MSFT is taking a hard right turn, right for a cliff.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/07/microsoft-arm-deal-for-windows-analysis
ARM processors are very well coded for, by a host of far-reaching, widely experienced software systems, of which MSFT has zero ability to compete with. MSFT typically needs three service packs to stabilize any offering that's ever been released by the company. Most corporations won't touch a MSFT product until at least SP1 is released, as that is generally viewed as the non-beta version.
The 12 year development window of MSFT doesn't bode well for their desire and direction in the ARM market, a fiercely competitive, and quickly changing market that's trounced AT&T, Qwest, and others. Little upstart cell phone companies like Cingular came along and kicked their asses, literally taking control of the market, and buying out AT&T.
The little companies are quick, viciously competitive, capable, and above all: talented. MSFT can't claim any of those titles. MSFT code is burdensome, huge, buggy, and prone to failure. Intel, MSFT's longest and best partner, and taken to publicly outing MSFT for failure to fix problems in all the Windows OS versions.
Intel isn't a nice company, but they know business, and despite anti-trust and even RICO problems with Intel, they know how to make chips. When they tell you to reduce the size of something to get it to run on their chip, you'd be an idiot to ignore the request. MSFT has ignored pleas from Intel for more than a decade now on streamlining the Windows bloated OS.
Even "CE", "7", and other specialized versions of the MSFT fleet of bloatware are huge when compared to the fast, not-crashing, and above all tiny software of competitors. RIM came along and trounced the phone industry, and spurned MSFT products as "useless." They based the Blackberry OS on a proprietary incarnation of Unix, and it still rocks. I use a "BB" and do not own an "iPhone." I love Apple, but the primary reasons for choosing RIM remain SECURITY, and COST. RIM's phone's don't leak data to third parties, don't crash, and above all - they don't delete what I've loaded on them. I don't have to pay RIM a fee to customize my phone "desktop" or play music. I can load my own music on the phone as ringtones without paying fees.
MSFT has about a snowball's chance in hell of catching up to RIM, let alone Android!
I don't applaud this because I hate MSFT, rather I applaud this because MSFT needs to experience a serious failure in revenue before it will ever change. In the PC market they colluded with Intel to prevent competition. Both were charged with crimes and convicted. Both Intel and MSFT are anti-trust violators. They CAN NOT function in a free market.
MSFT lacks the speed, agility, and programming talent required to take on either RIM or Google. The software from Redmond is decades behind Unix based OSes. Most people are completely unaware that practically every piece of software now in use on Earth is derived from a version of UNIX.
Microsoft is the lone holdout, because the truth is, Redmond isn't good at programming. They're good at buying up software and absorbing companies, then repackaging that product as their own. Haven't you wondered why Excel, Access, and Word still DO NOT interoperate after more than 18 years? Is TWO DECADES too much time to get an application to cooperate with another application THAT IS RELEASED IN THE SAME PACKAGE?
The reason MS Office won't, and probably never will work very well, is that each of its components were acquired separately, and never designed to work in the Office Suite they're wrapped in. Rather than FIX IT, MSFT took the typical "rewrap" approach and kludged it. To this day you still can not open a Word or Excel file with Access. I had to use custom software to import and export documents when I worked at the US Census's property management office last year. Even files from the SAME product fail to import into a NEWER version of that product.
MSFT's problems are so systemic, so cultural, and so based upon an ability to AVOID competition with lawsuits and no-bid contracts, that in an environment where they can not hold a monopoly, they are doomed.
Don't take my word for it though, read that guy up above. He knows what he's talking about. Or, you can just look at the sales figures. MSFT didn't enter the phone market until years too late, and they've never gained a foothold. Products like Mobil 5, Zune, and the Surface, were all years behind other products that worked better. The consumer never embraced Microsoft, it was forced on them. In the phone market, consumers chose anything but Microsoft, because they had a choice.
I don't expect this to change. You can polish it for 18 years, but a turd is still going to be a turd. I order new computers as either 'bare bones' or 'custom assembled' because not only do I get better pricing, I don't pay for Microsoft.
Some of the best games entering the market in 2010 were web based, and a web based game doesn't know what operating system you're using. It doesn't matter much, except that a good OS will run faster even with web apps. I've never had linux crash. Not once in 21 years. I've never had a virus. Software that doesn't work simply just doesn't work, and linux continues working fine.
People keep predicting the death of the PC, but that's one thing the market gurus have been wrong about for 10 years now. A phone doesn't have a quad-core 3ghz processor, 8 gigs of RAM, 2 terabytes of storage, DVD drives, 22" 1080p monitors, or any of the other large-format hardware that a PC has always used.
When IBM introduces a quantum processor for a phone with a 30" holographic display, datacube memory in the terabytes, and gigabyte wireless, then maybe the PC will begin to slide in popularity. Until then, I'm sipping Starbucks[tm] in my 450.00 task chair. There's a lot to be said for having a nice office, and a good gaming PC.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Friday, December 10, 2010
Illegal Government: Policy Laundering.
['Hiding responsibility for a policy or decision
One common method for policy laundering is the use of international treaties which are formulated in secrecy. Afterwards it is not possible to find out who opted for which part of the treaty. Each Person can claim that it was not them who demanded a certain paragraph but that they had to agree to the overall "compromise".
Examples that could be considered as "policy laundering" are the WTO Treaties,[citation needed] WIPO,[2][3] the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA),[4] or the failed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.[citation needed]']
- Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Laundering, retrieved 12-10-2010 2:47PM
The act of concealing the methods, motives, and causes of Governance is De facto FRAUD against the people of that government. In criminal court, the attempt to conceal a crime is evidence prima facie of intent to commit a crime and the knowledge that it is wrong.
The WTO meets behind closed doors with government leaders to set rules that are not voted upon by the peoples of those nations, to set rules agreed upon in secret, under terms that are not disclosed. This is Treason.
The lack of transparency in any process is universally due to the need to conceal the true nature of motives, beneficiaries, and consequences of the process. This is clearly illustrated under all US RICO and international anti-mafia laws. Hiding a thing that doesn't need to otherwise be hidden, such as a floor vote, or an opinion on a legal document, constitutes a crime in itself.
Thus, the WTO is both criminally negligent, and intentionally criminal by design.
However, I am not complaining just about the WTO. I'm complaining about the USA Congress, which also holds secret meetings, hidden votes, passes legislature written by corporations, and signs bills that the members have not read. It is en toto a mafia organisation.
Meet the new Mafia, not the cigar chewing italian suits you've come to imagine, but a hard-line, fascist, right-wing military industrial complex. Congressional votes can be had for as little as 5,000.00 US$. You want a Senators attention or a meeting? Offer to make a donation in person. These are known as handshake donations. The person offering the money gets to ask for whatever they want, which often results in a little rider on the next bill up for vote.
The United States of America is not for sale. It was sold in 1947 to the para-military chicken-hawks known as the Christian Right. They've made regular installments through the decades, and in return are guaranteed strong positions inside government that survive through President after President.
Right now the head of the FBI is an asshole who withholds evidence that shows the accused to not be guilty, in favor of politically-viable prosecutions.
The head of the RIAA? A newspaper executive who is also on the board of a dozen other corporations.
Who runs the Federal Reserve Board? A cosa nostrum of right-leaning fat bankers. Seriously, they're all fat as hell. They have to wear suits that are "extra wide."
Who chairs the Senate Committee for National Security? They make ALL the decisions that are rubber-stamped by the full Congress. What, about 11 people control the entire USA? Basically, yes. They can defy the President and even their own political parties.
You are not living in a Democracy. You are not living in a Democratic or Free world.
One common method for policy laundering is the use of international treaties which are formulated in secrecy. Afterwards it is not possible to find out who opted for which part of the treaty. Each Person can claim that it was not them who demanded a certain paragraph but that they had to agree to the overall "compromise".
Examples that could be considered as "policy laundering" are the WTO Treaties,[citation needed] WIPO,[2][3] the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA),[4] or the failed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.[citation needed]']
- Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Laundering, retrieved 12-10-2010 2:47PM
The act of concealing the methods, motives, and causes of Governance is De facto FRAUD against the people of that government. In criminal court, the attempt to conceal a crime is evidence prima facie of intent to commit a crime and the knowledge that it is wrong.
The WTO meets behind closed doors with government leaders to set rules that are not voted upon by the peoples of those nations, to set rules agreed upon in secret, under terms that are not disclosed. This is Treason.
The lack of transparency in any process is universally due to the need to conceal the true nature of motives, beneficiaries, and consequences of the process. This is clearly illustrated under all US RICO and international anti-mafia laws. Hiding a thing that doesn't need to otherwise be hidden, such as a floor vote, or an opinion on a legal document, constitutes a crime in itself.
Thus, the WTO is both criminally negligent, and intentionally criminal by design.
However, I am not complaining just about the WTO. I'm complaining about the USA Congress, which also holds secret meetings, hidden votes, passes legislature written by corporations, and signs bills that the members have not read. It is en toto a mafia organisation.
Meet the new Mafia, not the cigar chewing italian suits you've come to imagine, but a hard-line, fascist, right-wing military industrial complex. Congressional votes can be had for as little as 5,000.00 US$. You want a Senators attention or a meeting? Offer to make a donation in person. These are known as handshake donations. The person offering the money gets to ask for whatever they want, which often results in a little rider on the next bill up for vote.
The United States of America is not for sale. It was sold in 1947 to the para-military chicken-hawks known as the Christian Right. They've made regular installments through the decades, and in return are guaranteed strong positions inside government that survive through President after President.
Right now the head of the FBI is an asshole who withholds evidence that shows the accused to not be guilty, in favor of politically-viable prosecutions.
The head of the RIAA? A newspaper executive who is also on the board of a dozen other corporations.
Who runs the Federal Reserve Board? A cosa nostrum of right-leaning fat bankers. Seriously, they're all fat as hell. They have to wear suits that are "extra wide."
Who chairs the Senate Committee for National Security? They make ALL the decisions that are rubber-stamped by the full Congress. What, about 11 people control the entire USA? Basically, yes. They can defy the President and even their own political parties.
You are not living in a Democracy. You are not living in a Democratic or Free world.
America: The Garrison State.
I don't always need to be the one speaking to deliver important news. I'll summarize and critique at the end of this very good list that orate far better than I.
http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/22/1/31.abstract
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/6/0/1/4/p60140_index.html
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss2/art3/
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/fallavollita2.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2715.shtml
http://www.counterpunch.org/wheeler11292010.html
Yahoo reports "59,400 results for the [search]: ["garrison state" america]
Google only turns up THREE. Yes, "3". As in, one more than two.
These top six links I've posted above cover in careful detail the reasoning, definitions, and problems with America now being controlled by the military. Without doctoring the data, over 52% of the USA budget is being spent on the War Machine.
However, despite 60+ years of building a formidable war machine, America is unable to:
Find Bin Laden
Finish Afghanistan
Stabilize Iraq
Find Peace in Palestine
Stop Israel from spying on America
Calm Iran
Increase Trade in the Middle East
Provide security or protection on the high seas [piracy!?]
Stop Somalia or any other tiny nation from threatening and killing Americans
Prevent, Stop, Win, Control, or even loosely guide ANY WAR.
Finally; There has been armed conflict every year since 1947!
The very concept of a "War Machine" America, or America "The Victor" is a complete denial of facts, logic, science, and reality.
In fact, what we have here are the exact same geopolitical and military structures that lead to the formation and successes of the Nazi Party in pre-war Germany. It's been documented that America smuggled hundreds of "SS" and "Nazi Party" members and officers into America, changed their names, and gave them jobs in the NSA, CIA, and Secret Service - an entity with a disturbingly familiar title: The "SS".
What did they do? They prospered in a government ripe for the plucking. America has always been a bit paranoid and a bit fragmented. The "Unifying" tactics of the Nazi party worked very well and continue to work exceedingly well today as their heirs run the United States with the same level of fascism, evil, and corruption as they did under Hitler's rule.
http://jpr.sagepub.com/content/22/1/31.abstract
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/6/0/1/4/p60140_index.html
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss2/art3/
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/fallavollita2.html
http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2715.shtml
http://www.counterpunch.org/wheeler11292010.html
Yahoo reports "59,400 results for the [search]: ["garrison state" america]
Google only turns up THREE. Yes, "3". As in, one more than two.
These top six links I've posted above cover in careful detail the reasoning, definitions, and problems with America now being controlled by the military. Without doctoring the data, over 52% of the USA budget is being spent on the War Machine.
However, despite 60+ years of building a formidable war machine, America is unable to:
Find Bin Laden
Finish Afghanistan
Stabilize Iraq
Find Peace in Palestine
Stop Israel from spying on America
Calm Iran
Increase Trade in the Middle East
Provide security or protection on the high seas [piracy!?]
Stop Somalia or any other tiny nation from threatening and killing Americans
Prevent, Stop, Win, Control, or even loosely guide ANY WAR.
Finally; There has been armed conflict every year since 1947!
The very concept of a "War Machine" America, or America "The Victor" is a complete denial of facts, logic, science, and reality.
In fact, what we have here are the exact same geopolitical and military structures that lead to the formation and successes of the Nazi Party in pre-war Germany. It's been documented that America smuggled hundreds of "SS" and "Nazi Party" members and officers into America, changed their names, and gave them jobs in the NSA, CIA, and Secret Service - an entity with a disturbingly familiar title: The "SS".
What did they do? They prospered in a government ripe for the plucking. America has always been a bit paranoid and a bit fragmented. The "Unifying" tactics of the Nazi party worked very well and continue to work exceedingly well today as their heirs run the United States with the same level of fascism, evil, and corruption as they did under Hitler's rule.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Forums still blow when it comes to support!
A simple google search illustrates the growing problem:
"launchpad unassigned ubuntu" [without quotes]
About 2,340,000 results (0.44 seconds)
That's over 2 MILLION distinct hits for UN-assigned bugs in Ubuntu, just through launchpad - a service that requires one to sign up to post bugs.
OBVIOUSLY, Ubuntu sucks when it comes to customer service and I'm less interested in ANY commercial offerings from this company Canonical. The only reason Ubuntu works is because it's based on DEBIAN which is rock stable.
The least fun you'll ever have is trying to google a solution to any Ubuntu problem. Just add "-forum" to the search string and you'll get a whole lot of nothing.
"launchpad unassigned ubuntu" [without quotes]
About 2,340,000 results (0.44 seconds)
That's over 2 MILLION distinct hits for UN-assigned bugs in Ubuntu, just through launchpad - a service that requires one to sign up to post bugs.
OBVIOUSLY, Ubuntu sucks when it comes to customer service and I'm less interested in ANY commercial offerings from this company Canonical. The only reason Ubuntu works is because it's based on DEBIAN which is rock stable.
The least fun you'll ever have is trying to google a solution to any Ubuntu problem. Just add "-forum" to the search string and you'll get a whole lot of nothing.
Monday, November 22, 2010
MSFT attempting lamely to acquire linux, still claims it sucks, but they're offering top dollar.
It's interesting and sickening that MSFT thinks it can own 235 patents on something that existed 20 years before the Microsoft corporation existed, and are unpatentable due to prexisting the software patent furor. Now that Novell has been stupid enough to try to partner with MSFT in an un-subtle trade, they're dying and being bought up by who?
MSFT. Who still will not own linux because it predates the entire DOS operating system by decades. Linux is based on Minux, which came from a free interpretation of Unix for small machines, which came from... you get the picture. It's funny to see MSFT make a bold attempt to grab ownership of free software after spending 25 years taking potshots at it and claiming it sucks.
Nobody knows hypocrisy the way that Microsoft does.
MSFT. Who still will not own linux because it predates the entire DOS operating system by decades. Linux is based on Minux, which came from a free interpretation of Unix for small machines, which came from... you get the picture. It's funny to see MSFT make a bold attempt to grab ownership of free software after spending 25 years taking potshots at it and claiming it sucks.
Nobody knows hypocrisy the way that Microsoft does.
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