To those who lean to the left, Dan's brand of truthiness is still appreciated.
Frankly, that's bullshit. The man is a confirmed, unrepentant liar. No one should respect another person just because the lies they tell reinforce their own beliefs.
I'm a conservative and I can't stand Rush Limbaugh because every other word out of his mouth is factually, demonstrably incorrect. If I lived by your words, I'd still appreciate him because his inaccuracies are convenient for me. I don't, though, because that's a disgustingly unprincipled and intellectually bankrupt way to live.
Dan's a little distracted right now as he's busy SCOing CBS. You see, it was their fault that he lied about the fake Bush memo and therefore they should give him $70M.
Does Rather have credibility with anyone now, or is this just an old man past his glory days that desperately wants to remain relevant and visible?
Do these Clowns even have anymore customers after what they've pulled?
Almost unbelievably, yes. It hasn't even been that long since MySQL AB partnered with them (Notice: any resemblance between the SCAMP logo and the OpenBSD pufferfish is coincidental) (SCAMP? Shoot that marketing director).
I started investing my $20,000 student loan instead of using it to get my MBA. Well, I bought about $7000 worth SCOX stock back when it was worth a little more than a dollar.
Actually, that $20K probably bought you a better education than most of your classmates got. You got off cheap.
No idea, but wasn't Mr. Tibbitts the name of one of the Bond villains' cats?
It reminded me of Tappy Tibbins from Requiem For A Dream.
Can't you just see them running around the boardroom and yelling "Juice by Tappy! ooooOOOOH! Tappy's got juice!" Frankly, that would make a lot of their actions seem more reasonable.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. On September 13, 2007, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of The SCO Group, Inc. (the "Company"), approved an increase in the base salary of Ryan E. Tibbitts. Mr. Tibbitts' base salary will be increased from $160,000 per year to $210,000 per year, effective as of September 3, 2007. In recognition of the significant contributions Mr. Tibbitts has made to the Company, the Board also approved a discretionary bonus of $50,000, net of taxes, to be paid to Mr. Tibbitts.
Why yes, yes, this seems like a splendid time to start giving out raises.
I'm pretty ignorant of finance and law, but is there any reason whatsoever for the stockholders not to sue the board into destitution at this point?
Oh good. Now I get to plunk down $20+ per cable for the latest USB standard.
And you'll still be able to spend $79.99 for a 2m Monster USB 3 Premium AV Cable With Gold Plated Latinum Connectors. This is of course what the twit at Best Buy will insist on selling to your dad because it "makes the digital audio sound warmer".
Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that. In fact, I'm not particularly bothered about radioactivity in general, as long as I don't have to be near it. It was more the entire scenario that gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Oops! At first glance I thought the article was linking to their 10-Q filing that I'd just finished reading. Those quotes and numbers are taking from that form, not from the article.
As a result of both the Court's August 10, 2007 ruling and our entry into Chapter 11, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
and:
Revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $2,704,000, or 37%, for the three months ended July 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended July 31, 2006 and revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $5,103,000, or 23%, for the nine months ended July 31, 2007 compared to the nine months ended July 31, 2006.
and:
Revenue from our SCOsource business decreased from $31,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2006 to $0 for the three months ended July 31, 2007. Revenue also decreased from $95,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2006 to $23,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2007.
Ouch. To their credit (heh, I are teh funny), they managed to only lose $4.6M during that 9-month period, down from $12.9M a year earlier. Unfortunately, it looks like they're also out of things to cut.
the current rovers have a few grains of plutonium to keep the joints from freezing on Mars
Out of curiosity, how much would it take to generate an appreciable amount of heat? The idea of little nuclear pebbles slowly warming a robot on an alien world is kind of horrifying to me in sort of a primal way.
I clearly stated the obvious, that software installs have costs beyond the cost of 'free' which seemed to be your original bottom line.
So if you're going to have those costs anyway, then it makes sense to eliminate the initial overhead that would ordinarily be added to them. Great - we're in agreement!
Now, if you can show corporate America how it can save money going to your 'free' stacks you will be a rich man.
I'm not that clever, but IBM seems to be doing a pretty good job of it.
Office Professional = $20
SQL Server 2005 = $240
Small Business Server 2003 = $68
OpenOffice Extreme Ultimate Edition: Free.
PostgreSQL: Free.
Every popular network daemon ever written plus the platform it was probably written on: Free.
Realizing that you're running a smaller version of the platform that powers Google and you didn't pay a dime for it: priceless.
For playing video games, there's Windows. For everything else, there's Unix.
Kerberos abstracts the authentication mechanism out of the directory in a much more secure fashion.
This is true in general, too. Rather than coming up with some convoluted auth scheme on your own, you can just standardize on Kerberos for your application and trust that other people who know a lot more about this than I ever will have gotten it right.
In one sense, it's a single point of failure. In other, it means that you only have to get it right one time and everything else can take advantage of it.
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Cut her some slack. She's a serious journalist.
Does she have any credibility with anyone?
Of course she is: she's one of their creditors. Unless she can direct some money their way, they probably won't be able to pay her what they owe her.
Somebody's been watching too much Dukes of Hazzard, i here declare.
You are Greg Graffin and I claim my punk rock thesaurus.
Seriously, your post marks the second time I've ever heard that word outside of Latin class.
Frankly, that's bullshit. The man is a confirmed, unrepentant liar. No one should respect another person just because the lies they tell reinforce their own beliefs.
I'm a conservative and I can't stand Rush Limbaugh because every other word out of his mouth is factually, demonstrably incorrect. If I lived by your words, I'd still appreciate him because his inaccuracies are convenient for me. I don't, though, because that's a disgustingly unprincipled and intellectually bankrupt way to live.
Dan's a little distracted right now as he's busy SCOing CBS. You see, it was their fault that he lied about the fake Bush memo and therefore they should give him $70M.
Does Rather have credibility with anyone now, or is this just an old man past his glory days that desperately wants to remain relevant and visible?
Almost unbelievably, yes. It hasn't even been that long since MySQL AB partnered with them (Notice: any resemblance between the SCAMP logo and the OpenBSD pufferfish is coincidental) (SCAMP? Shoot that marketing director).
Actually, that $20K probably bought you a better education than most of your classmates got. You got off cheap.
It reminded me of Tappy Tibbins from Requiem For A Dream.
Can't you just see them running around the boardroom and yelling "Juice by Tappy! ooooOOOOH! Tappy's got juice!" Frankly, that would make a lot of their actions seem more reasonable.
From their Form 8-K filing:
Why yes, yes, this seems like a splendid time to start giving out raises.
I'm pretty ignorant of finance and law, but is there any reason whatsoever for the stockholders not to sue the board into destitution at this point?
Manufacturers: "it will be more expensive and we'll sell fewer of them? Ixnay!"
And you'll still be able to spend $79.99 for a 2m Monster USB 3 Premium AV Cable With Gold Plated Latinum Connectors. This is of course what the twit at Best Buy will insist on selling to your dad because it "makes the digital audio sound warmer".
And I would be Mother Teresa, except I ain't.
Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that. In fact, I'm not particularly bothered about radioactivity in general, as long as I don't have to be near it. It was more the entire scenario that gave me the heebie-jeebies.
Oops! At first glance I thought the article was linking to their 10-Q filing that I'd just finished reading. Those quotes and numbers are taking from that form, not from the article.
My favorites:
As a result of both the Court's August 10, 2007 ruling and our entry into Chapter 11, there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.and:
Revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $2,704,000, or 37%, for the three months ended July 31, 2007 compared to the three months ended July 31, 2006 and revenue from the UNIX business decreased by $5,103,000, or 23%, for the nine months ended July 31, 2007 compared to the nine months ended July 31, 2006.and:
Revenue from our SCOsource business decreased from $31,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2006 to $0 for the three months ended July 31, 2007. Revenue also decreased from $95,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2006 to $23,000 for the nine months ended July 31, 2007.Ouch. To their credit (heh, I are teh funny), they managed to only lose $4.6M during that 9-month period, down from $12.9M a year earlier. Unfortunately, it looks like they're also out of things to cut.
Out of curiosity, how much would it take to generate an appreciable amount of heat? The idea of little nuclear pebbles slowly warming a robot on an alien world is kind of horrifying to me in sort of a primal way.
So if you're going to have those costs anyway, then it makes sense to eliminate the initial overhead that would ordinarily be added to them. Great - we're in agreement!
Now, if you can show corporate America how it can save money going to your 'free' stacks you will be a rich man.I'm not that clever, but IBM seems to be doing a pretty good job of it.
Windows now installs, maintains, integrates, and trains itself? That's bad news for everyone who's been saying that all platforms have those costs.
Well, sure, and cure cancer and solve the halting problem while you're at it.
Bluntly, there is no simple correct fix for either of those, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying or misinformed.
SQL Server 2005 = $240
Small Business Server 2003 = $68
OpenOffice Extreme Ultimate Edition: Free.
PostgreSQL: Free.
Every popular network daemon ever written plus the platform it was probably written on: Free.
Realizing that you're running a smaller version of the platform that powers Google and you didn't pay a dime for it: priceless.
For playing video games, there's Windows. For everything else, there's Unix.
That is, quite likely, the stupidest thing I will have read all week.
Lets try that again: Oracle for Linux.
This is true in general, too. Rather than coming up with some convoluted auth scheme on your own, you can just standardize on Kerberos for your application and trust that other people who know a lot more about this than I ever will have gotten it right.
In one sense, it's a single point of failure. In other, it means that you only have to get it right one time and everything else can take advantage of it.
Ever since "Infringe Me" was determined to be pretty lame as far as pithy statements go. Although I could see him using it as a song title.