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Modbombed Again
Wednesday April 16, @08:21PM
Apparently, I really pissed off a Mac fan with that recent comment because I've now got 5 trolls/flamebaits sitting on my user page.
To all the people who can't accept negative but truthful statements about their operating systems without acting like babies who've been told that they've had enough candy, ...
"FUCK OFF! My friends and I hacked on Apple IIs in jr. high, and my computer club was at the announcement for the original Macintosh back in 1984. I'm not anti-Apple, but I'm definitely anti-YOU.
I don't need your karma, and I never will."
To all the people who can't accept negative but truthful statements about their operating systems without acting like babies who've been told that they've had enough candy,
"FUCK OFF! My friends and I hacked on Apple IIs in jr. high, and my computer club was at the announcement for the original Macintosh back in 1984. I'm not anti-Apple, but I'm definitely anti-YOU.
I don't need your karma, and I never will."
Mac Fanboys Piss Me Off
Saturday April 05, @02:23PM
I wrote a response to some AC touting OSX. The parent post went like this:
"If there was a company that made a "professional, commercial" Linux-type OS that could run all Windows programs natively..."
To which the AC responded:
"Where would you like your 5 copies of Mac OS X sent?"
The AC was modded Insightful, and I cpuntered that neither point held true for Mac. I was modded Troll, undoubtedly by a Mac fan. When did Troll come to mean that I disagree with you, even if what you say's true? Slashdot sucks these days.
"If there was a company that made a "professional, commercial" Linux-type OS that could run all Windows programs natively..."
To which the AC responded:
"Where would you like your 5 copies of Mac OS X sent?"
The AC was modded Insightful, and I cpuntered that neither point held true for Mac. I was modded Troll, undoubtedly by a Mac fan. When did Troll come to mean that I disagree with you, even if what you say's true? Slashdot sucks these days.
Steve Balmer: Captain of the Titanic?
Wednesday February 06, @10:41PM
I read this quote from ZDNet today:
"We are on a path--we were on a path and we will stay on that path regardless."
Wow!I can't believe you would commit yourself to a path and never waiver no matter how bad the result. It seems foolish. I guess those saying that Microsoft's only chance is to change the corporate culture and that Ozzie might make that change possible are just fooling themselves.
I also found out from the article that MS had used over half its cash reserve ($31B) in 2007 on dividends and stock buybacks. I guess that was the reason the stock price stayed relatively flat? It seems like a lot of money to spend to support the stock -- certainly not repeatable this year. They have $21B left this year but aren't planning on using it for the Yahoo! mmerger: instead, they are going to BORROW money for the first time in history.
Let me summarize that. Two years ago, Microsoft had something like 60B in cash and short-term holdings with no debt. This year, they are going to borrow money. I'm no financial analyst and know virtually nothing about economics, but this seems really bad unless something radically changes. The stock price won't stay stable at this rate, will it? How can this situation exist with MS continuing to make cash hand over fist the way it always has --- in fact being more profitable this quarter than usual? I'm utterly confused.
Is there some accounting trick going on here to either make MS seem stable or -- on the other hand -- to make the cash seem like less of an incentive for some kind of takeover?
No matter what it means, I guess they're driving on straight ahead, into the icebergs and the enemies.
Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!
Bah! lmer.
"We are on a path--we were on a path and we will stay on that path regardless."
Wow!I can't believe you would commit yourself to a path and never waiver no matter how bad the result. It seems foolish. I guess those saying that Microsoft's only chance is to change the corporate culture and that Ozzie might make that change possible are just fooling themselves.
I also found out from the article that MS had used over half its cash reserve ($31B) in 2007 on dividends and stock buybacks. I guess that was the reason the stock price stayed relatively flat? It seems like a lot of money to spend to support the stock -- certainly not repeatable this year. They have $21B left this year but aren't planning on using it for the Yahoo! mmerger: instead, they are going to BORROW money for the first time in history.
Let me summarize that. Two years ago, Microsoft had something like 60B in cash and short-term holdings with no debt. This year, they are going to borrow money. I'm no financial analyst and know virtually nothing about economics, but this seems really bad unless something radically changes. The stock price won't stay stable at this rate, will it? How can this situation exist with MS continuing to make cash hand over fist the way it always has --- in fact being more profitable this quarter than usual? I'm utterly confused.
Is there some accounting trick going on here to either make MS seem stable or -- on the other hand -- to make the cash seem like less of an incentive for some kind of takeover?
No matter what it means, I guess they're driving on straight ahead, into the icebergs and the enemies.
Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!
Bah! lmer.
Open Content Teen EFL book with RPG and Collectable Cards
Friday January 25, @01:38AM
http://team-usa-english.blogspot.com/
I'm looking for feedback. I'll officially launch the project in a couple of months.
I'm looking for feedback. I'll officially launch the project in a couple of months.
Linux on the Desktop - Everex gPC Review - 1 1/2 out of 5
Wednesday December 05, @08:12PM
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2227810,00.asp
This is the first impartial (read: not on a pro-Linux site) review I've seen. It IS on PCMag, a pro-Windows site, so that's something to consider.
The review is less than glowing. The only pros listed are the price and the lack of viruses. The reviewer even goes so far as to say the technically minded should download another Linux OS and install it on another computer.
Also mentioned is the Firefox/Webrunner problem, which I've commented on in another forum. Webrunner is a version of Mozilla specifically for web apps. Facebook, Wikipedia, and Youtube open in Firefox: The Google search opens in Webrunner. The interface should be consistent: either use Webrunner for the web apps or don't.
I happen to like what I've seen with gOS, having played with it in a virtual machine for a while. Mainstream reviewers don't seem to be impressed with it, however.
This is the first impartial (read: not on a pro-Linux site) review I've seen. It IS on PCMag, a pro-Windows site, so that's something to consider.
The review is less than glowing. The only pros listed are the price and the lack of viruses. The reviewer even goes so far as to say the technically minded should download another Linux OS and install it on another computer.
Also mentioned is the Firefox/Webrunner problem, which I've commented on in another forum. Webrunner is a version of Mozilla specifically for web apps. Facebook, Wikipedia, and Youtube open in Firefox: The Google search opens in Webrunner. The interface should be consistent: either use Webrunner for the web apps or don't.
I happen to like what I've seen with gOS, having played with it in a virtual machine for a while. Mainstream reviewers don't seem to be impressed with it, however.
