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Top 5 Submerging Technologies Pinpointed
An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld makes its picks of five 'submerging' (i.e. dying) technologies, as the article asks 'Where are the review committees for obsolete technologies?' The picks, made by 'corporate IT managers and analysts', include Windows 9x, client/server computing and Visual Basic 6."
I'd like to submerge 'corporate IT managers and analysts'.
BSD.
(joke!!)
.. I think they need to include the computerworld.com webserver on the list..
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Well, the title of the article was supposed to be "5 Technologies That Our Advertisers Want You To Replace With Their Latest & Greatest, Very Expensive and Awe-Inspiring Technology." But that took up too much space...
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Remember kids, there are two kinds of vessel in the ocean...submarines, and targets.
-- There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Someone alert the nearly 1 billion web users worldwide.
for my 6 yr old I painted the right mouse button red and told her "dont touch it or you will break the computer"
First, they're already in Hell - or Utah, at least (which, for our purposes, we will assume similar).
Second, you do know that SCO is located in Utah, don't you? And so, what can we derive from these two facts?
It is clear that Utah-based companies have extreme trouble finding qualified people to run their organizations, seeing that Utah is an equivalent to Hell. As such, anyone who invests in a company that is headquartered in Utah, or buys a product from the same, is taking a large risk, as one cannot depend on that company's survival. I call this the "No Utah" guideline of product selection. It has kept me out of trouble for years. Also see my forthcoming article, "Why There Are No Montana-Based Hi-Tech Products (or, Cows Don't Buy Chips - They Make Their Own!)"
That is all.
Nick (age 5 - just started kindergarten), has no trouble using both mouse buttons as well as the wheel in the middle.
Alex (age 2+5/6), has a bit of trouble using the mouse. He tends to click the wrong button. However he hasn't completely gotten the idea that he has to put the mouse cursor on top of the thing he wants to click yet. Kiddie programs written for a kid his age are not very difficult. If you can slide the mouse back & forth, you'll have no trouble.
Bethany (age 1/2), just sits there & slobbers on the computer. She might be the wisest of them all.
Of course, it all depends on the backgrounds of the kids. I've got computers in my house. Their daycare center has computers. The elementary school has computers. Not every child grows up in the same environment.