If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made prolonging the problem.
That's a classic move by MSFT. Writte buggy, insecure software. Charge money for it. Sell band-aids that need maintenance. Sell maintenance. Thanks, but no, thanks.
All that's needed to circumvent the law is for me to have a machine with SSH login in another state (or country). I then can do
putty -D 8080 -ssh hostname.com
And set my browser to proxy requests through SOCKS proxy. No one ever will know what sites I'm contacting. Granted, most poker players are incapable of launching a free tool from the command line and obtaining a free shell account, but the smart ones will still play wherever the heck they want.
This means I'll be still making good money when I'm 50 because there won't be any "fresh blood" to replace me with. Let 'em wash the dishes and dream about Hollywood and hip-hop.
MSFT patented the new UI, broadly and thoroughly, Apple-style. So if OO.o has the balls to copy it (and face the patent infringement lawsuit immediately), they're welcome to it, I guess.
Full evidence of NSA wiretapping that AT&T has been doing on the entire US portion of Internet since 2003, with documents and stuff. This is going to become big news today. I'll be disappointed in the US if public outcry fails to shut this Big Brother stuff down.
Well, the word is, you'll have to PAY for Windows anti-spyware (and some other services). It'll be called Windows One Care. So the situation is a bit different, since the only reason why IE gained on Netscape (at first) was because it was bundled for free. It's only later (circa IE4) that IE had become a better product.
Too bad their new "design" makes me vomit. Why, oh why did they have to fuck up the brushed metal look? And why on the earth do they always choose this puke inducing shade of blue for their default theme?
Send him to federal, "pound me in the ass" prison and take a blood sample from his torn rectum. Come on, people, the guy is a convicted criminal. I have no problem with federal government requiring his blood sample. Privacy has nothing to do with it.
As a former MSFTie I can tell you why "it takes too long" to provide documentation. Because they don't have any (except in rare instances). They have to write it from scratch by looking at the code.
You start hiring less programmers and pay less to those you've already hired - wages go down a bit - people realize it's not worth it to bust their asses for years for a degree in CS and choose something else - supply of engineers becomes scarce - wages go up a bit - people see engineering as a way for them to earn above average - the number of CS graduates rises.
This is a cycle, and we're riding the upward wave right now. To ride the upward wave at this point, though, you need to be pretty good at what you do. You need to be able to justify your existence within an org and show that you're a better alternative to an Indian guy who copy&pastes large chunks of code instead of using a loop (and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all of them do).
Once (and if) the market becomes white hot, people will start hiring everything that moves, like they did in 1999, and offer insane salaries and profit sharing. That's a big "if", though. Good news is, India is in "white hot" phase right now, which means salaries skyrocket and quality of work goes down the shitter (because the number of people who are _good_ can't keep up with the demand, so they hire _everyone_).
It's not the software that's being purchased here, it's the expertise and customer base. Every SW company acquisition that I've seen happen ended with throwing away, heavily modifying or rewriting software that came with the deal, sooner or later. Which kind of tells you that it's not software that was being purchased, but people and customer base.
The problem is Microsoft internal culture. They live from review to review which comes every June. Long term success of your project is irrelevant and orthogonal to this process - what matters is (in the order of importance):
1. Short term "visibility" (MSFT term) before the review. If you're not visible, you won't be promoted, given a bonus, or recognized as someone who does the job. Doing a good job is not enough. In fact you don't even have to do a good job for as long as you're "visible". 2. Not saying anything stupid (like "this fucking sucks, we need to re-do it or cut the feature" in front of a program manager who came up with the idea) 3. Doing things on schedule (even if what's done is crap no one wants to buy).
Notice, that long term success or customer satisfaction is nowhere to be found in these criteria. Now add a hefty dose of bureucracy (like 150 VPs, half a dozen directors for the team of 100, more PMs than developers, people whose job is nothing but sending out status emails to each other, etc.) and you'll see why this behemoth is doomed long term. Now, how long a term that is is up for debate, but I'd give it 10 years top, unless drastic pruning of bureaucracy is done. Which will never happen, because bureaucracy is most effective at protecting itself.
Yeah, dude, I know why it was "appaling". Because you couldn't handle studying there, that's why. Compared to education in the US, the situation in Russian higher education is completely the opposite of what you've described. Folks are being taught extremely broadly, perhaps with too little attention paid to practical applications of what is taught at times. And you can't narrow down the scope of your education because you _can't_ choose classes. You fucking WILL learn linear algebra, physics, differential calculus, discrete mathematics, etc., whether you like it or not.
It is expected of students to be able to figure out practical applications on their own. MGU in particular is one of the most hardcore Russian schools that is easily on par with _any_ Western college or university for which here in the US you'd be paying _through the nose_. MGU seems to be specifically designed to produce scientists and researchers, not engineers, though. MIFI, MAI, MSTU and NGU on the other hand focus on generating engineers that get shit done. The reason being, they produce most of Russia's engineers who work on weapons and high tech.
PDA market won't truly take off until Apple re-enters it. Apple could actually make a PDA that doesn't suck ass. They did it once, they can do it again, squared.
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If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made prolonging the problem.
That's a classic move by MSFT. Writte buggy, insecure software. Charge money for it. Sell band-aids that need maintenance. Sell maintenance. Thanks, but no, thanks.
They only don't want me _playing_. To fund and withdraw I can go to Oregon.
All that's needed to circumvent the law is for me to have a machine with SSH login in another state (or country). I then can do
putty -D 8080 -ssh hostname.com
And set my browser to proxy requests through SOCKS proxy. No one ever will know what sites I'm contacting. Granted, most poker players are incapable of launching a free tool from the command line and obtaining a free shell account, but the smart ones will still play wherever the heck they want.
Those damned stem cells have infiltrated you from within.
All five Pakistani internet users are joyous.
This means I'll be still making good money when I'm 50 because there won't be any "fresh blood" to replace me with. Let 'em wash the dishes and dream about Hollywood and hip-hop.
As much as I hate Dell, I'd like to congratulate Google with this one. Botched abortion that is MSN needs to die.
MSFT patented the new UI, broadly and thoroughly, Apple-style. So if OO.o has the balls to copy it (and face the patent infringement lawsuit immediately), they're welcome to it, I guess.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70944-0.htm l
Full evidence of NSA wiretapping that AT&T has been doing on the entire US portion of Internet since 2003, with documents and stuff. This is going to become big news today. I'll be disappointed in the US if public outcry fails to shut this Big Brother stuff down.
Well, the word is, you'll have to PAY for Windows anti-spyware (and some other services). It'll be called Windows One Care. So the situation is a bit different, since the only reason why IE gained on Netscape (at first) was because it was bundled for free. It's only later (circa IE4) that IE had become a better product.
That's funny they say that, because their wireless network on campus runs on linux-based routers/APs made by Aruba Networks.
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Too bad their new "design" makes me vomit. Why, oh why did they have to fuck up the brushed metal look? And why on the earth do they always choose this puke inducing shade of blue for their default theme?
Send him to federal, "pound me in the ass" prison and take a blood sample from his torn rectum. Come on, people, the guy is a convicted criminal. I have no problem with federal government requiring his blood sample. Privacy has nothing to do with it.
As a former MSFTie I can tell you why "it takes too long" to provide documentation. Because they don't have any (except in rare instances). They have to write it from scratch by looking at the code.
You start hiring less programmers and pay less to those you've already hired - wages go down a bit - people realize it's not worth it to bust their asses for years for a degree in CS and choose something else - supply of engineers becomes scarce - wages go up a bit - people see engineering as a way for them to earn above average - the number of CS graduates rises.
This is a cycle, and we're riding the upward wave right now. To ride the upward wave at this point, though, you need to be pretty good at what you do. You need to be able to justify your existence within an org and show that you're a better alternative to an Indian guy who copy&pastes large chunks of code instead of using a loop (and don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all of them do).
Once (and if) the market becomes white hot, people will start hiring everything that moves, like they did in 1999, and offer insane salaries and profit sharing. That's a big "if", though. Good news is, India is in "white hot" phase right now, which means salaries skyrocket and quality of work goes down the shitter (because the number of people who are _good_ can't keep up with the demand, so they hire _everyone_).
Come to work at 10:30, leave at 7-7:30. No traffic at all. I pity the fools who come to work at 9 and leave at 5.
Why do people shell out mad coin for these? Can someone explain? Why not just buy an XBox 360 or wait for PS3 or Revolution?
The headline should have read: "Philips patents technology forcing people to not buy Philips products".
It's not the software that's being purchased here, it's the expertise and customer base. Every SW company acquisition that I've seen happen ended with throwing away, heavily modifying or rewriting software that came with the deal, sooner or later. Which kind of tells you that it's not software that was being purchased, but people and customer base.
It's the sound of Oracle money flushed down the toilet. :0) Man, that Ellison guy must be MAD right now.
The problem is Microsoft internal culture. They live from review to review which comes every June. Long term success of your project is irrelevant and orthogonal to this process - what matters is (in the order of importance):
1. Short term "visibility" (MSFT term) before the review. If you're not visible, you won't be promoted, given a bonus, or recognized as someone who does the job. Doing a good job is not enough. In fact you don't even have to do a good job for as long as you're "visible".
2. Not saying anything stupid (like "this fucking sucks, we need to re-do it or cut the feature" in front of a program manager who came up with the idea)
3. Doing things on schedule (even if what's done is crap no one wants to buy).
Notice, that long term success or customer satisfaction is nowhere to be found in these criteria. Now add a hefty dose of bureucracy (like 150 VPs, half a dozen directors for the team of 100, more PMs than developers, people whose job is nothing but sending out status emails to each other, etc.) and you'll see why this behemoth is doomed long term. Now, how long a term that is is up for debate, but I'd give it 10 years top, unless drastic pruning of bureaucracy is done. Which will never happen, because bureaucracy is most effective at protecting itself.
And meanwhile, Microsoft gives away domain names (and some web space, too) for free: http://www.officelive.com/
Yeah, dude, I know why it was "appaling". Because you couldn't handle studying there, that's why. Compared to education in the US, the situation in Russian higher education is completely the opposite of what you've described. Folks are being taught extremely broadly, perhaps with too little attention paid to practical applications of what is taught at times. And you can't narrow down the scope of your education because you _can't_ choose classes. You fucking WILL learn linear algebra, physics, differential calculus, discrete mathematics, etc., whether you like it or not.
It is expected of students to be able to figure out practical applications on their own. MGU in particular is one of the most hardcore Russian schools that is easily on par with _any_ Western college or university for which here in the US you'd be paying _through the nose_. MGU seems to be specifically designed to produce scientists and researchers, not engineers, though. MIFI, MAI, MSTU and NGU on the other hand focus on generating engineers that get shit done. The reason being, they produce most of Russia's engineers who work on weapons and high tech.
PDA market won't truly take off until Apple re-enters it. Apple could actually make a PDA that doesn't suck ass. They did it once, they can do it again, squared.
As long as the ring is not red and itchy, Uranus will be fine.