Hey, buddy, while I applaud your efforts, methinks that once you get there, you're going to be just like them. You know, what they say about money and power corrupting people... I myself think I would be untouched by money and power but then I heard they send in the interns... and all bets are off!
{ On another note, I'm getting tired of/. deleting my posts. Has anyone else had that problem lately? }
I just saw Rush in concert on Friday and was reminded by this MS crap (yes, crap!) of a phrase in Tom Sawyer: "those who wish to seem."
MS wants people to think they are opening up but this has been pointed at before:
It is important to note that open source developers, whether commercial or non-commercial, will not need a patent license for the development of implementations of these protocols or for the non-commercial distribution of these implementations, according to Microsoft's Patent Pledge for Open Source Developers.
You can develop implementations of these protocols all you want, JUST DON'T DISTRIBUTE THEM COMMERCIALLY. Isn't that pretty useless for most open source developers? Note also how it's worded, to make you THINK it's open, when in reality it is not. They just wish to seem "open" but not to be.
... and the other guys's stuff is crap and deserves to fail.
More likely is that they know THEIR software is crap but it will crammed down people's throats anyway. How can they not know? Don't they test other stuff?
Mr. Gates, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart that you make and push your crappy software on the masses. I have worked doing tech support for over a decade and have made a decent living doing so. None of this would have been possible if you made good quality software. And every time one of our users calls me because Word crashed or Windows XP stopped responding I just have to ask remind myself, "What would I be doing for a living if your software didn't suck so much? So, THANK YOU!"
Most business users confused interoperability with PC-compatibility.
In my early days of computing (1992), I had sworn off all computers and thought they were all a POS. Windows 3.11 WFW would crash and lock up so much... Then I learned that it wasn't computers that sucked and crashed, it was Windows, because OS/2 rocked! Then I read in all OS/2 reviews something like "OS/2 rocks, too bad it won't be able to run Windows programs when the new version of Windows comes out in two years." WTF?????? They always said that. They were the muthas that made sure that stupid people kept buying MS shit. Yeah, these are the same stupid people that get to vote!
I learned to hate MS since then. Bill Gates, eat shit and die you worthless piece of shit!
I consider the biggest problem in the world to be people that can't follow a logical argument but still vote. The analysis you are asking is too much for the average person. I bet the average person doesn't understand why the following is not logically correct:
Stones are heavy, man is heavy, therefore man is a stone.
When I saw Lars (OK, Lars in a Flash cartoon, but still...) go on about Napster (ha ha, that was FUNNY!), I immediately deleted all their shit off my computer and haven't listened to them since or had any desire to do so.
I probably have close to $1000 in CDs (at original price) but I have never spent so much on it as when I was downloading from Napster. Oh how I wish for AllofMP3 back! Awesomest business model.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... they're asking themselves the wrong question. Instead of "How can we make the most money off each song?" they should be asking themselves "How can we make the most money off each person?"
God forbid that profits might for once be kept by the people who created it, rather than leeched off by various governments in order to waste on all sorts of irrelevent crap.
Seems to me that profits are almost never kept by the people who created it but is leeched off by the CEOs and other upper managers.
This will make for a really cool scene in some upcoming Hollywood movie: Good guy is wanted by the gov't for questioning authority, they make up stuff about him and now he can't go anywhere because everywhere he goes he sees pictures of himself and those lies that the FBI made up about him.
I know "US Government Caught Manipulating Wikipedia" is a cool title, but seriously, does anyone think the US government, the CIA or the Vatican would be stupid enough to get caught if they actually wanted to influence a wikipedia article?
I think the Bush administration has pushed lying and corruption to a new level. They don't feel the need to hide things anymore, unlike previous administrations, they just do it right in front of our noses. They know that we're not going to do anything about it.
Hell, that's how my boss got started. His employer didn't have a non-compete clause and he proceeded to run them out of business.
Assuming that your boss ran his employer out of business by running a better business and not being a jerk like Bill Gates, if your boss never gave feedback to his boss as to how he could improve his business then your boss sucks. If your boss tried to give his boss feedback on how he could improve his business but his boss didn't listen... isn't capitalism great?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: "These guys are asking themselves the wrong question. Instead of asking themselves "How can we make the most money out of each song?" they should be asking themselves, "How can we make the most money out of each person?"
And the other half believe it was more like 4,000 years ago...
I have a Bible that a priest left at my house a few years ago (my mother died and I don't know who the priest was, so it's MY book now). In my bookshelf that Bible sits right next to other popular works of fiction, like Paradise Lost. Anyway... on the outside of every page are notes explaining when those events supposedly took place. "In the beginning..." was 4004BC. So, it should be "And the other half believe it was more like 6,000 years ago..." I believe that's more correct.
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Hey, buddy, while I applaud your efforts, methinks that once you get there, you're going to be just like them. You know, what they say about money and power corrupting people... I myself think I would be untouched by money and power but then I heard they send in the interns... and all bets are off!
{ On another note, I'm getting tired of /. deleting my posts. Has anyone else had that problem lately? }
We want to encourage more behavior like this.
I just saw Rush in concert on Friday and was reminded by this MS crap (yes, crap!) of a phrase in Tom Sawyer: "those who wish to seem."
MS wants people to think they are opening up but this has been pointed at before:
It is important to note that open source developers, whether commercial or non-commercial, will not need a patent license for the development of implementations of these protocols or for the non-commercial distribution of these implementations, according to Microsoft's Patent Pledge for Open Source Developers.
You can develop implementations of these protocols all you want, JUST DON'T DISTRIBUTE THEM COMMERCIALLY. Isn't that pretty useless for most open source developers? Note also how it's worded, to make you THINK it's open, when in reality it is not. They just wish to seem "open" but not to be.
I disagree with this part of your post, mister:
More likely is that they know THEIR software is crap but it will crammed down people's throats anyway. How can they not know? Don't they test other stuff?
As Tool sings:
Boredom's not a burden anyone should bear.
What a shame...
How ungrateful I am. Ok, how about this:
Mr. Gates, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart that you make and push your crappy software on the masses. I have worked doing tech support for over a decade and have made a decent living doing so. None of this would have been possible if you made good quality software. And every time one of our users calls me because Word crashed or Windows XP stopped responding I just have to ask remind myself, "What would I be doing for a living if your software didn't suck so much? So, THANK YOU!"
Most business users confused interoperability with PC-compatibility.
In my early days of computing (1992), I had sworn off all computers and thought they were all a POS. Windows 3.11 WFW would crash and lock up so much... Then I learned that it wasn't computers that sucked and crashed, it was Windows, because OS/2 rocked! Then I read in all OS/2 reviews something like "OS/2 rocks, too bad it won't be able to run Windows programs when the new version of Windows comes out in two years." WTF?????? They always said that. They were the muthas that made sure that stupid people kept buying MS shit. Yeah, these are the same stupid people that get to vote!
I learned to hate MS since then. Bill Gates, eat shit and die you worthless piece of shit!
is that if it weren't for Global Warming we'd be getting fucked by the upcoming Ice Age!
... and that for the first time in many cyclic Ice Ages, we may have a chance to escape the planet (which couldn't possibly hold ALL of us, right?).
It sure would seem smarter to spend our resources towards building a space ark than building more and more and more military jets and ships.
As Fleetwood Mac sang, "Oh well."
Pet peeve - you infringe somebody's patent - not violate it.
Yeah but violating it sounds funnier.
That sorta seems to support this push to get higher pricing on iTunes tracks is just a cash grab (surprise) by the labels.
isn't that the phrase? I think they figured out that Apple customers will pay whatever Apple charges.
I consider the biggest problem in the world to be people that can't follow a logical argument but still vote. The analysis you are asking is too much for the average person. I bet the average person doesn't understand why the following is not logically correct:
Stones are heavy, man is heavy, therefore man is a stone.
LOL
When I saw Lars (OK, Lars in a Flash cartoon, but still...) go on about Napster (ha ha, that was FUNNY!), I immediately deleted all their shit off my computer and haven't listened to them since or had any desire to do so.
I probably have close to $1000 in CDs (at original price) but I have never spent so much on it as when I was downloading from Napster. Oh how I wish for AllofMP3 back! Awesomest business model.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... they're asking themselves the wrong question. Instead of "How can we make the most money off each song?" they should be asking themselves "How can we make the most money off each person?"
Go, Bill, go.
God forbid that profits might for once be kept by the people who created it, rather than leeched off by various governments in order to waste on all sorts of irrelevent crap.
Seems to me that profits are almost never kept by the people who created it but is leeched off by the CEOs and other upper managers.
Why the hell should any science department give a rat's ass what any religious leader has to say?
I would say it would depend on the religion, the leader, and a synopsis of what is going to be said, no?
For example, some psychological departments are studying Buddhist meditation to help people with certain issues. Google it.
The vast majority of the population just eats this shit up.
I call them sheeple. They need to watch TV so they can find out who they want to vote for, what beer they want to drink, where they want to go eat...
Too much work to contemplate the meaning of life.
They developed a notebook computer. There were 2 flavors: one used an Intel low-power 386 chip, and the other an AMD low-power 286.
Notebook? I think they were too big to be that, are you sure you don't mean suitcase computer?
This will make for a really cool scene in some upcoming Hollywood movie: Good guy is wanted by the gov't for questioning authority, they make up stuff about him and now he can't go anywhere because everywhere he goes he sees pictures of himself and those lies that the FBI made up about him.
There is no way possible to download Flash Internet videos.
And there are especially no Firefox plugins to download them with one easy click.
It didn't work for me but I had put a Return at the end of the line, I removed the Return and the bug worked for me then.
***can't recall more than 5 problems upgrading from 95 to 98 back in the days***
Speaking of Windows 95, or is Windows 9x? Do you know what's a real good way to get me ROTFLMAO???? Check this out: Try 49.7
Winders would crash, JUST SITTING THERE. ha hahahahahahahahahah Is that effing funny or what?
I know "US Government Caught Manipulating Wikipedia" is a cool title, but seriously, does anyone think the US government, the CIA or the Vatican would be stupid enough to get caught if they actually wanted to influence a wikipedia article?
I think the Bush administration has pushed lying and corruption to a new level. They don't feel the need to hide things anymore, unlike previous administrations, they just do it right in front of our noses. They know that we're not going to do anything about it.
Hell, that's how my boss got started. His employer didn't have a non-compete clause and he proceeded to run them out of business.
Assuming that your boss ran his employer out of business by running a better business and not being a jerk like Bill Gates, if your boss never gave feedback to his boss as to how he could improve his business then your boss sucks. If your boss tried to give his boss feedback on how he could improve his business but his boss didn't listen... isn't capitalism great?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: "These guys are asking themselves the wrong question. Instead of asking themselves "How can we make the most money out of each song?" they should be asking themselves, "How can we make the most money out of each person?"
/sniffle
I miss Allofmp3.com
It is a very dubious moral prospect to suggest someone should be governed by laws they have no say in.
I agree, but isn't that what's going on anyway, what with corporations dictating what should be legal and illegal?
And the other half believe it was more like 4,000 years ago...
I have a Bible that a priest left at my house a few years ago (my mother died and I don't know who the priest was, so it's MY book now). In my bookshelf that Bible sits right next to other popular works of fiction, like Paradise Lost. Anyway... on the outside of every page are notes explaining when those events supposedly took place. "In the beginning..." was 4004BC. So, it should be "And the other half believe it was more like 6,000 years ago..." I believe that's more correct.