I tried to scan most of the replies, I am somewhat amazed that there is not one comment (at least that I spied) which talks about how this question is essentially... "My aunt died, how do I spend her cash?"
Anyway, if my math is right, then currently (based on the.05/shr increase this morning) there has been $540,250,000 of shareholder value already generated today. Last week the stock was $1.00 higher, meaning we could easily see a gain of over $10.8 billion in value if the stock rebounds a bit.
I wonder what the calculation is for MSFT to determine how valuable this settlement is? I mean, their stock price has been held in abeyance while the EU was trying to finalize the case. This is one of the last major legal cases for MSFT. After this, their 80 billion (or whatever) in cash reserves can be pumped into kicking the crap out of the rest of the industry.
MSFT has 10,805,000,000 outstanding shares. An increase of $0.009 will generate the $100M in shareholder value.
If the stock price
Actually, most sites that say 'powered by goole' are not paying for this service -- Google provides it for free. Besides their advanced search, which can be called via query composition, they expose a robust API for free.
Google makes most of their money from ads (keyword searches, etc.); licensing of their technology to third-party search engines like Yahoo! (although Yahoo! is dropping Google); and, selling search appliances, which do lots of non-Internet work as well.
I was gonna mention mounting it upside down, but I've tried that before, and it usually doesn't fit (screws don't line up). And ditto on the lack of use of CD.
"No components inside the computer cares if it is upside down."
Well, except the CD-ROM drive... but, in the case of a server, you could hook up an external drive, or mount a network CD-ROM drive. Or, you could totally case mod the server!!! sweet.
"...the Stryker has a 'ladar' scanner, which emits 400,000 laser and radar beams and snaps 120 images every second"
Big deal! The taxi driver I had today is a ladies scanner.. He checks out up to 120 girls per second while driving, plus he talks on the cell phone, listens to some foreign music, and navigates the mean streets of NYC -- all while avoiding the I.N.S.
Your argument is valid, but I don't agree with it. And I think your point is especially interesting because of your social darwinism sig. Companies will always hire smart people here -- they'll just pay less for 'em. The rates will fall, but those with brains will grow into better salaries.
While I agree your comment is Funny, so it deserves the mod... I think the serious side of it is not wholly true (as everyone is supporting). In my experience, as a software developer, there is TONS of work here for solid people. The jobs that I'm seeing outsourced are essentially the jobs that were always body shopped. I never viewed these jobs as much more than monkeys banging at keyboards anyway. Something like a train conductor -- jobs that will be done by computers and robots in the near future.
In any industry you need to grow as a person and constantly increase your skills and knowledge to stay competitive. When I hear people whining about this outsourcing, all I can think of is the scores of developers I've seen in banks and other corporations that use their employers as resume mills and places to play with new tech.
While I am no longer able to bill $250/hr like I was during the dot-com days, I still have head hunters calling me up regularly, and have had no problem finding work.
To the original asker -- I know one woman who was a very successful doctor, and very successfully transitioned into software development, and now owns a company. Successful people are good at whatever they do. Get yourself a book and make a fake little project and start banging out some code. Attitude and personality transcend job type.
Actually, in a recent edition of BusinessWeek they were doing a roundup on outsourcing in American, and they cited quite a few examples of governmental outsourcing to India. I think one example was NJ state, and another was a regional gov't in Ohio.
The ISP I ran from 1996-2000 did this. We regularly provided users who were to cheap to buy their own domain with a subdomian in our domain, and with the appropriate email address to boot.
Not that I make a standard of ripping people apart, but I'm going to rip your comments apart, they need it:
"Zip file management has virtually been absorbed into both Windows..."
What the crud are you talking about? The first utility that is installed on every Windows box I touch is WinZip; there is no zip file access under windows without it. Not only that, but I asked a few colleagues just now and we all had a quick chuckle about the idea that Windows knows how to make heads or tails of a zip file.
"PKzip became irrelevant...around 15 years ago"
In 1989, PKzip hadn't even become a huge hit yet. It was only in 1990 when BBSes were rampant that the PKzip utility become a smash hit. And I remember in '92, that EVERY file traded (short of video and pics) was zipped. I would guess that it was not until around then (or maybe later, I forget), that WinZip started to gain broad use. I would guess that it was around 93-94 that WinZip really drop-kicked PKzip.
"...all archiving tools today already deal with such a variety of formats that I can't see the crying need for a standard."
That is exactly why there needs to be a standard! There is no reason for archiving tools to support 15 different file formats. A unified standard, perhaps with a few variations (for distinct file types) would make life a lot easier for everyone. Don't worry there will always be outliers like RAR.
I'm consulting in a government office which has been using 3D hand scanners as punch-in/out systems for a few years. Some 6-7 years ago I visited someone at NYU who was already using these for verification of students at the dorms.
So McD's is just catching up to the gov't. Remind me to sell their stock!
I am not pro-WhenU, but the implications here are factually wrong. I am familiar with the WhenU story because I consulted for WhenU's sister company (in the same office). WhenU software provides service which many people consider valuable and functional -- it offers competing deals and coupons for the products or services visitors are looking for, as they shop. This is not very different from going to compare prices on mySimon.com or using handhelds that give nearby deals at other stores (something like Handango's Thrifty Shopper).
In my experience a user does, in fact, need to agree to install the software. My only contention is whether or not most users realize what they're doing. That's a topic for a different debate.
If it may be said that users are intelligently agreeing to the use of WhenU's software, than there is nothing wrong with the service. In fact it's great for anyone frequently shops online and wants the best deals.
I'll end by noting that personally, I don't think that (users are intelligently agreeing...) can be said.
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...let me suggest not starting your list improvements talking about fonts ;-)
i can empathize... i had to read the article to learn what 'food' is. Someone pass the nachos.
Anyway, if my math is right, then currently (based on the .05/shr increase this morning) there has been $540,250,000 of shareholder value already generated today. Last week the stock was $1.00 higher, meaning we could easily see a gain of over $10.8 billion in value if the stock rebounds a bit.
I'm thinking that $100M is not so bad.
MSFT has 10,805,000,000 outstanding shares. An increase of $0.009 will generate the $100M in shareholder value. If the stock price
Google makes most of their money from ads (keyword searches, etc.); licensing of their technology to third-party search engines like Yahoo! (although Yahoo! is dropping Google); and, selling search appliances, which do lots of non-Internet work as well.
I was gonna mention mounting it upside down, but I've tried that before, and it usually doesn't fit (screws don't line up). And ditto on the lack of use of CD.
Well, except the CD-ROM drive... but, in the case of a server, you could hook up an external drive, or mount a network CD-ROM drive. Or, you could totally case mod the server!!! sweet.
Big deal! The taxi driver I had today is a ladies scanner.. He checks out up to 120 girls per second while driving, plus he talks on the cell phone, listens to some foreign music, and navigates the mean streets of NYC -- all while avoiding the I.N.S.
In any industry you need to grow as a person and constantly increase your skills and knowledge to stay competitive. When I hear people whining about this outsourcing, all I can think of is the scores of developers I've seen in banks and other corporations that use their employers as resume mills and places to play with new tech.
While I am no longer able to bill $250/hr like I was during the dot-com days, I still have head hunters calling me up regularly, and have had no problem finding work.
To the original asker -- I know one woman who was a very successful doctor, and very successfully transitioned into software development, and now owns a company. Successful people are good at whatever they do. Get yourself a book and make a fake little project and start banging out some code. Attitude and personality transcend job type.
Actually, in a recent edition of BusinessWeek they were doing a roundup on outsourcing in American, and they cited quite a few examples of governmental outsourcing to India. I think one example was NJ state, and another was a regional gov't in Ohio.
The ISP I ran from 1996-2000 did this. We regularly provided users who were to cheap to buy their own domain with a subdomian in our domain, and with the appropriate email address to boot.
Oh, that's right -- which was the button to create a zip file again?
"Reading is half the battle." - G.I. Joe
"Zip file management has virtually been absorbed into both Windows..."
What the crud are you talking about? The first utility that is installed on every Windows box I touch is WinZip; there is no zip file access under windows without it. Not only that, but I asked a few colleagues just now and we all had a quick chuckle about the idea that Windows knows how to make heads or tails of a zip file.
"PKzip became irrelevant...around 15 years ago"
In 1989, PKzip hadn't even become a huge hit yet. It was only in 1990 when BBSes were rampant that the PKzip utility become a smash hit. And I remember in '92, that EVERY file traded (short of video and pics) was zipped. I would guess that it was not until around then (or maybe later, I forget), that WinZip started to gain broad use. I would guess that it was around 93-94 that WinZip really drop-kicked PKzip.
"...all archiving tools today already deal with such a variety of formats that I can't see the crying need for a standard."
That is exactly why there needs to be a standard! There is no reason for archiving tools to support 15 different file formats. A unified standard, perhaps with a few variations (for distinct file types) would make life a lot easier for everyone. Don't worry there will always be outliers like RAR.
Fortunately no /. readers have to worry if anyone is in love with them.
Oh, BURN!!! lol
I did in fact mean strafe. ooops.
Clearly this person was only in it for the programming -- if they were a real gamer, they could've TOTALLY strifed out of the way of the feds.
How do I start registering .MARS domains?
Let me break down further: /.
0.1 hours shopping on eBay
0.2 hours deleting spam
0.4 hours reading
15.1 hours spent looking at pr0n
I assume that Scottevest's web servers are running on solar power, cause they are only slightly delivering content! Poor bastards.
So McD's is just catching up to the gov't. Remind me to sell their stock!
She said size didn't matter... :-(
Nothing more thrilling than graphing calculators! where's that snooze button?
In my experience a user does, in fact, need to agree to install the software. My only contention is whether or not most users realize what they're doing. That's a topic for a different debate.
If it may be said that users are intelligently agreeing to the use of WhenU's software, than there is nothing wrong with the service. In fact it's great for anyone frequently shops online and wants the best deals.
I'll end by noting that personally, I don't think that (users are intelligently agreeing...) can be said.