Dude, BillG/Microsoft only suck in the eyes of the people who actually know the sleazy tactics they use to operate (usually, tech-oriented people, software developers, etc). Their products only suck in the eyes of people who are smart enough to compare them with competing software.
The rest of the world (businessmen, congressmen, your manager, your neighbor Joe) all see a successful, huge company, the richest man in the world, and products that have shiny boxes.
Would that make ANY sense at all to do? Set up a booth that does nothing but discredit every booth around it? Wouldn't that give them a black eye more than it would do anything else? Wouldn't every tech magazine bash them for doing that?
Hey, thanks a lot for posting a mirror to this! We know how often huge sites like business2.com get slashdotted, especially those with AOL/TW backing.
Do me a favor, the next time there's a story on, say, cnn.com or msnbc.com, please mirror it; those sites just don't have the bandwidth to last more than a few clicks!
Interesting. According to this (note the URL, someone has a sense of humor) MS would turn down feature requests that didn't improve the Xbox's "gaming" performance/ability. I'm glad to see that that was all a lot of bull shit.
Thanks for the MB notes on your site. I was lookin to buy one of those suckers, and you might have saved me some elbow grease getting things running smoothly. I bookmarked your site as well, because some of the other docs seem worth reading.:)
4. Just because you put a homing device on your opponent's getaway vehicle does NOT mean you shouldn't also follow him or her into a really dangerous asteroid belt
Speaking of this scene, probably the coolest sound effect I have ever heard was when Jango Fett shot those seismic charges at Obi-Wan. Does anyone else remember the noise they made? SOOOO cool. Much better than the normal explosion sound we've all heard so much.
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One with more lawyers than any other living organism.
Dude, BillG/Microsoft only suck in the eyes of the people who actually know the sleazy tactics they use to operate (usually, tech-oriented people, software developers, etc). Their products only suck in the eyes of people who are smart enough to compare them with competing software.
The rest of the world (businessmen, congressmen, your manager, your neighbor Joe) all see a successful, huge company, the richest man in the world, and products that have shiny boxes.
40 degrees? It is to laugh! You don't have anything to worry about until it hits at least the 90's.
(This was a joke. Don't reply calling me "insensitive to international weather scales, you American pig".)
Now THAT's funny!
Cool shirts ("Fuck Work" and "Fuck School") I'm not about to send my credit card # to an insecure site, tho.
I think the last one is:
Then this quote gets so played out, its almost disgusting.
That would be one way to squander their billions, and end up in the same league as RH or VA.
Would that make ANY sense at all to do? Set up a booth that does nothing but discredit every booth around it? Wouldn't that give them a black eye more than it would do anything else? Wouldn't every tech magazine bash them for doing that?
.NET?
Don't you think instead they'll be pushing
Think before you post.
Does anyone else picture RMS and BillG sitting at a dinner, speaking of the Undiscovered Country?
If slashdot sucks, why did you dupe their look and color scheme? Secondly, why did you do such a bad job at it?
SlashdotSucks sucks.
Dude, that was funny to you? I think it was pathetic, and only got the +5 Funny via "group think" moderators.
Hey, thanks a lot for posting a mirror to this! We know how often huge sites like business2.com get slashdotted, especially those with AOL/TW backing.
Do me a favor, the next time there's a story on, say, cnn.com or msnbc.com, please mirror it; those sites just don't have the bandwidth to last more than a few clicks!
...or are Ask Slashdot questions slowly degrading to crap?
Interesting. According to this (note the URL, someone has a sense of humor) MS would turn down feature requests that didn't improve the Xbox's "gaming" performance/ability. I'm glad to see that that was all a lot of bull shit.
Thanks for the MB notes on your site. I was lookin to buy one of those suckers, and you might have saved me some elbow grease getting things running smoothly. I bookmarked your site as well, because some of the other docs seem worth reading. :)
All three firms are losing money on their consoles, though exactly how much is difficult to say.
Wrong again! Microsoft is the only one doing this!
Are you sure about this? 150 bucks seems really cheap for a GC...
We all know that NYtimes requires registration by now. Can we skip the damn warning every time there's a story there?
Funny observation #1: A serious, thoughtful post, signatured with a pr0n link.
Funny observation #2: You have two thoughts that start with "Finally," neither of which is the last.
Of course leaping a hundred meters at a time is bogus
Not only that, but its just silly to witness. I just could not get into that movie.
Since this is Slashdot, I suspect I'm going to get modded down right quick, but...
/. rule #1 in the getting moderation: to get moderated up, say you won't get moderated up.
Dude,
Come on man, its a movie. Shit like that can be forgiven.
4. Just because you put a homing device on your opponent's getaway vehicle does NOT mean you shouldn't also follow him or her into a really dangerous asteroid belt
Speaking of this scene, probably the coolest sound effect I have ever heard was when Jango Fett shot those seismic charges at Obi-Wan. Does anyone else remember the noise they made? SOOOO cool. Much better than the normal explosion sound we've all heard so much.
Umm... and here is a cool powers of 10 java applet: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopt icsu/powersof10/.
I agree. This applet is so.... 1998.
So I can keep driving my Lincoln Navigator around, even if I have no destination in mind? Excellent!