caused by a chronic infection and food allergies that had my immune system all torqued up. Once I started avoiding certain foods and treated the infection, the allergies disappeared.
Why is it so many doctors refuse to believe you can become allergic to man-made chemicals? Commpassion and understanding is one the elements of being a doctor, is it not? Do they not teach this in medical school?
Its the Eureka Boss SmartVac 4870D. It was the quietest one they tested. And it cleans better than the almost 300 buck vaccum I had before. the last vaccum was a jet engine. This vaccum is much quieter. I'm very pleased. You can buy it online for around $150 at several websites.
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http://www.cyebye.com/eu48upvaclsh.html
Consumer reports article at:
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/
Hey, I know its not "cool" but I got the best kick ass vaccum cleaner they make for $150 dollars and its more quiet then my fridge.
;)
Oh, and PC Mag occasionally, although the writting has gone down hill.
Wired has great articles, but who has time to read them.
"Club" - if you don't know what this mag is, don't ask.
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withing was supposed to be without, in case anyone missed it. Even the Emperor of the Known universe makes typos. Its those Bene Gesserit witches and that damn "voice". I heard "You will make a typo" and I couldn't stop my hands from mis-typing without.
Yeap, it takes several Open sources apps to find the same problems you can find in every "SINGLE" release of Windows since 3.0 and most other microsoft products.
:)
And you have to pay for Windows and those products withing being able to see the source or modify it so you can't fix the problem or help others fix it...
Besides, I don't think GNOME or KDE with a linux kernal take NEAR as much disk space as Windows. The Windows version I'm running takes almost 2 GIGS of disk space IN THE WINDOWS DIRECTORY alone!! I had a Linux box with both KDE and Gnome installed and other software and games. The entire file system on that box was only about 2 gigs used!!
I just checked, my MS Office installation takes a heafty 410 megs.
Maybe the hard drive manufacturers are giving kick-backs to Microsoft.
True, True. Fair enough, its Eisner's word against Michael Moores Agent. http://feed.proteinos.com/001952.html
But CEO's are the most realible sources.
Yeap, maybe Moore did take advantage of the publicity. But Disney not showing the film is odd, especially since they have a lot of bombs under Eisner.
By the way, I'm not Democrat or Republican. I think most politicians do not have our best interest in mind. But right now the "Right" armpit stinks a little more than the "Left" if you know what I mean.
Fair enough, its Eisner's word against Michael Moores Agent. http://feed.proteinos.com/001952.html
But CEO's are the most realible sources. Anyway, Disney refusing to distribute the movie is kind of odd, don't you think? Especially since most of their movies have been bombs lately. But in any case, it was said in a private conversation between Eisner and Ari Emanuel so we will probably never know the truth.