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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
"Montblack" wrote http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/see-say2.htm This is about where I got left in the dust! Me too! I figure if all else fails, I really didn't want to see the clip, that bad! g All bets are off, for that RC Airbus 380, though. I would have really missed seeing that one! What do you figure that cost? My guess is 16 to 18 thousand. Anyone want to write me a check for that amount? I'll teach you to fly it! Jim (with an Airbus 380 type certification) in NC |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
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"Peter Duniho" wrote: It's not at all odd. Microsoft has a long history of breaking industry standards in order to foster incompatibilities that make its competitors products appear inferior. Now you're being ridiculous. That statement is just like the idiotic accusations from the Firefox-worshipers that Microsoft is bad because IE works with poorly-written HTML, even HTML that doesn't conform to the standards. [snip] It cracks me up, people who go around claiming Microsoft is guilty of some conspiracy, when what they've actually done is improve the end-user experience. They don't do it for the purpose of making their competitors products look inferior. Their competitors products ARE inferior. It's not Microsoft's fault that the competitors wind up looking poor in comparison. Not that the Linux/Firefox/etc apologists will ever accept this truth. But anyone who isn't blinded by their prejudice does. now who is being ridiculous? -- Bob Noel no one likes an educated mule |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video -impressive!
Peter Duniho wrote:
"Ron Garret" wrote in message ... It's not at all odd. Microsoft has a long history of breaking industry standards in order to foster incompatibilities that make its competitors products appear inferior. Now you're being ridiculous. That statement is just like the idiotic accusations from the Firefox-worshipers that Microsoft is bad because IE works with poorly-written HTML, even HTML that doesn't conform to the standards. As I mentioned in my reply to Stefan, the end-user doesn't give a crap about whether standards were conformed to. They care about seeing the web page, and they care about it being displayed correctly. It cracks me up, people who go around claiming Microsoft is guilty of some conspiracy, when what they've actually done is improve the end-user experience. They don't do it for the purpose of making their competitors products look inferior. Their competitors products ARE inferior. It's not Microsoft's fault that the competitors wind up looking poor in comparison. Not that the Linux/Firefox/etc apologists will ever accept this truth. But anyone who isn't blinded by their prejudice does. This is too funny. Matt |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video -impressive!
How in the world can this be a bad thing? The user doesn't give a crap
whether the server is providing accurate information or not. Well, that's another way to invite trojan horses in. Say it's one thing (to get past certain filters) and then actually =be= something else (which the computer will figure out). The same game is played with file extensions and (Windows) Explorer. Name an executable with a double extension and it will show up as one thing, and =do= something else. Not that there's much of a defense when it comes to software. :/ Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
In article ,
"Peter Duniho" wrote: "Ron Garret" wrote in message ... It's not at all odd. Microsoft has a long history of breaking industry standards in order to foster incompatibilities that make its competitors products appear inferior. Now you're being ridiculous. That statement is just like the idiotic accusations from the Firefox-worshipers that Microsoft is bad because IE works with poorly-written HTML, even HTML that doesn't conform to the standards. As I mentioned in my reply to Stefan, the end-user doesn't give a crap about whether standards were conformed to. They care about seeing the web page, and they care about it being displayed correctly. It cracks me up, people who go around claiming Microsoft is guilty of some conspiracy, when what they've actually done is improve the end-user experience. First, the fact that Microsoft has engaged in criminal conspiracies (and actual criminal acts by the way) is a matter of record. That's "conspiracies" and "acts" -- both plural. Second, engaging in a conspiracy and improving the user experience are not mutually exclusive. Third, whether Microsoft really improves the user's experience is arguable. The customers of drug dealers probably think that they are having a good user experience too. (The drug-dealer metaphor is actually pretty apt. Once you start using Microsoft products it is very hard to quit even if you want to, and it generally involves a long and painful detoxification process.) I don't want to get too deeply into an argument about Microsoft, but I'll just point out one thing that is relevant to the current situation: the only reason we even have to have content-type headers is because Microsoft led us down a path where files as a matter of course do not contain their own metadata. But most people are so ignorant that they don't even know what that means, let alone understand that Microsoft is responsible for this sorry state of affairs. They don't do it for the purpose of making their competitors products look inferior. Of course they do. Not that an apologist for Microsoft will ever accept this truth. rg |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
Cites for Microsoft criminal acts please. Microsoft has been the target
of numerous civil lawsuits including one big one with the DOJ, but none for criminal acts that I can find on the Internet. Confusing criminal and civil acts sort of knocks credibility out of one's arguments. "Ron Garret" wrote in message news:rNOSPAMon- First, the fact that Microsoft has engaged in criminal conspiracies (and actual criminal acts by the way) is a matter of record. That's "conspiracies" and "acts" -- both plural. |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
Ron Garret wrote: In article , snip It's not at all odd. Microsoft has a long history of breaking industry standards in order to foster incompatibilities that make its competitors products appear inferior. As I see it Microsoft and Apple/Mac are the ordinary everyday user standards. Each write software for their own platform. If the user is unable to open a file with one program surely they have the acumen to try other programs ? And yes I also use Linux. |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
In article rlsbf.8816$dU6.2588@trnddc03, "sfb" wrote:
Cites for Microsoft criminal acts please. http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+convicted rg |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video - impressive!
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Ron Garret wrote: In article rlsbf.8816$dU6.2588@trnddc03, "sfb" wrote: Cites for Microsoft criminal acts please. http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+convicted So I am not a lawyer, and I concede that I did confuse "criminal act" and "breaking the law", which are not the same thing (though I'm still not entirely clear on where the distinction lies). I should have said: "The fact that Microsoft has engaged in conspiracies to break the law (and been convicted of illegal acts) is a matter of record. That's "conspiracies" and "acts" -- both plural." Nonetheless, Microsoft has been convicted at least once of an actual criminal act, as the above link documents. rg |
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Boeing 747 & 777 autoland in crosswind certification video -impressive!
It cracks me up, people who go around claiming Microsoft is guilty of some
conspiracy, when what they've actually done is improve the end-user experience. They don't do it for the purpose of making their competitors products look inferior. Their competitors products ARE inferior. It's not Microsoft's fault that the competitors wind up looking poor in comparison. Actually they are more subtle. They ignore the standards, creating variants of features that only work properly for those who use Microsoft products to access them. Then most of the world creates product that works with the Microsoft feature set, because that's what most of the world has. Case in point: Microsoft Front Page. Once in Front Page, always in Front Page. Only works with Front Page. Requires the server to have Front Page. But everyone =has= Front Page already, so there you go. Nonetheless, Front Page cannot be described politely. They call this "improving the end-user experience". What this has to do with the 747 I don't really know. Jose -- Money: what you need when you run out of brains. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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