The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Spring follows Winter follows Fall follows Summer follows Spring.
The moon follows its phases across the sky, the constallations move in the same patterns that they have for 10,000 years, and the planets dance the same waltz they have since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Yet none of these things is as predictable as a "127.0.0.1" joke in a Slashdot article about hacking.
That there is a big difference between making "first contact" and "detecting their transmissions".
We could stumble across a repeating, non-natural signal tomorrow, and granted this would be one of the top 3 (if not the greatest) scientific discovery ever, but it is unlikely we would be able to do anything with this discovery for a very, very long time. Understanding the message would probably take decades, sending a reply would take light years, and holding any kind of meaningful communication would require technology totally and completely beyond our current levels.
Nice, but hardly Nostradamus territory there. Microsoft has been low-balling minimum requirements since DOS 4.0, I don't think anyone ever really considered a 386 to be acceptable for Win95.
Which is really funny, since this is exactly what they've been doing with Everquest for 5 years, and what they're currently doing with FFXI as well. You'd think people would learn.
I remember reading countless Usenet threads dealing with this guy, egos, and Coke machines way back in college (95-96). Funny thing is, that quote sounds exactly like what he would have said back then too.
I guess some people are just assholes from cradle to grave.
I get this a lot with the current version. Usually has something to do with screwed up registry entries or ActiveX controls needing reinstalled.
Follow the help nd lookup the error number though (or just go to support.microsoft.com and search). It takes some doing, but there is some good help to be had there that can usually resolve this problem.
Heads up to you admins out there, the update to WindowsUpdate is more than trivial. Ability to (more easily) view patch install history, Admin options for downloading patches for multiple OS's, not-so-obvious new method of showing you exactly what you're installing...If you've taught techs/users to do this, they're going to have to be re-taught when it goes live.
I can't deny this sounds like a good idea, but really: at it's root is this anything more than yet another attempt to force thin-clinets down our throats? Why won't this idea die?
Well granted, the position of "Tape Monkey" that you apparently have doesn't generally require you to remote into servers after hours, but those of us doing real networking find remote connections to our server over broadband to be an incredible convenience.
I wouldn't worry, the giant black monolith will make everything OK.
Or threaten to destroy our solar system, forcing us to release computer super-viruses on it that we keep locked up in an underground vault on the moon. Either way, should be cool.
I was working on my best friends computer, looking to install a new OS on his system (I think it might have been NT Pro; God what were we thinking?). It was an old Pentium 60 I think, and he had two hard drives in the machine.
He had had this computer since college, and had collected a wide variety of software on it: Master of Magic cheats and save files, WAV files of Simpsons quotes, a text file of the script on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. You know, the really important stuff. Anyway, the plan was to copy everything to D:, fdisk/format/reinstall the OS to C and there you go. I go about doing this, with my friend watching over my shoulder very nervously, as this was back in the days when installing OS's from scratch was a new and exciting world for us. So I copy everying over, change to D to ensure it got there OK, and run Fdisk.
On the D drive.
The amazing thing is that despite all of FDisks built-in precautions meant to prevent you from wiping the wrong disk, I still managed to do it. Needless to say my friend was not happy. I still hear about it to this day everytime I'm doing computer work for him.
Dell will ship you parts if you know what you're talking about, and more importantly, know how to properly lie to them (Yeah, it's just stopped working, and there's not been any lightning storms or anything!). Of course the way they design their computers these days, chimps could replace the parts.
They tried doing the smartass thing a few times in the first movie (think the JJ/Goblin/Spidey scene at the Bugle), but IMO it just didn't work very well. This sort of thing works great in the comics, but coming out of a live actor it just seems forced.
Oh and to the poster above complaining about the train scene: you're right, it'll probably be ridiculous (haven't seen it yet), but don't discount Spidermans strength. I remember reading some little blurb in the letters section of some Spidey issue way back when that said Spidey was like the 4th strongest hero in the Marvel Universe, only behind guys like Hulk, The Thing, Thor, and Colossus. Now considering how things change in a comic universe that's probably no longer true, but Spidey's strength is meant to be formidable.
This is a good point I think. Reading through the article, you get the sense that this Pascal dude is a real BOFH type, the King on His Throne, deigning to gift some Holy Computer Knowledge onto the plebians if and when he sees fit.
Is SQL the perfect database query solution? Obviously not, but show me the perfect solution anywhere in computing. Hell, give me a week and a buzzword dictionary and I can write up a similar article decrying binary as the root of all Original Sin in computing. Looking for a better way is fine, but at some point you have to make concessions to the real world.
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Did I say anything about bloggers being rocks of impartiality? I just found it rather amusing the poster was bashing bloggers for being unprofessional and potentially biased, given the state of the news media today.
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As opposed to semi-ethical tv news reports and political mouthpieces with agenda's to push?
Slashdot Mirror
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
Spring follows Winter follows Fall follows Summer follows Spring.
The moon follows its phases across the sky, the constallations move in the same patterns that they have for 10,000 years, and the planets dance the same waltz they have since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
Yet none of these things is as predictable as a "127.0.0.1" joke in a Slashdot article about hacking.
That there is a big difference between making "first contact" and "detecting their transmissions".
We could stumble across a repeating, non-natural signal tomorrow, and granted this would be one of the top 3 (if not the greatest) scientific discovery ever, but it is unlikely we would be able to do anything with this discovery for a very, very long time. Understanding the message would probably take decades, sending a reply would take light years, and holding any kind of meaningful communication would require technology totally and completely beyond our current levels.
...John D. Rockefeller has expressed some concern with the size and potential political influence of big oil companies.
Nice, but hardly Nostradamus territory there. Microsoft has been low-balling minimum requirements since DOS 4.0, I don't think anyone ever really considered a 386 to be acceptable for Win95.
Which is really funny, since this is exactly what they've been doing with Everquest for 5 years, and what they're currently doing with FFXI as well. You'd think people would learn.
I remember reading countless Usenet threads dealing with this guy, egos, and Coke machines way back in college (95-96). Funny thing is, that quote sounds exactly like what he would have said back then too.
I guess some people are just assholes from cradle to grave.
Now companies can fuck their employees over with a minimum of work and stress to the company executives!
Not closing your HTML tags properly might help too.
I get this a lot with the current version. Usually has something to do with screwed up registry entries or ActiveX controls needing reinstalled.
Follow the help nd lookup the error number though (or just go to support.microsoft.com and search). It takes some doing, but there is some good help to be had there that can usually resolve this problem.
I assume you're talking about SUS 2.0? Any word on whether this is in open beta yet?
Heads up to you admins out there, the update to WindowsUpdate is more than trivial. Ability to (more easily) view patch install history, Admin options for downloading patches for multiple OS's, not-so-obvious new method of showing you exactly what you're installing...If you've taught techs/users to do this, they're going to have to be re-taught when it goes live.
I always thought piracy@microsoft.com is a good one to use too.
I can't deny this sounds like a good idea, but really: at it's root is this anything more than yet another attempt to force thin-clinets down our throats? Why won't this idea die?
Well granted, the position of "Tape Monkey" that you apparently have doesn't generally require you to remote into servers after hours, but those of us doing real networking find remote connections to our server over broadband to be an incredible convenience.
Even our work lan wasnt protected, soon as I plugged my laptop in for updates it was infected...
I think you need to have a frank discussion with whomever manages your firewall.
I wouldn't worry, the giant black monolith will make everything OK.
Or threaten to destroy our solar system, forcing us to release computer super-viruses on it that we keep locked up in an underground vault on the moon. Either way, should be cool.
I was working on my best friends computer, looking to install a new OS on his system (I think it might have been NT Pro; God what were we thinking?). It was an old Pentium 60 I think, and he had two hard drives in the machine. He had had this computer since college, and had collected a wide variety of software on it: Master of Magic cheats and save files, WAV files of Simpsons quotes, a text file of the script on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. You know, the really important stuff. Anyway, the plan was to copy everything to D:, fdisk/format/reinstall the OS to C and there you go. I go about doing this, with my friend watching over my shoulder very nervously, as this was back in the days when installing OS's from scratch was a new and exciting world for us. So I copy everying over, change to D to ensure it got there OK, and run Fdisk.
On the D drive.
The amazing thing is that despite all of FDisks built-in precautions meant to prevent you from wiping the wrong disk, I still managed to do it. Needless to say my friend was not happy. I still hear about it to this day everytime I'm doing computer work for him.
Well they struck out with mini-disc, but hit with Memory Stick. I guess this will be the rub.
Dell will ship you parts if you know what you're talking about, and more importantly, know how to properly lie to them (Yeah, it's just stopped working, and there's not been any lightning storms or anything!). Of course the way they design their computers these days, chimps could replace the parts.
They have this invention now, it's called toilet paper...you should really look into it.
They tried doing the smartass thing a few times in the first movie (think the JJ/Goblin/Spidey scene at the Bugle), but IMO it just didn't work very well. This sort of thing works great in the comics, but coming out of a live actor it just seems forced.
Oh and to the poster above complaining about the train scene: you're right, it'll probably be ridiculous (haven't seen it yet), but don't discount Spidermans strength. I remember reading some little blurb in the letters section of some Spidey issue way back when that said Spidey was like the 4th strongest hero in the Marvel Universe, only behind guys like Hulk, The Thing, Thor, and Colossus. Now considering how things change in a comic universe that's probably no longer true, but Spidey's strength is meant to be formidable.
I kind of like the 0.9 theme. Guess I must be the only one?
This is a good point I think. Reading through the article, you get the sense that this Pascal dude is a real BOFH type, the King on His Throne, deigning to gift some Holy Computer Knowledge onto the plebians if and when he sees fit.
Is SQL the perfect database query solution? Obviously not, but show me the perfect solution anywhere in computing. Hell, give me a week and a buzzword dictionary and I can write up a similar article decrying binary as the root of all Original Sin in computing. Looking for a better way is fine, but at some point you have to make concessions to the real world.
Did I say anything about bloggers being rocks of impartiality? I just found it rather amusing the poster was bashing bloggers for being unprofessional and potentially biased, given the state of the news media today.
As opposed to semi-ethical tv news reports and political mouthpieces with agenda's to push?