I don't know what company you are talking about, but MSFT has had record earnings and revenue for the LAST 12 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS. If you truly believe what you say, then you should sell MSFT short.
To say that huge market opportunities have evaporated is incorrect. We are still in the dawn of the computing era. At least Microsoft seems to have the capital and interest to keep their fingers in a lot of R&D pies.
Thats because very few people are running 1gig networks and 100mbit is much more common. If you at home then you are likely effectively running 10mpbs.
Microsoft is going to win these wars. Their smooth integration of online technologies and their ability to give the developer a single API to develop to (Xbox AND desktop windows via DirectX) is going to win out eventually. Its only a matter of time.
Thats because you don't have a tri-band phone and GSM works on a different frequency in the U.S. and also Japan. We all know you Euro's are wiser and superior to us, so you should know already you need a tri-band phone if you are going to travel anywhere important in the world.
There is a new book about it. Give it up, everyone knows these guys are on roids. The people who are doing the testing are also the people who make money from the sport. The athletes mask the drugs and the testers make sure that their testing doesn't go too far.
"OProfile can't tell you exactly why your system call is returning EINVAL. OProfile can't tell you why your application is causing cross-calls. OProfile can't tell you what processes are writing to what files, in real time. OProfile can't debug race conditions."
Well then what are you posting on Slashdot for??? Get back to work!:-) Just kidding.
Oh please. You aren't getting some "higher plane" insight when you take drugs. Your mind is just screwed up by the chemicals blasting your brain. Drug users always pull this one out to justify what they are doing to themselves. As a guy who has taken LSD a few times I can tell you the only "insight" you get is that you can alter your perceptions by ingesting chemicals. Gee, imagine that.
Anything else you "understand" is just an excuse for you and your suburbanite loser friends to hit the bong.
Because C# and other.NET related technologies have been submitted to standard bodies (ECMA -see http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/) and Java is controlled by a single mega-corporation? You shouldn't support corporate controlled languages like Java.
Well DARPA is Defense ADVANCED RESEARCH Projects Agency, which means that they work on advanced research (or fantasy land as you call it). I'm not sure you know what DARPA has cooking in their labs, but it is light years beyond a simple Knoppix CD.
"A big one coming up, I've voiced my concerns and my plan is to sit back and watch the fireworks when it goes south."
Now, there is a good attitude. How about you get involved with the development process and see how it can be improved instead? Really you are part of the problem if you arent part of the solution. I wouldn't want a person like you around. If the project fails you will just say "I told you so". If it doesn't, I suspect you will be nowhere to be seen.
Huh? This is totally wrong. The company cannot "call" the options, and option holders can perform "cashless" exercises of their options by selling a portion of their options to pay the money you would need to "borrow" to sell it.
The reason that options should be expensed is because the company needs to purchase shares from the market at the (low) strike price when the options get exercised. This is a definite expense.
Er, how does that link explain the any method that.NET uses? It seems to just talk about linux libraries in general. AFAIK, Linux doesn't have the described functionality.
No, because the color of the persons skin will always identify that person as part of a certain "group". Its just how the human animal works. You can't change it. You cannot tear down the divisions because they are natural, not artificial. However you can attempt to teach tolerance and acceptance, but even that will not eradicate racism.
Managers are employees as well. There is no distinction. Managers have managers.
"Whose job is more important, the manager's or the employee's? If he says the employees he's very likely pandering for acceptance. If he says the manager's then he may quickly drop useful members of the team."
Never. Microsoft was very successful from their beginnings. They did compete with IBM, but it was their licensing deal with IBM that made the company take off.
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I don't know what company you are talking about, but MSFT has had record earnings and revenue for the LAST 12 CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS. If you truly believe what you say, then you should sell MSFT short.
To say that huge market opportunities have evaporated is incorrect. We are still in the dawn of the computing era. At least Microsoft seems to have the capital and interest to keep their fingers in a lot of R&D pies.
Thats because very few people are running 1gig networks and 100mbit is much more common. If you at home then you are likely effectively running 10mpbs.
Therefore it isn't any difference to most people.
Which one?
Microsoft is going to win these wars. Their smooth integration of online technologies and their ability to give the developer a single API to develop to (Xbox AND desktop windows via DirectX) is going to win out eventually. Its only a matter of time.
Thats because you don't have a tri-band phone and GSM works on a different frequency in the U.S. and also Japan. We all know you Euro's are wiser and superior to us, so you should know already you need a tri-band phone if you are going to travel anywhere important in the world.
There is a new book about it. Give it up, everyone knows these guys are on roids. The people who are doing the testing are also the people who make money from the sport. The athletes mask the drugs and the testers make sure that their testing doesn't go too far.
"OProfile can't tell you exactly why your system call is returning EINVAL. OProfile can't tell you why your application is causing cross-calls. OProfile can't tell you what processes are writing to what files, in real time. OProfile can't debug race conditions."
:-) Just kidding.
Well then what are you posting on Slashdot for??? Get back to work!
Its not so incredible considering:
a) They spend all their time training for races
b) They are doped up more than Courtney Love on tour
"Oh, and Alex is a jerk. He said something so offensive to me that it, and my reply, were edited out"
Please elaborate. You cannot be sued for libel since it is obviously true.
Hmmm, there is only one line in there: 1) INSTALL FREEBSD
Airplanes move fast and fly relatively low. An airplane stays in line of sight for about 3 minutes.
Oh please. You aren't getting some "higher plane" insight when you take drugs. Your mind is just screwed up by the chemicals blasting your brain. Drug users always pull this one out to justify what they are doing to themselves. As a guy who has taken LSD a few times I can tell you the only "insight" you get is that you can alter your perceptions by ingesting chemicals. Gee, imagine that.
Anything else you "understand" is just an excuse for you and your suburbanite loser friends to hit the bong.
Because C# and other .NET related technologies have been submitted to standard bodies (ECMA -see http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/ecma/) and Java is controlled by a single mega-corporation? You shouldn't support corporate controlled languages like Java.
Yeah, you should have bad feelings considering 5 (full, non-upgrade, non-MSDN) licenses should run you $5000.
Actually, MSVC++ has the best optimization of any x86 compiler. It certainly blows away gcc/egcs.
Well DARPA is Defense ADVANCED RESEARCH Projects Agency, which means that they work on advanced research (or fantasy land as you call it). I'm not sure you know what DARPA has cooking in their labs, but it is light years beyond a simple Knoppix CD.
"A big one coming up, I've voiced my concerns and my plan is to sit back and watch the fireworks when it goes south." Now, there is a good attitude. How about you get involved with the development process and see how it can be improved instead? Really you are part of the problem if you arent part of the solution. I wouldn't want a person like you around. If the project fails you will just say "I told you so". If it doesn't, I suspect you will be nowhere to be seen.
Huh? This is totally wrong. The company cannot "call" the options, and option holders can perform "cashless" exercises of their options by selling a portion of their options to pay the money you would need to "borrow" to sell it.
The reason that options should be expensed is because the company needs to purchase shares from the market at the (low) strike price when the options get exercised. This is a definite expense.
How was this modded insightful at all?
"Hmm... A first post that wasn't a troll. I'm amazed"
Plus he was able to use the word "loosely" correctly. Something is strange here...
Er, how does that link explain the any method that .NET uses? It seems to just talk about linux libraries in general. AFAIK, Linux doesn't have the described functionality.
Really? I have a patent, but I am not a corporation. How does that work? Seems to me it protects the IP investment.
Where does he say that MSCE and other qualifications don't lock administrators in?
No, because the color of the persons skin will always identify that person as part of a certain "group". Its just how the human animal works. You can't change it. You cannot tear down the divisions because they are natural, not artificial. However you can attempt to teach tolerance and acceptance, but even that will not eradicate racism.
Managers are employees as well. There is no distinction. Managers have managers.
:-)
"Whose job is more important, the manager's or the employee's? If he says the employees he's very likely pandering for acceptance. If he says the manager's then he may quickly drop useful members of the team."
Gee, what a no-win question!
Never. Microsoft was very successful from their beginnings. They did compete with IBM, but it was their licensing deal with IBM that made the company take off.