I am surprised that you find it amazing that list of obscure lumps of software all beginning with the word java confuse people. Do you find it more, or less amazing that java (perhaps java dash some-obscure-addendum) has eclipsed flash and windows as the malware enabler of choice? 17 years ago java(-.*)* was unleashed, heralded as the saviour of robustness, security and apple pie at only the cost of a few âoemooreâ(TM)s incrementsâ and uniformly ugly interfaces. Now we have this steaming pile. Now we have a feature to disable it. I bet that âfeatureâ(TM) becomes target #1 of the next wave of malware, so well intentioned people will only think they have disabled it?
That is a meme big carbon has been pushing for a while, and is likely nonsense. We have seen, with moderately little effort and in a reasonably short time, significant rejuvenation of the great lakes, replishment of the ozone layer, reductions in acid rain and particulate emissions. None are worthy of a âoeMission Accomplishedâ banner yet, but we already experience the benefits of the work in progress. In each case, the conventional wisdom was that the damage wasnâ(TM)t reversible and the efforts would be herculean. The herculean effort was over-riding the well paid campaigns to suppress any effort to address these problems. In retrospect, executing all of the advertising professionals and Phd-for-hires would have saved a lot of time, money and damage. People have a history of innovation, and I doubt that this is beyond us. We have to get fat, dumb and happy out of the way.
Maybe Rushton was misunderstood. I thought that he was pimping that old racist crap to payback his benefactors (Pioneer Fund, or something like that). Could it have been a diabolical stroke of genius to associate the discredited IQ value with that steaming pile of poo? Either way, well done!
IE has a feature to let websites monitor all the mouse activity on your computer. Iâ(TM)m not sure why they left this open to everyone, I would think they would charge for this level of access. Maybe afraid of another criminal charge? Does WA have a three-strikes rule?
If an un-exceptional program is producing peculiar results, it can require considerable effort, often hours, to locate the cause of the oddity, and considerably longer to integrate the proper extensions to deal with it correctly.
An exceptional program, however, will produce an un-caught exception. Almost mechanically, I can insert catches at various points in the program, then hone in on where the proper catch should be applied. With virtually no understanding of the underlying program, I can, uh, repair it.
David Parnas pointed out how, in software, the efforts of a few can create need for the many. Nowhere is this more clearly evident than the rabid promotion of a fetish.
Exceptions, value propagation, panicing and ignoring all have merits and drawbacks; their applicability depends primarily upon the situation and scope.
The pre-iPad tablet graveyard is littered with this kind of thinking. A desktop app needs to be reworked to be usable as a tablet-like app. This re-work dwarfs the inconvenience of switching ISAs.
Unless Metro can handle this itself, there is a lot of work to be done. In fairness, I have heard Metro is equally unusable for the desktop and tablet, so maybe it has a chance.
The story is titled Why Microsofts Surface Pro could fail; which implies that its failure is unlikely. MicroSoft have had a decade of poorly received mobile computing devices. The better, and unanswered question, is Why Microsofts Surface (pro?) could be a success. The field is already crowded with many competent options; and it seems unlikely that a MeToo that offers neither price, function or usability advantages will be appealing. On the other hand, the cool character in Suburgatory likes it....
If you want a negative bent, lets try this: The reason MicroSoft had to make the Surface was because they could not get the usual suspects to buy in. After having been burned by multiple generations of decent mobile devices laid to waste by the Windows Mobile experience, they collectively whispered: prove to us people will buy it, and we will make some. This left a loose coalition of the co-erced (Samsung, Lenovo) and the desperate (Asus and Dell, who have been shooting up together in the alley) fielding devices, while the others stood buy and watched. Yesterdays news: MicroSoft halves Surface RT production orders....
Neither of your boys watch TV, yet they get their news from TV comedy shows? Ignoring all of the significant issues in that state of affairs, when is it TV? Is it only TV if I use rabbit ears? If it is live (ie. no pvr)?
Charlie, MADD is going to hunt you down and subject you to public humiliation for your blasphemy-with-clever-font. Even the appearance of enjoying yourself will drive MADD, uh, mad. Welcome to the new temperance movement.
Mind the pun, but I am curious. The oil company in charge of Canada for the last while keeps pushing this bizarre (to me, at least) idea that because we have so much land, it doesnâ(TM)t matter that we are the worst per capita greenhouse gas emitters. Clearly, it is self serving. Did they just settle on the population density because it is convenient and sounds vaguely valid? The footprint already accounts for the carbon sink of all that vegetation...
Much simpler generalizations are pimped for all manner of ideology in philosophy, politics, economics, education,... For important issues, apparently, we just have to choose the right mission statement and let the divine hand of providence guide us to safety.
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mmmm pole mist.
come on mods - that is funny....
I am surprised that you find it amazing that list of obscure lumps of software all beginning with the word java confuse people.
Do you find it more, or less amazing that java (perhaps java dash some-obscure-addendum) has eclipsed flash and windows as the malware enabler of choice?
17 years ago java(-.*)* was unleashed, heralded as the saviour of robustness, security and apple pie at only the cost of a few âoemooreâ(TM)s incrementsâ and uniformly ugly interfaces. Now we have this steaming pile.
Now we have a feature to disable it. I bet that âfeatureâ(TM) becomes target #1 of the next wave of malware, so well intentioned people will only think they have disabled it?
I thought Apple was Microsoft Research.
The company is hierarchical.
The PM fits the religion.
You do not.
You will not change their religion.
It will not get better.
Manure, lightly spread where needed, is the best fuel for growth and prosperity. Too much, too close together is just a heap of shit.
That is a meme big carbon has been pushing for a while, and is likely nonsense. We have seen, with moderately little effort and in a reasonably short time, significant rejuvenation of the great lakes, replishment of the ozone layer, reductions in acid rain and particulate emissions.
None are worthy of a âoeMission Accomplishedâ banner yet, but we already experience the benefits of the work in progress.
In each case, the conventional wisdom was that the damage wasnâ(TM)t reversible and the efforts would be herculean.
The herculean effort was over-riding the well paid campaigns to suppress any effort to address these problems. In retrospect, executing all of the advertising professionals and Phd-for-hires would have saved a lot of time, money and damage.
People have a history of innovation, and I doubt that this is beyond us. We have to get fat, dumb and happy out of the way.
Maybe Rushton was misunderstood. I thought that he was pimping that old racist crap to payback his benefactors (Pioneer Fund, or something like that).
Could it have been a diabolical stroke of genius to associate the discredited IQ value with that steaming pile of poo? Either way, well done!
IE has a feature to let websites monitor all the mouse activity on your computer. Iâ(TM)m not sure why they left this open to everyone, I would think they would charge for this level of access.
Maybe afraid of another criminal charge? Does WA have a three-strikes rule?
Readability, no. Maintainability, sort of.
If an un-exceptional program is producing peculiar results, it can require considerable effort, often hours, to locate the cause of the oddity, and considerably longer to integrate the proper extensions to deal with it correctly.
An exceptional program, however, will produce an un-caught exception. Almost mechanically, I can insert catches at various points in the program, then hone in on where the proper catch should be applied. With virtually no understanding of the underlying program, I can, uh, repair it.
David Parnas pointed out how, in software, the efforts of a few can create need for the many. Nowhere is this more clearly evident than the rabid promotion of a fetish.
Exceptions, value propagation, panicing and ignoring all have merits and drawbacks; their applicability depends primarily upon the situation and scope.
Your server code needs better exception handling.
Try adding a line like *(volatile char *)0=1 at the point where it throws, and examine the resultant dump with a decent debugger.
you must be new here...
When discussing Apple, rabid hyperbole is the norm.
Winchester, Browning, Smith & Wesson, Colt and Beretta...
The pre-iPad tablet graveyard is littered with this kind of thinking. A desktop app needs to be reworked to be usable as a tablet-like app. This re-work dwarfs the inconvenience of switching ISAs.
Unless Metro can handle this itself, there is a lot of work to be done. In fairness, I have heard Metro is equally unusable for the desktop and tablet, so maybe it has a chance.
The coolest thing is that these things are from 2013; the developer reached into the future and brought some cool tech back in time.
(Presumably) intelligently designed to mimic an evolved component of an evolved organism...
The story is titled Why Microsofts Surface Pro could fail; which implies that its failure is unlikely.
MicroSoft have had a decade of poorly received mobile computing devices.
The better, and unanswered question, is Why Microsofts Surface (pro?) could be a success. The field is already crowded with many competent options; and it seems unlikely that a MeToo that offers neither price, function or usability advantages will be appealing.
On the other hand, the cool character in Suburgatory likes it....
If you want a negative bent, lets try this:
The reason MicroSoft had to make the Surface was because they could not get the usual suspects to buy in. After having been burned by multiple generations of decent mobile devices laid to waste by the Windows Mobile experience, they collectively whispered: prove to us people will buy it, and we will make some.
This left a loose coalition of the co-erced (Samsung, Lenovo) and the desperate (Asus and Dell, who have been shooting up together in the alley) fielding devices, while the others stood buy and watched.
Yesterdays news: MicroSoft halves Surface RT production orders....
Is it even possible to add unnecessary features to Gnome? How would anyone know?
A car made by my company would never start....
( I know, I recycled it, but how many truly originals are there )
Wow, a double whoosh. Awesome.
Neither of your boys watch TV, yet they get their news from TV comedy shows? Ignoring all of the significant issues in that state of affairs, when is it TV?
Is it only TV if I use rabbit ears?
If it is live (ie. no pvr)?
Charlie,
MADD is going to hunt you down and subject you to public humiliation for your blasphemy-with-clever-font.
Even the appearance of enjoying yourself will drive MADD, uh, mad.
Welcome to the new temperance movement.
Would you like a tissue?
Mind the pun, but I am curious. The oil company in charge of Canada for the last while keeps pushing this bizarre (to me, at least) idea that because we have so much land, it doesnâ(TM)t matter that we are the worst per capita greenhouse gas emitters.
Clearly, it is self serving. Did they just settle on the population density because it is convenient and sounds vaguely valid? The footprint already accounts for the carbon sink of all that vegetation...
Much simpler generalizations are pimped for all manner of ideology in philosophy, politics, economics, education, ...
For important issues, apparently, we just have to choose the right mission statement and let the divine hand of providence guide us to safety.
is what I went with. Has a nice TLA.