hahaha.. clearly you don't remember what happen when he left before and the company needed to be saved my Microsoft?
To be fair, when he left that time, he was basically fired and the company was run by suits. This time, he is easing himself out and leaving a designated successor in place. I expect that he has been grooming his successor prior to this.
The faith in science asks you to take nothing for granted.
This actually isn't quite true. There is one fundamental assumption that science makes. It assumes that all phenomena are the result of natural laws acting on stuff. There is also a lesser assumption that this is actually explainable.
The result is that if a god (pick any god you care to name) or some other supernatural entity came down and worked some miracles, the miracles would be studied and once enough data was gathered, appropriate modifications to the currently understood physical laws would be made. Experiments would be done, PhD thesis would be written and eventually a Nobel prize or two might be awarded. In the end, everybody (at least the scientists) would be happy that the understanding of the universe had been improved. Atheists would continue not to believe in god and believers would continue to believe.
Real work gets done with a real keyboard. Sure, tablets are "cool", but try typing quickly on one without looking. For 12 hours straight.
I think that you need to get out more. There is a lot of real work that does not involve typing on a computer for 12 hours straight. There is much that *gasp* doesn't even involve a computer.
I think that I'm mostly just annoyed because I had to have the "Yes, there is a reason that isn't 'waste and my incompetence' why a gigabyte of space on the versioned, offsite-replicated, battery-backed, redundant-PSUed, tape-backuped, SAN costs rather more than a gigabyte of space on your USB external hard drive..." chat with somebody the other day...
We've all had that conversation.
Though to judge from some of the comments on here, we haven't all been on the same side of the conversation.
Yes but... that is "justice" for you. He committed the worst, most heinous crime in our court system... he refused the plea deal.
Actually, he tried to frame someone else which, in my opinion, is pretty bad. There is some merit in letting him be punished for the crime that he tried to pin on someone else.
No, this is not a 'get off my lawn' moment, but get real, if you want to talk nostalgic at least go 8 bit..
How about 12, 18, and 36 bit computers? There was a time when a byte wasn't strictly defined to be 8 bits. That said, the computer I get nostalgic about is the PDP-11. Every once in a while, I fire up simh and play around with RSTS/E. It's not quite the same as having a big box with switches and lights though.
With IPv6, you could have the router come up with a new IP address for each connection. So instead of everything looking like it comes from the same IP address (as with NAT), you could have every connection look like it comes from a different address.
$250k is cheap like a whore, the vice chancellor probably gets paid more than that in a year. I wouldn't get out of bed for less than $2.5m, unless that bed had Lotus Notes in it.
Where do you work? I'll get out of bed for only $2m. Now, do you get this every time you get out of bed or is it just once a day? Also, if you have to get up during the night, does that count?
I remember reading about lab experiments with "Mars chambers" about that long ago. As soon as people had an idea of the composition and density of Mars' atmosphere, it's a fairly obvious experiment.
While it wouldn't be a good idea to write your password on a post-it stuck to your monitor at work, it might not be a bad idea to write your personal passwords for on-line services in a notebook that you keep at home. This way you can use multiple secure passwords for your on-line services.
Years ago, I had some youngsters ask what microprocessor our schools PDP-11/34 used. They had a tough time grasping that it didn't use a microprocessor at all and that the CPU was actually a couple of circuit boards. I think that they thought that a microprocessor was some sort of magical thing that couldn't be implemented in another fashion.
Hmm, I wonder how many TTL chips I would need for a nice little PDP-11...
I used to own a PDP-11/10. The CPU was two fairly large circuit boards. I also got a set of schematics when I got the computer. Sadly, they and the computer parted company with me a few moves back. I still miss it:-(
Anyway, the number of TTL chips needed would depend on which PDP-11 you wanted to build and what level of integration you were willing to use. A few bit slice ALU chips could replace quite a few gate level chips.
There is nothing that is truly lossless. Any digital recording has quantization noise. Any analog recording has some noise. Even listening in person has some losses.
The only thing that can be lossless is reading the music and imagining what it would sound like.
Actually, it doesn't. You can download as a guest. It will ask for your email and name, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't do anything to verify them.
It's kinda funny. People complain when the project exceeds the estimates. People complain when the project crashes into the ground and doesn't complete any objectives. Conclusion: You just can't please some people.
You pestilential excrement of vermin! Oh sorry, you wanted an argument. This is abuse.
But what if it's an honest appraisal? Like, if I say FireFly is overrated, is that an argument or abuse?
But abuse generally goes beyond honesty into the realm of colourful metaphors. Abuse is also often stated as fact rather than opinion and doesn't readily allow discussion. For example I could say, "OS X is the most insecure operating system because Safari automatically downloads and opens files from the internet." or I could say "OS X is as secure as a pork chop and a pit bull convention and you're an idiot for using it." Also, an argument generally involves dialog while abuse is generally one way.
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* He has left before off and on to little effect.
hahaha.. clearly you don't remember what happen when he left before and the company needed to be saved my Microsoft?
To be fair, when he left that time, he was basically fired and the company was run by suits. This time, he is easing himself out and leaving a designated successor in place. I expect that he has been grooming his successor prior to this.
The faith in science asks you to take nothing for granted.
This actually isn't quite true. There is one fundamental assumption that science makes. It assumes that all phenomena are the result of natural laws acting on stuff. There is also a lesser assumption that this is actually explainable.
The result is that if a god (pick any god you care to name) or some other supernatural entity came down and worked some miracles, the miracles would be studied and once enough data was gathered, appropriate modifications to the currently understood physical laws would be made. Experiments would be done, PhD thesis would be written and eventually a Nobel prize or two might be awarded. In the end, everybody (at least the scientists) would be happy that the understanding of the universe had been improved. Atheists would continue not to believe in god and believers would continue to believe.
Real work gets done with a real keyboard. Sure, tablets are "cool", but try typing quickly on one without looking. For 12 hours straight.
I think that you need to get out more. There is a lot of real work that does not involve typing on a computer for 12 hours straight. There is much that *gasp* doesn't even involve a computer.
I think that I'm mostly just annoyed because I had to have the "Yes, there is a reason that isn't 'waste and my incompetence' why a gigabyte of space on the versioned, offsite-replicated, battery-backed, redundant-PSUed, tape-backuped, SAN costs rather more than a gigabyte of space on your USB external hard drive..." chat with somebody the other day...
We've all had that conversation.
Though to judge from some of the comments on here, we haven't all been on the same side of the conversation.
Ha! I fooled you. I don't have a 30 year old stereo.
Yes but... that is "justice" for you. He committed the worst, most heinous crime in our court system... he refused the plea deal.
Actually, he tried to frame someone else which, in my opinion, is pretty bad. There is some merit in letting him be punished for the crime that he tried to pin on someone else.
No, this is not a 'get off my lawn' moment, but get real, if you want to talk nostalgic at least go 8 bit..
How about 12, 18, and 36 bit computers? There was a time when a byte wasn't strictly defined to be 8 bits. That said, the computer I get nostalgic about is the PDP-11. Every once in a while, I fire up simh and play around with RSTS/E. It's not quite the same as having a big box with switches and lights though.
With IPv6, you could have the router come up with a new IP address for each connection. So instead of everything looking like it comes from the same IP address (as with NAT), you could have every connection look like it comes from a different address.
$250k is cheap like a whore, the vice chancellor probably gets paid more than that in a year. I wouldn't get out of bed for less than $2.5m, unless that bed had Lotus Notes in it.
Where do you work? I'll get out of bed for only $2m. Now, do you get this every time you get out of bed or is it just once a day? Also, if you have to get up during the night, does that count?
I remember reading about lab experiments with "Mars chambers" about that long ago. As soon as people had an idea of the composition and density of Mars' atmosphere, it's a fairly obvious experiment.
While it wouldn't be a good idea to write your password on a post-it stuck to your monitor at work, it might not be a bad idea to write your personal passwords for on-line services in a notebook that you keep at home. This way you can use multiple secure passwords for your on-line services.
All is discovered! Flee at once!
Years ago, I had some youngsters ask what microprocessor our schools PDP-11/34 used. They had a tough time grasping that it didn't use a microprocessor at all and that the CPU was actually a couple of circuit boards. I think that they thought that a microprocessor was some sort of magical thing that couldn't be implemented in another fashion.
Hmm, I wonder how many TTL chips I would need for a nice little PDP-11...
I used to own a PDP-11/10. The CPU was two fairly large circuit boards. I also got a set of schematics when I got the computer. Sadly, they and the computer parted company with me a few moves back. I still miss it :-(
Anyway, the number of TTL chips needed would depend on which PDP-11 you wanted to build and what level of integration you were willing to use. A few bit slice ALU chips could replace quite a few gate level chips.
I certainly hope that it's just you. That would be the last thing that we need...
There is nothing that is truly lossless. Any digital recording has quantization noise. Any analog recording has some noise. Even listening in person has some losses.
The only thing that can be lossless is reading the music and imagining what it would sound like.
Maybe someone like, say, Justin Bieber could announce that he's a member of LulzSec.
That's right. I should be able to march into any Victoria's Secret and purchase a set of snow tires for my refrigerator!
Hmm. A building that costs more than 15 billion dollars?
Obviously, that's for the FTL drive. Everybody thinks that this just looks like a spaceship...
Actually, it doesn't. You can download as a guest. It will ask for your email and name, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't do anything to verify them.
It's kinda funny. People complain when the project exceeds the estimates. People complain when the project crashes into the ground and doesn't complete any objectives. Conclusion: You just can't please some people.
That Daleks and Sonic Screwdrivers may cause cancer
I thought that most people didn't live long enough after encountering Daleks to develop cancer.
Triple hint: take everything you read with a grain of salt.
I have high blood pressure you insensitive clod.
This 'malware' is like most Mac users, its a joke, its not even a little bit impressive, it just happens to be the first one noticed.
Maybe we can say that using a Mac damages the brain so much that even the malware writers can't do a good job.
You pestilential excrement of vermin! Oh sorry, you wanted an argument. This is abuse.
But what if it's an honest appraisal? Like, if I say FireFly is overrated, is that an argument or abuse?
But abuse generally goes beyond honesty into the realm of colourful metaphors. Abuse is also often stated as fact rather than opinion and doesn't readily allow discussion. For example I could say, "OS X is the most insecure operating system because Safari automatically downloads and opens files from the internet." or I could say "OS X is as secure as a pork chop and a pit bull convention and you're an idiot for using it." Also, an argument generally involves dialog while abuse is generally one way.
You pestilential excrement of vermin! Oh sorry, you wanted an argument. This is abuse.