It's true. Typically they only take cases that they believe will be easy to settle w/out ever going to court, too. Yet they always use the 'I'll fight for YOU' b.s. in their ad copy on the back of the phone book.
Do you have an invention but don't know how to protect it? For a minimal fee, we can help you patent your invention and ensure you don't end up like these people:
(old guy sitting in a lay-zee-boy chair):
You know 'The Clapper'? I had that idea years before it came out, but I didn't make a dime from it.
(Darl McBride, in orange jumpsuit):
You know UNIX? Linux? That was mine! They took it from me! They gave it away and I didn't make all the money that I deserved! It was mine, mine, MINE!
(Starts cursing, is injected w/ sedative by a guy in a white coat.)
Who else hates those contests in general? I just want to drink a Coke, and I get finding out I'm a loser thrown in. I don't need that. The ones with the codes are worse, I start worrying I may be throwing the cap away that would put my kids through college. Beer companies don't do that kind of crap to their customers. Drink more beer.
and saying that CatB is responsible for the Netscape decision is only slightly more vailid than saying that "The Manifesto of the Communist Party" was responsible for the 1916 Easter Rising.
Actually there's a funny bit in 'RevolutionOS' (the movie) where ESR goes on about how influential CatB was on the Netscape decision, then they cut to a former Netscape guy and he says 'well, it's one of the things we read, sure, but that was about it'.
Actually it might not be a bad thing if/. editors worked on such systems. If one system failed, before you knew there was a problem a duplicate system would take its place.
Besides, around 9 of your 10% will be in jail on drug charges, anyway........
And those prisoners who can program will do so for 23 cents an hour, opening new opportunities for the Fastows and Waksals as they themselves finish serving their prison terms! Hooray! Everything comes full circle!
The problem with that is even with advanced Internet search technology, you will still get results saying that Band X rules, others saying Band X sucks.
I work for Yahoo. Many of our web servers are powered by Java, and they're fast enough for us. Are you suggesting that your network performance needs are higher that frickin' Yahoo's?!?
Sometimes people with 'high performance needs' turn out to be doing incredibly inefficient things in the code itself. It's like, yes, an Olympic sprinter could move a bag of M&M's upstairs faster than me if we took one M&M each time, but if I just take the whole bag, I'll probably win.
See the story that's already been on Slashdot, that you saw in Wired before it was on Slashdot the first time, before the rest of the Slashdot masses see the story again!
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I've seen the cartoon, and it takes an entire tree to make a toothpick.
It's true. Typically they only take cases that they believe will be easy to settle w/out ever going to court, too. Yet they always use the 'I'll fight for YOU' b.s. in their ad copy on the back of the phone book.
AUTOZONE!
(Everyone tell them you heard about them thanks to SCO's frivolous lawsuit)
(old guy sitting in a lay-zee-boy chair):
You know 'The Clapper'? I had that idea years before it came out, but I didn't make a dime from it.
(Darl McBride, in orange jumpsuit):
You know UNIX? Linux? That was mine! They took it from me! They gave it away and I didn't make all the money that I deserved! It was mine, mine, MINE!
(Starts cursing, is injected w/ sedative by a guy in a white coat.)
Narrator: Don't let this happen to you!
(Phone number appears, and fade).
Not only did I not pick up the Napster cards, I bought the cassette of 'Truckin' Favorites'.
Way to pick the quality writers. What's next, an article on kernel hacking from whoever gets kicked off Survivor next week?
That's bad.
Who else hates those contests in general? I just want to drink a Coke, and I get finding out I'm a loser thrown in. I don't need that. The ones with the codes are worse, I start worrying I may be throwing the cap away that would put my kids through college. Beer companies don't do that kind of crap to their customers. Drink more beer.
Actually there's a funny bit in 'RevolutionOS' (the movie) where ESR goes on about how influential CatB was on the Netscape decision, then they cut to a former Netscape guy and he says 'well, it's one of the things we read, sure, but that was about it'.
Oh wait a minute, that is pretty bad.
When I build my own space shuttle, at least I don't have to write software for it.
Oh, like we look to Ol' Dirty Bastard for tech advice.
Actually it might not be a bad thing if /. editors worked on such systems. If one system failed, before you knew there was a problem a duplicate system would take its place.
And those prisoners who can program will do so for 23 cents an hour, opening new opportunities for the Fastows and Waksals as they themselves finish serving their prison terms! Hooray! Everything comes full circle!
As a subscriber, you got to see the dupe before the rest of us!
Is the moderator's 'Redundant' referring to parent post, or this story? I'm confused.
Also, by having in store PCs, you could log what people are searching for, and perhaps actually *stock* what people are after.
And that, my children, is the story of how all record stores transformed into adult bookstores.The problem with that is even with advanced Internet search technology, you will still get results saying that Band X rules, others saying Band X sucks.
Sometimes people with 'high performance needs' turn out to be doing incredibly inefficient things in the code itself. It's like, yes, an Olympic sprinter could move a bag of M&M's upstairs faster than me if we took one M&M each time, but if I just take the whole bag, I'll probably win.
Well, don't count all your chickens before they've hatched, esp if you put them in the same basket.
See the story that's already been on Slashdot, that you saw in Wired before it was on Slashdot the first time, before the rest of the Slashdot masses see the story again!
There are still plenty of other ways to lose your shirt in the stock market.
Maybe...CowboyNeal spoofed the Microsoft URL! <Gasp!>
The tobacco companies have MUCH better lobbyists than the virus writers do.
Your sig is comedy gold!