Microsoft would not be where it is today if not for the MILLIONS of pirated OS installs that have been out there for years.
Microsoft gained much of its initial foothold through the efforts of software pirates.
Now, I'm not saying that what the pirates did was right, I'm just saying that they did a lot to help push Microsoft into the lead in the OS wars.
DISCLAIMER: ALL OF MY MICROSOFT OS INSTALLATIONS ARE LEGITIMATE, LEGALLY PURCHASED ENTITIES THAT REQURE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY HOMELAND SECURITY, THE DMCA, THE RIAA, THE FBI, THE CIA, YOUR MOM, OR ANY OTHER NOSY BASTARDS.
factor argument is total BS. Americans buy SUVs because SUVs are big, cool, kick-ass vehicles. That's why I bought one, that's why my friends bought them, and that's why I will buy another one when I get bored with this one.
There are plenty of safe, economical vehicles available, people just don't care. SUVs rock, and that's the end of the argument.
When YOU are the professor, you can abuse all the grad students you want.
It's called "PAYING YOUR DUES."
Very rarely does a grad student enter a program and have a revolutionary idea. For the most part, they do the grunt work following along research paths set forth by the project leader, a.k.a., the doctor or professor in charge.
I think of it more as a tool to catch the blitheringly obvious, not the subtle details. But then again, his examples do seem pretty blitheringly obvious...
You really should stay out of arguments about grammar.
No one wants to pay $50 - $100 an hour for a qualified person to come to their house and tell them that their computer would run fine if they would stop visiting so many porn sites.
I have worked on at least 100 home PCs in my lifetime and have not found a single one that was free of pornography. Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to look at porn, that is their business, not mine. But don't get all pissed off when fat-young-heiffers.com loads your machine with digital nastiness that you didn't ask for.
I don't need an economics degree to be able to read a dictionary entry:
Main Entry: monopoly
Pronunciation: m&-'nä-p&-lE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lies
1 : exclusive control of a particular market that is marked by the power to control prices and exclude competition and that esp. is developed willfully rather than as the result of superior products or skill --see also ANTITRUST Sherman Antitrust Act in the IMPORTANT LAWS section
2 : one that has a monopoly
Misplaced quotation marks, misplaced commas, the whole "your you're" problem, the "there their they're" fiasco...these are all huge problems on which we must focus our efforts.
Now, get you're ass back to work. We don't, want to piss you're boss off their do, we now?
Slashdot Mirror
You Must Dance.
*ducks*
I'll be laughing at that for many moons to come.
Thank you.
Microsoft gained much of its initial foothold through the efforts of software pirates.
Now, I'm not saying that what the pirates did was right, I'm just saying that they did a lot to help push Microsoft into the lead in the OS wars.
DISCLAIMER: ALL OF MY MICROSOFT OS INSTALLATIONS ARE LEGITIMATE, LEGALLY PURCHASED ENTITIES THAT REQURE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY HOMELAND SECURITY, THE DMCA, THE RIAA, THE FBI, THE CIA, YOUR MOM, OR ANY OTHER NOSY BASTARDS.
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There are plenty of safe, economical vehicles available, people just don't care. SUVs rock, and that's the end of the argument.
I even have the PocketPC client.
1) Load Skype client on wireless iPAQ ...
2)Walk into Boss' office while talking to friend in Chicago
3)
4) Profit! (get a raise because I'm so smart)
It's called "PAYING YOUR DUES."
Very rarely does a grad student enter a program and have a revolutionary idea. For the most part, they do the grunt work following along research paths set forth by the project leader, a.k.a., the doctor or professor in charge.
So quit your bitching.
Unless Microsoft gets involved. Then it will just be ignored.
Mr. Obvious. I never made the connection.
Precisely that.
Too...many...jokes...must...not...say...the..."
from a place with a very good return policy. Problem solved.
I thought it was hilarious. I saw it along the lines of, "Donald Trump leading fight for better hairstyles."
Eh, to each his own.
Someone please mod GP "-1 dumbass"
Touche.
I'm pretty sure Shatner's life is more interesting than a /. troll's.
You really should stay out of arguments about grammar.
He should start with ANY of the following:
Convenience store clerks
Technical support operators
Taxi drivers
Third-world-sweatshop programmers
Let the flaming begin.
Suck it, asshat.
PRICE.
No one wants to pay $50 - $100 an hour for a qualified person to come to their house and tell them that their computer would run fine if they would stop visiting so many porn sites.
I have worked on at least 100 home PCs in my lifetime and have not found a single one that was free of pornography. Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to look at porn, that is their business, not mine. But don't get all pissed off when fat-young-heiffers.com loads your machine with digital nastiness that you didn't ask for.
:)
Main Entry: monopoly
Pronunciation: m&-'nä-p&-lE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -lies
1 : exclusive control of a particular market that is marked by the power to control prices and exclude competition and that esp. is developed willfully rather than as the result of superior products or skill --see also ANTITRUST Sherman Antitrust Act in the IMPORTANT LAWS section
2 : one that has a monopoly
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Taken from This previous post.
Nintendo has NEVER been the "sole" player in the handheld market.
You shouldn't be a jackass unless you're 100% sure you're right.
I am 100% certain that you are a moron.
Those were great. Wish I could mod you up.
Cripes, man, try to comprehend what you are reading.
Now, get you're ass back to work. We don't, want to piss you're boss off their do, we now?
Or IS he?!?!?!