--I wonder if the guy who had to do the blacking-out was Clueful and didn't like/agree with his orders... Maybe he did this intentionally, so it would appear like he was doing his job (CYA) but secretly wanted a way for other people to reconstruct the original document, so he could protect himself.
Dammit NOOOOOOO... Make it stop, make it never happen, go back in time and STOP THEM! It's a maaadhouse I tell you, I don't want Google to EVER turn Eeville!
(sob) (sputter) (blows nose) (sobs sommore) (wipes eyes) --Ok, I'm all right now...
--Seriously, I fear what will/may happen to google in the long run because of this. Money and the pursuit of same has ruined more than one Good Company beyond all redemption.:(
--I guess poor old Bob didn't realize he was actually a Vampire until it was slightly too late... All those years working night shifts and then he gets called into HR during normal hours... What a shame.
--MS would be well advised to sell the rights+source code to support old versions like NT Server and Win98 to some other company - but they won't, they'll just let it die.
--I like what dude said above, $500 Cmas bonus and $1000 business/office-related spending spree.
"A spree - for me!" (Me, during Halo "Killing spree!" days on the xbox - in a high-pitched voice, with rolling-D Spanish pronunciation on the r's)
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> I have a friend that pretty much has resigned himself to using the same computer for the next 16 years because no matter what happens, the $500 a new box might cost will always go to doing something for his kids. Noble, but...
--Your friend needs to grow a set of balls, and realize that while doing nice things for the kids is a Good Thing, doing nice things for (himself) or (him and the wife) once in a while also helps to keep both peace and sanity. You don't want your kids to grow up spoiled, after all. He should be able to get away with 99% or even (God help us!) 98% of Everything Involving Money Goes For the Kids, instead of his current (completely impractical) "100% for the next 16 years." Trust me, he doesn't want to be the guy that figures "I'll put everything off till the kids leave/retirement..." and then DIES before he can enjoy anything!!
--Even if he puts $50 a month into an account for himself, in less than a year he'll have enough for that computer. You can still be noble without going completely off the deep end.
--Way back in the day (like '96 or '97) I tried using Netscape composer, but stopped pretty much immediately because it screwed up the source HTML code so bad.
--I agree with you 100%. This attitude on the part of employers as a whole is one reason the economy has been so bad for the last 3 years. People who still *have* jobs are being overworked, instead of the company hiring more workers to even out the load.
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--I wonder if the guy who had to do the blacking-out was Clueful and didn't like/agree with his orders... Maybe he did this intentionally, so it would appear like he was doing his job (CYA) but secretly wanted a way for other people to reconstruct the original document, so he could protect himself.
(/conspiracy-theory)
Fusistance is retail. Your ass will be laminated. (Dyslexic Borg)
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(sorry I can't take credit for it, saw something like it on Slashdot once.)
Dammit NOOOOOOO... Make it stop, make it never happen, go back in time and STOP THEM! It's a maaadhouse I tell you, I don't want Google to EVER turn Eeville!
:(
(sob)
(sputter)
(blows nose)
(sobs sommore)
(wipes eyes) --Ok, I'm all right now...
--Seriously, I fear what will/may happen to google in the long run because of this. Money and the pursuit of same has ruined more than one Good Company beyond all redemption.
--Shhhh!! Shut up man, do you think we wanna get sued by Harry Freaking Potter's Lawyers?? :b
38DD - may mean something in hex; Always nice to see in Real Life. :)
--I guess poor old Bob didn't realize he was actually a Vampire until it was slightly too late... All those years working night shifts and then he gets called into HR during normal hours... What a shame.
--MS would be well advised to sell the rights+source code to support old versions like NT Server and Win98 to some other company - but they won't, they'll just let it die.
--I like what dude said above, $500 Cmas bonus and $1000 business/office-related spending spree.
"A spree - for me!" (Me, during Halo "Killing spree!" days on the xbox - in a high-pitched voice, with rolling-D Spanish pronunciation on the r's)
> I have a friend that pretty much has resigned himself to using the same computer for the next 16 years because no matter what happens, the $500 a new box might cost will always go to doing something for his kids. Noble, but...
--Your friend needs to grow a set of balls, and realize that while doing nice things for the kids is a Good Thing, doing nice things for (himself) or (him and the wife) once in a while also helps to keep both peace and sanity. You don't want your kids to grow up spoiled, after all. He should be able to get away with 99% or even (God help us!) 98% of Everything Involving Money Goes For the Kids, instead of his current (completely impractical) "100% for the next 16 years." Trust me, he doesn't want to be the guy that figures "I'll put everything off till the kids leave/retirement..." and then DIES before he can enjoy anything!!
--Even if he puts $50 a month into an account for himself, in less than a year he'll have enough for that computer. You can still be noble without going completely off the deep end.
--In my house it would be more like, "oooh eeee oooh aaah aaah... ting tang wallawalla bing bang..."
:b
"I told the witch doctor I wuz in love with you..."
--Way back in the day (like '96 or '97) I tried using Netscape composer, but stopped pretty much immediately because it screwed up the source HTML code so bad.
--Or in SM3:
JMC: "What does the cow say? 3 Letters..."
PA: "Dude!"
JMC: "Yeah, Dude!" (scratches ear with toe)
--Funny stuff. Too bad that's the only scene they're in, I think JMC could have carried the whole movie.
--Ooooooo, it's a Conspiracy! Where's Oliver Stone when you need him??
--Sometimes life is better as a Gamma; you get to turn green, bulk up and run around smashing things. ;)
> the MS lawyers probably said that this employee was too costly to the company's goodwill and wanted to make an example of them.
--Well, they certainly backfired on THAT one, now didn't they?
--It's too bad that MS seems almost bulletproof against bad PR, people just keep buying their crap and making them richer.
--I agree with you 100%. This attitude on the part of employers as a whole is one reason the economy has been so bad for the last 3 years. People who still *have* jobs are being overworked, instead of the company hiring more workers to even out the load.
--If he was dealing in industrial espionage, do you really think he would BLOG IT?! Geez... Industrial spies get PAID - this guy got FIRED.
--If anyone here has to ask "What the hell is wrong with Microsoft?!" - you haven't been reading the news enough...
--ROTFL... That would be just like him, too...
--Or Arnold Schwarzenegger, or perhaps Jesse Ventura...
"They've gone PLAID!"
:b
--Oops, sorry, wrong movie series...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177789/
;)
+1 Obscure ST Reference (I'd mod you up, but already posted in this article.
--Reminds me of a conversation in one of the RL books (paraphrased!!)
(TV Exec) "You people act like that damn ship was orbiting over our heads right now!"
(Roddenberry) "It is!"
--I don't remember which book it was, but it might have been one of Shatner's or somebody involved in TOS TV production.
--If you too could have BETTER SERVICE for $5 a month more, why don't you switch?
--My favorite part was when the Warthog leaped over the hill with the Mexican music blaring - I almost fell out of my chair laughing!