Another poster suggested that the ATM's are running on a version of XP embedded, but ours are all on the full version. There is actually a real computer inside the thing with a keyboard and a mouse.
Which brings me to this question, I wonder if I could play multiplayer games over our ATM network. =)
Microsoft has announced they are working on a totally different standard for these disks (even though a standard hasn't been officially announced) and will incorporate it into Longhorn, causing it's production to be moved back again.
Seriously though, what is the rot rate going to be on these things. For the average user, the media will probably become unstable before the disc is filled.
They will just launch another investigation into how this procedure was come up with to glue these tiles on.
They will find out that some budgetary advisory panel recommended these procedures against the wishes of some NASA engineer in order to save a buck.
Eventually this will fall out of the public eye (as most things usually do). In the end, no action will be taken against the people responsible for this horrible tradgedy. In fact, the same contractor will probably be hired again to advise them for the next-gen shuttles or whatever they come up with.
Wash, Rinse, Repeat is not the standard I want when the lives of some of the best and brightest people this world has to offer is hanging in the balance.
These programs are the #1 problem I encounter when I get the oh so common call from friends and family about how their PC just keeps popping up ads and is running really slow.
Damn them all to hell!
This being/. I am sure a great deal of you know my pain.
I can just picture Milton from Office Space hanging out the back of some black cargo van shaking a snickers bar at teenie-boppers as they arrive at the camp.
Then Lumberg walks up: "Umm, yeeeaaah, umm, I'm gonna need you to just...close these doors and move the van to the underground level of the parking deck. And umm, while your down there, can you take care of that little cock roach problem we've been having."
Did anyone else mistakenly read this as "open source" instead of "open access"?
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Obligatory Dilbert Quote: Season 2 Episode 27 19 min 56 sec
Dilbert: "She said she might call. Do you think underneath her smoke stained exterior beat a heart of gold?" Dogbert: "Uh, if by 'heart of gold' you mean 'lungs of charcoal' then yes." Dilbert: "I admit I was tempted to destroy the democratic process to gain the love of a woman." Dogbert: "Love?" Dilbert: "Not real love, but at least the kind that gives you false hope for a few days. I like false hope." Dogbert: "Maybe she lost your number." Dilbert: "Maybe she did!"
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Just as the woman really did love Dilbert but was relegated to a third world country in South America by Big Tobacco, open source is also oppressed and relegated to third world countries by Big M$.
IMHO, they will probably use the extra space to employ some sort of advanced encryption technique to deter hackers/etc from cracking their shizzle...or something.
I mean, I was thinking of a big QWERTY style keyboard.
This one just looks like it is designed for very old/young/simple people. The letters are all in alphabetical order and it is decorated with primary colors that harken me back to the McDonald's Play Areas of yore.
If you really want to impress me, make a keyboard out of the spare parts from several Dance Dance Revolution dance pads.
A giant keyboard you have to step on to get to work, now that would be cool, not practical, but cool none the less.
Lately the government has been reclassifying documents that have been previously declassified.
I don't think they would support this and may even attempt to quash it because it would remove the controls the government has over their own information.
Constant standards are what is needed to make software last that long.
Language standards don't even last 200 years, how do we expect something as new as software standards to be more uniform than language standards? Language has been around for thousands of years and we still can't agree on that.
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Another poster suggested that the ATM's are running on a version of XP embedded, but ours are all on the full version. There is actually a real computer inside the thing with a keyboard and a mouse.
Which brings me to this question, I wonder if I could play multiplayer games over our ATM network. =)
I work at a 3 branch bank in Michigan and all of our ATM's run Windows XP Pro. Every new ATM that Diebold sells is running XP in fact.
Mmm...Jello...ahrghgh.
Now I can have a space linux cluster!
I think I will use a previous comment of mine to address this story.
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http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=118044&
...I don't think I've ever really said it, but I hate Microsoft. Not in a flaming way, I just plain hate them.
In Solviet Russia, the Government requests the secrecy of you?
What has become of the great freedom nation?
but being a poor techie, I just can't afford it.
I wait with bait on my breath for a simple, cheap ($500-$800), computer from them that includes the styling and beauty of the more expensive models.
But I guess that's why I am typing this on my old 497mHz 128MB ram linux box.
Hail the new "free" economy and the frustion of Apple that they are not considered by many to be an alternative to the mighty monopolistic broken OS.
the boss's hair is not always pointy?
Wow, I made better pages than that when I was in the 8th grade (1996-1997). This thing is third world ghetto.
Microsoft has announced they are working on a totally different standard for these disks (even though a standard hasn't been officially announced) and will incorporate it into Longhorn, causing it's production to be moved back again.
Seriously though, what is the rot rate going to be on these things. For the average user, the media will probably become unstable before the disc is filled.
They will just launch another investigation into how this procedure was come up with to glue these tiles on.
They will find out that some budgetary advisory panel recommended these procedures against the wishes of some NASA engineer in order to save a buck.
Eventually this will fall out of the public eye (as most things usually do). In the end, no action will be taken against the people responsible for this horrible tradgedy. In fact, the same contractor will probably be hired again to advise them for the next-gen shuttles or whatever they come up with.
Wash, Rinse, Repeat is not the standard I want when the lives of some of the best and brightest people this world has to offer is hanging in the balance.
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These programs are the #1 problem I encounter when I get the oh so common call from friends and family about how their PC just keeps popping up ads and is running really slow.
/. I am sure a great deal of you know my pain.
Damn them all to hell!
This being
I can just picture Milton from Office Space hanging out the back of some black cargo van shaking a snickers bar at teenie-boppers as they arrive at the camp.
Then Lumberg walks up: "Umm, yeeeaaah, umm, I'm gonna need you to just...close these doors and move the van to the underground level of the parking deck. And umm, while your down there, can you take care of that little cock roach problem we've been having."
Milton: "But I, but the, but but."
Lumberg: "Yeah, thanks."
Milton: "I'll just burn the place down"
...but can it run Linux?
Did anyone else mistakenly read this as "open source" instead of "open access"?
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Obligatory Dilbert Quote:
Season 2
Episode 27
19 min 56 sec
Dilbert: "She said she might call. Do you think underneath her smoke stained exterior beat a heart of gold?"
Dogbert: "Uh, if by 'heart of gold' you mean 'lungs of charcoal' then yes."
Dilbert: "I admit I was tempted to destroy the democratic process to gain the love of a woman."
Dogbert: "Love?"
Dilbert: "Not real love, but at least the kind that gives you false hope for a few days. I like false hope."
Dogbert: "Maybe she lost your number."
Dilbert: "Maybe she did!"
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Just as the woman really did love Dilbert but was relegated to a third world country in South America by Big Tobacco, open source is also oppressed and relegated to third world countries by Big M$.
In any event, I too like false hope.
The Harry Fuecks thing was already done.
I didn't want to be redundant.
PHP kicks ASP.
There, I said it.
IMHO, they will probably use the extra space to employ some sort of advanced encryption technique to deter hackers/etc from cracking their shizzle...or something.
...may the Gmail privacy flaming begin!
IE will be fully xhtml 1.0 and CSS1 compliant.
I wish there was a modifier for "Unbelievable".
I would like to shake the hand of the person that came up with the name "Vomit Comet".
[simpsons]
Best...name...ever.
[/simpsons]
...or does this keyboard kind of suck?
I mean, I was thinking of a big QWERTY style keyboard.
This one just looks like it is designed for very old/young/simple people. The letters are all in alphabetical order and it is decorated with primary colors that harken me back to the McDonald's Play Areas of yore.
If you really want to impress me, make a keyboard out of the spare parts from several Dance Dance Revolution dance pads.
A giant keyboard you have to step on to get to work, now that would be cool, not practical, but cool none the less.
Lately the government has been reclassifying documents that have been previously declassified.
I don't think they would support this and may even attempt to quash it because it would remove the controls the government has over their own information.
Oh the times we live in.
Constant standards are what is needed to make software last that long.
Language standards don't even last 200 years, how do we expect something as new as software standards to be more uniform than language standards? Language has been around for thousands of years and we still can't agree on that.