The big winners will be the people who sell crack codes on the black market for just under MSRP.
Because automakers' coders are no smarter than any other industries' engineers.
40 years ago or so, I taught those same remedial classes to freshmen students at a large Midwestern land-grant 4-year university. The only reason my pass rate was higher than 44% was because I felt sorry for the kids. I was then, and am now still considered a good instructor. Most of those students had no business being in college in the first place, and I could tell that few if any would finish regardless of how I graded them. Remember, these are students who were unable to pass the basic requirements coming out of high school. Not representative of the population as a whole.
I suspect the "online-edness" of these classes has very little to do with it.
Actually, I always try to be first to break out the jargon. I find it makes the C*O's eyes glaze over, and the meeting is cut short.
That's a win for me.
Management may think they're going to make the switch, but when it comes to actually doing it, it'll prove to cost more in terms of effort than they'll save on licensing. There's a hell of a lot more to VMWare than just the virtualization of servers, and it doesn't take a propeller-head to effectively use the tools. Can the same be said of the alternatives?
I find it amusing that some people think that a nation's defense research organisation, which helps build ICBMs, supersonic aircraft, tactical software and so on, needs advice from someone who reading slashdot on how to write an operating system.
Eh? It's their history in such areas that convinced me they could screw up Water Soup with a recipe from Alton Brown.
I should think "friends/relatives who run Windows" would be exactly the type to appreciate the convenience of a low-impact reliable AV package, which means they may have to pay a few bucks. It's fine to play FOS yourself or with trivial office or audio stuff, and I do it myself. But I still give ESET a few shekels/year for each windows PC in my house. It just makes sense to me.
Did you just wake up from a 2 century nap or something? It's _always_ been a bitch getting health insurance without the help of an employer, and it's _always_ been the insurers' primary goal to make money by not paying your claims. Pardon my sarcasm, but you might want to subscribe to Newsweek or read a non-Slashtot blog now and again.
On the other hand, how can they call any capped thing "unlimited"? How would they not end up in court for some kind of false advertising or breach of contract?
Because you're not prevented from using more than 5GB, you just have to pay more for the privilege.
Limiting your ability to "loan" books out to only 14 days sounds like DRM to me.
As long as e-content has limitations not present in real books, there's no compelling reason for me to switch.
How about going the other way? Google could create a special search engine for legal questions, and a Wiki for evidence. Then televise all trials and allow the public at large to text in their votes. The advertising revenue could easily fund the system and perhaps some decent health care for indigents. And given the well-known WoC® (Wisdom of Crowds), we'd be assured of better outcomes. I see it as win-win-win.
Couldn't it be that people who tend to be fat also tend to lose brain tissue as well?
That is, I see nothing that indicates that dieting to stay slender would have any effect on brain tissue.
(Um..or should I RTFA?)
Please, I need more excuses why it's OK for me to eat ice cream whenever I want!
I live and work in Sunnyvale, and I'm here to tell you that half the office space in this area is empty. Buildings that started going up two years ago have stopped, rusting in place.
And at the rate people and businesses are leaving I don't think space is going to be a problem.
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To say nothing about the ridiculous price. Especially for a service that's unlikely to be used in any given month. F'em all.
The big winners will be the people who sell crack codes on the black market for just under MSRP. Because automakers' coders are no smarter than any other industries' engineers.
40 years ago or so, I taught those same remedial classes to freshmen students at a large Midwestern land-grant 4-year university. The only reason my pass rate was higher than 44% was because I felt sorry for the kids. I was then, and am now still considered a good instructor. Most of those students had no business being in college in the first place, and I could tell that few if any would finish regardless of how I graded them. Remember, these are students who were unable to pass the basic requirements coming out of high school. Not representative of the population as a whole. I suspect the "online-edness" of these classes has very little to do with it.
Actually, I always try to be first to break out the jargon. I find it makes the C*O's eyes glaze over, and the meeting is cut short. That's a win for me.
Where oh where are my mod points when I really need them?
http://xkcd.com/538/
I wonder.... will it be fooled if images are converted to/from lossy formats a few times.....
Management may think they're going to make the switch, but when it comes to actually doing it, it'll prove to cost more in terms of effort than they'll save on licensing. There's a hell of a lot more to VMWare than just the virtualization of servers, and it doesn't take a propeller-head to effectively use the tools. Can the same be said of the alternatives?
Warning: 4 out of 5 statements of "fact" from Microsoft are completely made up.
Well is anyone _really_ surprised at this? If I were publishing this, I'd announce a delay even if it was on-schedule, just for the added publicity.
Mod parent up, please. Why is this glaringly obvious solution NEVER discussed?
That can be said of nearly every invention since fire: no users, no problems.
I find it amusing that some people think that a nation's defense research organisation, which helps build ICBMs, supersonic aircraft, tactical software and so on, needs advice from someone who reading slashdot on how to write an operating system.
Eh? It's their history in such areas that convinced me they could screw up Water Soup with a recipe from Alton Brown.
If all we find are collapsed ones, what makes them think the uncollapsed ones are safe?
I should think "friends/relatives who run Windows" would be exactly the type to appreciate the convenience of a low-impact reliable AV package, which means they may have to pay a few bucks. It's fine to play FOS yourself or with trivial office or audio stuff, and I do it myself. But I still give ESET a few shekels/year for each windows PC in my house. It just makes sense to me.
Did you just wake up from a 2 century nap or something? It's _always_ been a bitch getting health insurance without the help of an employer, and it's _always_ been the insurers' primary goal to make money by not paying your claims. Pardon my sarcasm, but you might want to subscribe to Newsweek or read a non-Slashtot blog now and again.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the stupidity of the American public.
As I read it, this doesn't apply to Home editions, does it?
Huh?
On the other hand, how can they call any capped thing "unlimited"? How would they not end up in court for some kind of false advertising or breach of contract?
Because you're not prevented from using more than 5GB, you just have to pay more for the privilege.
Limiting your ability to "loan" books out to only 14 days sounds like DRM to me. As long as e-content has limitations not present in real books, there's no compelling reason for me to switch.
How about going the other way? Google could create a special search engine for legal questions, and a Wiki for evidence. Then televise all trials and allow the public at large to text in their votes. The advertising revenue could easily fund the system and perhaps some decent health care for indigents. And given the well-known WoC® (Wisdom of Crowds), we'd be assured of better outcomes. I see it as win-win-win.
Larry Ellison would lie to his mother just for fun.
Couldn't it be that people who tend to be fat also tend to lose brain tissue as well? That is, I see nothing that indicates that dieting to stay slender would have any effect on brain tissue. (Um..or should I RTFA?) Please, I need more excuses why it's OK for me to eat ice cream whenever I want!
I live and work in Sunnyvale, and I'm here to tell you that half the office space in this area is empty. Buildings that started going up two years ago have stopped, rusting in place. And at the rate people and businesses are leaving I don't think space is going to be a problem.