a large collection of buzzwords, including but not limited to "Via tcp/ip", "client-server architecture"...
Huh? At work I have a client (on-the-desktop) piece of software that communicates with a server (on-the-workstation) piece of software, using TCP channels to do the communication. That's not marketing, that's actual tech speak.
Try to throw in some digitized empowering proactive modulars, then you've got marketing.
You will get a system with no networking or GUI and all your drives will be read only and a single root prompt (provided you told it you wanted one).
Sounds alot like Linux!
[with all the cheap shots taken at Windows by/.ers, I just had to even things out a bit. If you mod me down, I will come to your house and take away your children -- errr --- Linux boxen]
"Our video games are fun and harmless! You evil little bully!", cried the young, nerdy-looking fellow.
"It's your stupid football that ruins everything! That's the real agression!", he said to popular crowd as they snickered at him. Suddenly, a speeding pig-skinned oval came sailing through the air, breaking the glasses of the poor, awkward chap.
Yeah well all BSD's suxorz! Windows is teh roxorz!"
Never once have I heard anyone on Slashdot say anything positive about Windows, most likely because this peanut gallery would've modded such a post out of the discussion.
I agree. I just think people in general are over-taxed; the government takes something like half of my paycheck away as it is with medicare, social security, state & federal taxes, and so on, and I'm barely making 40k a year! That's horrible, I am being over-taxed and I am not in the elite rich majority by any means.
If there's no danger to the mother's life, aborting a newborn's life isn't justified.
anti-separation of church and state
Seperation of Church & State is not Constitutional; it's not found in the Constitution. Bill of Rights, right #1, says Congress can't make laws establishing or prohibiting religion. Anything outside that is lawful.
pro-corporate
We're pro-small business and pro-capitalism. Pro-corporate people are only those who are invested in large corporations, which includes both conservatives and liberals.
anti-stem cell research
You got us here, I'm with the liberals on this one.
against environmental regulations
As long as it's not hurting the American worker, we're fine with environmental regulations and even encourage them.
anti-UN
Amen. The UN has become a pit of vipers: US-bashers, Israel-haters, sure. But even more importantly, the UN has done little to fulfil it's duty as a force for peace. Does the UN even have an army? Yes, it's called the United States Armed Forces. This is why we should get out of the UN and stop being the world police.
anti-taxes
Yes! People are way over-taxed, especially the middle and upper classes.
anti-euthanasia
I would argue that killing one's self isn't a solution to everyone who considers suicide, therefore docters shouldn't be allowed to kill anyone who comes knocking at the door.
Just for fun, here's how I'd likewise describe liberals, using the same divisive, belittling terms you did:
Liberals are anti-life, anti-freedom of religion, pro-social government, against public displays of religion, anti-US, pro-taxes, elitist, protect human 'rights' when there is no right at state and when such 'right' involves moral & ethical questions, and are quite unpopular among the common American man.
Not that all of those are absolutely true, but hey, it's fun to pick on the other guys unfairly like this, isn't it?
You must feel like Microsoft: everyone else is running faster, more powerful and reliable technology, while you're stuck on your sluggish, unresponsive junk.
[disclaimer: Unlike most of you, I don't hate Microsoft. Some of their products are good, I'm even writing this on XP. But hey, this is/., where every post must be qualified with an "I hate M$ as much as the next guy, but...". And in that sense, I am karma whoring. Mod this as funny and help my karma. Thank you.]
With these speeds and wide accessibility, why is Google investing in Broadband over Powerline technology?
Judging by the tiny speed increases for broadband over the last few years, I'll believe this when it comes to fruition, which probably won't be for another 10 years or more.
But what if the intent of the poster was to write an html tag (which is more often the case than not)?
If you want to write sharp brackets on some programming message board that allows HTML tags, use the "<" for less-than, and ">" code for greater-than. These will show up as sharp brackets in the post, yet will not interfere with the HTML rendering & parsing.
The GP undoubtedly put a less-than operator in there, but Slashdot tried to interpret that as an html tag. And as another poster mentioned, it should be
Ok, so he had to go through the formal process of hiring. So why is he whining about taking a CIS test, which is obviously part of the formal hiring process at Microsoft?
Like I said in another post, this whole article is comic. Are we supposed to feel outraged that Microsoft made a college professor take a CIS test before hiring him? Are we now supposed to bash Microsoft for this, as some are doing in this very thread? Jeez...
So what's the problem then? If an the "formal process" is due, even if you're invited into a job, why is this guy whining about taking a CIS test since that's obviously part of the "formal process" of job hiring?
This whole story is comic. We should all be outraged that Microsoft makes a college-educated man take a test before hiring him? Wow, somehow I just don't feel outraged.
Right, but the parent to whom I was replying was saying, and the article seems to imply by mentioning it before all job offers, that the first job offer was unsolicited, therefore, the "take a programming quiz" was below him, a high and mighty professor with a Doctorate degree in CIS.
Hell, I don't care where I worked at, I'd test *anyone* I'd hire, including people with high level college educations. Because often I find experience takes a huge priority over formal education; resulting in better, more seasoned developers.
It could be either: since grammar means a specific set of rules for a langauge, spelling inherently falls under grammar. If you wanted to be specific, you could say spelling Nazi, but grammar Nazi works equally well, you grammar Nazi.:-)
Sorkin, who holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles, said he first received an unsolicited invitation to Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters in about 2000, on the recommendation of a senior Microsoft manager.
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Read my post, you'll see I said the article seemed "contradictory", meaning there is a contradiction, i.e. it says one thing ("received an unsolicited invitation") and then says something seemingly refuting the previous statment ("he withdrew his application").
And not to be a grammar Nazi, but it's spelled "sentence", not "sentance".
Was it unsolicited? The article seems contradictory:
Sorkin, who holds a PhD in CS, withdrew his application.
The phrase "his application" seems to imply that he applied for the job, the first job mentioned in the article. Unless you can somehow "apply" for a job you were invited into, maybe I'm missing something...
I hate to be a grammar Nazi. So just an FYI, apostrophes are written in place of the letter removed. For example "wasn't", "hasn't" instead of "was'nt" and "has'nt".
Yeah, I've only seen Gremlins once, so I can't talk on any specifics, but I do remember the whole water/eat after midnight thing.
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a large collection of buzzwords, including but not limited to "Via tcp/ip", "client-server architecture"...
Huh? At work I have a client (on-the-desktop) piece of software that communicates with a server (on-the-workstation) piece of software, using TCP channels to do the communication. That's not marketing, that's actual tech speak.
Try to throw in some digitized empowering proactive modulars, then you've got marketing.
Except for, you know...the sub zero temperatures and the lack of oxygen and all... :)
Welcome to Minnesota.
You're obsessed with that movie, my friend. Great movie, but you're obsessed.
Sorry you're upset my pro-Windows comment got modded as funny by your peers.
That's ok if you don't like my blog, I've had quite a few slashdotters come in give positive feedback (see comments section of my last post).
God bless.
You will get a system with no networking or GUI and all your drives will be read only and a single root prompt (provided you told it you wanted one).
/.ers, I just had to even things out a bit. If you mod me down, I will come to your house and take away your children -- errr --- Linux boxen]
Sounds alot like Linux!
[with all the cheap shots taken at Windows by
"Our video games are fun and harmless! You evil little bully!", cried the young, nerdy-looking fellow.
"It's your stupid football that ruins everything! That's the real agression!", he said to popular crowd as they snickered at him. Suddenly, a speeding pig-skinned oval came sailing through the air, breaking the glasses of the poor, awkward chap.
I'm a believer in Christ, and also a believer in science. Faith and science are not mutual exclusive.
Judging by your mocking rant and by your sig, it seems to me that you are promoting hatred of a political view, not science.
Yeah well all BSD's suxorz! Windows is teh roxorz!"
Never once have I heard anyone on Slashdot say anything positive about Windows, most likely because this peanut gallery would've modded such a post out of the discussion.
I expected to see a bit more tempered response from a reasonably sensible user community.
You're new here, aren't you?
I agree. I just think people in general are over-taxed; the government takes something like half of my paycheck away as it is with medicare, social security, state & federal taxes, and so on, and I'm barely making 40k a year! That's horrible, I am being over-taxed and I am not in the elite rich majority by any means.
Ah, yes, there you go, I figured someone might catch that. I support stem cell research provided there is no denying of life in the process.
Well said, I wholeheartedly agree.
anti-abortion
If there's no danger to the mother's life, aborting a newborn's life isn't justified.
anti-separation of church and state
Seperation of Church & State is not Constitutional; it's not found in the Constitution. Bill of Rights, right #1, says Congress can't make laws establishing or prohibiting religion. Anything outside that is lawful.
pro-corporate
We're pro-small business and pro-capitalism. Pro-corporate people are only those who are invested in large corporations, which includes both conservatives and liberals.
anti-stem cell research
You got us here, I'm with the liberals on this one.
against environmental regulations
As long as it's not hurting the American worker, we're fine with environmental regulations and even encourage them.
anti-UN
Amen. The UN has become a pit of vipers: US-bashers, Israel-haters, sure. But even more importantly, the UN has done little to fulfil it's duty as a force for peace. Does the UN even have an army? Yes, it's called the United States Armed Forces. This is why we should get out of the UN and stop being the world police.
anti-taxes
Yes! People are way over-taxed, especially the middle and upper classes.
anti-euthanasia
I would argue that killing one's self isn't a solution to everyone who considers suicide, therefore docters shouldn't be allowed to kill anyone who comes knocking at the door.
Just for fun, here's how I'd likewise describe liberals, using the same divisive, belittling terms you did:
Liberals are anti-life, anti-freedom of religion, pro-social government, against public displays of religion, anti-US, pro-taxes, elitist, protect human 'rights' when there is no right at state and when such 'right' involves moral & ethical questions, and are quite unpopular among the common American man.
Not that all of those are absolutely true, but hey, it's fun to pick on the other guys unfairly like this, isn't it?
By then, WinFS & Monad will probably be part of the OS.
I'm typing this on a 56k dial up line .....
/., where every post must be qualified with an "I hate M$ as much as the next guy, but...". And in that sense, I am karma whoring. Mod this as funny and help my karma. Thank you.]
You must feel like Microsoft: everyone else is running faster, more powerful and reliable technology, while you're stuck on your sluggish, unresponsive junk.
[disclaimer: Unlike most of you, I don't hate Microsoft. Some of their products are good, I'm even writing this on XP. But hey, this is
With these speeds and wide accessibility, why is Google investing in Broadband over Powerline technology?
Judging by the tiny speed increases for broadband over the last few years, I'll believe this when it comes to fruition, which probably won't be for another 10 years or more.
But what if the intent of the poster was to write an html tag (which is more often the case than not)?
If you want to write sharp brackets on some programming message board that allows HTML tags, use the "<" for less-than, and ">" code for greater-than. These will show up as sharp brackets in the post, yet will not interfere with the HTML rendering & parsing.
The GP undoubtedly put a less-than operator in there, but Slashdot tried to interpret that as an html tag. And as another poster mentioned, it should be
for(int i = 0; i < MAX_COUNT; i++)
Ok, so he had to go through the formal process of hiring. So why is he whining about taking a CIS test, which is obviously part of the formal hiring process at Microsoft?
Like I said in another post, this whole article is comic. Are we supposed to feel outraged that Microsoft made a college professor take a CIS test before hiring him? Are we now supposed to bash Microsoft for this, as some are doing in this very thread? Jeez...
So what's the problem then? If an the "formal process" is due, even if you're invited into a job, why is this guy whining about taking a CIS test since that's obviously part of the "formal process" of job hiring?
This whole story is comic. We should all be outraged that Microsoft makes a college-educated man take a test before hiring him? Wow, somehow I just don't feel outraged.
Right, but the parent to whom I was replying was saying, and the article seems to imply by mentioning it before all job offers, that the first job offer was unsolicited, therefore, the "take a programming quiz" was below him, a high and mighty professor with a Doctorate degree in CIS.
Hell, I don't care where I worked at, I'd test *anyone* I'd hire, including people with high level college educations. Because often I find experience takes a huge priority over formal education; resulting in better, more seasoned developers.
It could be either: since grammar means a specific set of rules for a langauge, spelling inherently falls under grammar. If you wanted to be specific, you could say spelling Nazi, but grammar Nazi works equally well, you grammar Nazi. :-)
Sorkin, who holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of California, Los Angeles, said he first received an unsolicited invitation to Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., headquarters in about 2000, on the recommendation of a senior Microsoft manager.
Thank you, Captain Obvious. Read my post, you'll see I said the article seemed "contradictory", meaning there is a contradiction, i.e. it says one thing ("received an unsolicited invitation") and then says something seemingly refuting the previous statment ("he withdrew his application").
And not to be a grammar Nazi, but it's spelled "sentence", not "sentance".
Was it unsolicited? The article seems contradictory:
Sorkin, who holds a PhD in CS, withdrew his application.
The phrase "his application" seems to imply that he applied for the job, the first job mentioned in the article. Unless you can somehow "apply" for a job you were invited into, maybe I'm missing something...
I hate to be a grammar Nazi. So just an FYI, apostrophes are written in place of the letter removed. For example "wasn't", "hasn't" instead of "was'nt" and "has'nt".
Yeah, I've only seen Gremlins once, so I can't talk on any specifics, but I do remember the whole water/eat after midnight thing.