Solandri : "All Microsoft had to do was add native dialing and cellular chipset support to WinCE.. Apple knows a lot about computers. They didn't know phones"
"The original iPhone.. had a 3.5-inch LCD screen at 320x480 and 163ppi, a quad-band 2G EDGE data radio, 802.11b.g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, and a 2 megapixel camera" ref
"when it comes to actually making cars.. there is no reason to assume that Apple, with no experience, will suddenly do a better job than General Motors"
Seeing as GM went out of its way to sabotage its own efforts, Apple can't do any worse.
"Last Friday we learned that Volkswagen got caught cheating on emissions testing via software programming. The punishment? It could get slapped with up to $18 billion in fines."
Who wrote the software, who told him to write the software, why aren't criminal sanctions being applied?
The backup generators failed as the fuel pumps couldn't be powered as there wasn't any electricity to power the pumps ref. Don't site your critical infrastructure in the basement. ref.
"Michael Moore edited and remixed dialog in "Bowling for Columbine" so that people appeared to say things that they didn't actually say"
Do you have any verifiable third party citations that demonstrate the opinions of the interview subjects appearing on BoC do not hold the depicted views? I mean does anyone seriously doubt what the NRA/KKK is really about? I mean if it isn't/wasn't formed to protect Caucasians from the 'Negroes', then what is it for, what is its purpose, that's a rhetorical question.
KKK suppressed through Act of Congress: April 20, 1871.
"Google.. has not proceeded with delisting on other geographical extensions or on google.com, which any internet user may alternatively visit.. this decision does not show any willingness on the part of the CNIL to apply French law extraterritorially. It simply requests full observance of European legislation by non European players offering their services in Europe." ref
"As a senior techie, I've been tasked with helping bring the skillset of the rest of the staff up. Where would you start, given that most of the kit is EoL?
Sounds like they expect you to function as an unpaid tutor as well as your duties as sys-admin. Find out why the last fella left and how long he was in the job. Start looking for another job.
How can a distributed peer-to-peer chat system suffer such an outage, unless it isn't really distributed peer-to-peer anymore. Makes me question the reliability of these all-eggs-in-one-basket cloud services.
“Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!” ref
"As a programmer I find myself switching between multiple projects on a daily basis. Virtual desktops have been a big help in grouping my related programs together. I try to have a virtual desktop open for each project I'm working on. Although I've used Linux in the past my currently preferred desktop OS is Windows 10."
'The linked analysis posits that Ahmed's clock started out as another clock, rather than a box of parts, and Ahmed can be said to have repackaged rather than "invented" a wholly new clock, but acknowledges that "none of us were there and knows what happened."'
What really happened was in this politicly correct day-and-age the teachers were desperate to not really get fired..
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Solandri : "All Microsoft had to do was add native dialing and cellular chipset support to WinCE .. Apple knows a lot about computers. They didn't know phones"
.. had a 3.5-inch LCD screen at 320x480 and 163ppi, a quad-band 2G EDGE data radio, 802.11b.g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, and a 2 megapixel camera" ref
"The original iPhone
Microsoft shows up late to the smartphone party
"when it comes to actually making cars .. there is no reason to assume that Apple, with no experience, will suddenly do a better job than General Motors"
Seeing as GM went out of its way to sabotage its own efforts, Apple can't do any worse.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
"Last Friday we learned that Volkswagen got caught cheating on emissions testing via software programming. The punishment? It could get slapped with up to $18 billion in fines."
Who wrote the software, who told him to write the software, why aren't criminal sanctions being applied?
The backup generators failed as the fuel pumps couldn't be powered as there wasn't any electricity to power the pumps ref. Don't site your critical infrastructure in the basement. ref.
"Michael Moore edited and remixed dialog in "Bowling for Columbine" so that people appeared to say things that they didn't actually say"
Do you have any verifiable third party citations that demonstrate the opinions of the interview subjects appearing on BoC do not hold the depicted views? I mean does anyone seriously doubt what the NRA/KKK is really about? I mean if it isn't/wasn't formed to protect Caucasians from the 'Negroes', then what is it for, what is its purpose, that's a rhetorical question.
KKK suppressed through Act of Congress: April 20, 1871.
NRA founded on : November 17, 1871
How Hidden From Google started.
.. has not proceeded with delisting on other geographical extensions or on google.com, which any internet user may alternatively visit .. this decision does not show any willingness on the part of the CNIL to apply French law extraterritorially. It simply requests full observance of European legislation by non European players offering their services in Europe." ref
List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google's search results
"Google
"I am in this same boat right now. Looking for a shore I can jump to."
.. er .. longevity. Never-ever do unpaid overtime.
Go into teaching, it's a lot less stressful and has a longer job
"As a senior techie, I've been tasked with helping bring the skillset of the rest of the staff up. Where would you start, given that most of the kit is EoL?
Sounds like they expect you to function as an unpaid tutor as well as your duties as sys-admin. Find out why the last fella left and how long he was in the job. Start looking for another job.
NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say
How can a distributed peer-to-peer chat system suffer such an outage, unless it isn't really distributed peer-to-peer anymore. Makes me question the reliability of these all-eggs-in-one-basket cloud services.
"The Mobile Infrastructure Project is intended to provide last-mile connectivity, but the project has languished, and fallen short of its promises."
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Sounds like it's going to plan, as in spending as much government money as possible
“Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!” ref
Version 46.0.2490.33 beta (64-bit) ..
timothy has nothing better to do but inject Android FUD into the blogosphere ..
What To Do About Android Malware? The answer it not to download and install it from unreliable sites ...
MojoKid writes a free advertisement for MICROS~1 ..
"As a programmer I find myself switching between multiple projects on a daily basis. Virtual desktops have been a big help in grouping my related programs together. I try to have a virtual desktop open for each project I'm working on. Although I've used Linux in the past my currently preferred desktop OS is Windows 10."
Like .. WOW !!!!
'The linked analysis posits that Ahmed's clock started out as another clock, rather than a box of parts, and Ahmed can be said to have repackaged rather than "invented" a wholly new clock, but acknowledges that "none of us were there and knows what happened."'
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What really happened was in this politicly correct day-and-age the teachers were desperate to not really get fired
Why is this even doing on slashdot?
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
I don't believe it .. what really happened ?
"Microsoft has been working on a platform update that brings the original Start Menu"
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Don't mean a thing to me as I am on Lubuntu, been Microsoft free for years, at least at home
I assume this Win32/PSWTool malware only works on Microsoft Windows ..
How about not connecting devices that can be compromised by opening an email attachment or clicking on a URL ..