Okay, reading the article now, it looks like only the Slashdot summary uses the word "theory" in this way, not the article. Still, in general, the point stands.
Yes, and I have a big problem with them being called "theories." They are at best hypotheses, and likely pure speculation. Scientists get mad when creationists say, "Oh, but you call it the THEORY of Evolution, that means it's not necessarily true!" and say creationists don't know the meaning of the word theory. Ok, then, use it correctly yourselves.
...for humanities PhD grads is to add a required class in which they are taught all the nuanced ways in each regional dialect to say, "Would you like fries with that?"
People with heavy data processing requirements were mostly using DOS/VSE on S/370 and 4300 mainframes. No timesharing in DOS. It was still extremely common in industry to have people sitting with coding forms that were then passed to data preparation teams for punching. I've sat with teams painstakingly writing DOS JCL onto coding sheets.
If you were a larger user that could justify the investment in MVS, you could potentially use the Time Sharing Option, an interactive environment with a reputation for being cumbersome and inefficient - you'd only extend the "luxury "of using it to a comparatively few select people.
You didn't need MVS to do time sharing. 4300 series IBM mainframes ran VM/CMS which wasn't as hefty as MVS, true, but it could support many users.
I started as a freshman in Computer Science in 1981 and we had to use punched cards for the first semester. We had an IBM 4341 and started off in Watfive (the successor to Watfor, Waterloo Fortran). They had IBM 3277s and later 3278 terminals, but the intro class didn't get to use them until the next year; I was right at the tail end. Once again, when I got my first job in 1986 I had to use punched cards for 6 months until my Secret clearance came in because until I was cleared I couldn't log on. My boss just put his job card at the front of the deck and they would grab me the printout afterwards. This was probably against the rules, but we didn't deal with Secret data, nevertheless the rules were it was a secure computer and you had to be cleared to log on. After that, you guessed it, it was a 4341 departmental mini-mainframe with 3277 and 3278 terminals, and there was a large loud line printer and 9 track hand mounted tapes. Good times.
You may be correct, I have not used it much. All the better reason for them to run an evaluation. I personally have never rotated an image at arbitrary angles, and maybe his shop does, so it would be a deal breaker and they would find that out quickly. All the more reason to run a series of tests before full implementation.
Wish I had some mod points, this is a great step that the submitter didn't mention that could give 90% of your answer very quickly. Put LibreOffice on a few machines and have them use that for a while. If they are baffled and can't cope, end of story right there. If they take to it like a breeze, you can probably pilot it to more people. You should be able to tell by taking a few intermediate steps like this.
Given his performance-nature of his stunts, think of it like the guy who juggles chainsaws, a not-recommended use of the device, that could, and in this case did, lead to injury and death.
Actually, juggling chainsaws, while somewhat dangerous, isn't as bad as it looks. Even though the motor is running, the chain is not moving, at least with a stock chainsaw. You have to press on the trigger for the chain to move. Fucking safety interlocks, how do they work?
Too bad I don't have mod points, I get them very often. Treating your employees like criminals is stupid. And you are 100% right about Ford, but for better or worse the world is different now in many ways, Apple's employees are a tiny part of the total population.
I don't think you have to assume malicious behavior for this to be a real mess. The only way it would work properly is if every car on the road had one of these and they were all in working order. Shit, some people can't even be bothered to fix their headlights unless they get a ticket.
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It's actually OBD II, not ODB II. I bet you are in the software industry. :)
Not only didn't you RTFA, you didn't read the first fucking line of the summary. Wow.
Okay, reading the article now, it looks like only the Slashdot summary uses the word "theory" in this way, not the article. Still, in general, the point stands.
Yes, and I have a big problem with them being called "theories." They are at best hypotheses, and likely pure speculation. Scientists get mad when creationists say, "Oh, but you call it the THEORY of Evolution, that means it's not necessarily true!" and say creationists don't know the meaning of the word theory. Ok, then, use it correctly yourselves.
Citations haven't been built since the 1985 model year.
The latency for a WoW player on the moon would be a bitch, though.
...for humanities PhD grads is to add a required class in which they are taught all the nuanced ways in each regional dialect to say, "Would you like fries with that?"
To paraphrase Homer: To explosions! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
People with heavy data processing requirements were mostly using DOS/VSE on S/370 and 4300 mainframes. No timesharing in DOS. It was still extremely common in industry to have people sitting with coding forms that were then passed to data preparation teams for punching. I've sat with teams painstakingly writing DOS JCL onto coding sheets.
If you were a larger user that could justify the investment in MVS, you could potentially use the Time Sharing Option, an interactive environment with a reputation for being cumbersome and inefficient - you'd only extend the "luxury "of using it to a comparatively few select people.
You didn't need MVS to do time sharing. 4300 series IBM mainframes ran VM/CMS which wasn't as hefty as MVS, true, but it could support many users.
I started as a freshman in Computer Science in 1981 and we had to use punched cards for the first semester. We had an IBM 4341 and started off in Watfive (the successor to Watfor, Waterloo Fortran). They had IBM 3277s and later 3278 terminals, but the intro class didn't get to use them until the next year; I was right at the tail end. Once again, when I got my first job in 1986 I had to use punched cards for 6 months until my Secret clearance came in because until I was cleared I couldn't log on. My boss just put his job card at the front of the deck and they would grab me the printout afterwards. This was probably against the rules, but we didn't deal with Secret data, nevertheless the rules were it was a secure computer and you had to be cleared to log on. After that, you guessed it, it was a 4341 departmental mini-mainframe with 3277 and 3278 terminals, and there was a large loud line printer and 9 track hand mounted tapes. Good times.
How did this get posted? Golf??!
Obviously you're not a golfer.
You may be correct, I have not used it much. All the better reason for them to run an evaluation. I personally have never rotated an image at arbitrary angles, and maybe his shop does, so it would be a deal breaker and they would find that out quickly. All the more reason to run a series of tests before full implementation.
Wish I had some mod points, this is a great step that the submitter didn't mention that could give 90% of your answer very quickly. Put LibreOffice on a few machines and have them use that for a while. If they are baffled and can't cope, end of story right there. If they take to it like a breeze, you can probably pilot it to more people. You should be able to tell by taking a few intermediate steps like this.
Well, now you've gone and commented and removed your moderation. I blame Obama.
My story was about the same. It's probably still somewhere in my mom's basement.
A clutch, perhaps?
Okay, but effectively yours works the same way. If the chainsaw is idling, the chain is not turning.
Given his performance-nature of his stunts, think of it like the guy who juggles chainsaws, a not-recommended use of the device, that could, and in this case did, lead to injury and death.
Actually, juggling chainsaws, while somewhat dangerous, isn't as bad as it looks. Even though the motor is running, the chain is not moving, at least with a stock chainsaw. You have to press on the trigger for the chain to move. Fucking safety interlocks, how do they work?
Oh, so much this. I have been startled enough by this kind of thing that I jumped and looked around, probably yanking the steering wheel a bit.
Too bad I don't have mod points, I get them very often. Treating your employees like criminals is stupid. And you are 100% right about Ford, but for better or worse the world is different now in many ways, Apple's employees are a tiny part of the total population.
Many and varied. After all, in our own solar system, Earth, Uranus, and Neptune are all shades of blue.
The Department of Redundancy Department.
You mean it wasn't just a viral advertisement for next year's "average guy hunted down by the government for knowing too much" blockbuster movie?
"Enemy of the State 2: Electric Boogaloo"
Most of all,, we are sorry that we got caught stealing someone else's idea and then trademarking it.
I don't think you have to assume malicious behavior for this to be a real mess. The only way it would work properly is if every car on the road had one of these and they were all in working order. Shit, some people can't even be bothered to fix their headlights unless they get a ticket.