That's about all one could ever say in favor of a Microsoft product. They will always asymptotically approach useability.
-jcr
Re:Will anyone gain anything from this?
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Will anyone gain from this?
Absolutely! Apple, Sun, and all the Linux vendors. By leaning on customers to break loose from Windows XP, Microsoft is creating an enormous opportunity for anyone with a better product, which is basically everyone besides Microsoft.
I've been saying it for quite a while now, but as an AAPL shareholder, I really hope MS keeps on doing exactly what they've been doing since the chair-tosser took over.
I myself prefer to stick with Gentoo and wish that all the developers at Gentoo would realize that Gentoo just isn't and is not supposed to become an "click and go" OS.
That attitude is precisely why Linux is having so much trouble gaining against Windows. For every weenie who likes to build the kernel five times a day, there are thousands of customers who just want the damn thing to work without having to mess with it.
That is classic ad-hominem, you are attacking the messanger rather than discussing the issue
So, can we count on the Al Gore faction to quit pouring out vitriol on Lindzen and the other climatologists who disagree with him, and just argue the science instead?
The Zune is interesting primarily as a demonstration of MS's inability to grab a market where they don't have the monopoly leverage, and aren't willing to sell the product at a loss for several years. For the zune to make a dent in iPod sales, it needed a compelling advantage, and "squirting" songs that expire after three days sure wasn't it.
Maybe I'm just not a trusting soul, but it seems to me that if I were a demolition contractor, I'd require a meeting with the client to show me his ID and the deed to the building before I'd accept the job. I know that in Santa Cruz county (California) at least, you have to get a permit for that kind of work. I'd be surprised if that's not the case in most of the USA.
This is only true when CO2 displaces O2, which we need to breath.
No.
If you replaced a few percent of the nitrogen in the air with the same volume of CO2, while keeping the O2 concentration the same, you couldn't breathe it. Your lungs react to the presence of CO2 by forcing you to exhale. Too much CO2, and you die, even if there's plenty of 02 as well.
That would depend on whether the revenue went to the agency that decided how many visas to allow. There would be several factors at play, including corporate pressure on congress to increase the number of visas (as we have now), and also to restrict the number of visas (with the usual xenophobic arguments).
Those spots should be auctioned off. The more an employer is paying for an H1-B visa, the more highly-skilled the worker in question is likely to be. IOW, we really will be getting those people with skills we can't find here.
Slashdot Mirror
Can I use this as a substitute when building electronics?
-jcr
That's about all one could ever say in favor of a Microsoft product. They will always asymptotically approach useability.
-jcr
Will anyone gain from this?
Absolutely! Apple, Sun, and all the Linux vendors. By leaning on customers to break loose from Windows XP, Microsoft is creating an enormous opportunity for anyone with a better product, which is basically everyone besides Microsoft.
I've been saying it for quite a while now, but as an AAPL shareholder, I really hope MS keeps on doing exactly what they've been doing since the chair-tosser took over.
I myself prefer to stick with Gentoo and wish that all the developers at Gentoo would realize that Gentoo just isn't and is not supposed to become an "click and go" OS.
That attitude is precisely why Linux is having so much trouble gaining against Windows. For every weenie who likes to build the kernel five times a day, there are thousands of customers who just want the damn thing to work without having to mess with it.
-jcr
A mirror that cold would totally fog up, eh? So you couldn't use it for shaving.
-jcr
I will say no more on this topic.
You didn't say much about it in the first place, but thanks for proving my point.
-jcr
Irrelevant. They both call the same QT framework code.
-jcr
That is classic ad-hominem, you are attacking the messanger rather than discussing the issue
So, can we count on the Al Gore faction to quit pouring out vitriol on Lindzen and the other climatologists who disagree with him, and just argue the science instead?
Didn't think so.
-jcr
Wow, I never knew Stewart Brand was such a vicious misanthrope.
-jcr
Bozo was probably the most successful clown of all time.
-jcr
It is more expensive to manufacture. It's also thicker, and if you ever get sand into it, you'll wish you had the touch-wheel instead.
-jcr
I've tried using quicktime insted of itunes but same result.
iTunes uses Quicktime. What did you expect?
-jcr
When she sits around the house, she really sits around the house.
Congrats to him anyhow for dragging Turkey from the bronze age to the iron age. Hope the next guy gets them a little closer to modernity.
-jcr
Heh.. Did any of the other colors do any better?
-jcr
"Pretexting", my ass. What they're asking for is a license to commit fraud.
-jcr
Maybe even dozens of dozens!
The Zune is interesting primarily as a demonstration of MS's inability to grab a market where they don't have the monopoly leverage, and aren't willing to sell the product at a loss for several years. For the zune to make a dent in iPod sales, it needed a compelling advantage, and "squirting" songs that expire after three days sure wasn't it.
-jcr
It seems that you've underestimated the malware writers. check it out.
-jcr
Maybe I'm just not a trusting soul, but it seems to me that if I were a demolition contractor, I'd require a meeting with the client to show me his ID and the deed to the building before I'd accept the job. I know that in Santa Cruz county (California) at least, you have to get a permit for that kind of work. I'd be surprised if that's not the case in most of the USA.
-jcr
People are still sending chain letters with real postage? I thought those idiots were all using e-mail by now.
If the Buddha runs into Dave Rhodes on the road, I hope the Buddha kills him.
-jcr
This is only true when CO2 displaces O2, which we need to breath.
No.
If you replaced a few percent of the nitrogen in the air with the same volume of CO2, while keeping the O2 concentration the same, you couldn't breathe it. Your lungs react to the presence of CO2 by forcing you to exhale. Too much CO2, and you die, even if there's plenty of 02 as well.
-jcr
getting upset with your Dell purchase is like getting upset for getting crapy food and service from a fast food joint.
Or visiting a hooker and saying "I just didn't feel loved."
-jcr
If you're not looking for employment and have that kind of money to spend, you can already get into the USA without the H1-B program.
-jcr
Instituting such a plan would only enable these sorts of individuals to purchase their way into America.
You didn't read what I wrote. I was referring to auctioning the spots to employers, not to applicants.
-jcr
Piece of cake: just outsource the app to implement it to InfoSys in Bangalore.
-jcr
That would depend on whether the revenue went to the agency that decided how many visas to allow. There would be several factors at play, including corporate pressure on congress to increase the number of visas (as we have now), and also to restrict the number of visas (with the usual xenophobic arguments).
-jcr
Those spots should be auctioned off. The more an employer is paying for an H1-B visa, the more highly-skilled the worker in question is likely to be. IOW, we really will be getting those people with skills we can't find here.
-jcr