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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

Ok, we complain all the time about professional athletes making millions of dollars for playing a game. But you know what? These guys don't make nearly as much as the buisness leaders of today. Prime example is Bill Gates. He's worth billions but do we make fun of him? No, we wish we were like him. But we whine when atheltes want a couple million more when Bill looses that much when his stock looses a quarter a point. I say more power to the major league players who make millions. If they get paid big bucks for what they do best, good! Let them ask for more. I wish I could be paid that much for my tallents. And let's face it, if they weren't good, they wouldn't be in the majors.

Anyone object?

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Er, no one makes fun of Big Willy? Riiiiggghhht.

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Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :

As much as we hate window products and Bill Gates, at least his products are making contributions to the world in big scale. Suppose a wizzard makes all the window products vanish at this very moment, what will happen? The world will be surrounded by chaos. What if a drive by kill Shaq when he finish his practice? People will cry and mourn, and after five minutes, they get on with their life.

Should athletes or movie stars makes money like everyone else? Yes, they should; people won't object if the athletes make a little more money because they're really that good. But when their contributions does not equal to their incomes, and they're making 20 millions a year for shooting hoops, then no.

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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

Your analogy of Shaq and the wizzard isn't quite right. If you just take away Shaq, then all you can take away is Billy-boy. Life would go on quite well either way. But if you take away windows products then you take away all things related to basketball. That would be a major blow too, but smaller and a lot easier to recover from. He makes much less than Bill, so I'd say that it's proportional.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

The best way to look at this is by what the world would be like if they'd never existed. baseball would still have gone on. but the Microsoft/Windows empire hung on Bill, and without him, APPLE might rule the market. *shudder*

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Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :

KILL YOURSELF BEFORE THE BIG RED APPLE GETS YOU!!!!!!

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

Hey, I like Apple computers. I really do.

They make a satisfying "crunch" sound when you toss them off the roof of a 19-story college dormitory.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

You're all a bunch of Satanists. Because, Bill Gates is Satan.

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Posted by Fructose (Member # 309) on :

Well, if you use any windows related product then you are using a tool of the devil, Frank.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Any Microsoft product, even. Microsoft is evil and it corrupts your soul.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

That's why I store my soul in a jar I keep buried in the backyard.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Given a choice between having a soul, and having more than one mouse button, I'd plump for the option that doens't assume I'm a complete spaz.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

You can get a multiple-button mouse for the Mac if you want, but it's not a requirement.

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Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :

Real mice only have one button.

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Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

Real Mice have one button, really, since when? I bet that would hurt to surgically implant a button on mouse...Oh you mean computer mice, gotcha

Hey Frank doesn't Microsoft own a part of Apple, hey and don't they build software for Mac's.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Microsoft still has some (non-voting) stock, I think. They have Mac versions of Office etc., but I avoid all that.

Posted by BlueElectron (Member # 281) on :

Window is an unstable platform, I'll grant you that.

But man compare to all the "home-use" word processer in the market, Office clearly comes out at the top of its' league.

Not to mention how much better IE is compare to Netscape.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I use pico and BBEdit for word processing.

IE is not better than Netscape. :P

Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Netscape Communicator :
  1. Slow rendering of webpages
  2. Advanced features are easily accessible
  3. Proper rendering of webpages
Internet Explorer :
  1. Fast rendering of webpages
  2. Advanced features are well hidden
  3. Improper/screwed rendering of webpages

So, as you can see, Netscape Communicator is for the user who:
  1. Prefers to wait a little while for a properly displayed webpage
  2. Uses advanced options frequently
And, Internet Explorer is for the user who:
  1. Will sacrifice looks, in the interests of very speedy loading
  2. Does not use advanced options, and prefers simplicity

I don't really see what all the fuss is about, as long as you can freely use whatever browser you want. IE's for the morons, Netscape's for the geeks -- let it be as simple as that. *L* :-P

Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I prefered Netscape, till IE5 came out. I have dumped Netscape.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Typical male behaviour might I say. Something better comes along, and your dump your previous love.

Either that, or you stick with her no matter how crap she is.

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