It's common knowledge 486s (and their variants) were pulled from the classified wreckage at Roswell NM earlier last century. Trust me, they've had plenty of time to work with those babies.
The little snag with radiation hardening, if I'm not wrong, is that it multiplies the price tag between 100x and 1000x
Also, the physical silicon die is larger, and if here on earth the smaller the better (less heat, etc), up there it's the other way around. The larger the features, less (signal) damage a cosmic ray will do.
the result would have been formaldehyde and cyanide - the very antithesis of life
You could also say that Oxygen is the anthythesis of life. There are several life forms which die instantly upon coming in contact with oxygen. Hence, a planet with a high concentration of oxygen should be a lifeless planet.
Top flight developers producing quality code don't need large QA departments. They've already written well-designed, bug-resistent code, unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests, all in the course of producing something that works (the first time).
Up until here, I was like, ok... Great!
If you have to pay a phalanx of QA engineers to find bugs post-facto ("just as important as our development department"), you're doing it wrong. The bugs shouldn't have been there to begin with.
And then I LOL'd!!!
I guess people have this myth about testing, that testing fixes things. And it's quite obvios that testing fixes absolutely nothing!! Zilch, nada, nothing!
And still, tests and a testing department are absolutely priceless. If I learned one thing about companies where the sw development team are not the brightest stars, is: "Have a kick ass testing team"
There is NO REASON a house should cost what it costs.
Cost of a house = terrain + materials + work (+planning/project +taxes/legal). do the math
Oh, but then you have to factor
- Unions and their overpriced work - Building code (99% of which is BS) "Think of the children" stuff. Guess what, in other places houses are not made of cardboard, but actual wood or masonry. Hurricane-proof, earthquake-proof, fire-proof (mostly - except for wood, of course). - Realty and realtors BS. How much are they getting?? - "American Dream" kind of stuff. You don't need a huge house, a condo is just fine. (granted, last time I spent some time in a condo - a couple of months - it is the hallmark of brainless planning)
Well, there are SCADA and SCADA systems, in several areas (industrial automation, power systems, etc)
Maybe you work with a different vendor.
Of course I can't name the specific system I've worked, but there were several problems concerning security, stability, developer clueslessness (would you run such a system under Windows 98?!?!), unmainteinability of the system (can you guess wich VCS system they used? tip: older than CVS), very old codebase (and I don't mean old like Solaris), etc, etc
Having written other kind of software, I can tell you that you the complexity involved in "enterprisey software" can be mind boggling. For instance, think about reading, implementing and deploying some of the complex financial rules (we're talking about thousands upon thousands pages of regulations, with variations per countries) out there, in a market composed of a handful of customers.
In that case, the cost of the software is directly related to the cost of building it (ie: how much it would cost for the customer to build his own), and such customers are perfectly happy to pay millions (yes, millions) so a software vendors take care of all the issues related to said software.
Yes, this is a great example. I only put "scientific software" there because it was the first thing that came into my mind.
And I'm sure there are a lot of other good examples: flight booking, etc
Spoken like a kid who never had a job. Tell you what, we are a software company, and I can tell you that programmers cost a lot.
Too bad I have a really nice salary and I know how much a developer costs.
Software development is darn expensive too. I hate to break that to you, not all softwares can sell millions of copies per year, certainly not enterprise softwares. You are not selling burgers here. A lot of companies would be really happy if they can sell 50 copies per year. Customizations, services, support, etc, all very expensive work.
I'm not complaining much about it being expensive, rather, on it being CRAP.
Yes, smaller number of copies changes the situation, but if in one hand it makes things harder from the financial standpoint, everythng else should be better.
And I've worked with very specialized systems (as a developer) and I was astounded by the flakyness and overall lack of quality of something that is so fundamental (SCADA).
Many projects in the financial sector require 100s of developers and 1000s of man-months
How many developers went into Windows Vista??
How does that compare in complexity to software that is essencialy a bunch of fill-out forms, badly implemented, done with no usability in mind, and that doesn't work properly (EVEN when compared to Vista)
Guess what, hire 10 really good developers and they will do a much nicer job.
Do you mean sellers of overpriced crap are not selling as much?!?!? TOUGH
"Enterprise Software" is usually synonymous with FERITILIZER.
If you're paying a lot of money for software odds are you are being taken advantage of. No software should cost more than $10k Exception: scientific software (and I mean the really advanced stuff, simulations, etc), math analysis, etc, etc AND EVEN THEN
to use a name that most people associate with a disturbing scene in the movie Pulp Fiction for an application that supposedly wants to be taken seriously
You're absolutely right. Therefore, I suggest "The Gimp" changes its name to "Severed Horse Head"
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Let me be the first to invent then O# or Ooctothorpe, you see the Oo, this means it's object oriented:D
Proper testing would be testing in a lab, tabletop assembly, with a variety of engines, with full control of parameters (consumption, power, torque, etc)
Measuring in an actual car in road conditions is too imprecise.
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And who proves the programs that prove the programs?!?!?!
No, the main competitor to Vista / W7 is ... Windows XP
But I'm 100% with MS on this one. Manufacturers, don't be slackers!
They had a lot of time to support Vista and then they act "Deer in headlights" surprised when it doesn't work properly "WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?!?!?"
Wow, wait , I'll have to check my Mayan translation again.
You know, I found out, among other things, that where it says "rock" it actually means "stargate" so there you have it...
Adn how are we supposed to get to that site when we don't have an internet connection in the first place!!! :P
It's common knowledge 486s (and their variants) were pulled from the classified wreckage at Roswell NM earlier last century. Trust me, they've had plenty of time to work with those babies.
Glad I could help clarify that.
That would explain a lot...
Can't they just remodulate the shield harmonics or reverse the polarity of the neutron flow or something?
Yeah, but that takes 1.21Gigawatts of power
The little snag with radiation hardening, if I'm not wrong, is that it multiplies the price tag between 100x and 1000x
Also, the physical silicon die is larger, and if here on earth the smaller the better (less heat, etc), up there it's the other way around. The larger the features, less (signal) damage a cosmic ray will do.
LET THEM BE
Every time an idiot says something that is not going to affect you directly, let it be!
Trust me, do you really wanna do business with people who believe this?? Do you want to be an employee who believe these things?
But guess what, you're right and they're wrong!
If my employer has a stupid idea, I either recommend against (and they usually listen) or I quit or I shut up.
If my competitor has a stupid idea, I just say "GREAT!!! GO AHEAD!!"
the result would have been formaldehyde and cyanide - the very antithesis of life
You could also say that Oxygen is the anthythesis of life. There are several life forms which die instantly upon coming in contact with oxygen. Hence, a planet with a high concentration of oxygen should be a lifeless planet.
Cry me a River.
I absolute LOVE THIS.
Republicans pushed for this. Don't like it? TOUGH
That's what's called hypocrisy.
Top flight developers producing quality code don't need large QA departments. They've already written well-designed, bug-resistent code, unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests, all in the course of producing something that works (the first time).
Up until here, I was like, ok... Great!
If you have to pay a phalanx of QA engineers to find bugs post-facto ("just as important as our development department"), you're doing it wrong. The bugs shouldn't have been there to begin with.
And then I LOL'd!!!
I guess people have this myth about testing, that testing fixes things. And it's quite obvios that testing fixes absolutely nothing!! Zilch, nada, nothing!
And still, tests and a testing department are absolutely priceless. If I learned one thing about companies where the sw development team are not the brightest stars, is: "Have a kick ass testing team"
Well, guess what.
There is NO REASON a house should cost what it costs.
Cost of a house = terrain + materials + work (+planning/project +taxes/legal). do the math
Oh, but then you have to factor
- Unions and their overpriced work
- Building code (99% of which is BS) "Think of the children" stuff. Guess what, in other places houses are not made of cardboard, but actual wood or masonry. Hurricane-proof, earthquake-proof, fire-proof (mostly - except for wood, of course).
- Realty and realtors BS. How much are they getting??
- "American Dream" kind of stuff. You don't need a huge house, a condo is just fine. (granted, last time I spent some time in a condo - a couple of months - it is the hallmark of brainless planning)
There you have it...
Well, there are SCADA and SCADA systems, in several areas (industrial automation, power systems, etc)
Maybe you work with a different vendor.
Of course I can't name the specific system I've worked, but there were several problems concerning security, stability, developer clueslessness (would you run such a system under Windows 98?!?!), unmainteinability of the system (can you guess wich VCS system they used? tip: older than CVS), very old codebase (and I don't mean old like Solaris), etc, etc
sharing prizes on subatomic particles studies is ironic???
Having written other kind of software, I can tell you that you the complexity involved in "enterprisey software" can be mind boggling. For instance, think about reading, implementing and deploying some of the complex financial rules (we're talking about thousands upon thousands pages of regulations, with variations per countries) out there, in a market composed of a handful of customers.
In that case, the cost of the software is directly related to the cost of building it (ie: how much it would cost for the customer to build his own), and such customers are perfectly happy to pay millions (yes, millions) so a software vendors take care of all the issues related to said software.
Yes, this is a great example. I only put "scientific software" there because it was the first thing that came into my mind.
And I'm sure there are a lot of other good examples: flight booking, etc
Spoken like a kid who never had a job. Tell you what, we are a software company, and I can tell you that programmers cost a lot.
Too bad I have a really nice salary and I know how much a developer costs.
Software development is darn expensive too.
I hate to break that to you, not all softwares can sell millions of copies per year, certainly not enterprise softwares. You are not selling burgers here. A lot of companies would be really happy if they can sell 50 copies per year. Customizations, services, support, etc, all very expensive work.
I'm not complaining much about it being expensive, rather, on it being CRAP.
Yes, smaller number of copies changes the situation, but if in one hand it makes things harder from the financial standpoint, everythng else should be better.
And I've worked with very specialized systems (as a developer) and I was astounded by the flakyness and overall lack of quality of something that is so fundamental (SCADA).
Many projects in the financial sector require 100s of developers and 1000s of man-months
How many developers went into Windows Vista??
How does that compare in complexity to software that is essencialy a bunch of fill-out forms, badly implemented, done with no usability in mind, and that doesn't work properly (EVEN when compared to Vista)
Guess what, hire 10 really good developers and they will do a much nicer job.
Do you mean sellers of overpriced crap are not selling as much?!?!? TOUGH
"Enterprise Software" is usually synonymous with FERITILIZER.
If you're paying a lot of money for software odds are you are being taken advantage of. No software should cost more than $10k Exception: scientific software (and I mean the really advanced stuff, simulations, etc), math analysis, etc, etc AND EVEN THEN
It's Basement Cat, duh!
to use a name that most people associate with a disturbing scene in the movie Pulp Fiction for an application that supposedly wants to be taken seriously
You're absolutely right. Therefore, I suggest "The Gimp" changes its name to "Severed Horse Head"
Let me be the first to invent then O# or Ooctothorpe, you see the Oo, this means it's object oriented :D
Proper testing would be testing in a lab, tabletop assembly, with a variety of engines, with full control of parameters (consumption, power, torque, etc)
Measuring in an actual car in road conditions is too imprecise.
If it helps nailing Tom Cruise
There is one very important detail
Windows CE for desktop PCs SUCK.
Case in point, the AMD "lunchbox" that came out a couple of years ago. The thing was AWFUL.
And why is that??
Windows CE only allow full-screen windows. There is no concept of overlapping windows / resizing / moving.
For a mobile phone it's quite OK. But for a PC...
Wait, wait, Organic Chemistry... for people WANTING TO BE DOCTORS, humm... I wonder if the two subjects have anything in common...
I just hope their poor minds are not stressed with the subject during college, I mean...