then they release an updated OS with new features to take advantage of that extra computing power.
Sadly, they mostly release new eye-candy to use up that extra computing power. This has been the case for decades. It also has to do with boosting the ego of the dev team by letting them shovel more of their 'cruft' into the software 'just because.'
A newer improved version of software should run faster than the old version on the same hardware, unless substantial new features have been added, and even then should only bog down if those new features are invoked. It's one of those 'what the fuck is this' phenomena, and it's staggering how many people will say 'that just isn't realistic.'
It has to be as durable as the bone it is fitted into. Titanium is used in prosthetics because it is the most biocompatible metal, not so much for it's hardness.
It doesn't make any difference, since the nuclear launch code is all zeros anyway. Store it on a piece of paper, or whatever. Make sure you remember how many zeros, of course.
I'm curious to know why Greenpeace would put up with a high level exec commuting that distance regularly. The guy should move to live closer to work, is how I would think the rank-and-file greenpeace activists would think it. Why do they need to employ a CEO who clearly thinks of himself as a jet-setter?
The important question for me would be: can I plug in any of my Gameboy carts and expect it to play the game? That would actually be fairly trivial but nobody seems interested in something like that. It's just a Z80 and the whole schematic is published.
I bought a Zelda Gameboy Advance cart at a used game store just last night. The Gameboy Advance SP still rocks, esp. if you get a model 101 version. It's so perfectly balanced, and plays any Gameboy cart going all the way back to the earliest that I fail to understand why anybody would even bother 'emulating' it with new hardware.
Employers want compliant employees who can follow direction and complete assignments on a schedule. That's one of the things any college graduate is 'tested' on no matter what courses they take.
Sadly, it can't happen, because the whole 'college' bit is also a bit of a racket. (it's much more than that obviously, I am not cutting it short) Where I work if you don't have a degree from Purdue you just can't be taken seriously (why I would take seriously anybody with a degree from Purdue who fucking stays in Indiana after graduating is beyond me, of course).
It's gonna take a long time for the people with the ol' college ties to give it up.
They'd have to circumvent their communities, just like the rest of us. My community valued sports and other shit like that, which I thankfully got around. Everybody's situation is different.
I downloaded some of the Khan Academy apps from iTunes back when I still used an iOS device. Lo and behold, the backed up 'Itunes Mobile Applications' on my PC are zipfiles. I pulled out the nicely organized and sized-for-mobile Khan Academy videos.
I detest 'IT' types who are so frenetic about 'slashdot changing.' It's always been more interesting than the dull software shit that some seem to think should be the main/. focus.
But then, I'm a nerd. That's right. I still have a sizable hoard of #30 wire-wrap wire, though I haven't owned a solder-pot in years. I read articles about, but haven't taken a plunge toward, home-made steam and gasoline engines. I have computers with Microsoft software on them from before MS-DOS existed. I have a Fluke Differential Voltmeter, though I don't make everyday use of it. I haven't powered up my frequency standard in quite awhile, but I bet it still emits a clean 10,000,000.00 Hz (approx.) frequency. I have four impedance bridges. A good (Mullen) Grid-Dip Meter. The first Hewlett-Packard computer I ever programmed had core memory in it. But now I'm getting way tangential. The fact that I remember and know this stuff means I'm a nerd.
Grow and replace Slashdot? Good luck. Make sure less than 30% of the 'nerds' on your site program javascript for a living.
Also, apple vinegar. And apple butter is pretty good to spread on your bread like a jam. And it all works pretty well with apples that are definitely not 'direct eaters' like the modern hybrids.
They said 'hassle' not just 'invasion of privacy.' None of the things you listed amount to a hassle similar to that which regular people now face when they try to enter an airport terminal.
But that stuff you rambled on about certainly sounds like a hassle. Is that how you live your life? Really?
Where do you even buy tinfoil in this day and age? I'd like to get some. It's easily solderable and thus much more usable for grounded shielding, etc.
Unfortunately these days all that is available easily is aluminum foil. I suppose tinfoil is available from scientific suppliers, probably on the same catalog page as the gold and lead foil. I bet it's pretty expensive though.
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then they release an updated OS with new features to take advantage of that extra computing power.
Sadly, they mostly release new eye-candy to use up that extra computing power. This has been the case for decades. It also has to do with boosting the ego of the dev team by letting them shovel more of their 'cruft' into the software 'just because.'
A newer improved version of software should run faster than the old version on the same hardware, unless substantial new features have been added, and even then should only bog down if those new features are invoked. It's one of those 'what the fuck is this' phenomena, and it's staggering how many people will say 'that just isn't realistic.'
It has to be as durable as the bone it is fitted into. Titanium is used in prosthetics because it is the most biocompatible metal, not so much for it's hardness.
It doesn't make any difference, since the nuclear launch code is all zeros anyway. Store it on a piece of paper, or whatever. Make sure you remember how many zeros, of course.
I'm curious to know why Greenpeace would put up with a high level exec commuting that distance regularly. The guy should move to live closer to work, is how I would think the rank-and-file greenpeace activists would think it. Why do they need to employ a CEO who clearly thinks of himself as a jet-setter?
What does any of that even mean? Who has been 'whipped in the productivity game' by this municipal entity?
The important question for me would be: can I plug in any of my Gameboy carts and expect it to play the game? That would actually be fairly trivial but nobody seems interested in something like that. It's just a Z80 and the whole schematic is published.
I bought a Zelda Gameboy Advance cart at a used game store just last night. The Gameboy Advance SP still rocks, esp. if you get a model 101 version. It's so perfectly balanced, and plays any Gameboy cart going all the way back to the earliest that I fail to understand why anybody would even bother 'emulating' it with new hardware.
Perhaps grandparent commenter works for Adobe, which would explain why he described it as a nightmare.
Apple is busy. They're off huffing Android tailpipe fumes these days.
Uh. Nope. Completely nope.
Read some history then come back and participate in the discussion if you wish.
But this was a floating metal tube containing electronics and running software as fragile as Java.
I'd love there to be robot consumers, soaking up about 70% of Google's capability to hurl ads at us.
What's the current density of read/write randomly-accessible information?
Fortunately Friedman only has gadfly-level powers.
Believe me, the Chinese government spends rather freely on maintaining the illusion.
The white flags mean some unionized cops get to collect overtime for removing them.
Employers want compliant employees who can follow direction and complete assignments on a schedule. That's one of the things any college graduate is 'tested' on no matter what courses they take.
Right. It's about brand protection. Like Beanie Babies or something. If everybody can get any one they want, the value of rares will plummet.
Sadly, it can't happen, because the whole 'college' bit is also a bit of a racket. (it's much more than that obviously, I am not cutting it short) Where I work if you don't have a degree from Purdue you just can't be taken seriously (why I would take seriously anybody with a degree from Purdue who fucking stays in Indiana after graduating is beyond me, of course).
It's gonna take a long time for the people with the ol' college ties to give it up.
They'd have to circumvent their communities, just like the rest of us. My community valued sports and other shit like that, which I thankfully got around. Everybody's situation is different.
I downloaded some of the Khan Academy apps from iTunes back when I still used an iOS device. Lo and behold, the backed up 'Itunes Mobile Applications' on my PC are zipfiles. I pulled out the nicely organized and sized-for-mobile Khan Academy videos.
I detest 'IT' types who are so frenetic about 'slashdot changing.' It's always been more interesting than the dull software shit that some seem to think should be the main /. focus.
But then, I'm a nerd. That's right. I still have a sizable hoard of #30 wire-wrap wire, though I haven't owned a solder-pot in years. I read articles about, but haven't taken a plunge toward, home-made steam and gasoline engines. I have computers with Microsoft software on them from before MS-DOS existed. I have a Fluke Differential Voltmeter, though I don't make everyday use of it. I haven't powered up my frequency standard in quite awhile, but I bet it still emits a clean 10,000,000.00 Hz (approx.) frequency. I have four impedance bridges. A good (Mullen) Grid-Dip Meter. The first Hewlett-Packard computer I ever programmed had core memory in it. But now I'm getting way tangential. The fact that I remember and know this stuff means I'm a nerd.
Grow and replace Slashdot? Good luck. Make sure less than 30% of the 'nerds' on your site program javascript for a living.
Also, apple vinegar. And apple butter is pretty good to spread on your bread like a jam. And it all works pretty well with apples that are definitely not 'direct eaters' like the modern hybrids.
They said 'hassle' not just 'invasion of privacy.' None of the things you listed amount to a hassle similar to that which regular people now face when they try to enter an airport terminal.
But that stuff you rambled on about certainly sounds like a hassle. Is that how you live your life? Really?
Where do you even buy tinfoil in this day and age? I'd like to get some. It's easily solderable and thus much more usable for grounded shielding, etc.
Unfortunately these days all that is available easily is aluminum foil. I suppose tinfoil is available from scientific suppliers, probably on the same catalog page as the gold and lead foil. I bet it's pretty expensive though.
Almost like invoking MSNBC or any of the other shoddy and partisan news publishers.