To sue, or not to sue: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The quirks and crashes of an overhot X-box, Or to file suit against a sea of lawyers, And by suing, correct it? To wait, to call; To call: perchance to connect: ay, there's the rub; For in that call to support what help may come When we have shuffled off the automated attendant, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long wait; For who would bear the whips and scorns of support, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Perhaps I should just purchase a Playstation?
Mental Health Workers are clearly addicted to making major announcements about the deleterious effects of whatever the current fad is. Rewind to 1977: "Interstate Truckers Addicted to CB Radio pose hazard for health, family, and traffic safety".
When I was involved in a week long power outage in Norfolk are after hurricane Isabel (2003) I found battery powered AM radio to be the best source of information. The announcers worked overtime and did a great job of letting us know what was going one. NOLA has WWl which can be picked up over much of the US - I listen to it to get first hand info on whats happening there. It's simple, cheap, and works.
Dinosaurs take a long time to turn (remember IBM?)
IBM was forced to change their business model (From mainframes to services). Msft is in no need to do so - they have tons of cash and are the default software bundled with every new intel pc sold. I'd beware a well armed gang with the police in their pockets who claims to have turned honest. It's usually little more than window dressing, public postering, meaningless advertising.
Big deal - the criminals will get a good lawyer, popular support and outcries of injustice and ethnic discrimination in the press, a slap on the wrist and will be out on the street again in a few years. 90% of the crime is committed by 10% of the criminals that the liberal system lets free over and over. If you want to stop crime, lock 'em up for good or bring back public executions.
How much would it cost us to buy a study showing open source solutions are more reliable?
Seriously, I know this will be dismissed as simply "anecdotal" but in all my years of working with Windows and PC Unix machines (including sysasmining a 50 desktop business for 7 years) I've found the PC Unix boxes, once setup and running, work reliably day in and day out, whereas every Windows box has experienced some kind of 'bit rot'. I've seriously though Microsoft must put some kind of timer in there to throw random errors after three years to get people to upgrade. I have a notebook with a RedHat6.2 disk running on a 233Mhz cpu and it's just as solid and reliable as when it was first installed. I cannot say that for the Windows 2K disk that slips into the same notebook - the IP stack got seriously hosed somehow and barely works, and would need a complete wipe and reinstall except I don't want to waste time and just put up with it. (You change network setting and it works for that session but after a reboot it reverts to some weird setting). Of course that small world of experience is no match for a big bucks study but things that tell me stuff contrary to what I see smacks of advertising and other attempts at mind warping persuasions.
Like someone said, writing a secure app for Windows is like putting a padlock on a paper bag. Aren't the biggest Windows Security risks IE and Outlook anyway? With their html enabled embedded shiny gewgaw features to bedazzle the clueless?
Easier to manage I would admit (Once you learn which window does what) but certainly not reliability and dependability, unless you're comparing with a newly released experimental distro.
I still have a 1200XL lying around and was thinking of doing something similar to what this guy did: I couldn't imagine trying to make the old 1050 disk drive work
While the laptop version is a cute hack I wouldn't bother. I still have an 800XL connected and running with a 1050 (it still works too - they, and 5 1/4" disks are plentiful on ebay and other sources) but you would want something called APE for real storage - it uses your PC serial port and emulates all kinds of devices. And the interface is near trivial - you can solder one together from Radio Shack parts. Tons of Atari software will fit on one CD. I just startup APE, turn on the 800XL and have more games at my fingertips (all w/o bothering with floppies) than I know what to do with.
Sounds like in "Things to Worry About", Asteroid Impact and Global Warming is OUT, and Flu Pandemic is IN. You have to know what the latest popular intellectual fashion is!
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I wonder how long before New Oxford American Dictionary becomes part of Encarta.
I would like the parent post moderation to be reviewed by someone with a sense of humor (currently: Flamebait).
almost sounds like a variation of 'broadcast'
Prices start at only $750,000
Is that anything like the Total Perspective Vortex ??
More nobel?
To sue, or not to sue: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The quirks and crashes of an overhot X-box,
Or to file suit against a sea of lawyers,
And by suing, correct it? To wait, to call;
To call: perchance to connect: ay, there's the rub;
For in that call to support what help may come
When we have shuffled off the automated attendant,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long wait;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of support,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Perhaps I should just
purchase a Playstation?
I'm sure using anything other than a power of two irritates the binary gods, at least use an even number.
also beware of those cookies /. gives you from doubleclick.net, ru4.com and who know where else.
I don't know, but such conspicuous miscarriages inevitably lead the company to post record quarterly profits.
Mental Health Workers are clearly addicted to making major announcements about the deleterious effects of whatever the current fad is. Rewind to 1977: "Interstate Truckers Addicted to CB Radio pose hazard for health, family, and traffic safety".
2011 or 2012
When you look at what happened in 1812 (Neopoleon et al), 1912 (WWI) - you've gotta be apprehensive about 2012.
gezus, three typos:
>Norfolk are after -> Norfolk area after
>what was going one -> what was going on
>NOLA has WWl -> NOLA has WWL
When I was involved in a week long power outage in Norfolk are after hurricane Isabel (2003) I found battery powered AM radio to be the best source of information. The announcers worked overtime and did a great job of letting us know what was going one. NOLA has WWl which can be picked up over much of the US - I listen to it to get first hand info on whats happening there. It's simple, cheap, and works.
Dinosaurs take a long time to turn (remember IBM?)
IBM was forced to change their business model (From mainframes to services). Msft is in no need to do so - they have tons of cash and are the default software bundled with every new intel pc sold. I'd beware a well armed gang with the police in their pockets who claims to have turned honest. It's usually little more than window dressing, public postering, meaningless advertising.
The Phish Piss Test.
Just have all new employees and randomly picked existing employees pee in a cup and test it for phishing metaboloids.
A study commissioned by the Northwest Association of Apple Growers proves conclusively that Apples DO taste better than Oranges.
Just use a printer. Certainly the cost of paper/toner/depreciation is less than your typical print issue.
That's odd, because punch cards predate the use of toggle in software and binary address/data lights.
The Information Technology Association of America, or the Brain Injury Association of America ??
Big deal - the criminals will get a good lawyer, popular support and outcries of injustice and ethnic discrimination in the press, a slap on the wrist and will be out on the street again in a few years. 90% of the crime is committed by 10% of the criminals that the liberal system lets free over and over. If you want to stop crime, lock 'em up for good or bring back public executions.
How much would it cost us to buy a study showing open source solutions are more reliable?
Seriously, I know this will be dismissed as simply "anecdotal" but in all my years of working with Windows and PC Unix machines (including sysasmining a 50 desktop business for 7 years) I've found the PC Unix boxes, once setup and running, work reliably day in and day out, whereas every Windows box has experienced some kind of 'bit rot'. I've seriously though Microsoft must put some kind of timer in there to throw random errors after three years to get people to upgrade. I have a notebook with a RedHat6.2 disk running on a 233Mhz cpu and it's just as solid and reliable as when it was first installed. I cannot say that for the Windows 2K disk that slips into the same notebook - the IP stack got seriously hosed somehow and barely works, and would need a complete wipe and reinstall except I don't want to waste time and just put up with it. (You change network setting and it works for that session but after a reboot it reverts to some weird setting). Of course that small world of experience is no match for a big bucks study but things that tell me stuff contrary to what I see smacks of advertising and other attempts at mind warping persuasions.
Like someone said, writing a secure app for Windows is like putting a padlock on a paper bag. Aren't the biggest Windows Security risks IE and Outlook anyway? With their html enabled embedded shiny gewgaw features to bedazzle the clueless?
Easier to manage I would admit (Once you learn which window does what) but certainly not reliability and dependability, unless you're comparing with a newly released experimental distro.
I still have a 1200XL lying around and was thinking of doing something similar to what this guy did: I couldn't imagine trying to make the old 1050 disk drive work
While the laptop version is a cute hack I wouldn't bother. I still have an 800XL connected and running with a 1050 (it still works too - they, and 5 1/4" disks are plentiful on ebay and other sources) but you would want something called APE for real storage - it uses your PC serial port and emulates all kinds of devices. And the interface is near trivial - you can solder one together from Radio Shack parts. Tons of Atari software will fit on one CD. I just startup APE, turn on the 800XL and have more games at my fingertips (all w/o bothering with floppies) than I know what to do with.
Sounds like in "Things to Worry About", Asteroid Impact and Global Warming is OUT, and Flu Pandemic is IN. You have to know what the latest popular intellectual fashion is!