Human readable means "write it to 7 track 1/2" tape at 556 bits per inch, sprinkle iron filings on the tape and look at the bits with a magnifying glass. Or maybe its not 1972 any more and you can use you phone. Choose one.
Ebay the PDP11 and buy a dozen Pentium4s with the money.Assuming your PDP11 services 12 users, the performance will be similar, and the electric bill less than half. You may need an extra P4 to act as a tape server, a couple more to act as disk servers, and some others as terminal servers..
You obviously dont use a UK ISP - they send you an email with 4 identical attachments - using the broadband service they have just disconnected "by accident"
It makes me want to smash someone over the head with a blunt object. I failed to read TFA because the repetition drove me bonkers. I don't care what the tablet is/does - its supporters are clearly deranged.
You missed one of the two that we spotted when I was at college in the 1960's: Plumbers and prositutes. Hairdressers and cooks were added later.
We thought computers would replace accountants, even in 1967. Shakespeare had alerady recommended killing all the lawyers hundreds of years earlier, and who could argue with the bard?
We're not even at the point where most people have photo quality printers at home and know that its cheaper and easier to go to Staples if they actually want printout.
I think you have read too much of Karl Marx's twaddle.
Income inequality is what gives poor people a way of buying food - they work for the rich! Take it away, and no one works for anyone. If you are not self-sufficient, you die.
I know here on/. people like to say "Under capitalism, man exploits man, while under communism, its the other way round". Its not true. Under communism, everyone has nothing, not much happens and it gradually gets worse.
People dont risk death because their e-neighbour has a Hummer and they have a Ford Fiesta. They risk death because the alternative is a slower and more painful death of their entire family Whether by war, famine, of mafia inspired shootouts, its esactly the same reasoning.
I expect Dubai to go up in flames any time soon, but I doubt the dome will make a difference to when or how.
More unintended consequences: you cant see the signals from the cab of a truck! You also cannot see them from other important places. These things are often a hazard to safety.
It is generally better to give drivers information than hide it.
More importantly, drivers have to pass a test, pedestrians don't, and may be (often are) drunk, insane or just mildly stupid. There is no law against stupidity, and never will be - it would not be in the interests of politicians. Some politicans appear to be both drunk and insane. There may be a law against it, but it does not seem to deter them.
Except that the fact that [something] was only released 18 months ago indicates that the HR department has only a limited grasp of the concepts of numbers, dates and buzzwords.
Alternatively they want someone who will lie a lot about timescales, or is not easily bored.
You are partly right, but completely wrong. Older/more experienced people may have less confidence in their skills because they know that there is more to progamming than copying "hello world" rprograms from the text book, and expect a rather deeper knowledge of both language and application domain.
Of course they know, because they have done it and got the t-shirt, that you can learn the syntax of a new language by reading a couple of sides of A4. However, they also know it takes a few years to get familiar with the language gochas and the compiler bugs.
Dont expect a job optimising SQL from me! And stay away from my Cobol compiler.
A lot of the problem is people (PHBs) who do not want to employ someone under them who is older than them, because they are embarassed about:
A) Giving instructions to an older person
B) Giving (probably stupid) instructions to someone who understands the issues.
No one is going to own up to these factors.
Sometimes there is a "good" reason to hire the inexperienced. The company maya ctually require people who have not got the experience to spot mass corruption, When the company collapses, it is often necessary to be able to claim "no one on the team saw it coming" despite the fact that anyone who had ever been in an IT project before knows that version control is not just a good idea. (etc)
If you see an empty barrel - look for pork bellies!
In Africa? Almost all broadcasts in West Africa are digital, requiring a specific STB from the broadcaster. The TV does not even need a tuner, let alone one for the supposed local standards.Can you repiar olnew TVs?
I live in the UK, and I am using a desktop 3 years old, the family PC is over five years old, and our laptops that are 5 year old Lenovo T61's because they are better than the newer models. We dont play games on PCs - we have Android phones for that. PCs are for LibreOffice and Firefox (and the occasional bit of PCB layout). I think our company (Sun) servers are also more than 4 years old. They work fine. If it aint broke, don't fix it.
More relevantly: West African transport operators want mechanically injected diesel lorries with no ECU's because if the ECU goes wrong, the lorry and its load are lost. This means buying old lorries. The Western "polution reduction" Euro 5 etc, is about lining pockets for "Add-blu" sales, not about saving the planet.
The snake in the Garden of Eden was a "one eyed trouser snake" and the term apple was used like "Nell Gynn's apples". You obviously dont watch enough porn.
It is an issue of the meaning of the word "god" in different languages and contexts. There are differences between being in a Church in Texas, and living under a tree in a rain forest. (In one of these situations, you have freedom. But there are probably other differences. I have never been in either situation, so I don't know).
It was true when the first Japanese cars came. However, I am guessing they read the reviews and created MITI. Meanwhile the American motor industry was telling the world "American cars are bigger, so they must be better" the real Ford Galaxy (500) was as big as an aircraft carrier, and at least twice as hard to steer (at least here in Europe it was). And with a 500 cubic inch (7 litre) engine it could almost outperform the average European 2 litre model on a strait road, Unfortunately we have not had strait roads in the UK since the Romans left in 530AD.
Yiou should go to Specsavers: You obviously missed the word franchised which is the crux of the matter. You can buy Kellogs products anywhere, not just from the "franchised Kellogs dealer" who withholds the supply of bowls, spoons and milk until you sign your soul to the devil.
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Human readable means "write it to 7 track 1/2" tape at 556 bits per inch, sprinkle iron filings on the tape and look at the bits with a magnifying glass. Or maybe its not 1972 any more and you can use you phone. Choose one.
Ebay the PDP11 and buy a dozen Pentium4s with the money.Assuming your PDP11 services 12 users, the performance will be similar, and the electric bill less than half. You may need an extra P4 to act as a tape server, a couple more to act as disk servers, and some others as terminal servers..
OK, maybe the PDP11 IS more power efficient!
You obviously dont use a UK ISP - they send you an email with 4 identical attachments - using the broadband service they have just disconnected "by accident"
It makes me want to smash someone over the head with a blunt object. I failed to read TFA because the repetition drove me bonkers. I don't care what the tablet is/does - its supporters are clearly deranged.
Satya, is that you?
We thought computers would replace accountants, even in 1967. Shakespeare had alerady recommended killing all the lawyers hundreds of years earlier, and who could argue with the bard?
Looks like Swizerland will soon be as big in the server world as it is in banking.
Panic now! Sounds like the Zombie apocalypse is already in full swing!
FTFY
Income inequality is what gives poor people a way of buying food - they work for the rich! Take it away, and no one works for anyone. If you are not self-sufficient, you die.
I know here on /. people like to say "Under capitalism, man exploits man, while under communism, its the other way round". Its not true. Under communism, everyone has nothing, not much happens and it gradually gets worse.
People dont risk death because their e-neighbour has a Hummer and they have a Ford Fiesta. They risk death because the alternative is a slower and more painful death of their entire family Whether by war, famine, of mafia inspired shootouts, its esactly the same reasoning.
I expect Dubai to go up in flames any time soon, but I doubt the dome will make a difference to when or how.
"Je suis Marxist, avec tendence Groucho!"
It is generally better to give drivers information than hide it.
More importantly, drivers have to pass a test, pedestrians don't, and may be (often are) drunk, insane or just mildly stupid. There is no law against stupidity, and never will be - it would not be in the interests of politicians. Some politicans appear to be both drunk and insane. There may be a law against it, but it does not seem to deter them.
Ie standard US policy
I have often wondered why it seems that most C++ is written by people who would appear to be less than half good.
Mod parent +1: over qualified
Alternatively they want someone who will lie a lot about timescales, or is not easily bored.
Of course they know, because they have done it and got the t-shirt, that you can learn the syntax of a new language by reading a couple of sides of A4. However, they also know it takes a few years to get familiar with the language gochas and the compiler bugs.
Dont expect a job optimising SQL from me! And stay away from my Cobol compiler.
I assume you know the use of a lawn by now,
A lot of the problem is people (PHBs) who do not want to employ someone under them who is older than them, because they are embarassed about:
A) Giving instructions to an older person
B) Giving (probably stupid) instructions to someone who understands the issues.
No one is going to own up to these factors.
Sometimes there is a "good" reason to hire the inexperienced. The company maya ctually require people who have not got the experience to spot mass corruption, When the company collapses, it is often necessary to be able to claim "no one on the team saw it coming" despite the fact that anyone who had ever been in an IT project before knows that version control is not just a good idea. (etc)
If you see an empty barrel - look for pork bellies!
Aljazeera news and Nollywood movies - so much better than Fox News and Hollywood.
Where would you get the power to run it?
From a Honda Generator.
You obviously have not been to Africa.
I live in the UK, and I am using a desktop 3 years old, the family PC is over five years old, and our laptops that are 5 year old Lenovo T61's because they are better than the newer models. We dont play games on PCs - we have Android phones for that. PCs are for LibreOffice and Firefox (and the occasional bit of PCB layout). I think our company (Sun) servers are also more than 4 years old. They work fine. If it aint broke, don't fix it.
More relevantly: West African transport operators want mechanically injected diesel lorries with no ECU's because if the ECU goes wrong, the lorry and its load are lost. This means buying old lorries. The Western "polution reduction" Euro 5 etc, is about lining pockets for "Add-blu" sales, not about saving the planet.
The snake in the Garden of Eden was a "one eyed trouser snake" and the term apple was used like "Nell Gynn's apples". You obviously dont watch enough porn.
It is an issue of the meaning of the word "god" in different languages and contexts. There are differences between being in a Church in Texas, and living under a tree in a rain forest. (In one of these situations, you have freedom. But there are probably other differences. I have never been in either situation, so I don't know).
It was true when the first Japanese cars came. However, I am guessing they read the reviews and created MITI. Meanwhile the American motor industry was telling the world "American cars are bigger, so they must be better" the real Ford Galaxy (500) was as big as an aircraft carrier, and at least twice as hard to steer (at least here in Europe it was). And with a 500 cubic inch (7 litre) engine it could almost outperform the average European 2 litre model on a strait road, Unfortunately we have not had strait roads in the UK since the Romans left in 530AD.
Yiou should go to Specsavers: You obviously missed the word franchised which is the crux of the matter. You can buy Kellogs products anywhere, not just from the "franchised Kellogs dealer" who withholds the supply of bowls, spoons and milk until you sign your soul to the devil.
If its worth money:
Hve three copies, on three media types in three locations.
Not so sure about file systems. If you have proprietry backup software, then you will never get the data when you really need it. tar loves you!