... Sounds like Sinclair hackers in the heyday of ZX-81.. ... Will Linden wlinden@... http://www.ecben.net/ Magic Code: MAS/GD S++ W++ N+ PWM++ Ds/r+...
Will Linden
wlinden@...
Jun 29, 2001 4:37 am
17336
... Of course, Microsoft as an semi-monopolistic corporation is effectively the creation *of* the state; so they were hardly being oppressed before. They took...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jun 29, 2001 11:25 am
17337
... [snip] ... Just a brief aside on RDRAM/RAmbus. Once you compare it to multiple data rate standard memory; it's impressiveness fades away very fast. ... Not...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jun 29, 2001 11:52 am
17338
Looks like all the free food and booze Bill has been spreading around DC is having the desired effect... Ric Frost http://www.rdfrost.com/ ... ...
Ric Frost
rdfrost@...
Jun 29, 2001 11:57 am
17339
... Do you mean they had freedom of contract and you don't like what their customers agreed to? ... Freedom of contract again. You don't like that so many...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jun 29, 2001 12:16 pm
17340
... I agree completely. Some here might appreciate that the project accounting (aka time and billing) web application that is the flagship product of my ...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jun 29, 2001 1:29 pm
17341
... Well, you could mention a web pointer, name of company, etc., in your mail message, so that someone who was interested could find the company if a search...
Keith Lofstrom
keithl@...
Jun 29, 2001 3:19 pm
17342
Thanks, Keith. I usually do that. Here it is: www.ProProject.com. I also purchase some key words on Google, by the way. Don't search for "project accounting"...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jun 29, 2001 3:36 pm
17343
Roger, I, too, am in the middle of a project that uses free UNIX, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and the freely available Java SDKs. It's also related to project ...
Reveile-Work, Bill (E...
bill@...
Jun 29, 2001 7:24 pm
17344
... The stipulations that gave them increasing monopolist control weren't in the contracts; they were made after contracts were signed, and included threats to...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jun 29, 2001 7:29 pm
17345
... I find this difficult to accept for a couple reasons: 1. Deep pockets make a company more desirable to sue, not harder. If there is any case an attorney...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jun 29, 2001 8:00 pm
17346
Roger, ... there ... That is not necessarily true. A company like Microsoft can tie a legitimate case up in court for many years. ... Here's an example of...
Kaleb Axon
dontspam_kaleb@...
Jun 29, 2001 8:25 pm
17347
... Microsoft has always had very good lawyers; who know how to drag a case out to the point where the plaintiff is simply no longer able to financially...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jun 29, 2001 10:49 pm
17348
This interests me so I read all these links. I must be pro-MS because I found nothing here that convinced me that a) MS was advantaged by government or b)...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jun 30, 2001 1:22 am
17349
... Actually, they didn't sue because they couldn't afford the costs of a protracted lawsuit. I don't know if it was in that article; but there was a quote...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jun 30, 2001 1:33 am
17350
Thomas Jefferson made perfectly valid, legal contracts with his bank, borrowing money using his plantation slaves as collateral. He used that money for...
Keith Lofstrom
keithl@...
Jul 1, 2001 6:49 pm
17351
... The crowd is pretty much anti-Microsoft and I'd guess the majority of Microsoft users have used their software illegally (and I'm not talking about...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jul 2, 2001 1:54 pm
17352
I will have to unsubscribe for a while due to a family crisis. Please remember us in your prayers. I don't know when I'll be back. Kaleb...
Kaleb Axon
dontspam_kaleb@...
Jul 2, 2001 5:14 pm
17353
Keith's little essay deserves a second reading, so it is attached in full. One item reminds me of the attitude of computer sci majors when I was at O.S.U....
the Royster-Meister
rsfwilson@...
Jul 2, 2001 5:55 pm
17354
I am asking that you all remember heidi and i in your prayers today. Heidi is being thrown out of her house by her new landlord. The owner of the house she...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jul 2, 2001 5:56 pm
17355
... In this particular case, the grader probably didn't like having to read so much "extra" code. You thought it was due dilligence but he/she thought it was...
Roger Collins
roger@...
Jul 2, 2001 6:18 pm
17356
... I don't want to seem dense, but what did your church say? In particular, there might be someone in the church who could put Heidi up for at least a little...
Tim King
timk@...
Jul 2, 2001 8:15 pm
17357
... Don't really have a church right now. The last time heidi had trouble finding an affordable place to live (a couple of years ago, before we found the place...
Ijon Tichy
hardrock@...
Jul 3, 2001 4:37 am
17358
... From back in the dark ages, when computers were Esoteric, Complicated, and all that. Call it Revenge of the Nerds who had never before been "insiders" or...
phamp
phamp@...
Jul 3, 2001 5:07 am
17359
... After that, I think I would've left, too. IMO, that's inexcusable. That's one of the reasons I like small churches. Most fellowship, innovation, and growth...
Tim King
timk@...
Jul 3, 2001 4:05 pm
17360
... At the Lutheran church I attended (and worked at) in Miami we had a set-up for dealing with this sort of thing. First, an attorney who was a congregation...
the Royster-Meister
rsfwilson@...
Jul 3, 2001 5:28 pm
17361
... From one grader that was likely the case. But I was actually told by two others that the code was unnecessary for any reasonable user of the program. And...
the Royster-Meister
rsfwilson@...
Jul 3, 2001 5:31 pm
17362
... Not good. My sympathies. ... I recall from church history class that the ancient church used to devote 1/3 of all income to the poor and needy. In the...
the Royster-Meister
rsfwilson@...
Jul 3, 2001 5:36 pm
17363
So true, Roy. I once actually had an IT guy in a company tell me that his job was fun and challenging, except for all of those stupid users. :-) Sanford Smith...
Sanford Smith
freetexas@...
Jul 3, 2001 8:59 pm
17364
... The word from the prof back when I was learning programming (on a Honeywell, no less), the standard was that the program should be able to handle a cat...
