Smokers all crap on about how its their "right" do what they want to their own bodies, and how I have no "right" to tell them what they can't do.
But what I want to know is what gives them the right to dictate to me what sort of air I breathe!?
I don't care what people do to themselves in the privacy of the own homes. I do care what they do in public when their actions adversely affect everyone else!!
With virtually every country in the world experiencing soaring levels of unemployment amongst both skilled and unskilled workers, I think there are plenty of people to take their places.
The world's populating is spiralling upwards out of control. There are more than enough young people to take over!
As long as IE remains bundled with the windows OS, Firefox will *never* take off and reach a significant install base.
I work as a consultant for many IT firms, and even though they are perfectly aware of IE's limitations and security problems, they do not make the change to an alternate browser simply because it is far easier to stay with the one already installed on the system.
Inertia means that Firefox will always remain a fringe browser until some anti-monopoly law makes MS remove IE. And that will never happen. No matter how awful IE becomes now or in the future, sheer laziness means it will always be the predominant browser.
So Microsoft have released another bunch of statistics that show that their product is better than their competitors. Does anyone actually believe this crap?
Umm yes, they do. That's the whole point. The vast majority of people are not computer literate, and they need to be told what to think and what to buy. Therefore if you tell them the same thing often enough and loud enough and with enough pretty pictures, they will believe that message 'til their dying day.
Most people I know are aghast when they see yet another Microsoft sponsored "research" paper proclaim (yet again) Microsoft's superiority. But it works! If you keep feeding and feeding and feeding this to the public they will believe it!
And that is why it's working - they are believing it. The people that see through this and correctly label it as FUD are a tiny, voiceless minority.
I can't think of or name ONE windows program that I would want to run.
Yes, but you and what you do on your computer is not representative of everyone.
A lot of other people have very good reasons for running MS software under linux. Take a web developer for example. It is possible to develop websites under linux, but because of the severly broken nature of IE, you have to test every page you write on it to make sure it renders. Hence installing IE under wine is necessary.
This is but one example...
Just because you don't do something doesn't mean there aren't legitimate reasons why someone else would want to do the same thing.
So they tapped them hey. I hope it wasn't done too hard. It hurts if you get tapped too hard, especially if you're actually expecting to be taped by someone instead.
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We just usually choose to ignore people like yourself who think we don't exist.
While you're at it, learn the difference between their and they're.
Smokers all crap on about how its their "right" do what they want to their own bodies, and how I have no "right" to tell them what they can't do.
But what I want to know is what gives them the right to dictate to me what sort of air I breathe!?
I don't care what people do to themselves in the privacy of the own homes. I do care what they do in public when their actions adversely affect everyone else!!
With virtually every country in the world experiencing soaring levels of unemployment amongst both skilled and unskilled workers, I think there are plenty of people to take their places.
The world's populating is spiralling upwards out of control. There are more than enough young people to take over!
Unbelievable, the level of incompetence shown here.
I work as a consultant for many IT firms, and even though they are perfectly aware of IE's limitations and security problems, they do not make the change to an alternate browser simply because it is far easier to stay with the one already installed on the system.
Inertia means that Firefox will always remain a fringe browser until some anti-monopoly law makes MS remove IE. And that will never happen. No matter how awful IE becomes now or in the future, sheer laziness means it will always be the predominant browser.
wastes THEIR time. :-)
The bus that was blown up was not one of the shuttle buses. It was a tourist bus.
Your conspiracy is nothing but hot air.
You know, I'd laugh, except the knowledge that a great proportion of the population doesn't even realise you've made a joke makes me sob with despair.
It's THEIR site. What fucking use is an editor that can't spell?
It's attitudes like yours that have caused this whole mess in the first place!
It's dihydrogen MONoxide. You need to learn the names of all dangerous chemicals properly!!!
Umm yes, they do. That's the whole point. The vast majority of people are not computer literate, and they need to be told what to think and what to buy. Therefore if you tell them the same thing often enough and loud enough and with enough pretty pictures, they will believe that message 'til their dying day.
Most people I know are aghast when they see yet another Microsoft sponsored "research" paper proclaim (yet again) Microsoft's superiority. But it works! If you keep feeding and feeding and feeding this to the public they will believe it!
And that is why it's working - they are believing it. The people that see through this and correctly label it as FUD are a tiny, voiceless minority.
Their design choices are what make such exploits so easy and as a result, so common.
Yes, but you and what you do on your computer is not representative of everyone.
A lot of other people have very good reasons for running MS software under linux. Take a web developer for example. It is possible to develop websites under linux, but because of the severly broken nature of IE, you have to test every page you write on it to make sure it renders. Hence installing IE under wine is necessary.
This is but one example...
Just because you don't do something doesn't mean there aren't legitimate reasons why someone else would want to do the same thing.
So they tapped them hey. I hope it wasn't done too hard. It hurts if you get tapped too hard, especially if you're actually expecting to be taped by someone instead.
I strenuously beg to differ. I do not own a mobile phone. I do not carry a mobile phone. I do not want a mobile phone. And I'm not alone.
So be a little more careful with such sweeping statements.
With Nokia's history of exploding batteries, they could be closer to the truth than they realise!
A huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge number of sysadmins out there have no clue what so ever.
If removing mp3 further cripples their multimedia support, what is already missing?
The fun of April fool's articles used to be picking the genuinely fake article amongst a whole heap of bizarre but true stories.
But this is just becoming boring.
The vast majority of spam that I get is targeted at Americans, and hence completely irrelevent to me.
I wonder if the number of people that "have clicked on" and "have bought from" is much higher in the US than in other countries.
I wonder how long it took to orientate each individual mirror so that they're all focusing on the one spot.
Not sure I'd have the patience to do that!
Maggots is a simple plural. It does not need an apostrophe. Is it really that difficult?
Perhaps an engineer needs to put that on their agenda for next year.
Just a thought...