Remember, just because someone has name recognition does not mean they must be incompetent
True, but the converse is also true. Just because someone has name recognition does not mean they must be competent enough to hold high office. Being a good actor does not automatically translate into an ability to run a state, although there are similar skills needed both to be a successful actor and politician.
I personally have great respect for Schwarzenagger's abilities and believe he will be a good governor (and president if the constitution gets changed) but I'm positive that he won the election because he is a famous movie star rather than a talented leader/organiser/whatever.
Unfortunately the nature of the current political structure means that only someone who has lots of financial backing and looks, or can be made to look, good on TV has any chance of being elected to high office. There are far too many politicians (in every country) who shouldn't have been let anywhere near a position of power since they are either incompetent or corrupt (or, in too many cases, both).
It's a sobering thought that one of the greatest Presidents (Roosevelt) would never get elected today since he suffered from polio and therefore was usually confined to a wheelchair which goes down very badly with voters.
You can still quite legally use the software under your inalienable statutory right of Fair Dealing -- you just don't get any benefits that were only promised to you in the EULA.
I've never summoned the enthusiasm to actually slog through an MS EULA so, just out of interest, what are the benefits promised by, say, the Windows XP EULA ?
Some nazi "scientists" had some very weird ideas, as you say, which were promoted by the regime in charge because the findings pandered to their prejudices.
Other nazi scientists were very careful in following proper scientific method, the only problem was they viewed the people they were experimenting on as no more than animals and therefore had as much concern for their welfare as modern day animal experimenters have for theirs.
The results from those latter experiments (e.g. effects of high altitude/exposure) have been used very successfully for many years by bodies such as the USAF and have saved many lives.
In this case something good has come from something evil.
What, the article that doesn't clarify but just blindly states "$750 million" everywhere ?
Perhaps you should read more articles and you might discover that a quote that Bill is "giving" $X million can be used by a journalist to cover anything from:-
Bill is actually giving nothing at all (in common sense terms)
Is this $750 million of real money that Bill is donating ?
In the past quite often such donations consisted of software "worth $X million" i.e. software with a retail price of $X million which cost a dollar fifty to actually produce.
This "donation" could just be 7.5 million copies of office "which the child vaccination centres can use to imrove their productivity therefore benefiting children worldwide"
I think you might want to research financial IT a *little* more.:-)
Such a virus might generate a few column inches of hysterical hyperbole in the popular press when some "mom and pop" outfit tries to charge their customers $1 mill for a toothbrush but it wouldn't bother the IT departments of the large financial institutions one bit.
"IT DOESN'T SCALE! what part of that don't you farking short-sighted CEOs understand???"
But from the CEOs point of view, it might.
You mentioned yourself that mills and manufacturing jobs left the US some time ago but, unless I'm missing something, Americans are still the richest people in the world even without those industries.
Why should IT be any different ?
I can understand the frustration of someone who loses their job to another worker who is better qualified or cheaper but that's the way capitalism works for better or worse.
"Recommended reading:
*The civil rights movement in northern ireland in the 1960's
*Why the british army was originally deployed in NI"
And if you do, you'll find that they were deployed to protect NI Catholics and were initially welcomed with open arms by that section of the population since they had no-one else(including the IRA) to turn to.
The history of violence in NI from the 1960s onwards was:-
1) Irish Protestants violently persecute Irish Catholics
2) British government intervenes, dissolves partisan Stormont(Protestant) government and deploys British troops to protect Catholics from Loyalist paramilitaries and keep the peace.
3) IRA/Sinn Fein start campaign of violence against "British Rule" targetting anybody who disagrees with them regardless of age, sex or religion.
As far as I'm concerned the terrorist groups on both sides in that sorry affair deserve condemnation and the fact that the US government refused to join in that condemnation purely because large numbers of ignorant American voters thought the IRAs campaign was some kind of blow for freedom was shameful.
I think you'll find, by almost any sensible measure, that the IRA IS the worst terrorist group in Ireland especially considering their role in the most outstandingly stupid civil war in history.
I really don't think Microsoft is going to be able to keep to this plan of rolling out an OS on all servers and clients at the same time.
No medium to large company is going to buy into such a "Big Bang" implementation plan and if the problem is compounded by breaking the link between Linux and Longhorn then I think there'll be a whole lot less Microsoft desktops and servers around the globe post Longhorn.
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Remember, just because someone has name recognition does not mean they must be incompetent
True, but the converse is also true. Just because someone has name recognition does not mean they must be competent enough to hold high office. Being a good actor does not automatically translate into an ability to run a state, although there are similar skills needed both to be a successful actor and politician.
I personally have great respect for Schwarzenagger's abilities and believe he will be a good governor (and president if the constitution gets changed) but I'm positive that he won the election because he is a famous movie star rather than a talented leader/organiser/whatever.
Unfortunately the nature of the current political structure means that only someone who has lots of financial backing and looks, or can be made to look, good on TV has any chance of being elected to high office. There are far too many politicians (in every country) who shouldn't have been let anywhere near a position of power since they are either incompetent or corrupt (or, in too many cases, both).
It's a sobering thought that one of the greatest Presidents (Roosevelt) would never get elected today since he suffered from polio and therefore was usually confined to a wheelchair which goes down very badly with voters.
Cheers
Jeremy
You can still quite legally use the software under your inalienable statutory right of Fair Dealing -- you just don't get any benefits that were only promised to you in the EULA.
I've never summoned the enthusiasm to actually slog through an MS EULA so, just out of interest, what are the benefits promised by, say, the Windows XP EULA ?
Jeremy (lazy, but interested)
I think that's far too sweeping a statement.
Some nazi "scientists" had some very weird ideas, as you say, which were promoted by the regime in charge because the findings pandered to their prejudices.
Other nazi scientists were very careful in following proper scientific method, the only problem was they viewed the people they were experimenting on as no more than animals and therefore had as much concern for their welfare as modern day animal experimenters have for theirs.
The results from those latter experiments (e.g. effects of high altitude/exposure) have been used very successfully for many years by bodies such as the USAF and have saved many lives.
In this case something good has come from something evil.
Cheers,
Jeremy
What, the article that doesn't clarify but just blindly states "$750 million" everywhere ?
:-
Perhaps you should read more articles and you might discover that a quote that Bill is "giving" $X million can be used by a journalist to cover anything from
Bill is actually giving nothing at all (in common sense terms)
to
Bill is giving $X million in cold hard cash
Welcome to the real world of sloppy journalism
Jeremy
Is this $750 million of real money that Bill is donating ?
In the past quite often such donations consisted of software "worth $X million" i.e. software with a retail price of $X million which cost a dollar fifty to actually produce.
This "donation" could just be 7.5 million copies of office "which the child vaccination centres can use to imrove their productivity therefore benefiting children worldwide"
Or should I adjust my cynicism setting a little ?
Cheers,
Jeremy
I think you might want to research financial IT a *little* more. :-)
Such a virus might generate a few column inches of hysterical hyperbole in the popular press when some "mom and pop" outfit tries to charge their customers $1 mill for a toothbrush but it wouldn't bother the IT departments of the large financial institutions one bit.
Cheers,
Jeremy
"IT DOESN'T SCALE! what part of that don't you farking short-sighted CEOs understand???"
But from the CEOs point of view, it might.
You mentioned yourself that mills and manufacturing jobs left the US some time ago but, unless I'm missing something, Americans are still the richest people in the world even without those industries.
Why should IT be any different ?
I can understand the frustration of someone who loses their job to another worker who is better qualified or cheaper but that's the way capitalism works for better or worse.
"Recommended reading: *The civil rights movement in northern ireland in the 1960's *Why the british army was originally deployed in NI" And if you do, you'll find that they were deployed to protect NI Catholics and were initially welcomed with open arms by that section of the population since they had no-one else(including the IRA) to turn to. The history of violence in NI from the 1960s onwards was :-
1) Irish Protestants violently persecute Irish Catholics
2) British government intervenes, dissolves partisan Stormont(Protestant) government and deploys British troops to protect Catholics from Loyalist paramilitaries and keep the peace.
3) IRA/Sinn Fein start campaign of violence against "British Rule" targetting anybody who disagrees with them regardless of age, sex or religion.
As far as I'm concerned the terrorist groups on both sides in that sorry affair deserve condemnation and the fact that the US government refused to join in that condemnation purely because large numbers of ignorant American voters thought the IRAs campaign was some kind of blow for freedom was shameful.
I think you'll find, by almost any sensible measure, that the IRA IS the worst terrorist group in Ireland especially considering their role in the most outstandingly stupid civil war in history.
I really don't think Microsoft is going to be able to keep to this plan of rolling out an OS on all servers and clients at the same time. No medium to large company is going to buy into such a "Big Bang" implementation plan and if the problem is compounded by breaking the link between Linux and Longhorn then I think there'll be a whole lot less Microsoft desktops and servers around the globe post Longhorn.