Isn't this essentially an eula of some sort? So does anyone have an example doc like this for programmers? That lets them off the hook for any issues encountered while using the product?
If it is so easy for socially irresposible brats (script kiddies) to disrupt society by writing or modifying computer viruses / worms / trojans / backdoors, then think what wiil happen when it is easy to give those evil code snippets nanobodies? Total disaster. The end of the world as we know it. THe sky is falling!
That has got to be the funniest oxymoron I have heard in a long time. Have you read any of the feedback? Like this one, for example? Self-educated? Anyone who considers browsing the internet an education is a crackpot. heh heh
true, advanced weapons use all the big heavy fancy stuff, for max yield. I did explain that in my first email That has nothing to do with plutonium critical mass is about 1.5lbs / kg (I forget which)
WRONG. The US has had backpack nukes for decades. It takes less than 2 lbs of plutonium to make a nuke. The problem is containing the blast. The longer you can keep the nuclear material close together, the larger the blast yield. So the backpack nukes do not have a large yield, but still, are awesome bombs. And they can be made very dirty as well. You do not want one to go off in NY, Chicago, etc.
If they required their customers' windoze computers to be auto-updated, with working firewall, like zone-alarm, and working anti-virus, like panda, then there would be no problem. If they charged less for linux machines, or users who stuck to firefox / thunderbird, then maybe a few would switch. If they charged a penalty for anyone whose machine got zombied, then maybe the idiots would be more careful. Once the idiots were on autoupdate, there would be alot less problems, and the isp probably would save money. But wait a minute, that makes sense, and we all know people do not act sensibly. What was I thinking?
I work at Dell, designing servers. I am surrounded by geeks. Lots of them. If you read the article pointed to above, it is reasonably accurate. What it does not explain is the prime directive. The prime directive is: Stay in business. How do you stay in business? By being successfull. That translates into staying profitable. How do you stay profitable? By not squandering your profits. How do you do that? By doing what the markets demands of you. If you look at Dell sales, they are doing just that. Growing faster than the market, by taking market share away from its competitors. At a profit. 50 Billion in sales a year is nothing to sneeeze at. Bill Gates wishes his sales were that high. So does Intel. Dell's comeptitors are doing AMD and/or Intel. And they are loosing market share to Dell.
So what really is the Prime Directive? To keep us Dell geeks in paychecks so we can afford the latest geek toys. Lots of geek toys. Oh, baby, oh baby. drool, drool.
By the way, thank you all for your contributions. I personally really appreciate it. thank you, thank you, thank you. (he says, laughing all the way to the bank) Really
If Intel is shipping the chips no one is buying, then no one is paying them 30 billion dollars a year for no chips? And paying Dell 50 billion dollars a year for no PCs? Yeh, right.
Even if it did, you're so damn ugly that firefox would be too busy barfing or going belly-up, taking down the whole OS with it, to have any time to yell at you: "Put your clothes back on, dammit!"
There you go. Assusming I have a left testicle. If you were'nt so busy kissing my ass, you would have noticed that my wife cut off my balls a long time ago. Oh, wait, did I actually say that out loud? Nevermind.
Don't we have enough autodialers to carpet bomb the spam numbers? Can't we reply a million times anonymously to each site that would ordinarily get clicked to? Wouldn't that DDOS the sites pushing the spam? Even if they are zombie machines, that would teach the owners a thing or two. And couldn't we reply to the machines ip addresses / mac addresses sending the spam? Wouldn't that DDOS the sites pushing the spam? Even if they are zombie machines, that would teach the owners a thing or two. Wouldn't that put the spammers out of business?
All this is just hypothetical speaking, of course. I would never actually break the law, or even encourage someone to break the law. No, really! I wouldn't! Not I! Never! Nope!
Oh, my God. An intelligent comment on/. Someone please tell bitkid that/. is for idiots who click on spam, and spam/. with the same crap comments every time they read an article. bitkid , you do not belong here! Don't you understand, this is the insane asylum they keep talking about? A million monkeys typing for one second could come up with a million better comments than you could read on/., for God's sake!
I believe market refers to a place where you must pay for goods. I use the term "goods" loosely, here seeing as MS stuff should be termed "bads" But when you can get the same stuff for free, then the customer who pays is usually refered to as gullible, and the seller is often refered to as a con man. Don't they have laws against cons? Oh, wait, that law only applies to the little guys who con. Big guys who con are refered to as successfull monopolies. Never mind.
Don't worry. Based on past history, MS is going to grant your wish in a big way. So, yes, that is a valid "choice", although you do not actually have any say in it. The word choice is usually restricted to cases where you have more than one possibility.
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Isn't this essentially an eula of some sort?
So does anyone have an example doc like this for programmers?
That lets them off the hook for any issues encountered while using the product?
You shuld not have said that. Now the bean counters know where to look next to cut the balls off another great research lab.
Maybe Bill gates could fund some similar labs?
Nah.
Copy your video game to this baby.
Kill them all!
killer app.
or use for swap, temp, email directories
If it is so easy for socially irresposible brats (script kiddies) to disrupt society by writing or modifying computer viruses / worms / trojans / backdoors, then think what wiil happen when it is easy to give those evil code snippets nanobodies?
Total disaster.
The end of the world as we know it.
THe sky is falling!
That has got to be the funniest oxymoron I have heard in a long time.
Have you read any of the feedback? Like this one, for example?
Self-educated?
Anyone who considers browsing the internet an education is a crackpot.
heh heh
No, 12 minutes is definitely on a tweaked install of windoze.
This is a dupe, you silly fool.
Slashdot never posts anything but dupes.
heh heh.
sheesh. sounds like someone has not gotten laid in a long time.
No, Plutonium critical mass is about 1.5 kg.
Uranium is almost 10.
true, advanced weapons use all the big heavy fancy stuff, for max yield.
I did explain that in my first email
That has nothing to do with plutonium critical mass is about 1.5lbs / kg (I forget which)
WRONG. The US has had backpack nukes for decades.
It takes less than 2 lbs of plutonium to make a nuke. The problem is containing the blast. The longer you can keep the nuclear material close together, the larger the blast yield. So the backpack nukes do not have a large yield, but still, are awesome bombs. And they can be made very dirty as well.
You do not want one to go off in NY, Chicago, etc.
If they required their customers' windoze computers to be auto-updated, with working firewall, like zone-alarm, and working anti-virus, like panda, then there would be no problem.
If they charged less for linux machines, or users who stuck to firefox / thunderbird, then maybe a few would switch.
If they charged a penalty for anyone whose machine got zombied, then maybe the idiots would be more careful.
Once the idiots were on autoupdate, there would be alot less problems, and the isp probably would save money.
But wait a minute, that makes sense, and we all know people do not act sensibly.
What was I thinking?
Or copyrights?
Or trademarks?
I'm so confused!??!?!?!
Insert comment about Captain Kirk here...
doomed as doomed can be
I work at Dell, designing servers.
I am surrounded by geeks.
Lots of them.
If you read the article pointed to above, it is reasonably accurate.
What it does not explain is the prime directive.
The prime directive is:
Stay in business.
How do you stay in business?
By being successfull. That translates into staying profitable.
How do you stay profitable?
By not squandering your profits.
How do you do that?
By doing what the markets demands of you.
If you look at Dell sales, they are doing just that.
Growing faster than the market, by taking market share away from its competitors. At a profit.
50 Billion in sales a year is nothing to sneeeze at.
Bill Gates wishes his sales were that high.
So does Intel.
Dell's comeptitors are doing AMD and/or Intel.
And they are loosing market share to Dell.
So what really is the Prime Directive?
To keep us Dell geeks in paychecks so we can afford the latest geek toys.
Lots of geek toys.
Oh, baby, oh baby.
drool, drool.
By the way, thank you all for your contributions.
I personally really appreciate it.
thank you, thank you, thank you.
(he says, laughing all the way to the bank)
Really
If Intel is shipping the chips no one is buying, then no one is paying them 30 billion dollars a year for no chips?
And paying Dell 50 billion dollars a year for no PCs?
Yeh, right.
Even if it did, you're so damn ugly that firefox would be too busy barfing or going belly-up, taking down the whole OS with it, to have any time to yell at you: "Put your clothes back on, dammit!"
There you go. Assusming I have a left testicle.
If you were'nt so busy kissing my ass, you would have noticed that my wife cut off my balls a long time ago.
Oh, wait, did I actually say that out loud?
Nevermind.
Don't we have enough autodialers to carpet bomb the spam numbers?
Can't we reply a million times anonymously to each site that would ordinarily get clicked to?
Wouldn't that DDOS the sites pushing the spam?
Even if they are zombie machines, that would teach the owners a thing or two.
And couldn't we reply to the machines ip addresses / mac addresses sending the spam? Wouldn't that DDOS the sites pushing the spam?
Even if they are zombie machines, that would teach the owners a thing or two.
Wouldn't that put the spammers out of business?
All this is just hypothetical speaking, of course.
I would never actually break the law, or even encourage someone to break the law.
No, really! I wouldn't!
Not I!
Never!
Nope!
Oh, my God. /. /. is for idiots who click on spam, and spam /. with the same crap comments every time they read an article. /., for God's sake!
An intelligent comment on
Someone please tell bitkid that
bitkid , you do not belong here!
Don't you understand, this is the insane asylum they keep talking about?
A million monkeys typing for one second could come up with a million better comments than you could read on
Do Not Worry.
You are very secure.
No one wants anything you have.
No one wants you.
You are very very alone.
I believe market refers to a place where you must pay for goods.
I use the term "goods" loosely, here seeing as MS stuff should be termed "bads"
But when you can get the same stuff for free, then the customer who pays is usually refered to as gullible, and the seller is often refered to as a con man.
Don't they have laws against cons?
Oh, wait, that law only applies to the little guys who con.
Big guys who con are refered to as successfull monopolies.
Never mind.
Don't worry. Based on past history, MS is going to grant your wish in a big way.
So, yes, that is a valid "choice", although you do not actually have any say in it.
The word choice is usually restricted to cases where you have more than one possibility.
I am pretty sure he meant to type benchmark jism.