" They say there's 'no data loss associated with this issue, and the data still resides on the drive;' however, 'the data on the hard drives may become inaccessible to the user when the host system is powered on.'"...so, my data is there, I just can't see it? That's reassuring.
"and let's not even think about the number of besuited shmucks who think that reading a bunch of translated aphorisms about medieval Chinese warfar will make them a beast in the boardroom"
I'm no sociologist, but I always assumed it stemmed from the overdeveloped sense of discipline and formidable competition they saw. In the 80's the world saw the fruits of a commitment to modern engineering in Japan and the rapid growth of the country as an economic powerhouse. Back then our corporate douchebags looked to the Art of War. Yes, Gordon Gekko, I'm looking at you.
Now we've gone from the "we have to crush the competition" sort to the "plays well with others", harmonized and synergized uber-globalization, offshoring to leverage unique resources concepts that are supposed to make us fabulously wealthy. And so we've got our peaceful Zen fad.
Whatever... it's all retarded. One day we'll just focus on working hard... providing quality products and services at a sustainable rate for a reasonable price. Just not today... I'm busy playing video games on my Hitachi plasma tv.
I was reading that as a bunch of apps you use that are built entirely around performing their particular task well, with one particular caveat, that everything is designed such that it can interact in a modular way with some other app.
So... say I have an accounting app that people in the co use. I also have a CRM app that people use. I also have a resource booking app that people use.
A salesperson can use the CRM app to deal with an opportunity, the CRM app can then talk to the resource booking app to schedule a conference room for an event, and they can both talk to the accounting app to bill the client afterwards. Then the accounting app and resource booking app can tell the CRM app that everything went off without a hitch.
I'd guess that each of these would be designed to do two things very well... their particular job (CRM, Accounting, Resource Booking), and the ability to send and receive data with other apps in a clear and modular way (ex: ability to swap out accounting app with a different one without rewriting the glue). I suppose this would also allow for people to "mash up" (ick) various services in the company to do what they need.
But yeah, wtf... it takes the collective wisdom of/. to figure out what the new f'ing phrase-du-jour of the marketing departments means? It's times like these that I jump on board with the "fuck the PHB's" mantra, call bullshit, and demand to hear the person using the phrase describe what it means, and why they didn't use a more functional, existing name for it (which there inevitably is).
The summary of the interests of the regular contributors includes disaster preparedness and self sufficiency... which occasionally crossed the line of rationality took on the appearance of armed lunatics holed up in their self constructed secret bunkers, prepared for a shooting war with both revenuers and the starving populous streaming out of the cities (and sometimes I suspected they expected zombies).
Well damn, if someone had told me that earlier...
Crazy survivalists and zombies? We need more websites like that.
I think that sort of person has generally always been the societal "kook", until they got results. I'm not sure there's a fair statement, specific to modern society, in there at all.
This is the lesson for all linux distros. When forums are full of "it ate my computer", figure out why. Don't be so quick to get pissy with the user.
I started with slackware in the late 90's and have been using various distros ever since. I use Ubuntu now. I still get pissed when I run updates in Ubuntu and have to spend another 30 mins fixing my vid driver.
All the silliness about binary drivers aside, we're talking about a VERY common video chipset here, and honestly, the vast majority of video cards in the world come from a very short list of manufacturers who only release closed binaries. It's time to start being a little more realistic about making sure the upgrade processes account for that.
You say that, but think about how many jokes there have been over vistas uac. Too many don't agree. MS gives a user the ability to do silly things to their machine, people complain. MS makes it painfully obvious before users do something silly, people complain.
I'm not usually a big MS apologist, but they can't win here.
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I was thinking he could use his powerbook to upload an animated skull gif into the aliens' defense systems.
Boiling Frog
How dare you rain on our morality circle-jerk by being all reasonable.
This is slashdot, get with the program.
" They say there's 'no data loss associated with this issue, and the data still resides on the drive;' however, 'the data on the hard drives may become inaccessible to the user when the host system is powered on.'" ...so, my data is there, I just can't see it? That's reassuring.
That exchange should qualify for listing on bash.org, irc or not.
Just a warning... I'm going to stab the first joker that mentions Lynx.
"and let's not even think about the number of besuited shmucks who think that reading a bunch of translated aphorisms about medieval Chinese warfar will make them a beast in the boardroom"
I'm no sociologist, but I always assumed it stemmed from the overdeveloped sense of discipline and formidable competition they saw. In the 80's the world saw the fruits of a commitment to modern engineering in Japan and the rapid growth of the country as an economic powerhouse. Back then our corporate douchebags looked to the Art of War. Yes, Gordon Gekko, I'm looking at you.
Now we've gone from the "we have to crush the competition" sort to the "plays well with others", harmonized and synergized uber-globalization, offshoring to leverage unique resources concepts that are supposed to make us fabulously wealthy. And so we've got our peaceful Zen fad.
Whatever... it's all retarded. One day we'll just focus on working hard... providing quality products and services at a sustainable rate for a reasonable price. Just not today... I'm busy playing video games on my Hitachi plasma tv.
Huh.
I was reading that as a bunch of apps you use that are built entirely around performing their particular task well, with one particular caveat, that everything is designed such that it can interact in a modular way with some other app.
So... say I have an accounting app that people in the co use. I also have a CRM app that people use. I also have a resource booking app that people use.
A salesperson can use the CRM app to deal with an opportunity, the CRM app can then talk to the resource booking app to schedule a conference room for an event, and they can both talk to the accounting app to bill the client afterwards. Then the accounting app and resource booking app can tell the CRM app that everything went off without a hitch.
I'd guess that each of these would be designed to do two things very well... their particular job (CRM, Accounting, Resource Booking), and the ability to send and receive data with other apps in a clear and modular way (ex: ability to swap out accounting app with a different one without rewriting the glue). I suppose this would also allow for people to "mash up" (ick) various services in the company to do what they need.
But yeah, wtf... it takes the collective wisdom of /. to figure out what the new f'ing phrase-du-jour of the marketing departments means? It's times like these that I jump on board with the "fuck the PHB's" mantra, call bullshit, and demand to hear the person using the phrase describe what it means, and why they didn't use a more functional, existing name for it (which there inevitably is).
Nah... they still wouldn't be funny.
You clearly do not work where I work. :(
I think I met you on the way to work this morning.
Dick.
Micropayment systems handle small transactions like this cost-effectively.
Sure, and it's hard to influence ME, the contributor, by way of YOU being paid... where YOU=operator.
If you try to stifle me, it must be overtly, and everyone will both know and complain.
That's a business response to a business problem.
His was an ethical response to an ethical/quality problem.
You both have good points.
The summary of the interests of the regular contributors includes disaster preparedness and self sufficiency... which occasionally crossed the line of rationality took on the appearance of armed lunatics holed up in their self constructed secret bunkers, prepared for a shooting war with both revenuers and the starving populous streaming out of the cities (and sometimes I suspected they expected zombies).
Well damn, if someone had told me that earlier...
Crazy survivalists and zombies? We need more websites like that.
You just got modded +5 funny for telling a jewish joke on /., with the nick "jkiller".
You sir, have a horseshoe up your ass. :)
Wait, they make zebras in pink now?!
I think that sort of person has generally always been the societal "kook", until they got results. I'm not sure there's a fair statement, specific to modern society, in there at all.
I used to run phpBB on a regular basis, over multiple domains, over the course of years.
For exactly the reason you mention, I will never, EVER use phpBB again.
This is the lesson for all linux distros. When forums are full of "it ate my computer", figure out why. Don't be so quick to get pissy with the user.
I started with slackware in the late 90's and have been using various distros ever since. I use Ubuntu now. I still get pissed when I run updates in Ubuntu and have to spend another 30 mins fixing my vid driver.
All the silliness about binary drivers aside, we're talking about a VERY common video chipset here, and honestly, the vast majority of video cards in the world come from a very short list of manufacturers who only release closed binaries. It's time to start being a little more realistic about making sure the upgrade processes account for that.
You say that, but think about how many jokes there have been over vistas uac. Too many don't agree. MS gives a user the ability to do silly things to their machine, people complain. MS makes it painfully obvious before users do something silly, people complain.
I'm not usually a big MS apologist, but they can't win here.
What I find interesting is that even someone who isn't terribly impressed is calling it "her".
I agree that we're not there yet, but I'd say we're definately getting closer.
God bless science.
That's your new defense secretary. Show some respect!
Failure is success, if it helps prevent future failures.