This is the same poster that let about a half-dozen duplicate posts go up late at night a couple of weeks back. No surprise that he's reposting his own stories as dupes now.
My question is, is this someone who is just really bad as his job, or a password that got out?
The problem in understanding "Radio Free XXX" is a matter of scope. Or, as a mathematician might visualize it, the order of operations.
It's: Radio (Free XXX)
Not: (Radio Free) XXX
You would recognize Radio Boston as meaning radio serving Boston, and so forth. Radio Downtown Boston would be radio serving downtown Boston. Likewise, Radio Free Europe meant, "Radio serving a free Europe".
Of course, in most cases, the "Free" part was a goal, not a current state. So when you hear "Radio Free Zion" you can assume that it is a radio station that hopes (or tries) to free Zion, while serving the Zion market.
I think Radio Free Europe was the original. Later examples may also include pirate radio stations. Generally, I think Radio Free XXX is going for a pirate radio, revolutionary feel.
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I agree with everything you say. However, I believe that Microsoft's fear is failing to grow their business in line with Wall Street expectations, thanks to losing a small portion of it to Linux. They are not afraid that Linux will topple Windows entirely.
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Microsoft is not worried about losing their Windows dominance to Linux. They aren't worried, in other words, about losing 100% of their server OS business-- they are worried about losing 10% of it. That's all the fight is for now.
The difference between you and the jury is that you have an idea of what the law "should" be, and the jury will be briefed by the judge on what the law *is*.
Just because you don't agree with a law does not mean it does not exist.
Presumably they pled guilty as part of a plea-bargain. There's very little reason to plead guilty to anything unless it gets you better treatment that you think you would get by fighting the charges.
I went to school in the UK for four years, and I didn't see any signs that Europe has less sponsorship by business. Quite a lot of Universities had labs tied to businesses, research students were paid by businesses, and so forth.
It's pretty misleading to claim that Firefox is only a few months old. The Mozilla project is a lot older, and the Netscape product was around before IE.
Firefox is just a new version, and a new name, for a product that has continuity going back very far, that used to have 95% market share.
The PowerBook rumor showed up on some of the Mac rumor sites this morning.
The info comes from a chart and memo about upcoming "PowerBook G5" and "iBook G5" computers to be produced by a contact manufacturer of Apple's for Q2 2005. That is the first grain of salt.
The second is that on Apple's fiscal calendar, it is *currently* Q2, 2005. So if the rumor is true, Apple has less than three months to release a computer which just yesterday was touted in their conference call as "the mother of all thermal challenges... (not) any time soon".
The third is that the PowerBook sales have been slipping because of a lack of advantage over the iBook, and historically, the iBook processor is a generation behind the PowerBook for as long as possible.
Conclusion? This rumor was just a typo. We will be seeing updated PowerBooks and iBooks released near the end of Q2 (in March) but it is very unlikely that the PB will have a G5 under the hood, and impossible that the iBook will.
Shh. This is Slashdot, remember. 3% market share means no hope at all if you are Apple, but if its an open-source project competing directly with Microsoft, 2% market share is a sure sign of inevitable victory.
You are assuming that the spec won't move forward at a pace with the release date. That may not be a wise assumption, since we are talking about Windows2005IMeanSomeTimeBefore2015.
You're forgetting: "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!"
(Or maybe... "In Soviet Russia, Half-Terabit drives release Hitachi" or "In Korea, only old people use half-terabit drives" or "Netcraft confirms..." or... ARGH!)
This is why tech support should be based on expertise (or at least familiarity) and not a script.
The support people you were talking to were probably told never to deviate from their script. Their job is to help the 90% of people who can't tell their ass from their elbow.
When someone with a clue calls in, there is nothing they can do for you. You're already ahead of them.
What is ironic about controlling when your technology can and cannot be used. It seems like a system for shutting it down when necessary would go hand in hand with a system for making sure other's can't shut it down arbitrarily.
Sollog, or "whoever made the WikipediA Sucks site" is far worse than a troll. This is clearly just a deeply bad person. I can't find words strong enough.
This person posted pictures of Wales' wife and child, insinuating that they were, respectively, a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome baby, and a porn model.
What justification could possibly made for such personal attacks on his family?
On an unrelated note, I find this story disappointing. The title clearly promises a "Psychic War" but in fact, it's just some psychic waging a virtual war.
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80286 = "286"
80386 = "386"
80486 = "486"
80586 = "Pentium" (faux latin for "Five")
80686 = "Pentium II" (fault latin + roman numberals for five-two)
Followed by... (in no particular order)
Celeron = cheap processor, faux latin for "fast" (based on, well, a whole lot of different actual Pentium chips dumbed down)
Xenon = Noble gas... Totally inert
Pentium III
Pentium 4
Itanium
So, duhh... of course the next one is Pentium VIIV
I'd wager that Hewlett-Packard has more patents than Intergraph. If this were merely a patent exchange, it would be Intergraph paying, not HP.
My question is, is this someone who is just really bad as his job, or a password that got out?
If you take what comes free, without looking for alternatives, you get what you pay for-- and deserve what you get.
It's: Radio (Free XXX)
Not: (Radio Free) XXX
You would recognize Radio Boston as meaning radio serving Boston, and so forth. Radio Downtown Boston would be radio serving downtown Boston. Likewise, Radio Free Europe meant, "Radio serving a free Europe".
Of course, in most cases, the "Free" part was a goal, not a current state. So when you hear "Radio Free Zion" you can assume that it is a radio station that hopes (or tries) to free Zion, while serving the Zion market.
I think Radio Free Europe was the original. Later examples may also include pirate radio stations. Generally, I think Radio Free XXX is going for a pirate radio, revolutionary feel.
I agree with everything you say. However, I believe that Microsoft's fear is failing to grow their business in line with Wall Street expectations, thanks to losing a small portion of it to Linux. They are not afraid that Linux will topple Windows entirely.
Microsoft is not worried about losing their Windows dominance to Linux. They aren't worried, in other words, about losing 100% of their server OS business-- they are worried about losing 10% of it. That's all the fight is for now.
Just because you don't agree with a law does not mean it does not exist.
"When my wife asks for the 'cute little Mac', what PC can I buy instead" Well to start with, a more comfortable sofa bed or bigger doghouse. Sheesh.
Presumably they pled guilty as part of a plea-bargain. There's very little reason to plead guilty to anything unless it gets you better treatment that you think you would get by fighting the charges.
I went to school in the UK for four years, and I didn't see any signs that Europe has less sponsorship by business. Quite a lot of Universities had labs tied to businesses, research students were paid by businesses, and so forth.
Firefox is just a new version, and a new name, for a product that has continuity going back very far, that used to have 95% market share.
The info comes from a chart and memo about upcoming "PowerBook G5" and "iBook G5" computers to be produced by a contact manufacturer of Apple's for Q2 2005. That is the first grain of salt.
The second is that on Apple's fiscal calendar, it is *currently* Q2, 2005. So if the rumor is true, Apple has less than three months to release a computer which just yesterday was touted in their conference call as "the mother of all thermal challenges... (not) any time soon".
The third is that the PowerBook sales have been slipping because of a lack of advantage over the iBook, and historically, the iBook processor is a generation behind the PowerBook for as long as possible.
Conclusion? This rumor was just a typo. We will be seeing updated PowerBooks and iBooks released near the end of Q2 (in March) but it is very unlikely that the PB will have a G5 under the hood, and impossible that the iBook will.
Move along folks.
Very well, thank you.
The Dick Cheney of Microsoft has been in charge for five years, and nobody has a problem with it. Great.
Shh. This is Slashdot, remember. 3% market share means no hope at all if you are Apple, but if its an open-source project competing directly with Microsoft, 2% market share is a sure sign of inevitable victory.
You are assuming that the spec won't move forward at a pace with the release date. That may not be a wise assumption, since we are talking about Windows2005IMeanSomeTimeBefore2015.
How long has the Dell Dimension series been around?
Clearly, it should say "Do not chew iPod shuffle".
They went from 350 MHz in 1999, to dual 1.42 in 2003. Honestly, most Mac users think that was too long, not too short.
(Or maybe... "In Soviet Russia, Half-Terabit drives release Hitachi" or "In Korea, only old people use half-terabit drives" or "Netcraft confirms..." or... ARGH!)
One, people with an understanding of the product/subject working out solutions for people who need help.
The other, people hired to be part of a call center and work from a script to cover the basic problems only.
The support people you were talking to were probably told never to deviate from their script. Their job is to help the 90% of people who can't tell their ass from their elbow.
When someone with a clue calls in, there is nothing they can do for you. You're already ahead of them.
What is ironic about controlling when your technology can and cannot be used. It seems like a system for shutting it down when necessary would go hand in hand with a system for making sure other's can't shut it down arbitrarily.
This person posted pictures of Wales' wife and child, insinuating that they were, respectively, a Fetal Alcohol Syndrome baby, and a porn model.
What justification could possibly made for such personal attacks on his family?
On an unrelated note, I find this story disappointing. The title clearly promises a "Psychic War" but in fact, it's just some psychic waging a virtual war.