This would be a good time to point out that dictionaries only point out how a word is used, not how it should be used. If fewer people use the infringement=piracy meaning, that meaning acquires the archaic tag after awhile
ow do you make an installer that can remove the old version of a program, and yet have zero chance that it never removes the wrong thing
Easy. require apps to declare their contents to the system and provide an interface to manage these apps and their versions. Then require that apps use that interface exclusively to manage them.
It's really hard to wipe an entire drive with uninstallComponent("iTunes", VERSION_ALL);
The following organizations have tested XP, independently of Microsoft: CNET/ZDNET, eTesting Labs, eWeek, PC Magazine, and PC World. All these independent labs...
Claiming that modularity is (I'm paraphrasing) "too hard" comes off more as a cop-out than a reason
Yes, let's make a fundamental, pervasive, part of the kernel hot pluggable, introduce tons of potential bugs and incompatibilities and create lots of work, all for questionable benefit. Engineering involves a series of tradeoffs and, in this case, most people see the pain as being too great for the potential payoff.
But, if you still want to, go right ahead. That's one of the cool thing about Linux: if nobody else wants to do it, you still can.
Heck, know what would be the best? A pluggable kernel system, where anyone could switch WM.
That's been suggested for Linux before, and the general feeling was that that would be so complicated (the memory manager changes touched most files in the kernel) and hard to test, that it would basically be a nightmare.
If the DVD contains a film as its primary content, then it is a film. If the DVD contains a crapload of software (like Debian), then it is software. This would mean that it depends mainly on the packaging, and it does. The problem there is that it opens all sorts of abuses and allows for fairly arbitrary classification (sell a Disney title as software - it becomes software). You could curb that somewhat by declaring that DVDs that play in a DVD player are films.
Pepsi consistently beats Coke in taste tests, but Coke outsells Pepsi. Why?
Because Pepsi is sweeter. This makes it taste better when you drink a couple of ounces, but it gets to be too much when you're drinking a couple liters each day.
This is why I cut first level tech off after 5 minutes. I never reinstall my ip stack (if i can't hit something else on my network, i won't call tech support), and I tell them i have windows. I'm just glad i've got a real isp.
As for unsupported OSes, you basically lie. " What do you support? Oh, funny, that's what I have". The way I figure, first level TS isn't paid enough to care about me or if I lie.
I suppose i could be a dick and mention another war that the US has declared - The War on Drugs (tm). An actual bodycount is probably out of the question, but consider that every time a swat team hits the wrong address and shoots some random person dead, that's one more casualty. Whenever some gangs have a turf war, those are more casualties (if politicians had the freedom to actually address the problem instead of doing what keeps them from being recalled, there would be fewer drug turf wars). Oh, and there's the small matter of the corruption of our government in the name of fighting drugs. Tell me again why I don't have the right to walk down the street with $20,000 cash?
Come on, you can't tell me you don't feel a tinge of national humiliation every time you see the sleek sexy lines of the Concorde parked at JFK airport
Nope. I feel a rush of pride and lust every time I see a SR-71. Why? Because spy planes are cooler than jetliners.
is simply because MySQL doesn't have transactional support
Actually, the newer versions are adding transactions. They still have table locking, so performance will probably suffer if you have alot of concurrency.
Your first two points are valid, however the last one is not
The reason that got in was that, were it needed, it would have overcome the first two problems. I think i saw maybe one other company that used it, so I doubt that was the case. Besides, we didn't need MCA. We had sbus, which worked fairly well for stuff that required performance and, when we finally outgrew 386s, we got Vesa local bus and then PCI.
To make it short, there's nothing wrong with holding off on something until it's needed. If you don't deploy it, you don't have to support it. Besides, you may not need it after all.
I finally got to the point of ghosting each of thier machines after they were setup for each user, and handing them a self-booting CD when they screwed up
Works for me. Of course, I prefer the reimaging cd be for my test box, because that's the only thing i ever install weird shit on
So, you fire the competent people who get caught, drive off the talent (who chafe at such behavior) and end up with the people sneaky enough to avoid your attention and those with no real creative drive. Sounds like fun.
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Apparently 1/23 isn't a good enough number for them.
Well, for whatever reason, software is currently dominated by men. GE, on the other hand, has 3 women out of 17 people on their board
standards-based system of software (Office, Windows, etc)
Something in this sentence does not beling.
This would be a good time to point out that dictionaries only point out how a word is used, not how it should be used. If fewer people use the infringement=piracy meaning, that meaning acquires the archaic tag after awhile
Are you sure we're talking about the right Bill and Hillary in the context of a 'wad'?
I don't think Bill will be shooting a wad at Hillary anytime soon.
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my apartment forbids satellite
They can't actually do that. On nov 20, 1998, the FCC ruled that renters can install individual satellite dishes on their balconies.
I guess I'd just be a bit scared to invest in a PC right now since you could be outclassed rather quickly.
What? You don't 'invest' in a PC, you buy one to do some job for you. If it's fast enough, then who caares if someone has a faster one.
ow do you make an installer that can remove the old version of a program, and yet have zero chance that it never removes the wrong thing
Easy. require apps to declare their contents to the system and provide an interface to manage these apps and their versions. Then require that apps use that interface exclusively to manage them.
It's really hard to wipe an entire drive with uninstallComponent("iTunes", VERSION_ALL);
The following organizations have tested XP, independently of Microsoft: CNET/ZDNET, eTesting Labs, eWeek, PC Magazine, and PC World. All these independent labs...
are owned by Ziff-Davis. No wonder they agree.
Claiming that modularity is (I'm paraphrasing) "too hard" comes off more as a cop-out than a reason
Yes, let's make a fundamental, pervasive, part of the kernel hot pluggable, introduce tons of potential bugs and incompatibilities and create lots of work, all for questionable benefit. Engineering involves a series of tradeoffs and, in this case, most people see the pain as being too great for the potential payoff.
But, if you still want to, go right ahead. That's one of the cool thing about Linux: if nobody else wants to do it, you still can.
Heck, know what would be the best? A pluggable kernel system, where anyone could switch WM.
That's been suggested for Linux before, and the general feeling was that that would be so complicated (the memory manager changes touched most files in the kernel) and hard to test, that it would basically be a nightmare.
I would argue that it depends.
If the DVD contains a film as its primary content, then it is a film. If the DVD contains a crapload of software (like Debian), then it is software. This would mean that it depends mainly on the packaging, and it does. The problem there is that it opens all sorts of abuses and allows for fairly arbitrary classification (sell a Disney title as software - it becomes software). You could curb that somewhat by declaring that DVDs that play in a DVD player are films.
Pepsi consistently beats Coke in taste tests, but Coke outsells Pepsi. Why?
Because Pepsi is sweeter. This makes it taste better when you drink a couple of ounces, but it gets to be too much when you're drinking a couple liters each day.
This is why I cut first level tech off after 5 minutes. I never reinstall my ip stack (if i can't hit something else on my network, i won't call tech support), and I tell them i have windows. I'm just glad i've got a real isp.
As for unsupported OSes, you basically lie. " What do you support? Oh, funny, that's what I have". The way I figure, first level TS isn't paid enough to care about me or if I lie.
And if one of those 6000 was someone close to you
I suppose i could be a dick and mention another war that the US has declared - The War on Drugs (tm). An actual bodycount is probably out of the question, but consider that every time a swat team hits the wrong address and shoots some random person dead, that's one more casualty. Whenever some gangs have a turf war, those are more casualties (if politicians had the freedom to actually address the problem instead of doing what keeps them from being recalled, there would be fewer drug turf wars). Oh, and there's the small matter of the corruption of our government in the name of fighting drugs. Tell me again why I don't have the right to walk down the street with $20,000 cash?
Come on, you can't tell me you don't feel a tinge of national humiliation every time you see the sleek sexy lines of the Concorde parked at JFK airport
Nope. I feel a rush of pride and lust every time I see a SR-71. Why? Because spy planes are cooler than jetliners.
is simply because MySQL doesn't have transactional support
Actually, the newer versions are adding transactions. They still have table locking, so performance will probably suffer if you have alot of concurrency.
Lying doesn't fix the problem
Like first level tech support has any great influence on company policy.
Your first two points are valid, however the last one is not
The reason that got in was that, were it needed, it would have overcome the first two problems. I think i saw maybe one other company that used it, so I doubt that was the case. Besides, we didn't need MCA. We had sbus, which worked fairly well for stuff that required performance and, when we finally outgrew 386s, we got Vesa local bus and then PCI.
To make it short, there's nothing wrong with holding off on something until it's needed. If you don't deploy it, you don't have to support it. Besides, you may not need it after all.
how do you propose to install VMware in a locked down environment
I dunno, make it part of the standard dev software?
refuse to escalate the problem past the basic list of idiot questions, and that list insists that you be running the OS they tell you to
So do what I do - Lie. As they'd ever know.
I finally got to the point of ghosting each of thier machines after they were setup for each user, and handing them a self-booting CD when they screwed up
Works for me. Of course, I prefer the reimaging cd be for my test box, because that's the only thing i ever install weird shit on
What do you do that REQUIRES you to change the registry?
Run a crack program NOW on your machine to get the administrator password
And if they find out (like noticing that you're a local admin), they fire you if you're lucky. If you're not lucky, you face criminal prosecution.
Fire those who fail to comply
So, you fire the competent people who get caught, drive off the talent (who chafe at such behavior) and end up with the people sneaky enough to avoid your attention and those with no real creative drive. Sounds like fun.
connecting to AOL's service requires proprietary means
Except that you can do mail and other basic things with any old web browser you have. If my mother can do it (on the computer), it must be easy.