I hope your comment makes large on-line retailers nervous about optimizing their site for only IE. Microsoft could crush the whole on-line industry with one Windows Update. Funny, that.
Instead of servers, then went after the minds of web developers, instead. IE-specific code is so sickening that it makes me sick, but people do it, for some reason they cherish their ability to make their work suck. If that isn't effective marketing by Microsoft, then I can't be sure about anything.
has MS EVER lost a market once they came to dominate it?
They will. Every single market that Microsoft currently dominates has solid gaining competitors, because the technology is becoming commoditized more and more. Office suites are something people should not have to pay a lot of money for, any longer, as are operating systems. That could be a big one-two punch for Microsoft.
When in history has there been such a broad line of software products with a common base? Sun JDS, Xandros, Linspire, Red Hat, SuSE, etc. all have the same overall source base plus their value added goodies for their target markets. This should be making Microsoft very very nervous about the future of Windows. No one can really take Windows, customize it, call it their own, and sell it, like people can with open source systems.
Also, they are being forced to use such bad spelling that I'm surpised that anyone can ever think they are legitimate. Like telemarketers, spammers can become extinct and no one would care.
Famous last words. So many projects live and ultimately die by this philosophy that the collective trauma causes a mass amnesia that causes it all to happen again. The small software projects universe is absolutely amazing. Usually the downfall occurs when the developers realize that there are a thousand details in "scheduling software must accomodate partial work days" or "ad hoc scheduling to assist elderly and children must be supported." It's not difficult..."oh crap...Sally Bob quit last week but his code assumes...oh crap...I have to re-do this whole source file...oh double crap...".
It is in an SUV with a 4:1 differential, soft tires, and a high center of gravity. Or in a 100HP 4-cylinder car. These are very common. Most people don't have a BMW or Lexus sportycoupe.
Trucks having their own lane should be allowed to go as fast as they desire to get goods deliviered on time.
So why would I want to go back there when I know I would be happy doing something I love even if it isn't "home"?
Because living far from family isn't all that it is cracked up to be. It makes holidays a pain in the ass, family relationships tend to become impersonal, and there is no one to help if you or your family needs it. The only time a person is best away from home is if their mother is a complete nut-job (enter Freud).
I'll let you guess at how much we told them was implemented or fixed...
17.3%? Too high?
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How does this contradict conservative principles?
It requires government intervention for eminent domain. People will lose their homes over this. Has it been clearly demonstrated that this highway is for the greater good or is it just for greater profit? I'd be fucking pissed off if someone threw me out of my home for $0.50 on the dollar for a highway no one wanted.
The mortgage-industry-serving business of "professional" real estate appraisers (aka, pay us $350 to look at your contract and match that price with some dubious analysis to make us look smart). Sorry if I'm bitter, but the last appraisal I had done was a complete joke. Appraisals must be the gravy train job of the century.
Speed does kill (anyone who argues against this is WRONG), speed is stressful, most cars really are not designed for constant 85MPH.
In short, this highway will suck to drive on, unless you just happen to own a car designed for good high speed driving. Most cars are not this, no matter what your neon lights and plastic trunk wing tell you.
I bet the governor wants something really big on his resume. Doesn't he know that huge projects like this without genuine economic justification are just a super superwaste of taxpayer's money? People will end up hating him for this. Oh well, it's not like Texas didn't suck before.
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I hope your comment makes large on-line retailers nervous about optimizing their site for only IE. Microsoft could crush the whole on-line industry with one Windows Update. Funny, that.
Friend of goatse.cx guy: "You'll never do the basketball! It'll just never happen!"
Instead of servers, then went after the minds of web developers, instead. IE-specific code is so sickening that it makes me sick, but people do it, for some reason they cherish their ability to make their work suck. If that isn't effective marketing by Microsoft, then I can't be sure about anything.
has MS EVER lost a market once they came to dominate it?
They will. Every single market that Microsoft currently dominates has solid gaining competitors, because the technology is becoming commoditized more and more. Office suites are something people should not have to pay a lot of money for, any longer, as are operating systems. That could be a big one-two punch for Microsoft.
When in history has there been such a broad line of software products with a common base? Sun JDS, Xandros, Linspire, Red Hat, SuSE, etc. all have the same overall source base plus their value added goodies for their target markets. This should be making Microsoft very very nervous about the future of Windows. No one can really take Windows, customize it, call it their own, and sell it, like people can with open source systems.
Also, they are being forced to use such bad spelling that I'm surpised that anyone can ever think they are legitimate. Like telemarketers, spammers can become extinct and no one would care.
It's not difficult.
Famous last words. So many projects live and ultimately die by this philosophy that the collective trauma causes a mass amnesia that causes it all to happen again. The small software projects universe is absolutely amazing. Usually the downfall occurs when the developers realize that there are a thousand details in "scheduling software must accomodate partial work days" or "ad hoc scheduling to assist elderly and children must be supported." It's not difficult..."oh crap...Sally Bob quit last week but his code assumes...oh crap...I have to re-do this whole source file...oh double crap...".
Your code example should go into next year's textbooks.
85 is not fast
... that sounds good to you?
It is in an SUV with a 4:1 differential, soft tires, and a high center of gravity. Or in a 100HP 4-cylinder car. These are very common. Most people don't have a BMW or Lexus sportycoupe.
Trucks having their own lane should be allowed to go as fast as they desire to get goods deliviered on time.
20 tons + 85 MPH
I suppose dying in a 100MPH car crash is considered merciful?
Trying to ease speed limits where there's more than a man and a sheep every square mile is a disaster waiting to happen.
The government is seizing private property and making it available for use by the private sector.
How is this different than the railroads?
All I want is a 12 pack of Shiner Bock.
What about UPS/FedEX/DHL?
So why would I want to go back there when I know I would be happy doing something I love even if it isn't "home"?
Because living far from family isn't all that it is cracked up to be. It makes holidays a pain in the ass, family relationships tend to become impersonal, and there is no one to help if you or your family needs it. The only time a person is best away from home is if their mother is a complete nut-job (enter Freud).
Sure, stick someone from New York City down in the middle of rural Appalachia (or vice versa). That'll work. Sure it will.
A real businessman would put the church, titty store and liquor store all in one building. Mind, body, and soul...it's actually quite holistic.
The highway will sit almost completely unused...
It's, um, a scenic byway. Yeah, go visit beautiful Akron, OH! (actually, it is scenic...compared to Gary, IN)
Build ShortHorn into every telephone?
Is that the telephone you sit on? Where do I sign up?
I'll let you guess at how much we told them was implemented or fixed...
17.3%? Too high?
How does this contradict conservative principles?
It requires government intervention for eminent domain. People will lose their homes over this. Has it been clearly demonstrated that this highway is for the greater good or is it just for greater profit? I'd be fucking pissed off if someone threw me out of my home for $0.50 on the dollar for a highway no one wanted.
who esle can say what fair is?
The mortgage-industry-serving business of "professional" real estate appraisers (aka, pay us $350 to look at your contract and match that price with some dubious analysis to make us look smart). Sorry if I'm bitter, but the last appraisal I had done was a complete joke. Appraisals must be the gravy train job of the century.
Oh, and the speed limit's supposed to be 85.
And the MPG limit will be 15.
Speed does kill (anyone who argues against this is WRONG), speed is stressful, most cars really are not designed for constant 85MPH.
In short, this highway will suck to drive on, unless you just happen to own a car designed for good high speed driving. Most cars are not this, no matter what your neon lights and plastic trunk wing tell you.
You know when your town starts sucking the minute you get an Applebees. You might as well leave once you get a TGIF.
Well, it's not all bad, between Applebees, IHOP, and Cracker Barrel, I can experience three differnt styles of white gravy on my country-fried steak!
I bet the governor wants something really big on his resume. Doesn't he know that huge projects like this without genuine economic justification are just a super superwaste of taxpayer's money? People will end up hating him for this. Oh well, it's not like Texas didn't suck before.
Yeah, but a hurricane generally leaves behind some stuff to go home to. Tsunami == Coastal USA gets timetraveled 300 years into the past.
3. Realize that the Appalachian mountain chain puts the new beachfront in Pennsylvania and central Virginia.
4. Doh!!!
5. No profit for you.