I have no idea when MS patented it, but I do know that Ericsson switches have long had the capability to accept OS patches while running. I am *not* an expert on that and I don't recall the exact terminology etc., but it shouldn't be hard to find. I also seem to recall that this was one of the features of Erlang, but am less sure of that.
never argue with someone who claims to be an old fart. Old farts have no need for posturing or trolling, and are usually being a little understated, if anything!
I dont know why you say Unison needs to be started manually. It has a batch mode that can certainly be used, and it even has a "-repeat NNN" option where it repeats endlessly, pausing every NNN seconds in between.
[Actually the "-repeat" option can do more, but for your purposes this should do pretty well...]
Notes is the ultimate piece of crap. I'm one of the few in my company of 70,000+ (yes, 4 zeros after a 7, no typo) that is privileged to use Thunderbird (actually whatever I please) because my group uses Linux. (Yes, we know Notes exists for Linux also. My corporate IT guys know, but for now they're turning a blind eye for their own reasons. I see no need to remind them!)
I know people who decided against joining a company because the corporate email client is Notes.
Please do NOT tell me Notes is more than email. The 80-20 rule applies and email is what everyone sees day in and day out so that's what it gets judged on.
Any email client that acquired "sort by subject line" in version 6 has got to have more problems than you can shake a stick at.
It's also a huge productivity killer in terms of the amount of time you spend waiting for it to do stuff. Or so I am told:-)
The Burroughs B1700 system we had in one of our branch offices had a hard disk that used to physically shake (we're talking a machine the size of a typical washing machine, and shaking pretty much the same way too!) every time a "sort" job started, due to all the head movement.
We used to tell visitors that this is how sorting works: shake the disk and all the heavy records fall to the bottom:-) I'm sure many of them bought it, too...
reminds me of the IBM old hand who once said something like this on an internal forum:
"When we were asked to design the IBM PC, we were given only one parameter: it had to be as easy to use as a telephone. I think we have achieved it -- my new telephone has a 150-page user manual and they made me take a class!"
Long before outsourcing came to this level, in early 1998 (or late 1997) I had the exact same experience with Dell.
PC under warranty, hard disk makes clanking noises, you *know* what that means.
But the Dell tech had me go through all kinds of BIOS settings and repeated attempts to boot, lasting almost an hour (not counting the hold time of course) before he agreed the hard disk was damaged beyond repair and would order a replacement sent out.
This in spite of me putting the phone mouthpiece next to the hard disk and letting him *hear* the noise, and he agreed it *sounds* like a head crash, but he has to go through the script.
I'm an Indian, only too acutely aware of the problems in the Indian system, but in this case it's the employer who made the rules. I'm sure that's still true, maybe even more so.
Sitaram
PS: And all through, my biggest concern was: please God let me not slip and tell him I'm running Linux, because I *know* damn well and good he will tell me to reinstall Windows and call back:-)
I agree, it doesn't add to your credibility when language like that is used, although I have done it myself once in a while when particularly upset about something!
I must say though, that I read through TFA and it does make a compelling argument. The numbers are pretty damning, and we ought to be aware of it. Too bad Joe Barr lost his cool and so lost readers as well...
Gandhi is as much a transliteration as any other non-English name might be. It is, however, a rather simple one: the hard "G" is *not* aspirated, so there's no need to add an "h" to it, and the soft "d" *is* aspirated, so it is followed by an "h".
I assume you know what aspiration means in this context. If not, think of "the" but with a forced release of air, as if you are blowing out a candle while saying "the".
Now tell me, how many spellings can you come up with that would produce the same sound? Ghandi is certainly not one of them.
PS: "Spellig" in my original subject line was a typo, but you knew that already. "Ghandi" is not a typo; it is an error that keeps getting propagated. There's a difference (in intent as well as effect) between pointing out "Spellig" and pointing out "Ghandi".
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I have no idea when MS patented it, but I do know that Ericsson switches have long had the capability to accept OS patches while running. I am *not* an expert on that and I don't recall the exact terminology etc., but it shouldn't be hard to find. I also seem to recall that this was one of the features of Erlang, but am less sure of that.
never argue with someone who claims to be an old fart. Old farts have no need for posturing or trolling, and are usually being a little understated, if anything!
I dont know why you say Unison needs to be started manually. It has a batch mode that can certainly be used, and it even has a "-repeat NNN" option where it repeats endlessly, pausing every NNN seconds in between.
[Actually the "-repeat" option can do more, but for your purposes this should do pretty well...]
you left a right?
Notes is the ultimate piece of crap. I'm one of the few in my company of 70,000+ (yes, 4 zeros after a 7, no typo) that is privileged to use Thunderbird (actually whatever I please) because my group uses Linux. (Yes, we know Notes exists for Linux also. My corporate IT guys know, but for now they're turning a blind eye for their own reasons. I see no need to remind them!)
:-)
I know people who decided against joining a company because the corporate email client is Notes.
Please do NOT tell me Notes is more than email. The 80-20 rule applies and email is what everyone sees day in and day out so that's what it gets judged on.
Any email client that acquired "sort by subject line" in version 6 has got to have more problems than you can shake a stick at.
It's also a huge productivity killer in terms of the amount of time you spend waiting for it to do stuff. Or so I am told
You could start with http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0412.html#11, especially point #3.
m pared-with-diebold.html
Then follow the linked article within: http://techaos.blogspot.com/2004/05/indian-evm-co
You might get the difference between localised (India) and institutionalised (the US) violations of democracy.
dont forget the 66-level RENAMES clause :-)
The Burroughs B1700 system we had in one of our branch offices had a hard disk that used to physically shake (we're talking a machine the size of a typical washing machine, and shaking pretty much the same way too!) every time a "sort" job started, due to all the head movement.
:-) I'm sure many of them bought it, too...
We used to tell visitors that this is how sorting works: shake the disk and all the heavy records fall to the bottom
reminds me of the IBM old hand who once said something like this on an internal forum:
"When we were asked to design the IBM PC, we were given only one parameter: it had to be as easy to use as a telephone. I think we have achieved it -- my new telephone has a 150-page user manual and they made me take a class!"
Long before outsourcing came to this level, in early 1998 (or late 1997) I had the exact same experience with Dell.
:-)
PC under warranty, hard disk makes clanking noises, you *know* what that means.
But the Dell tech had me go through all kinds of BIOS settings and repeated attempts to boot, lasting almost an hour (not counting the hold time of course) before he agreed the hard disk was damaged beyond repair and would order a replacement sent out.
This in spite of me putting the phone mouthpiece next to the hard disk and letting him *hear* the noise, and he agreed it *sounds* like a head crash, but he has to go through the script.
I'm an Indian, only too acutely aware of the problems in the Indian system, but in this case it's the employer who made the rules. I'm sure that's still true, maybe even more so.
Sitaram
PS:
And all through, my biggest concern was: please God let me not slip and tell him I'm running Linux, because I *know* damn well and good he will tell me to reinstall Windows and call back
I think you mean: just "when" our rights end[ed].
:-(
And the answer is about 6 years ago
I agree, it doesn't add to your credibility when language like that is used, although I have done it myself once in a while when particularly upset about something!
I must say though, that I read through TFA and it does make a compelling argument. The numbers are pretty damning, and we ought to be aware of it. Too bad Joe Barr lost his cool and so lost readers as well...
Gandhi is as much a transliteration as any other non-English name might be. It is, however, a rather simple one: the hard "G" is *not* aspirated, so there's no need to add an "h" to it, and the soft "d" *is* aspirated, so it is followed by an "h".
I assume you know what aspiration means in this context. If not, think of "the" but with a forced release of air, as if you are blowing out a candle while saying "the".
Now tell me, how many spellings can you come up with that would produce the same sound? Ghandi is certainly not one of them.
PS: "Spellig" in my original subject line was a typo, but you knew that already. "Ghandi" is not a typo; it is an error that keeps getting propagated. There's a difference (in intent as well as effect) between pointing out "Spellig" and pointing out "Ghandi".
It's spelled Gandhi. I don't know why it *always* gets mis-spelled as Ghandi. Sigh!
dd if=/dev/urandom | ssh other.box.across.country dd of=/dev/null
;-) For good measure, kill and restart it once in a random number of hours
Let that run for a few days
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0412.html#11 http://techaos.blogspot.com/2004/05/indian-evm-com pared-with-diebold.html
This subject came up before, on cryptogram. I wrote a reply (first link above), referring a pretty nice paper (second link above).
Summary: the Indian EVMs are much better, as much for non-technical reasons as for technical reasons!