I forgot to mention the third reason in my "couple of reasons". 3) Things are not static. A study showing Windows faster than Linux, especially if it is true, will get a bunch of folk working and Linux will improve. Same with Windows (albeit the improvements will come slower). Either way, everybody improves and users win.
I used Windows XP, Debian, Ubuntu, and OS X on a regular basis, so I don't consider myself biased. I interpret this article as utterly meaningless for two reasons:
1) The comparison is a farce. It lacks details and research to explain the results it claims. 2) People are going to use what they want to regardless. It's not as if an article on Slashdot will turn the die hard Windows user over to Linux and Linux users aren't going to read an article like this and abandon Linux for Windows and start writing all their apps in.NET. It isn't going to happen.
I do dismiss the whole thing as "just political". The "scientists" are whinging because the "religionists" are stomping on their ground by wanting to teach that God created the universe, earth, man, and everything else, because that is not "scientific". On the other hand, the "religionists" are whinging because the "scientists" are stepping on their faith by saying that man came from primates and was not created by God.
My only experience with Microsoft's "search" capabilities has been in their MSDN Library; where I rarely, if ever, find anything of relevance.
Unless they start from scratch and implement some kind of keyword search, instead of the current random result generator they are using in their MSDN Library, I don't think Google has much to worry about.
Why is it that news articles YOU link to are insightful, informative, and, most importantly, true, whereas the news articles cited by your opponents are propagandist lies construed to deceive the weak minds of your average, everyday citizen?
You have a very good point. Unfortunately, it isn't just a flaw with the democrats. I live in a state with one of the most, if not the most, concentrated republican governments in the US. They act just the same; theiving, selvish, whining, lying scum. I hate them all.
That's funny. I worked at Microsoft a few years ago (2000-ish).
I remember the bank tech coming in one day to service the ATM machine in the cafeteria. As it booted up, you could see the OS/2 logo. I asked him about it and he kinda mumbled that he tried not to let people see that.
Most companies in the world, including Japanese ones, act like the Japanese crap wads of ichi-man-en bills and the people there end up getting screwed over on just about everything they buy. Of course iTunes is going to charge more over there.
I have seen a variety of earnings reports. Some show increases and some show decreases. I tend to believe the reports you are citing are political more than reality. I don't know though.
I know I don't buy music anymore because the music is crap and it is far too expensive for what you get.
If there really are losses, it could be because: a) Today's music is crap b) People have already "upgraded" their collections from tape/record to CD and aren't buying anymore c) People aren't buying because of high prices
I have two ways that I'm currently boycotting IE. One is that I never use it, and the second one is that on all future web sites I create, I'm going to use all the cool CSS functionality that IE doesn't support and use some Javascript to inform IE users of my decision.
I'm not running a business or anything, so if some IE users see a message saying "To enter this site, you'll have to upgrade your browser to something else because IE sucks", I really don't care.
I have heard the "damaging music", "hurts the artists", "blah blah blah" arguments from the record companies for what, six years now?
Regardless of whether you think downloading music is right or wrong, I don't see any evidence of all this "damage". So, if you are suing for damages, but there aren't any, then what should the fine really be?
I switched to the Dvorak layout back in 1998. A lot of the documentation I read on it back then touted that it was faster and more comfortable.
I never noticed a speed gain in my typing, but I think that is because I think at the same rate as before. If I were typing documents that other people had written (as a secretary would) then I think I could be much faster.
As far as comfort goes, Dvorak is much more comfortable for me than QWERTY is. QWERTY makes my wrists hurt, but Dvorak doesn't. That alone was worth the switch.
The only real drawback to Dvorak is you can't type the word QWERTY with a simple roll of the left fingers anymore.
I really could have done without all the Daffy Duck triple back flip crap during the fight scenes. If I wanted to see Tigger at work, I would have gone to a Winnie the Pooh flick.
I thought that particular special effect and the "no, you hang up first..." moments between Anakin and the missus scored lower on the stupid chart than Jar Jar Binks from Episode I.
The point is that the MPAA is out to get Bittorrent right now, so what better way that to blame torrent for the theft of Star Wars III.
Having worked in "Corporate America" for a couple of decades, I wouldn't be surprised to find the MPAA had put it out on torrent, knowing it wouldn't impact ticket sales much, just so they could then attack Bittorrent in the media, courts, etc.
I wouldn't be so sure. The last two places I worked were both Microsoft shops. One had an MSDN subscription for every developer and programmed exclusively in Microsoft technologies.
Then I get hired at the first company and I write an application, using Linux and other open source technologies, that saves them about half a million dollars in the first year. Guess what, that company is now using Linux and has hired a small team of Linux developers.
The second company is now using Linux on many of its desktops for the same reason.
The funny thing is that the CIO/CTO of both companies had nothing to do with the decision. It was driven by an engineer who knew what he was doing (in this case me) and an application or service that the company came to rely upon.
If your company hired someone like me, you would be running Linux within six months without so much as a meeting to discuss the matter.
This isn't about copyrighted material at all, in my opinion. It is about distribution.
The problem is that a distribution industry has been built up by otherwise worthless leeches who have convinced artists that they are necessary in order to dole out the artist's works to a wider audience of people.
These leeches, like the RIAA and MPAA, have no value other than their mechanisms of mass distribution. The web now threatens that controlled distribution because it is as far reaching as the industries distribution mechanisms, only it is free.
That is what this is really about and that is why these groups are fighting P2P so hard. They don't lose when their copyrighted works are shared, they lose when people realize that these industry relics are no longer necessary.
I totally agree with you except for two things (which sort of negates the whole "totally" thing I spoke of earlier).
First of all, it sucks enough carrying around a keyboard(s), cords, pedals, amps and a stand. Adding a laptop, powercord, midi cables, etc. on top of that may raise the suckage level enough for some that they would be willing to pay the high price.
My second disagreement is the oxygen8. If it doesn't have 88 keys on it, I don't want anything to do with it. I use every last one of those suckers. In fact, I had an 89th key installed in the middle of my keyboard just so I could rearrange some ELP tunes and play them in a way that Keith couldn't using my patented C1/2b key.
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I forgot to mention the third reason in my "couple of reasons". 3) Things are not static. A study showing Windows faster than Linux, especially if it is true, will get a bunch of folk working and Linux will improve. Same with Windows (albeit the improvements will come slower). Either way, everybody improves and users win.
Choice is a wonderful thing.
I used Windows XP, Debian, Ubuntu, and OS X on a regular basis, so I don't consider myself biased. I interpret this article as utterly meaningless for two reasons:
.NET. It isn't going to happen.
1) The comparison is a farce. It lacks details and research to explain the results it claims.
2) People are going to use what they want to regardless. It's not as if an article on Slashdot will turn the die hard Windows user over to Linux and Linux users aren't going to read an article like this and abandon Linux for Windows and start writing all their apps in
Windows doesn't have a decent email client either but they seem to be doing okay on the desktop.
I do dismiss the whole thing as "just political". The "scientists" are whinging because the "religionists" are stomping on their ground by wanting to teach that God created the universe, earth, man, and everything else, because that is not "scientific". On the other hand, the "religionists" are whinging because the "scientists" are stepping on their faith by saying that man came from primates and was not created by God.
Isn't that really the gist of it?
My only experience with Microsoft's "search" capabilities has been in their MSDN Library; where I rarely, if ever, find anything of relevance.
Unless they start from scratch and implement some kind of keyword search, instead of the current random result generator they are using in their MSDN Library, I don't think Google has much to worry about.
Why is it that news articles YOU link to are insightful, informative, and, most importantly, true, whereas the news articles cited by your opponents are propagandist lies construed to deceive the weak minds of your average, everyday citizen?
Just wondering.
You have a very good point. Unfortunately, it isn't just a flaw with the democrats. I live in a state with one of the most, if not the most, concentrated republican governments in the US. They act just the same; theiving, selvish, whining, lying scum. I hate them all.
I like the Shuffle better than the Nano. I've had my Shuffle for about six months and haven't noticed a single scratch on the screen.
That's funny. I worked at Microsoft a few years ago (2000-ish).
I remember the bank tech coming in one day to service the ATM machine in the cafeteria. As it booted up, you could see the OS/2 logo. I asked him about it and he kinda mumbled that he tried not to let people see that.
Typical latte-sipping, candy-pants sissy thinking - abortion isn't murder but capital punishment is evil evil evil.
Moron!
That tears it! I am never going to buy a Tommy Hilfiger product again!
Who's Tommy Hilfiger?
Most companies in the world, including Japanese ones, act like the Japanese crap wads of ichi-man-en bills and the people there end up getting screwed over on just about everything they buy. Of course iTunes is going to charge more over there.
I have seen a variety of earnings reports. Some show increases and some show decreases. I tend to believe the reports you are citing are political more than reality. I don't know though.
I know I don't buy music anymore because the music is crap and it is far too expensive for what you get.
If there really are losses, it could be because:
a) Today's music is crap
b) People have already "upgraded" their collections from tape/record to CD and aren't buying anymore
c) People aren't buying because of high prices
I have two ways that I'm currently boycotting IE. One is that I never use it, and the second one is that on all future web sites I create, I'm going to use all the cool CSS functionality that IE doesn't support and use some Javascript to inform IE users of my decision.
I'm not running a business or anything, so if some IE users see a message saying "To enter this site, you'll have to upgrade your browser to something else because IE sucks", I really don't care.
I have heard the "damaging music", "hurts the artists", "blah blah blah" arguments from the record companies for what, six years now?
Regardless of whether you think downloading music is right or wrong, I don't see any evidence of all this "damage". So, if you are suing for damages, but there aren't any, then what should the fine really be?
Just because the "American Voter" doesn't vote the way you do or believe the way you do doesn't mean they are insane.
That's the beauty of the voting system in America. You can vote however you wish. That isn't insane. That is freedom.
It's just too bad the people set up for us to choose from lately are of such low caliber.
I switched to the Dvorak layout back in 1998. A lot of the documentation I read on it back then touted that it was faster and more comfortable.
I never noticed a speed gain in my typing, but I think that is because I think at the same rate as before. If I were typing documents that other people had written (as a secretary would) then I think I could be much faster.
As far as comfort goes, Dvorak is much more comfortable for me than QWERTY is. QWERTY makes my wrists hurt, but Dvorak doesn't. That alone was worth the switch.
The only real drawback to Dvorak is you can't type the word QWERTY with a simple roll of the left fingers anymore.
I really could have done without all the Daffy Duck triple back flip crap during the fight scenes. If I wanted to see Tigger at work, I would have gone to a Winnie the Pooh flick.
I thought that particular special effect and the "no, you hang up first..." moments between Anakin and the missus scored lower on the stupid chart than Jar Jar Binks from Episode I.
Your story sounds interesting. I'd like to read it. Perhaps you could post it to OSNews or OSViews, or someplace like that.
The point is that the MPAA is out to get Bittorrent right now, so what better way that to blame torrent for the theft of Star Wars III.
Having worked in "Corporate America" for a couple of decades, I wouldn't be surprised to find the MPAA had put it out on torrent, knowing it wouldn't impact ticket sales much, just so they could then attack Bittorrent in the media, courts, etc.
I worked at Intel about 10 years ago. I have never in my career worked at a place that is as anal about their "trade secrets" as Intel is.
I wouldn't be so sure. The last two places I worked were both Microsoft shops. One had an MSDN subscription for every developer and programmed exclusively in Microsoft technologies.
Then I get hired at the first company and I write an application, using Linux and other open source technologies, that saves them about half a million dollars in the first year. Guess what, that company is now using Linux and has hired a small team of Linux developers.
The second company is now using Linux on many of its desktops for the same reason.
The funny thing is that the CIO/CTO of both companies had nothing to do with the decision. It was driven by an engineer who knew what he was doing (in this case me) and an application or service that the company came to rely upon.
If your company hired someone like me, you would be running Linux within six months without so much as a meeting to discuss the matter.
This isn't about copyrighted material at all, in my opinion. It is about distribution.
The problem is that a distribution industry has been built up by otherwise worthless leeches who have convinced artists that they are necessary in order to dole out the artist's works to a wider audience of people.
These leeches, like the RIAA and MPAA, have no value other than their mechanisms of mass distribution. The web now threatens that controlled distribution because it is as far reaching as the industries distribution mechanisms, only it is free.
That is what this is really about and that is why these groups are fighting P2P so hard. They don't lose when their copyrighted works are shared, they lose when people realize that these industry relics are no longer necessary.
I totally agree with you except for two things (which sort of negates the whole "totally" thing I spoke of earlier).
First of all, it sucks enough carrying around a keyboard(s), cords, pedals, amps and a stand. Adding a laptop, powercord, midi cables, etc. on top of that may raise the suckage level enough for some that they would be willing to pay the high price.
My second disagreement is the oxygen8. If it doesn't have 88 keys on it, I don't want anything to do with it. I use every last one of those suckers. In fact, I had an 89th key installed in the middle of my keyboard just so I could rearrange some ELP tunes and play them in a way that Keith couldn't using my patented C1/2b key.
All new music DOES suck doesn't it?