I didn't catch the ex- part the first look and thought "whaaaat?" as I know the current White House occupation force is very Microsoft Friendly and would never endorse such sentiments.
Ya you got to respect all those companies that DONT have 10s of billions in the bank...I mean Microsoft with all their successful sales of so much software have so horribly failed!!!...you are funny indeed.
Not funny. Serious. Only three of Microsoft's divisions show a net profit. Windows and Office the larger, which effectively underwrite their other failures, some of which are large indeed.
Ah, good old MIPS. I always love this number. The first thing they tell you in computer architecture classes is, "This is the MIPS value. People used to use it, but it's very much a bullshit number."
I wonder how many commercials MS will add in between shows. If it's the 25+ minutes that is currently the norm on regular TV networks, then I doubt that they will get very many people to sign on.
It's called Subliminal Advertising. Microsoft is good A big hurdle, yet Microsoft is good is the required bandwidth, where cable cable is bad for you and satellite satellite bad for you have bandwidth galore as it's mostly Microsoft is good one way and minimally dependent Bill loves you consumer end hardware.
Besides, it isn't around soon enough Steve will dance for you to show you this.
It's doomed. At least what part of it they try to co-opt, manipulate, pwn, etc. Let's face it. They are best off if they stick to Office and Windows, although Vista may be the beginning of the end.
From TFA: A vocal scientific minority insists the Hobbit specimens do not represent a new species at all. They believe the specimens are nothing more than the bones of modern humans that suffered from microencephaly, a broadly defined genetic disorder that results in small brain size and other defects.
I've got a HD almost full of the invasion of Iraq (I happened to be sick that week) and recorded it all as it was reported.
With the ability, for years, to record straight to my HD I couldn't think of a decent reason to get a TiVo. Heck, I even get TV schedules and can pick and choose what to record, when and it came with my ATI video card. No funny business, telling me what I can and can't record, how long it lasts, what I can do with it, etc. It's all a bunch of MPEG files and plays as good as when I recorded it.
This all subject to change when everything goes HD.
So you pick on Boxer. I'm calling you out as a fox in the henhouse, wearing chicken feathers and crowing a chicken alarm to lock you in with your prey.
Yeah, I am picking on Boxer and for a very good reason, dum-dum, she's always on the side of the entertainment industry, read: Hollywood/Burbank/Studio City, when she as a Dem should be on the side of the people.
The internet and fat pipes with international access is the future.
The internet knows no boundaries, there will always be countries that will sell you/us what we want,
Check that, Bones.
Have you seen what it costs to get the programming you want over the internet? The programming I want is horrendously expensive for the quality. On a per show basis I'd be better off with cable or satellite. As it is I don't have either because what is available for basic package just isn't what I want and I won't pay for it, month in-month out.
There are some weasels out there making a lot of stuff free, but I won't put their software on my computer because I don't know what the hell it does besides give me the show, could be spy-ware or such, you know. And these people will eventually bring about on the internet such controls and limitations as we are already lamenting being on the old free domain of television.
WASHINGTON D.C., The Senate is forming a committee to look into why it is a
bad idea to have foxes in charge of the henhouse. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) stated, "In the
interests of diversity, we don't really understand why this should be any kind of
problem and we'll work dilligently with foxes and chickens to see what can be done to
have them live together in harmony." A Festus Fox was unable to give a comment as his
mouth was currently full of feathers. No chickens have been found to provide their point of view.
The chickens total lack of cooperation so far is seen as an attempt on their part to block
progress in the matter.
I'm happy these guys were arrested. Things like this scare companies and people away from technology. Not to imply that modern companies will survive without computers, but will your boss think long and hard before approving tech budgets? You bet. I've never heard of a bunch of crackers extorting a company.
In my experience a 'boss' who is scared of technology because of the risks is a doofus and should be replaced by someone with some spine and intelligence. Most problems of internal security stem from poor planning and failing to keep up. Any boss who thinks they can just approve one P.O. for security is thinking in ancient terms.
This will also give them pause when hiring former hackers. They might think "Is this guy going to give extortionists inside info?"
Hiring former hackers isn't necessarily a good thing. Many of these 'hackers' are the bad hackers, little formal understanding of technology, no depth of skills, poor interactive habits in a professional environment, etc.
On the other hand, security folks may have a budget windfall thrown their way. Considering '"Each time the Trojan was stopped by anti-virus defenses, they made a new version," he said. "This was not just a one-off. The sheer number of variants shows this wasn't a crime they committed just once."' Those security people better get to it.
Shouldn't be. Only a Reactionist IT manager is going to suddenly jump on spending every time something new comes around. That's your classic hand-wringer who won't spend the money to close the door until after the horses have left the barn.
This is Microsoft "Windows Secure in 2010" Corporation. Is this actually going to help?
I thought it was 2015, it's been moved up? When was this?
"In the year 2010: William Gates Jr. announces to great fanfare, Microsoft Linux! Both of their remaining customers applauded with guarded enthusiasm."
You could simply have summed it up as "Better Development Practices"
Many of the loopholes are left between divisions, which get along with considerable friction. There was supposed to be, as part of the Trusted Computing initiative, a real effort underway to get department heads to work better together. Who knows how successful that's been. Seems I already saw something about Vista worms or virii already making the rounds. If true then these people really are a bunch of crackpots.
Microsoft is 100 percent focused on Windows: We have invested billions of dollars in it.
Could fool me. I'm seen crap like that come out of much smaller companies. Maybe that figure includes all their marketing? That could add up to that figure quick enough.
FreeBSD seemed to have some issues around the 5.0 release because of the major features that release brought (and the ensuing nervousness about upgrading).
Reminds me of one point (.) upgrade in Linux where it switched from one library to another and half my applications suddenly malfunctioned. I'm sure it was all for the good in the long run, but I was certainly in a panic while trying to decide if I should just go back.
Terry has spoken or written a number of times regarding the lack of Discworld movies. With good reason. He swung through town on his Thud! tour a couple weeks back and mentioned there had been some film in the works (prelimiary stuff) but that's once again on hold.
I read Ender's Game about 10 years ago and thought it was brilliant and very dark. The political side of the story is the real meat and potatoes, but that's usually the first thing that gets cut when making a movie, as producers are more interested in what Ender Wiggin is doing, not why.
I'm just curious, but where did you get your experience with Enermax PSUs from?
One of the enthusiast sites did a PSU comparison a couple years ago. Enermax, one of the highly touted brands, actually performed below average on 5v and 12v rails. The last test was the old crowbar test, overloading the PSU to see how it would behave. Enermax was one which burned up. I was leaning strongly towards one of their models until that review. There were a few which shut down or at the very least didn't burn up, PCP&C was one of them. Putting my own money down, I tend to be cautious.
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I didn't catch the ex- part the first look and thought "whaaaat?" as I know the current White House occupation force is very Microsoft Friendly and would never endorse such sentiments.
Not funny. Serious. Only three of Microsoft's divisions show a net profit. Windows and Office the larger, which effectively underwrite their other failures, some of which are large indeed.
What does a MIP sound like anway?
"Mission Accomplished", said President Gargamel.
Can you hear me now?
Oop. Wrong commercial.
but can it play the sound of one hand clapping?
It's called Subliminal Advertising. Microsoft is good A big hurdle, yet Microsoft is good is the required bandwidth, where cable cable is bad for you and satellite satellite bad for you have bandwidth galore as it's mostly Microsoft is good one way and minimally dependent Bill loves you consumer end hardware.
Besides, it isn't around soon enough Steve will dance for you to show you this.
"Mission accomplished", said President Gargamel
Their track record isn't promising.
Seems from the news that Smurf Village has been bombed and will feature in a UNICEF ad in Belgium next week.
it was probably done by president gargamel...
With the ability, for years, to record straight to my HD I couldn't think of a decent reason to get a TiVo. Heck, I even get TV schedules and can pick and choose what to record, when and it came with my ATI video card. No funny business, telling me what I can and can't record, how long it lasts, what I can do with it, etc. It's all a bunch of MPEG files and plays as good as when I recorded it.
This all subject to change when everything goes HD.
Yeah, I am picking on Boxer and for a very good reason, dum-dum, she's always on the side of the entertainment industry, read: Hollywood/Burbank/Studio City, when she as a Dem should be on the side of the people.
If you're going to ape canadian, it's not a ? it's a !
Tap access? Let'em buy their own Molson, eh!
Back when I was traveling through Brugge, Belgium in 1994 I met a couple who counseled those addicted to BBS's. I imagine they are quite busy still.
The internet knows no boundaries, there will always be countries that will sell you/us what we want,
Check that, Bones.
Have you seen what it costs to get the programming you want over the internet? The programming I want is horrendously expensive for the quality. On a per show basis I'd be better off with cable or satellite. As it is I don't have either because what is available for basic package just isn't what I want and I won't pay for it, month in-month out.
There are some weasels out there making a lot of stuff free, but I won't put their software on my computer because I don't know what the hell it does besides give me the show, could be spy-ware or such, you know. And these people will eventually bring about on the internet such controls and limitations as we are already lamenting being on the old free domain of television.
In my experience a 'boss' who is scared of technology because of the risks is a doofus and should be replaced by someone with some spine and intelligence. Most problems of internal security stem from poor planning and failing to keep up. Any boss who thinks they can just approve one P.O. for security is thinking in ancient terms.
This will also give them pause when hiring former hackers. They might think "Is this guy going to give extortionists inside info?"
Hiring former hackers isn't necessarily a good thing. Many of these 'hackers' are the bad hackers, little formal understanding of technology, no depth of skills, poor interactive habits in a professional environment, etc.
On the other hand, security folks may have a budget windfall thrown their way. Considering '"Each time the Trojan was stopped by anti-virus defenses, they made a new version," he said. "This was not just a one-off. The sheer number of variants shows this wasn't a crime they committed just once."' Those security people better get to it.
Shouldn't be. Only a Reactionist IT manager is going to suddenly jump on spending every time something new comes around. That's your classic hand-wringer who won't spend the money to close the door until after the horses have left the barn.
I bet you crack up every time you hear "You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
In the USA we have a National Crime Center, too. It's Washington DC. Amazing how fast they can make billions disappear, no bots, no phishing.
Try bidding like you mean it, cheapskate!
I thought it was 2015, it's been moved up? When was this?
"In the year 2010: William Gates Jr. announces to great fanfare, Microsoft Linux! Both of their remaining customers applauded with guarded enthusiasm."
You could simply have summed it up as "Better Development Practices"
Many of the loopholes are left between divisions, which get along with considerable friction. There was supposed to be, as part of the Trusted Computing initiative, a real effort underway to get department heads to work better together. Who knows how successful that's been. Seems I already saw something about Vista worms or virii already making the rounds. If true then these people really are a bunch of crackpots.
I have to wonder, if anything Microsoft creates really is just insanely resource dependent because they don't know any other way.
"We defeat spyware by using up all the available memory and denying it resources!"
Microsoft is 100 percent focused on [Office for] Windows: We have earned billions of dollars in it.
That makes more sense. Most of their expenses would be marketing, legal, under-the-table payments, etc.
"Linux is using FAT, summon my Bucket O' Lawyers!"
Could fool me. I'm seen crap like that come out of much smaller companies. Maybe that figure includes all their marketing? That could add up to that figure quick enough.
This name rings a bell, what was their old name? Anyone know?
Reminds me of one point (.) upgrade in Linux where it switched from one library to another and half my applications suddenly malfunctioned. I'm sure it was all for the good in the long run, but I was certainly in a panic while trying to decide if I should just go back.
I read Ender's Game about 10 years ago and thought it was brilliant and very dark. The political side of the story is the real meat and potatoes, but that's usually the first thing that gets cut when making a movie, as producers are more interested in what Ender Wiggin is doing, not why.
One of the enthusiast sites did a PSU comparison a couple years ago. Enermax, one of the highly touted brands, actually performed below average on 5v and 12v rails. The last test was the old crowbar test, overloading the PSU to see how it would behave. Enermax was one which burned up. I was leaning strongly towards one of their models until that review. There were a few which shut down or at the very least didn't burn up, PCP&C was one of them. Putting my own money down, I tend to be cautious.