Geez...what do you think the little moving blue bar at the bottom of the Windows boot screen is? "Windows is secure...Forced upgrades are good...that blue screen is your imagination..."
I just think it's interesting that every single form of excess in the US is frowned upon, except making obscene amounts of money. If you like sex too much, you're a sexaholic; if you take too many recreational substances, you're a drug abuser; if you eat too much you're a glutton; if you're very vocal about your beliefs or religion, you're a fanatic. However, if you make more money than any 1,000 people could spend in 10 lifetimes, you're an entrepreneur (sp?).
Now, before I get flamed, I'm not saying that capitalism is bad, but when you take ANYTHING to an extreme, it's usually not a good thing. The main reason that Communism failed is that they took Marx's ideas to their logical extreme without any thought of human nature or simple compassion. Anyone remember "Lost Horizon"? When the head monk is telling Ronald Coleman's character that they do everything in moderation and therefore are more than moderately happy? Just something to think about...
Not possible, mon frere.
Microsoft is the clear leader in the search field (even though they haven't done it yet). To quote the head of MS's search project, "Google is a nice little search engine, but nothing compared to my vision." I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm quivering with anticipation.
I know that you non-believers will say, "But Wun Hung Lo, how is it possible that I will do a search on MS's web site and not find my answer, but if I do the query on Google, I will find a hit on MS's website! Is it possible that Google has MS indexed better than MS themselves?" All I can say that it is an unexplainable anomaly and will be fixed with the next security patch.
MS search rules!!
I think it's interesting that rates have gone up astronomically SINCE deregulation. Why is it that companies go before Congress and say "If we didn't have all this government oversight and regulations to deal with, we would be able to make more money and charge the consumers less." Well, guess what? The airlines, the savings & loan crisis, the energy companies all started either going bankrupt or ripping everyone off. Then, of course, they go back before Congress and say "It's not our fault, you didn't regulate us!"
Speaking of religion and the FCC...can anyone believe Howard Stern comparing himself to Jesus?
I can see it now..."Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and give unto me the lesbians."
I know even juvenile morons have a right to free speech, but does he really take himself that seriously?
I personally don't trust software that's probably written by some spotty 14 year old going by some odd name like "L3kk3r"... open source seems to be mostly written using the "Bodgitt & Skarper" methodologies, at least if it comes from a company they are more likely to produce a design (remember those funny things from university ? You do them BEFORE you code!:-) and are less likely/able to run a mile when things go wrong.
Thank you for the post, Mr. Gates!
I agree totally. I don't know how many so-called "System Administrators" (especially MCSE's) I have dealt with who pee their pants when they see a command prompt.
If it's GUI-less, they're cluey-less. (Hey, I'm a poet!)
they're really smart.
When SCO's case gets torpedoed in court, everyone who DIDN'T buy a license will just be glad it's over. EVI, on the other hand, will have a lovely case for fraud and extortion against SCO.
It's not likely that's what they had in mind, but it's possible.
That won't stop jerks on the road. What we need is a James Bond-type fender-mounted rocket launcher. Oh, the Type A personalities in their Hummers would still cut you off, but they'd only do it once...!!
In World War II we were fighting nations with governments. There were central authorities that could be identified as leading these governments and it was easy to tell when they were defeated and the war was over.
The war on terror CAN'T EVER BE WON. Terrorism has no central authority or borders. Anyone with a cause , a weapon and the will to use it can be a terrorist. Didn't you ever read George Orwell's 1984 where the country was in a never-ending war with an un-named enemy and if you questioned it you were unpatriotic.
It's very scary how easily people are willing to throw their freedoms away.
Let's not forget Alfred Bester's work, especially "The Demolished Man" and "The Stars My Destination". He had a wonderful knack of imagining not necessarily new technology, but what effects technology would have on society.
John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar" is a must-read. It's scary how closely our present matches his book (written in 1967, if I remember correctly). The only thing he was completely off on was no global computer network, instead there were a couple of super-mainframes. Although, another of his books, "The Shockwave Rider", was, again if I remember correctly, the first book to mention computer virii.
For something more recent, "Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology" has some cool stories.
Warning: If someone recommends that you read Star Trek movie novelizations, run in the other direction...!!
SCO CEO Darl McBride is suing Geoffrey Chaucer on the grounds that the Astrolabe in question is actually SCO IP and that divulging it has caused SCO financial harm. The suit calls for damages in the amount of 1 million pounds sterling with adjustments for inflation. SCO is also examining The Canterbury Tales for mentions of penguins...
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Geez...what do you think the little moving blue bar at the bottom of the Windows boot screen is? "Windows is secure...Forced upgrades are good...that blue screen is your imagination..."
And even if the blast didn't kill you, you'd be covered in chicken shit and feathers...I'm not sure which would be worse!
I just think it's interesting that every single form of excess in the US is frowned upon, except making obscene amounts of money. If you like sex too much, you're a sexaholic; if you take too many recreational substances, you're a drug abuser; if you eat too much you're a glutton; if you're very vocal about your beliefs or religion, you're a fanatic. However, if you make more money than any 1,000 people could spend in 10 lifetimes, you're an entrepreneur (sp?). Now, before I get flamed, I'm not saying that capitalism is bad, but when you take ANYTHING to an extreme, it's usually not a good thing. The main reason that Communism failed is that they took Marx's ideas to their logical extreme without any thought of human nature or simple compassion. Anyone remember "Lost Horizon"? When the head monk is telling Ronald Coleman's character that they do everything in moderation and therefore are more than moderately happy? Just something to think about...
Not possible, mon frere. Microsoft is the clear leader in the search field (even though they haven't done it yet). To quote the head of MS's search project, "Google is a nice little search engine, but nothing compared to my vision." I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm quivering with anticipation. I know that you non-believers will say, "But Wun Hung Lo, how is it possible that I will do a search on MS's web site and not find my answer, but if I do the query on Google, I will find a hit on MS's website! Is it possible that Google has MS indexed better than MS themselves?" All I can say that it is an unexplainable anomaly and will be fixed with the next security patch. MS search rules!!
I think it's interesting that rates have gone up astronomically SINCE deregulation. Why is it that companies go before Congress and say "If we didn't have all this government oversight and regulations to deal with, we would be able to make more money and charge the consumers less." Well, guess what? The airlines, the savings & loan crisis, the energy companies all started either going bankrupt or ripping everyone off. Then, of course, they go back before Congress and say "It's not our fault, you didn't regulate us!"
Speaking of religion and the FCC...can anyone believe Howard Stern comparing himself to Jesus? I can see it now..."Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and give unto me the lesbians." I know even juvenile morons have a right to free speech, but does he really take himself that seriously?
doesn't the face on Mars look like J'onn J'onzz (the Martian Manhunter)? I may not believe in psuedoscience, but I believe in comics!
"Death Balloon" just doesn't have the same ring as "Death Star". :(
I personally don't trust software that's probably written by some spotty 14 year old going by some odd name like "L3kk3r" ... open source seems to be mostly written using the "Bodgitt & Skarper" methodologies, at least if it comes from a company they are more likely to produce a design (remember those funny things from university ? You do them BEFORE you code! :-) and are less likely/able to run a mile when things go wrong.
Thank you for the post, Mr. Gates!
I think I read that book when I was younger - "Tom Swift and His Electric Pecker"
If you look at the Adobe document summary, it will show the author of document (which I assume it reads the metadata of the converted document).
The hell with that... Roll a 1d6 to see Barbie get on with Kelli and Skipper! That's creativity!!!
when is the rover going to give us a picture of J'onn J'onzz old house? That would be impressive!
I agree totally. I don't know how many so-called "System Administrators" (especially MCSE's) I have dealt with who pee their pants when they see a command prompt.
If it's GUI-less,
they're cluey-less.
(Hey, I'm a poet!)
MARS NEEDS WOMEN!!!
they're really smart. When SCO's case gets torpedoed in court, everyone who DIDN'T buy a license will just be glad it's over. EVI, on the other hand, will have a lovely case for fraud and extortion against SCO. It's not likely that's what they had in mind, but it's possible.
That won't stop jerks on the road. What we need is a James Bond-type fender-mounted rocket launcher. Oh, the Type A personalities in their Hummers would still cut you off, but they'd only do it once...!!
Imagine if Microsoft was doing this...I wonder what it would feel like to have your brain bluescreen...?
"90% of everything is crap."
"Plans include firing hypervelocity rods from space to targets on the ground."
Dang, that's one of the things Lex Luthor was using in Dark Knight II...
Other similarities...an imaginary president and lots of naked babes on TV.
Would your Yolkswagen only be sold in bright yellow?
In World War II we were fighting nations with governments. There were central authorities that could be identified as leading these governments and it was easy to tell when they were defeated and the war was over. The war on terror CAN'T EVER BE WON. Terrorism has no central authority or borders. Anyone with a cause , a weapon and the will to use it can be a terrorist. Didn't you ever read George Orwell's 1984 where the country was in a never-ending war with an un-named enemy and if you questioned it you were unpatriotic. It's very scary how easily people are willing to throw their freedoms away.
Let's not forget Alfred Bester's work, especially "The Demolished Man" and "The Stars My Destination". He had a wonderful knack of imagining not necessarily new technology, but what effects technology would have on society.
John Brunner's "Stand on Zanzibar" is a must-read. It's scary how closely our present matches his book (written in 1967, if I remember correctly). The only thing he was completely off on was no global computer network, instead there were a couple of super-mainframes. Although, another of his books, "The Shockwave Rider", was, again if I remember correctly, the first book to mention computer virii.
For something more recent, "Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology" has some cool stories.
Warning: If someone recommends that you read Star Trek movie novelizations, run in the other direction...!!
details at 11:00.
SCO CEO Darl McBride is suing Geoffrey Chaucer on the grounds that the Astrolabe in question is actually SCO IP and that divulging it has caused SCO financial harm. The suit calls for damages in the amount of 1 million pounds sterling with adjustments for inflation. SCO is also examining The Canterbury Tales for mentions of penguins...
Then you can have someone say "Is that a flexible computer in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"