Because nuclear power is very expensive, it is no panacea. It costs
a lot to handle and dispose of nuclear materials safely. In the case of the
Navy's military reactors, that perfect safety record costs
even more. If nuclear power were really economical, then
France would have the strongest economy in the world. France
went mostly nuclear because she did not have abundant alternatives.
I whole-heartedly agree with this. I am the former CIO of a cellular phone carrier. Based on experience, I would say that the problem is much more likely to be in the billing system than in either the phone or the telecommunications infrastructure. The customer-service/billing systems used by carriers are ridiculously complex and changed frequently, primarily in an attempt to keep up with marketing.
Last week I got an unsolicited check in the mail from Wells Fargo, made out to me in an amount that exceeded $1000. All I had to do was sign it and could then deposit it to any bank account. If I, or anyone posing as me, signed the check, it would become a loan that I would then be responsible to pay off.
It would be easy for anyone who had stolen that check from my mailbox to open a bank account in my name and deposit it. When I complained to Wells Fargo, they told me that what they were doing was "not illegal".
What a crock! The 286 was designed for protected mode. Several unix systems used it. The only reason that it was a big deal at M$ was that all their coding up to that time was 8086 code for backward compatibility.
Linux is just a kernel -- that's good. It is modular, with well defined interfaces.
Windows XP is not just a kernel. It is seven times larger than the linux kernel. It does not have clean interfaces between the apps that are included in the OS for market domination rather than engineering reasons.
Software complexity ==> bugs
complexity is proportional to the square of the lines of code.
linux lines / xp lines = 7
7 * 7 = 49.
49 times more complex. Do the math.
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Because nuclear power is very expensive, it is no panacea. It costs a lot to handle and dispose of nuclear materials safely. In the case of the Navy's military reactors, that perfect safety record costs even more. If nuclear power were really economical, then France would have the strongest economy in the world. France went mostly nuclear because she did not have abundant alternatives.
I whole-heartedly agree with this. I am the former CIO of a cellular phone carrier. Based on experience, I would say that the problem is much more likely to be in the billing system than in either the phone or the telecommunications infrastructure. The customer-service/billing systems used by carriers are ridiculously complex and changed frequently, primarily in an attempt to keep up with marketing.
Last week I got an unsolicited check in the mail from Wells Fargo, made out to me in an amount that exceeded $1000. All I had to do was sign it and could then deposit it to any bank account. If I, or anyone posing as me, signed the check, it would become a loan that I would then be responsible to pay off.
It would be easy for anyone who had stolen that check from my mailbox to open a bank account in my name and deposit it. When I complained to Wells Fargo, they told me that what they were doing was "not illegal".
Hey! You go to a Jesuit school, don't be suprised to find the Inquisition!
What a crock! The 286 was designed for protected mode. Several unix systems used it. The only reason that it was a big deal at M$ was that all their coding up to that time was 8086 code for backward compatibility.
Linux is just a kernel -- that's good. It is modular, with well defined interfaces. Windows XP is not just a kernel. It is seven times larger than the linux kernel. It does not have clean interfaces between the apps that are included in the OS for market domination rather than engineering reasons. Software complexity ==> bugs complexity is proportional to the square of the lines of code. linux lines / xp lines = 7 7 * 7 = 49. 49 times more complex. Do the math.