what if the software has to do something with real hardware
then write low level driver code in standard C, and the UI in Java, or BASIC or anything that is not machine dependent. Come on, some of us knew how to do this in 1980.
OTOH, perhaps the problem is all down to hiring young whipper-snappers, and paying peanuts.
Anyway, its entirely likely that not even one of the 27,000 XP machines are connected to the Internet anyway. I know its hard for people here to realise it, but there are many uses of computers that do not involve the internet.
And the plod probably can't use Google if they tried, let alone reliably type "https://". Have you ever been in a Police station?
You need to be reminded that you are not everyone.
I use the stylus a lot - on my Note 3, I can draw schematic diagrams and write component values next to them, draw assembly instructions (not writing ASM, but I could do that too if I wanted), document mechanical engineering problems, draw maps, architectural features, etc
If you did not want the Note's features, why did you buy one?
I really want is a new Note TABLET- ie bigger than 9", so I can share the drawings with colleagues a bit easier - and yay - waterproof is REALLY important on site - unless perhaps your "site" is a web site (server room) - however, think I remember reading recently, on this very website, about server rooms that were flooded.
Here in London, England, buses don't take cash, and in most shops, restaurants, etc paying with a debit card is faster than cash (mostly cos the checkout staff can't actually count).
The problem is that (by modern standards) it's physically huge
Any smaller and it would not hold a DVD drive, an LTO drive and a DAT drive, and still have somewhere to put USB sticks and SD cards, not to mention the place required for SCSI cards.
As someone who actually saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4Juzn10gM EDSAC working, I think the standard tower PC case is about right, and I KNOW that tape will keep my data for 30 years (I have read my own backups 30 years later), and I know DVDs won't keep my data for even six years.
if a single Software Libre Engineer can teach themselves PCB design and bring modular computing to people on the budget available from a single company, why are there not already a huge number of companies doing modular upgradeable hardware?
Volume is king in electronics. Surely everyone knows that here! In case you had not noticed, a computer is made from -
Less than a pint of oil (two pints if the case is mostly plastic)
Less than two pints of sand (Much less if no glass in the screen)
Not enough steel to make a wing panel for a Fiat Punto
Not enough copper to make an ashtray
Just about enough aluminium to make a saucepan
A couple of kilowatts of energy
VERY EXPENSIVE machine tools
HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of HOURS of VERY EXPENSIVE engineering time
MASSIVE AMOUNTS of special purpose tooling
The last three items are one-off costs, spread over the entire production volume. If your volume is high, they are negligible, if your volume is low, you are stuffed.
PCB design is a non-issue - if you don't pay the going rate. PCB test, debugging and verification, not so much. Hint: you cannot do your own quality control - no one spots their own errors.
Common carrier protects ISPs. It does not protect website operators. It most certainly does not protect people who serve third party ads containing malware. They are in the same boat as people who sell contaminated food supplied by third parties.
The consumer has right of redress against whoever supplies them.
Except in America, where the criminal has the rights to whatever he can get away with.
My bank decided I did a suspicious transaction because I was away, and used a UK (my homeland) website to buy something. They sent a text to my UK phone (running software to reply by SMS saying"my phone is out of order, send me an email") . I did not know about this, so they blocked my card.
I asked if it was possible to advise them to use a different number if I was away. They said NO.
I think the fact that Trump supporters preferred bread and circuses to control over their destiny was known to the Romans while Jesus was still in junior school.
If you look at the graphs of weight versus health, for men, after a high risk of death if excessively thin, the risk increases slowly with weight, until they are one kilo past the "obese mark", then it rises rapidly.
for women, after a high risk of death if excessively thin, the risk decreases slowly with weight, until they are one kilo past the "obese mark", then it rises rapidly.
Clearly it is not the weight that kills, but the label obese that kills.
Disclaimer: I routinely suspect medical science is bullshit, based on the fact that the most obvious conclusion from properly analysing the results is that the authors dont have the slightest clue statistics.
As a matter of marginal relevance, is the the US Air Force, the (British) Royal Air Force, or some other bunch of random clowns with an aeroplane somewhere?
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then write low level driver code in standard C, and the UI in Java, or BASIC or anything that is not machine dependent. Come on, some of us knew how to do this in 1980.
OTOH, perhaps the problem is all down to hiring young whipper-snappers, and paying peanuts.
Anyway, its entirely likely that not even one of the 27,000 XP machines are connected to the Internet anyway. I know its hard for people here to realise it, but there are many uses of computers that do not involve the internet.
And the plod probably can't use Google if they tried, let alone reliably type "https://". Have you ever been in a Police station?
Nope -
Lambo hover boards: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/free-shipping-electric-balance-scooter-lowest_60450460206.html?spm=a2700.7724857.0.0.MFbOVk&s=p
Close, but no cigar!
I was interested in looking at the new computer as a child - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_delay_storage_automatic_calculatorEDSAC this was it! The only one in the UK/World (dependent on your definition of computer) at the time. There were no old ones to look at!
If it was, the hills would no longer be alive with the sound of hillbillies!
Unity? Take that back. Its very easy to use - provided you are not actually trying to achieve anything.
I use the stylus a lot - on my Note 3, I can draw schematic diagrams and write component values next to them, draw assembly instructions (not writing ASM, but I could do that too if I wanted), document mechanical engineering problems, draw maps, architectural features, etc
If you did not want the Note's features, why did you buy one?
I really want is a new Note TABLET- ie bigger than 9", so I can share the drawings with colleagues a bit easier - and yay - waterproof is REALLY important on site - unless perhaps your "site" is a web site (server room) - however, think I remember reading recently, on this very website, about server rooms that were flooded.
Here in London, England, buses don't take cash, and in most shops, restaurants, etc paying with a debit card is faster than cash (mostly cos the checkout staff can't actually count).
Any smaller and it would not hold a DVD drive, an LTO drive and a DAT drive, and still have somewhere to put USB sticks and SD cards, not to mention the place required for SCSI cards.
As someone who actually saw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4Juzn10gM EDSAC working, I think the standard tower PC case is about right, and I KNOW that tape will keep my data for 30 years (I have read my own backups 30 years later), and I know DVDs won't keep my data for even six years.
I certainly don't want MY data in the cloud.
Volume is king in electronics. Surely everyone knows that here! In case you had not noticed, a computer is made from -
The last three items are one-off costs, spread over the entire production volume. If your volume is high, they are negligible, if your volume is low, you are stuffed.
PCB design is a non-issue - if you don't pay the going rate. PCB test, debugging and verification, not so much. Hint: you cannot do your own quality control - no one spots their own errors.
Here in the UK, the bank issues you with a PIN, and it is not one of the above.
The consumer has right of redress against whoever supplies them.
Except in America, where the criminal has the rights to whatever he can get away with.
FTFY
Since the original was just a bunch of guesses, that is the only way to achieve compatibility.
FTFY
I asked if it was possible to advise them to use a different number if I was away. They said NO.
displays carry cots won't someone please think of the children!
FTFY
I think the fact that Trump supporters preferred bread and circuses to control over their destiny was known to the Romans while Jesus was still in junior school.
Hold on there cowboy - we wuz doing that in the 1960's!
This is probably the legal situation in Europe. Unfortunately, we in the UK, have voted to be shoved right up the arse of the USA.
LTO tape seems a better choice if all you want is long term storage.
for women, after a high risk of death if excessively thin, the risk decreases slowly with weight, until they are one kilo past the "obese mark", then it rises rapidly.
Clearly it is not the weight that kills, but the label obese that kills.
Disclaimer: I routinely suspect medical science is bullshit, based on the fact that the most obvious conclusion from properly analysing the results is that the authors dont have the slightest clue statistics.
Or you could just use Slashcode - guaranteed free from benefits!
As a matter of marginal relevance, is the the US Air Force, the (British) Royal Air Force, or some other bunch of random clowns with an aeroplane somewhere?
Do you have evidence for that statement? Most of them seem more like zombies. Some may be played by real people.
Do you want your sexbot to have good manners?