Posts by Doug Glass

OSS Rev. n+1

<yawn> BFD

Only an Idiot ...

... would purchase Microsoft products, at full price, from Microsoft. There are too many legitimate sellers of discounted genuine Microsoft products to be found on the internet. Uh... no...wait....over 9,000,000 machines infected with Conflicker....oh just never mind.

@It's very simple

Exactly! Well said. For the everyday user it really is just that simple.

Paris because simple is as simple does.

Life Imitates Art

Just don't let 'em watch any looping porno.

The Other Number

The USofA Govern-ment has maintained, for as long as the records have been kept, there is always a certain level of acceptable. i.e. "good" unemployment: new college grads, those between jobs, and other "acceptable" reasons for not working. That percentage has always hovered around 3-3.5%. There have been no changes to this percentage in recent months and there shouldn't have been.

7.6%(total unemployed) - 3.5%(acceptable unemployed) = 4.1% (those available for work who aren't working).

100% - 4.1% (those available for work who aren't working) = 95.9% (those available for work who are actually employed and getting paid)

I'd say 95.9% (those available for work who are actually employed and getting paid) is pretty damn good. During the depression in the USofA the unemployed rate peaked at 24.75% in 1933. Or, from the other direction, the EMPLOYMENT rate was an adjusted 78.75% in 1933. 95.9% current EMPLOYMENT rate today in the USofA is still looking pretty damn good.

Of course there will be those who will quibble with the 3-3.5% "good" unemployment but no matter. The logic is still the same and the current EMPLOYMENT rate in the good old USofA is still damn good.

Noted: a low heart attack rate among those who live a certain lifestyle is of no comfort to the individual in that lifestyle who just suffered a terminal Coronary Event. But then I'm talking population raes and not individuals. It does no good to tell a laid-off GM assembly plant worker the national EMPLOYMENT rate is 95.9% so he should be happy, Doesn't work that way, but 95.9% is still frakking good.

@@So linux will find its way on like it usually does

So do the pimples on my 63 year old ass. Just because something keeps popping up doesn't make it a success. It has to pop up, grow, spread, take over and become the primary whatever it is. Otherwise, well, it's just a pain in the ass.

Decisions, Decisions

This is getting so hard what with six choices of what not to buy.

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BFD

Jeez, Don't People Know.....

... Google is not the web? All you had to do was use a bookmark or type in the address. Or search using another search facility....such as [God forbid] Yahoo.

The Dumbing Down of England

Normally this comment ends with "America", but it appears you across the pond have contracted the same disease.

Paris because she just can't be dumbed down ... any further.

Well Just Damn!!

What did I tell him about wearing those damn wimpy faded jeans! He's supposed to be wearing original Levi's! And he calls himself a Glock man. Damn I'm embarrassed.

Paris because even she knows what pants to wear.

Huh?

Not enough fanboys buying the latest cutting-edge high end gizmos? Damn, imagine that.

When you run out of creative talent ...

... copy something. I wonder is Microsoft backing this.

Paris because it's unlike she'll ever be cloned.

The Fat Lady ...

... is clearing her throat.

The Fat Lady ...

... is warming up.

Damn!

They finally did what I told 'em to do.

The Voice of Reason ...

... is getting louder.

http://www.junkscience.com/

Desperation ...

... is the mother of Spam.

Frakk 'em.

Uh Oh ..

.. the worm is in the Apple.

I Just Hate It ...

... when my belief system gets dented.

Torvalds warns of Windows 7 threat

Might make Windows sing again

By Nick Farrell

Monday, 26 January 2009, 10:07

WINDOWS 7 might create the rebirth of Microsoft OS, which was blighted by the release of its Vista operating system, according to Open Sauce guru Linus Torvalds.

In an interview with Computerworld, Torvalds said that Windows 7 is better than Vista and the Vole may have a huge PR advantage as people will compare it to Vista and think it is good so, "angels will sing again." This is what happened with Windows 95 compared to Windows 3.1.

He thinks that Microsoft may have even done this on purpose.

The Vole realised the Windows development cycle is way too long and it would be insane to do that again, however they might aim for a two-year development cycle and Torvalds think that is too long.

Torvalds thinks that Vole should disconnect the operating system from the applications and release products sooner.

He said for Linux six months is quite tight and the bits that are thrown together sometimes don't work properly.. However an annual release cycle is a reasonable cycle for doing a whole distribution.

Microsoft wanted people to rent the software, but users don't want to. If you do development over five years and make so many changes it is more painful for the user. The cost of the pain is likely to be higher than the cost of the operating system which is why people are slow to upgrade, he said. µ

All sixty-nine of you fanatics need to pay attention

Did We Really Expect Anything Different

Oh we have to protect those who can't think for themselves and get off they fat, lazy asses to do a little planning.

In fact, if we have to we'll bomb certain people to save them.

Frakk 'em. We act as though they'll die without TV for a week or two while they do their best impression of responsible adults and get what they need.

Clearly

A case of suicide from being rejected by his human handler.

Priorities

Apple hasn't yet learned who's really important to them. The fanboys do provide a completely gullible source of money, but with some of the stockholders filling suit it seems the castle owners are not so pleased with the lord of the manner.

Oh frelling well.....

Mother-in-law Pill

I see a whole new market for this concept. Take them before visiting in-laws, maybe even in church, if your mate snores and so forth. Wow, and I'd just been using ear plugs and beer.

Same Old Same old

I would imagine Ms. P. Hilton is fairly well acquainted with electro-mechanical toys and is simply attempting a stretch into the more warmblooded variety.

Paris because even she knows how to replace a bettery.

Turn, Turn, Turn

My old Seagate 80 and 160 GB drives just keep on a-hummin'. Until, that is, they fail for some other reason like 20% already have.

ALL things mechanical fail and the solution is: Backup, Backup, Backup. Any scheme should include a backup to a media type other than your primary storage type and off-site storage is usually a pretty good idea.

Paris is ...

... as Paris does.

Paris because without her life would be all IT and Obama.

@Stuart Van Onselen

Thanks for the compliment; sorry I punched your button, Well...not really. :+)

And I'm sorry you have no hope, that must be a cold feeling to know all you believe in is what you have created.

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Anonymous Coward

How about the ability to save bookmarks without having to backup to a .json file, or some such silly maneuver, every time you add one you'd like to keep. Is that a legitimate request in your imminence's realm?

No Surprise

Having sworn off CC because of no customer appreciation, no customer service and a staff that would have been better at selling used cars... this is no surprise.

"Worst Case Analysis"

Military minds (not necessarily brains) generally assess combat situations with the opponent at their very best and themselves at their very worse. With that in mind, any new weapon will always be at a "tactical disadvantage". That's just the way it done. A system like that has the usual outcome of breeding better soldiers, systems, and etc.

We'll never really know until the neat air war opens, but if you'd like to get a flavor of near real world results goto: http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123041725

You might find flaws with the approach, but with the Raptors flying the same exact sorties as other craft, the Raptors lost only one encounter. I think the final numbers were Raptor kills 244, "The Enemy" 1.

@@clowns: Sooty

Dontcha think it'd have been a bit better to have a system that actually isn't wide open to such attacks in the first place?

What you're supporting is analogous to "the operations was a success, unfortunately the patient died".

New Name

I guess "Chipzilla" is now "Chipfizzle".

Just Desserts

My earlier post concerning their reduced warranty period:

"They were losing their butts by warrantying drives good for 3 years (or less) for 5 years. Simple solution, don't improve the drives, cut the warranty period. Typical corporate response."

Looks to me they are getting what they deserve. Unfortunately buyers are not getting what they deserve. I stopped buying Seagate months ago, and I'm so glad. Well, glad until my current maker of choice does the same thing Seagate has done.

If you're going to be dumb ...

... you better be tough.

@ Mark

Oh yeah, right. I tell you what, when usage numbers of all Linux distros combined becomes equal to, or greater than, Windows usage, I'll agree with you. But up until that point, all you have is opinion and bluster.

It's the numbers dude, it's the numbers. And hard as you and others might try, Linux is a distant "also ran" at this point. It might be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but as long as all you have is words in the air and no hard usage figures to prove your position you have nothing.

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Farewell Brother

You are now #1.

Trojans

I think they sell those out of machines in truck stop rest rooms for $0.50.

Paris because she already knows what a Trojan is good for.

@raving angry loony

As a former budget person, now retired, at one of the USofA's largest corporations, I can assure you budget is THE issue today. The truth is it has been for the last two decades if not longer. Right or wrong, low cost clerical personnel are generally the first to go closely followed by IT projects. In reality it may be a different scenario at different companies, buy IT is generally "low hanging fruit" for the accounting/budget trolls like I was.

Right or wrong, that's the way it is. Bad management is certainly a problem. But bad management tactics to help themselves look better is to "get costs out of the business" which has the effect (hopefully) of lowering expenses and raising net income, growing the company and increasing stockholder worth.

Quacks

If it has webbed feet, a bill, waddles when it walks and quacks, it's a duck. For whatever reason, here is promising but not delivering. And that is Microsoft being Microsoft at it's very best. For whatever reason, promising but not delivering.

He's Pretty Much The Norm

This moron is incapable of seeing reality; he has risen to his level of incompetence and roosts there like so many other corporate executives. It's goons like him who have contributed so much to the global economic morass we're in.

Paris because I bet she likes a side show in the zoo's monkey house.