I tried, and I found that there were a lot of API calls that weren't implemented in the OS - for stuff that I needed. I had to get people to implement an alternative solution on the devices to solve the problem that had to be solved - added cost for the project just because Microsoft provided an empty shell of an OS.
So Windows Mobile 6.x was mostly a flashy shell. The light was on but nobody was home in that platform. So the result was that it was hard to make anything useful on that platform. So no good apps means that it wasn't attractive on the market.
"Star Wars" as it was called was a budget movie at the time. Considering that it's number 3 of highest grossing movies compensating for inflation it did pretty well.
"Citizen of the Galaxy" should probably be a mini series to achieve all the perspectives needed. Why not take advantage of the people who made Iron Sky - or "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning"?
2001 is a masterpiece - it's still what you can measure other movies against. Only a few details are dated but those are still not a problem when it comes to how well-done it is.
And Logan's Run is pretty good too.
For a dark near future I'd like to list Max Headroom. And I'd like to put in Star Trek, First Contact as one of the top choices as well since it also shows a darker perspective of the Trek universe. Dune (Lynch version) isn't as good on the special effects but it do have a certain aura that makes it enjoyable - but it's probably easier to "get" that movie if you have read the book first.
Then there's "Enemy Mine" and "K-Pax" that both also are worth watching.
Right now I'm waiting for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and since I have been reading the comics I sure hope that the movie is going to be up to the standard of the comic books. But given that it's Luc Besson that made it there's a good chance. Only thing that puts me off is that Laureline isn't a redhead in the movie as can be seen in the trailer. I just realized that Rutger Hauer is in that movie as well, I just hope he's not too hard on decapitating people.
The description you provide is a very simplified perspective, but the reality is that sometimes the bugs you fix aren't easy to create a simple success/fail test scenario for. This is very common in systems where you have a lot of interdependencies and race conditions. Each piece of the puzzle may work fine but together they create problems one time out of a thousand - and never in a test rig, only in real world platforms.
The problem described in the article is a lot more complex and comes down to that the system has a bad architecture from the start. However it's easy to make a bad architecture with many of the programming languages and development environments that are around today.
It's of course easy to say that you should run tests and have good test suites to execute to verify the platform but they only take you to a certain level, never to the level where the usability is validated.
And how do you verify when the input requirements are bad or ambiguous anyway?
Ever heard of the Streisand Effect? I imagine that Snap hasn't until now.
If they just had admitted that they had a flaw and then fixed it most people would just have shrugged and gone on with their lives. Now Snap are in the headlines as screwups instead.
I agree - BK exploited a hole in the system in a way that was reasonably annoying but pretty harmless. This just highlights the fact that voice control over computers is a crappy way since there's no way to truly identify that the person who do the command has the right to do it.
It was enough to flush the toilet to make it disconnect enough to crash. An exercise with permasoldering it to the mother board with a flat cable solved that problem.
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Do they have approval from the Bixby family to use that designation?
Also the Hulk reference to the Bixby button is closer than you may first guess, Bill Bixby was one actor in the TV series The Incredible Hulk.
Push the Bixby button - get Lou Ferrigno to show up in green.
You never tried to develop for Windows Mobile.
I tried, and I found that there were a lot of API calls that weren't implemented in the OS - for stuff that I needed. I had to get people to implement an alternative solution on the devices to solve the problem that had to be solved - added cost for the project just because Microsoft provided an empty shell of an OS.
So Windows Mobile 6.x was mostly a flashy shell. The light was on but nobody was home in that platform. So the result was that it was hard to make anything useful on that platform. So no good apps means that it wasn't attractive on the market.
When we have passed the "Max Headroom" world we live in today.
Stargate seems to have been inspired by "Tunnel in the Sky" by Heinlein. Not many similarities except for instant transport between planets though.
A good story rarely needs special effects. And it's better with a few good ones than many sloppy.
And I agree - Enemy Mine is a good story, you may like K-Pax too.
"Star Wars" as it was called was a budget movie at the time. Considering that it's number 3 of highest grossing movies compensating for inflation it did pretty well.
How do you know that it was alternate? Maybe that was the primary ending?
"Citizen of the Galaxy" should probably be a mini series to achieve all the perspectives needed. Why not take advantage of the people who made Iron Sky - or "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning"?
For more Kevin Spacey - K-Pax.
Goofy - "Space Marines": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...
2001 is a masterpiece - it's still what you can measure other movies against. Only a few details are dated but those are still not a problem when it comes to how well-done it is.
And Logan's Run is pretty good too.
For a dark near future I'd like to list Max Headroom. And I'd like to put in Star Trek, First Contact as one of the top choices as well since it also shows a darker perspective of the Trek universe. Dune (Lynch version) isn't as good on the special effects but it do have a certain aura that makes it enjoyable - but it's probably easier to "get" that movie if you have read the book first.
Then there's "Enemy Mine" and "K-Pax" that both also are worth watching.
Right now I'm waiting for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, and since I have been reading the comics I sure hope that the movie is going to be up to the standard of the comic books. But given that it's Luc Besson that made it there's a good chance. Only thing that puts me off is that Laureline isn't a redhead in the movie as can be seen in the trailer. I just realized that Rutger Hauer is in that movie as well, I just hope he's not too hard on decapitating people.
The description you provide is a very simplified perspective, but the reality is that sometimes the bugs you fix aren't easy to create a simple success/fail test scenario for. This is very common in systems where you have a lot of interdependencies and race conditions. Each piece of the puzzle may work fine but together they create problems one time out of a thousand - and never in a test rig, only in real world platforms.
The problem described in the article is a lot more complex and comes down to that the system has a bad architecture from the start. However it's easy to make a bad architecture with many of the programming languages and development environments that are around today.
It's of course easy to say that you should run tests and have good test suites to execute to verify the platform but they only take you to a certain level, never to the level where the usability is validated.
And how do you verify when the input requirements are bad or ambiguous anyway?
Yup, still boots - I have it connected to a KVM switch. An old Compaq 386s/20. Even runs Windows for Workgroupies 3.11!
Bulging capacitors - that's an easy fix for anyone with a soldering iron and patience. Just keep track of + and -.
Ever heard of the Streisand Effect? I imagine that Snap hasn't until now.
If they just had admitted that they had a flaw and then fixed it most people would just have shrugged and gone on with their lives. Now Snap are in the headlines as screwups instead.
Do you have any degree worth anything from Florida these days?
Or Pascal for that matter?
Maybe it was because the company also used SOX as an excuse to save on development costs.
Imagine the impact if the company was reviewed and then it was revealed that a fix for a security problem wasn't put in place due to the process.
Next time it will be someone doing a 911 call or other DoS action.
"Hey Asshole" comes to mind. (Read Old Man's War to get the reference)
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I agree - BK exploited a hole in the system in a way that was reasonably annoying but pretty harmless. This just highlights the fact that voice control over computers is a crappy way since there's no way to truly identify that the person who do the command has the right to do it.
It's about as secure as a MS-DOS system.
I still have a 386sx/20 on my shelf.
It was enough to flush the toilet to make it disconnect enough to crash. An exercise with permasoldering it to the mother board with a flat cable solved that problem.
ZX-80 for me.