I suddenly feel like I want to puke me guts out reading those Objectives.
My prediction is that DoD will go with Azure so they can have Powerpoint Parties and wallow in meaningless slides...but now backed by The Cloud, which MS will convince them will solve their every problem.
Congratulations! You win the internet award for the gratuitous use of the Universal Adjective in a post. Your educated and thoughtful analysis is very informative of you.
I think it was actually worse than that. The Soviet Union managed to miss educating its people for the current world's economy. That's why it is still centered on exploitation of mineral wealth. They still produce world class academics, but have no real way to get them into the economic life of the country. The West and Orient have figured out how via startup companies...well, China is rather using a sledgehammer here with their state owned companies, but they are not very efficient nor resourceful.
However, the worst thing the Soviet Union did to their people was make them reliant on the State. Putin needs to keep this charade up or he leads nothing. Too many of their people are susceptible to Kremlin propaganda. With no initiative of their own, they are also prey to the few oligarchs who have transitioned from state ownership to "private" ownership.
Yep, they wouldn't think of catching a few Americans, declaring them spies, and whacking them. It helps to think things through before you shoot your foot off.
Ya, the U.S. will....run U.S. Navy ships right through China's claimed sea lanes...oh, the U.S. already does that. Well, the U.S. can invade central Asia...oh, the U.S. already did that but seems a bit bogged down in Afghanistan...should've taken a left at Albuquerque...hell, Bugs Bunny could have told them that.
I know, the U.S will form Alliances to box in China...oh, Trump has peed on S. Korea and Japan and Australia. At least the U.S. has NATO...oops, Trump is peeing on NATO as well. Hmmm....the U.S. can keep China out of Africa...err...maybe that shithole countries comment went a bit too far. I know, the U.S. can keep China out of S. America...errr...no, Trump peed on them as well and now they are welcoming the chance to pee back. Brazil exports soy beans...who knew?
Yes, but damnit, Mexico and Canada will henceforth be off-limits to China....damnation, Trump peed on them as well and now they are peeing back.
I guess peeing in all the world's corners to show U.S. dominance isn't working so well for Trump.
Yes, but el Presidente Tweetie has the old Soviet model of GDP and production. When one rolls off the docks onto a ship, he counts 1. When companies make stuff in other countries and sell it in other countries, he doesn't get to count 1 and then wets his bed.
"inefficiency" Really? Building the biggest superpower the world has ever seen. Yep, gotta stop that inefficiency and hand the world over to those nice Russians and Chinese.
Yah, I'd like to see a new cheese grater Mac Pro. My suspicion is that they are delaying because Intel is screwing up their latest processor roadmap. And what computer company wouldn't want to punt out computers using x86 knowing Intel doesn't have their shit together just yet.
Not really, we just cannot stomach Winders UIs or Linux UIs. Many people cannot stomach OSX's UI and choose something else. Hardware rarely enters into most people's computing decisions...they have to be a Wannabe Geek like you to care.
Nonsense, it is merely a misdirection play, much like the old Notre Dame teams under Ara Parseghian where some of the line and backfield are moving one way while the rest and the ball are moving the other. This is merely so they can point at some organization to claim they are countering the threat. That the new organization do anything is beside the point, and it won't because there isn't any money involved that won't go to the companies that help cause the problem in the first place.
Yeah, he's already creating one...something to do with space...I think they are calling it Guardians of the Galaxy. It will prevent aliens from coming here and mating with us...which is a bit wrong-headed...green alien women!! Oh, the forbidden pleasure.
They are doing the experiments now that will give us talking raccoons.
I see, so a consumer who doesn't need a computer to do whizzy things, just email and web surfing is somehow dumb for not getting a PC with rocket engines and fighting the OS for the sheer thrill of not being labeled dumb by...errr...you.
rtb61 (opens new computer store, first Potential Customer comes in): Hi ya, want to buy a computer.
PC: Well, I don't know, I just need a device to do simple things, a bit of email, and I like to see videos of cute kittens.
rtb61: You want this BambleWeenie 4000, it has AI to predict your wants and needs, an Intel MultiStroke Engine of Power, 500 JigaGobs of RAM, just enough to run the latest Microsoft Software.
PC: I don't know, I just want something simple to use.
rtb61: Errr....you one of those dumb users who doesn't know what a machine like this can offer you?
PC: Not until I walked in here....
rtb61: Hey...where ya going? Come back!!! I, G-d-of-Thunder-Computation, command you to come back.
PC: (at door) Yeah, well, have fun with your BambleWeenie, I'll go find a store that will sell me what I want.
"Those evil capitalists just want to have government subsidies to kill endangered species." Hardly. A more accurate statement is that the evil capitalists want to generate profits regardless of what it does to endangered species.
You are giving el Presidente Tweetie too much credit. In his mind, the R voters don't like free trade agreements (they haven't yet lost jobs by losing those) and he can understand one number...at a time. The Big Number he's capable of understanding is the trade deficit number, but only as a number. He gets nothing else about trade because he has a mercantilism view of trade. He also knows that he can use that number in tweets and those go well with big stupid numbers and Fox...well they would seeing as they are essentially a mouth-organ for sound bites that his base likes.
Couple that with his distorted view to bargaining between nations which he figures should be just like bargaining for investment dollars. He bargained by promoting a dream that made the foolish banks and others bet money on him. His 4-6 bankruptcies showed how foolish that is. However, governments do not work like that, at least mature European governments and some Asian governments. They see trade as being something much more complicated, which it is.
When Trump doesn't get people or governments to give what he wants, he acts like the 15 year he is. He resorts to threats. It's worked for him before when he was holding other peoples money and they wanted to withdraw it. He threatens them with a loss. He doesn't really have a loss to threaten anyone with here except his trade deficit number. But since he never understood what that number represented beyond just a number, he ascribes to it all sorts of magical properties which translates in his mind of governments giving him what he wants.
Ah, the mythical "they". "They" seem to be capable of all sorts of things, collecting trillions of dollars, complete power. No one can compete with "they". Way to inflate a molehill into a mountain. This is one tiny voting machine company. You should work for Fox.
Nah, they'll have a phalanx of tiny Microsoft Bobs following you around the store like a posse...
Posse (in tiny little voices voiced in unison): Wouldn't you like some nice genuine imitation maple syrup? Toilet paper, every one needs toilet, get the industrial size.
You: Thank you, I'll shop by myself.
Posse: Ooooo...that's dangerous, an unattended shopper, we're here to help and serve.
You: No, damnit, let me alone.
Posse: We believe you'd be happier with a new computer with Microsoft Software.
It isn't a good idea to have a government site spewing and funded by ads. It's bad enough we have an alleged president more interested in his golf courses than in science or policy or keeping Putin's dirt on him secret, this level of sell-out would really put a cherry on that cake.
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I suddenly feel like I want to puke me guts out reading those Objectives.
My prediction is that DoD will go with Azure so they can have Powerpoint Parties and wallow in meaningless slides...but now backed by The Cloud, which MS will convince them will solve their every problem.
Congratulations! You win the internet award for the gratuitous use of the Universal Adjective in a post. Your educated and thoughtful analysis is very informative of you.
I think it was actually worse than that. The Soviet Union managed to miss educating its people for the current world's economy. That's why it is still centered on exploitation of mineral wealth. They still produce world class academics, but have no real way to get them into the economic life of the country. The West and Orient have figured out how via startup companies...well, China is rather using a sledgehammer here with their state owned companies, but they are not very efficient nor resourceful.
However, the worst thing the Soviet Union did to their people was make them reliant on the State. Putin needs to keep this charade up or he leads nothing. Too many of their people are susceptible to Kremlin propaganda. With no initiative of their own, they are also prey to the few oligarchs who have transitioned from state ownership to "private" ownership.
Yep, they wouldn't think of catching a few Americans, declaring them spies, and whacking them. It helps to think things through before you shoot your foot off.
Ya, the U.S. will....run U.S. Navy ships right through China's claimed sea lanes...oh, the U.S. already does that. Well, the U.S. can invade central Asia...oh, the U.S. already did that but seems a bit bogged down in Afghanistan...should've taken a left at Albuquerque...hell, Bugs Bunny could have told them that.
I know, the U.S will form Alliances to box in China...oh, Trump has peed on S. Korea and Japan and Australia. At least the U.S. has NATO...oops, Trump is peeing on NATO as well. Hmmm....the U.S. can keep China out of Africa...err...maybe that shithole countries comment went a bit too far. I know, the U.S. can keep China out of S. America...errr...no, Trump peed on them as well and now they are welcoming the chance to pee back. Brazil exports soy beans...who knew?
Yes, but damnit, Mexico and Canada will henceforth be off-limits to China....damnation, Trump peed on them as well and now they are peeing back.
I guess peeing in all the world's corners to show U.S. dominance isn't working so well for Trump.
Yes, but el Presidente Tweetie has the old Soviet model of GDP and production. When one rolls off the docks onto a ship, he counts 1. When companies make stuff in other countries and sell it in other countries, he doesn't get to count 1 and then wets his bed.
Well, there are those 4-6 bankruptcies and the people he stiffed along the way. Now he can run the U.S. just like he did his alleged companies.
"inefficiency" Really? Building the biggest superpower the world has ever seen. Yep, gotta stop that inefficiency and hand the world over to those nice Russians and Chinese.
Yah, I'd like to see a new cheese grater Mac Pro. My suspicion is that they are delaying because Intel is screwing up their latest processor roadmap. And what computer company wouldn't want to punt out computers using x86 knowing Intel doesn't have their shit together just yet.
Not really, we just cannot stomach Winders UIs or Linux UIs. Many people cannot stomach OSX's UI and choose something else. Hardware rarely enters into most people's computing decisions...they have to be a Wannabe Geek like you to care.
Yes, and Moto took that create idea and did precisely what with it? Create a market? I think not.
Nonsense, it is merely a misdirection play, much like the old Notre Dame teams under Ara Parseghian where some of the line and backfield are moving one way while the rest and the ball are moving the other. This is merely so they can point at some organization to claim they are countering the threat. That the new organization do anything is beside the point, and it won't because there isn't any money involved that won't go to the companies that help cause the problem in the first place.
Yeah, he's already creating one...something to do with space...I think they are calling it Guardians of the Galaxy. It will prevent aliens from coming here and mating with us...which is a bit wrong-headed...green alien women!! Oh, the forbidden pleasure.
They are doing the experiments now that will give us talking raccoons.
Yeah, and whom do we have enforcing the anti-trust laws? Case closed, you lose.
I see, so a consumer who doesn't need a computer to do whizzy things, just email and web surfing is somehow dumb for not getting a PC with rocket engines and fighting the OS for the sheer thrill of not being labeled dumb by...errr...you.
rtb61 (opens new computer store, first Potential Customer comes in): Hi ya, want to buy a computer.
PC: Well, I don't know, I just need a device to do simple things, a bit of email, and I like to see videos of cute kittens.
rtb61: You want this BambleWeenie 4000, it has AI to predict your wants and needs, an Intel MultiStroke Engine of Power, 500 JigaGobs of RAM, just enough to run the latest Microsoft Software.
PC: I don't know, I just want something simple to use.
rtb61: Errr....you one of those dumb users who doesn't know what a machine like this can offer you?
PC: Not until I walked in here....
rtb61: Hey...where ya going? Come back!!! I, G-d-of-Thunder-Computation, command you to come back.
PC: (at door) Yeah, well, have fun with your BambleWeenie, I'll go find a store that will sell me what I want.
"Those evil capitalists just want to have government subsidies to kill endangered species." Hardly. A more accurate statement is that the evil capitalists want to generate profits regardless of what it does to endangered species.
Well, that and it means MS is spewing their code around, probably contains STDs.
"Of course the process could be government-subsidized/mandated for environmental reasons"
Well, not in the United States, anyhow. We took the EPA out back and let the Republicans in Congress use it for target practice.
You are giving el Presidente Tweetie too much credit. In his mind, the R voters don't like free trade agreements (they haven't yet lost jobs by losing those) and he can understand one number...at a time. The Big Number he's capable of understanding is the trade deficit number, but only as a number. He gets nothing else about trade because he has a mercantilism view of trade. He also knows that he can use that number in tweets and those go well with big stupid numbers and Fox...well they would seeing as they are essentially a mouth-organ for sound bites that his base likes.
Couple that with his distorted view to bargaining between nations which he figures should be just like bargaining for investment dollars. He bargained by promoting a dream that made the foolish banks and others bet money on him. His 4-6 bankruptcies showed how foolish that is. However, governments do not work like that, at least mature European governments and some Asian governments. They see trade as being something much more complicated, which it is.
When Trump doesn't get people or governments to give what he wants, he acts like the 15 year he is. He resorts to threats. It's worked for him before when he was holding other peoples money and they wanted to withdraw it. He threatens them with a loss. He doesn't really have a loss to threaten anyone with here except his trade deficit number. But since he never understood what that number represented beyond just a number, he ascribes to it all sorts of magical properties which translates in his mind of governments giving him what he wants.
Ah, the mythical "they". "They" seem to be capable of all sorts of things, collecting trillions of dollars, complete power. No one can compete with "they". Way to inflate a molehill into a mountain. This is one tiny voting machine company. You should work for Fox.
Nah, they'll have a phalanx of tiny Microsoft Bobs following you around the store like a posse...
Posse (in tiny little voices voiced in unison): Wouldn't you like some nice genuine imitation maple syrup? Toilet paper, every one needs toilet, get the industrial size.
You: Thank you, I'll shop by myself.
Posse: Ooooo...that's dangerous, an unattended shopper, we're here to help and serve.
You: No, damnit, let me alone.
Posse: We believe you'd be happier with a new computer with Microsoft Software.
You: Dear G-d, make them go away.
Posse: How about a gun?
You: Okay, mind if I load it here.
Posse: Not at all, here, use one of ours.
You: (shoots self in head)
Posse: Next!!!
It isn't a good idea to have a government site spewing and funded by ads. It's bad enough we have an alleged president more interested in his golf courses than in science or policy or keeping Putin's dirt on him secret, this level of sell-out would really put a cherry on that cake.
Bozo the Clown does not have orange hands. Admittedly they are small, but not orange, unlike the doo.
You don't really understand evolution, do you?
Like daughter, like father. What price does an Evangelical get for his/her soul?