Just because a lot of people are annoying on them (hang up and drive, and turn it off at dinner/movies/visiting with people), doesn't mean I hate the invention-- I hate it's uses...
EXACTLY! I mean, a plunger is a cool invention until a cop rams one up your ass and punctures your colon!
I was going to take a job at a financial company. They told me that everyone in the department has to have "pager duty" for supporting the applications. I told them that I would wear a pager as long as they paid me for every single hour during which I was on call. They told me this was normal. I told them that, if they expect me to be at their beck and call and not doing anything *I* want to do (e.g. Drink, leave the area, sleep, etc), they were going to pay me.
So AFAIAC (as far as I am concerned), "caveat job-gettor". You knew what you were getting into. Deal with it or find another job.
I think they should paint ALL parking spaces the size of small cars and give $50 tickets to violators. Of course the city would have to put up a few more garages for SUVs and trucks, but the revenue from tose operations could go straight to the city.
What about:
A person with a large family? Cops? Ambulances? Tow trucks? Taxis? The carpenter/plumber/painter's truck that needs to go fix something in your apartment? A small business owner that needs a large vehicle to transport equipment?
None of these is the size of a small car. You don't want them to be able to park anywhere?
What about when my driver comes to pick me up in the limo? I know he always just double-parks out front anyway, but shouldn't he at least have the _option_ of parking legally? (ok. That's not a good example...)
That's funny... I have the exact opposite experience with snow... Seems every butt nugget with a 4x4 SUV thinks that they're not infallible in snow and ice and drive like a bunch of idiots in the winter... Guess it's a geographical thing... I'm in Maryland, USA... almost nobody knows how to drive in bad weather here. Being from New England, it's one of the first things you learn there...
From the URL you quoted: "Congress thereby limited the definition of copyright protection available to a computer program to its literary form, the actual statements and instructions of the source code, and excluded from protection the program's electronic operation."
So, they were within their rights to do it. No problem. What was your point?
"The biggest complaint many people have with Microsoft and Windows, is that its proprietary nature stiffles any innovation."
I think this is the only forum that would mark this "Insightful".
When's the last time your mother said that Windows proprietary nature stifles innovation? Most people have issues with its stability and security.
Microsoft has spent countless millions of dollars on research into useability. Unless you're going to foot the bill for similar research, the easiest way to make a useable desktop for people is to emulate the most popular desktop. This also makes it easier for less sophisticated users to migrate (you know... like coconuts!) to Linux.
Once users get used to the idea of running Linux, then they can realize the extra power of swapping out desktops and configuring everything for themselves.
Right now, we need to do for Linux what was done for Excel and Quattro Pro when they made a 'Lotus-123 compatible menus' an option in their software.
Yeah... that was really easy to use. It was a great site back then. Now, I can't even find my way around their front page... Stopped using them about 2 years ago.
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Well, you need to talk to some of your countrymen, because I was in a bar in LONDON in 2003 and the patrons there were calling the USA "the Colonies" in conversation.
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hehe... nice Howard reference. Tom's such an idiot
or Bukkake for short....
The He-Man SCO Haters Club!
Are you sure that wasn't United BSD??
Oh... wait... Rob LoVe!.... ok... never mind..
Where the people you're trying to help are trying to kill you every day?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?
It's too bad there's a "5" limit... that's pretty friggin funny...
Who wants to watch that slow-mo giggling when the giggling's being done by the cheeks, belly and chins???
Yeah... I usually just take it and put it under my nut sack...
Just because a lot of people are annoying on them (hang up and drive, and turn it off at dinner/movies/visiting with people), doesn't mean I hate the invention-- I hate it's uses...
EXACTLY! I mean, a plunger is a cool invention until a cop rams one up your ass and punctures your colon!
talking about cereal boxes at the store - is it really necessary to have conversations like that?
well, no offense meant, but who are you to tell me which phone conversations are valid to have in which places?
(FYI: I develop software for a living.)
I was going to take a job at a financial company. They told me that everyone in the department has to have "pager duty" for supporting the applications. I told them that I would wear a pager as long as they paid me for every single hour during which I was on call. They told me this was normal. I told them that, if they expect me to be at their beck and call and not doing anything *I* want to do (e.g. Drink, leave the area, sleep, etc), they were going to pay me.
So AFAIAC (as far as I am concerned), "caveat job-gettor". You knew what you were getting into. Deal with it or find another job.
I think they should paint ALL parking spaces the size of small cars and give $50 tickets to violators. Of course the city would have to put up a few more garages for SUVs and trucks, but the revenue from tose operations could go straight to the city.
What about:
A person with a large family?
Cops?
Ambulances?
Tow trucks?
Taxis?
The carpenter/plumber/painter's truck that needs to go fix something in your apartment?
A small business owner that needs a large vehicle to transport equipment?
None of these is the size of a small car. You don't want them to be able to park anywhere?
What about when my driver comes to pick me up in the limo? I know he always just double-parks out front anyway, but shouldn't he at least have the _option_ of parking legally? (ok. That's not a good example...)
That's funny... I have the exact opposite experience with snow... Seems every butt nugget with a 4x4 SUV thinks that they're not infallible in snow and ice and drive like a bunch of idiots in the winter... Guess it's a geographical thing... I'm in Maryland, USA... almost nobody knows how to drive in bad weather here. Being from New England, it's one of the first things you learn there...
The random telephone survey of 1,023 adults and 500 teenagers ...
They wanted to interview adults only, but they were only using 10 bits to store ID numbers, so they had to move on to teenagers...
People mod funny posts Insightful so they'll actually get Karma points for being funny.
Perhaps if he grips it by the husk...
Well... it was falling at a pretty good clip... it's not like it was a paratrooper lightly touching down on the ground...
and win? Sure...
From the URL you quoted: "Congress thereby limited the definition of copyright protection available to a computer program to its literary form, the actual statements and instructions of the source code, and excluded from protection the program's electronic operation."
So, they were within their rights to do it. No problem.
What was your point?
Is that a Princess Bride quote?
"The biggest complaint many people have with Microsoft and Windows, is that its proprietary nature stiffles any innovation."
I think this is the only forum that would mark this "Insightful".
When's the last time your mother said that Windows proprietary nature stifles innovation? Most people have issues with its stability and security.
Microsoft has spent countless millions of dollars on research into useability. Unless you're going to foot the bill for similar research, the easiest way to make a useable desktop for people is to emulate the most popular desktop. This also makes it easier for less sophisticated users to migrate (you know... like coconuts!) to Linux.
Once users get used to the idea of running Linux, then they can realize the extra power of swapping out desktops and configuring everything for themselves.
Right now, we need to do for Linux what was done for Excel and Quattro Pro when they made a 'Lotus-123 compatible menus' an option in their software.
THAT will get the users converted!
yeah... I use that some too, but I found that news.google.com is good at giving me news and other than that, I can get stock quotes elsewhere too.
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He hasn't bin seen in person, but he's bin heard and bin quoted all over the place!