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  1. please consider these arguments on A College Without Microsoft? · · Score: 0



    anytime a school states they ignore cost, then ask those administrators how they pay the rent, maintenance, and salaries of educators and support staff.

    computer science majors must learn to create operating systems, and languages.
    with linux, you can teach the inside mechanics of operating systems, and computer languages. with microsoft, you are not allowed.

    teaching old dogs new tricks is not easy; untill their personal data is either currupted, stolen, or both.
    linux solutions to remote 'treaspassers' is two to three weeks. as for microsoft, we are still waiting.

    buget is what school administrators must look at.
    given the business model of the cost of using teachers, linux provides greater knowledge transfer in the areas of source code explinations, history of existing options, and future possibilities. microsoft's cost is first its product, there is no argument presented that says $100 for microsoft is cheaper than FREE for linux. As for the reason for the options that microsoft provides, the industry term is 'feature bloat'. microsoft does provide answers to your questions, but at a price and an attidude that no business major should ever consider as constructive. my conclusion is that the greek gods have given microsoft the gift of 'pride'.

    the argument of 're-training' is very important. lets face it, the deans secratary with twenty years on the job, and now is just learning microsoft word comfortably is "one tough nut to crack"

    where do conserned parents wish their children to be educated? is it at a school were attitudes are the currriculim, or is it at a place were the tools of learning are demonstrated?
    consider the argument of bio statistics as applied to human groups. linux users as a group communicate, share, and create solutions that are shaping the world's government's choices. microsoft's attempts have been to introduce users to the concept of 'fear, uncertainy, and doubt'.

  2. that place looks familiar on Shelter: A Quest for Non-Toxic Housing · · Score: 0



    its chilling, but the outside of the place looks like a standard cell at the yuma state prison.

  3. wow, what a job on Forty Percent of All Email is Spam · · Score: 0



    so a, is a.o.l. hiring in the southern california area?

  4. my short life working for a porn site on Peer Pressure Porn Filter · · Score: 0



    i never knew how vanilla i was till i worked for a porn site.

    i lasted two weeks before my wife said to quit.

    to this day i still laugh at the memories.

  5. Re:Maybe what we're up against is the universe on Ladies and Gentlemen, Dr. Larry Niven · · Score: 0



    maybe changing the uniform at nasa to a pink sun dress would be a good idea...

  6. mechanics of space elevators on The Space Elevator · · Score: 0



    how much carbon would this take? could silicone be used instead?

    instead of 'adheavsives', couldn't the nano tubes be woven?

    instead of waiting for space object to hit the cable, couldn't lasers be used to 'push' the object over to one side?

  7. what's wrong with this picture? on China Wants To Establish Moon Mining · · Score: 1



    lets ignore the fact that if humanity does not get off of this planet, then our fate will be the path to extinction.

    we all know that initialy getting to the moon will be VERY expensive. but after startup moon exploration costs are paid for; the business model will be one of 'cost plus percent of profit'.

    to get to the point. is there gold? is there diamonds? is there any raw product that is there in abundence that is not as easily obtainable at the bottom of this gravity well? what's on the moon that's worth mining now? why should i follow the town folk of mao?

  8. what we need ? on What High End Unix Features are Missing from Linux? · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    is there a 'rosetta stone' for windows products compared to linux, or unix products?

    if there isn't, why?

  9. Re:Purjury on Microsoft Opens Source to China · · Score: 1



    given that jim allchin's f.u.d. is valid; what did the p.r.c. do to jim that would cause jim to create an event that would destroy the p.r.c.'s government?

  10. i submit the following question on Ask ISP Owner Barry Shein About the Spam Wars · · Score: 1



    how can i successfully spam the public and still be respectful to the readers of my spam?

  11. Someone has to ask this question. on Computer Made From DNA And Enzymes · · Score: 1



    is anybody considering a mod_dna for apache?

  12. Publish, or Perish... on Science Editors Urge Nondisclosure Of Bioterror Info · · Score: 1



    why do i need to know how to make a life form that kills people? why do i need to know how to make a 'dirty boom'? is this the main stream of advanced reasearch?

    has anyone researched out how to communicate to starving people that if there is no food, go to where the food is?

  13. death wish, the internet worm... on Killing Others' Malicious Processes · · Score: 1



    gee roland, then if i can show that some event is going on in your house, and i can find some people who agree that it is a bad thing, then i can just go on inside your home and break that event generator? now that's 'getting it'.

    am i missing anything in your thesis?

  14. bring it on on SCO Threatens to Press IP Claims on Linux -$99/cpu · · Score: 1



    we never had a meeting of the minds on this issue. this would be a classic case of 'bait and switch'.

    and just in case the 'pin headed' plaintiff doesn't know who i am. i am michael thompson, and i can be easily contacted at comintel@faceting.com

    so go on big guy, come and give me 'hell'. ;->

  15. the author wares no clothes! on Windows Security Holes Go Mostly Unexploited · · Score: 1



    if your argument is true, then why is Nortin and MacAfee Anti Virus still for sale?

    of course i can agree that if one stops using windoze, ones 'unwanted cyber guest' problems seem to be greatly deminished...

  16. i think i can speak with expertise on this subject on Computers Not Working In Education · · Score: 1



    fact: computers can do two things better than any human being. they are ( 1 ) calculate, and ( 2 ) remember.

    fact: students k thru 12 have to learn more than two things in school.

    fact: its not using the pencil in school that causes learning, but using the BRAIN that causes learning.

    fact: there are 3 ways a student can learn. ( 1 ) by listening, ( 2 ) by seeing, and ( 3 ) by doing.

    fact: it still takes the human brain one year to learn how to program a computer, and i am not referring to 'm$ front page trash'.

    until computers can be developed to teach by the methods stated above, then their place in the class room will not be as important.

  17. Just An Idea... on Should NASA Try To Refute Crackpots? · · Score: 1



    how about nasa making it possible for US to get into space, and let US make our own descions?

  18. Consider Other Uses on NASA Consider "Demanning" Space Station · · Score: 1



    if nasa needs someone to be a care taker, i submit myself. what do custodial staff make an hour at nasa?

    of course there's always USING the space statioin for what it was designed for...

  19. Subscription Models? on OS/2 Going, Going... Gone · · Score: 1



    One only need apply this senario to XP to behold the future...

  20. i get it . . . on Toledo Uncappers Getting Shafted · · Score: 1



    fact:
    1. the president of the u.s.a. is in charge fo the f.b.i.

    2. i break my service contract with a cable company.

    3. postal workers in black clothing show up at my door step, (not to deliver the mail).

    conclusion:

    i believe that that there is a raving lunitic in the executive branch.

  21. What is that I am Smelling? on Open Source More Expensive In the Long Run? · · Score: 1



    Beware of m$ bearing F.U.D.

  22. executive decisions... on Microsoft Antitrust Judgement · · Score: 1



    i see the gross demonstration of technological retartdation generated by those of the m$ flavor. i have not seen where this has benefited our great land at all.

    i see the indifference of hurtful greed from the executive branch influencing the judicial branch. this puzzels me.

    i can only hope that florida will not be the pivital state in our nations next presidential election. for i have grown tired of the lack of benefit the bush family membes have offered.

  23. What is the definition of 'stealing'? on Uncap Your Modem, Get Visit From the FBI · · Score: 1



    taking property from another person.

    ok, so where is the band width?

  24. the bottom line; period. on Windows vs Linux On Security · · Score: 1

    i don't give a rat's behind about hype when it comes to the fact of security holes. its how those holes are plugged that gets my attention. if the hole is not plugged, then it's solution is smoke in my eyes. as a software contractor of secure internet solutions, i am forced to look at the bottom line. the solution of 'do not ask, and do not tell' is weak, and barren of life. maybe its time to ignore the siren's song of usability for certain 3rd party operating systems. and for these same 3rd party operating systems with puffed up egos of to open source their product. frankly, i do not care. i stopped being disappointed when linux became usable for prime time business solutions.

    by the way has anyone noticed how shrill the hype is in certain washington state software firms?

  25. I wonder. on GameToo Much...... And Die! · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know what his 'final' score was?