A while back, a certain IMF chief tried that. Ask him what happened next.
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The old Socratic rift: "Intelligence is realizing that you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Wisdom is realizing that neither does anyone else."
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Ever wondered how that speaker managed to con a bunch of supposedly savvy and high-powered executives to get the gig?
Speakers like that prey on clueless managers that have nothing tangible to contribute to what the company is actually doing, but want to LOOK like they're providing valuable leadership in exchange for their overinflated salaries. It's a symbiotic relationship of bullshit. The speaker pretends they're offering valuable advice, and the manager(s) pretend that their brilliant idea of bringing the speaker in is going to somehow help the company. Meanwhile the real brains behind the company lose a day of productivity listening to a bunch of useless, vacuous crap.
That's why I still laugh every time I hear someone predicting "This is Linux's year!" For that to even have a chance of coming true, there would first have to *BE* a "Linux OS." If you put 10 random Linux fans in a room with a ticking time-bomb set for an hour, they would spend 1 minute agreeing that something needed to be done, and the next 59 minutes arguing over 200 proposed competing solutions.
Well, in that case, the OP had a valid criticism. They're pretty stupid to not be filing for patents (since they're rolling in the phat cash and all). When someone else grabs all the patents up and hits them with a lawsuit tsunami, I doubt there will be many lulz to be had. Prior art is a piss-poor defense against a real patent onslaught (just ask Samsung).
Patenting costs real money. This "company" sounds like a bunch of idealistic kids working out of a basement somewhere. I seriously doubt a company that names their product "Lulzbot"has the money to pay staff salaries, much less hire a patent attorney.
At this point, the NSA and CIA are so strong and so corrupt that the only way to ever clean them up would be to essentially gut them both completely, ban most of their leadership from government service, and basically start over.
And considering the long and illustrious history of the NSA flat out LYING to the American people, Congress, and even the President himself; I wouldn't trust them to actually implement any change even if Congress passed 100 laws mandating it and the President made a pinkie promise that they were going to follow them.
Shit, I wouldn't trust them if they told me if was daytime outside and my watch read 1 p.m.
They can couch it in whatever BS they like. But in practical terms, this will mean that AppleTV and ITunes will enjoy higher quality streaming over Comcast than competitors like Roku and Amazon Video.
Normally they just tell service providers they should be privileged to have Apple products on their network
Rumor has it that they're asking Comcast for a cut of the money for each subscriber, for the privilege of being allowed on an Apple product. So, it seems that mentality is still present (though it's still unclear if Comcast, with all their new power, is going to play along).
Why is this modded down? It's entirely fair to point out that both of these companies have a long and well-established history of walled gardens and heavy-handiness. Just because so many fanboys have a love-on for Apple on slashdot (and hate-on for MS) doesn't make Apple any less evil in their business dealings. And if there are any fans of Comcast out there in the universe, they must be about as rare as Yetis.
Your problems with medical bills could be solved if you lived in a country with socialized medicine.
Well, that would be great. But then, no country with socialized medicine has ever sent a human to the moon before. So it's kind of an "either-or" situation.
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One good April Fools Day joke = funny
Thirty lame-as-fuck April Fools Day jokes = annoying
When one huge evil corporation attacks on another huge evil corporation for being evil, does it cause a rip in space time?
Now when your friends and family all tell you that you live in your own little world, they can really mean it!
Starting WWIII is a little different that throwing some asshole in handcuffs on some trumped-up charges.
Point of Fact: He dared challenge the U.S. Dollar
A while back, a certain IMF chief tried that. Ask him what happened next.
The old Socratic rift: "Intelligence is realizing that you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Wisdom is realizing that neither does anyone else."
Ever wondered how that speaker managed to con a bunch of supposedly savvy and high-powered executives to get the gig?
Speakers like that prey on clueless managers that have nothing tangible to contribute to what the company is actually doing, but want to LOOK like they're providing valuable leadership in exchange for their overinflated salaries. It's a symbiotic relationship of bullshit. The speaker pretends they're offering valuable advice, and the manager(s) pretend that their brilliant idea of bringing the speaker in is going to somehow help the company. Meanwhile the real brains behind the company lose a day of productivity listening to a bunch of useless, vacuous crap.
"We can't hear you through all of the cash."
That's why I still laugh every time I hear someone predicting "This is Linux's year!" For that to even have a chance of coming true, there would first have to *BE* a "Linux OS." If you put 10 random Linux fans in a room with a ticking time-bomb set for an hour, they would spend 1 minute agreeing that something needed to be done, and the next 59 minutes arguing over 200 proposed competing solutions.
Well, in that case, the OP had a valid criticism. They're pretty stupid to not be filing for patents (since they're rolling in the phat cash and all). When someone else grabs all the patents up and hits them with a lawsuit tsunami, I doubt there will be many lulz to be had. Prior art is a piss-poor defense against a real patent onslaught (just ask Samsung).
Patenting costs real money. This "company" sounds like a bunch of idealistic kids working out of a basement somewhere. I seriously doubt a company that names their product "Lulzbot"has the money to pay staff salaries, much less hire a patent attorney.
At this point, the NSA and CIA are so strong and so corrupt that the only way to ever clean them up would be to essentially gut them both completely, ban most of their leadership from government service, and basically start over.
Watch out patent trolls, your tables WILL be smashed!!
Warm apple juice with cinnamon. As opposed to plain old cold, non-cinnamon apple juice, I suppose.
And considering the long and illustrious history of the NSA flat out LYING to the American people, Congress, and even the President himself; I wouldn't trust them to actually implement any change even if Congress passed 100 laws mandating it and the President made a pinkie promise that they were going to follow them.
Shit, I wouldn't trust them if they told me if was daytime outside and my watch read 1 p.m.
He's holding it wrong.
No, the USSR never sent a human to the moon (unless they did it secretly and didn't tell anyone).
They can couch it in whatever BS they like. But in practical terms, this will mean that AppleTV and ITunes will enjoy higher quality streaming over Comcast than competitors like Roku and Amazon Video.
Normally they just tell service providers they should be privileged to have Apple products on their network
Rumor has it that they're asking Comcast for a cut of the money for each subscriber, for the privilege of being allowed on an Apple product. So, it seems that mentality is still present (though it's still unclear if Comcast, with all their new power, is going to play along).
Why is this modded down? It's entirely fair to point out that both of these companies have a long and well-established history of walled gardens and heavy-handiness. Just because so many fanboys have a love-on for Apple on slashdot (and hate-on for MS) doesn't make Apple any less evil in their business dealings. And if there are any fans of Comcast out there in the universe, they must be about as rare as Yetis.
Pretty soon, Comcast == internet. Sad.
Batley Townswomans Guild presents The Fall of MtGox....
I just hope I find Patrick Duffy in my shower.
Your problems with medical bills could be solved if you lived in a country with socialized medicine.
Well, that would be great. But then, no country with socialized medicine has ever sent a human to the moon before. So it's kind of an "either-or" situation.
A trip to the moon costs about $150 million dollars
Considering that a typical space shuttle launch to LEO ran about $600-$700 million, I would *SERIOUSLY* question those figures.