the new generation of hobbyists were working on 8-bit microcomputers that didn't require jumping through any such hoops.
FTFY.
While I agree that the PC revolution was indeed a revolution that led to todays' environment, it certainly was not a "vast majority" in 1983. You didn't run a company's accounting or payroll, or design integrated chips, or CAD-CAM, or you-name-it on 8-bit computers in '83. Took a little longer than that.
There's a reason that today's Windows kernel is designed after VMS, and that Linux, Mac OSX, iOS, and Android are all based on Unix designs. It's because that is the world the big kids programmed in, in 1983.
Even repair is greatly affected by automation, whether cars, appliances, or whatever.
Stories abound about how today's repairmen don't understand the things they work on nearly as well as the prior generation. Today's products are fundamentally more complicated than those of our parents' generation, and include many more (automated) mass-produced opaque components. So a great amount of today's repairs are much less diagnosis of fundamental causes, and much more simple parts (or large subassembly) swapping.
OBD-II in cars is a dual-edged sword. The technician doesn't need to know nearly as much about the details of any given circuit or mechanism; the car tells you it's bad so you replace it. The technician *can't* know nearly as much about the details of any given circuit or mechanism-- not enough details from the manufacturer, and not enough hours in the week to keep up with every new electronic component or subsystem.
If you are a registered LIR you will see a flood of SPAM from so-called IP brokers who are trying to purchase unused IPv4 space in hope of selling this to LIRs in need. That market will probably become quite desperate in the coming years.
Yeah, one contacted me about an old/16 block assigned to a company where I was network manager 20 years ago, wanting to make a deal. (Company went bankrupt, got bought up, buyer went bankrupt, got bought up, and so on). The would-be brokers are digging up every possibly-unused block they can.
I contacted ARIN and released it back to the pool.
Interesting, all the details that come back to mind, even though I hadn't thought about them in two decades:-)
By and large, it is quite generally true that most women experience the world differently than most men. This includes specifically the emotional factors. Of course we all have emotions, but there are significant differences in how men and women generally experience and are shaped by them.
Frankly thinking like that seems 100% alien to me
Well, yes, of course it would.
Normal male response, whether Slashdot or elsewhere: "she didn't react to situations like I would, so obviously she needlessly did it the hard/stupid way. If she did it the way I would have, she wouldn't have had any problems."
Perhaps our "obvious" normal male response isn't actually helpful for people who aren't the same, don't experience the world the same way, and perceive situations differently.
That actually varies from one state to the next. In some states, the left lane is only allowed for passing. In others, the left lane may be driven in. In some states, cars may drive in the left lane, but large trucks may only use it to pass.
In any case, I agree that people who hog the left lane and don't move over for faster traffic are indeed a safety hazard.
While I totally agree, it's supremely unlikely. Why does Windows have so many problems and why does OSX have so few? It's not pisspoor or great coding (though it certainly could affect things) - it's the hardware.
What the heck?!?! Let's see... Nimda... That exploited bad hardware. Code-Red? Hardware too. Active X? Hardware problem. Can't block pop ups in I.E.? Get a new video card.
And to demonstrate the brain's ability to substitute words, letters, and shapes: How many were too distracted by the subject matter to notice that "short" was misspelled?
Microsoft is the only one that actually has it right, since if you think back to the old typewriter, you have to have a Carriage Return, and a Line Feed to get to the start of the next line when typing.
This actually predates Microsoft. It goes back to CP/M, whose design inspired MS-DOS, and I believe to the DEC PDP operating systems like RSTS/E, whose design inspired CP/M.
Much of the discussion emphasizes the need for a "neutral point of view" -- a perspective most users agree is ultimately unattainable.
As a relatively long-time Wikipedia contributor, I would have to disagree that most think it is ultimately unattainable. I don't think anyone has taken a poll to find out what most users think on it.
The NPOV approach works for most everything, especially subjective topics. For example, instead of a Wikipedia article stating that God does or does not exist, it would rather state that group A has this set of beliefs about God while group B differs in such-and-such details. The existence of the beliefs is factual and can generally be described objectively.
Certainly, the revision process to get there can be lengthy and contentious. But no practical alternative to the NPOV approach has arisen in Wikipedia, meaning it wins by default.
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No, they both exploited the same holes in IIS.
Perhaps you are thinking of
Welchia
which exploited IIS but also removed Blaster.
Slashdot Mirror
I laugh at it because it reminds me of some (even many) of the people I went to university with.
I laugh at it because it reminds me of me....
the new generation of hobbyists were working on 8-bit microcomputers that didn't require jumping through any such hoops.
FTFY.
While I agree that the PC revolution was indeed a revolution that led to todays' environment, it certainly was not a "vast majority" in 1983. You didn't run a company's accounting or payroll, or design integrated chips, or CAD-CAM, or you-name-it on 8-bit computers in '83. Took a little longer than that.
There's a reason that today's Windows kernel is designed after VMS, and that Linux, Mac OSX, iOS, and Android are all based on Unix designs. It's because that is the world the big kids programmed in, in 1983.
I'm one of the 4% of humans who can multitask
Or, as Bertrand Russel pointed out, at least you think you are....
Even repair is greatly affected by automation, whether cars, appliances, or whatever.
Stories abound about how today's repairmen don't understand the things they work on nearly as well as the prior generation. Today's products are fundamentally more complicated than those of our parents' generation, and include many more (automated) mass-produced opaque components. So a great amount of today's repairs are much less diagnosis of fundamental causes, and much more simple parts (or large subassembly) swapping.
OBD-II in cars is a dual-edged sword. The technician doesn't need to know nearly as much about the details of any given circuit or mechanism; the car tells you it's bad so you replace it. The technician *can't* know nearly as much about the details of any given circuit or mechanism-- not enough details from the manufacturer, and not enough hours in the week to keep up with every new electronic component or subsystem.
There are probably multiple variations of it, but a common one is Sturgeon's Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is just another form of the "Continuous Improvement" method of quality management, also known as the "Deming Cycle" or "Plan-Do-Check-Act".
Monitor your process, find optimizations, improve your process, and monitor some more.
It may result in new robots, or it may simply result in better deployment of existing ones.
If you are a registered LIR you will see a flood of SPAM from so-called IP brokers who are trying to purchase unused IPv4 space in hope of selling this to LIRs in need. That market will probably become quite desperate in the coming years.
Yeah, one contacted me about an old /16 block assigned to a company where I was network manager 20 years ago, wanting to make a deal. (Company went bankrupt, got bought up, buyer went bankrupt, got bought up, and so on). The would-be brokers are digging up every possibly-unused block they can.
I contacted ARIN and released it back to the pool.
Interesting, all the details that come back to mind, even though I hadn't thought about them in two decades :-)
This didn't happen 40 years ago? You imagine a time that did not exist.
"The Peter Principle" was published in 1969.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Scared to be interested in computers? Seriously?
Yes, seriously.
By and large, it is quite generally true that most women experience the world differently than most men. This includes specifically the emotional factors. Of course we all have emotions, but there are significant differences in how men and women generally experience and are shaped by them.
Frankly thinking like that seems 100% alien to me
Well, yes, of course it would.
Normal male response, whether Slashdot or elsewhere: "she didn't react to situations like I would, so obviously she needlessly did it the hard/stupid way. If she did it the way I would have, she wouldn't have had any problems."
Perhaps our "obvious" normal male response isn't actually helpful for people who aren't the same, don't experience the world the same way, and perceive situations differently.
Time to learn from that flash of insight.
I remember driving by the Miniscribe warehouse back then. Damn, I am that old. Crap!
Since most /. folks weren't even alive back then....
I though it was only us old farts left on Slashdot these days. I thought all the kids left Digg for Reddit....
That actually varies from one state to the next. In some states, the left lane is only allowed for passing. In others, the left lane may be driven in. In some states, cars may drive in the left lane, but large trucks may only use it to pass.
In any case, I agree that people who hog the left lane and don't move over for faster traffic are indeed a safety hazard.
In the MVNO case, Sprint knows that phone X was used at tower Y, but doesn't know who the phone belongs to. Credo knows that part.
The problem comes with the close proximity to other vehicles.
On the rail systems, you don't have to worry that another stupid driver will swerve in and cut you off.
And airplane taxiing is not done on autopilot.
Windows .... was built from the ground up with visual metaphors to make computing simpler for the masses.
I am the great and powerful Gates!!! Pay no attention to that DOS behind the curtain!!!
I always suspected the Wisconsin Organization Of Spacemodeling Hobbyists was behind this whole Java thing....
What the heck?!?! Let's see... Nimda... That exploited bad hardware. Code-Red? Hardware too. Active X? Hardware problem. Can't block pop ups in I.E.? Get a new video card.
Yeah, right.
That error is all too easy to make, too.
Yahoo! I'm going to be up all night playing Duke Nukem Forever!
What?! But I thought... today... I mean,... but... but...
Aw, crap.
I still thought he was cooler than "Mr. Smooth" Riker, though. Boy, what does that say about me?... Sigh.
No, it's just you....
Mumble, grumble... Dang whippersnappers with their video-game attention spans can't even remember movie posters...
The NPOV approach works for most everything, especially subjective topics. For example, instead of a Wikipedia article stating that God does or does not exist, it would rather state that group A has this set of beliefs about God while group B differs in such-and-such details. The existence of the beliefs is factual and can generally be described objectively.
Certainly, the revision process to get there can be lengthy and contentious. But no practical alternative to the NPOV approach has arisen in Wikipedia, meaning it wins by default.
Perhaps you are thinking of Welchia which exploited IIS but also removed Blaster.