[...] archaic version of Java and Firefox on any machine [...]
That configuration wouldn't fly at my job. Internet Explorer is the only approved web browser and locked down so tight that it's practically broken for general browsing. The legacy applications that I support are full Java clients that don't require a browser.
A newer browser with a newer Java plugin won't run on it [...]
New versions of web browsers are phasing out support of the Java plugin. I have to use the mobile app to deposit checks since the bank for my business checking account
haven't gotten the memo that check deposits on the website stopped working.
In conjunction those two issues keep legacy stuff hanging on far longer than they should.
The only legacy applications that get off the network in a hurry are those tied to specific version of Windows Server at end of life. Server owners have 18 months to move their server to a current image of Windows Server. If they don't do so six months after the deadline, the server team will yank their physical server out of the data center and drop it on their desk. By drop I mean two feet above the desk and a 50/50 chance that the server might not work again.
Are you even aware that JAVA importance is NOT because of desktop apps but server ones - where its whole different world?
Are you aware that early Java server applications often require a Java front end on the client side?
Its so silly to see people bashing Java by people who never used/developer any java server based software (like your bank or hospital or goverment or insurance company do)...
I've learned every flavor of Java while getting my computer programming degree at the community college. I think we had a chapter or two on Apache Tomcat 5. After I graduated with a 4.0 GPA, I went into IT Support and never used Java again (I prefer Python). Java is just another checkbox on a long list of applications that I need to keep secure on 80,000+ workstations.
I would love for older versions of Java to go away. The majority of the 80,000+ workstations I'm responsible for has the current version of Java installed. Some of these workstations have legacy applications that requires an older version of Java 6 by itself or with the current Java installed. Accidentally deleting an older version of Java can cause a blizzard of emails. Whenever I come across an older version of Java, I create a ticket for the local tech to evaluate.
[...] the disembodied cock-and-balls dripping blood that was used as a cursor?
I came across a shareware game that had a disembodied cock-and-balls cursor with a cock ring that went up and down.
I immediately deleted the game. It was even an adults-only game.
Because personally, I was a teenager, and the name was just sorta "tee-hee", but that mouse cursor... yikes.
When I worked as a lead tester at Accolade/Infogrames/Atari (same company, different owners, multiple personality disorder), I found a black-and-white picture of someone's dick in a game. Just so happened that the CEO and the developer were both standing behind me when I made that discovery. The dick in question belonged to a programmer who thought it was a cute but temporary addition to the game. The developer fired the programmer. The CEO blacklisted the developer future work. I was permanently scarred for life.
Sure, if you're talking about the 486 in general. A specific model of the 486 is an alphanumeric soup (DX, SL, SX, DX2, DX-S, DX-S2, etc.). I largely skipped the 486 processor and went Pentium for custom PC builds.
If I post a comment about IT or Trump, the asshats act like I gave them the cooties. If I post a comment on any other topic, everything is fine. Go figure.
I don't see how a course that encourages collaboration between peers can then turn them in for cheating when they come up with the same answer.
My Introduction to Java class had a similar situation. Each student was to write their own code file after collaborating with each other. A pair of students turned in identical code files but one file used the x variable and the other file used the y variable. That got a good laugh out of the class. The students got warnings after class to submit their own code files in future assignments.
The American version is true and a textbook marketing example: Target mails a baby ad to a teenage girl. Father is furious to find ad in mailbox, goes to local Target store and screams at the manager. A few days later the father came back and apologized to the manager, as his daughter was pregnant and she had bought a pregency test kit at Target.
Walmart will force their suppliers to switch to "smart containers" or locked them out. That's how Walmart got the video game industry to use the same sized box to conserve shelf space.
I ordered six boxes of energy bars from Walmart and they shipped in a 24" x 24" x 6". The clerk at the FedEx Store was dumbfounded by the waste of packing material, but was happy to recycle it for me. Never know when someone will need an eBay item packaged.
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[...] archaic version of Java and Firefox on any machine [...]
That configuration wouldn't fly at my job. Internet Explorer is the only approved web browser and locked down so tight that it's practically broken for general browsing. The legacy applications that I support are full Java clients that don't require a browser.
A newer browser with a newer Java plugin won't run on it [...]
New versions of web browsers are phasing out support of the Java plugin. I have to use the mobile app to deposit checks since the bank for my business checking account haven't gotten the memo that check deposits on the website stopped working.
This lawsuit is a desperate attempt to empty out some deep pockets.
In conjunction those two issues keep legacy stuff hanging on far longer than they should.
The only legacy applications that get off the network in a hurry are those tied to specific version of Windows Server at end of life. Server owners have 18 months to move their server to a current image of Windows Server. If they don't do so six months after the deadline, the server team will yank their physical server out of the data center and drop it on their desk. By drop I mean two feet above the desk and a 50/50 chance that the server might not work again.
Are you even aware that JAVA importance is NOT because of desktop apps but server ones - where its whole different world?
Are you aware that early Java server applications often require a Java front end on the client side?
Its so silly to see people bashing Java by people who never used/developer any java server based software (like your bank or hospital or goverment or insurance company do)...
I've learned every flavor of Java while getting my computer programming degree at the community college. I think we had a chapter or two on Apache Tomcat 5. After I graduated with a 4.0 GPA, I went into IT Support and never used Java again (I prefer Python). Java is just another checkbox on a long list of applications that I need to keep secure on 80,000+ workstations.
I would love for older versions of Java to go away. The majority of the 80,000+ workstations I'm responsible for has the current version of Java installed. Some of these workstations have legacy applications that requires an older version of Java 6 by itself or with the current Java installed. Accidentally deleting an older version of Java can cause a blizzard of emails. Whenever I come across an older version of Java, I create a ticket for the local tech to evaluate.
And then there is Adobe Flash...
Well, yeah. You're doing it on Slashdot. That might be worse.
I doubt that. My coworkers have worked 20+ years in IT. None of them have ever heard of Slashdot. But they all have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
Good job, creimer, you've successfully justified your stupid hang-ups on the internet.
Sorry, I don't have a Facebook account.
Damn man, why are you so scared of penises?
I guess your parents never taught you this rule about being in public: "It's okay to prick your finger, it's not okay to finger your prick."
You went four years without bothering to upgrade from your lowly 386?
Nope. I had a 286 and ran a WildCat! BBS for the 1994-95 school year before I got kicked out of the university.
The 486 came out in 1989, and the first Pentium didn't arrive until four years later in 1993...
I had the 486 in 1996 and I didn't start building custom PCs with Socket-7 processors until 1997.
[...] the disembodied cock-and-balls dripping blood that was used as a cursor?
I came across a shareware game that had a disembodied cock-and-balls cursor with a cock ring that went up and down. I immediately deleted the game. It was even an adults-only game.
Because personally, I was a teenager, and the name was just sorta "tee-hee", but that mouse cursor... yikes.
When I worked as a lead tester at Accolade/Infogrames/Atari (same company, different owners, multiple personality disorder), I found a black-and-white picture of someone's dick in a game. Just so happened that the CEO and the developer were both standing behind me when I made that discovery. The dick in question belonged to a programmer who thought it was a cute but temporary addition to the game. The developer fired the programmer. The CEO blacklisted the developer future work. I was permanently scarred for life.
Sure, if you're talking about the 486 in general. A specific model of the 486 is an alphanumeric soup (DX, SL, SX, DX2, DX-S, DX-S2, etc.). I largely skipped the 486 processor and went Pentium for custom PC builds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486#Models
It's technologically inept individuals like yourself that keep me at work and put a roof over my head.
That's why I give thanks to Microsoft for my daily bread and butter.
If I post a comment about IT or Trump, the asshats act like I gave them the cooties. If I post a comment on any other topic, everything is fine. Go figure.
If your local comic bookstore haven't disappeared like your local bookstore.
Richie Rich and Scooge McDuck are still around.
Let's assume you eat 3 eggs every morning - that's 48 cents each day.
Why do you continue to give bad dieting advice to fat people? I'm on a low-egg diet (two brown eggs per week). I can't eat 15 eggs per week.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/04/01/eggs-cholesterol-levels.aspx
You're welcome, creimer.
STOP BEFORE YOU GET SOMEONE KILLED WITH YOUR BAD ADVICE!
Wait what? That doesn't sound right, do you have evidence of this?
https://slashdot.org/story/06/04/11/1759205/wal-mart-controls-modern-game-design
http://corporate.walmart.com/_news_/news-archive/2006/09/22/wal-mart-launches-5-year-plan-to-reduce-packaging
https://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/06/04/3-ways-walmart-and-its-suppliers-are-reducing-packaging
They got caught for leaving behind naughty bits. No excuse for sloppy work.
I don't see how a course that encourages collaboration between peers can then turn them in for cheating when they come up with the same answer.
My Introduction to Java class had a similar situation. Each student was to write their own code file after collaborating with each other. A pair of students turned in identical code files but one file used the x variable and the other file used the y variable. That got a good laugh out of the class. The students got warnings after class to submit their own code files in future assignments.
I am reminded of a story I heard years ago [...]
The American version is true and a textbook marketing example: Target mails a baby ad to a teenage girl. Father is furious to find ad in mailbox, goes to local Target store and screams at the manager. A few days later the father came back and apologized to the manager, as his daughter was pregnant and she had bought a pregency test kit at Target.
Si.
Walmart will force their suppliers to switch to "smart containers" or locked them out. That's how Walmart got the video game industry to use the same sized box to conserve shelf space.
I ordered six boxes of energy bars from Walmart and they shipped in a 24" x 24" x 6". The clerk at the FedEx Store was dumbfounded by the waste of packing material, but was happy to recycle it for me. Never know when someone will need an eBay item packaged.
They're just rent the sensors from the NSA.
Slightly longer version...
Easy on the language. Women, children and asshats are reading this.