Yes, but in this economic environment, management is awfully arrogant. They don't think you'll quit because you can't get another job, and if you do quit, they can replace you with someone cheaper. Sure, in the long run they're shooting their feet, but these are the kind of PHBs who can't see past the next fiscal quarter.
You can't satire something that ins't an issue in the first place. Bringing recordable media into the country isn't the issue. The levy is. If you want to bring them into the country for your own use, go ahead.
And please spare me the 'slippery slope' argument. It's tired and it only makes your argument look weak.
Of course, Carroll has read the FAQ, and hasn't the slight clue what he's talking about. You can import recordable media for your own use, and you won't get charged the levy because you are the importer and you are not reselling the media. Only sale of blank media by the importer or manufacturer triggers the levy.
Also, the levy on MP3 players can be bypassed by including some music on the device. Therefore, it is not 'blank' media. Apple already includes a ton of tunes on machines shipped with iTunes, so this wouldn't be too hard.
Maybe the iPod ships with sample tunes already. Are there any iPod owners out there who can comment?
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Did I say that? I knew there was something wrong, but have them crack up just showed how bad it was.
I know what real ones are like, just no experience with padding. Just lucky, I guess.
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Unfortunately, those weren't her breasts. She was padded. My female friends were laughing all through "Tomb Raider".
The OS X port was a rough alpha, and there hadn't been any work done on it for months. I checked their message boards last week, and they were blaming all their problems (on the OS X port) on Open GL bugs. The alpha was usable, but just barely.
That's interesting, I get the same impression about Dotorow; much more talk than action. Decorated science fiction writer, hmm. A handful of short stories, and The Complete Idiots Guide to Publishing Science Fiction. His chief talent seems to be self-promotion.
When the scripting is at the root level, can be launched automatically, and has full file system access, then it's a bad thing. The presence of scripting functionality without inherent safeguards is the problem with Windows Scripting, as the viruses demonstrate.
I think mainstream media may be finally catching on. This is the first article I've seen were they flat-out state that Love-Bug, Melissa, Sir-Cam, and Nimba are Windows/Outlook viruses, not email viruses or internet viruses.
Accuracy is nice, maybe the general public will soon learn who is really at fault here.
They don't. Windows Forms is not included in the 'standard' they submitted to ECMA. Which makes their duplicity rather obvious. At least Sun tried with the Java Swing library, even if it doesn't work very well.
Did you look at any of the articles in the right pane? What a pile of bigoted, inflamatory nonsense! If you're going to cite a source, at least pick one with a semblance of credibilty.
Of course Internet Applications are going to be big with consumers.
Well, that's one point of view; the Allan Cox and, dare I say it, Microsoft point of view. At the other end of the spectrum is the Apple 'digital hub' point of view, with iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, iToilet, iEtc. That kind of intense processing can't be done by a web app.
Personally, I'm more inclined to the digital hub theory, because if all consumers wanted was web and email, WebTV would be a big hit by now. I guess time will tell.
I'm just hoping that democratic voters realize that it's well justified bashing. I'm hoping they can look past the tone of the article, and realize that there seems to be a serious problem with some of thier elected officials trading their rights away for campain cash.
I'd hope that would happen, too. Then again, what are the chances of Democrats reading Fox news?:)
Exactly what I was thinking. There was one paragraph free of political rhetoric, but the rest was just dem-bashing. Which is great for the right-wing hard-liners, but does little to attract anyone else. In fact, it hurts the cause, because any democrats reading it will be so turned off by the ranting that they'll ignore the issue. I want the card-carrying democrats to kick Hollings out, and pieces like this ain't gonna do it.
Sounds kind of like "embrace and extend" though, doesn't it? And when was the last time you heard of Microsoft adopting a standard without attempting to subvert it. Admittedly, the TCP/IP conspiracy theories are a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't under-estimate them.
They [end-users] want HTML based help, since it's a simple click 'n go interface.
I don't buy this at all. The WinHelp system was far superior to HTMLHelp. It could do a lot of things (such as pop-up definitions) that HTMLHelp still can't do, and a lot of help developers and end-users miss it. I think HTMLHelp is another solid example of Microsoft making HTML rendering pervasive in the OS, not because it's a better solution, but because it gives them stronger control of the market.
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Yes, but in this economic environment, management is awfully arrogant. They don't think you'll quit because you can't get another job, and if you do quit, they can replace you with someone cheaper. Sure, in the long run they're shooting their feet, but these are the kind of PHBs who can't see past the next fiscal quarter.
You can't satire something that ins't an issue in the first place. Bringing recordable media into the country isn't the issue. The levy is. If you want to bring them into the country for your own use, go ahead.
And please spare me the 'slippery slope' argument. It's tired and it only makes your argument look weak.
Of course, Carroll has read the FAQ, and hasn't the slight clue what he's talking about. You can import recordable media for your own use, and you won't get charged the levy because you are the importer and you are not reselling the media. Only sale of blank media by the importer or manufacturer triggers the levy.
Also, the levy on MP3 players can be bypassed by including some music on the device. Therefore, it is not 'blank' media. Apple already includes a ton of tunes on machines shipped with iTunes, so this wouldn't be too hard.
Maybe the iPod ships with sample tunes already. Are there any iPod owners out there who can comment?
Did I say that? I knew there was something wrong, but have them crack up just showed how bad it was.
I know what real ones are like, just no experience with padding. Just lucky, I guess.
Unfortunately, those weren't her breasts. She was padded. My female friends were laughing all through "Tomb Raider".
Real breasts don't move that way.
Yes, it's Ping-Chan who is the PS/2 accessory.
Here's a better Ping strip.
I was working for a major bank who bought a ton of PS/2s when they first shipped. OS/2 was still moths aways. The joke I remember was:
PS/2 : yesterday's hardware today.
OS/2 : yesterday's softwre tomorrow.
My mom just got a titanium knee replacement and she's got the x-rays (in handy wallet-size) to take through airport security with her.
There are links to it on his craphound site. Now there's a name so rife for abuse that I won't even bother.
No, beacuse
a) It doesn't run on Linux,
b) It is hopelessly crippled,
c) It watermarks every damn thing.
The OS X port was a rough alpha, and there hadn't been any work done on it for months. I checked their message boards last week, and they were blaming all their problems (on the OS X port) on Open GL bugs.
The alpha was usable, but just barely.
That's interesting, I get the same impression about Dotorow; much more talk than action. Decorated science fiction writer, hmm. A handful of short stories, and The Complete Idiots Guide to Publishing Science Fiction. His chief talent seems to be self-promotion.
When the scripting is at the root level, can be launched automatically, and has full file system access, then it's a bad thing. The presence of scripting functionality without inherent safeguards is the problem with Windows Scripting, as the viruses demonstrate.
If only Windows Scripting Host gave you a more dead-easy way to script/tinker with the Windows objects...
Crap! Nimba, Code Red, Love Bug, etc weren't enough for you?
Yeah, but a USB DVD burner? How long does it take to burn a disk? Like, a fortnight?
I think mainstream media may be finally catching on. This is the first article I've seen were they flat-out state that Love-Bug, Melissa, Sir-Cam, and Nimba are Windows/Outlook viruses, not email viruses or internet viruses.
Accuracy is nice, maybe the general public will soon learn who is really at fault here.
the sex factor is not nearly as high
What sex factor?
This thing has as much sex appeal as pantyhose. And anyone turned on by pantyhose is a pervert.
They don't. Windows Forms is not included in the 'standard' they submitted to ECMA. Which makes their duplicity rather obvious. At least Sun tried with the Java Swing library, even if it doesn't work very well.
To quote Billy Connelly, "Jesus Suffering Fuck!"
Did you look at any of the articles in the right pane? What a pile of bigoted, inflamatory nonsense! If you're going to cite a source, at least pick one with a semblance of credibilty.
Of course Internet Applications are going to be big with consumers.
Well, that's one point of view; the Allan Cox and, dare I say it, Microsoft point of view. At the other end of the spectrum is the Apple 'digital hub' point of view, with iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, iPhoto, iToilet, iEtc. That kind of intense processing can't be done by a web app.
Personally, I'm more inclined to the digital hub theory, because if all consumers wanted was web and email, WebTV would be a big hit by now. I guess time will tell.
I'm just hoping that democratic voters realize that it's well justified bashing. I'm hoping they can look past the tone of the article, and realize that there seems to be a serious problem with some of thier elected officials trading their rights away for campain cash.
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I'd hope that would happen, too. Then again, what are the chances of Democrats reading Fox news?
Exactly what I was thinking. There was one paragraph free of political rhetoric, but the rest was just dem-bashing. Which is great for the right-wing hard-liners, but does little to attract anyone else.
In fact, it hurts the cause, because any democrats reading it will be so turned off by the ranting that they'll ignore the issue. I want the card-carrying democrats to kick Hollings out, and pieces like this ain't gonna do it.
Q: How do you determine what to edit?
A: Whiny parents screaming, "Won't somebody think of the children?"
Sounds kind of like "embrace and extend" though, doesn't it? And when was the last time you heard of Microsoft adopting a standard without attempting to subvert it. Admittedly, the TCP/IP conspiracy theories are a bit of a stretch, but I wouldn't under-estimate them.
They [end-users] want HTML based help, since it's a simple click 'n go interface.
I don't buy this at all. The WinHelp system was far superior to HTMLHelp. It could do a lot of things (such as pop-up definitions) that HTMLHelp still can't do, and a lot of help developers and end-users miss it. I think HTMLHelp is another solid example of Microsoft making HTML rendering pervasive in the OS, not because it's a better solution, but because it gives them stronger control of the market.