I was speaking for myself, as I am the CEO of my company. This is why I can goof off on Slashdot whenever I choose. My guys know that in exchange for no excuses, they can pretty much have any toys they want. When our clients are happy, I have no problem if my whole staff spends the whole day playing on their Wii's and X-Box's, because I trust them to do their jobs 24/7 if that is what it takes to please the customer.
Creative put VISTA drivers for my board on their site. That means they are supposed to work.
You are reaching.
Same goes for NVidia, whose drivers suck too. Cant get an overlay. If a company advertises drivers for an OS on their site, they should WORK. If they dont, they shouldnt be available for download.
As for the other nonsense in your post, I do enjoy the latest/greatest stuff, because I can afford it. I like music in my office, sue me, loser.
Was their something in Vista I had to have? Probably not, which is why I dual-boot, or did you miss that? One thing though, Office 2007 is three times as fast under Vista than under XP, and fuck you, its pretty!
I have Vista drivers for my RAID, they work. I have Vista drivers for my bluetooth, VOIP, etc, and they work. Creative and NVidia dont, and it is their fault.
Ran fiber optics from Tivo and DVD player into it for full digital sound against Logitech digital surrounds in my office. Fantastic sound, tons of controls.
Multimedia machine now dual boots Vista........
Audigy 4 Pro reduced to steaming pile of garbage. If you touch the mixer, raise or lower volume, sound goes away and doesnt come back without a reboot. Fiber inputs no longer work, nor does digital coax input. Surround, what do you think? GONE, bitches.
Every boot into Vista comes with the suspense of whether there will be sound or not.
Creative had YEARS to work on Vista drivers. I will never buy another product from them.
I give them everything they ask for........with the understanding that they will give me everything I ask for, AND when I ask for it. Two way reliability. That is all there is too it.
Longtime current and former Microsofties dont see the problem stemming from Ballmer becoming CEO, they see it as the result of Brad Silverburg losing the internal power struggle with Jim Allchin back in 1997. Silverburg had browser responsibilities and was preaching that Microsoft needed to start transitioning to the web in a much more substantial way, including MS Office.
Allchin convinced upwards that Microsoft needed to keep the jewels propriatary, and he won. Silverburg left, and you can trace Microsoft's decline from that very day. I was not a Silverburg acolyte at the time, in fact, I was on Allchin's side. But clearly, we were wrong in a big way. There was no hint of a Google at that time, and the focus was stabbing Lotus Notes in the heart, kicking AOL to the curb, and those little fuckers at Netscape who said they would bury us.
Hindsight is a bitch. Microsoft should hire Silverburg back, put him in a room with Ozzie, and change the company. The stock has done NOTHING for too long. Ballmer, are you reading this? You know its true, tubby.
Dude, there are PLENTY of non-loser customers out there, you just aint hangin out with them. Gee, can you tell I am in this business? What are you doing to network? If you havent had a reason to hand out 50 business cards per week minimum, you are not marketing yourself.
When was the last technical event you attended? The last speaking engagement, demo, roadshow, retreat, or whatever the fuck, where you could tell people about your business?
First thing: You gotta believe that your services are the best available, because if you dont, nobody else will either. When you do believe it, it is easy to sell it to people who dont even know they need it. If you start the week knowing that maybe one in twenty contacts is a likely sell, then you know how many people you need to talk to.
So, what the fuck are you doing on Slashdot, MF'er? Code up that web site and get at it!
Apparently nobody cares. Because nobody is calling.
When you sell yourself cheap, only losers want you. You wont get calls unless someone has an emergency, and you can bet that half the time, their check will bounce anyway.
This is a hard lesson for Consultants to learn, but CHARGE MORE, bitch!
If your services are worth something, make the fuckers PAY for it. If you provide a comprehensive IT solution including everything you mentioned, why the fuck are you willing to give it away? Prospective clients will think maybe you just got out of jail, or you are on some FBI pervert list.
Are you a professional, or not? If you charge like a beginner, potential clients will assume you are a beginner. First, stop charging by the hour and charge on the value of your services. What is the value of a 99.999 uptime network to a small-to-medium size business? Charge for that by the month, not the hour, with a penalty clause for downtime. Share the risk, and clients will appreciate that you care about what you are doing, and not just racking up a fee.
I dont care what you are charging right now, DOUBLE it, and I bet you get more (and a better class of)clients.
Finally, make sure you are damn good at what you do.
Interesting, since Slashdot has denied that Microsoft has done any innovating, when what you describe is what Microsoft has done since its inception. You could argue about *how* useful Microsoft's products are, but I think you can find someone who gets some value from the tools.
Google's approach to growth right now resembles something like a gold rush, assuming that they know where the gold really is. I dont think they do exactly, but are hedging their bets on a number of ideas. The search engine makes money, but Google knows that they will need to do more, and I hope the phone rumors are true, but even so, just gathering a lot of great programmers together under one unbrella does not guarantee innovation.
I think Microsoft proved that good programmers dont necessarily make great programs. Every one of Google's businesses are cases of doing someone else's idea better. Cant wait to see what is coming, but for the moment, I cant see the fault in Ballmer's logic.
I don't typically steal, but I also don't typically buy products that worry that I might be a thief either. Hell, stealing might become the 'in' thing someday!
I would offer that my reading ability is miles ahead of your spelling.
Anyway, what you call a strawman, others call what YOU CANT PROVE, which is why none of you hippies ever try. You through out a bunch of OPINIONS, but yet no proof. CO2 levels? How did it happen on Venus without humans to fuck them up? Tell me? You cant, you wont, so all you have left is attack.
Oh, just the first fucking sentence of my post, thats all.
What Climate change impact can be attributed to the behavior of Humans, which has not already occured a few thousand times throughout Earth's history before we humans ever got here.
I'll say one thing, I did attack Liberals. Its kind of a habit, like breathing. Explain away, hippie.
How do you explain all that CO2 on Venus, without it having the benefit of millions of us humans fucking things up on that rock?
Might it be that Climate change is a naturally occuring event, and humans have little if anything to do with it? I dont even dispute that the Climate is changing, whether to the hot or cold side. My argument is over whether or not humanity is to blame.
I defy anyone to prove that with authority and fact.
The kneejerk response is: "We cant prove it, but when we can, it will be too late!"
Sorry, that aint good enough to get me to park the Hummer in favor of some battery-powered death trap.
Answer the fucking question! You cant, NOBODY can! So what you rubes do, is attack anyone who disagrees with you as 'ignorant' or worse. You jump back to your kneejerk "Conservatives are Bad, MKay?" mantra, but when asked to defend your views, you simply cant do it. You think "How DARE that asshole question me, I'm trying to save the Earth!"
We have heard it all before, hippie. Go save a whale, and keep your hands from my SUV.
The reason I mention Kyoto, is because it is a symbol of the philosophy behind all this.
"Dont solve the problem, just profit from it."
In the same way that certain Black leaders pimp problems for money, but dont do anything for blacks, the Environmental folks are exactly the same. What is Greenpeace without something to bitch about? Do you think they would ever go away? All these people do is just put on another hat, and hit the street in protest of something else.
Pollution today, spotted owls tomorrow, Whales and sonar on Wednesday, "Dont eat meat" Thursdays, and on Fridays? Oh man, Fridays are just a general "America Sucks" Party.
Why is it so hard for banks and insurance companies to do the same?
Because if you could do more than sit in meetings, drink coffee, and hire consultants to do everything else, you would not be caught dead working for a bank or insurance company.
My largest client is an International Bank in SFO. I've gone through the BART tunnel with THOUSANDS of person's credit information on my ThinkPad, because the bank's IT folks didnt have the ability to grant me access to their internal SQL machines. I still shake my head over that one. "We cant let you at our SQL boxes, so just do a dump and that the data home to your own Server".
I never try to guess how bright some folks are, I just cash the checks and keep my mouth shut.
Dont get me wrong, I am a huge fan of China. They have the most people, so it makes sense that they would pollute more than other nations. On top of that, they are trying to build and modernize their society, industrial pollution is just a fact of life until they feel at parity with America. Fighter planes dont run on Ethanol, so whatever.
But Kyoto stands as a symbol that the hippies dont really want to halt pollution, but profit from it like Robin Hood. America pollutes, but America is also the leader in anti-pollution measures. It is only because half of our society cant stand a harsh word said against it, and would give their last Lexus to be considered "with-it" that they get away with this garbage.
Is the earth warming? Who the fuck cares, if I cant pay for a bag of ice to cool my ass because the hippies took my money for a fucking wind farm?
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Sure looks like they are getting killed to me......
So far, so good.
Creative put VISTA drivers for my board on their site. That means they are supposed to work.
You are reaching.
Same goes for NVidia, whose drivers suck too. Cant get an overlay. If a company advertises drivers for an OS on their site, they should WORK. If they dont, they shouldnt be available for download.
As for the other nonsense in your post, I do enjoy the latest/greatest stuff, because I can afford it. I like music in my office, sue me, loser.
Was their something in Vista I had to have? Probably not, which is why I dual-boot, or did you miss that? One thing though, Office 2007 is three times as fast under Vista than under XP, and fuck you, its pretty!
I have Vista drivers for my RAID, they work. I have Vista drivers for my bluetooth, VOIP, etc, and they work. Creative and NVidia dont, and it is their fault.
Ran fiber optics from Tivo and DVD player into it for full digital sound against Logitech digital surrounds in my office. Fantastic sound, tons of controls.
Multimedia machine now dual boots Vista........
Audigy 4 Pro reduced to steaming pile of garbage. If you touch the mixer, raise or lower volume, sound goes away and doesnt come back without a reboot. Fiber inputs no longer work, nor does digital coax input. Surround, what do you think? GONE, bitches.
Every boot into Vista comes with the suspense of whether there will be sound or not.
Creative had YEARS to work on Vista drivers. I will never buy another product from them.
I give them everything they ask for........with the understanding that they will give me everything I ask for, AND when I ask for it. Two way reliability. That is all there is too it.
Allchin convinced upwards that Microsoft needed to keep the jewels propriatary, and he won. Silverburg left, and you can trace Microsoft's decline from that very day. I was not a Silverburg acolyte at the time, in fact, I was on Allchin's side. But clearly, we were wrong in a big way. There was no hint of a Google at that time, and the focus was stabbing Lotus Notes in the heart, kicking AOL to the curb, and those little fuckers at Netscape who said they would bury us.
Hindsight is a bitch. Microsoft should hire Silverburg back, put him in a room with Ozzie, and change the company. The stock has done NOTHING for too long. Ballmer, are you reading this? You know its true, tubby.
We all could use a kick in the ass sometimes.
Non-Alpha Nice guys eat whatever Walmart has on Special.
My work here is done.
When was the last technical event you attended? The last speaking engagement, demo, roadshow, retreat, or whatever the fuck, where you could tell people about your business?
First thing: You gotta believe that your services are the best available, because if you dont, nobody else will either. When you do believe it, it is easy to sell it to people who dont even know they need it. If you start the week knowing that maybe one in twenty contacts is a likely sell, then you know how many people you need to talk to.
So, what the fuck are you doing on Slashdot, MF'er? Code up that web site and get at it!
When you sell yourself cheap, only losers want you. You wont get calls unless someone has an emergency, and you can bet that half the time, their check will bounce anyway.
This is a hard lesson for Consultants to learn, but CHARGE MORE, bitch!
If your services are worth something, make the fuckers PAY for it. If you provide a comprehensive IT solution including everything you mentioned, why the fuck are you willing to give it away? Prospective clients will think maybe you just got out of jail, or you are on some FBI pervert list.
Are you a professional, or not? If you charge like a beginner, potential clients will assume you are a beginner. First, stop charging by the hour and charge on the value of your services. What is the value of a 99.999 uptime network to a small-to-medium size business? Charge for that by the month, not the hour, with a penalty clause for downtime. Share the risk, and clients will appreciate that you care about what you are doing, and not just racking up a fee.
I dont care what you are charging right now, DOUBLE it, and I bet you get more (and a better class of)clients.
Finally, make sure you are damn good at what you do.
Profit, bitch!
Whatever, wish I had more time.
Interesting, since Slashdot has denied that Microsoft has done any innovating, when what you describe is what Microsoft has done since its inception. You could argue about *how* useful Microsoft's products are, but I think you can find someone who gets some value from the tools.
Disclaimer: I worked for Microsoft
Google's approach to growth right now resembles something like a gold rush, assuming that they know where the gold really is. I dont think they do exactly, but are hedging their bets on a number of ideas. The search engine makes money, but Google knows that they will need to do more, and I hope the phone rumors are true, but even so, just gathering a lot of great programmers together under one unbrella does not guarantee innovation.
I think Microsoft proved that good programmers dont necessarily make great programs. Every one of Google's businesses are cases of doing someone else's idea better. Cant wait to see what is coming, but for the moment, I cant see the fault in Ballmer's logic.
I don't typically steal, but I also don't typically buy products that worry that I might be a thief either. Hell, stealing might become the 'in' thing someday!
Yeah, but when Microsoft does the same thing, Slashdotters get all pissed.
Anyway, what you call a strawman, others call what YOU CANT PROVE, which is why none of you hippies ever try. You through out a bunch of OPINIONS, but yet no proof. CO2 levels? How did it happen on Venus without humans to fuck them up? Tell me? You cant, you wont, so all you have left is attack.
Face it hippie, we are on to you.
Oh, just the first fucking sentence of my post, thats all.
What Climate change impact can be attributed to the behavior of Humans, which has not already occured a few thousand times throughout Earth's history before we humans ever got here.
I'll say one thing, I did attack Liberals. Its kind of a habit, like breathing. Explain away, hippie.
Ooops! Damn, I did it again!
Sometimes, you just have to laugh.
How do you explain all that CO2 on Venus, without it having the benefit of millions of us humans fucking things up on that rock?
Might it be that Climate change is a naturally occuring event, and humans have little if anything to do with it? I dont even dispute that the Climate is changing, whether to the hot or cold side. My argument is over whether or not humanity is to blame.
I defy anyone to prove that with authority and fact.
The kneejerk response is: "We cant prove it, but when we can, it will be too late!"
Sorry, that aint good enough to get me to park the Hummer in favor of some battery-powered death trap.
Answer the fucking question! You cant, NOBODY can! So what you rubes do, is attack anyone who disagrees with you as 'ignorant' or worse. You jump back to your kneejerk "Conservatives are Bad, MKay?" mantra, but when asked to defend your views, you simply cant do it. You think "How DARE that asshole question me, I'm trying to save the Earth!"
We have heard it all before, hippie. Go save a whale, and keep your hands from my SUV.
Or.......ANSWER THE QUESTION!
But dont try to take away my Friday cow-meat. I'll kill ya.
How many base stations, what kind of range before a sub has to send out a pulse that would fry Moby Dick?
And wont this say to every other sub; "Hey MOFO, I'm over here, about to light up your ship, baby!"?
Who needs it?
The reason I mention Kyoto, is because it is a symbol of the philosophy behind all this.
"Dont solve the problem, just profit from it."
In the same way that certain Black leaders pimp problems for money, but dont do anything for blacks, the Environmental folks are exactly the same. What is Greenpeace without something to bitch about? Do you think they would ever go away? All these people do is just put on another hat, and hit the street in protest of something else.
Pollution today, spotted owls tomorrow, Whales and sonar on Wednesday, "Dont eat meat" Thursdays, and on Fridays? Oh man, Fridays are just a general "America Sucks" Party.
KHAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!
Because if you could do more than sit in meetings, drink coffee, and hire consultants to do everything else, you would not be caught dead working for a bank or insurance company.
My largest client is an International Bank in SFO. I've gone through the BART tunnel with THOUSANDS of person's credit information on my ThinkPad, because the bank's IT folks didnt have the ability to grant me access to their internal SQL machines. I still shake my head over that one. "We cant let you at our SQL boxes, so just do a dump and that the data home to your own Server".
I never try to guess how bright some folks are, I just cash the checks and keep my mouth shut.
But Kyoto stands as a symbol that the hippies dont really want to halt pollution, but profit from it like Robin Hood. America pollutes, but America is also the leader in anti-pollution measures. It is only because half of our society cant stand a harsh word said against it, and would give their last Lexus to be considered "with-it" that they get away with this garbage.
Is the earth warming? Who the fuck cares, if I cant pay for a bag of ice to cool my ass because the hippies took my money for a fucking wind farm?