You're forgetting option 3: Leverage Windows 7 sales by providing a free browser that only works with Windows 7, then telling everybody about all the gaping security holes that exist in all previous versions. Standard MS marketing tactic. Hopefully MS is moving away from the "embrace and extend" philosophy it has used in the past.
I agree completely. 75% of our population lives within 50 miles of the coast. There should be high speed rail from Seattle to San Diego (I-5 right of way) and from New York City to Miami. Spending money on rail in the Midwest is asinine.
Buying a used satellite is like buying a used bus... the only reason someone would sell it is because it has become cheaper to buy a new one than to maintain the old one!
I define "life" as anything that disobeys the second law of thermodynamics. Viruses are not only alive, they play an important role in driving evolution.
I especially like the "FUCK YOU CONSUMER" embedded in the registration key.
But seriously, Sony's attitude towards it's own customers is one of the reasons I now refuse to buy any Sony products. In fact, I'd rather give (gasp!) Microsoft my money than give it to Sony.
The fact that he was correct doesn't matter. As an officer of the company, it is his reponsibility to protect the fiduciary interests of the corporation, NOT to drive the stock price down. So while he gets credit for honesty, from the viewpoint of shareholders, what he did was a real no-no.
Actually, what I was planning on doing with the address was making sure it was fraud and wasn't a friend or relative we had sent a gift to that we didn't remember. It being 3000 miles away wouldn't have made it worthwhile for me to go there in person and kick their ass. Again, I just feel that I should have access to any information associated with my credit card. Criminals waive their rights to be protected by the rules of society when they voluntarily disregard those rules in the first place.
No, what they need to do is split applications and operating systems into 2 completely separate companies. Much like the AT&T split up, this would increase shareholder value.
If I was on the board, I would have screamed for Ballmer's dismissal in September 1999, when he drove the MS share price down by 3.8% in a single day by saying "There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would include our stock in that category." Ballmer might be a good business person, but as far as setting the corporate culture, he is an epic fail. The big question is, who should replace him as CEO?
First we got Bluetooth headsets which made people talking on the phone indistinguishable from schizophrenics, now we get this new GUI technology which makes computer users indistinguishable from spastics... what next?
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You're forgetting option 3: Leverage Windows 7 sales by providing a free browser that only works with Windows 7, then telling everybody about all the gaping security holes that exist in all previous versions. Standard MS marketing tactic. Hopefully MS is moving away from the "embrace and extend" philosophy it has used in the past.
If I register "ntiasucks.com" now, will it be grandfathered in?
Martin Luther FTW!
The heck with that! Let's settle the question of who is fittest to breed the old fashioned way -- by comparing penis lengths!
Separating out the white blood cells and making them fight against each other... geez, what's wrong with these people?!?
I agree completely. 75% of our population lives within 50 miles of the coast. There should be high speed rail from Seattle to San Diego (I-5 right of way) and from New York City to Miami. Spending money on rail in the Midwest is asinine.
You're a slashdot reader... what changes to you behavior are really required?
You do know he's dead now, don't you?
You, sir, might just be a redneck...
Buying a used satellite is like buying a used bus... the only reason someone would sell it is because it has become cheaper to buy a new one than to maintain the old one!
Yes, I'm sure they haven't thought of this basic fact that anyone who was trying to design this would think of...
Why does everyone on slashdot try to hard to pick holes in everything?
We're engineers. It's our nature.
I think the word you're looking for is "barratry".
If it can be used to generate an image, it's imaging. Many imaging methods use statistical techniques; I don't see how this is any different.
I define "life" as anything that disobeys the second law of thermodynamics. Viruses are not only alive, they play an important role in driving evolution.
I especially like the "FUCK YOU CONSUMER" embedded in the registration key.
But seriously, Sony's attitude towards it's own customers is one of the reasons I now refuse to buy any Sony products. In fact, I'd rather give (gasp!) Microsoft my money than give it to Sony.
What are they doing to make sure the net doesn't also entrap space dolphins?
Would YOU want Steve Ballmer pissed off at you?
Dead... And yet he still smells better than Ballmer...
Only 39% of those surveyed admit to cursing at their computer.
The fact that he was correct doesn't matter. As an officer of the company, it is his reponsibility to protect the fiduciary interests of the corporation, NOT to drive the stock price down. So while he gets credit for honesty, from the viewpoint of shareholders, what he did was a real no-no.
Actually, what I was planning on doing with the address was making sure it was fraud and wasn't a friend or relative we had sent a gift to that we didn't remember. It being 3000 miles away wouldn't have made it worthwhile for me to go there in person and kick their ass. Again, I just feel that I should have access to any information associated with my credit card. Criminals waive their rights to be protected by the rules of society when they voluntarily disregard those rules in the first place.
No, what they need to do is split applications and operating systems into 2 completely separate companies. Much like the AT&T split up, this would increase shareholder value.
If I was on the board, I would have screamed for Ballmer's dismissal in September 1999, when he drove the MS share price down by 3.8% in a single day by saying "There is such an overvaluation of technology stocks that it is absurd. I would include our stock in that category." Ballmer might be a good business person, but as far as setting the corporate culture, he is an epic fail. The big question is, who should replace him as CEO?
If wanking doesn't give you an RSI, you wont have any problems with this interface.
First we got Bluetooth headsets which made people talking on the phone indistinguishable from schizophrenics, now we get this new GUI technology which makes computer users indistinguishable from spastics... what next?