Still, does anyone think that Comcast is so stupid as to . ..
Why, yes! I do think they're that stupid. Based on past experience with Comcast, this is exactly what I'd expect.
Next will come some half-assed attempt at reconstructing what they've just ruined, then further dumbing down and changes because it didn't work. Repeat for a few cycles with things getting worse at each step. Finally, they give up, close the shop completely, along with all the justifications.
Nope! I don't think any of your assumptions are true. All us nerdfolk are accustomed to following rules and thinking logically. We love to solve problems!
Hey, lawyers are smart, they study for years to practice law. They must follow rules and logic too! Trials are just an expression of a problem, right? When we parse legal problems, the solution seems obvious. We can't understand why the other people don't see what seems obvious to us.
Our expectations are that the law, and the legal profession, should follow rules and be logical. The problem is that legal rules are convoluted and dense: they include not just what makes sense to us, but also case law and previous judicial decisions that we've never been exposed to.
There's a fair amount of marketing and spin that goes into making legal arguments. Often, the win goes to the side with the clever argument, rather than the side with the logic. Questionable decisions get turned into hard rules and affect future decisions. (Not to mention all the greedy bastards who try to "play" the system.)
That's why we pick apart this stuff, have disdain for the system, and dislike lawyers -- they're not logical from our perspective.
I don't know if it was your eloquent argument, your convincing use of logic, or your articulate and
thorough statement of the issues and problems -- but based on your recommendation, we have no choice but to stay away from XP!
I think the real driver behind all the remakes is available bandwidth. The number of channels available on a modern direct-broadcast satellite system is astounding! The programmers (in the TV sense of the word) just can't generate enough content or come up with enough new ideas.
There's a glut of video bnadwidth, viewers get spread thin, advertising dollars per channel plummets -- thus we have remakes, re-runs, and 'reality' shows ad nauseum.
(BTW: I thought the miniseries was pretty good! Especially compared to the campy original.)
I was about 12 years old at the time of the Apollo moon landing. I knew all about the Lunokods. Reporting about them seemed to be downplayed some, most of the emphasis was on the manned stuff. But still they were reported in the news and followed by the interested public.
But then, my dad worked at the Marshall Space Flight center in Huntsville, then ran a NOAA tracking facility near Fairbanks. . . so maybe my perspective is a little bit skewed.
Like you, I thought that "deep space" meant between solar systems (or at least outside our own). People seem to be using it as "beyond low earth orbit."
Sigh. Another technical term gets co-opted and perverted.
If the mission had gone smoothly, it wouldn't have garnered nearly the same level of publicity.
"Oh! Oh! There's a problem!
-- long, suspense-filled pause --
"Through diligence and hard work, our brilliant scientists, engineers,
and technicians were able to rally and fix the problem. Remotely.
From a completely different planet, even!
You may continue funding now."
(Don't get me started on the MS v MikeRoweSoft thing.)
I'm just guessing, but it seems the software wants to spray the dot from right to left.
As for just going to the start point and spraying: The rest of the wandering around is probably due to the positioning system having to accelerate and decelerate the "rope" (or cable or whatever). Since it's not a solid bar, the system has to allow for the compliance and zero-in on the commanded position.
More than 90% of IT workers i know are employed. 100% of the good IT workers i know are employed.
OK, so you only know the people you work with?
(;-) sorry, but it's one possibility)
My personal experience is that, as you gain more experience, you become a bigger threat to your boss. You'll know you've hit the tipping point when you have trouble getting hired, but all your interviews involve solving some problem the company is facing.
First-rate people hire first-rate employees, second-rate people hire third-rate employees.
Better yet, go back through all the recently-pass BS laws and compare them against the constitution. Any representative who voted for an unconstitutional law gets hung for treason!
About two years ago, I had a customer call me in to completely upgrade their office systems. When I showed up, I found they were running Wyse dumb terminals on a Cromemco under CP/M. (For you young'uns, this system was old in 1985. It used a 4-MHz Z80 processor and an S-100 bus.)
Reason for the switch: they could no longer get 8-inch floppy disks.
System they switched to: Mac (talk about culture shock!)
I'm guessing less than about 1/3 of homes can get any kind of hardwired broadband here in this low-tech "back-woods" region.
Oh, sure, DLS has been promised Real Soon Now (tm) every time I ask. But, after a year of that, I broke down and got StarBand -- that was four years ago.
So glad I moved from the little seaside town where the phone company was a family business and I'd had a megabit up and down since '95.
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Still, does anyone think that Comcast is so stupid as to . .
Why, yes! I do think they're that stupid. Based on past experience with Comcast, this is exactly what I'd expect.
Next will come some half-assed attempt at reconstructing what they've just ruined, then further dumbing down and changes because it didn't work. Repeat for a few cycles with things getting worse at each step. Finally, they give up, close the shop completely, along with all the justifications.
Too bad.
Nope! I don't think any of your assumptions are true. All us nerdfolk are accustomed to following rules and thinking logically. We love to solve problems!
Hey, lawyers are smart, they study for years to practice law. They must follow rules and logic too! Trials are just an expression of a problem, right? When we parse legal problems, the solution seems obvious. We can't understand why the other people don't see what seems obvious to us.
Our expectations are that the law, and the legal profession, should follow rules and be logical. The problem is that legal rules are convoluted and dense: they include not just what makes sense to us, but also case law and previous judicial decisions that we've never been exposed to.
There's a fair amount of marketing and spin that goes into making legal arguments. Often, the win goes to the side with the clever argument, rather than the side with the logic. Questionable decisions get turned into hard rules and affect future decisions. (Not to mention all the greedy bastards who try to "play" the system.)
That's why we pick apart this stuff, have disdain for the system, and dislike lawyers -- they're not logical from our perspective.
NO. STAY AWAY FROM XP.
I don't know if it was your eloquent argument, your convincing use of logic, or your articulate and thorough statement of the issues and problems -- but based on your recommendation, we have no choice but to stay away from XP!
What he could have done is asked the guy what his name was, first
Hmmm. . . I see your name is not on the list. That, in and of itself, is suspicious. I think we'd better put your name on the list!
I think the real driver behind all the remakes is available bandwidth. The number of channels available on a modern direct-broadcast satellite system is astounding! The programmers (in the TV sense of the word) just can't generate enough content or come up with enough new ideas.
There's a glut of video bnadwidth, viewers get spread thin, advertising dollars per channel plummets -- thus we have remakes, re-runs, and 'reality' shows ad nauseum.
(BTW: I thought the miniseries was pretty good! Especially compared to the campy original.)
That so beats my too-often experience of having to beg someone to sell me their service or product!
I was about 12 years old at the time of the Apollo moon landing. I knew all about the Lunokods. Reporting about them seemed to be downplayed some, most of the emphasis was on the manned stuff. But still they were reported in the news and followed by the interested public.
But then, my dad worked at the Marshall Space Flight center in Huntsville, then ran a NOAA tracking facility near Fairbanks. . . so maybe my perspective is a little bit skewed.
You can't get fired for trying to form a union
No, they find some other reason to fire you
Like you, I thought that "deep space" meant between solar systems (or at least outside our own). People seem to be using it as "beyond low earth orbit."
Sigh. Another technical term gets co-opted and perverted.
If the mission had gone smoothly, it wouldn't have garnered nearly the same level of publicity. (Don't get me started on the MS v MikeRoweSoft thing.)
I'm just guessing, but it seems the software wants to spray the dot from right to left.
As for just going to the start point and spraying: The rest of the wandering around is probably due to the positioning system having to accelerate and decelerate the "rope" (or cable or whatever). Since it's not a solid bar, the system has to allow for the compliance and zero-in on the commanded position.
More than 90% of IT workers i know are employed. 100% of the good IT workers i know are employed.
OK, so you only know the people you work with?
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My personal experience is that, as you gain more experience, you become a bigger threat to your boss. You'll know you've hit the tipping point when you have trouble getting hired, but all your interviews involve solving some problem the company is facing.
First-rate people hire first-rate employees, second-rate people hire third-rate employees.
. . . but I can learn! Are they hiring?
Better yet, go back through all the recently-pass BS laws and compare them against the constitution. Any representative who voted for an unconstitutional law gets hung for treason!
Does that beat the blow-up sheep we gave my buddy last year? It was called the "Love Ewe"!
About two years ago, I had a customer call me in to completely upgrade their office systems. When I showed up, I found they were running Wyse dumb terminals on a Cromemco under CP/M. (For you young'uns, this system was old in 1985. It used a 4-MHz Z80 processor and an S-100 bus.)
Reason for the switch: they could no longer get 8-inch floppy disks.
System they switched to: Mac (talk about culture shock!)
Yup! Live here, can't get DSL for love nor money.
I'm guessing less than about 1/3 of homes can get any kind of hardwired broadband here in this low-tech "back-woods" region.
Oh, sure, DLS has been promised Real Soon Now (tm) every time I ask. But, after a year of that, I broke down and got StarBand -- that was four years ago.
So glad I moved from the little seaside town where the phone company was a family business and I'd had a megabit up and down since '95.