I don't know how many, if any, climate scientists have said that. I have heard people say we are in imminent danger of becoming Venus, and when I ask their credentials, they say "STFU, denier!!!one!".
While I agree with you about letting strangers in my house when I'm not there, the last time I needed a 24/7 electrician, he charged 3X what the 9/5 guy would have charged.
Is there a "Linux" OS? There's a Fedora OS and an Ubuntu OS, both of which use the Linux kernel, but are they any more "Linux" than ChromOS or Android? More GNU, certainly, but all the above are technically Linux.
If people want to share a car, why don't they do it now? Oh yeah because you're screwed if someone else gets in an accident with a vehicle you have owned and insured. Unless insurance and liability laws change, sharing a vehicle will be as stupid then as it is now.
There's also the problem of cleaning up the various fluids from the drunks who used the car before you.
When I hand over a bunch of dirty green paper, it just works. When I swipe my card, it just works (though there's a bit of confusion on whether to swipe or cram). Apple/Android Pay isn't there yet, and I'd rather use what I know works, rather than fumble with my phone and have it not work.
I must not be operating around the right people. If dual booting is too hard to click a couple buttons during install, and highlighting the desired boot in grub, then exactly how are people going to fix their webcam or soundcard when a W10 update fucks their computer?
You need to be really really smart to install and use Linux, better to stick with W10, then what? I guess you just buy a new computer because everything is too damn hard....
As too often happens, it's not always as easy as it sounds. The last time I tried to install Ubuntu, it went fine, until i dual-booted back into Windows. That borked my MBR so I couldn't get into Ubuntu. Yes, I could fix it, but the next time I booted into Doze, it happened again. This was just booting, not installing/upgrading.
But you do have a point. W10's borked updates are killing the "just works" advantage Win had over Linux.
Kindasorta. A modern Linux distro is pretty darned easy to install and use. Boot from CD with an internet connection, and a couple clicks later, you are cookin'.
That makes several assumptions:
1. The computer still has a CD drive 2. All the hardware and peripherals work with Linux (often true with modern distros, but not always) 3. The user can give the finger to their Doze software (dual-booting is harder than just having one OS)
Education for the sake of education is fine - if you're rich enough. Personally, if I'm spending $$$,$$$ on a degree, I'd expect a lucrative job from that.
My senior high school had two ASR-33 teletypes, plus two faster terminals: a TI Silent 700 and a CRT dumb terminal. The fast connections were 300 baud. The teletypes were 110 baud.
I didn't need all that fancy stuff in high school. My chisel and stone tablets worked fine.
I heard of a scam where I work where an alleged "higher-up" emailed someone asking for some private information we had access to. They didn't tell us if that scam was successful, but they did tell us that if we got any such request, we needed to clear it with our immediate boss before sending anything.
I don't think you understand the point of COBOL, which is "while it is very long-winded and a struggle to write, it is possible for lay people to read, and (at least the evidence suggests) maintain 50 year old code after the original author has died".
If you write COBOL, you probably spend two days reading the background info and requirements docs for every ten minutes you spend writing code anyway.
Good luck getting an accountant to understand 50 year old Java.
That's true, in theory. I've also seen COBOL code that's nearly as unreadable as the worst Perl crap I've seen, and I'm pretty sure the reason the original author died is suicide after the boss wanted him to make changes to the damn thing.
I don't know much about my father's side. But on my mom's side, mom is in good shape at 82, one aunt passed at 89, the other aunt is still alive, if not exactly kicking, at 97.
You're obviously a delusional Hilaryite. Nowhere in my post did I call my boss an "inhuman monster", and I don't follow whatever mental gyrations it took to get that conclusion.
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I don't know how many, if any, climate scientists have said that. I have heard people say we are in imminent danger of becoming Venus, and when I ask their credentials, they say "STFU, denier!!!one!".
Heh! I can imagine the Siris on my iPad, iPhone, and iWatch all saying "I don't understand what you just said" in unison.
While I agree with you about letting strangers in my house when I'm not there, the last time I needed a 24/7 electrician, he charged 3X what the 9/5 guy would have charged.
Some of us like RC Cola. Coke makes me belch loudly, and Pepsi gives me the runs. Perfect analogy to the current political situation.
Is there a "Linux" OS? There's a Fedora OS and an Ubuntu OS, both of which use the Linux kernel, but are they any more "Linux" than ChromOS or Android? More GNU, certainly, but all the above are technically Linux.
I think I had one about a century ago. Haven't logged onto it since. If I did have anything on it, it's waay out of date.
I once asked one if Windows was any good.
"Neigh!"
If people want to share a car, why don't they do it now? Oh yeah because you're screwed if someone else gets in an accident with a vehicle you have owned and insured. Unless insurance and liability laws change, sharing a vehicle will be as stupid then as it is now.
There's also the problem of cleaning up the various fluids from the drunks who used the car before you.
Yeah, I would really h8 that kind of nonsense.
I remember one website that wouldn't let us talk about the Vice President, **** Cheny.
When I hand over a bunch of dirty green paper, it just works. When I swipe my card, it just works (though there's a bit of confusion on whether to swipe or cram). Apple/Android Pay isn't there yet, and I'd rather use what I know works, rather than fumble with my phone and have it not work.
Including Romney!
Who needs ears when you can directly hear Bluetooth signals?
I must not be operating around the right people. If dual booting is too hard to click a couple buttons during install, and highlighting the desired boot in grub, then exactly how are people going to fix their webcam or soundcard when a W10 update fucks their computer?
You need to be really really smart to install and use Linux, better to stick with W10, then what? I guess you just buy a new computer because everything is too damn hard....
As too often happens, it's not always as easy as it sounds. The last time I tried to install Ubuntu, it went fine, until i dual-booted back into Windows. That borked my MBR so I couldn't get into Ubuntu. Yes, I could fix it, but the next time I booted into Doze, it happened again. This was just booting, not installing/upgrading.
But you do have a point. W10's borked updates are killing the "just works" advantage Win had over Linux.
Kindasorta. A modern Linux distro is pretty darned easy to install and use. Boot from CD with an internet connection, and a couple clicks later, you are cookin'.
That makes several assumptions:
1. The computer still has a CD drive
2. All the hardware and peripherals work with Linux (often true with modern distros, but not always)
3. The user can give the finger to their Doze software (dual-booting is harder than just having one OS)
Education for the sake of education is fine - if you're rich enough. Personally, if I'm spending $$$,$$$ on a degree, I'd expect a lucrative job from that.
My senior high school had two ASR-33 teletypes, plus two faster terminals: a TI Silent 700 and a CRT dumb terminal. The fast connections were 300 baud. The teletypes were 110 baud.
I didn't need all that fancy stuff in high school. My chisel and stone tablets worked fine.
I heard of a scam where I work where an alleged "higher-up" emailed someone asking for some private information we had access to. They didn't tell us if that scam was successful, but they did tell us that if we got any such request, we needed to clear it with our immediate boss before sending anything.
Java is the new COBOL
So your CFO and auditor can read it?
I don't think you understand the point of COBOL, which is "while it is very long-winded and a struggle to write, it is possible for lay people to read, and (at least the evidence suggests) maintain 50 year old code after the original author has died".
If you write COBOL, you probably spend two days reading the background info and requirements docs for every ten minutes you spend writing code anyway.
Good luck getting an accountant to understand 50 year old Java.
That's true, in theory. I've also seen COBOL code that's nearly as unreadable as the worst Perl crap I've seen, and I'm pretty sure the reason the original author died is suicide after the boss wanted him to make changes to the damn thing.
I don't know much about my father's side. But on my mom's side, mom is in good shape at 82, one aunt passed at 89, the other aunt is still alive, if not exactly kicking, at 97.
I'm much less afraid of death than I am of the crap I might go through between now and then.
Hell, I don't even remember what my Dropbox pw is! I do everything on my PC and it never asks for a password unless I install it on a new device.
As long as there are no white trucks around.
This is too much bull to put up with.
You're obviously a delusional Hilaryite. Nowhere in my post did I call my boss an "inhuman monster", and I don't follow whatever mental gyrations it took to get that conclusion.