Well, sort of. Back when we were playing Zork with our EGA Video cards, we didn't have 7 layer PCBs with IC so tight that I would need a million dollar robot to replace. But nowadays, computer components (or really, electronics in general) are just not repairable, even if you wanted to.
I can't imagine these are actually getting "repaired" insomuch that they are likely taking good parts from many broken machines and making good ones from them.
And break the control panel, countless apps, filters for image formats, and I'd wager a whole slew of other things. Internet Explorer may not be part of the OS like a kernel module to a Linux Kernel, but it is an expected part of the Operating System and is the foundation for Explorer and a mess of other Microsoft and 3rd Party applications. You take it away, you essentially have a broken system.
Nice little rant that I completely agree with. But I honestly think this needs some legal power behind it. Not just for software either. I don't want anymore "Fat free" foods that aren't fat free. I don't want anymore "Free trials" that automatically sign me up for a pay service that I have to cancel. And I definitely don't want anymore "Buy one get one free" where the "free" ends up being a mail in rebate.
This isn't really in defense of the hospitals, but a WHOLE LOT of people use the hospital because they can't pay for medical attention and the hospital can't refuse. The SSN is likely there so they can track you down to the ends of the Earth to try and get their money.
Well, all Microsoft OS's would fault when trying to execute code at a NULL address, merely because people needed to use something to signify an uninitialized pointer. Most operating systems do this. Apparently (I could be wrong, the article is short on details and I don't play in that part of the kernel), this is due to an optimization and not necessarily the original intention.
"black out" is more specific and relevant in this context than "censored". When I hear "They blacked out parts of the document", I know that there are black marks over words they don't want me to see. When I hear "They censored parts of the document", it isn't even close to as clear... did they remove whole pages? Did they replace the bits with "cleaned up and dumbed down" bits? Were the parts available, but only to a select few?
Really? Which one? Are we talking primary colors of light or pigment? If I were to "Select Distinct Colors From ColorsOfLight Union Select Distinct Colors From ColorsOfPigment"... what would the resulting set be?
That's because the "financial meltdown" is an inherent property of the system... everyone sprints to the middle arena for the food and a bloody mess ensues when the food runs out. It doesn't need prediction because we already KNOW it is going to happen over and over and over again.
Hate to break this to you, but especially in IT, this is just the way it is. My boss, like many others, seems to think that by being my employer, he dictates what I work... even if that means I neglect my family and health. Don't like it? Leave and don't come back.
The laws in place too to protect against such things are way too mild and useless. Someone can fire you for being sick or taking off because your kid was in a car crash... sure it isn't legal, but the trouble you have to go through to fight it, then what you get in return for doing so is horribly skewed.
The only solution is to find another job. It may not be right. It may not be fair. That IS how it is.
Most of the time people want to tinker/play with concepts. They just need some sort of motivation to get them going. The chance that you might get payed is apparently enough for some people.
If C++ had a set of GUI libraries that were part of the standard and could be counted on to be in every compiler...
Hate to bust your bubble there sonny, but the new C++ specification has ALL SORTS of crap that won't translate to a lot of platforms. For instance, multithreading will be built into the language... but what about something like DOS where there is no threads? Or something that uses bazaar threading mechanisms like protothreads/contiki?
Clippy wasn't a bad IDEA, just executed VERY VERY poorly. Especially the bit where you tell it to "GO TO HELL" and try and find every setting that says "I don't ever want to see this shit again!", yet the jerk still keeps popping up:((
You can preach to me forever about how morally wrong it is to shop at walmart, but fact of the matter is, I can fill up a shopping cart for HALF at Walmart compared to any other grocery store. With trips going twice, even three times a month for a family, I am avoiding spending up to $600 a month just by shopping there. I'm sorry, but $600 a month is more value to me (and just about everyone else) than feeling good that I didn't indirectly support some sweat shop.
NewYorkCountryLawyer is a myth. He is a memory of an uncle's best friend's dog that pulled you from the Hoboken BBQ blaze of '84. You have manifested him in your mind as is the savior for all.
This is akin to the cops saying "We know you did it. Just tell us what happened and we'll try to work out some kind of deal". They are trying to scare the actual guilty into giving themselves up at the expense of harassing people who did no wrong. Unfortunately, it is your job as the accused to tell them to shove it up their ass.
The script probably said "gigawatts", but there were few people then measuring anything in the "giga's" at the time, so I can see the mispronunciation to be acceptable.
You COMPLETELY missed the point of the post. It isn't "I broke the law but it's okay because I was being paid for it". It is about "I broke the law, but it doesn't matter because my daughter is dying and all I give a frick about at this point is trying to save her no matter what".
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Well, sort of. Back when we were playing Zork with our EGA Video cards, we didn't have 7 layer PCBs with IC so tight that I would need a million dollar robot to replace. But nowadays, computer components (or really, electronics in general) are just not repairable, even if you wanted to.
I can't imagine these are actually getting "repaired" insomuch that they are likely taking good parts from many broken machines and making good ones from them.
And break the control panel, countless apps, filters for image formats, and I'd wager a whole slew of other things. Internet Explorer may not be part of the OS like a kernel module to a Linux Kernel, but it is an expected part of the Operating System and is the foundation for Explorer and a mess of other Microsoft and 3rd Party applications. You take it away, you essentially have a broken system.
Nice little rant that I completely agree with. But I honestly think this needs some legal power behind it. Not just for software either. I don't want anymore "Fat free" foods that aren't fat free. I don't want anymore "Free trials" that automatically sign me up for a pay service that I have to cancel. And I definitely don't want anymore "Buy one get one free" where the "free" ends up being a mail in rebate.
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This isn't really in defense of the hospitals, but a WHOLE LOT of people use the hospital because they can't pay for medical attention and the hospital can't refuse. The SSN is likely there so they can track you down to the ends of the Earth to try and get their money.
Well, all Microsoft OS's would fault when trying to execute code at a NULL address, merely because people needed to use something to signify an uninitialized pointer. Most operating systems do this. Apparently (I could be wrong, the article is short on details and I don't play in that part of the kernel), this is due to an optimization and not necessarily the original intention.
"black out" is more specific and relevant in this context than "censored". When I hear "They blacked out parts of the document", I know that there are black marks over words they don't want me to see. When I hear "They censored parts of the document", it isn't even close to as clear... did they remove whole pages? Did they replace the bits with "cleaned up and dumbed down" bits? Were the parts available, but only to a select few?
Really bad joke. Acknowledging a persons skin color is not the same as racism.
Really? Which one? Are we talking primary colors of light or pigment? If I were to "Select Distinct Colors From ColorsOfLight Union Select Distinct Colors From ColorsOfPigment"... what would the resulting set be?
That's because the "financial meltdown" is an inherent property of the system... everyone sprints to the middle arena for the food and a bloody mess ensues when the food runs out. It doesn't need prediction because we already KNOW it is going to happen over and over and over again.
Hate to break this to you, but especially in IT, this is just the way it is. My boss, like many others, seems to think that by being my employer, he dictates what I work... even if that means I neglect my family and health. Don't like it? Leave and don't come back.
The laws in place too to protect against such things are way too mild and useless. Someone can fire you for being sick or taking off because your kid was in a car crash... sure it isn't legal, but the trouble you have to go through to fight it, then what you get in return for doing so is horribly skewed.
The only solution is to find another job. It may not be right. It may not be fair. That IS how it is.
Most of the time people want to tinker/play with concepts. They just need some sort of motivation to get them going. The chance that you might get payed is apparently enough for some people.
That is sort of the point... you now CAN'T have a compliant C++0x compiler for DOS... or anything else that doesn't mesh with these new "additions"
If C++ had a set of GUI libraries that were part of the standard and could be counted on to be in every compiler...
Hate to bust your bubble there sonny, but the new C++ specification has ALL SORTS of crap that won't translate to a lot of platforms. For instance, multithreading will be built into the language... but what about something like DOS where there is no threads? Or something that uses bazaar threading mechanisms like protothreads/contiki?
Nope: We have a greater-than-1% difference with chimps, our closest living relatives.
Apparently not:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618084304.htm
Apparently we didn't look at enough DNA before
Clippy wasn't a bad IDEA, just executed VERY VERY poorly. Especially the bit where you tell it to "GO TO HELL" and try and find every setting that says "I don't ever want to see this shit again!", yet the jerk still keeps popping up :((
You can preach to me forever about how morally wrong it is to shop at walmart, but fact of the matter is, I can fill up a shopping cart for HALF at Walmart compared to any other grocery store. With trips going twice, even three times a month for a family, I am avoiding spending up to $600 a month just by shopping there. I'm sorry, but $600 a month is more value to me (and just about everyone else) than feeling good that I didn't indirectly support some sweat shop.
That really isn't fair. No one, whether man or his best friend, can resist a Scooby Snack(TM)
NewYorkCountryLawyer is a myth. He is a memory of an uncle's best friend's dog that pulled you from the Hoboken BBQ blaze of '84. You have manifested him in your mind as is the savior for all.
I hate to break the news, but we are all screwed.
Isn't the defendant totally screwed since he already admitted guilt
No, but it leaves lesser directions to go if it fails. Think "Yes I did shoot him! But I was defending myself!"
AVG does not have any information on this particular virus in their virus encyclopedia
That is the case for ~99% of the viruses in their "encyclopedia".
This is akin to the cops saying "We know you did it. Just tell us what happened and we'll try to work out some kind of deal". They are trying to scare the actual guilty into giving themselves up at the expense of harassing people who did no wrong. Unfortunately, it is your job as the accused to tell them to shove it up their ass.
The script probably said "gigawatts", but there were few people then measuring anything in the "giga's" at the time, so I can see the mispronunciation to be acceptable.
Expand the numeric range, and allow proxy/filter ssn's, which you can pick up like extra phone lines.
You COMPLETELY missed the point of the post. It isn't "I broke the law but it's okay because I was being paid for it". It is about "I broke the law, but it doesn't matter because my daughter is dying and all I give a frick about at this point is trying to save her no matter what".