MS even *said* that their goal was to use XML to make data handling easier *within* the microsoft family of technologies. they never said they would open it up to the rest of the world.
not that anyone for a moment should have suspected these douchebags would.
they're just speeding up the inevitable, making even more clear why software patents suck ass, and why it's urgent for everyone to reject proprietary technologies NOW. RIGHT NOW. the sooner you do it, the sooner the pain will be over, and the sooner you can start reaping the rewards.
Now THAT'S how damage control should work. The company took full responsibility and is offering a generous compensation.
if it's indeed a surprise to them. i'd want to see their receipts and see if the amount they pay their supplier went down substantially on the no-silver material. it could be collusion.
in which case their actions are little more than "oh well, you caught us - can't blame us for trying!"
Good word of mouth goes a long way on the Internet - see New Egg's success as an example.
then maybe i should spread the word on how NewEgg fucked me on replacing my $600 digital camera and wouldn't return EVEN ONE of my e-mail contacts to them? (btw i originally heard about them through positive word of internet-mouth).
I'm not a big fan of this, however it could be nice for people if it is like GPS. And I could see people at local bars using the features to locate other 'singles.' Lots of possibilities.
sure, i think a variation of this based on GPS would actually be useful. in that scenario your device tells *you* where you are and you can pull up directories/services/info/whatever relevant to that area.
the scenario they describe though has *others* know where you are, and advertise at you against your will.
i don't use it much - maybe it's time to throw out the cell phone too...
Given the tone of this post, any reply should probably be considered flamebait. Still...
there's a difference between passion and flamage.
I think a lot of companies will respond to hatred of advertising by resorting to product placement. No more beer commercials during Friends. Now you'll just have one friend offer another 'a bud.'
yeah, that's probably coming. the problem is you can't change the advertising with time. every time that episode of friends airs, you'd still be advertising budweiser when, say, Fuhrer Wine offers you more money during reruns. i'm sure they'll figure out the technical details before long, though.
i've opted out of news sites that require registration.
i've opted out of operating systems that tell me what i can and can't do with my computer.
i've opted out of television unless i can get it without advertising (canceled my cable but the bastards just won't come and shut it off).
i will certainly opt out of any site that requires me to be face-fucked by advertisers before accessing their content.
the truth is, advertising-supported media will always cater to those kinds of people who are susceptible and receptive to advertising: in a word, imbeciles.
i say: kill all the advertisers. content will then come from two sources: individuals and communities who are truly passionate about their subject matter, and those with content that is actually worth paying for. i favor this for web, tv, radio - all of it. i want to just pay for my fucking content and get it free of all the time-wasting, soul-destroying, mind-manipulating, insulting, humiliating shit that drips from the lobotomy scars in advertisers' foreheads.
i sent my noisy pc along with $999 to some guy in india named Haji, who will be doing my computer work for me for as long as i live. not only is it quiet, i have $401 left over for hookers and beer.
what's sick is this scumbag thinks it's acceptable for someone to be beaten, tortured, raped, stabbed, have his teeth beaten out with a pipe and mouth-fucked for hours on end, as long as the person can reasonably be expected to know that that's a possibility.
for something like writing a bad check, or maybe after being taken in for drunk and disorderly, or getting in a loud argument with one's wife - or just exercising your constitutional rights to protest government policy. this stuff happens in holding cells too.
no, it's not acceptable just because someone "should know this will happen" if they break the law. people who break the law should be punished by taking some part of their lives away from them by locking them up, as is generally prescribed by law. not to have their entire lives destroyed, or sentenced to death by aids, or stabbed to death with a piece of sharpened plexi-glass or beaten to death with a barbell plate over the course of a couple hours.
i'll tell you what, jerk-off: remember this conversation when you're brought into custody for some relatively minor infraction while passing through mississippi on vacation, and find yourself on the receiving end of a few dozen cocks after having your asshole properly stretched out by getting a plastic 16-ounce soda bottle filled with sand stuffed up your ass.
How is killing 9,000 more of Hussein's victims justified by the crimes of his regime?
to get him out of power?
As for the killing of dissidents, what Western government do you think was the most active in promoting the practice of killing dissidents ("damn commies!") in Iraq and other Mid-East countries?
the same country that accomplished the goal of vanquishing the soviet union and freeing most of eastern europe?
Take a bit of and think, perhaps learn a bit of history.
that's good advice (hint hint). i'd add: gain a little life experience and a deeper understanding of human nature.
There's more to current events than you can possibly learn watching Fox News.
i never watch the shit that comes out of Fox, myself.
Yep, it's a big, bad world out there. luckily idealistic abstract theoreticians like you are little able to fuck it up even further.
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not that anyone for a moment should have suspected these douchebags would.
they're just speeding up the inevitable, making even more clear why software patents suck ass, and why it's urgent for everyone to reject proprietary technologies NOW. RIGHT NOW. the sooner you do it, the sooner the pain will be over, and the sooner you can start reaping the rewards.
it's all software, and probably just enough cash to force little Haji, squatting in a hut somewhere, to use it.
i've just always liked something about platinum. and titanium too.
if it's indeed a surprise to them. i'd want to see their receipts and see if the amount they pay their supplier went down substantially on the no-silver material. it could be collusion.
in which case their actions are little more than "oh well, you caught us - can't blame us for trying!"
Good word of mouth goes a long way on the Internet - see New Egg's success as an example.
then maybe i should spread the word on how NewEgg fucked me on replacing my $600 digital camera and wouldn't return EVEN ONE of my e-mail contacts to them? (btw i originally heard about them through positive word of internet-mouth).
sure, i think a variation of this based on GPS would actually be useful. in that scenario your device tells *you* where you are and you can pull up directories/services/info/whatever relevant to that area.
the scenario they describe though has *others* know where you are, and advertise at you against your will.
i don't use it much - maybe it's time to throw out the cell phone too...
there's a difference between passion and flamage.
I think a lot of companies will respond to hatred of advertising by resorting to product placement. No more beer commercials during Friends. Now you'll just have one friend offer another 'a bud.'
yeah, that's probably coming. the problem is you can't change the advertising with time. every time that episode of friends airs, you'd still be advertising budweiser when, say, Fuhrer Wine offers you more money during reruns. i'm sure they'll figure out the technical details before long, though.
not that i've ever seen an episode of friends.
because people are cattle. any illusions to the contrary have been manufactured by the elite to keep the cattle complacent.
(not to moderators: not funny.)
i've opted out of operating systems that tell me what i can and can't do with my computer.
i've opted out of television unless i can get it without advertising (canceled my cable but the bastards just won't come and shut it off).
i will certainly opt out of any site that requires me to be face-fucked by advertisers before accessing their content.
the truth is, advertising-supported media will always cater to those kinds of people who are susceptible and receptive to advertising: in a word, imbeciles.
i say: kill all the advertisers. content will then come from two sources: individuals and communities who are truly passionate about their subject matter, and those with content that is actually worth paying for. i favor this for web, tv, radio - all of it. i want to just pay for my fucking content and get it free of all the time-wasting, soul-destroying, mind-manipulating, insulting, humiliating shit that drips from the lobotomy scars in advertisers' foreheads.
have i mentioned that i don't like advertising?
HA! Joke's on YOU! Anyone who's ever read a comic book knows that's spelled "Aaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!"
O T T A W A!
heh - i didn't even know that WAS the capitol of canada! aren't you guys like our fifty-second state or something?
i sent my noisy pc along with $999 to some guy in india named Haji, who will be doing my computer work for me for as long as i live. not only is it quiet, i have $401 left over for hookers and beer.
let me guess - your credit card is $6999 lighter for the standard male model?
ok, but please - in a sound-proof room.
wouldn't that be "We have so little to do, and so much time"?
how about:
We have so much time, and so little to do - strike that! Take the negative of it.
(gee, i guess i do have too much time and too little to do...)
FROG: "is it getting warmer in here? nah, must be my imagination."
the more expensive, the better. more impetus for the GIMP and other open source tools.
especially after a couple hits of blotter.
you know what wuld be totally hilarious? if the US rover located and rescued the british rover :-)
a six-buck bottle of ballatore is fine for me. usually i mix it with orange juice (mimosa) or peach nectar (bellini) anyway.
totally predictable.
for something like writing a bad check, or maybe after being taken in for drunk and disorderly, or getting in a loud argument with one's wife - or just exercising your constitutional rights to protest government policy. this stuff happens in holding cells too.
no, it's not acceptable just because someone "should know this will happen" if they break the law. people who break the law should be punished by taking some part of their lives away from them by locking them up, as is generally prescribed by law. not to have their entire lives destroyed, or sentenced to death by aids, or stabbed to death with a piece of sharpened plexi-glass or beaten to death with a barbell plate over the course of a couple hours.
i'll tell you what, jerk-off: remember this conversation when you're brought into custody for some relatively minor infraction while passing through mississippi on vacation, and find yourself on the receiving end of a few dozen cocks after having your asshole properly stretched out by getting a plastic 16-ounce soda bottle filled with sand stuffed up your ass.
spend some time here: http://www.spr.org
sweet dreams.
to get him out of power?
As for the killing of dissidents, what Western government do you think was the most active in promoting the practice of killing dissidents ("damn commies!") in Iraq and other Mid-East countries?
the same country that accomplished the goal of vanquishing the soviet union and freeing most of eastern europe?
Take a bit of and think, perhaps learn a bit of history.
that's good advice (hint hint). i'd add: gain a little life experience and a deeper understanding of human nature.
There's more to current events than you can possibly learn watching Fox News.
i never watch the shit that comes out of Fox, myself.
Yep, it's a big, bad world out there. luckily idealistic abstract theoreticians like you are little able to fuck it up even further.
you're an idiot.
I, for one, welcome our new President, Kevin Mitnick.
w3schools.com - it's microsoftianly douche-tastic!