I'm a software engineer living in Huntsville, and I'm an atheist. I've lived in several other places, and I haven't noticed the religious influence in Huntsville being any more overbearing here than anywhere else
Haven't noticed? I'll take a leap here and guess that you are white and heterosexual. Ask your gay friends if they notice the religious intolerance. Ask your Jewish friends the same thing. You can bet THEY notice.
After seeing how the Government works (Katrina?), and experiencing how the Salvation Army works, I'd trust the Salvation Army with my money far more than I would trust the Government.
Then you are very welcome to pack up your money and send it to them. However, you've decided that MY money is to be given to these religious bigots and I won't have it.
It makes me laugh when the local politicians argue about what they're losing to the web. They stole from me, now I get to take it back.
Republicans are nothing if not entertaining. But I wonder why they continue to live here. If they hate paying for roads and schools and libraries so much, why not just move to a country that doesn't have those things? Then the taxes they hate so much would be nonexistent.
As a right winger of the small government, economically liberal (or conservative in US parlance), and civil libertarian type, I take offense to that statement.
Well, that's just too bad. If you can read the newspapers, you can see for yourself what the right-wing has done now that they control all three branches of government. They are intruding government control into the most personal and intimate areas of our lives and spying on citizens. You go right on ahead being offended and those of us who actually love this country will continue resisting you.
Not so much measuring but laying responsibility. The guy at the top gets the credit for everything that goes right. That's only fair. Conversely, unless he's George Bush, he gets the blame for everything that goes wrong.
You may be correct. After all, the right-wing mantra is that all our problems can be solved by moving programs into the private sector. Microsoft may not even have to drop anymore money on lobbyists than they already do.
the fact that JBoss Portal on Windows outpaces JBoss Portal on Linux has a simple reason: JBoss isn't fully open source; crucial parts of it (namely the Java runtime itself) are under Sun's control, and hell will freeze over before Sun bothers to do a good job implementing Java for their competitors' Linux systems.
I was curious about the JBoss results as well. It seemed to me that this was the only valid area of the test. The rest of the test was more about testing different portals against one another than it was testing the OSS/MS stack in general. Do you have any data to back up your claim that the Windows JVM is faster than the Linux JVM ? Conspiracy theories aside, I don't envision Sun deliberately helping Microsoft.
Why is it that any good news at any time MUST have an alterior motive?
Because the person at the top is the most deceitful, underhanded President in US history. Even Nixon, at his lowest, would never have exposed and endangered undercover operatives for his political gain. Your hero is a criminal, so it behooves those of us who love this country to oppose him at every turn. The rest of you can continue your efforts to destroy this great country.
one former Dark Arts wizard sighs and sums up his version of the company credo with an elegiac observation by abolitionist Frederick Douglass: 'Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.'"
I can tell you that if any of these people submit a resume to me, they can absolutely count on NOT being interviewed. There is no room for people this lacking in ethics.
You're joking, right? The money W is wasting in Iraq could fund libraries, schools, roads, the ISS, STS, HST and still have plenty left over for a nice party. It is most certainly W's fault that he decided to start an expensive war that was not needed.
$10M ??? You really don't know what market cap is, do you? A $10M market cap is roughly one step above a roadside fruit stand. Stick to the computer stuff guys.
Small potatoes. Even at their current, anemic revenue rate, that comes to around 9 months of revenue. If you're going to bet your entire company on a strategy that will gross you less than a year of revenue, remind me to not invest in your company.
Someone with deep pockets; someone who would greatly benefit by Linux's demise.
Conspiracy theories aside, your deep-pocketed financier theory doesn't hold much water. Public companies have to make public their revenues and expenses. SCO's financial reports show no such income. On the contrary, they have shown that they are struggling to pay the mounting legal bills.
The tools that come with Java, while not at all user-friendly, have always been enough to point us in the right direction. We've never really come across a situation where we couldn't find the problem or optimize the code once the right track has been pointed out. YMMV.
All of your examples cite the relationship between the States and the Federal Government, which is constituionally very different from the relationship between individual citizens and the government.
That is, in effect, what they did say. It is completely unconstitutional for them, as a government institution, to use this form of coercion to restrict free speech. You need to go back and study up on constitutional law and then you'd be able to use your own name to post comments.
P.S. listening to Bill O'Reilly will not make you better informed about the US Constitution.
People are always so harsh on the government's ability to do things, and are quick to promote private industry as the better alternative, but this is one of the major public sector success stories.
Unfortunately, the right-wing has been bashing the government for so long that it's become ingrained. I can't imagine we'll ever have the ability to build (or even repair) much-needed infrastructure ever again.
Basically the D&D mentality that some people are by definition evil, hence they can only ever give evil laws, is so fucking stupid that it's not even funny.
The sad thing is by the time enough people notice the US is falling behind, it will be too late.
Maybe not. The Republican's "government-is-the-boogeyman" philosophy seems to be slowly falling out of favor. People are starting to realize that we actually do need a functioning government. It may not be too late to invest in infrastructure again. Have hope - the elections are only months away.
OK, that's a reasonable opinion to hold. But why would we accept your unsubstantiated opinion against the consensus opinion of people who do not about climate?
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I'm a software engineer living in Huntsville, and I'm an atheist. I've lived in several other places, and I haven't noticed the religious influence in Huntsville being any more overbearing here than anywhere else
Haven't noticed? I'll take a leap here and guess that you are white and heterosexual. Ask your gay friends if they notice the religious intolerance. Ask your Jewish friends the same thing. You can bet THEY notice.
After seeing how the Government works (Katrina?), and experiencing how the Salvation Army works, I'd trust the Salvation Army with my money far more than I would trust the Government.
Then you are very welcome to pack up your money and send it to them. However, you've decided that MY money is to be given to these religious bigots and I won't have it.
It is against everything we stand for to torture someone...
It used to be. But Republicans are in charge now. Now, it is only against what 49% of the population stands for.
It makes me laugh when the local politicians argue about what they're losing to the web. They stole from me, now I get to take it back.
Republicans are nothing if not entertaining. But I wonder why they continue to live here. If they hate paying for roads and schools and libraries so much, why not just move to a country that doesn't have those things? Then the taxes they hate so much would be nonexistent.
As a right winger of the small government, economically liberal (or conservative in US parlance), and civil libertarian type, I take offense to that statement.
Well, that's just too bad. If you can read the newspapers, you can see for yourself what the right-wing has done now that they control all three branches of government. They are intruding government control into the most personal and intimate areas of our lives and spying on citizens. You go right on ahead being offended and those of us who actually love this country will continue resisting you.
...is there any objective way to measure...?
Not so much measuring but laying responsibility. The guy at the top gets the credit for everything that goes right. That's only fair. Conversely, unless he's George Bush, he gets the blame for everything that goes wrong.
Lesson 3. Stronger resistance against right-wing intrusiveness is warranted.
You may be correct. After all, the right-wing mantra is that all our problems can be solved by moving programs into the private sector. Microsoft may not even have to drop anymore money on lobbyists than they already do.
the fact that JBoss Portal on Windows outpaces JBoss Portal on Linux has a simple reason: JBoss isn't fully open source; crucial parts of it (namely the Java runtime itself) are under Sun's control, and hell will freeze over before Sun bothers to do a good job implementing Java for their competitors' Linux systems.
I was curious about the JBoss results as well. It seemed to me that this was the only valid area of the test. The rest of the test was more about testing different portals against one another than it was testing the OSS/MS stack in general. Do you have any data to back up your claim that the Windows JVM is faster than the Linux JVM ? Conspiracy theories aside, I don't envision Sun deliberately helping Microsoft.
George Bush invented it.
No, he just exploits it.
Why is it that any good news at any time MUST have an alterior motive?
Because the person at the top is the most deceitful, underhanded President in US history. Even Nixon, at his lowest, would never have exposed and endangered undercover operatives for his political gain. Your hero is a criminal, so it behooves those of us who love this country to oppose him at every turn. The rest of you can continue your efforts to destroy this great country.
one former Dark Arts wizard sighs and sums up his version of the company credo with an elegiac observation by abolitionist Frederick Douglass: 'Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.'"
I can tell you that if any of these people submit a resume to me, they can absolutely count on NOT being interviewed. There is no room for people this lacking in ethics.
This only the first of many so-called terrorist plots that will be announced as foiled in the months to come. It's an election year, folks.
It was NOT GWB's fault,
You're joking, right? The money W is wasting in Iraq could fund libraries, schools, roads, the ISS, STS, HST and still have plenty left over for a nice party. It is most certainly W's fault that he decided to start an expensive war that was not needed.
$10M ??? You really don't know what market cap is, do you?
A $10M market cap is roughly one step above a roadside fruit stand.
Stick to the computer stuff guys.
Small potatoes. Even at their current, anemic revenue rate, that comes to around 9 months of revenue. If you're going to bet your entire company on a strategy that will gross you less than a year of revenue, remind me to not invest in your company.
Someone with deep pockets; someone who would greatly benefit by Linux's demise.
Conspiracy theories aside, your deep-pocketed financier theory doesn't hold much water. Public companies have to make public their revenues and expenses. SCO's financial reports show no such income. On the contrary, they have shown that they are struggling to pay the mounting legal bills.
The tools that come with Java, while not at all user-friendly, have always been enough to point us in the right direction. We've never really come across a situation where we couldn't find the problem or optimize the code once the right track has been pointed out. YMMV.
All of your examples cite the relationship between the States and the Federal Government, which is constituionally very different from the relationship between individual citizens and the government.
The school did NOT say "You can't do this."
That is, in effect, what they did say. It is completely unconstitutional for them, as a government institution, to use this form of coercion to restrict free speech. You need to go back and study up on constitutional law and then you'd be able to use your own name to post comments.
P.S. listening to Bill O'Reilly will not make you better informed about the US Constitution.
People are always so harsh on the government's ability to do things, and are quick to promote private industry as the better alternative, but this is one of the major public sector success stories.
Unfortunately, the right-wing has been bashing the government for so long that it's become ingrained. I can't imagine we'll ever have the ability to build (or even repair) much-needed infrastructure ever again.
Basically the D&D mentality that some people are by definition evil, hence they can only ever give evil laws, is so fucking stupid that it's not even funny.
D&D? I thought it was a Republican thing.
They'll have to get in line behind homosexuals.
The sad thing is by the time enough people notice the US is falling behind, it will be too late.
Maybe not. The Republican's "government-is-the-boogeyman" philosophy seems to be slowly falling out of favor. People are starting to realize that we actually do need a functioning government. It may not be too late to invest in infrastructure again. Have hope - the elections are only months away.
...and in government, it's unlimited until the society collapses.
Not at all. An informed, involved citizenry can limit government waste if they so desire. Waste will grow only to the point that citizens tolerate it.
OK, that's a reasonable opinion to hold. But why would we accept your unsubstantiated opinion against the consensus opinion of people who do not about climate?