Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc_at_conman.org>
Date: Tue Apr 23 11:47:08 2002

It was thus said that the Great Richard Erlacher once stated:
>
> > PDF seems to be a very popular format these days and that's based upon
> > PostScript. You can still get printers that support PostScript but hey, if
> > PostScript isn't your bag, then there are programs to convert the output
> > from TeX/LaTeX into your favorite printer format (as long as documentation
> > exists for it that is).
>
> Which is why PS is of no particular use to most of us.

  What's this ``most of us'' business, Kimosabe? PostScript is of
apparently no use to you; extrapolating that to the rest of the world is a
leap of logic. By your logic, the world has no use for Unix and people who
use it are deluding themselves, yet I still know a majority of people that
use it.

> > You're going to have to write an assembler too, else you end up with a
> > useless piece of silicon. Face it---without software, programmable hardware
> > isn't going to do much other than be an expensive paperweight. I would
> > contend that without software, then who in their right mind is going to use
> > your hardware?
> >
> Well, you CAN design in a core for which you've already got an assembler.

  If you have an assembler for a core, wouldn't you then just use the
existing core? Call me silly, but to me that sounds like it wouldn't
contribute to the bottom line since you are spending time designing a core
which already exists.

> > -spc (Guess its back to using the abacus to keep business records ... )
>
> The abacus is in the facilities column, which is overhead, and using it is
> overhead.

  Well gee, the box I use to store the money is is also overhead then.
Might as well toss that out, along with the abacus.

  -spc (Sheesh)
Received on Tue Apr 23 2002 - 11:47:08 BST