Bush has proven track record on getting things he publicly says he wants but privately doesn't really care about one way or the other.
Witnesseth:
1. AIDS in Africa is being brought under control by his jihad against the virus that causes it (using the proven method of abstinence)
2. Osama is in fact "either dead or alive"
3. The Hubble is being scrapped as the first step to landing a Man on Mars
4.Global warming is behind us (because there need to be more studies)
The dead zone and these abandoned buildings seem like a prime laboratory for the study of what happens to unmaintained materials and objects. It also provides a stunning visual idea of how a post-human earth will look once a killer disease or neutron war finally wipes us all out. It's creepy looking at these pictures when you think that this is a snapshot of our future.
Microsoft standards are a strange and fleeting breed, a sort of sandy beach for the building of temporary castles and easily-outsourced IT careers. One moment it's all about VBScript ASP, then the next it's C# and.NET. And how many times has the.DOC format changed, just to keep people upgrading? Working within these shifting frameworks is a demoralizing experience. People like to feel that progress is happening in the world around them, that the things they are using stand on the shoulders of giants. With Microsoft standards, one gets the feeling that these giants are cut down every so often just to keep people locked in to an arbitrary and capricious upgrade strategy.
Okay, suggest something geeky nerds should love bush about! His learned curiosity? His fascination with why and how things work? His constant asking of questions and challenging of assumptions? Gimme a break. Bush is the anti-nerd!!!
It seems Microsoft is learning from the administration of GW Bush in this regard. When dealing with an opponent, claim that the opponent has your flaws, whether or not this is true. This strategy is tailored to a news media unaccustomed and unprepared to investigate or otherwise do any more than quote sources. It becomes Microsoft's word (excuse the pun) against the diffuse band of evil virus-writing hackers who also happen to write open source software.
Wait - what sort of person quits Mozilla after firing it up? I usually have at least five Mozilla windows open. The only time I have no Mozilla window open is immediately after a reboot. I suspect that for most users, Mozilla's absolute paging behavior (what happens when you quit it entirely) is a non-issue except how it handles the creation and destruction of additional windows beyond a certain low number.
remember when pocket protectors, mended thick-frame glasses and slide rules were uncool and people got swirlies for having them? i personally have seen the inside of a few too many toilet bowls. we geeks had to OWN those things before they became cool. the same goes for having home entertainment systems strapped awkwardly to our wrists. objectively speaking, they aren't any more absurd than a necktie, but provide much more utility. once Arnold Schwartzennegger unloads his klutzy Hummer and gets one of these, society will come around. people will stop taking you seriously if you DON'T have one.
1. Create a special place for something considered deviant.
2. Mandate that this is the only place where deviance can take place.
3. Eliminate special place for deviance.
4. ?????
5. Profit!
Just today I ordered some herbal viagra and a salve that will increase my memory, products I would have never known about were it not for helpful emails sent by well-meaning strangers. Perhaps people like me could be told about open source operating systems by similar methods. Perhaps the.iso installation files could be sent as attachments.
Actually, once you've done plumbing and electrical work, you realize any moron could do those as well. I wonder if rocket scientists have easy jobs, since it seems there is no job that seems difficult once you learn how to do it.
Except computer housecall work. How the hell do you get rid of the MSN auto search "feature" in Internet Explorer?
whenever your tax money goes to Welfare Queens and members of racial groups whom you'd never let anywhere near your daughter, think of it as Riot Insurance. Without social programs, the masses eventually run riot. Even the Romans understood this.
I'd much rather see that Hubble money going into invading random countries here on Earth. Hell, don't they know that space is just a illusion by the Devil to convince us the world is more than six thousand years old?
It's not that it is racist - it's that it looks creepy to a lot of people - people out in the world (and not just in the South). Hey - I'm not saying anything needs to be done about it immediately, but folks need to stop using Ks in place of Cs. It's a small price to pay for not freaking people out. Remember-it's little superficial things like this that make people decide one thing over another.
I love KDE 3.2 - it seems as usable and intuitive as Windows 2000 but without the downsides. But KDE has a serious liability that needs to be addressed. It's that whole thing with using K in plade of other letters. I don't know if people know this, but in the South this was frequently done as a code to reveal a company's KKK affiliations. I know some smart people who will not use KDE for this reason. For them, it's like having to deal with a UI full of swastikas. My wife is one of them. Painful though this might be, they need to lose the Ks. It can still be KDE but Konqueror needs a name change. It sounds like a synonym for Hitler.
Hello? How about installing windshield wipers on the solar panels of the next Martian probe? Running out of power because of easil-eliminated dust is just plane STOOOOOPID.
I'm skeptical of information provided on web pages featuring starry backgrounds and bright blue text. It reminds me of UFO Abduction websites, Black Helicopter Life Cycle websites, and Heaven's Gate.
you think that TOS is crazy - once i went to a site that sells software to keep my clock updated, turn off those grey-background popups, make sure my paypal account stays valid, insure me against alien abduction, and make red lights turn green on my approach. Their TOS made me install a keylogger and PCAnywhere on my computer and give the webmaster complete access to my computer "so as to ensure that the terms of this contract are fulfilled." but what could I do? my computer was unusuable from popups and i kept hitting red lights!
it will be great when i can email myself to paris or mars or make a xerox of myself before getting risky surgery or going skydiving. that's all, really.
I had that exact same task when I lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn. I put a Dlink wireless hub on the roof and it served the top two floors and I could get the signal weakly even on the bottom floor. Another wireless hub on that floor provided coverage all the way to the basement right through old masonry walls. Total cost (including wire): $300. Throw a celebratory dance party with the remaining $6700 and you can probably provide ecstasy for free!
not that i hope this happens, but i'd be interested to see what exactly could be done about P2P networks if they were ruled to be illegal.
it would set a precedent for closing down the highway system - think of how it facilitates the distribution of pirate materials. never underestimate the bandwidth of a 1975 Dodge Dart full of DVDs.
And, as any fool knows, there isn't any possible environmental harm in the rampant killing of insects! If God didn't want us stomping bugs, why did He make them so funny looking?
Really, the only life forms humans need are cows, corn, wheat, potatoes, and marijuana.
Re:MS Business Model
on
SCO Offline
·
· Score: 4, Funny
well, a DDOS attack on MSN wouldn't look so good. all those subscribers in redneckistan with suddenly no homepage to click on. "Ethel Sue! The Inter-o-net ain't workin'" "Billy John, I done told you we should have went and got ourselves that there newfangled Verimazon Dee Ass El!"
every rose has its thorn
on
SCO Offline
·
· Score: 3, Insightful
A DDOS like this will have a trivial effect on a company like SCO, whose business model does not depend on its web site. For Microsoft, though, it really might cut into their bottom line and esteem as a company. Let's hope something good comes out of this idiocy.
Since when did CRAP become an obscenity needing *s in place of letters? Bro - you did this twice! What's next, we can't say "yellow" anymore because it's too suggestive of pee which is too suggestive of poo?
Slashdot Mirror
Witnesseth:
1. AIDS in Africa is being brought under control by his jihad against the virus that causes it (using the proven method of abstinence)
2. Osama is in fact "either dead or alive"
3. The Hubble is being scrapped as the first step to landing a Man on Mars
4.Global warming is behind us (because there need to be more studies)
The dead zone and these abandoned buildings seem like a prime laboratory for the study of what happens to unmaintained materials and objects. It also provides a stunning visual idea of how a post-human earth will look once a killer disease or neutron war finally wipes us all out. It's creepy looking at these pictures when you think that this is a snapshot of our future.
Microsoft standards are a strange and fleeting breed, a sort of sandy beach for the building of temporary castles and easily-outsourced IT careers. One moment it's all about VBScript ASP, then the next it's C# and .NET. And how many times has the .DOC format changed, just to keep people upgrading? Working within these shifting frameworks is a demoralizing experience. People like to feel that progress is happening in the world around them, that the things they are using stand on the shoulders of giants. With Microsoft standards, one gets the feeling that these giants are cut down every so often just to keep people locked in to an arbitrary and capricious upgrade strategy.
Okay, suggest something geeky nerds should love bush about! His learned curiosity? His fascination with why and how things work? His constant asking of questions and challenging of assumptions? Gimme a break. Bush is the anti-nerd!!!
It seems Microsoft is learning from the administration of GW Bush in this regard. When dealing with an opponent, claim that the opponent has your flaws, whether or not this is true. This strategy is tailored to a news media unaccustomed and unprepared to investigate or otherwise do any more than quote sources. It becomes Microsoft's word (excuse the pun) against the diffuse band of evil virus-writing hackers who also happen to write open source software.
Wait - what sort of person quits Mozilla after firing it up? I usually have at least five Mozilla windows open. The only time I have no Mozilla window open is immediately after a reboot. I suspect that for most users, Mozilla's absolute paging behavior (what happens when you quit it entirely) is a non-issue except how it handles the creation and destruction of additional windows beyond a certain low number.
remember when pocket protectors, mended thick-frame glasses and slide rules were uncool and people got swirlies for having them? i personally have seen the inside of a few too many toilet bowls. we geeks had to OWN those things before they became cool. the same goes for having home entertainment systems strapped awkwardly to our wrists. objectively speaking, they aren't any more absurd than a necktie, but provide much more utility. once Arnold Schwartzennegger unloads his klutzy Hummer and gets one of these, society will come around. people will stop taking you seriously if you DON'T have one.
1. Create a special place for something considered deviant.
2. Mandate that this is the only place where deviance can take place.
3. Eliminate special place for deviance.
4. ?????
5. Profit!
Just today I ordered some herbal viagra and a salve that will increase my memory, products I would have never known about were it not for helpful emails sent by well-meaning strangers. Perhaps people like me could be told about open source operating systems by similar methods. Perhaps the .iso installation files could be sent as attachments.
Actually, once you've done plumbing and electrical work, you realize any moron could do those as well. I wonder if rocket scientists have easy jobs, since it seems there is no job that seems difficult once you learn how to do it. Except computer housecall work. How the hell do you get rid of the MSN auto search "feature" in Internet Explorer?
whenever your tax money goes to Welfare Queens and members of racial groups whom you'd never let anywhere near your daughter, think of it as Riot Insurance. Without social programs, the masses eventually run riot. Even the Romans understood this.
I'd much rather see that Hubble money going into invading random countries here on Earth. Hell, don't they know that space is just a illusion by the Devil to convince us the world is more than six thousand years old?
I hate having to run all my old Windows 98 applications in the Windows XP emulation environment.
It's not that it is racist - it's that it looks creepy to a lot of people - people out in the world (and not just in the South). Hey - I'm not saying anything needs to be done about it immediately, but folks need to stop using Ks in place of Cs. It's a small price to pay for not freaking people out. Remember-it's little superficial things like this that make people decide one thing over another.
I love KDE 3.2 - it seems as usable and intuitive as Windows 2000 but without the downsides. But KDE has a serious liability that needs to be addressed. It's that whole thing with using K in plade of other letters. I don't know if people know this, but in the South this was frequently done as a code to reveal a company's KKK affiliations. I know some smart people who will not use KDE for this reason. For them, it's like having to deal with a UI full of swastikas. My wife is one of them. Painful though this might be, they need to lose the Ks. It can still be KDE but Konqueror needs a name change. It sounds like a synonym for Hitler.
Hello? How about installing windshield wipers on the solar panels of the next Martian probe? Running out of power because of easil-eliminated dust is just plane STOOOOOPID.
I'm skeptical of information provided on web pages featuring starry backgrounds and bright blue text. It reminds me of UFO Abduction websites, Black Helicopter Life Cycle websites, and Heaven's Gate.
you think that TOS is crazy - once i went to a site that sells software to keep my clock updated, turn off those grey-background popups, make sure my paypal account stays valid, insure me against alien abduction, and make red lights turn green on my approach. Their TOS made me install a keylogger and PCAnywhere on my computer and give the webmaster complete access to my computer "so as to ensure that the terms of this contract are fulfilled." but what could I do? my computer was unusuable from popups and i kept hitting red lights!
it will be great when i can email myself to paris or mars or make a xerox of myself before getting risky surgery or going skydiving. that's all, really.
I had that exact same task when I lived in a brownstone in Brooklyn. I put a Dlink wireless hub on the roof and it served the top two floors and I could get the signal weakly even on the bottom floor. Another wireless hub on that floor provided coverage all the way to the basement right through old masonry walls. Total cost (including wire): $300. Throw a celebratory dance party with the remaining $6700 and you can probably provide ecstasy for free!
not that i hope this happens, but i'd be interested to see what exactly could be done about P2P networks if they were ruled to be illegal. it would set a precedent for closing down the highway system - think of how it facilitates the distribution of pirate materials. never underestimate the bandwidth of a 1975 Dodge Dart full of DVDs.
And, as any fool knows, there isn't any possible environmental harm in the rampant killing of insects! If God didn't want us stomping bugs, why did He make them so funny looking? Really, the only life forms humans need are cows, corn, wheat, potatoes, and marijuana.
well, a DDOS attack on MSN wouldn't look so good. all those subscribers in redneckistan with suddenly no homepage to click on. "Ethel Sue! The Inter-o-net ain't workin'" "Billy John, I done told you we should have went and got ourselves that there newfangled Verimazon Dee Ass El!"
A DDOS like this will have a trivial effect on a company like SCO, whose business model does not depend on its web site. For Microsoft, though, it really might cut into their bottom line and esteem as a company. Let's hope something good comes out of this idiocy.
Since when did CRAP become an obscenity needing *s in place of letters? Bro - you did this twice! What's next, we can't say "yellow" anymore because it's too suggestive of pee which is too suggestive of poo?