Microsoft isn't demanding that the bloggers return the laptops at once, which is what the wording of the article suggests - Microsoft only said that after the review is completed, he has the option of sending it back.
Just my $0.02.
When you get to the core of it, Linux is Linux. It's more dependant on which software packages/utilities you need to run, rather than which vendor you use. It also depends on what your sysadmins are trained to deal with. Personally, I'd go with RHEL because you're backed by a prominent North American vendor, not a dev team that could take up to four days to release a potentially urgent or business-saving patch.
But if your IT department can handle the consequences of delayed patches, you may find Ubuntu to be the most cost-effective, and people-friendly, solution (It is free, after all.)
Apple is allowed much more leeway, it seems. Not only does Jobs get off scot-free when he lowered his salary to $1 for tax evasion reasons (While taking very lavish gifts from the board in the form of $45 million Gulfstreams), but Apple's iTunes DRM blocks out all the other MP3 players from working with iTunes. If Microsoft were doing the same things, they would have been dissolved quite a while ago.
And how could Jobs afford to hire his own attourney with a measly $1 salary? You damn well better believe he's profiting somehow if he can personally hire an attourney.
What I meant is that it cripples the MP3 industry by blocking out all other MP3 players from playing iTunes-purchased songs. Sure, there are other music services (eMusic, but that's mostly indie, and Rhapsody, but the monthly charge wards off rare purchasers, and Napster, but everybody still thinks that's illegal).
To everyone who replied with "OMFG wtf r teh MP3 induzry" or likewise, RTFC.
And by the way... that's what we call a joke. Loosen up. (I know it's alot to ask.)
Sounds cool, but it sounds like another fad. Just like the RAZR was a fad and just like the iPod was a fad, this will pass with time, and technically speaking, it will be a terrible product, but Apple's viral marketing schemes will somehow sell people on this idea.
I can't help but think of how Apple's iTunes cripples the MP3 industry by restricting use with proprietary formats. Maybe we'll see the same traits with the iPhone. I can see it now... only being able to make calls to other iPhones. Brilliant!
Be glad you still have a job in that type of position. What you're doing is something that an H-1B (Foreign-born worker) could do, probably for less than you. But anyway, you're probably not making much if all your job is is Flash development. So, frankly, you should be grateful that you're getting to stay in that line of work.:/ Not to say the pay sucks, but beggars can't be choosers, especially when you've got some major competition coming in from overseas (Let's thank the U.S. Congress for that.)
You all seem to be missing the most important discovery regarding this article, which I found out by personally reading the entirety of H.R.5122, the bill in question - there is no Section 1076 in H.R.5122, which means this article is a fake. Don't believe me? Go read the actual bill in its entirety on the House.gov website. This is probably why all the major media networks have nothing on their websites or on TV that's discussing this.
Somebody's watching us and laughing at us all as we are turned against each other it a fit of fake political madness. Congratulations, we're all idiots.:/
Because he's a police officer. He's a law enforcement official.
Besides, you all seem to be missing the most important discovery regarding this article, which I found out by personally reading the entirety of H.R.5122, the bill in question - there is no Section 1076 in H.R.5122, which means this article is a fake. Don't believe me? Go read the actual bill in its entirety on the House.gov website. This is probably why all the major media networks have nothing on their websites or on TV that's discussing this.
Somebody's watching us and laughing at us all as we are turned against each other it a fit of fake political madness. Congratulations, we're all idiots.:/
No, YOU are forgetting that there is more to the executive branch than Bush.
Nice little arrangement of words. "Bush has been wiretapping US phone calls"... hah. As if he's sitting in the oval office listening to your conversation with your mother. The NSA has been tapping suspected terrorist phone calls. They don't care if you're ordering a pizza, but they sure as hell would care if you're ordering fifty pounds of explosives, a detonator and a vest.
Bush has paid journalists to repeat his propaganda? Bullshit. Show me your source for that.
Routinely censors scientific reports? Strike 2. Source, please.
BUSH delayed the federal response? Strike 3. Bush didn't delay anything. Coordinating response to Katrina was legally the responsibility of the state and local governments. Both failed to execute the plans they had set in place, and Bush did not have the legal authority to just send in the National Guard immediately. THIS bill gives him that right.
Osama Bin Laden is still at large? Yes, he is. Why? Because he has multiple Middle-Eastern states cooperating with him and Al-Queda. The search for Bin Laden is still ongoing. We haven't forgotten at all. Troops are still in Afghanistan and we're opening relations with Middle-Eastern states to ensure their cooperation.
Christ, this bill isn't allowing Bush to shoot civilians in the street. This bill is allowing President Bush to step in national emergencies, when state and local governments are caught with their pants down. First you yell about lack of power to step in during Katrina, now you're yelling about Bush having the power to do so?
Bush isn't politically polarizing the United States. The Democrats are politically polarizing the United States. You know why? Nancy Pelosi even said it herself, on the record... the goal of the Democrats is to oppose everything that the Republicans try to do. Everything. And the mindless masses follow her in lock-step.
You know what you need to do? You need to turn off your computer, turn your chair around and step outside. Maybe even take off that little tinfoil hat if you feel like it. Go see what your life is actually like. Go enjoy the freedoms that the American government is protecting, and that those dead soldiers (God rest their souls) have given their lives to preserve.
Go buy a gun. Go to a political rally. Hell, even go to a protest (They're getting to be one in the same.) Go run down the street and yell "Bush Sucks" if you so please.
Then come back and continue to tell all the other people in the world, who don't have as many freedoms as you do, how oppressed you are.
Idiots who hoard weapons and ammunition like you with no apparent use, plus all those idiots making pipebombs in their garage, would sure as hell look like terrorists to me.
"Terrorist" doesn't just mean someone with brown skin and a turban. It means anyone who is determined to do harm to another person (or people in general) for any kind of gain, especially political gain.
So, since you're threatening to stockpile ammunition and weapons, you would obviously intend to use that ammunition against others (I doubt you're an avid ammunition collector), which obviously classifies you as a terrorist.
Just another example of "How dare you call me a terrorist! I shall kill you all!"
Thank you for posting that. Now, anyone who actually takes the time to read the bill will see that it makes NO mention of martial law of any kind, all it does is allow for the provisioning of medical aid and preservation of life and freedom.
*mumble* Bunch of freakin' conspiracy theorist morons...
You people are fucking conspiracy theorists. Honestly, first you people are bitching about Bush not handling Katrina (A duty that, BY LAW, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS). And now, this law is enabling the president to respond to public emergencies by deploying appropriate authorities to restore order, and you people go psycho. Nothing is ever good enough for you idiots.
All you bleeding-heart liberals who want a revolution, go ahead and start one. Just don't start crying for pardons when you're arrested for slaughtering Republicans and right-wingers in the streets. (You all seem to be so desperate to shed right-wing blood.)
All of you need not forget that everybody who passed this bill (CONGRESSMEN) were voted into office *by the public*! If you don't fucking like it, why don't you get your asses out there and vote this November? And if your candidate loses, tough shit. It's what the American people vote for.
As for your Nazi conspiracy theories, utter bullshit. There was no such terrorism in Germany. The Jews were viewed as scapegoats for Germany's failing economy and they were persecuted for it, first by being moved into ghettos, and then by being placed in concentration camps.
And you SURE as hell better not forget that the USAPATRIOT Act was passed almost UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate (98 to 1) and by a considerable landslide in the House (357 to 66). So don't you all go blaming this on the Republicans. If you don't like it, blame both parties and get your lazy ass off of the computer and VOTE.
While keeping the internals within optimal temperature ranges is an important issue, closing the air vents won't have much of an impact, and if the thermal waste is great enough, the entire case would essentially serve as a giant heatsink.. The exhaust from the computer would be trapped and will heat the metal case via radiation, which will subsequently heat the ambient air via radiation. Metal is an excellent conductor of heat.;)
I've never tried it... and is it just me, or does anyone else have no clue as to why a company would want to put their servers in an industrial-strength freezer? Jeez, are Intels really that hot?:P
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Why is this news? Everyone knows that hip-hop is unoriginal to start with.
Everybody knows that low-cost x86 hardware en masse can easily outperform high-end solutions. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those... ;)
Microsoft isn't demanding that the bloggers return the laptops at once, which is what the wording of the article suggests - Microsoft only said that after the review is completed, he has the option of sending it back. Just my $0.02.
When you get to the core of it, Linux is Linux. It's more dependant on which software packages/utilities you need to run, rather than which vendor you use. It also depends on what your sysadmins are trained to deal with. Personally, I'd go with RHEL because you're backed by a prominent North American vendor, not a dev team that could take up to four days to release a potentially urgent or business-saving patch. But if your IT department can handle the consequences of delayed patches, you may find Ubuntu to be the most cost-effective, and people-friendly, solution (It is free, after all.)
Apple is allowed much more leeway, it seems. Not only does Jobs get off scot-free when he lowered his salary to $1 for tax evasion reasons (While taking very lavish gifts from the board in the form of $45 million Gulfstreams), but Apple's iTunes DRM blocks out all the other MP3 players from working with iTunes. If Microsoft were doing the same things, they would have been dissolved quite a while ago. And how could Jobs afford to hire his own attourney with a measly $1 salary? You damn well better believe he's profiting somehow if he can personally hire an attourney.
What I meant is that it cripples the MP3 industry by blocking out all other MP3 players from playing iTunes-purchased songs. Sure, there are other music services (eMusic, but that's mostly indie, and Rhapsody, but the monthly charge wards off rare purchasers, and Napster, but everybody still thinks that's illegal). To everyone who replied with "OMFG wtf r teh MP3 induzry" or likewise, RTFC. And by the way... that's what we call a joke. Loosen up. (I know it's alot to ask.)
Sounds cool, but it sounds like another fad. Just like the RAZR was a fad and just like the iPod was a fad, this will pass with time, and technically speaking, it will be a terrible product, but Apple's viral marketing schemes will somehow sell people on this idea.
I can't help but think of how Apple's iTunes cripples the MP3 industry by restricting use with proprietary formats. Maybe we'll see the same traits with the iPhone. I can see it now... only being able to make calls to other iPhones. Brilliant!
Be glad you still have a job in that type of position. What you're doing is something that an H-1B (Foreign-born worker) could do, probably for less than you. But anyway, you're probably not making much if all your job is is Flash development. So, frankly, you should be grateful that you're getting to stay in that line of work. :/ Not to say the pay sucks, but beggars can't be choosers, especially when you've got some major competition coming in from overseas (Let's thank the U.S. Congress for that.)
Maybe we could just... uh... plant some trees? I figure it'd save us a few trillion dollars in the long run. -_-
Damn, so close to frist psot.
You all seem to be missing the most important discovery regarding this article, which I found out by personally reading the entirety of H.R.5122, the bill in question - there is no Section 1076 in H.R.5122, which means this article is a fake. Don't believe me? Go read the actual bill in its entirety on the House.gov website. This is probably why all the major media networks have nothing on their websites or on TV that's discussing this.
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http://www.house.gov/hasc/HR5122(v2).pdf [house.gov]
Somebody's watching us and laughing at us all as we are turned against each other it a fit of fake political madness. Congratulations, we're all idiots.
Because he's a police officer. He's a law enforcement official.
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Besides, you all seem to be missing the most important discovery regarding this article, which I found out by personally reading the entirety of H.R.5122, the bill in question - there is no Section 1076 in H.R.5122, which means this article is a fake. Don't believe me? Go read the actual bill in its entirety on the House.gov website. This is probably why all the major media networks have nothing on their websites or on TV that's discussing this.
http://www.house.gov/hasc/HR5122(v2).pdf
Somebody's watching us and laughing at us all as we are turned against each other it a fit of fake political madness. Congratulations, we're all idiots.
Added you to the list of idiots who actually fell for this hoax.
Fox and CNN are surprisingly quiet regarding this issue. This is really something that CNN would go nuts over. I smell a hoax, as well. :/
No, YOU are forgetting that there is more to the executive branch than Bush. Nice little arrangement of words. "Bush has been wiretapping US phone calls"... hah. As if he's sitting in the oval office listening to your conversation with your mother. The NSA has been tapping suspected terrorist phone calls. They don't care if you're ordering a pizza, but they sure as hell would care if you're ordering fifty pounds of explosives, a detonator and a vest. Bush has paid journalists to repeat his propaganda? Bullshit. Show me your source for that. Routinely censors scientific reports? Strike 2. Source, please. BUSH delayed the federal response? Strike 3. Bush didn't delay anything. Coordinating response to Katrina was legally the responsibility of the state and local governments. Both failed to execute the plans they had set in place, and Bush did not have the legal authority to just send in the National Guard immediately. THIS bill gives him that right. Osama Bin Laden is still at large? Yes, he is. Why? Because he has multiple Middle-Eastern states cooperating with him and Al-Queda. The search for Bin Laden is still ongoing. We haven't forgotten at all. Troops are still in Afghanistan and we're opening relations with Middle-Eastern states to ensure their cooperation. Christ, this bill isn't allowing Bush to shoot civilians in the street. This bill is allowing President Bush to step in national emergencies, when state and local governments are caught with their pants down. First you yell about lack of power to step in during Katrina, now you're yelling about Bush having the power to do so? Bush isn't politically polarizing the United States. The Democrats are politically polarizing the United States. You know why? Nancy Pelosi even said it herself, on the record... the goal of the Democrats is to oppose everything that the Republicans try to do. Everything. And the mindless masses follow her in lock-step. You know what you need to do? You need to turn off your computer, turn your chair around and step outside. Maybe even take off that little tinfoil hat if you feel like it. Go see what your life is actually like. Go enjoy the freedoms that the American government is protecting, and that those dead soldiers (God rest their souls) have given their lives to preserve. Go buy a gun. Go to a political rally. Hell, even go to a protest (They're getting to be one in the same.) Go run down the street and yell "Bush Sucks" if you so please. Then come back and continue to tell all the other people in the world, who don't have as many freedoms as you do, how oppressed you are.
AMEN. You took the words right out of my mouth. I couldn't have said it any better.
Idiots who hoard weapons and ammunition like you with no apparent use, plus all those idiots making pipebombs in their garage, would sure as hell look like terrorists to me. "Terrorist" doesn't just mean someone with brown skin and a turban. It means anyone who is determined to do harm to another person (or people in general) for any kind of gain, especially political gain. So, since you're threatening to stockpile ammunition and weapons, you would obviously intend to use that ammunition against others (I doubt you're an avid ammunition collector), which obviously classifies you as a terrorist. Just another example of "How dare you call me a terrorist! I shall kill you all!"
Thank you for posting that. Now, anyone who actually takes the time to read the bill will see that it makes NO mention of martial law of any kind, all it does is allow for the provisioning of medical aid and preservation of life and freedom. *mumble* Bunch of freakin' conspiracy theorist morons...
You people are fucking conspiracy theorists. Honestly, first you people are bitching about Bush not handling Katrina (A duty that, BY LAW, IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS). And now, this law is enabling the president to respond to public emergencies by deploying appropriate authorities to restore order, and you people go psycho. Nothing is ever good enough for you idiots.
All you bleeding-heart liberals who want a revolution, go ahead and start one. Just don't start crying for pardons when you're arrested for slaughtering Republicans and right-wingers in the streets. (You all seem to be so desperate to shed right-wing blood.)
All of you need not forget that everybody who passed this bill (CONGRESSMEN) were voted into office *by the public*! If you don't fucking like it, why don't you get your asses out there and vote this November? And if your candidate loses, tough shit. It's what the American people vote for.
As for your Nazi conspiracy theories, utter bullshit. There was no such terrorism in Germany. The Jews were viewed as scapegoats for Germany's failing economy and they were persecuted for it, first by being moved into ghettos, and then by being placed in concentration camps.
And you SURE as hell better not forget that the USAPATRIOT Act was passed almost UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate (98 to 1) and by a considerable landslide in the House (357 to 66). So don't you all go blaming this on the Republicans. If you don't like it, blame both parties and get your lazy ass off of the computer and VOTE.
While keeping the internals within optimal temperature ranges is an important issue, closing the air vents won't have much of an impact, and if the thermal waste is great enough, the entire case would essentially serve as a giant heatsink.. The exhaust from the computer would be trapped and will heat the metal case via radiation, which will subsequently heat the ambient air via radiation. Metal is an excellent conductor of heat. ;)
I've never tried it... and is it just me, or does anyone else have no clue as to why a company would want to put their servers in an industrial-strength freezer? Jeez, are Intels really that hot? :P