So basically, he's another of those people who thinks that, of course, Steve must be trying to maximize his market share...
Actually, I think a lot of people think that Steve must be trying to do his fiduciary duty and maximize profits for his corporation. That's why they think he might be interested in improved market share.
You're absolutely right when you say Apple isn't Dell. Apple has a market cap of about $11 billion and is expected to make about $235 million this fiscal year; Dell has a market cap of $90 billion and is expecting profits of around $3 billion this year. Dell is one manufacturer of a type of machine manufactured by many companies--they don't even get into the OS side of the business. They are a piece of a piece of the Wintel business, but they will make (conservatively) 12 times as much money as Apple this year. It is Steve Jobs duty to try to improve this situation. Better market share might be a good first step.
Most likely he's a typical lefty half-wit, who thinks that anything anybody else does is better, smarter and more efficient than we American stumblebums could come up with. America deployed MIRVed, multi-megaton nuclear warheads. It naturally follows that they must be second-rate weapons compared to the terror of a killer blast of germs.
...someone should start rethinking the editorial policies.
I think I've found the problem here. You're still under the illusion that someone as Slashdot is thinking. With all the dupes, errors of fact, errors of omission, etc., I would say that theory has been disproved.
...making people appreciate what you're doing makes them not hate you
Completely without malice or rancor, I tell you: this doesn't always work. There will always be people who hate you, if not personally, then as part of a group that you may or may not have ever volunteered to join (like, for instance your race or you gender or your nationality). This is going to become a very interesting world to live in, I'm afraid, because hate can only be minimized, not eliminated, and bullshit laws like the ones we're discussing don't work worth a damn, and the weapons just get smaller and more effective.
Honestly, who do you know that bitches and moans about having to use a separate key for both their car and house/apartment?
Nobody, because people can easily see the reason for this. That doesn't mean it's a great thing. Lots of people hide keys, in case they misplace one--near the door to their house, in magnetic boxes under a fender, under a rock, etc. A system that relies on the memory and presence of mind of average (or, frequently, above-average) people to maintain security is going to be crackable by social means--always has been, always will be.
It seems to me that the reason we can't just accept this and get on with it is they tantalizing possibility of a technical fix. But, every time that gets brought up for discussion, technocrats like you start crying that its not THEIR problem--even though it manifestly IS their problem. Apparently, human nature is so frustratingly scatterbrained compared to machines that we're going to spend all our time crying about what lazy idiots the (l)users are, rather than finding a way to use the machines to fix the problem.
I don't think you're right about this risking GTNW--people don't start the Big One because they got caught stealing, even if the consequences are ugly. Besides, there was plenty of deniability built into this scheme. (Of course, there's more than enough built into Safire's story, too--trying to prove or disprove this would be out of the question for all but a handful of people.)
But, even if you're right that no responsible administration would have done this, you seem to have missed that it took place under Reagan.
If we just followed the 'nauts around with robotic tv cameras 24[:39]/7, we could broadcast their heroic struggles and romantic tangles to the world--for a fee, of course. Naturally, you'd want to pick the crew for optimum "spice" in their interactions. With the current appetite for intrusive, salacious, mind-everybody-else's-business television, this would probably pay for the launch before we even released the dvd set.
This is totally inappropriate, but I can't hear about 100-mile-an-hour tape without thinking of a story a friend once told me. While she was in the Air Force, a guy she was dating invited her to participate in "100-mile-an-hour fuck". Having no idea what she was saying yes to (but probably thinking it would involve a moving vehicle), she went ahead anyway, and this is what he did: After they shucked their clothes, he put a strip of the tape on her back, then he laid on his back and had her get on top. Things proceeded as usual for while, with the expected rise in intensity until, finally--just as she was climaxing--he reached around to her back and yanked off the tape.
She described it as "intense" and "unique", but I don't think she ever asked for a repeat. I'm sorry to say I've never had the nerve to try it with anybody myself, but feel free to borrow this and let us all know how it works out.
I agree with your response, as far as it goes. But it does seem that many times the "de facto core" is a better idea than the "explicit core" because it is more of a meritocracy. Therefore (with luck), more of the politicking is about code and less about ideology or personality. It's also easier for new blood to chase out the old when the old run out of ideas or energy.
Of course, this is in theory. Contradictory examples are easy to find.
In a semi-related suggestion, I've donated numerous antique-but-functional parts to the local "computer doctor" guy. Unless the business is a front for a crack house, he's not making very much money, and he can solve your recycling problem. My guy even took a broken monitor, on the chance that it could be repaired economically.
If I close my eyes I can see the dusting of freckles across the tops of her shoulders and feel her flat stomach tense under my palms when I kiss the back of her neck, but time has stolen her name from me.
Dude, I'm not being critical, but that is strange. I'm older than you are, and I still have too many living brain cells to forget the name of somebody I shared such memorable times with. Maybe it's repressed--you do still seem to have some residual warmth going there.
Anyway, Merry Xmas, etc. No offense, just a comment.
Mmmm, no. It means he plans to borrow 400 shares and sell them now, in the hopes that he can buy them back later at a lower price (to return to the lender). A stock broker does the work of finding stock for you to borrow.
It's riskier than buying stock, in a sense, because the downside is unlimited. When you buy a stock, the worst that can happen is it goes to $0. When you short a stock, it can just keep going up forever.
Well, the NFL deal not only changed my mind about which satellite radio to get, it made me want the stupid thing in the first place. I've been trying to decide how to get more and better tunes into my cars. Now the decision is easy. (I admit my schedule is a bit strange. I leave for work at about 3:00pm on Sunday afternoons, and I'm driving home during both the Sunday Night and the Monday Night games.) AM radio just doesn't cut it out here in the sticks.
I've seen this exact post before. I guess you're repeating yourself as a public service, but the link provided in the first response (to the CPSR FAQ) certainly makes it look like you're propagating an urban legend here. I've heard the "illegal to use" thing for almost 30 years, but now I think it's most likely untrue. Do you have any references to back up your statements?
Does anybody know this guy personally? Does he have some kind of self-destructive, pathological condition, or has he always been an arrogant, incompetent fuck? He posts more dupes than all the other "editors" together. Didn't he start this site? Doesn't he give a shit at all about how he or his work appear in public? HE DOESN'T EVEN SCAN THE HEADLINES OF HIS OWN WEBSITE!
This guy sold out to VA, so somewhere he has a boss. I'm going to find out who it is and start dropping turds in his/her inbox until he/she fixes this idiot or forces him to retire.
In the same (pointless) vein, I liked my co-worker's idea for a vertigo detection system for fighter jets: a cat. If the cat's standing on the canopy, you're upside-down.
You almost made me snort wine out my nose from laughing.
You really nailed it, brother. But, I would argue that you answer your own first post with this one. Your point here goes far to explaining why the world seems powerless to move towards actual code re-use. By the time you find the code, figure out if the developer thinks it solves your problem, figure out for yourself if it actually does solve your problem, then learn the interfaces and fight your way through the bugs--shit, you could have built it yourself with time to spare, and the variable names would be easier for you to remember, too.
I don't want to get into an argument with anybody here about what they may or may not have experienced with these machines, but I bought two with Celerons about 3 years ago and gave them to my daughter and my sister. They're still doing their (admittedly slow) thing without a hitch. I wouldn't worry about it.
Since you took such a gentle, constructive tone--and in the spirit of the Season--I'll do likewise in agreeing with you.
The story selection is a bit suspect, but the dupes are simply unacceptable. It shouldn't be that hard to keep from repeating stories--actually reading their site might be a start. I would never pay for such slipshod work, and if I found out the site was about to fail for lack of subscriptions, it wouldn't change my mind.
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Actually, I think a lot of people think that Steve must be trying to do his fiduciary duty and maximize profits for his corporation. That's why they think he might be interested in improved market share.
You're absolutely right when you say Apple isn't Dell. Apple has a market cap of about $11 billion and is expected to make about $235 million this fiscal year; Dell has a market cap of $90 billion and is expecting profits of around $3 billion this year. Dell is one manufacturer of a type of machine manufactured by many companies--they don't even get into the OS side of the business. They are a piece of a piece of the Wintel business, but they will make (conservatively) 12 times as much money as Apple this year. It is Steve Jobs duty to try to improve this situation. Better market share might be a good first step.
Most likely he's a typical lefty half-wit, who thinks that anything anybody else does is better, smarter and more efficient than we American stumblebums could come up with. America deployed MIRVed, multi-megaton nuclear warheads. It naturally follows that they must be second-rate weapons compared to the terror of a killer blast of germs.
I think I've found the problem here. You're still under the illusion that someone as Slashdot is thinking. With all the dupes, errors of fact, errors of omission, etc., I would say that theory has been disproved.
Completely without malice or rancor, I tell you: this doesn't always work. There will always be people who hate you, if not personally, then as part of a group that you may or may not have ever volunteered to join (like, for instance your race or you gender or your nationality). This is going to become a very interesting world to live in, I'm afraid, because hate can only be minimized, not eliminated, and bullshit laws like the ones we're discussing don't work worth a damn, and the weapons just get smaller and more effective.
Well, that was cheery and kinda inspirational. Thanks.
Honestly, who do you know that bitches and moans about having to use a separate key for both their car and house/apartment?
Nobody, because people can easily see the reason for this. That doesn't mean it's a great thing. Lots of people hide keys, in case they misplace one--near the door to their house, in magnetic boxes under a fender, under a rock, etc. A system that relies on the memory and presence of mind of average (or, frequently, above-average) people to maintain security is going to be crackable by social means--always has been, always will be.
It seems to me that the reason we can't just accept this and get on with it is they tantalizing possibility of a technical fix. But, every time that gets brought up for discussion, technocrats like you start crying that its not THEIR problem--even though it manifestly IS their problem. Apparently, human nature is so frustratingly scatterbrained compared to machines that we're going to spend all our time crying about what lazy idiots the (l)users are, rather than finding a way to use the machines to fix the problem.
...that was absolutely heartbreaking. Just the thing for my Saturday morning cup of coffee.
But, even if you're right that no responsible administration would have done this, you seem to have missed that it took place under Reagan.
If we just followed the 'nauts around with robotic tv cameras 24[:39]/7, we could broadcast their heroic struggles and romantic tangles to the world--for a fee, of course. Naturally, you'd want to pick the crew for optimum "spice" in their interactions. With the current appetite for intrusive, salacious, mind-everybody-else's-business television, this would probably pay for the launch before we even released the dvd set.
She described it as "intense" and "unique", but I don't think she ever asked for a repeat. I'm sorry to say I've never had the nerve to try it with anybody myself, but feel free to borrow this and let us all know how it works out.
Of course, this is in theory. Contradictory examples are easy to find.
In a semi-related suggestion, I've donated numerous antique-but-functional parts to the local "computer doctor" guy. Unless the business is a front for a crack house, he's not making very much money, and he can solve your recycling problem. My guy even took a broken monitor, on the chance that it could be repaired economically.
I'm curious: which of these outfits do you think is American? BBC, or Reuters?
If I close my eyes I can see the dusting of freckles across the tops of her shoulders and feel her flat stomach tense under my palms when I kiss the back of her neck, but time has stolen her name from me.
Dude, I'm not being critical, but that is strange. I'm older than you are, and I still have too many living brain cells to forget the name of somebody I shared such memorable times with. Maybe it's repressed--you do still seem to have some residual warmth going there.
Anyway, Merry Xmas, etc. No offense, just a comment.
Mods, hit this one hard: -1 Seriously Offtopic
It's riskier than buying stock, in a sense, because the downside is unlimited. When you buy a stock, the worst that can happen is it goes to $0. When you short a stock, it can just keep going up forever.
Well, the NFL deal not only changed my mind about which satellite radio to get, it made me want the stupid thing in the first place. I've been trying to decide how to get more and better tunes into my cars. Now the decision is easy. (I admit my schedule is a bit strange. I leave for work at about 3:00pm on Sunday afternoons, and I'm driving home during both the Sunday Night and the Monday Night games.) AM radio just doesn't cut it out here in the sticks.
The battery stops running down.
I've seen this exact post before. I guess you're repeating yourself as a public service, but the link provided in the first response (to the CPSR FAQ) certainly makes it look like you're propagating an urban legend here. I've heard the "illegal to use" thing for almost 30 years, but now I think it's most likely untrue. Do you have any references to back up your statements?
Does anybody know this guy personally? Does he have some kind of self-destructive, pathological condition, or has he always been an arrogant, incompetent fuck? He posts more dupes than all the other "editors" together. Didn't he start this site? Doesn't he give a shit at all about how he or his work appear in public? HE DOESN'T EVEN SCAN THE HEADLINES OF HIS OWN WEBSITE!
This guy sold out to VA, so somewhere he has a boss. I'm going to find out who it is and start dropping turds in his/her inbox until he /she fixes this idiot or forces him to retire.
(I know, I know-- -1 Offtopic)
You really nailed it, brother. But, I would argue that you answer your own first post with this one. Your point here goes far to explaining why the world seems powerless to move towards actual code re-use. By the time you find the code, figure out if the developer thinks it solves your problem, figure out for yourself if it actually does solve your problem, then learn the interfaces and fight your way through the bugs--shit, you could have built it yourself with time to spare, and the variable names would be easier for you to remember, too.
I don't want to get into an argument with anybody here about what they may or may not have experienced with these machines, but I bought two with Celerons about 3 years ago and gave them to my daughter and my sister. They're still doing their (admittedly slow) thing without a hitch. I wouldn't worry about it.
The story selection is a bit suspect, but the dupes are simply unacceptable. It shouldn't be that hard to keep from repeating stories--actually reading their site might be a start. I would never pay for such slipshod work, and if I found out the site was about to fail for lack of subscriptions, it wouldn't change my mind.
I do not believe that the simple act of pulling the troops out will turn the place around.