I put my data inside XML files, split the fields with CSV and store all of it on 4200RPM laptop drives that automatically go to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity.
Oh, and I backup all of that data on punched tape once per year.
How Do You Store a Half-Petabyte of Data? (And Back It Up?)
That's the easiest question I've ever seen.
1. Wait about a decade or so. 2. Buy two half-petabyte flash drives. 3. Alternate your copies on the two flash drives, the previous one becomes your backup.
Because of the "Let the browser take care of my crappy code" mentality, one core could be busy decompressing the insanely-too-large JPEGs so-called "designers" are using, another core is busy wasting cycles to run what should be plain javascript and CSS transitions through half a dozen bloated javascript/HTML libraries/frameworks and another core is busy trying to make any sense whatsoever of the non-valid HTML code because people don't give a damn about matching tag pairs.
The 4th core is alone in the corner, talking with the GPU to render pointless shiny effects for the OS GUI.
Programmers, designers, coders, webmonkeys... we all should be running 5-years-old hardware on 1/4 the connection speeds of the average users. We're the ones making the programs, websites, apps, etc. But no, most of us have the latest hardware, fast connections, etc. That's like letting engineers design roads for their expensive and extremely fast motorcycles. But those roads would be sub-optimal for regular drivers with cars, truckers, etc.
Today's hardware and OS are not relevant to the discussion. The games still work on the original consoles and computer hardware from those days running MS-DOS.
I fucking paid for them and they still fucking work even if some of the publishers no longer fucking exist.
Your arguments aren't valid. I have old computers and old game consoles from THIRTY YEARS AGO that still work fine and their parent companies will never be able to remove any feature or brick them.
How about normal people who deserve protection from law and order? Politicians are corrupt, laws mean money instead of justice and governments all over the world are turning into dictatorships where elections are pointless and leaders do whatever the hell they please against their own citizens.
Hacking Team is as guilty as the people building bombs. Sure they're not the ones launching them, but you know that's all they're going to be used for.
You have to turn on the #enable-tab-audio-muting flag in chrome://flags/.
This is not the type of things I expect from a company the size of Google. The same decision was made to hide plug-ins configurability from users by hiding it inside an "unknown" special URL.
The same can be said for their "developer tools", I can't even find a way to enable/disable things like CSS via either a keyboard shortcut or a menu item. I have to enable the dev tools that takes half the browser to then hunt down the CSS enable/disable switch.
What kind of idiots are in charge over there? Must be engineers or third-rate programmers.
One striking failure of website design is to make it as large as the browser window. Up to a point it used to be a good thing until we reached 1024x768 displays. But with today's widescreen monitors it doesn't even make sense to have your browser window full-width to begin with...
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I put my data inside XML files, split the fields with CSV and store all of it on 4200RPM laptop drives that automatically go to sleep after a few minutes of inactivity.
Oh, and I backup all of that data on punched tape once per year.
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Indeed, the people who work in R&D should be forced to wear the white lab coat, i.e. "R&D Casual".
WTF is "business casual" anyway? A business suit with a funny tie?
That's the easiest question I've ever seen.
1. Wait about a decade or so.
2. Buy two half-petabyte flash drives.
3. Alternate your copies on the two flash drives, the previous one becomes your backup.
NEXT!
Because of the "Let the browser take care of my crappy code" mentality, one core could be busy decompressing the insanely-too-large JPEGs so-called "designers" are using, another core is busy wasting cycles to run what should be plain javascript and CSS transitions through half a dozen bloated javascript/HTML libraries/frameworks and another core is busy trying to make any sense whatsoever of the non-valid HTML code because people don't give a damn about matching tag pairs.
The 4th core is alone in the corner, talking with the GPU to render pointless shiny effects for the OS GUI.
Programmers, designers, coders, webmonkeys... we all should be running 5-years-old hardware on 1/4 the connection speeds of the average users. We're the ones making the programs, websites, apps, etc. But no, most of us have the latest hardware, fast connections, etc. That's like letting engineers design roads for their expensive and extremely fast motorcycles. But those roads would be sub-optimal for regular drivers with cars, truckers, etc.
Wait, what? O.o
I was trying to do a joke here, but you make it sound like something as stupid as that really did exist?
No updates. There was no Internet back then.
Today's hardware and OS are not relevant to the discussion. The games still work on the original consoles and computer hardware from those days running MS-DOS.
I fucking paid for them and they still fucking work even if some of the publishers no longer fucking exist.
Does that answer your questions?
It's a nice alternative to XML-stored, CSV-formatted data.
Guess who's not using a gigabit connection?
It also brings "if this vendor's HTML5 implementation is crap, you can switch to another browser".
Do you mean as in "Is that an obfuscation in your pants or are you just happy to see me?"
That's what I thought. Thanks.
Because you're still using a single-core CPU.
"Update their software"? You really have no idea how consoles and computers used to work, do you?
Your arguments aren't valid. I have old computers and old game consoles from THIRTY YEARS AGO that still work fine and their parent companies will never be able to remove any feature or brick them.
Because this is how you lose customers.
How about normal people who deserve protection from law and order? Politicians are corrupt, laws mean money instead of justice and governments all over the world are turning into dictatorships where elections are pointless and leaders do whatever the hell they please against their own citizens.
Hacking Team is as guilty as the people building bombs. Sure they're not the ones launching them, but you know that's all they're going to be used for.
This is not the type of things I expect from a company the size of Google. The same decision was made to hide plug-ins configurability from users by hiding it inside an "unknown" special URL.
The same can be said for their "developer tools", I can't even find a way to enable/disable things like CSS via either a keyboard shortcut or a menu item. I have to enable the dev tools that takes half the browser to then hunt down the CSS enable/disable switch.
What kind of idiots are in charge over there? Must be engineers or third-rate programmers.
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Depends on your doctor. I went to see mine, and he diagnosed me with SUB.
Don't confuse monitor size with monitor resolution.
I don't think most smartphones can even focus properly at those distances.
Hell, at that price I'd be able to fund the whole project in Dogecoins!
One striking failure of website design is to make it as large as the browser window. Up to a point it used to be a good thing until we reached 1024x768 displays. But with today's widescreen monitors it doesn't even make sense to have your browser window full-width to begin with...
Every time I read the word "law" now, I replace it with "injustice".