Perfectly understandable when you're using a system that you expect to eventually crash. My point is that until users expect software that actually doesn't crash, it won't get any better. As long as "scheduled downtime" is considered to be an OK thing, it will never go away.
Software doesn't have to crash. There are systems that can run for years with no maintenance; Microsoft just doesn't make them. Instability is not a necessary part of technology.
No, I haven't seen that one yet. And he was a black lab/great dane mix -- a truly wonderful mix if you ever come across one. All the playfulness, loyalty, etc. of a lab, with the sweetness and calmness of a dane.
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Yeah, it's a good thing nobody's ever come up with a portable data-storage device before . . . especially one that's available on most computers. I'm envisioning some sort of "flexible disk", that had a compatible "drive" on all computers, and that could simply be secreted away in a pocket. If something like THAT had been around all these years, boy would we be in trouble now.
The only plus side is that the desktops are guaranteed to be at around 75% of the current "standard" (cpu).
That's really sad. Of ALL things computer-related to keep current, CPU speed would be basically last on my list. There are very few desktop tasks (basically only those involving full-motion video) that can't be done well with a 600MHz CPU.
Putting the right indexes on a table with 100 million records to satisfy a very small set of well-documented expected queries is not exactly rocket science. And I think you underestimate what Google does.
They should have not commented, put out a generic statement about how they do not endorse others, and let it ride.
What's wrong with exposing SCO's true actions here? It improves my opinion of CA's behavior in the matter, and perhaps it will bring about the demise of SCO just a little sooner.
2) Americans, by and large, are not laborers. Many programming jobs are increasingly becoming jobs for laborers. The popularity of Java is a testament to this. Thus, Americans shouldn't be doing jobs where the value is based on the cost of labor, but should switch to jobs where value is based on skill.
First of all, what exactly does "Americans, by and large, are not laborers" mean, and secondly, how are Americans expected to "switch to jobs where value is based on skill" when the numbers of those jobs are rapidly dwindling?
I'm quite familiar with the "Hanoi Jane" incident. However, I'm not familiar with the part where she was "personally, directly responsible for killing American servicemen". That's a pretty heavy accusation, regardless of your opinion on what she did.
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All government employees are overly defensive too.
k3v0, I want to buy your rock.
You seem to be in favor of anonymity, then you tout "** AC's at -6 **" in your sig. Hypocrisy, perhaps?
Software doesn't have to crash. There are systems that can run for years with no maintenance; Microsoft just doesn't make them. Instability is not a necessary part of technology.
But the real point: why the eff should you have to have "scheduled reboots" at all?! YOU SHOULDN'T.
Yeah, that's the big downside . . . 9 years and cancer for Svejk :(
No, I haven't seen that one yet. And he was a black lab/great dane mix -- a truly wonderful mix if you ever come across one. All the playfulness, loyalty, etc. of a lab, with the sweetness and calmness of a dane.
Yeah, it's a good thing nobody's ever come up with a portable data-storage device before . . . especially one that's available on most computers. I'm envisioning some sort of "flexible disk", that had a compatible "drive" on all computers, and that could simply be secreted away in a pocket. If something like THAT had been around all these years, boy would we be in trouble now.
With this story's new development, being a mountain cabin recluse still isn't enough. You've gotta live in a cave.
My favorite (now deceased) dog was named Svejk, after that book. Ah, Svejk.
That's really sad. Of ALL things computer-related to keep current, CPU speed would be basically last on my list. There are very few desktop tasks (basically only those involving full-motion video) that can't be done well with a 600MHz CPU.
What a horrible waste.
Putting the right indexes on a table with 100 million records to satisfy a very small set of well-documented expected queries is not exactly rocket science. And I think you underestimate what Google does.
We're talking about 32-bit operating systems. Parity bits don't kill.
Given the choice between that and actually reading them, I'll take the 40 stories. At least then I have an outside chance of survival.
What's wrong with exposing SCO's true actions here? It improves my opinion of CA's behavior in the matter, and perhaps it will bring about the demise of SCO just a little sooner.
Business in America isn't about customers anymore; it's about corporate profits and corporate profits alone. Didn't you get the memo?
Sadly, it was SCO themselves. Some of the lines listed in their last piece of "evidence" were actually blank.
That, and because Ogg Vorbis is the worst fucking name of all time.
Nobody's getting anything back when the stock price tanks and SCO declares bankruptcy.
First of all, what exactly does "Americans, by and large, are not laborers" mean, and secondly, how are Americans expected to "switch to jobs where value is based on skill" when the numbers of those jobs are rapidly dwindling?
Eris, presumably.
I'm quite familiar with the "Hanoi Jane" incident. However, I'm not familiar with the part where she was "personally, directly responsible for killing American servicemen". That's a pretty heavy accusation, regardless of your opinion on what she did.
Please go on. I'd love to hear how the rest of this crackpot theory affects your credibility.
Have you seen the latest polls? Bush is on the run, and it's only February. Expect his dirtiest of tricks shortly.