This is one of the stupidest things I have read on Slashdot. Is this more anti-MS FUD, are you a troll, or do you really not understand anything you wrote about?
Microsoft is not the U.S. economy. It isn't even the biggest mover the U.S. economy. It is however, one of the better parts of the economy because it creates an exportable product and provides many high paying jobs.
You draw comparisons between MS and large banks, such as AIG, that have no basis in reality. One of the biggest problems with that comparison is that if MS were to "fail" and go bankrupt, the source for Windows would still exist, and work would most likely continue while the company was in receivership. On the other hand, banks that fail have few, if any, assets, and do not have the one thing a bank needs to continue: money.
More to the point, in an analogy to the HUGE banks like AIG, they were considered "too big to fail." Which was, of course, disastrously wrong.
Microsoft is a similar sort of problem for us. Since we CAN NOT compete with Microsoft because people won't fund you if you do, we can't create companies that will provide products and services for people who no longer want to deal with Microsoft.
Did you forget something between these two sentences, because you do not link them in any significant way. And, I have already pointed out the fallacy of first sentence above.
I suggest you actually read a few books on economics, perhaps something by Peter Schiff, who saw this economic collapse coming years ago. Then, you might actually be able to understand why your post is, well, stupid.
This massive injection of money, which is being obtained through printing money and borrowing, will not fix the core problems that caused this mess, namely:
the budget deficit
the trade deficit
the massive consumer debt
low wages, which causes the above ( when inflation is factored in the average worker make less now than 10 years ago)
the sending of manufacturing over seas, which exported wealth creation and good paying job, leaving low paying service jobs resulting in the above
All this talk about need more credit and more lending is a red herring. Over-consumption and over-spending is what got us into this mess in the first place. The US$1.5 trillion would be better spent buying up bad mortgages or just giving an equal share to every legal resident in the U.S. than what they are doing with it.
This will only put off the inevitable correction (crash), and it when it does happen, and it will, it will be even worse.
It is well known that the number of windows open has no real connection to the number of applications running. I had 3 applications running the other day: 1 game with 1 window, 1 web browser with 3 windows, and 1 chat client with 5 windows.
Downloading music illegally only hurts the record companies.
There, fixed that for you.
its akin to preventing the release of cars because a saddlemaker might lose some money.False analogy.
Then there is the fact of the insane laws that can charge almost $10,000 for downloading and sharing a single song.
Yes, because the financial penalties for commiting crimes are always the same as the effect of the crime. If one values the song at $1 and one violates the copyright laws and "shares" it with 10,000 other people, the effect of the crime is a $10,000 in revenue had those same 10,000 people bought the song. When one robs a bank, one is put in put in jail and often given a fine of many thousands of dollars. The average bank robbery take is less than $5000.00.
You are just a pathetic, greedy, little pig who thinks because something is good for you, it should be OK, regardless of if it is bad for anyone or everyone else.
So, if the ends justify the means, I can kill you for being stupid because the ends ( cleaner gene pool and a greater chance of survival for the human race) justifies the means (putting a bullet in your head), right?
The ACTA proposals currently include language that would make copyright infringement on a 'commercial scale,' even when done with 'no direct or indirect motivation of financial gain,' into a criminal matter.
Even if you give the money away and derive no direct financial gain, robbig a bank is still a crime. Rape engenders no financial gain and it is still a crime.
Not benefiting financial from a crime does not mitigate the crime. The ends do not justify the means.
An independant site finds that Windows 7 is faster than Vista and it is "controversial". A Linux fanboy site finds that Linux is faster than Windows 7 and it is the unbidden truth.
If the case were reversed, slashdotters would be howling about how the site was lying.
Maybe it does, but we really don't have the knowledge and technology to read it all for everyone, or even everyone who is arrested. And, even if we had the technology, resources, and knowledge, it would be pretty much useless to do decode it for everyone in this context.
Although I agree with many people in this discussion that the collection of DNA for every arrest is an invasion of privacy
Do you feel the collection of fingerprints is for every arrest is also a violation of privacy? Explain the privacy difference between getting your fingers inked and pressed on a piece of paper and getting your cheek swabbed?
Your identical twin would be immediate reasonable doubt for any crime you are linked to by DNA evidence unless your punk twin had an unshakable alibi, such as sitting in jail at the time of the crime.
Of course, if they had your DNA and your fingerprints at the scene, that would be bad for you. Your fingerprints will not match your twins.
If you had bothered to RTFA, you would see that the answers are:
No, he did not subpoena MS.
No, he obtained a job under false pretenses, while the CEO of another company, to steal information, specifically documents unrelated to the job he was hired to do.
No, they filed a counter-suit.
Maybe you should try reading instead of being an asshole.
Is what he did legal in Washington or where ever he got the job?
He made copies of confidential material and took them home. This was material he was not supposed to access and had no right to copy. He gained asses to the material through deception and through violation of company policy, ethics, and probably his employment contract.
His investigation methods earned him a salary at the target of his investigation. Should he return the salary he didn't earn while lying to and stealing from his employer?
Where are you going to use the backup at? Remember, your data center is without power and without connectivity. Your server is in the building and you can't get to it and it has no power. And, you may or may not be able to get to the backups.
Then, there is the possible problem of having your site hosted in another city and possibly another state.
Meanwhile, you or your business or your customers, whomever uses the webapp is down until you can arrange for another server at another data center and the restoration of the app from backup, assuming you have a backup in a medium that is compatible with the new server. And, that assumes you haven't used the current data center's backup system, because if you have, they may not let you have the tapes because the tapes are their property and in the contract you signed, you can only have the data restored from back up onto THEIR servers.
So, what happens when you can't get to the server because there has been a fire in your datacenter? Or, a crucial fiber optic center? Or, a meteor could be involved. What do you do when your server, or your customer's service, is unavailable for a week or three?
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This is one of the stupidest things I have read on Slashdot. Is this more anti-MS FUD, are you a troll, or do you really not understand anything you wrote about?
Microsoft is not the U.S. economy. It isn't even the biggest mover the U.S. economy. It is however, one of the better parts of the economy because it creates an exportable product and provides many high paying jobs.
You draw comparisons between MS and large banks, such as AIG, that have no basis in reality. One of the biggest problems with that comparison is that if MS were to "fail" and go bankrupt, the source for Windows would still exist, and work would most likely continue while the company was in receivership. On the other hand, banks that fail have few, if any, assets, and do not have the one thing a bank needs to continue: money.
Did you forget something between these two sentences, because you do not link them in any significant way. And, I have already pointed out the fallacy of first sentence above.
I suggest you actually read a few books on economics, perhaps something by Peter Schiff, who saw this economic collapse coming years ago. Then, you might actually be able to understand why your post is, well, stupid.
Yes, because the way to get out of a 10 foot deep hole that is filling with water is to dig deeper.
This massive injection of money, which is being obtained through printing money and borrowing, will not fix the core problems that caused this mess, namely:
All this talk about need more credit and more lending is a red herring. Over-consumption and over-spending is what got us into this mess in the first place. The US$1.5 trillion would be better spent buying up bad mortgages or just giving an equal share to every legal resident in the U.S. than what they are doing with it.
This will only put off the inevitable correction (crash), and it when it does happen, and it will, it will be even worse.
It is well known that the number of windows open has no real connection to the number of applications running. I had 3 applications running the other day: 1 game with 1 window, 1 web browser with 3 windows, and 1 chat client with 5 windows.
3 applications, 9 windows.
Now please, stop with the fucking anti-MS FUD.
I see, so the ends justifies the means only when it benefits you. If it would hurt you, but benefit everyone else, then it is wrong.
Thanks for proving my point, piggy.
The ends does not justify the means.
There, fixed that for you.
Even if you give the money away and derive no direct financial gain, robbig a bank is still a crime.
Rape engenders no financial gain and it is still a crime.
Not benefiting financial from a crime does not mitigate the crime. The ends do not justify the means.
I tried to download a Linux program to my Windows box and it let me. This is obviously a bug in the Linux program.
Oh, you mean there is no war in politics?
Here is a suggestion: Read the Art of War
An independant site finds that Windows 7 is faster than Vista and it is "controversial".
A Linux fanboy site finds that Linux is faster than Windows 7 and it is the unbidden truth.
If the case were reversed, slashdotters would be howling about how the site was lying.
What a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
Oh wah wah wah. You act like the government is going to bother to mine the data, let alone share it. Quit spreading FUD and grow the fuck up.
So what? They won't have access to that information.
Prove your assertions, with examples from trustable verified sources and show where the groups you have mentioned will have access to the data.
Or you can admit you are just making shit up and spreading FUD.
Maybe it does, but we really don't have the knowledge and technology to read it all for everyone, or even everyone who is arrested. And, even if we had the technology, resources, and knowledge, it would be pretty much useless to do decode it for everyone in this context.
This is a tempest in a teacup.
Do you feel the collection of fingerprints is for every arrest is also a violation of privacy?
Explain the privacy difference between getting your fingers inked and pressed on a piece of paper and getting your cheek swabbed?
Yeah, no.
Your identical twin would be immediate reasonable doubt for any crime you are linked to by DNA evidence unless your punk twin had an unshakable alibi, such as sitting in jail at the time of the crime.
Of course, if they had your DNA and your fingerprints at the scene, that would be bad for you. Your fingerprints will not match your twins.
There is no difference between this and getting fingerprinted.
Or do you think that is somehow a violation of your rights too?
And all you people were worried about big brother.
Or not.
Do some science and get an answer to the question.
If you had bothered to RTFA, you would see that the answers are:
No, he did not subpoena MS.
No, he obtained a job under false pretenses, while the CEO of another company, to steal information, specifically documents unrelated to the job he was hired to do.
No, they filed a counter-suit.
Maybe you should try reading instead of being an asshole.
Is he a licensed investigator?
Is what he did legal in Washington or where ever he got the job?
He made copies of confidential material and took them home. This was material he was not supposed to access and had no right to copy. He gained asses to the material through deception and through violation of company policy, ethics, and probably his employment contract.
His investigation methods earned him a salary at the target of his investigation. Should he return the salary he didn't earn while lying to and stealing from his employer?
Yes, the backup.
Where are you going to use the backup at? Remember, your data center is without power and without connectivity. Your server is in the building and you can't get to it and it has no power. And, you may or may not be able to get to the backups.
Then, there is the possible problem of having your site hosted in another city and possibly another state.
Meanwhile, you or your business or your customers, whomever uses the webapp is down until you can arrange for another server at another data center and the restoration of the app from backup, assuming you have a backup in a medium that is compatible with the new server. And, that assumes you haven't used the current data center's backup system, because if you have, they may not let you have the tapes because the tapes are their property and in the contract you signed, you can only have the data restored from back up onto THEIR servers.
It's client-server all over again? Umm. Yeah? So?
So, what happens when you can't get to the server because there has been a fire in your data center? Or, a crucial fiber optic center? Or, a meteor could be involved.
What do you do when your server, or your customer's service, is unavailable for a week or three?
False dilemma. How about a lean/thin app on the desktop? It is doable.
Here is something else you forgot : "Fast, fat app on the desktop or slow lean app on the web?"
yeah, first thing out of the gate is a wacko quack of a scientist who apparently can't analyze data.