Actually, yes, OSS is better because it's not Microsoft and because it's Free.
That is exactly the crazy mentality that holds back OSS from becoming what it needs to be. That is as dumb as suggesting that tap water is better than a cold beer because it costs less. NO! Stop it! If you want to compete with MS Office, find a way to develop software that does something better! Until that happens, the rest of these arguments are a joke.
And dont be the asshole who tells me that water is really better for me. Just dont go there.
It is Saturday, and instead of being out in the sunshine, taking in rays, talking to women, GOING OUTSIDE, here we are, in front of our screens debating about which language to build our web apps with? Can we suck enough?
Dont bother replying, because when this damn compile is done, I am going outside if it kills me. I wont be here to read any replies, dammit.
Another bitter Netscape refugee shows his face....
By the time that Explorer 4.0 hit the market, it was considered by every single reviewer to be superior to Navigator, and that gap only widened, never narrowed. Everyone is entitled to hate Microsoft, but that does not mean that they did not only kick the shit out of Netscape by bundling, you would be a liar to suggest that Navigator was the superior product by the time Netscape began losing market share.
You can sling that 'fanboy' crap as far as you want, but back in those days, you could not find a single tech review calling Navigator 4,5 or 6 superior to its competing Microsoft version.
Deal with it.
Damn, some things never change. The Office group are still the company's asshole, huh? Try to get early code from those bastards for a briefing was like taking a walk through hell. Yeah you, OTA. Bitch.
It doesnt matter what you have done, or how smart you are to do well at Microsoft. The pressure that they put on people in certain areas of responsibility is unbelievable. That is why like me, you can only stand a number of years of the place before you burn out and have to do something else or shoot someone. They need to know how well you can deal with pressure, with being challenged and how you respond to not getting your way just because you might be the smartest guy in the room. With the way that dude responded, he would have never worked out anyway. They call you because you showed brain power, but that doesnt mean you will fit in or work out well at all. If you want a job at Microsoft, be prepared to jump through hoops.
Then if you make it, then be prepared for out-of-this-world benefits and perks. You may not be able to get rich on options anymore, but you are treated damn well.
I remember this crap all the way back to the original Playstation. "Oh how are PCs going to compete with these cheap new consoles?" It is not going to happen, as long as more and more horsepower can be found in PCs, long before it makes its way to consoles. Because I dont have to wait for Sony or Microsoft to decide to give me more power, and I can just zip on down to Fry's (or go to NewEgg) when I want more juice, Consoles will always be a step child.
The ability of the brain to use ketones was only once exploited for therapeutic purposes. In the early 20th century, French neurologists proposed fasting as a treatment for epilepsy on grounds that it was the result of 'intestinal intoxication'. A Wisconsin osteopath, Hugh Conklin, subsequently successfully treated some epileptic children with a diet of only water for 30 days. Russell Wilder, of the Mayo Clinic in the United States, proposed that the beneficial effects of starvation in epilepsy could be produced by a high fat/low carbohydrate diet, thus creating the "ketogenic diet".
In one study, 150 severely epileptic children, averaging 400 seizures per month, on a mean of 6.2 antiepileptic medications were placed on a ketogenic diet consisting of 4 parts fat to 1 part protein, with almost no carbohydrate. Thirty percent of the children had a greater than 90% decrease in seizures and 3 became free of seizures.
But two problems arise in such ketosis therapy. First, eating even small amounts of carbohyrate causes the release of insulin and an immediate drop in ketone levels followed by seizures. Second, cholesterol increased from 168 to 220mg/100ml, with a decrease in high density lipoprotein, an increase in low density lipoprotein and elevation of total triglycerides, putting the children at slightly greater risk of atherosclerosis. In practice, this diet is rarely used in patients over 17 years of age.
In one form of epilepsy resulting from a genetic decrease in GLUT1, the major glucose transporter across the blood/brain barrier, ketones provide an alternative energy substrate, compensating for the decreased glucose transport, and hence ketosis therapy has been used.
The ketogenic diet has been used extensively in the treatment of obesity, and like most other therapies, is only transiently effective at best.
During ketosis the brain cells are calmed down enough to prevent epileptic seizures. The electrical activity of the brain, as measured on an electroencephalogram (EEG), is found to improve in regularity and intensity. Ketones, being acids, also tend to sterilize the urine against infection. They even dissolve certain types of kidney stones.
The brain does not run on sugar, but on glucose. Your body can convert fat to glucose in the form of ketones, which are actually preferred by the brain. Reducing carbs does not cause a lack of brain food in the body, but only causes your body to get fuel from it's own fat cells instead.
Who critized Cleland, you idiot? I only stated a fact. The truth is that many people consider Cleland a hero, only because he has never himself try to correct those who think his injuries were the result of combat, when they were not.
The truth is never slander, dude. There are many places to find the facts about Cleland if you wanted to look for them. There is a web site called 'Stolen Honor' dedicated to smoking out those who to this day pretend to be war heros. If my answer appears wrong to you, then eat shit.
This thread is about the Patriot Act and Congress, not about your favorite Senator. My guess is that you are one of the fan-boys taken in by the idea that Cleland got his limbs shot off in Combat? It didnt happen that way, dude. Sorry to burst your bubble.
But for the heros who actually did lose their limbs AND LIVES while actually fighting, to allow Cleland's myth to go unanswered is a dis-service to them. I consider anyone who ever wore the uniform in defense of this country to be a hero of sorts, and if you find it slanderous to describe why Cleland was considered to be undefeatable, but was brought down because of his opposition to the Patriot Act, then you might check out what the topic is on this thread.
The Patriot Act will remain intact for one reason:
Max Cleland.
The Republicans destroyed that dude because he only went so far as to delay the passage of the Patriot Act originally. Cleland, due to losing 3 limbs in Vietnam(not due to heroics, but from dropping a grenade and trying to pick it up instead of kick it away, like you are trained to do) was considered untouchable and a lock for re-election to the Senate.
No one in Congress is going to become the next Max Cleland, just for your precious Civil Rights, so get used to it. Congress is made up of people who do nothing but protect themselves for their next election, and nothing, I repeat, NOTHING for you.
As a shareholder, I am pissed that Microsoft would take a position either way. This is a 50-50 nation right now, and why the hell would they do anything to potentially alienate half of their potential customers?
How I feel about the issue doesnt matter; I want the companies that I invest in to have the largest audience possible. Does Microsoft think that the Right wing users no longer matter to their bottom line? If so, they are nuts.
They never should have taken a public position one way or the other, and because they did, they lose one audience or another in the process. This is stupid corporate policy at best. I repeat Microsoft, just shut the fuck up and code. I would not be surprised if a large part of Microsoft's customer base was out today picking up some RedHat to see what this Linux thing was all about.
Businesses should never get into these kinds of arguments. I would not want to be the Microsoft Rep responsible for selling into Utah or Idaho tomorrow. (huge generalization, I know)
"Business is about making money, but not exclusively. Business can affect social policy, both for the positive and the negative. If Microsoft can do something to make the world a more judicial place, then so much the better."
Oh man, statement like that make me question my decision to purchase a Mac. Am I going to become that soft too?
Look, as a former MS employee, I remember the days when we had less than 15K employees, but could sell and ship, and make money for our shareholders(and ourselves) without all these societal distractions. Look at Microsoft today, and tell me if they are a better, more efficient organization than they were 10-15 years ago. I dont think they are, and I think issues like this are a reason.
What happened to the days when work was about WORK? Why do employees feel that the best use of their time is to push a personal social agenda, instead of their job?
Microsoft still makes money, but I would not call them 'successful' in the ways they used to be. I doubt that I am alone among people who were there in the old days who cringe that Microsoft is in the news because of their policy on Gay Rights, instead of their policy on shipping on time.
I dont think Steve Jobs would appreciate the kind of distraction this all must be for Ballmer right now, if it was his problem instead. All Microsoft did way buy more trouble. The old Microsoft would have told the employees to be Gay on their own time, but while at work, just shut up and code.
You are right that business can effect social policy, but does that does not mean that they should. All I want from Microsoft is bug-free software. Let them get that right first, and when they do, only then let them change the world.
They were not distracted by such nonsense. Diversity never wrote good code.
I would be pissed if my employees were using their email and my bandwidth to discuss Gay rights. The mere fact that this is going on at Microsoft is a very bad sign.
How about more coding, less bitching about how Microsoft feels about what should be someone's personal business. I'm no fan of bigotry, but a corporate workplace is not the place for email storms of this nature.
I wonder how many emails were generated during the same time period discussing how much Longhorn SUCKS?
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Not assuming anything. If the admins dont have time to make images, something is wrong. Hell, do it on a weekend if you have to, but this is something that MUST be done.
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That is exactly the crazy mentality that holds back OSS from becoming what it needs to be. That is as dumb as suggesting that tap water is better than a cold beer because it costs less. NO! Stop it! If you want to compete with MS Office, find a way to develop software that does something better! Until that happens, the rest of these arguments are a joke.
And dont be the asshole who tells me that water is really better for me. Just dont go there.
Thats funny. No, the fuckin compile broke. I'm still here.
Some of us want to consume services from other apps.
Some of us dont want to reinvent the wheel every time we code.
Design Patterns, baby.
I could go on, but I know I am typing to deaf eyes.
It is Saturday, and instead of being out in the sunshine, taking in rays, talking to women, GOING OUTSIDE, here we are, in front of our screens debating about which language to build our web apps with? Can we suck enough?
Dont bother replying, because when this damn compile is done, I am going outside if it kills me. I wont be here to read any replies, dammit.
Oh, you think they lost? Sucker.
This one was easy to predict. Microsoft hires better lawyers than coders.
Another bitter Netscape refugee shows his face.... By the time that Explorer 4.0 hit the market, it was considered by every single reviewer to be superior to Navigator, and that gap only widened, never narrowed. Everyone is entitled to hate Microsoft, but that does not mean that they did not only kick the shit out of Netscape by bundling, you would be a liar to suggest that Navigator was the superior product by the time Netscape began losing market share. You can sling that 'fanboy' crap as far as you want, but back in those days, you could not find a single tech review calling Navigator 4,5 or 6 superior to its competing Microsoft version. Deal with it.
Damn, some things never change. The Office group are still the company's asshole, huh? Try to get early code from those bastards for a briefing was like taking a walk through hell. Yeah you, OTA. Bitch.
Then if you make it, then be prepared for out-of-this-world benefits and perks. You may not be able to get rich on options anymore, but you are treated damn well.
Classic mistake. He has now given MS credibility in this market that they would never have gotten on their own.
I remember this crap all the way back to the original Playstation. "Oh how are PCs going to compete with these cheap new consoles?" It is not going to happen, as long as more and more horsepower can be found in PCs, long before it makes its way to consoles. Because I dont have to wait for Sony or Microsoft to decide to give me more power, and I can just zip on down to Fry's (or go to NewEgg) when I want more juice, Consoles will always be a step child.
The ability of the brain to use ketones was only once exploited for therapeutic purposes. In the early 20th century, French neurologists proposed fasting as a treatment for epilepsy on grounds that it was the result of 'intestinal intoxication'. A Wisconsin osteopath, Hugh Conklin, subsequently successfully treated some epileptic children with a diet of only water for 30 days. Russell Wilder, of the Mayo Clinic in the United States, proposed that the beneficial effects of starvation in epilepsy could be produced by a high fat/low carbohydrate diet, thus creating the "ketogenic diet". In one study, 150 severely epileptic children, averaging 400 seizures per month, on a mean of 6.2 antiepileptic medications were placed on a ketogenic diet consisting of 4 parts fat to 1 part protein, with almost no carbohydrate. Thirty percent of the children had a greater than 90% decrease in seizures and 3 became free of seizures. But two problems arise in such ketosis therapy. First, eating even small amounts of carbohyrate causes the release of insulin and an immediate drop in ketone levels followed by seizures. Second, cholesterol increased from 168 to 220mg/100ml, with a decrease in high density lipoprotein, an increase in low density lipoprotein and elevation of total triglycerides, putting the children at slightly greater risk of atherosclerosis. In practice, this diet is rarely used in patients over 17 years of age. In one form of epilepsy resulting from a genetic decrease in GLUT1, the major glucose transporter across the blood/brain barrier, ketones provide an alternative energy substrate, compensating for the decreased glucose transport, and hence ketosis therapy has been used. The ketogenic diet has been used extensively in the treatment of obesity, and like most other therapies, is only transiently effective at best.
During ketosis the brain cells are calmed down enough to prevent epileptic seizures. The electrical activity of the brain, as measured on an electroencephalogram (EEG), is found to improve in regularity and intensity. Ketones, being acids, also tend to sterilize the urine against infection. They even dissolve certain types of kidney stones.
The brain does not run on sugar, but on glucose. Your body can convert fat to glucose in the form of ketones, which are actually preferred by the brain. Reducing carbs does not cause a lack of brain food in the body, but only causes your body to get fuel from it's own fat cells instead.
Who critized Cleland, you idiot? I only stated a fact. The truth is that many people consider Cleland a hero, only because he has never himself try to correct those who think his injuries were the result of combat, when they were not.
The truth is never slander, dude. There are many places to find the facts about Cleland if you wanted to look for them. There is a web site called 'Stolen Honor' dedicated to smoking out those who to this day pretend to be war heros. If my answer appears wrong to you, then eat shit.
This thread is about the Patriot Act and Congress, not about your favorite Senator. My guess is that you are one of the fan-boys taken in by the idea that Cleland got his limbs shot off in Combat? It didnt happen that way, dude. Sorry to burst your bubble.
But for the heros who actually did lose their limbs AND LIVES while actually fighting, to allow Cleland's myth to go unanswered is a dis-service to them. I consider anyone who ever wore the uniform in defense of this country to be a hero of sorts, and if you find it slanderous to describe why Cleland was considered to be undefeatable, but was brought down because of his opposition to the Patriot Act, then you might check out what the topic is on this thread.
Max Cleland.
The Republicans destroyed that dude because he only went so far as to delay the passage of the Patriot Act originally. Cleland, due to losing 3 limbs in Vietnam(not due to heroics, but from dropping a grenade and trying to pick it up instead of kick it away, like you are trained to do) was considered untouchable and a lock for re-election to the Senate.
No one in Congress is going to become the next Max Cleland, just for your precious Civil Rights, so get used to it. Congress is made up of people who do nothing but protect themselves for their next election, and nothing, I repeat, NOTHING for you.
"Oh, is that a Windows logo eched in your pubes? Damn, I only do Mac pussy. Thanks, but no thanks."
Idiots.
What was that? It's from Microsoft? Well, that is the ugliest piece of crap I have ever seen!!!
while = white. Preview is my friend.
C++ doesnt give a rats ass what color you are or who you like to fuck. You can code or you cant code, period.
How I feel about the issue doesnt matter; I want the companies that I invest in to have the largest audience possible. Does Microsoft think that the Right wing users no longer matter to their bottom line? If so, they are nuts.
They never should have taken a public position one way or the other, and because they did, they lose one audience or another in the process. This is stupid corporate policy at best. I repeat Microsoft, just shut the fuck up and code. I would not be surprised if a large part of Microsoft's customer base was out today picking up some RedHat to see what this Linux thing was all about.
Businesses should never get into these kinds of arguments. I would not want to be the Microsoft Rep responsible for selling into Utah or Idaho tomorrow. (huge generalization, I know)
Oh man, statement like that make me question my decision to purchase a Mac. Am I going to become that soft too?
Look, as a former MS employee, I remember the days when we had less than 15K employees, but could sell and ship, and make money for our shareholders(and ourselves) without all these societal distractions. Look at Microsoft today, and tell me if they are a better, more efficient organization than they were 10-15 years ago. I dont think they are, and I think issues like this are a reason.
What happened to the days when work was about WORK? Why do employees feel that the best use of their time is to push a personal social agenda, instead of their job?
Microsoft still makes money, but I would not call them 'successful' in the ways they used to be. I doubt that I am alone among people who were there in the old days who cringe that Microsoft is in the news because of their policy on Gay Rights, instead of their policy on shipping on time.
I dont think Steve Jobs would appreciate the kind of distraction this all must be for Ballmer right now, if it was his problem instead. All Microsoft did way buy more trouble. The old Microsoft would have told the employees to be Gay on their own time, but while at work, just shut up and code.
You are right that business can effect social policy, but does that does not mean that they should. All I want from Microsoft is bug-free software. Let them get that right first, and when they do, only then let them change the world.
They were not distracted by such nonsense. Diversity never wrote good code.
I would be pissed if my employees were using their email and my bandwidth to discuss Gay rights. The mere fact that this is going on at Microsoft is a very bad sign.
How about more coding, less bitching about how Microsoft feels about what should be someone's personal business. I'm no fan of bigotry, but a corporate workplace is not the place for email storms of this nature.
I wonder how many emails were generated during the same time period discussing how much Longhorn SUCKS?
Not assuming anything. If the admins dont have time to make images, something is wrong. Hell, do it on a weekend if you have to, but this is something that MUST be done.