Argument sounds good on paper yet faster drives don't have a lot of impact because improvements in capacity/$ outpace improvements in speed. 2 x not fast enough=still not fast enough.
When morguefile.com went down they spent 3 days in limbo waiting for a RAID-6 array to rebuild and when it finally finished it was garbage. The site was down for 2 weeks due to extenuating circumstances but what ate the time was the sheer amount of data that had to be processed. One day I'll get around to writing down what really happened.
Speaking as someone who has contributed documentation, I can tell you that having the best technical writers in the universe doesn't mean spit if the developers can't/won't put in the time to answer doco writers questions and review docs before publishing. Even if this does happen, documentation gets stale quickly. IMO bad doco is worse than none at all, especially when it comes to time wastage.
In the 50's when they were cranking out cheap housing, slab houses with copper piped radiant heat in the floor was the spec. They all started leaking from electrolytic corrosion and had to be retrofitted with baseboard. Side note: Also made conditions really sweet for termites.
Could one reason there are so many half not decent UNIX admins be that tinkering with a desktop might leave some gaps in a persons knowledge? That method is good for sounding smart when talking to the ignorant, so yeah being a BS artiste can get him outta the help desk, but "learning UNIX" is nontrivial (not to mention a vague goal). Time frames and depth of appropriate knowledge are important too. Incidentally, that has little to do with a persons mental capacity, it's an artifact of the depth and breadth of a poorly documented topic.
You can't blame it on the computers. Maybe the programmers or engineers, but realize code in avionics is actually held to standards and rigorously tested. Airbus != 7 series beemer.
Also, the computers on an Airbus dynamically govern how much allowable travel there is in control surfaces relative to airspeed. According to the manufacturer, if the rudder moves outside of it's prescribed envelope@V then the whole damn vertical stabilizer snaps off. What then? Taking off/landing you'll end up like the Airbus that went down in NY after 9/11/01. If you're cruising, the Sioux City DC-10 crash from the 80's comes to mind, but the only reason they made it to the airport was they just happened to have a passenger that was one of M/D's engineers sitting in on throttles.
Anyway, if I'm onboard an aircraft that's so finely engineered it need computers to keep from ripping apart in _good_ weather, I'd rather the pilot not even have a stick & pedals.
To follow a _specific_ car cops need reasonable cause. Of course it's your word against his, but has a cop ever pulled you over and said it was "just because"? No, because that is harrassment.
People with bad breath get offended when you tell 'em they need to brush. Are you that much of a stereotype? It's cable TV. It's not like there are no options for content.
Comparing the two is apples & oranges. Bullying has been made worse by political correctness. School staff cannot intervene because they risk civil action from the child's parents and termination by their employer.
_Parents_ need to realize it and take action when they have a little sociopath on their hands. But if Junior is a piece of shit, chances are good Dad is too. I say don't punish the kids, punish the parents. Maybe start with a good killing.
What a punkass! Yeah, geezers are funny but just because you have to live with garbage like MP3's & YouTube doesn't meant there isn't room for improvement.
People started driving trucks during Reagan/Bush1 because they were competitively priced with the positively ghastly hunks of shit available at the time(Olds Cutlass Ciera, I'm looking at you). That trucks didn't have the safety or emissions standards wasn't in the brochure. This lack of mandated engineering equaled a windfall profit for the manufacturers.
Yeah see, speaking as an old guy who can grok TANSTAAFL, all those things are supposed to be repaid in kind. You watch his house, he watches yours, you help each other dig out from blizzards and you each trim the hedges you share on both sides every other time.
It's how society works when people aren't being a**holes.
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Argument sounds good on paper yet faster drives don't have a lot of impact because improvements in capacity/$ outpace improvements in speed. 2 x not fast enough=still not fast enough.
When morguefile.com went down they spent 3 days in limbo waiting for a RAID-6 array to rebuild and when it finally finished it was
garbage. The site was down for 2 weeks due to extenuating circumstances but what ate the time was the sheer amount of data that had to be processed.
One day I'll get around to writing down what really happened.
I'll bet that really tics you off when yer at work :P
"drinking at 18 isn't failry permissive"
When I was 18 it _was_ the drinking age (this is in NY). Land of the free my ass.
Would you really want a child playing with something delicate you put 80 hours into?
Fuck the children (not literally).
Speaking as someone who has contributed documentation, I can tell you that having
the best technical writers in the universe doesn't mean spit if the developers can't/won't put in the time
to answer doco writers questions and review docs before publishing. Even if this does happen, documentation
gets stale quickly. IMO bad doco is worse than none at all, especially when it comes to time wastage.
Copper pipe in cement + time = leaks
In the 50's when they were cranking out cheap housing, slab houses with copper piped radiant heat in the floor
was the spec. They all started leaking from electrolytic corrosion and had to be retrofitted with baseboard.
Side note: Also made conditions really sweet for termites.
Yeah, Enron looked real good too
"Ultimately, I don't care if you're pissed off that you have to slow down to 35k in a 50k zone as long as you don't crash into me."
You win the door prize!!!
Could one reason there are so many half not decent UNIX admins be that tinkering with a desktop
might leave some gaps in a persons knowledge? That method is good for sounding smart when talking to the
ignorant, so yeah being a BS artiste can get him outta the help desk, but "learning UNIX" is nontrivial (not to mention a vague goal).
Time frames and depth of appropriate knowledge are important too. Incidentally, that has little to do with a persons mental capacity,
it's an artifact of the depth and breadth of a poorly documented topic.
Looks like God screwed that one up.
You can't blame it on the computers. Maybe the programmers or engineers, but realize code in avionics is actually
held to standards and rigorously tested. Airbus != 7 series beemer.
Also, the computers on an Airbus dynamically govern how much allowable travel there is in control surfaces relative to airspeed.
According to the manufacturer, if the rudder moves outside of it's prescribed envelope@V then the whole damn vertical stabilizer
snaps off. What then? Taking off/landing you'll end up like the Airbus that went down in NY after 9/11/01. If you're cruising, the Sioux City DC-10 crash from the 80's comes to mind, but the only reason they made it to the airport was they just happened to have a passenger that was one of M/D's engineers sitting in on throttles.
Anyway, if I'm onboard an aircraft that's so finely engineered it need computers to keep from ripping apart in _good_ weather,
I'd rather the pilot not even have a stick & pedals.
*rimshot*
Watervliet is on the upper low end of the economic spectrum when it comes to Albany suburbs.
Albany, being the state capital is about as corrupt as you can get. It puts NYC metro area to shame in that regard.
If a Judge can be bothered to side with a perp,
it's more likely he has a hardon for the Colonie PD and not any silly notion of Justice.
To follow a _specific_ car cops need reasonable cause. Of course it's your word against his, but has a cop ever pulled you over and said it was "just because"? No, because that is harrassment.
Because only a geek would be stupid enough to think he could get away with it.
The real equation
Normal person == stupid
Geek == normal person cognitive issues
I hope he likes anal
People with bad breath get offended when you tell 'em they need to brush.
Are you that much of a stereotype? It's cable TV. It's not like there are no options
for content.
You forgot Mae Ling Mak
Comparing the two is apples & oranges.
Bullying has been made worse by political correctness. School staff cannot intervene because they risk civil action from the child's parents and termination by their employer.
_Parents_ need to realize it and take action when they have a little sociopath on their hands. But if Junior is a piece of shit, chances are good Dad is too. I say don't punish the kids, punish the parents.
Maybe start with a good killing.
What a punkass! Yeah, geezers are funny but just because you have to live with garbage like MP3's & YouTube doesn't meant there isn't room for improvement.
Come on now, the rats aren't that big.
We have a winnah!
People started driving trucks during Reagan/Bush1 because they were competitively priced
with the positively ghastly hunks of shit available at the time(Olds Cutlass Ciera, I'm looking at you).
That trucks didn't have the safety or emissions standards wasn't in the brochure. This lack of
mandated engineering equaled a windfall profit for the manufacturers.
Occam's razor... it's all about the $$
Like I was saying :)
Yeah see, speaking as an old guy who can grok TANSTAAFL, all those things are supposed to be repaid in kind. You watch his house, he watches yours, you help each other dig out from blizzards and you each trim the hedges you share on both sides every other time.
It's how society works when people aren't being a**holes.
He wasn't trying to but the hole in the stall partition was crotch height.
"See, there's this clock on the wall and last night was taco night...."
Polyamory implies multiple relationships. Relationship == having to listen.
The sweet spot is multiple NSA partners and one best girl.