Am I the only person (outside of those who know Jeff Burkett) who remembers Brian, everyone's favorite sportscaster from Ball State? Heck, he even got a dance remix.
And of course they missed the Ballmer dancing monkeyboy thing, probably because of the potential lawsuits.
Rote memorization is quite different from actual learning.
I always thought that until Sister Bubba beat it out of me with her steel ruler, and it never did me any harm, except for blurred vision and a skull that looks like a topographic relief map of western Colorado.
SBC sucks dead donkey d*cks. I was contracting at Ameritech when SBC took over. I was no fan of Ameritech management, but compared to SBC, they were sympathetic geniuses. As I told people, it's a bunch of Texans who depend on the common sense of Los Angeles and the technological expertise of Little Rock to see them through. (I am nothing if not an equal-opportunity offender.)
I still remember that, upon SBC's takeover, there was soon a three-month wait for new phone service. SBC kept getting fined by the feds, and the CEO, Ed Whittaker, was quoted as blaming the customers for expecting their phones to work and be ready quickly. Yes, how dare we expect a company to honor their contract.
Even today, the file extension on a saved AppleWorks file is.cwk which betrays even more of the ClarisWorks heritage.
True enough, but consider that OS X is BSD Unix under the hood. If you are in Unixland and see a file with a.awk extension, what do you assume that means?
Job security. Even if Microsoft is a horrid solution for a particular situation, no one gets fired for chosing Microsoft. However, doing something different requires a little imagination and a little bravery, and management types are not known for either characteristic.
At this point, there ain't jack shit that could surprise me this month!
At a Friday morning press conference, God announced that he is officially denouncing religion and starting a new way to bring people together. "I've looked at the situation critically," the created of the universe announced in a prepared statement, "and it's obvious there are critical flaws in the human model. I thought I had it all worked out, but this heat dissipation problem has caught everyone by surprise. Who knew that people could make such volumes of hot air and thrive in it? Therefore, I am getting rid of humans and going to my backup plan, rodents."
"You may have heard the rumors," He continued with a smile, "that Earth has been leading a secret double life. Every improvement I've invoked has had to work amongs rodents as well as humans before I released it. That's why human leaders are all like that; their rat-like characteristics work on both populations. The reason so many idiots denounce evolution is because they didn't like it working on rodents and preachers at the same time, but the similarities are too bold to ignore."
"However, I'm sure you all want more details about this change, so allow me to introduce HeavenCorp's new Chief of Evolutionary Technology, Douglas Addams..."
Can anyone prove me wrong? Have you heard someone actually say "I think windows is great" who didn't have MS stock options?
I've heard managers say it. Whether they had MS stock I couldn't say, but they thought it was great because no one ever got fired for going with MS. Thus, even if they know MS is a wrong decision, it's not the brave decision, so they're safe.
If Dvorak predicted it, you can bet it won't happen.
The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a "mouse". There is no evidence that people want to use these things. - John C. Dvorak, SF Examiner, Feb. 1984.
Don't you get it? This is America. Where talking out of your ass is an art form.
Odd, I thought the UN proved this to be a species-wide characteristic, not limited to one nation or ideology or race or region or religion... although Oakland Raiders fans do seem to have a disproportionate amount.
The IT business has not shown itself to be very stable over the last few years
What business has? Law and meth labs, maybe, but other than that, everything has been in a down cycle. Heck, even real estate has been less than stellar.
how do people get jobs writing anything when they don't even know the difference between 'loose' and 'lose' or 'to' and 'too' or that all sentences should end with some form of puncuation? Article's somewhat interesting as far as the information goes, but this guy can't write worth a damn.
Are you kidding? Have you seen what passes for writing in newspapers? I can pick up the front page of the local Gannett rag and find five such mistakes any day of the week.
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And of course they missed the Ballmer dancing monkeyboy thing, probably because of the potential lawsuits.
I always thought that until Sister Bubba beat it out of me with her steel ruler, and it never did me any harm, except for blurred vision and a skull that looks like a topographic relief map of western Colorado.
Sincerely,
Ted Kennedy
As opposed to what, Windows? 99% of the movie 'hits'? The Model T? The cab races known as NASCAR? Major league baseball?
Take a hard, cold look at popular culture and tell me that most things aren't overhyped.
Sincerely,
Bitter US Gran Prix ticket buyer
Wait a minute, what the heck does Wal-Mart have to do with value? They have everything to do with low prices, not value.
I still remember that, upon SBC's takeover, there was soon a three-month wait for new phone service. SBC kept getting fined by the feds, and the CEO, Ed Whittaker, was quoted as blaming the customers for expecting their phones to work and be ready quickly. Yes, how dare we expect a company to honor their contract.
They have been since the end of WWII. We just let them think that they're still independent. They're so cute when they're like that!
BTW, I like how Quebec was excluded. I think someone is a bitter Expos fan.
There is no free lunch ANYWHERE, says the bachelor who pays over $2000 in property taxes to support a corrupt and inept public school system.
Apparently you've never worked with a project manager at this company...
(Sorry, still bitter about that "race".)
True enough, but consider that OS X is BSD Unix under the hood. If you are in Unixland and see a file with a .awk extension, what do you assume that means?
Job security. Even if Microsoft is a horrid solution for a particular situation, no one gets fired for chosing Microsoft. However, doing something different requires a little imagination and a little bravery, and management types are not known for either characteristic.
At a Friday morning press conference, God announced that he is officially denouncing religion and starting a new way to bring people together. "I've looked at the situation critically," the created of the universe announced in a prepared statement, "and it's obvious there are critical flaws in the human model. I thought I had it all worked out, but this heat dissipation problem has caught everyone by surprise. Who knew that people could make such volumes of hot air and thrive in it? Therefore, I am getting rid of humans and going to my backup plan, rodents."
"You may have heard the rumors," He continued with a smile, "that Earth has been leading a secret double life. Every improvement I've invoked has had to work amongs rodents as well as humans before I released it. That's why human leaders are all like that; their rat-like characteristics work on both populations. The reason so many idiots denounce evolution is because they didn't like it working on rodents and preachers at the same time, but the similarities are too bold to ignore."
"However, I'm sure you all want more details about this change, so allow me to introduce HeavenCorp's new Chief of Evolutionary Technology, Douglas Addams..."
Yeah, I thought, "Boy, I don't know if the Boston Archdiocese coffers can handle another round of law suits."
I also thought "What, are they applying for a public relations opening with the San Francisco 49ers?"
They're at www.irs.gov.
Sincerely,
Willie Nelson
I've heard managers say it. Whether they had MS stock I couldn't say, but they thought it was great because no one ever got fired for going with MS. Thus, even if they know MS is a wrong decision, it's not the brave decision, so they're safe.
Video store. They've already got all the front-end functionality built into iTunes 4, so ...
I was thinking the same thing. There are a lot of chips used in computers besides the CPU, and Intel makes a lot of those chips.
Odd, I thought the UN proved this to be a species-wide characteristic, not limited to one nation or ideology or race or region or religion ... although Oakland Raiders fans do seem to have a disproportionate amount.
Hell, it worked for Accenture!
What business has? Law and meth labs, maybe, but other than that, everything has been in a down cycle. Heck, even real estate has been less than stellar.
Spyware? Microsoft's snoopware? IE?
Are you kidding? Have you seen what passes for writing in newspapers? I can pick up the front page of the local Gannett rag and find five such mistakes any day of the week.