That's what they'd do in a communist country like Belgium. In the Land of the Free Enterprise, the purpose of Chapter 11 is for consultants, lawyers and accountants (usually the brothers-in-law of the Board) to strip the carcase of any remaining flesh.
It seems harsh, but by encouraging them to feed on the weakest of the pack, it keeps them away from healthy companies.
The primary focus is on awarding contracts to small businesses rather than a few behemoths. Whether they use open source or not does not really appear to be a consideration. And "open standards" will in practice just means "hide the actual data inside a pile of useless XML cruft and pass it around via SOAP".
By the way, most customers for this kind of software would rather eat their own heads than have to deal with multiple vendors for different parts of an integrated national system.
You might want to try that before spouting it as fact.
First, if you don't have room to draw a sword, how are you throwing the pilum that proceeds drawing it?
Second, you can draw a sword from the left hip, point down, raise your hand overhead, then either stab straight from there or rotate it point up without changing your grip. You can do this in the tightest close order shieldwall, with a sword in excess of the length of a gladius. Been there, reenacted that, many times.
Third, try drawing from your right hip. Go on, stand up and try it. If you draw in the natural orientation (thumb down), where does your elbow go? <Morbo>JOINTS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY</Morbo>. Alternatively, you can draw with your thumb up and then have to juggle the sword to flip it over. It's always a more awkward draw, under any circumstances, and never takes less room than drawing across your body.
Where this myth came from, I have no idea, but I've yet to see any real world evidence that it's anything other than a myth, and that includes demonstrations from Roman reenactors trying desperately (and often hilariously) to justify it.
And yet there's hundreds of millions of the things. By numbers, iOS, Android and Blackberry are all bit players and WinCE (or whatever they're calling it now) isn't even a blip on the chart.
I posit a different solution. He gets all the way down and instead of seeing friendly glow-in-the-dark alien jellyfish things, he comes face-to-tentacle with loathly lord Cthulhu. Then he spends the rest of his life screaming and rocking back and forth on top of a mountain. Until the Fungi from Yuggoth get him. Best result all round, really.
Twitter is just a tool for stalking celebs. You may think that's me dismissing it, but it's actually a really great tool for that purpose. Your first "lol xxx" from some 3rd rate Z lister is worth the price of entry, plus there's always the holy grail of concern-trolling the crap out of Wil Wheaton and watching him have a public noob-fit. Happy days.
Counterpoints: EMC is staffed by utter cretins - draw your own conclusions about their management from that. And after the Oracle/Sun debacle, antitrust is just a bad joke.
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Once you step into a courtroom, check to see if you have a soul. If you do, then you're not a lawyer, and you've already lost.
If I'm bored, I'll go do what everyone else does: get in line for your momma.
If you're posting about it, you're not doing it. If you're planning to do it, you're not doing it. Talk is very, very cheap.
That's what they'd do in a communist country like Belgium. In the Land of the Free Enterprise, the purpose of Chapter 11 is for consultants, lawyers and accountants (usually the brothers-in-law of the Board) to strip the carcase of any remaining flesh.
It seems harsh, but by encouraging them to feed on the weakest of the pack, it keeps them away from healthy companies.
Here's an idea: do it, rather than posting on Slashdot about it.
If you don't factor in purchasing a motherboard, then both chips offer zero bang for infinite bucks.
The primary focus is on awarding contracts to small businesses rather than a few behemoths. Whether they use open source or not does not really appear to be a consideration. And "open standards" will in practice just means "hide the actual data inside a pile of useless XML cruft and pass it around via SOAP".
By the way, most customers for this kind of software would rather eat their own heads than have to deal with multiple vendors for different parts of an integrated national system.
I can't wait to run IE9 in WINE just to taunt XP holdouts. Why? 4 TEH LULZ!!1!
One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong.
For the record, I disagree with your point, but will defend to the death your right to angry-old-geezer-slap those damn kids these days.
Please clarify something for me: are you a clever troll, or a sincere moron?
Dude. Dude.
If you're going to try to make a point about how Flash is on the way out, it's best not to talk about how you just adopted it yourself.
You might want to try that before spouting it as fact.
First, if you don't have room to draw a sword, how are you throwing the pilum that proceeds drawing it?
Second, you can draw a sword from the left hip, point down, raise your hand overhead, then either stab straight from there or rotate it point up without changing your grip. You can do this in the tightest close order shieldwall, with a sword in excess of the length of a gladius. Been there, reenacted that, many times.
Third, try drawing from your right hip. Go on, stand up and try it. If you draw in the natural orientation (thumb down), where does your elbow go? <Morbo>JOINTS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY</Morbo>. Alternatively, you can draw with your thumb up and then have to juggle the sword to flip it over. It's always a more awkward draw, under any circumstances, and never takes less room than drawing across your body.
Where this myth came from, I have no idea, but I've yet to see any real world evidence that it's anything other than a myth, and that includes demonstrations from Roman reenactors trying desperately (and often hilariously) to justify it.
Thanks for promoting this, it's a fascinating project.
Really? It sounds quite pronounced to me. It's still very impressive, but it's not magic.
You're using Windows, and sneering at Lusers? That's like a dwarf taunting midgets.
Everything you own, plus your children's college fund. And their organs.
They'll be better looked after in prison than on Social Security. No joke.
And yet there's hundreds of millions of the things. By numbers, iOS, Android and Blackberry are all bit players and WinCE (or whatever they're calling it now) isn't even a blip on the chart.
I posit a different solution. He gets all the way down and instead of seeing friendly glow-in-the-dark alien jellyfish things, he comes face-to-tentacle with loathly lord Cthulhu. Then he spends the rest of his life screaming and rocking back and forth on top of a mountain. Until the Fungi from Yuggoth get him. Best result all round, really.
Twitter is just a tool for stalking celebs. You may think that's me dismissing it, but it's actually a really great tool for that purpose. Your first "lol xxx" from some 3rd rate Z lister is worth the price of entry, plus there's always the holy grail of concern-trolling the crap out of Wil Wheaton and watching him have a public noob-fit. Happy days.
Jaysus, yes, WinCE. Windows Mobile != WinME, although the quality was about the same.
You said the B-word. You might as well have pointed out Obama's true religion. By which I mean, he's a Goa'uld. Apophis-looking mu'fu, and no mistake.
Counterpoints: EMC is staffed by utter cretins - draw your own conclusions about their management from that. And after the Oracle/Sun debacle, antitrust is just a bad joke.
I named my daughter after that. Yes, seriously. Game over, man, Kobayashi Maru.