Indeed. I am a Linux user since 1995 and still use it for anything except gaming and MS Office (which I have to use for some of our customers). With Win7, I was somewhat impressed and have stopped dual-booting mostly. But with what they are putting out recently, I can only hope that gaming on Linux is ready when Win7 support ends. Vulkan and mobile games may help a lot in that aspect. I may keep some VM or laptop around for MS Office, but that is it.
Indeed. On the even releases they are cocky and think they have it all figured out and can build the future. Hence they crash and burn to nobodies surprises. On the odd releases they were unsure and timid and did the best work they could and tried very hard to make a usable, but non-flashy OS. Hence that worked pretty well.
Hey, while I think you were trying to be funny (and succeeding), you may actually be on to something here...
What you are saying is that MIT does not understands its own business and that they do not have viable strategic planning. I think that description also fits Microsoft very well indeed.
I think this is what is happening here: MS does not have the technological expertise to maintain their OS in a reliable way. Sure the "telemetry"/spyware was intentional, but these crashes are not. They must know that one of the main things holding people back from going to Win10 is the fear of an unstoppable patch bricking their machines or making them otherwise unreliable or unusable. At the same time, MS has staked their future on Win10, so they will do their very best to make sure updated are reliable. Apparently, that "very best" is not enough to get the job done well.
My take is that not only are they technologically incompetent with regard to their own product, but they also have an unrealistic view of their own skills. Otherwise they would not have made patches mandatory. The only explanation for a screw-up this massive I have is a large-organization variant of the Dunning-Kruger Effect: They are now so incompetent that they cannot see their own incompetence.
Sure, this sounds like MS-bashing and it is. But it is justified bashing, as the available evidence suggests that MS does not have the skills anymore to produce a Windows OS that can be operated reliably.
Eternal wisdom. Right on the mark. Sure, advanced mathematics is something else, but very basic stuff like non-abstract algebra, elementary set-theory, boolean and 1st order logic, one-dimensional standard-space calculus, etc. should be within the grasp of any halfway smart and educated person.
If you have to make a full course about boolean logic, then you are teaching the dumbest of the dumb. We had 2 weeks on boolean, and then moved on to first order and higher order. There was also a nice course on half-order temporal logics I took.
You can do a full course on set theory though, and that necessarily includes an introduction to boolean logic.
I do not think that is a good idea at all. Learning a second language teaches you a lot about your first one and about how to describe things. As an engineer, you will need to describe technology, give presentations, etc. If you are fluent in at least two languages, you will be able to do a much better job.
Actually, it is a lot more difficult, because quite a bit of statistics is very counter-intuitive. Algebra and calculus is just complicated, but mostly intuitive or neutral in that regard. Incidentally, for any reasonable statistics-course, you need a solid foundation in calculus.
Math should be banned and replaced with something more practical in the USA... learning on how to turn off the ceiling fan if the batteries in the remote die.
That can be done?
Just apply enough violence. A very American solution...
They are a bit more expensive to buy and operate though, and that makes it rather uneconomically. Your "QED" comes from some fundamental misunderstandings.
He is just a very good con-man. He will say whatever gets him votes. Of course, after he has your cash, I mean vote, he will take it and run. Not that actually making good on his promises would be too much trouble, the problem is he has never even thought about doing that, so he cannot. But expect grandstanding and great gestures to no positive effect at all while he is in office.
Probably with the same type of "success" his "university" had at turning people into successful entrepreneurs: Namely, none for them, but quite a nice bit of cash for Trump. Will be interesting to see whether the US electorate is stupid enough to vote a con-man into office. I fear they may be.
Or in other words: They are selling the silverware to delay when their problems become severe. Of course, that makes the problems worse, long-term. The current layoffs are possibly just an effort to boost the stock-value while the C-level cabal IBM has in place of leadership can still profit from it.
Only for a minute or so, then they are free to reincarnate wherever they chose. And those not affected will not get controlled at all. Of course, there is no way to tell who suffers from this evil and who does not, so the whole idea is not practical.
Yep. Because the one critical skill the human race has not mastered is keeping those with a thirst for power and control of others under control. If we could identify and them drown them at birth, this planet would be paradise.
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Indeed. I am a Linux user since 1995 and still use it for anything except gaming and MS Office (which I have to use for some of our customers). With Win7, I was somewhat impressed and have stopped dual-booting mostly. But with what they are putting out recently, I can only hope that gaming on Linux is ready when Win7 support ends. Vulkan and mobile games may help a lot in that aspect. I may keep some VM or laptop around for MS Office, but that is it.
Indeed. On the even releases they are cocky and think they have it all figured out and can build the future. Hence they crash and burn to nobodies surprises. On the odd releases they were unsure and timid and did the best work they could and tried very hard to make a usable, but non-flashy OS. Hence that worked pretty well.
Hey, while I think you were trying to be funny (and succeeding), you may actually be on to something here...
What you are saying is that MIT does not understands its own business and that they do not have viable strategic planning. I think that description also fits Microsoft very well indeed.
I think this is what is happening here: MS does not have the technological expertise to maintain their OS in a reliable way. Sure the "telemetry"/spyware was intentional, but these crashes are not. They must know that one of the main things holding people back from going to Win10 is the fear of an unstoppable patch bricking their machines or making them otherwise unreliable or unusable. At the same time, MS has staked their future on Win10, so they will do their very best to make sure updated are reliable. Apparently, that "very best" is not enough to get the job done well.
My take is that not only are they technologically incompetent with regard to their own product, but they also have an unrealistic view of their own skills. Otherwise they would not have made patches mandatory. The only explanation for a screw-up this massive I have is a large-organization variant of the Dunning-Kruger Effect: They are now so incompetent that they cannot see their own incompetence.
Sure, this sounds like MS-bashing and it is. But it is justified bashing, as the available evidence suggests that MS does not have the skills anymore to produce a Windows OS that can be operated reliably.
Can be done. Not much more difficult than some Asian languages, for example.
Eternal wisdom. Right on the mark. Sure, advanced mathematics is something else, but very basic stuff like non-abstract algebra, elementary set-theory, boolean and 1st order logic, one-dimensional standard-space calculus, etc. should be within the grasp of any halfway smart and educated person.
If you have to make a full course about boolean logic, then you are teaching the dumbest of the dumb. We had 2 weeks on boolean, and then moved on to first order and higher order. There was also a nice course on half-order temporal logics I took.
You can do a full course on set theory though, and that necessarily includes an introduction to boolean logic.
Very, very insightful. Same here.
I do not think that is a good idea at all. Learning a second language teaches you a lot about your first one and about how to describe things. As an engineer, you will need to describe technology, give presentations, etc. If you are fluent in at least two languages, you will be able to do a much better job.
Actually, it is a lot more difficult, because quite a bit of statistics is very counter-intuitive. Algebra and calculus is just complicated, but mostly intuitive or neutral in that regard. Incidentally, for any reasonable statistics-course, you need a solid foundation in calculus.
Math should be banned and replaced with something more practical in the USA... learning on how to turn off the ceiling fan if the batteries in the remote die.
That can be done?
Just apply enough violence. A very American solution...
They are a bit more expensive to buy and operate though, and that makes it rather uneconomically. Your "QED" comes from some fundamental misunderstandings.
No. Nazis are true believers in their cause. Trump believes in nothing but himself.
He is just a very good con-man. He will say whatever gets him votes. Of course, after he has your cash, I mean vote, he will take it and run. Not that actually making good on his promises would be too much trouble, the problem is he has never even thought about doing that, so he cannot. But expect grandstanding and great gestures to no positive effect at all while he is in office.
Probably with the same type of "success" his "university" had at turning people into successful entrepreneurs: Namely, none for them, but quite a nice bit of cash for Trump. Will be interesting to see whether the US electorate is stupid enough to vote a con-man into office. I fear they may be.
You could try to hire them. I know of several cases where that happened.
Or in other words: They are selling the silverware to delay when their problems become severe. Of course, that makes the problems worse, long-term. The current layoffs are possibly just an effort to boost the stock-value while the C-level cabal IBM has in place of leadership can still profit from it.
Germany does not need Facebook, but Facebook needs Germany. You have been listening to the likes of Trump too much.
Only for a minute or so, then they are free to reincarnate wherever they chose. And those not affected will not get controlled at all. Of course, there is no way to tell who suffers from this evil and who does not, so the whole idea is not practical.
Power per unit of weight is completely meaningless for solar cells. But I guess your understanding of the subject matter is not that good.
Please do not all flee to Europe when that happens, we need some time do deal with the last wave of refugees.
Yep. Because the one critical skill the human race has not mastered is keeping those with a thirst for power and control of others under control. If we could identify and them drown them at birth, this planet would be paradise.
I seriously cannot tell whether you are really this extremely stupid or whether your posting is satiric.
While that sounds funny, this may very well become a problem.
And you have apparently not understood a single thing of what this case is about. Because that is NOT AT ALL what the FBI is asking for.