True enough but when I mention survival, I'm talking of times when the company makes no revenue. If they had been running at an equilibrium until that time they'll obviously lose some money. Money that is not there. If you had made a profit previously, you have some cushion to protect yourself around these times.
Maybe I'm being short-sighted on something here. And I don't take "get a loan during bad times" as a final answer:)
This just in....companies out to make a profit!!:)
Ok, seriously, this feels like just another article to get everyone all riled up over "the man". Yes, it seems outrageous what companies like Sprint and NextTel are charging. Does this mean that they aren't just trying to cover their costs and possible pot a bit of profit off of a new service offered to customers? Ok, maybe it seems like they want to make an excessive profit. Don't like it? Well, it looks like the gov't already has a watchful eye on them (if that's any comfort;)) and is ready to impose regulations if they really get carried away.
Everything a company does can't be done just at cost. A company needs to make a profit to be able to fully survive. It looks like Verizon is able to recoup these costs thanks to existing reserves or they are willing to take the hit for increased customer satisfaction which is great to see. It's so great to see that if I was in the States, I would probably switch over to Verizon as soon as my contract with one of those other companies was up (or sooner!).
Actually it was just a comment from Microsoft and not Reuters so I don't think Reuters should be chastized for this. A quote is a quote, whether it's truthful or not. This wasn't even a direct quote either, just noting what Microsoft has previously said. I don't think it's a bad thing that Reuters included it.
Yeah but this is going to be in the hardware itself now. You simply tilt the mouse to the right and scroll away. No more need for the on-screen cursor thing that pops up.
Whoops, you trampled on Linux for a second there. Turned an informative, interesting post into bait for all the linux zealot mods out there to mark it as flamebait:)
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Ummm.....how about not so much:) Although I suppose it would be cool but how practical would it be? Maybe my mind isn't expanding enough to see the uses:)
Ok, maybe I'm misreading this but the original post was saying how the article submission claimed that Taylor described the previous tactics of Microsoft as describing Linux as a cancer when it was actually Raymond who mentioned that. He said putting words in others mouths was counter productive which it is.
You came back by saying "But Steve Ballmer said it". Then made a quip about legitimate debate.
I said that this still doesn't dispute the original post that it had nothing to do with Taylor. The article submission did give the impression that Taylor said those words which was the original posters point.
Now you've come back again, reverted away from Steve Ballmer and back to how the article does not say Taylor used those words. Which it doesn't. It does strongly imply that though you must admit. Then you close off with another short quip which was virtually unrelated to my reply. I wasn't defending Microsoft in any way. Just pointing out your "legitimate debate" seemed better suited for a new post rather than a reply to this one.
His original post still stands though. You've tried to disprove it by quoting someone else. The fact still remains that Taylor did not say what he was quoted as saying in the submission. Ballmer having said it doesn't make it right to say that just anybody from Microsoft has uttered those words.
Maybe you should have closed with "RIAA sucks. Linux rules. M$ blows. I have a right to privacy at all costs."
That oughta do it. At least that way people who read comments at +3 can see informative ones like this rather than the same ol rallying cries over and over again.
It appears the flaw affects the MIDI parts of the DirectX library. Maybe buymusic has MIDI files for sale? Why, I don't know. Other than that, I don't see any correlation but maybe I missed something
First, if you think someones understanding is flawed, point it out in a better way than "do more research". In short, don't be an ass.
Not everyone can have the whole story before posting a comment and that's what the "Reply to This" link is about. To help inform the misinformed which I was in this case.
Thank you for helping clear up my position on the Atkins diet. I've also retracted my position prior to this comment in response to another person who pointed out my misinformation without the added bonus of trying to cut me down.
Ok, my understanding of the Atkins diet was misinformed. I guess I hit all the evangelistic pages against the diet and didn't hit any neutral ground information at all. In that case, Atkins is an all right choice. I also think in this case it shouldn't be a diet and just be the normal way of eating;) Too bad we eat like crap nowadays.
I'm aware of what ketosis is. I did some extra research just now to be fully aware of what it is. My understanding was a mixture of ketosis and ketoacidosis. However, I still partially stand by my original comment and would like to rephrase how I stated it. It puts your body in a *virtually perpetual* state of ketosis. This is not good. Ketosis yes. Perpetual no. Your body needs carbs and the problem with Atkins is people take it to the extreme and completely cut out carbs. Dieting and nutrition is a vast field and there is lots of confusion over what works and what doesn't. The vast majority of what I've read says that you need carbs to more efficiently fuel the body though they should be restricted. My understanding of the Atkins diet is that it wants you to limit carbs to virtually nothing.
I believe my comment used the term dogtired in reference to when not to go which is the only reference to tiredness I noticed in your quote. Agreed laziness is just a cop out. Dogtired is not. Light activity while hungover is ok. Just don't go crazy about it and force your body to do something it doesn't want to do.
" eating a vegan diet will control your fattyness"
not entirely true. You can be on a meat eating diet and still cut out fat. Eat things like extra lean ground beef or other styles of meat like elk or buffalo which are very, very lean and protein filled. There have been situations where vegans were ending up taking in just as much or more fat than another person on a diet that included meat.
Losing dairy is one thing that I'll definitely recommend. Many problems arise from dairy and if anyone is interested. Find out about "milk sucks" through your favorite search engine.
The Atkins diet puts your body in a state of ketosis. This is *not* good. Your body needs carbs to fuel itself. The reason you continue to lose weight is your body is burning fat (which can be good) but once the fat supply runs out, your metabolism slows down as your body goes into starvation mode and begins to eat away at muscle tissue to help fuel itself when it needs it. Your metabolic rate will then slow and if you ever slip off the diet, your weight will skyrocket again.
The bad breath is caused by the ketone build up. You have to flush these out with water. Lots and lots of it.
Be very careful with the Atkins diet. It can work but some go a bit far with it. It's not good to cut out carbs. Limit them, yes. Don't get rid of them all. Your body needs them.
"Even if you're dog tired, hung over, etc.. it's imperitave to still go."
Well, not so much. Working out while having the effects of alcohol in your problem is not the best idea. Particularly if it's weight training your talking about. Alcohol inhibits protein synthesis which slows down the muscle intake of protein which of course it needs to rebuild itself. It also weakens you so that the day after, you will be very lethargic and likely find you can't lift as much.
As for going even if you're dog tired. That's a no as well. When you're dog tired, your body is telling you something. It's telling you that you need to rest. If you are dogtired and drag yourself to the gym for a one hour workout, your just hurting your body rather than gaining anything. You may feel good about yourself b/c you were able to gut it out. Don't fool yourself though. No pain, no gain is an outdated mantra.
You do have to stick with it though as you mentioned. Just not under extreme conditions like that.
you have seen the auctions on character parts though right? never know when you're gonna need another kidney:)
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I think you're forgetting that this was a paper with worldwide distribution. Oh wait, you did point that out. So.....paper with worldwide distribution puts out shoddily done article that makes it seem like they're kissing the pucker of the richest man in the world? No. No self-respecting media company would do something like this. We all know they spread unbiased truths to the betterment of society.
but obviously your reasoning skills are very limited
Never judge someone on one chance encounter and especially not after a comment over the internet. Based on one comment you're going to state the "obvious" that my reasoning skills are limited? Maybe your judgement skills need to be honed a bit more.
So they should drop their "competing" technology and join up with the J2EE boys? So there's only *one* solution? See where I'm going with this?;)
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Since it was a short, horribly done interview, it *must* be that the horrible evil corporation fixed this up and sent it off, right? It couldn't be that the interviewer just didn't know his a** from a hole in the ground? It couldn't actually be someone elses fault that something is messed up could it? Nope, must be Microsofts fault. Come on man.
In response to your second question, if I had interviewed the richest man in the world in such a poor fashion, I wouldn't want my name on it either.
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True enough but when I mention survival, I'm talking of times when the company makes no revenue. If they had been running at an equilibrium until that time they'll obviously lose some money. Money that is not there. If you had made a profit previously, you have some cushion to protect yourself around these times.
:)
Maybe I'm being short-sighted on something here. And I don't take "get a loan during bad times" as a final answer
This just in....companies out to make a profit!! :)
;)) and is ready to impose regulations if they really get carried away.
Ok, seriously, this feels like just another article to get everyone all riled up over "the man". Yes, it seems outrageous what companies like Sprint and NextTel are charging. Does this mean that they aren't just trying to cover their costs and possible pot a bit of profit off of a new service offered to customers? Ok, maybe it seems like they want to make an excessive profit. Don't like it? Well, it looks like the gov't already has a watchful eye on them (if that's any comfort
Everything a company does can't be done just at cost. A company needs to make a profit to be able to fully survive. It looks like Verizon is able to recoup these costs thanks to existing reserves or they are willing to take the hit for increased customer satisfaction which is great to see. It's so great to see that if I was in the States, I would probably switch over to Verizon as soon as my contract with one of those other companies was up (or sooner!).
Actually it was just a comment from Microsoft and not Reuters so I don't think Reuters should be chastized for this. A quote is a quote, whether it's truthful or not. This wasn't even a direct quote either, just noting what Microsoft has previously said. I don't think it's a bad thing that Reuters included it.
Yeah but this is going to be in the hardware itself now. You simply tilt the mouse to the right and scroll away. No more need for the on-screen cursor thing that pops up.
But what did the majority of Muslims think of this....? :)
Whoops, you trampled on Linux for a second there. Turned an informative, interesting post into bait for all the linux zealot mods out there to mark it as flamebait :)
Ummm.....how about not so much :) Although I suppose it would be cool but how practical would it be? Maybe my mind isn't expanding enough to see the uses :)
Ok, maybe I'm misreading this but the original post was saying how the article submission claimed that Taylor described the previous tactics of Microsoft as describing Linux as a cancer when it was actually Raymond who mentioned that. He said putting words in others mouths was counter productive which it is.
You came back by saying "But Steve Ballmer said it". Then made a quip about legitimate debate.
I said that this still doesn't dispute the original post that it had nothing to do with Taylor. The article submission did give the impression that Taylor said those words which was the original posters point.
Now you've come back again, reverted away from Steve Ballmer and back to how the article does not say Taylor used those words. Which it doesn't. It does strongly imply that though you must admit. Then you close off with another short quip which was virtually unrelated to my reply. I wasn't defending Microsoft in any way. Just pointing out your "legitimate debate" seemed better suited for a new post rather than a reply to this one.
His original post still stands though. You've tried to disprove it by quoting someone else. The fact still remains that Taylor did not say what he was quoted as saying in the submission. Ballmer having said it doesn't make it right to say that just anybody from Microsoft has uttered those words.
and yet this isn't modded up at all.
Maybe you should have closed with "RIAA sucks. Linux rules. M$ blows. I have a right to privacy at all costs."
That oughta do it. At least that way people who read comments at +3 can see informative ones like this rather than the same ol rallying cries over and over again.
of those 60 million americans, how many are voting age?
It appears the flaw affects the MIDI parts of the DirectX library. Maybe buymusic has MIDI files for sale? Why, I don't know. Other than that, I don't see any correlation but maybe I missed something
First, if you think someones understanding is flawed, point it out in a better way than "do more research". In short, don't be an ass. Not everyone can have the whole story before posting a comment and that's what the "Reply to This" link is about. To help inform the misinformed which I was in this case. Thank you for helping clear up my position on the Atkins diet. I've also retracted my position prior to this comment in response to another person who pointed out my misinformation without the added bonus of trying to cut me down.
Ok, my understanding of the Atkins diet was misinformed. I guess I hit all the evangelistic pages against the diet and didn't hit any neutral ground information at all. In that case, Atkins is an all right choice. I also think in this case it shouldn't be a diet and just be the normal way of eating ;) Too bad we eat like crap nowadays.
I'm aware of what ketosis is. I did some extra research just now to be fully aware of what it is. My understanding was a mixture of ketosis and ketoacidosis. However, I still partially stand by my original comment and would like to rephrase how I stated it. It puts your body in a *virtually perpetual* state of ketosis. This is not good. Ketosis yes. Perpetual no. Your body needs carbs and the problem with Atkins is people take it to the extreme and completely cut out carbs. Dieting and nutrition is a vast field and there is lots of confusion over what works and what doesn't. The vast majority of what I've read says that you need carbs to more efficiently fuel the body though they should be restricted. My understanding of the Atkins diet is that it wants you to limit carbs to virtually nothing.
I believe my comment used the term dogtired in reference to when not to go which is the only reference to tiredness I noticed in your quote. Agreed laziness is just a cop out. Dogtired is not. Light activity while hungover is ok. Just don't go crazy about it and force your body to do something it doesn't want to do.
" eating a vegan diet will control your fattyness" not entirely true. You can be on a meat eating diet and still cut out fat. Eat things like extra lean ground beef or other styles of meat like elk or buffalo which are very, very lean and protein filled. There have been situations where vegans were ending up taking in just as much or more fat than another person on a diet that included meat. Losing dairy is one thing that I'll definitely recommend. Many problems arise from dairy and if anyone is interested. Find out about "milk sucks" through your favorite search engine.
The Atkins diet puts your body in a state of ketosis. This is *not* good. Your body needs carbs to fuel itself. The reason you continue to lose weight is your body is burning fat (which can be good) but once the fat supply runs out, your metabolism slows down as your body goes into starvation mode and begins to eat away at muscle tissue to help fuel itself when it needs it. Your metabolic rate will then slow and if you ever slip off the diet, your weight will skyrocket again. The bad breath is caused by the ketone build up. You have to flush these out with water. Lots and lots of it. Be very careful with the Atkins diet. It can work but some go a bit far with it. It's not good to cut out carbs. Limit them, yes. Don't get rid of them all. Your body needs them.
"Even if you're dog tired, hung over, etc.. it's imperitave to still go." Well, not so much. Working out while having the effects of alcohol in your problem is not the best idea. Particularly if it's weight training your talking about. Alcohol inhibits protein synthesis which slows down the muscle intake of protein which of course it needs to rebuild itself. It also weakens you so that the day after, you will be very lethargic and likely find you can't lift as much. As for going even if you're dog tired. That's a no as well. When you're dog tired, your body is telling you something. It's telling you that you need to rest. If you are dogtired and drag yourself to the gym for a one hour workout, your just hurting your body rather than gaining anything. You may feel good about yourself b/c you were able to gut it out. Don't fool yourself though. No pain, no gain is an outdated mantra. You do have to stick with it though as you mentioned. Just not under extreme conditions like that.
Actually yes, accident free hours are counted per employee and then added up together.
well you just haven't been looking hard enough ;)
:)
you have seen the auctions on character parts though right? never know when you're gonna need another kidney
I think you're forgetting that this was a paper with worldwide distribution. Oh wait, you did point that out. So.....paper with worldwide distribution puts out shoddily done article that makes it seem like they're kissing the pucker of the richest man in the world? No. No self-respecting media company would do something like this. We all know they spread unbiased truths to the betterment of society.
but obviously your reasoning skills are very limited
Never judge someone on one chance encounter and especially not after a comment over the internet. Based on one comment you're going to state the "obvious" that my reasoning skills are limited? Maybe your judgement skills need to be honed a bit more.
So they should drop their "competing" technology and join up with the J2EE boys? So there's only *one* solution? See where I'm going with this? ;)
Since it was a short, horribly done interview, it *must* be that the horrible evil corporation fixed this up and sent it off, right? It couldn't be that the interviewer just didn't know his a** from a hole in the ground? It couldn't actually be someone elses fault that something is messed up could it? Nope, must be Microsofts fault. Come on man.
In response to your second question, if I had interviewed the richest man in the world in such a poor fashion, I wouldn't want my name on it either.
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