De Icaza? You're back?

Learn lessons much?

"KDE? Fuck that shit, who wants a desktop with a smelly foot on it?"

Um... OK, I give up. You do?

When they say, "software pirates hack reputable legitimate websites" it means the number of web sites that have fallen victim is: two

Oh, and in between those two are The Doors...

More than three thousand died in the Twin Tower collapse that occurred 2001-11-9, including Canadians.
Hundreds of thousands converged in South Africa for the World Cup opening ceremonies, including Canadians.
Overwhelming amounts of aid have poured in to Haiti from around the globe, including Canadians.
'Striking' evidence of a quark-gluon plasma has been observed by a team of researchers, including Canadians.

I said LASERS! Sharks with LASERS... Not livers. LASERS!

I CARE TOO This asteroid has been poised for millions of years, ready to strike Earth in 2098, and the story has made it to /. just now? Come on editors!

In Kubuntu:
* Ctrl+Alt+Esc
* Watch for skull/crossbones mouse cursor to appear
* Click Left mouse button

In a new study (that took 15 seconds to pull out of thin air, because its conclusions are so damn obvious to the casual observer) it was found that 64 percent of scientists are either sports-unaware (34%) or sports-aware (30%). But only five of the 275 in-depth interviewees actively oppose sports fanaticism; and even among the third who are sports-unaware, many consider themselves 'healthy.' 'According to the scientists I interviewed, the academy seems to have a "strong culture" that suppresses discussion about sports in many areas,' says Ecklund. 'To remove the perceived stigma, we would need to have more scientists talking openly about issues of sports where such issues are particularly relevant to their discipline (i.e.nowhere).

There are certain core ingredients typically required for success:
* Marketing -- finding out if there is a need for a product, creating requirements for a new products based on emerging needs in a market
* Sales -- getting the word out, building relationships and closing deals
* Distribution -- fulfilling orders, positioning goods for easy access and generally getting products into the hands of your customers
* Support -- keeping the brand alive in your customer's mind, keeping the relationship positive and creating secondary opportunities to, say, up-sell or repeat-sell
* Accounting -- getting paid for all of the above, keeping current with accounts payable (esp. taxes) and paying employees and shareholders
* Product Development -- (the easy part) research, design, testing and documentation
* Production -- parts procurement, assembly, verification, bundling and shipping (on time and under budget)
* Human Resources, Legal and Staff -- people named "Peter"

Does you company have all of these in place? If it's missing even two or three components, you may be headed for real trouble. If Megacorp can fill in some of the blanks, consider being bough out a real win-win!

Most important: Decide quickly. Also important: Try to put as little emotion into the process as possible. When you have made your decision, consider the following:

If you decide in favor, make certain the process moves as quickly as possible. Make sure you have put in place -- before taking each and every step -- provisions for backing out (at no cost to you). At the slightest sign of foot-dragging, stop the process and pull out. Decide from the beginning what your triggers will be for backing out. Then stick to the plan.

Being bought out is time-consuming. Think of it as a huge distraction to your business. A huge distraction could be the only thing Magacorp wants to "buy". If they're earnest, they'll understand and appreciate caution as well as haste. (Time is money.)

If you decide against, let Magacorp know immediately. Then get back to work, pronto. Looking back, second thoughts and re-negotiations are distractions, too. Let Megacorp know that your decision is final.

Good luck!

KDE 4.2.2

Click the settings (yellow yin-yang) icon on the far right. Click the Hight button (center of settings bar). Drag up or down to grow or shrink icon size. You can make the icons virtually any size you want.

Wasn't that easy?