>programmers find it extremely easy to work on.Net and other related technologies
I find.NET to be a convoluted platform for programming. I'd much rather use technologies readily available for Linux/Solaris/Mac OS X.
>hassle free and rapid support from Microsoft
Sure hasn't been my experience. Slow support with major hassles is more like it even when you pay good money for it.
Nope, some of us like pun for pun's sake! And, dude, you missed such an opportunity. You could have said, "...when I say that your post is udderly worthless."
So much for carefully reading what I post...
I wrote: One person didn't not create the Internet..
Which, of course, should be: One person did not create the Internet...
Mod me down for being an idiot:)
Give me a break. One man or woman is never the saviour of anything. Titles like the one on this Slashdot article are sensational garbage. One person didn't not create the Internet and one person will never have the power to destroy it or save it.
If Einstein were alive today and had just created the General Theory of Relativity would he have published it or attempted to turn it into something patentable?
Does it strike anyone else odd that a group of people who, in general, know nothing about technology are trying to regulate/create laws regarding the Internet? I can't imagine that any discussion held by these leaders would have any merit. In fact, if anyone with a technology background were to listen in it would be like listening to a bunch of grade school children trying to have an informative discussion about Quantum Physics.
What *would* make a great movie is having the asteroid mover not do its job correctly sending the asteroid into NYC instead of into the desert of Arizona. If only they had left the asteroid alone...
...but I am under contractual obligation to not whine.
I can imagine that being under contract to not whine will mean that people will come up with creative ways to whine without really whining. Reminds me of a conversation I had last night. I am recent transplant to The South and was told that there were phrases in use here that didn't mean what they really mean. For example, if you tell someone something like "I just inherited a million dollars" they will reply be saying "That's nice."...which really means F*ck you.
So, image code words and phrases will be created to allow whining without breaching the contract.
I'd like to hit you with a Dirac Delta, slap you with a sampling theorem, and then have Shannon kick your ass. Fourier will be here to escort your butt out of the room.
"remove all sounds below 20Hz before going onto CD, as that increases the dynamic range of remaining frequencies"
Sounds like an opportunity for a class action lawsuit. Everyone who played the CD on their windows system would be eligible....good opportunity for a group of lawyers to get rich. (The members of the action never do.)
... that some percentage of the iTunes using community wanted to see what one of these videos looked like and spent a couple of bucks to see. Initial sales numbers may not be indicative. I bought one video just to see what it was like. I don't plan to buy any more of them.
>the submitter has no idea wtf he's talking about in regards to the financing of this project
There was nothing wrong with the poster's use of a reference to a federally funded project in the posting as a contrast to spending dollars for a DTV subsidy.
Money made by the auction of the spectrum can be spent any way the federal government wants to spend it. The person who wrote the article is making the point that while we are laying off talented engineers from JPL (who are doing something worthwhile) we are considering spending the money on helping the masses get digital television (which has debatable value).
You may disagree that subsidizing DTV has little value which you can argue for, but take aim on the topic rather than the poster.
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>programmers find it extremely easy to work on .Net and other related technologies
I find .NET to be a convoluted platform for programming. I'd much rather use technologies readily available for Linux/Solaris/Mac OS X.
>hassle free and rapid support from Microsoft
Sure hasn't been my experience. Slow support with major hassles is more like it even when you pay good money for it.
Nope, some of us like pun for pun's sake! And, dude, you missed such an opportunity. You could have said, "...when I say that your post is udderly worthless."
Yeah, but he had formulas, data, charts and stuff. Even used those funny greek symbols and had partial differential equations. It must be right. :)
An Anthem with a different tune. :)
You are making Ayn roll in her grave. :)
I am sure Microsoft was just doing whatever was in our best interest. :)
Powerbook tattoo!
Deities not included.
Since you are collecting them...
Your a bleepin' SEGA Fanboy.
There you go. You will eventually be a Fanboy of all game systems.
So much for carefully reading what I post... I wrote: One person didn't not create the Internet.. Which, of course, should be: One person did not create the Internet... Mod me down for being an idiot :)
Give me a break. One man or woman is never the saviour of anything. Titles like the one on this Slashdot article are sensational garbage. One person didn't not create the Internet and one person will never have the power to destroy it or save it.
If Einstein were alive today and had just created the General Theory of Relativity would he have published it or attempted to turn it into something patentable?
Does it strike anyone else odd that a group of people who, in general, know nothing about technology are trying to regulate/create laws regarding the Internet? I can't imagine that any discussion held by these leaders would have any merit. In fact, if anyone with a technology background were to listen in it would be like listening to a bunch of grade school children trying to have an informative discussion about Quantum Physics.
What *would* make a great movie is having the asteroid mover not do its job correctly sending the asteroid into NYC instead of into the desert of Arizona. If only they had left the asteroid alone...
That's nice.
...but I am under contractual obligation to not whine.
I can imagine that being under contract to not whine will mean that people will come up with creative ways to whine without really whining. Reminds me of a conversation I had last night. I am recent transplant to The South and was told that there were phrases in use here that didn't mean what they really mean. For example, if you tell someone something like "I just inherited a million dollars" they will reply be saying "That's nice." ...which really means F*ck you.
So, image code words and phrases will be created to allow whining without breaching the contract.
10K units for pricing is *way* to small. You should be looking at pricing if it were 1 million units or more.
Detachable or fold-out keyboard...that will end badly.
...while looking at the big guy in front of me who I just insulted. :)
Remember the other defintions of Singularity. They probably apply more than the one MS picked.
- point where a mathematical function goes to infinity or is in certain other ways ill-behaved
- so massive it implodes in on itself to become a black hole, etc
I'd like to hit you with a Dirac Delta, slap you with a sampling theorem, and then have Shannon kick your ass. Fourier will be here to escort your butt out of the room.
"remove all sounds below 20Hz before going onto CD, as that increases the dynamic range of remaining frequencies"
Uh, ok...show your math please.
Sounds like an opportunity for a class action lawsuit. Everyone who played the CD on their windows system would be eligible. ...good opportunity for a group of lawyers to get rich. (The members of the action never do.)
... that some percentage of the iTunes using community wanted to see what one of these videos looked like and spent a couple of bucks to see. Initial sales numbers may not be indicative. I bought one video just to see what it was like. I don't plan to buy any more of them.
It is the year 2015. I have a petabyte in my iPod.
>the submitter has no idea wtf he's talking about in regards to the financing of this project
There was nothing wrong with the poster's use of a reference to a federally funded project in the posting as a contrast to spending dollars for a DTV subsidy.
Money made by the auction of the spectrum can be spent any way the federal government wants to spend it. The person who wrote the article is making the point that while we are laying off talented engineers from JPL (who are doing something worthwhile) we are considering spending the money on helping the masses get digital television (which has debatable value).
You may disagree that subsidizing DTV has little value which you can argue for, but take aim on the topic rather than the poster.