The PS2 had market share and lots of games, but I would argue that the GameCube had better, and more reliable, hardware. How many people are on their second or third PS2? The Xbox has also had its share of hardware problems. I'd like to see the optical drives replaced with flash cards, like on the Nintendo DS, if flash ever gets cheap enough.
The IRS is supposed to keep tax return information confidential, even from other government agencies. It doesn't all go into some master database, accessible to any peon who works for the government.
That doesn't help with Windows applications that depend on specific versions of various libraries and middleware. I've worked on Windows projects where it was a major pain in the neck to manage all the versions of various development tools and database access packages, ensuring that everyone, developers, testers and customers, were on the same page.
Even with Unix/Linux, you have dependencies on the kernel and database software.
Competitor? That must be why almost everything in OS/2 was covered with Microsoft copyright notices.
"I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to DOS, which has over 10,000,000 systems in use, it creates incredible opportunities for everyone involved with PCs."
-- Bill Gates, from "OS/2 Programmer's Guide" (forward by Bill Gates)
It's a question of timing. Somebody at Microsoft pulled a switch, and OS/2 stopped being the future of personal computing and became the enemy. Sort of like the old Soviet Union where they airbrushed people out of politburo photographs and printed "corrected" editions of history books. As a developer, I saw this first hand. Microsoft did everything in their power to kill OS/2. They wouldn't sell me a copy of MS C 6.0, the last version with OS/2 support. MS C 7.0 was stripped of support for OS/2 and wouldn't run under OS/2. They also purged the knowledge base.
Developers who had paid lots of money for the MS OS/2 2.0 SDK were totally screwed.
What about Microsoft's sudden move to DOS extenders that were incompatible with OS/2? They wasted no time in ripping out support for OS/2 and releasing new versions of products that would not run under OS/2. They may not have been technically part of Windows 3.1, but they included systems software that would not run under OS/2. This was before the release of Windows 95. They also fscked the developers who had paid big bucks for Microsoft's OS/2 2.0 SDK. All OS/2 products that were in the development pipeline were cancelled, even if they were in beta.
I'm using it for several useful services that would be a pain to switch to another email address. The good thing is that Yahoo's spam filters are very effective at dumping the spam into a "bulk folder".
Consider yourself lucky. I used a throwaway Yahoo Mail account to register with a questionable web site. Ever since, I've been bombarded with porn spam, every day. They also ignore all unsubscribe requests, even though they claim to honor them and obey all laws on bulk email.
While his actions weren't well thought through, they weren't malicious. It isn't smart to point out that the King has no clothes in any large bureaucracy, they tend to react by attacking the troublemaker.
I'd think that the FBI could afford to implement two-factor authentication for its employees.
You misunderstood what I said. I wasn't talking about speed, I was talking about functionality. Can it do X.
A priority scheduler isn't part of the definition of a real-time operating system. In fact, it isn't necessary, and just shows that you do not understand what an RTOS is. Two can play that game.
Obviously written by someone who never used OS/2. Microsoft went out of their way to sabotage OS/2 by "enhancing" Windows in ways that would be difficult or impossible for IBM to emulate.
You don't have to be a raving fundamentalist to have moral objections to the murder of sick people. As far as I'm concerned, withholding food and water from a patient in a hospital is murder.
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It was government licensing restrictions that killed it, idiotic things like not being allowed to encrypt our data links because the authorities wanted the content of transmissions to be visible to them.
Without that restriction, many countries would never have allowed their citizens to operate amateur radio stations. It may seem like paranoia to the average slashdotter, but amateur radio has only become as widespread as it has because it is transparent and easy to monitor. It's also why many countries have third-party and commercial traffic restrictions, so amateur radio wouldn't be perceived as a threat to state-owned telecommunications monopolies.
The real issue is that the shuttle could not survive a reentry with the landing gear deployed. Deploying the landing gear destroys the integrity of the thermal protection system, and there is no capability to retract the landing gear in flight.
Back in the real world... There are plenty of low-end jobs where it's company policy to pay the absolute minimum, raises are unheard of, and the manager is just another powerless serf with a fancy title. This is all determined by corporate policy, set at a high level.
Don't confuse the working conditions of the middle-class with the working conditions of the working poor.
I'd have to disagree with you. I've known people who stole from their employer and viewed it as an unofficial fringe benefit of the job. They were in minimum or low wage positions like cleaning and maintenance. As they explained it to me, the company tolerated a certain level of theft, as long as nobody got too greedy and the work got done. If the company cracked down, they would have a great deal of trouble finding replacements who were willing to do the work for the wages the company was willing to pay. It was simpler for everyone involved to tolerate the status quo.
I recently watched several documentaries on power distribution system maintenance. The thing that really got my attention is the fact that maintenance is almost always done on hot lines. That is the exact opposite of the what I was taught when I was an electronics technician. I'd want the power turned off and locked out before getting within 10 feet of any of that stuff.
I think your power grid has more serious problems if it is vulnerable to single points of failure. Transformers and cables can be expected to fail. A properly designed system has redundancy and excess capacity.
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The PS2 had market share and lots of games, but I would argue that the GameCube had better, and more reliable, hardware. How many people are on their second or third PS2? The Xbox has also had its share of hardware problems. I'd like to see the optical drives replaced with flash cards, like on the Nintendo DS, if flash ever gets cheap enough.
The IRS is supposed to keep tax return information confidential, even from other government agencies. It doesn't all go into some master database, accessible to any peon who works for the government.
Even with Unix/Linux, you have dependencies on the kernel and database software.
Dependencies. Package A is tested and certified to run with Foo 1.5 and Bar 2.0. Package B is tested and certified to run with Foo 2.0 and Bar 2.1.
Yes, I remember. I have Microsoft's tire tracks across my back.
It's also energy and nutrients that aren't being spent on more productive matters, like making more chickens.
It's a question of timing. Somebody at Microsoft pulled a switch, and OS/2 stopped being the future of personal computing and became the enemy. Sort of like the old Soviet Union where they airbrushed people out of politburo photographs and printed "corrected" editions of history books. As a developer, I saw this first hand. Microsoft did everything in their power to kill OS/2. They wouldn't sell me a copy of MS C 6.0, the last version with OS/2 support. MS C 7.0 was stripped of support for OS/2 and wouldn't run under OS/2. They also purged the knowledge base. Developers who had paid lots of money for the MS OS/2 2.0 SDK were totally screwed.
Why was Microsoft pushing Win32s and other technology that was incompatible with OS/2?
What about Microsoft's sudden move to DOS extenders that were incompatible with OS/2? They wasted no time in ripping out support for OS/2 and releasing new versions of products that would not run under OS/2. They may not have been technically part of Windows 3.1, but they included systems software that would not run under OS/2. This was before the release of Windows 95. They also fscked the developers who had paid big bucks for Microsoft's OS/2 2.0 SDK. All OS/2 products that were in the development pipeline were cancelled, even if they were in beta.
I'm using it for several useful services that would be a pain to switch to another email address. The good thing is that Yahoo's spam filters are very effective at dumping the spam into a "bulk folder".
Consider yourself lucky. I used a throwaway Yahoo Mail account to register with a questionable web site. Ever since, I've been bombarded with porn spam, every day. They also ignore all unsubscribe requests, even though they claim to honor them and obey all laws on bulk email.
I'd think that the FBI could afford to implement two-factor authentication for its employees.
A priority scheduler isn't part of the definition of a real-time operating system. In fact, it isn't necessary, and just shows that you do not understand what an RTOS is. Two can play that game.
Obviously written by someone who never used OS/2. Microsoft went out of their way to sabotage OS/2 by "enhancing" Windows in ways that would be difficult or impossible for IBM to emulate.
For some definition of RTOS. It's easy to pass a test if you are allowed to specify what constitutes adequate performance. It looks rather weak to me.
For another point of view, see http://www.notdeadyet.org/docs/articles.html#schia vo
Without that restriction, many countries would never have allowed their citizens to operate amateur radio stations. It may seem like paranoia to the average slashdotter, but amateur radio has only become as widespread as it has because it is transparent and easy to monitor. It's also why many countries have third-party and commercial traffic restrictions, so amateur radio wouldn't be perceived as a threat to state-owned telecommunications monopolies.
We can always use more organ donors.
The real issue is that the shuttle could not survive a reentry with the landing gear deployed. Deploying the landing gear destroys the integrity of the thermal protection system, and there is no capability to retract the landing gear in flight.
Back in the real world... There are plenty of low-end jobs where it's company policy to pay the absolute minimum, raises are unheard of, and the manager is just another powerless serf with a fancy title. This is all determined by corporate policy, set at a high level.
Don't confuse the working conditions of the middle-class with the working conditions of the working poor.
I'd have to disagree with you. I've known people who stole from their employer and viewed it as an unofficial fringe benefit of the job. They were in minimum or low wage positions like cleaning and maintenance. As they explained it to me, the company tolerated a certain level of theft, as long as nobody got too greedy and the work got done. If the company cracked down, they would have a great deal of trouble finding replacements who were willing to do the work for the wages the company was willing to pay. It was simpler for everyone involved to tolerate the status quo.
I recently watched several documentaries on power distribution system maintenance. The thing that really got my attention is the fact that maintenance is almost always done on hot lines. That is the exact opposite of the what I was taught when I was an electronics technician. I'd want the power turned off and locked out before getting within 10 feet of any of that stuff.
I think your power grid has more serious problems if it is vulnerable to single points of failure. Transformers and cables can be expected to fail. A properly designed system has redundancy and excess capacity.
What was that bright flash?
Our power line continuity tester!