Becasue XBone sounds a bit rude, like boner. Or if you bone someone you fuck them over. so even though XBone itself doesn't mean anything bad on it's own, if you take it as "X" "Bone" instead of "XB" " One" it sort of implies some negative association (I guess).
So it's not a valid comparison then. It may be possible to run a standard COTS solution, and pay more on licensing but less in salaries. You'll never know since your IT budget doesn't include the total cost of running an IT operation.
This seems to be fairly typical whenever we hear these Linux-saved-us-heaps arguments.
The difference is for someone supporting Linux in multiple organisations, you have multiple possible configurations to try and understand. Windows is the same everywhere. Net result easier to support, easir to get support
A reboot is a minor inconvenience, certainly a lot less hassle than changing your entire IT infrastructure to a product with next to no market share just to get around not having to reboot once in a while.
DLL hell (not really an issue since Win2000) is nothing compared to dependency hell in Linux.
older meant more experienced and wiser. we used to respect it.
At least that's how it worked in the fairy tales right?
now, if you are over 35, its hard to get an interview, let alone get hired.
This is a supply/demand argument, nothing to do with age.
I'm an over 40 contractor, I change jobs every 6-12 months and never had issues, maybe it's just you?
things have gotton worse, not better.
By most independent measure, things are getting better for most people. Maybe for white males things are getting relatively worse, since others are now allowed to compete on a level playing field, but overall things are getting better for most people.
Not sure what world you're living in, but I am constantly amazed about what benefits technology gives us on a daily basis.
Also if you take the nostalgia goggles off, and ignore the attention seeking bombardment of hyped up controversy that passes for news these days, you'll see that by most measures the world is a better place thanks to technology.
As an example my mother was diagnosed with a slightly rare condition earlier this year. The GP gave the standard diagnosis which wasn't so good, but after some self-research and collaboration with special interest groups across the world were able to locate a UK-based (opposite side of the world to us) specialist who was able to offer some alternate advice which has since remarkably improved our situation. This was only possible with the "amplified intelligence" that the Internet provides.
You're just making stuff up to suit your argument. There is no evidence that BTC will ever be stable. The very nature of it's inability to be centrally regulated will guarantee that it can never be stable. Regulation is a stabilising force, it's why prosperous, healthy and wealthy countries all have the most regulations. Don't get caught in the Tea Party anarchist hype. If you want anarchy go take a holiday in Mogadishu or Kabul and then come back and tell us how well that works out.
But in the West, "I" is the people, therefore it is also determined by agreement isn't it? And there is the added benefit of a govt issued currency having a police force, military, govt, insurance etc to defend and protect the currency. When someone steals your BTC, who you gonna call?
The anarchist argument has never been very well thought through...
Good story, but you'd have to concede that you are most likely in the minority, since someone out there bought your 900 coins at $1000 and are now suicidal. Out of interest where did you get your original 2300 coins?
I'm a hobby musician (ie can string a few notes together) and I can't tell the difference most of the time, what chance do regular folk have?
My wife can't even tell the difference between a bass and a guitar, do you really think people like her will notice it an individual note on an individual instrument has been hammered instead of bent?
The one intangible thing that regular folk do grasp is the energy of live music, but as the Daft Punk example shows, even that means nothing anymore.
If someone makes a bunch of profit on Bitcoins, how is Norway going to know if the person doesn't self report?
Well that's how tax generally works, that's why each year you fill out a a Tax declaration. The catch is that the tax dept has more power than anyone to take your stuff and put you in jail, so there's a strong incentive to tell them the truth.
Australia is a little different because our right is a coalition party of the Liberals (big L traditional right wing conservative party) and the Nationals who are simply a pro-rural farming party. All the farmers vote National because we have a huge agricultural economy supported by subsidies (Socialism!) that they want to hang on to.
So strangely, the Nationals could be considered a liberal (small L) lefty party, except they hate gays and rock music so are considered conservative. If you look purely at the Liberal party (big L) votes, they are squarely in all the affluent suburbs of the major cities, everywhere else is Labor (left) or National (farming special interest).
That's not that case AT ALL. Take a look at California which has a very wealthy population, the rich there lean more to the left. The rich put Obama into office.
That was my point. Rich states vote left in the US. In every other western democracy they'd be voting right.
The liberals I know are miserable. They can never be happy with what they have - they always see the grass being always greener elsewhere. They are also overwhelmingly underachievers with expectations that their slack will be taken up by "someone else."
So all liberals are sad losers and all conservatives are God's happy hard working children. Got it...
No need to be silly about it. Most people expect Windows is standard, just as they expect a standard chair and desk. If an employee threatened to walk because I wouldn't upgrade their Dell for an Apple the I'd be happy to let the jerk go.
I'm not from the US, so I never understood why poor people vote conservative? All the red states seem to be poorer yet these are the people that would benefit most from a "socialist" left govt. In every western democracy I've been in there's a clear cut bias, rich white people vote right and all the multi-coloured worker-bees vote left. Why is the US the opposite?
I used to be pretty good at Bombjack. My high score of 1.4 Million and highest level 39 was at least twice as good as anything I've ever seen. Until the Internet that is. Apparently the record is over 50 million...
I'd wait another ten years before announcing any sort of success. The real issues for Munich will be keeping up with the curve. As Windows and Linux evolve, they'll be stuck on their 2013 distro (or more likely their 2001 distro or whenever they started the project) which will be a lot more difficult to upgrade than any COTS solution.
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Becasue XBone sounds a bit rude, like boner. Or if you bone someone you fuck them over. so even though XBone itself doesn't mean anything bad on it's own, if you take it as "X" "Bone" instead of "XB" " One" it sort of implies some negative association (I guess).
Does it have to be black tape? I have a roll of grey tape, and some blue tape too, will these suffice?
So it's not a valid comparison then. It may be possible to run a standard COTS solution, and pay more on licensing but less in salaries. You'll never know since your IT budget doesn't include the total cost of running an IT operation. This seems to be fairly typical whenever we hear these Linux-saved-us-heaps arguments.
I've spent a lot of time in Thailand, the problem is the DJs are just as bad. At least the poorly translated cover bands offer some humour value :)
The difference is for someone supporting Linux in multiple organisations, you have multiple possible configurations to try and understand. Windows is the same everywhere. Net result easier to support, easir to get support A reboot is a minor inconvenience, certainly a lot less hassle than changing your entire IT infrastructure to a product with next to no market share just to get around not having to reboot once in a while. DLL hell (not really an issue since Win2000) is nothing compared to dependency hell in Linux.
That was a statement, not a question.
Because most young musicians have the same amount of talent as Lennon/McCartney so can expect to earn a similar income...
Apple doesn't want the McCartney and the other 3's families
Ringo is still alive too.
It's important if you're trying to argue that your situation is due to outside forces rather than your own incompetence.
otoh, 40 yrs ago, ageism practically didn't exist.
Crap
older meant more experienced and wiser. we used to respect it.
At least that's how it worked in the fairy tales right?
now, if you are over 35, its hard to get an interview, let alone get hired.
This is a supply/demand argument, nothing to do with age. I'm an over 40 contractor, I change jobs every 6-12 months and never had issues, maybe it's just you?
things have gotton worse, not better.
By most independent measure, things are getting better for most people. Maybe for white males things are getting relatively worse, since others are now allowed to compete on a level playing field, but overall things are getting better for most people.
Not sure what world you're living in, but I am constantly amazed about what benefits technology gives us on a daily basis. Also if you take the nostalgia goggles off, and ignore the attention seeking bombardment of hyped up controversy that passes for news these days, you'll see that by most measures the world is a better place thanks to technology. As an example my mother was diagnosed with a slightly rare condition earlier this year. The GP gave the standard diagnosis which wasn't so good, but after some self-research and collaboration with special interest groups across the world were able to locate a UK-based (opposite side of the world to us) specialist who was able to offer some alternate advice which has since remarkably improved our situation. This was only possible with the "amplified intelligence" that the Internet provides.
You're just making stuff up to suit your argument. There is no evidence that BTC will ever be stable. The very nature of it's inability to be centrally regulated will guarantee that it can never be stable. Regulation is a stabilising force, it's why prosperous, healthy and wealthy countries all have the most regulations. Don't get caught in the Tea Party anarchist hype. If you want anarchy go take a holiday in Mogadishu or Kabul and then come back and tell us how well that works out.
But in the West, "I" is the people, therefore it is also determined by agreement isn't it? And there is the added benefit of a govt issued currency having a police force, military, govt, insurance etc to defend and protect the currency. When someone steals your BTC, who you gonna call? The anarchist argument has never been very well thought through...
Good story, but you'd have to concede that you are most likely in the minority, since someone out there bought your 900 coins at $1000 and are now suicidal. Out of interest where did you get your original 2300 coins?
I'm a hobby musician (ie can string a few notes together) and I can't tell the difference most of the time, what chance do regular folk have? My wife can't even tell the difference between a bass and a guitar, do you really think people like her will notice it an individual note on an individual instrument has been hammered instead of bent? The one intangible thing that regular folk do grasp is the energy of live music, but as the Daft Punk example shows, even that means nothing anymore.
The people at the SEC are paid $80K a year, he pays his best people a million a year.
Because the SEC can recommend you go to jail if you don't co-operate, and that is worth more than $1million dollars a year.
If someone makes a bunch of profit on Bitcoins, how is Norway going to know if the person doesn't self report?
Well that's how tax generally works, that's why each year you fill out a a Tax declaration. The catch is that the tax dept has more power than anyone to take your stuff and put you in jail, so there's a strong incentive to tell them the truth.
When I read the headline I thought Google had developed a Safari Suit with inbuilt GPS tracking, and they were trying to throw it away...
Australia is a little different because our right is a coalition party of the Liberals (big L traditional right wing conservative party) and the Nationals who are simply a pro-rural farming party. All the farmers vote National because we have a huge agricultural economy supported by subsidies (Socialism!) that they want to hang on to. So strangely, the Nationals could be considered a liberal (small L) lefty party, except they hate gays and rock music so are considered conservative. If you look purely at the Liberal party (big L) votes, they are squarely in all the affluent suburbs of the major cities, everywhere else is Labor (left) or National (farming special interest).
That's not that case AT ALL. Take a look at California which has a very wealthy population, the rich there lean more to the left. The rich put Obama into office.
That was my point. Rich states vote left in the US. In every other western democracy they'd be voting right.
The liberals I know are miserable. They can never be happy with what they have - they always see the grass being always greener elsewhere. They are also overwhelmingly underachievers with expectations that their slack will be taken up by "someone else."
So all liberals are sad losers and all conservatives are God's happy hard working children. Got it...
No need to be silly about it. Most people expect Windows is standard, just as they expect a standard chair and desk. If an employee threatened to walk because I wouldn't upgrade their Dell for an Apple the I'd be happy to let the jerk go.
I'm not from the US, so I never understood why poor people vote conservative? All the red states seem to be poorer yet these are the people that would benefit most from a "socialist" left govt. In every western democracy I've been in there's a clear cut bias, rich white people vote right and all the multi-coloured worker-bees vote left. Why is the US the opposite?
I used to be pretty good at Bombjack. My high score of 1.4 Million and highest level 39 was at least twice as good as anything I've ever seen. Until the Internet that is. Apparently the record is over 50 million...
I'd wait another ten years before announcing any sort of success. The real issues for Munich will be keeping up with the curve. As Windows and Linux evolve, they'll be stuck on their 2013 distro (or more likely their 2001 distro or whenever they started the project) which will be a lot more difficult to upgrade than any COTS solution.