My wife's old Fiesta used to rev uncontrollably occasionally. More often in wet weather.
We kind of learnt to drive it that way though until it was scrapped. No "runaway vehicle"
type incidents occurred, however, probably due to a thing called the "clutch". Bit
embarrassing at traffic lights though.
NCR Unix had (in the early '90s, possibly still has) a "maximum logged in users" limit which was configured via a kernel parameter. NCR customers could purchase upgrade licences which altered this parameter (via a patch + kernel rebuild) to increase the logged-in-user limit. The patch contained no other changes so the OS was capable of supporting more users than the licence allowed, but artificially limited (by software) depending on the licence purchased. Does this qualify as prior art ?
".... the company's extensive interview process works against hiring fresh thinkers.".
Why does everyone assume that firms like people with ideas ? Firms seem
to be far more comfortable with malleable yes-men as opposed to nuisances with non-PHB-compatible ideas.
I tried to get a demo of one of these at a
Carphone Warehouse in Reading (UK) a few weeks ago.
There are 3 CPWs in Reading - one had never stocked the device, the second had had one which they claimed had been stolen, and the third had a teenage salesman who basically refused to demo the Pogo. He failed to get the demo unit working (charging the battery would have helped) and instead insisted that I look at the XDA "because it runs Windows"....
> "In 27 years he [B.G] claims he has never
> called in sick or missed work. Not even once."
>
> Certainly now its proven by science: THERE IS NO
> REST FOR THE WICKED! "
I suspect he "works from home" fairly
regularly, though.
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My wife's old Fiesta used to rev uncontrollably occasionally. More often in wet weather. We kind of learnt to drive it that way though until it was scrapped. No "runaway vehicle" type incidents occurred, however, probably due to a thing called the "clutch". Bit embarrassing at traffic lights though.
NCR Unix had (in the early '90s, possibly still has) a "maximum logged in users" limit which was configured via a kernel parameter. NCR customers could purchase upgrade licences which altered this parameter (via a patch + kernel rebuild) to increase the logged-in-user limit. The patch contained no other changes so the OS was capable of supporting more users than the licence allowed, but artificially limited (by software) depending on the licence purchased. Does this qualify as prior art ?
From the article -
".... the company's extensive interview process works against hiring fresh thinkers.".
Why does everyone assume that firms like people with ideas ? Firms seem to be far more comfortable with malleable yes-men as opposed to nuisances with non-PHB-compatible ideas.
There are 3 CPWs in Reading - one had never stocked the device, the second had had one which they claimed had been stolen, and the third had a teenage salesman who basically refused to demo the Pogo. He failed to get the demo unit working (charging the battery would have helped) and instead insisted that I look at the XDA "because it runs Windows" ....
> "In 27 years he [B.G] claims he has never > called in sick or missed work. Not even once." > > Certainly now its proven by science: THERE IS NO > REST FOR THE WICKED! " I suspect he "works from home" fairly regularly, though.
Sound kind of like how a farmer controls a sheepdog ...
- !K