WTF? I hope this is just marketing. My plugin already needed two days of tinkering just getting it working in 4; and when I add MP3 tagging and iTunes/Zune support I'll need separate code from version 3 and 4.
Maybe they're just trying to get to 9 fast, so they can match Microsoft, kinda like how the Xbox 2 became the '360'...
it looks like SCO is trying to split off their still profitable software business from the dead and deader lawsuit business so when the whole thing gets dissolved by bankruptcy their creditors are left holding and empty bag.
profits fall, blame it on piracy. Plus you can dangle 'lost sales' figures in front of investors and say you'll get all that money once you implement phone home.
One of the keys to selling that people always forget, it doesn't have to be true as long as the person buys & you've got enough plausible deniability to beat back the lawsuit.
Free isn't always free. I think the company that sued didn't have much of a case, but with some more research and better lawyers? Who knows. Put another way, if Walmart was giving away cosmetics at cost to put their smaller competitors out of business, would you have a problem with that?
or if you're being silly. Just in case someone reads this and does miss it by a mile, the Republicans push Personal Responsibility in their rhetoric while using the silver spoon in their mouths to escape the consequences of their actions. Compare the single mom with 3 bogus diploma mill degrees who blames herself for being unemployed to the guys running Goldman Sachs.
of Microsoft's deep pockets. They threw millions of Office dollars at Bing. So it's true Google has to acknowledge Bing, but it's for all the wrong reasons
Also, and I mentioned this in the first thread about this, people have been conditioned by marketing to desire the 'genuine article'. Gap, Gucci, Levis, you name it. Being label a cheap knockoff would kill the Bing brand fast.
Their 'president' of 29 years stepped down & now they get their Internet back? On the surface at least it looks like a victory for the lower classes, but I can't imagine that happening in this day and age. Maybe the businesses were just losing too much money on not having internet.
How are they any different? In both cases people who don't have the resources to compete on a global scale are being made to do so, and being destroyed in the process. It be one thing if we had socialist nations that uplifted everyone, but you've got dog eat dog capitalism without anything even close to a level playing field between the rich and the poor
The real problem here is we're fanatically adhering to a system (capitalism) that doesn't work in a global economy with fast shipping, fast transportation and fast data. We forget that Adam Smith's core premise included an upper class that lived close enough to the poor (and with few enough guns, bombs & tanks) to wallow in their misery too. Nowadays they just live far, far away. Like they did during the black plague, only now with modern communications they can oversee their little empires and keep them under control.
but the rest of the world riots for real. China keeps their populace in line with shear brutality, but Egypt is connected to other countries enough that isn't an option (they're also not powerful enough to resist being "liberated").
Basically, it's only dumb, Fox news lovin' Americans that can be fooled so easily. Mostly because Americans have had 60+ years of indoctrination that's crushed any sense of entitlement and turned us into a nation of abused housewives that always blame ourselves ("The reason I lost my job, car, home, everything was I just didn't work hard enough, it's got nothing to do with H1-B visas, whatever those are!"). Even when Americans accept entitlements they don't feel it's right, and they've got to be tricked into it. Ayn Rand had to be talked into it at the end of her life (medicare/Social Security) so she wasn't homeless, and there's legions of dummy's marching in anti-socialized medicine parades on their Medicare provided scooters. They've got no idea.
but Americans are big on getting "the genuine article". From a marketing standpoint, at least, this is cheating, because Google is the 'real deal' and Bing's just a copy cat.
but you know what, it's becoming increasingly hard to function effectively without a Facebook account. Just like a cellphone and a car, they're "luxuries" that you're expected to have, and you stand out and look weird when you don't. Your boss expects you to get to work (car), expects instant contact (cell phone) and now expects you to be a team player on your Facebook site.
There was just a story on Fark about how Al Jazeera was doing most of the coverage regarding Egypt. They're not even aware it's happening, they're too busy trying to hold onto their lower middle class existence.
What in the 9 plains of hell makes you think these people have options? Every story I've read about suicide bombers also notes that their families got a large payout. Notice how your kids aren't queuing up to blow themselves up? That's 'cause they have real options.
It's easy to say 'MOVE', it's harder to do it when you have the resources to move. It's not free you know, and the place you move to isn't likely to be thrilled about tens of thousands of refugees.
The US healthcare system sucks and it's ruining my life, but do you think Canada will take me? What do you think would happen to Ethiopians if they tried to overrun the more prosperous nations? Here's a hint, it start with an M and ends with "achete"
Excuse me? WTF? They're not expressing anything. The bombers are confused people with no options or hope. The handlers are psychotic power hungry warlords using terrorism to get ahead in the world. War & terror are never statements, they're the wealthy (or aspiring wealthy) manipulating the hopeless and downtrodden.
until we bombed them into the stone age. Other than that I think he's pretty much spot on. Saudi Arabia's a hell hole for everyone except the super wealthy. Iran's not a nice place to be either. Afghanistan & Pakistan have rampant poverty & drug violence. I guess there's Israel. I know damn little about them so they could be progressive, probably are.
nor will any other touchy, feely crap. What will solve our problems is less people. Wars are fought so group A can take group B's stuff. People go to war to make money. Nobody goes to war if they have better options. Period. No other reason.
"Publishing this article this way is as stupid as publishing Paris Hilton whining about network protocols would be."
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver:).
I'm not sure if you're for or again' it, but just to be clear, whether you hide your income in an S Corp or in the stock market it's all the same: You don't pay medicare and social security.
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WTF? I hope this is just marketing. My plugin already needed two days of tinkering just getting it working in 4; and when I add MP3 tagging and iTunes/Zune support I'll need separate code from version 3 and 4.
Maybe they're just trying to get to 9 fast, so they can match Microsoft, kinda like how the Xbox 2 became the '360'...
it looks like SCO is trying to split off their still profitable software business from the dead and deader lawsuit business so when the whole thing gets dissolved by bankruptcy their creditors are left holding and empty bag.
profits fall, blame it on piracy. Plus you can dangle 'lost sales' figures in front of investors and say you'll get all that money once you implement phone home.
One of the keys to selling that people always forget, it doesn't have to be true as long as the person buys & you've got enough plausible deniability to beat back the lawsuit.
Free isn't always free. I think the company that sued didn't have much of a case, but with some more research and better lawyers? Who knows. Put another way, if Walmart was giving away cosmetics at cost to put their smaller competitors out of business, would you have a problem with that?
or if you're being silly. Just in case someone reads this and does miss it by a mile, the Republicans push Personal Responsibility in their rhetoric while using the silver spoon in their mouths to escape the consequences of their actions. Compare the single mom with 3 bogus diploma mill degrees who blames herself for being unemployed to the guys running Goldman Sachs.
I'm sorry to say Gecko isn't going anywhere as an application platform. Too many macros and directives and such, and too much room for error... :(
of Microsoft's deep pockets. They threw millions of Office dollars at Bing. So it's true Google has to acknowledge Bing, but it's for all the wrong reasons
Also, and I mentioned this in the first thread about this, people have been conditioned by marketing to desire the 'genuine article'. Gap, Gucci, Levis, you name it. Being label a cheap knockoff would kill the Bing brand fast.
most end users don't keep windows up, they close them as soon as their down to avoid 'cluttering their desktops'. So it's not much of an issue.
Their 'president' of 29 years stepped down & now they get their Internet back? On the surface at least it looks like a victory for the lower classes, but I can't imagine that happening in this day and age. Maybe the businesses were just losing too much money on not having internet.
How are they any different? In both cases people who don't have the resources to compete on a global scale are being made to do so, and being destroyed in the process. It be one thing if we had socialist nations that uplifted everyone, but you've got dog eat dog capitalism without anything even close to a level playing field between the rich and the poor
The real problem here is we're fanatically adhering to a system (capitalism) that doesn't work in a global economy with fast shipping, fast transportation and fast data. We forget that Adam Smith's core premise included an upper class that lived close enough to the poor (and with few enough guns, bombs & tanks) to wallow in their misery too. Nowadays they just live far, far away. Like they did during the black plague, only now with modern communications they can oversee their little empires and keep them under control.
but the rest of the world riots for real. China keeps their populace in line with shear brutality, but Egypt is connected to other countries enough that isn't an option (they're also not powerful enough to resist being "liberated").
Basically, it's only dumb, Fox news lovin' Americans that can be fooled so easily. Mostly because Americans have had 60+ years of indoctrination that's crushed any sense of entitlement and turned us into a nation of abused housewives that always blame ourselves ("The reason I lost my job, car, home, everything was I just didn't work hard enough, it's got nothing to do with H1-B visas, whatever those are!"). Even when Americans accept entitlements they don't feel it's right, and they've got to be tricked into it. Ayn Rand had to be talked into it at the end of her life (medicare/Social Security) so she wasn't homeless, and there's legions of dummy's marching in anti-socialized medicine parades on their Medicare provided scooters. They've got no idea.
but Americans are big on getting "the genuine article". From a marketing standpoint, at least, this is cheating, because Google is the 'real deal' and Bing's just a copy cat.
but you know what, it's becoming increasingly hard to function effectively without a Facebook account. Just like a cellphone and a car, they're "luxuries" that you're expected to have, and you stand out and look weird when you don't. Your boss expects you to get to work (car), expects instant contact (cell phone) and now expects you to be a team player on your Facebook site.
There was just a story on Fark about how Al Jazeera was doing most of the coverage regarding Egypt. They're not even aware it's happening, they're too busy trying to hold onto their lower middle class existence.
What in the 9 plains of hell makes you think these people have options? Every story I've read about suicide bombers also notes that their families got a large payout. Notice how your kids aren't queuing up to blow themselves up? That's 'cause they have real options.
It's easy to say 'MOVE', it's harder to do it when you have the resources to move. It's not free you know, and the place you move to isn't likely to be thrilled about tens of thousands of refugees.
The US healthcare system sucks and it's ruining my life, but do you think Canada will take me? What do you think would happen to Ethiopians if they tried to overrun the more prosperous nations? Here's a hint, it start with an M and ends with "achete"
Excuse me? WTF? They're not expressing anything. The bombers are confused people with no options or hope. The handlers are psychotic power hungry warlords using terrorism to get ahead in the world. War & terror are never statements, they're the wealthy (or aspiring wealthy) manipulating the hopeless and downtrodden.
Because they're really freakin' expensive ($2k or more I think), and because Sony doesn't just sell dev kits to anyone.
A smart phone without a contract is $500. This'll retail for $250 and drop in price.
until we bombed them into the stone age. Other than that I think he's pretty much spot on. Saudi Arabia's a hell hole for everyone except the super wealthy. Iran's not a nice place to be either. Afghanistan & Pakistan have rampant poverty & drug violence. I guess there's Israel. I know damn little about them so they could be progressive, probably are.
or are there a lot of comments that KDE & Gnome are dead? What are Penguins suppose to use?
nor will any other touchy, feely crap. What will solve our problems is less people. Wars are fought so group A can take group B's stuff. People go to war to make money. Nobody goes to war if they have better options. Period. No other reason.
Have you seen what the those chaps in Jipang are doing with trains of late?
Has anyone looked at what this spells:
Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011
If BP CPA. Soon, if this law is allowed to pass we'll be overrun by Certified Practicing Accountants working for British Petroleum. We're on to you...
Please, please tell me this is a joke :(.... Maybe I'll get used to it?
"Publishing this article this way is as stupid as publishing Paris Hilton whining about network protocols would be."
:).
A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver
I'm not sure if you're for or again' it, but just to be clear, whether you hide your income in an S Corp or in the stock market it's all the same: You don't pay medicare and social security.