Given the possibility of exchanging the refund for iTunes Money, my guess is that most iTunes owners will opt to spend it on tunes. And, perhaps a voucher is how Apple will do it instead of real money, sending refund checks to people is an accounting hassle.
I hated it when people were play solitaire in front of me while the prof was attempting to teach.
Maybe you should pay more attention to the lecture instead of what your fellow students are doing? As for kids not needing to be exposed to the Internet, just when do you think someone should learn about this new fangled Interweb thingy? Or would you like them to disrupt your game playing on your machine to do homework?
For the most part, unless I'm looking for something technical, Google is not very usful to me at all anymore. There seem to be huge numbers of sites that have these "doorway" pages that show up for just about any key word at all, especially those that have nothing at all to do with the site.
I found a vague reference to this at Linux Today, dated back in 1999, but nothing else. Is there anything more current on this? Or matbe Slashdot is just a bit late on this story?
Interestingly, the parent is correct in that this is a path that a lot of people are taking, and an added bonus is that you end up with a current (and valuble) security clearence. KJust keep in mind that it's safest to join the Air Force, us "pretty boys" tend to stay out of the line of fire. You do have to be willing to "whore" yourself a bit and keep your mouth shut about politics. Oh, and drink like a sailor but stay away from smoke...
Of course they could embrace OSS and make money off of it. They could even port IE and Office to Linux and sell them while keeping the source closed. They just choose not to.
Sure, the could make some money if they converted to OSS, but they certainly would not make as much money. For their shareholders...
I'm wondering if the shareholders and/or the board is putting pressure on him to promote the business instead of the lawsuits?
Either that, or he needs more cash for his lawsuits.
I run thttpd in a chroot jail and static web pages only.
That's nice. Do you know that you are a small minority? Do you know that there are many people who do run dynamic content? I have a push cart at work with solid rubber tires. Do you know that those tires will never go flat? It's true.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Novell the stewards of UNIX?
If they are not now, they sure will be after Novell forces the SCO/Microsoft UNIX license fee issue. SCO still owes Novell on that, and does not have enough cash or assets to pony up Novell's 95% cut.
Nobody will take this loser seriously again for the rest of his life.
Nonsense. There are still huge tracts of undeveloped land in the Southeastern states beckoning for retirement developments. Such enterprises will need good multi-level marketing advice.
Ballmer says what investors want to here. Here's the ultimate Microsoft robo-marketer.
I would imagine so, it is his job, after all. It would be kind of silly to look to Ballmer to say anything intelligent about technology, that's not his cup of tea.
I still feel like this entire linux lab thing is just a random PR gesture by Microsoft. It won't ever come to anything, they're just trying to make themselves look less menacing by going "See? We can use Linux too".
You are missing the point. It has nothing to do with "See? We can use Linux too". It has to do with Microsoft understanding their competition, and picking apart OSS to glean the parts that are valuable to them and can be integrated into their commercial products. It's part of the research and development process, and any smart company should do the same thing with competitors products.
However, it's plainly clear that one hand isn't aware of what the other is doing. Here we have someone suggesting that Microsoft is about cooperating and being friendly towards the OSS community, which is probably true. Yet the upper management in Microsoft seems more content on crushing or marginalizing OSS rather than fostering the cooperation that a lot of the people in the company might feel.
But for a commercial for-profit company that depends on people buying their product, doesn't it make sense that Microsoft can be only so friendly to OSS? OSS undermines their business model, so there really is no way, regardless of the quality or lack there-of of their product, that Microsoft could ever really embrace OSS or be totally open and friendly towards OSS.
If is this the case, then why does the IE7 beta include so many features from Firefox/Opera like tabbed browsing and support for RSS feeds?
Because, according to Gates, IE7 has all the good parts of Firefox and more.
There seems to be a lot of this "Firefox had it first, IE is just copying Firefox" type coments going around. But why not copy good features from other applications? If the features that Firefox "had first" are so great (and they are), I would expect other browser developers to integrate simular feature. Just because Firefox had them first doesn't mean Firefox has exclusive rights to them.
But I wonder, what can I do to sell myself using my post-graduate project involvement?
You should consider getting involved in something other than game development. I'm not saying that game development is not intense and complicated code, but I think for most employers, it's just going to be a marginally interesting aside.
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Hermiston is a curious place to see a system like this... Or maybe not. Hanford and several other government facilities nearby employ 100's of educated intellectuals that would find the idea of WiFi exciting. As well, DSL and Cable offerings have not reached many of the nearby rural population. The thing to remember is that while many city dwellers can't imagine living in such a rural place they consider "backward" and "hick", many other city dwellers who have done well for themselves move to these places to seek soils in their ¾ million dollar ranch houses. And don't forget, Google bought a spread in Hood River, just a hop-skip-and-jump down the road.
A lot of these people are older folks who grew up in a different time. Many of these victims really shouldn't be managing their own money. And, not everyone was born with good sense, but that doesn't mean they should be fair game for scamming, that's just not right.
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Given the possibility of exchanging the refund for iTunes Money, my guess is that most iTunes owners will opt to spend it on tunes. And, perhaps a voucher is how Apple will do it instead of real money, sending refund checks to people is an accounting hassle.
Maybe you should pay more attention to the lecture instead of what your fellow students are doing? As for kids not needing to be exposed to the Internet, just when do you think someone should learn about this new fangled Interweb thingy? Or would you like them to disrupt your game playing on your machine to do homework?
Especially if the refund can be redeemed for a higher amount at iTunes. Than they actually refund nothing at all. Slick. But still quite nifty.
For the most part, unless I'm looking for something technical, Google is not very usful to me at all anymore. There seem to be huge numbers of sites that have these "doorway" pages that show up for just about any key word at all, especially those that have nothing at all to do with the site.
People used to say you had to "into" BDSM to install Linux or *BSD, but those days are long ago, what with the GUI installers...
An odd little thing is that many people think *BSD is Linux, and don't know that Apple has anything at all to do with either.
Man, oh man! Butt-lickn' karma whoren' good!
Currently, there is not stop-loss in effect for those career fields, but the re-enlistment bonus is HUGE.
I found a vague reference to this at Linux Today, dated back in 1999, but nothing else. Is there anything more current on this? Or matbe Slashdot is just a bit late on this story?
Interestingly, the parent is correct in that this is a path that a lot of people are taking, and an added bonus is that you end up with a current (and valuble) security clearence. KJust keep in mind that it's safest to join the Air Force, us "pretty boys" tend to stay out of the line of fire. You do have to be willing to "whore" yourself a bit and keep your mouth shut about politics. Oh, and drink like a sailor but stay away from smoke...
Sure, the could make some money if they converted to OSS, but they certainly would not make as much money. For their shareholders...
Yes.
That's nice. Do you know that you are a small minority? Do you know that there are many people who do run dynamic content? I have a push cart at work with solid rubber tires. Do you know that those tires will never go flat? It's true.
If they are not now, they sure will be after Novell forces the SCO/Microsoft UNIX license fee issue. SCO still owes Novell on that, and does not have enough cash or assets to pony up Novell's 95% cut.
Nonsense. There are still huge tracts of undeveloped land in the Southeastern states beckoning for retirement developments. Such enterprises will need good multi-level marketing advice.
Nevertheless, perhaps some of the most dangerous ones since they generally are perpetrated by people with specific targets and specific knowledge...
I would imagine so, it is his job, after all. It would be kind of silly to look to Ballmer to say anything intelligent about technology, that's not his cup of tea.
You are missing the point. It has nothing to do with "See? We can use Linux too". It has to do with Microsoft understanding their competition, and picking apart OSS to glean the parts that are valuable to them and can be integrated into their commercial products. It's part of the research and development process, and any smart company should do the same thing with competitors products.
But for a commercial for-profit company that depends on people buying their product, doesn't it make sense that Microsoft can be only so friendly to OSS? OSS undermines their business model, so there really is no way, regardless of the quality or lack there-of of their product, that Microsoft could ever really embrace OSS or be totally open and friendly towards OSS.
Because, according to Gates, IE7 has all the good parts of Firefox and more.
There seems to be a lot of this "Firefox had it first, IE is just copying Firefox" type coments going around. But why not copy good features from other applications? If the features that Firefox "had first" are so great (and they are), I would expect other browser developers to integrate simular feature. Just because Firefox had them first doesn't mean Firefox has exclusive rights to them.
It probably varies a little the farther you get from Redmond, but sadly the parent has some truth to it, especially here in Western Washington.
You should consider getting involved in something other than game development. I'm not saying that game development is not intense and complicated code, but I think for most employers, it's just going to be a marginally interesting aside.
Hermiston is a curious place to see a system like this... Or maybe not. Hanford and several other government facilities nearby employ 100's of educated intellectuals that would find the idea of WiFi exciting. As well, DSL and Cable offerings have not reached many of the nearby rural population. The thing to remember is that while many city dwellers can't imagine living in such a rural place they consider "backward" and "hick", many other city dwellers who have done well for themselves move to these places to seek soils in their ¾ million dollar ranch houses. And don't forget, Google bought a spread in Hood River, just a hop-skip-and-jump down the road.
Ypu're an asshole. Go fuck yourself.
A lot of these people are older folks who grew up in a different time. Many of these victims really shouldn't be managing their own money. And, not everyone was born with good sense, but that doesn't mean they should be fair game for scamming, that's just not right.