[this is so much fun...put more fish in the barrel while I reload, and then go clean this one for dinner. We'll need a lot more if they're anything like this one...all bones]...on a one horse open sleigh...yadatada batadatata Ho!
Actually, MS is rated #10 in the corporate world, when you compare the amounts given out annually, versus corporate worth. It may seem like he's giving out more when the amounts are listed alone, but when the value of the other corporations in the top ten are considered, MS/Gates is late to the party, with day old bread. Dollar for dollar...net worth for net worth...corporate earnings for corporate earnings, Gates is far behind Ellison, Bezos and McNealy...and me. Why is that? Why do you want to front row the man when he's Malcolm in the middle?
Your glowing admiration reflects a misplaced love for the guy. My lack of admiration reflects the statistics. If he gave (even only) in equal amounts to the others, I'd be the first to pin a medal on him. If he donated the same percentage of his worth as the others and/or as you or I, he'd get more publicity than he could ever buy. He doesn't, and that's a shame as well.
Your claim that I disdain his charity is twisting the conversation. I disdain his methods and motives...scorn hasn't been displayed yet. I never claimed his charitable sums, in any form, are a bad thing. Give us both credit and stay on topic, please.
"Microsoft gives, but increasingly with an eye fixed on what it will get in return. Andrew Carnegie supported libraries, too, but unlike Microsoft, he didn't fill the shelves with Carnegie-compatible books designed to create a pool of future Carnegie customers, nor did he view philanthropy as a strategic tool in accumulating more wealth. Microsoft may have learned the value of giving, but not what it means to be truly generous. "
I agree, it doesn't rate a mention. Too bad it made headlines around the world. As far as how the money was spent, MS can afford both, so I fail to see your point.
"But Doctor, why can't I have the treatment I need today?" "I'm very sorry Sir, but until the press conference occurs next month, we aren't allowed to release or discuss the funds needed for your treatment...you'll just have to hang on for a little longer..."
You don't happen to actually have any sick friends in India, I suppose? Let's pray everyone gets the care they need, in any case.
Most 'early in' modders are randomly selected (green), and that one would have picked another negative rating tag if it existed, I'm sure. He just wanted to be contrary. Give it a bit and his vote will perhaps be countered and next time he/she will settle down and be a bit more generous:)
Either that, or polite valid posts are not the soup-a-da-day...oh well. Makes no never to me either way. I have a hard enough time justifying myself to me, much less others.
The problem today is that India's programmers, as a resource, are commoditized. They no longer cost 10% of what you would expect to pay in North America, as an example.
While I believe that Indians are by far the most skilled coders available, the fact that the costs have risen to match other resources, as an example, means India has lost the opportunity it had ten years ago, which was to corner the software development market.
There are new areas with similar resource avaiable today, and the cost for coders in these countries is again 10% of North America. How will India's programmers perform in tomorrow's market when other sources are ready for pennies on the dollar....all of these conversations should have been held many years ago.
Ordinarily, donations from Bill and Linda Gates come from the Gates Foundation, and are made without press releases and public fanfare. This is how it should be. And don't get me going on how generous they are, with MS giving away such small percentages compared to other corporations...
In the last few weeks, we all saw the headlines about Gates giving India millions to support AIDS groups, and how he intends to invest more to help programmers in India as well. Why was this act a headline, when others are normally done quietly?
Because Gates is trying to buy MS favor with India using the sick and dead as a pole to tie his promotional flag to. It stinks, and no one but the most stubborn is buying it for a minute.
==-==
Remember, investing in MS is asking to have your own money used against you in the market place.
So I spend the weekend tweaking my Shuttle w/Mandrake and my G4 w/OS X as a MySQL/PHP/Apache server and slave, and I feel pretty good that I have this tiny little image server straddling two boxes and working away...then this article about 294 Shuttles comes out and I've suddenly got a bad case of cluster envy...rats.
Kind of like owning a hot rod Pinto (not), and taking heat from your friends until one shows up in the top ten at Daytona...:)
...Sac-o-tomato was a hotbed for consumer testing. We used to get all the new softdrink flavors and designer cookies, chips, etc. before many other regions around the U.S. Remember, as go California, so (eventually) goes the rest of the U.S. Nothing to brag about, however.
...and whether it's batteries in Bangalore or PC's in Punguyng, the 3rd world is paying the price for our conspicuous consumption. This story has been battered around before, and I'm afraid it's just not news any longer.
...and I'd be lost without it. I run hand-held databases; photo libraries; e-books, etc. I use a Palm m515, and love it. Started over two years ago, and can't conceive of going back to a paper planner, which I had used for more than five years.
This Security Update fixes potential vulnerabilities introduced in BIND, the domain server and client library software package from Internet Software Consortium (ISC), that is shipped with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. BIND version 8.3.4 addresses the recently-discovered potential vulnerabilities where an unauthorized person may disrupt the normal operation of the DNS name service. BIND is not activated by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server.
They turned it off, and then they turned it on again, but then I heard they will be turning it off again....soon.
"This Security Update fixes potential vulnerabilities introduced in BIND, the domain server and client library software package from Internet Software Consortium (ISC), that is shipped with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. BIND version 8.3.4 addresses the recently-discovered potential vulnerabilities where an unauthorized person may disrupt the normal operation of the DNS name service. BIND is not activated by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server."
I read about it here, while in the office, and dropped into my Mac at home via Webmin. I then issued this command:
softwareupdate 0000
..this brought back a reply telling me the correct number of the update, and I reissude the command with the new number. When the update was done, the return message told me the box needed to be restarted. Another command via Webmin, and moments later the box is back online with the update done.
Not everyone is at the box, nor does everyone keep the udpate agent running, etc.
Seems easier to build a train or monorail station in downtown Seattle or SF (underground?), than it would be to drop another airport nearby. Airports seem to eat up acreage without remorse. The freeways have an empty zone down the middle just waiting for a high-speed train track.
And note that Japan has a very reliable system for controlling bullet trains during earthquakes. Of course, getting 2k passengers off a parked train, in the middle of no where, is another issue...but at least they're alive.
Having a hard time telling the difference between 'imagination' and the word 'informed'? Lighten up.
I'm pleased to be the target of your choice of personal attack over stating your own opinion, but then I like French women, too. Come on, you can think of a better slam that that...I can take it. Try again, please:)
If you check the Shuttle manifests, you'll see that the DOD has most dates. My imagination tells me most of the lifts for DOD are satellites....therefore, most domestic satelites are lifted by Shuttle, me thinks.
The errant rocket was properly designed and assembled up until just before launch...errr, I mean just before the second primary motor was added.
I've built and sucessfully flown many, many rockets, including single and multi-stage. This particular launch was the single most entertaining off pad failure I can recall, and it's retold here just to share the stupidity of the last minute 'modification', suggested by a known troublemaker and implemented by yours truly with the excuse of just being curious:)
What was needed was a deft ear to the launch crew...oh well. That reminds me...I owe him one.
The second motor was the same thrust as the main, and thus too weak for the initial load. All it did was get the thing off the ground a few meters and then ignite the main...ooopps...time to duck. I figured it would just sit on the stand. All in all, not a good decision by any means...oh well. The solution would have been to not listen to my brother:) I put significant time into shaping the fins, etc. This thing would have flown perfectly, but since this was the first shot, I'll never know for sure.
This is the same poor logic as when he told me to load a small firecracker into a plastic pill bottle, and then light it and cap it and toss it into a bucket of water. I was sure it wouldn't explode...I still have the scar in my left eyeball from the debris. I was bleeding, naturally, and by the time our Mom saw me she thought he'd stuck it in my mouth....oops.
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I never said Linda was Bill's wife :)
...on a one horse open sleigh...yadatada batadatata Ho!
[this is so much fun...put more fish in the barrel while I reload, and then go clean this one for dinner. We'll need a lot more if they're anything like this one...all bones]
Actually, MS is rated #10 in the corporate world, when you compare the amounts given out annually, versus corporate worth. It may seem like he's giving out more when the amounts are listed alone, but when the value of the other corporations in the top ten are considered, MS/Gates is late to the party, with day old bread. Dollar for dollar...net worth for net worth...corporate earnings for corporate earnings, Gates is far behind Ellison, Bezos and McNealy...and me. Why is that? Why do you want to front row the man when he's Malcolm in the middle?
Your glowing admiration reflects a misplaced love for the guy. My lack of admiration reflects the statistics. If he gave (even only) in equal amounts to the others, I'd be the first to pin a medal on him. If he donated the same percentage of his worth as the others and/or as you or I, he'd get more publicity than he could ever buy. He doesn't, and that's a shame as well.
Your claim that I disdain his charity is twisting the conversation. I disdain his methods and motives...scorn hasn't been displayed yet. I never claimed his charitable sums, in any form, are a bad thing. Give us both credit and stay on topic, please.
From an article on this subject at Salon...
"Microsoft gives, but increasingly with an eye fixed on what it will get in return. Andrew Carnegie supported libraries, too, but unlike Microsoft, he didn't fill the shelves with Carnegie-compatible books designed to create a pool of future Carnegie customers, nor did he view philanthropy as a strategic tool in accumulating more wealth. Microsoft may have learned the value of giving, but not what it means to be truly generous. "
I agree, it doesn't rate a mention. Too bad it made headlines around the world. As far as how the money was spent, MS can afford both, so I fail to see your point.
"But Doctor, why can't I have the treatment I need today?" "I'm very sorry Sir, but until the press conference occurs next month, we aren't allowed to release or discuss the funds needed for your treatment...you'll just have to hang on for a little longer..."
You don't happen to actually have any sick friends in India, I suppose? Let's pray everyone gets the care they need, in any case.
Most 'early in' modders are randomly selected (green), and that one would have picked another negative rating tag if it existed, I'm sure. He just wanted to be contrary. Give it a bit and his vote will perhaps be countered and next time he/she will settle down and be a bit more generous :)
Either that, or polite valid posts are not the soup-a-da-day...oh well. Makes no never to me either way. I have a hard enough time justifying myself to me, much less others.
The problem today is that India's programmers, as a resource, are commoditized. They no longer cost 10% of what you would expect to pay in North America, as an example.
While I believe that Indians are by far the most skilled coders available, the fact that the costs have risen to match other resources, as an example, means India has lost the opportunity it had ten years ago, which was to corner the software development market.
There are new areas with similar resource avaiable today, and the cost for coders in these countries is again 10% of North America. How will India's programmers perform in tomorrow's market when other sources are ready for pennies on the dollar....all of these conversations should have been held many years ago.
Ordinarily, donations from Bill and Linda Gates come from the Gates Foundation, and are made without press releases and public fanfare. This is how it should be. And don't get me going on how generous they are, with MS giving away such small percentages compared to other corporations...
In the last few weeks, we all saw the headlines about Gates giving India millions to support AIDS groups, and how he intends to invest more to help programmers in India as well. Why was this act a headline, when others are normally done quietly?
Because Gates is trying to buy MS favor with India using the sick and dead as a pole to tie his promotional flag to. It stinks, and no one but the most stubborn is buying it for a minute.
==-==
Remember, investing in MS is asking to have your own money used against you in the market place.
cable ties :) I ran out about the 5th time I had to redo the cables. I don't go back there anymore, I'm afraid I'd never make it out.
:)
I think the only thing that will help that rat's nest is an air brush
Yes, Gallery is working good for me. I went thru a 1/2 dozen apps/script sets before I tried Gallery, and it is well above the rest.
So I spend the weekend tweaking my Shuttle w/Mandrake and my G4 w/OS X as a MySQL/PHP/Apache server and slave, and I feel pretty good that I have this tiny little image server straddling two boxes and working away...then this article about 294 Shuttles comes out and I've suddenly got a bad case of cluster envy...rats.
:)
Kind of like owning a hot rod Pinto (not), and taking heat from your friends until one shows up in the top ten at Daytona...
...Sac-o-tomato was a hotbed for consumer testing. We used to get all the new softdrink flavors and designer cookies, chips, etc. before many other regions around the U.S. Remember, as go California, so (eventually) goes the rest of the U.S. Nothing to brag about, however.
...and whether it's batteries in Bangalore or PC's in Punguyng, the 3rd world is paying the price for our conspicuous consumption. This story has been battered around before, and I'm afraid it's just not news any longer.
Some of these have been EOL for over a year...and NT is good thru mid-2003....this info seems a bit questionable.
...and I'd be lost without it. I run hand-held databases; photo libraries; e-books, etc. I use a Palm m515, and love it. Started over two years ago, and can't conceive of going back to a paper planner, which I had used for more than five years.
eWeek has another write up...
This Security Update fixes potential vulnerabilities introduced in BIND, the domain server and client library software package from Internet Software Consortium (ISC), that is shipped with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. BIND version 8.3.4 addresses the recently-discovered potential vulnerabilities where an unauthorized person may disrupt the normal operation of the DNS name service. BIND is not activated by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server.
They turned it off, and then they turned it on again, but then I heard they will be turning it off again ....soon.
"This Security Update fixes potential vulnerabilities introduced in BIND, the domain server and client library software package from Internet Software Consortium (ISC), that is shipped with Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. BIND version 8.3.4 addresses the recently-discovered potential vulnerabilities where an unauthorized person may disrupt the normal operation of the DNS name service. BIND is not activated by default on Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server."
Sorry...I believe today's update is 3416.
I read about it here, while in the office, and dropped into my Mac at home via Webmin. I then issued this command:
..this brought back a reply telling me the correct number of the update, and I reissude the command with the new number. When the update was done, the return message told me the box needed to be restarted. Another command via Webmin, and moments later the box is back online with the update done.
softwareupdate 0000
Not everyone is at the box, nor does everyone keep the udpate agent running, etc.
Put your most important data on your iPod and grab it on your way out the door.
Seems easier to build a train or monorail station in downtown Seattle or SF (underground?), than it would be to drop another airport nearby. Airports seem to eat up acreage without remorse. The freeways have an empty zone down the middle just waiting for a high-speed train track.
And note that Japan has a very reliable system for controlling bullet trains during earthquakes. Of course, getting 2k passengers off a parked train, in the middle of no where, is another issue...but at least they're alive.
Having a hard time telling the difference between 'imagination' and the word 'informed'? Lighten up.
:)
I'm pleased to be the target of your choice of personal attack over stating your own opinion, but then I like French women, too. Come on, you can think of a better slam that that...I can take it. Try again, please
I was tracking my car...on the PC...and it was like....
.....beepbeepbeepbeepbeepbleeeeep
...(long wait, stay with me...)
...a bummer.
:)
And then...like...half my car was...gone.
And I was like....(wait...).... ghnuhhhuh?
It devoured....my car...
And it was a really good car.
And then I had to track it again, and I had to do it fast, so it wasn't as good...
It's kind of
Credit to E.F.. student
If you check the Shuttle manifests, you'll see that the DOD has most dates. My imagination tells me most of the lifts for DOD are satellites. ...therefore, most domestic satelites are lifted by Shuttle, me thinks.
I built the SR-71 as well, and you're not kidding about the time. Mine went straight into retirement as a static display...no guts :)
:)
:)
The errant rocket was properly designed and assembled up until just before launch...errr, I mean just before the second primary motor was added.
I've built and sucessfully flown many, many rockets, including single and multi-stage. This particular launch was the single most entertaining off pad failure I can recall, and it's retold here just to share the stupidity of the last minute 'modification', suggested by a known troublemaker and implemented by yours truly with the excuse of just being curious
What was needed was a deft ear to the launch crew...oh well. That reminds me...I owe him one.
The second motor was the same thrust as the main, and thus too weak for the initial load. All it did was get the thing off the ground a few meters and then ignite the main...ooopps...time to duck. I figured it would just sit on the stand. All in all, not a good decision by any means...oh well. The solution would have been to not listen to my brother :) I put significant time into shaping the fins, etc. This thing would have flown perfectly, but since this was the first shot, I'll never know for sure.
This is the same poor logic as when he told me to load a small firecracker into a plastic pill bottle, and then light it and cap it and toss it into a bucket of water. I was sure it wouldn't explode...I still have the scar in my left eyeball from the debris. I was bleeding, naturally, and by the time our Mom saw me she thought he'd stuck it in my mouth....oops.