I just hope that the bidder doesn't think that it's the IP
I hope they do. They're vulture capitalists; they buy out companies, carve them up, and sell off the assets. When I worked at Disney in the early 80s, Reagan pushed through a huge capital gains tax cut, which was followed by an orgy of buyouts. See, the capitao gains tax is a tax on businesses that are sold. This tax is an incentive to NOT sell a company.
Vultures like this got filthy rich, while working people suffered. One of these sleazeball outfits tried to buy Disney to sell its real estate and IP, etc. All of us poor working schmucks got our hours cut back from 40 a week to 30 a week so the company (whose upper management never lost a dime) fought the buyout.
These companies are pure evil. Anything bad that happens to them causes me to heartily cheer.
I googled "York Capital Management", the 2nd hit was their "about us" page. At the very top of the page it says "YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK"
It's just a BAD article. An acronym should be named at least once, with the exception of commonly accepted acronyms in a publication's field. In a computer magazine, it's ok to not define RAM, but it's NOT ok to not define RAM an an article in an air travel publication. At slashdot it's fine to use the acronym WTF or IANAL but again, if it's a specialized non-nerd acronym, not acceptable.
I should never have to google anything to figure out WTF an article's writer is talking about, unless it's a specialized journal in someone else's field. That's just bad writing, plain and simple. It was a bad article, period.
If the article were better written, NOT having me click a second article from the first article to see twenty pictures, each of which I have to click without a clue what any of these are (and they all looked like plain ordinary tech available anywhere), it might have raised my hackles.
As it was, my response was "hmmm... somebody submitted a useless article he wrote himself for his own publication, which looks to me thats only reason is to get advertising hits".
Now, if it had "You can get electronic paper in Europe but not the US" I would have sat up and noticed. If it had "Flying cars in Japan", ditto.
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground The calliope crashed to the ground But she was blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, like a runner in the night
If I had mod points today I'd mod that funny, but alas today all my comments are being modded "flamebait" and "troll". The Microsoft, DEA, MAFIAA, and Sony employees must have mod points today. My karma was excellent this morning, it's probably in the shitter now.
Or maybe today's mods are familiar with my old stuff.
A 52 inch color TV? Pfft, I have a 42 inch color TV already.
What is this PC thing these foreigners are selling? I can get one here if I want one
Maybe if I'd clicked on each of the twenty pictures after clicking on TFA and then clicking on the other TFA I'd agree with you, but I didn't see anything revolutionary. What was there that I can't get? TFA didn't say, and neither did you.
And yes, if Sony makes it I don't need it. I'll buy one from a company I can trust not to install rootkits into their products instead. Same with LG and their badly made crap, neither company has any sort of meaningful monopoly whatever. I don't need to be rooted, and I don't need to be swindled.
I probably got modded up because the mods clicked on the link too. You got a flying car? I want one! You got an Escalade? You can keep it; it's not new, it's just a car, albeit a really big really expensive one.
He's a security guy, not a biologist. His list (I must not be well today, I'm actually RTFAs) is correct; e.g., 3000 deaths this century in the US from terrorism and 40,000 every single year on the highways, but OMG ITS TEH TERRAISTS!
However, although he's well versed on security his grasp of evolution is even slimmer than mine, and I'm no biologist, either. The only way evolution would come into play would be if computer security had the effect of killing us before we had children. Clearly, the security of your home PC is NOT going to keep you from procreating. In fact, considering the stereotype of us nerds it's arguable that knowing how to secure a PC is counter to evolution! After all, evolution is all about getting laid.
I'll demonstrate with two real people: me, and a woman I know.
It is possible that I have a lot of kids in Asia I don't know about, but for the sake of argument lets say I only have the two girls that came from my ex-wife's uterus.
Both of my children are living, and grown. Neither has children of their own.
Linda, OTOH, had 14 kids, 13 of which are still alive. She trumps me in the evolution game 13 to 2. I lose, she kicks my ass in the Darwin game. But she can't even boot a computer, and while Bruce Schneider could likely root my box with impunity, I built the damned thing from spare parts.
There is no possible way to "evolve" computer security. Schneider should stick to computers and shy away from fields in which he isn't an expert.
No, a stylish young woman I know was remarking yesterday about wanting a certain watch, and I said "why? You have a cell phone!" She just liked the design and color, it would be like a bracelet to her.
But watches are obsolete. We have cell phones now, and they all have a clock on them. I guess iof you like redundant technology one might come in handy.
Instead of a phone with a clock on it, I'd like to have a watch with a phone in it! Now THAT would be cool!
No, I've submitted three today, the latest is a new scientist article where they say they've mapped where optimism lies in the brain. Not a slow news day, it's a "slow slashdot reader" day.
These kids think if you can boot a computer and own an ipod it makes you a nerd.
It's very unslashdottish of me (I must be new here) but I actually RTFA for once. And there were only two things I can't get. One is a "Kohjinsha SH8 Series UMPC". They didn't bother defining their acronyms so I have no clue what a UMPC is so it gets a big yawn from me.
The next is from Sony. Er, Sony? No thanks, I don't need another rootkit. They day they rooted my computer was the day I decided to never ever EVAR buy another Sony ANYTHING.
I see a link to another article "20 of the best tech gadgets you won't find in the U.S.". It says they include:
HTC Touch Dual, WTF is it? Who knows? Who cares?
Kenwood HD10GB7 - I assume this is a stereo. I can buy a stereo here, thanks.
Motorola Z8, again what IS it? Isn't Motorola a US company? I bet it's a cell phone, and yes, I can get cell phones here. In fact I have one in my pocket.
Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. As I said, 1) Sony can shit and fall back in it and 2) I can buy TVs here too. There's one in my living room.
LG Prada, I swore off them too; not for being pure evil like Sony but for selling me the buggiest piece of shit I ever bought, and sending me an even buggier one when I sent it back under warrantee. Whatever it is, I bet I can find one from another manufacturer here, too, and its competitor's model might actually function.
Nokia N76, do they sell anything but telephones? Already have one, thanks.
Raon Everun, they've almost got me clicking the link, WTF is an "everun", some sort of perpetual motion machine? If it wasn't for that pesky 2nd law of thermodynamics I'd be interested, can't congress repeal that?
Samsung i450, is that a phone, TV, or stereo?
Ok, that's enough... I clicked, they got me. What do I see? Pictures of ordinary crap like phones, TV sets, and laptops that you CAN buy here.
What's that old saying? Lets see, in soviet russia, website scams YOU? No, that's not right. Beowolf cluster of... nope, that's not it eiather. Uh... 1) publish web page full of ads with link to another page 2) have that page full of ads with even more links (pictures only) 3) ??????? 4) PROFIT!!!!!
Oh wait, it's that other thing, nothing to see here, move along!
No, I'm eligible to retire in a few years. If the economy collapses as it looks like it's going to (see Today'snewspaper) I'll be living better than I am now! I'll go visit the Canyon with you.
I posited that Americans can't AFFORD to work for 3rd world wages and that's flamebait? And linked a 1st hand account of a third world country as an explanation of what it's like in one and it's 50% flamebait and 50% troll? Who's moderating today, PHBs and Indian call center workers? Or just people who hate Americans?
Pretty weak bait, nobody flamed me. Oh wait, I get it, it was the "burn in hell" and the link to the Bible that was flamebait. If so, then THANK YOU for your insightful, interesting moderation. You athiests are the most fanatical of all religious people. You should also know that the Bible says you athiests are NOT going to burn in hell! I'd link the chapter and verse but as I don't want to get into a religious war. Hell, maybe it wasn''t athiests but Capitalist mammon worshipers who pretend to be Christians who moderated?
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
Oh fuck it. Look, boss, lazy has absolutely NOTHING to do with it. In the third world countries you're outsourcing this shitwork to, you can feed a family of ten for two dollars, rent a house for fifty bucks a month, and ride anywhere for a dime.
It's not that Americans don't want to do the work, it's that we can't afford to live on the starvation wages you cheapassed bastards pay.
Asshole. My only consolation is knowing you'll burn in hell.
The next generation was called "generation X" or alternately "Goddamned cocaine-soaked Yuppies".
The next generation was Generation Y. They're also known as "Goddamn punks", "Sales Clerks", "fry cooks", "outsourced and unemployed" and "crackheads".
So your nomenclature is a bit off. These kids would be known as "Generation Z" IINM. Also known as "GODDAMNED KIDS GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!"
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I just hope that the bidder doesn't think that it's the IP
I hope they do. They're vulture capitalists; they buy out companies, carve them up, and sell off the assets. When I worked at Disney in the early 80s, Reagan pushed through a huge capital gains tax cut, which was followed by an orgy of buyouts. See, the capitao gains tax is a tax on businesses that are sold. This tax is an incentive to NOT sell a company.
Vultures like this got filthy rich, while working people suffered. One of these sleazeball outfits tried to buy Disney to sell its real estate and IP, etc. All of us poor working schmucks got our hours cut back from 40 a week to 30 a week so the company (whose upper management never lost a dime) fought the buyout.
These companies are pure evil. Anything bad that happens to them causes me to heartily cheer.
-mcgrew
I googled "York Capital Management", the 2nd hit was their "about us" page. At the very top of the page it says "YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK"
Isn't that Curly Howard of the Three Stooges fame's laugh?
It's getting a laugh out of me! YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK YORK!
-mcgrew
It's just a BAD article. An acronym should be named at least once, with the exception of commonly accepted acronyms in a publication's field. In a computer magazine, it's ok to not define RAM, but it's NOT ok to not define RAM an an article in an air travel publication. At slashdot it's fine to use the acronym WTF or IANAL but again, if it's a specialized non-nerd acronym, not acceptable.
I should never have to google anything to figure out WTF an article's writer is talking about, unless it's a specialized journal in someone else's field. That's just bad writing, plain and simple. It was a bad article, period.
If the article were better written, NOT having me click a second article from the first article to see twenty pictures, each of which I have to click without a clue what any of these are (and they all looked like plain ordinary tech available anywhere), it might have raised my hackles.
As it was, my response was "hmmm... somebody submitted a useless article he wrote himself for his own publication, which looks to me thats only reason is to get advertising hits".
Now, if it had "You can get electronic paper in Europe but not the US" I would have sat up and noticed. If it had "Flying cars in Japan", ditto.
-mcgrew
If I had mod points today I'd mod that funny, but alas today all my comments are being modded "flamebait" and "troll". The Microsoft, DEA, MAFIAA, and Sony employees must have mod points today. My karma was excellent this morning, it's probably in the shitter now.
Or maybe today's mods are familiar with my old stuff.
-mcgrew
- A car? What the hell for, I have a car!
- A 52 inch color TV? Pfft, I have a 42 inch color TV already.
- What is this PC thing these foreigners are selling? I can get one here if I want one
Maybe if I'd clicked on each of the twenty pictures after clicking on TFA and then clicking on the other TFA I'd agree with you, but I didn't see anything revolutionary. What was there that I can't get? TFA didn't say, and neither did you.And yes, if Sony makes it I don't need it. I'll buy one from a company I can trust not to install rootkits into their products instead. Same with LG and their badly made crap, neither company has any sort of meaningful monopoly whatever. I don't need to be rooted, and I don't need to be swindled.
I probably got modded up because the mods clicked on the link too. You got a flying car? I want one! You got an Escalade? You can keep it; it's not new, it's just a car, albeit a really big really expensive one.
Thank God I was intelligently designed for this kind of thing ;)
Too bad Windows isn't.
He's a security guy, not a biologist. His list (I must not be well today, I'm actually RTFAs) is correct; e.g., 3000 deaths this century in the US from terrorism and 40,000 every single year on the highways, but OMG ITS TEH TERRAISTS!
However, although he's well versed on security his grasp of evolution is even slimmer than mine, and I'm no biologist, either. The only way evolution would come into play would be if computer security had the effect of killing us before we had children. Clearly, the security of your home PC is NOT going to keep you from procreating. In fact, considering the stereotype of us nerds it's arguable that knowing how to secure a PC is counter to evolution! After all, evolution is all about getting laid.
I'll demonstrate with two real people: me, and a woman I know.
It is possible that I have a lot of kids in Asia I don't know about, but for the sake of argument lets say I only have the two girls that came from my ex-wife's uterus.
Both of my children are living, and grown. Neither has children of their own.
Linda, OTOH, had 14 kids, 13 of which are still alive. She trumps me in the evolution game 13 to 2. I lose, she kicks my ass in the Darwin game. But she can't even boot a computer, and while Bruce Schneider could likely root my box with impunity, I built the damned thing from spare parts.
There is no possible way to "evolve" computer security. Schneider should stick to computers and shy away from fields in which he isn't an expert.
-mcgrew
A countersink flange WOULD be nerdily drool worthy! Thank God there are still a few real nerds left at slashdot. Thank you!
Next up on slashdot: New use found for Thiotimoline!
-mcgrew
Are watches out of style?
No, a stylish young woman I know was remarking yesterday about wanting a certain watch, and I said "why? You have a cell phone!" She just liked the design and color, it would be like a bracelet to her.
But watches are obsolete. We have cell phones now, and they all have a clock on them. I guess iof you like redundant technology one might come in handy.
Instead of a phone with a clock on it, I'd like to have a watch with a phone in it! Now THAT would be cool!
-mcgrew
No, I've submitted three today, the latest is a new scientist article where they say they've mapped where optimism lies in the brain. Not a slow news day, it's a "slow slashdot reader" day.
These kids think if you can boot a computer and own an ipod it makes you a nerd.
-mcgrew
The next is from Sony. Er, Sony? No thanks, I don't need another rootkit. They day they rooted my computer was the day I decided to never ever EVAR buy another Sony ANYTHING.
I see a link to another article "20 of the best tech gadgets you won't find in the U.S.". It says they include:
- HTC Touch Dual, WTF is it? Who knows? Who cares?
- Kenwood HD10GB7 - I assume this is a stereo. I can buy a stereo here, thanks.
- Motorola Z8, again what IS it? Isn't Motorola a US company? I bet it's a cell phone, and yes, I can get cell phones here. In fact I have one in my pocket.
- Sony XEL-1 OLED TV. As I said, 1) Sony can shit and fall back in it and 2) I can buy TVs here too. There's one in my living room.
- LG Prada, I swore off them too; not for being pure evil like Sony but for selling me the buggiest piece of shit I ever bought, and sending me an even buggier one when I sent it back under warrantee. Whatever it is, I bet I can find one from another manufacturer here, too, and its competitor's model might actually function.
- Nokia N76, do they sell anything but telephones? Already have one, thanks.
- Raon Everun, they've almost got me clicking the link, WTF is an "everun", some sort of perpetual motion machine? If it wasn't for that pesky 2nd law of thermodynamics I'd be interested, can't congress repeal that?
- Samsung i450, is that a phone, TV, or stereo?
- Ok, that's enough... I clicked, they got me. What do I see? Pictures of ordinary crap like phones, TV sets, and laptops that you CAN buy here.
What's that old saying? Lets see, in soviet russia, website scams YOU? No, that's not right. Beowolf cluster of... nope, that's not it eiather. Uh...1) publish web page full of ads with link to another page
2) have that page full of ads with even more links (pictures only)
3) ???????
4) PROFIT!!!!!
Oh wait, it's that other thing, nothing to see here, move along!
-mcgrew
I haven't had the same email address in years, how do I convince them I'm me?
No, I'm eligible to retire in a few years. If the economy collapses as it looks like it's going to (see Today's newspaper) I'll be living better than I am now! I'll go visit the Canyon with you.
-mcgrew
I posited that Americans can't AFFORD to work for 3rd world wages and that's flamebait? And linked a 1st hand account of a third world country as an explanation of what it's like in one and it's 50% flamebait and 50% troll? Who's moderating today, PHBs and Indian call center workers? Or just people who hate Americans?
Pretty weak bait, nobody flamed me. Oh wait, I get it, it was the "burn in hell" and the link to the Bible that was flamebait. If so, then THANK YOU for your insightful, interesting moderation. You athiests are the most fanatical of all religious people. You should also know that the Bible says you athiests are NOT going to burn in hell! I'd link the chapter and verse but as I don't want to get into a religious war. Hell, maybe it wasn''t athiests but Capitalist mammon worshipers who pretend to be Christians who moderated?
I don't care, mod this one too. =P
Fjear my four-digit UID.
;)
Fear my two digit IQ!
-mcgrew
PS- how'd you get it back? I'd love to post as simply "mcgrew" again!
(oh hell, I'm logged in and I'm still getting cowboyed! Whoda thunk that bein' able to read fast would be penalized at a nerd site?)
Mine too, and I'm 55. When I retire I plan on going into my dream job: NOTHING!
The only thing worse than working is not having a job.
-mcgrew
"One of their primary concerns is a flexible schedule and healthy work/life balance."
Apparently Generation Taco lacks basic counting skills.
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
MUST... NOT... FEED... THE... TROLLS...
Oh fuck it. Look, boss, lazy has absolutely NOTHING to do with it. In the third world countries you're outsourcing this shitwork to, you can feed a family of ten for two dollars, rent a house for fifty bucks a month, and ride anywhere for a dime.
It's not that Americans don't want to do the work, it's that we can't afford to live on the starvation wages you cheapassed bastards pay.
Asshole. My only consolation is knowing you'll burn in hell.
-mcgrew
Look, kids, I'm what they call a "boomer". They call us that because fireworks and guns were legal when we were kids. What? Speak up, I can't hear you! We were also known as "goddamned potsmoking hippies".
The next generation was called "generation X" or alternately "Goddamned cocaine-soaked Yuppies".
The next generation was Generation Y. They're also known as "Goddamn punks", "Sales Clerks", "fry cooks", "outsourced and unemployed" and "crackheads".
So your nomenclature is a bit off. These kids would be known as "Generation Z" IINM. Also known as "GODDAMNED KIDS GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!"
-mcgrew
You are wrong. The correct word is stupidity
Wrong word. The difference between stupidity and ignorance is that one of them is curable.
-mcgrew
Why blogging should be illegal
Oh wait...
</pedant>
-mcgrew
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If you have a hard time ignoring trolls, you should join our organization. As the linked text states,The twelve step program is listed in the linked text.
Thank you for your support.
-mcgrew
Sure, we'll even take the cash you got from that African lady!