A cynical South Park fan might interpret this as saying a country must go to war and show a distinguished list of friends and enemies to be considered "real":)
Sounds very familiar. My dad is a PhD M.E., who bought a TI-99/4a as a Christmas present to my brothers and I. So we come running out Christmas morning to see who had the biggest presents, and lo-and-behold the tags each had just a number on them. WTF??
Then Dad wheeled out the TV cart with this beige box on it, and we got down to business. He had written a BASIC program (ok so it was probably just a handful of IF statements with a GOTO at the end) that took the number on the tag and printed out "This present is for _____". That little beige box sent me down the road to a CompSci degree and a career in IT, and the tendency to make Wumpus jokes whenever the family visits a cavern.:)
In high school I got an IBM XT 8088 that I ran at 4.77Mhz for almost a year until I accidentally found the undocumented Ctrl-Alt-Minus combination that activated the 10Mhz Turbo. Boy, was I pissed. Even though I had essentially commandeered the TI from my younger brothers, this was really my first IT'S MINE! computer. My graduation present from high school was a humongous 20MB hard drive which I managed to install myself...the new 40MB's were out but "you won't need that much space, son".
Interesting sidenote: My 30th birthday card from my father had a picture on the front showing me on Christmas Day complete with bowl-haircut, corduroy trousers, and Buster Brown shoes...lying on the living room floor teaching myself BASIC from a book in front of the TV cart and TI-99/4a. The caption read "Every Saga Has A First Step".
In one scenario, the galaxies may have fallen towards Andromeda along an invisible filament of dark matter.
In another scenario, the Flying Spaghetti Monster might have used His Noodly Appendage to intelligently design it that way. Scientists speculate the arrangement makes it easier for Him to make a bank shot on the 9-ball galaxy.
IIRC from the DVD commentary by Mel Brooks, the "powers that be" wanted to cut out every instance of the N* word in Blazing Saddles for fear of offending people. Strangely, none of the black viewers were offended by it, having understood that it was used properly by ignorant rednecks.
The point is that Mel Brooks stuck to his guns and only one line was actually cut from the movie. After Madeline Kahn says "It's twue! It's twue!", Cleavon Little replies "Excuse me ma'am, but you're sucking on my elbow."
Tough call - DRM is coming (Or is already here), one way or another, and is better to work on creating something done right, or to object to it on moral grounds?
I choose to absent myself from the discussion, so that I can bitch about the result later with the proper level of detachment and self-righteousness.
I'd love for somebody who has more technical knowledge than me to look at his points and see if what he says is true or not -- assuming anything coming out of Darl's mouth is true.
I can answer that, he's full of crap. Now having said that, let me go RTFA.:)
First off, I am a Firefox user and enjoy it despite the inconvenience of working in an IE/MS environment...so save the flames for your steak tonight. With that said, what exactly was the point of those ads? They said exactly nothing about the product or the benefits it would give the user...the people featured could have just seen anything from a BSOD to naked pictures of Jar-Jar Binks. Remember, to most of the world Firefox is a book by Craig Thomas (or a Clint Eastwood movie, if you prefer). How about at least mentioning the words "web browser" in the ad?
By all means, get the word out about Firefox and convert the masses before their collective heads pop off...but do it by telling people what you're offering and how it will benefit their lives, not by showing a cute dot-com type commercial that only works if you're *already* a known brand.
It is also important to note that most priests (at least the more intellectual professor-types) are fully versed in logical reasoning and analytical thinking as part of their theological training. Additionally, they are more likely to be secure in their beliefs and not feel threatened by someone who disagrees with them. The result is a professor who is much more likely to actually read and consider your arguements in an objective manner. You are very unlikely to get into a flamewar with a priest, no matter what the subject.
Maybe we need more priests in the OSS community...:)
Face it, this isn't a rare case of sanity in the DOJ *or* a blip. It's somebody high up in the DOJ with authority over purchasing who decided that it would look ridiculous for the DOJ to prosecute a high-profile software company, achieve a questionable resolution, and then turn around to use their software exclusively.
No difference between this and a software company using their own inferior in-house software rather than purchase something outside...it might make them look bad. Image counts for more than logic.
And yes there is a difference between an executive branch office and a publicly traded corporation...but the same internal politics still apply.
My younger brother served for 6 months in Iraq during the Baghdad invasion (leaving a wife and 6-wk old son back home), and returned with much the same opinion. Every week he sent pictures of the Iraqi contractors who helped the GIs rebuild, and the huge grins of their children when he gave them a Coca-Cola. On the rare occasions when he was able to he basically said there was a lot going on that he couldn't talk about, but that we should take any stories about US imperialism and Iraqi resentment of invading Americans with a truckload of salt.
So basically what that boils down to is...in a fight between bigger warheads and piling on more armor, the warhead always wins. Especially when the pile of armor is kind enough to stand still and let you maneuver to your advantage.
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Canada.
...they're not even a real country anyway.
:)
A cynical South Park fan might interpret this as saying a country must go to war and show a distinguished list of friends and enemies to be considered "real"
I was thinking more along the lines of...
Scotty: Google? Google?
McCoy hands Scotty the mouse.
Scotty: Hello, Google?
Engineer: *sigh* Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Ah, a keyboard...how quaint.
Scotty taps keyboard slowly at first, then accelerates to Warp-9
Engineer: DRM-less music?? It...would take me years to design a business model for this.
McCoy: Yes, but you would be rich beyond the dreams of avarice...
Sounds very familiar. My dad is a PhD M.E., who bought a TI-99/4a as a Christmas present to my brothers and I. So we come running out Christmas morning to see who had the biggest presents, and lo-and-behold the tags each had just a number on them. WTF??
:)
Then Dad wheeled out the TV cart with this beige box on it, and we got down to business. He had written a BASIC program (ok so it was probably just a handful of IF statements with a GOTO at the end) that took the number on the tag and printed out "This present is for _____". That little beige box sent me down the road to a CompSci degree and a career in IT, and the tendency to make Wumpus jokes whenever the family visits a cavern.
In high school I got an IBM XT 8088 that I ran at 4.77Mhz for almost a year until I accidentally found the undocumented Ctrl-Alt-Minus combination that activated the 10Mhz Turbo. Boy, was I pissed. Even though I had essentially commandeered the TI from my younger brothers, this was really my first IT'S MINE! computer. My graduation present from high school was a humongous 20MB hard drive which I managed to install myself...the new 40MB's were out but "you won't need that much space, son".
Interesting sidenote: My 30th birthday card from my father had a picture on the front showing me on Christmas Day complete with bowl-haircut, corduroy trousers, and Buster Brown shoes...lying on the living room floor teaching myself BASIC from a book in front of the TV cart and TI-99/4a. The caption read "Every Saga Has A First Step".
Brought a tear to me eye, sure'n it did.
Since when do supporters of either party have brains?
:)
As anyone who has ever seen the Jerry Springer Show can tell you, having a brain is not the same as using it.
In one scenario, the galaxies may have fallen towards Andromeda along an invisible filament of dark matter.
In another scenario, the Flying Spaghetti Monster might have used His Noodly Appendage to intelligently design it that way. Scientists speculate the arrangement makes it easier for Him to make a bank shot on the 9-ball galaxy.
How strange, all the results I found on Google are showing server errors...
IIRC from the DVD commentary by Mel Brooks, the "powers that be" wanted to cut out every instance of the N* word in Blazing Saddles for fear of offending people. Strangely, none of the black viewers were offended by it, having understood that it was used properly by ignorant rednecks.
:)
The point is that Mel Brooks stuck to his guns and only one line was actually cut from the movie. After Madeline Kahn says "It's twue! It's twue!", Cleavon Little replies "Excuse me ma'am, but you're sucking on my elbow."
Which TOTALLY should have stayed in the movie.
I think Eddie Murphy is still looking into it...
Ask Pat Robertson how easy it is to advocate that, and still retain the proverbial "moral high ground".
I've learned not the believe everything I hear from "sources close to the company", unless they are Open Sources.
Tough call - DRM is coming (Or is already here), one way or another, and is better to work on creating something done right, or to object to it on moral grounds?
I choose to absent myself from the discussion, so that I can bitch about the result later with the proper level of detachment and self-righteousness.
What? You mean I'm the only one?
I'd love for somebody who has more technical knowledge than me to look at his points and see if what he says is true or not -- assuming anything coming out of Darl's mouth is true.
:)
I can answer that, he's full of crap. Now having said that, let me go RTFA.
ahaha In Soviet Russia spam...ahahaha...kills...ahaha
I can't even get the joke out!
Indeed, there can be no crime for which the death of an individual can be justified.
How about mass murder?
Nearly 2/3 of adult internet shoppers thought that practice was illegal...
Am I the only one who read that and thought they had surveyed pr0n sites?
Wait, don't answer that...
from the but-how-will-i-know-who-owns-it dept.
:)
Chances are, somebody else will 0wn it.
First off, I am a Firefox user and enjoy it despite the inconvenience of working in an IE/MS environment...so save the flames for your steak tonight. With that said, what exactly was the point of those ads? They said exactly nothing about the product or the benefits it would give the user...the people featured could have just seen anything from a BSOD to naked pictures of Jar-Jar Binks. Remember, to most of the world Firefox is a book by Craig Thomas (or a Clint Eastwood movie, if you prefer). How about at least mentioning the words "web browser" in the ad?
By all means, get the word out about Firefox and convert the masses before their collective heads pop off...but do it by telling people what you're offering and how it will benefit their lives, not by showing a cute dot-com type commercial that only works if you're *already* a known brand.
Ahhhh...the benefits of being ambidextrous. So much better being able to handle the mouse with either hand.
:)
Yes, I said mouse. WTF are *you* thinking?
ISP> Shut That Server Down!!
"Yes ma'am."
It is also important to note that most priests (at least the more intellectual professor-types) are fully versed in logical reasoning and analytical thinking as part of their theological training. Additionally, they are more likely to be secure in their beliefs and not feel threatened by someone who disagrees with them. The result is a professor who is much more likely to actually read and consider your arguements in an objective manner. You are very unlikely to get into a flamewar with a priest, no matter what the subject.
:)
Maybe we need more priests in the OSS community...
Face it, this isn't a rare case of sanity in the DOJ *or* a blip. It's somebody high up in the DOJ with authority over purchasing who decided that it would look ridiculous for the DOJ to prosecute a high-profile software company, achieve a questionable resolution, and then turn around to use their software exclusively.
No difference between this and a software company using their own inferior in-house software rather than purchase something outside...it might make them look bad. Image counts for more than logic.
And yes there is a difference between an executive branch office and a publicly traded corporation...but the same internal politics still apply.
Kender, obviously. The real question is why does he have a pack of Kender running around his house?
"I don't know who's the bigger ninny, you or that doorknob of a kender"~~Flint Fireforge
My younger brother served for 6 months in Iraq during the Baghdad invasion (leaving a wife and 6-wk old son back home), and returned with much the same opinion. Every week he sent pictures of the Iraqi contractors who helped the GIs rebuild, and the huge grins of their children when he gave them a Coca-Cola. On the rare occasions when he was able to he basically said there was a lot going on that he couldn't talk about, but that we should take any stories about US imperialism and Iraqi resentment of invading Americans with a truckload of salt.
:)
Good post...much respect, leatherneck.
So basically what that boils down to is...in a fight between bigger warheads and piling on more armor, the warhead always wins. Especially when the pile of armor is kind enough to stand still and let you maneuver to your advantage.
Figuratively speaking, that is.
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