I'm not kidding. Anything you want less of in America, you should just tax it. Nothing works better.
Rich people are EXPERT at staying rich. They tax the poor all the time, and because economic education in America sucks, few realize it.
Next, I would bring back the F-14 Tomcat, just because of the cool-factor, but also because the Hornet cant carry enough gas to do anything bad-ass.
FORCE every child in America to pass Logic 101, thus ending all public protests, unions, strikes, and Geraldo Rivera.
To halt Drunk driving, I would remove parking lots from all bars and liquor stores. Walk it off, bitches.
I would last, institute the "Apple Act" where if a corporation cannot prove what it claims in its advertisements, an F-14 drops a JDAM on their headquarters building.
Look at tools like SBS(Small Business Server), which has great remote tools to accomplish maybe 90% after (proper) configuration/installation. For companies with fewer than 50 persons, there is a lot of momentum in that direction. I know one vendor who supports 200+ small businesses in LA county with a staff of 4. Two work remotely and two in the field for the occasional onside need.
Sure, not every small business uses MS stuff, but the cost advantage of SBS2003 is pretty significant for many small companies.
Microsoft got smart, and is now allowing installations across servers, rather than having to have everything on one box, so I expect the trend away from embedded IT to continue.
A big breasted co-worker across the hall from me in a glass-walled office, a HUGE window near a set of nice pine trees, and any computer(s) that I wanted/needed, any time. No one bothered me, and almost all communication was over email, unless some fool called a meeting, leaving verbal conversations to nothing other than about lunch or bugs.
Also, I had the freedom to decorate my office any way that I chose to, play music, or do just about anything else I wanted to do, as long as Exchange Server shipped on time.......
Microsoft, mid 90s and for a few years after, was like geek nirvana.
Then of course, women RUINED it.
I never would have tuned into Heroes, except that I saw a torrent of the first episode, halfway into the first season. Never would have purchased the whole season on DVD either, but I did.
I perfect example of how pirating helps the networks, IF the shows are good. People will tune and and buy the DVDs for the best quality image and sound of a show they already like.
Nor did the Sci-Fi Channel gripe much when the whole Razor episode was leaked and viewed by thousands via-torrent weeks before the episode aired. The episode was CREATED solely to keep BDG fans interested as we wait for new episodes in March. They could not care less what method was used to get the show to the most viewers.
Having missed the first episode of "The Bionic Woman", I watched a torrent of the show provided me by a neighbor, and quickly decided I would rather install Lotus Notes than ever watch that garbage show again.
Interestingly, The Bionic Woman, the most heavily promoted show on NBC, has been CANCELED, and I - uh, I mean MY NEIGHBOR, um, has never seen the show as a popular torrent on any of my- uh-his popular torrent sites.
There is no consideration here for the cop who gets shot in the face by someone pulled over for speeding or without tags on their car. No consideration at all for the cop who repeatedly orders someone to stop and drop, or move back, only to have that person kill the cop with their own weapon. These things rarely are reported with the emphasis placed on the stories of the supposed innocent victim.
Sure their will be a few instances of someone otherwise incapacitated who cant follow a cops orders, but that is so rare it isnt even worth mentioning.
The fact remains that anyone who does not follow a lawful order who CAN follow that order, and chooses not to, is NOT innocent, and is partially responsible for whatever happens next.
You see, this is the new "question authority" crowd looking for their 21st century street cred. The villains are the victims, and no one is responsible for their own behavior. Kimberly Tunahill, a San Diego cop and high-school friend of mine was shot through the neck and killed walking up to a vehicle. No, she would not have been saved by a taser, but I dare say that if it were between a young law inforement officer and a street thug afraid of being sent BACK to prison, I say tase the bastard till he smokes. Shit happens.
At the rate things are going, someday, someone will say that law enforcement of any kind is a form of torture. I'm an old geek who often wishes we could just go back a few years to when we didnt always blame those sworn to protect us for doing their goddamn jobs.
It is a bad thing, because it does not foster competition. Sort of the way that Ferrari has no fear of Ford. You pay less, but you GET less. Stalemate doesnt help AMD. We want AMD to succeed, because WE will be the winners. Had AMD come out with these processors 40% off of the Q6600, they would sell MILLIONS of them, and be back in the game. Instead, they are just playing "Me-too....almost", and nobody wins. In fact, AMD loses again, because they would have been better off with nothing new, until they could compete on a performance level. I have purchased 80 or so X2-6000s this year, because that is a price/performance argument worth fighting. That processor is fast ENOUGH, but WAY cheaper for people who dont need quad-core power. For those who do, they can afford the best, and AMD loses. I dont know who does AMD's market research, but whoever they are, they suck. If we dont get MASSIVE discounts on these chips in the coming weeks, the thing will be a massive dud, and Intel will continue laughing at AMD all the way to the bank.
....because when you have spent 29 out of 30 days in your office trying to squash bugs in the project to be released the following year called "Exchange", your marriage is kaput, your boss doesnt bathe, your car has mold growing in it, and you dont know what day it is, you can say to yourself- "Ok, my life currently sucks, but next year, I can buy a new one."
Stock options keep you going when everything else is falling apart, baby! I stared at that little window for a straight 18 months, and LIKED it.
Sure, Mountain View aint Redmond; there are actually more reasons to go outside, but if Microsoft had been giving out free food, I think I might have died under my desk, and my group manager just covered up my body and sprayed perfume on it until we shipped.
You are an IDIOT. Their religion is ABOUT worrying about those who dont follow their religion, DUFUS.
Have you read ANY of the KORAN? It instructs them to convert us, subjugate us, or KILL us. PERIOD. It is in their BOOK. Granted, there is crazy shit in the Bible too, but nothing about cutting my head off TODAY if I dont follow it. I may burn in hell LATER, but in the mean time, I've still got my X-Box AND my head.
The big reason we are involved happens to be a smoking hole where the World Trade Center used to be. Or are you one of those nuts who think we just blew it up ourselves, so we could go kick some Arab ass in the name of the Jews?
Sometimes I fear for the human race, based on what some of you assholes believe.
No kidding on that.....
Twice last week, I threw one of those 8800GT's in my NewEgg shopping cart, showing "IN-Stock" only to have it auto-removed "out-of-stock" before I could get to checkout. On top of that, vendors are charging upwards of $290 for these cards due to the demand. If you want one quick, you gotta monitor NewEgg all day.
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I got laid for the first time while waiting for the fucking tape drive to load the game. Less Joyful, more Silent.
The F-14B and D models did indeed have air to ground capability, especially the D. They dropped many of the early JDAMs used over Iraq.
Rich people are EXPERT at staying rich. They tax the poor all the time, and because economic education in America sucks, few realize it.
Next, I would bring back the F-14 Tomcat, just because of the cool-factor, but also because the Hornet cant carry enough gas to do anything bad-ass.
FORCE every child in America to pass Logic 101, thus ending all public protests, unions, strikes, and Geraldo Rivera.
To halt Drunk driving, I would remove parking lots from all bars and liquor stores. Walk it off, bitches.
I would last, institute the "Apple Act" where if a corporation cannot prove what it claims in its advertisements, an F-14 drops a JDAM on their headquarters building.
Film at 11.
Sure, not every small business uses MS stuff, but the cost advantage of SBS2003 is pretty significant for many small companies.
Microsoft got smart, and is now allowing installations across servers, rather than having to have everything on one box, so I expect the trend away from embedded IT to continue.
12:05AM. "Hey dude, you want some of this German Chocolate Cake?"
12:06AM. "Damn, maybe next year. This is some fuckin good cake, man."
You forgot the Bitches modifier.
A big breasted co-worker across the hall from me in a glass-walled office, a HUGE window near a set of nice pine trees, and any computer(s) that I wanted/needed, any time. No one bothered me, and almost all communication was over email, unless some fool called a meeting, leaving verbal conversations to nothing other than about lunch or bugs.
Also, I had the freedom to decorate my office any way that I chose to, play music, or do just about anything else I wanted to do, as long as Exchange Server shipped on time.......
Microsoft, mid 90s and for a few years after, was like geek nirvana. Then of course, women RUINED it.
Its a JOKE, bitches. A joke.
BTW, you might be the first person I have ever seen on Slashdot to defend the Notes Development process. Groupware.... what a concept.....
The Exchange engine was the basis behind Active Directory, another MS project doomed to fail by the naysayers.
I swear to God, the first words from the presenters mouth: "That Exchange thing Microsoft is building is no threat to us, and here is why....."
I perfect example of how pirating helps the networks, IF the shows are good. People will tune and and buy the DVDs for the best quality image and sound of a show they already like.
They did, it was called "The Bionic Woman".
Nor did the Sci-Fi Channel gripe much when the whole Razor episode was leaked and viewed by thousands via-torrent weeks before the episode aired. The episode was CREATED solely to keep BDG fans interested as we wait for new episodes in March. They could not care less what method was used to get the show to the most viewers.
Interestingly, The Bionic Woman, the most heavily promoted show on NBC, has been CANCELED, and I - uh, I mean MY NEIGHBOR, um, has never seen the show as a popular torrent on any of my- uh-his popular torrent sites.
I SWEAR!
No, dufus. A true firewall inspects individual packets.
Or $500.00 for 2Meg of Ram for my Amiga 1000.
Or $1K for my first 1Gig hard drive, thinking I would NEVER fill it.
I could talk about my Sinclair kit computer, but that was so long ago, I can barely remember the details myself.....
She was in the Southeast division. She was the first female officer in San Diego to be killed in the line of duty.
There is no consideration here for the cop who gets shot in the face by someone pulled over for speeding or without tags on their car. No consideration at all for the cop who repeatedly orders someone to stop and drop, or move back, only to have that person kill the cop with their own weapon. These things rarely are reported with the emphasis placed on the stories of the supposed innocent victim.
Sure their will be a few instances of someone otherwise incapacitated who cant follow a cops orders, but that is so rare it isnt even worth mentioning.
The fact remains that anyone who does not follow a lawful order who CAN follow that order, and chooses not to, is NOT innocent, and is partially responsible for whatever happens next.
You see, this is the new "question authority" crowd looking for their 21st century street cred. The villains are the victims, and no one is responsible for their own behavior. Kimberly Tunahill, a San Diego cop and high-school friend of mine was shot through the neck and killed walking up to a vehicle. No, she would not have been saved by a taser, but I dare say that if it were between a young law inforement officer and a street thug afraid of being sent BACK to prison, I say tase the bastard till he smokes. Shit happens.
At the rate things are going, someday, someone will say that law enforcement of any kind is a form of torture. I'm an old geek who often wishes we could just go back a few years to when we didnt always blame those sworn to protect us for doing their goddamn jobs.
No organization that I know of has EVER had good luck with the name VISTA.
It is a bad thing, because it does not foster competition. Sort of the way that Ferrari has no fear of Ford. You pay less, but you GET less. Stalemate doesnt help AMD. We want AMD to succeed, because WE will be the winners. Had AMD come out with these processors 40% off of the Q6600, they would sell MILLIONS of them, and be back in the game. Instead, they are just playing "Me-too....almost", and nobody wins. In fact, AMD loses again, because they would have been better off with nothing new, until they could compete on a performance level. I have purchased 80 or so X2-6000s this year, because that is a price/performance argument worth fighting. That processor is fast ENOUGH, but WAY cheaper for people who dont need quad-core power. For those who do, they can afford the best, and AMD loses. I dont know who does AMD's market research, but whoever they are, they suck. If we dont get MASSIVE discounts on these chips in the coming weeks, the thing will be a massive dud, and Intel will continue laughing at AMD all the way to the bank.
Or, your heart surgeon costing you 13% less, but he went to medical school in Haiti.
Or, you survived that Grizzly Bear attack, and lost only 13% of your face.
Psst! AMD! That aint competition, baby!
Once the continuem got word that some alien was try to destroy their favorite playtoys- um, species, they would simply wipe the dude out.
What would the Q do without the painfully bowed legs of Beverly Crusher?
You just KNOW they sold tickets to watch all those Borg-Federation space-fights from a distance, like off-track betting.
Stock options keep you going when everything else is falling apart, baby! I stared at that little window for a straight 18 months, and LIKED it.
Sure, Mountain View aint Redmond; there are actually more reasons to go outside, but if Microsoft had been giving out free food, I think I might have died under my desk, and my group manager just covered up my body and sprayed perfume on it until we shipped.
Have you read ANY of the KORAN? It instructs them to convert us, subjugate us, or KILL us. PERIOD. It is in their BOOK. Granted, there is crazy shit in the Bible too, but nothing about cutting my head off TODAY if I dont follow it. I may burn in hell LATER, but in the mean time, I've still got my X-Box AND my head.
The big reason we are involved happens to be a smoking hole where the World Trade Center used to be. Or are you one of those nuts who think we just blew it up ourselves, so we could go kick some Arab ass in the name of the Jews?
Sometimes I fear for the human race, based on what some of you assholes believe.
No kidding on that..... Twice last week, I threw one of those 8800GT's in my NewEgg shopping cart, showing "IN-Stock" only to have it auto-removed "out-of-stock" before I could get to checkout. On top of that, vendors are charging upwards of $290 for these cards due to the demand. If you want one quick, you gotta monitor NewEgg all day.