Microsoft is ignorant of the actual cause of this. Or at least one cause.
For decades this has been a problem, in several different ways.
If a popup window appears when someone is actually working, whatever they are typing is suddenly diverted into the popup window. The popup can receive that and close, so fast that the user might not even see it. And not even know what they have "agreed" to! This means that, technically, it is not possible to show that a user has agreed to -anything-. And none of the "agreements" are binding, for anything.
Unix and Linux and most others do Not do this. It takes a mouse click to select the popup on other OS types.
Microsoft is not propperly testing stuff and might not even know how... 8-(
This is a good idea. However, there are a couple of drawbacks: 1. Android tablets like to go to sleep when they aren't being used. The longest wake time is 30 minutes, there is no "never" setting. 2. Because the display is backlit, it would have to be plugged in constantly. Not a deal-breaker, but the battery would tend to wear out relatively quickly. And since you typically can't replace the battery, you have to replace the whole device.
Still, I like it!
Run an app that will "kick" the tablet and make it stay awake. I bet there is a Clock app that already does that!
Replace the battery with a Zener diode and a couple of signal diodes. That should fool the tablet into thinking it has a battery, as long as it is plugged in. Probem is, you would loose the battery-backup effect. Does the app restart and resynch after power fail?
But maybe the modern smart chargers can preserve the battery, even when always plugged in.
You can get clocks, for a reasonable price, that stay within seconds for months or years. But it's not so easy to tell, when you buy it, just how accurate it will be.
The one we have was from a craft store, to make crafted clock faces and then just insert the mechanism. But I have seen others.
Maybe you just buy the cheapest clocks you can find? Not smart with anything... 8-)
For almost a hundred years, many of the businesses and schools have wall clocks that set each day from a time pulse wire, that is wired thoughout the buildings. They were 60Hz electric and stayed pretty close over the day. At midnight the "master" clock would pulse the wire and all the others would jump to the midnight time. They just needed something to set the "master" clock to, in the main office. Some set it better than others.
... The problem with investing more trust in the state is the fact that all of those schmucks you don't trust to run their own lives are the ones in the government.
In related news, a study has reported that if automobile brake mechanisms were redesigned to stay applied all of the time, it would reduce automobile deaths by 99%. !! 8-}
Compilers resemble expert systems. They helped early programs become ten times more productive than machine/assembly language programs....
That's quite true, compilers, and later on linkers, were a huge advance over the previous ways of building software.
And it is continuing. If you want to see an example of AI working with Programmers as a team, see the Template driven Code Generators used in the Clarion development system. http://www.softvelocity.com/
If you don't want to get replaced, then don't be one of the ones who -needs- to be replaced!
To quote an old saying: "If Engineers built buildings like Programmers write programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization!"
Spoken as an Engineer, of course... but working in software. 8-)
By the way, you "old" guys could be my illegitimate children! 8-P
... Though I readily admit none of those things are "indulge in superstition."
Don't fool yourself! People indulge in superstition a lot, even educated ones. It's just not the same superstition. For instance, the belief that putting computers in things can fix any problem is quite superstitious (at least as believed by non-programmers).
True, computers are better at maintaining attention. But much of what humans do is sub-consious automatic procedures, that they don't even know they are doing.
Besides, humans are not that bad as drivers. Keep in mind that the news media report only the disasters, with no sense of proportion about how bad the problems are. In short, the news people lie to get viewers. And always have. The Autodrive cars are going to have to go quite well to really be better. Even taking account of the humans driving while reading!
What worries me is that there will be a lot of autodrive cars out there, before they find out they have bad problems. But at least Google is running test trips for a while, maybe they will learn some things.
That's true where the environment is reletively low noise, like in gunnery and missile tracking. And computer systems are good at sequential multistage math, and at maintaining attention and focus for long periods.
But in complex environments with muliple type of high noise sources, such as a busy city street, it is quite different. The computer systems can get very slow, very soon. The problem with the predictions of what will be done in the future, is that many making predictions have no idea of the complexity of the "real world"! 8-)
The idea that computers are faster than humans, in this sort of real-world problem, is a fantasy. The human brain is massivly parallel processing and is at least an order of magnitude faster than computers in this kind of thing.
Don't be fooled by "Superman is invulnerable" type of supersticious thinking that is common in the public media. It ain't true! 8-}
If the Engineers are working on a bridge in an environment with poor quality-control, and they're being told to implement a bad spec, would you blame the Engineers?
The answer is Yes, but not just them, others as well.
... Or are you prepared to pay a subscription or fee for every website that you use?
Yes, I am willing to pay a subscription to sites I like and use regularly. Provided it at least limits the adds! Bad as it is, I would pay for SlashDot, because the others are much worse. Of course, it depends on the price...
What happened to "If its not broke, don't fix it" mentality?...
The mentality died when people realised the car was faster than the horse. It was a stupid mentality anyway accepted by people who don't think for themselves....
Actually, 90% or more of new things are gone within a year. Trying all of them is a terrible waste of time!
Pick out the ones that make sense to your needs. But jumping on every new thing is for corporate salesmen and fraud artists! 8-P
Look around. Read the posts. Ladies and gentlemen, watch Slashdot being transformed into a right wing echo chamber. Behold, the paid posters, who's job description is to participate in what initially looks like actual debate,...
"Me'thinks he doest protest -too- much!" Earning your pay... eh, what?
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Microsoft is ignorant of the actual cause of this. Or at least one cause.
For decades this has been a problem, in several different ways.
If a popup window appears when someone is actually working, whatever they are typing is suddenly diverted into the popup window. The popup can receive that and close, so fast that the user might not even see it. And not even know what they have "agreed" to!
This means that, technically, it is not possible to show that a user has agreed to -anything-. And none of the "agreements" are binding, for anything.
Unix and Linux and most others do Not do this. It takes a mouse click to select the popup on other OS types.
Microsoft is not propperly testing stuff and might not even know how... 8-(
This is a good idea. However, there are a couple of drawbacks:
1. Android tablets like to go to sleep when they aren't being used. The longest wake time is 30 minutes, there is no "never" setting.
2. Because the display is backlit, it would have to be plugged in constantly. Not a deal-breaker, but the battery would tend to wear out relatively quickly. And since you typically can't replace the battery, you have to replace the whole device.
Still, I like it!
Run an app that will "kick" the tablet and make it stay awake. I bet there is a Clock app that already does that!
Replace the battery with a Zener diode and a couple of signal diodes. That should fool the tablet into thinking it has a battery, as long as it is plugged in.
Probem is, you would loose the battery-backup effect. Does the app restart and resynch after power fail?
But maybe the modern smart chargers can preserve the battery, even when always plugged in.
All of the old mountings for wall clocks had a power socket right by the mount. So plug it in...
Don't have that? You bought the wrong house? 8-)
You can get clocks, for a reasonable price, that stay within seconds for months or years. But it's not so easy to tell, when you buy it, just how accurate it will be.
The one we have was from a craft store, to make crafted clock faces and then just insert the mechanism. But I have seen others.
Maybe you just buy the cheapest clocks you can find? Not smart with anything... 8-)
For almost a hundred years, many of the businesses and schools have wall clocks that set each day from a time pulse wire, that is wired thoughout the buildings. They were 60Hz electric and stayed pretty close over the day. At midnight the "master" clock would pulse the wire and all the others would jump to the midnight time. They just needed something to set the "master" clock to, in the main office. Some set it better than others.
Take the wall clock down, disassemble it and remove the hands, then re-assemble and put it back up! Conversation!! 8-)
Except I would take pride in setting it each day from my wristwatch, so would not do that...
... The problem with investing more trust in the state is the fact that all of those schmucks you don't trust to run their own lives are the ones in the government.
Wow, I wish I had some mod points...
In related news, a study has reported that if automobile brake mechanisms were redesigned to stay applied all of the time, it would reduce automobile deaths by 99%. !! 8-}
Even better with weevils. Hardtack just isn't the same without the meaty bits.
Adds protein! 8-)
Compilers resemble expert systems. They helped early programs become ten times more productive than machine /assembly language programs. ...
That's quite true, compilers, and later on linkers, were a huge advance over the previous ways of building software.
And it is continuing. If you want to see an example of AI working with Programmers as a team, see the Template driven Code Generators used in the Clarion development system.
http://www.softvelocity.com/
But it will cost you $1000 to try it...
If you don't want to get replaced, then don't be one of the ones who -needs- to be replaced!
To quote an old saying:
"If Engineers built buildings like Programmers write programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization!"
Spoken as an Engineer, of course... but working in software. 8-)
By the way, you "old" guys could be my illegitimate children! 8-P
I'm pretty sure that is copypasta from another thread. The 'fleshlight' typo kind of gives it away.
I just figured he was talking about apps to serve p0rn!
Do you wear an onion on your belt?
Of course. It was the fashion in my day.
Besides, it really does keep insects away! 8-)
I think that paper was generated by a bot, while they used the money to do something else...
The danger in a pure Democracy is called "The Tyranny of the Majority", and it is not at all good for the various minorities.
... Though I readily admit none of those things are "indulge in superstition."
Don't fool yourself! People indulge in superstition a lot, even educated ones. It's just not the same superstition. For instance, the belief that putting computers in things can fix any problem is quite superstitious (at least as believed by non-programmers).
True, computers are better at maintaining attention. But much of what humans do is sub-consious automatic procedures, that they don't even know they are doing.
Besides, humans are not that bad as drivers. Keep in mind that the news media report only the disasters, with no sense of proportion about how bad the problems are. In short, the news people lie to get viewers. And always have. The Autodrive cars are going to have to go quite well to really be better. Even taking account of the humans driving while reading!
What worries me is that there will be a lot of autodrive cars out there, before they find out they have bad problems. But at least Google is running test trips for a while, maybe they will learn some things.
That's true where the environment is reletively low noise, like in gunnery and missile tracking. And computer systems are good at sequential multistage math, and at maintaining attention and focus for long periods.
But in complex environments with muliple type of high noise sources, such as a busy city street, it is quite different. The computer systems can get very slow, very soon. The problem with the predictions of what will be done in the future, is that many making predictions have no idea of the complexity of the "real world"! 8-)
The idea that computers are faster than humans, in this sort of real-world problem, is a fantasy. The human brain is massivly parallel processing and is at least an order of magnitude faster than computers in this kind of thing.
Don't be fooled by "Superman is invulnerable" type of supersticious thinking that is common in the public media. It ain't true! 8-}
And there in lies the rub. No Google car will make the same mistake again. ...
Don't be silly, of course they will. Google's fixes are no more perfect than anything else.
If the Engineers are working on a bridge in an environment with poor quality-control, and they're being told to implement a bad spec, would you blame the Engineers?
The answer is Yes, but not just them, others as well.
I assume you are paying for Slashdot and not using this service for free?
Last few times I checked, the subscription button didn't work.
Last I heard, they were setting up for it, but there was such a "stir" that they abandoned it. But that was two companies ago...
... Or are you prepared to pay a subscription or fee for every website that you use?
Yes, I am willing to pay a subscription to sites I like and use regularly. Provided it at least limits the adds!
Bad as it is, I would pay for SlashDot, because the others are much worse.
Of course, it depends on the price...
What happened to "If its not broke, don't fix it" mentality? ...
The mentality died when people realised the car was faster than the horse. ...
It was a stupid mentality anyway accepted by people who don't think for themselves.
Actually, 90% or more of new things are gone within a year. Trying all of them is a terrible waste of time!
Pick out the ones that make sense to your needs. But jumping on every new thing is for corporate salesmen and fraud artists!
8-P
Look around. Read the posts. Ladies and gentlemen, watch Slashdot being transformed into a right wing echo chamber. Behold, the paid posters, who's job description is to participate in what initially looks like actual debate, ...
"Me'thinks he doest protest -too- much!"
Earning your pay... eh, what?