And although I am exclusivly a Firefox user, I say "So Fucking WHAT"? You are saying only IE alturnatives can use these things? They are the exclusive property of Firefox and Opera? So IE finally has these things and you trash it for this? You trash IE because it doesn't have these things then you trash IE because it does? Makes you look kind of like a jack ass, but that's your problem.
Look, what if this kind of thinking gets to the point where I'll have to sign non-compete agreements and give six months' notice if I'm involved with anything significant?
When you become a corporate vice prez, and are pulling in that kind of cash-ola, you may decide it's part of the game. I'll bet Google has Non-compete contracts, too.
Interestingly, Google is (in part) trying to say in California, where they are, the law prohibits the kind of thing Microsoft is doing right now (it's a good law, by the way). But people, the contract this guy signed was not signed in California. Microsoft is based in Washington State. I tend to think Microsoft has a point here...
Could you outline what you mean, in more detail, in relation to their press release and earlier filings?
What do you expect them to say in their filings? Time will tell. Just like it did for all the other inflated dot-coms that went down. Their filings sounded pretty rosy too. It's just a fact. I'm not saying that they don't produce some amazing things, I'm saying they have yet to show that they can or are willing to profit from these things, something that they will have to do to maintain their current levels of hedonism.
The difference is that Google does create profit-producing programs.
Yes, they do. Most if not all are amazing. But do they produce profit for Google? Not very many. Google stock is over-priced, and there will be an adjustment when people start to scale down their expectations to realistic levels.
Don't worry, like all dot-coms with "incredible" ideas and even more "incredible" toys in their work spaces, but very few profit producing products, Google's bubble will pop, the over-priced stock will whither, and Slashdot will move on to The Next Geek Orgasm.
You clearly haven't been using a system recently that's been riddled with spyware.
This is true. I'm behind a NAT router that came with my DSL, I have Norton, I use SpyBot and AdAware now and then, I defrag my drive every so often. Oh, I use Firefox (mostly). No problems. When I was still using IE, I'd pick up lots of spyware, mostly at porn sites. I still frequint porn sites, but only with Firefox.
If you were to replace the word "windows" with "linux," the parent would be modded "flamebait" or "troll" as opposed to "funny." Assuming of course that the article was about linux.
Yes, but while I use both Linux and Windows, and am quite happy with both, I've never had Linux shut down on me unexpectedly either. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Photoshop is a good tool, but the main way it will loose market shaire to other apps (like *maybe* Gimp, when it's mature) is the price issue. I for one would never even think about a cracked version IF the real thing didn't cost so damn much.
The proprietary software (corporate) mindset is maximizing profit. The open source mindset is sharing for the greater good.
This is a fallacy. First, not all (though most) proprietary and / or commercial software is "corporate", but that is irrelevant anyway. Nothing at all says that corporations have to screw people. While this may be how most corporations operate, certainly not all do. Take for example Costco.
What part of 'Mature - not for sale to under 17s' did she not understand?
Grandma bought it, and I'm assuming that she is not under 17. The real point should be: What the Hell was she doing buying a game that glorifies car theft, murder, and organized crime, for a 14 year old? This is a game that involves greasing police, mobsters, and by-standers, stealing cars, blowing things up, and just general anti-social behavior. But sex, something that even preachers do, is going too far? This lady is a moron.
Leno had a joke about this last night: "What the Hell was a grandma doing buying GTA for her kid anyway? Was the store out of beer and BB guns?"
It's a valid point: GTA is saturated with violence of some of the most offensive kind, a little sex should be the least of a parent or grand parent's worries, right? It's OK to grease police and mobsters, steal cars and blow things up, pick up hookers, but sex, now that's going too far?
The local repair shop charges $60/hr for repair. Spyware takes from 1 to 3 hours to remove depending on how big the drive is, how many files there are, and how bad it's infected. 3 hours is $180. How many trips until you just paid for a new pc?
Yes, but remember he will not be spending that whole 3 hours with the one single machine, scans, removal and such will for the most part do a lot of work unattended, while he works on a different machine. A semi-flat rate might be appropriate...
... starting up my own computer service/upgrade/repair business...
I feel that this sector of side business is pretty much saturated. You will likely have to have to rely on friends, as everyone else has their own friends doing the same thing. Good luck, but I don't think you'll make much beer money...
Free hosts serve also as great starting point for future webmasters.
Not very often these days. Not only do free pages put serious restrictions on who the site owner can use for advert service (no link exchanges except "approved" ones, and so on), but often (geocities, yahoo, etc...) the free host spams your visitors with their own pop-ups/unders/banners/all three. And when you can get your own space for well under $10 a month ($4 to 7 seems to be the lowest I've seen), who really needs "free" hosts anymore? It's a dead dead dead business model.
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HTMLarea runs OK on Mazilla...
Yes, but very little here is any more than Microsoft / IE trashing that has very little to do with road testing a beta.
And although I am exclusivly a Firefox user, I say "So Fucking WHAT"? You are saying only IE alturnatives can use these things? They are the exclusive property of Firefox and Opera? So IE finally has these things and you trash it for this? You trash IE because it doesn't have these things then you trash IE because it does? Makes you look kind of like a jack ass, but that's your problem.
...oh nevermind.
"I hope they do the right thing and open-source the code..."
When you become a corporate vice prez, and are pulling in that kind of cash-ola, you may decide it's part of the game. I'll bet Google has Non-compete contracts, too.
Interestingly, Google is (in part) trying to say in California, where they are, the law prohibits the kind of thing Microsoft is doing right now (it's a good law, by the way). But people, the contract this guy signed was not signed in California. Microsoft is based in Washington State. I tend to think Microsoft has a point here...
What do you expect them to say in their filings? Time will tell. Just like it did for all the other inflated dot-coms that went down. Their filings sounded pretty rosy too. It's just a fact. I'm not saying that they don't produce some amazing things, I'm saying they have yet to show that they can or are willing to profit from these things, something that they will have to do to maintain their current levels of hedonism.
Yes, they do. Most if not all are amazing. But do they produce profit for Google? Not very many. Google stock is over-priced, and there will be an adjustment when people start to scale down their expectations to realistic levels.
Don't worry, like all dot-coms with "incredible" ideas and even more "incredible" toys in their work spaces, but very few profit producing products, Google's bubble will pop, the over-priced stock will whither, and Slashdot will move on to The Next Geek Orgasm.
I'm running an RHEL3 box that has been "up" for well over a year. Maybe you have a hardware issue?
This is true. I'm behind a NAT router that came with my DSL, I have Norton, I use SpyBot and AdAware now and then, I defrag my drive every so often. Oh, I use Firefox (mostly). No problems. When I was still using IE, I'd pick up lots of spyware, mostly at porn sites. I still frequint porn sites, but only with Firefox.
Yes, but while I use both Linux and Windows, and am quite happy with both, I've never had Linux shut down on me unexpectedly either. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Really? Does it? Isn't this just an old joke with not much fact to back it up anymore?
No, it doesn't. And yes, I have.
Photoshop is a good tool, but the main way it will loose market shaire to other apps (like *maybe* Gimp, when it's mature) is the price issue. I for one would never even think about a cracked version IF the real thing didn't cost so damn much.
This is a fallacy. First, not all (though most) proprietary and / or commercial software is "corporate", but that is irrelevant anyway. Nothing at all says that corporations have to screw people. While this may be how most corporations operate, certainly not all do. Take for example Costco.
I'd like to kick Photoshop to the curb as well, but that will have to wait untill it measures up to PS functionality and a less confusing GUI.
Grandma bought it, and I'm assuming that she is not under 17. The real point should be: What the Hell was she doing buying a game that glorifies car theft, murder, and organized crime, for a 14 year old? This is a game that involves greasing police, mobsters, and by-standers, stealing cars, blowing things up, and just general anti-social behavior. But sex, something that even preachers do, is going too far? This lady is a moron.
It's a valid point: GTA is saturated with violence of some of the most offensive kind, a little sex should be the least of a parent or grand parent's worries, right? It's OK to grease police and mobsters, steal cars and blow things up, pick up hookers, but sex, now that's going too far?
There is a market for geeky looking bald guys with a beer gut??? SIGN ME UP!
Yes, but remember he will not be spending that whole 3 hours with the one single machine, scans, removal and such will for the most part do a lot of work unattended, while he works on a different machine. A semi-flat rate might be appropriate...
Call it a "disposal" fee, and than either fix and sell or break down for parts.
I feel that this sector of side business is pretty much saturated. You will likely have to have to rely on friends, as everyone else has their own friends doing the same thing. Good luck, but I don't think you'll make much beer money...
Not very often these days. Not only do free pages put serious restrictions on who the site owner can use for advert service (no link exchanges except "approved" ones, and so on), but often (geocities, yahoo, etc...) the free host spams your visitors with their own pop-ups/unders/banners/all three. And when you can get your own space for well under $10 a month ($4 to 7 seems to be the lowest I've seen), who really needs "free" hosts anymore? It's a dead dead dead business model.