It's quite informative that the Mozilla site displays the results of a micro benchmark to show their competitors in a bad light after their history of memory issues. Its a worthless comparrison and anyone with profiling experience can tell you how easy it is to produce skewed micro benchmarks. At this stage everyone is aware there have been memory issues with Firefox and one silly micro benchmark does nothing to change this.
Right, and then every pleb will pick Ubuntu cos its cheaper. 10 mins after pleb gets their new machine and plugs it in they are on the phone to Dell support moaning that they can't install MS Office, their games or whatever software they have.
History occurred one way. It's not a relative thing. You can argue the ifs and why, but at some point you have to look at the pure documented evidence
You are overlooking the fact that history is not actually awash with verifably pure documented evidence, said documentation was written by the victor and often 'altered' to suit later generations. A lot of history is open to interpretation and best guess scenarios.
You what? I think you will find Dell, HP etc pay MS to have windows on their machines. Where the fuck do you think a large percentage of all that cash MS has came from?
I'm sure nobody cares about you littering or antisocially behaving; that is just an excuse.
Actually we do. Many people subscribe to the broken window theory and vast majority want the streets clean and safe.
But when cameras become mobile
Become? Have you seen a mobile phone or digital camera in the last 2 years?
anywhere where a man can be, you can't hide.
Well unless they can see through the wall of my house I can.
The video will be permanently stored, and can be used against you many years later; your entire life can be reconstructed by a supercomputer in, say, 2020 from the images taken in 2007. They are simply gathering the raw data.
So these 20 wardens alone could have collected approx 500,000 hours of video by that time. Good luck searching that. You might also want to look up Statute of Limitations. If the police want to investigate that far back on you then there is a serious reason.
I look forward to what will be a hugely entertaining collection of videos which I can enjoy vicariously of enraged motorists punching the wardens when they get ticketed or clamped. Please let the post the vids on youtube.
I was just thinking the same thing going thru the airport yesterday. It used to be a few security personnel at the metal detectors and at least they were courteous. Now there is a legion of staff, most of whom seem to have been recruited with a 'Would you like to be a petty tyrant?' ad and who speak to you with a 'do as I say or I will fuck your day up so badly' manner because an environment has been created where what they say goes. Travelling is enough of a nuisance without these prats trying to piss you off as well.
It will mean longer flights but I guess the airlines feel it's less expensive to burn the extra fuel rather than deal with or compensate stranded and irate passengers.
Thats what I was thinking initially. Their Lawyers can't just come out and rip him a new one because it looks bad. Forcing a 'solution' on all their distributors is just impractical. I imagine the first response will be a nice spokesman coming out and making all the right noises about how MS are concerned about kids being exposed to violence and all the measures they take to prevent this and that because they are concerned members of society their games are not really 'violent' its just a tiny part of the gameplay and while they respect and share Mr Thompson's concerns they are currently doing everything in their power to prevent improper sales etc.
However after all the public bs I and considering that gaming and the XBox is going to make them quite a bit of money over the next few years I expect Thompson will find MS much more abrasive and confrontational should he do anything they feel is going to threaten their margins.
And more importantly how does it compare with the secondary injuries caused by the impact of the bullet. One of the issues with modern vests is that you can still receive substantial injuries when the vest hits you after the bullet hits it.
Yes its a new form of terrorism where the terrorists puts a large map or diagram on the wall and then place a thumb tack in each spot where they plan to strike (a tack). Then then break for lunch and the afternoon session breaks down into an argument about whether they it might be better to use blu tack to identify the targets because it does not damage the wall behind. Should the maniacs proposing this strategy win out then we will face the even graver danger of Btacks (well Blutacks would just sound silly wouldn't it).
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It's quite informative that the Mozilla site displays the results of a micro benchmark to show their competitors in a bad light after their history of memory issues. Its a worthless comparrison and anyone with profiling experience can tell you how easy it is to produce skewed micro benchmarks. At this stage everyone is aware there have been memory issues with Firefox and one silly micro benchmark does nothing to change this.
Maybe you should try Guinness, it's smooth and creamy unlike that cheap misspelled impostor.
Right, and then every pleb will pick Ubuntu cos its cheaper. 10 mins after pleb gets their new machine and plugs it in they are on the phone to Dell support moaning that they can't install MS Office, their games or whatever software they have.
I got dibs on the patent.
I am not paying $200 more just because it's pink, now OTOH if they put ponies on it..
You what? I think you will find Dell, HP etc pay MS to have windows on their machines. Where the fuck do you think a large percentage of all that cash MS has came from?
I look forward to what will be a hugely entertaining collection of videos which I can enjoy vicariously of enraged motorists punching the wardens when they get ticketed or clamped. Please let the post the vids on youtube.
I was just thinking the same thing going thru the airport yesterday. It used to be a few security personnel at the metal detectors and at least they were courteous. Now there is a legion of staff, most of whom seem to have been recruited with a 'Would you like to be a petty tyrant?' ad and who speak to you with a 'do as I say or I will fuck your day up so badly' manner because an environment has been created where what they say goes. Travelling is enough of a nuisance without these prats trying to piss you off as well.
It will mean longer flights but I guess the airlines feel it's less expensive to burn the extra fuel rather than deal with or compensate stranded and irate passengers.
Annually.
not an extreme environment you insensitive clod
Best to stay indoors and play games or something.
Thats what I was thinking initially. Their Lawyers can't just come out and rip him a new one because it looks bad. Forcing a 'solution' on all their distributors is just impractical. I imagine the first response will be a nice spokesman coming out and making all the right noises about how MS are concerned about kids being exposed to violence and all the measures they take to prevent this and that because they are concerned members of society their games are not really 'violent' its just a tiny part of the gameplay and while they respect and share Mr Thompson's concerns they are currently doing everything in their power to prevent improper sales etc.
However after all the public bs I and considering that gaming and the XBox is going to make them quite a bit of money over the next few years I expect Thompson will find MS much more abrasive and confrontational should he do anything they feel is going to threaten their margins.
Sorry I bit my tounge and I cant pronounce sing properly. What was the Author singing for anyway, shouldn't he have just written it down?
They are getting $100 mil and they probably dont leave their parents basements all that much anyway.
No comment, I am too busy patenting this post.
And more importantly how does it compare with the secondary injuries caused by the impact of the bullet. One of the issues with modern vests is that you can still receive substantial injuries when the vest hits you after the bullet hits it.
When i wake up after my Halo induced nap.
whos to say science wont evolve to point where we can just grow humans in a lab and females become obsolete.
Yes but it appears that 95% of all male web users are located at www.bigtits.com which obviously of limited use.
Yes its a new form of terrorism where the terrorists puts a large map or diagram on the wall and then place a thumb tack in each spot where they plan to strike (a tack). Then then break for lunch and the afternoon session breaks down into an argument about whether they it might be better to use blu tack to identify the targets because it does not damage the wall behind. Should the maniacs proposing this strategy win out then we will face the even graver danger of Btacks (well Blutacks would just sound silly wouldn't it).