I think I agree with you there, even though I don't want to. I'm oft accused of seeming arrogant, stuck up, snobby, even more so than my aviator husband! Which, since he was a fighter jock, is saying a LOT. But that's what it came down to, is that I 'assumed' that my friend or colleague was as up to speed as I was, and when asked a question, I 'dumbed' it down, thus made them feel inferior. It is an issue, and I think it blows over into other areas sometimes, of my life, and affects things it wouldn't. And you're right... it doesn't reflect well on us, and furthers our reputation as socially ignorant jerks. Of which I tend to be one.:P
So clearly, you have no clue... that's ok.:D As for me, I prefer NOT to be around a bunch of drunken morons. Somehow, I end up getting hurt, molested, or endangered. That's what I get for being a girl.
Maybe a pair of glasses will be cheaper than a HDTV?
Oh yeah, that was mature. um, that's *with* $700 glasses, dumbass.
Do they even sell 14" HDTVs? I very much doubt there'd be any visible difference. How much better is a 20" HDTV display compared to a 20" normal PAL TV with a crisp digital signal? When you're sat half way across the room watching something filmed in poor quality anyway?
Actually, they do sell 15" ones - LCD even, and around $400.00 USD. There's a HUGE difference in PAL/Digital vs. HDTV - as I displayed in kind several times yesterday afternoon to some curious neighbors. Mind you, it's not just the signal, but the 5.1 digital surround sound, as well, built into the television. I don't tend to waste my signal on things filmed in poor quality, thank you, sticking to high-end sports and documentaries. Whereas you can't see it from 1/2 way across the room in PAL, you can see raindrops in HD.
Anyone who can, or is willing to spend a GRAND on a TV must be in the top 0.001% of wealth in the world. Come back to me when I can find a HDTV for £100 that doesn't require fancy cables and expensive subscription fees.
Um, well, when a regular plain television doesn't cost less than $500 bucks... and um, the cables came with it, and the devices attached. Not to mention that it's USD, there was no indication that you were paying twice the price for everything because you're in the British Isles. Hehehehee... And I thank you *very* much, I'm so not in the top 0.001% of the wealthy. I work for a living and pay a crapload of taxes out the wazoo. But I know how to save and I know value. And I don't have to pay a TV tax every time I buy a television - rather, I pay a flat fee for access to 400 channels of shite. Heh.. of which I watch about 30.
So can I, and I also have an extra thousand pounds in my pocket. Maybe you have sight problems.
And you probably toss those pounds out at the stadium and/or pub rather than your own home, too. See, I have a problem with paying $10.00 for a shitty beer at a stadium full of drunken sots trying to grab my ass. Not fun. And for the record, I do have severe sight problems. Sublexed lenses, detached retina, and severe myopia, ever so unfortunately. Thank you for asking.
Oh, I know that at some point, it's not realistic, but the implication that it's costing thousands of dollars - it ain't. 27" HDTV sets are going for about $600 bucks this year - less if you shop around. I know costco advertised one for $499. I don't have a LCD monitor either....I can't see the reason.
I know they are requiring DIGITAL broadcasts, but I didn't know they were requiring high definition! That's just nuts. But I can't see anything about that in this article.... hrhmmmm.... http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb -OEOQ1125002748966.html. But I can't see that as a mandate yet. But I could be wrong.:)
Or maybe HDTV is just overrated by TV manufacturers who want to scam people out of thousands of pounds for unwanted technologies. My TV is 14", I doubt I'd get much of a better viewing experience with a slightly higher resolution. We're not all dot-com millionaires with 50" plasma screens on the walls of our penthouse apartments.
Either you forgot your sarcasm flag, or you don't know wtf you're talking about. Obviously you've never seen an HD broadcast, a video game in high-definition, or anything else. FYI - I paid $1000 for a 52" HDTV with DVI input (to connect my computer) *3 years ago*!!! And I watch programming in high-definition beyond anything else. You don't have to be a millionaire - hell the 50" plasmas are going for $1500 bucks this season. Jesus... I remember when basic TVs cost that much!
The technologies are not UNWanted. In Japan, they are standard delivery. It's not a slightly higher resolution: http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/1180 03.html. This is not something that TV manufacturers would just DO without demand from their customers. And let me tell you, as someone who has been legally blind since I was 7, to see television in HighDefinition is to see like I never thought I could. And that right there is more than worth the $14/month extra to pay for HD programming and the box.
Not to even mention watching football in High Def. I can actually watch Soccer and Hockey games now and TELL what's going on! YAY! Please, before you go spouting about what you don't know about, have some experience and knowledge first.
Why do they break out the EU to show just 100 Trillion less than the US, but then break out each individual member of the EU? Are they two seperate numbers, or do France/Germany/etc all roll up to form the EU number.
That is a very interesting list, though. Eyeopening to say the least.
I can post what I want to it, when I want, and share such links with friends, family, anyone with a browser that has internet access. This is relatively important for things like news articles, links, pictures, etc.
It's straight HTML, none of this Active Server crapola, or proprietary interface... I can post directly to it from a web site, email, voice or any number of clients for any platform.
Oh, did I mention that it's Open Source? And so are the clients? It's flexible, can be made secure, reliable, and it's well maintained.
If you're like me, you have a zillion people that you interact with on a daily basis, but you may not have time to send each one an email stating, oh hey, XYZ happened. It facilitates discussion and interaction. And I only have to post it once. It's turned into a digital scrapbook of a kind, along with my political interests thrown in there.
That said, safety and security is paramount in today's age, and if ya'll think I use my given name online, you're nuts. Not for anything that isn't directly business related, and that includes ordering online. Everything I use is fake. And no pictures of ME are posted to the 'net outside of email. As yet... and probably never. I don't need the stalkers ya know?
Sure, any one of the networking sites is filled with rumour and drama and suckdom, but you find that in same said social circumstances in life, too. You just have to turn up your filters. And goddamn I didn't know that Fox owned MySpace, thanks for the tip... I gotta hook up my people that INSIST on using it, cuz they might DJ once in a blue frickin' moon. (since when did DJing become 'musicians'????
OMFG!!!!!!!!! I just got done writing the HUGEST post to this, and/. ate it!:( And now I don't have time to rewrite it all. *blah*
I'll rewrite it tomorrow though, I promise.:) It was thoughtful, and I think I echo some of your thoughts... though not all of them.:P I'm sorry about that.. I hit submit, and I got a frickin' 404,... munching my post.
I guess the Mafia is alive and well... Maybe they were really in Jersey?:P:P I'm teasing. But this really SUCKS! I love Froogle, but I know I'll definitely think twice before buying from anyone not reputable.
Jho
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(where "the culture" == "yay conspicuous consumption" + "yay to sexism and classism with a subtle hint of racism sometimes" + "yay manipulative personalities and objectification"). These kids are quite rich; they wear the latest fashionable clothing and clearly they aren't paying a cent towards their education (if they were they wouldn't have time for all the barcrawls and hazing).
This explains *exactly* what I went through at my last job. *feh* It was so bad, that even though I wrote all the policies *and* enforced them, they promoted the drunken bastard. When I quit over it... they refused to offer my friend, who is 6'4" and very AfricanAmerican, my job, though he was trained, certified, and experienced. Oh, but they offered it to the white kid who had no CLUE what a server even looked like.
My question becomes, WTF can we *do* about these idiots once they get out in the 'real' world. Because even when they do, it ain't the *REAL* world. *sigh* All these guys are out there just getting by, with no one to call them on their shit. All the meanwhile, those of us that work hard, have a brain and a clue, get screwed by them.
Gee, I'm really frickin' glad I quit school before racking up $80k in unpayable debt that wouldn't get me anywhere cuz I won't suck some assholes' dick.:D hm. And I've been 10 times more successful by 32, than I ever would have been if I had stayed in school and putzed around for an unusable* CS degree. I got out in the real world and LEARNED something.:)
Jho
* - I attended college from 1991 - 1994, and yes, CS degrees were worthless at the time... they didn't even teach C++ yet!!!!
This is a look at my options: http://www.cox.com/sandiego/digitalcable/main.asp. Note, I don't carry all 4 tiers, but I do carry 2 of the 4. Take a look at the channels offered up. It's a pretty good deal, certainly better than DISH or DirectTV. I think that's more along the lines of who the FCC is going after. But I don't know much about it. In particular - the Lifestyles package is probably the one I watch the most - Biography, Boomerang, C-SPAN3, Do It Yourself, Fine Living, Great American Country, History International, Tennis Channel, Style, Fuel, Goodlife TV... and of all of that, I watch, about 1/2. I wouldn't have anything to do with Country, Tennis, Style, or Goodlife, but I love me some old cartoons, CSPan, and my personal fave - History International.:D
The best thing I've read all thread, honestly. I love you... and your signature too.:D It scares me to think that stores would do this, but apparently, after some footage I saw on TV from the malls this weekend, they have to do something, and they're just too cheap to hire security, or enforce rules for themselves. *sigh*
And at least you realize that we are all growing up.:) Hell, sugar... I'm 10 years older than you, and *I'm* still a child. And give it a while before you decide you're stupid... you may find that you are now smarter than you'll ever be again!:P
I just wanted to say that this is the sweetest post I've ever read on Slashdot. The world needs more parents like you.... and I hope to be this good when my kids are teenagers.... and all throughout their lives. Yes, I know this was a goofy response, but your post really touched my heart, and made me remember just *why* I do want kids.
Could you please go pick up my inner child at the day care center? You scared her back into infancy!!!!
Holy SHIT! I never thought I'd see those all used together like that every again after I left NORAD and College!!!!! ADA is the *whole* reason that I never could program. CTU pushed us from BASIC -> Turbo Pascal -> ADA -> C -> C++ (can you tell how long ago this is yet?). I got *so* lost in ADA I've never been able to write anything other than scripts.:( What's really sad is that my instructor worked at the same company I did, and he couldn't even understand most of what he was teaching. *feh*
Ney. Only the clients ever did, if that. NORAD was completely built on IRIX - which I believe they converted to Solaris - this was LOOOONG after I left the state. I worked on the Loral project, and the whole thing was run off a huge bank of SGI Crimson's at least as late as 1997. But no, there's no F'in *way* that the systems could run on Windows - and this coming from a QA person at the code level. If you can tell me how this system could possibly run on Windows, I'll give you a cookie!:P
While I could not find any information on what they are actually running today (that would be *bad*) It looks like some systems are using HP-UX, too. But that will have to go away, since HP let that go down the pipes. Bastards.
But suffice it to say, there's no way in hades that NORAD systems could be running on W2k, it just couldn't handle it. Again, there's the possibility of the clients doing it, but not the backend systems.:)
STOP LAYING YOUR SORRY ASS LIFE STYLE GUILT TRIP ON ME. The world would for the most part be a better place without gasoline and cars. Save it all for the farm machinery we need to grow food and maybe some trains, ships and planes for transport, not for some dumbass to drive 2 hours a day to get from the suburbs to a job in the city.
*WAH*!!!!!!!! In so many areas of our country, that's the only place for some DUMBASSes to afford a place to live. Who are *you* to judge people for the choices they are forced to make to survive? In order for me to buy a home that I could afford with the job that I have today, I would be forced into a 3 hour commute. That's because all of the homes within a 2 hour commute are over $500,000 USD. Do you really have any idea how much money that is???? No one can afford that on a decent salary, let alone someone who actually WORKS for a living but only makes 10 bucks an hour. Don't they deserve a home too?
And as far as your 'world being a better place'.... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! Do you *really* think that this country, technology, space, and science would have advanced as far and as fast as they have in the past 100 years since the use of gasoline and cars? How do you think information travelled back in the 40s and 50s? And let me tell you something else - if we had NOT developed all of the technology and engines and transport that is still heavily in use today, you wouldn't even be here. Or your parents would be speaking German or more likely, Japanese. Yeah, the world sure would be a better place without fossil fuels... we'd be just like all the other third world countries! At least *they* only pay 0.16 a gallon for gas. (Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria)
If people would stop deriding nuclear energy as filthy and environmentally destructive as they have every day since the 60s, we would HAVE more than a handful of power plants, and we wouldn't have so much of these issues, particularly not with coal and natural gas. We could be like France and Japan where more than 70% of their power is provided by nuclear energy (yes, that's why THEY could sign the Kyoto treaty) - hell, we might have even developed beyond nuclear energy by now if we actually USED it. But NOOOOOOO... all the wonks and the peaceniks are so dumb, they constantly knock it down and spout misinformation.
I'm like you, I would LOVE to see alternative forms of energy. But these things take *time*. They don't happen over 20 years, they happen over generations. Fossil Fuels did. And why the hell do people forget about all the advances we've *made*? And why don't they know that it's not America using up all the damn fossil fuels, it's China and India - as proven in a report released last week. I just hope that SF really does build that tidal power system. I doubt it though, because *waaaaah* it costs too much. STFU!:P
If you are referring to Iraq, for example, sir you have no clue. You can't overwhelm them with numbers unless you are going start indiscriminately massacring innocent civilians, kind of like the U.S. tried in flattening Fallujah.
I got a *serious* issue with this statement. Were you there? Do you know anything about the fight? Do you know what happened? I have 4 personal friends, Marines, no less that were IN that fight. And you know what, there was NOT ONE civilian killed. Certainly not a massacre as you describe. Our Marines were fighting for their LIVES.
My close friends were in the line of fire for 16 months, in Fallujah and Tal Afar. There were no civilians, as they were removed from the city PRIOR to military action. In Tal Afar, they were removed by Iraqi Security Forces. The only people left were insurgents, and they were warned - get out of the city or we will take you prisoner. As you all well know by now, they would rather DIE than be taken alive. There were well over 1,000 insurgents left behind during the Fight for Fallujah, but no civilians were harmed. And that's from eyes on the ground, fuck the goddamn liberal media. They get it wrong 90% of the time anyway.
Please, before you go sputing off about things you don't know, do a little research. Most of all, use your reason and logic I know you were blessed with. May I point you in the direction of the BBC produced program on the History Channel - ShootOut! - they have two episodes that deal directly with the Fight for Fallujah, as well as the March for Baghdad (more like sprint, but we won't tell). You just *might* learn something useful.
Dvorak has a long long history (see post circa '95 above
Muwahahahaha!!!!! Dvorak has been a snark for three decades. It seems that over the years, people have forgotten his rants, his misdirection, and his outright biggotry. Or maybe they just haven't experienced it for themselves.
I think it's rather ironic that he's back to reviewing video game consoles, when in the 80s, he decried them so.
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Thank you for this... I hadn't heard of it yet. *sigh* Will crosspost to get publicity... as usual, the American Press is mum.
I think I agree with you there, even though I don't want to. I'm oft accused of seeming arrogant, stuck up, snobby, even more so than my aviator husband! Which, since he was a fighter jock, is saying a LOT. But that's what it came down to, is that I 'assumed' that my friend or colleague was as up to speed as I was, and when asked a question, I 'dumbed' it down, thus made them feel inferior. It is an issue, and I think it blows over into other areas sometimes, of my life, and affects things it wouldn't. And you're right... it doesn't reflect well on us, and furthers our reputation as socially ignorant jerks. Of which I tend to be one. :P
So clearly, you have no clue... that's ok. :D As for me, I prefer NOT to be around a bunch of drunken morons. Somehow, I end up getting hurt, molested, or endangered. That's what I get for being a girl.
Maybe a pair of glasses will be cheaper than a HDTV?
Oh yeah, that was mature. um, that's *with* $700 glasses, dumbass.
Do they even sell 14" HDTVs? I very much doubt there'd be any visible difference. How much better is a 20" HDTV display compared to a 20" normal PAL TV with a crisp digital signal? When you're sat half way across the room watching something filmed in poor quality anyway?
Actually, they do sell 15" ones - LCD even, and around $400.00 USD. There's a HUGE difference in PAL/Digital vs. HDTV - as I displayed in kind several times yesterday afternoon to some curious neighbors. Mind you, it's not just the signal, but the 5.1 digital surround sound, as well, built into the television. I don't tend to waste my signal on things filmed in poor quality, thank you, sticking to high-end sports and documentaries. Whereas you can't see it from 1/2 way across the room in PAL, you can see raindrops in HD.
Anyone who can, or is willing to spend a GRAND on a TV must be in the top 0.001% of wealth in the world. Come back to me when I can find a HDTV for £100 that doesn't require fancy cables and expensive subscription fees.
Um, well, when a regular plain television doesn't cost less than $500 bucks... and um, the cables came with it, and the devices attached. Not to mention that it's USD, there was no indication that you were paying twice the price for everything because you're in the British Isles. Hehehehee... And I thank you *very* much, I'm so not in the top 0.001% of the wealthy. I work for a living and pay a crapload of taxes out the wazoo. But I know how to save and I know value. And I don't have to pay a TV tax every time I buy a television - rather, I pay a flat fee for access to 400 channels of shite. Heh.. of which I watch about 30.
So can I, and I also have an extra thousand pounds in my pocket. Maybe you have sight problems.
And you probably toss those pounds out at the stadium and/or pub rather than your own home, too. See, I have a problem with paying $10.00 for a shitty beer at a stadium full of drunken sots trying to grab my ass. Not fun. And for the record, I do have severe sight problems. Sublexed lenses, detached retina, and severe myopia, ever so unfortunately. Thank you for asking.
Jho
Oh, I know that at some point, it's not realistic, but the implication that it's costing thousands of dollars - it ain't. 27" HDTV sets are going for about $600 bucks this year - less if you shop around. I know costco advertised one for $499. I don't have a LCD monitor either....I can't see the reason.
I know they are requiring DIGITAL broadcasts, but I didn't know they were requiring high definition! That's just nuts. But I can't see anything about that in this article.... hrhmmmm.... http://www.njtelecomupdate.com/lenya/telco/live/tb -OEOQ1125002748966.html. But I can't see that as a mandate yet. But I could be wrong. :)
Or maybe HDTV is just overrated by TV manufacturers who want to scam people out of thousands of pounds for unwanted technologies. My TV is 14", I doubt I'd get much of a better viewing experience with a slightly higher resolution. We're not all dot-com millionaires with 50" plasma screens on the walls of our penthouse apartments.
0 03.html. This is not something that TV manufacturers would just DO without demand from their customers. And let me tell you, as someone who has been legally blind since I was 7, to see television in HighDefinition is to see like I never thought I could. And that right there is more than worth the $14/month extra to pay for HD programming and the box.
Either you forgot your sarcasm flag, or you don't know wtf you're talking about. Obviously you've never seen an HD broadcast, a video game in high-definition, or anything else. FYI - I paid $1000 for a 52" HDTV with DVI input (to connect my computer) *3 years ago*!!! And I watch programming in high-definition beyond anything else. You don't have to be a millionaire - hell the 50" plasmas are going for $1500 bucks this season. Jesus... I remember when basic TVs cost that much!
The technologies are not UNWanted. In Japan, they are standard delivery. It's not a slightly higher resolution: http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/118
Not to even mention watching football in High Def. I can actually watch Soccer and Hockey games now and TELL what's going on! YAY! Please, before you go spouting about what you don't know about, have some experience and knowledge first.
Jho
I have a question -
Why do they break out the EU to show just 100 Trillion less than the US, but then break out each individual member of the EU? Are they two seperate numbers, or do France/Germany/etc all roll up to form the EU number.
That is a very interesting list, though. Eyeopening to say the least.
Jho
And this is why I like LiveJournal -
I can post what I want to it, when I want, and share such links with friends, family, anyone with a browser that has internet access. This is relatively important for things like news articles, links, pictures, etc.
It's straight HTML, none of this Active Server crapola, or proprietary interface... I can post directly to it from a web site, email, voice or any number of clients for any platform.
Oh, did I mention that it's Open Source? And so are the clients? It's flexible, can be made secure, reliable, and it's well maintained.
If you're like me, you have a zillion people that you interact with on a daily basis, but you may not have time to send each one an email stating, oh hey, XYZ happened. It facilitates discussion and interaction. And I only have to post it once. It's turned into a digital scrapbook of a kind, along with my political interests thrown in there.
That said, safety and security is paramount in today's age, and if ya'll think I use my given name online, you're nuts. Not for anything that isn't directly business related, and that includes ordering online. Everything I use is fake. And no pictures of ME are posted to the 'net outside of email. As yet... and probably never. I don't need the stalkers ya know?
Sure, any one of the networking sites is filled with rumour and drama and suckdom, but you find that in same said social circumstances in life, too. You just have to turn up your filters. And goddamn I didn't know that Fox owned MySpace, thanks for the tip... I gotta hook up my people that INSIST on using it, cuz they might DJ once in a blue frickin' moon. (since when did DJing become 'musicians'????
Jho
Well, I guess that just proves that everything that comes around goes around... even after 3,000 years!
Jho
OMFG!!!!!!!!! I just got done writing the HUGEST post to this, and /. ate it! :( And now I don't have time to rewrite it all. *blah*
:) It was thoughtful, and I think I echo some of your thoughts... though not all of them. :P I'm sorry about that.. I hit submit, and I got a frickin' 404,... munching my post.
I'll rewrite it tomorrow though, I promise.
Jho
I guess the Mafia is alive and well... Maybe they were really in Jersey? :P:P I'm teasing. But this really SUCKS! I love Froogle, but I know I'll definitely think twice before buying from anyone not reputable.
Jho
(where "the culture" == "yay conspicuous consumption" + "yay to sexism and classism with a subtle hint of racism sometimes" + "yay manipulative personalities and objectification"). These kids are quite rich; they wear the latest fashionable clothing and clearly they aren't paying a cent towards their education (if they were they wouldn't have time for all the barcrawls and hazing).
:D hm. And I've been 10 times more successful by 32, than I ever would have been if I had stayed in school and putzed around for an unusable* CS degree. I got out in the real world and LEARNED something. :)
This explains *exactly* what I went through at my last job. *feh* It was so bad, that even though I wrote all the policies *and* enforced them, they promoted the drunken bastard. When I quit over it... they refused to offer my friend, who is 6'4" and very AfricanAmerican, my job, though he was trained, certified, and experienced. Oh, but they offered it to the white kid who had no CLUE what a server even looked like.
My question becomes, WTF can we *do* about these idiots once they get out in the 'real' world. Because even when they do, it ain't the *REAL* world. *sigh* All these guys are out there just getting by, with no one to call them on their shit. All the meanwhile, those of us that work hard, have a brain and a clue, get screwed by them.
Gee, I'm really frickin' glad I quit school before racking up $80k in unpayable debt that wouldn't get me anywhere cuz I won't suck some assholes' dick.
Jho
* - I attended college from 1991 - 1994, and yes, CS degrees were worthless at the time... they didn't even teach C++ yet!!!!
*thank you*!!!
Sorry, I put the wrong link in.. and I even checked it! This is the right one: http://www.cox.com/sandiego/digitalcable/digitalli neup.asp
Two words - Digital Cable
. Note, I don't carry all 4 tiers, but I do carry 2 of the 4. Take a look at the channels offered up. It's a pretty good deal, certainly better than DISH or DirectTV. I think that's more along the lines of who the FCC is going after. But I don't know much about it. In particular - the Lifestyles package is probably the one I watch the most - Biography, Boomerang, C-SPAN3, Do It Yourself, Fine Living, Great American Country, History International, Tennis Channel, Style, Fuel, Goodlife TV... and of all of that, I watch, about 1/2. I wouldn't have anything to do with Country, Tennis, Style, or Goodlife, but I love me some old cartoons, CSPan, and my personal fave - History International. :D
This is a look at my options: http://www.cox.com/sandiego/digitalcable/main.asp
Jho
The best thing I've read all thread, honestly. I love you... and your signature too. :D It scares me to think that stores would do this, but apparently, after some footage I saw on TV from the malls this weekend, they have to do something, and they're just too cheap to hire security, or enforce rules for themselves. *sigh*
:) Hell, sugar... I'm 10 years older than you, and *I'm* still a child. And give it a while before you decide you're stupid... you may find that you are now smarter than you'll ever be again! :P
And at least you realize that we are all growing up.
Jho
Dennis -
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I just wanted to say that this is the sweetest post I've ever read on Slashdot. The world needs more parents like you.... and I hope to be this good when my kids are teenagers.... and all throughout their lives. Yes, I know this was a goofy response, but your post really touched my heart, and made me remember just *why* I do want kids.
They're actually useful!
Jho
(when you have the source available, in C, C++, Fortran and ADA),
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:( What's really sad is that my instructor worked at the same company I did, and he couldn't even understand most of what he was teaching. *feh*
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Could you please go pick up my inner child at the day care center? You scared her back into infancy!!!!
Holy SHIT! I never thought I'd see those all used together like that every again after I left NORAD and College!!!!! ADA is the *whole* reason that I never could program. CTU pushed us from BASIC -> Turbo Pascal -> ADA -> C -> C++ (can you tell how long ago this is yet?). I got *so* lost in ADA I've never been able to write anything other than scripts.
Must be a military application!
Jho
Ney. Only the clients ever did, if that. NORAD was completely built on IRIX - which I believe they converted to Solaris - this was LOOOONG after I left the state. I worked on the Loral project, and the whole thing was run off a huge bank of SGI Crimson's at least as late as 1997. But no, there's no F'in *way* that the systems could run on Windows - and this coming from a QA person at the code level. If you can tell me how this system could possibly run on Windows, I'll give you a cookie! :P
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http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/au-18/au18004
Did I mention that I'm hellaterrified of the information that I was able to pull up while looking up to confirm that they are still on IRIX??????
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/cmc.ht
While I could not find any information on what they are actually running today (that would be *bad*) It looks like some systems are using HP-UX, too. But that will have to go away, since HP let that go down the pipes. Bastards.
But suffice it to say, there's no way in hades that NORAD systems could be running on W2k, it just couldn't handle it. Again, there's the possibility of the clients doing it, but not the backend systems.
Jho
STOP LAYING YOUR SORRY ASS LIFE STYLE GUILT TRIP ON ME. The world would for the most part be a better place without gasoline and cars. Save it all for the farm machinery we need to grow food and maybe some trains, ships and planes for transport, not for some dumbass to drive 2 hours a day to get from the suburbs to a job in the city.
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*WAH*!!!!!!!! In so many areas of our country, that's the only place for some DUMBASSes to afford a place to live. Who are *you* to judge people for the choices they are forced to make to survive? In order for me to buy a home that I could afford with the job that I have today, I would be forced into a 3 hour commute. That's because all of the homes within a 2 hour commute are over $500,000 USD. Do you really have any idea how much money that is???? No one can afford that on a decent salary, let alone someone who actually WORKS for a living but only makes 10 bucks an hour. Don't they deserve a home too?
And as far as your 'world being a better place'.... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! Do you *really* think that this country, technology, space, and science would have advanced as far and as fast as they have in the past 100 years since the use of gasoline and cars? How do you think information travelled back in the 40s and 50s? And let me tell you something else - if we had NOT developed all of the technology and engines and transport that is still heavily in use today, you wouldn't even be here. Or your parents would be speaking German or more likely, Japanese. Yeah, the world sure would be a better place without fossil fuels... we'd be just like all the other third world countries! At least *they* only pay 0.16 a gallon for gas. (Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria)
If people would stop deriding nuclear energy as filthy and environmentally destructive as they have every day since the 60s, we would HAVE more than a handful of power plants, and we wouldn't have so much of these issues, particularly not with coal and natural gas. We could be like France and Japan where more than 70% of their power is provided by nuclear energy (yes, that's why THEY could sign the Kyoto treaty) - hell, we might have even developed beyond nuclear energy by now if we actually USED it. But NOOOOOOO... all the wonks and the peaceniks are so dumb, they constantly knock it down and spout misinformation.
I'm like you, I would LOVE to see alternative forms of energy. But these things take *time*. They don't happen over 20 years, they happen over generations. Fossil Fuels did. And why the hell do people forget about all the advances we've *made*? And why don't they know that it's not America using up all the damn fossil fuels, it's China and India - as proven in a report released last week. I just hope that SF really does build that tidal power system. I doubt it though, because *waaaaah* it costs too much. STFU!
Jho
If you are referring to Iraq, for example, sir you have no clue. You can't overwhelm them with numbers unless you are going start indiscriminately massacring innocent civilians, kind of like the U.S. tried in flattening Fallujah.
I got a *serious* issue with this statement. Were you there? Do you know anything about the fight? Do you know what happened? I have 4 personal friends, Marines, no less that were IN that fight. And you know what, there was NOT ONE civilian killed. Certainly not a massacre as you describe. Our Marines were fighting for their LIVES.
http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/001320.php
http://www.indcjournal.com/archives/001324.php
My close friends were in the line of fire for 16 months, in Fallujah and Tal Afar. There were no civilians, as they were removed from the city PRIOR to military action. In Tal Afar, they were removed by Iraqi Security Forces. The only people left were insurgents, and they were warned - get out of the city or we will take you prisoner. As you all well know by now, they would rather DIE than be taken alive. There were well over 1,000 insurgents left behind during the Fight for Fallujah, but no civilians were harmed. And that's from eyes on the ground, fuck the goddamn liberal media. They get it wrong 90% of the time anyway.
Please, before you go sputing off about things you don't know, do a little research. Most of all, use your reason and logic I know you were blessed with. May I point you in the direction of the BBC produced program on the History Channel - ShootOut! - they have two episodes that deal directly with the Fight for Fallujah, as well as the March for Baghdad (more like sprint, but we won't tell). You just *might* learn something useful.
Jho
Hear frickin' HEAR!!!! I couldn't agree more with your reasoning and logic. :D
Dvorak has a long long history (see post circa '95 above
Muwahahahaha!!!!! Dvorak has been a snark for three decades. It seems that over the years, people have forgotten his rants, his misdirection, and his outright biggotry. Or maybe they just haven't experienced it for themselves.
I think it's rather ironic that he's back to reviewing video game consoles, when in the 80s, he decried them so.
Jho - a Dvorak-hater since 1988
So, is Do No Evil really their motto? Or is it... we won't be evil, we'll just build the bot that may become evil through self-awareness.
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ok, that didn't come out as well as I wanted it to... but I really wonder how far they can take their motto, yet conduct a project such as this.
Jho