Really, this is all about Howard Stern, who's trying his damnedest to get Bush out of office. Of course, the FCC is run by all of Bush's people, so Bush, who has never read our country's Constitution, is trying to get Stern shut down because he is a legitimate threat. Fuck Bush and Fuck the FCC. They're all fucking assholes.
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Among the people I know, only a few that are my age (late 20's, early 30's)even watch TV any more. Most are like myself: we have a TV for watching DVD's and games. If there's a TV show worth watching, it'll come out on DVD. I literally haven't watched TV outside of one that's blaring in a bar or restaurant for several years. I don't miss it. My TV is usually on with a movie or game, but no crap TV or the commercials that go along with them. As far as I'm concerned, Tivo can live or die... I don't really care.
America Online acquired Netscape Communications $4.2 billion dollars in 1998...
That was an example of both a horrible purchase, and horrible brand management. The Netscape name is pretty worth nothing now, since there's really no live product, and just another stupid portal. Like other posters said, AOL is being run into the ground, and the Netscape acquisition is one stellar example of bad management.
I'm trying to understand how that is bad? AIM is filled with spyware, adware, and is a spam-filled network. Besides, getting rid of AIM would mean one more step towards unified IM. Personally, I'd like to see Yahoo become the de-facto standard, because I like their products, pricing, and I think that Yahoo is a well run company.
Exit polls are a BAD thing. They should be illegal. People who have not yet voted are influenced by people who voted previously. Decisions are made like "This guy's not gonna win, so I'm not gonna vote for him" which is NOT how voting is supposed to work! People should vote for the person that they think is the best for the job, regardless of how other people vote. "Exit polls" is what keeps the 2 party system entrenched in this country.
Have you *ever* voted? This has been around for many, many years. Fill out a "scantron", and stick it in the machine to be counted. This technology has been around for many, many years.
Besides, you always have to trust someone or something to count votes, unless you're physically going to do the entire process yourself. Put your tin foil hat back on!
Anyone using Paypal deserves what they get. They're a fake bank, operating under the pretense that they are a bank. They have a terrible business history, to boot. Why anyone in their right mind would use them is beyond me.
Can somebody please explain to me what OSS has to do with a futuristic law show? I swear, I expect any day to see a story on something even *more* inane, such as a new color for Pepsi, and somehow,/. is going to relate that to OSS. There really IS more to life than OSS, people! Hell, there's a LOT more to *geek* life than OSS!
Hmm, linux is going to put these folks out of work
+5 Funny. That is the funniest goddamn thing I've read on here in a LOOONG time. Jesus christ, I've got tears coming out of my eyes just thinking about the last time I ran a Linux, and I spent 3 unsuccessful hours trying to get my goddamned resolution changed. Oh jesus... my side huts.... must end...post now...
I seem to remember Mozilla issuing a patch a few months ago that broke some serious DHTML stuff. Of course, since it's Open Source, that patch was a good thing. *Yawn*
Manufacturers ARE held responsible. There are lawsuits every day. Just because they print "we are not liable" somewhere doesn't make it legal or enforceable.
I say, if you don't want me copying or altering TV shows, then don't send them to me. I didn't ask for TV shows to be beamed into my house. Tough shit for them. I'll copy any damn TV show I want, 'cause it's mine once they beam it straight into my house. (In reality, I don't even have a TV antenna, never mind cable/satellite... I only use my TV to watch my DVD backups)
I'm not aware that Outlook Express comes in a trial version. It ships with all current versions of Windows, or so I thought. Outlook and Outlook Express may share part of their name, but they're in no way interchangeable products except for the fact that they both can handle POP3 mail.
If he wasn't aware of Pegasus and Eudora, he should have learned a bit about mail clients before trying to do a review of them. Like I said, these are both excellent, and have been around since the *early* days of email.
This person has obviously never used Outlook in a corporate environment. At several jobs, I lived in Outlook. All of the features: tasks, calendars, scheduling, even journaling are *EXTREMELY* useful!
That being said, Outlook is NOT a bare bones mail client. If he wanted to compare the MS mail client, that would be Outlook Express.
Also, why didn't he review any good closed source clients? This seems to be a silly OSS vs. MS thing. If it was a real review, he would have at LEAST needed to include Eudora and Pegasus, both of which have been around for ages (much longer than any of the ones he reviewed, in fact).
Look, "X" and "Free" together generally have something to do with porn. It's not a great search engine. End of story. This is the most paranoid, totally unfounded, ridiculous, asinine article I've ever read on/. (and let me tell, you, I've read a LOT of them).
I agree with my co-poster. Learn some basic economics. With the crappy jobs moving offshore to cheap labor, we get to buy said products in this country even cheaper, and standards of living rise, or at least stay the same, if no new jobs are being created fast enough and the average income drops. I can walk into Wal-Mart (not that I would) or Best Buy (not that I would), and buy a computer that will do anything I can imagine for $300. That's because they're being put together by people in Asia making $1/day. That's just one example. Look around in your house and take a look at your "stuff". All of that convenience stuff is so cheap because manufacturing moved offshore. All it is is a shift. Even if I were getting paid 1/2 as much as I am now, and couldn't afford that $300 computer, I'd be no worse off than I was 20 years ago when computers cost $2,000 each.
Why do you think that you have job security? People who think that they have job security are usually the first ones laid off. Write this down, and repeat it every morning when you brush your teeth: NOBODY HAS JOB SECURITY. As soon as you think that, you get slack, and forget it, your job is in India. No offense, dude, but you can't offshore auto mechanic jobs, and people will ALWAYS needs their cars fixed. IT jobs are being outsourced at an insane rate, and jobs are disappearing completely faster than you can say "IT". You're gonna be a training treadmill that's only going faster and faster. You think new cars every year is bad? Hell, at least the way an engine works stays pretty much the same year after year. In IT, get ready to learn a whole new skill set, I'd say, every 6 months. You really should think about this realistically. IT is about the least secure field for *anyone* these days, including Indians (their new jobs are moving to China and Vietnam, now)
I did the same thing. I run a small brick & mortar business. Much more interesting than writing yet another 3-tier web app in a drab, lifeless cubicle. The upside is that not only is it more interesting, but my long term financial picture is excellent. Instead of taking home an admittedly fat paycheck, my net worth is skyrocketing because my business is. It would take a salary of about $1M to get me back in IT. Good riddens!!
You see, businesses today often use many, many computers, especially large businesses, like Fortune 500 companies. The web server, which Netcraft looks at, is often one or two computers out of possible tens of thousands of computer in organizations. So, asking Netcraft what kind of computer runs their web site is largely irrelevant in this case, since more than likely, Autozone owns more than one computer (the webserver).
Of course, I guess that it is possible that Autozone owns just that one computer, and the rest of their multi-million dollar business is run with paper and pencils. However, I've been into an Autozone before and I saw at least 3 different computer terminals. That means that Autozone owns *at least* 3 other computers other than the webserver, all of which could be running code that SCO has a problem with.
Well, I gave up after about an hour, but assuming it took me 3 hours to figure out *just the printer*, that'd already be more expensive than buying a full copy of W2K Pro. So, that's what I did (although not from Amazon... I don't like them).
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Really, this is all about Howard Stern, who's trying his damnedest to get Bush out of office. Of course, the FCC is run by all of Bush's people, so Bush, who has never read our country's Constitution, is trying to get Stern shut down because he is a legitimate threat. Fuck Bush and Fuck the FCC. They're all fucking assholes.
Among the people I know, only a few that are my age (late 20's, early 30's)even watch TV any more. Most are like myself: we have a TV for watching DVD's and games. If there's a TV show worth watching, it'll come out on DVD. I literally haven't watched TV outside of one that's blaring in a bar or restaurant for several years. I don't miss it. My TV is usually on with a movie or game, but no crap TV or the commercials that go along with them. As far as I'm concerned, Tivo can live or die... I don't really care.
America Online acquired Netscape Communications $4.2 billion dollars in 1998 ...
That was an example of both a horrible purchase, and horrible brand management. The Netscape name is pretty worth nothing now, since there's really no live product, and just another stupid portal. Like other posters said, AOL is being run into the ground, and the Netscape acquisition is one stellar example of bad management.
I'm trying to understand how that is bad? AIM is filled with spyware, adware, and is a spam-filled network. Besides, getting rid of AIM would mean one more step towards unified IM. Personally, I'd like to see Yahoo become the de-facto standard, because I like their products, pricing, and I think that Yahoo is a well run company.
Exit polls are a BAD thing. They should be illegal. People who have not yet voted are influenced by people who voted previously. Decisions are made like "This guy's not gonna win, so I'm not gonna vote for him" which is NOT how voting is supposed to work! People should vote for the person that they think is the best for the job, regardless of how other people vote. "Exit polls" is what keeps the 2 party system entrenched in this country.
Have you *ever* voted? This has been around for many, many years. Fill out a "scantron", and stick it in the machine to be counted. This technology has been around for many, many years.
Besides, you always have to trust someone or something to count votes, unless you're physically going to do the entire process yourself. Put your tin foil hat back on!
Anyone using Paypal deserves what they get. They're a fake bank, operating under the pretense that they are a bank. They have a terrible business history, to boot. Why anyone in their right mind would use them is beyond me.
Can somebody please explain to me what OSS has to do with a futuristic law show? I swear, I expect any day to see a story on something even *more* inane, such as a new color for Pepsi, and somehow, /. is going to relate that to OSS. There really IS more to life than OSS, people! Hell, there's a LOT more to *geek* life than OSS!
Acer makes it!
Hmm, linux is going to put these folks out of work
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+5 Funny. That is the funniest goddamn thing I've read on here in a LOOONG time. Jesus christ, I've got tears coming out of my eyes just thinking about the last time I ran a Linux, and I spent 3 unsuccessful hours trying to get my goddamned resolution changed. Oh jesus... my side huts.... must end
It's relevant on Slashdot, as it's a blatant excuse for Microsoft bashing.
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I agree completely... The only thing is... where do I go to bitch when
I seem to remember Mozilla issuing a patch a few months ago that broke some serious DHTML stuff. Of course, since it's Open Source, that patch was a good thing. *Yawn*
Immediately springing to mind is the scene from 'Ocean's Eleven' when the Monster truck is racing the R/C mini-monster truck, and it runs it over.
Have some respect, please. That scene is from the new, and not as good version of Ocean's 11, not the original.
Manufacturers ARE held responsible. There are lawsuits every day. Just because they print "we are not liable" somewhere doesn't make it legal or enforceable.
RPM -> Good!
Closed source -> Bad!
You're young, aren't you? Aaah, I remember being young and naive, when everything was simple and was black and white.
And how, exactly, are people supposed to know what in the hell "alien" is, that is exists, and how to use it?
I say, if you don't want me copying or altering TV shows, then don't send them to me. I didn't ask for TV shows to be beamed into my house. Tough shit for them. I'll copy any damn TV show I want, 'cause it's mine once they beam it straight into my house. (In reality, I don't even have a TV antenna, never mind cable/satellite... I only use my TV to watch my DVD backups)
I'm not aware that Outlook Express comes in a trial version. It ships with all current versions of Windows, or so I thought. Outlook and Outlook Express may share part of their name, but they're in no way interchangeable products except for the fact that they both can handle POP3 mail.
If he wasn't aware of Pegasus and Eudora, he should have learned a bit about mail clients before trying to do a review of them. Like I said, these are both excellent, and have been around since the *early* days of email.
This person has obviously never used Outlook in a corporate environment. At several jobs, I lived in Outlook. All of the features: tasks, calendars, scheduling, even journaling are *EXTREMELY* useful!
That being said, Outlook is NOT a bare bones mail client. If he wanted to compare the MS mail client, that would be Outlook Express.
Also, why didn't he review any good closed source clients? This seems to be a silly OSS vs. MS thing. If it was a real review, he would have at LEAST needed to include Eudora and Pegasus, both of which have been around for ages (much longer than any of the ones he reviewed, in fact).
Why do you think you know his situation better than he does?
That's why I ended my sentence with a question mark. It looks like this: "?". It's used in the English language to denote uncertainty.
Look, "X" and "Free" together generally have something to do with porn. It's not a great search engine. End of story. This is the most paranoid, totally unfounded, ridiculous, asinine article I've ever read on /. (and let me tell, you, I've read a LOT of them).
I agree with my co-poster. Learn some basic economics. With the crappy jobs moving offshore to cheap labor, we get to buy said products in this country even cheaper, and standards of living rise, or at least stay the same, if no new jobs are being created fast enough and the average income drops. I can walk into Wal-Mart (not that I would) or Best Buy (not that I would), and buy a computer that will do anything I can imagine for $300. That's because they're being put together by people in Asia making $1/day. That's just one example. Look around in your house and take a look at your "stuff". All of that convenience stuff is so cheap because manufacturing moved offshore. All it is is a shift. Even if I were getting paid 1/2 as much as I am now, and couldn't afford that $300 computer, I'd be no worse off than I was 20 years ago when computers cost $2,000 each.
job security
Why do you think that you have job security? People who think that they have job security are usually the first ones laid off. Write this down, and repeat it every morning when you brush your teeth: NOBODY HAS JOB SECURITY. As soon as you think that, you get slack, and forget it, your job is in India. No offense, dude, but you can't offshore auto mechanic jobs, and people will ALWAYS needs their cars fixed. IT jobs are being outsourced at an insane rate, and jobs are disappearing completely faster than you can say "IT". You're gonna be a training treadmill that's only going faster and faster. You think new cars every year is bad? Hell, at least the way an engine works stays pretty much the same year after year. In IT, get ready to learn a whole new skill set, I'd say, every 6 months. You really should think about this realistically. IT is about the least secure field for *anyone* these days, including Indians (their new jobs are moving to China and Vietnam, now)
I did the same thing. I run a small brick & mortar business. Much more interesting than writing yet another 3-tier web app in a drab, lifeless cubicle. The upside is that not only is it more interesting, but my long term financial picture is excellent. Instead of taking home an admittedly fat paycheck, my net worth is skyrocketing because my business is. It would take a salary of about $1M to get me back in IT. Good riddens!!
You see, businesses today often use many, many computers, especially large businesses, like Fortune 500 companies. The web server, which Netcraft looks at, is often one or two computers out of possible tens of thousands of computer in organizations. So, asking Netcraft what kind of computer runs their web site is largely irrelevant in this case, since more than likely, Autozone owns more than one computer (the webserver).
Of course, I guess that it is possible that Autozone owns just that one computer, and the rest of their multi-million dollar business is run with paper and pencils. However, I've been into an Autozone before and I saw at least 3 different computer terminals. That means that Autozone owns *at least* 3 other computers other than the webserver, all of which could be running code that SCO has a problem with.
Well, I gave up after about an hour, but assuming it took me 3 hours to figure out *just the printer*, that'd already be more expensive than buying a full copy of W2K Pro. So, that's what I did (although not from Amazon... I don't like them).