In today's society it has become necessary to shut down the part of the mind that handles empathy.
This because there are too many persons around that preys on your empathy. (all from spammers to beggars in the street). And if you show empathy at school you are considered weak and will be a bully victim.
Also notice that a lot of kid's shows on TV are containing a lot of violence and threatening situations effectively learning kids that it doesn't pay to be nice. Kid's shows tells them that being a wolf pays being a sheep means that you are prey.
Many mobile phone manufacturers seems to avoid Windows Mobile these days.
And I suspect that there are several reasons for that. Microsoft tries to control the manufacturers but are providing a platform that is insufficient and that lacks functionality.
Windows Mobile has for too long been like a car where there are features missing that aren't obvious. Somewhat like you have low beam on the headlights but no high beam because a wire is missing. And that's the obvious flaw. They have also forgotten a few welds in the chassis and the paint can't stand sunshine.
I would say that whatever method that works for you is fine.
The important thing is not really the engine to do it but that it works. And DOS batch files - they do work, but can be a bitch to read for someone not familiar with them. One nice help is using an editor like Vim that color-codes the BAT file code.
But for testing - scripts are actually good since it means that you can correct any defects in the testing procedure fast. If the script language is DCL, BAT files, Bourne shell scripts, Perl or Python doesn't matter, just use what's suitable.
Another issue is that the standstill caused in a queue can be prolonged by shutting off the engine since it may take a few seconds for each engine to start - and the expected gain can be completely lost because the cars at the end of the queue may be delayed a lot more.
And notice that it's the US definition of copyright that is broken, not necessarily the local copyright regulations.
Anyway - when copyright crimes are high on the list of pursued and punishable crimes while other crimes still exists in large volumes is that not an indication of a legal system that is going down the drain?
I assume you mean cached link because if you mean cashed link then you may have a new business idea.
But cached data isn't always nice, and what if the cached data is malicious and you trust the Google signing? That can cause new "interesting" security problems.
I have been through a similar project - rewriting a solution that did run under OpenVMS using Basic, Java, C++, C and a bunch of DCL scripts (that confusingly enough for DOS persons have the file extension.COM)
Target environment was Linux and language used was Java 1.6.
My experience when rewriting a legacy system that have a crapload of varying solutions that has evolved during 25 years or so you will find that there is always yet another functionality that nobody told you about - effectively doubling the development time. (This "Multiply estimated time by PI factor" statement isn't that far off.)
And there were some traps involved too - migration of the system had to be seamless for the users as much as possible and with minimal downtime. Since there were over 400 different customers with everything from 1 to 1000 users each involved this was to say the least "tricky". Especially since this was a 24x7 system. The solution was to write a replication protocol that replicated data between the old system and the new. The old system used OpenVMS indexed files while the new system runs a MySQL database and the data structures were different too, which made it necessary to write a replication solution. So when a customer was migrated it was effectively done by setting a flag that redirected them from the old system to the new system and they could continue working.
Of course there were bugs in the beginning, and user errors since the new system did have different functionality and behavior compared to the old. Bot none of them were causing any irrecoverable problems. Invoice printing was delayed, but no major amount of money was lost. The majority of the problems appearing didn't affect the end users at the customers, only the helpdesk service personnel and they were prepared for limitations ahead of time.
The amount of downtime for the system during the two years it has been operational has been very low. And this has given a different concern - too few "problems" with a system is also a problem because tech support will almost forget that it exists.
Specific problems with the application - especially in the beginning has been running out of PermGen space in Java. This at least partly due to design mistakes. But memory leaks that grows over time are very low. And the use of FindBugs has been very useful to trap a lot of errors (potential and real).
What the application does? - It's a management application for short-term lease of telephony at hospitals and similar (almost 400) and other services (a few) which enables and disables phone extensions, assigns numbers, allows instant move of an extension and provides invoicing for the rental and phone usage through processing of CDR:s.
It would be very interesting to see how you think that Google would resolve that problem. But of course - they could at least have provided a padlock icon or something for every link that is referring to a page using HTTPS.
But at least - now it's not that easy to snoop on the net what a certain person searches for. "Ice Cream Bomb" or "Nuclear Bomb"?
This product; "Microsoft Dynamics GP" gets a lot of publicity - and since it's mostly unknown to the majority this must mean that the flaw in reality is unimportant and what will happen is that the bug gets corrected and the application gets a lot of free marketing.
You can be lucky that Australia isn't controlled by Islam - because then it would be illegal to portrait humans - regardless of if it's pornographic or not - it would be a depiction of God.
It may have a chance to work on land based situations, but it can also cause a major disaster.
In the mexican gulf there is a lot of hydrocarbons dissolved into the water, and there is a risk that you can get this "mint in a soda" effect if you are unlucky. And on a gigantic scale. In worst case it can be a termination event. It may not be that, but there is still a risk of a tsunami and other nasty things to happen if things goes wrong. Imagine New Orleans and a large area along the south coast of the US drowned again...
The fishing industry may be in deep trouble for decades due to this accident regardless.
One problem may not be the education - it may well be a good idea to have some math in your pocket when cutting down trees.
But the problem is that what many college educations are about is not useful information - it can even be wrong. And let colleges have some local flavor to the education - college in Oregon may have a suited course in forestry. It's more to it than is obvious at first sight since it's not only about cutting down trees, it's also about planting new trees, planning logging roads and a lot of issues that has to be taken care of.
Same goes for farming, fishing and a number of other businesses. Many of those businesses needs a basic knowledge in accounting and economy.
Going back to the forest industry - use of chain saws is today limited to hard to reach areas, and felling trees on a steep slope or other hard to reach area requires a lot of planning and feel for what's right. Wind direction and strength plays an important role, it's also extra dangerous in those areas since you need to get out of the way quickly. What is in general use is instead logging machines that grabs the tree, cuts it off at the root, and then fells it in a suitable direction, cuts it into suitable lengths while automatically stripping it of all branches and then move on to the next tree. See this video: Who needs 10000 men for tree logging when u can have this beast
And operating that machine is some skill, but it will take a lot of skill to also know how to perform maintenance and repairs on it. And for that you need education. Physical strength - yes, but not all the time as in classic logging. And an elementary student needs education in safety procedures as well - all this could be provided in a customized college education. Also - be aware that many modern machines have a lot of computer stuff in them. Even a farming tractor is computerized these days and the instrument panel is containing a lot more information than you have in your family car these days.
If someone drops out and doesn't go to college he/she will end up flipping burgers or feeding dish washer machines for the rest of his/her life. There are other types low-skill work too that they may end up with - and that's usually jobs that are a lot less interesting than the jobs you see at Dirty Jobs.
Basic education in economy, technology and other science of nature should be a requirement these days. Being able to calculate figures roughly to determine how much material is needed to build a bridge or how much space an oddly shaped oil tank has are both useful skills since a few moments of calculation may save you from destroying equipment worth a million dollar at worst or from having to bring back that extra oil drum 20 miles into the wilderness that you took with you just in case.
Nothing is wrong with SP3. Of course - some machines may barf on it, but a reinstall fixes that. The problems are usually caused by some third-party software that has done something inappropriate.
As a general rule there is no need for an extreme worry about using SP3, it is much less of a trouble than SP2 ever was.
And for whatever reason - it may be time for the yearly reinstall anyway so why delay SP3 further?
Makes sense to try to change orbit of the satellite, but given that it's in geostationary orbit it will sooner or later drift by itself into satellite graveyard area. There are locations in geostationary orbit that do attract satellites.
Blowing up a satellite is one of the stupid ideas since it will cause a shitload of debris that can damage other satellites and be a problem for placing other satellites in orbit.
I'm sure that it will still be cheaper to change to some other COTS solution than to develop something different.
But on the other hand - they are part of the defense and can probably work out a deal with Sony about getting a version where the expected features exists. And if they can't then they will have some weight to throw at Sony.
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In today's society it has become necessary to shut down the part of the mind that handles empathy.
This because there are too many persons around that preys on your empathy. (all from spammers to beggars in the street). And if you show empathy at school you are considered weak and will be a bully victim.
Also notice that a lot of kid's shows on TV are containing a lot of violence and threatening situations effectively learning kids that it doesn't pay to be nice. Kid's shows tells them that being a wolf pays being a sheep means that you are prey.
Many mobile phone manufacturers seems to avoid Windows Mobile these days.
And I suspect that there are several reasons for that. Microsoft tries to control the manufacturers but are providing a platform that is insufficient and that lacks functionality.
Windows Mobile has for too long been like a car where there are features missing that aren't obvious. Somewhat like you have low beam on the headlights but no high beam because a wire is missing. And that's the obvious flaw. They have also forgotten a few welds in the chassis and the paint can't stand sunshine.
I would say that whatever method that works for you is fine.
The important thing is not really the engine to do it but that it works. And DOS batch files - they do work, but can be a bitch to read for someone not familiar with them. One nice help is using an editor like Vim that color-codes the BAT file code.
But for testing - scripts are actually good since it means that you can correct any defects in the testing procedure fast. If the script language is DCL, BAT files, Bourne shell scripts, Perl or Python doesn't matter, just use what's suitable.
They will just double the license fees to cover for any damage.
I find the bleeping indecent.
And that's not only in the US that happens - it's also happening in Europe.
As if other manufacturers aren't providing buggy devices? Compared to many Linksys are actually not that bad.
Another issue is that the standstill caused in a queue can be prolonged by shutting off the engine since it may take a few seconds for each engine to start - and the expected gain can be completely lost because the cars at the end of the queue may be delayed a lot more.
And notice that it's the US definition of copyright that is broken, not necessarily the local copyright regulations.
Anyway - when copyright crimes are high on the list of pursued and punishable crimes while other crimes still exists in large volumes is that not an indication of a legal system that is going down the drain?
I assume you mean cached link because if you mean cashed link then you may have a new business idea.
But cached data isn't always nice, and what if the cached data is malicious and you trust the Google signing? That can cause new "interesting" security problems.
That depends on which agency - and for which country.
That's why I use FireFox - it has a spell checker! :p
I have been through a similar project - rewriting a solution that did run under OpenVMS using Basic, Java, C++, C and a bunch of DCL scripts (that confusingly enough for DOS persons have the file extension .COM)
Target environment was Linux and language used was Java 1.6.
My experience when rewriting a legacy system that have a crapload of varying solutions that has evolved during 25 years or so you will find that there is always yet another functionality that nobody told you about - effectively doubling the development time. (This "Multiply estimated time by PI factor" statement isn't that far off.)
And there were some traps involved too - migration of the system had to be seamless for the users as much as possible and with minimal downtime. Since there were over 400 different customers with everything from 1 to 1000 users each involved this was to say the least "tricky". Especially since this was a 24x7 system. The solution was to write a replication protocol that replicated data between the old system and the new. The old system used OpenVMS indexed files while the new system runs a MySQL database and the data structures were different too, which made it necessary to write a replication solution. So when a customer was migrated it was effectively done by setting a flag that redirected them from the old system to the new system and they could continue working.
Of course there were bugs in the beginning, and user errors since the new system did have different functionality and behavior compared to the old. Bot none of them were causing any irrecoverable problems. Invoice printing was delayed, but no major amount of money was lost. The majority of the problems appearing didn't affect the end users at the customers, only the helpdesk service personnel and they were prepared for limitations ahead of time.
The amount of downtime for the system during the two years it has been operational has been very low. And this has given a different concern - too few "problems" with a system is also a problem because tech support will almost forget that it exists.
Specific problems with the application - especially in the beginning has been running out of PermGen space in Java. This at least partly due to design mistakes. But memory leaks that grows over time are very low. And the use of FindBugs has been very useful to trap a lot of errors (potential and real).
What the application does? - It's a management application for short-term lease of telephony at hospitals and similar (almost 400) and other services (a few) which enables and disables phone extensions, assigns numbers, allows instant move of an extension and provides invoicing for the rental and phone usage through processing of CDR:s.
It would be very interesting to see how you think that Google would resolve that problem. But of course - they could at least have provided a padlock icon or something for every link that is referring to a page using HTTPS.
But at least - now it's not that easy to snoop on the net what a certain person searches for. "Ice Cream Bomb" or "Nuclear Bomb"?
It's an enhancement that isn't a disadvantage for the user, so we should welcome it.
And if it also prevents man in the middle hacking of web pages it's a good thing.
And if you want a really lean&mean Linux you can select BusyBox instead of building each command individually.
For GUI - a stripped down X server with FVWM2 or BlackBox as window manager.
This product; "Microsoft Dynamics GP" gets a lot of publicity - and since it's mostly unknown to the majority this must mean that the flaw in reality is unimportant and what will happen is that the bug gets corrected and the application gets a lot of free marketing.
One man's art is another mans porn.
You can be lucky that Australia isn't controlled by Islam - because then it would be illegal to portrait humans - regardless of if it's pornographic or not - it would be a depiction of God.
You have also a burning coal mine in the US that has forced at least one town, Centralia, PA to be more or less abandoned.
It may have a chance to work on land based situations, but it can also cause a major disaster.
In the mexican gulf there is a lot of hydrocarbons dissolved into the water, and there is a risk that you can get this "mint in a soda" effect if you are unlucky. And on a gigantic scale. In worst case it can be a termination event. It may not be that, but there is still a risk of a tsunami and other nasty things to happen if things goes wrong. Imagine New Orleans and a large area along the south coast of the US drowned again...
The fishing industry may be in deep trouble for decades due to this accident regardless.
One problem may not be the education - it may well be a good idea to have some math in your pocket when cutting down trees.
But the problem is that what many college educations are about is not useful information - it can even be wrong. And let colleges have some local flavor to the education - college in Oregon may have a suited course in forestry. It's more to it than is obvious at first sight since it's not only about cutting down trees, it's also about planting new trees, planning logging roads and a lot of issues that has to be taken care of.
Same goes for farming, fishing and a number of other businesses. Many of those businesses needs a basic knowledge in accounting and economy.
Going back to the forest industry - use of chain saws is today limited to hard to reach areas, and felling trees on a steep slope or other hard to reach area requires a lot of planning and feel for what's right. Wind direction and strength plays an important role, it's also extra dangerous in those areas since you need to get out of the way quickly. What is in general use is instead logging machines that grabs the tree, cuts it off at the root, and then fells it in a suitable direction, cuts it into suitable lengths while automatically stripping it of all branches and then move on to the next tree. See this video: Who needs 10000 men for tree logging when u can have this beast
And operating that machine is some skill, but it will take a lot of skill to also know how to perform maintenance and repairs on it. And for that you need education. Physical strength - yes, but not all the time as in classic logging. And an elementary student needs education in safety procedures as well - all this could be provided in a customized college education. Also - be aware that many modern machines have a lot of computer stuff in them. Even a farming tractor is computerized these days and the instrument panel is containing a lot more information than you have in your family car these days.
If someone drops out and doesn't go to college he/she will end up flipping burgers or feeding dish washer machines for the rest of his/her life. There are other types low-skill work too that they may end up with - and that's usually jobs that are a lot less interesting than the jobs you see at Dirty Jobs.
Basic education in economy, technology and other science of nature should be a requirement these days. Being able to calculate figures roughly to determine how much material is needed to build a bridge or how much space an oddly shaped oil tank has are both useful skills since a few moments of calculation may save you from destroying equipment worth a million dollar at worst or from having to bring back that extra oil drum 20 miles into the wilderness that you took with you just in case.
I flip the bird at the need to smear my phone screen so it's unreadable.
Nothing is wrong with SP3. Of course - some machines may barf on it, but a reinstall fixes that. The problems are usually caused by some third-party software that has done something inappropriate.
As a general rule there is no need for an extreme worry about using SP3, it is much less of a trouble than SP2 ever was.
And for whatever reason - it may be time for the yearly reinstall anyway so why delay SP3 further?
Makes sense to try to change orbit of the satellite, but given that it's in geostationary orbit it will sooner or later drift by itself into satellite graveyard area. There are locations in geostationary orbit that do attract satellites.
Blowing up a satellite is one of the stupid ideas since it will cause a shitload of debris that can damage other satellites and be a problem for placing other satellites in orbit.
I'm sure that it will still be cheaper to change to some other COTS solution than to develop something different.
But on the other hand - they are part of the defense and can probably work out a deal with Sony about getting a version where the expected features exists. And if they can't then they will have some weight to throw at Sony.