I guess you don't pay attention to the news and all the stabbings, shootings and vehicles running people over in Europe, all in the name of alla snackbar. That didn't used to happen.
you're basically rich enough not to think about the price of groceries.
Or you consider the aggregate price instead of the price of individual items. If I do my shopping at store A for $180 and I go to store B and it's costing me $260...I notice.
we do have to keep it in a range that works well with our established civilization
See, you're doing it wrong. We keep civilization in a range that works well with the climate. You dream about affecting the entire globe's climate good luck to you. I'm sure the planet has a few surprises in store for you no matter how smart you think you are.
I feel you're severely overestimating it. Now we can argue for the next 500 years. But the good thing about the absolute worst case end of the world scenario is it never happens.
Your great grand children are going to look silly when despite all the "breakthroughs" the climate just goes ahead and changes anyway. But like all good religions you can always blame the infidels.
BOO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE MOTHERFUCKER THE OCEAN LEVEL IS GOING TO RISE A WHOLE 5 INCHES IN THE NEXT 500 YEARS!
Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Maersk also had backups and lost no data, yet the 2017 malware was registered as a $300million extraordinary loss on their balance sheet regardless.
There's a difference between taking a (real) loss, and going under. Loss is proportional to the size of your business. However if your IT department does not plan for contingencies you're not going to take a loss, you're going to be completely screwed. Let's see my original post again:
That's ok, you can just restore the data from the back ups. You make regular back ups, right?
In no way did my original post imply that no losses are ever incurred, which seems to be the point you're trying to stick to. However I think we both agree that those without a backup/contingency plan are going to be far worse off than those who have a robust one. Is this your thing? To analyze humor to the point that it's not funny anymore? Most people got it, which is why it's modded 'Funny'.
Absolutely relevant - if you didn't make backups then the outage probably WILL cost you your business. But hang in there, you might get this sarcasm thing eventually.
This. The PC was designed to be modular right from the get-go. Plenty of expansion slots. Need another parallel port? Buy a card. Need another serial port? There's a card for that. Need more memory? Card. Need Hercules graphics? Card. Need 32 serial ports and modems on a single card to run your BBS? Card!
This open design that let pretty much anyone with good electronics knowledge build their own specialized card for whatever reason is what kept the PC ahead of anything else. I don't doubt the Amiga was advanced in terms of graphics and even sound - when it came out. But things like Sound Blaster and Ad Lib and then graphics acceleration cards came out, and there went Amiga's advantage over PCs...
No. And I'm not vegan, either. Just like vegans, Amiga users would usually let you know within the first 5 minutes of any online chat on GEnie or CompuServe that they're using an Amiga... It's like a cult.
And here I was 30 years later hoping that people would shut up about how great their Amigas are. No such luck. We will be hearing it until the end of time. Curious though that if the Amiga was so wonderful why did it go extinct?
That depends on the religion. Religions that have gone through an enlightenment and realize that the "road to salvation" is an individual issue have people who don't care what you do - they worry about their own personal conduct. However in some more primitive religions (islam) they care very much about what YOU do or say, and if you do or say the wrong thing you are subject to penalties. In Pakistan blasphemy still carries the death penalty. Go ahead and swear...
People who go around looking at code comment sections and bitch about swear words while adding absolutely nothing to the actual code development. That's pretty fucking annoying.
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I guess you don't pay attention to the news and all the stabbings, shootings and vehicles running people over in Europe, all in the name of alla snackbar. That didn't used to happen.
Roughly 3000 people die *every month* currently. We can improve on that and should keep trying to.
Next month let's go for 3500!
And always remember to put the chips in at the bottom
Right below the eggs.
you're basically rich enough not to think about the price of groceries.
Or you consider the aggregate price instead of the price of individual items. If I do my shopping at store A for $180 and I go to store B and it's costing me $260...I notice.
But at Whole Foods they're organic gluten free cookies and a bunch of hippies sang to the chocolate chips every day.
Yemen. Other people's war zones don't count.
Alzheimer's affects the cortex, which is on the surface of the brain.
we do have to keep it in a range that works well with our established civilization
See, you're doing it wrong. We keep civilization in a range that works well with the climate. You dream about affecting the entire globe's climate good luck to you. I'm sure the planet has a few surprises in store for you no matter how smart you think you are.
I feel you're severely overestimating it. Now we can argue for the next 500 years. But the good thing about the absolute worst case end of the world scenario is it never happens.
Also constant wars, famines, refugee crises
Story of the human race. You're a fool if you think that's going to change ever.
Yeah it's going to be great when we can all switch from coal which produces CO2 to natural gas which, er, produces CO2... but it's "cleaner" CO2!!!
Your great grand children are going to look silly when despite all the "breakthroughs" the climate just goes ahead and changes anyway. But like all good religions you can always blame the infidels.
It all started going wrong when the iPod came out.
BOO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE MOTHERFUCKER THE OCEAN LEVEL IS GOING TO RISE A WHOLE 5 INCHES IN THE NEXT 500 YEARS! Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING. Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Maersk also had backups and lost no data, yet the 2017 malware was registered as a $300million extraordinary loss on their balance sheet regardless.
There's a difference between taking a (real) loss, and going under. Loss is proportional to the size of your business. However if your IT department does not plan for contingencies you're not going to take a loss, you're going to be completely screwed. Let's see my original post again:
That's ok, you can just restore the data from the back ups. You make regular back ups, right?
In no way did my original post imply that no losses are ever incurred, which seems to be the point you're trying to stick to. However I think we both agree that those without a backup/contingency plan are going to be far worse off than those who have a robust one. Is this your thing? To analyze humor to the point that it's not funny anymore? Most people got it, which is why it's modded 'Funny'.
Well to be fair the Vegas guy, though technically not a fan viewing the concert, was shooting AT the concert...
Absolutely relevant - if you didn't make backups then the outage probably WILL cost you your business. But hang in there, you might get this sarcasm thing eventually.
That's ok, you can just restore the data from the back ups. You make regular back ups, right?
as well as upgradable hardware.
This. The PC was designed to be modular right from the get-go. Plenty of expansion slots. Need another parallel port? Buy a card. Need another serial port? There's a card for that. Need more memory? Card. Need Hercules graphics? Card. Need 32 serial ports and modems on a single card to run your BBS? Card!
This open design that let pretty much anyone with good electronics knowledge build their own specialized card for whatever reason is what kept the PC ahead of anything else. I don't doubt the Amiga was advanced in terms of graphics and even sound - when it came out. But things like Sound Blaster and Ad Lib and then graphics acceleration cards came out, and there went Amiga's advantage over PCs...
I wonder if you have ever used one
No. And I'm not vegan, either. Just like vegans, Amiga users would usually let you know within the first 5 minutes of any online chat on GEnie or CompuServe that they're using an Amiga... It's like a cult.
And here I was 30 years later hoping that people would shut up about how great their Amigas are. No such luck. We will be hearing it until the end of time. Curious though that if the Amiga was so wonderful why did it go extinct?
That depends on the religion. Religions that have gone through an enlightenment and realize that the "road to salvation" is an individual issue have people who don't care what you do - they worry about their own personal conduct. However in some more primitive religions (islam) they care very much about what YOU do or say, and if you do or say the wrong thing you are subject to penalties. In Pakistan blasphemy still carries the death penalty. Go ahead and swear...
What is your definition of annoying?
People who go around looking at code comment sections and bitch about swear words while adding absolutely nothing to the actual code development. That's pretty fucking annoying.
So you're saying it can be quantified. Thanks for proving my argument.
Uh huh. How many drones successfully bombed Khmeimim? Zero. All shot down. I wonder how.