But you are right about not being able to do anything about it, short of a re-education program for investors.
Why would you want to educate other investors? When bad investors are making mistakes good investors take advantage. If you believe companies will be more successful thinking for the long-term, invest in like-minded companies. If the companies don't exist, put together a business case and compete.
It sounds like your blaming the internet for poor investment decisions - more detailed and faster information should not lead to poor judgement.
When the office asshole was fired, they waited for him to go to lunch, revoked all his passwords and user ids, collected his PC, and revoked his access badge.
Just so that you know, in some large IT companies, you don't have to be the asshole - that is exactly how everybody is treated.
What I never understood is that they also did this to people when they quit - employee tells his boss he's giving notice and security is called before the employee is allowed to return to his desk. If the employee was going to do something immoral, wouldn't he do it before handing in his resignation?
Clear separation of user's view of tasks (things I have to do) rather than the os view of tasks (processes I am running).
Except, I don't really think that's true. Each "task" may involve using several applications, and different tasks may use the same application - I'm doing web development, personal banking and surfing/. at the same time - three very different tasks but I need my browser for each task - I don't want to have to switch tabs in my browser between/. and banking or reviewing my pages.
The answer seems pretty simple to me - every task should be on a virtual desktop. MS will get there eventually...
On slashdot you should never post before reading the grandparent. It is quite possible for the parent to get modded up and the grandparent not (as happened in this case). You should always read the post in context.
My point is that one's goal should be to read posts within the context they are written. Those who don't will find themselves posting poor responses and inane slashdot posting rules. Just like you did here:)
probably because I have been such a fan of Mozilla
Wow, a/. user acknowleging a bias. How rare and refreshing - now please leave and don't return because I can't keep cleaning the coffee I spewed all over my monitor when I read your post;)
Perhaps I don't understand the term pork riders, but could you explain what you mean by this?
For example, the bill to keep murder illegal could include $20 billion in corporate tax breaks. Since you have to vote either for or against the bill, if you don't vote for the bill, you would be accused of trying to make murder legal, even if you were simply against the tax breaks. This is a very common strategy in Politics - take a look at what is included in the bill passed today that authorized another $83 billion for the war on terror.
Besides, laws against murder are important enough that you can almost guarantee their easy renewal.
Congress would LOVE to renew laws like murder - it gives them more opportunities to add irrelevant pork riders onto the laws that no politician would be able to reject without committing political suicide.
If you don't believe it, look at the latest war spending bill that passed 100-0 today.
The 'big boys' have been trying to compete with RIM for a couple of years, before that RIM left its competitors in the dust.
MS can try, but MS entering the competition shouldn't terrify RIM, hopefully it justs expands the demand and RIM can cash in on of some of the MS advertising.
If you get sold a copy of Windows, you have the right to expect a legal copy of Windows. Period.
Are you suggesting that it's Microsoft's responsibility to supply a licensed version of Windows if you purchased a counterfeit version from a vendor? Or simply that the vendor needs to provide a legitimate copy? I can't tell if you think the vendor or MS is responsible to provide the legal copy.
When I took sex-ed (mid 90's) we talked forever about aids, heck I thought aids and pregnancy were the only real thigs to worry about, if kids only knew whats out there. There are many women in their mid 30's wondering why having kids is so hard, and in the next 10-15 years people will discover much higher cervical cancer rates (more than 75% of sexually active kids under 20 have an STD...)...
When I took sex ed people tried to scare me into abstinence using words just like yours. How about some valid links for some of your assertions?
Shhh. M$ is evil. And simple connection caching and result caching makes this a small concern.
In an ASP.NET / IIS / SQLServer, if you do ZERO manual optimization, your connection to SQLServer will be cached and SQLServer will cache the result set, so you will be saving the round trip from your app server to your data server.
Congrats if you have the time in your job to analyze, measure, and optimize this type of thing.
Did anyone try to read the "Press Release" from the first link? It's so badly worded that I found it impossible to finish. Apparently the literate OS2 supporters disappeared shortly after the developers.
The last time I developed for OS2 was in 1999 and even then I felt like I was way behind the times.
His "as of yet" was probably because he didn't want to steal Gates' thunder from his keynote address.
As for the second part of your comment - I would love to see how much spyware is installed through MS errors as opposed to users installing stuff they don't understand or browsing with their security levels too low.
The first customer who succeeds in attaining a position equivalent to that
of the XS4ALL system administrator will be offered six months' free use of
the system, provided that the said customer explains how he or she succeeded
in hacking the system, has not damaged the system or other customers and has
respected the privacy of other customers.
Arrgh, I want your provider!
I think providers would be too worried about lawsuits in North America to try that.:(
You don't have to go through finding which settings are the eye candy and turning them off one by one
On WinXP
Right Click My Computer
Properties
Advanced
Settings
Choose Adjust for best performance OR
Adjust for best appearance OR
Custom
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The suits control Microsoft
Psst. Don't tell anyone. But I heard it from a reliable source that the suits control all the big companies. That's why I'm wearing jeans.But you are right about not being able to do anything about it, short of a re-education program for investors.
Why would you want to educate other investors? When bad investors are making mistakes good investors take advantage. If you believe companies will be more successful thinking for the long-term, invest in like-minded companies. If the companies don't exist, put together a business case and compete.
It sounds like your blaming the internet for poor investment decisions - more detailed and faster information should not lead to poor judgement.
When the office asshole was fired, they waited for him to go to lunch, revoked all his passwords and user ids, collected his PC, and revoked his access badge.
Just so that you know, in some large IT companies, you don't have to be the asshole - that is exactly how everybody is treated.
What I never understood is that they also did this to people when they quit - employee tells his boss he's giving notice and security is called before the employee is allowed to return to his desk. If the employee was going to do something immoral, wouldn't he do it before handing in his resignation?
Clear separation of user's view of tasks (things I have to do) rather than the os view of tasks (processes I am running).
Except, I don't really think that's true. Each "task" may involve using several applications, and different tasks may use the same application - I'm doing web development, personal banking and surfingThe answer seems pretty simple to me - every task should be on a virtual desktop. MS will get there eventually...
On slashdot you should never post before reading the grandparent. It is quite possible for the parent to get modded up and the grandparent not (as happened in this case). You should always read the post in context.
My point is that one's goal should be to read posts within the context they are written. Those who don't will find themselves posting poor responses and inane slashdot posting rules. Just like you did hereprobably because I have been such a fan of Mozilla
Wow, aPerhaps I don't understand the term pork riders, but could you explain what you mean by this?
For example, the bill to keep murder illegal could include $20 billion in corporate tax breaks.
Since you have to vote either for or against the bill, if you don't vote for the bill, you would be accused of trying to make murder legal, even if you were simply against the tax breaks. This is a very common strategy in Politics - take a look at what is included in the bill passed today that authorized another $83 billion for the war on terror.
Besides, laws against murder are important enough that you can almost guarantee their easy renewal.
Congress would LOVE to renew laws like murder - it gives them more opportunities to add irrelevant pork riders onto the laws that no politician would be able to reject without committing political suicide.
If you don't believe it, look at the latest war spending bill that passed 100-0 today.
The 'big boys' have been trying to compete with RIM for a couple of years, before that RIM left its competitors in the dust. MS can try, but MS entering the competition shouldn't terrify RIM, hopefully it justs expands the demand and RIM can cash in on of some of the MS advertising.
Can you use (Excel|Word|Windows)?
A simple tip to save time - if the interviewer's eyes glaze over, you can stand up and leave.Answer A: "Which version? (watch as interviewer's eyes glaze over)
But truth be told, Al Gore did more to bolster the internet then any other politician
So says Al Gore. Care to provide some links to legislation or initiatives he sponsored? Thanks.If you get sold a copy of Windows, you have the right to expect a legal copy of Windows. Period.
Are you suggesting that it's Microsoft's responsibility to supply a licensed version of Windows if you purchased a counterfeit version from a vendor? Or simply that the vendor needs to provide a legitimate copy? I can't tell if you think the vendor or MS is responsible to provide the legal copy.When I took sex-ed (mid 90's) we talked forever about aids, heck I thought aids and pregnancy were the only real thigs to worry about, if kids only knew whats out there. There are many women in their mid 30's wondering why having kids is so hard, and in the next 10-15 years people will discover much higher cervical cancer rates (more than 75% of sexually active kids under 20 have an STD...)...
When I took sex ed people tried to scare me into abstinence using words just like yours. How about some valid links for some of your assertions?
Shhh. M$ is evil. And simple connection caching and result caching makes this a small concern.
In an ASP.NET / IIS / SQLServer, if you do ZERO manual optimization, your connection to SQLServer will be cached and SQLServer will cache the result set, so you will be saving the round trip from your app server to your data server.
Congrats if you have the time in your job to analyze, measure, and optimize this type of thing.
Did anyone try to read the "Press Release" from the first link? It's so badly worded that I found it impossible to finish. Apparently the literate OS2 supporters disappeared shortly after the developers.
The last time I developed for OS2 was in 1999 and even then I felt like I was way behind the times.
His "as of yet" was probably because he didn't want to steal Gates' thunder from his keynote address.
As for the second part of your comment - I would love to see how much spyware is installed through MS errors as opposed to users installing stuff they don't understand or browsing with their security levels too low.
All of my experience with quantum dots is at cryogenic temperatures, eg 4.2K and below
Were you wearing a warm coat?
Oh, uh yeah, 0% growth is 100% the same size... oh well
/. - especially on a M$ story. Why don't you just admit to browsing with IE and head straight to /hell ;)
Sorry. Admitting mistakes is not allowed on
When I read the title of this article, was anybody else thinking it was some sort of (evil) Red Hat fork?
Maybe, what time did you read the title of the article?
Hi Mr. McNealy, ;)
How is your world today
The first customer who succeeds in attaining a position equivalent to that of the XS4ALL system administrator will be offered six months' free use of the system, provided that the said customer explains how he or she succeeded in hacking the system, has not damaged the system or other customers and has respected the privacy of other customers.
Arrgh, I want your provider!I think providers would be too worried about lawsuits in North America to try that.
And for starters, we could use some legislation requiring cable companies to treat all customers equally, regardless of how much they're paying
;)
You're new to the country aren't you?
They'd be great offensive linemen, though
/. for a football reference. I'm worried I'm going to be banned just for understanding the joke ;)
Sorry you have been banned from
You don't have to go through finding which settings are the eye candy and turning them off one by one
On WinXP
Right Click My Computer
Properties
Advanced
Settings
Choose Adjust for best performance OR
Adjust for best appearance OR
Custom
Has been done both for smalltalk (parts) and for C++ etc. (VisualAge).
IBMers posting anonymously on slashdot - it's okay everyone likes you here now