but the product has always been a desktop environment
That is a very educated statement. Yes, technically Windows is an OS but that is not what users are buying, they buy the desktop.
and a consistent, well documented, and long-supported API.
Though the first half of the sentence was great and showed a good understanding of business and marketing and buyer motivations etc... The above statement shows that you are definitely not a Windows programmer. The API consistently changes, sometimes through the automatic update. I have never walked in and found a Linux distro that 'suddenly' won't run a key app because an automatic update changed the API. Windows does not do that as often anymore (well XPSP2 did, but at least they told you it would) but they still do and their licensing allows it.
Wow, if this is 'evil' what do you call...say...gassing people in ovens, handing out smallpox infected blankets, or downloading music without paying from the internet?
So first, by this question are you stating a belief that downloading music = the holocaust? Interesting view. Now onto your question, I was using evil in the context that they use it in their motto. They did not come up with their motto to prevent themselves from ever committing genocide, normal societal norms should handle that with most internet search companies. They meant, that they planned on not being an 'evil' corporation.
I agree with you, fight evil I am glad you do that Ramblin Billy. I did that once also in a place called Iraq after a different Bush speech about Kuwait and freedom. I have fought evil with Bullets as well as words.
Nice point, well stated. The generic fact that they were avoiding taxes was probably what got the mod points. I did not feel like becoming a tax lawyer over a simple question and used education as an example (and yes, out of your income tax there is fed money that goes to education) but your examples are better. My point is not even slightly altered. They are avoiding taxes.
You are right we do. Next time you think about the high cost of... education, know that you paid your share for it and the directors of google, who make a 1000 times what I or I am guessing you make, did not. That is but one example. If googles rich wanted to make a tax statement, they could have found a way through gifts etc... to make the low paid at their company pay less taxes. What they did is to increase (theoretically) everyone elses tax burden by not paying their own. What they did is evil
I was going to type almost the same thing...but FCIS makes it humorous instead of obligatory. Yes, the Soviet Union one is obligatory. Yours is simply funny. So.....
In Soviet Union Baby Sputnik launches YOU!
Yes, thankfully they are going to wireless. Thank the lords of Kobol, they will doubtless put great effort into security even though they never paid more than lip service while wired. For example, ask your neighbor how many minutes he had a wireless connection before he changed the default ssid and admin password. Probably less than 2. Probably also set it up to use MAC address lists...These things are as hardened as you can make the "average" access-point" and I doubt that 5% of the access points have had this done. (I know that the above does not make it secure, but it would keep out a good chunk of trouble)
The AI program would continually check its own integrity and its ability to modify itself. If these checks failed then it could self-destruct. The aliens would then have to start again with a fresh copy of the program which would, at the least, be irritating.
Windows 98 used a similar strategy to prohibit productivity. You would be almost done with a word document and the PC would lock tight.
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but the product has always been a desktop environment
That is a very educated statement. Yes, technically Windows is an OS but that is not what users are buying, they buy the desktop.
and a consistent, well documented, and long-supported API.
Though the first half of the sentence was great and showed a good understanding of business and marketing and buyer motivations etc... The above statement shows that you are definitely not a Windows programmer. The API consistently changes, sometimes through the automatic update. I have never walked in and found a Linux distro that 'suddenly' won't run a key app because an automatic update changed the API. Windows does not do that as often anymore (well XPSP2 did, but at least they told you it would) but they still do and their licensing allows it.
is that related to these patches? weird, i thought i had autoupdate disabled.
Nope. That was me, sorry.
So I got paid $50 for a couple hours hehehe.
Sigh....well, no doubt about it, you are a college student. I won't get out of bed for 25$ an hour...hehehe
Overall, firms will then get lower prices for their tech products. Everybody will win from this.
Everybody wins except for non asian tech based companies or worse yet, non asian tech based economies. Sorry for their (our) luck.
Wow, if this is 'evil' what do you call...say...gassing people in ovens, handing out smallpox infected blankets, or downloading music without paying from the internet?
So first, by this question are you stating a belief that downloading music = the holocaust? Interesting view. Now onto your question, I was using evil in the context that they use it in their motto. They did not come up with their motto to prevent themselves from ever committing genocide, normal societal norms should handle that with most internet search companies. They meant, that they planned on not being an 'evil' corporation.
I agree with you, fight evil I am glad you do that Ramblin Billy. I did that once also in a place called Iraq after a different Bush speech about Kuwait and freedom. I have fought evil with Bullets as well as words.
The taxes they'd be avoiding
Nice point, well stated. The generic fact that they were avoiding taxes was probably what got the mod points. I did not feel like becoming a tax lawyer over a simple question and used education as an example (and yes, out of your income tax there is fed money that goes to education) but your examples are better. My point is not even slightly altered. They are avoiding taxes.
You are right we do. Next time you think about the high cost of ... education, know that you paid your share for it and the directors of google, who make a 1000 times what I or I am guessing you make, did not. That is but one example. If googles rich wanted to make a tax statement, they could have found a way through gifts etc... to make the low paid at their company pay less taxes. What they did is to increase (theoretically) everyone elses tax burden by not paying their own. What they did is evil
A company with very deep pockets taking a philanthropic approach to helping police departments who are ill equipped to deal with this. Yea Microsoft.
DEA agents have told Nasa that the shuttle is grounded until the investigation is over.
Welcome our new Unix-interoperable SQL slammer based overlords
I wonder how long it will be before a FOSS implementation of this technology emerges?
Since most FOSS developers lack "wetware" (stole that word I did) peers it will continue in its current proprietary state.
Check out the napkin drawing on the login screen.
... ummm ...some guy in Chicago will be calling you about this.
The logo for Lucent Technologies is plainly visible on that art work. Lucent...er Avaya
Richard Stallman was quick to label the activity a 'cheap stunt'.
I agree with Stinky for once.
but past history on other updates tells me I should watch the process to make sure it goes all the way through
Wow, something tells you that you should watch a service pack install. You are pretty smart, are you looking for work?
You will be...you will be (yoda voice)
Can Slasdot posters no longer type out whole words?
LOL, OMFG. For all you irony police out there, does slasdot in the above sentence qualify?
a very simple (and cheap to maintain) TPS
At long last, pay off for those thankless mounds of TPS reports.
I was going to type almost the same thing...but FCIS makes it humorous instead of obligatory. Yes, the Soviet Union one is obligatory. Yours is simply funny. So.....
In Soviet Union Baby Sputnik launches YOU!
Redundant
That's nice, but what does it give to society? I would spend my time optimize google searches "free porn" algorithm.... That's good for us all.
It's been at least a month for my neighbor
Yay him!!! Oh, and yay you... isn't warlounging in your house fun? My neighbor has default settings to.
And thankfully more people are going to wireless
Yes, thankfully they are going to wireless. Thank the lords of Kobol, they will doubtless put great effort into security even though they never paid more than lip service while wired. For example, ask your neighbor how many minutes he had a wireless connection before he changed the default ssid and admin password. Probably less than 2. Probably also set it up to use MAC address lists...These things are as hardened as you can make the "average" access-point" and I doubt that 5% of the access points have had this done. (I know that the above does not make it secure, but it would keep out a good chunk of trouble)
Anyone have any idea about the security of these things?
The phone itself can be easily secured with a belt clip. The signals... well, they can not be easily secured with a belt clip.
The AI program would continually check its own integrity and its ability to modify itself. If these checks failed then it could self-destruct. The aliens would then have to start again with a fresh copy of the program which would, at the least, be irritating.
Windows 98 used a similar strategy to prohibit productivity. You would be almost done with a word document and the PC would lock tight.
....well, I can't use them to mod this submission as -1 offtopic. Thanks for the story.
Disclaimer, slashdot is part of espn...er osdn network
How long til they start using distributed hijacked PC networks to crack complex codes etc....
Man, I thought France was about freedom and justice.
You're thinking of Iraq!