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Just because one has broken the law and betrayed the public trust, lying for personal gain, doesn't mean you can't make a few billion dollars from others...
So, maybe they lied about Linux owing them money. Since their patron saint Bush will probably pardon them, they'll get another chance to lie about some other thing and make money the old-fashioned way - by stealing it from others.
Perhaps they should investigate the patent process in the EU? I hear it's a buyer's market...
MSFT_Profit=0; Linux_Profit=Bheer; Cost_of_Bheer=2; # we are cheep MSFT_Revenue=$5000.00; Linux_Revenue=$2500.00; MSFT_Boxen=1000000; Linux_Boxen=2000000; M SFT_Profit=MSFT_Revenue * MSFT_Boxen; Linux_Profit=Linux_Revenue * Linux_Boxen; PRINT "MSFT makes ", MSFT_Profit, " and Linux makes ", Linux_Profit; PRINT "And Linux coders get ", (Linux_Profit/Cost_of_Bheer) " Bheers";
So, you see, if Windows server revenue is equal to Linux server revenue, that's a lot of Bheer and Linux grew TWICE as fast. Of course, in the real world, Linux is a lot cheaper and Bheer is not as cheap, but you have to go at happy hour and get a Bucket of Mike's Hard Lemonade (made in Seattle).
Some of them we used as frisbees - kind of fun to see them fly in the dusk with the reflections of fires in the desert glinting off and then bring them back...
his article read pagecounts go up, as his editors think more people read his column than others in InfoWorld, and he gets more money on contract renewal.
So, it's not that he's a Troll, it's that he uses the FlameWar to feed his purse.
do you use a debit card to buy groceries because you have no checks or because it's faster and you're hungry? if you end up going in the fast line only when you use the debit card, is it a choice?
remember when you could choose to pump your gas? the price was the same initially.
the way I do it is have a three-tier password scheme - one for public access where I don't mind being hacked (e.g. insecure logins) - one for private access where I don't want to be hacked (4 digit) - one for secure websites where I would be worried if I was hacked (non-dictionary words plus digits)
Combine the ubiquitous use of SSN as college ID (at least at my school) which the state of NJ recently made illegal (thankfully) with the fact that some resturants (Qdoba being one major one) actually have printed the entire credit card number on the physical receipt.
Or you could just avoid places that use such things - for example, the University of Washington uses a Student ID that is assigned separately, for students, staff, and faculty, instead of your SSN and placed on your ID card that's also your bus pass and cash card.
Of course, if you then choose a PIN like 1234, you're just asking to be taken advantage of.
We all know how insecure it is, and especially those of us with technical knowledge know it's even more insecure than that.
However, this doesn't necessarily stop us from using the Net to transact business.
It's like a marketplace.
Some are crooked - and you keep your money close and take precautions and only risk a bit. Like a biker bar or most websites.
Some are mostly honest - you relax a bit, like in a secure website, but you know that sometimes you'll be robbed or defrauded - like the stock market or a bank.
And some are totally trustworthy - and don't exist except in fairytales we tell neocons, who are really more naive than children.
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Just because one has broken the law and betrayed the public trust, lying for personal gain, doesn't mean you can't make a few billion dollars from others ...
So, maybe they lied about Linux owing them money. Since their patron saint Bush will probably pardon them, they'll get another chance to lie about some other thing and make money the old-fashioned way - by stealing it from others.
Perhaps they should investigate the patent process in the EU? I hear it's a buyer's market...
strange thing is, when I ran MSFT AntiSpyware on my PC today (a Wintel), it disappeared the Firefox icon from my desktop ... so, maybe it isn't a hoax.
My point is OpenOffice needs to include all the bad parts of MS Office for it to be ready.
so, in code:So, you see, if Windows server revenue is equal to Linux server revenue, that's a lot of Bheer and Linux grew TWICE as fast. Of course, in the real world, Linux is a lot cheaper and Bheer is not as cheap, but you have to go at happy hour and get a Bucket of Mike's Hard Lemonade (made in Seattle).
supply and demand, people, supply and demand.
... like Smoosh and PUSA.
music just wants to pay artists, not labels.
I buy my CDs at Tsunami Relief Benefit shows
You know, where it tells you that Firefox is a virus?
After all, it's not really Office compatible if it doesn't try to spread FUD...
and Linux servers cost half as much as Windows servers, than MSFT is selling HALF as many boxen and HALF as many licenses.
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Interesting
You kidding? He's using the mac mini to heat the coffee!
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If you do too much disk access you might get a burnt tongue with your coffee. but i like my java hot and strong, so it works fine
but they're too small to be counted.
... oh, wait, it's under my coffee cup!
i know i had a MiniMac server somewhere on my desk
I put it down right here ... um, ok, this may take a while ...
One year i made up a chain mail outfit for Trolloween for my son, with white and red Pokeballs made out of spray-painted AOL cd-roms.
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We took it to Burning Man for 2000 and used it as part of the Mystical Frog of the Playa ceremonies.
Some of them we used as frisbees - kind of fun to see them fly in the dusk with the reflections of fires in the desert glinting off and then bring them back
But haven't we all used a 5 1/4 floppy as a Frisbee? It made the old "sneaker-net" in the cube farm seem so passe.
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Back in my day, we used 8 inch CP/M disks - they flew further, hit harder, and you knew that you had mail.
But the really hard core coders used the platters from the disk packs - now, those metal 10 or 12 inch disks really hurt when you got mail
will be complementary things.
you always salt the structure - it's the impurities that tranlate the light frequencies into energy.
do you want pepper with that?
and you can site the turbines off-shore or in places of high wind.
However, as a founding member of the Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. (SESCI), it's good to see this at last.
his article read pagecounts go up, as his editors think more people read his column than others in InfoWorld, and he gets more money on contract renewal.
So, it's not that he's a Troll, it's that he uses the FlameWar to feed his purse.
You can't use cash over the internet. People can steal cash from you.
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What if I'm buying wood?
Can't I just buy wood over the Internets and when they come to pick it up they have to have cash.
Or Iraqi dinars
Yes, information does want to be free.
And, to use your DNA analogy, as the Bioinformatician that I am, there's a heck of a lot of PCR going on out there.
A barrier to information makes sense when it can't leak out somewhere else.
Virii make use of this vulnerability - which is also a strength if used wisely.
No, use != require
coffee == addiction
fingerprint == no line for coffee
no fingerprint == line for coffee
addiction == fingerprint
do you use a debit card to buy groceries because you have no checks or because it's faster and you're hungry? if you end up going in the fast line only when you use the debit card, is it a choice?
remember when you could choose to pump your gas? the price was the same initially.
It works, they don't ask for my ID (unless I'm at the liquor store or Radio Slump), and the transaction is anonymous.
Maybe that's why smart people use cash.
the way I do it is have a three-tier password scheme - one for public access where I don't mind being hacked (e.g. insecure logins)
- one for private access where I don't want to be hacked (4 digit)
- one for secure websites where I would be worried if I was hacked (non-dictionary words plus digits)
that way you have three passwords.
Combine the ubiquitous use of SSN as college ID (at least at my school) which the state of NJ recently made illegal (thankfully) with the fact that some resturants (Qdoba being one major one) actually have printed the entire credit card number on the physical receipt.
Or you could just avoid places that use such things - for example, the University of Washington uses a Student ID that is assigned separately, for students, staff, and faculty, instead of your SSN and placed on your ID card that's also your bus pass and cash card.
Of course, if you then choose a PIN like 1234, you're just asking to be taken advantage of.
Our state does the same for Driver's Licenses.
We all know how insecure it is, and especially those of us with technical knowledge know it's even more insecure than that.
However, this doesn't necessarily stop us from using the Net to transact business.
It's like a marketplace.
Some are crooked - and you keep your money close and take precautions and only risk a bit. Like a biker bar or most websites.
Some are mostly honest - you relax a bit, like in a secure website, but you know that sometimes you'll be robbed or defrauded - like the stock market or a bank.
And some are totally trustworthy - and don't exist except in fairytales we tell neocons, who are really more naive than children.
yeah, here in Seattle, there are some coffee shops where they use a fingerprint to pay. so tattooing us with barcodes is the next logical step ...
He uses the Mug Power Social instead.
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That way noone can steal his identity
he broadcast it for the whole world on Comedy Central's Daily Show last night, so that's my new SSN.
Man, do I have great credit!