Most people who make the purchasing decisions are management types who buy the software from the guy they get good stuff from(NFL tickets) or play golf with. Do you remember the last time a programmer was involved in making any such decision?
There's the unmistakable Microsoft Search. It offers you an option to reset your settings for a restore after a browser hijack. The default home page is set to msn.com and searches are set to use MSN search.
A lot of PCs and laptops are already assembled in Taiwan and China. Most of the parts in my PC were made in Asia. How is this a selling out of our technological base?
You don't hear that story very much because the news organizations are fixated on where the problems are, not where things are going great.
On Sept 11, 2001, hundreds of planes took off and landed safely without being hijacked and flown into builds. And yet th4 hijacked flights are all we hear about. That's just the way it is...If it bleeds, it leads.
It's not how many you have but what your enemy think you'll do with them that matters. If China says "We don't mind losing Shanghai" and the US says "We couldn't risk any of our cities getting hit", their nukes have done their job.
Where are the parents? When I grew up in India, the schools had very few good teachers. We had almost no good lab equipment. But if my grades were any less than what my parents thought I was capable of, I would get my ass kicked. Good teachers can only do so much to make good students. Good parents can OTOH...
Why would anyone need to run spyware on us? Just the fact that we're running linux should be a red flag for companies selling dating services and personal hygiene products.
And the problem with that is? Seriously...Most of the world envies US economic and military might. You can either be strong or popular.
Besides, if it can be done, someone will do it..think stem cell research..Just because the religious right in the US is oppossed to stem cell research, it doesn't mean stem cell research won't happen in other countries.
Gartner is the group that estimated in 1999 that B2B commerce will be a 7.3 billion $ business in 2004...Just search for news reports from 1999..They're the people making predictions about (insert e-business here) being worth gazillion $ in the next 5 years...not a very impressive track record, IMO..
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Gartner Group estimates that B2B e-commerce will skyrocket from about $145 billion in 1999 to $7.3 trillion in 2004, accounting for seven percent of all global sales transactions. Source: Gartner Group.
What's unfair about the claim if they have the data to back it up? They're saying a lot of users who buy linux PCs go on to wipe out the linux installation and install windows, with a majority of the windows installation done from pirated CDs. A 100 people buy linux PCs doesn't mean there are 100 new linux users...something the open source community should be worried about.
Do they have any data to counter the gartner claim? I agree that Gartner's logic is tenuous but they claim to have data to back up their conclusion. As much as I support open source, the open source movement can't afford to be in denial. Waht if the Gartner data really does prove that a lot of people who buy PCs with pre-installed linux wipe out the linux installation and install pirated windows.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency used to be called the National imagery and mapping agency reston. The just changed the name of the agency some time in the last 6 months. I work very close to this agency in Northern Virginia. Before 9/11, you couldn't distinguish this building from any other office block. Post 9/11, there are armed guards and security checkpoints.
There is a critical shortage of nurses. In most cases, nurses going through this system would end up making more money. In this case, the lowest bid would be the least highest bid.
It amazes me the hypocricy that we are so willing to turn the other cheek on freedom when it comes to profitability. We shouldnt be trading with despot states, its wrong.
Should we stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia? Buying oil from a despotic Saudi Arabia gives me the freedom to drive an SUV without paying 5$/gallon.
I think this is a dreadful decision, Oracle's ERP offering is horrid, and the intent is simply to kill a competitor.
If Oracle "killed" Peoplesoft, customers would simply move to SAP. This takeover will tie peoplesoft to the oracle database product. With Oracle moving to support linux, maybe we'll see more linux support. More enterprise applications running on linux is always a good thing. There is only so much economic value to a gameboy running linux.
The engineering behind Bose speakers is designed to play to the sounds the human ear hears best. Through acoustical wizardry, Bose is able to create the illusion of accurate and full range sound.
What's wrong with "Sound human ear hears best". How many people buy Bose systems for their dogs?
Here's something Charles Darwin in all his philosophies never imagined. As the third millennium of the common era kicks off more American women than men are graduating with baccalaureate and post- baccalaureate degrees. More women are enrolled in law schools, journalism schools, and soon, they will exceed men in all professional schools, with the exception the dreary schools of engineering and business. At this rate, women will soon overtake men as the top wage earners. Evolution is leaving men behind.
McElroy, who writes a column for FoxNews.com, reports being dismayed at finding educated women who are "genuinely horrified at the prospect of dealing with 'lesser' and 'lower' men as equals in their personal lives." But one of the findings of evolutionary psychology is that females of whatever species are hot-wired to find the best possible mate.
The second para is kinda OT, but interesting nevertheless.
I got the 2GB storage about a week ago( I am a paying customer). Before that, I saw the "more store coming soon" message for about 2 weeks. I think the hotmail spam filter is pretty good. Most spam goes to the junk mail folder.
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Do you work for the FBI and is this about the SAIC outsourcing contract to build the virtual case file system?
Most people who make the purchasing decisions are management types who buy the software from the guy they get good stuff from(NFL tickets) or play golf with. Do you remember the last time a programmer was involved in making any such decision?
There's the unmistakable Microsoft Search. It offers you an option to reset your settings for a restore after a browser hijack. The default home page is set to msn.com and searches are set to use MSN search.
A lot of PCs and laptops are already assembled in Taiwan and China. Most of the parts in my PC were made in Asia. How is this a selling out of our technological base?
why don't we raise the minimum wage in the US to 45$/hr? That would automatically move every American worker to the middle class at least..
Can it get any more cryptic than LOL,l8r,ROTFLMAO, np ,kewl and everything spelt with an 3 instead of an E?
On Sept 11, 2001, hundreds of planes took off and landed safely without being hijacked and flown into builds. And yet th4 hijacked flights are all we hear about. That's just the way it is...If it bleeds, it leads.
Unfortunately, it's the soldiers who went home who're now shooting at the coalition soldiers.
And how much did the west pay for gunpowder or paper?
It's not how many you have but what your enemy think you'll do with them that matters. If China says "We don't mind losing Shanghai" and the US says "We couldn't risk any of our cities getting hit", their nukes have done their job.
Where are the parents? When I grew up in India, the schools had very few good teachers. We had almost no good lab equipment. But if my grades were any less than what my parents thought I was capable of, I would get my ass kicked. Good teachers can only do so much to make good students. Good parents can OTOH...
Why would anyone need to run spyware on us? Just the fact that we're running linux should be a red flag for companies selling dating services and personal hygiene products.
Deleting the code didn't work for you? Maybe the delete functionality in your IDE was designed by Indians too.
And the problem with that is? Seriously...Most of the world envies US economic and military might. You can either be strong or popular.
Besides, if it can be done, someone will do it..think stem cell research..Just because the religious right in the US is oppossed to stem cell research, it doesn't mean stem cell research won't happen in other countries.
Experts say Web will transform industry
What's unfair about the claim if they have the data to back it up? They're saying a lot of users who buy linux PCs go on to wipe out the linux installation and install windows, with a majority of the windows installation done from pirated CDs. A 100 people buy linux PCs doesn't mean there are 100 new linux users...something the open source community should be worried about.
Do they have any data to counter the gartner claim? I agree that Gartner's logic is tenuous but they claim to have data to back up their conclusion. As much as I support open source, the open source movement can't afford to be in denial. Waht if the Gartner data really does prove that a lot of people who buy PCs with pre-installed linux wipe out the linux installation and install pirated windows.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency used to be called the National imagery and mapping agency reston. The just changed the name of the agency some time in the last 6 months. I work very close to this agency in Northern Virginia. Before 9/11, you couldn't distinguish this building from any other office block. Post 9/11, there are armed guards and security checkpoints.
No reason he can't...although it's highly unlikely that he will be.
There is a critical shortage of nurses. In most cases, nurses going through this system would end up making more money. In this case, the lowest bid would be the least highest bid.
Should we stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia? Buying oil from a despotic Saudi Arabia gives me the freedom to drive an SUV without paying 5$/gallon.
If Oracle "killed" Peoplesoft, customers would simply move to SAP. This takeover will tie peoplesoft to the oracle database product. With Oracle moving to support linux, maybe we'll see more linux support. More enterprise applications running on linux is always a good thing. There is only so much economic value to a gameboy running linux.
What's wrong with "Sound human ear hears best". How many people buy Bose systems for their dogs?
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Is Evolution Leaving Men Behind?
Here's something Charles Darwin in all his philosophies never imagined. As the third millennium of the common era kicks off more American women than men are graduating with baccalaureate and post- baccalaureate degrees. More women are enrolled in law schools, journalism schools, and soon, they will exceed men in all professional schools, with the exception the dreary schools of engineering and business. At this rate, women will soon overtake men as the top wage earners. Evolution is leaving men behind.
McElroy, who writes a column for FoxNews.com, reports being dismayed at finding educated women who are "genuinely horrified at the prospect of dealing with 'lesser' and 'lower' men as equals in their personal lives." But one of the findings of evolutionary psychology is that females of whatever species are hot-wired to find the best possible mate.
The second para is kinda OT, but interesting nevertheless.
I got the 2GB storage about a week ago( I am a paying customer). Before that, I saw the "more store coming soon" message for about 2 weeks. I think the hotmail spam filter is pretty good. Most spam goes to the junk mail folder.