If the US jumped a microsecond after China then the US would act as the wall and the earth would bounce into the opposite top corner pocket, haven't you ever played pool before.
Dude, you're doing it all wrong, you want to put ENGLISH on the ball.
Don't you know that the Oil Companies, Coal Companies, Tobacco Companies, and The Military Industrial Complex all use DHMO?
That's nothing, I have it on good authority that DHMO has been used for years by the FBI, CIA, MOSSAD and of course the KGB.
Of course the conspiracy theorists will try to convince you that rampant DHMO usage stretches back to pre-history involving such figures as Leonardo da Vinci and the Templars and will even pull out Biblical quotations or try to convince you that NASA used it on all manned missions.
All to often the act of dragging reality, kicking and screaming, into any online discussion is treated as sinful as actually paying for media content or liking a Microsoft product.
Joking side, the healthcare status over on this side of the border is going to erupt pretty soon. So is the unemployment situation, if things don't improve. What the current unemployment numbers don't show is that the roll-up-the-sleeves working class has very high (as high as 30%) numbers right now. The last time it was that bad was great depression. Riots could happen within 18 mos.:-P
This time round will the rioters be American heroes or Terrorists?
And here's an interesting point: DHS already uses Apache for dhs.gov, and I'm sure plenty of other government programs use and work on open source platforms, even if their main desktop deployments are Windows.
NASA, NSA and the military all use and deploy Linux. I'm sure the number of federal systems that embed apache jars is astronomical.
what happens if you write/contribute to open source?
As everyone else is pointing out, that makes you a Communist.
Having said that, I would love to see a world where all the OSS contributors gets added to the "watchlists" of the world and all hell break lose every time there's a geeky conference in California or Florida. A "geeks of the world" vs. homeland security grudge match would be a thing of beauty.
Can somebody show me something good to come from the Oracle-Sun deal? Anything?
Errrrrr, survival and preventing Sun from going bust, just off the top of my head?
Is that really good? I just met someone who now works for Oracle; they worked for a company acquired by Sun prior to the merger. Sun fired all their best SEs because they made good salaries, while there are people all over Sun (or at least, were) making big bucks for doing nothing. UltraSPARC has its uses, but mostly it is an also-ran. Solaris' claim to fame is ZFS. Under Oracle, Solaris is doomed to either fail (as it was heading towards anyway, due to Linux's increasing dominance) or to become an Oracle RDBMS engine, which is much the same thing.
And that's been true for a decade. I'm surprised they lasted this long.
Google isn't an illegal monopoly as described by the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Indeed, given how many organizations provide webmail and/or search and how competitive and healthy that market is I'm wondering where that idea came from.
company founder Gabor Cselle, who will be returning to Google as a Product Manager on the Gmail team
It is perfectly normal to pull the product temporarily to re-brand and redirect during an acquisition that is technically interesting but does not completely meet the company vision. Nothing to see here, move along.
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I think that is called "racketeering".
Racketeering is the essence of all software patents.I say this as someone who holds one.... Let me make you an offer you can't refuse....
...kowtow much?
That would be a Chinese word, but still pretty funny. Well played sir.
Maybe it's a job for the Microsoft ninjas.
Now there's a movie I'd pay to watch. I wonder what Steven Segal is doing this year...
If the US jumped a microsecond after China then the US would act as the wall and the earth would bounce into the opposite top corner pocket, haven't you ever played pool before.
Dude, you're doing it all wrong, you want to put ENGLISH on the ball.
Does MS have such a strong Reality Distortion Field that they can say ANY random, contradictory stuff and people will take them seriously?
"We have always been at war with Google."
We could save ourselves some time and just ask the sea creatures at the bottom of the ocean how they do it.
Deep sea creatures do it under pressure.
Don't you know that the Oil Companies, Coal Companies, Tobacco Companies, and The Military Industrial Complex all use DHMO?
That's nothing, I have it on good authority that DHMO has been used for years by the FBI, CIA, MOSSAD and of course the KGB.
Of course the conspiracy theorists will try to convince you that rampant DHMO usage stretches back to pre-history involving such figures as Leonardo da Vinci and the Templars and will even pull out Biblical quotations or try to convince you that NASA used it on all manned missions.
When will the madness end?
Mine was "I hope no one tries to post a picture of the Korean War Memorial."
Au contraire... let's hope there's a flash mob protest that posts THOUSANDS of photos.
Actual evidence need not apply.
All to often the act of dragging reality, kicking and screaming, into any online discussion is treated as sinful as actually paying for media content or liking a Microsoft product.
Who had hacker movies in 1960? Can anyone name a hacker movie off the top of his head before War Games?
This was well explained in the article.... kids these days...
Joking side, the healthcare status over on this side of the border is going to erupt pretty soon. So is the unemployment situation, if things don't improve. What the current unemployment numbers don't show is that the roll-up-the-sleeves working class has very high (as high as 30%) numbers right now. The last time it was that bad was great depression. Riots could happen within 18 mos. :-P
This time round will the rioters be American heroes or Terrorists?
Isn't it funny that we're so caught up in the use of the word as a pejorative, that were unable to consider the actual facts?
Well, as a Canadian my response is:
Socialism: it works bitches!
... all hell break lose ...
This constitutes my formal apology for the stupid typo... dyslexia, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Considering the result of the "simulated cyber war" last week this might be a fight the geeks can win!
We know where your mail server is. Be afraid, very afraid.
We are now officially "bad boys". Rebel with a compile.
Pfft... we've always been bad boys. The few, the proud, the geeks.
All of the items you mentioned rely on software, databases or electronics in one form or another. Next.
Imagine the cost of just analyzing the impact of OSS on federal systems, much less removing it all.
And here's an interesting point: DHS already uses Apache for dhs.gov, and I'm sure plenty of other government programs use and work on open source platforms, even if their main desktop deployments are Windows.
NASA, NSA and the military all use and deploy Linux. I'm sure the number of federal systems that embed apache jars is astronomical.
what happens if you write/contribute to open source?
As everyone else is pointing out, that makes you a Communist.
Having said that, I would love to see a world where all the OSS contributors gets added to the "watchlists" of the world and all hell break lose every time there's a geeky conference in California or Florida. A "geeks of the world" vs. homeland security grudge match would be a thing of beauty.
A webpage works for all browsers or it is broken. Features run server side, not client side.
Define all. Mosaic? Netscape 3? Lynx? Just how backwards compatible are we talking about here?
Can somebody show me something good to come from the Oracle-Sun deal? Anything?
Errrrrr, survival and preventing Sun from going bust, just off the top of my head?
Is that really good? I just met someone who now works for Oracle; they worked for a company acquired by Sun prior to the merger. Sun fired all their best SEs because they made good salaries, while there are people all over Sun (or at least, were) making big bucks for doing nothing. UltraSPARC has its uses, but mostly it is an also-ran. Solaris' claim to fame is ZFS. Under Oracle, Solaris is doomed to either fail (as it was heading towards anyway, due to Linux's increasing dominance) or to become an Oracle RDBMS engine, which is much the same thing.
And that's been true for a decade. I'm surprised they lasted this long.
Truly. It would be as if someone was expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
(...in three, two, one...)
*SIGH* ... fine...
*Ahem* NOBODY EXPECTS...
Hold on, I'll come in again.
Google isn't an illegal monopoly as described by the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Indeed, given how many organizations provide webmail and/or search and how competitive and healthy that market is I'm wondering where that idea came from.
I think you misspelled "Ender's Game" there...
Is this some sort of trap?
Run dude, they're just trying to slow you down and keep you posting so they can get your IP address and zero in on your location.
... and bought the company.
It is perfectly normal to pull the product temporarily to re-brand and redirect during an acquisition that is technically interesting but does not completely meet the company vision. Nothing to see here, move along.