I'm sure there is some kind of mechanism in place to turn off this feature, but there is a very good reason why many people don't get the updates right away. What if the update breaks more than it fixes (it's happened). Then a company can lose productivity and money. Will Microsoft be responsible for that? Also, our company is very good about keeping everyone on the same revision level. Things are thoroughly tested before patches are installed.
In previous jobs, I cannot tell you how many hours were spent, fixing the faux pas of others who had just enough knowledge to apply upgrades to software. These were human beings who had a working knowledge of the company. Now we have autmatons who have no knowledge at all, making corporate decisions on our behalf.
Just imagine. You've been invited to a party, and you haven't had a date in 6 years. Now, thanks to technology, you can program the ether to give the appearance that you have a beautiful brunette with you.
And if you can keep people from talking to her, none will be all the wiser.
Whenever I see an ad pop up in front of me, I'll just whip out my faithful mirror, and send the beam back to its source, thereby destroying the nasty sattelite that created the spam.
This little stunt will only end in tragedy. They'll get their names in the papers, and wind up meeting Uber-Trekkies. The resulting union will result in offspring that will make the monsters in Aliens, seem like the Olsen Twins.
Would our most popular implementations of cryptography be useless overnight?
All of our cryptography schemes are made useless more often sooner than later.
Which is why I think this government initiative to install viruses on our computers is not only a bad idea, but an awful waste of money, that could be put into better use. Like an extra daisy-cutter or something.
I'll fight this tooth and nail
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I hear talk of paperless offices and paperless this and paperless that. Why are we so opposed to paper? As someone who spends 50-60 hours a week on a computer, I need my paper. It's the last bastion of sanity I have left.
I don't want to be permanently attached to cell phones and hand-helds. I keep my to-do list on a little scrap of paper, that neatly fits into my pocket. At the end of the day, it's dutifully thrown into the trash bin. It works just as well as any $160 dollar device, and it never breaks down or crashes. Heck, it's not even bulky like those personal organizers.
I blame this first post on my excessively large canadian penis
You may have a large Canadian penis, but with the exchange rate, it's still small by world standards.
How much? Nothing! Details inside.
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Simply route all slashdot advertisers to localhost. I've rerouted all the common ones and have been living 99% banner-ad free for years. And I certainly wouldn't pay for something that I do can for free in 2 minutes or less using notepad.
Before ad advocates starts yelling, "Foul, foul", I don't buy things advertised in banner ads anyway.
Russians? Americans used to do the same thing. Maybe not with the misleading variable names, but obfuscation was part of the game. It wasn't until the 80s that people started shifting focus towards software development toward a more professional focus. During the 60s mostly (and into the 70s) you had the core-wars hacker types discovering what was possible and trying to push the envelope.
, I never hear those two words in the same sentence. Unless someone is saying "My job is not fun.
I hear these whiners all the time. I wish they'd shut up and stop whining or get a job the do like. This is America. People are free to find a job that they're happy in (assuming it's legal). If they can't find one, maybe it's not the job that's that problem.
All the American groups who are anti-government (those who are portrayed as hiding in the mountains, stockpiling weapons, etc) - have they spoken up? I'd be interested to know what their thoughts are in all this. Are they as pissed off as the rest of us? Obviously, strangers came knocking on our back door. Are they temporarily allied with the government now?
Do we really need to have this much connectivity? Soon we're going to have 12 step programs for internet junkies and people getting mugged for their bandwidth.
Hi, my name is smith@parkbench.com and I'm an internet junkie. I've been broadband free for 3 weeks.
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I'm sure there is some kind of mechanism in place to turn off this feature, but there is a very good reason why many people don't get the updates right away. What if the update breaks more than it fixes (it's happened). Then a company can lose productivity and money. Will Microsoft be responsible for that? Also, our company is very good about keeping everyone on the same revision level. Things are thoroughly tested before patches are installed.
In previous jobs, I cannot tell you how many hours were spent, fixing the faux pas of others who had just enough knowledge to apply upgrades to software. These were human beings who had a working knowledge of the company. Now we have autmatons who have no knowledge at all, making corporate decisions on our behalf.
The horror. The horror.
Just imagine. You've been invited to a party, and you haven't had a date in 6 years. Now, thanks to technology, you can program the ether to give the appearance that you have a beautiful brunette with you.
And if you can keep people from talking to her, none will be all the wiser.
Whenever I see an ad pop up in front of me, I'll just whip out my faithful mirror, and send the beam back to its source, thereby destroying the nasty sattelite that created the spam.
This little stunt will only end in tragedy. They'll get their names in the papers, and wind up meeting Uber-Trekkies. The resulting union will result in offspring that will make the monsters in Aliens, seem like the Olsen Twins.
I weep for mankind.
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
I wonder if, while they're waiting, they're listening to N'Sync CDs.
Would our most popular implementations of cryptography be useless overnight?
All of our cryptography schemes are made useless more often sooner than later.
Which is why I think this government initiative to install viruses on our computers is not only a bad idea, but an awful waste of money, that could be put into better use. Like an extra daisy-cutter or something.
I hear talk of paperless offices and paperless this and paperless that. Why are we so opposed to paper? As someone who spends 50-60 hours a week on a computer, I need my paper. It's the last bastion of sanity I have left.
I don't want to be permanently attached to cell phones and hand-helds. I keep my to-do list on a little scrap of paper, that neatly fits into my pocket. At the end of the day, it's dutifully thrown into the trash bin. It works just as well as any $160 dollar device, and it never breaks down or crashes. Heck, it's not even bulky like those personal organizers.
Euler got there long before you.
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Who do we apprec-i-ate.
Euler! Euler! Ra!
Mr. Bin Laden,
Enclosed you will find two pounds of manure.
Please put the contents into a paper bag, place the bag on fire and put it at the cave entrance.
The stomp furiously.
Thank you.
You don't need a million dollars to do nothing.
It'd be better to end on 2.7.18
I blame this first post on my excessively large canadian penis
You may have a large Canadian penis, but with the exchange rate, it's still small by world standards.
Simply route all slashdot advertisers to localhost. I've rerouted all the common ones and have been living 99% banner-ad free for years. And I certainly wouldn't pay for something that I do can for free in 2 minutes or less using notepad.
Before ad advocates starts yelling, "Foul, foul", I don't buy things advertised in banner ads anyway.
Here's an example.
127.0.0.1 www.x10.com
Russians? Americans used to do the same thing. Maybe not with the misleading variable names, but obfuscation was part of the game. It wasn't until the 80s that people started shifting focus towards software development toward a more professional focus. During the 60s mostly (and into the 70s) you had the core-wars hacker types discovering what was possible and trying to push the envelope.
I'm not too sure about this whole NetCraft thing, but if it has Neve Campbell and Robin Tunney, you can count me in.
CmdrTaco owns the domain of all the words that are spelled incorrectly.
Mathematically known as: f(v) - pronounced as f of x.
rm -Rf /taliban
, I never hear those two words in the same sentence. Unless someone is saying "My job is not fun.
I hear these whiners all the time. I wish they'd shut up and stop whining or get a job the do like. This is America. People are free to find a job that they're happy in (assuming it's legal). If they can't find one, maybe it's not the job that's that problem.
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All the American groups who are anti-government (those who are portrayed as hiding in the mountains, stockpiling weapons, etc) - have they spoken up? I'd be interested to know what their thoughts are in all this. Are they as pissed off as the rest of us? Obviously, strangers came knocking on our back door. Are they temporarily allied with the government now?
Guess they'll have to get their sample from it's core dump.
Do we really need to have this much connectivity? Soon we're going to have 12 step programs for internet junkies and people getting mugged for their bandwidth.
Hi, my name is smith@parkbench.com and I'm an internet junkie. I've been broadband free for 3 weeks.
Hello smith@parkbench.com.
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I think you were compiled with the lameness filter. What gives with this? Time to go back to the drawing board.
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The Internet is widely used by ALL nations of the world.
Not Afghanastan.
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Entropy ain't just a good idea. It's the law.