Windows is not a minor alignment issue. It is more of a "is safe until key in ignition is turned" type problem - and I'm actually paid to support it so I think I have experience in picking up the pieces...
I read the contents of that when It started arriving on our fileservers. It was pretty obvious that the guy who wrote it wasn't particularly worried about covering his tracks.
People have been criticising new technology for a long time.
For example, about 150 years ago, someone said how young women should not ride bicycles because it made them less attractive, had bad effects on their health & fertility and gave them grumpy looking faces.
More recently, it was forecast that telephones would cause people to loose touch with their friends and family. ffs Many people here only contact their family on the phone.
Up to the present, they said that children who played with their PC and consoles would be less able and mentally active than children who didn't. Then they realised that the kids who "didn't" were all on the couch watching TV. Any kid who was online or playing games was actually using their brain.
Conclusion?
People have been moaning about new ideas, music and technology for a very long time. I'm sure Aristotle had something to say on the matter and if his statement was put into a modern paper, nobody would notice. (if it was translated first!)
In the UK, we had an article on TV recently where they discovered that a large percentage of spam comes from Flrida.
If someone from the US now starts discovering it actually comes from Argentina, it sounds like they are doing a PR damage limitation exercise instead of journalism.
Why in the world would you wan't to have a program open more than once?!
"Why" is not relevant to the design of a useable system. You just have to make it possible for the user to do whatever they end up needing to do. Making something awkward or impossible just shows you didn't do it right.
I bet there are a lot of people here who have had more than 1 copy of a text editor open at once. That's what GUIs are good at - multitasking.
English doesn't change that fast. I can still read Lord of the Rings in its original and understand it. I might not phrase things the same way, but I understand what it means. I am not so sure of the meaning of some of the things that I hear consultants say right now though...
This is when the viewer gets to decide what they want to watch and when!!!
At present what the masses get to see is decided for them. This is a rather 'right wing' concept where a bunch of suit wearers sit round a table and decide what the consumers need.....
If there is one thing that really irritates people in Scotland, Wales and Ulster it is when some ignorant twonk cannot understand that England is not a nation in its own right. It is a part of the UK. Admittedly, it is where all the interest of the British government is centered (only the SE part though).
Presumably you won't have read to here either...
It is a lot easier to follow someone elses code. Could this be because it does not have to be Object Oriented?
Shopping lists are sequential and designed that way because that is a logical way to do things. Can someone design me an OO shopping list? It has to be as easy to use as the old fashioned one!
Do you want to be using one when it BSODs?
I think we have some good material for cartoons there. Maybe when it does crash, it clamps your buttocks and gives you a 3-fingered salute!
Of course this could all be a cover for the new Microsoft Wedgie2003 Professional release...
Wheelchairs for very unfortunate children that I have seen. Presumably these have 5-point harnesses and head restraints too? Some of those had little boards that the children point to to communicate.
Most spam is only from overseas if you are not in North America - specifically the USA.
If you guys get rid of what comes from your country, the remaining amount will seem minor (until the spammers move and get a whole country into the RBL...
Surely any cracker is not going to store his stuff neatly in "My Music".
The first thing your brother needs to do is to turn off the Remote Desktop - even better uninstall thet programme. That has got to be a horrendous security hole!
What firewall programme? There are some good ones and some bad ones.
Of course he got hits on his firewall! Doesn't everyone? I used to get a load from my ISP - so I moved...
Such adverts are designed by people whose profession is wearing a suit.
No - they are not HR droids, managers or agency clones. All of those may contain people who wear suits while they work. I am talking about people who wear suits as the major part of their jobs.
Consider a conversation...
What do you do?
a. I'm an accountant. What about you?
b. I'm a programmer. And you?
c. I wear a suit.
These are the people that are currently requiring 5 years experience with XP for Tier 2 support jobs....
Slashdot Mirror
for the serioulsly seriously stupid statement.
Windows is not a minor alignment issue. It is more of a "is safe until key in ignition is turned" type problem - and I'm actually paid to support it so I think I have experience in picking up the pieces...
I read the contents of that when It started arriving on our fileservers. It was pretty obvious that the guy who wrote it wasn't particularly worried about covering his tracks.
People have been criticising new technology for a long time.
For example, about 150 years ago, someone said how young women should not ride bicycles because it made them less attractive, had bad effects on their health & fertility and gave them grumpy looking faces.
More recently, it was forecast that telephones would cause people to loose touch with their friends and family. ffs Many people here only contact their family on the phone.
Up to the present, they said that children who played with their PC and consoles would be less able and mentally active than children who didn't. Then they realised that the kids who "didn't" were all on the couch watching TV. Any kid who was online or playing games was actually using their brain.
Conclusion?
People have been moaning about new ideas, music and technology for a very long time. I'm sure Aristotle had something to say on the matter and if his statement was put into a modern paper, nobody would notice. (if it was translated first!)
Perhaps, but 911 is not the number much of the rest of the world uses to call the emergency services.
999 is the number that works for me....
I have found that people who make spelling mistakes do not always have anything worth listenimg to.
In the UK, we had an article on TV recently where they discovered that a large percentage of spam comes from Flrida.
If someone from the US now starts discovering it actually comes from Argentina, it sounds like they are doing a PR damage limitation exercise instead of journalism.
Why in the world would you wan't to have a program open more than once?!
"Why" is not relevant to the design of a useable system. You just have to make it possible for the user to do whatever they end up needing to do. Making something awkward or impossible just shows you didn't do it right.
I bet there are a lot of people here who have had more than 1 copy of a text editor open at once. That's what GUIs are good at - multitasking.
I looked at the pictures an the BBC. It looks like the one in ToyStory!
Nor is "Unfortunatly"
English doesn't change that fast. I can still read Lord of the Rings in its original and understand it. I might not phrase things the same way, but I understand what it means. I am not so sure of the meaning of some of the things that I hear consultants say right now though...
the OED is the definitive dictionary. If there is any dispute between it and any other source, I will believe the OED.
It is very boring though...
if there was enough bandwidth.
You would just need something to send in your request, a phoneline just like with satelite TV.
Video On Demmand
This is when the viewer gets to decide what they want to watch and when!!!
At present what the masses get to see is decided for them. This is a rather 'right wing' concept where a bunch of suit wearers sit round a table and decide what the consumers need.....
Just because you are proud of your ignorance that absolutely everyone else is as well.
That little rock proved very useful to your president in backing up his illegal invasion of Iraq recently.
FYI - Ulster is the part of Ireland where the (present) majority of the population have chosen to stay part of the UK, for now anyway.
You are a really ignorant d1ckhead!
If there is one thing that really irritates people in Scotland, Wales and Ulster it is when some ignorant twonk cannot understand that England is not a nation in its own right. It is a part of the UK. Admittedly, it is where all the interest of the British government is centered (only the SE part though).
Presumably you won't have read to here either...
Shopping List
1 Dozen Eggs
48 Cans Beer
Big Jar of Coffee
Bottle of Milk
Then you are stupid!
It is a lot easier to follow someone elses code. Could this be because it does not have to be Object Oriented?
Shopping lists are sequential and designed that way because that is a logical way to do things. Can someone design me an OO shopping list? It has to be as easy to use as the old fashioned one!
Do you want to be using one when it BSODs?
I think we have some good material for cartoons there. Maybe when it does crash, it clamps your buttocks and gives you a 3-fingered salute!
Of course this could all be a cover for the new Microsoft Wedgie2003 Professional release...
Wheelchairs for very unfortunate children that I have seen. Presumably these have 5-point harnesses and head restraints too? Some of those had little boards that the children point to to communicate.
Wouldn't it be better to give links to the spammers than the people trying to clear up the c**p that they send to my mailbox?
Then the famed 'effect' will be doing some good for a change...
Most spam is only from overseas if you are not in North America - specifically the USA.
If you guys get rid of what comes from your country, the remaining amount will seem minor (until the spammers move and get a whole country into the RBL...
they might work better if they got spammed every day? If we can persuade these guys to get hotmail addresses, they might understand better...
It does not serve the interests of the "brainwashed masses". It serves the interests of those responsible for the brainwashing!
The people complaining about it are those who feel that the masses should be brainwashed with a different set of messages. They are probably right...
Surely any cracker is not going to store his stuff neatly in "My Music".
The first thing your brother needs to do is to turn off the Remote Desktop - even better uninstall thet programme. That has got to be a horrendous security hole!
What firewall programme? There are some good ones and some bad ones.
Of course he got hits on his firewall! Doesn't everyone? I used to get a load from my ISP - so I moved...
Such adverts are designed by people whose profession is wearing a suit.
;)
No - they are not HR droids, managers or agency clones. All of those may contain people who wear suits while they work. I am talking about people who wear suits as the major part of their jobs.
Consider a conversation...
What do you do?
a. I'm an accountant. What about you?
b. I'm a programmer. And you?
c. I wear a suit.
These are the people that are currently requiring 5 years experience with XP for Tier 2 support jobs....
Come the revolution......