The IMAP protocol has no way to "send" mail. Sure you can do kludgy things like you describe. But even Qualcomm's POP-3 extensions for sending mail were less ugly that than.
The reason why Windows and Linux do not always co-exist peacefully is precisely because MS doesn't care if Windows and Linux get along.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Microsoft has very good reasons to deliberately make the two NOT work together, and they have demonstrated repeatedly through their history that they will do exactly that.
Look up the history of DR-DOS if you want reminders.
Well, let's see. FAT and NTFS are owned by Microsoft, and they aren't sharing.
The others can't be added to Windows by anyone except Microsoft, cause no one else has the code. Oh, and Microsoft has zero reason to want to add them, because it would make it easier for people to have Windows and Linux co-exist.
Since 7.0 PostgreSQL has been pretty fast, assuming you tune it a little. Admittedly some of the default tunings are rather lame.
The concurrent versioning system means some operations are inherently fairly slow (like updates), but it also allows very limited locking and writers don't prohibit readers from viewing data, which in a multi-user environment is very nice.
Most slowness users experience when starting with PostgreSQL is due to them being used to MySQL and not understanding how to do things in a fast way. For instance, every operation is implicitly a transaction. If you want to do multiple inserts at once, wrap them in a single transaction, and they'll be way faster than doing multiple separate transactions without even knowing you're doing that. Things like that will really speed up your experience.
There are lots of ways to make PostgreSQL fly, but it does take more work than MySQL. On the other hand, PostgreSQL won't eat your data. Depends what you value more I suppose.
We also don't get to vote for judges, sheriffs or district attorneys, nor do we have direct-democracy propositions to vote on. US elections are more complicated not only because a lot of the voting happens at the same time, but also because the voters get direct input into a lot more things.
Sometimes simpler isn't better (imo). I can think of a pile of judges here I'd like to vote out asap.
However, lawyers work their asses off, have to deal with other lawyers, and typically only get big money for representing morally bankrupt assholes.
As opposed to computer people, who work their asses off, have to deal with end-users, and practically never get big money while working for morally bankrupt assholes.
I guess that's possible, but it seems unlikely from the current culture over there.
Dunno, I doubt that in 1860 anyone thought Americans would be killing each other by the tens of thousands within a couple of years. All it took was a few states wanting to leave the union and a president who decided to get tough.
Earth will eventually lose its volatiles, but it's hardly going to shrink. The vast majority of the mass, plus the tons of crap that hit earth daily, will still be here when the Sun goes nova.
The mechanic doesn't generally get called at 3 in the morning and have to appear with his tools. If he was expected to be on-call, he'd be getting paid hourly for that on-call time. If he was actually called in he'd get paid even more.
His tools also don't become obsolete ever 2-4 years.
Orrin needs 50 other politicians to agree with him just to move this out of the Senate, and another few hundred to make it a law. Do you really think this won't pass?
So what if they set a record you dolts. I have to pay $12 a movie now on Friday nights. And places here charge up to $15. Movies used to cost $4 and when they raised it to $5 they were setting records. That doesnt mean they are rolling in profits.
No, it means they built huge chains of big-screen theatres and are soaking in debt. And the more they raise the prices and the more ads they show at the start of movies, the more they piss their customers off, so the less people go to see movies.
I used to go to movies at least once a month, now it's maybe twice a year if there's something worth seeing on the big screen. And it still pisses me off that I pay to watch advertising.
Grandparent wasn't saying anything about Word-Word compatibility. One would hope that MS could manage that (most of the time, anyway). The point is that the Word document format is secret, undocumented, etc. Oh, and MS changes it every couple of years. All in the name of customer lock-in.
Um it isn't. It's sent through foreign machines and from foreign networks by American spammers. Check the ROKSO database sometime - Americans send the vast majority of spam.
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The IMAP protocol has no way to "send" mail. Sure you can do kludgy things like you describe. But even Qualcomm's POP-3 extensions for sending mail were less ugly that than.
The reason why Windows and Linux do not always co-exist peacefully is precisely because MS doesn't care if Windows and Linux get along.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Microsoft has very good reasons to deliberately make the two NOT work together, and they have demonstrated repeatedly through their history that they will do exactly that.
Look up the history of DR-DOS if you want reminders.
I kind of liked Alien Resurrection. Number 3 was godawful though.
Well, let's see. FAT and NTFS are owned by Microsoft, and they aren't sharing.
The others can't be added to Windows by anyone except Microsoft, cause no one else has the code. Oh, and Microsoft has zero reason to want to add them, because it would make it easier for people to have Windows and Linux co-exist.
Sadly the levelling treadmill of most MMORPG's starts to resemble a job fairly quickly.
afaik no one has designed one that can actually produce electricity. So it's hard to say how safe they would be.
In theory they sound like they should be fairly safe though.
Since 7.0 PostgreSQL has been pretty fast, assuming you tune it a little. Admittedly some of the default tunings are rather lame.
The concurrent versioning system means some operations are inherently fairly slow (like updates), but it also allows very limited locking and writers don't prohibit readers from viewing data, which in a multi-user environment is very nice.
Most slowness users experience when starting with PostgreSQL is due to them being used to MySQL and not understanding how to do things in a fast way. For instance, every operation is implicitly a transaction. If you want to do multiple inserts at once, wrap them in a single transaction, and they'll be way faster than doing multiple separate transactions without even knowing you're doing that. Things like that will really speed up your experience.
There are lots of ways to make PostgreSQL fly, but it does take more work than MySQL. On the other hand, PostgreSQL won't eat your data. Depends what you value more I suppose.
The problem (IMO) started with
financial institutions moving bill processing
offshore
Tell that to a steelworker, miner or ship-builder. Offshoring has been going on a lot longer than just in the tech industry.
I remember when my Dad lost his job because it was cheaper to import iron from Brazil than to mine it in Canada. That was in the eighties.
I don't really see any way to stop it - if something can be done cheaper somewhere else, it probably will be.
We also don't get to vote for judges, sheriffs or district attorneys, nor do we have direct-democracy propositions to vote on. US elections are more complicated not only because a lot of the voting happens at the same time, but also because the voters get direct input into a lot more things.
Sometimes simpler isn't better (imo). I can think of a pile of judges here I'd like to vote out asap.
However, lawyers work their asses off, have to deal with other lawyers, and typically only get big money for representing morally bankrupt assholes.
As opposed to computer people, who work their asses off, have to deal with end-users, and practically never get big money while working for morally bankrupt assholes.
I wish someone had already thought of that charging thing. Keeping the battery already in my car charged is such a pain.
Sigh.
SOLUTION:Support denser development instead of sprawl. Support mass transit systems such as light rail. Reduce our dependence on petroleum.
Gimme a break. People don't want to be crammed into high density developments. They want stand-alone homes and their own little bit of land.
Find cleaner ways to manage that and you'll have a winner. Forcing people to live like caged animals to save the environment doesn't work.
And PS: as long as oil energy is cheaper than alternate sources, people will burn oil. Period.
I guess that's possible, but it seems unlikely from the current culture over there.
Dunno, I doubt that in 1860 anyone thought Americans would be killing each other by the tens of thousands within a couple of years. All it took was a few states wanting to leave the union and a president who decided to get tough.
Earth will eventually lose its volatiles, but it's hardly going to shrink. The vast majority of the mass, plus the tons of crap that hit earth daily, will still be here when the Sun goes nova.
Hey, I think you've just identified the probable cause of the next great European war. The parallels with US history are interesting.
Will the EU eventually need a strong "federal" government and standing army to keep its nations (states) in line?
The mechanic doesn't generally get called at 3 in the morning and have to appear with his tools. If he was expected to be on-call, he'd be getting paid hourly for that on-call time. If he was actually called in he'd get paid even more.
His tools also don't become obsolete ever 2-4 years.
It had broad support at what, like 2 or 3%. I doubt it's quite as popular now :/
Alistair Reynolds
David Brin
Stephen Baxter
Richard Morgan
of my recent readings anyway.
Orrin needs 50 other politicians to agree with him just to move this out of the Senate, and another few hundred to make it a law. Do you really think this won't pass?
Uh, they changed the constitution to make income tax explicitly legal. Probably not the best call, but they managed it.
Good call. Your politicians agree.
So what if they set a record you dolts. I have to pay $12 a movie now on Friday nights. And places here charge up to $15. Movies used to cost $4 and when they raised it to $5 they were setting records. That doesnt mean they are rolling in profits.
No, it means they built huge chains of big-screen theatres and are soaking in debt. And the more they raise the prices and the more ads they show at the start of movies, the more they piss their customers off, so the less people go to see movies.
I used to go to movies at least once a month, now it's maybe twice a year if there's something worth seeing on the big screen. And it still pisses me off that I pay to watch advertising.
Grandparent wasn't saying anything about Word-Word compatibility. One would hope that MS could manage that (most of the time, anyway). The point is that the Word document format is secret, undocumented, etc. Oh, and MS changes it every couple of years. All in the name of customer lock-in.
You don't like Word...fine, but guess what, there's no learning curve practically
Really? Then why do all these community colleges and employment training programs all teach Word courses?
Um it isn't. It's sent through foreign machines and from foreign networks by American spammers. Check the ROKSO database sometime - Americans send the vast majority of spam.