Next thing you know Bill will show the world Microsoft Cold Fusion Reactors, the Microsoft Space Agency, Microsoft Manual of Women and Microsoft Anti-Hangover Tablets! Go Bill!
Do you expect NASA to fabricate every component in the spacecraft?
Of course not. I bet Bob's Electronics Boutique has got just the right parts. Piece of PCB, a blue LED, duct tape, a goat... You mention it, they got it.
"Third-party applications bundled with this download may record your surfing habits, deliver advertising, collect private information, or modify your system settings."
But good books on perl are vastly expensive and "vastly expensive" is a bit too much to ask for something I personally don't really have a use for so far...:P
Think my Windows box will be upset when it knows how much I hate it?
Windows is Windows, so I guess it deals with your hatred the same as it does with all large amounts of data. Meaning it would probably cause a buffer overflow and give you administrator access.
Re:Press release is kind of funny...
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News from Mars
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· Score: 4, Funny
Mars, as seen through various eyes:
European: Look! We've boldly gone where the Americans have gone before!
Chinese: Look! Maybe we can mine it an populate it just to piss of the americans!
American: Look! It doesn't have a McDonalds! NUKE IT!
Trekkie: Look! We're going to build a planet based space dock there!
Conspiracy theorist: Look! That's where the aliens are! They're just using their invisibility rays!
You know, when someone does this is always slightly ticks me off. I don't have anything to hide either, yet you won't be getting my personal information because it is... Yes, PERSONAL. It's something that YOU as an outsider got nothing to to with. If you want it, you can go to some nasty place with brimstone and fire. My personal information simply isn't any of your concern.
Then again, by law I am supposed to carry around and ID at all times. Fair enough. So a police officer walks up to me and asks me for my ID. Then I will show it to him/her because, as a police officer enforcing the law in the country where I currently reside, I am obliged to do so. I might not be happy about it but hey, it's the law and I don't have anything to hide.
That isn't called "having something to hide", it's called "having something that isn't any of your damned concern". Go bother yourself with something that IS your concern.
Really, the FBI can come over and arrest me, the NSA can deploy a task force in the North Sea standing by to obliberate most of Northern-Europe and the CIA can drug my beer but not the NASA! Dear Eris, they might decide to drop that Saturn V on my house, do you have any idea how much that blasted things weighs?
Actually, sod NGE considering I'm dutch and the only anime we ever get over here are Pokemon and DBZ. Sadly. However, that doesn't take away the fact Kate Rose looks like fcking Kathryn Janeway from Voyager...
1) That's all nice and fine for the mister from India, let him have the job. I'm only doing college to be able to do the dutch equivalent of uni. Churning out code 40 hours a week isn't all that bad but not my cuppa tea.
2) I highly doubt it actually matters to the people in charge wether or not I did my essay on dealing with ICT trash.
3) The main pro of outsourcing is lower wages, not better results or more BS essays.
Holy crap. How in the world do you know what is worth in your education? You may have an idea, but guess what, your teachers know better!. Why are you attending school anyway? Sit all day in your computer browsing google for the "stuff that really matters" and save a few thousand dollars.
That would indeed be a better option but google doesn't hand out degrees, which I kind of need to get a job. Sadly, getting a degree involves college which I don't agree with.
I hate to be the one that breaks this news for you but, the idea of going to school and the university is that the teachers (the guy standing in front of you all day) are experts at *teaching* stuff. Yes, how weird eh?
Really? My teacher for network administration is a rejected high-school math teacher, my teacher for programming is an ex-KEMA ( product testing and qualification corp ) employee. My teacher for Windows NT system administration ( don't laugh ) is a former Greenpeace sysadmin. *nix sysadmin teacher is an ex-marine. All these people changed job to teacher in the last 5 years. So, are they experts regarding their subjects and teaching, then?
Wouldn't have mattered anyways, the essay was supposed to be in dutch. Tell you what, you write perfect dutch for one day and I'll put some extra effort into my english. Deal?:P
Want me to do what people are telling me to do? Pay up or shut up, then. Now college: I am to do what they tell me to do and *I* am forced to both pay up AND shut up. Go back to the bottom of the carreer ladder, you cockjockey. ^_^
My college does not anywhere NEAR resemble education. It's a pain I have to go through before they allow me to get some genuine education. Fucked up dutch educational system...
And I am a student. And you guys wouldn't believe the crap people try to force down our throaths. Persoanlly, among the worst atrocities college forced upon me is an essay about... *drumroll* THE EFFICIENT DISPOSAL OF ICT WASTE! *ba-dum CHING!* How's that for a class where 50% wants to become a developer, 25% network administrator and the other 25% always skips class? IF I had done that essay as expected it would have cost me quite a bit of time and every second I spent writing that essay would be one second too much, which pretty much everyone though. The end result? 12 nearly identical essays, while 12 others never were handed in. No one was interested, no one gave a damn and no one wrote one original bit.
Of course it's easy to blame student of being lazy. Tell you what, you make college worth my time AND money, I'll do your goddamn assignments.
Begin log of target: Dark Lord Seth Commence trace: Done, tracing . .. Warning! * Target is known to disagree with US politics! * Target is known to hold non-conformist views! * Target is known to skip commercials during TV! * Target is known to download from P2P networks! ( This feature is copyright (C) RIAA ) * Target is prone to thinking before acting! Estimated level of threat: High Trace done. Suggested course of action: Interception of target Scanning for near by air force base . . Air force base found. Andrews AFB contacted, awaiting confirmation fo scramble . . . . . Negative. Andrews AFB contacted, awaiting confirmation fo scramble . . . . . Negative. Andrews AFB contacted, awaiting confirmation fo scramble . . . . . Negative. Andrews AFB contact time-out, checking current status Andrews AFB: * Base facilities: Operational * Aircraft: Operational and ready * Infrastructure: Operational * Staffing: Barely adequate, less budget cuts suggested * Fighter crews: Asleep Status check done. Awaking crews . . . . . Negative. Andrews AFB: checking current locations of key items * Lieutenant M. Reeves: Asleep * Captain S. Wagely: Asleep * Lieutenant J. K. McSoughtly: Passed out on toilet due to cheap beer * Major R. Malda: Awake, using silly news site for nerds. * Alarm clock for fighter crew: Negative. * Deep-scanning for alarm clock: Succes. Alarm clock's position found to be matching that of aquarium, underwater castle and "Puffy" the goldfish. Lost contact with target: Dark Lord Seth Transfering Major R. Malda to spankatorium . . Transfered. Stop log of target: Dark Lord Seth
Really, what are the uses of these kinds of tiny devices? Heck, for PDAs as well. They're nice toys but they lack power, easy of use and most importantly, a good use. I've only encountered a FEW situations that made me think "Yes, a PDA would be a good tool for this job." and that mostly involves truck drivers and route planners. For the rest I can't seem to find a use for these things. And I'm supposed to seel em for crying out loud.
As I see it, TINY computers ( PDAs and these toys alike ) are like solutions waiting for a problem.
From: Darl McBride [dmcbride@sco.com]
To: OSDL Staff [abuse@osdl.org]
Subject: A message from his majesty.
To whom it may concern,
Now you have done it. I am not amused and if you don't quit defending yourselves, I'll say it again! Also, out of frustration, I kicked my pekinese cat and refused to feed Chriss Sontag and Laura DiDio. I hope you are happy with the pain and suffering you are causing!
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Next thing you know Bill will show the world Microsoft Cold Fusion Reactors, the Microsoft Space Agency, Microsoft Manual of Women and Microsoft Anti-Hangover Tablets! Go Bill!
Of course not. I bet Bob's Electronics Boutique has got just the right parts. Piece of PCB, a blue LED, duct tape, a goat... You mention it, they got it.
Unless the NOC was ordered at this place, I'm not impressed.
Who cares?
My apologies, but I needed something and I needed it fast... Only makes clear the fact one shouldn't do two things at once :P
But good books on perl are vastly expensive and "vastly expensive" is a bit too much to ask for something I personally don't really have a use for so far... :P
Link to this spam trap and wait for the fun to start!
Windows is Windows, so I guess it deals with your hatred the same as it does with all large amounts of data. Meaning it would probably cause a buffer overflow and give you administrator access.
Mars, as seen through various eyes:
European: Look! We've boldly gone where the Americans have gone before!
Chinese: Look! Maybe we can mine it an populate it just to piss of the americans!
American: Look! It doesn't have a McDonalds! NUKE IT!
Trekkie: Look! We're going to build a planet based space dock there!
Conspiracy theorist: Look! That's where the aliens are! They're just using their invisibility rays!
Slashbot: FIRST LOOK!
Isn't that an antonym like "Military intelligence" or "Microsoft Works"?
You know, when someone does this is always slightly ticks me off. I don't have anything to hide either, yet you won't be getting my personal information because it is... Yes, PERSONAL. It's something that YOU as an outsider got nothing to to with. If you want it, you can go to some nasty place with brimstone and fire. My personal information simply isn't any of your concern.
Then again, by law I am supposed to carry around and ID at all times. Fair enough. So a police officer walks up to me and asks me for my ID. Then I will show it to him/her because, as a police officer enforcing the law in the country where I currently reside, I am obliged to do so. I might not be happy about it but hey, it's the law and I don't have anything to hide.
That isn't called "having something to hide", it's called "having something that isn't any of your damned concern". Go bother yourself with something that IS your concern.
Really, the FBI can come over and arrest me, the NSA can deploy a task force in the North Sea standing by to obliberate most of Northern-Europe and the CIA can drug my beer but not the NASA! Dear Eris, they might decide to drop that Saturn V on my house, do you have any idea how much that blasted things weighs?
So, basically, you're saying that it's not the fact if he NEEDS a back seat but wether if he WANTS a back seat?
To which any sane person's reply will be: NO!
Actually, sod NGE considering I'm dutch and the only anime we ever get over here are Pokemon and DBZ. Sadly. However, that doesn't take away the fact Kate Rose looks like fcking Kathryn Janeway from Voyager...
1) That's all nice and fine for the mister from India, let him have the job. I'm only doing college to be able to do the dutch equivalent of uni. Churning out code 40 hours a week isn't all that bad but not my cuppa tea.
2) I highly doubt it actually matters to the people in charge wether or not I did my essay on dealing with ICT trash.
3) The main pro of outsourcing is lower wages, not better results or more BS essays.
That would indeed be a better option but google doesn't hand out degrees, which I kind of need to get a job. Sadly, getting a degree involves college which I don't agree with.
Really? My teacher for network administration is a rejected high-school math teacher, my teacher for programming is an ex-KEMA ( product testing and qualification corp ) employee. My teacher for Windows NT system administration ( don't laugh ) is a former Greenpeace sysadmin. *nix sysadmin teacher is an ex-marine. All these people changed job to teacher in the last 5 years. So, are they experts regarding their subjects and teaching, then?
Wouldn't have mattered anyways, the essay was supposed to be in dutch. Tell you what, you write perfect dutch for one day and I'll put some extra effort into my english. Deal? :P
Want me to do what people are telling me to do? Pay up or shut up, then. Now college: I am to do what they tell me to do and *I* am forced to both pay up AND shut up. Go back to the bottom of the carreer ladder, you cockjockey. ^_^
My college does not anywhere NEAR resemble education. It's a pain I have to go through before they allow me to get some genuine education. Fucked up dutch educational system...
And I am a student. And you guys wouldn't believe the crap people try to force down our throaths. Persoanlly, among the worst atrocities college forced upon me is an essay about... *drumroll* THE EFFICIENT DISPOSAL OF ICT WASTE! *ba-dum CHING!* How's that for a class where 50% wants to become a developer, 25% network administrator and the other 25% always skips class? IF I had done that essay as expected it would have cost me quite a bit of time and every second I spent writing that essay would be one second too much, which pretty much everyone though. The end result? 12 nearly identical essays, while 12 others never were handed in. No one was interested, no one gave a damn and no one wrote one original bit.
Of course it's easy to blame student of being lazy. Tell you what, you make college worth my time AND money, I'll do your goddamn assignments.
And what does that make IE? The antichrist?
TIA v1.2 up and running; using SCO UnixWare.
Trace log: Started.
Trace log: Complete
Last two links both lead to the same page!
Proofreading is optional in internet journalism, apparently.
Really, what are the uses of these kinds of tiny devices? Heck, for PDAs as well. They're nice toys but they lack power, easy of use and most importantly, a good use. I've only encountered a FEW situations that made me think "Yes, a PDA would be a good tool for this job." and that mostly involves truck drivers and route planners. For the rest I can't seem to find a use for these things. And I'm supposed to seel em for crying out loud.
As I see it, TINY computers ( PDAs and these toys alike ) are like solutions waiting for a problem.
To: OSDL Staff [abuse@osdl.org]
Subject: A message from his majesty.
To whom it may concern,
Now you have done it. I am not amused and if you don't quit defending yourselves, I'll say it again! Also, out of frustration, I kicked my pekinese cat and refused to feed Chriss Sontag and Laura DiDio. I hope you are happy with the pain and suffering you are causing!
Love, Darl.
PS,
Call me!