Scary web site, that. The sheer amount of outright lies and disinformation there.
If you see a company using Linux, it may be that they have not paid for this software. Report them to the Business Software Alliance who have the legal authority to inspect any company's computers for illegal programs like Linux.
I'd like to see a hands-free texting system...
Hands free is irrelevant to the argument of inattention, in that unless it's an utterly trivial phone call, it is diverting attention away from driving.
If it was sci-fi I might agree with you. It's more like space-opera, with a pre-occupation on special effects wrapped around a bad plot. How about some *real* sci-fi for a change. Ringworld might work, if Larry kept control of it.
That's illogical. If one of the things the menu leads to is task manager, how can it be task manager? Task manager manager would make more sense. Or senior VP of tasks.
Its title is 'Windows Security'. I'm still laughing at that...
Shameful admission: I'm a Windows developer, and I know of and hate them.
How many developers will go to work for a company without typing their name into Google.
It's part of the application process, IMO.
How many people with ANY experience with Unix don't know about SCO.
Finally there is a major danger having SCO in our work history. Even if they loose this law suite which I bet they will someone will buy the SCO IP. Would you risk hiring a developer that worked for a company that filed such outlandish IP based law suites? Not everyone has the deep pockets of IBM.
I think that working for SCO might just be too dangerous for just about anyone to risk.
That's a reason to leave in itself.
"Taylor even worked directly with CEO Steve Ballmer."
Bill's going to leave, and he didn't want to be alone in the same room with Steve...
Slave labor is not the fault of the consumers. They cannot go buy expensive items built by Unions anymore. This lack of choice is not their fault. If the only options available involve slave labor then how is that the fault of the consumer? Forcing corporations to offer more alternatives sounds like a great way to combat slave labor.
And why can't you buy expensive items made by unions anymore? Because in the past you voted with your wallets for the cheaper non-union item. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but don't make it out to be the fault of the corporation, rather than the consumer.
Forcing corporations by legislation might have the unintended effect of forcing the parent corporation offshore as well. Careful what you wish for.
Nonsense. Everybody knows that ! is 'pling' and ? is 'query'.
You forgot the smiley there. I hope you forgot the smiley there, I should say.
Also, it's not forward-slash, it's just slash. There was never a need to indicate direction until backslash was invented, and seeing as backslash indicates that it is the opposite of a slash... why the need for the excessive prefix?
If you a guiding a non-computer-literate one over the phone, save time in explanations and say forward-slash. You'll save time. I say double-click to my father, and every damned time he says left button or right button. Doesn't matter that I've repeatedly told him there is no right-double-click (/vent)
I do like slosh though... I might adopt that one.
So do I. sloshed == drunk, slosh is the verb or something?
Bang? Using a meaningless word means you spend more time explaining it. Everyone knows that ! is an exclamation-mark. A tiny minority know it as bang. Using jargon terms doesn't help people become computer literate.
I'm happy for them to be turned off in flight. Given that you're supposed to remain manacled^H seatbelted during the journey, there's no escaping an obnoxious mobile phone user sitting next / within 3 seats of you.
But there should be more effort put into making aircraft systems EMI resistant. Lots of the electronic devices we carry don't actually turn off even when supposedly they are turned off.
I'm eagerly awaiting airlines response to fuel-cell powered electronics, when it arrives.:)
Ah. There seems some irony that Microsoft would lose a case dealing with data transfer between two of its own products, probably using a third of its products (scripting) to do it.
Hmmm. Probably only about half of them. Most Aussies probably regard all Americans as Yankees, but IIRC, it was one side or the other of the civil war. Therefore, I'd imagine the other side would regard it as derogatory, and the Yankee side would wear the tag seppo with pride.:)
Hell yes, we ought to call a spade a spade.
I guess I can get away with using the term spade, since I'm not in the USA, and AFAIK it has no negative connotations in Oz. Using the PC terms means that you *intend* the impolite/racist term, but think that you are better than that, whereas the reality is you aren't - you've just #defined the original.
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I wish I was sure it was a parody. (from downUnder)
Has no one ever told you? Darwin is god. :)
I'd like to see a hands-free texting system... Hands free is irrelevant to the argument of inattention, in that unless it's an utterly trivial phone call, it is diverting attention away from driving.
If it was sci-fi I might agree with you. It's more like space-opera, with a pre-occupation on special effects wrapped around a bad plot. How about some *real* sci-fi for a change. Ringworld might work, if Larry kept control of it.
A good excuse for making 'backups' - you can put a txt file on them with your id.
>>Would you rather not have a pancreas? I find having one to be a positive experience.
> Not in my mouth, please.
Yum! Sweetbreads! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetbread
It's part of the application process, IMO.
And another Windows developer is born.
That's a reason to leave in itself.
"Taylor even worked directly with CEO Steve Ballmer."
Bill's going to leave, and he didn't want to be alone in the same room with Steve...
Where does the observant cat fit in? /yawn
Must be a slow news day. 'Lets watch some electrons'
And why can't you buy expensive items made by unions anymore? Because in the past you voted with your wallets for the cheaper non-union item. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but don't make it out to be the fault of the corporation, rather than the consumer.
Forcing corporations by legislation might have the unintended effect of forcing the parent corporation offshore as well. Careful what you wish for.
Tilde == squiggly horizontal line pipe == vertical line Phone help for parents:)
Bang? Using a meaningless word means you spend more time explaining it. Everyone knows that ! is an exclamation-mark. A tiny minority know it as bang. Using jargon terms doesn't help people become computer literate.
I'm happy for them to be turned off in flight. Given that you're supposed to remain manacled^H seatbelted during the journey, there's no escaping an obnoxious mobile phone user sitting next / within 3 seats of you. :)
But there should be more effort put into making aircraft systems EMI resistant. Lots of the electronic devices we carry don't actually turn off even when supposedly they are turned off.
I'm eagerly awaiting airlines response to fuel-cell powered electronics, when it arrives.
Operative phrase here is "If students are caught". Automatic fail if they are.
[1] Assuming thousands of hockey fans exist here
Amazing! I'm sure this never even occurred to the original poster
Wasn't Sarbanes-Oxley passed after the SCO court case went to trial? Or is it that most evil of things, retrospective legislation?
Does anyone really believe that Gates does things like this as an individual, rather than as a representative of Microsoft?
Ah. There seems some irony that Microsoft would lose a case dealing with data transfer between two of its own products, probably using a third of its products (scripting) to do it.
Hmmm. Probably only about half of them. Most Aussies probably regard all Americans as Yankees, but IIRC, it was one side or the other of the civil war. Therefore, I'd imagine the other side would regard it as derogatory, and the Yankee side would wear the tag seppo with pride. :)
Hell yes, we ought to call a spade a spade. I guess I can get away with using the term spade, since I'm not in the USA, and AFAIK it has no negative connotations in Oz. Using the PC terms means that you *intend* the impolite/racist term, but think that you are better than that, whereas the reality is you aren't - you've just #defined the original.
It slices, it dices... But wait, there's more With every sabre, you get this cool black face mask. Send no money