Since large amounts of traffic on the Internet are porn, unit-of-computing metric should be base on amount of porn clips encoded and decoded for given time.
"in fact, many of the things people are trying to "protect" these days don't need to be protected at all"
I do believe that even computers with "things" that don't need to be protected at all should be protected as they can be used a zombies to attack other computers. Why do you think that most DDOS attacks come from the unprotected Windows machines?
Sometimes putting on the latest service pack is not an option, (esp. on Microsoft products) as it can break the server.
"Microsoft software, installed correctly and to their specifications, is as if not more secure than most distributions of Linux."
Take the Slammer worm for the SQL server for example. If Microsoft staff is lax in applying patches to their own products, do you expect most users to do any better? Firewalls and IDSes do not have to be a $10,000 band-aid. You can use open source and freeware products for a low or no cost solution.
What if those soccer robots develope their own conscience, start killing the humans, and send a robot back to the past to kill the leader of the human resistance?
Enron collapes may have come about a year later the tech stock but the lies that brought it down happened way before, just as Qwest's overstatement of it's learnings started before 2000.
As far as stocks goes, you should realize that many investors are easily swayed by FUD. If company A goes backrupt, investors sell off stocks from company B just because that company may be in the same field as company A. And during the Gulf War II, the stock market was like a seesaw because investors were buying and selling based on FUD instead of something more rational like earnings report. That's why I believe that no matter who won the election, there would've been mass sell offs.
"President hold that can prevent legislation passed by Congress,"
So you do agree that Congress passes legislations.
You forgot this question.
7. Which President was in power during the glory days of usless Dot Coms?
"9/11 was not even barely the cause. The crash was in the Summer of 2000, when Bush spent enough on ads to poll even with Gore."
Oh wow, and I thought the crash came because people realized that the stocks they were holding were useless. So are you saying that Enron was honest and those dot coms were making real profits and some how Bush gaining Gore magically made them disappear? Your argument is like saying that during the snow storm, people drive more carefully and there are also more accidents, so therefore, driving more carefully causes more accidents.
I'm no fan of Bush but at least use logic on your arguments. Even if Gore had won, there's no way he couldn've kept the bubble from bursting.
is, believe it or not, handling of rebates with turn around time of less than 3 weeks. As for the rest, I had about 50% chance of getting a rebate check, with average length being over 2 months.
There was a time when MS was not interested in the Internet. But after thier strategists realized the marketing value of the Internet, they decided to go after it. Perhapes by justing licensing the codec, MS is opening its eyes to the potental of Linux without admitting it.
True, I wouldn't mind the money but you can usually tell who's in the IT field for the money or for their interest in technology. My current boss did not have formal education on IT but he's quite knowledgable due to computers being his hobby. My former boss was just into for the money and he was pretty usless.
Employees did not show an ounce of loyalty to their employers during the boom so why should the employers show loyalty to the employees during the recession? Many overpaid and incompetent IT works jumped shop as soon as they got a higher offer from some other company. Those people are the ones who ruined everything for the rest of us.
1. Turkey confirmed that they did not send troops into northern Iraq. 2. Kurds stated that they will not fight for idependence to clam Turkey down but they are willing to fight to get rid of Saddam.
Don't you read the news? Kurds are begging the U.S. to allow them to start fighting against the Iraqi troops. They are even willing to be placed under the control of U.S. military command.
So maybe Germany should ban Tetris because constant playing of Tetris could eventually become a replacement behavior for learning how to build real walls, buildings, etc.
"I know, but can anyone give me a reason why I need yet another false portrayal of war these days (in addition to those of most American media outlets)?"
Should we ban Quake and UT because they have false portrayal of real world capture the flag game?
"Of course, they could just be placing controls on software made by an American company"
That could be good since maybe they'll ban MS products.
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I hope that IBM saves a copy of that page and present it to the jury during the trial along with Novell's statement to show them SCO is full of it.
M$ bought the rights to use UNIX IP from SCO which is owned (the IP not SCO) by Novell.
Since large amounts of traffic on the Internet are porn, unit-of-computing metric should be base on amount of porn clips encoded and decoded for given time.
"in fact, many of the things people are trying to "protect" these days don't need to be protected at all"
I do believe that even computers with "things" that don't need to be protected at all should be protected as they can be used a zombies to attack other computers. Why do you think that most DDOS attacks come from the unprotected Windows machines?
Sometimes putting on the latest service pack is not an option, (esp. on Microsoft products) as it can break the server.
"Microsoft software, installed correctly and to their specifications, is as if not more secure than most distributions of Linux."
Take the Slammer worm for the SQL server for example. If Microsoft staff is lax in applying patches to their own products, do you expect most users to do any better? Firewalls and IDSes do not have to be a $10,000 band-aid. You can use open source and freeware products for a low or no cost solution.
Nope, they copied the code from SCO.
Oh that means that I can still patent; 3. Pleading No Contest 4. Pleading not guilty by reason of insanity
You guys are a bunch of amateurs. Nothing beats creating free electricity by plugging a power strip to itself.
What if those soccer robots develope their own conscience, start killing the humans, and send a robot back to the past to kill the leader of the human resistance?
Enron collapes may have come about a year later the tech stock but the lies that brought it down happened way before, just as Qwest's overstatement of it's learnings started before 2000. As far as stocks goes, you should realize that many investors are easily swayed by FUD. If company A goes backrupt, investors sell off stocks from company B just because that company may be in the same field as company A. And during the Gulf War II, the stock market was like a seesaw because investors were buying and selling based on FUD instead of something more rational like earnings report. That's why I believe that no matter who won the election, there would've been mass sell offs.
"President hold that can prevent legislation passed by Congress," So you do agree that Congress passes legislations. You forgot this question. 7. Which President was in power during the glory days of usless Dot Coms?
"9/11 was not even barely the cause. The crash was in the Summer of 2000, when Bush spent enough on ads to poll even with Gore."
Oh wow, and I thought the crash came because people realized that the stocks they were holding were useless. So are you saying that Enron was honest and those dot coms were making real profits and some how Bush gaining Gore magically made them disappear? Your argument is like saying that during the snow storm, people drive more carefully and there are also more accidents, so therefore, driving more carefully causes more accidents.
I'm no fan of Bush but at least use logic on your arguments. Even if Gore had won, there's no way he couldn've kept the bubble from bursting.
is, believe it or not, handling of rebates with turn around time of less than 3 weeks. As for the rest, I had about 50% chance of getting a rebate check, with average length being over 2 months.
All we need now is a book titled "Sales and Marketing for IT Staff"
There was a time when MS was not interested in the Internet. But after thier strategists realized the marketing value of the Internet, they decided to go after it. Perhapes by justing licensing the codec, MS is opening its eyes to the potental of Linux without admitting it.
I guess my Red Hat Linux 8.0 also has XP SP1 installed. Open Office takes forever to load on it.
I'd never buy PC-Chips motherboards. They are cheap for a reason and I found out the hard way.
"enhanced CD"
I can see it now, audio CD's with "Made for Windows XP" logo on them.
True, I wouldn't mind the money but you can usually tell who's in the IT field for the money or for their interest in technology. My current boss did not have formal education on IT but he's quite knowledgable due to computers being his hobby. My former boss was just into for the money and he was pretty usless.
"They're motivated by money and nothing else."
Wouldn't you say the same thing for some of the IT workers during the boom?
Employees did not show an ounce of loyalty to their employers during the boom so why should the employers show loyalty to the employees during the recession? Many overpaid and incompetent IT works jumped shop as soon as they got a higher offer from some other company. Those people are the ones who ruined everything for the rest of us.
I don't think that Kurds will have external help as Ho Chi Min did.
Here's the update.
1. Turkey confirmed that they did not send troops into northern Iraq.
2. Kurds stated that they will not fight for idependence to clam Turkey down but they are willing to fight to get rid of Saddam.
Don't you read the news? Kurds are begging the U.S. to allow them to start fighting against the Iraqi troops. They are even willing to be placed under the control of U.S. military command.
So maybe Germany should ban Tetris because constant playing of Tetris could eventually become a replacement behavior for learning how to build real walls, buildings, etc.
"I know, but can anyone give me a reason why I need yet another false portrayal of war these days (in addition to those of most American media outlets)?"
Should we ban Quake and UT because they have false portrayal of real world capture the flag game?
"Of course, they could just be placing controls on software made by an American company"
That could be good since maybe they'll ban MS products.