so you'd trade in 'copyright infringement' with theft, since that is likely the only other alternative.
and then that would likely be time in jail.
I'd rather file bankruptcy than spend time in a federal prison, imho.
i'm a medium size company with a number of Redhat Enterprise subscriptions running in-house. We've had great service from their customer support. A large corporation like oracle should have a good number of certified employees anyways.
Engine Control Unit: Pressure is rising abnormally in main engine block. Would you like Windows to attempt to fix the problem?
Driver: *OK*
Engine Control Unit:This feature requires the latest service pack from windowsupdate.com. Would you like to download and install?"
Driver: shit.
If Microsoft really cared about interoperability with oss products they would not have discontinued their 'Services for UNIX' product last year (based off interix).
(a) honestly, i can't.. we dont live in a free country because people like you chose to keep their mouths shut and take it in the...
(b) well.. lets hear some cases then! you're obviously the expert, or maybe you just play one on t.v.
(c) incapable of chaning? well for starters they could follow their original 'mantra' and not deal with communist censorship.. or they could just pull out now. they choose neither.
maybe you don't understand the real dangers of communists and their socio-political censorship on their citizens..
No.
Any business that directly portrays themselves as the company that can make money without doing evil should be expected to do just that. They have insinuated, in their own right, a 'holier-than-thou' attitude themselves, now their ignorance of doing the right thing in China is contradicting and insulting.
that was on slashdot a few days ago too.
basically, I think google knew everything they know now about China and the lameness of dealing with a communist government. They've already planted their 'seed' there and i dont think they'll be pulling out of China anytime soon.
This google fanboism is making me sick (not directed to you). Everyone seems to love to call google the 'do no evil' company. I almost think that was a specific marketing ploy by google just to get people to not piss all over their actions. "If google is doing it then it MUST be okay, right?"
Google is capable of some great things, but they ARE a corporation and have to abide by the almighty dollar in the end.
i'm at a medium sized software company as well..
our BAs and project managers used to use the same version control system as developers earlier on and.. well.. lets just say they had a hard time and leave it at that;)
They actually moved to sharepoint which is much easier for them to use and supports revision control along with a load of other features with all that integrated Office and Outlook crap (they love it).
plus, if your software design req documents require branching then there is seriously something wrong with the design.
This was funny, but its actually not a bad idea. Get the slashdot/techie crowd to start promoting this mythical "Web 2.1" thing.. and suddenly steal the thunder of a copyrighted Web 2.0 (whatever the hell it is).
So you could actually 'deprecate' the Web 2.0 buzz word once and for all, anybody talking about Web 2.0 is just not using the latest and greatest.
I've been using Quikorder for my dominos pizza (yes i have a thing for pre-made cheap pizza delivered fast =) for about 5 years now. Even has ICQ message alert, online order history, and good coupon deals.
> And anyone computer-savvy enough to be using firefox
Computer-savvy?
At UIC, firefox is the default browser on all student lab machines. Most users dont even realize any difference between Firefox/IE, let alone know which one they're using. So obviously you dont have to be computer savvy to use firefox.
I'd like to add a few things.
What exactly are we waiting for? Those of us who have read the book already know the story, why will we now subject ourselves to a condensed 2 hour version of mere pictures and sounds with no substance(and pay some $8+ as well)?
Movies are becoming the true tool of wasted-time and money, and most people blindly march to this weekend ritual as if their entire state-of-mind depended on the fulfillment of a few hours of a 'movie fix'.
Seriously folks, whats the point of us sitting unproductively for 2 hours at a time while we make some guy (Lucus, Speilberg, etc.) rich and fat? I just don't get it anymore. Someone please explain it to me, because its no longer about art (as if it ever was), and all about convincing us that we should give up our money to be supremely satisfied in our social lives.
An employer is no more interested in some kid who says hes contributing to an open source project than one who hasn't. Working on open source projects doesn't identify any other skills other than motivation, which most recruiters can identify from a few interviews. Also, it doesn't show that you can work in a full-time environment with real development processes and not the ragtag un-organized development that most OSS projects face. If you can't show that you can work 9-5 for 40+ hours a week (through internships or other experiences) then you'll get passed up for someone who can.
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I wonder what kind of video games he played.
will someone please tag this defectivebydesign.
damn domino computing monopolies
what part of m o c k u p did you not understand?
so you'd trade in 'copyright infringement' with theft, since that is likely the only other alternative. and then that would likely be time in jail. I'd rather file bankruptcy than spend time in a federal prison, imho.
don't forget about global warming. its real, so do your part.
i'm a medium size company with a number of Redhat Enterprise subscriptions running in-house. We've had great service from their customer support. A large corporation like oracle should have a good number of certified employees anyways.
Something tells me this is going to be bad...
Engine Control Unit: Pressure is rising abnormally in main engine block. Would you like Windows to attempt to fix the problem?
Driver: *OK*
Engine Control Unit:This feature requires the latest service pack from windowsupdate.com. Would you like to download and install?"
Driver: shit.
Can we get some more ads on those pages please? The 10-page/50-ads-per-page clickthru marathon isn't grabbing my attention enough.
lame.
If Microsoft really cared about interoperability with oss products they would not have discontinued their 'Services for UNIX' product last year (based off interix).
i'm a linux user (not really a zealot) and i thought this was pretty funny.
good reading material for the gentoo fanboys.
(a) honestly, i can't.. we dont live in a free country because people like you chose to keep their mouths shut and take it in the...
(b) well.. lets hear some cases then! you're obviously the expert, or maybe you just play one on t.v.
(c) incapable of chaning? well for starters they could follow their original 'mantra' and not deal with communist censorship.. or they could just pull out now. they choose neither.
maybe you don't understand the real dangers of communists and their socio-political censorship on their citizens..
No.
Any business that directly portrays themselves as the company that can make money without doing evil should be expected to do just that.
They have insinuated, in their own right, a 'holier-than-thou' attitude themselves, now their ignorance of doing the right thing in China is contradicting and insulting.
that was on slashdot a few days ago too.
basically, I think google knew everything they know now about China and the lameness of dealing with a communist government. They've already planted their 'seed' there and i dont think they'll be pulling out of China anytime soon.
This google fanboism is making me sick (not directed to you). Everyone seems to love to call google the 'do no evil' company. I almost think that was a specific marketing ploy by google just to get people to not piss all over their actions. "If google is doing it then it MUST be okay, right?"
Google is capable of some great things, but they ARE a corporation and have to abide by the almighty dollar in the end.
Creativity, innovation and a free and open marketplace are all at stake in this fight.
While not forgetting about the importance of this bill..
lets also remind Mr. Schmidt of the wonderful things they are doing in 'free and open' China.
i'm at a medium sized software company as well.. our BAs and project managers used to use the same version control system as developers earlier on and.. well.. lets just say they had a hard time and leave it at that ;)
They actually moved to sharepoint which is much easier for them to use and supports revision control along with a load of other features with all that integrated Office and Outlook crap (they love it).
plus, if your software design req documents require branching then there is seriously something wrong with the design.
This was funny, but its actually not a bad idea. Get the slashdot/techie crowd to start promoting this mythical "Web 2.1" thing.. and suddenly steal the thunder of a copyrighted Web 2.0 (whatever the hell it is).
So you could actually 'deprecate' the Web 2.0 buzz word once and for all, anybody talking about Web 2.0 is just not using the latest and greatest.
Now we just need to kill off this AJAX acronym.
Update: 04/21 18:54 GMT by Z : Tim Burton no longer cofounding Tivo.
wow, i guess time travel is possible on a tivo too!
Is it any coincidence that the author of the bbc article is named Chris Hogg?
Might be useful here.
I've been using Quikorder for my dominos pizza (yes i have a thing for pre-made cheap pizza delivered fast =) for about 5 years now. Even has ICQ message alert, online order history, and good coupon deals.
> And anyone computer-savvy enough to be using firefox
Computer-savvy? At UIC, firefox is the default browser on all student lab machines. Most users dont even realize any difference between Firefox/IE, let alone know which one they're using. So obviously you dont have to be computer savvy to use firefox.
you rely on all the code that goes in to firefox to be developed by others, yet you complain about a simple icon? make it yourself for cryin out loud.
I'd like to add a few things.
What exactly are we waiting for? Those of us who have read the book already know the story, why will we now subject ourselves to a condensed 2 hour version of mere pictures and sounds with no substance(and pay some $8+ as well)?
Movies are becoming the true tool of wasted-time and money, and most people blindly march to this weekend ritual as if their entire state-of-mind depended on the fulfillment of a few hours of a 'movie fix'.
Seriously folks, whats the point of us sitting unproductively for 2 hours at a time while we make some guy (Lucus, Speilberg, etc.) rich and fat?
I just don't get it anymore. Someone please explain it to me, because its no longer about art (as if it ever was), and all about convincing us that we should give up our money to be supremely satisfied in our social lives.
An employer is no more interested in some kid who says hes contributing to an open source project than one who hasn't.
Working on open source projects doesn't identify any other skills other than motivation, which most recruiters can identify from a few interviews. Also, it doesn't show that you can work in a full-time environment with real development processes and not the ragtag un-organized development that most OSS projects face.
If you can't show that you can work 9-5 for 40+ hours a week (through internships or other experiences) then you'll get passed up for someone who can.
I believe the accepted term is now Nutscrape
*ouch*