At least a few decades, isn't it? At least Maxima, Emacs and others work perfectly on my modern PC.
I would argue that the more general the software, the longer the shelf-life, the more specific the shorter. The main reason for in-house (or custom) software is specific purpose application. The two examples you provided have very general use - in the sense that Math and editing are general and constant over the long term. But, for example, network / system monitoring or battlefield management software is more specific and will need more frequent updating to be useful.
Summary: Physicists have calculated that the fields associated with certain kinds of multiple lightning strikes are powerful enough to induce the same kind of visual hallucinations in anybody unlucky enough to be within 200 meters or so.
Question: Is how effective Tin foil might be at stopping the hallucinations. They haven't stopped since I started wearing my hat, I'm beginning to doubt they are hallucinations like my doctor tells me.
I'm not a doctor, but I predict undesirable side-effects from the interaction between your Tinfoil hat and multiple lightning strikes...
Who solved the East front issue throwing at it 20 million human lives.
You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down. - Zapp Brannigan
What about the earth/moon relationship that drives the tides? Do we end up sucking more energy out of the moons orbital velocity leading to a decay in the moons orbit?
No. Slowing of the Earth's rotation, which is due to drag by Moon, increases the Moon's orbit. The Moon orbits slower than the Earth rotates causing a "gravitational/tidal bulge", or warping of the Earth's shape (the ocean tides are caused by this too). This creates drag on the Earth, slows its rotation and the Moon's orbit increases - due to, I believe, conservation of angular momentum. Think about what happens as a spinning ice-skater moves her arms/legs in to speed up and out to slow down the spin. See:
Is the Moon moving away from the Earth? When was this discovered? How The Moon Affects Ocean Tides
Siphon off too much energy from the tides, and we could either increase the rate at which the Earth is slowing, bring the moon crashing down upon us, or both!
Given the recent immigration law passed in Arizona, I wouldn't be surprised to see this used to check if foreign students are actively attending... Hyperbolic? Sure, but it's Arizona.:-)
Microsoft announced it would make some of the.Net libraries 'open source'... (now)
The reference code site is dead, the blog hasn't been updated in a year and a half, and no one from Microsoft responds to questions on the forum.
Seems like a logical result to me, given the protagonist and antagonist in this story...
Colleagues email the funniest things! Sen. Mike Bennett (R) was probably just watching some amateur video from a lesbian strip club, airport bathroom, or about male interns/pages... Nothing new here for the GOP. Surely nothing that, in the overheard words of Sen. Dan Gelber (D), 'disrespects too many women in the state of Florida'.
By the way, how few women could the abortion bill "disrespect" to get Gelber's support? I wasn't aware that right vs. wrong was a numbers issue. (Disclaimer: I'm an abortion rights supporter.)
1.) www.gethuman.com - type in a company name...
2a.) I feel that button-pressing and voice recognition can and should coexist.
2b.) Voice recognition would work better with a few minor tweaks.
3.) I think the conversational phrases are annoying too, but...
Good points all, though here are some follow-up / continuation comments, some of which you mentioned.
The GetHuman site is useful, but not companies all are listed and some of those that are not don't have humans waiting. For example, OptOutPrescreen is completely automated. Furthermore, it doesn't seem to recognize button-presses past a certain point. Thank GOD the identical functionality is available via the web - as mentioned by the voice system.
Along that last theme, yes they should co-exist, but many sites that support voice recognition seem to be dropping button interaction. For many things, buttons are faster.
Case in point, buttons are always faster for menu selection and, almost universally, support type-ahead. With voice systems, one must usually wait for the question to be completely asked before answering, or if it supports interruption, repeat your answer - or repeat it anyway whenever it doesn't understand you (rinse and repeat).
Lastly, button systems are more private. Granted one should be mindful of one's surroundings before placing a potentially sensitive call, but you can see where I'm going with this... "To access your STD test results, say HERPES."
I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but I wish the use of voice recognition in company phone systems would die. Seriously, please just let me press 1 for Yes and 2 for No. And stop programming them to be conversational with phrases like, "Let me see if I have this right..."
It extends life by 4 months, and they are calling it a vaccination?
An *average* of 4 months. Not only that, the treatment -- which consists of 3 infusions of your own treated white blood cells over one month -- will cost $93,000. Seriously, the ROI seems pretty low.
Ya, not me. I can't even remember the last time I used my cell phone. I'm not a Luddite, and though I can understand the desire (sometimes need) for people to be always available to or in constant contact with others, I'm just not one of them. Personally, I think most mobile communication is unnecessary and/or the result of poor planning on those involved.
Flash was created during the PC era -- for PCs and mice.
Um. I still have both. I know the letter is about his Jesus Phone, but Steve's being a bit of an elitist douche-bag here. PCs and mice are not obsolete technologies, nor would I ever want to replace them for either the iPhone or iPad.
Now for a little ranting...
I don't have any of these Apple devices, but the ones I've seen are pretty nice -- as content-delivery devices. However, the hoopla and mystique over everything Apple is over-hyped, over-contrived nonsense, with Apple themselves drinking the most of their own Kool-aid, see: lifetime iPad ban.
It's kind of sad that apparently one of our more intelligent congress critters... "started out" as a comedian. But i guess if you're using lifetime politicians as a baseline...
Um, the same could be said for a certain actor who became president, or singer who became a congressman, or village idiot that became president...
Slashdot Mirror
No problem. We'll just load Firefox and Flashblock - Oh wait...
You should see it play GTA, dawg.
Your black hole is so super-massive, when it sits around the galaxy, it sits a-r-o-u-n-d the galaxy.
I would argue that the more general the software, the longer the shelf-life, the more specific the shorter. The main reason for in-house (or custom) software is specific purpose application. The two examples you provided have very general use - in the sense that Math and editing are general and constant over the long term. But, for example, network / system monitoring or battlefield management software is more specific and will need more frequent updating to be useful.
1. Why indeed, Marcus, "coding" and "printing" are so similar.
2. And the shelf-life of that software "reserve" is...
Wait! I've seen this US Air Force TV commercial.
Can't they just "launch the avoidance maneuver"?
I'm not a doctor, but I predict undesirable side-effects from the interaction between your Tinfoil hat and multiple lightning strikes...
You see, Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down. - Zapp Brannigan
All your tweets are belong to us?
And that last 1% is where he (correctly, IMHO) defends Miranda Rights for Faisal Shahzad (a US citizen), in opposition to the rantings (yes, rantings) Senator John McCain. Ref: Beck Versus McCain On Miranda Rights For Times Square Suspect
Of course, there's a big difference between "flowery" and "inarticulate".
"Shark medics" more likely, though I predict a conflict of interest between their Hippocratic Oath and their stomachs...
No. Slowing of the Earth's rotation, which is due to drag by Moon, increases the Moon's orbit. The Moon orbits slower than the Earth rotates causing a "gravitational/tidal bulge", or warping of the Earth's shape (the ocean tides are caused by this too). This creates drag on the Earth, slows its rotation and the Moon's orbit increases - due to, I believe, conservation of angular momentum. Think about what happens as a spinning ice-skater moves her arms/legs in to speed up and out to slow down the spin. See:
Is the Moon moving away from the Earth? When was this discovered?
How The Moon Affects Ocean Tides
Joking aside, and I'm sure you already know this, but the Moon's orbit increases as the Earth's rotation slows.
See: Is the Moon moving away from the Earth? When was this discovered?
What are two words that cannot be used together?
Given the recent immigration law passed in Arizona, I wouldn't be surprised to see this used to check if foreign students are actively attending... Hyperbolic? Sure, but it's Arizona. :-)
Seems like a logical result to me, given the protagonist and antagonist in this story...
By the way, how few women could the abortion bill "disrespect" to get Gelber's support? I wasn't aware that right vs. wrong was a numbers issue. (Disclaimer: I'm an abortion rights supporter.)
Good points all, though here are some follow-up / continuation comments, some of which you mentioned.
The GetHuman site is useful, but not companies all are listed and some of those that are not don't have humans waiting. For example, OptOutPrescreen is completely automated. Furthermore, it doesn't seem to recognize button-presses past a certain point. Thank GOD the identical functionality is available via the web - as mentioned by the voice system.
Along that last theme, yes they should co-exist, but many sites that support voice recognition seem to be dropping button interaction. For many things, buttons are faster. Case in point, buttons are always faster for menu selection and, almost universally, support type-ahead. With voice systems, one must usually wait for the question to be completely asked before answering, or if it supports interruption, repeat your answer - or repeat it anyway whenever it doesn't understand you (rinse and repeat).
Lastly, button systems are more private. Granted one should be mindful of one's surroundings before placing a potentially sensitive call, but you can see where I'm going with this... "To access your STD test results, say HERPES."
I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but I wish the use of voice recognition in company phone systems would die. Seriously, please just let me press 1 for Yes and 2 for No. And stop programming them to be conversational with phrases like, "Let me see if I have this right..."
An *average* of 4 months. Not only that, the treatment -- which consists of 3 infusions of your own treated white blood cells over one month -- will cost $93,000. Seriously, the ROI seems pretty low.
Ya, not me. I can't even remember the last time I used my cell phone. I'm not a Luddite, and though I can understand the desire (sometimes need) for people to be always available to or in constant contact with others, I'm just not one of them. Personally, I think most mobile communication is unnecessary and/or the result of poor planning on those involved.
Um. I still have both. I know the letter is about his Jesus Phone, but Steve's being a bit of an elitist douche-bag here. PCs and mice are not obsolete technologies, nor would I ever want to replace them for either the iPhone or iPad.
Now for a little ranting...
I don't have any of these Apple devices, but the ones I've seen are pretty nice -- as content-delivery devices. However, the hoopla and mystique over everything Apple is over-hyped, over-contrived nonsense, with Apple themselves drinking the most of their own Kool-aid, see: lifetime iPad ban.
Um, the same could be said for a certain actor who became president, or singer who became a congressman, or village idiot that became president...
Some people enjoy Colonoscopies too.
I'm just sayin'...