You have a whole bunch of people wanting to make money off Linux. So the first order of business is to end the free distribution of Linux. It obviously hurts the bottom line. So you hire a whole busload of lawyers and lobbyists and you kick the legs out from under Linux. Slap a copyright on your kernel and then sue everyone whose kernel looks like yours (duh). Then you end up with several flavors and everything locked down tight as the proverbial fist.
Never underestimate the power of lawyers and politicans to fuck things up.
My guess is that Windows will eventually collapse under its own weight. I remember when Macs were SOOO much easier to use than DOS machines and we still weren't buying Macs. I'm an old COBOL banger and I installed Linux at home and I use it. It is not only simple, it uses a LOT less memory.
Unix is fast and stable. Is NT? I don't think so. NT is a bloated pig and Unix is now easier to install and maintain. Do the math.
If Clinton can get 900 FBI files of his political enemies and get away with it, what makes any of you think you can have privacy? Nixon was hounded from office for this same type of thing.
Geez, folks. The time to defend your privacy has come and gone. If the police are allowing looters to smash your windows and take your stuff, yelling "STOP" isn't going to help.
Is this guy is so smart, why doesn't he know the definition of the word "censorship"? Censorship means the government forbids the exercise of some form of speech. This guy's desire to download porn at the library doesn't fall in the jurisdiction. He is free to go home and download alt.nudie.preteens all he wants.
He also doesn't know the meaning of the word "fundamentalist". How smart could he be?
I prefer the old Internet where anarchy ruled. If you wanted to post something, you just posted it instead of all these rules designed to protect someone's words. USENET was a free-ranging anything-goes town where people respected free speech more than they bowed to the New York Times' silly rules. Now, it is the land of oppressive censorship where everyone is expected to have their own lawyer.
Oh well, put us old anarchist gray beards out to pasture before some millionaire sues us not limiting his story to 231 words and linking to his "$5 an article" archive.
My experience is that 50% of contractors are people who can't get jobs elsewhere. You can get good programmers by giving them a career track that doesn't involve management and treating them like humans. It's easier than you think.
You killed your own argument. Congress...not the State. States are free to create their own rules. You are arguing against the right of religious expression. It's like arguing against free speech using the argument that some speech offends people so we should eliminate all public speech.
Wild. I met a guy from Britain who played in a band (holds the attendance record at Madison Square Garden) and he ordered a double-whiskey at the bar. I thought it was a fluke.
He splained me the curries and recommended Boddingtons.
The young grads generally do not come out of school understanding corporate logic, environment or politics. Us old timers do. Long hours for cheaper wages mean nothing to a corporation. That is just done to entertain a manager and make him feel important. They want applications that arrive on time and work and a staff willing to accept blame and fix whatever messes up....even if they weren't the guilty party. I found out a long time ago that long hours meant nothing in the long run. You need to be tall, have nice hair and act confident. The reason most young programmers work long hours is because they are learning the systems and real-life coding techniques like standards. In the long run, the company only cares if you have created something. That something you created can be used to blackmail them into keeping and paying you.
I use Amazon when they throw me a $10 coupon. CDNow does it too but they demand I spend at least $14.95 before shipping. Fergitit. HardrockOnline gives me 20% off and free shipping. I wear a hole in that.
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You must have more money than coca-cola. If you do, it is yours.
You have a whole bunch of people wanting to make money off Linux. So the first order of business is to end the free distribution of Linux. It obviously hurts the bottom line. So you hire a whole busload of lawyers and lobbyists and you kick the legs out from under Linux. Slap a copyright on your kernel and then sue everyone whose kernel looks like yours (duh). Then you end up with several flavors and everything locked down tight as the proverbial fist.
Never underestimate the power of lawyers and politicans to fuck things up.
The letter X is finished too. It won't survive the week.
My guess is that Windows will eventually collapse under its own weight. I remember when Macs were SOOO much easier to use than DOS machines and we still weren't buying Macs. I'm an old COBOL banger and I installed Linux at home and I use it. It is not only simple, it uses a LOT less memory.
Unix is fast and stable. Is NT? I don't think so. NT is a bloated pig and Unix is now easier to install and maintain. Do the math.
Bill Clinton and Janet Reno saying "All is well" makes me want to lock myself into my Y2K bunker and binge on Spam.
Here's the deal.
Company BACorp gives PC's to its employees. One employee, Chester, turns his into a kiddie porn server. He gets busted. Who gets sued?
Hint: The people with the most money.
why are HR employees (especially at high-tech companies) so increadibly stupid?
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You mean they have trouble spelling words like incredible?
HR tends to be the dumping ground for misfit employees.
If Clinton can get 900 FBI files of his political enemies and get away with it, what makes any of you think you can have privacy? Nixon was hounded from office for this same type of thing.
Geez, folks. The time to defend your privacy has come and gone. If the police are allowing looters to smash your windows and take your stuff, yelling "STOP" isn't going to help.
Is this guy is so smart, why doesn't he know the definition of the word "censorship"? Censorship means the government forbids the exercise of some form of speech. This guy's desire to download porn at the library doesn't fall in the jurisdiction. He is free to go home and download alt.nudie.preteens all he wants.
He also doesn't know the meaning of the word "fundamentalist". How smart could he be?
Interbase runs on Linux as well. It's limited to 32 TB though.
I'd come outside for sure. And drive my ass as far away as I could.
He was great at getting laid, that's fer sure. And if they didn't want it, he'd smack 'em around a little. Bill Clinton: The Penthouse President.
Oops, Larry Flynt is gonna sic Dan Moldea on me for stealing his president.
I prefer the old Internet where anarchy ruled. If you wanted to post something, you just posted it instead of all these rules designed to protect someone's words. USENET was a free-ranging anything-goes town where people respected free speech more than they bowed to the New York Times' silly rules. Now, it is the land of oppressive censorship where everyone is expected to have their own lawyer.
Oh well, put us old anarchist gray beards out to pasture before some millionaire sues us not limiting his story to 231 words and linking to his "$5 an article" archive.
Why do we need these things? What is the advantage over a CD or cassette Walkman?
The trenchcoat caused the crime. Ban trenchcoats!!
So the Nazis didn't kill the Jews, the gas chambers did. Amazing.
BTW while you are wishing away the guns, wish me a Corvette.
My experience is that 50% of contractors are people who can't get jobs elsewhere. You can get good programmers by giving them a career track that doesn't involve management and treating them like humans. It's easier than you think.
You killed your own argument. Congress...not the State. States are free to create their own rules. You are arguing against the right of religious expression. It's like arguing against free speech using the argument that some speech offends people so we should eliminate all public speech.
Wild. I met a guy from Britain who played in a band (holds the attendance record at Madison Square Garden) and he ordered a double-whiskey at the bar. I thought it was a fluke.
He splained me the curries and recommended Boddingtons.
No. I blew every dime when I was in my 20's. Had a good time too. Now I spend it on my kids.
The young grads generally do not come out of school understanding corporate logic, environment or politics. Us old timers do. Long hours for cheaper wages mean nothing to a corporation. That is just done to entertain a manager and make him feel important. They want applications that arrive on time and work and a staff willing to accept blame and fix whatever messes up....even if they weren't the guilty party. I found out a long time ago that long hours meant nothing in the long run. You need to be tall, have nice hair and act confident.
The reason most young programmers work long hours is because they are learning the systems and real-life coding techniques like standards. In the long run, the company only cares if you have created something. That something you created can be used to blackmail them into keeping and paying you.
I'm 40. Guess I should go shopping for a walker.
I use Amazon when they throw me a $10 coupon. CDNow does it too but they demand I spend at least $14.95 before shipping. Fergitit. HardrockOnline gives me 20% off and free shipping. I wear a hole in that.