The UK is far behind the USA when it comes to political corruption and accepting corporate control of our courts and politicians.
Mandelson. Triesman. Blair.
Need I go on?
OK, so none of them are in charge at the moment, but it was Mandelson who forced through the legislation which lies behind this prior to the last election.
The courts are different - but they are hamstrung by badly thought out and poorly drafted laws, mostly dating from the 13 years of Socialist utopia we are slowly escaping from.
Nope - it was definitely a deliberate decision to make most of the GUI run in kernel mode on NT4.
If you remember what 3.5 and 3.51 were like, it's possible to have some sympathy for this, but IIRC it was highlighted at the time as a bit of a silly thing to do.
That would be plausible if IBM had a computer in 1944 - unfortunately they didn't.
They might have had some wonderful tabulating machines, and some of them may have been used for weather forecasting, but computers? Nonsense. The only general purpose computer in existence at the time was Collossus at Bletchley Park, and that was busy cracking codes.
I'll take a job there, if there's one going - I really don't give a monkeys if someone else uses something I've worked on to do things that some self-appointed ethics guru considers bad.
All I'd be bothered about is picking up a paycheck and writing the best code I could produce.
If people want to make laws about where companies can and cannot sell products based on whether the end user is thought of well or badly, then fine. But while it's legal to sell this stuff, then you'll always find people like me who don't consider ethical stuff to be more important than paying the rent.
Just be thankful you didn't have to integrate Macs and Windows crap 15 years ago like some of us poor souls. At least Open Directory and AD are sort-of compatible - try running Macs in a mixed Lan Mangler / Netware bindery environment and then see how happy you are!
It's instructive that you say 'organisations'. I'd imagine your mindset and approach precludes working for a single organisation for longer than it takes them to get to know you.
And I say that as a pragmatist and sometime sysadmin.
Mod up a million times over.
Never could get the hang of all this mouse and GUI shit.
First used vi in 88, and it's still my editor of choice unless I want to make pretty stuff for dull people...
Far fewer deaths than Israeli attacks on Palestinian land - by a factor of about 10.
Until the Israelis are forced to behave in a civilised manner, there can never be peace.
It's useful to know what sort of a game you're in, even if you can't predict exactly who holds which cards.
And I'd be amazed if anything could be found which didn't support the article, as it's a basic truth about multivariate non-linear systems that you can't predict the future outcome from current conditions, due to their sensitivity to perturbations beyond the limits of your current measurements.
The real objection to Austrian economics is always political rather than practical - the conclusion that the Austrians lead you to is a small-state, low tax solution which many find inimical to their way of life.
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Don't forget having to rent all your equipment from the GPO too, and it being illegal to connect non-approved kit...
Mandelson. Triesman. Blair.
Need I go on?
OK, so none of them are in charge at the moment, but it was Mandelson who forced through the legislation which lies behind this prior to the last election.
The courts are different - but they are hamstrung by badly thought out and poorly drafted laws, mostly dating from the 13 years of Socialist utopia we are slowly escaping from.
If you remember what 3.5 and 3.51 were like, it's possible to have some sympathy for this, but IIRC it was highlighted at the time as a bit of a silly thing to do.
That would be plausible if IBM had a computer in 1944 - unfortunately they didn't. They might have had some wonderful tabulating machines, and some of them may have been used for weather forecasting, but computers? Nonsense. The only general purpose computer in existence at the time was Collossus at Bletchley Park, and that was busy cracking codes.
I'll take a job there, if there's one going - I really don't give a monkeys if someone else uses something I've worked on to do things that some self-appointed ethics guru considers bad. All I'd be bothered about is picking up a paycheck and writing the best code I could produce. If people want to make laws about where companies can and cannot sell products based on whether the end user is thought of well or badly, then fine. But while it's legal to sell this stuff, then you'll always find people like me who don't consider ethical stuff to be more important than paying the rent.
Just be thankful you didn't have to integrate Macs and Windows crap 15 years ago like some of us poor souls. At least Open Directory and AD are sort-of compatible - try running Macs in a mixed Lan Mangler / Netware bindery environment and then see how happy you are!
And I say that as a pragmatist and sometime sysadmin.
Try two and a bit - I was first horrified by Windows 2.1 in 1989. Luckily, it wasn't networkable at the time...
If it comes to it, I'll run OpenRISC on a FPGA rather than pay dues to the Man...
You've obviously forgotten what the old Sparcs were like :-P
Surely the term "locked-in boot" is more accurate?
Some emissions from this reactor are harmful, and we wear protection to minimise the damage.
But without it, there would be no life on Earth.
It's called the Sun.
Every manufacturing process involves "bad stuff" somewhere along the line, unless you're going to lead an Amish sort of life.
Far better to complain about the plant food.
We do it in the UK at Dinorwic and Ffestiniog, and it would be ideal for load following.
If the UK doesn't build some new generating capacity soon, I'll be connecting via bicycle and dynamo in a few years anyway...
What's wrong with cat, flash boy?
Mod up a million times over. Never could get the hang of all this mouse and GUI shit. First used vi in 88, and it's still my editor of choice unless I want to make pretty stuff for dull people...
Far fewer deaths than Israeli attacks on Palestinian land - by a factor of about 10. Until the Israelis are forced to behave in a civilised manner, there can never be peace.
7.
It could just be pyrolised petunias...
And I'd be amazed if anything could be found which didn't support the article, as it's a basic truth about multivariate non-linear systems that you can't predict the future outcome from current conditions, due to their sensitivity to perturbations beyond the limits of your current measurements.
The real objection to Austrian economics is always political rather than practical - the conclusion that the Austrians lead you to is a small-state, low tax solution which many find inimical to their way of life.
We'd be talking terawatts here, and that's going to take a lot of copper to send it anywhere it might be used.
More likely you'd have to dump it and use the Pacific as a heat sink - think a man-made El-Nino.
The more I think about it, the sillier it seems...
We would be, until the fuel and the ammo runs out, and then it's back to wood and stone...
Waste gate, that's what they were called in my day...
Haven't you seen my atlas?
Pink from sunrise to sunset, old boy...