Your personal identity made a choice to use one OS or another based on your personal identity's knowledge. So if your personal identity chooses to run vista, your personal identity is either uninformed about Vista (some people might use the term 'idiot' here--especially if your personal identity lays claim to being 'knowledgeable' about computers), or a masochist.
Unfortunately, there's a whole bunch of us who work for companies that DO owe us something in exchange for work called a year-end bonus. It's calculated as part of compensation on top of base, and some of us take a cut in base compensation on the promise of that bonus. It's part of your negotiated overall compensation package. Getting screwed out of it can be a really big hit for some of us.
Well--I hope you got all these promises written down and signed in something called a 'contract'.
If you don't have an employment contract, the only thing you are guaranteed for your hours of labor is a paycheck. No bonus. No christmas party. No free iPhone or gPhone. Just a paycheck.
It's also a bad financial strategy to plan on something that you don't have.
Yeah, stop complaining, I'd work at google for an android phone:D
Google are you watching? It must sure be better, more fun and interesting than sitting here:D
No kidding. I wish my employer did something for Christmas. Last year, it was a steak dinner and 50% of my paycheck as a bonus. Not exactly a huge haul--but it's nice they gave me something.
This year however, times are tough. No Christmas dinner/party, and no bonus--which isn't a big deal, because they owe me nothing in exchange for my work except a paycheck.
So the employees should be glad Google was a compassionate enough company to give them anything at all.
What the fuck are you talking about? The dogfood comment is about what you use in house. Do you think Oracle uses mysql in house?
Do you think Microsoft uses Windows in-house?
Well, they do--but they didn't, and shouldn't have switched.
My favorite quote is: "As we will see when discussing load balancing, the license cost of Windows software is a major consideration when converting from the unencumbered UNIX implementations."
You're stupid enough to try that? The answer would be obvious if you weren't such an amazing moron. Hint: It is a simple convention that doesn't require any additional cooperation on your part, but it is reserved for the very stupidest of the stupid. Worth a nickel a dozen versus the dime a dozen.
Why don't you take the easy way out and just designate me a foe. You've removed any doubts on my part that you are a sufficiently worthy idiot. Probably you're just another one of pudge's sock puppets.
I'm done feeding the trolls for the moment.
It's funny though to see how said you don't have enough time, but you sit here and argue pointlessly with me... Meh.
Your only purpose in life is to designate me as your foe. Please complete your purpose. I certainly have no other use for you. On today's/. dickheads like you are a dime a dozen.
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. How will it screw with your head if I friend you?
Nor am I interested in arguing with fools. Please designate me as your foe so I won't see any more of your crap, either.
But apparently you have enough time to read slashdot stories and post half-assed replies to slashdot.
It seems like what you're saying is "I'm right, but I don't have time to prove it to you. Just trust that I'm right."
Just so you know how that comes across to other people is "I'm a moron. I don't have an argument, so I'm going to try to make you feel bad for questioning me. But trust me...I'm a moron".
"I sure hope his delivery was good... either that, or you have a simpleton's sense of humor."
If he's easily amused, he might be in for a life full of amusement.
You on the other hand should lighten up. Seriously.:)
It wasn't really the delivery or a simple sense of humor--it was more the absurdity of it. I mean--how many times in life do you find yourself awake at 5 AM in a room full of people who have been up for 24 hours, standing in a circle around the body of a dead cowboy they just finished performing CPR on unsuccessfully, talking about what they are going to do for the rest of the day...and then someone says "Those are some sweet lookin' boots...you know--he'd never miss 'em"?
The jokes are not for the departed, they are for those of us who still remain and have to live on with the memories. If it is disrespectful to take care of one's self, then so be it. They are dead, they won't care. Trust me.
I remember the strangest situation where a guy died in the middle of a huge folk concert with all his family around. We couldn't wait there for hours until the coroner arrived, so instead we transported him back to the station and had him sitting on the bay floor, covered with a tarp. Only his boots were sticking out.
We were doing shift-change, and my partner made a crack about needing a new pair of boots and how the guy wouldn't miss 'em. I laughed so hard my sides hurt for days. It certainly wouldn't be appropriate for the family to hear, but making jokes and laughing about it helps a lot of people grieve, get over the stress of the situation, or just plain feel better.
I'm with you and Scotty.
Drink to her memory, drink to the life she lived, and have another for all the times she made me laugh, smile, or just glade to hear her voice.
We'll all miss her, but we'll also remember her.
It's difficult to stomach, but go grab a bottle of whiskey and some green food coloring. Make yourself a nice bottle of Aldebren Whiskey ala "Relics" (TNG 230). Then fire up "Cost of Living" (TNG 220).
Please designate me as your foe so I won't notice any of your feebleminded and hopeless crap in the future. I should at least point out some of your internal contradictions where you are by definition lying on on at least one side--but you aren't worth it.
Why? I've decided I've suffered far too many fools, if not gladly, then at least without saying much about it.
Way to go out of your way to prove you are 'right'. I especially like where you call his crap feebleminded. You know, that's how the church was convinced the world wasn't flat anymore. They didn't show any sort of scientific data, they just called the pope feebleminded.
No, he's saying that users don't give a shit about the ACID test.
If I told your mum about IE not rendering the ACID3 page properly she would say "Well what moron would make a page that people can't see properly?".
Well, yeah--if you phrase it that way. But instead try phrasing it a bit different:
Hey Mom--did you know that there is a set of standards that describe how web pages look and feel?
No.
Well, there are--and did you know that Microsoft has the least compatible web browser around? And did you know that since their browser comes pre-installed on a huge percentage of computers sold every year, that it has a huge market share?
I didn't. That's pretty stupid.
You're right, mom. It is stupid. Instead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, would you like me to install Mozilla Firefox? It looks almost exactly like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but it's faster, more secure, crashes less, and displays web pages correctly?
Sure son, that would be swell.
See? I can hold my own straw-man conversations with fictitious characters.
It's not defective by design, it's defective by popular demand. This is hardly Microsoft's fault. You could say they've been doing everything in their power the last couple years to deter people from actually using their browser.
You're saying users are actually demanding a non-standards compliant browser? Users are actually demanding a browser that is totally and completely embedded into the OS? Hmm... This is the first I've heard of those demands.
I'm not sure what you're implying about Microsoft trying to deter people from using their browser...if they really wanted to do that, they'd preload firefox.
Internet Explorer: Holding the Web Back Since 2001!
*tap tap*
(sounds of hard disk seeking like crazy)
(IE 8 splash screen appears)
Wow. This is a nice preview of IE 8.
It looks nice and flashy--sorta reminds me of Vista. Let's go look at a web site.
*click, clickity, tap, tap, click* rooted
well I have vista with UAC enabled, so I'm not too worried. All browsers have security holes.
Yeah--Just like every car has it's problems, that why I choose to drive a Yugo. I mean--why go with a quality car that has fewer problems, when you could get a POS Yugo? All cars break eventually, so why not get one that will break within 5 minutes of owning it?
Even better, get one with no door locks, or even doors themselves--because all cars have security weaknesses...
Seriously folks, this is getting to the point of horseshit. I have yet to hear anyone actually DEFEND these changes;
Seriously folks, this is so fucking annoying. I've never heard anyone actually DEFEND getting kicked repeatedly in the nuts and punched in the face. WTF is wrong with all of you. Someone PLEASE stand up and pretend to like idle, or I'll have to use words like horseshit which freaks out my spell-checker because it's not a real word like fuck. (It suggests 'horses hit' by the way.)
Thanks for the tip. I actually wasn't saying, or even meaning to imply, that you should avoid WD. (I've had drives from all the major brands die at one time or another.) I really, literally only meant, "Hey! WD doesn't have their warranty info straight! If you bought a drive thinking you had a 5-year warranty, go online and check, and here's how to fix it." It would suck to have one die at 3.5 years and find out THEN that they thought you were only covered for 3.
No worries--I am a WD customer for life. I currently have 15 active WD drives in my house. Most of them are in the 3-5 year range, but at least 4 are in the 6-8 year range, and one is a few months away from hitting 10 years. (It's in the machine running my firewall--if it dies, I just pop in another CD, load up pfSense, and restore the config file)
That is to say - the encrypted media can be verified prior to shipping, perhaps even with the aid of a script.
Perhaps--but backups via the network can be entirely automated.
Via a package delivery service, someone has to verify the media, address and pack, arrange for a pickup, hand-off the media, do something with the tracking number (maybe email it to me), I have to do something with the tracking number, someone has to receive the package and sign for it, someone has to verify the tracking number to make sure shipments of customer data haven't been lost, unpack the media, examine it for defects, insert it into the drive and make sure it came out on the other end in the same condition as it went in, and then toss it in the archive pile, and then finally after some amount of time--it must be destroyed.
Psst - I dunno if you know, but people can sniff your network traffic! Really, fer real! Mum's the word, OK!
This is DR, folks, it ain't that hard.
Yeah, that's why you encrypt your traffic.
And before you say 'encrypt the DVD', if there's an error, a scratch, or whatever, the DVD is somewhat worthless. A network, however has the ability to recognize the error and retransmit... It's a lot faster than your general package handlers...
Not to mention, I'd hate to be in the situation of explaining to my boss that the file he needs restored immediately will be here in about 5 days--after all, we shipped UPS ground.
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It's not my personal identity
Your personal identity made a choice to use one OS or another based on your personal identity's knowledge. So if your personal identity chooses to run vista, your personal identity is either uninformed about Vista (some people might use the term 'idiot' here--especially if your personal identity lays claim to being 'knowledgeable' about computers), or a masochist.
Yet another misuse of the term "brick".
Apparently you are unaware of Eric S. Raymond. A geek who appointed himself to be in charge of all geek definitions.
Apparently you don't know the definition of bricked.
In the article, Shuttleworth says they're working with KDE.
What? you actually RTF? I thought people stopped doing that here around 2004?
Back in 2005, they posted an article that we're supposed to start reading the articles again. Didn't you read it?
Unfortunately, there's a whole bunch of us who work for companies that DO owe us something in exchange for work called a year-end bonus. It's calculated as part of compensation on top of base, and some of us take a cut in base compensation on the promise of that bonus. It's part of your negotiated overall compensation package. Getting screwed out of it can be a really big hit for some of us.
Well--I hope you got all these promises written down and signed in something called a 'contract'.
If you don't have an employment contract, the only thing you are guaranteed for your hours of labor is a paycheck. No bonus. No christmas party. No free iPhone or gPhone. Just a paycheck.
It's also a bad financial strategy to plan on something that you don't have.
Yeah, stop complaining, I'd work at google for an android phone :D
Google are you watching? It must sure be better, more fun and interesting than sitting here :D
No kidding. I wish my employer did something for Christmas. Last year, it was a steak dinner and 50% of my paycheck as a bonus. Not exactly a huge haul--but it's nice they gave me something.
This year however, times are tough. No Christmas dinner/party, and no bonus--which isn't a big deal, because they owe me nothing in exchange for my work except a paycheck.
So the employees should be glad Google was a compassionate enough company to give them anything at all.
What the fuck are you talking about? The dogfood comment is about what you use in house. Do you think Oracle uses mysql in house?
Do you think Microsoft uses Windows in-house?
Well, they do--but they didn't, and shouldn't have switched.
My favorite quote is: "As we will see when discussing load balancing, the license cost of Windows software is a major consideration when converting from the unencumbered UNIX implementations."
You're stupid enough to try that? The answer would be obvious if you weren't such an amazing moron. Hint: It is a simple convention that doesn't require any additional cooperation on your part, but it is reserved for the very stupidest of the stupid. Worth a nickel a dozen versus the dime a dozen.
Why don't you take the easy way out and just designate me a foe. You've removed any doubts on my part that you are a sufficiently worthy idiot. Probably you're just another one of pudge's sock puppets.
I'm done feeding the trolls for the moment.
It's funny though to see how said you don't have enough time, but you sit here and argue pointlessly with me... Meh.
Your only purpose in life is to designate me as your foe. Please complete your purpose. I certainly have no other use for you. On today's /. dickheads like you are a dime a dozen.
Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer. How will it screw with your head if I friend you?
Nor am I interested in arguing with fools. Please designate me as your foe so I won't see any more of your crap, either.
But apparently you have enough time to read slashdot stories and post half-assed replies to slashdot.
It seems like what you're saying is "I'm right, but I don't have time to prove it to you. Just trust that I'm right."
Just so you know how that comes across to other people is "I'm a moron. I don't have an argument, so I'm going to try to make you feel bad for questioning me. But trust me...I'm a moron".
Keep up the good work.
Wait, did you just call your mom a fictitious character?
Yes. I'm fairly certain she never existed.
"I sure hope his delivery was good... either that, or you have a simpleton's sense of humor." If he's easily amused, he might be in for a life full of amusement. You on the other hand should lighten up. Seriously. :)
It wasn't really the delivery or a simple sense of humor--it was more the absurdity of it. I mean--how many times in life do you find yourself awake at 5 AM in a room full of people who have been up for 24 hours, standing in a circle around the body of a dead cowboy they just finished performing CPR on unsuccessfully, talking about what they are going to do for the rest of the day...and then someone says "Those are some sweet lookin' boots...you know--he'd never miss 'em"?
I was amazed at how many sites i regularly frequent that are now plastered in ads and horrible to use.
You're actually part of the problem. For every user with Firefox and AdBlock, they have to double the amount of ads shown to IE users.
Boy, you'd never make it in EMS...
The jokes are not for the departed, they are for those of us who still remain and have to live on with the memories. If it is disrespectful to take care of one's self, then so be it. They are dead, they won't care. Trust me.
I remember the strangest situation where a guy died in the middle of a huge folk concert with all his family around. We couldn't wait there for hours until the coroner arrived, so instead we transported him back to the station and had him sitting on the bay floor, covered with a tarp. Only his boots were sticking out.
We were doing shift-change, and my partner made a crack about needing a new pair of boots and how the guy wouldn't miss 'em. I laughed so hard my sides hurt for days. It certainly wouldn't be appropriate for the family to hear, but making jokes and laughing about it helps a lot of people grieve, get over the stress of the situation, or just plain feel better.
A Kirk/Spock comparision would have been more appropiate
Actually, a Spock/Bones comparison would have been better.
Bones? AAAAAGH. *sob*
While you're at it, why don't you give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it.
I'm with you and Scotty. Drink to her memory, drink to the life she lived, and have another for all the times she made me laugh, smile, or just glade to hear her voice. We'll all miss her, but we'll also remember her.
It's difficult to stomach, but go grab a bottle of whiskey and some green food coloring. Make yourself a nice bottle of Aldebren Whiskey ala "Relics" (TNG 230). Then fire up "Cost of Living" (TNG 220).
Please designate me as your foe so I won't notice any of your feebleminded and hopeless crap in the future. I should at least point out some of your internal contradictions where you are by definition lying on on at least one side--but you aren't worth it.
Why? I've decided I've suffered far too many fools, if not gladly, then at least without saying much about it.
Way to go out of your way to prove you are 'right'. I especially like where you call his crap feebleminded. You know, that's how the church was convinced the world wasn't flat anymore. They didn't show any sort of scientific data, they just called the pope feebleminded.
No, he's saying that users don't give a shit about the ACID test.
If I told your mum about IE not rendering the ACID3 page properly she would say "Well what moron would make a page that people can't see properly?".
Well, yeah--if you phrase it that way. But instead try phrasing it a bit different:
Hey Mom--did you know that there is a set of standards that describe how web pages look and feel?
No.
Well, there are--and did you know that Microsoft has the least compatible web browser around? And did you know that since their browser comes pre-installed on a huge percentage of computers sold every year, that it has a huge market share?
I didn't. That's pretty stupid.
You're right, mom. It is stupid. Instead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, would you like me to install Mozilla Firefox? It looks almost exactly like Microsoft's Internet Explorer, but it's faster, more secure, crashes less, and displays web pages correctly?
Sure son, that would be swell.
See? I can hold my own straw-man conversations with fictitious characters.
I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to surrepetitiously sign up people to your mailing list.
Easy--just send a self-addressed stamped envelope, along with a $5 signup fee to crazy-nutjobs@aol.com
It's not defective by design, it's defective by popular demand. This is hardly Microsoft's fault. You could say they've been doing everything in their power the last couple years to deter people from actually using their browser.
You're saying users are actually demanding a non-standards compliant browser? Users are actually demanding a browser that is totally and completely embedded into the OS? Hmm... This is the first I've heard of those demands.
I'm not sure what you're implying about Microsoft trying to deter people from using their browser...if they really wanted to do that, they'd preload firefox.
How about:
Internet Explorer: Holding the Web Back Since 2001!
*tap tap*
(sounds of hard disk seeking like crazy)
(IE 8 splash screen appears)
Wow. This is a nice preview of IE 8.
It looks nice and flashy--sorta reminds me of Vista. Let's go look at a web site.
*click, clickity, tap, tap, click*
rooted
well I have vista with UAC enabled, so I'm not too worried. All browsers have security holes.
Yeah--Just like every car has it's problems, that why I choose to drive a Yugo. I mean--why go with a quality car that has fewer problems, when you could get a POS Yugo? All cars break eventually, so why not get one that will break within 5 minutes of owning it?
Even better, get one with no door locks, or even doors themselves--because all cars have security weaknesses...
Seriously folks, this is getting to the point of horseshit. I have yet to hear anyone actually DEFEND these changes;
Seriously folks, this is so fucking annoying. I've never heard anyone actually DEFEND getting kicked repeatedly in the nuts and punched in the face. WTF is wrong with all of you. Someone PLEASE stand up and pretend to like idle, or I'll have to use words like horseshit which freaks out my spell-checker because it's not a real word like fuck. (It suggests 'horses hit' by the way.)
Thanks for the tip. I actually wasn't saying, or even meaning to imply, that you should avoid WD. (I've had drives from all the major brands die at one time or another.) I really, literally only meant, "Hey! WD doesn't have their warranty info straight! If you bought a drive thinking you had a 5-year warranty, go online and check, and here's how to fix it." It would suck to have one die at 3.5 years and find out THEN that they thought you were only covered for 3.
No worries--I am a WD customer for life. I currently have 15 active WD drives in my house. Most of them are in the 3-5 year range, but at least 4 are in the 6-8 year range, and one is a few months away from hitting 10 years. (It's in the machine running my firewall--if it dies, I just pop in another CD, load up pfSense, and restore the config file)
That is to say - the encrypted media can be verified prior to shipping, perhaps even with the aid of a script.
Perhaps--but backups via the network can be entirely automated.
Via a package delivery service, someone has to verify the media, address and pack, arrange for a pickup, hand-off the media, do something with the tracking number (maybe email it to me), I have to do something with the tracking number, someone has to receive the package and sign for it, someone has to verify the tracking number to make sure shipments of customer data haven't been lost, unpack the media, examine it for defects, insert it into the drive and make sure it came out on the other end in the same condition as it went in, and then toss it in the archive pile, and then finally after some amount of time--it must be destroyed.
The network is easier.
Psst - I dunno if you know, but people can sniff your network traffic! Really, fer real! Mum's the word, OK!
This is DR, folks, it ain't that hard.
Yeah, that's why you encrypt your traffic.
And before you say 'encrypt the DVD', if there's an error, a scratch, or whatever, the DVD is somewhat worthless. A network, however has the ability to recognize the error and retransmit... It's a lot faster than your general package handlers...
Not to mention, I'd hate to be in the situation of explaining to my boss that the file he needs restored immediately will be here in about 5 days--after all, we shipped UPS ground.