Yes, in the U.S. the law is that _all_ of the music on the radio has to suck, except for classical stations. (I'm primarily a fan of rock and jazz, but all rock stations these days are horrible.)
Wait, global warming must be as disastrous as the wild-eyed Chicken Littles say because we have nuclear weapons?
I'd be willing to bet that in 10 or maybe 20 years global warming won't even be in the news... kinda like the last world-ending apocalypse Al Gore was predicting from the ozone hole... which was also never concretely linked to anything man was doing.
Given the track record of so-called "experts" in the environmental and health fields, I have no doubts that you can find an "expert" witness for any view you wish to put forth.
Except there's a strong argument that every one of those companies killed themselves... except maybe for Borland.
Netscape simply turned into big ugly bloatware. IE simply beat it on merit (yes! it does happen).
Word Perfect took several years to make a successful transition to Windows, by which time it was too late, although anyone who knows anything still prefers it over Word. Of course, in my experience, do-it-yourself dental surgery would probably be easier, and more productive, than using Word. (It could be also argued that the incredibly poorly documented Windows 3.x contributed to nobody making a good transition to Windows except Microsoft who had access to all the secret juju that actually worked.)
Ditto, Lotus. They augered themselves in trying to move to Windows and lost any dominance they ever had or ever would have. And their biggest product in the past 15 years was Notes, which was rejected by the Soviet government for being too archaic and bureaucratic.
And Ashton-Tate? dBase IV. 'Nuff said.
I think Borland basically died a death of a thousand cuts with bloated software tools in their latter days (although OWL was years ahead of MFC for a long time, IMO, and was a vastly superior design), spreading themselves too thin (remember Sprint? Paradox?) and losing too many brains to Microsoft. Plus there was Delphi, which was actually a really good tool based on my little bit of experience, but Pascal is so 1980's.
He has some good ideas but he often undermines his goals with his actions.
Or by being a cantankerous old crank... kinda like that Ron Paul guy. The problem is that the people who are willing and able to actually change something are never the ones with the sleazy-used-car-salesman-soul that it takes to get elected. I guess that "being principled" thing doesn't jibe with the self-whoring it takes to actually get elected.
I saw a bumper sticker that said "I can't hear you I'm listening to Rush" which I thought was incredibly cool until a friend pointed out that it almost certainly wasn't referring to the group. How silly of me. I'm a hardcore conservative and even _I_ think he's a big blowhard.
Well, the Democrats are poised to nominate their first candidate since Bill Clinton with actual charisma (and the second since Kennedy), so there is a danger they could win. If they would go back to nominating droning weenies whose mothers couldn't even sit through their speeches, they could maintain their losing streak.
We won't hold Microsoft up to the standard of perfection any more than we do for Apple or FOSS, but the fact remains that they are messing up a lot lately.
Castro launched his revolutionary battle as a young man, organizing an unsuccessful July 26, 1953 attack on a military barracks in the eastern city of Santiago.
Later freed under a pardon, Castro went to Mexico and organized a rebel army that returned to Cuba and rallied support in the Sierra Maestra mountains. His rebels took power when Batista was forced to flee.
Entering Havana triumphantly, Castro declared: "Power does not interest me, and I will not take it."
It's such a bogus argument, but many people are going to complete ignore his brutal capitalistic behavior because he's "given so much to charity", and I have no doubts that that was taken into consideration when the Foundation was created.
"I neither will aspire to nor will I accept -- I repeat -- I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief"
Funny... he said something very similar when he and his revolutionaries kicked out Batista in the first place.
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Not even if I'm waiting for him covered in maple syrup?!
So the cockpit would have one button with a picture of Mars on it!
Just don't forget to smoke him a kipper...
We used to have a saying "Die twice, save for half."
Or a badger... at least in the 1st Edition rules, IIRC. I know where my books are... don't make me get them.
Where? Where?
I think you mean, "Hear, Hear!"
Would you care to cite, or at least mention, any examples?
Yes, in the U.S. the law is that _all_ of the music on the radio has to suck, except for classical stations. (I'm primarily a fan of rock and jazz, but all rock stations these days are horrible.)
Wait, global warming must be as disastrous as the wild-eyed Chicken Littles say because we have nuclear weapons?
I'd be willing to bet that in 10 or maybe 20 years global warming won't even be in the news... kinda like the last world-ending apocalypse Al Gore was predicting from the ozone hole... which was also never concretely linked to anything man was doing.
I believe Sam Kinison's famous rant about the Ethiopians comes to mind. :-)
Actually he bought enough carbon credits to offset the hot air he produces, but his tremendous output of smug causes cancer in a 5-mile radius.
Given the track record of so-called "experts" in the environmental and health fields, I have no doubts that you can find an "expert" witness for any view you wish to put forth.
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... of any software that can be written a couple hours by anyone of even modest skill and experience.
F'r cryin' out loud, Tetris was invented almost 25 years ago. Get over yourself.
Yeah, but being an egomaniac and being irrelevant is much funnier.
Except there's a strong argument that every one of those companies killed themselves... except maybe for Borland.
Netscape simply turned into big ugly bloatware. IE simply beat it on merit (yes! it does happen).
Word Perfect took several years to make a successful transition to Windows, by which time it was too late, although anyone who knows anything still prefers it over Word. Of course, in my experience, do-it-yourself dental surgery would probably be easier, and more productive, than using Word. (It could be also argued that the incredibly poorly documented Windows 3.x contributed to nobody making a good transition to Windows except Microsoft who had access to all the secret juju that actually worked.)
Ditto, Lotus. They augered themselves in trying to move to Windows and lost any dominance they ever had or ever would have. And their biggest product in the past 15 years was Notes, which was rejected by the Soviet government for being too archaic and bureaucratic.
And Ashton-Tate? dBase IV. 'Nuff said.
I think Borland basically died a death of a thousand cuts with bloated software tools in their latter days (although OWL was years ahead of MFC for a long time, IMO, and was a vastly superior design), spreading themselves too thin (remember Sprint? Paradox?) and losing too many brains to Microsoft. Plus there was Delphi, which was actually a really good tool based on my little bit of experience, but Pascal is so 1980's.
Has Bill Gates ever predicted anything even remotely correctly?
He has some good ideas but he often undermines his goals with his actions.
Or by being a cantankerous old crank... kinda like that Ron Paul guy. The problem is that the people who are willing and able to actually change something are never the ones with the sleazy-used-car-salesman-soul that it takes to get elected. I guess that "being principled" thing doesn't jibe with the self-whoring it takes to actually get elected.
I saw a bumper sticker that said "I can't hear you I'm listening to Rush" which I thought was incredibly cool until a friend pointed out that it almost certainly wasn't referring to the group. How silly of me. I'm a hardcore conservative and even _I_ think he's a big blowhard.
Wow, someone on /. recognizing Al Gore for the cynical Chicken Little huckster that he is. There really is hope in the world.
Well, the Democrats are poised to nominate their first candidate since Bill Clinton with actual charisma (and the second since Kennedy), so there is a danger they could win. If they would go back to nominating droning weenies whose mothers couldn't even sit through their speeches, they could maintain their losing streak.
In Microsoft's case, a pledge is "something they while catching their breath between successive stabs in your back".
We won't hold Microsoft up to the standard of perfection any more than we do for Apple or FOSS, but the fact remains that they are messing up a lot lately.
"Lately?" Perhaps in geologic terms.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080219/D8UTC77G2.html
From the end of the article:
Castro launched his revolutionary battle as a young man, organizing an unsuccessful July 26, 1953 attack on a military barracks in the eastern city of Santiago.
Later freed under a pardon, Castro went to Mexico and organized a rebel army that returned to Cuba and rallied support in the Sierra Maestra mountains. His rebels took power when Batista was forced to flee.
Entering Havana triumphantly, Castro declared: "Power does not interest me, and I will not take it."
It's such a bogus argument, but many people are going to complete ignore his brutal capitalistic behavior because he's "given so much to charity", and I have no doubts that that was taken into consideration when the Foundation was created.
"I neither will aspire to nor will I accept -- I repeat -- I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief"
Funny... he said something very similar when he and his revolutionaries kicked out Batista in the first place.