>"Wouldn't it be great if you all improved Visual Studio or whatever for us free of charge between releases and then wouldn't it be cool if we kept your improvements and then sell them in our next version of Visual Studio."
What do you mean by "keep your improvements"? Just don't exclusively give changes to MS, release it to the bigger world. Then everyone "keeps" it. If you send private emails to MS and then you never communicate it to everyone else, you are letting them "exclusively keep" it.
>I'm not sure that is a standard definition of Open Source Development.
Then it wouldn't be Open Source, and you are talking about a situation where MS didn't go into Open Source in the first place.
This is exactly what holds back Linux. Arrogant elitism.
He complains about a Linux distribution failing, you accuse him of being a troll. You belittle one of his problems by calling him "newbie". And then you finish it off by saying that he is not worthy of your time.
Why would I suggest to anyone I know to use Fedora when they would get this sort of response to their problems?
Thats horrible but maybe next time you could get a digital camera that takes movies also. That way you can film her and then extract the one frame with her eyes open. Print that frame at a commerical place that can print it on an acceptable passport photo.
>the really stupid thing is that the people checking the passports are just going through the motions anyway - not one person actually compared the passport photo to my own face
Maybe because they are more experienced than that.
If it was a fake passport the photo wouldn't be the give away sign (unless its horribly and obviously off) but other things would. Like your unconsious or uncontrollable actions. e.g. was the passport shaking when you handed it to them. Did you seem too calm/nervious?
Look at mathematics. Just because some concepts there don't relate to physical, "I can touch this" equivence doesn't mean that we can discount it.
Look at some stuff quantum physics says is possble. Should we discount some of its wacky things it says just because it has yet to be shown in something physical, "I can see its effects"?
>They could also know if you were speeding on a certain stretch of road and up your premium accordingly. "We noticed that you failed to signal your intention to turn 18 times last month.
Umm.. so don't speed and use your turn signal?
Seems like a fair trade for lower insurance premiums.
>While this is true, it is also true that there are plenty of insane dictators out there who would invade any weak country if they could get away with it.
How is some mad dictator in Eastern Europe going to attack Canada? Go over the North Pole?
>Well, obviously, if North Korea were to send an invasion force to Canada,
Thats one hell of a trip across the North Pacific. Wouldn't it be more worthwhile to attack something closer in Asia?
>Americans pay for Canada's defense.
The way North America physically is, protecting Canada and Mexico is the best way of protecting America.
>Americans are pretty much the only ones paying full price,
Thats your laws at work. There is a big issue with American state health plans going to Canada for cheap drugs. So Canada, in this way, is supporting America.
>there is a direct correlation between competent management of a company and stock value.
This is absolutely not true.
There are lots of competently run companies in boring, dull industries whom's stock never goes anywhere. Try looking at furnature manufacturers or fisheries.
During any mania, such as the "dot com" boom, there were lots of incompetent managers who's stock shot up skywards. Look at the history of Sunbeam when Dunlop was leading it.
Never mistake a company with its stock. The direction of a company is controlled by a small number of fixed people. A stock is controlled by a large number of changing people.
Another interesting point is that some venture capitalist firms pulled the stock they were going to sell. Did they know something the public doesn't?
From http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/technology/18CND -GOOGLE.html: Two of Google's big early investors, the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, decided to withdraw their combined 4.5 million shares from the auction early yesterday, betting they can get a better price at some point in the future.
Another good point is that even with their reduced price, its still an impressive IPO.
And a couple of early investors pulled their shares to sell because they think that they can sell them in the future at a higher price. Nothing better than seeing that sort of confidence in a company's stock price.
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I believe that it would be the amount of radiation he could have on (in?) his body and maybe also a bit of superstition?
>It's good to be comfortable with a lot of languages, ... Common Lisp, "
I refuse to believe that any sane person can become comfortable with LISP.
>"Wouldn't it be great if you all improved Visual Studio or whatever for us free of charge between releases and then wouldn't it be cool if we kept your improvements and then sell them in our next version of Visual Studio."
What do you mean by "keep your improvements"? Just don't exclusively give changes to MS, release it to the bigger world. Then everyone "keeps" it. If you send private emails to MS and then you never communicate it to everyone else, you are letting them "exclusively keep" it.
>I'm not sure that is a standard definition of Open Source Development.
Then it wouldn't be Open Source, and you are talking about a situation where MS didn't go into Open Source in the first place.
>Unless Turbine is able to bring this world something other than the appearance of Middle Earth,
Two words: phat l00t
I can't wait until we have a chance to use decontamination gel on a hot sexy Vulcan.
>Nice troll
This is exactly what holds back Linux. Arrogant elitism.
He complains about a Linux distribution failing, you accuse him of being a troll. You belittle one of his problems by calling him "newbie". And then you finish it off by saying that he is not worthy of your time.
Why would I suggest to anyone I know to use Fedora when they would get this sort of response to their problems?
Thats horrible but maybe next time you could get a digital camera that takes movies also. That way you can film her and then extract the one frame with her eyes open. Print that frame at a commerical place that can print it on an acceptable passport photo.
>Shouldn't the pilots not have to put up with this?
Exactly why shouldn't be put up with it when everyone else does?
Should baggage handlers be exempted from having their luggage x-rayed or be able to carry-on large sized items?
>the really stupid thing is that the people checking the passports are just going through the motions anyway - not one person actually compared the passport photo to my own face
Maybe because they are more experienced than that.
If it was a fake passport the photo wouldn't be the give away sign (unless its horribly and obviously off) but other things would. Like your unconsious or uncontrollable actions. e.g. was the passport shaking when you handed it to them. Did you seem too calm/nervious?
>Have you ANY sense of what it meens to have a right to privacy?
Does it mean that it gives me the right to break the law if I can get away with it?
How is this a troll?
> The stuff shown by quantum mechanics is entirely physical, and you can see its effects quite easily.
Not all of quantum physics can/has been seen. For example tachyon particles.
>mathematics can describe things which don't/can't exist in this universe.
Yet do we discount what mathematics is saying just because we can't experiment it in some lab?
>Could you give me a physical reason?
Not everything is physical.
Look at mathematics. Just because some concepts there don't relate to physical, "I can touch this" equivence doesn't mean that we can discount it.
Look at some stuff quantum physics says is possble. Should we discount some of its wacky things it says just because it has yet to be shown in something physical, "I can see its effects"?
Bunny hopping their way to victory!
>Better yet, don't drive.
Better yet, drive and obey the laws.
>We have no reason to believe otherwise.
We?
To some there is every reason to believe that humans are more than just a complex arrangement of atoms.
>They could also know if you were speeding on a certain stretch of road and up your premium accordingly. "We noticed that you failed to signal your intention to turn 18 times last month.
Umm.. so don't speed and use your turn signal?
Seems like a fair trade for lower insurance premiums.
>While this is true, it is also true that there are plenty of insane dictators out there who would invade any weak country if they could get away with it.
How is some mad dictator in Eastern Europe going to attack Canada? Go over the North Pole?
>Well, obviously, if North Korea were to send an invasion force to Canada,
Thats one hell of a trip across the North Pacific. Wouldn't it be more worthwhile to attack something closer in Asia?
>Americans pay for Canada's defense.
The way North America physically is, protecting Canada and Mexico is the best way of protecting America.
>Americans are pretty much the only ones paying full price,
Thats your laws at work. There is a big issue with American state health plans going to Canada for cheap drugs. So Canada, in this way, is supporting America.
>there is a direct correlation between competent management of a company and stock value.
This is absolutely not true.
There are lots of competently run companies in boring, dull industries whom's stock never goes anywhere. Try looking at furnature manufacturers or fisheries.
During any mania, such as the "dot com" boom, there were lots of incompetent managers who's stock shot up skywards. Look at the history of Sunbeam when Dunlop was leading it.
Never mistake a company with its stock. The direction of a company is controlled by a small number of fixed people. A stock is controlled by a large number of changing people.
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Another interesting point is that some venture capitalist firms pulled the stock they were going to sell. Did they know something the public doesn't?
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From http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/technology/18CN
Two of Google's big early investors, the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, decided to withdraw their combined 4.5 million shares from the auction early yesterday, betting they can get a better price at some point in the future.
Thats more due to the medium rather than the general population of United States.
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal are two good examples of good journalism in America.
>I do not see how a share can be fairly priced ...
>why the SEC allows this practice?
I assume that this is the heart of the question.
The purpose of SEC is not to determine if a share of a company is fairly priced or not. Thats your job.
Another good point is that even with their reduced price, its still an impressive IPO.
And a couple of early investors pulled their shares to sell because they think that they can sell them in the future at a higher price. Nothing better than seeing that sort of confidence in a company's stock price.
>IPOs are almost always followed by a dramatic downturn.
In Google's case, the IPO followed the Dramatic Downturn.