oh, the irony...
the sweet, sweet irony...
I am grateful that it was late night here, otherwise i'd have had to do groundbreaking stuff... like work, go outside, or socialize with my coworkers...
you, Sir, are just as moronic as you are an Anonymous Coward.
Thankfully, the rest of the thinking world can feel happy for the honours bestowed upon Sir Terry.
At my company, we have fixed monthly salaries, and it's written in the contract that you're ready at your desk, booted up when your shift starts.
likewise at the end of your shift, you don't log off before it ends.
it's part of your salery.
You don't clock in, your teamleader/manager is responsible for keeping tabs on if you're there or not.
Whether you show up at 08 and putter around and drink coffee and slouch or you show up 5 mins. before, that's up to you, as long as you do your job.
but, hell, we actually do what we can to make people want to come to work, we're kinda funny that way.
watch out for:
The Open Source wars; novel by Eric Van Lustbader.
marvel at: the evil Open Source communist Ninjas infiltrate & assasinate the benevolent Wayland/Yutani/Microsoft corporation and...
wait, no evil closed source code here?
scratch that, it's an short story by H. P. Lovecraft, then.
A Nano, aimed at pay-as-you-go customers? these are not the customers Apple usually target, and when has Apple ever tried to target any low end marked, such as a pay-as-you-go phone usually is?
getting drunk and waking up with a nekked chick tattooed on your arm is not the way.
However, if you find/design/create something you want, think it over for a while, and then get it done, why not?
My first ink took me 7 years to get done, i found a design, changed it so that i fitted my desires, and put it on the wall near my computer at home.
I looked at it for almost 7 years, before i was sure, not only that i wanted a tattoo, but that i still liked the design.
so what if Tux isn't the logo for Linux in 10 years?
the 'lil fella most likely still represent a significant period of your life, and should not be forgotten?
that would be like stopping listening to your favorite music, because the composer/band doesn't exist anymore?
nah, get a tattoo of what you would like it to be, but as a holder of a geek-license, you're required to think it over first.
That, and they desperately need a 'proof of concept' eg. a university caving in and installs their recomended deep packet spyware...
After all, it is much easier to get legislation on it, if you can prove that "'University of whatever' did as we told them, and now the network admins has xx% less traffic and no worries about unlawful piracy"
The *AA most likely have to cook the logs a little for the 'correct and approved result', but it's not like they've never done that before, now is it?
face it, the exec's are in it to squeese the last buck out of the dying business. their artists, the products, and the customers are just a nessesary evil of the business.
well, they would be banned from selling to the EU parlament and it's various departments, but not peddling their bloatware to the citizens and corporations in EU... so we're talking some 10+- thousands licences, not millions...
Wow... i truly don't know if i should call the author of the article the Jack Thompson of psyciatry, or if i should call L Ron Hubbart and tell him that at least he got the drivel about psyciatrists right?
gotta go, tho, need to log on my favorite heroinware and shoot up...
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oh, the irony...
the sweet, sweet irony...
I am grateful that it was late night here, otherwise i'd have had to do groundbreaking stuff... like work, go outside, or socialize with my coworkers...
next you'll probably claim that the Pope's catholic, as well?
well, unfortunately the legislators don't make laws for the common voters, only for those that vote with corporate 'donations'.
you, Sir, are just as moronic as you are an Anonymous Coward.
Thankfully, the rest of the thinking world can feel happy for the honours bestowed upon Sir Terry.
Is there still money in spam, other than the money from selling the spam lists and spam network?
yes there is.
Unfortunately it only takes very few people buying their products, for it to be profitable.
IANAS (I Am Not A Spammer), as it is...
i guess someone'll need to make a remake of 'Das Boot'.
Hollywood's happy again.
but the robotic iSteve is 3 laws safe and loves you.
we are all lørning compjuters!
At my company, we have fixed monthly salaries, and it's written in the contract that you're ready at your desk, booted up when your shift starts.
likewise at the end of your shift, you don't log off before it ends.
it's part of your salery.
You don't clock in, your teamleader/manager is responsible for keeping tabs on if you're there or not.
Whether you show up at 08 and putter around and drink coffee and slouch or you show up 5 mins. before, that's up to you, as long as you do your job.
but, hell, we actually do what we can to make people want to come to work, we're kinda funny that way.
watch out for:
The Open Source wars; novel by Eric Van Lustbader.
marvel at: the evil Open Source communist Ninjas infiltrate & assasinate the benevolent Wayland/Yutani/Microsoft corporation and...
wait, no evil closed source code here?
scratch that, it's an short story by H. P. Lovecraft, then.
But...
Who's gonna steal my laptop and do a full cavity search on me then?
not much, just that sticker.
They'd happily replace the lot of them with monkeys with typewriters, if they could.
it's all about protecting their monopoly of distribution.
(and lets face it, their monopoly does make MS look like rank amateurs).
A Nano, aimed at pay-as-you-go customers?
these are not the customers Apple usually target, and when has Apple ever tried to target any low end marked, such as a pay-as-you-go phone usually is?
this is inventing news, where none are...
i can only recomend it, BUT...
only if you plan it ahead. very far ahead.
getting drunk and waking up with a nekked chick tattooed on your arm is not the way.
However, if you find/design/create something you want, think it over for a while, and then get it done, why not?
My first ink took me 7 years to get done, i found a design, changed it so that i fitted my desires, and put it on the wall near my computer at home.
I looked at it for almost 7 years, before i was sure, not only that i wanted a tattoo, but that i still liked the design.
so what if Tux isn't the logo for Linux in 10 years? the 'lil fella most likely still represent a significant period of your life, and should not be forgotten?
that would be like stopping listening to your favorite music, because the composer/band doesn't exist anymore?
nah, get a tattoo of what you would like it to be, but as a holder of a geek-license, you're required to think it over first.
i can easily see my 12 year old nephew sue his mom because she 'investigated' (read: deleted) his pr0n-stash?
So Darl's getting headhunted for a new job?
After all, it is much easier to get legislation on it, if you can prove that "'University of whatever' did as we told them, and now the network admins has xx% less traffic and no worries about unlawful piracy"
The *AA most likely have to cook the logs a little for the 'correct and approved result', but it's not like they've never done that before, now is it?
face it, the exec's are in it to squeese the last buck out of the dying business.
their artists, the products, and the customers are just a nessesary evil of the business.
well, they would be banned from selling to the EU parlament and it's various departments, but not peddling their bloatware to the citizens and corporations in EU...
so we're talking some 10+- thousands licences, not millions...
[insert obligatory link to goatse with vague comment of black holes]
this is so gonna hurt my Karma...
who knew that the 'free as in beer' licence was the way to get rich in the future?
Too late, buddy, way too late.
Your freedom got suspended at the first cry of terrorism.
apologies to the late Arthur C. Clarke.
gotta go, tho, need to log on my favorite heroinware and shoot up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster)