A software developer must be part writer and poet, part salesperson and public speaker, part artist and designer, and always equal parts logic and empathy.
I think he is just confusing his job with the sign of the times. ie. You must work 10 hours a day and perform the duties of several people now. You are not hired to do A job, but simply payed for the one.
Wow! Nice informative links, and well thought out arguments. I guess my real world experiences of not being able to play a turn based game without choppy and distorted graphics on a Toshiba P205-S6337 are completely imaginary.
a leading voice in the philosophy and discussion of bioethics
I guess they need to be involved in ethics somehow. They sure haven't been up to the job where pedophilia is concerned. Well, I guess that depends the church's definition of UP and JOB is.
You are 100% correct sir. The real irony is the republican congress and Bush administration let them screw everybody and now he his going to "tell us how it should be handled". Sigh, can't he just hurry up and get the hell out.
If desktop computers die then nothing will remain but proprietary devices needing to be hacked. Without build it yourself devices life would really suck.
If your a technology company it is easy to assume you have large amounts of hardware, which requires software, which leads them to believe they might be able to profit by shaking you down.
We were in the same situation once. They sent us letters then showed up. The guys head was swinging from side to side looking at peoples monitors. Occasionally he would do a double take because someones shit looked Windowsy. There is a huge bucket in the corner of our build room with Windows95-XP and Windows Server bundles still in wrappers dribbling over the top and two boxes of crap like office, photoshop, AV software, intuit... ad nausium. My boss walked him in front of the heap and asked, "which license do you want? we usually throw shit away but since your an important person help yourself". The guy actually asked if we had any of it documented. I almost fell over. Every desktop he looked at had Solaris, Linux, or OS/X running on it. My boss looked at him all confused. He tried to explain to the guy, again with no luck, that we don't use windows or windows software.
The guy had to be acting ignorant or something. I think they make money off people being to confused, busy, or scared. It sucks you cant ignore them either because they supposedly act with some kind of government authority. I got stuck listing 200+ licenses for a shop that has under 50 employees.
Doesn't a "new operating system" actually have to be new? The difference between Windows 3.1 and Windows2000 is the fact that they are different operating systems. I find it hard to believe the difference between Vista and XP are significant enough to be considered different operating system by anyone not in a marketing role. Unless that is the case then there should not be a comparison to Linux but a comparison to versions of Linux Distro's. ie Vista vs. Ubuntu6. IMHO one completely flawed and inept while the latter has flaws. Or better. Compare Windows phones to the iPhone. Windows phones have had several years to improve and are still utter crap. The iPhone is in its infancy and is stellar in comparison.
Fascinating. The generation that sprouted angry mobs from colleges all over the US during the 60's are making sure no other generation has that opportunity. Go Baby Boom generation! As usual your biggest concern is YOU no matter the cost. IMHO history should remember them as the most selfish and worthless PoFS generation in human history. Anything good coming out of their existence was pure accident.
It sounds like your getting the same results as Firefox on Vista. I've had complaints from users with Vista "i can't use Firefox. it is unbearably slow on my new laptop". All of the complaints come from users that had been given new laptops with Vista on it. The users are also technological morons but...
I see a lot of "This is pointless" responses from Windows users. Having Linux boot first must be more frightening than I thought. I could see mom and pop taking a little box using this home and never booting into Windows. They would never get caught up in the upgrade, disinfect, must learn Winderz cycle that has turned so many people into non-computer users and eventual botnet victims.
I've been finding that it isn't uncommon for some "IT security" guys to restrict users to only one browser. Unfortunately, hey are too lazy to uninstall and block re-installation of IE7. I was all hopeful and sht that people were using firefox on usb drives to get around "policies" until I figured that out. If you use snort for an IDS it takes nothing to write a DPI signature to block a browser by the info it provides in the the get. But then, I'm referring to "IT security" guys not SE's.
Developers at Digital, on alpha machines, did the leg work on NT so it would work on 32 and 64 systems. I guess after IBM stopped giving them code, via OS/2, they had to find someone to do the work for them.
Strange that they disable the VMX extensions in their laptops and refuse to allow the owners to re-enable it but then add more functionality to the machine. I'd be happy if they would just let me take advantage of what I thought I was buying. It would also be nice if they would fix the ACPI incompatibilities with nVidia graphics so I don't have to rewrite asm files to get the gpu cooling fan to work properly. I'd go into the whole list of things that helped me to decide to never buy anything with the Toshiba name on it but there isn't enough space or time. This link, however, says it all.
You are sooo correct. It WAS the chips not windows. Though, I ran Linux on machines from that era without any problems. But, that must be because Linux didn't use windows drivers. You know, it could have been the mouse you were using wasn't a windows mouse. That always does it.
and only switch because some software I needed wouldn't work on Windows ME Don't tell me, the software you needed to be able to run was windows software.
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If there full time job is working for Starbucks, then yes.
A software developer must be part writer and poet, part salesperson and public speaker, part artist and designer, and always equal parts logic and empathy.
I think he is just confusing his job with the sign of the times. ie. You must work 10 hours a day and perform the duties of several people now. You are not hired to do A job, but simply payed for the one.
Wow! Nice informative links, and well thought out arguments. I guess my real world experiences of not being able to play a turn based game without choppy and distorted graphics on a Toshiba P205-S6337 are completely imaginary.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7813_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=237419&messageID=2424465
http://www.computing.net/gaming/wwwboard/forum/8832.html
http://forums.filefront.com/company-heroes-general-discussion/301188-why-game-slow-my-comp.html
Oh what the hell, just google games are slow on vista and see the 10+ pages of returns.
a leading voice in the philosophy and discussion of bioethics
I guess they need to be involved in ethics somehow. They sure haven't been up to the job where pedophilia is concerned. Well, I guess that depends the church's definition of UP and JOB is.
Could the LAN actually be nearing the end of its lifecycle?
Is the free beer gone?
You are 100% correct sir. The real irony is the republican congress and Bush administration let them screw everybody and now he his going to "tell us how it should be handled". Sigh, can't he just hurry up and get the hell out.
If desktop computers die then nothing will remain but proprietary devices needing to be hacked. Without build it yourself devices life would really suck.
They could do inline virus filtering easier, cheaper, and still not be intrusive. IMHO they are being rude when they could be helpful.
If your a technology company it is easy to assume you have large amounts of hardware, which requires software, which leads them to believe they might be able to profit by shaking you down.
We were in the same situation once. They sent us letters then showed up. The guys head was swinging from side to side looking at peoples monitors. Occasionally he would do a double take because someones shit looked Windowsy. There is a huge bucket in the corner of our build room with Windows95-XP and Windows Server bundles still in wrappers dribbling over the top and two boxes of crap like office, photoshop, AV software, intuit... ad nausium. My boss walked him in front of the heap and asked, "which license do you want? we usually throw shit away but since your an important person help yourself". The guy actually asked if we had any of it documented. I almost fell over. Every desktop he looked at had Solaris, Linux, or OS/X running on it. My boss looked at him all confused. He tried to explain to the guy, again with no luck, that we don't use windows or windows software.
The guy had to be acting ignorant or something. I think they make money off people being to confused, busy, or scared. It sucks you cant ignore them either because they supposedly act with some kind of government authority. I got stuck listing 200+ licenses for a shop that has under 50 employees.
So somebody that likes the Bush administration still exists?
Doesn't a "new operating system" actually have to be new? The difference between Windows 3.1 and Windows2000 is the fact that they are different operating systems. I find it hard to believe the difference between Vista and XP are significant enough to be considered different operating system by anyone not in a marketing role. Unless that is the case then there should not be a comparison to Linux but a comparison to versions of Linux Distro's. ie Vista vs. Ubuntu6. IMHO one completely flawed and inept while the latter has flaws. Or better. Compare Windows phones to the iPhone. Windows phones have had several years to improve and are still utter crap. The iPhone is in its infancy and is stellar in comparison.
You didn't have a DEC Alpha? d00d you was robbed!
Fascinating. The generation that sprouted angry mobs from colleges all over the US during the 60's are making sure no other generation has that opportunity. Go Baby Boom generation! As usual your biggest concern is YOU no matter the cost. IMHO history should remember them as the most selfish and worthless PoFS generation in human history. Anything good coming out of their existence was pure accident.
all you need is a screw driver to replace the battery on the air.
It sounds like your getting the same results as Firefox on Vista. I've had complaints from users with Vista "i can't use Firefox. it is unbearably slow on my new laptop". All of the complaints come from users that had been given new laptops with Vista on it. The users are also technological morons but...
alert tcp $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"BLEEDING-EDGE POLICY Microsoft BITS User Agent"; flow:established,to_server; content:"Microsoft BITS/"; content:"Host\:"; within: 20; pcre:"/\/User-Agent\:[^\n]+Microsoft BITS\//i"; threshold: type limit, track by_src, count 1, seconds 300; reference:url,au.download.windowsupdate.com; classtype:user-log-only; rev:4;)
I see a lot of "This is pointless" responses from Windows users. Having Linux boot first must be more frightening than I thought. I could see mom and pop taking a little box using this home and never booting into Windows. They would never get caught up in the upgrade, disinfect, must learn Winderz cycle that has turned so many people into non-computer users and eventual botnet victims.
Microsoft owns the rights to all dark forests.
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I've been finding that it isn't uncommon for some "IT security" guys to restrict users to only one browser. Unfortunately, hey are too lazy to uninstall and block re-installation of IE7. I was all hopeful and sht that people were using firefox on usb drives to get around "policies" until I figured that out. If you use snort for an IDS it takes nothing to write a DPI signature to block a browser by the info it provides in the the get. But then, I'm referring to "IT security" guys not SE's.
Developers at Digital, on alpha machines, did the leg work on NT so it would work on 32 and 64 systems. I guess after IBM stopped giving them code, via OS/2, they had to find someone to do the work for them.
Strange that they disable the VMX extensions in their laptops and refuse to allow the owners to re-enable it but then add more functionality to the machine. I'd be happy if they would just let me take advantage of what I thought I was buying. It would also be nice if they would fix the ACPI incompatibilities with nVidia graphics so I don't have to rewrite asm files to get the gpu cooling fan to work properly. I'd go into the whole list of things that helped me to decide to never buy anything with the Toshiba name on it but there isn't enough space or time. This link, however, says it all.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/phoenix-bios-only-works-with-vista.html
snide and pointless remark warning.
You are sooo correct. It WAS the chips not windows. Though, I ran Linux on machines from that era without any problems. But, that must be because Linux didn't use windows drivers. You know, it could have been the mouse you were using wasn't a windows mouse. That always does it.
and only switch because some software I needed wouldn't work on Windows ME
Don't tell me, the software you needed to be able to run was windows software.