Isn't the entire point of the "cloud" being that they take care of that crap for you?
It is a selling point, certainly. I wouldn't say it is the entire point.
Other selling points are:
1. Access to the data from anywhere 2. Collaboration with internal and external users 3. Cross platform availability (device agnostic) 4. Simplified billing / accounting 5. Broader spectrum of tools (example: you could buy just Word for, say, $100 and own that one program or you can get an O365 sub and rent SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype, Exchange, PowerBI, OneDrive and a raft of other software for $15/mo) 6. Automatic updates and/or upgrades to new versions 7. Access to enterprise level infrastructure without having to buy it yourself
I am not so sure that the state is all that great at paying for medical treatments.
I had a friend who did some jail time for poor choices. He had leukemia which he didn't get treatment for while in jail. Shortly after he was released he died in the hospital from complications. It is quite possible he could have lived had he gotten treatment while in jail.
if one of my cats turns on the cooker and burns down the house while I'm at work?
This is why I keep all counter top appliances unplugged when I am not using them (which, by the way, is almost certainly a recommendation written in the safety information that came with your appliance).
I used to work in the returns dept of a kitchen appliance manufacturer. While there were hard wired fuses and other safety precautions (approved by UL I might add) we still had a couple of cases a year of domiciles burning down from edge cases involving our products.
Best to just keep everything unplugged when not in use.
I should change my sig to say: This post is an anecdote and/or an opinion. Nothing in this post is to be taken as actual fact.
I have no idea how well the Apple Watch is or isn't doing, but I can make a guess based on what I have seen represented in the world around me where I live.
2nd hand smoke seems to be the central argument against smoking. It allows for a nice "won't you think of the children" plea.
What would happen if there was a cigarette that did not put out any 2nd hand smoke. Just imagine that it would be possible. Would that change the regulations around smoking at all? Or would the argument change to something else...
Here's an experiment: What would happen if the government decreed that, henceforth, smoking anywhere was perfectly legal, but that no smoking product could have any amount of nicotine?
The train and the bus system in general are my window into the real world. In my estimation, there is enough of a cross section of social and economic strata to make some valuable observations.
Not trying to extrapolate to the world. Just trying to say that, from where I sit, the iPhone is clearly a success. Conversely, from the same vantage point Apple Watch is clearly not on the same level.
I could be in an Apple hate zone, but I don't think that is the case due to the number if iPhones I see.
Also, an Apple Watch has a distinctive square face with rounded corners. I don't look at the bands.
I look around the train on the way to/from work every day and I see almost nobody wearing an Apple Watch. Garmin's and FitBits seem pretty popular though.
I upgraded a DOS/Novell CPA office to Windows XP/Windows 2003 (obviously years ago). It took me about a week, working 10+ hours a day (I was solo) to get all of their stuff migrated and working, backup routines set, network access configured and training done.
One of their legacy programs that they absolutely would not let go of was WordPerfect. They all had the little function key overlays on their keyboards.
I also ended up having to install DOSBox of all things to get one of their old calc programs to run under Windows.
I would be willing to wager that they are still using that system and will be until Windows XP is as antiquated as DOS was in 2005 or whatever it was.
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So can iPads apparently...
Isn't the entire point of the "cloud" being that they take care of that crap for you?
It is a selling point, certainly. I wouldn't say it is the entire point.
Other selling points are:
1. Access to the data from anywhere
2. Collaboration with internal and external users
3. Cross platform availability (device agnostic)
4. Simplified billing / accounting
5. Broader spectrum of tools (example: you could buy just Word for, say, $100 and own that one program or you can get an O365 sub and rent SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype, Exchange, PowerBI, OneDrive and a raft of other software for $15/mo)
6. Automatic updates and/or upgrades to new versions
7. Access to enterprise level infrastructure without having to buy it yourself
I am not so sure that the state is all that great at paying for medical treatments.
I had a friend who did some jail time for poor choices. He had leukemia which he didn't get treatment for while in jail. Shortly after he was released he died in the hospital from complications. It is quite possible he could have lived had he gotten treatment while in jail.
if one of my cats turns on the cooker and burns down the house while I'm at work?
This is why I keep all counter top appliances unplugged when I am not using them (which, by the way, is almost certainly a recommendation written in the safety information that came with your appliance).
I used to work in the returns dept of a kitchen appliance manufacturer. While there were hard wired fuses and other safety precautions (approved by UL I might add) we still had a couple of cases a year of domiciles burning down from edge cases involving our products.
Best to just keep everything unplugged when not in use.
And this is why the human race doesn't deserve to survive the meteor strike...
This is super common as far as I can tell.
Excel makes a decent Gantt chart...
Luckily this is a lab environment and not production...
Luckily, you just need a wheel chuck or just climb 1 stair to thwart this unstoppable beast...
Would you happen to live in our around Cupertino?
Absolutely agreed.
I should change my sig to say: This post is an anecdote and/or an opinion. Nothing in this post is to be taken as actual fact.
I have no idea how well the Apple Watch is or isn't doing, but I can make a guess based on what I have seen represented in the world around me where I live.
but just as agile
Tell that to a Dalek circa 1963 or R2D2 circa 1977
This is neat research, but I want it much more strongly vetted.
Nope. We have reached the top of the mountain. There is no further we can go. All research into this will halt now.
Sorry, this is as good as it gets.
In another few years the name will change again to Nikola Tesla and the appropriation will be complete...
Now we just need to make it illegal to throw your cigarette butt on the ground.
Why do people do that?! It's way more aggravating than 2nd hand smoke ever was.
2nd hand smoke seems to be the central argument against smoking. It allows for a nice "won't you think of the children" plea.
What would happen if there was a cigarette that did not put out any 2nd hand smoke. Just imagine that it would be possible. Would that change the regulations around smoking at all? Or would the argument change to something else...
Here's an experiment: What would happen if the government decreed that, henceforth, smoking anywhere was perfectly legal, but that no smoking product could have any amount of nicotine?
You would end up with marijuana legalization....
Clearly not, it is signed "PM" not.... oh...
The train and the bus system in general are my window into the real world. In my estimation, there is enough of a cross section of social and economic strata to make some valuable observations.
"Nine women can't make a baby in one month."
Well... some people will tell you that babies are created at the time of conception...
Not trying to extrapolate to the world. Just trying to say that, from where I sit, the iPhone is clearly a success. Conversely, from the same vantage point Apple Watch is clearly not on the same level.
I could be in an Apple hate zone, but I don't think that is the case due to the number if iPhones I see.
Also, an Apple Watch has a distinctive square face with rounded corners. I don't look at the bands.
You know what I see EVERYWHERE? iPhones
You know what I see NOWHERE? Apple Watches
I look around the train on the way to/from work every day and I see almost nobody wearing an Apple Watch. Garmin's and FitBits seem pretty popular though.
seems like a problem of their own making.
They could just have a few computers set up here and there and then schedule access to them and do testing year 'round.
I would think that a lawyers association would have enough operating capital to maintain a few hundred or fewer computers...
I upgraded a DOS/Novell CPA office to Windows XP/Windows 2003 (obviously years ago). It took me about a week, working 10+ hours a day (I was solo) to get all of their stuff migrated and working, backup routines set, network access configured and training done.
One of their legacy programs that they absolutely would not let go of was WordPerfect. They all had the little function key overlays on their keyboards.
I also ended up having to install DOSBox of all things to get one of their old calc programs to run under Windows.
I would be willing to wager that they are still using that system and will be until Windows XP is as antiquated as DOS was in 2005 or whatever it was.
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