I'm sorry for being off-topic, but I've always hated that phrase and found it basically meaningless. Who doesn't "play to win"? Do businesses ever enter a market saying, "OK, here we are, but we're not going to try very hard." Does a team come out onto the field asking, "What's the best way to lose this game?"
When John Madden says it, it's cute in a moronic John Madden sort of way*. When anybody else says it, my teeth hurt.
*I love John Madden precisely because he is such a goofy idiot.
Then why in hell are you considering that level of ADC membership? Have you looked at what you can get for the $0 level? Or the student ADC membership (if you're a student)?
If you are a professional developer earning money, you can certainly afford whatever equipment you need or want for the job and can afford to pay for a higher level of developer support. If you are a hobbyist or a student on a budget, maybe you don't need that higher tier of support anyway.
The point to developer discounts is to encourage development, not completely subsidize it. Tell me, does MS subsidize hardware purchases?
Sadly, this was the my state of things on the Macintosh before OS X. Pre OS X, there were these things called extensions which loaded at boot time. Different programs depended on different extensions. Unfortunately, conflicts between extensions arose, sometimes irresolvable. So, do go from video editing to playing a game, I had to reboot with a different set of extensions. Man, being a Mac user used to suck in certain ways, no matter how much I liked it over all.
I should note that this was not the case for everyone who used Macs. My sister had a pretty standard set up and never had extension conflicts. However, it was widespread enough that there was a very popular third party utility called Conflict Catcher. Even after Apple added an extension manager to the OS, CC remained popular because it did the job so much better. Sadly*, the publishers of CC went out of business after the widespread adoption of OS X because their flagship product became irrelevant.
*Sad because they weren't able to hang in long enough to adapt to the new situation and develop some other indispensable application.
It wasn't just that the Republicans got in, but which ones. If John McCain had won the primary and subsequently won the 2000 election, I don't think MS would have gotten a pass.
On the other hand, if you were buying a top of the line G5 with a 30" Cinema Display, you'd be getting a very impressive discount that would more than cover the price of the ADC membership. You're not impressed because you're thinking small.
Great post! I think the heavy reliance on precedent in the U.S. legal system is one of the things that confuses many European observers, who are used to a system based on the Napoleanic Code.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The reason you "don't remember" is because you're unfamiliar with the Bill of Rights.
Also, please see the Ninth Amendment:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Not as many people are familiar with the Ninth, but you should be familiar with the first if you don't want to be ignorant.
Imparting the values of personal responsibility and the idea of consequences for one's actions should begin much earlier than when the child is a teen. By then it is usually too late if the groundwork has not been laid.
Good Policy. I've been screwed enough times by the rebate system that I haven't let a rebate influence my price comparisons or purchasing decisions since 1999. The result is that I've not had to send in many rebate forms. Privacy concerns weren't my motivation for opting out, but it's just one more reason to ignore the siren song of rebates.
I don't know if this is entirely true. There are conservative Democrats. Hell, Clinton was more fiscally conservative and fiscally responsible than Fortunate Son George. When he was first elected, many old school liberals were a little miffed because he represented a shift toward the center, and the GOP was pissed because these "New Democrats" were stealing some of their conservative fire.
In fact, part of the GOP strategy seems to be to shift to the reactionary right (past conservative), and then tar the moderates with the Liberal Brush.
In addition to the Bush administration vastly expanding the power of the Presidency (past Constitutional limits, imo), Bush has also embraced a sort of corporate socialism, where his "close friends" in the private sector get special treatment (no-bid contracts, regulatory capture (see FDA, FCC, Dept. of Interior, EPA, the rape of California by Texas energy companies, Cheney's secret meetings with energy companies, etc.), and an unprecedented and well oiled propaganda machine.
These days I am not proud of the GOP. I'm not extreme enough to be a libertarian because I think there should be some social services and social welfare after we can afford them and we're running in the black. The GOP has shown itself to be worse pigs at the trough than the Democrats since they've gained power over both the legislature and the executive.
Also, I'm now considered a traitor by the majority in my party that marches in lockstep with their beloved President. I think part of the reason I'm still a registered Republican is so I can piss these people off.
I think we're finding out who among are true conservative and who are Party Religionists. The GOP is no longer conservative (unless you consider a Theocracy conservative rather than reactionary). No, the GOP has become Socialist, as in National Socialist.
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I have massive graphics, you insensitive clod!
I think you're confused. CowboyNeal is his towel boy at the annual Slashdot bukakke-fest.
MS doesn't have to subsidize hardware purchases; PC hardware generally isn't overpriced like apple hardware is.
Now you're just trolling.
OK, you win your point. Sorry I got all huffy.
I'm sorry for being off-topic, but I've always hated that phrase and found it basically meaningless. Who doesn't "play to win"? Do businesses ever enter a market saying, "OK, here we are, but we're not going to try very hard." Does a team come out onto the field asking, "What's the best way to lose this game?"
When John Madden says it, it's cute in a moronic John Madden sort of way*. When anybody else says it, my teeth hurt.
*I love John Madden precisely because he is such a goofy idiot.
Then why in hell are you considering that level of ADC membership? Have you looked at what you can get for the $0 level? Or the student ADC membership (if you're a student)?
If you are a professional developer earning money, you can certainly afford whatever equipment you need or want for the job and can afford to pay for a higher level of developer support. If you are a hobbyist or a student on a budget, maybe you don't need that higher tier of support anyway.
The point to developer discounts is to encourage development, not completely subsidize it. Tell me, does MS subsidize hardware purchases?
Apple's brand is being associated with sleak, refined, stylish, hot, desirable, cool... all because of the IPOD.
Oh, right. Like black turtle necks and jeans don't have anything to do with it. =)
Sadly, this was the my state of things on the Macintosh before OS X. Pre OS X, there were these things called extensions which loaded at boot time. Different programs depended on different extensions. Unfortunately, conflicts between extensions arose, sometimes irresolvable. So, do go from video editing to playing a game, I had to reboot with a different set of extensions. Man, being a Mac user used to suck in certain ways, no matter how much I liked it over all.
I should note that this was not the case for everyone who used Macs. My sister had a pretty standard set up and never had extension conflicts. However, it was widespread enough that there was a very popular third party utility called Conflict Catcher. Even after Apple added an extension manager to the OS, CC remained popular because it did the job so much better. Sadly*, the publishers of CC went out of business after the widespread adoption of OS X because their flagship product became irrelevant.
*Sad because they weren't able to hang in long enough to adapt to the new situation and develop some other indispensable application.
It's like arguing that OPEC is irrelevant because nuclear power is the coming thing or because solar is an alternative to fossil fuels.
It wasn't, but thank you for clarifying it.
It wasn't just that the Republicans got in, but which ones. If John McCain had won the primary and subsequently won the 2000 election, I don't think MS would have gotten a pass.
then for some strange reason was let off with a light slap on the wrist
Nothing strange about it. We "elected" George Bush, and the Justice Department answers to the executive branch.
I tried once, but the resulting code was tangled up in blue.
Yes, let us remember the words of His Assholiness*, "Real artists ship!"
*I am a koolaid guzzling cultist.
On the other hand, if you were buying a top of the line G5 with a 30" Cinema Display, you'd be getting a very impressive discount that would more than cover the price of the ADC membership. You're not impressed because you're thinking small.
No, wait, the bottom of the barrel would've been Perl. Sorry.
I'm reminded of the Alcoholics Anonymous saying, "You've hit bottom when you stop digging."
Note: I am not a programmer, and I have friends that use Perl and don't seem to damaged in any way.
At the risk of being sued into oblivion by Apple's legal department, I'm going to break my NDA.
At this January's MWSF, Steve is going to announce that every download of Xcode is going to include a monkey!
And everyone knows that everything is better with a monkey.
Great post! I think the heavy reliance on precedent in the U.S. legal system is one of the things that confuses many European observers, who are used to a system based on the Napoleanic Code.
The reason you "don't remember" is because you're unfamiliar with the Bill of Rights.
Also, please see the Ninth Amendment:
Not as many people are familiar with the Ninth, but you should be familiar with the first if you don't want to be ignorant.
Imparting the values of personal responsibility and the idea of consequences for one's actions should begin much earlier than when the child is a teen. By then it is usually too late if the groundwork has not been laid.
By never buying items that have mail in rebates.
Good Policy. I've been screwed enough times by the rebate system that I haven't let a rebate influence my price comparisons or purchasing decisions since 1999. The result is that I've not had to send in many rebate forms. Privacy concerns weren't my motivation for opting out, but it's just one more reason to ignore the siren song of rebates.
You catch on quickly, doncha?
I don't know if this is entirely true. There are conservative Democrats. Hell, Clinton was more fiscally conservative and fiscally responsible than Fortunate Son George. When he was first elected, many old school liberals were a little miffed because he represented a shift toward the center, and the GOP was pissed because these "New Democrats" were stealing some of their conservative fire.
In fact, part of the GOP strategy seems to be to shift to the reactionary right (past conservative), and then tar the moderates with the Liberal Brush.
In addition to the Bush administration vastly expanding the power of the Presidency (past Constitutional limits, imo), Bush has also embraced a sort of corporate socialism, where his "close friends" in the private sector get special treatment (no-bid contracts, regulatory capture (see FDA, FCC, Dept. of Interior, EPA, the rape of California by Texas energy companies, Cheney's secret meetings with energy companies, etc.), and an unprecedented and well oiled propaganda machine.
These days I am not proud of the GOP. I'm not extreme enough to be a libertarian because I think there should be some social services and social welfare after we can afford them and we're running in the black. The GOP has shown itself to be worse pigs at the trough than the Democrats since they've gained power over both the legislature and the executive.
Also, I'm now considered a traitor by the majority in my party that marches in lockstep with their beloved President. I think part of the reason I'm still a registered Republican is so I can piss these people off.
Wow, these activist judges sure are . . . er . . . active.
The very same judge made a very similar ruling only two days ago!
[Ramones]Dupe, dupe, dupe, dupe & roll highschool[/Ramones]
I think we're finding out who among are true conservative and who are Party Religionists. The GOP is no longer conservative (unless you consider a Theocracy conservative rather than reactionary). No, the GOP has become Socialist, as in National Socialist.
Oh, shit! Run! Here comes Steve Godwin!