I think those that write software on terminals limited to 80 characters need to either:
1) retire (you're obviously a fossil);)
2) stop being a cheapskate and upgrade your equipment
More seriously now, I think a maximum of 100 or 110 columns should be the "new standard or convention" for the column width of source code files (I deal primarily with C/C++, so a different maximum may be better suited for other languages).
NASA Engineers apparently forgot to insert batteries into a 3rd party radio transmitter even thought the radio had a "batteries not included" sticker... oh well....
API: At 8:34am today, the internet became unusable as massive amounts of worms and viruses spread like wild fire. Initial reports are sketchy, but it appears that Microsoft's latest version of Outlook is responsible. The government is requesting that all people who use the suspected software to refrain from accessing forums and email until the crisis is over.
(doesn't M$ ever learn?)
WTF is next? WinSA (WinSucksAss)? WinBB (WinBillBlows)? I think the problem is that Bill doesn't ever want to fix a product... he just throws out new ones so that M$ can continue servicing their accounts via "prison style butt pluggin"... (Hey Bill, guess what... YOU SUCK!)
What a crock of shit! Well... if I were to be totally honest, I'd have to give M$ some credit for being "innovative" for the many ways they have been able to propagate viruses, worms, trojan horses, etc... and to think all you have to do is preview your email! NOW THAT IS INNOVATIVE!
P.S. ALL M$ LACKEYS MUST DIE!:P
"Dead" is so relative... I would rather think of things in terms of "paradigm shifts". When a technology is no longer capable of solving new problems, or is no longer capable of being modified/enhanced so that it can solve new problems, then it would be a candidate for being labeled "dead". (i.e., a better idea/solution is thought of, and a "new paradigm" is born which replaces the older paradigm.
The problem with Windows is that it is has become a Winnebago with a swimming pool on top... it had it's day, but it just has too many security related problems (not to mention stability problems). "That's not true" you say? Have you ever had Explorer lock up on you? Were you able to get anything done after that? Perhaps the OS was still running and you didn't get a blue screen, but you sure as heck had to reboot the machine to get any real work done. Windows is on the way out. Perhaps not in 5 or 10 years, but eventually, Bill Gates and crew will be limited to servicing those unlucky few customers who have legacy software that runs only on Windows.
I'm no fan of Bill Gates, or his buggy software... but one has to realize that at the time, 16bits was all you had to work with. That gives you 65,536 byte addresses. It took some time for "cost effective" 32 bit processors to hit the mainstream. I think they did a fairly good job considering the hardware they had to work with as well as considering they had to make it affordable. The big problem was with all of the backwards compatibility Bill insisted on for his stupid 16bit Visual Basic programs when designing the successor of Win 3.11. Add in the monopolistic business practices, and you have someone that most people can hate and loathe... lol;)
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Just wondering if this "New Code of Conduct" isn't some indication of a slow slide or an eventual crash dive to oblivion.
Would love seeing a Linux port of "ExamDiff Pro".
Perhaps rational thought will indeed become common place...
Does your theory take into account the additional heat generated by tidal forces when the moon's orbital radius was smaller?
I think those that write software on terminals limited to 80 characters need to either: 1) retire (you're obviously a fossil) ;)
2) stop being a cheapskate and upgrade your equipment
More seriously now, I think a maximum of 100 or 110 columns should be the "new standard or convention" for the column width of source code files (I deal primarily with C/C++, so a different maximum may be better suited for other languages).
WTF? A score of -1? John 'F' (Fucked-in-head) Kerry must be moderating...
just an attempt at humor... haven't you unwrapped a present on Christmas which required batteries?
NASA Engineers apparently forgot to insert batteries into a 3rd party radio transmitter even thought the radio had a "batteries not included" sticker... oh well....
and who says you never learn anything reading slashdot... :P (who would have thought... fora!)
API: At 8:34am today, the internet became unusable as massive amounts of worms and viruses spread like wild fire. Initial reports are sketchy, but it appears that Microsoft's latest version of Outlook is responsible. The government is requesting that all people who use the suspected software to refrain from accessing forums and email until the crisis is over. (doesn't M$ ever learn?)
WTF is next? WinSA (WinSucksAss)? WinBB (WinBillBlows)? I think the problem is that Bill doesn't ever want to fix a product... he just throws out new ones so that M$ can continue servicing their accounts via "prison style butt pluggin"... (Hey Bill, guess what... YOU SUCK!)
What a crock of shit! Well... if I were to be totally honest, I'd have to give M$ some credit for being "innovative" for the many ways they have been able to propagate viruses, worms, trojan horses, etc... and to think all you have to do is preview your email! NOW THAT IS INNOVATIVE! P.S. ALL M$ LACKEYS MUST DIE! :P
roger that. I never worked on the 8088 based systems (cut my teeth on 386 and above)...
"Dead" is so relative... I would rather think of things in terms of "paradigm shifts". When a technology is no longer capable of solving new problems, or is no longer capable of being modified/enhanced so that it can solve new problems, then it would be a candidate for being labeled "dead". (i.e., a better idea/solution is thought of, and a "new paradigm" is born which replaces the older paradigm. The problem with Windows is that it is has become a Winnebago with a swimming pool on top... it had it's day, but it just has too many security related problems (not to mention stability problems). "That's not true" you say? Have you ever had Explorer lock up on you? Were you able to get anything done after that? Perhaps the OS was still running and you didn't get a blue screen, but you sure as heck had to reboot the machine to get any real work done. Windows is on the way out. Perhaps not in 5 or 10 years, but eventually, Bill Gates and crew will be limited to servicing those unlucky few customers who have legacy software that runs only on Windows.
I'm no fan of Bill Gates, or his buggy software... but one has to realize that at the time, 16bits was all you had to work with. That gives you 65,536 byte addresses. It took some time for "cost effective" 32 bit processors to hit the mainstream. I think they did a fairly good job considering the hardware they had to work with as well as considering they had to make it affordable. The big problem was with all of the backwards compatibility Bill insisted on for his stupid 16bit Visual Basic programs when designing the successor of Win 3.11. Add in the monopolistic business practices, and you have someone that most people can hate and loathe... lol ;)