Perhaps it's just the simple fact that US companies are finding out they have a whole new general population to exploit in Cambodia, Taiwan, and Korea. Besides that, the hookers are cheaper too, which is a big plus because now you can have a workforce that *WANTS* to fucked up the ass.
There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go. -- In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s." -- Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey. -- If you can't make it good, at least make it look good. -- Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to be user mistakes. I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes. The reasons for updates are to present more new features.
"10-year-old Arfa Karim Randhawa asked the Microsoft founder why the company doesn't hire people her age."
We have plenty of ten-year-olds running around where I work. Hell, even some five-year-olds. They are always whining and bitching, or throwing a fit about something. Somedays I wonder if we need to expand daycare.
You can't write protect a hard drive easily. Running a firewall/router from floppy and physically write protecting it is priceless when it comes to peace of mind.
"A little info! A "U" is the measured height of a server case 1U is 44.45mm (1.75inches) 19 inches is 482,6mm"
Actually, the historical roots of the U are traced back to Bonnie Scotland. The U was the designation of how many sheep could be stuffed into the small slot of a server rack. The server rack would then be set afire as the rack doubled as a barbecue on the weekends. (This is where Al Gore studied the creation of the internet incidentally) The phrase "rack of ribs" was also coined in Bonnie Scotland during the infamous "Troy McLure Cuefest of '79" (1879) during a rendition of "Laddie, fetch me ha'notharack o them ribs" performed by, who else, The Scotsmen.
How about the endless flood of knock-offs? It must get pretty damn tiring to try and find new content for a game sequel that's already been done 50 ways from hell and back. Even for the creative minds at Id, that's got to be a task. How would you like your boss to come up and say "I need you to design a FPS that hasn't been done before". There is not much left to do that hasn't already been done... more blood-n-gutz, bigger weaponage, sexier graphics, scary-er monsters, dolby-5 24-bit EAX surround sound - and it's been going on ever since Wolfenstein came out. Id tried to tailor doom 3 to fit into the most worn out area on the shelf and make a profit to boot. A pretty tall order these days. And *THEN* they even made it portable enough to run on Linux too! This guy's article just sounds like a lot of pissing and moaning to me.
That'sssssssssss right dumbassssssssssss... give me ssssssssssssome better mobility - muhahahahahaha! I'll play niccccccccce and sssssssstupid while the lightsssssssss are on, but asssssssss sssssssssoon asssssssss they go out, my assssss is down the ssssssstreeet...muhahaa...muhaa....muhahhhahahahah a!!!
The fact that people get assaulted with a barrage of cookie requests everytime they visit a website makes for a bit of an annoying visit. Ever try telling Firefox to ask before accepting a cookie? What the hell do I need so many cookies for when I visit "your" website? Also, with all the recent headlines about consumer information being mishandled makes people all the more wary. Capitalism cares nothing about privacy, only money.
"helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects." ...translates to.. . "They offered me an assload of ching, no more flatbacking for gear! woohoo!"
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What a blatant fucking waste of time. Do you really think a terrorist is going to *give* you his key on demand?
Perhaps it's just the simple fact that US companies are finding out they have a whole new general population to exploit in Cambodia, Taiwan, and Korea. Besides that, the hookers are cheaper too, which is a big plus because now you can have a workforce that *WANTS* to fucked up the ass.
I wonder if it smells like burning hair afterwards?
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There won't be anything we won't say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go.
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In the decade ahead I can predict that we will provide over twice the productivity improvement that we provided in the '90s."
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Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey.
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If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
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Microsoft programs are generally bug-free. If you visit the Microsoft hotline, you'll literally have to wait weeks if not months until someone calls in with a bug in one of our programs. 99.99% of calls turn out to be user mistakes. I know not a single less irrelevant reason for an update than bugfixes.
The reasons for updates are to present more new features.
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http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/bill_
http://www.antioffline.com/HUM/bill.gates.quotes.
Unless you are posting an article with pics of Natalie Portman nekkid, why the fuck would I come to slashdot to read this?
Christ, go dig through the bag of rejected submissions for somehting more interesting if you guys are that bored.
Honeypot the login box with Portsentry. Run ssh on a non-standard port.
"10-year-old Arfa Karim Randhawa asked the Microsoft founder why the company doesn't hire people her age."
We have plenty of ten-year-olds running around where I work. Hell, even some five-year-olds. They are always whining and bitching, or throwing a fit about something. Somedays I wonder if we need to expand daycare.
and it's constantly hanging around it's neck.
If ya ain't paying for it, being taxed on it, or own the copyright, it must be illegal.
When you control the compiler. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/12/13 20202&tid=142&tid=118&tid=123
You can't write protect a hard drive easily. Running a firewall/router from floppy and physically write protecting it is priceless when it comes to peace of mind.
can you imagine what all the garbage dumps are going to look like come 2009?
"A little info! A "U" is the measured height of a server case 1U is 44.45mm (1.75inches) 19 inches is 482,6mm"
Actually, the historical roots of the U are traced back to Bonnie Scotland. The U was the designation of how many sheep could be stuffed into the small slot of a server rack. The server rack would then be set afire as the rack doubled as a barbecue on the weekends. (This is where Al Gore studied the creation of the internet incidentally) The phrase "rack of ribs" was also coined in Bonnie Scotland during the infamous "Troy McLure Cuefest of '79" (1879) during a rendition of "Laddie, fetch me ha'notharack o them ribs" performed by, who else, The Scotsmen.
there will be disagreements about who owns what. Gaza for instance.
Just new shoes on an old whore. Is that a dos command prompt I see?
How about the endless flood of knock-offs? It must get pretty damn tiring to try and find new content for a game sequel that's already been done 50 ways from hell and back. Even for the creative minds at Id, that's got to be a task. How would you like your boss to come up and say "I need you to design a FPS that hasn't been done before". There is not much left to do that hasn't already been done... more blood-n-gutz, bigger weaponage, sexier graphics, scary-er monsters, dolby-5 24-bit EAX surround sound - and it's been going on ever since Wolfenstein came out. Id tried to tailor doom 3 to fit into the most worn out area on the shelf and make a profit to boot. A pretty tall order these days. And *THEN* they even made it portable enough to run on Linux too! This guy's article just sounds like a lot of pissing and moaning to me.
We don' neet no steenking zeeleeb. -LZO lib
The first pic looks like something out of Gulliver's Travels.
That'sssssssssss right dumbassssssssssss... give me ssssssssssssome better mobility - muhahahahahaha! I'll play niccccccccce and sssssssstupid while the lightsssssssss are on, but asssssssss sssssssssoon asssssssss they go out, my assssss is down the ssssssstreeet...muhahaa...muhaa....muhahhhahahahah a!!!
I feel better already.
I'm imagining digging through the trash at airports to find bannana peels to recharge my laptop.
The fact that people get assaulted with a barrage of cookie requests everytime they visit a website makes for a bit of an annoying visit. Ever try telling Firefox to ask before accepting a cookie? What the hell do I need so many cookies for when I visit "your" website? Also, with all the recent headlines about consumer information being mishandled makes people all the more wary. Capitalism cares nothing about privacy, only money.
And the ones that did raise questions were.....not seen again.
"helping Microsoft to understand Open Source and community-based projects." ..translates to..
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"They offered me an assload of ching, no more flatbacking for gear! woohoo!"