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Just one of many mistakes Ballmer has made.
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Their stock value has fallen what with Samsung eroding their market share but still, I wish I had those Apple shares. Another thing why MS might be off-loading is that the revenue raised will offset the pile of tablets they recently wrote-down and tried a price drop to move them on.
As I read somewhere, they don't call their tablet LFE (Land Fill Edition) without good reason. Ballmer is a pratt; his keynote presentation where he ran dancing across the floor was typical of a late middle-aged, balding, overweight bloke trying his luck in a rave bar. Oh wait, he is a late middle-aged, balding, and overweight pratt. Bill Gates must be laughing his head off at the dipstick who took over.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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I believe BillG still owns enough MSFT stock to choke on the laughter.
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I know I would! I once read something about Ballmer years ago, when he'd call meetings on Sunday morning and if you didn't race in he'd vent his spleen, bile, foetid breath and spit upon you in a fit of rage and anger on Monday if you missed it. He's a wealthy turd to be sure but he's got no class. 
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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You also can't have an accountant running a tech company.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: What happens in five days by the way? You're soon out of letters.
I don't know to be honest. I'll see what happens when I get there. It's uncharted territory where only sea monsters are to be found.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Some clarity would be welcome, but Microsoft isn't good at clarity when it comes to changes to frameworks that developers might not like. Trying to read the fuzzy crystal ball (it must be running Windows 8)
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After the many years of Microsoft trying to put people off OpenGL, I highly doubt they will suddenly just drop all support for DirectX and convert to OpenGL.
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No, I don't think they would either, but I could see them pulling a "Silverlight devs should go with WinRT XAML". That is, stop work on the DirectX APIs, and come out with something new(ish) that is the future direction.
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Maybe, but like most of their recentish inventions they have just flopped, no one needs the silly things they keep making, like WinRT, no one needs some half baked version of Windows, when they can get a proper version.
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So there won't be a 12, that probably means there will be a 11.1.1 to 11.1.1337, and a 11.2 to 11.2.7.3.9001
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In motion to dismiss a data-mining lawsuit, Web giant says people have "no legitimate expectation of privacy in information" voluntarily turned over to third parties. Do no ^H^H some evil.
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Makes you really hate Google. They make Microsoft look like a saint. Down with Google!
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Then what? They shut down AltaVista; how am I going to find anything on the Intarwebs?
To be fair, it was a Googlawyer who wrote that, and the notion of "do no evil" doesn't seem to apply to them. But I wish the management would straighten out a little.
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There are other things the Google is doing that pretty much suck. They are getting to be the big boy on the block, and acting like a bully. Still they do good things. Where would we be without Android. Neither Apple, nor MS have provided a decent solution.
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Some eager European fans of Microsoft's next-gen console will have to wait until next year to get their hands on it -- unless they live in the U.K., Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Austria, or Italy. No fragging for you
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Or spend an extra 20 Euros to have one shipped from a neighboring country?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
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Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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Inconceivable!
The EU doesn't all such things without first filling out filling out fourteen forms and getting authorization from The Hague, do they? (I also see that Belgium is on the list for the delay, so getting that authorization from The Hague might be difficult). 
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As the internet grows older, more countries are putting restrictions on certain activities. Some areas of the world are completely shut off from entire chunks of the web. In an effort to combat this, the Pirate Bay has launched the Pirate Browser, a custom web browser that aims to circumvent internet censorship. It uses HTTPaaaaarrrrrrrr!
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Hiring the right programmers is key for development, but it can be a nightmare to find time to administer coding tests and interview candidates. So rather than relying on a scripted phone round that potential hires can easily game, the mobile consulting firm Mutual Mobile is implementing more pragmatic screening in which candidates have to fix a broken app and run it in order to get to the next round of interviews. That’s it. Don't bother hiring, just keep interviewing until the app is done!
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Microsoft continues to finalize its Windows 8.1 update, but the company revealed today that it plans to make it available on October 18th. The free update will be listed in the Windows Store for existing Windows 8 users at 7AM ET on October 17th, with boxed copies, new hardware, and a full retail release on October 18th. Just in time for all those holiday requests for tech support from relatives
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They're actually posting something for download in the Windows Store? There must be lots of space available on there and not much to compete with so download speeds will be impressive.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Two ears and a tail for you, good one.
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No matter which CPU you choose, these new Mac Pros are looking like they’re going to be pretty expensive if you want a good amount of CPU power. Typically, the outgoing Mac Pro has been priced at about $2000 plus the CPU cost (or more), with the entry CPU being a few hundred bucks (and really not worth buying), and that’s without the dual high-powered workstation GPUs that the new Mac Pro will apparently have standard. Today's totally predictable headline (for your consideration)
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Microsoft shows off some numbers, and one reveals very much. This news item best viewed on Internet Explorer
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