How sexist of you, to assume only a woman would serve your food. It's correct to say waiter/waitress, you insensitive clod.
But then again, since you're reading Slashdot, you're probably a rich white geeky Republican male, so your sexism is not surprising.
Recently, in one of the worst financial disasters in history, the energy giant
Enron went bankrupt. In the aftermath, thousands of Americans lost their jobs
and retirement savings, while millions more lost all faith in the economic
system of this fine country. Why did this happen? The Liberal Media was quick to
jump all over the executives of Enron, making outrageous claims they had stolen
millions of dollars, and the employees of Anderson Accounting, another innocent
firm caught in the economic turmoil and mud-slinging. I hope to dispel these
libelous myths and reveal what really happened...
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT
department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the
sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my
worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was
the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the
industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords
and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting
web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was
espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to
me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to
switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my
head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software
licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and
a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to
Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs,
along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started
immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to
undocumented half-assed clones of popular
commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky
employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple
things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug
in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the
unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter
of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was
no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely
destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time.
Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that
those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the
story:
Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use
it!
I love the Libertarian "solution" to the campaign finance problem we have today:
do away with all restrictions and let the corporations go hog-wild! Yeah, that
will work guys. I'm sure politicians will be swamped with corporate cash so much
that they will be unable to dole out special favors. Great idea! That would be
like if a forest fire is about to consume a city, and instead of putting out the
fire, you just spread gasoline on all the buildings and torch it yourself.
I think I figured out why you guys are so gung-ho about legalizing drugs: you
have to be into some pretty hard shit to think that your precious "philosophy"
has any bearing on reality.
I love the Libertarian "solution" to the campaign finance problem we have today:
do away with all restrictions and let the corporations go hog-wild! Yeah, that
will work guys. I'm sure politicians will be swamped with corporate cash so much
that they will be unable to dole out special favors. Great idea! That would be
like if a forest fire is about to consume a city, and instead of putting out the
fire, you just spread gasoline on all the buildings and torch it yourself.
I think I figured out why you guys are so gung-ho about legalizing drugs: you
have to be into some pretty hard shit to think that your precious "philosophy"
has any bearing on reality.
Instead, I'd rather put money (from anon sources) into a pool requesting program X to be written. So what if the program is deemed "Illegal". If it's out there (source and all), no company/government/grassroots campaign can take it away. For my example, look at the 200K being offered to hack the X-Box for Linux. That's exactly what I'm suggesting.
That might be a nice way of doing things, but I don't think it would work. People might pay up a fair amount of money once or twice, but not after that. (I, for one, think the Linux-XBox thing is a hoax.) Call me a cynic.
Two planes collided in the air over Germany earlier tonight. Sadly, both Stephen King and *BSD were onboard the Boeing. Both are listed as 'missing, presumed dead.' A sad day for the world.
Yes, I just finished reading Stranger in a Strange Land, that's where I got it from. It was the version he had originally written, quite a bit longer than the first published version.
Recently, in one of the worst financial disasters in history, the energy giant
Enron went bankrupt. In the aftermath, thousands of Americans lost their jobs
and retirement savings, while millions more lost all faith in the economic
system of this fine country. Why did this happen? The Liberal Media was quick to
jump all over the executives of Enron, making outrageous claims they had stolen
millions of dollars, and the employees of Anderson Accounting, another innocent
firm caught in the economic turmoil and mud-slinging. I hope to dispel these
libelous myths and reveal what really happened...
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT
department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the
sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my
worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was
the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the
industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords
and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting
web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was
espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to
me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to
switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my
head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software
licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and
a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to
Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs,
along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started
immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to
undocumented half-assed clones of popular
commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky
employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple
things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug
in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the
unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter
of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was
no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely
destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time.
Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that
those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the
story:
Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use
it!
Recently, in one of the worst financial disasters in history, the energy giant
Enron went bankrupt. In the aftermath, thousands of Americans lost their jobs
and retirement savings, while millions more lost all faith in the economic
system of this fine country. Why did this happen? The Liberal Media was quick to
jump all over the executives of Enron, making outrageous claims they had stolen
millions of dollars, and the employees of Anderson Accounting, another innocent
firm caught in the economic turmoil and mud-slinging. I hope to dispel these
libelous myths and reveal what really happened...
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT
department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the
sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my
worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was
the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the
industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords
and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting
web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was
espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to
me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to
switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my
head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software
licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and
a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to
Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs,
along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started
immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to
undocumented half-assed clones of popular
commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky
employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple
things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug
in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the
unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter
of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was
no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely
destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time.
Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that
those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the
story:
Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use
it!
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he's covered in blood and oil.
Only uneducated simpletons would believe her "philosophy."
for usability and software quality. Mostly for that piece of shit OpenOffice. Call me when you get MS Office, thanks.
Linux still sucks.
Libruls are HATERS!!!!!!! Get the scoop from Rush Limbaugh!!!!!!!!
You need to get out more. Go...meet some girls or something.
Kudos to you Good Sir.
How sexist of you, to assume only a woman would serve your food. It's correct to say waiter/waitress, you insensitive clod. But then again, since you're reading Slashdot, you're probably a rich white geeky Republican male, so your sexism is not surprising.
Ha ha!
All they have to do to prevent people from upgrading their hardware is continue to produce underpowered, overpriced shit.
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs, along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to undocumented half-assed clones of popular commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time. Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the story: Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use it!
miniature American flags for others!
I think I figured out why you guys are so gung-ho about legalizing drugs: you have to be into some pretty hard shit to think that your precious "philosophy" has any bearing on reality.
I think I figured out why you guys are so gung-ho about legalizing drugs: you have to be into some pretty hard shit to think that your precious "philosophy" has any bearing on reality.
This is one of the greatest pieces of art of all time. I haven't seen it around here for a while; thanks for reminding me of it.
That might be a nice way of doing things, but I don't think it would work. People might pay up a fair amount of money once or twice, but not after that. (I, for one, think the Linux-XBox thing is a hoax.) Call me a cynic.
These people are the Internet equivalent of the Nike-store-smashing-anarchist juveniles. They need to grow up and realize how the real world works.
Yes, I just finished reading Stranger in a Strange Land, that's where I got it from. It was the version he had originally written, quite a bit longer than the first published version.
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs, along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to undocumented half-assed clones of popular commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time. Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the story: Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use it!
It all starts back in 1991, when I, fresh out of college, got a job in the IT department at Enron. I was basically an intern, fetching coffee for the sysadmins who took care of all the machines. Eventually though, I proved my worth to management, and quickly started moving up the ladder. By 1997, I was the Head System Administrator for Enron Corporation.
Everything was going fine until 1999, when a new Operating System started making waves in the industry. Now, being a seasoned veteran, I usually know how to spot buzzwords and fads, but this time I let myself be deceived. I started frequenting web-sites like SlashDot, and soon I was espousing the "virtues" of Open-Source to anyone who would listen to me. I was a total GNU-head, even being stupid enough to buy software that was available for free!
It wasn't long before I was submitting the necessary paperwork to management to switch all Enron's computer systems to Open-Source Software. I had visions in my head of being a hero, of saving my company millions of dollars on software licenses alone. Little did I know what havoc I had just wreaked on a company and a country that had been so kind to me.
By mid 2001, the planning was complete, and we started the switch-over to Open-Source. We had planned to move all the company's servers, Suns and IBMs, along with a test-bed of 25% of the desktops, to Linux. The problems started immediately. From botched installs that required reinstall after reinstall to undocumented half-assed clones of popular commercial software, we experienced all kinds of disasters. The unlucky employees who had gotten their desktops switched to Linux couldn't do simple things like open Microsoft Word documents or read floppy disks. Due to some bug in MySQL, the financial database servers which had previously run the unbreakable Oracle managed to lose millions of dollars in a matter of minutes. It was a complete meltdown.
When the dust had settled, there was no need for my bosses to fire me. There was no Enron left to work for. Linux and Open-Source Software had completely destroyed one of the strongest corporations on Earth in a short time. Luckily there have been no charges pressed against me yet. I can only hope that those reading this can learn from my mistake; I know I have. The moral of the story: Open-Source Software is an economic disaster waiting to happen. Don't use it!
Excellent FP, Good Sir! May your loins be fondled and pleasured tonight.