which is good for averaging but NOT good for spot measurements
Spot measurements? For speed? GPS does the same as any speed measurement - calculates the time it takes to cover a prescribed distance, if you know of another way I'd be interested;)
I guess so - but Candy?? In the BJPsy?? Over here we eat sweets! As far as I am concerned the whole premise is scuppered so the conclusions can go hang!
I wish I was a mouse. Then I'd get all the good cancer treatments.
Forgetting of course that the only reason you have cancer in the first place is because you were force fed 300 cigarettes per day. That's what I read anyway . . . and free cigarettes are cool, but that many!?
Ahh yes, you're right . . . I was completely ignorant, but thanks to your measured and intelligent response I did a bit of research and am suitably chastened. Thanks.
of course I was joking as I'm glad has been realised! My more normal approach is that if a user can use software incorrectly then it has design flaws which are the responsibility of the development team. Of course user education plays a part but as soon as I here a fellow developer start a review meeting with
I'm posting anonymously to avoid being a karma whore...
I know this is off-topic but surely the fact that you cared enough about your karma to post anonymously by definition means you are a karma whore. Or at least a karma hoarder. See what I did there?
Just because something is a bad decision doesn't mean someone won't make it.
If we take bad decisions to mean illogical decisions then you can't mitigate against them, simple as that. They come out of the blue and no amount of hand waving is gonna change the decision. And if you think presenting evidence of your good work will turn the tables then you don't understand the meaning off 'illogical'. So like the GP says, just do your job and you'll be fine . . .
For the moment, yes, the news is available for free elsewhere so why pay? The entire question is whether there will continue to be 49 free lanes on the highway.
Well I guess some free sites may hit the buffers in the future but given the BBC is the world's oldest broadcast organisation I don't see it going out of 'business' any time soon . . . I put business in quotes because it is publicly funded and only part of the BBC exists to make a profit. I think the model is sustainable, especially considering the high esteem in which the BBC is held both within Britain and throughout the world, it benefits no-one apart from the Murdoch's of this world to let public funded broadcasting go to the dogs.
Apple have time and again rejected an App before it ever reaches an iPhone, just check out their Developer forum for gripes and confusion. However I don't know of any examples where an App has actually been nuked after acceptance and in fact Jobs' comment about the hitherto mythical kill switch seems to suggest a policy almost exactly the same as Microsoft, i.e. if an App is accepted that steals user data or can otherwise be considered malware then Apple/Microsoft need a mechanism to disable it.
I guess this can be abused and it is unclear what constitutes malware, but I also believe had both Corp's not incorporated this facility in their platform then there would be a heap of lawsuits waiting for them when some malware started mailing users contacts all over the web!
While part of this may be due to difficulties adjusting to the support and driver distribution models prevalent in the Linux world, I suspect part of it is still due to threats and sanctions from Microsoft.
You missed out the main reason - lack of a market!
. . . well I'm hoping the sheep eating lizards found more than just evidence of 'land animals' else they would soon become 'fuck, where's the sheep?' lizards. Admittedly they sound dangerous too . . .
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Yeah, there was me worrying that these chaps wouldn't get their well earned billions.
which is good for averaging but NOT good for spot measurements
Spot measurements? For speed? GPS does the same as any speed measurement - calculates the time it takes to cover a prescribed distance, if you know of another way I'd be interested ;)
He's only one department - I guess the server's are provided elsewhere and focused on supporting the rest of the 'windows heavy environment'.
I really should stop messing with things necessary for my computer's operation without proper instruction.
You be careful you'll be calling yourself a Sysadmin before long!
whether I get the sniffles for a few days
as has been said elsewhere, you've never had the flu if all it represents to you is a few days of sniffles.
it is merely one tool that despots and dictators . . .
and those interested in maximising profit at the expense of all else . . .
The biggest danger to democracy I believe is the news feed, mindless aggregators which do not review, check or scrutinize news stories.
As oppose to FOX news and the rest of Murdoch's shoddy empire who are renowned for their scrupulous attention to journalistic detail!
well in europe we are one step ahead - Paedophiles and politicians are the same thing
Organic food is much better than inorganic food.
I guess so - but Candy?? In the BJPsy?? Over here we eat sweets! As far as I am concerned the whole premise is scuppered so the conclusions can go hang!
what other platform allows you to literally mix inline assembly within functional programming?
Delphi - since like about 1993
I really, really, really want to post a Whooosh but your reply was so nice and informative I couldn't bring myself to do it!
I wish I was a mouse. Then I'd get all the good cancer treatments.
Forgetting of course that the only reason you have cancer in the first place is because you were force fed 300 cigarettes per day. That's what I read anyway . . . and free cigarettes are cool, but that many!?
Ahh yes, you're right . . . I was completely ignorant, but thanks to your measured and intelligent response I did a bit of research and am suitably chastened. Thanks.
Nice rant but the twitterer is being served an injunction and not being sued at all . . .
Why not just bake the cake . . .
Bake it in a cake!? WTF!? News for Nerds my arse, we're all just wannabe housewives . . . from the thirties!
but they weren't supposed to use it like that!
then I know where the problem lies!
I'm posting anonymously to avoid being a karma whore...
I know this is off-topic but surely the fact that you cared enough about your karma to post anonymously by definition means you are a karma whore. Or at least a karma hoarder. See what I did there?
competently designed software obsoletes the user
Sorry? I'd like to see my competently designed word processing package write my dissertation for me . . .
I always employ the 'Shut the fuck up' protocol. Unfortunately for my testing team it is usually me who is shouting it . . .
Just because something is a bad decision doesn't mean someone won't make it.
If we take bad decisions to mean illogical decisions then you can't mitigate against them, simple as that. They come out of the blue and no amount of hand waving is gonna change the decision. And if you think presenting evidence of your good work will turn the tables then you don't understand the meaning off 'illogical'. So like the GP says, just do your job and you'll be fine . . .
Lice are still plentiful.
They may be as plentiful but they shower more, so less of those pesky bacteria things.
For the moment, yes, the news is available for free elsewhere so why pay? The entire question is whether there will continue to be 49 free lanes on the highway.
Well I guess some free sites may hit the buffers in the future but given the BBC is the world's oldest broadcast organisation I don't see it going out of 'business' any time soon . . . I put business in quotes because it is publicly funded and only part of the BBC exists to make a profit. I think the model is sustainable, especially considering the high esteem in which the BBC is held both within Britain and throughout the world, it benefits no-one apart from the Murdoch's of this world to let public funded broadcasting go to the dogs.
Apple have time and again rejected an App before it ever reaches an iPhone, just check out their Developer forum for gripes and confusion. However I don't know of any examples where an App has actually been nuked after acceptance and in fact Jobs' comment about the hitherto mythical kill switch seems to suggest a policy almost exactly the same as Microsoft, i.e. if an App is accepted that steals user data or can otherwise be considered malware then Apple/Microsoft need a mechanism to disable it.
I guess this can be abused and it is unclear what constitutes malware, but I also believe had both Corp's not incorporated this facility in their platform then there would be a heap of lawsuits waiting for them when some malware started mailing users contacts all over the web!
While part of this may be due to difficulties adjusting to the support and driver distribution models prevalent in the Linux world, I suspect part of it is still due to threats and sanctions from Microsoft.
You missed out the main reason - lack of a market!
So, aside from the sheep-eating lizards . . .
. . . well I'm hoping the sheep eating lizards found more than just evidence of 'land animals' else they would soon become 'fuck, where's the sheep?' lizards. Admittedly they sound dangerous too . . .