No he's not right. Since the 90s, the "Computer" business has been primarily consumer driven. Which, for the majority of the population, is no longer a desktop, and less and less a laptop.
If Michal Dell wants to ignore the the metrics that made his company a household name in the first place, that's pretty damned stupid.
That's just the "too much money in politics" argument which both not new and not insurmountable. Entrenched oligarchies have a history of being toppled one way or the other.
That's really the wrong metric to measure by IMO. In a democracy, anyone with the will to make change can do so, and at multiple levels of involvement. That's kinda the point of the whole thing.
Or you could just roll up your sleeves and get involved, maybe even run yourself. You only have 2 bad choices because, in the end, you and millions like you, are comfortable with that.
Given that Quebec separation has never been "dead and buried"
Thanks for misrepresenting what I said through selective editing. Took guts.
Sounds like Quebec separates from the rest of Canada.
Yep, "sounds like". In reality, a little more complicated than that, as literature on the subject (and other commenters in this thread!) attests to. More importantly, these are event from 16 years ago. Me and GP weren't talking about the past, we were talking about now. But we've already established you couldn't be bothered to bone up on the thread so I'm repeating myself.
that you don't actually have an argument
Not by myself, no. I pointed you to sister comments. Skipped those too, did you?
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and I wonder how their engineering staff plans on handling this situation if the bill is passed.
Belatedly, and with much gnashing of teeth? I mean, it's not like corporate divisions play well together...
And this information comes from...?
Personal histories, mine and thousands of other geeks I've talked to over the decades. Thousands of articles and editorials over the same span, etc.
Seriously, this is not a [citation needed] occasion. If you've been in the biz long enough, this is basic stuff.
No he's not right. Since the 90s, the "Computer" business has been primarily consumer driven. Which, for the majority of the population, is no longer a desktop, and less and less a laptop.
If Michal Dell wants to ignore the the metrics that made his company a household name in the first place, that's pretty damned stupid.
"For its part, Seagate is saying it cut back its warranties to be more closely aligned with other drive manufacturers."
Yeah, the Maxtor buyout wasn't such a good idea after all, eh?
It's just to cheap for coorporate america to hedge it's bets
It's way worse than that. When you compare donations to legislation, earmarks and kickbacks, the ROI for corprorations is just insane.
Shorter: Your representatives are selling you out for $14 worth of shiny trinkets!
subtle attack
Uhhhh, thanks! I think.
They are not comparable.
How so?
so I'll take that as an admission that you know you are wrong and I'm right, but that you don't like being wrong
No. Actually I was parsing your shitty use of tenses and you missed it. Oh well.
Yes
Good. Could you wail and gnash your teeth about that then? Pretty please?
No. You said:
and made criminals out of millions of Americans.
Since I'm not seeing a meteoric rise in court actions and/or incarceration rates, you are quite simply wrong.
Now, a question for you: Do you have car insurance?
and made criminals out of millions of Americans.
Wrong.
Not even close, but thanks for playing.
Shame they didn't vote their convictions then. Or even voice them until he left.
That's just the "too much money in politics" argument which both not new and not insurmountable. Entrenched oligarchies have a history of being toppled one way or the other.
There's 2.5 million Americans who can now afford to have health insurance who would strongly disagree with you.
Also, while it's early days yet, he put two non-crazy people on the SC.
That's really the wrong metric to measure by IMO. In a democracy, anyone with the will to make change can do so, and at multiple levels of involvement. That's kinda the point of the whole thing.
Or you could just roll up your sleeves and get involved, maybe even run yourself. You only have 2 bad choices because, in the end, you and millions like you, are comfortable with that.
Also, a true conservative republican wouldn't approve at all of the Patriot Act
I invite you to leave your house and go talk to some of them. You might be surprised.
One group is for smaller, less intrusive government, period.
And against same-sex marriage. And disbelieving of Obama's US citizenship, despite proof. Oh, and highly approving of the Patriot Act.
Also completely invisible during the biggest expansion of government in modern times.
Fucking ninjas.
Appreciate that you've decided not to reproduce ;)
Whoosh!
I don't see the price of competent writing, directing, acting, sets, and the like plummeting.
Robert Rodriguez, Shane Carruth and hundreds of others would like to have a word with you.
most of the bloggers write up a summary with a link, this is not journalism
And negroes only qualify as 2/3 human, too!
Also, your newsletter is late this month.
What right do we have to alter what will happen to this planet millions of years from now?
Wrong question. We have no rights in this regard.
But we do have a duty towards self-preservation.
So what was the point of your complaint again?
That, even by slahsdot standards, you're quite lazy and stupid.
Given that Quebec separation has never been "dead and buried"
Thanks for misrepresenting what I said through selective editing. Took guts.
Sounds like Quebec separates from the rest of Canada.
Yep, "sounds like". In reality, a little more complicated than that, as literature on the subject (and other commenters in this thread!) attests to. More importantly, these are event from 16 years ago. Me and GP weren't talking about the past, we were talking about now. But we've already established you couldn't be bothered to bone up on the thread so I'm repeating myself.
that you don't actually have an argument
Not by myself, no. I pointed you to sister comments. Skipped those too, did you?
Are you going to link them or just be a rude idiot?
Your UID is far too low for you to ask such an idiotic question, so I'll just assume you're trolling and tell you to fuck off and die in a fire.
you can't be bothered to throw in a link or two.
Oh snap, you really are that dumb. Pro-tip: Try the 'parent' link present in all posts to move up the chain (not the ENTIRE thread, dumbass).
You lazy fuck.