Microsoft said on Thursday it would boost spending on research and development by 20 percent to $5.3 billion in the current fiscal year and add nearly 10 percent more people to its work force of 50,500.
See? Apple has created jobs for people by introducing an OS that makes windows look old and proprietary. Some of those jobs'll go to people who frequent/.
I've summed it all up in a little poem: {ahem} {cough!}
There once was a rich man named Bill, whose OS was over the hill, With X on the mark, and him 'Jumping The Shark', Bill had to raise R&D spending still!
Didn't our 1984 girl take care of you guys with her big freaking hammer?
I saw you in the commercial - your big face was preachin' to the masses while your eyes were really watching the rhythmic bounce bounce of our beautiful blonde hammer packin' heroine. Till at least you saw that big Thor Hammer headin' toward your oversized head.
Go get some of the supplies from your basement left over from Y2K and wait by the computer for a couple of years, put the latest OSXI disk in and ta da!
If Apple really does have a good thing that promotes *nix at some level and provides a bulwark against a known untrustworthy actor, what steps could Jobs take (supplementing making part of the system open source) that would: advance the art, allow Apple to make a decent profit (profit is not a bad thing), give you an solid alternative that you could stomach and gain market share against a bully?
Is there no path - or is the OS balkanization too powerful? Anyone?
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coulda been from Colossus: The Forbin Project (my favorite movie as a kid)
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...the bot is supposed to do is trash the hotel room, steal the towels, make love to the ice machine and empty the minibar...
(the same thing that French developers do at Apple's WWDC)
But then I think of all the arguments. And all the times I thought she was just using me; making me buy things I didn't want or need, just to satisfy her.
Oh sure - it was the longest relationship I ever had, that's what made it so difficult. She knew me better than I knew myself; knew how to please me and show me a good time. One night I remember, I think it was New Years Eve 1997, we spent the night together; just me and her and a bottle of champagne. Heh. I'll always remember the way she'd light up a room . It wasn't just one way either. I really knew how to press her buttons (if you know what I mean). I'd have her tuned in to just what I wanted to see and she was glad to show me anything, and I do mean anything I wanted.
September of last year was when it started. She made me sadder than I'd ever been. It wasn't her fault really - it's the way she dealt with it. Over and over again - she'd show me and say the most horrible things. Things that made me feel violent - things that made me feel heartsick. She seemed to enjoy it. That's what got to me the most. It was too twisted. I'd discovered she was a little too fascinated by blood and gore. Not long after that, I wasn't rushing home to be with her anymore. When I did come home we'd stay in different rooms. Finally I asked her to leave. I think about my TV sometimes, but she's happier now - in a new house. They have kids, she's good with kids...
I've been through a personal hell myself lately. I have a pain in my lower abdomen which has been mis-diagnosed twice and they still don't know what is is. For an entire week I peed through a screen and gritted my teeth thinking I was going to 'pop a rock' (turned out NOT to be kidney stones). I believe at this point I'm just fodder for the CAT lab so they can make money off my insurance company.
And 2 years ago I passed out and was taken to the emergency room where they ran a heart cath into me! Turned out I was just dehydrated. A HEART CATH!
Now I don't believe the diagnosis database should ever be a primary tool, but as a tool to get the doctors into the same neighborhood that the clues live in - I think it's valuable.
I know a few doctors and they'll never say this, but they'd use the hell outta something like that - just not while anyone was looking.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah? Well Egg Freckles to you!
it's not the size,
It's how you use it.
'eh?
... used it to kill a mosquito - SPLAT!
"Would you like some '3-in-one' with that order sir? No? Drive through!"
Seriously - maybe 2 efficient ones working round the clock versus a crew of 10 or 12?
Microsoft said on Thursday it would boost spending on research and development by 20 percent to $5.3 billion in the current fiscal year and add nearly 10 percent more people to its work force of 50,500.
See? Apple has created jobs for people by introducing an OS that makes windows look old and proprietary. Some of those jobs'll go to people who frequent
I've summed it all up in a little poem:
{ahem} {cough!}
There once was a rich man named Bill,
whose OS was over the hill,
With X on the mark,
and him 'Jumping The Shark',
Bill had to raise R&D spending still!
So take a Mac User to lunch!
Didn't our 1984 girl take care of you guys with her big freaking hammer?
I saw you in the commercial - your big face was preachin' to the masses while your eyes were really watching the rhythmic bounce bounce of our beautiful blonde hammer packin' heroine. Till at least you saw that big Thor Hammer headin' toward your oversized head.
How've you been? She really smacked ya!
Yep and since Chimera is probably the stealth iBrowser replacement for IE if the Softies take their ball and go home.
Add to that the Applescript Studio and the integration with Interface builder...
Go get some of the supplies from your basement left over from Y2K and wait by the computer for a couple of years, put the latest OSXI disk in and ta da!
Crazy spelling, sane man. Listen to him.
Sorry, where I am it's pasta time for lunch...
All good points, but answer a question for me.
If Apple really does have a good thing that promotes *nix at some level and provides a bulwark against a known untrustworthy actor, what steps could Jobs take (supplementing making part of the system open source) that would: advance the art, allow Apple to make a decent profit (profit is not a bad thing), give you an solid alternative that you could stomach and gain market share against a bully?
Is there no path - or is the OS balkanization too powerful? Anyone?
coulda been from Colossus: The Forbin Project (my favorite movie as a kid)
Great! Now they can teach Congress.
...the bot is supposed to do is trash the hotel room, steal the towels, make love to the ice machine and empty the minibar... (the same thing that French developers do at Apple's WWDC)
Alien Spaceship OS in 'Independence Day': F
But it was a case of 'pre.net.ture ejaculation'
I just got a little excited 'cause you customers are so sexy.
Lemme help clean you up...
The sky is falling!
I'm sure Taco knew that and that's why he thought it worthy of your attention...
Ziggy Stardust and the penguins from Mars.
...when I leave /. - mostly things like caffeinated soap, laser pointers, Bawls.
What could it be? Some sort of retinal link advertising on the page? Hmmmmm...
Yes. I too am tv free. 6 months and counting.
Now lemme quote James Brown.
I FEEL GOOD! (but you knew that I would,now)
It's been 6 months now.
I miss her sometimes.
But then I think of all the arguments. And all the times I thought she was just using me; making me buy things I didn't want or need, just to satisfy her.
Oh sure - it was the longest relationship I ever had, that's what made it so difficult. She knew me better than I knew myself; knew how to please me and show me a good time. One night I remember, I think it was New Years Eve 1997, we spent the night together; just me and her and a bottle of champagne. Heh. I'll always remember the way she'd light up a room . It wasn't just one way either. I really knew how to press her buttons (if you know what I mean). I'd have her tuned in to just what I wanted to see and she was glad to show me anything, and I do mean anything I wanted.
September of last year was when it started. She made me sadder than I'd ever been. It wasn't her fault really - it's the way she dealt with it. Over and over again - she'd show me and say the most horrible things. Things that made me feel violent - things that made me feel heartsick. She seemed to enjoy it. That's what got to me the most. It was too twisted. I'd discovered she was a little too fascinated by blood and gore. Not long after that, I wasn't rushing home to be with her anymore. When I did come home we'd stay in different rooms. Finally I asked her to leave. I think about my TV sometimes, but she's happier now - in a new house. They have kids, she's good with kids...
I've been through a personal hell myself lately. I have a pain in my lower abdomen which has been mis-diagnosed twice and they still don't know what is is. For an entire week I peed through a screen and gritted my teeth thinking I was going to 'pop a rock' (turned out NOT to be kidney stones). I believe at this point I'm just fodder for the CAT lab so they can make money off my insurance company.
And 2 years ago I passed out and was taken to the emergency room where they ran a heart cath into me! Turned out I was just dehydrated. A HEART CATH!
Now I don't believe the diagnosis database should ever be a primary tool, but as a tool to get the doctors into the same neighborhood that the clues live in - I think it's valuable.
I know a few doctors and they'll never say this, but they'd use the hell outta something like that - just not while anyone was looking.