it sounds like a ticket to four cheap years at party U for people who intend to loaf and/or earn their income illegally / off grid for the next 20 years.
If someone were loafing and living "off the grid" for 20 years, I seriously doubt they would be making any payments in the first place. The person you describe is generally not the responsible kind of person who keeps current on their loans or gives a shit about calls from collection agents.
Wow, you must REALLY be brainwashed. I bet you cried when you heard Steve died, didn't you? You cried for a guy who didn't know you even existed and couldn't have cared less whether you lived or died.
I've flown quite a bit and I've generally found the attendants to be quite polite. I don't think I've ever seen an attendant I would describe as rude or pissy. The only time I ever heard one even act the slightest bit tiffed was once when confronted by a very rude passenger. I usually fly Delta, so maybe they're different or something.
Yes, but the fact that Windows is so dominate is due in large part to the fact that they are so strong in enterprise/business sector (and that Apple is pretty much completely focused on the consumer sector). I bet if you factored out business, and just looked at the consumer level (where people actually have a *choice* in the matter), you would find Apple with a MUCH better market share than 11% in the U.S. Many people use Windows at work only because they have to, but have Apple at home. Outside of the business sector, Apple is a very viable and increasingly popular alternative to Windows. And they could be much stronger in the business sector too if they didn't choose to focus on consumer sales.
The days when it was Windows or nothing (from when OS/2 died in the mid-90's until the mid-00's, I would say), are long over.
The whole idea of CSS was to separate content from presentation. But it never lived up to that promise for me. It would be more accurate to say that it separates content from *font* presentation. What would be REALLY useful to me is a way to separate out the actual layout of the page from the content. I can do this now with php (and I do it on most of my sites now), but it would be nice to have it native to html/css. The way I have it set up is that the header of the page (with all the header graphics, page background image, sidebar graphics, etc.) are in a separate file, as is the footer. So to change the entire look of all my pages and subpages on the entire site, all I have to do is edit those two files. That was supposed to be the kind of thing that css could do, but in practice I can only do it by making my pages php files and using an include statement to bring in the header and footer html. Sure, I can change the fonts with a separate css file, but that's pretty trivial.
I have to occasionally use a web app that won't work with the latest version of Firefox. The reason is because the shitty programmer that wrote it has it do a version check on the browser. If the version is higher than it recognizes, it dies. Since the app is never upgraded, it stays perpetually locked in the past. I have to keep an old version of IE installed just to access it. Wish I could get 5 minutes alone with the programmer responsible for that turd of an idea.
My local Best Buy probably sells almost as many Apple's as they do Windows machines these days. Every time I go in there, there always seem to be a lot more people in the Apple section than looking at the Windows machines. This isn't the late 90's. Go to any college campus and just look at all the Apple laptops.
Ditto for me. I thought I could get away with installing Ubuntu on mom's computer and not have to deal with her virus problems ever again. But when I looked into it, I realized that she did a lot more with the computer than just browse the web. She uses a specialized program to connect the computer to her high-end sewing machine, for example (no Linux version available). She also uses Skype a lot. If I tried to put Linux on her machine, she most DEFINITELY would notice. And she would have my head for it.
No, Netscape killed ITSELF off. MS never blocked Netscape from being used, and for a long time I used it exclusively. But Netscape kept getting more and more bloated and began to really fall down on the job on website rendering. I finally went to IE when Netscape became so awful I just couldn't take it anymore. Now I use Firefox, and I'm really hoping they don't fall into the same hole. I would really hate to go to Chrome (not a big Google fan and I don't like Chrome's layout or lack of add-ons like NoScript).
Netscape can blame MS all they want to. But they have only themselves to blame, not Bill Gates.
A lot of things in the Federal government seem wasteful until you realize the politics behind how they came to be that way. "Why do you have this facility way out here, when it would be cheaper to move it closer?" often doesn't elicit a "Because we're wasteful and stupid" response so much as a "Because we need the support of powerful Senator X and so we built it in his state" response. NASA is notorious for that sort of thing. Almost all of their contracts go to very politically connected contractors with powerful Congressional backing.
That “Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System” was a Northrop Grumman project. If the name Northrop Grumman doesn't mean anything to you, you don't know jackshit about federal politics, or how things REALLY work. Northrop Grumman owns Congress.Tthey have facilities in virtually every state.
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Humans can evolve to survive much worse. Just look at Charlie Sheen.
it sounds like a ticket to four cheap years at party U for people who intend to loaf and/or earn their income illegally / off grid for the next 20 years.
If someone were loafing and living "off the grid" for 20 years, I seriously doubt they would be making any payments in the first place. The person you describe is generally not the responsible kind of person who keeps current on their loans or gives a shit about calls from collection agents.
Thank goodness my dog is American and doesn't know what a kilo is.
No, we won't be doing anything you ask. But thanks for your concern, and remember to vote Obama in 2012!
If you even have to ask, you're not rich enough.
I'm just surprised that his holiness didn't make them open with his force of will.
How is that post a troll?
Truth hurt?
Wow, you must REALLY be brainwashed. I bet you cried when you heard Steve died, didn't you? You cried for a guy who didn't know you even existed and couldn't have cared less whether you lived or died.
The laws only apply to the 99%.
That Stiker's great, but when it comes to getting down safely with a planeful of kids, you can't beat Captain Oveur
I've flown quite a bit and I've generally found the attendants to be quite polite. I don't think I've ever seen an attendant I would describe as rude or pissy. The only time I ever heard one even act the slightest bit tiffed was once when confronted by a very rude passenger. I usually fly Delta, so maybe they're different or something.
Sir, I'm showing that we have a window seat, a luggage rack seat, and an unpressurized cargo hold seat available.
Yes, but the fact that Windows is so dominate is due in large part to the fact that they are so strong in enterprise/business sector (and that Apple is pretty much completely focused on the consumer sector). I bet if you factored out business, and just looked at the consumer level (where people actually have a *choice* in the matter), you would find Apple with a MUCH better market share than 11% in the U.S. Many people use Windows at work only because they have to, but have Apple at home. Outside of the business sector, Apple is a very viable and increasingly popular alternative to Windows. And they could be much stronger in the business sector too if they didn't choose to focus on consumer sales.
The days when it was Windows or nothing (from when OS/2 died in the mid-90's until the mid-00's, I would say), are long over.
The whole idea of CSS was to separate content from presentation. But it never lived up to that promise for me. It would be more accurate to say that it separates content from *font* presentation. What would be REALLY useful to me is a way to separate out the actual layout of the page from the content. I can do this now with php (and I do it on most of my sites now), but it would be nice to have it native to html/css. The way I have it set up is that the header of the page (with all the header graphics, page background image, sidebar graphics, etc.) are in a separate file, as is the footer. So to change the entire look of all my pages and subpages on the entire site, all I have to do is edit those two files. That was supposed to be the kind of thing that css could do, but in practice I can only do it by making my pages php files and using an include statement to bring in the header and footer html. Sure, I can change the fonts with a separate css file, but that's pretty trivial.
I have to occasionally use a web app that won't work with the latest version of Firefox. The reason is because the shitty programmer that wrote it has it do a version check on the browser. If the version is higher than it recognizes, it dies. Since the app is never upgraded, it stays perpetually locked in the past. I have to keep an old version of IE installed just to access it. Wish I could get 5 minutes alone with the programmer responsible for that turd of an idea.
Everybody's a comedian.
My local Best Buy probably sells almost as many Apple's as they do Windows machines these days. Every time I go in there, there always seem to be a lot more people in the Apple section than looking at the Windows machines. This isn't the late 90's. Go to any college campus and just look at all the Apple laptops.
Probably helps that Bill Gates retired and is doing some good in the world. Better than Steve "Steve Don't Do Charity!" Jobs ever did.
Ditto for me. I thought I could get away with installing Ubuntu on mom's computer and not have to deal with her virus problems ever again. But when I looked into it, I realized that she did a lot more with the computer than just browse the web. She uses a specialized program to connect the computer to her high-end sewing machine, for example (no Linux version available). She also uses Skype a lot. If I tried to put Linux on her machine, she most DEFINITELY would notice. And she would have my head for it.
No, Netscape killed ITSELF off. MS never blocked Netscape from being used, and for a long time I used it exclusively. But Netscape kept getting more and more bloated and began to really fall down on the job on website rendering. I finally went to IE when Netscape became so awful I just couldn't take it anymore. Now I use Firefox, and I'm really hoping they don't fall into the same hole. I would really hate to go to Chrome (not a big Google fan and I don't like Chrome's layout or lack of add-ons like NoScript).
Netscape can blame MS all they want to. But they have only themselves to blame, not Bill Gates.
Hey don't forget his good guy roles in Deliverance and Beverly Hills Cop.
Looks like I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue.
To paraphrase Ronny Cox in Robocop: "The ED 2009 would have given us maintenance and parts contracts for years! Who CARES if it works?"
A lot of things in the Federal government seem wasteful until you realize the politics behind how they came to be that way. "Why do you have this facility way out here, when it would be cheaper to move it closer?" often doesn't elicit a "Because we're wasteful and stupid" response so much as a "Because we need the support of powerful Senator X and so we built it in his state" response. NASA is notorious for that sort of thing. Almost all of their contracts go to very politically connected contractors with powerful Congressional backing.
That “Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System” was a Northrop Grumman project. If the name Northrop Grumman doesn't mean anything to you, you don't know jackshit about federal politics, or how things REALLY work. Northrop Grumman owns Congress.Tthey have facilities in virtually every state.
You're preaching to the choir, buddy.