When I read the headlines, I thought it said "Will BEER simplify network programming"? I know the answer to that one, and I can prove it over and over that BEER simplifies any kind of programming. It's the debugging that demands sobriety....
There are other problems that will happen as Simputer wretsles its way into market. First, Microsoft is very popular in India, not important why. Second, and much important, is the problem of corruption. To reach the sales goals for a $200 system, Simputer are going to have to have political friends, and that I just cannot see happening. Corruption is so ingrained in Indian government there are even special laws to address it. Microsoft is not unique, just uniquely wealthy.
You recently inquired about the County's use of Microsoft products and the manner in which we license their software.
You got my ass raked over the coals by the Board of Supervisors. Goddamned Linonuts.
We appreciate your interest in the County's technology plans.
I'm damned tired of you taxpayers poking your nose into how I waste, errr I mean spend, your money. If you'd all just die now, it would make my career that much easier.
To provide a forum in which to discuss our
technology direction and address any questions you may have, we will have Information Technology staff members available to meet with citizens at
8:30 am on Monday July 8th.
I'm gonna have enough MCSEs at that meeting to outnumber you commie hippy Linonuts two-to-one. And Microsoft plans on having every OEM and VAR in the valley there too.
Please RSVP your attendance so we can ensure that adequate facilities are available
for the meeting.
I'm making sure that most of the audience will be Microsoft shills, and the place will be so crowded by sunrise you won't even get inside. There'll be enough of us make you look pretty stupid if this gets on TV. But it probably won't.
Y'know, it sounds a lot like something Larry Ellison would do. Not because he'd stand to benefit from any success, but more likely just because it would irritate Gates. After all, these people dig around in each others' garbage, for pete's sake. They're not in it for the money anymore, they're in it for the game.
It's a game. It's just a game. And this stunt is not much more than the infield heckling the batter in a ball game.
Where I live, Qwest is my phone company, and Adelphia provides the cable TV. Service is worse than horrible from both companies, they both act like they're going to go titsup first thing tomorrow morning. Extended phone and cable outages are the norm, mainly because they don't have enough techs after the last round of layoffs. The only adequately staffed department in either company is the collections division.
It's beginning to look more and more like my last mile is going to be wire-free... maybe satellite, maybe some chunk of the earthbound radio spectrum, but it probably won't be coming from the traditional infrastructure.
Some people seem to have the impression that this is just purchasing policy. Well, it ain't. It's state law. It's from A.R.S. (Arizona Revised Statues) 41-2613: Debarment and Suspension of Contractors.
"3. Conviction or civil judgment finding a violation by any person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any person under state or federal antitrust statutes."
It's a law, just like the laws against embezzlement or assault. It's not just a suggestion, it's a lot more. I hope the folks at PLUG carry this one all the way to the goalposts.
Have you ever thought about hiring a public relations firm to make announcements while you remain quietly in the background? And leave the humilation of shooting yourself in the foot to Microsoft? After all, they are the recognized experts at it. If you're that keen on competing with Gates and Ballmaer, there are plenty of venues other than playing skeet with your feet.
Funny thing about IE for Apple. It's always been way more standards compliant than IE for Windows. It's not built by the same group at Microsoft, or even around the same code base. And I've always wondered why Microsoft would allow something like that, since it makes a competing O/S look good, and I came to the conclusion that it might be that Apple has better documented APIs than Microsoft. Even inside Microsoft, all the hidden features of the Win32 APIs are probably not widely known.
Damn. There goes another one of those black helicopters again....
I wish I had had a really big one of these back when I was stationed on an aircraft carrier. Some masochist bastard marine architect decided to put the crew living area directly underneath the catapults. The only way I can think to describe it is it's probably a lot like trying to sleep between the rails of the New York subway during rush-hour.
Twenty years have passed, and now if it's really, really quiet, I can't sleep.
I have quite a few Japanese kitchen utensils and many food packages that I purchased solely for the translated instructions. My favorite is my Benriner mandolin... I had no idea my food was so honourable and full of personality until I bought it. There are thirty-seven pages of illustrated instructions squeezed into a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper, along with many wonderful illustrations. I have some oriental noodles I have yet to cook because to eat them would destroy the packaging and the incredibly delightful instructions for "taking them up".
I started out meaning for this to be funny, but I was on the battlefield during the System-V versus OSF wars. It was an ugly war with massive civilian casualities. In the end, both sides annihilated each other and paved the way for a non-combatant to rule the world. I expect more of the same from this virtual replay. Too bad; it would have been better for everyone if this alliance had never happened.
If only Novocin had found a warehouse full of hammers and toilet seats, he could have been rich beyond his wildest dreams! Everybody in USAF procurement knows that's where the real money is.
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Good of you to remember to include the new [asshole] and [/asshole] tags with your post as well.
I live where there are a lot of storms and blackouts. Most of us aren't concerned with an UPS when shit happens that takes out our power. We're looking for candles, culverts, and the closest basement. We're filling our bathtubs with water because when we lose power, our water company does too. We're throwing first aid supplies in the back of a 4WD truck, not fucking around on the Internet. We're searching for loved ones, not URLs. I don't care if my PC suffers an unrecoverable crash as much as I care that my children are OK.
When I first scanned the headlines, I thought it said "Mozilla Release Panties", and I started wondering whether they'd be new or used, and maybe I should go see if Opera's gonna be giving out sequined thongs with their new release.
IE, of course, would be boxer shorts with an indelible racing stripe.
Tired of payola? Pissed off by the RIAA? Think our elected officials are owned by Hollywood? Then you need..... PIRATE RADIO! Irreverant, illegal, apolitical, and hard to find. Broadcast schedule? What's that? Lots of fun, tho, and guaranteed to pick up the corners of your mouth.
They won't change a damn thing, they'll never even get a chance to, because they'll all violate either the DMCA, the CBDTPA, a EULA, somebody's Terms of Service Agreement, UCITA, a patent, the Bern Convention, the Patriot Act, or some as yet unknown restrictive legislation yet to be enacted.
The technology future for the U.S. was yesterday. It's all over, man. We're rushing headlong into third-world status at breakneck speed and there's nobody out there to stop us.
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When I read the headlines, I thought it said "Will BEER simplify network programming"? I know the answer to that one, and I can prove it over and over that BEER simplifies any kind of programming.
It's the debugging that demands sobriety....
Vell, dey got de lyingMonopoly outta de gobernmint, now if dey cud only get de lye outta de fish.
There are other problems that will happen as Simputer wretsles its way into market. First, Microsoft is very popular in India, not important why. Second, and much important, is the problem of corruption. To reach the sales goals for a $200 system, Simputer are going to have to have political friends, and that I just cannot see happening. Corruption is so ingrained in Indian government there are even special laws to address it. Microsoft is not unique, just uniquely wealthy.
Maybe your phone call to 9-1-1 should be the one that happens during the five minutes of downtime?
You recently inquired about the County's use of Microsoft products and the manner in which we license their software.
You got my ass raked over the coals by the Board of Supervisors. Goddamned Linonuts.
We appreciate your interest in the County's technology plans.
I'm damned tired of you taxpayers poking your nose into how I waste, errr I mean spend, your money. If you'd all just die now, it would make my career that much easier.
To provide a forum in which to discuss our technology direction and address any questions you may have, we will have Information Technology staff members available to meet with citizens at 8:30 am on Monday July 8th.
I'm gonna have enough MCSEs at that meeting to outnumber you commie hippy Linonuts two-to-one. And Microsoft plans on having every OEM and VAR in the valley there too.
Please RSVP your attendance so we can ensure that adequate facilities are available for the meeting.
I'm making sure that most of the audience will be Microsoft shills, and the place will be so crowded by sunrise you won't even get inside. There'll be enough of us make you look pretty stupid if this gets on TV. But it probably won't.
Y'know, it sounds a lot like something Larry Ellison would do. Not because he'd stand to benefit from any success, but more likely just because it would irritate Gates. After all, these people dig around in each others' garbage, for pete's sake. They're not in it for the money anymore, they're in it for the game.
It's a game. It's just a game. And this stunt is not much more than the infield heckling the batter in a ball game.
It'll be Rep. Howard Berman of California and Hilary Rosen of the RIAA.
At least not outside the priesthood.
You try eating haggas for the first time, and see how much unidentifiable stuff comes flying out of your mouth.
"[...] many of the Telcos were hesitant to argue this time around for fear of bad post Sept-11 publicity."
That list certainly couldn't include Qwest, as they've never yet shied away from any acts that got them bad publicity.
Where I live, Qwest is my phone company, and Adelphia provides the cable TV. Service is worse than horrible from both companies, they both act like they're going to go titsup first thing tomorrow morning. Extended phone and cable outages are the norm, mainly because they don't have enough techs after the last round of layoffs. The only adequately staffed department in either company is the collections division.
It's beginning to look more and more like my last mile is going to be wire-free... maybe satellite, maybe some chunk of the earthbound radio spectrum, but it probably won't be coming from the traditional infrastructure.
Some people seem to have the impression that this is just purchasing policy. Well, it ain't. It's state law. It's from A.R.S. (Arizona Revised Statues) 41-2613: Debarment and Suspension of Contractors.
"3. Conviction or civil judgment finding a violation by any person or any subsidiary or affiliate of any person under state or federal antitrust statutes."
It's a law, just like the laws against embezzlement or assault. It's not just a suggestion, it's a lot more. I hope the folks at PLUG carry this one all the way to the goalposts.
Have you ever thought about hiring a public relations firm to make announcements while you remain quietly in the background? And leave the humilation of shooting yourself in the foot to Microsoft? After all, they are the recognized experts at it. If you're that keen on competing with Gates and Ballmaer, there are plenty of venues other than playing skeet with your feet.
Funny thing about IE for Apple. It's always been way more standards compliant than IE for Windows. It's not built by the same group at Microsoft, or even around the same code base. And I've always wondered why Microsoft would allow something like that, since it makes a competing O/S look good, and I came to the conclusion that it might be that Apple has better documented APIs than Microsoft. Even inside Microsoft, all the hidden features of the Win32 APIs are probably not widely known.
Damn. There goes another one of those black helicopters again....
We run Netware.
I wish I had had a really big one of these back when I was stationed on an aircraft carrier. Some masochist bastard marine architect decided to put the crew living area directly underneath the catapults. The only way I can think to describe it is it's probably a lot like trying to sleep between the rails of the New York subway during rush-hour.
Twenty years have passed, and now if it's really, really quiet, I can't sleep.
I have quite a few Japanese kitchen utensils and many food packages that I purchased solely for the translated instructions. My favorite is my Benriner mandolin... I had no idea my food was so honourable and full of personality until I bought it. There are thirty-seven pages of illustrated instructions squeezed into a single 8.5x11 sheet of paper, along with many wonderful illustrations. I have some oriental noodles I have yet to cook because to eat them would destroy the packaging and the incredibly delightful instructions for "taking them up".
OSF, the Sequel.
I started out meaning for this to be funny, but I was on the battlefield during the System-V versus OSF wars. It was an ugly war with massive civilian casualities. In the end, both sides annihilated each other and paved the way for a non-combatant to rule the world. I expect more of the same from this virtual replay. Too bad; it would have been better for everyone if this alliance had never happened.
If only Novocin had found a warehouse full of hammers and toilet seats, he could have been rich beyond his wildest dreams! Everybody in USAF procurement knows that's where the real money is.
Good of you to remember to include the new [asshole] and [/asshole] tags with your post as well.
Asshole.
I live where there are a lot of storms and blackouts. Most of us aren't concerned with an UPS when shit happens that takes out our power. We're looking for candles, culverts, and the closest basement. We're filling our bathtubs with water because when we lose power, our water company does too. We're throwing first aid supplies in the back of a 4WD truck, not fucking around on the Internet. We're searching for loved ones, not URLs. I don't care if my PC suffers an unrecoverable crash as much as I care that my children are OK.
Get a life, people.
So... now every USMC ground-pounder will be able to say "die, motherfucker, die" in 32 different languages?
Awesome.
When I first scanned the headlines, I thought it said "Mozilla Release Panties", and I started wondering whether they'd be new or used, and maybe I should go see if Opera's gonna be giving out sequined thongs with their new release.
IE, of course, would be boxer shorts with an indelible racing stripe.
Tired of payola? Pissed off by the RIAA? Think our elected officials are owned by Hollywood? Then you need..... PIRATE RADIO! Irreverant, illegal, apolitical, and hard to find. Broadcast schedule? What's that? Lots of fun, tho, and guaranteed to pick up the corners of your mouth.
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http://dmoz.org/Arts/Radio/Formats/Pirate_Radio
They won't change a damn thing, they'll never even get a chance to, because they'll all violate either the DMCA, the CBDTPA, a EULA, somebody's Terms of Service Agreement, UCITA, a patent, the Bern Convention, the Patriot Act, or some as yet unknown restrictive legislation yet to be enacted.
The technology future for the U.S. was yesterday. It's all over, man. We're rushing headlong into third-world status at breakneck speed and there's nobody out there to stop us.