Longhorn will no doubt come with some compelling features that will make Linux a harder sell.
Please - no flames - but isn't that kinda backwards? The whole case Linux Zealots have been trying to prove is that Linux is better than Windows. Now are we afraid that Microsoft will get better and force Linux to get better too? Don't we want Microsoft products to get better? I know I do, even if Linux is still a better option. C'mon man, they aren't really evil, they're just big. I hope the next Windows OS is the WhizBang MS Solution to OS X. I hope the same for Linux distros. I hope the next version of Mac OS is better too. We're all going to have to deal with them (Windows users) at some point, lets hope for the best possible OS Microsoft can develop. I'd like to believe that all platforms will be stable, secure, and scalable for beginners to tech users.
the company i used to work for used an eletronic dorr lock system made by a company called ilco. ilco was bought by a company called unican. the new company was ilco-unican. my boss set the password for the lock box to ilcomenu, his seeing ilcomenu. i saw i'll come in you.
nothing could suprise him more than when i explained my mnemonic device to him later.
What i find even more frusterating are the jobs listed on monster, hotjobs, etc that are headhunting companies attemtping to fill positions for other firms. i usually get a phone interview w/ some asshole that knows nothing about the actual specifics of the job other than a list of requirements.
They're constantly trying to talk you down on salary. The first communication he'll indicate the job is paying between $20 and $25 an hour based on relavant experience. By the next call, it's down to $20 to $22. By the third call it's $20, and if you make it even further you find out it's even less. "$18.65 an hour?!? I'm making more than that now! I thought you said $20! What do you mean up to $20.
I usually find the best leads are from friends, contacts, and former co-workers whose companies are hiring.
Apple zealots will rejoice to know they aren't being left out. Apple is currently in R&D for their own scent solution, currently called iSmell.
HP plans on branding their on version, based on Apple's technology. HP will call their version iSmellHP. Critics are a little worried over HP's naming though. One alpha tester was quoted as saying "Did that guy say I Smell like pee?!?"
Mr. Habeeeb Von Dusseldorf who has been in exile in South Africa for the last twenty-three years has recently passed away, his estate is interested in transferring US$450,000 into an american account for use in the fight against the resistance in the colonies. Please reply w/ your Banking information including ABA routing number and account number. following will be vital information for which to you to transfer the money. Your reward for said actions will be 20%.
any alternative rock guitarist worth his salt can drop the low E to D w/ out a tuner or device in a few secs. i can do mine in less time than it would take me to flip a switch. Not to be troll, but we were doing this in the early ninties to play Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. I know on my fender strat is just over a 1/4 turn of the tuning knob.
tuning a whole guitar is a lot more challenging live, which is why so many people switch guitars between songs that would require an alternate tuning. but dropping one string from E to D is cake.
Ask 'em what they'll think when corporations find someone even cheaper to take their jobs. Look out for the Ugandan Techies in 2020! Seriously, though, eventually the bottom will fall out in India too. India is hungry at the moment, but their scale of economy will steepen over time, and somewhere else will be the next Delphi.
Anyone else think we're nearing the end of the analog phone system?
Because of Audio/Video Conference with iChat and AIM? As they say in Chinatown, "Nickel preeze!". Instant Messeging and Web chats are great, for back and forth conversation, but have you ever tried to tell a joke or story? Forever long.
Face to face (or screen to screen) video conferencing is still grainy at best for most consumer grade products availble.
Cell phones are great for portabilty and catching me on the go, but if someone calls my cell when i'm in the office or at home, i always call 'em back on a land line. It sounds better, and i still don't have "unlimited" minutes on my cell plan. Too damn expensive. I have friends out in the sticks that get zero or minimal cell reception out in BFE.
Increased VoIP saturation might help bring down POTS, but you've still got reliabilty issues. My land line goes down once or twice every three to five years, usually as a result of some type of natural disaster, but my power goes off every couple months. No power, no DSL modem, no router, no VoIP phone. What if you need to call the power company or 911?
Nope, sorry folks, POTS is here to stay, maybe not forever, but it's not going anywhere in the next ten years.
Right before, we, Microsoft reduce the price on our current model X-Box from $179.99 to $99.99 we leak rumors that, maybe, the new console won't support the old X1 games.
We know that if we said otherwise, some folks may be willing hold off on buying an X1. Waiting for an X2, and forgetting about the current X1 saves the purchase price of one X1 unit, but one must wait until X2 is released.
However, by indicating that the X2 will not support X1 games, we essentially tell the customers to go buy one now, b/c you may never get to play Halo otherwise. Oh, and by the way, we're offering a great deal on Mr. X1 right now. $80 off what your friends just paid a few months ago to buy one for X-mas.
This may just be all about moving more Generation One X-boxes between now and the actual realase of the Gen Two.
I'm just glad there weren't any.mp3s on that server! Can you imagine the trouble they'd be in? Illegal.mp3 sharing across a government network. RIAA'd throw a fit!
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Longhorn will no doubt come with some compelling features that will make Linux a harder sell.
Please - no flames - but isn't that kinda backwards? The whole case Linux Zealots have been trying to prove is that Linux is better than Windows. Now are we afraid that Microsoft will get better and force Linux to get better too? Don't we want Microsoft products to get better? I know I do, even if Linux is still a better option. C'mon man, they aren't really evil, they're just big. I hope the next Windows OS is the WhizBang MS Solution to OS X. I hope the same for Linux distros. I hope the next version of Mac OS is better too. We're all going to have to deal with them (Windows users) at some point, lets hope for the best possible OS Microsoft can develop. I'd like to believe that all platforms will be stable, secure, and scalable for beginners to tech users.
Nah, that was my dad, and it was Green Day. He still does it today to my sister.
"Green Day, yeah, you kids think they're the bomb, huh?"
"Yes dad, and we're glad you raised the roof w/ that one!"
Old people are so cool.
At least windows is getting better with each successive release. The Matrix on the other had just kept getting worse.
the company i used to work for used an eletronic dorr lock system made by a company called ilco. ilco was bought by a company called unican. the new company was ilco-unican. my boss set the password for the lock box to ilcomenu, his seeing ilco menu. i saw i'll come in you.
nothing could suprise him more than when i explained my mnemonic device to him later.
...run pirated versions of all the latest software (due to foreign embargo?).
How much you wanna bet they're running Windows 98? You know they are.
I sell hotcakes! You insensitive clod!
How do I let someone know when my hotcakes are selling well?
What i find even more frusterating are the jobs listed on monster, hotjobs, etc that are headhunting companies attemtping to fill positions for other firms. i usually get a phone interview w/ some asshole that knows nothing about the actual specifics of the job other than a list of requirements.
They're constantly trying to talk you down on salary. The first communication he'll indicate the job is paying between $20 and $25 an hour based on relavant experience. By the next call, it's down to $20 to $22. By the third call it's $20, and if you make it even further you find out it's even less. "$18.65 an hour?!? I'm making more than that now! I thought you said $20! What do you mean up to $20.
I usually find the best leads are from friends, contacts, and former co-workers whose companies are hiring.
This just in, HP has reportedly changed the name of their Apple based stink (i mean smell) solution to iPew.
Name the player HiPod. Better than iPew.
Apple zealots will rejoice to know they aren't being left out. Apple is currently in R&D for their own scent solution, currently called iSmell.
HP plans on branding their on version, based on Apple's technology. HP will call their version iSmellHP. Critics are a little worried over HP's naming though. One alpha tester was quoted as saying "Did that guy say I Smell like pee?!?"
Film @ 11.
"ARRRP!! ARRRP!! ARRRP!!"
translation
"Put that DVD-R down! Now give me a fish, I was as effective as could be expected!"
Mr. Habeeeb Von Dusseldorf who has been in exile in South Africa for the last twenty-three years has recently passed away, his estate is interested in transferring US$450,000 into an american account for use in the fight against the resistance in the colonies. Please reply w/ your Banking information including ABA routing number and account number. following will be vital information for which to you to transfer the money. Your reward for said actions will be 20%.
Thank-you, Have a great day.
Col. Maj. Fariziq Mouselli Achmed.
any alternative rock guitarist worth his salt can drop the low E to D w/ out a tuner or device in a few secs. i can do mine in less time than it would take me to flip a switch. Not to be troll, but we were doing this in the early ninties to play Soundgarden, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. I know on my fender strat is just over a 1/4 turn of the tuning knob.
tuning a whole guitar is a lot more challenging live, which is why so many people switch guitars between songs that would require an alternate tuning. but dropping one string from E to D is cake.
Ask 'em what they'll think when corporations find someone even cheaper to take their jobs. Look out for the Ugandan Techies in 2020! Seriously, though, eventually the bottom will fall out in India too. India is hungry at the moment, but their scale of economy will steepen over time, and somewhere else will be the next Delphi.
uh, per the url you listed Kerry's winning.
Kerry: 409
Dean: 174
Don't get me wrong, i'm pro-Dean, but he ain't winning. Not yet.
People on the Internet sometimes pretend to be someone they're not.
Anyone who is trying to conceal their identity for illegal activities will continue to do so.
Now we may just get more spam.
Anyone else think we're nearing the end of the analog phone system?
Because of Audio/Video Conference with iChat and AIM? As they say in Chinatown, "Nickel preeze!". Instant Messeging and Web chats are great, for back and forth conversation, but have you ever tried to tell a joke or story? Forever long.
Face to face (or screen to screen) video conferencing is still grainy at best for most consumer grade products availble.
Cell phones are great for portabilty and catching me on the go, but if someone calls my cell when i'm in the office or at home, i always call 'em back on a land line. It sounds better, and i still don't have "unlimited" minutes on my cell plan. Too damn expensive. I have friends out in the sticks that get zero or minimal cell reception out in BFE.
Increased VoIP saturation might help bring down POTS, but you've still got reliabilty issues. My land line goes down once or twice every three to five years, usually as a result of some type of natural disaster, but my power goes off every couple months. No power, no DSL modem, no router, no VoIP phone. What if you need to call the power company or 911?
Nope, sorry folks, POTS is here to stay, maybe not forever, but it's not going anywhere in the next ten years.
Right before, we, Microsoft reduce the price on our current model X-Box from $179.99 to $99.99 we leak rumors that, maybe, the new console won't support the old X1 games.
We know that if we said otherwise, some folks may be willing hold off on buying an X1. Waiting for an X2, and forgetting about the current X1 saves the purchase price of one X1 unit, but one must wait until X2 is released.
However, by indicating that the X2 will not support X1 games, we essentially tell the customers to go buy one now, b/c you may never get to play Halo otherwise. Oh, and by the way, we're offering a great deal on Mr. X1 right now. $80 off what your friends just paid a few months ago to buy one for X-mas.
This may just be all about moving more Generation One X-boxes between now and the actual realase of the Gen Two.
No, Adams' death.
that was the best joke on here all day.
Not Off Topic - SCO is the target of the DDoS that MyDoom is propagating.
actually it does help, well, in a self-serving way. it just doesn't help the problem.
it helps them sell more software to individuals whom aren't infected.
quick - update your virus definitions, or maybe go buy the newest version.
i'm sure there's a "marketing genuis" behind it all.
i'd hardly consider attrition.org mainstream media, but i'm sure jericho will appreciate it.
The text is the oldest known "technical manual" in the English language.
From the bottom of the FA.
Are you nuts?
No, just sarcastic.
I'm just glad there weren't any .mp3s on that server! Can you imagine the trouble they'd be in? Illegal .mp3 sharing across a government network. RIAA'd throw a fit!