"I simply don't understand why Microsoft doesn't get it. Innovating requires *new* ideas. Otherwise, they might as well be another Chinese second rate copy."
That's Microsoft's bread and butter, producing 2nd rate copies. From their OS, Browser, and Office products. Microsoft has never innovated. They just copy and use their market size to get people to use their products. On-line search, iPhones, iPods, and iPads are areas where their PC dominance doesn't work.
Once you've uncoupled from the PC, Microsoft has no leverage. Their Zune was a flop. Their KIN was a failure and they don't have a tablet PC to offer.
As people become more mobile, Microsoft becomes less relevant. Their only hope is the cloud and Google is already there.
That's the point of the article. $150k is not good compensation for something that is generating $36 million on a yearly basis. They are making less than 1/2% on their work.
The point is not to forget, which is impossible because other people can remember.
The real issue is to forgive. Or put another way, USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN! Being able to react appropriately. The school over-reacted. Unless the school has a Myspace/Facebook policy, a policy that governs what teachers do outside of school, then the school over-reacted. If they are really afraid of under-age drinking then should monitor EVERYTHING children are exposed to. Why not a lawsuit against the NFL and networks for airing beer commercials during football games??? Seriously, children watch those....
Who the fuck cares? It's not like all Americans own a part of BP. It's not like if BP went bankrupt the US economy would head into a depression.
BP fucked up and BP most pay. The cleanup will cost billions! Already people have lost their jobs. You don't mention that do you. All you are is concerned about BP's welfare.
That was the Duke University study. This article, published July 9th in the New York Times, includes a study from the University of Chicago that looked at Romanian school children.
So no, not Dupe.
Where the hell have you been? Seriously. Congress DOES micromanage FBI, NSA, CIA?
Have you heard of Homeland Security??
Congress has been doing this for decades. Stop being stupid.
NASA has a history of screw-ups and cost over-runs. Are you seriously this dim to think Congress wouldn't do their job and manage a government agency!
Space exploration has changed. The US is no longer the dominant player. The government is no longer necessary for space exploration. It's time to allow commercial flight. It's time to do responsible science, not these pie in the sky man to mars missions. This is the only way to move forward.
This is how science works. You pose a question. You collect data based on this questions. You run data analysis on this data. You write up your findings in a article that includes your data set, analysis, and conclusions. You then submit your article to a peer reviewed journal. The peer reviewed journal circulates your article to other scientists in your field who then review the article. If they have questions, there is follow up between the research and reviewers. If no problems are found, it is published.
That's how it works. Your work is not handed over to some douche bag who files a FOIA!
Taxes are used to fund services government provides for the people.
Different taxing systems have been created to provide funds for these services. They amount to taxes on income and taxes on goods and services.
It's actually a simple system. The problem is collecting taxes from giant corporations like oil companies. The US government seems unwilling to do that. The US government also seems adverse to eliminate old taxes that no longer serve a purpose or have been succeeded by a new tax.
And who are you exactly? What real world corporate experience do you have?
It's nice to blather on thinking you know something but in fact you do not.
Let me clue you in, the markets will not correct any trade imbalance. The markets do not work for the United States. Witness the epic economic collapse of the banking industry in 2008. Free market forces at work that ripped $2 TRILLION dollars from our treasury and countless BILLIONS of dollars of people's savings, property values, jobs...the economic tsunami was unprecedented.
Free markets without regulation is anarchy.
FYI what's keeping the US economy afloat is all the debt China is willing to buy. China holds nearly $1 Trillion dollars in US debt.
The US has no leverage over China. No one can force China to float their currency. If China decided to sell off it's holdings, the US would be plunged into a depression.
If China decided to float its currency, the US would be hit with HUGE price jumps that would cause great economic hardship to an already poor population. All the cheap stuff from Walmart would become very expensive. Those goods could not be replaced with US versions since all the manufacturing is in China. The manufacturing that is in China WOULD NOT move back to the US because, if you read the article, companies made a heavy investment in China. Setting up a new plant back in the US would be very expensive, take lots of time, then you would have to hire workers, train and scale up production. Unless you have already made the investment today, it would take years to do. That's not going to happen especially since, thanks to the manufacturing in China and Asia, a middle class has developed that can afford to by these cheap goods that China was selling to the US. China could also afford to help develop other industries with all the cash they have. China is cash rich. So they could further mute the effect of a floating currency. And the flip side is, if their currency is going up in value, more investment in China and/or holding its currency may be worthwhile further driving away investment in the US.
You're kidding yourself if you think this will be the end.
I fail to see the need. My TV is network-able. So I can stream content from any computer in the house to the tv and the computer doesn't need to be next to the TV.
And the problem using HDMI to connect your DVR, bluray player and your gaming station to your TV is???? That's just 3 cables and you don't have to get a fancy router to hook everything into to get those devices to work with your tv using HDBaseT.
FYI sending power down a cat 5 cable is not a smart idea. RF interference anyone....
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Excuse me, the Democrats voted to confirm Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts.
It was the Republicans that blocked Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court!
Moron.
Then why have them on by default without informing the user???
Think zippy, think.
Technical writers, writing technical publications for engineering companies would STRONGLY disagree.
So, two spaces.
Well you will if you want to listen to 3-D audio :)
Uh yes Apple did invent the GUI concepts in the Mac - do some search.
Yeah the iPhone is worried about the Kin....oh wait Microsoft pulled that product!
Microsoft has lost the cell phone game. Droid and iPhone are carving up the market nicely.
"I simply don't understand why Microsoft doesn't get it. Innovating requires *new* ideas. Otherwise, they might as well be another Chinese second rate copy."
That's Microsoft's bread and butter, producing 2nd rate copies. From their OS, Browser, and Office products. Microsoft has never innovated. They just copy and use their market size to get people to use their products. On-line search, iPhones, iPods, and iPads are areas where their PC dominance doesn't work.
Once you've uncoupled from the PC, Microsoft has no leverage. Their Zune was a flop. Their KIN was a failure and they don't have a tablet PC to offer.
As people become more mobile, Microsoft becomes less relevant. Their only hope is the cloud and Google is already there.
It also points out the inequity of pay for the fruits of you labor.
Yeah keep thinking that zippy.
The software *IS* what allows you to make money.
Time to send your MBA back genius.
Uh no. The value of their labor was undervalued.
That's the point of the article. $150k is not good compensation for something that is generating $36 million on a yearly basis. They are making less than 1/2% on their work.
Kind of puts it into prospective.
Then embrace extinction and kiss your ass goodbye!
Dumbass.
It's the former, "Comcast controls everything b/c the government keeps its hands off."
Free market is never stated in terms for the consumer. It is always stated in terms for big business.
The point is not to forget, which is impossible because other people can remember.
The real issue is to forgive. Or put another way, USE YOUR FUCKING BRAIN! Being able to react appropriately. The school over-reacted. Unless the school has a Myspace/Facebook policy, a policy that governs what teachers do outside of school, then the school over-reacted. If they are really afraid of under-age drinking then should monitor EVERYTHING children are exposed to. Why not a lawsuit against the NFL and networks for airing beer commercials during football games??? Seriously, children watch those....
Uh yes the UK does tell the US what to do with their prisoners. Get a life.
The part you fail to grasp is that BP interceded on behalf of a criminal to secure favorable drilling rights. That's the problem.
You may return to your douchiness.
Who the fuck cares? It's not like all Americans own a part of BP. It's not like if BP went bankrupt the US economy would head into a depression.
BP fucked up and BP most pay. The cleanup will cost billions! Already people have lost their jobs. You don't mention that do you. All you are is concerned about BP's welfare.
You are a giant douche bag!
Yeah he's not bad.
Wonder if Tennant would be interested in doing it again! Would be an interesting twist to regeneration, going back to an old form....
That was the Duke University study. This article, published July 9th in the New York Times, includes a study from the University of Chicago that looked at Romanian school children. So no, not Dupe.
Where the hell have you been? Seriously. Congress DOES micromanage FBI, NSA, CIA?
Have you heard of Homeland Security??
Congress has been doing this for decades. Stop being stupid.
NASA has a history of screw-ups and cost over-runs. Are you seriously this dim to think Congress wouldn't do their job and manage a government agency!
Space exploration has changed. The US is no longer the dominant player. The government is no longer necessary for space exploration. It's time to allow commercial flight. It's time to do responsible science, not these pie in the sky man to mars missions. This is the only way to move forward.
FYI NASA was never about space travel.
And if you want to act like a douche bag, go ahead.
FYI, research has already been published by climate scientists. You don't like the results, too freakin' bad.
The fact that you don't understand how this works, doesn't mean the world now has to change to your world view.
Uh, No.
This is how science works. You pose a question. You collect data based on this questions. You run data analysis on this data. You write up your findings in a article that includes your data set, analysis, and conclusions. You then submit your article to a peer reviewed journal. The peer reviewed journal circulates your article to other scientists in your field who then review the article. If they have questions, there is follow up between the research and reviewers. If no problems are found, it is published.
That's how it works. Your work is not handed over to some douche bag who files a FOIA!
RTFA!
Google has some cut and past development toolkit for idiots. Big freakin' deal. This is not the same as APPLICATION development.
The RunRev CEO is complaining that Apple is forcing them to use Apple's API to develop application. Shock horror.
How the hell does this have anything to do with each other.
Nice work on the FUD.
No it didn't. What it shows is the general populations abysmal understanding of science and statistics.
Seriously, if you don't understand the methodology employed then don't up you mouth like you do.
"All research, results, and data sets should be publicly available. Is"
Umm sunshine, they are!! The research us published in peer reviewed journals.
Fucking jackass.
Dear god you are in idiot.
Taxes are used to fund services government provides for the people.
Different taxing systems have been created to provide funds for these services. They amount to taxes on income and taxes on goods and services.
It's actually a simple system. The problem is collecting taxes from giant corporations like oil companies. The US government seems unwilling to do that. The US government also seems adverse to eliminate old taxes that no longer serve a purpose or have been succeeded by a new tax.
And who are you exactly? What real world corporate experience do you have?
It's nice to blather on thinking you know something but in fact you do not.
Let me clue you in, the markets will not correct any trade imbalance. The markets do not work for the United States. Witness the epic economic collapse of the banking industry in 2008. Free market forces at work that ripped $2 TRILLION dollars from our treasury and countless BILLIONS of dollars of people's savings, property values, jobs...the economic tsunami was unprecedented.
Free markets without regulation is anarchy.
FYI what's keeping the US economy afloat is all the debt China is willing to buy. China holds nearly $1 Trillion dollars in US debt.
The US has no leverage over China. No one can force China to float their currency. If China decided to sell off it's holdings, the US would be plunged into a depression.
If China decided to float its currency, the US would be hit with HUGE price jumps that would cause great economic hardship to an already poor population. All the cheap stuff from Walmart would become very expensive. Those goods could not be replaced with US versions since all the manufacturing is in China. The manufacturing that is in China WOULD NOT move back to the US because, if you read the article, companies made a heavy investment in China. Setting up a new plant back in the US would be very expensive, take lots of time, then you would have to hire workers, train and scale up production. Unless you have already made the investment today, it would take years to do. That's not going to happen especially since, thanks to the manufacturing in China and Asia, a middle class has developed that can afford to by these cheap goods that China was selling to the US. China could also afford to help develop other industries with all the cash they have. China is cash rich. So they could further mute the effect of a floating currency. And the flip side is, if their currency is going up in value, more investment in China and/or holding its currency may be worthwhile further driving away investment in the US.
Read before you post.
You're kidding yourself if you think this will be the end.
I fail to see the need. My TV is network-able. So I can stream content from any computer in the house to the tv and the computer doesn't need to be next to the TV.
And the problem using HDMI to connect your DVR, bluray player and your gaming station to your TV is???? That's just 3 cables and you don't have to get a fancy router to hook everything into to get those devices to work with your tv using HDBaseT.
FYI sending power down a cat 5 cable is not a smart idea. RF interference anyone....