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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kazan on October 20, 2010, 06:15:48 pm

Title: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 20, 2010, 06:15:48 pm
named "Bill Gates".

Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Sushi on October 20, 2010, 06:52:00 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 20, 2010, 06:15:48 pm
named "Bill Gates".

So you work for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?

Or perhaps you meant Steve Ballmer? :p

At any rate, congrats. :yes:
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: FUBAR-BDHR on October 20, 2010, 07:24:23 pm
If (!strcmp(Net_players[pn].m_player->short_callsign, "Kazan" ))
     Player_ship->team = Iff_traitor;

:P
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Nuclear1 on October 20, 2010, 07:33:19 pm
All Terran pilots:  shoot to kill Kazan 1 :p
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Galemp on October 20, 2010, 07:37:39 pm
Oh great, does this mean we're going to have seven different editions of PCS3?
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kosh on October 20, 2010, 08:07:31 pm
How does it feel to join the dark side?
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: MR_T3D on October 20, 2010, 08:41:47 pm
hey, at least it's not apple.


:nervous:
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Bob-san on October 20, 2010, 09:06:27 pm
Quote from: MR_T3D on October 20, 2010, 08:41:47 pm
hey, at least it's not apple.


:nervous:
He said the dark side, not the occult.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: NGTM-1R on October 20, 2010, 09:16:03 pm
Quote from: MR_T3D on October 20, 2010, 08:41:47 pm
hey, at least it's not apple.

:nervous:

That's sort of like saying "I'm crazy, but at least I haven't been huffing butane."
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 20, 2010, 09:32:08 pm
Quote from: Galemp on October 20, 2010, 07:37:39 pm
Oh great, does this mean we're going to have seven different editions of PCS3?

lol

Quote from: FUBAR-BDHR on October 20, 2010, 07:24:23 pm
If (!strcmp(Net_players[pn].m_player->short_callsign, "Kazan" ))
     Player_ship->team = Iff_traitor;

:P

rotfl


Bill is still the Chairman of the Board, so you can still say you work for him.

the dark side pays well.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: ssmit132 on October 20, 2010, 10:21:10 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 20, 2010, 09:32:08 pm
the dark side pays well.
Obligatory TV Tropes link. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilPaysBetter)
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: SpardaSon21 on October 20, 2010, 10:25:51 pm
NOOOO!  I clicked it!
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: IceFire on October 20, 2010, 10:41:17 pm
Congratulations Kazan! I considered working for the man too... pay is definitely a good thing when you're thinking about various priorities. I hope you enjoy your new job... that's the key thing!
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: spyderrock48 on October 20, 2010, 11:00:51 pm
well, good for you, i happen to not liek apple, so WO! lol
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Bobboau on October 21, 2010, 12:24:14 am
of all people...
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 04:35:43 am
lol :P
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: vyper on October 21, 2010, 08:18:16 am
 :wakka:
Let's (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=20948.msg415415#msg415415) hope they never (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=41669.msg849814#msg849814) google you (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=3989.0).

Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 08:21:53 am
Quote from: vyper on October 21, 2010, 08:18:16 am
:wakka:
Let's (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=20948.msg415415#msg415415) hope they never (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=41669.msg849814#msg849814) google you (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=3989.0).



they'd have to know to google that :D

and yes i'm fairly disapproving to their Core OS group... even now that i know WHY the core OS group is the way it is.  Understanding has blunted the hostility though.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: achtung on October 21, 2010, 09:01:27 am
Just don't be swallowed up and decide everything you ever release should be so deeply dependent on MS oddities that it could never be ported to Linux and Mac.

Oh, and don't turn into a Bing fanboy either.
 
:)
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 10:21:04 am
none of those will happen :D

just because i'm working on Windows Server Cluster/Windows Fabric doesn't mean i'm goin to make my code depdnant on MS - i consider that bad coding - fails portability/maintainability testing.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: The E on October 21, 2010, 10:30:55 am
Yes. What's good for the Office team is not good for everyone.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Bobboau on October 21, 2010, 12:30:45 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 08:21:53 am
even now that i know WHY the core OS group is the way it is.  Understanding has blunted the hostility though.

can you tell us or NDA?
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Angelus on October 21, 2010, 12:43:31 pm
Can we get Win 7 now for a employee discount?
Can we expect that the next service pack has a buildin PCS?
What's the chances of getting some coders for the SCP?

 :P

Don't look at me funneh! We have someone on the source, and it'd be awesome if "the company" help us out here, wouldn't it?  :P
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 12:53:25 pm
Quote from: Bobboau on October 21, 2010, 12:30:45 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 08:21:53 am
even now that i know WHY the core OS group is the way it is.  Understanding has blunted the hostility though.

can you tell us or NDA?

i can tell you.

it's because back in the 1980s and most of the 1990s the Core OS devs completely ignored most of the bug reports from the Core OS testers as such things as "the user would never do that!" combined with their refusal to break reverse compatibility with apps even when that reverse compatibility requires emulating bugged behavior
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Rodo on October 21, 2010, 12:57:38 pm
oh my....reverse compatibility...

but wait, they're still doing that, Win7 has that emulator thingy right?

on topic: congrats for the new job!
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Mongoose on October 21, 2010, 04:02:59 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 21, 2010, 10:21:04 am
just because i'm working on Windows Server Cluster/Windows Fabric doesn't mean i'm goin to make my code depdnant on MS - i consider that bad coding - fails portability/maintainability testing.
Windows Fabric: now in muslin!
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Turambar on October 21, 2010, 11:11:53 pm
Can you convince them to make Games for Windows Live suck less?  Or perhaps make it suck less yourself?

Apparently, it's a ***** to deal with and everyone who has to program functionality for it hates it.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Mongoose on October 21, 2010, 11:25:56 pm
Get them to call the next OS version Windows 9 to confuse everyone. :p
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: DarkBasilisk on October 22, 2010, 12:04:41 am
One of the guys i knew at school was working for Microsoft as an internship or something for a while, when we found out we all started making the obligatory jokes until :

"Ha ha--I MADE $25,000!"

Damnit. evil really does pay well.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: JGZinv on October 22, 2010, 05:56:52 am
I want IPX support back in 64bit Vista/7... or at least a darn emulator that'll convert IPX to TCP/IP.
It's possible in 32bit supposedly... I even bypassed 64bit digital signature requirements and it won't work. Arrgh.

Oh, and congrats on finding a job in such a cruddy economy.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: ssmit132 on October 22, 2010, 11:16:10 pm
While you're there, can you prevent things like this from occuring? :P

(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3327/iknewwindowswasbloatedb.png)

Spoiler:
I was copying files out of my Macrium backup, and I found that Windows was reporting something as 64.0 PB in size. I tracked it down to a file buried in some MSN user stuff. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to show Microsoft and that size. :P
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Scourge of Ages on October 22, 2010, 11:45:53 pm
64 petabytes? That doesn't seem pysically possible...  :eek:
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Bobboau on October 23, 2010, 12:56:51 am
wow, MS must be ****ing awesome if they can pull that off.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 23, 2010, 07:00:59 am
every single one of these MS bugs that have been posted are from the Core OS group, i'm not on the Core OS group
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Nuke on October 23, 2010, 11:52:46 am
just make future versions of windows suck less
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: SpardaSon21 on October 23, 2010, 12:50:34 pm
Quote from: ssmit132 on October 22, 2010, 11:16:10 pm
While you're there, can you prevent things like this from occuring? :P
*snip*
Quote from: Scourge of Ages on October 22, 2010, 11:45:53 pm
64 petabytes? That doesn't seem pysically possible...  :eek:
I know.  Is ssmit going to follow up by beating someone to death with his own skull?
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 23, 2010, 03:25:29 pm
Quote from: Nuke on October 23, 2010, 11:52:46 am
just make future versions of windows suck less

i'm not on the Core OS team
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Turambar on October 23, 2010, 03:32:55 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 23, 2010, 03:25:29 pm
Quote from: Nuke on October 23, 2010, 11:52:46 am
just make future versions of windows suck less

i'm not on the Core OS team

So what team are you on?
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: Kazan on October 23, 2010, 03:34:08 pm
Quote from: Turambar on October 23, 2010, 03:32:55 pm
Quote from: Kazan on October 23, 2010, 03:25:29 pm
Quote from: Nuke on October 23, 2010, 11:52:46 am
just make future versions of windows suck less

i'm not on the Core OS team

So what team are you on?

as stated previous - Windows Server Cluster and Windows Fabric - not Core OS, programs that run on it that are bundled as part of the server edition.
Title: Re: I now work for the man...
Post by: The E on October 26, 2010, 06:12:06 pm
Spleatthrid.

We now return you to Kazan's professional life at Microsoft.

Which isn't the right place to air your grievances with whatever crimes to humanity you think MS has committed.