Professor Frink ran into the repair room just before they went nuts and blathered something about how after a certain amount of time they would go nuts. Can't remember exactly what he said.
No, no, that's how you kill the robots... So bring a lot of flash bulbs... Do they even make flash bulbs anymore?! You know, the kind with 5 on a stick?
I think the trick is to get two out of three systems to agree. Chances are pretty good that the *same* bug won't end up in two systems, and be missed in both systems in testing.
The real issue becomes stuff like bad man/machine interfaces - several Airbuses have crashed because the pilots selected the rate of descent in the wrong mode. Rather than selecting (say) a rate of descent at a 3.5 degrees angle, they choose 3.5 thousand feet per minute.
Minor nit : as for the stealth fighter, its wingtip broke off, not the tail.
It's very easy to criticize these things. I don't know if you remember, but the M1 Abrahms tank had many problems during testing, which were played up by the media, but when it actually entered combat, it did very well. Every weapons system has its problems. Most overcome them and perform well. Even the M16 rifle was a pig in combat in the early days, but after some tweaking, is still going strong.
One last point - how much more money needs to go into our school systems? More and more keeps getting put in (in general) and the returns aren't getting any better. Seems kinda like the 'war on poverty' or 'war on drugs'. Maybe it's time to rethink the formula : more money != better performance (now if only this would apply to the fighter we're talking about!).
Nope, there is a bunch of stuff named after Democrats as well... Kennedy Airport in New York, Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Expressway, etc. Plenty of others, easy to find if you look.
Now I bet finding something named after a libertarian would be tough!;)
That's a *very* good point. I did make sure to do that, and after my MSDN sub expired, I have activated Office XP from the subscription, so it does appear that activation continues to work w/o a change.
But again, very good point! Print out your keys and save them before your sub expires!
I'm not a web service expert, but I know that one of the big concerns with the current specs for web services is a lack of security. Given that todays environments require consideration of security, to say that a standard that exposes data to other systems (either internal or external) and doesn't deal with security is immature would certainly seem to be a valid complaint.
Perhaps you should look at an MSDN Enterprise subscription. For about $2000 per user (granted - per year), you get all the tools, applications and servers that MS makes. You can get less expensive versions that include less. The licenses for the servers that are included in the MSDN subscription are for testing only, but the Visual Studio and Office licenses are full licenses for the developer.
Also, the licenses are perpetual - just because you don't renew doesn't mean your licenses go away. If you are developing for MS environments, an MSDN subscription is the way to go.
When the same group said that the IP stack in Linux was cleaner than a comparable one, everyone was screaming from the rooftops that it validated the open source model. When they say that an open source project and a closed source project are roughly comparable, all of a sudden everyone criticizes the methodology of the report!
That's one of the problems / benefits of the enterprise license agreement. You get the server CALs for every machine whether you need them or not. The cost actually ends up lower to ignore the unneeded licenses than it is to buy the needed licenses separately.
You are also required to pay for each computer whether or not it actually runs Windows. I hope they managed to get that out of the contract!
You can bet that this is like an Enterprise license agreement. Not only does it include Office and Windows XP Pro, but it will include CAL's to SQL Server, Systems Management Server, NT Server, and more, for the next 3 years.
While you can argue about Microsoft vs. a 'free' solution, you won't get any traction with the government paying retail or more for this stuff.
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If I were SCO I would show each person a separate snippet of code (they claim to have many of them). If that snippet was then revealed, they would know who violated their NDA, and could then ruin them.
Next time you run into the network problem, try running "IPCONFIG/RELEASE" and then "IPCONFIG/RENEW".
Also, if you want an uptime tool, there is one included in the w2k resource kit (which you can download for free from MS's site). Or do what I do, just look for the pagefile.sys file - it is recreated each time you reboot. On Win XP it's a hidden file, but I think on w2k it's visible.
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No, no, that's how you kill the robots... So bring a lot of flash bulbs... Do they even make flash bulbs anymore?! You know, the kind with 5 on a stick?
The real issue becomes stuff like bad man/machine interfaces - several Airbuses have crashed because the pilots selected the rate of descent in the wrong mode. Rather than selecting (say) a rate of descent at a 3.5 degrees angle, they choose 3.5 thousand feet per minute.
Minor nit : as for the stealth fighter, its wingtip broke off, not the tail.
It's very easy to criticize these things. I don't know if you remember, but the M1 Abrahms tank had many problems during testing, which were played up by the media, but when it actually entered combat, it did very well. Every weapons system has its problems. Most overcome them and perform well. Even the M16 rifle was a pig in combat in the early days, but after some tweaking, is still going strong.
One last point - how much more money needs to go into our school systems? More and more keeps getting put in (in general) and the returns aren't getting any better. Seems kinda like the 'war on poverty' or 'war on drugs'. Maybe it's time to rethink the formula : more money != better performance (now if only this would apply to the fighter we're talking about!).
Where oh where are mod points when I need them!?!? +99 insightful
Wish I could mod you up Funny. Great imagery!
You can bet that they've sold a lot more than that. Not *everyone* takes a copy of Windows and exposes it to the Internet on day one you know... :)
Nope. When the U.S. does that, it is out of the goodness of their hearts.
Now I bet finding something named after a libertarian would be tough! ;)
"after a guy who fired half the nation's air traffic controllers"
Who were violating federal law by striking.
But again, very good point! Print out your keys and save them before your sub expires!
Also, the licenses are perpetual - just because you don't renew doesn't mean your licenses go away. If you are developing for MS environments, an MSDN subscription is the way to go.
Cracking the server code. /.'d already?!
You are also required to pay for each computer whether or not it actually runs Windows. I hope they managed to get that out of the contract!
You can bet that this is like an Enterprise license agreement. Not only does it include Office and Windows XP Pro, but it will include CAL's to SQL Server, Systems Management Server, NT Server, and more, for the next 3 years.
While you can argue about Microsoft vs. a 'free' solution, you won't get any traction with the government paying retail or more for this stuff.
If I were SCO I would show each person a separate snippet of code (they claim to have many of them). If that snippet was then revealed, they would know who violated their NDA, and could then ruin them.
Also, if you want an uptime tool, there is one included in the w2k resource kit (which you can download for free from MS's site). Or do what I do, just look for the pagefile.sys file - it is recreated each time you reboot. On Win XP it's a hidden file, but I think on w2k it's visible.