Ahh, asteroids. Personally I think that that's the way to go. Hollow out one of those, make it livable, self sufficient, then whip the fucker out into the blackness. Send hundreds out in all directions, and humanity can spread like cancer!
Microsoft, it's time to come clean. Don't you think it's time that you admit that you're funding these lawsuits?
Fuck no! Sure Microsoft is a behemoth, but IBM, Daimler AG, Autozone, RedHat, etc. is bigger. Not even Microsoft could fend off the lawsuits from that kind of Mea Culpa. The company would be decimated, that $40 Billion in cash would be wiped out, and the entire software industry would be thrown in disarray.
No, your knowledge doesn't get the job done. Your application of knowledge does. Knowledge is worthless. It only lives and dies with you. Application and implementation of that knowledge has a value. Transferring that knowledge has a value. Hording that knowledge has a negative value, like a missed opportunity.
Sure it's dangerous, sure it can screw up your brand new DVD Player or home theatre system, so why not take it to a professional? Competitive rates assured!
Or let the luddites live without the 'features'. Face it, that's why we became techies in the first place, to profit from everyone else's technophobia.
Working in the freight industry, we deal with mostly 210's. It is absolutely hilarious to actually let the software parse and comment the bills after people have polluted the standard. Those codes are there for a reason, and if they no longer apply, it means that tech has to change! I've asked everyone that I have contact with when the industry was to move to either one of the proposed xml-edi standards (I think that there's two major ones, and Walmart just started backing one of them) so that we could do things in a sane fashion, and they (the automotive industry) just laughed at me. Most of their edi software runs on mainframes, which will not be eol'ed until I retire in 30 years. Some places have updated their equipment, and run the old software in a compatibility layer, just to piss me off.
Ooh, edifact! I dream of edifact! We're still using ANSI/X12 EDI.
For those of you born after most mainfraimes, ANSI EDI is Satan's preferred method of data exchange. It is based on the assumption that characters are expensive to transmit, so they minimize the file to as few characters as possible using codes that might have had meaning when they wrote the standard, but not anymore. Most times, the files don't even transmit eol characters. It's a mess!
Tinfoil wallet liners as well. And Many of those people are going with the expectations of winning big. I'm sure we can sucker them into spending a bit to improve their chances.
I'll flip for the foil. You live near the airport?
While I agree with your thinking, for the most part, the cost savings is having one programming staff that can customize all the software for your business needs. You don't have to go out and pay each outside developer to incorporate changes, bugfix, and test each revision.
Open source gives the potential for a company to be adaptive, dynamic and profitable in the marketplace, but you are correct in alluding to OSS not guaranteeing these things.
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Ahh, asteroids. Personally I think that that's the way to go. Hollow out one of those, make it livable, self sufficient, then whip the fucker out into the blackness. Send hundreds out in all directions, and humanity can spread like cancer!
Microsoft, it's time to come clean. Don't you think it's time that you admit that you're funding these lawsuits?
Fuck no! Sure Microsoft is a behemoth, but IBM, Daimler AG, Autozone, RedHat, etc. is bigger. Not even Microsoft could fend off the lawsuits from that kind of Mea Culpa. The company would be decimated, that $40 Billion in cash would be wiped out, and the entire software industry would be thrown in disarray.
You divulged, albeit unwittingly, the order of the Freemasons elimination of one of their dissenting members.
Never EVER bring up TWA 800, nor the liberties lost because of it. (Most of the current administration are Freemasons)
Betting the farm, yes. But they're keeping a couple of cows just in case they lose.
Being the most gullibile company ever incorporated.
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No, your knowledge doesn't get the job done. Your application of knowledge does. Knowledge is worthless. It only lives and dies with you. Application and implementation of that knowledge has a value. Transferring that knowledge has a value. Hording that knowledge has a negative value, like a missed opportunity.
Look who does the measuring.
Yeah, I was pissed about that too. But at least ewoks weren't two hours of furry drivel.
Nobody's going to feel really bad about seeing those, as George Lucas has turned Star Wars into a franchise to hock his wares.
At least with the original three, that just happened naturally.
and start over. Let it reach critical mass, become unscrupulous, unwanted and unnecessary, then throw out the baby again.
Spread the wealth!
Sure it's dangerous, sure it can screw up your brand new DVD Player or home theatre system, so why not take it to a professional? Competitive rates assured!
Or let the luddites live without the 'features'. Face it, that's why we became techies in the first place, to profit from everyone else's technophobia.
They also lead the way in stupid litigation (followed closely by California)
IBM sits three feet higher than anyone else due to the immense bulge in its wallet. Go talk to them.
Working in the freight industry, we deal with mostly 210's. It is absolutely hilarious to actually let the software parse and comment the bills after people have polluted the standard. Those codes are there for a reason, and if they no longer apply, it means that tech has to change!
I've asked everyone that I have contact with when the industry was to move to either one of the proposed xml-edi standards (I think that there's two major ones, and Walmart just started backing one of them) so that we could do things in a sane fashion, and they (the automotive industry) just laughed at me.
Most of their edi software runs on mainframes, which will not be eol'ed until I retire in 30 years. Some places have updated their equipment, and run the old software in a compatibility layer, just to piss me off.
I must have missed that memo. Good thing too, I thought that I was ordered to kill my dog. I better go read those specs!
Ooh, edifact! I dream of edifact! We're still using ANSI/X12 EDI.
For those of you born after most mainfraimes, ANSI EDI is Satan's preferred method of data exchange. It is based on the assumption that characters are expensive to transmit, so they minimize the file to as few characters as possible using codes that might have had meaning when they wrote the standard, but not anymore. Most times, the files don't even transmit eol characters. It's a mess!
Tinfoil wallet liners as well. And Many of those people are going with the expectations of winning big. I'm sure we can sucker them into spending a bit to improve their chances.
I'll flip for the foil. You live near the airport?
Vegas was built upon a geographical oddity known as a bad luck epicentre. This is merely a cute manifestation of this bad luck phenomenon.
And that's also why I lost all my money there too.
Oh, I'm certain that you could do it with LIRC.
It would be nice if it could respond back though.
Then you do not understand the Tao. Go meditate until you are enlightened.
They'd give orphans the chair!
Texas is fucked up. How will this fare in the real world?
Your search for "Do you know what Racketeering means you ambulance chasers?" returned 0 pages. Search time 4.688 seconds.
Looks like it's contagious, RIAA.com's search engine is broken too!
And in other news, Simon Phillips wins the "Understatement of the year" award, also known as the "GNU/Understatement of the year" award
Kill her and eat her! That way she will always be a part of you.
That and you'll get superpowers from her brain!
While I agree with your thinking, for the most part, the cost savings is having one programming staff that can customize all the software for your business needs. You don't have to go out and pay each outside developer to incorporate changes, bugfix, and test each revision.
Open source gives the potential for a company to be adaptive, dynamic and profitable in the marketplace, but you are correct in alluding to OSS not guaranteeing these things.