GovExec.com is government's business news daily and the premier Web site for federal managers and executives So now that you know the targeted audience, does the normal-text:crap ratio make more sense now??
That's not all...they had to use sticky bits to store data on the disk. The plates were spinning so fast, the bits were flying around in the first stages of development
I can't believe you're saying that their 'Clippy' wasn't innovative technology. That bloody marvellous contraption helped me through a lot of difficult moments. ** sobs uncontrolably **
It's about money, money, money: so rest assured that this is going to be a buzzword, a buzzword with an ever growing importance. But we give you our solemn pledge that we'll visit the grave of the anonymous coward!
... to the constellation Leo the Lion Be sure to watch out for Harry the Horse, Donald the Duck, Cleo the Camel and Tux the Penguin while sipping your cocoa!
Yep, very recognizable. I always wonder if this is the way things *always* happen. That with the years the cruft-ratio is bound to go up. I mean, we have had a lot of programmers working here in the last ten years, some of which put the term 'programmer' to shame. But is it just a case of inferior people, or is it an inevitability?
I work day in day out on a ten year old system. I do not use the term archeology, however I frequently find what I call 'fossils'. Parts of code that are still there, but are never executed. Fields of the database that should have been deleted but are still there, and are still updated, though no program ever uses them. A system has to be sufficiently large however, to experience this. But actually funny to read about this.
Nice article, but the guy has a bit of a people-centric view. OS's are not only important to people, but machines are communicating as well. Think of computers communicating, but also networking hardware, machinery in processing plants, equipment in planes, trains & automobiles, ships, telephone systems etc.. There things are dependant on timing, realtime processes etc. A nice 3-d data view is completely irrelevant. The OS becomes even more important
A few weeks ago I found out that there was a dead bird in my chimney (sp?). I only found out when there where hundreds of flies in my house, all covering the windows. All the shops were closed, so I couldn't buy a spraycan with which to kill all the flies. Openening the windows didn't do the trick so the only viable option left was to swat them. You should have seenm those windows after I was finished. Lots of organic debris on the glass, but there isn't a self-cleaning window in the world that could keep itself clean with a carnage like this.
Slashdot Mirror
Does anyone know how such a grid could be heated up and poored down one's pants?
Hard Drives: Ballistic
whenever I go out to buy new hardware, my wife goes ballistic. Does this count too?
ESR capacitors
I read this as: 'ESR capacitated and leaking all over my motherboard'. Trying to get that picture out of my head. Failed..Going home, to take a nap.
Did the writer of the article really mean to say this:
[snip]That sobering outlook follows the bleak picture [snip]
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Perhaps because in Germany, no one is innocent **ducks** :)
That's not all...they had to use sticky bits to store data on the disk. The plates were spinning so fast, the bits were flying around in the first stages of development
I can't believe you're saying that their 'Clippy' wasn't innovative technology. That bloody marvellous contraption helped me through a lot of difficult moments. ** sobs uncontrolably **
Is this really happening or is it early in the morning and I'm a sucker to a hoax?
Yes.
Looks like evolution has taken a turn for the worse here!
Nerd + surfing from plane = Mile High Club
*snifs* Ooooh, do I smell hot simgrits? *ducks*
It's about money, money, money: so rest assured that this is going to be a buzzword, a buzzword with an ever growing importance. But we give you our solemn pledge that we'll visit the grave of the anonymous coward!
I vote for the name 'foobar'
thousands of slashdotters their requests spawning
this server
flies
no more
... to the constellation Leo the Lion
Be sure to watch out for Harry the Horse, Donald the Duck, Cleo the Camel and Tux the Penguin while sipping your cocoa!
And their bones have been petrified...hmmm: a familiar term!
Yep, very recognizable. I always wonder if this is the way things *always* happen. That with the years the cruft-ratio is bound to go up. I mean, we have had a lot of programmers working here in the last ten years, some of which put the term 'programmer' to shame. But is it just a case of inferior people, or is it an inevitability?
"software archeology"
I work day in day out on a ten year old system. I do not use the term archeology, however I frequently find what I call 'fossils'. Parts of code that are still there, but are never executed. Fields of the database that should have been deleted but are still there, and are still updated, though no program ever uses them. A system has to be sufficiently large however, to experience this. But actually funny to read about this.
Nice article, but the guy has a bit of a people-centric view. OS's are not only important to people, but machines are communicating as well. Think of computers communicating, but also networking hardware, machinery in processing plants, equipment in planes, trains & automobiles, ships, telephone systems etc.. There things are dependant on timing, realtime processes etc. A nice 3-d data view is completely irrelevant. The OS becomes even more important
Is there anything like this in the works for the penguin masses?
Sure dude, It's called a brain...
There would be no need to do that. Just wait until someone invents it, and then use it to go back in time to patent the damn thing. Easy.
Maybe he can put his patent up for auction on eBay...
My mouse was charged for this illegal deed. So you see, my mouse is optical, and charged *too*
A few weeks ago I found out that there was a dead bird in my chimney (sp?). I only found out when there where hundreds of flies in my house, all covering the windows. All the shops were closed, so I couldn't buy a spraycan with which to kill all the flies. Openening the windows didn't do the trick so the only viable option left was to swat them. You should have seenm those windows after I was finished. Lots of organic debris on the glass, but there isn't a self-cleaning window in the world that could keep itself clean with a carnage like this.