I am by nature a MS basher... at times even a rather venomous one.. but let's give MS some credit here. They went to court and obviously provided enough evidence that a judge was convinced (yes, yes, I hear the chorus of 'what qualifications did the judge have?'). They didn't take actions into their own hands and they released the information about it once the court ruling was made.
The fact remains that MS was actually acting in their own best interest and that of their customers. Those of use who don't use Windows will probably benefit by receiving a little less spam every day, too.
Hmmm... I feel a little dirty now... I better go clean up. I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs will personally come over to repossess my Apple Fan Boy card. Sniff, I'm going to miss it... a lot. But, I'm rather excited to finally meet Mr Jobs:-)
A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare
A monkey, given an infinite amount of time, will figure out how to use the typewriter to smash his way out of his cage... and then fling some 'just for you' poop into his former enclosure just so you have something more to clean up. I love monkeys.
shhh... don't tell anyone... but if you want I'll forward one of their newsletters to you. Don't be alarmed by the old date on it. They tell me that intergalactic mail is sloooow and it takes a while to get here. The crazy part is sometimes I have to renew my subscriptions several times between newsletters due to some kind of odd differences of planetary orbital durrations. It's a good thing they take cash, because frankly, the bank will only cash my checks for 90 days after their written.
When I first heard "Beryllium" I got rather excited... it sounded "beer-ilicious indeed!"... until I saw how it was spelled and thought "damn, that even looks like it will taste bad".
These are the same people who are negatively reporting on Apple removing porn from the App store. They're just a bunch of... um... well, infer what you like;-)
So you're saying when I screw up my compiler flags I'm actually helping my clients? Excellent... I now have a justification for billing my clients when I do something stupid.
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It's true. competition is still competition ... and there's nothing better than a monopoly - especially if you are an infection.
Can't we get even a little love for a Seinfeld reference? I mean really, what is this world coming to?
I am by nature a MS basher ... at times even a rather venomous one .. but let's give MS some credit here. They went to court and obviously provided enough evidence that a judge was convinced (yes, yes, I hear the chorus of 'what qualifications did the judge have?'). They didn't take actions into their own hands and they released the information about it once the court ruling was made.
... I feel a little dirty now ... I better go clean up. I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs will personally come over to repossess my Apple Fan Boy card. Sniff, I'm going to miss it ... a lot. But, I'm rather excited to finally meet Mr Jobs :-)
The fact remains that MS was actually acting in their own best interest and that of their customers. Those of use who don't use Windows will probably benefit by receiving a little less spam every day, too.
Hmmm
Isn't this just going to piss off the government of India even more? They're already holding developer's PP accounts under suspicion.
A monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare
A monkey, given an infinite amount of time, will figure out how to use the typewriter to smash his way out of his cage ... and then fling some 'just for you' poop into his former enclosure just so you have something more to clean up. I love monkeys.
It's simple: All your passwords are belong to us.
...remind me again, what did Copernicus do that was related to nuclear physics?
Dude, he only invented Newton ... and we all know Newton invented gravity and cool PDA's. This is /., try to keep up ;-)
Oh, there are others, believe you me ...
... don't tell anyone ... but if you want I'll forward one of their newsletters to you. Don't be alarmed by the old date on it. They tell me that intergalactic mail is sloooow and it takes a while to get here. The crazy part is sometimes I have to renew my subscriptions several times between newsletters due to some kind of odd differences of planetary orbital durrations. It's a good thing they take cash, because frankly, the bank will only cash my checks for 90 days after their written.
shhh
China has sent the world an awful lot of lead tainted products over the years - thus the China/lead joke.
It will be used for "copernicium plumbing" - plumbing that is too heavy to steal from a construction site.
When I first heard "Beryllium" I got rather excited ... it sounded "beer-ilicious indeed!" ... until I saw how it was spelled and thought "damn, that even looks like it will taste bad".
Grand Theft Half Auto?
GNN = Gynecological News Network.
... um ... well, infer what you like ;-)
These are the same people who are negatively reporting on Apple removing porn from the App store. They're just a bunch of
So you're saying when I screw up my compiler flags I'm actually helping my clients? Excellent ... I now have a justification for billing my clients when I do something stupid.
Based on a recent news article I believe Woz would be able to help them out with at least one of the Toyota problems.
Simple AI: If a question ends in a vowel, the answer is no. Otherwise the answer is yes.
Question: Is your signature true?
I doubt all the lifetime output of all the readers of this thread, combined, equals 100 million.
Surely you jest ... or you've been favorably sheltered from our endless verbosity, pedantic ramblings and self-serving diatribes.
Dr Zoidberg: Loot at me, I'm helping!
... there is plenty of talent out there for them to hire - even if only on a project by project basis.
And all of that stuff is simple to do for the non-tech savvy crowd (80-90%) of the population), right?
There's another 80-90% of the population? :-o No wonder I never go outside anymore.
... since all the manufacturers were waiting for Google's customer support to call them back with 'compatibility information'.
They create surface plasmons that ride the surface of gold nanoparticles on a glass substrate.
Boy, does that take me back to my days in the college dorms ... good times.
Are there no IT Pros that work for the government?
Sadly, no ... they're all working for school districts in southern Pennsylvania.
Dude, way to ruin M&M's for me ... I don't ever want to think of M&M's breeding unless it's that hot one from the TV commercials.
Sure, but to test the game you need some input from patent specialists, who are way to expensive for a video game.
That's why you need Specialist Hero ... sorry, I just couldn't resist. ;-)
... numbers from Patent Hero, the newest game from Activision - you play along with the patent process but aren't really applying for them?
You hold the pen. You fill out the forms. You are the Patent Hero!